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The two committees gave high praise to the Priango operation, and at the same time instructed Wang Zhaoxing and Xu Lang to convey the committee's intention to Li Fuqiang, and a Priango dispatch group would be formed after the year. The status of Priango is different from that of Jinpu, as a bridgehead pointing to the South Seas, the intention of the committee is to build Priango into a second Yulin Bay, not just to undertake military and transshipment tasks like Jinpu. Now Li Fuqiang's task is to build the barracks into a strong fortress first, and lay a good foundation for the dispatch regiment after the year.

After Xu Lang returned to Yulin Bay, he got drunk again, and Sun Tianhao had already taken Yao Chun from Vietnam to Yulin Bay, just waiting for him to go to Guangzhou to propose marriage to the Yao family after the New Year. Xu Lang has been busy in Vietnam for a few months, and he has a rare time to relax, and he and Shi Xianyang, Sun Tianhao and others drank too much unconsciously.

Early the next morning, when Xu Lang was still hangover and not waking up, the alarm bell on the Yulin Bay pier that had not been ringing for a long time suddenly sounded. Xu Lang endured a headache and ran to the dock, and five big ships appeared on the sea in the distance and drove towards Yulin Bay.

"What's going on, whose ship?" Xu Lang asked Shi Xianyang, who was standing aside.

"I don't know, I can't see the flag clearly, but these 5 ships are not small."

"Herald." Han Wantao and Zeng Guangxian shouted almost at the same time, "Order the fort to prepare for an attack and evacuate the crowd." ”

The crowd on the docks was quickly dispersed, leaving only a few members of the committee. Zhang Guodong held a telescope and quietly looked at the sea.

"Chairman Zhang, what's the banner on the other side?" Nie Zhongbin also remained on the fort as a member of the committee.

"Corporal." Zhang Guodong didn't bother to answer Nie Zhongbin's question, but called a corporal, "You go and find President Sun Dalei." ”

"Yes." The corporal agreed, turned and ran away quickly.

"Wan Tao, have you seen the flag clearly?" Zhang Guodong asked Han Wantao, who was also holding a telescope.

"I look like I'm wearing a Zheng flag."

"Do you see it clearly, is it the banner of the Zheng family?"

"Yes, it's the banner of the Zheng family." Han Wantao said affirmatively.

"The Zheng family's ship?" The surrounding committee members were very strange, "How did Zheng Zhilong's boat get to Yulin Bay?" ”

"Don't make any noise." Zhang Guodong stopped the noisy voices around him, "Zeng Guangxian, you go to the fort to prepare for shooting, whether it is the Zheng family's ship or not, we can't be unprepared." ”

"Yes." Zeng Guangxian took the order and left.

The 5 big ships are getting closer. Sun Dalei also rushed to the dock at this time, and Zhang Guodong handed the telescope to Sun Dalei: "Da Lei, see if it's the Zheng family's ship." ”

Sun Dalei took the binoculars and looked at it for a while: "That's right, it's the banner of the Zheng family." I guess they should be here too, Zheng Zhihu is still very concerned about our artillery. ”

"Everybody, come here." Zhang Guodong called several committee members on the fort together, "The incident happened suddenly, we don't have time to find all the people, now a few count a few." On the sea is Zheng Zhilong's ship, the purpose of their coming may be for the artillery trade, how do we deal with it, let's get an idea. ”

"If it's easy to do purely trade, I'm afraid that the Zheng family has other plans." Nie Zhongbin said.

"I don't think the Zheng family has any other plans." Sun Dalei said, "According to our last contact with Zheng Zhihu, I am afraid that they are still for the artillery. ”

"Don't guess." Xu Lang pinched his forehead, "We'll know when their people come up, let's listen to the Zheng family's meaning before making a decision." Everyone thinks about what benefits we can get from the Zheng family. ”

"Xiao Xu is right, it's useless to guess now." Lu Tianxiang came to the dock accompanied by several soldiers.

"Old Lu, why are you here?" Zhang Guodong hurriedly went over to support Lu Tianxiang.

"Gordon, I'm not too old to walk." Lu Tianxiang said with a smile, "I'm here to see this historical celebrity and see what the real Zheng Zhilong looks like." ”

Lu Tianxiang's words made everyone laugh, and Han Wantao said with a smile: "Old Lu, I don't know if there is Zheng Zhilong on the ship, can he come in person?" ”

"Xiao Han, how about we make a bet?" Lu Tianxiang said with a smile, "There must be Zheng Zhilong on this ship." ”

"Old Lu, how can you be so sure?" Everyone asked.

Lu Tianxiang smiled and didn't answer: "If you don't believe it, just wait and see." ”

The largest ship lowered its sails and docked at the dock. Zheng Zhihu was the first to run off the boat.

"Everyone, everyone, Zhihu has given you a salute." Zheng Zhihu didn't care whether he knew him or not, and shouted in a loud voice.

"Brother Zheng, don't come unharmed." Sun Dalei stepped forward and saluted Zheng Zhihu with a fist.

"Brother Sun." Zheng Zhihu hasn't forgotten Sun Dalei yet, "Say goodbye to the sea, my little brother misses it very much." My brother is also on the boat, and he will come down in a moment. ”

"Really? Brother Ling also admires his face and patronizes my Yulin Bay? Sun Dalei secretly admired Lu Tianxiang in his heart.

"Yes, my brother is also here, and he is coming out, and the one on the bow of the ship is it."

Everyone looked in the direction of Zheng Zhihu's finger, and a delicate-looking young man was standing on the deck, followed by a seven or eight-year-old child.

Everyone was secretly surprised in their hearts: "This is the great pirate who roams the South Seas, how can he be so handsome." ”

Shi Xianyang secretly said to Xu Lang: "No wonder they all say that Zheng Yiguan is Yan Siqi's face, it turns out that he is really so beautiful." ”

Xu Lang glared at Shi Xianyang: "You be quiet, now is not the time to joke." ”

Zheng Zhilong took the little boy and walked off the boat, and said to everyone on the dock: "Fujian coastal defense guerrilla Zheng Zhilong is polite, this is the dog Zheng Sen." ”

"Zheng Chenggong? Are you Zheng Chenggong? Everyone couldn't help but exclaim, no one could connect the seven or eight-year-old child in front of him with the national hero who later recovered Taiwan.

Zheng Sen pursed his lips: "My name is not Zheng Chenggong, my name is Zheng Sen." ”

Lu Tianxiang walked over and gave a salute: "The old man is Lu Tianxiang, the head of Yulin Bay, General Zheng came from afar to come to our temporary residence, it is really General Lao." ”

"Where, where, the old man is polite." Zheng Zhilong didn't know what kind of official this chief was, and it didn't look like the head of the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, so he didn't know how to call it for a while, so he had to shout at the old man.

"Someone, bring the gift down." The people on the boat carried down more than a dozen boxes one after another, and Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said: "I left in a hurry, and I didn't prepare anything for you, three thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, a small meaning, not a tribute." ”

Sun Dalei's mouth immediately grinned behind his ears, for fear that Lu Tianxiang would be polite to Zheng Zhilong again, so he preemptively said: "Thank you for the kindness of the general, but I am disrespectful in Yulinwan." ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned slightly: "This brother Ren, aren't you Yazhou Sailors, how can I listen to Brother Ren take a bite of Yulin Bay?" ”

"General Zheng, don't worry, this matter will be told to the general slowly." Lu Tianxiang replied, "This is not the place to speak, please go into the city for a while." ”

In the conference room of Yulin Bay, Lu Tianxiang did not hide anything from Zheng Zhilong, telling that he was a remnant of the Great Song Dynasty overseas, and he came here after a storm, and now this Yulin Bay is his safe place.

After listening to Lu Tianxiang's story, Zheng Zhilong understood a little, these people were not from the Ming Dynasty, this Chairman Lu Tianxiang seemed to be the leader of these people, and that Chairman Zhang Guodong should be the commander of the army.

In the next few days, Lu Tianxiang, Zhang Guodong and others accompanied Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu to wander around Yulin Bay during the day. In the evening, all the committee members and bureau chiefs met overnight to discuss how to deal with Zheng Zhilong.

"Everyone, be quiet." Zhang Guodong stopped everyone's noise, "Tomorrow we will formally negotiate with Zheng Zhilong, everyone is very tired these days, we have to come up with a resolution tonight, everyone has worked hard, listen to Lu Lao first." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Lu Tianxiang said, "After contact with Zheng Zhilong in the past few days, everyone also understands the purpose of the Zheng family's visit to Yulin Bay this time, they are here for ships and artillery. As for whether to sell arms to the Zheng family and how much to sell, everyone still needs to have an idea. We have also put forward a lot of opinions on our requirements for the Zheng family in the past few days, and I have summarized them, and there are basically a few points. First, do we want to unite with Zheng Zhilong and exterminate the Dutch in Taiwan now? Second, do we want to divide Taiwan equally with Zheng Zhilong, or do we want to move Taiwan for now and concentrate on running Vietnam? Third, it was proposed that we should join forces with the Zheng family to march into the Iyo Eight Domains in Japan so that we could get the copper we urgently needed, but this suggestion was not feasible. Let's discuss these questions. ”

"I am not in favor of marching into Taiwan and Japan." Sun Dalei was the first to speak, "Our steps this year are too big, Brother Pulian has just won, Jinpu has not been fully controlled yet, if we enter Taiwan and Japan again, where will we get so much money and so many troops." I, the president of the bank, can't come up with so much money, so I suggest that I should first do arms trading, only sell cannons, not too much, as for Japanese copper, we can use the output of cannons as a condition to force Zheng Zhilong to find a way by himself, anyway, his daughter-in-law is Japanese. ”

"I don't agree with President Sun, we have to go to Taiwan, this is an opportunity." Han Wantao stood up the second, "Don't forget, everyone, in more than 2 years, we will go to Liaodong to fight the Manchu Qing, if we don't have a point in Taiwan, no supply station, even if we have a good relationship with Zheng Zhilong, it will still be very inconvenient to pass through the Taiwan Strait." I don't want to discuss whether Zheng Zhilong is a traitor in the future, at least not now, we are already changing history, and we will change further in the future. As long as we defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he Zheng Zhilong can't do it even if he wants to be a traitor. Also, we have to form a cavalry unit within 2 years, and now with Zheng Zhilong, we can get horses through him, so I think it is imperative to send troops to Taiwan. ”

"I'll say a few words." Zeng Guangxian said, "I don't agree with selling Zheng Zhilong's cannon, because we must have a generation difference." If Zheng Zhilong has the same artillery as us, if he turns his face, we won't be able to beat him at all. As for whether to go to Taiwan or not, I think there is some truth in what Han Wantao said, if we don't have a supply station in Taiwan, it will be very troublesome to go to Liaodong in the future. ”

"I have an idea." Xu Lang raised his hand to speak, "Zeng Guangxian is right, there must be a generational difference, but what Sun Dalei said is also reasonable, we are still short of money, and the arms business is the most profitable." ”

"I said Xu Lang, where are you?" Xia Yang smiled, "How did you go from being against everyone to supporting everyone." ”

"No kidding, let's get down to business." Xu Lang continued, "I don't know where the new weapons developed by the Industrial Bureau have come now, if we don't have better weapons than now, we can get some weapons that are worse than the current ones and sell them to Zheng Zhilong, so that we can earn money and maintain the generation gap." ”

"What do you mean a weapon that's worse than it is now?" Someone asked.

"Here's an example." Xu Lang explained, "Our current cannons can hit 1,500 meters, while Western cannons can only hit 1,000 meters, so let's build some cannons that can hit 1,200 meters, which are closer than our own and farther than Westerners, I don't think Zheng Zhilong will want it." How about it, Shen Daxing, can you make such artillery? ”

"Yes, no problem." Shen Daxing nodded.

Everyone began to discuss Xu Lang's proposal, and the whole meeting lasted until the third watch, and finally made a few principled provisions, which could be sold to Zheng Zhilong's artillery and ships, but required Zheng Zhilong to get copper for Yulin Bay. In addition, try to unite Zheng Zhilong to start a war with the Dutch and strive to set up a point in Taiwan, without a supply station, which will be a big trouble for the future ocean.