In order to straighten out the business of Dongshengtang, Zhang Bin set up a regional responsibility system, stipulating that the major shopkeepers must be responsible for the performance of their own business areas.

In this way, the major treasurers will definitely find ways to improve their performance, of course, there may be some big treasurers whose ability is not enough, and their performance cannot be improved, so they must be removed and replaced with capable ones.

This should be regarded as a fairer and more conducive method to improve performance, and when he asked for advice, no one raised a different opinion, only Zheng Zhilong seemed to be a little eager to say something.

Zhang Bin noticed this, quietly announced the dismissal of the meeting, and deliberately walked out behind Zheng Zhilong.

When the others almost dispersed, he suddenly went up and patted Zheng Zhilong on the shoulder and said, "Zhilong, I see you just have something to say, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was thinking about things at this moment, and was so frightened that he almost jumped up when he slapped him.

Seeing his soulless appearance, Zhang Bin couldn't help but be curious: "Zhilong, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a moment, then plucked up his courage and said, "My lord, I want to borrow some people from you." ”

These words stunned Zhang Bin as he said, the two of them are a little related and have common interests, so Zhang Bin did not impose any restrictions on him, that is to say, the people of Dongfan Jiuwei, in fact, Zheng Zhilong can be mobilized, as long as he is not against Zhang Bin, the commander of Dongfan Jiuwei will definitely listen to him.

You have the right to mobilize so many people and borrow from me, which country do you want to attack or how to drop?

Zhang Bin couldn't help but be curious: "What do you want to do, how much do you want?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was a little embarrassed and said: "This, five or six hundred people should be about the same." ”

There are only five or six hundred people, it's really strange, any guard, he wants five or six thousand people, Zhang Bin said inexplicably: "Dongfan Jiuwei, you can transfer it casually, as long as you don't let them do bad things, can they still listen to you?" Hey, I mean, you kid don't really want to do anything bad, do you! ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly shook his head and said: "How can I do anything bad, those people under them can't do it, I picked a hundred or so after a long time,"

The people of the East Fan Jiuwei can't do it, which means, only his own special operations battalion can do it, it turns out that he wants to borrow the elite of the special operations battalion from himself.

Zhang Bin thought about it, and said to him: "Do you want to assassinate any enemy, let's say, who is it, I helped you do him." ”

At this time, there were not many good people in the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Zhilong, who could be provoked, must have something hateful about it, so he pretended to be generous, and he didn't ask who it was at all, and did it directly.

Zheng Zhilong was so moved, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, I don't want to kill anyone, I just want to go to Dongying to pick up my wife and children, this is a private matter, so I'm a little embarrassed to talk to adults." ”

It turned out to be such a trivial matter, Zhang Bin was about to nod his head in agreement, but suddenly remembered that it was Zheng Chenggong who he was going to pick up!

Zheng Chenggong is much more powerful than Zheng Zhilong, and unlike Zheng Zhilong, this kid is swaying, a bit of a wall grass, the wind blows on both sides, Zheng Chenggong is very firm, as long as he decides, he will not regret it until he dies!

Zhang Bin was naturally very interested in such an important person, and he asked with great interest: "What's the matter, you can talk about it." ”

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said: "Alas, didn't I follow the boss Yan Siqi to rebel at the beginning, the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Matsuura clan of the Hirado Clan were very angry, they stuck my wife and children on the grounds that Japanese women were not allowed to go abroad, I wanted to take their mother and son back, but they have been delayed for several years." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he fell into deep thought, he was also busy and dizzy, he forgot about the little devil, and it was terrible for the little devil to develop, what did they want to invade the Ming Dynasty through North Korea as soon as they had a little strength, and they would be stronger in the future, and they would be even more terrible, and they must find a way to destroy them, at least they must become the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, suppress them, and make them fierce.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, perhaps, he should go to Dongying to see how to solve this scourge.

Thinking of this, Zhang Bin said directly: "If it's inconvenient for you to go, leave it to me, and I'll help you pick up their mother and son." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was dumbfounded and said: "Ah, my lord, you go, don't, you can't take this risk for their mother and son, just send a few hundred elites of the special operations camp to go, I have also selected more than 100 Dongying experts, and it should be no problem for them to go together." ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about this, a little Dongying, you can still turn the sky upside down, even if they shogunate generals come forward, how can they endure me." Let's say, how many garrisons are there in Hirado, I'll arrange it. ”

Zheng Zhilong was right when he thought about it, the strength in the hands of the governor was already on par with their Dongying shogunate generals, and if they really wanted to turn their faces, even their shogunate generals had to weigh and weigh, whether they could afford to provoke this Ming governor!

The Governor should not have been able to do anything in the past, he hesitated for a moment, and immediately explained in detail: "The garrison of the Matsuura clan in Hirado Castle is only about 1,000, and the garrison of other places will definitely not be able to catch up in one day, not to mention the shogunate army, it will take at least a month for them to gather in Hirado." I originally wanted to just bring Sen'er back, so it wouldn't be much of a problem, and it should be possible to just let Zhiyu come forward to theorize. However, if you want to take their mother and son over, the Matsuura clan will definitely obstruct them, so I want to borrow some elites from the special operations battalion and sneak in, if they obstruct them, five or six hundred elites, it shouldn't be a problem to block their thousands of people. ”

It's just a thousand people, it's a fart, Zhang Bin waved his hand and said: "Just let Zhibao go with me, Zhiyu better not come forward, he still has to do business in Dongying, it's not good if he really turns his face with someone, your wife and children all know Zhibao, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded hurriedly and said: "Know, know, Zhilu is just Sen'er's cousin, Zhibao is Sen'er's uncle, how can they not know each other." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "That's okay, you ask Zhibao and them to come to the dock tomorrow morning, and I will take them to Dongying to pick up people." ”

Zheng Zhilong was so moved, he arched his hand again and again: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." ”

Zhang Bin said no thanks, but in his heart, he thought proudly: "Hehe, I'll pick it up, your son will be mine!" ”

Early the next morning, at the dawn of Dayuangang, Zhang Bin appeared at the dock on time with a group of guards, while Zheng Zhilong had already taken a hundred people to wait on the dock, the two exchanged a few words, Zhang Bin took four groups of guards, as well as a group of generals and entourages boarded the Zhenyuan cruiser that had already stopped there, and the others boarded the Weiyuan cruiser and dozens of wheels respectively.

With a wave of the flag, the fleet set off quickly, this time Zhang Bin brought all nine groups of personal guards, as well as a thousand Qi family army foot soldiers and five hundred elite sailors, Zhenyuan cruiser and Weiyuan cruiser also brought it, just to take it to test, and also brought eighty wheels.

This lineup, it is estimated that the entire Dongying Water Division may not have done it, a super battleship can bomb them doubt life, it can be seen from the Wanli Korean War, at this time the equipment of the Dongying Water Division is not as good as the Daming Water Division, they want to deal with the super battleship, only close to seize the ship or arson, the problem, there are eighty wheels on the side of the wings, they can't get close to the super battleship at all.

Zhang Bin didn't want to pick up people secretly, so he made it clear that he would pick them up, the thousand people in Hirado City were nothing at all, even if he met the shogunate army, he still said that, what can you do with me!

At the top of the third-floor cabin of the Zhenyuan cruiser, Zhang Bin specially asked people to move a Taishi chair, sit there, blowing the cool sea breeze, and looking at the surrounding scenery with binoculars, which is extremely comfortable.

On both sides of him, Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu brothers, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiju brothers stood left and right, this time, Qi Fanghua did not follow again, because she was pregnant and became the key protection object of the entire Zhang family, and she could no longer protect him, so he specially asked his eldest brother and second brother Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu to follow and protect.

Zhang Bin looked at the sea view, put down the binoculars, and said leisurely: "Zhiyu, are you familiar with Dongying?" ”

Zheng Zhiyu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The villain has been doing business in Dongying for four or five years, so he is relatively familiar." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then said: "Then you talk about the situation of the Dongying Shogunate, I only know that at that time in the Wanli Dynasty, what did they do about Toyotomi Hideyoshi." ”

Zheng Zhiyu nodded and introduced: "In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, Toei regent Sekibai Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness, and the five elders under his command fought for power, and finally Tokugawa Ieyasu won and won the position of the general of Zhengyi, and then established the shogunate in Edo in the thirty-first year of Wanli, and in the forty-third year of Wanli, after the Tokugawa clan defeated the Toyotomi clan in Osaka, the entire Toei was basically under the rule of the Edo shogunate. Now in power is the third shogun of the Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Iemitsu. ”

This is a bit general, Zhang Bin couldn't help asking: "Then what do they mean?" ”

Zheng Zhiyu was stunned when he heard this, this is really difficult to explain, he thought about it, and then estimated: "This domain, a little bit like the fief given to the feudal king by the Ming Imperial Family, but it is a little different, the feudal lord can collect taxes and manage the domain by himself, but he must obey the orders of the shogun, and he must pay taxes, and the army must also obey the dispatch." ”

The system was a bit loose, and I don't know how they maintained it, so if the daimyo of that domain had developed secretly, wouldn't it be possible to overthrow their shogun.

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then asked, "What about this Matsuura clan of the Hirado Domain?" ”

This Zheng Zhiyu is the most familiar, he introduced: "The Matsuura clan of the Hirado Domain is the daimyo of Hizen Province, and has the Hizen Kingdom North Matsuura County and Iki Country, mainly Tsushima Island, Iki Island, and Hirado Island. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, what he said, wasn't Zheng Zhilong a smuggling merchant and pirate before, how did he feel a bit like his own people scolding his own people?

Seeing Zhang Bin's expression, Zheng Zhiyu hurriedly explained: "Now there are no more Daming pirates, but there are still many smuggling maritime merchants. ”

Zhang Bin finally understood what this meant, no wonder he cut off the trade between the Dutch and Dongying, and Dongshengtang's income in Dongying was only more than one million taels a year, so it turned out that someone was smuggling and robbing business.

He thought for a while and nodded: "Well, this problem must be dealt with well, and the maritime merchants who fornicate with the Japanese must be caught well!" ”

This is said as if Dongshengtang is not doing business with Dongying privately, but sometimes, in order to ensure interests, you have to be ruthless.

The other smuggling maritime merchants did not make any contribution to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Bin did not have any pressure to deal with them.

This question can't be started now, Zhang Bin thought about it, and continued to ask: "Is the city defense of Hirado Castle tight, and if we rush forward like this, will it arouse their vigilance?" ”

When Zheng Zhiyu heard this, he was dumbfounded, Lord Governor was preparing to come hard, he thought that Zhang Bin was also sneaking around, so he hurriedly persuaded: "Lord Governor, it is not possible to rush up directly like this, once they find that there are so many foreign ships in the port, they will definitely close Hirado City immediately, and it will not be so easy to enter the city at that time." ”

This is actually not a big problem, Zhang Bin naturally can't rush over so directly, if people close the city gate and defend it strictly, it will not be so easy to capture it in one day, after all, he only has 2,000 people under him, and it really takes a little effort to attack the city where 1,000 people are stationed.

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then ordered: "Spread the ape to fly Sasuke." ”

This Sarutobi Sasuke is not on the handsome ship, and it is not so easy to recruit him.

Fortunately, the speed of the wheel boat was already faster than that of the Zhenyuan cruiser, and it was not too time-consuming to pass orders back and forth, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Sarutobi Sasuke's wheel boat approached the handsome ship, and he climbed up the suspension ladder with a few swishs.

In fact, at this time, he can no longer be regarded as a Dongying person, he should be regarded as a Dongfan person, because he has been following Zheng Zhilong since the Apocalypse, and he has also made a lot of meritorious achievements.

As soon as he got on the boat, he hurried to Zhang Bin and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know what to explain to my subordinates?" ”

This look, this tone, where does he still look like a Dongying person.

Zhang Bin nodded and asked, "Are you familiar with Hirado Castle?" ”

Sarufei Sasuke immediately nodded and said, "My subordinates have been there a few times, and they are quite familiar." ”

Zhang Bin asked again: "If you are asked to guard a city gate for half an hour, how many people will be needed?" ”

Sarutobi Sasuke thought for a moment, and then arched his hand: "This depends on the reaction speed of the Hirado defenders, if they react slowly, a hundred or so people are enough, if they react quickly and gather most of the people to seize the door, then at least two hundred people are needed." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and began to plan in his mind.

It was about 3,000 miles to Hirado, and it took about three days according to the sailing speed of the Weiyuan battleship.

In the past three days, the guards on the entire handsome ship have been learning Dongying, of course, they are not learning very complicated words.

Every morning and afternoon, a group of ten guards will be trained on the deck, and it is basically Sarutobi who stands in front of the station and yells: "Yaga." ”

Then, more than a hundred guards followed and shouted: "Baga! ”