Zheng Zhilong sighed, he knew that he couldn't compete with these people from the imperial capital, the wealth and power they had were too terrifying, every month his biological daughter wrote a letter to introduce the situation of the imperial capital, which made people shudder, no matter how you look, the imperial capital contained too powerful power.

Those iron tools, seemingly endless, whether it is a large number of rails laid on the ground, or various facilities all over the city, make Zheng Zhilong feel incredible, so much steel, if used to arm the Chinese, can you conquer the world?

Not to mention anything else, 3,000 people were transported to Hong Kong, and at the same time, all kinds of materials were generally transported from the north, from Jiangnan, and from Liangguang, and he didn't have to see it in person, but most of his subordinates made small reports, claiming to have observed that they were the same sharp brigade as those red-haired people.

Of course, it's really a red-haired person, and he is not afraid, there are few red-haired people, and they can't withstand consumption, in previous naval battles, Zheng Zhilong used his Fujian water to be brave and play with his life, not to fight artillery battles with red-haired people, but to directly attack ships and self-detonate on board, red-haired people's manpower and ships are limited, where do you dare to play with Zheng Zhilong like this?

Of course, Zheng Zhilong's set also relies on a large number of poor people in coastal areas who have no money and no way to live, and once the personnel are cut off, there will really be nothing.

The East India Company's financial system was modernized, and the selection and employment of personnel were distributed according to work, and the distribution system (for the company to make money) was reasonable, and it was naturally invincible.

Zheng Zhilong is far from this point.

The people who helped him play with his life, except for those who were really descendants, didn't get much money, and it only cost fifty taels to be a water ghost and scuttle the opponent's ship, and if the person died, add another hundred taels, and at the same time, Zheng Dagongzi held a flower banquet in Nanjing, and the appearance fee for inviting a well-known singer was several times this price.

But what made Zheng Zhilong's eyes hot was the weapons in the hands of the soldiers who were still practicing in the distance.

In his daughter's reply, calling it Mauser, Zheng Zhilong thought hard for a long time, did not figure out what this meant, there is no famous general surnamed Mao in Chinese history, Chinese have always named weapons, they like to take a strong or mighty name, Zheng Zhilong has several tiger squat cannons that are said to be from Qi Jiguang himself, as for what divine fire flying duck is also so interesting.

But the gun is really sharp.

Erika was also invited to participate in those so-called stress test events, where rifles were dropped from dirty water, buried deep in the dirt, braved heavy rain, and fell hard from the roofs.

But it can still stay intact and hit distant targets in the hands of a professional shooter.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong hopes to buy this kind of weapon, and there is no problem with how much money he has, but those arms dealers in the imperial capital are two hundred taels of silver, and the bullets are even more expensive, and the most excessive thing is that according to them, all the orders have been extended to a year later, and they can only be a little patient with the brothers in Fujian.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong didn't find nothing, under the sequence of countless new ships in the north, there was a ship of his Fujian Yuanhua Shipbuilding Company, but that ship was a far water, and it had already run to the territory of the red-haired people.

When he first passed through Fujian, Zheng Zhilong also went up to take a look, the ship was very large, but what made people more excited than the volume was its speed and the hull that was still stable on the sea.

Many tactics appeared in his mind, and under such a sea ship, the previous gang jumping battle began to fail, if the bow of the ship was equipped with steel ramming horns, sharp blades that emitted cold light, in the sea breeze, in the bumps of the waves, in the shouts of warriors, shouting: "Sink Yoshino!" ”

The changes brought about by the new turbine engine are so terrible, of course, for the historical changes in the world shipping industry, it is not understandable to Zheng Zhilong.

But he knew that the power of those rifles, in his daughter's secret letter, used the secret writing technique from the Japanese Tagawa family, only a special potion can see clearly, there, Erika's panic can be felt even if it is thousands of miles away, she reminded Zheng Zhilong that the weapons used by the people in the imperial capital can hit the target two miles away, this is a test of the actual situation countless times, you must not be hostile to them, and even when you go out, it is best to arrange a shadow dancer to explore the way, and even the whereabouts are best kept secret, Even those things that are called mortars are enough to knock over a brick house.

But how can it be stopped, Zheng Zhilong inspected Xiamen, where he lives, and Penghu, where he often goes in and out, and came to the conclusion that if people want to deal with themselves like this, there is simply a good opportunity, and the distance of two miles is a loophole in their defensive thinking in the past.

In the past, the firing distance of the firearm was only a dozen meters, which was already the limit, and all kinds of red-coated cannons, which were difficult to carry, could not have moved to Fujian, which was full of his henchmen, to assassinate him.

However, if, according to Erika, there is a small cannon that a man can easily carry and hit the target at a distance of two miles, then he can wait for his own death.

But Zheng Zhilong, who received the letter, still renovated his bedroom and the rooms of all the family members who were nearby, in fact, benefiting from the knowledge of the Japanese Warring States, the Japanese still have research on these tunnels, institutions and so on.

However, when I think about it carefully, I am discouraged again.

Compared to the Ming Dynasty, where everything was held in their hands and in the palace, and in the end all those craftsmen were rotten, the elders were very open-minded, and many technical things began to spread, although the military factories were very sensitive, but they were not so sensitive, and behind the release of overseas gun rights, it was actually just a generation gap in technology.

In the experience of later generations, the steel pipe factory is equal to the gun factory, and the chemical plant represents the chemical weapons factory, which is the basic common sense, of course, due to the various civil strife of that era, it is often related to our dear United States, and the Americans usually place an order casually when they incite others to riot, and in the shortest possible time, Poly Group or Skoda Arsenal can ship their own inventory of good things, which is much more convenient and faster than the temporary conversion of local steel pipe factories.

One of Li Xiangqian's dreams was to wear a black casual dress and black sunglasses, mysterious and low-key, in some places that exuded the smell of alcohol and powder, accompanied by the sound of clinking glasses and frolicking, making agreements with certain careerists, using all kinds of revolutionary words to boost their morale, and after carrying out various transactions, a large number of arms were delivered, and the pattern of a region was rewritten.

However, this kind of work often has very high conditions for political trial, and what is needed is extremely firm conviction, and what Li Xiangqian lacks most is conviction.

And arms is the ultimate cargo that can rewrite the pattern and destiny of a region.

In the past, selling cheap grain led to the sluggishness and bankruptcy of peasants' incomes, and finally they were purchased cheaply, cloth was sold, and the natural economic circle of men and women weaving was broken.

However, the arms trade often means death, not to kill people, what kind of guns to buy, and arms dealers also mean death merchants.

As for whether to provide arms to the pirate Zheng Zhilong and arm it, the elders have different opinions.

The people who support it are naturally very simple, although Zheng Zhilong Group hooks up with the Japanese and the Portuguese, but his roots are in China, as long as he holds down his seven inches, he will not be able to turn the sky upside down, and the future support and sand mixing will naturally digest the power of the Zheng family.

In essence, Zheng Zhilong is not a pirate, but a co-owner who is supported by pirates of all sizes in Fujian, and the disintegration of Zheng Zhilong's forces after his capture also shows that this alliance is not unbreakable.

Pressure from many parties to force Zheng Zhilong to transform from a pirate group to a corporatization and gradually bring him under control, which is almost the best choice for such a complex situation in Southeast Asia.

People who oppose it are naturally normal, Zheng Zhilong's black history is a lot, when people find out that this goods actually rely on the contribution of chrysanthemums to get their first pot of gold after all the back is cool, such a person is definitely the hero of the hero, the legendary Han Xin who is willing to suffer the humiliation of the crotch can not be compared, Han Xin is just kneeling, this goods is really sending chrysanthemums.

In the past, when the mother-in-law discriminated against the poor dick and son-in-law, she always liked to say that he wouldn't even do something like quitting smoking for you, can you ask for it.

He can even do something as terrible as quitting smoking, can he ask for it?

Here, let's systematically review how Comrade Zheng Zhilong rose.

As the son of a little person, Zheng Zhilong naturally didn't have much opportunity to read and write, so he started to mess around, referred to as gangsters, this person was kicked out of the house and ran away by boat because he molested his father's concubine, and went to Japan by boat. The boat money is Xiao Zheng's chrysanthemum.

When he arrived in Japan, relying on his handsome appearance, after soaking in his own woman Tagawa, he returned to China safely, but he met another pirate, and was arrested to be the wife of the village, cough cough, the pirate died in less than half a year, but before he died, Xiao Zheng didn't know how, he said him, let Xiao Zheng lead everyone, go and do a hard job, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in one go, Xiao Zheng became the richest man on the sea in one fell swoop, pirates respect wealth, and people who beg for life at sea especially believe in luck, so he was recommended to be a man like One Piece!

It's out of control ever since.

Well, of course, pirates in this era are still normal in this regard.

The rule at sea is that women are not allowed to be carried, and it is said that because women are "unclean" and will anger the sea god. This reason is very far-fetched, because the Fujian boat people believe in the queen of heaven Mazu the most, could it be that the ancestors struggled with the paradox of "women are angels or devils" so early? The real reason is not difficult to speculate. The key to ocean voyages is the supply of water and food, and of course, the more capable the personnel, the better, and women who are small and frail will only be "negative equity".

In addition, if there are women on board, the ** accumulated by the sailors during the long voyage is bound to cause a fatal "romantic storm". So it's a pure man's world, and if you don't want to jerk off to the sea, you can only help each other. As the saying goes, the environment changes fate, and this is called situational homosexuality.

Zheng Zhilong's life record, very legendary, since he was a child, belongs to the bohemian type, unwilling to study, but has strength, fists and feet, once went to Tokugawa Ieyasu's grave to pay respects, and visited well-known samurai to learn Japanese kendo, to Macau to receive Catholic baptism, the Christian name Nicholas.

The most important thing for Li Xiao is that the most protective thing around Zheng Zhilong is a group of black people, these blacks have their own team, they are warriors who are not afraid of death, although the weapons in their hands are far less sharp than the Mauser gun, but they are the ones who can block the gun for Zheng Zhilong at any time.

Such a hero, many elders demanded, find a way to control it, even if it is handed over to his unreliable son, it is better than him.

This, a thorough explanation, although they have crossed over, but most of the elders are still somewhat self-aware, although their knowledge has improved countless times compared to their predecessors, but in essence they are still ordinary people, if they really play the trick of intrigue, they themselves have no confidence.

Of course, you don't have to be confident.

In fact, it was Zheng Zhilong who had no confidence.

He knew that there were already 3,000 troops in Hong Kong, after all, a considerable part of the logistics of these 3,000 people was his ship to help transport them, but when he really got here, he realized what was going on.

After being welcomed into the town of Victoria Harbour, I was greeted by the tents in the distance, and many shirtless men with rifles on their backs.

But according to Erika's description, they can actually hit themselves.

This feeling disappeared in a flash, and he could only continue to have friendly conversations with people from this imperial capital and introduce the characters around him.

"The rainy season in Vietnam is about to begin, but the annoying heavy rain is not every day, the goal of this operation is very simple, relying on the coastal areas of Vietnam, to build our strongholds and fortresses, now, the Vietnamese have been completely chaotic, it can be said that they have all lost their own order, we don't have to care about them, we can develop our own forces in peace."

Zheng Zhilong said: "The Nguyen family ...... in the south."

Li Xiao said: "The latest news, Ruan Fulan is dead. ”

Zheng Zhilong's face changed suddenly, he knew that the other party was sending people to Nanyue, and the people who used it were still to get rid of the Fujian countryman Zheng Zhilong was looking for, what Chen Jinnan, but he died all of a sudden, it was really beyond imagination, could it ......

If the other party is really a group of people who annihilate the target at any time, then he has to think about how much pressure he has to survive.

Li smiled and said: "It's not our hands, we originally planned to let several families in Vietnam fight, but unfortunately, Nguyen Phuc Lan's son seems to be a little anxious, now the army is in control, all the way forward, creating a military miracle for decades, the prestige is high, kill his father, you can be the king, what do you say?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised, although he had seen the deception in the pirate pile, but the murder of his father really happened in front of him, and he still had to be sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, he was also a father.

(End of chapter)