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Chapter 134 A prototype

Zhou Zheng stood in front of the window of the side room, looked out, and said, "No one saw it, right?"

Wei Xizhuang knew even more about the danger of doing this and said, "Don't worry, no one."

Zhou Zheng then turned around and carefully looked at the person Wei Xizhuang brought.

He is a middle-aged man with a calm expression and a depressed look, as if he is hiding a certain kind of resentment and taciturn words. He just looked at Zhou Zheng and kept bowing his head.

Zhou Zheng meditated on his plan in his heart, looked at the man and said, "If I want you to do things with caution, there is no danger, just don't worry."

The man didn't raise his head and said, "Even if there is danger, even if he is in danger, he will give him instructions. Mr. Li is not a person who is afraid of death."

Zhou Zheng looked at him, but still couldn't trust him, so he turned to look at Wei Xizhuang.

Wei Xizhuang smiled and said, "Old Li, the person I trust the most, just say anything, just like me."

Zhou Zheng listened to Wei Xizhuang's words, his vigilance was slightly reduced, and he pondered for a moment, and said, "I set off for Chenyang on the 8th day of the first lunar month. I want you to go ahead of me. You can pretend to be a refugee or a prisoner. The important thing is to enter Chenyang, hide it, and help me secretly ask for some information and do something."

Zhou Zheng still said very little, be cautious. He is just a small censor. If he comes out and is reported by someone, it will be a huge disaster!

Li Xiaobin knew that Zhou Zheng was the deputy envoy to Jianlu, so he did not doubt his words and said, "Sir, obey the order."

Wei Xizhuang waited for Li Xiaobin to finish speaking and said, "There are six of them in total, you will take them all. If you have any questions, with their help, you may be able to escape back."

Zhou Zheng had some things to explain to Li Xiaobin and had something to teach him, but Wei Xizhuang was hard to say here, so he had to nod and said to Li Xiaobin: "Well, I will give you five thousand taels of silver tomorrow, part of it for your family, part of it for your work, and part of it will be here tomorrow. I will tell you something in detail... I have to go back."

Zhou Zheng finally made up for it.

Wei Xizhuang rolled his eyes, no idea that Zhou Zheng wanted to leave him alone, too lazy to expose it, and said, "Okay, I won't get involved in your affairs, I'm still in trouble."

Zhou Zheng suddenly remembered the matter about Yankee and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wei Xizhuang looked unlucky and said, "I did it the way you did it. I thought I could move, but the report was sent up, but there was no movement. I wanted to catch a few people and cause some trouble. Hou Guoxing suddenly jumped out and took everyone away. I was busy, all in vain."

Zhou Zheng's brows moved slightly, but he didn't expect that the power involved in salt was so powerful that Wei Xizhuang was suppressed and moved before he could do it.

Although Wei Xizhuang is smart, he is not meticulous enough. Even if he has a background, he may be killed by someone if he is involved too deeply. Zhou Zheng said seriously: "This road seems difficult to walk. You can let it go first, and we will make a long-term plan when I come back."

Hou Guoxing was the son of Keshi, and Wei Xizhuang did not have the ability to compete.

Wei Xizhuang naturally felt the pressure, but he did not accept Wei Zhongxian's title. He had to give back and maintain his position in front of Wei Zhongxian - it required a lot of money.

Wei Xizhuang looked at Zhou Zheng, his eyes flashed coldly and said, "Don't worry, I know the right way. After you leave, I will go to Yingtian first and do our work well. Then I will go to Yangzhou. I can't move in the capital, but who protects them in Yangzhou? I am determined to make money for Jiu Qiansui. If I make a big deal, Jiu Qiansui will have to protect me. See how they can do to me!"

Zhou Zheng listened and his eyes lit up slightly, saying, "This method is not bad, but you must be cautious. The salt merchants are powerful and complicated. Never cause trouble."

Wei Xizhuang nodded, looked at Li Xiaobin again, and said, "Let's stop here today, let's talk about it another day."

There was a Li Xiaobin present, and Wei Xizhuang and Zhou Zheng were having a lot to say.

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "I will ask Liu Zhe to bring people to decorate the day before I leave. If you have something to do these days, come here."

Wei Xizhuang nodded and said, "I understand." As he said that, he looked at Li Xiaobin again and left quickly.

Li Xiaobin waited for him to leave, and then said, "Mr. Zhou, please say goodbye."

Zhou Zhengdao: "The six of you will come tomorrow. I will explain your specific tasks, tasks and contact methods."

"Yes." Li Xiaobin said.

Zhou Zheng watched him leave, and felt a little confident. He had a little smile on his face. He stood for a while and wandered around the small building again.

Finally, he walked out of the main entrance, looked up at the small building and yard, and said with longing: "It's still a little smaller."

Zhou Zheng glanced at the small buildings and yards on both sides, and was satisfied when he saw that there was room for development. He turned his head and continued to look at him, saying, "What name should be... it should be appropriate and there must be some meaning. By the way, just call it Jiujiang Pavilion!"

Jiujiang and Jiuzhou have rich meanings and are self-evident. In addition, Zhou Zheng’s ancestral home is Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, and this name is very suitable.

Zhou Zheng was very satisfied with the name, so he looked at it for a while before turning around and leaving.

Just as Gu Xiancheng did not expect that Donglin Academy, which he founded because of opposition struggles, became a clique of the Ming Dynasty later with huge power, Zhou Zheng did not expect what scale his Jiujiang Pavilion would develop in the future and how much impact it would have on the Ming Dynasty!

...

The next morning, Zhou Zheng was called into the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites appointed Huang Weihuai as the chief envoy to mourn the old chief Nurhaci, Zhou Zheng as the deputy envoy, and the other five people quickly arrived.

The appointment of the Ministry of Rites was very low-key, and only one doctor came forward.

It is obvious that the Ming Dynasty court was trying hard to lower the standards of this mission. Even if the government and the public knew about it, they were still concerned about certain things and did not dare to "blatantly" let go.

The Ministry of Rites just explained some things and repeatedly stated that there must be no contact except "condolences", let alone anything out of the ordinary.

But in the end, he threw down another sentence: "Measure the measure and decide when the matter is done", turning the previous words into nonsense.

Huang Weihuai had no expression from beginning to end, and he looked at Zhou Zheng with no eyes. The others came from all over the six ministries and were all small officials under the seventh rank. They had no right to speak, and were cautious.

The day of leaving Beijing is set on the eighth day of the lunar month. It is expected to go to Shenyang on the 22nd and return to Ningyuan on the 31st, and to "report to the governor Yuan first".

Zhou Zheng knew that this matter was deep and did not say much. He left the Ministry of Rites, returned to his house to change his clothes, turned a few corners, and came to Jiujiang Pavilion.

Li Xiaobin and the other six were already waiting. Zhou Zheng looked at the six people and after introducing himself, he began to assign their tasks.

At the same time, they can teach them how to ambush in Shenyang, how to collect the needed information, how to develop an intelligence network, how to contact, how to deliver messages, etc.

Li Xiaobin and others are not stupid. This is obviously not what a censor should do, nor is it a simple "protection".

But none of the six people asked much, just listened and responded.
Chapter completed!
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