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Chapter 37: The Good Remedy for National Salvation

Soon, Shi Lang and his guards recruited him, and a lucky boat came over. Zheng Sen bid farewell to Li Mingxun and then got on the boat and left. Lin He said coldly: "Big shopkeeper, if it were me, I would have taken Zheng Sen as a hostage!"

"In front of Chen Youlong?" Li Mingxun asked.

Lin He shook his head quickly: "Of course not, look for another opportunity. The shopkeeper, although Zheng Zhilong has many sons, his favorite is Zheng Sen. With him in hand, Zheng Zhilong will definitely be afraid of the mouse!"

Li Mingxun still chose to shake his head. Zheng Sen is indeed very important to Zheng Zhilong, but once he is captured, he will completely break up with Zheng Zhilong. He doesn't want to end up surrounded by enemies. Besides, Shi Lang has the ability to do more than a dozen guards around Zheng Sen. This is the Fujian territory. With his strength, he may not be able to succeed.

"I'm just worried that Zheng Zhilong will deal with us. We can't resist it if we just secretly report to the Dutch." Lin He said with a frown.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "You keep your heart in your stomach. Zheng Zhilong will never tell the Dutch."

Lin He looked surprised: "Why?" Suddenly, he thought of the letter that Li Mingxun gave to Zheng Sen, so he asked again: "Is it because of that letter?"

Li Mingxun nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I introduced the transactions of our trading company in the letter, focusing on furs and ginseng from Nuergandus, and exaggerating the profits in it, and also clearly wrote about the transactions we have done in the past two years."

"What's the use?" Lin He asked in surprise.

Li Mingxun said: "As long as Zheng Zhilong knows the basic calculations, we will calculate that our Tenglong Trading Company has made millions of dollars through the transaction of ginseng, fur and raw silk in recent years. This is a lot of money. The wealth-guarding slave must have thought that I was hiding in the castle of Budai Port. Zheng Zhilong would be jealous of such money. If the Dutch knew, who would the money fall into?"

Lin He suddenly understood that Zheng Zhilong was famous for his greed for money and would definitely not sit idly by and watch the Dutch pick peaches, and he would not break up with the Dutch for the time being. This would only make the situation stalemate and kill two birds with one stone at the right time.

But Lin He was just a cannonball wrapped in gold foil. The castle's silver warehouse didn't have that much money at all. Lin He, as a trading company accountant, knew very well the strength of Tenglong Trading Company. Through various trades, Li Mingxun did make millions of taels, but most of this money went to shipyards, the army and various industries, and almost all of them were used for the expansion of trading company's strength.

The Bald Eagle exited from Quanzhou Port, first ran to the outer sea, and then headed south to Guangdong. When the sixth place disappeared from sight, Li Mingxun walked into the captain's room lightly. Seeing the door of the inner room open, Li Mingxun saw Chen Youlong sleeping on the bed. His face was a little haggard. Compared to when he first got on the boat, he was obviously thinner, and his sunken cheeks lost their luster and were asleep heavily.

Chen Dachun walked out with the medicine bowl. When he saw Li Mingxun, he nodded slightly and said, "My father took the medicine and just went to bed."

Li Mingxun said: "Mr. Shen is already at the age of knowing his destiny. It is really hard for him to work hard by boat and car."

Chen Dachun waved his hand: "My father is not unable to take a boat, but he is irritable in the past few days and has both qi and blood deficiency, so he looks like this. Speaking of which, I would like to thank the old ginseng given by Brother Li. The effect of replenishing qi is particularly obvious, otherwise my father would have to suffer a lot of more injuries."

As he said that, Chen Dachun had already sat at the table, put the prescription aside, and grind the medicinal materials carefully. Li Mingxun took a brief look at the prescription and said, "Brother Chen, your prescription is not a cure for symptoms."

A ray of light came out of Chen Dachun's eyes and asked with interest: "Is that so, Brother Li still understands medical skills?"

Li Mingxun shook his head: "Of course I don't understand, but I think the root cause of Lord Shen's illness lies in his heart, and heart disease still needs to be treated with heart medicine."

"Xinyao? I wonder what Brother Li is talking about?" Chen Dachun put down the vessel in his hand and asked seriously.

Li Mingxun pulled a chair and said, "Mr. Shen is just a little seasick. If you say you are sick, you will be sick in your heart. Now the state is difficult and the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil. Master Shen is loyal to the emperor and patriotism, but he is helpless with the situation in front of him and is too worried and angry, so he will be in today's condition."

"Although Lord Shen was promoted to Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi, holding two provinces and possessing a rank of officials, he was in an awkward position in the current situation. If the Lord was not in the central government, even if he was full of knowledge, he could not affect the general strategy of the country and could only show his ambitions in the local area. However, Governor General was located in the south of the Ming Dynasty and could not resist the Eastern Captains, nor could he destroy the bandits. The high position of the Governor General was just a dilemma, and it was difficult to stop the building from falling..."

Chen Dachun shook his head helplessly: "Brother Li, I can only prescribe prescriptions for people. I can't prescriptions for the country and the country. Alas! You and I are just a white dick, so this prescription cannot be prescribed!"

"How to open up, every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. Although Li is not a Ming, he is also a descendant of China. He also knows that the status of our Han people in all parts of the world, relying on the Ming Dynasty to dominate the East and the magnificent national prestige, outsiders dare not be humiliated lightly. Don't say that the Ming Dynasty fell, even if it is like this, there will be more troubles at home and abroad..."

"What a saying is that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. He tells the root of the rise and fall of the world in one sentence. Mr. Li is very talented and generous!" Chen Youlong's voice suddenly came, interrupting the conversation between the two. Both of them stood up and watched Chen Youlong standing at the door in his clothes. Chen Dachun hurriedly helped him sit down.

"Mr. Shen praised it." Li Mingxun bowed and quickly explained: "This statement is not what I said below, but I just feel that the meaning of the words is cited as a motto."

Seeing that Chen Youlong was interested, Li Mingxun said: "This is when he was traveling to the south of the Yangtze River and I heard what Gu Jiang said in Kunshan."

"Gu Jiang..., Oh, he is Gu Zhangzhi's great-grandson. No wonder you know that the Gu family is also involved in the group training this time." Chen Youlong said.

Li Mingxun carefully concealed the embarrassment in his heart. That sentence was said by Gu Yanwu. His real name was Gu Jiang. As for the Gu family's participation in the group training, he had never paid attention to it. But when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that there was indeed a Kunshan Gu family among the group training gentry.

"Father, your health has not recovered yet, so you should take a rest." Chen Dachun whispered.
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