"Li Dan and Hongmao Yi have a lot of contacts. Will Li Dan use Hongmao Yi's hands to deal with Commander Zheng and others?" Yang Yuan said.

As a wealthy merchant at sea, Li Dan had business dealings with the Red Maverick and the Frangiri. There were many things in the Ming Dynasty, which were sold to the Red Maverick and the Frangiri in Luzon through his hands.

Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Li Dan doesn't pose much threat to us. At most, he will suppress us in business. But it doesn't matter. Zheng Tie and his team have opened up the passage with Luzon and can directly sell Ming goods to Luzon. For Hongmao Yi, we must be careful. Once Hongmao Yi suffers a loss in Penghu, they will focus on the Dayuan Island."

"I heard that Hongmaoyi's ship is very huge, with many cannons on the ship, and there are many 24 pounds or even larger ship cannons." Yang Yuan frowned slightly, showing a little worried.

Liu Heng tapped the table gently with his finger, thought for a while, and said, "Red Maoyi has great ambitions. As long as he knows the situation of Dayuan Island, he will definitely not let Dayuan Island go. Fortunately, we have not stopped building ships in the past two years, otherwise it will be difficult to defend Dayuan Island."

"Do you want to notify Commander Zheng and let him be careful of the Red and Mavericks?" Yang Yuan said.

Liu Heng said: "Don't worry, Zheng Tie has been to Dayuan Island for so long and knows the situation at sea better than us. What we can do now is to find ways to get more big trees and send them to Dayuan Island. As long as we build enough large ships, there will be no big problem to defend Dayuan Island."

"Do you want to go to the Liaodong people to send letters and arrange for someone to go to Pi Island again?" Yang Yuan suggested.

Liu Heng nodded and said, "You will arrange this matter. I think Hong Maoyi's eyes are still in Penghu now. He hasn't noticed Dayuan Island yet. We still have time."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." Yang Yuan agreed and turned around and wanted to leave.

At this moment, Liu Heng said again: "Is Wang Xinyi still in Taiyuan?"

"He has left Taiyuan and returned to Beijing, but not long after he left Taiyuan, his subordinates have been arranging people to secretly monitor him." Yang Yuan stopped leaving, turned around and said to Liu Heng, "If you are worried that he will return to the capital and talk nonsense, your subordinates can arrange for people to intercept him halfway."

He waved his hand to make a cut-down action.

Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "We have been recruited by the court. As long as there is no chaos in the border areas, no one will take it seriously even if he says something after he goes back. It is no longer stable for the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong. The court will not do anything to us for the sake of Datong's stability. At most, some troops will be sent to Datong to monitor us."

"My subordinates will arrange people to monitor the mobilization of the imperial army." Yang Yuan said.

Liu Heng nodded and then said, "Don't break the contact with Wei Zhongxian. Go back and arrange for the Wang Zi of the capital to send Wei Zhongxian a batch of valuable things. You must maintain this line."

"Now the court is the most common dynasty that scholars often say. The Lin Party in the middle east is powerful. Wei Zhongxian was almost driven out of the palace several times. We still put in such great effort to maintain our relationship with him. If he is driven out of the capital one day, wouldn't our current investment be wasted?" Yang Yuan said.

Although Wei Zhongxian's relationship has not yet been broken, the benefits gained from Wei Zhongxian are far lower than the investment over the years.

As the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, every piece of money given to Wei Zhongxian must be passed by his hands. Compared with other officials who were bribed, Wei Zhongxian has always been the big deal.

Liu Heng smiled and said, "You underestimate Wei Zhongxian too much, or you underestimate our Emperor of Apocalypse."

"I don't understand." Yang Yuan shook his head slightly.

Liu Heng smiled and said, "The emperor and generals are in balance. Now the power of the Donglin Party is spread all over the government and the public, but Wei Zhongxian has always been fine. Instead, he is deeply trusted by Emperor Tianqi. As long as the trust of Tianqi is not lost for a day, Wei Zhongxian will not be able to do anything."

"So that's the case." Yang Yuan suddenly realized and immediately said, "The Donglin Party is not a good person. The families in the south have a lot of land. However, the life in the south is much better than that in our north. It is not as bad as in our north. It often has to be unpaid or has no harvest. However, the taxes of the court are heavy, which makes many people unable to survive."

Liu Heng smiled and said, "The south is more scholarly than the north, so the Donglin Party always says that it is rich in the people, and heavy taxes are all in the north. If the weather is not good, the north will change a lot."

Whether the following time was good or not, as a time traveler, he knew better than many people that the Little Ice Age lasted until the Kangxi period of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty.

"Sir, do you mean that there will be people rebels in the north?" Yang Yuan's eyes lit up.

As a bandit, he is most sensitive to rebellion.

Although the tiger flag is now recruited by the court, as the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, he is the closest person to Liu Heng. He knows very well that the tiger flag is recruited only temporarily, but it has been secretly developing and strengthening its strength.

To this day, Lingqiu has been recruiting new soldiers in the name of recruiting miners, setting up baggage camps, and then sent to the grassland to guard the pier built on the grassland.

Liu Heng nodded and said, "The Foreign Intelligence Bureau has arranged for people in various places to keep an eye on them. Once there is a situation where the people rebelled, the news will be sent back immediately."

"Don't worry, the secret spies installed in various places have been staring at each other secretly, and I promised to send the news back as soon as possible." Yang Yuan patted his chest and promised, and then said, "If someone takes the lead in rebellion, should we raise the flag of rebellion?"

Liu Heng glanced at Yang Yuan and said, "Our goal is still on the grassland. You have to remember that there is a saying that "the first bird is shot by the gun, so we don't make this first bird."

"Sir, I am worried that even if someone raises the flag to rebel, it will be destroyed by the court in a few months like the incense-smelling sect in Yuncheng." Yang Yuan said.

The Sinxiang Sect revolts later than the Tiger Flag. However, unlike the Tiger Flag, the Sinxiang Sect attacked many prefectures and counties in Shangdong, and there were also many people who mobilized them. The leader Xu Hongru even proclaimed himself emperor.

On the contrary, although the tiger flag also moved its troops, it did not attack the county town and did not declare an anti-intention to the outside world. It only repelled the troops of Datong and Xuanfu.

In the end, the two were taken over differently. One was recruited by the court and became a military general in Datong. The other was wiped out by the court.

Liu Heng smiled and shook his head, saying, "No, this time it is different from the Scented Sect. This time, the people who cannot survive rebelled. As long as the people cannot eat, the rebellion will not end."
Chapter completed!