The air in the room was as silent as death, and Zheng Zhilong's eyes flickered, vaguely revealing a little haze. Zhu Cihong, as always, looked at his richest father-in-law with a smile.

Of course, he knew that Zheng Zhilong had spent more than ten years building Anping City and Shijing Town on the land that should have belonged to the Ming Dynasty. Turned two fishing ports into the hub of maritime trade in the southeast!

Asking Zheng Zhilong to hand over Anping City and Shijing Town is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger! Maybe this pirate will be forced back to the island of Taiwan......

Of course, this is not Zhu Cihong's purpose, Zheng Zhilong is a very important force for the current Ming Dynasty!

In the breathless silence, Zhu Cihong laughed.

"Hehe, old Taishan is reluctant?"

"Chitose Lord, millions of acres of land are not cheap, the minister is a businessman, and he naturally loves money."

Zheng Zhilong's words were also frank. But the little abacus in his heart has been pulled back and forth.

It is impossible for Zhu Cihong to dig his own roots! He spent so much effort to win over Zheng Sen, and also promised himself to be a marquis, and agreed that he would communicate with Japan in the name of the Ming court, and was willing to help get the Dutch away from Dayuan Island - I don't know what he can do?

But one thing is certain, Chitose Ye wants to win over and use the Zheng family!

"Merchants love money, and this palace loves money as much!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Old Taishan, it seems that the two of us are really destined, we are both people who love money!"

Since we both love money, let's talk about business...... The marriage between our two families is actually a big deal! ”

Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised, this prince is too casual to speak, right?

He groaned and asked, "I don't know what kind of business Chitose wants to do?" ”

"Zhu and Zheng, Fujian." Zhu Cihong asked, "I don't know what Old Taishan thinks?" ”

It is impossible to reunite Jiangnan!

The Zheng family can fight at sea but not on land, and there is no sailor who can fight in the Yangtze River, how can they fight in the south of the Yangtze River?

However, Fujian can still be taken out of the "total total", because Zhu Cihong's imperial court has a weak control over Fujian Province. can only appoint governors, prefects, prefects and other officials, and cannot control the army in Fujian - now the army in Fujian is eating the Zheng family's food, and it can no longer be regarded as the force of the imperial court.

However, the Zheng family did not fully control Fujian, because the Zheng family was a merchant group in the final analysis, not a feudal military group like the Eight Banners group. Therefore, the Zheng family's focus on controlling Fujian was not land and population, but industrial and commercial towns. For example, Anping City and Shijing Town...... If Fujian, like the Netherlands and England, has entered the initial stage of capitalism and has a large enough urban population, then the Zheng family may really be the king of Fujian.

But this is not the case now, there are about 50,000 residents in Jinjiang County, the capital city of Quancheng, and more in Fuzhou. And the number of households in Anping City and Shijing Town, the Zheng family's old nest, is less than 20,000, and most of them are sailors.

Therefore, the Zheng family's strength on land in Fujian is quite limited, and it will definitely not be able to defeat the 6,400 firearms and 3,200 cavalry displayed by Zhu Cihong.

"Where did Chitose come from?" Knowing that his land force was limited and not enough to fight against the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong dared to accept the conditions of "common Fujian", and hurriedly smiled and said, "How dare the minister share Fujian with the imperial court?" ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Then the old Taishan will be the Duke of Quanguo and have the Quanzhou Mansion." Zheng Sen was named the uncle of the Yuan, and he owned the Dayuan Island and the Penghu Islands. In the future, the land of Quanzhou, Penghu, and Dayuan will be the vassal kingdom of the Zheng family.

In addition, the palace re-named Lao Taishan as the minister of the South Seas, in charge of the trade of the South Seas, anti-theft, navy and other affairs. In the name of the Minister of the South Seas, it is also allowed to levy protection fees on the merchant ships of passing countries...... I don't know what Lao Taishan thinks? ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zhu Cihong, seemed to be a little uncertain, and only after a while did he get up and salute, and said: "The great grace of the thousand-year-old lord, the minister is grateful, but the minister does not dare to be entitled!" ”

"You can make meritorious service without merit!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand and motioned for Zheng Zhilong to sit down, "This palace hopes that the Zheng family can offer 1 million mu of military tuntian under the jurisdiction of Zhenhaiwei, Pinghaiwei and Zhendongwei, and if there is any shortage, the Zheng family will use the private land of Zhangzhou Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion and Xinghua Mansion to make up for it." These 1 million acres are even the dowry of the tea girl.

In addition, the annual tribute of the Quanguo Mansion is 500,000 taels of silver, and the annual tribute of the Nanyang Minister Yamen is also 500,000 taels. What do you think? Not too demanding, right? ”

The annual tribute of 1 million taels of silver is nothing, as long as Zhu Cihong can really let the Zheng family fully control the Quanzhou government, how can he not operate a million taels of taxes in a year? Fujian's rice family is expensive, one million taels is only four or five hundred thousand stone white rice.

With more than 120,000 mu of farmland in Quanzhou, if you harvest two buckets of rice per mu, you will have 250,000 stone and 560,000 taels of silver a year. Coupled with the commercial tax of Jinjiang and Nan'an and the port tax of Anping Port, one million taels of silver is about the same...... The protection money collected by the Zheng family at sea in the name of the Minister of Nanyang can all be carried in their own pockets!

However, the 1 million acres of land that Zhu Cihong wants is a bit difficult to manage...... The Zheng family has three or four hundred thousand mu on the ground in Zhenhaiwei, Pinghaiwei, and Zhendongwei, which can be handed over. But the remaining six or seven hundred thousand mu will cost a lot of money and a lot of effort, but the Zheng family has this strength, so it is not a problem.

Another thing that made Zheng Zhilong a little uncertain was Dayuan Island - Zhu Cihong had said before that he would make himself a great uncle, but now he has given it to Quan Guogong, and he will give it to Zheng Sen.

Of course, this is a good thing, the Zheng family is one duke and one uncle, although it is not comparable to the Wu family's one and two dukes, but this duke and one uncle are all "feudal lords" and have fiefs!

But on the island of Dayuan there are the Dutch cities of Geranza and Prominza!

With the Zheng family's Lu Shi, it is not easy to conquer Reshalan City...... Moreover, the fleet strength of the Dutch East India Company is not weak, and if there is a naval battle, Zheng Zhilong is not sure of victory.

Although the Battle of Liaoluo Bay eleven years ago was a great victory for Zheng Zhilong, just before the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, Zheng Zhilong's fleet was attacked by the Dutch fleet at Zhongzuosuo (Xiamen Island) and suffered very heavy losses.

"Chitose Lord, an annual tribute of one million taels, and millions of acres of land, the ministers can take it out." Zheng Zhilong said, "But the title of this big man is given to Da Mu ......."

"How?" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Your Zheng family doesn't want Dayuan Island?" ”

"It's not that I don't want to," Zheng Zhilong said, "Since the minister inherited Li Dan and Yan Siqi's department, he has been sending poor Fujian people to Dayuan Island every year to open up and reclaim the wasteland. Nowadays, many strongholds such as Bengang, Pingye, Xingangzai, and Zhuyan have been established in the north of Dayuan Island, and tens of thousands of immigrants have been immigrated. However, the Western Hongyi people built the city of Reransha and the city of Pumin in the south of Dayuan Island, with 2,000 soldiers, and it was extremely difficult to capture ......"

"The palace has already told Zheng Sen," Zhu Cihong said, "The Hongyi people on Dayuan Island, the palace will resolve it through negotiations, and there is no need to provoke." ”

Zheng Zhilong was puzzled: "How to negotiate?" ”

"Naturally, I asked the governor of the Dutch East India Chamber of Commerce to send an envoy to Nanjing to interview the palace!"

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "The Netherlands are far away on the continent of Europa, how far away is the Ming Dynasty? Moreover, its land is small and the people are outnumbered, and there are strong enemies around, and there is no spare power to occupy a large area of land overseas.

The location of Dayuan Island is remote, not approached by merchant ships traveling between the East and South Seas, and there are many miasma, and the climate is very hot. Hongyi settles down, but it is the next choice. If the palace opens a commercial port at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the southeast, merchants from Western countries such as the Netherlands, Franco, Portugal, and England are allowed to live and operate. Who would go to Dayuan Island to do business? Dayuan Island is unprofitable, and the Hongyi Chamber of Commerce naturally gives up...... When the time comes, if we spend money to buy the city of Reranza and the city of Puruminsha, and then hire all the foreign soldiers, craftsmen, and foreign officials there, won't everyone be happy?

Old Tarzan, you have been the bow of a ship for the Dutch, and with your knowledge of the Dutch, is this an option? ”

Is it feasible? Zheng Zhilong is also a little unsure...... Open a commercial port at the mouth of the Yangtze River! Can it really work?

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