Gu Yanwu, the magistrate of Quanzhou Prefecture, sat on a rock on the shore. He put down the official report of the Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen, looked at the river and muttered to himself: "Wang Fuzhi is indeed a man of great talent for governing the country. He has achieved so much at the age of thirty. His future is limitless."
“When will I be able to make a difference?”
"It's so far away here. Even if we send urgent documents to the capital, it will take a month. It's so difficult to achieve anything. Alas!"
As I was sighing, footsteps were heard behind me.
He turned around and saw his butler coming over with a sun-tanned fisherman.
The man was so tanned that he initially mistook him for a heifan (the name used by Ming Dynasty people to refer to black people).
"Master," the butler walked quickly to Gu Yanwu and introduced, "This is the fisherman I mentioned before. His name is Li Shan."
"Li Shan," the steward said to the fisherman, "Come and pay your respects to the magistrate, Mr. Gu."
"Yes, yes," the fisherman Li Shan quickly walked to Gu Yanwu and knelt down: "I, Li Shan, greet you, Lord Gu."
"Get up quickly," Gu Yanwu reached out and pulled him.
It didn't matter that he was pulled, Li Shan almost shed tears with excitement.
This Tongpan of Quanzhou Prefecture is very approachable.
"Tell me, who do you want to expose?" Gu Yanwu asked.
Li Shan looked around and made sure that there was no one around before he whispered, "I want to expose Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, the adjutant general of the Quanzhou Navy."
Gu Yanwu was a little surprised when he heard the name.
In his opinion, Shi Lang was a very competent military general.
When he first arrived in Yuegang, Shi Lang took him to inspect the local coastal defense.
And made some very useful suggestions.
Could it be that Shi Lang said one thing to others and another behind their backs?
"What crime has he committed?" Gu Yanwu asked in a deep voice.
"He is smuggling gunpowder!" Li Shan replied.
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