Xu Yan's advice to County Magistrate He can be summed up in four words: "neither stick nor separate."
The distance to the peak should not be too close nor too far.
If you get too close, you'll easily make mistakes and become annoying.
If it is too far away, you will not be able to respond immediately, which will give people a sense of alienation.
It is safest to be neither too close nor too far.
But striking the right balance is easier said than done.
County Magistrate He pondered over it again and again but still found it difficult to come up with a set of rules.
There is no other way, just figure it out slowly.
Since Zhao Ruohai had ordered the construction of the Inspection Office when he was the magistrate of Dinghai County, Magistrate He no longer had to worry about the Governor's residence.
Those who plant trees will enjoy the shade, and County Magistrate He also felt an indescribable pleasure.
However, after Zhu Wan moved into the Censorate, she focused on deploying the war plan and declined all visits.
This finally put an end to County Magistrate He's worries, and he no longer had to worry about when to meet the Governor.
As for Xu Yan, he naturally would not disturb Zhu Wan at this time.
He has already given Zhu Wan all the suggestions he could make.
As for whether Governor Zhu would adopt it or not, it was not up to him to decide.
I was reading a book at home when Yang Pengju suddenly came to visit me.
After the New Year, Yang Pengju made a special trip to Jingdezhen, Jiangxi to prepare to sell porcelain to Zhejiang.
It looks like he is back.
Unexpectedly, the little fat boy came in with a sad face and said, "It's over, it's all over, big brother."
Seeing that he started talking in a discouraging way, Xu Yan said with some displeasure, "What are you talking about?"
Yang Pengju said in a tearful voice, "On the way back from Jingdezhen, we encountered bandits who robbed our goods. All our goods were stolen."
Xu Yanzhi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Didn't you ask for some guards to accompany you?"
Yang Pengju got even more angry when he heard this and complained, "Why didn't they invite them? They all ran away as soon as they saw the robbers."
What else could Xu Yan say? He could only comfort Yang Pengju with kind words.
"This loss is too great. If the old man knew about it, he would skin me alive. No, no, I have to hide here with my brother."
Yang Pengju sighed repeatedly.
"Brother Pengju, how much silver did you lose this time?"
"At least two thousand taels. If you include the money for hiring guards and the food and lodging along the way, I don't know how much it would be."
"Well, that's a bit much."
Xu Yan thought to himself, is this fat guy trying to compete with him for the title of prodigal son?
"Brother Pengju, please stay here for now. You don't want to encounter bandits. You can explain it to Uncle Shi slowly later."
"Brother is so kind to me. By the way, brother, it's time for dinner, right? I've been eating one meal a day all the way back and I'm almost starving."
Yang Pengju touched his fat belly and said aggrievedly, "I've lost a lot of weight."
Xu Yan was helpless. Maybe he owed the fat boy something in his previous life, so he just considered it as repaying a favor.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you full."
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Shuangyu Island.
Xu Dong was furious when he learned that Wang Zhi was killed on the road.
It was obvious that someone was demonstrating against him.
Wang Zhi was his right-hand man, and killing Wang Zhi was a warning to him.
"Wufeng, you said the other side is using bows and arrows?"
Xu Dong's face was gloomy and his eyes were as cold as frost.
"Exactly. Judging from their techniques, they must be veterans."
It is much more difficult to train an excellent archer than a musketeer.
An ordinary person can basically master the use of a musket after one month of training.
But it takes at least several months, sometimes even years, to train a qualified archer.
Generally speaking, only the military would carefully train a large number of archers.
Although there are archers among the pirates, their number is not large.
There are only a handful of pirates who can afford to support archers.
You can count them on your fingers on Shuangyu Island.
Xu Dong became more and more suspicious that this was done by Li Guangtou.
For Li Guangtou, doing this is a sure win.
If Wang Zhi died, Li Guangtou's reputation would soar.
If Wang Zhi hadn't died, he could have taken the opportunity to give Xu Dong a warning.
But what worried Xu Dong the most was that Baldy Li and the Portuguese were involved with each other.
If Baldy Li was really recruited by the Portuguese, things would not be so simple.
That means the Portuguese are dissatisfied with Xu Dong and want to support Li Guangtou to replace him.
In this situation, Xu Dong no longer dared to be arrogant and decided not to make any more attempts. He immediately formed an alliance with the Japanese on Shuangyu Island.
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Dinghai County Governor's Headquarters.
Zhu Wan was staring at a map in a trance.
This is the latest map of Dinghai County, which is very detailed.
Since deciding to attack Shuangyu Island, Zhu Wan has ordered scouts to take every opportunity to approach Shuangyu Island and record its topography.
It can be said that the entire combat plan for attacking Shuangyu Island was carried out around the terrain of Shuangyu Island.
Unlike other islands, the port of Shuangyu Island is located between two islands. Therefore, if you want to attack Shuangyu Island, you must block the north and south sea routes.
But simply blocking the sea route exit is not enough.
There are sufficient supplies on Shuangyu Island. If the Portuguese decide to act like turtles, Zhu Wan will be helpless.
Therefore, Zhu Wan adopted Xu Yan's suggestion and sent spies to spread rumors to alienate the relationship between the Portuguese, Japanese pirates and local pirates.
The relationship between these three seems peaceful, but it is actually very subtle.
The three take advantage of each other and no one is willing to submit to the other.
All it takes is a spark to start a raging fire.
The art of war says that attacking the heart is the best strategy, and now it seems that this is indeed a brilliant move.
There is already considerable rift between the various factions within Shuangyu Island.
Of course, the conflict is not serious enough now, and Zhu Wan thinks they should wait a while.
Only when the fire gets bigger will the Ming army attack.
"Mr. Minister, Lord Lu requests an audience."
At this time, the personal guards reported in front of the door.
"Send him in."
Zhu Wan said lightly.
A moment later, Lu Tan strode in.
Lu Tong was appointed as the deputy commander of Fujian Province and was a direct descendant of Zhu Wan.
Zhu Wan trusted him very much and discussed all matters, big or small, with him.
"Greetings, Lord Minister."
Lu Tong clasped his fists towards Zhu Wan and spoke loudly.
"Come, come, come and take a look."
Zhu Wan waved to Lu Tong.
Lu Tong hurried over.
"How about a feint here?"
"Your Excellency, Minister, has a good opinion."
Lu Tong flattered him at first, then spoke eloquently: "This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we storm it, we will suffer heavy losses. If you want to attract the bandits' attention, you can't send too few troops. You need at least five ships."
Zhu Wan nodded, stroking his beard, and said, "As long as there's a rift within the bandits, they'll be on high alert at the slightest sign of trouble. Even five ships would scare them to death, making them think we have accomplices on the island and are planning a dual attack."
"But this alone isn't enough to take Shuangyu. To take Shuangyu, besides blockading the port, we also have to find a way to burn their ships and cut off their retreat."
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