Chapter Seventy-Three: The Five Ships Sail North, It Is the Return of the Old Man
The more Zhu Yujian spoke, the more excited he became, but his audience, Zheng Zhilong, was not interested.
In his opinion, he is already the emperor of Fujian, and the strength of the entire Nanming is the largest. If you rashly go to Nanjing and beat the emperor to Jinling, your status will definitely not be as high as it is now. At that time, Zhu Yujian will definitely support new henchmen, and if he can't defeat the soldiers, the soldiers will be defeated, and the soldiers who will die will be the soldiers of the Zheng family.
And in Zheng Zhilong's heart, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are no different, Zheng Zhilong started in Japan and made a fortune with the Dutch, such an experience is difficult to have a sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty. Years of pirate life have allowed him to see the deceit of the human heart, and also contributed to his selfish and greedy character.
After the emperor finished speaking, Zheng Zhilong said lightly: "If Your Majesty wants to attack Jinling, the minister can provide a hundred warships to transport Your Majesty's elite soldiers to the shore." ”
The excitement on Zhu Yujian's face stopped abruptly, and he sat down on the dragon chair, carefully recalling Zheng Zhilong's words. Zheng Zhilong felt that he was enough to save face, stood up and confessed, and walked out of the palace with his two younger brothers.
Huang Ying'er, who had been waiting in the harem, chatted with the queen absentmindedly, but her eyes drifted towards the palace gate one by one.
Queen Zeng is also a knowledgeable and virtuous helper, since she married Zhu Yujian, she has not given birth to a single child, and often feels guilty about her husband. Zhu Yujian is a bad woman, and she doesn't even have a concubine in the harem, Queen Zeng looked at Huang Ying'er's eyes, just thinking that she was waiting for His Majesty to come back.
The queen looked at Huang Ying'er carefully, and sure enough, it was a heavenly fragrance, and even a woman wanted to hold her in her arms and take pity on her.
Since I can't give birth to a child myself, let Sakura...
At this time, the little eunuch shouted: "Long live the drive." ”
Empress Zeng and Huang Ying'er hurriedly got up and went out, Huang Ying'er didn't care about the etiquette in front of the king, so she was blessed and asked, "Your Majesty, how are you discussing with the ministers?" ”
Zhu Yujian was furious, slapped on the door frame, and shouted: "Zheng Zhilong, this dog thief is too deceitful!" It's a pity that Hou Aiqing played such a good opportunity, but I couldn't take advantage of the situation to regain the ancestral inheritance, Zhu Yujian was ashamed of his ancestors and his ancestors. ”
Huang Ying'er's face darkened, and she murmured, "Isn't that little brother Hou dangerous?" ”
Zhu Yujian has been in the palace for a long time and does not know much about the situation in Suzhou, but he has won many battles since the Qing soldiers entered the customs. Hong Chengchou, who commanded the troops this time, was a general who was famous in the world that year, and Hou Xuan's Suzhou bore the brunt of it, and I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.
Huang Ying'er walked out of the palace in despair and returned to the county lord's mansion, where Gong Laosan was still standing in the distance and waiting. Seeing the county lord's car driving back to the house, he hurriedly greeted him, and asked under the car: "County lord, what did Your Majesty say?" ”
Huang Ying'er raised the curtain of the car, the pear blossoms on her pretty cheeks brought rain, and she cried: "Your Majesty went to find Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong refused to send troops, and Brother Xiaohou had no reinforcements." ”
Gong Laosan squatted on the ground with his buttocks, jumped to his feet and scolded, then stood up and patted his buttocks, and said angrily: "The lives of the two thousand lonely souls and wild ghosts in Jiading were given by Hou Xuanyan, and the imperial army will not go, we will go by ourselves." I've been running a business at sea these days, and I have quite a few boats, which are enough for us to go back to Jiading. ”
Huang Ying'er poked her head out and asked, "Third Uncle Gong, do you want to go back to Jiading?" ”
Gong Laosan looked proud and said: "The county lord doesn't know yet, Xuanyan has taken Jiading back, I decided to take Jiading Erlang from the sea to Songjiang Mansion, and then go to Suzhou." Our relatives followed Lord Laohou, and they all died and did not surrender, and now we have to follow Lord Xiaohou and fight with Qinggou. It's a big deal that all of them are dead, just go and reunite with their families. ”
After Gong Laosan finished speaking, he turned around and left, the curtain was slowly lowered, and Huang Ying'er's eyes flashed brightly. What came to mind was the back of Hou Xuanyan getting off the boat to block the pursuers that day, as well as the fists that clenched and smiled back.
"Are you going to Suzhou..."
Back at the manor, Gong Laosan said his thoughts, and immediately received applause from the audience. The people of Jiading have one count, and they all have to go back to fight side by side with Hou Xuanyan.
Fan Xian grabbed Gong Laosan and whispered, Gong Laosan said angrily: "You idiot is not reliable, in this case, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
It turned out that when Fan Xian came, Hou Xuanyan told him to ask him to go to Zheng Zhilong to buy some gunpowder.
Zheng Zhilong is at sea, has his own arsenal, and has his own shipbuilding, which can be said to be wealthy.
His arsenal, all invited by Dutch craftsmen, can be said to be the strongest firepower in this era.
Gong Lao Sanyi summed up that he was about to take people out of Fuzhou, and it was useless for him to stay here with his business income.
He turned around and went back to his study, closed the door and sorted out a stick of incense, and finally sorted out all his properties in Fuzhou, with this name, Gong Laosan went straight to Zheng Zhilong's mansion.
Zheng Zhilong returned to the house with his two younger brothers, and the three brothers did not see each other often, so they just took this opportunity to hold a family banquet. The housekeeper hurriedly walked in and muttered to Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong said impatiently: "Why is it Hou Xuanyan again, just a businessman, just drive away." ”
The housekeeper told Gong Laosan about his intention again, and Zheng Zhilong suddenly became interested and said, "Lao Tzu went to see him." ”
Gong Laosan and Zheng Zhilong's business hit it off, Zheng Zhilong had his own arsenal, and shells could be produced at any time. Moreover, at this time in Fuzhou, there was no war, and instead of leaving the shells in the warehouse to become moldy, it was better to sell them to produce new ones.
And with Hou Xuanyan in front of the Qing soldiers, his comfortable days will be a few more days.
Of course, the most important thing is that Gong Laosan has enough sincerity and does not want to take advantage of him.
Gong Laosan, who has shown a genius-like business acumen since he was a child, finally willingly made a loss-making deal in exchange for Zheng Zhilong's three big ships and full of gunpowder.
After everything was done, Gong Laosan deliberately went to the palace and asked for a holy decree. After all, there are so many of them, and if they want to leave together, they need to go through layers of checks.
When Zhu Yujian heard this, they were ready to fight Hou Xuan to the death together, and while the resentment towards Zheng Zhilong deepened in their hearts, they were moved by these righteous men who fought to the death for the Ming Dynasty. Immediately wrote the royal pen himself, so that the officials along the way could not be stopped.
In fact, Fuzhou and Zhejiang are not far away, and entering Zhejiang is Hou Xuanyan's territory, so he is not worried about being checked at all. Gong Laosan is such a character, either he doesn't do it, or he has to be foolproof if he wants to do it.
After making all these preparations, the Jiading people in the manor, regardless of men, women and children, a total of two thousand and eighteen people, boarded two merchant ships.
Zheng Zhilong's work efficiency was also fast enough, and behind them, three big ships soon came.
Five ships hoisted their sails and headed north.