"As early as when we were in our homeland overseas, we heard that the general recruited hungry people to go to Taiwan to reclaim the famine, and gave silver and cattle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Lu Tianxiang temporarily found a reason for himself, "The general's move is really a bodhisattva's heart." ”

"The old man has won the prize." Zheng Zhilong said politely.

"But I wonder how the general is getting along with the Netherlands now?" Lu Tianxiang asked again.

The Zheng clan had fought against the Dutch long before Zheng Zhilong's recruitment, and in 1627, the second Dutch governor of Taiwan, Duvert, sent troops to attack Zheng Zhilong in Tongshan, Fujian, in an attempt to weaken his power. As a result of this attack, "after the commander arrived there, he was fiercely attacked by pirate ships, so he had to lead the Vireid and Erasmus, without firing a single shot, fled to Java, and before leaving, ordered other speedboats and sailing ships to return to this place (Taiwan), and so far none of them have returned." The Dutch army that participated in this attack was almost wiped out, which is why the Battle of Liuluo Bay took place in 1633.

Zheng Zhilong's mind was slowly changing: "How do these people know so clearly about my Zheng family's affairs, who are they?" ”

"Old man." Zheng Zhilong's face didn't see any change, "My Zheng family and the Netherlands don't interfere with the river water, they just go their own way." ”

"Huh." Lu Tianxiang smiled, "Isn't it convenient for the general to say?" ”

"What do you mean, sir?" Zheng Zhihu said angrily in the urn next to him.

"Brother Zheng, don't worry too much." Han Wantao said, "General, Brother Zheng, please forgive me for speaking out. Although we are not people of the Ming Dynasty, we are also the remnants of the Great Song Dynasty after Yashan, and we are also descendants of China. Now this Francophone occupies my Haojing, the Dutch occupy Taiwan, the general is a Fujian guerrilla, a Ming military general, and I have heard that the general treats the people of Li well, but I don't know why he is so tolerant of this Hongyi people? ”

Zheng Zhilong looked Han Wantao up and down a few times: "This brother Ren, what should I do and what I shouldn't do, I have my own measure, thank you Brother Ren for your kindness." ”

Xu Lang secretly dragged Han Wantao beside him, and glanced at Lu Tianxiang again, Lu Tianxiang nodded to Xu Lang, Xu Lang hugged his fists and said, "General Zheng, we do need General Zheng's help with something." ”

"Yes." Zheng Zhilong also arched his hand, "Brother Ren, but it's okay to talk about it." ”

"General Zheng, we need to set up a point in Taiwan."

Zheng Zhilong's face changed imperceptibly: "Why? ”

"General Zheng." Xu Lang stood up, "Don't hide it from the general, in 2 years, we will send troops to Liaodong in Yulin Bay to sweep away the reverse gold." ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't change a word, and continued to ask, "Why?" ”

"The general has also seen it in my Yulin Bay in the past few days." Xu Lang said, "Since the Tatars entered the customs the year before last, my Yulin Bay has also accepted thousands of people who went south. Since the thief chief ** Hachi raised his army, the anti-gold Tartar has harassed the border of the Ming Dynasty several times, killed my people, and plundered my population. Just the change of the year before last, I have countless people who died in the Ming Dynasty. In the Gyeonggi area, nine out of ten are not left, and the Tartars are not removed, which has always been a major problem for the Ming Dynasty. We waited for the ancestors, the battle of Yashan, suffered the pain of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species, Yulin Bay is not talented, and I am willing to save the people of the Ming Dynasty from fire and water. ”

"Then what does this have to do with Taiwan?"

"General. We and other directors are all in the Clippers artillery. So our plan was to go north from the coast of Yulin Bay and land from Liaodong, but this was a long way, and it would be difficult for us to reach Liaodong without Taiwan as a supply depot. ”

"This 。。。。。。" Zheng Zhilong pointed at Xu Lang and stopped talking.

"Under Xu Lang."

"Oh, this Brother Xu." Zheng Zhilong asked, "You said that you want to sweep away the reverse gold, but I don't know why Brother Xu said that." Although the Tartar is a small country and weak, it is a country after all, and Zheng also heard that the Jurchens are all brave and good at fighting, and there are tens of thousands of Zhenyi. But Zheng looked at Yulin Bay, the population was only one or two thousand, and even if the firearms were fierce, the number was a little insufficient. ”

"It's just a matter of man." Xu Lang replied.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said nothing.

"General Zheng." Sun Tianhao felt that he had really met an opponent this time, why didn't Zheng Zhilong eat it softly and hardly, "Is the general worried that I won't leave after I occupy Taiwan?" ”

"Hahahaha." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "Sun Gongzi, if I, Zheng Yiguan, am also the person who is afraid of the head and tail, looking forward and looking forward, does Sun Gongzi think that I can have today's family business?" ”

"And what is the general's concern?" The traversers are now starting to take turns, Shi Xianyang asked.

"Since my brother asked, then Zheng will also talk about it." Zheng Zhilong finally opened the conversation, "Although you are not my Ming people, you are worried about my Ming state affairs and serve the court wholeheartedly, and I Zheng admires." However, this Yazhou is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, and the labor division attacks from afar, which is a taboo for soldiers, and this is not to be taken. What you rely on is only the strength of the ship and the strength of the artillery, but those who are accustomed to water warfare will not be accustomed to land warfare, and those who are accustomed to land warfare will not be able to withstand the turbulence of the sea, and they will attack the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings. Although you are committed to the Ming Dynasty, but after all, there is no name and no share, and it is difficult for the court to speak. Even if Zheng agrees to give up a place in Taiwan to you, can the Dutch people give up, and you have ever thought about the truth of 'the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind'? This is four do not take. With these four nos, Zhilong did not approve of the expedition to Liaodong. ”

None of the six traversers spoke. Zheng Zhilong's sentences hit the nail on the head, and even Han Wantao couldn't find any reason to refute it.

After a while, Lu Tianxiang said: "What the general said really made me wait for the initiation, but I was anxious. We won't talk about him for the time being, but we will only talk about trade today. ”

"Old man, Zhilong has taken the liberty of it."

"The general is out of sight." Han Wantao suddenly remembered that he wanted Zheng Zhilong to help buy a horse, "General, I don't know if the general can help with one more thing?" ”

"Brother Ren, but it's okay to talk about it."

"That's right." Han Wantao said, "Although I have formed a militia in Yulin Bay, there are very few horses, I wonder if General Zheng can help me buy some war horses and come back?" ”

"That's easy to say." Zheng Zhilong replied, "I will send someone to negotiate with Brother Ren, how much you need, just talk about it when the time comes." ”

The negotiations lasted all morning, and the two sides reached an agreement in principle. Zheng Zhilong was responsible for providing raw materials and horses, Yulinwan was responsible for manufacturing warships and firearms, and the rest of the specific details were slowly discussed by Sun Tianhao and Zheng Zhilong's people.

At the enlarged meeting of the committee held in the afternoon, it was cold for more than 10 minutes. In this negotiation, the crossing group prepared day and night for several days, and actually made Zheng Zhilong refuse without saying a word. Except for the large order of 5 million taels of silver, which made everyone a little happy, none of the other goals were achieved.

"Okay, don't be discouraged, we still have a lot of achievements." Lu Tianxiang cheered everyone up, "After all, we are meeting Zheng Zhilong for the first time, and the wisdom of the ancients is not as simple as we imagined. From another point of view, what Zheng Zhilong said is not unreasonable, on the issue of the Liaodong operation, we are still in a hurry, and many things have not been figured out. Fortunately, there are still more than 2 years to go, and everyone can think about it slowly and not rush for a while. But how we will develop next year, whether the direction of development is Taiwan or Nanyang, and how to cooperate with Zheng Zhilong in the next step, everyone will go back and think about this issue. There is still more than a month to go before the crossover conference, so let the conference set the tone. ”

There are only 2 people in Zheng Zhilong's room, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu.

"Zhihu, when you met these people, you didn't tell me any details, think about it again."

"Big brother." Zheng Zhihu frowned, "I said everything I could think of, but I really can't think of anything." Didn't they promise to sell us battleships and artillery, what are you worried about? ”

"I'm not worried about this, I just think it's a little strange, how they know so much about our Zheng family."

"Didn't they say it, they heard about it overseas?" Zheng Zhihu replied with a big grin, "Big brother, your prestige has long spread overseas. ”

"Zhihu." Zheng Zhilong knew that nothing could be discussed with this younger brother, but he still said, "We have been on this sea for some years, and we have never been to the entire Nanyang?" Even if it's the Hongyi people, whether it's the Dutch or the Francophiles, none of us have seen it, but have you heard of such overseas remnants of the Great Song Dynasty before, how do they seem to suddenly emerge from the ground? ”

"I said, big brother, what the hell are you doing with that idle mind. As long as our battleship artillery is in hand, we can be our sea king at ease, which is no better than anything else. ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't speak again, silently thinking about his thoughts.

Sun Tianhao finally signed a contract with Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong promised to pay a deposit of 3 million taels of silver within a month after the year, and sent no less than 10,000 catties of copper. Yulin Bay promised to deliver two warships, 40 guns and 500 flintlock muskets within three months after the year for Zheng Zhilong to try, and if there were any problems, they could be improved at any time.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu left on their own boats. For Zheng Zhilong's affairs, Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing delayed for more than ten days, and it is estimated that Li Fuqiang and Jiang Beiming, who are in Vietnam, may be in a hurry. The committee instructed the two to split up, with Xu Lang being sent from Wanzhou to Thang Long and Wang Zhaoxing leading the Guangzhou back to Puliange. Due to the trade agreement reached with Zheng Zhilong on the warship artillery, the work of Yulin Bay next year will be greatly adjusted, so the committee entrusted two people to convey the opinions of the crossing group, and the travelers who can come back try to come back for the New Year and participate in the crossing conference after the year.

Xu Lang didn't even get off the boat in Jinpu, and briefly talked to Lin Zhaolong on the deck about the situation in Puliange and Yulin Bay, and went directly to Shenglong Mansion.

"Xu Lang, you're back." Jiang Beiming gave Xu Lang a hug, "You're about to miss Miss Zhao to death." ”

"What, you don't want me?" Xu Lang pushed Jiang Beiming away, "What's the situation here?" ”

"There is no major event, but Zheng Jie sends someone to ask about the situation of the new army's southern expedition every few days. Now Ruan Qi has fought a stalemate with South Vietnam again, and he has not been able to attack, so Zheng Jie is very anxious. ”

"And how did you reply?" Xu Lang asked.

"I received your pigeon handbook." Jiang Beiming replied, "I told Zheng Jie, our landing of Puliange is not too smooth, but it is ongoing. I told him not to worry, and there would be accurate news in a few days, anyway, it will drag on first. ”

"What about Mu Suide's side, is there any new situation?"

"Everything works fine. Mu Suide recruited dozens of more security team members, and also strengthened the defense of the Chamber of Commerce, and I think he was a little scared last time the Vietnamese made trouble. ”

"Huh." Xu Lang laughed, "The weakness and vacillation of the national bourgeoisie. ”

"Damn, you're really good at learning." Jiang Beiming was amused by Xu Lang, "Are there any new instructions at home?" ”

"A big event happened at home, Zheng Zhilong went to Yulin Bay."

"Really? What is he going to do? ”

Xu Lang told Jiang Beiming in detail about Zheng Zhilong's trip to Yulin Bay, and finally said: "What the family means is that this Chinese New Year, all those who can go back will go back to discuss the work situation next year." However, the instructions that my family asked me to bring to you and Lin Zhaolong were to recruit as many people as possible to Yulin Bay. This time, Zheng Zhilong promised to pay three million silver at once, and the committee meant that he could improve his treatment and make the pie bigger. ”

"It's no problem to recruit more people, there are more than 100,000 Vietnamese in Thang Long Mansion alone, the key is that we can hold so many people in Yulin Bay?"

"You don't have to worry about that." Xu Lang said, "The committee has asked Di Chong to increase his efforts to build a house, one villa is definitely not good, but the collective dormitory is still possible." If we really want to complete Zheng Zhilong's order within a year, I estimate that I will have to go to another 10,000 people. ”