Zhang Jingyi ordered someone to get the notes.

The outer part of the note was sealed with paint, which was obviously the top secret.

Zhang Jing tore it apart and then opened the note.

There are small characters in it.

What is recorded in the small words is the situation of Franchise and the Netherlands over the past few days.

Among the Franchise people, the Portuguese still entrenched Macau, while the Netherlands are now the most powerful, known as the country of ten thousand ships, with countless ships. They occupied Ryukyu, which is the later Taiwan Province, and established a large number of fortresses and ports, trying to use Ryukyu to control trade in this area.

In addition, the Spanish established colonial sites in Sumatra, Lusong, Zhenla and other countries, and their sphere of influence was becoming increasingly large.

They established various trade and colonial sites everywhere, and already had an effective management and transportation regulations.

Therefore, Wang Cheng believed that... it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty caravan to truly make huge profits.

Because if we rely on the scarce products of the Ming Dynasty, we may be able to trade on our own and get some profits, and once the Ming Dynasty caravan wants to transport the goods to all parts of the world, we will inevitably be boycotted.

This includes the looting of pirates, and the franchises and the Netherlands, who had already been deeply rooted in the local area, often instigate and use natives or others to incite hatred against the Ming fleet.

For example, in Luzon and other places, it is common to incite the extermination of the Han Dynasty, so that the Han people who migrated to the sea were deeply harmed.

However, those Franchise people built solid fortresses, enslaved local natives, incited relations behind their backs, incited people to plunder the Han people, and made huge profits from it.

These Western countries, whether in Luzon, Sumatra and other places, are already considered the hinterland of the Central Plains dynasty. After all... Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, people have sent envoys to the court and established relatively stable vassal relationships with the Central Plains dynasty. The Han people's immigration to these places has been a long history and can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period.

Such an intimate relationship can reach this point, which shows that this Francisian should not be underestimated!

Wherever they go, they first use their strength to suppress the indigenous people and make them afraid. At the same time, they are best at manipulating people's hearts and are more enthusiastic about exporting their own religion and language. Under this combination of hardness and softness, their dominance is often very stable.

Wang Cheng therefore asserted that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to trade, even the Western countries encountered such a dilemma, let alone, they wanted to get the fleet to travel to India, Kunlun Island, and even further away to obtain the rich benefits brought by trade.

To solve this problem, the first thing to solve is the Franchise and the Dutch people who occupied Ryukyu and Luzon at the doorstep of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Jing looked carefully and nodded subconsciously. Wang Cheng obviously had a very clear understanding of the situation in various parts of the world.

This kind of understanding can only be realized by going across the sea and dealing with Franchise and the Netherlands in Macau and other places for many years.

Continue to read down, but at the end of this note, a more important thing was mentioned.

In Quanzhou, the Jinyiwei caught a detailed work. This man had a deep relationship with the Franjiren and the Netherlands. He had been in the inland and spying on the information of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Cheng observed him for two years, but he had never chosen to arrest him.

After all, I finally found a fine piece. If I catch it, how can I use a long line to catch a big fish?

Until recently, Wang Cheng noticed that the other party had begun to spy on the situation of the Ming Dynasty's various guards and the stationing of troops along the coast.

This immediately made Wang Cheng realize that there might be a huge change overseas, so he made a quick decision and immediately arrested him. After a secret interrogation, he immediately sent him to the capital.

He did not say what the person confessed in his letter.

However... it is obvious that Wang Cheng believes that this matter is extraordinary and Zhang Jingyi must know the inside story.

Zhang Jingyi put down his note, his face calmed slightly, and then said to the hundred households: "It's been a lot of hard work all the way. Okay, now there's no business for you. The criminals can be transferred to the imperial prison. You can take the people with you and have a good rest."

The hundred households said, "Yes."

The reason why Zhang Jingyi didn't ask about this hundred households was mainly because his accent was indeed a bit strange.

Zhang Jingyi was an action faction. After a few hours, Zhang Jingyi appeared in the imperial prison.

And the criminal had already had someone take a bath and changed into prison uniforms.

He seemed very scared.

Obviously, before coming to Beijing, he had been under the care of thousands of households in Fujian and Guangdong.

Therefore, Zhang Jingyi appeared in the interrogation room. He immediately stood up like a conditioned reflex, and then looked at Zhang Jingyi uneasyly.

Zhang Jingyi looked at him coldly and said, "Do you know where this place is?"

"I know." The man said: "This is a prison for imperial decree."

This person's accent is quite normal.

Zhang Jing walked back and forth for a few steps before saying, "Do you know why you take it?"

The man said with a sad face: "I know...I know."

Zhang Jing sat down and looked at him with a smile.

In this environment, although Zhang Jingyi smiled, he was afraid that in the eyes of this person, he was also extremely cunning.

Zhang Jingyi sighed and said, "I don't know how many people died in this place since Emperor Chengzu moved the capital to the capital. Some died unjustly, while others... they deserved the guilt. However... the situation of their coming in may be different, but before they die, they are mostly terrible."

The man's face seemed pale, his lips trembled, and he said, "I...I..."

Zhang Jing glared at him: "I have the right to interrupt me when I speak? Come on, slap me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately stepped forward and held him down. Liu Wenxiu, who followed Zhang Jing in, personally swung his arm and slapped him a few times in the face.

The man was beaten to a bruised nose and swollen face, and wailed in waves.

Zhang Jingyi said on the side, "In recent years... the Ming Dynasty opened its seas and also managed Liaodong, I have caught many people who are stinging in the world. Many people are stinging in the world, but... in the end, they are all for a livelihood. Therefore, I, Zhang, do not make any moral judgments. But... no matter what the reason for love, the Jinyiwei and you are all irreconcilable. Now, you fall into the hands of the Jinyiwei, then remember that your life will no longer be yours, and it has nothing to do with your parents, wives and children. Your life is from the Jinyiwei. These slaps are actually nothing, and they don't even count as a force, just let you remember some lessons. Okay, start to get to the point."

The man covered his mouth, spitting blood foam in his mouth, and at this moment, a whimpering sound was made from his mouth.

Zhang Jing looked at him indifferently, but said, "What's your name?"

"Lin, Lin Zhen..."

Zhang Jingyi said: "Do you know why you take it?"

"I know." Lin Zhen seemed not very brave to look directly at Zhang Jingyi, lowered her head slightly, and then said: "I first affair with the Japanese pirates, and then... affair with the Netherlands."

Zhang Jing said: "Japanese pirates?"

Lin Zhen said: "Once upon a time, our family was responsible for smuggling goods. Since then... colluded with the Japanese pirates... and earned a lot of money. Later, the imperial court suppressed the Japanese, and then the Lin family fled overseas. First, they went to the Japanese island, but... they made a living outside, but they couldn't make a living like before, and they were always difficult, so... they followed my father to Luzon and Ryukyu..."

Zhang Jingyi said: "So, he colluded with the Netherlands and the Franchise people? When did he start colluding?"

"Seven or eight years ago..." Lin Zhen said: "The governor there was very interested in the situation in the Ming Dynasty. He knew Chinese when he saw me. He had many friends in the inland. First, he asked me to do a translator, and later, he asked me to deal with the Han people in Ryukyu and collect information brought by the Han merchants."

Zhang Jing nodded and then asked, "But why, you are coming inland?"

Lin Zhen said: "In the past two years, a large number of Han merchants and scholars have arrived suddenly... They not only brought merchants, but also brought family members, and also brought a lot of gold and silver... I heard... I heard it was because the court cracked down on some rebellion... Many people who learned the news in advance fled their families... and most of these people... were living in Ryukyu..."

Zhang Jing frowned: "Is that so many fish that missed the net?"

However, it is common for fish that misses the net.

After all, the Jinyiwei had no way to control all the cities and villages in the south of the Yangtze River immediately. When many people heard about the situation in Nanjing, they knew they would die and had already run away.

There were still many gentry clans in Jiangnan, but they were not as good as Liao generals. The only people who could run away were Mongolian tribes or deserts. However, these merchants and scholars who smuggled for many years had known overseas many years ago.

Even the Japanese pirates during the Jiajing period were related to many gentry and tycoons, and some were even hired directly by these people to cause trouble.

Zhang Jingyi continued to ask, "What's next?"

"The Governor attaches great importance to this. He believes that... this is the result of a change within the Ming Dynasty, and these people... brought a lot of news..."

"Tell me."

"One..." Lin Zhen looked at Zhang Jingyi carefully, and then said: "First, the Ming Dynasty has a lot of wealth... all of them were confiscated by His Majesty. Some said that now... the amount of this wealth is hundreds of millions of tamale silver, and some people think that it is worth at least tens of billions... Some even say with confidence that it is afraid it is more than tens of billions."

Tens of billions... dreaming.

Zhang Jing sneered in her heart, but then she thought... these people... were so exaggerated, which was normal.

Zhang Jingyi said, "What about that?"

Lin Zhen hurriedly replied: "Apart from this... it is a lot of wealth... hidden in the south of the Yangtze River and had no time to take it away. Many scholars and merchants, because of the urgent situation, could not take away a large amount of gold and silver, so they had to hide it and escaped with only a sum of gold and silver and precious items... This number is also very considerable."
Chapter completed!