The rise of the poor

Chapter 2149 Wang Zhi's Shock

"At first, when I was smuggling and doing maritime business, my mother could barely understand it. At least I was self-reliant, and maritime trade was legal before, but it is not allowed now. After I became a pirate, my mother scolded me for being disloyal and unfilial, worse than an animal, and even forbade me to go to the ancestral temple."

Wang Zhi said to everyone with a wry smile.

So that's what it is. Mao Haifeng and others suddenly realized.

Wang Zhi couldn't wait to open the handwritten letter from her mother. After turning to the back and seeing his mother's familiar signature, he couldn't help but nod frequently. "Although my mother can't write, she can write her name. I can tell at a glance that this name was written by my mother herself."

The little golden man also had this signature, and Mao Haifeng had seen it with his own eyes, so Wang Zhi no longer had any doubts about the fact that his mother was still alive.

After confirming the signature, Wang Zhi read the contents of the letter carefully. The tone of the letter was just like the one his mother used to educate him with both love and annoyance.

After reading his mother's letter, Wang Zhi closed his eyes, his mind in turmoil. His mother told him one very important thing in the letter, which was that Zhu Ping'an wanted to issue an imperial decree to grant him amnesty, and his mother asked him to respond to Zhu Ping'an's imperial decree.

However, it is not so easy to issue an imperial decree of amnesty. I am not alone now. I have tens of thousands of mouths waiting for food, waiting to make money, waiting to eat and drink the best food. If I want to issue an imperial decree of amnesty, I must settle my people down. After all, they are my strength and the capital for my survival. Only with them can I be well. Without them, it would be just a matter of drinking a glass of poisoned wine for the court to punish me.

Wang Zhi closed his mother's letter and then opened the letter from his wife.

The first thing he did was to look at the signature. Under the handprint of his wife, Wang, was a charming orchid.

The painting skills were not very high, but the petals were full of charm. Wang Zhi could tell at a glance that they were painted by his wife.

Back then, they had many years of shameless love.

Once, after they had made love, he jokingly told his wife that the petals of an orchid were quite similar to some part of her.

His wife kept asking him where, and when he whispered in her ear, she was so embarrassed that she almost bit off his shoulder.

This was a secret between them as a couple. From some point on, his wife would try to draw an orchid when she wrote back to him.

After confirming the orchids painted by his wife, he looked through his wife's letters. Every word of the letters was written in his wife's tone. The content of the letters was similar to his mother's. They all revealed that Zhu Ping'an wanted to call a peace to Wang Zhi and asked Wang Zhi to cooperate. She said that after she married Wang Zhi, she had never asked Wang Zhi for anything. Now she asked him to cooperate with Zhu Ping'an's peace. She did not want Wang Zhi to be promoted to a high position and receive a high salary after the peace. She only wanted her son to live a normal life, even if he had ordinary meals three times a day, and not to be imprisoned or even beheaded because of Wang Zhi's being a Japanese pirate! As long as Wang Zhi cooperated with the peace, even if she was demoted to a concubine or even divorced after the peace, she would be willing, as long as her son could live a normal life.

Wang Zhi closed the letter and closed his eyes for a long time again. He thought about how he was unruly in his youth and how he was despised by his neighbors. He had asked people to act as matchmakers for him many times but was always rejected. He even got to the point where he was blocked by matchmakers in the surrounding area.

That year, she appeared in front of him like a fairy. Not only did she not despise him, she even gave him the betrothal gift. She always said that he was a man who could do great things. She understood, tolerated and supported him. Her gentleness and thoughtfulness helped him get through that difficult period and saved his hands and his soul.

Although there are more women around him now and they are more beautiful, she still occupies a place in his heart.

But, after all, you are a woman, with long hair and short knowledge. It is not a matter of just a few words to get the amnesty, and it is not something that can be achieved by crying and making a fuss.

To obtain the amnesty, my safety must first be guaranteed. Only when I am safe can you be truly safe. Otherwise, whether you are killed or robbed is just a matter of a word from the court. Secondly, my interests must be guaranteed. This is more complicated. Interests cannot be guaranteed with just a word. To ensure my strength, the Japanese pirates under my command must be settled well, and I must ensure my absolute control over them. Of course, all of the above are prerequisites. The most important thing is trade, which is the key to my seizure of power and wealth.

Lifting the maritime ban would of course be the best; if you cannot lift the maritime ban, you can impose a maritime ban on others, but you cannot impose a maritime ban on me.

The wealth on the sea is ten times greater than that on the continent. As long as you open up trade to me, I can obtain an endless supply of wealth from the sea.

However, maritime bans and trade are too difficult. Gentle methods have been tried but failed. Now I am trying to resort to force.

However, it seems that it is more difficult to achieve.

After reading the two letters, Wang Zhi looked at Mao Haifeng, "The second great event you mentioned is Zhu Ping'an's plan to send us peace, right?"

"Your Majesty, we cannot accept their amnesty. Historically, amnesty has never ended well!" Xue Tao immediately objected.

Then, he gave another example, "Your Majesty, take the heroes of Liangshan Marsh for example. After they surrendered, the imperial court went to Langtunhu and the heroes of Liangshan were dragged to fight against Liao and Fang La. They were all used as cannon fodder and suffered heavy casualties in the end. Only one tenth of their strength remained. In the end, Song Jiang was poisoned to death by a cup of poisoned wine from the imperial court! How many of the 108 heroes of Liangshan had a good ending? Basically, all of them died."

"No!" Mao Haifeng shook his head.

"Huh?! No?!" Wang Zhi looked at Mao Haifeng in surprise. It was not Zhu Ping'an Zhao'an.

"The second great joyous event I mentioned is not Zhu Ping'an's call to the king. For my adoptive father, Zhu Ping'an's call to the king is not a great joyous event. Zhu Ping'an is just the governor of Zhejiang Province. How can he be qualified?! What qualifications does he have?!"

Mao Haifeng clasped his fists.

Wang Zhi nodded without comment, and then asked again, "What do you mean by the second happy event?"

Xue Tao also pricked up her ears.

"The second great happy event I mentioned was that Zhu Ping'an told me in person, he said..." Mao Haifeng paused here.

"What did he say? Tell me quickly." Xue Tao couldn't help urging, I'm still waiting to refute you.

Wang Zhi also urged Mao Haifeng with his eyes.

"Zhu Ping'an said that lifting the maritime ban is his wish." Mao Haifeng raised his head and spoke word by word.

"What?! He said that lifting the maritime ban is his wish?!" After hearing this, Wang Zhi couldn't help but stand up from the carriage again.

Lifting the maritime ban, this is his core interest. Even if his mother, wife and children are really executed by the court, as long as this core interest can satisfy him, the imperial edict and the like are not out of the question!

"Lift the maritime ban?!" Xue Tao couldn't help but exclaimed, because he knew Wang Zhi's wish too well. (End of this chapter)