Chapter 78: My Cousin's Ambition
Fu Weilian nodded with a smile, Shen Xing hurriedly made a big salute when he saw this, Zheng Zhilong's attention was all on the more than 100 captives hanging on the mast of the Shen family's fleet, and he didn't react for a long time, but fortunately, a few lieutenants around him reminded him that he politely hugged his fist and saluted Shen Xing.
"Master Shen, you hung people up like this, didn't you do it to slap someone Zheng's face? Coastal defense and anti-piracy were originally the duty of guerrilla generals such as us, and if such an incident occurs, you naturally have an unshirkable responsibility, but you can't help but act in such a way with a little disregard for the face of the generals of the Fujian Navy Division! β
Zheng Zhilong's words may not be, dozens of generals cast fire-breathing glances at Shen Xing, and the atmosphere was tense all of a sudden, so he took the initiative to take the lead, that is, he took the initiative to bear the fault, and won over his subordinates, and put Shen Xing in an embarrassing situation, which is really worthy of being a hero who has been crisscrossing the sea for decades.
"Gentlemen, don't be impatient, Shen is definitely not the intention, the sailors have leveled the sea waves, and the achievements of the coastal people of Daming have been peaceful for several years, and how can others criticize them, as for these sporadic fish that have slipped through the net, it is inevitable that the Ming Sea Frontier is thousands of miles, and this method is just to deter those pirates who are lucky! So that they know that Wei Wei and Ming have generals guarding those who dare to invade, and their fate is only life rather than death! β
After Shen Xing finished speaking, he looked up at Anthony who was squeaking on the mast, although the voice was very noisy, but he could vaguely hear whose name he was shouting, Zheng Zhilong's face was full of earth, and he gritted his teeth angrily. "Lord Governor, this foreign devil is full of nonsense, please hand it over to the lowly position, and you will definitely be able to interrogate their entrenched lair and pull them up!"
Zheng Zhilong said respectfully to Fu Weilian, Fu Weilian is an old man, and has been working hard to maintain the balance of the Fujian court and the Zheng family's forces, everyone is safe on the surface, but he doesn't know where in his heart, the Zheng family is aggrieved and honest on the other hand, but they are recruiting troops to consolidate their power.
Guangzhou, Fujian, this piece of maritime territory, on the surface, is said to be managed by the Ming court, but secretly no one knows that the power has long fallen into the hands of the Zheng family, but everyone is unwilling to break it.
A few days ago, when I learned that the Shen family's caravan was visiting, although I could guess the reason for one or two, I thought that it might be a bit big to take the opportunity to use the Shen family's power to deal with the Zheng family, but today I witnessed that the Shen family's small fleet had such strength, and he, the governor, was like a long drought in his heart at the moment, which was called a beauty.
"General Zheng, I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate, although Uncle Shen has no official status, but after all, he personally captured the person, and it should be handled by him, we are not good at snatching this work of destroying the bandit's nest." Fu Weilian smiled and quipped, provoking Zheng Zhilong with an embarrassed face.
"General Zheng, how can a businessman Shen participate in the strangulation, of course you won't let this matter, but there is no need to interrogate, this is too complicated, how about you wait a while?"
Zheng Zhilong looked at Shen Xing and his subordinates in a whisper full of doubts, and then saw a person on the boat shouting at the pirate on the mast who could tell where the nest was, but no one answered after shouting a few times, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but let out a sneer when he saw this.
Then what was unexpected was that the guards around Shen Xing raised their guns and shot, and at a distance of hundreds of steps, the thumbs of the pirates' right hands waving in mid-air were all interrupted, and the officers and soldiers who were watching and the people all let out thunderous exclamations.
Even Zheng Zhilong and a group of subordinates were dumbfounded, "General, does this Shen family kid want to give us a dismount?" It's too much of a deception! A sailor general said in an air, but Zheng Zhilong stared at the firing muskets as if he hadn't heard them, as if he was thinking about something?
"Virtuous nephew, is it okay for a certain wrinkle to rely on the old and sell the old to be called so? What an eye-opener today! Da Ming has such a skilled craftsman, it is really fortunate to create such a powerful musket, and there are so many marksmen under the virtuous nephew, it is amazing, no wonder more than 20 Dutch warships are so vulnerable in front of the virtuous nephew! Presumably, the nephew's artillery is also so sharp! β
The speaker has intention, the listener has a heart, Zheng Zhilong instantly felt that his legs were weak, he really regretted that he underestimated this son of Shangjia at the moment, and now the situation is probably that he will not die but be bitten by it! At the beginning, if he had listened to the advice of Zheng Sen, a child, and made a desperate gamble, went all out to kill, and didn't engage in this bullshit and murder with a knife, how could there be today's humiliation.
The gunfire rang out again, and more than 100 ring fingers also fell. "All ten fingers are down, no one can say where the nest is, all of them are killed! Lord Wrinkle, you are an elder, you should be called so, General Zheng, these little things will be handed over to the next person! Let's go to the feast first, the star has been tossed on the sea for several days, and the belly is already empty! β
"What the virtuous nephew said is right, he is confused, the wine banquet has been set up in your Haitian Pavilion, no matter what, wait until you fill your stomach!" The governor sent a message to a group of civil officials to fight for peace, as if they had found the backbone, they all smiled, so they were not in good spirits, as for the group of generals led by Zheng Zhilong, they were like defeated roosters, and they no longer had their previous arrogance, so they could only follow behind.
Maybe at this time, someone in the middle is playing his own little Jiujiu in his heart, and he is judging the situation for the way of officials, Zheng Zhilong may be in the limelight in Fujian, but after all, the young master of the Shen family holds the title of the protΓ©gΓ© of the great tomorrow, and there is a battle for the deer in the front, and there is a effortless destruction of the Dutch ship, and the strength should not be underestimated.
In such a competition, how can the two tigers be predicted, who will kill the deer, after all, the Ming Dynasty is still the Ming of the old Zhu family, although the momentum is small, the strength is there! How did they not know that the Shen family was assigned by the imperial court to dismantle them? One is a surrendered pirate, and an orthodox imperial descendant. Which is more important, in fact, many people have a choice, the towering tree of the Zheng family was unknowingly dug up by Shen Xing, which even he didn't expect.
A dramatic welcome party ended in a very harmonious atmosphere, under the tilt of the wrinkled Weilian scales, Shen Xing's 5,000 elite soldiers were stationed in Fuzhou City for a special reason, and the protection of commercial assets by the Shen family's private soldiers was not under the jurisdiction of the Ming court.
The five merchant ships detained by Zheng Zhilong were also returned intact after completing the formalities due to a misunderstanding, and as for the discussion of the establishment of the Fujian Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce under Shen Xing's proposal, the discussion was shelved because Zheng Zhilong was too drunk to drink.
On the way back to the temporary residence to rest, Shen Rende complained to Shen Xing. "Xing'er, why didn't you inform the second uncle in advance that you had such sharp artillery hidden in your merchant ship, you, you set up such a maze, did you expect that there would be such a battle at sea in advance?"
"Dad, Brother Xing was originally confident, but just to see the jokes of our father and son, what is there to ask now, let him deal with the maritime trade, the family is so secretive, even if we run away in the wilderness, it is human nature, and we also invited him to escape in advance, which is not unkind!" Shen Tiankuo's admitting expression made Shen Xing feel funny.
But if you think about it carefully, what this pragmatic cousin said is also a little reasonable, I really can't ignore and be too ruthless, otherwise the family friendship that has just been repaired will collapse in an instant.
"Second uncle, eldest brother, let's be honest with you, even if I have such a sharp weapon in advance, I am not sure of victory, and I don't expect to be ambushed, are you really sure to be a god, but you left me alone to escape is also a word first, the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce in the future can not be divided into five or five, how about four or six, always comfort my injured heart!" After Shen Xing finished speaking, he smiled and patted Shen Tiankuo's shoulder, although he was a little unhappy, but seeing that what Shen Xing said was not as bad as he expected, he gladly accepted it.
"You kid is so alert and spicy, no wonder the eldest brother is relieved to call you to take care of the industry, second uncle, I also figured it out, with you leading the Shen family, the business will only get bigger and bigger, although there are only four floors of profit to give us a few equal shares, but it is not small, you spend a lot of money, in fact, there is not much left, the second uncle understands, I only hope that in the future, as the next head of the family, you will have a good life to carry them out! Fathers and sons go into battle, and they have to rely on their own brothers to fight! β
"Thank you for the teachings of the second uncle, Xing'er must keep it in mind, I know the ability of the big brother Tiankuo, and in the future, he will still have to pick up the burden of this piece of maritime trade in Nanyang, and it is really not safe to hand it over to others, and as the second uncle said, there will be too many places to spend money in the future, and maritime trade is the fastest source of money, so I will rely on a few brothers more in the future!"
Shen Tiankuo has an upright personality but is not a narrow-minded and brainless person, some things can be understood at a glance, just today when he saw Shen Xing's sudden appearance of the five thousand family private soldiers, he wanted to get into trouble, and then further connected with the current chaos in the four directions, if the Shen family really controlled Jiangnan and coastal places.
It may not be that there is no hope of taking advantage of the situation to rise and compete in Kyushu, in case this cousin is ...... in the future. He didn't dare to go deeper into his imagination, he was only sixteen years old, and if he was really laying out as he thought, how deep the city should be, and how deep the relief should be for the victims to attract the attention of the saints...... scattered all the family property, changed hands and made a lot of money every day......