Suffer?

When has my dignified son ever made others suffer?

Looking at Zheng Hongkui, who was a little puzzled, Zhu Guoqiang was thinking in his heart, he must be afraid of loss.

He thinks too much!

This business is a lucrative business for anyone.

For those displaced people who have nothing, they will not only survive, but also live a good life.

It is only natural that they should give a certain reward to those who paid for their tickets, and that reward is to give them a certain harvest as their tenants for the next 20 or 30 years.

And those who stayed on the home turf and bought tickets for the displaced people also paid off on their investment. That extra income will be used by them to spend in the market, which makes sense for the country, not only to get a good tax revenue, but also to stimulate the development of industry.

Of course, those who have boats like the Zheng family will also get a huge profit return. And in the process, the state can not only disperse the surplus population within the country around the world. And it is also possible to harvest a large fleet.

In this era, the fleet is more important than everything, and a large fleet even means the whole world, meaning the living space of this nation.

The reason why they look at the Zheng family differently is not just because of Zheng Chenggong, but because they have a ship.

Having a boat is king.

After all, it takes a lot of ships to transport people, and the Zheng family is the largest maritime merchant in this era, with the largest number of ships in the entire East Asian waters.

Later, Zhu Guoqiang used some of the most common means in later generations to fool Zheng Hongkui, fooling him into agreeing to devote all the Zheng family's ships to this "brilliant" cause.

In fact, Zhu Guoqiang knows very well that this business seems to have a very good rate of return, but in the first few years, it must be a loss.

But one thing is for sure, this business will definitely not hurt anyone.

That's a good thing for everyone! It's all a profitable business, is it possible to suffer losses? If someone suffers, how can I take them overseas?

Whether it is the imperial court, or the rich, or the outcast. Everyone can benefit from this. Including the country!

And it is very certain that when everyone makes this investment, what awaits Daming is a new era of discovery.

In another world, the Ming Dynasty missed this age of sailing, but in this world, it will never miss this era, because everyone is entangled in the interests of overseas colonization.

At least for the next few decades, as long as those wealthy people invest in overseas immigration, the Ming Dynasty will unswervingly follow the path of overseas expansion.

Because this overseas expansion involves everyone's interest. The poor, the rich, the middle peasants, and the gentry. At that point, anyone who tries to block overseas expansion will become their enemy.

After all, overseas land is not only the land of immigrants, but also the property of those investors, who will do everything possible to support it in the coming decades to protect their own interests.

Wait until the big guys are benefiting from this overseas expansion. The Ming Dynasty will naturally expand overseas.

In the following time, Zhu Guoqiang and Zheng Hongkui talked a lot, and of course they also asked Zheng Damu, that is, Zheng Chenggong.

But that's just the point. In this way, the two of them talked for nearly two hours, and after Zheng Hongkui left, Wan Shouqi came in to report.

"Lord Shizi, Huang Taiji asked someone to bring you a letter."

"Oh?"

Huang Taiji's letter to me? What did that old thing do with me?

Zhu Guoqiang asked in some surprise.

"What does the letter say?"

"Lord Shizi, he wants to see you."

Meet me?

Zhu Guoqiang's brows furrowed, and he was a little confused.

At this time, if you want to see me, he is not afraid that I will shoot him?

Otherwise, a cannon will do, I just came back from Russia a while ago, and I got a zis3, not for tanks, but for sniping...... Cannon Sniper!

Why don't you try it on him?

That thing is so old!

……

The seventeenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

This is the second Spring Festival that Zhu Guoqiang has spent here, but just after the Spring Festival, he came to Weiyuan Fort. It is less than 200 miles from the mouth of the Yalu River.

The fortress was a small fortress, and thirty miles away, there was also a fortress of Jiannu - it was also a simple earthen fortress, which was really a long time to see.

The Manchu Qing in this era is really strong enough to learn! In fact, the fortress was introduced to the Ming Dynasty for decades at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and some people of insight in the Ming Dynasty had already begun to use the fortress to renovate the old acropolis, and Kong Youde of course they had also come into contact with the fortress, and it was naturally effortless to repair, besides, now the "good friend of the Qing people" is still helping Huang Taiji train the so-called "Eight Banners New Army", and of course they also introduced the Dutch-style fortress into the Manchu Qing Dynasty- Instead of masonry walls, mud is used to construct slope embankments.

However, soon the more shocking news made Zhu Guoqiang unable to even digest it for a while.

"Lord Shizi, this is the news that our spies in North Korea have just discovered, a month ago, Jiannu requisitioned 1,600 shipwrights, 1,500 blacksmiths and 5,000 craftsmen to build a shipyard in Jiangkou, and yesterday the spies sent intelligence that the four sea ships they built were close to completion......

Hell yes!

Stunned, his eyes widened, and Zhu Guoqiang only had this thought left in his heart.

Although the drawings on the paper are not standard, it can still be seen that she is completely a Western-style galleon.

The Manchus actually built the Galen ship!

It's simply ...... This tartar is too unexpected!

Could it be that they want to train the navy?

Zhu Guoqiang muttered to himself in his heart.

This thing is really incredible, but what surprises him even more is that Jiannu's learning ability in this era is strong, far beyond his imagination!

They not only trained the "New Army of the Eight Banners" with firearms, but also built Galen ships.

This is simply the attribute of a tartar!

Perhaps, this is what distinguishes Huang Taiji from his children and grandchildren!

In fact, the construction of Galen ships in East Asia is nothing new.

As early as 1604, Tokugawa Ieyasu led the construction of the first Western-style sailing ship in their history for Japan, led by William Adam, an English sailor who had been exiled to Japan. It was a 120-ton galleon. It was also a popular type of seafaring ship in Europe at that time, and it was a huge leap forward for Japan, which had a poor shipbuilding industry.

Nine years later, the construction of a larger Galen ship, the Date Maru, began in northeastern Honshu, where the seafaring industry had been underdeveloped. It has a displacement of up to 500 tons and is equipped with 16 special guns, which is far more than the previous two small fights. To this end, the shogunate relied on the assistance of Spanish and Portuguese engineers along the coast, and mobilized 800 shipwrights, 700 blacksmiths, and 3,000 carpenters to work. In the end, it took only 45 days to complete Japan's largest long-distance ship, known to Westerners as the "San Juan Baptiste".

And what's even more surprising?

Both ships took the Pacific route pioneered by the Spaniards!

The Japanese made a Galen ship, did Daming build a Galen ship? The answer, of course, is yes, but they haven't left much of a mark on history.

However, they all built Galen ships because of trade needs. The question is, what did the Tartars build the Galen ship for?

Do they want to open trade routes? What do they sell? Selling ginseng to Europe? Or mink? Isn't that a joke?

Suddenly, Zhu Guoqiang thought of the information he had obtained before - the Manchu Qing Dynasty failed to trade with Japan and looted a Japanese city.

Could it be that the Manchus wanted to change their careers to become pirates?

It's unlikely!

Doubt!

With countless questions, at noon the next day, Zhu Guoqiang still came to the pre-agreed place - a clearing between the two fortresses, according to the agreement, the two of them each brought ten guards.

More than ten meters apart, both of them stopped their horses.

Then they looked at each other.

He is Huang Taiji, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal, but this guy turned the Houjin Tribal Alliance into a country, and then occupied the Central Plains!

Do you want to solve him?

Zhu Guoqiang's gaze fell into the distance, and a mile away, as many as six snipers were aiming at him with sniper rifles, which was not a Mosin Nagan with a sighting realm, but a real sniper rifle.

As long as you make a code yourself, they will shoot.

And then this guy will disappear from this world......

"I have heard the name of the prince for a long time, and today I finally saw the son himself, it is really a blessing for three lives!"

Riding on the mount, Huang Taiji arched his hand.

"You're welcome."

Zhu Guoqiang said casually.

The salty and non-salty response made Huang Taiji understand that in front of the enemy of life and death, the so-called politeness is useless at all. So I got straight to the point.

"Son, this time I ...... I invited Shizi over because I wanted to negotiate a deal with Shizi in person. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Guoqiang sneered:

"What business?"

"I have heard that Dalian cannon casting is a must, so I want to buy a cannon from Shizi......"

Without waiting for Huang Taiji to finish speaking, Zhu Guoqiang laughed and laughed.

"Joke, you and I are the enemy of life and death, why should I sell you the ordnance, can't you let me attack my fortress city with my artillery?"

"The prince misunderstood, I wanted to buy artillery, not to attack the Ming Kingdom, but to use it for the sailors."

Huang Taiji smiled and said what he was for.

"Sailor!"

With his eyebrows slightly raised, Zhu Guoqiang stared at Huang Taiji.

"Presumably the prince should have known that a while ago, his minions drove a ship to Japan, and they robbed a lot of things in Japan, and I thought, since the people in North Korea are barren, instead of being trapped in Korea, it is better to go to Japan to find some opportunities."

What the?

Go to Japan!

Huang Taiji is really going to rob Japan?

Zhu Guoqiang's heart immediately galloped with 100,000 grass and mud horses, which is too unbelievable!

Huang Taiji not only built the Galen ship, but also prepared to become a pirate, and he actually forced this group of robbers to become pirates, and a group of robbers wanted to rob another group of robbers?

It was the biggest joke he'd ever heard.

But Zhu Guoqiang couldn't laugh, he looked at Huang Taiji seriously, trying to figure out what he was thinking, but the other party just sat quietly on the mount.

"The prince may think that it will be no good to sell me the cannon in this way, but what if I say, in this case, the prince can only send troops to attack Dorgon?"

Huang Taiji threw out his bait, Dolgon.

"Shizi, after the spring of next year, Dolgon will inevitably send troops to attack Mongolia in order to strengthen his strength, and then Shizi can take advantage of the emptiness in his rear to use troops in Shenyang, so as to settle Liaodong in a war!"

Borrowing a knife to kill?

Staring at Huang Taiji, this thought flashed through Zhu Guoqiang's heart.

But why did he do that?

For a while, Zhu Guoqiang was a little unsure of Huang Taiji's routine. After all, as far as he knew, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, despite its internal contradictions, was still unanimous externally.

Why did Huang Taiji betray Dorgon?

For the throne?

There's only one reason.

At this moment, Zhu Guoqiang heard Huang Taiji say.

"Shizi must have doubts, why should I do this? However, I want to ask the prince back, will you give up Liaodong? ”

Zhu Guoqiang said righteously.

"Liaodong is the homeland of my Han people, how could I give up Liaodong?"

Liaodong has been a part of China since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Abandoning Liaodong, is this possible?

"Yes, I know you can't give up, so we're going to have a big fight in the future, and if you go and fight Dorgon, maybe you'll lose both of them. It's always good for me, right? ”

Looking at Huang Taiji in front of him, although he was very uncomfortable with his straightforwardness, Zhu Guoqiang still laughed.

"You've got a good plan, but you also have to remember that when you help me get rid of Dorgon, it will also be your end."

"I know, so I want you to put all your power to Dolgon, so that at least I can buy a few more years. You're right? ”

Huang Taiji's answer made Zhu Guoqiang stare at him seriously. Sneered.

"If that's the case, then you're really miscalculated, a few years? How can it take years that long? ”

"Same as I guessed, so, I need time,"

Huang Taiji laughed.

"In the future, if the prince wins, what will he do to me?"

Zhu Guoqiang was silent for a moment.

"Your answer is very clear to you. Repaying grievances with virtue, that's not my style. ”

Looking at Huang Taiji in front of him, he continued.

"The principle of civilization is that we should be merciful to the barbarians than they are to the civilized people, and we must not be reduced to the level of the barbarians."

Zhu Guoqiang looked at Huang Taiji expressionlessly.

"But I'm an outlier, I don't feel like I'm part of civilization, I'm more primitive, I can do things that civilized people can't. When Emperor Gao recovered Liaodong, he did not pay attention to the sins committed by the Jurchens against the Han people in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. And I have made you into guards and become my courtiers, and how have you repaid our kindness? We have always adhered to the bottom line of civilization, to you, to the Mongols, and you are using slaughter in return, the Han people in Liaodong were killed by you, and you were killed thousands of miles after you entered the Kou! ”

If Emperor Gao had eliminated these Jurchens and Mongols at the time of Emperor Gao, would there still be these things now?

The answer, of course, is no!

Historically, this nation has been too civilized. His civilization made him tolerant of all the surrounding peoples. But what did his civilization get in return?

Because civilization has been so long that barbarism has been forgotten. In the end, civilization was destroyed by barbarism!

If you want to survive in this world, you have to be like the Europeans, and civilization is just a choice to deal with the civilized world. For the barbarians, the means of the barbarians must be used.

This is the law of survival in this era! It's just that most Chinese people have been civilized for too long and have forgotten this law of survival.

"I think Emperor Gao would have regretted it if he knew this. In that case, I'm sure I won't do it when I regret it, and besides, we have a balance to settle between us! ”

Huang Taiji said:

"So you're going to kill me?"

"No, no."

Zhu Guoqiang shook his head.

"My soldiers will kill you. It's not just you. And all of you, not one remains. And I just have to watch. ”

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile on his face, for him, when this day comes, it must be a happy day.

At this moment, the air became cold, and the memory was that Huang Taiji also felt a strong killing intent. I even feel chills in my back!

Perhaps in the past few decades, he has killed countless Han Chinese. But now the former man has issued a naked threat to him.

No, this is definitely not a threat, but an oath!

Since he dared to say this oath in front of himself, it means that this thought has been buried in his heart, and he doesn't know how long.

No matter how many difficulties and obstacles people will face, he will do everything possible to realize this wish.

Staring at Huang Taiji quietly like this, Zhu Guoqiang's whole person looked very calm, as if he was looking at a dead person.

But the dead man could still speak, and he forced a smile and said.

"So it seems that the prince is ready to refuse?"

"Refuse?"

Zhu Guoqiang laughed.

"Why refuse? The question is, do you dare me to take advantage of this? ”

"What's not to dare to do, besides, if you can let the son of the world take advantage, that's also a blessing, I'm afraid ordinary people don't have this opportunity."

Well, this old thing is shameless. But then again, endure humiliation and bear the burden or have a thick skin. I'm afraid it's the talent of the Aixin Jueluo family.

Zhu Guoqiang laughed, for this kind of shameless person, don't expect to take advantage of him in words.

You can't take advantage of him in words, you can take advantage of him in business.

"You must know that Dalian's weapons are good, but they are not cheap."

In the face of such a bamboo bar, Huang Taiji didn't have the idea of counteroffering, and directly agreed.

"It's cheap and it's not good, the prince just needs to offer the price."