Chapter 143: The End of Zheng Cai 9
According to the consistent practice of the traversers, it is necessary to revitalize commerce and vigorously develop industry.
Zhang Qiang is no exception, he is not as smart as those traversers, he can only follow their ideas and methods, and follow the cat and the tiger, as for whether it is like or not, whether it succeeds or not, that is another matter.
At present, what can make Zhang Qiang care about is the income of salt, most of the other incomes are too small profits, or let the people do it themselves, Zhang Qiang currently has no energy to maintain and develop.
So after Zhang Qiang finished his meeting with Zheng Chenggong, he rushed to the coast of Taizhou.
As for how Zheng Chenggong treated him, he didn't pay attention to it, even if he forced it, Zheng Chenggong's family would still come out in the next few years, and he couldn't control Zheng Chenggong, after all, this guy was too famous and powerful in history.
After saying that after some days, even if he didn't beat Zheng Cai, Zheng Chenggong would first kill Zheng Cai's brother, Zheng Lian, and then join forces with the outside, hit Zheng Cai to flee to the sea, and wandered outside for a few years, and finally there was really no way, Zheng Cai had to return to Xiamen, surrender to Zheng Chenggong, and then become a rich man, and died in the hospital bed.
It can be seen that Zheng Chenggong is a ruthless person, and he can achieve his hegemony without Lao Tzu, what kind of person is this.
Now Zheng Chenggong came to beg him in a low voice, he pushed the boat down the river to make a personal favor, and when the time came, he would also make a friendship with Zheng Chenggong, and see each other again in the future.
This is not to say that Zhang Qiang is afraid of Zheng Chenggong, it's just that his current strength can't reach others, but people can come to give him bad things, if he waves his hand, he can directly kill people, what do you think Zhang Qiang will do?
It is said that Zheng Chenggong took Zhang Qiang's warrant, went out of Taizhou City, went straight to the coast of Taizhou, and got on the boat.
Those who are interested will find that the ships he brought with him are not just ordinary ships that come and go, but also war ships and merchant ships that transport troops.
There were more than ninety small ships, ten large ships, and two large ships of the Portuguese, the Clarke.
Hundreds of big ships headed towards Fuzhou.
The bow of a large fortune ship bearing Zheng Chenggong's name.
A burly old man with strong spirits, bulging temples and a burly body said to Zheng Sen: "Shizi, did that Zhang Qiang promise the Lord to merge Zheng Cai's forces?" ”
Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly, "He acquiesced, I originally thought to clean up Zheng Cai later, but I didn't expect that Zheng Cai fell in love with him, and was cleaned up by him by luring Jun into the urn, this guy is not simple, he first deliberately showed weakness, so that Zheng Cai got so many benefits, greedy wanted to get more benefits, and took most of the ships to attack him, but he sent Zheng Cai into hell with one move, and it was difficult for Zheng Cai to turn over." ”
Zheng Tai sighed, "I miscalculated, we have been planning for so long, all of them have made wedding dresses for others, when I came from Xiamen, I saw that the whole Xiamen was in chaos, many people scattered with ships, and those who stayed behind were also panicked, and hurriedly sent you a letter." ”
Zheng Chenggong said: "That's fine, with my father's prestige and my identity as a son, we can take over there immediately, if we want to hurry, we must arrive before the people led by Wei Wuji." ”
Zheng Tai said again: "My lord, why don't we join them, and then on the way, kill them by surprise, talk about naval battles, operate boats, those people and us are the size of adults and children, we only need to pay a very small price, we can defeat them, and get most of the ships they got from Zheng Cai and the Portuguese or the Dutch, as long as we get these ships, our strength will compete with Zheng Hongkui." ”
Zheng Chenggong stretched out his hand and stopped him from continuing to speak, looking left and right, "You can't do that, no matter how you say it, he is also the governor of the imperial court, and he is the mainstay of resisting the Manchu Tartars, if the imperial court does not have them, it will be crushed immediately, which is not a good thing for the imperial court or for us." ”
Zheng Tai sighed, "Those more than 200 good ships, as long as we get those ships, our strength can be on par with the Portuguese and Zheng Hongkui, although it is still not comparable to your father's heyday, but it is almost the same, those ships are all big ships, and there are good warships of the Portuguese and Dutch, which are in their hands, but it's a pity." ”
Zheng Chenggong put his hands behind his back, looked at the seabirds flying on the sea, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe those ships are also ours in the future, although the Ming Qi is not exhausted, but the Tartars are menacing, and they are in the prime of life, I think we may not have the opportunity to compete on the mainland in the future," he turned to the side of the strait and looked at the place where the paddy fields met, "Therefore, our goal is to fight for the treasure island with the Dutch, and that is where our Zheng family lives and lives." ”
Zheng Tai said in surprise: "Shizi, this is not what you should think, our foundation is on the coast of Fujian, although Nanming is cowardly, but it has not reached the point of death, we still have a chance, not to mention that the Dutch are not easy to mess with, even if we can impress the thousands of people in Taiwan, but they still have Batavia, there are dozens of warships, each warship is enough to defeat our hundreds of warships." ”
Zheng Chenggong put his hands behind his back and said melancholy: "We have to take care of our family and the country, we can't think about ourselves and leave the country behind." ”
"Shizi, we have arrived at the sea off Fuzhou." A pirate climbed from the deck to the bow of the ship and said to Zheng Chenggong.
"Uncle Tai, I'll go and meet Master Wei, and you will follow with the fleet." Zheng Chenggong said to Zheng Tai.
"Yes, Shizi, I will arrange for someone to go back and let my people move, and after two days, the inside and the outside will be together," Zheng Tai said to Zheng Chenggong.
"Okay."
Two days later, Zheng Chenggong stood on Wei Wuji's ship, this is a three-masted and six-hundred-material big galen ship, which is actually equivalent to a fifth-class armed sailing ship in the West, with only more than 30 guns, and more than a dozen guns on each side, but this is already the best warship to envy for Zheng Chenggong and others, and Daming has never had so many guns and such a large battleship.
"What a battleship." Zheng Chenggong sighed.
Wei Wuji stood at the bow of the ship with a cold face, he was puzzled that Zhang Qiang suddenly sent such a person to attack Zheng Cai's nest with him, it was obviously something he had in his hands, but he had to push it out and let others share it, he felt that he could deal with those pirates alone.
In the past half a year, Zhang Qiang took others to fight in the north and south, and left him alone in Jinhua Mansion, and everyone else had great military exploits, but he relied on his qualifications, relying on a credit for supporting Zhang Qiang at the beginning, although in the end Emperor Longwu also gave him an admiral, but this is not what he wants, he wants credit, his own credit.
This time, Zhang Qiang finally gave him such a chance to go out and lead the troops, but this guy came out to share his credit, and listening to this guy's meaning, he only needs to rely on his father's prestige to go for a while, and those pirates who used to be his father's subordinates will obediently obey, which treats him as nothing.
"No matter how good the battleship is, it is not yours, this is what we paid for the entire naval division to capture, and it is impossible for us to give it to you." Wei Wuji suddenly choked on such a sentence to Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong was obviously more sophisticated than Wei Wuji, a person from a family, and immediately understood Wei Wuji's thoughts, smiled slightly, and his embarrassed face stopped talking.
The two of them came to the sea off Xiamen with the mighty fleet so embarrassingly to join the fleet led by Zheng Tai.