Chapter 359: Flickering
"No need, thank you for your kindness!" Zheng Zhibao refused without hesitation, could it be that he wanted to send someone to spy on me and wait?
Wang Yue said again: "In fact, the goods on the side of the starting point city are more complete, and the official can send people to send the two to the starting point city to each other." For General Feihuang, the official has also admired him for a long time, and the two of them are here, and the official must do his best to be a landlord. ”
Feihuang is Zheng Zhilong's character, also known as an official.
Anyway, the two of them were very rambling and said some things that were not half nutritious.
Of course, Zheng Zhibao did not come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and the Battle of Hirado was his own initiative to attack Wang Yue, so there was no reason for Xingshi to ask for guilt.
What's more, Wang Yue is an official of the imperial court, and his own family is pretending to be a pirate, Wang Yue can push two, five or six if he says I fight pirates. Everyone is confused when they understand it, and they just know it, and they don't need to say it so clearly.
But the young Zheng Sen sat there and watched for a long time, a little unbearable, can you say something useful?
He stood up and arched his hand to Wang Yue and said, "Junior brother Zheng Sen has seen Lord Wang. ”
Wang Yue is about the same age as himself, he is in a high position, and he has such a powerful weapon as the Tiance Army, Zheng Sen doesn't know how hot he is. I studied hard by myself, and now I haven't even mixed up the identity of a student, and people can really be angry with people compared to people!
Wang Yue raised his eyes and looked at him and said, "What does Zheng Gongzi have to say?" ”
Zheng Sen smiled slightly and said, "Lord Wang, the junior brother is far away in Fujian, and I heard that Lord Wang's Tiance Army Navy warship turned out to be a steel warship. Originally, the little brother didn't believe what he said, but now he knows that what he said is true! There is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the people, and Lord Wang can do what others can't, which is really very human. ”
Wang Yue didn't expect that this Zheng Sen would be quite able to fool, and when he saw the horse shooting, he had to say: "Pass the prize, pass the prize!" ”
Wei Xiaoliang and other naval officers were honored, and they were full of pride in their steel warships.
Zheng Sen then said sadly: "Lord Wang, although my father has thousands of large and small ships, it is not easy to protect the maritime security of the entire East and South Seas. ”
"Since the seventh year of the Apocalypse, in order to protect my Ming Sea Frontier, my father has fought with the Dutch East India Company, and fought dozens of battles, but he was not discouraged, and finally forced back the greedy Dutch pirates. But these Dutchmen are still snooping on the sidelines. ”
"The South Seas, Spain and other European pirates are also eyeing each other, and my father has to work day and night to be on guard. However, the Europeans had strong ships and guns, and the South China Sea as their foundation, and the Dutch occupied a large area of land on Dayuan Island, and the strong enemy was on the side, so how could my father relax. In order to prevent the Europeans from attacking again and invading our Ming territory, my father had to work hard to build warships, but his skills were not as good as others, and he had no large warships. ”
Zheng Sen said with emotion, people who don't understand the details really want to regard their Zheng family as loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the contemporary Yue Wumu.
Of course, Wang Yue knows that everything is only about interests.
The Zheng family did recapture Penghu for the Ming Dynasty before this, but Zheng Zhilong's enemies with the Dutch East India Company were mainly for the sake of fighting for trade rights, which was fundamentally different from defending the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Later, this national surname recovered Taiwan and finally became a national hero, but he was actually passive. Because under the heavy suppression of the Qing army, the southeast coast was almost unsafe, and Zheng Chenggong's strategic room for maneuver became smaller and smaller, so in order to find a safe base to resist the Manchus and engage in the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, he had to send troops to Taiwan.
In fact, the Dutch have been entrenched in Taiwan for a long time, and Zheng Zhilong has also stationed troops in Taiwan as thieves, and the two have coexisted peacefully for decades.
However, Wang Yue still admired Zheng Sen for being so young, but his ability to fool was not small, no wonder he later became the commander of the army.
Although Wang Yue understood in his heart, he pretended not to know, and said in surprise: "Ah, I see, Zheng Gongzi has something to say, please say it directly." ”
Zheng Sen said without changing his face: "This time the little brother came to Tianjin is really an eye-opener, I didn't expect that Lord Wang's sailors have so many big ships, and they are big iron ships. The younger brother couldn't help but admire that Lord Wang could let the iron boat walk on the sea, and he was very envious in his heart. “
Saying that, Zheng Sen gave Wang Yue a deep look and said: "Little brother has the courage to beg Lord Wang to comfort the people of Nanyang, can you cut your love and sell a few such big ships with my Zheng family, and my younger brother and father will be grateful." ”
Wang Yue had a premonition just now, but he didn't expect this Zheng Sen to really dare to think about it, he was really ignorant and fearless! Wang Yue hadn't said anything yet, and Wei Xiaoliang and other naval officers were not happy at first.
"Commander, how can we sell our army's weapons to others?" Wei Xiaoliang said a little anxiously.
Although I don't know how these battleships came about, the more familiar he is with these battleships, the more Wei Xiaoliang knows that it is not only time-consuming but also laborious to build such a battleship, so they all guess that the battleship must not be easy to come by.
I don't know how many people have poured their hard work and wisdom into such a battleship, but the navy people treat their own battleships as baby bumps, how can they be willing to sell them to others?
Wang Yue waved his hand to stop the emotions of the navy people, thought about it again, and couldn't help laughing.
Zheng Sen was laughed inexplicably, looked at Wang Yue and said, "Why is Lord Wang laughing?" ”
Wang Yue suppressed his laughter and said, "Zheng Gongzi said that you can't afford to buy our army's warships." ”
It's not that these warships can't be sold, and it's okay to sell a few, as long as there are no weapons installed, of course, you can sell them boldly with confidence, but no one can afford to buy this thing.
Zheng Sen said disappreciatively: "Lord Wang also laughed, there is nothing in this world that my Zheng family can't afford." The little brother doesn't want this big ship under his feet, just buy the kind of warship outside, you can make a price! ”
These days, he also observed that there was only one landing ship in this dock, and Wang Yue did not necessarily sell it, he was referring to the coast guard warship not far from the porthole, which was considered a medium-sized warship in the military port.
Judging through the monoculars brought with it, it seems that there are only one or two small cannons on such a battleship. This is a big iron ship, Zheng Sen can imagine that if he buys it back, it will be no problem to load hundreds of guns.
Zheng Sen does have confidence, and the Zheng family's annual income of 10 million taels is the source of his confidence.
Wang Yue looked at the coast guard warship outside the porthole, and said with a slight smile: "Zheng Gongzi, do you know how much such a battleship is worth?" ”
Zheng Sen pricked up his ears and said, "My lord, please speak, geometry?" ”
Wei Xiaoliang and the others also pricked up their ears, they also wanted to know the value of their own warships.
Wang Yue thought for a moment and said, "If your Zheng family wants to buy that battleship, this official can sell it to you for three million taels." ”
Zheng Sen's eyes almost didn't pop out, and he lost his voice and said, "Three, three million taels." ”
Zheng Zhibao on the side also changed his face.