"Sure enough, there is a hidden trick!" Shi Diwen sighed secretly in his heart. Although the military www.biquge.info and the Ministry of Security both believe that Xu Xinsu, the old fox, may have buried nails in Zhejiang, there has been no tangible evidence. It was not until Xu Xinsu took the initiative to say it at this time that he confirmed Haihan's previous guess. Now that Xu Xinsu has shown his cards, Shi Diwen doesn't have to bother talking anymore, but he has saved a lot of things.

I heard Xu Xinsu continue: "In the year he ascended the throne today, the old man had already decided to give up business and enter politics, counting on protecting my Xu family with his official body. But because the starting point was too low at that time, it was not easy to get a general position, and there was no hope for future promotion. The old man didn't have much to rely on at that time, only gold and silver could come in handy, and after thinking about it, he finally picked a few young children in the clan, changed his name and surname, and went to Zhejiang to do business, take the entrance examination, join the army, and join the army. Now, seven or eight years later, some of them have begun to emerge and may be able to come in handy in your plans. ”

Shi Diwen said in his heart, this big smuggler sent his younger brother to launder and lurk ashore, and even entered the army and the government, how does it sound a bit like the plot of Infernal Affairs. However, Xu Xinsu's abacus was really good, with the fact that he was facing Zheng Zhilong's pursuit at that time, it was already a precarious situation, and it was indeed difficult to rely on such a low-level military position to keep the entire family and related industries, and at that time, Haihan had not yet shown the strength to be able to reverse the situation, and it was not a real help for him. Although Xu Xinsu's method cannot completely solve the immediate crisis, it can spread the risk and greatly reduce the possibility of the family being copied by Eighteen Zhi. Once the limelight passes, the people who are put on the Zhejiang side may have a chance to get ahead and start a new branch for the Xu family.

Of course, Xu Xinsu at that time was extremely unoptimistic about the future situation, so he came up with such a way to try to keep the Xu family's bloodline. But what he didn't expect was that the situation in Fujian would soon change, and mysterious forces from overseas would actually take the initiative to come to him for military assistance. At first, hundreds of arquebuses and a few small cannons were sent, but later a lot of "advanced weapons" were successively supplied to Xu Xinsu, and like an unpredictable prophet, he guided the sailors led by Xu Xinsu to win several battles.

On the other hand, under the leadership of Haihan, Xu Xinsu's maritime trade, which he was already good at, was also doing well. The large number of industrial products imported from Haihan allowed Xu's commercial institutions to quickly occupy the Fujian market with exclusive agents, and even had the spare power to export some goods to neighboring provinces. In the past few years, it is difficult for Xu Xinsu to count the specific amount of money made by using this way of operation, but one thing is certain, the profits earned by cooperating with the Haihan people are far higher than the period when he was a smuggling merchant between the red-haired people, the Franco-machine people, Japan, the Ryukyus and other parties in the past, and it is much more assured than the past collaborators, the strength of the Haihan is unfathomable, even now, Xu Xinsu still can't understand how many good things have not yet been shown in this group of overseas visitors.

The Haihan people are not satisfied with living in a corner, and the pace of expansion has accelerated in the past two or three years, and Xu Xinsu is also looking at it. However, fortunately, the Haihan did not seem to have much interest in invading the Ming Dynasty, but focused on controlling the Ming coastline, and implanted this influence into trade and immigration, constantly gaining wealth and population from the Ming. Xu Xinsu understood that Haihan's method was actually sucking blood from Daming, but as an official who started as a businessman, he did not dislike Haihan's approach. After all, when he was still engaged in smuggling, what he did was of the same nature.

Now that Haihan is going to enter Zhejiang, Xu Xinsu feels that this is another opportunity to take off, and if it is used well, the form of cooperation from Fujian can also be copied to Zhejiang in the future -- Haihan controls the right of passage in the sea, and the commercial organizations under Xu's name are responsible for underwriting Haihan goods in Zhejiang and assisting Haihan in obtaining all kinds of resources they want in Zhejiang's state capitals. Of course, if you want to join this game, you first have to show your chips in exchange for the trust of the Haihan people, and Xu Xinsu's chips are those connections that were planted in Zhejiang back then, which is also his greatest sincerity.

"Ningbo Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion, these places all have old man's people, but how to cooperate with your actions must be explained by General Lao Shi. Xu Xinsu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and only explained a few words about the scene, but did not elaborate on the identities of these people. The meaning is clear, my cards are already on, it's time to show your cards.

Before Shi Diwen set off, the General Staff had indeed formulated several sets of action plans, and how to implement them still depended on the local situation in Zhejiang. However, when the General Staff Department formulated the plan, it did not take into account the people who Xu Xinsu arranged to lurk in Zhejiang, and Shi Diwen came here to negotiate, in fact, there was an element of temporary intentions in it. The conditions that Xu Xinsu could provide were a great variable for Haihan's original plan, and he didn't even consider such a situation in the emergency plan, and now he asked Shi Diwen to explain Haihan's action plan, which was indeed a big problem.

Shi Diwen pondered for a moment before responding: "Our original plan was to talk to the local government first, and we would send troops to help the local bandits, and the local market would be open to us and provide necessary supplies. Of course, it is best if this deal can be negotiated, but if it can't be negotiated, it can only be tough. According to what we knew before, the combat effectiveness of the local sailors was very low, so we didn't plan to consider their feelings, and it was time to directly start to clear the pirates off the coast of Hangzhou Bay. Of course, we will not invade the mainland, at most we will find a suitable island in the Zhoushan Islands to settle down and sell all kinds of Haihan products to the local market. However, when we learned about the local situation, we found that it would be very difficult to do so, and the local government did not necessarily want us to settle there. ”

"There is indeed this problem in Zhejiang, and your presence will affect the interests of many people, and not everyone will welcome your arrival. Xu Xinsu nodded in agreement with Shi Diwen's point of view.

"So I was thinking that since there may be no one in the local area who wants to welcome us now, then we should find a way to cultivate some supporters on our own, whether it is in the officialdom or in business, we can provide a lot of resources to help them get promoted and make a fortune, and enhance their influence in the local area. Shi Diwen said slowly, thinking about his own wording as he spoke: "But if it is a person who has no foundation, this process may take a long time, and there will be many variables in the middle, so we hope to get some recommended candidates, so that we can formulate specific plans in a more targeted manner, so that the people we support can take the position as soon as possible." ”

"In this way, the old man suddenly felt a lot more pressure on his body!" Xu Xinsu replied smugly. Shi Diwen's words have basically expressed his attitude, Haihan will support Xu Xinsu's people, as for what kind of support, it depends on how capable Xu Xinsu's people are.

"The candidate personally recommended by Lord Xu, we are naturally trustworthy. I also hope that Lord Xu can trust us. If your person's identity is revealed, we will do our best to ensure their personal safety. If this affects the career or causes economic losses, then we will also compensate accordingly. Shi continued: "If necessary, I can sign a written commitment on behalf of the Executive Committee. ”

"General Shi's words are too obvious! You and I have always trusted each other, and our cooperation is very pleasant. A little thing, how can you sign a written promise!" Xu Xinsu also knows how to accept it when he sees it, all he wants is Shi Diwen to express his attitude on behalf of Haihan, as for the promise on paper, there is actually no need for both parties. Xu Xinsu still remembers that when he met Ning Qi two years ago, he heard him say something quite philosophical - the agreements written on paper were eventually torn up.

The purpose of these children of the Xu family scattered all over Zhejiang is to be able to help the Xu family in times of crisis, so when Xu Xinsu asks them to serve, these people should not resist the order from the head of the family. What's more, this operation also has the strong reinforcement of Haihan as a guarantee, which is enough to help the children of the Xu family increase a lot of confidence.

The two sides quickly agreed on a rough framework and agreed on a course of action. The next thing is to finalize the specific candidates one by one. First of all, the situation of the parties only comes from Xu Xinsu's oral introduction, Shi Diwen will definitely not see people now, and Xu Xinsu's subjective views are likely to affect Haihan's judgment of the parties, and the resulting impression bias is almost inevitable. Secondly, the parties are all in Zhejiang, and there is no way to know their thoughts and attitudes towards this matter. Although these people are all from the Xu family, it is really difficult to determine whether the changes in their living environment have affected their mentality after so many years.

Xu Xinsu did not show the cards and plates in his hand at one time, Shi Diwen asked about a certain field, and he would say whether there were any people in the personnel he arranged who were mixed in this field. The conversation lasted until late at night, and Xu Xinsu introduced a total of three people.

These three people have all entered the officialdom, one is literate and two martial, Wen is a county magistrate in a county in Ningbo, and one of the two martial arts is a fast catcher in Hangzhou Mansion, and the other is a general manager in Ningbo Mansion's water division, which is the same level as Xu Xinsu's career starting point.

Shi Diwen was always a little interested in this sailor, because the sailor of Ningbo Mansion was completely incompetent in Xu Yuchou's description. Of course, this incompetence is not only the low combat effectiveness, but also a large part of the reason is that the Ningbo Navy Division and the pirate gangs in the Zhoushan Islands have many gray interest chains, so that not only does it not become a fist against pirates, but plays the role of a pirate umbrella. This kind of watch has now successfully expelled the Fujian sailors of the Eighteen Zhi, and it seems that it is naturally extremely incompetent.

Shi Diwen didn't expect this Xu family disciple to have much ability, he just wanted to understand the entanglement of interests between the Ningbo sailors and pirates through this person, so as to find a way to break this chain of interests. Of course, if this person is strong enough and bold enough, then Haihan can also find a way to support him to ascend to the throne, and even give him a glory and wealth.

But when it came to the back, Shi Diwen realized that Xu Xinsu's spirit was obviously no longer able to hold on, and his attention began to wander, presumably due to his old age and fatigue after a day of traveling. So Shi Diwen took the initiative to terminate the conversation and made an appointment with Xu Xinsu to continue the conversation the next day.

In the meeting the next morning, Xu Yuzhuo did not appear again, and Shi Diwen thought that he should have gone to prepare for the next action. Xu Xinsu continued last night's topic and continued to introduce his lurking people in Zhejiang. Shi Diwen turned his inquiry to the business world today, and Xu Xinsu offered him two candidates.

One of them was to do a silk business in Hangzhou, and to open a silk village in Fucheng. Almost all of the Hangzhou silk purchased by Haihan from the mainland came from this silk village. The other person is doing aquatic products trading in Ningbo Prefecture, and has more than 10 fishing boats and more than 100 sailors under his name, and the catch of going to sea is mainly sold to local restaurants and restaurants in Ningbo, and the business is quite good.

Shi Diwen secretly made a mark in his heart for this aquatic product seller, since he has a ship under his name and often needs to go to sea to work, he must also know more about the pirate situation in the Zhoushan Islands, if he has the opportunity, he can contact this person in advance and collect some more useful information from him.

Speaking of this, even if the identities of these people have been explained, Xu Xinsu still did not mention the real names of these people. Shi Diwen believes that it may be necessary to wait for Haihan's side to come up with a specific action plan before Xu Xinsu will hand over all the information and let Haihan contact the parties directly. Although Shi Diwen was a little dissatisfied with Xu Xinsu's caution, thinking that these people were once the hope of the Xu family, it seemed understandable that Xu Xinsu was so cautious.

The two sides talked secretly about this for two days in a row, and then jointly agreed on several candidates, Shi Diwen took the roster back to Penghu and Qian Tiandun to continue to discuss the action plan, while Xu Xinsu sent a messenger to Zhejiang secretly to contact the selected people.