Chapter 137: Choice
It is rare for the four brothers to get together, so naturally they want to get together together, push the cup and change the lamp, drink wine and eat meat, Yang Bo set up a simple dinner in the conference hall to entertain Zheng Zhihu and Xu Wenjue.
Except for Lei Zhenzi, who had to be on duty, he just drank a few glasses shallowly, and the other three all let go of their bellies, drank happily, and bragged and fart together, so happy.
Surprisingly, Pu Peiyao has always liked to get together, but this time she unexpectedly didn't come out to join in the fun, Xu Wenjue only meant that she was still angry with him, but it didn't affect his interest in drinking.
In fact, when she learned the news that Xu Wenjue was not married in Nanjing, Pu Peiyao was completely stunned, where did she still have the heart to drink, and she was so anxious that she circled around the house, thinking about how to face the current complex chaos.
The appearance of Yang Bo and Xu Wenjue kept flashing in her mind, and she felt that her head was not enough, and she had a headache and wanted to hit the wall.
It's just that the dead fat man went back to Nanjing to marry, and he didn't have anything to do with her in this life, who would have thought that he would dare to disobey his father's order and escape from marriage, which shows that Xu Wenjue has her in his heart, and when he returns this time, he will definitely tell her about his innocence.
Married to Xu Wenjue, she is the wife of the Duke of Wei, the future Duchess of Wei, after getting married, I can't say that there is still a canonization of Mrs. Decree in the imperial court, looking at the world, how many women can get such an honor? This is a very lethal temptation, and Pu Peiyao can't resist it.
Yang Bo, his ability is as big as a demon, not to mention, he is still a handsome man, the kind of handsome person who does not pay for his life, if you want to talk about lethality, Yang Bo's lethality is even greater, nuclear bomb level, and there is no resistance to Yang Bo and Pu Peiyao at all.
What's even worse is that she has a daughter's family, she has saved up enough courage, and just now she took the initiative to attack and pecked someone, Pu Peiyao thought of this, she couldn't help but cover her face with her hands, ashamed...
Yang Bo is not a puppy, nor a kitten, not a ball of air, but a handsome man, or a handsome man she is so happy, pecking like that, as if it didn't happen, how could it be?
"How do you tell me to give it up?"
In this world, only the word affection is the most annoying, cutting constantly, and the reason is messy.
"Oh my God, what am I going to do?"
Pu Peiyao seemed to have fallen into the abyss of despair, wailing in her heart, her body could no longer hold on, and she sat on the bed with her ass collapsed.
Just sat like this, and I don't know how long it took, Pu Peiyao suddenly pursed her little mouth and became angry, "Hmph.."
Damn Xu Wenjue, what are you doing when you come back coldly?
Damn Yang Bo, who made you so handsome? You.. You're a scourge.
In addition to being angry, she felt guilty again, she couldn't stand Xu Wenjue, and she failed Yang Bo, could it be that all this was her fault as a little woman?
"I'm too difficult, why is it me who is wrong, why does it have to be me who is difficult?" Pu Peiyao finally smiled, she made a choice, she couldn't pretend to be cool, she decided to pretend to be stupid.
"I'm just a little woman, I don't stand at anyone, I'm waiting for you to stand on me, hum..."
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In the early morning of the next day, it rained all night last night, but it stopped in the morning, and Zheng Zhihu proposed to go hunting in Anji Mountain.
When Zheng Zhihu went to Shenjiabao to deliver grain, he noticed that Yang Bo's pro-army team left behind had a new-style firecracker, so he tried to shoot a few shots.
He is an expert, and as soon as he used it, he knew that this musket was not ordinary, so he thought about buying some and bringing them back, but Yang Bo was not there, and Shen Yanqing's words were quite perfunctory.
When returning home, he could have not made a detour to Peach Blossom Island, but he happened to meet Xu Wenjue on the way, and Zheng Zhihu came to Peach Blossom Island again, so he had an excellent reason.
The last time Yang Bo talked about Da Yuan, it had already made Zheng Zhihu suspicious, after all, Da Yuan was on the land of the Zheng family, what if Yang Bo was a righteous brother? There are also brothers who graze into enemies, muskets are sensitive weapons, how Yang Bo answers, you can see his attitude towards the Zheng family, Zheng Zhihu came this time, and he had a lot of ideas.
Peach Blossom Island is a military forbidden place, Yang Bo set extremely strict rules, the personnel on the island have signed a contract, once they land on the island, they will be isolated from the outside world, and they are not allowed to leave the island within five years.
Outsiders are not allowed to land on the island in principle, Pu Peiyao wanted to go to the island with Yang Bo several times, but Yang Bo found a reason to shirk it, but Xu Wenjue and Zheng Zhihu are brothers, Yang Bo really can't refuse, Hengzhi is just hunting, bypassing the No. 1 and No. 2 explosives factories in Peach Blossom Valley.
Yang Bo, Zheng Zhihu, and Xu Wenjue were ready to go, Lei Jizi couldn't follow because there were still drills, Xu Erjiang took two personal soldiers to escort them, and brought them three muskets.
Zheng Zhihu took the fire robbery, checked it in his hand, and said casually, "I used this gun in Shenjiabao, it's very good, the Zheng family can buy it in large quantities, but I don't know if the third brother is willing to sell it." ”
"Of course, since the second brother has spoken, he can't sell it to others, and he can't sell it to the Zheng family, but the Marine Corps in Shimiao has just started construction, and some people still have big knives in their hands, and there is really no money at the moment, so I can't say that the second brother will have to wait for some time."
Yang Bo had already taken precautions, and knew that Zheng Zhihu would have such a question, so he answered very simply.
Zheng Zhihu couldn't say anything, people didn't have enough for themselves, and he couldn't force him to buy it, but fortunately, Yang Bo didn't refuse, and he was already very satisfied.
At this moment, Pu Peiyao appeared, after a night of painful suffering, once she made up her mind, it turned out that Pu Peiyao came back to life with full blood and came out in high spirits.
"Yang Bo, what do you say Peach Blossom Island is a military forbidden land, outsiders are not allowed to enter, and I have been prevented from landing on the island several times." Pu Peiyao approached straight up, stood in front of Yang Bo, and asked, "Why can't they?" I'm going too. ”
Oh no, the debt collector is coming, and Yang Bo secretly complains.
As for Pu Peiyao's peck yesterday, no matter what request she made, Yang Bo didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Since Wenjue is also here, let's go together, go together, hehe.."
This is an opportunity, a rare opportunity to curry favor with Pu Peiyao.
Xu Wenjue immediately feigned anger and said, "Third brother, why don't you give Pei Yao the island?" You have to say a clean deal for your little brother. ”
"It's a lot of things, I want you to take care of it." Pu Peiyao hung a squint and reprimanded.
As the saying goes, one thing descends one thing, and it is true.
When Xu Wenjue saw Pu Peiyao, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, he was scared to death, but he was happy to die, how could he be a cheap word.
Xu Wenjue suddenly wilted, hid obscenely behind Yang Bo, and stopped speaking.
"Third brother, what are you tossing on Peach Blossom Island? Since it's a military forbidden place, I don't think we're going to go, right? Zheng Zhihu seems to be inquiring, but it is better to say that he is agitating, which is quite a bit of a fuel to the fire.
"Hey.." Yang Bo sighed, and said: "The management of this Peach Blossom Island is indeed strict, it is not impossible to say that it is a military forbidden land, you and I are brothers, speaking of which, I should not hide it from you, in fact, I am building a pharmaceutical factory on the island..."
"Pharmaceutical? Gunpowder factory? Xu Wenjue sighed and said, "That's not enough, even Pei Yao won't let you land on the island." ”
"Do you remember the half-dead Dutch patients on the July issue? Those people were born with malaria and sent them to Shenjiabao, where Qing'er used a drug called artemisinin, and they were cured, and the pharmaceutical factory here was used to make artemisinin, because the artemisinin preparation method is simple, it is easy for people to learn, and they must be strictly guarded. ”
As for the No. 1 and No. 2 explosives factories, Yang Bo didn't plan to tell the truth, it was a top-secret project, and it was impossible to keep it secret forever, so it could be kept as long as it wanted, and after a few years, even if it was leaked, his strength was no longer comparable to today's, so it didn't matter.
Right now, use this artemisinin pharmaceutical factory as a cover, true and false, false and true, in fact, it is not bad.
When everyone heard Yang Bo say this, they were all confused.
Yang Bo had no choice but to continue to explain patiently, "For example, Dayuan, where the climate is humid and hot, full of miasma, and prone to malaria, this artemisinin is a special medicine for malaria, and its value is so great that even ten match factories can't exchange it." ”
Ten match factories can't be exchanged for a pharmaceutical factory on Peach Blossom Island? That's an exaggeration.
Everyone was skeptical, but Xu Wenjue was still chattering, frowning and asking: "Third brother, Dayuan has miasma, what does it matter to you?" Do you need to build a factory to make artemisinin? I heard that Da Yuan let the Dutch occupy it, is it possible that you want to drive the Dutch away and replace them? ”
As soon as Xu Wenjue's words came out, Zheng Zhihu thought about it a lot, so to speak, Yang Bo did not have a temporary intention for Dayuan, but was deliberate, planned for a long time, and pretended to be in the name of the imperial court, this calculation is good enough.
Seeing that Zheng Zhihu was silent, Yang Bo naturally knew that Zheng Zhihu had ideas in his heart, no wonder, although the Dutch occupied Dayuan, the Zheng family also had a stronghold in Dayuan, to put it bluntly, although the Zheng family had been appeased by the imperial court, the pirate style had not changed at all, in private, there was a lot of collusion with the Dutch, many things, others could not see clearly, but Zheng Zhihu knew his own family affairs, and there were many doorways in it.
Yang Bo turned his head to look at Zheng Zhihu, his eyes burned, and said, "Second brother, do you think so too?" ”
"Or else?" Zheng Zhihu doesn't need to hide it, if Yang Bo really wants to replace the Zheng family, even if Yang Bo can help drive away the Dutch, the eldest brother Zheng Zhilong will never agree, it is better to find out, at least he still has a chance to dissuade Yang Bo.
In fact, this is also a choice, for Yang Bo and Zheng Zhihu, if they make a wrong step, the boat of friendship will capsize, even if they are righteous brothers.
Xu Wenjue also seemed to be aware of the tension in the air at this time, and even Pu Peiyao glared at him, maybe he said the wrong thing, and immediately regretted it.
"Da Yuan is the homeland of China, and taking back Da Yuan is a major national event, so naturally it should be brought forward by the imperial court, this is a great righteousness, as an individual, no matter who it is, it must be accepted, and the Zheng family is no exception."
Yang Bo simply paced on the deck, and said: "However, the Zheng family has been operating in Dayuan for many years, and it is close to Mindi, and there is strength at sea, even if it is taken back, it is more convenient to hand it over to the Zheng family to govern on its behalf, which requires further negotiations between the imperial court and the Zheng family, and I can't be the master." But there is one thing, Dayuan must have output, in order to have long-term stability, in this regard, I can contribute, that is, as I said before, you can build a sugar factory there, and this factory can be held by many people, not alone with me, the younger brother said so, the second brother should understand the younger brother's mind, right? ”
"Those people in the court, hehe.." Zheng Zhihu shook his head and sighed.
"Dayuan, you don't want it, what do you want?" Pu Peiyao couldn't help but interject and asked.
"Don't be afraid of clouds to cover your eyes, this world is big, I give you a chestnut, I heard that in the south of the South Seas, there is a place called Nanguo Island, it is said that there are Chinese ancestors in the Tang Dynasty who have been there, the place is very big, let's say so, three big yuan to one Zhejiang, and twenty Zhejiang is not as big as Nanguo Island, compared to the big yuan, but how?"
"Nanguo Island, is there really such a place?" The crowd exclaimed in unison.
"Of course, when did I lie to you?" Yang Bo touched his nose and didn't blush at all.
Many miraculous things have happened to Yang Bo, Nanguo Island, Yang Bo said that there is, then there must be, Zheng Zhihu not only did not doubt it, but saw that Yang Bo said it confidently, but he was even more fascinated by the Nanguo Island.