"Zheng Zhilong!"

Facing Li Ying, his own maritime merchant Lao Taishan, Zhu Guoqiang asked directly.

Perhaps Zheng Zhilong, although not as famous as his son Zheng Chenggong, was also a powerful maritime hegemon on the southeast coast of China in the 17th century. And the Taiwan Strait ...... It's his lair!

Can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch?

If he wants to seize Taiwan, will he Zheng Zhilong react, of course, this question cannot be asked to Zheng Zhilong in person, but Li Ying is his sworn brother and must have a certain understanding of him.

"I want to take Taiwan, when the time comes, will Zheng Zhilong react?"

"Taiwan ......"

After thinking carefully for a while, Li Ying said:

"Lord Shizi, the reason why Zheng Zhilong was able to tolerate the Dutch occupying Taiwan was because the Zheng family, as a maritime merchant, needed to trade with the Dutch, and the Dutch transported Western goods to the city of Geranza, and then transported them to Fujian by the Zheng family's fleet, and then sold them to various places, and then sold lake silk, porcelain and other goods to the Dutch, the Zheng family is the Haili traffic court, if we take Taiwan, I am afraid it will dislike him!"

"I don't like it!"

Raising his eyebrows, Zhu Guoqiang asked again.

"Whether he likes it or not, I just want to know if he will call."

If he fights with the Zheng family army on land, Zhu Guoqiang is really not worried, but Taiwan is alone overseas, and it will be a water war to fight, and now the Zheng family's fleet has more than 3,000 large and small boats.

Moreover, a few years ago, he also defeated the fleet of the Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Kinmen off the coast of Fujian, and since then, he has been known as the "overlord of the Fujian Sea", and his own navy is not his opponent at present.

"Lord Shizi, Zheng Zhilong is now an official!"

Meeting the eyes of the prince, Li Ying said.

"The prince is a general of Pingyu, not to mention his noble identity, my Pingyu army is also an official army of the imperial court, if he dares to fight the soldiers of our Pingyu army, he is a rebellion!"

Well, this was also the reason why Li Ying took refuge in the prince at the beginning, with this official robe, at least he could protect himself from being suppressed by Zheng Zhilong in the name of suppressing pirates.

Since my uncle wants to fight Taiwan, I have to help, or I will help the prince to ambush a few pirates, and if there is a fight, I can also help the prince.

Thinking of this, Li Ying said again:

"Lord Shizi, there are also some pirates on the islands near Zhejiang, I can help you recruit them."

lest the prince of the world not believe those people, Li Ying deliberately emphasized again.

"Lord, in fact, no one is born willing to be a pirate, he is a thief, the family has been a pirate for generations, grandpa was forced to go to the sea to be a pirate for his livelihood, and then his son also became a pirate, but when he was a son, how did he want his son to be a pirate?"

In fact, pirates also have pursuits, but they don't have the opportunity.

"If there is a chance to be recruited, even if it is an opportunity to return to the good people, the big guy will not miss it, after all, who doesn't want to return to his hometown in a dignified manner, who doesn't want future generations to be able to take the imperial examination, enter the jinshi, and become a big official, if there is such an opportunity, who will miss it?"

"Murder and arson are recruited, there is no such good thing in the world, and those pirates don't have to surrender! Stay! ”

Zhu Guoqiang waved his hand directly and said.

"Stay, let our fleet use them to practice in the future, bloodless soldiers are not good soldiers, these pirates will stay first!"

After staring at the prince for a long time, Li Ying's mind was up and down.

Oh my lord!

You're like that!

I can help you surrender!

Those people are really willing to descend! As long as there is a letter from your grandfather, or even as long as you nod your head, thousands of pirates will surrender!

After all, the big guy is forced to run out of life by the surname Zheng, and he Zheng Zhilong has been exchanging the big guy for his wealth!

Thinking so in his heart, but Li Ying still didn't say anything after all, Zheng Zhilong was recruited to recruit soldiers, and exchanged the pirates at sea for his glory and wealth, and now that he has taken refuge in the prince, it is natural to exchange those people for wealth.

Who made the "Peacock Flag" a soldier...... No, there is no "Peacock Flag" anymore, only the Pingyu Army Water Battalion. Thinking so in his heart, Li Ying said again.

"Lord Shizi, if you take Taiwan, you might as well take Admiral Sun as the commander."

"Oh?"

Zhu Guoqiang asked quietly.

"Old Taishan, why do you want me to take Admiral Sun as the commander?"

"Shiziye, although the "Peacock Flag" has taken refuge in the Shiziye, but in the final analysis, the "Peacock Flag" is just a group of maritime merchants, although they are accustomed to sailing, but they are not soldiers after all, if they are really tough, I am afraid that they are really not the opponents of the thousands of sailors under the command of Admiral Sun, in fact, I have been thinking for a while, the prince may wish to pick out the elite from the "Peacock Flag" to form a sailor, as for the others, it will be assigned to the maritime merchants, like the Zheng family, so that they can trade all over the world, for the prince to win the sea profits, so wouldn't it be better! ”

"Old Taishan, Gao Yi!"

Zhu Guoqiang nodded, and then said,

"Since Lao Taishan said so, then do it, in my opinion, this matter might as well be operated by Lao Taishan!"

Since Li Ying is so active, how could Zhu Guoqiang refuse? Naturally, it was the snake fighter who agreed.

At the end, after personally sending Li Ying out of the house, looking at Li Ying's background, Zhu Guoqiang secretly thought to himself, how could this person not leave any reputation in history if he knew current affairs so well?

Could it be that he was killed by Zheng Zhilong?

After leaving the General's Mansion, Li Ying did not go home, but went to the second master, Yun San, and told his thoughts.

"Great boss, you, are you going to give all your brothers to the prince? That's your uncle, but if we do this, we will have nothing but a few ships left in our hands to sell the sea! ”

"There are gains and losses!"

Li Ying shook her head and said:

"At the beginning, we returned to the world, not for ourselves, but for future generations, to change from pirates to good citizens! Now that you and I are already officials in the General's Mansion, even if we let that little thing out, we still have some boats in our hands, and we will be able to go to sea under the banner of the General's Mansion in the future, just like him Zheng Zhilong. Oh, by the way, doesn't the third child of your family speak red-haired words? Let him follow, and come up with a good background in the future. ”

pondered in his heart for a while, thinking that the eldest son would be a guard next to the prince, if the third child could serve in the army again, then it would be a matter of time before the Yun family would soar in the future, and Yun San had no opinion in his heart.

"The prince wants to fight Taiwan, and he Zheng Yiguan can still watch the prince seize Taiwan!"

"What else can he do?"

Li Ying sneered:

"I also think this is also an opportunity, if he Zheng Zhilong dares to do it, hum, just settle the old account with him......"

Yun San thought for a while and said.

"I think it's enough, Liaodong is so far away from Taiwan, even if we fight, we may not be able to take advantage!"

"Not necessarily."

Li Ying said with a smile.

"At the moment, we may not be able to fight him, but don't forget that since the prince arrived in Dalian, he has been doing everything possible to envelop the maritime merchants in the north, don't look at the maritime merchants in the north, but, in a few years, with the support of the prince, they will definitely not be inferior to the maritime merchants in Fujian, after all, we can build ships here, and we can also cast cannons, we can make iron, counting, what does the Zheng family have? Over time, they will definitely not be as good as us, and time is on our side. ”

"Truth, although this is the truth, but don't forget, we are far from them now." Nodding, Yun San was a little worried.

"In case the surname Zheng makes a desperate move......

Before Yun San finished speaking, Li Ying laughed.

"Now he Zheng Zhilong, he doesn't have the courage yet, don't forget that no matter what, the prince is the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, what is he Zheng Zhilong? At best, he is just a maritime merchant, but in fact he is just a pirate, even if he is lending him a few guts, he will not dare to do anything to us, unless he is willing to abandon his current glory and wealth and become a pirate again. ”

Of course, there is absolutely no possibility of this, Li Ying smiled, and then said to Yun San.

"Actually, now is not the time to say this, for us, the most important thing is to seize this opportunity at the moment, he Zheng Zhilong can fly Huang Tengda, we may not be able to glorify our ancestors."