After listening to his son Zheng Sen's reminder, Zheng Zhilong just sneered, looked at his son and said, "Da Mu, don't you want Wu Sangui to die?" If he is gone, who else can handle this group of soil buns of the Wu family? Can Wu Sanfu do it? Can Wu Guoyong do it? Can Wu Yingxiong do it? ”

Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "Of course, the three of them can't be compared with Wu Sangui, and they can't be compared with the child and the second brother. But...... Don't forget the queen, don't forget the prince! ”

Zheng Zhilong sneered: "The queen is old and lustful, how long can she be favored?" As for the crown prince...... The prince's surname is Zhu! Moreover, this dynasty prohibits cousin marriage, and the prince cannot marry the daughter of the Wu family as a concubine, but the granddaughters of the old man have great hopes! ”

Zheng Zhilong has a large group of sons, of course, there are many granddaughters, and Zheng Zhilong's sons, except for Zheng Jiangong, who is still a princess, all married the daughters of Jiangnan celebrities, so among Zheng Zhilong's granddaughters, the proportion of scholars is very high!

Zheng Zhilong smiled: "The old man has already read the results of the preliminary examination of Jinling Women's University, among the top 100 talented women, 11 are the daughters of my family, not counting the daughters born to the second child and the princess, and 18 are related to my family...... That's almost 30%! And only one Wu Ake was selected in the old Wu family, ranking 93rd, worse than the old man's 11 granddaughters. ”

Zheng Sen listened to the old man's words, and he couldn't laugh or cry a little...... Does this old man really regard the selection of a concubine for the crown prince as the top prize in the exam?

However, the old Wu family did fall behind in the competition, Wu Sangui, Wu Sanfu, Wu Sanfeng, Wu Guogui, Wu Guozheng, Wu Guoyong and other people's daughters, but the first one ranked within the top 100 was Wu Ake. If it is relaxed to 300, there will be one more Wu Guogui's daughter Wu Ahuan. After 300 students, theoretically they are not eligible to participate in the re-examination...... Even if you reluctantly participate, you are still a foil, and you will definitely not be able to enter the women's university. After all, the first phase of Jinling Women's University only accepts 100 people.

"Abba," Zheng Sen frowned, "the court and the central government all know that my family and the Wu family are not on good terms, but now that the enemy is present, you must not say these words in front of outsiders." Even in front of your own people, you can't say it! ”

"Know, know...... You're not old yet! Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and said, "Da Mu, it's not too early, it's time to go to the palace with the old man to see Your Majesty and your sister-in-law Aunt Cha." I guess that Your Majesty will discuss with you about the relocation of Dongning, have you figured out how to answer? ”

"I have thought about it," Zheng Sen said, "it would be best to be able to withdraw the feudal domain." My family has quite a few people in the navy, and the government is becoming more and more prosperous, and there is also a situation in the United States of New Continent, so there is no need to occupy a feudal town. For my family, Dongning Town is not a strength, but a burden. ”

The Zheng family's Dongning Town is divided into two parts, one part is Quanzhou Prefecture and the other part is the Taiwan Metropolitan Division. Of course, Quanzhou Mansion is a money-making house, with a wide range of financial resources, and it is the "cash cow" of Dongning Town. But Taiwan's capital is a bottomless pit, Zheng Sen sticks hundreds of thousands of dollars into it every year, and it has been pasted for 20 years, but he hasn't developed much.

Because Taiwan's commercial value is really not high, Zheng Sen can only use the method of setting up guards to carry out armed reclamation, and set up the Taiwan Metropolitan Command Embassy, and set up four guards under the capital division: Taichung, Taitung, Tainan, and Taipei, and each guard has set up 5,000 households, and then 100 households below.

In addition, the Zheng family established the city of Dongning as the central city of Taiwan as the central city of Taiwan in the capital of Taiwan, which was originally the Dutch city of Reshalan.

After 20 years of immigration and reclamation, the total number of Han military households (in fact, armed farmers) on the island of Taiwan has reached nearly 36,000, with more than 200,000 mouths - this number seems to be very small, but it is only managed by Zheng Sen's years of hard work and millions of taels of silver!

There are four main reasons why it is so difficult.

One is that the tropical diseases on the island of Taiwan are too severe.

The second reason is that Taiwan is not a trade transit point - in recent years, merchant ships from various countries passing through the Taiwan Strait have stopped at Anping Port or Xiamen Port in Quanzhou Prefecture, and no one will go to Taiwan's Dongning Port.

The third reason is that there is no treasure on the treasure island of Taiwan, there are few plains, and the specialty is deerskin.

Fourth, because there are so many places to go!

If you are not afraid of dysentery and ask for your life, it is not bad to go to the Golden Ou Army, the Siam Kingdom, the Western Army, the Twelve Duchyes of Malacca and Temasek Island, why go to Taiwan?

If you can't stand the heat and dysentery, you can go to Liaoyang, to Heilongjiang Town, to Andong Town, to Xinzhou United States...... The United States of New Asia, in particular, has a comfortable climate, fertile land, and two desirable things, mink and gold!

Therefore, the operation of this Taiwan depends on the Zheng family's money and Emperor Zhu's continuous delivery of prisoners to the island.

Zheng Zhilong heard that his son wanted to shake off the burden, so he shook his head with a smile and said: "Since Taiwan is a burden, then my family has to carry it!" Quanzhou Mansion can not do it, but the Taiwan Metropolitan Division has to continue to hold it in his hands...... And we have to continue to invest in development! ”

"I had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars that year, and this money ......"

"I'm out of the house!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Only by losing your own money can you be careful in your calculations...... In order to break a copper plate in half, it is worth losing! If there is no family to lose money, the court will pay for it, and pay 10 million taels, Taiwan will not have the current situation! ”

Of course!

Can losing the country's money be the same as losing one's own money?

And in the entire Ming Dynasty, when it comes to the ability to lose money, Zheng Sen is definitely at the top, and those who can be stronger than him are Zheng Zhilong, Zhu Cihong, and Shen Tingyang.

"Then continue to carry Taiwan on your back......" Zheng Sen sighed, "Let Zheng Jing go to Dongning Town and continue to lose money!" ”

"I have to ask for a piece of land." Zheng Zhilong said, "One out and one in, it seems that the imperial court did not take advantage of my family." ”

"Where?" Zheng Sen asked.

"I want the Ryukyus!" Zheng Zhilong said, "After the Shang family left, Ryukyu had no owner, and the imperial court didn't know how to take over. ”

"Ryukyu Prefecture...... Can you make money? Zheng Sen asked.

"I can't make it," Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said with a smile: "But I can't lose it." ”

......

"Senior brother, do you really want Ryukyu? This is a place like chicken ribs, how can it be compared to Quanzhou? ”

In the East Lake Palace, in the Wanghai Hall where Emperor Zheng's concubine lived, Zhu Cihong, who was talking to the Zheng family's father and son, heard that Zheng Sen wanted to exchange Ryukyu for Quanzhou, and it was really Longyan Dayue.

Of course, he knew that Quanzhou Mansion was Dongning's source of wealth, and Ryukyu was just a place like chicken ribs, which could not be compared at all.

Zheng Sen's proposal is actually to carry the burden on his own, and the benefit is to let Emperor Zhu, this is a loyal minister!

Zheng Sen said with a smile: "Ryukyu and Taiwan belong to one, with Ryukyu, Taiwan's value will be doubled, and Ryukyu is a familiar land, and it is much easier to develop than Taiwan." Dongning's use of Quanzhou Yiryukyu is a loss in the short term, but the long-term benefits are not small. ”

Emperor Zhu nodded and said, "How to make up for the short-term holes?" How much does Dongning Town need to be subsidized by the imperial court? ”

"There is no need for the imperial court to subsidize anything," Zheng Sen said with a smile, "Taiwan now has some income, and a little saving can also cope with various expenses, not much." The Ryukyus should have a small surplus, which just makes up for Taiwan's deficit. ”

"What is the situation with the deficit of Taiwan's capital division over the years?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"That's all the cost of immigration," Mr. Zheng said.

"Don't immigrate to Taiwan in the future?"

"Return to immigrate!" Zheng Sen said, "But I don't need the money from Dongning Town to handle immigration, my family will pay for it." ”

"Then isn't your family a loss?" Zhu Cihong broke the casserole and asked to the end!

Zheng Sen still smiled and said, "No loss, no loss...... When I immigrated before, I made arrangements, not around Dongning City, but like a net, I divided the various thousands of households and hundreds of forts in the coastal areas of Taiwan. In the area of Tainanwei and Taichungwei, where there are more plains, there is a large amount of open land between the various forts, which is just used to establish sugarcane farms. This is a profitable deal, it will not be a bottomless pit, and there will definitely be days when it will make money. ”