After a few more days, Zheng Sen went to the Hong family's clan study again, except for the more frequent correspondence, it seemed that there was no big difference from last year. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoMost of these communications are also related to analytic geometry and trigonometric functions pirated by Zheng Sen. Sometimes, however, there is some information about the family's business and the sea. At the beginning, Zheng Zhilong only asked Zheng Sen to analyze and judge some specific issues.

Every time Zheng Sen made a judgment on these things, he would get a thick reply from Zheng Zhilong soon after. In this letter, Zheng Zhilong gave a detailed comment on Zheng Sen's analysis and judgment, on the one hand, he praised the correct analysis and accurate judgment, and on the other hand, he emphasized that he corrected and pointed out various omissions in the analysis of the situation.

Zheng Sen understands that the emergence of this situation means that he has become more and more valued by his father Zheng Zhilong, if he is just the eldest son of an ordinary big family, then it is time to hide it clumsily, so as not to cause his father's jealousy too much. Although the nature of father and son exists objectively, in the face of power, this thing is often unreliable. Han Gaozu can ask Xiang Yu to "share my piece of the pie" for power, Wu Zetian can take off several of his sons one by one like picking melons for power, Zheng Sen asked himself, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty came over, his father Zheng Zhilong planned to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty as in history, and he already had a certain amount of power in his hands, so would he learn from Li Er, launch a coup d'état, and then put his father under house arrest for the elderly? Zheng Sen knew that as long as he had the ability to do so, he would probably do so. Of course, this can also be interpreted as loving his father, lest he be robbed of his money and beheaded by the Manchus, as in history. But if, of course, Zheng Sen, as a traverser, will never allow such a thing to happen, but if the same situation really occurs in history, Zheng Zhilong has fallen into the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he has also written a letter of persuasion as in history, will he reply like the Zheng Chenggong in history and say, "Dad, don't worry, if you are really killed by the Manchus, there is also a son who can avenge you"?

Although Zheng Zhilong is really very good to Zheng Sen, although Zheng Sen is also very grateful, he also knows that at that time, he has absolutely no other choice, and can only be like the national surname in history, "The father cannot be a loyal minister, and the son cannot be a filial son". Of course, the man surnamed Guo in history really has loyalty to the imperial court, and Zheng Sen, as a traverser, is only full of malice to the imperial court or something, without the slightest loyalty.

Since Zheng Sen thinks that he will do something that can be regarded as unfilial for the sake of power, he will naturally think that others will do the same. However, Zheng Sen understood that he did not have time to cultivate his obscurity, and he had to gain more power as soon as possible before the Manchu Qing entered the customs.

Therefore, Zheng Sen did a very serious job of the questions that Zheng Zhilong gave him, so that his answers would naturally surprise Zheng Zhilong many times.

The first is that Zheng Sen's final judgment is often very accurate, even if there are many errors in his analysis. Sometimes, because of his lack of experience, Zheng Sen ignores some important information, or is disturbed by some unimportant information, and there are many loopholes in the analysis, but when he finally makes a comprehensive judgment, he can always go around without knowing what's going on, and make a fairly correct, or at least relatively correct judgment.

Such a strange phenomenon is actually not surprising, because when Zheng Sen analyzed, he also had an extremely important reference in mind, that is, the history of the future. The existence of this important reference material makes Zheng Sen's final judgment not too outrageous, even if he makes a mistake in the analysis of other information.

It's just that Zheng Zhilong has no way of knowing that Zheng Sen has such a golden finger, so this situation seems particularly strange in his opinion. At that time, people generally had some superstitions, and people like Zheng Zhilong, who were wandering on the sea, believed more and more in all kinds of strange and chaotic things. Just like when the eighteen Zhi gathered righteousness, they quarreled endlessly over who was the leader, and later someone proposed that if the flagpole was set up to worship the wind, whoever worshiped the wind would recognize who was the boss. As a result, everyone bowed, and the flags did not move at all, only when Zheng Zhilong bowed, but suddenly the wind blew and the banner hunted, and from then on, the eighteen Zhi pirates were headed by Zheng Zhilong. Later, because of the Zhao'an incident, the Eighteen Zhi brothers had internal strife, but in the end, all the rebels, whether Li Kuiqi or Liu Xiang, were not Zheng Zhilong's opponents, and they were all defeated by Zheng Zhilong one by one. In the battle with them, Zheng Zhilong also made wrong judgments more than once, some of which were even quite serious, however, his opponent failed to catch his mistakes once, and even, many times, it was his Zheng Zhilong's mistakes that always led to his opponent's bigger mistakes, and directly led to the opponent's defeat. Of course, Liu Xiang is still lingering now, but Zheng Zhilong believes that Liu Xiang will not last long, because Zheng Zhilong believes that this is the destiny of heaven, and on this sea, only he is the destiny of heaven.

With such thoughts, Zheng Zhilong naturally felt that Zheng Sen's current performance was also a manifestation of the attention of the Mandate of Heaven in the dark. So naturally I value this child more and more. Of course, Zheng Zhilong's so-called mandate of heaven is far from the mandate of the "main artifact", and the marquis also has the mandate of heaven, as for the mandate of the "main artifact", Zheng Sen has such ambitions, but Zheng Zhilong does not have it at all, otherwise, in the original history, he would not have easily surrendered to the Manchu Qing because of a little setback.

However, this kind of questioning soon escalated, and gradually became a judgment of the overall situation. In particular, there is more information about the Dutch and Liu Xiang. Zheng Sen was quick to make his own judgment: the Dutch might be trying to monopolize trade with China, and to do so, they might join forces with Liu Xiang. In addition, Zheng Sen even went on to remind his father that the Dutch might attack without a declaration of war, and that some locations that are easily blocked and attacked, such as Xiamen, should be extra vigilant, and in addition, before the outbreak of war, it is necessary to strengthen the army as soon as possible and prepare for war.

"The boy spoke with Father Mutiande and heard that the countries of Europa were fighting each other (the Thirty Years' War), and that the elite of the Netherlands were gathered in their own country, and the ships that could fight with us were all old with artillery. In the West, there is England, which can build cast iron long-barreled naval guns, with a range far exceeding that of the Netherlands, and the same is true for its power. My father and his children talked about the Dutch plywood ship, saying that the plywood ship was strong and could not be injured by the Fran cannon, and that there were Hongyi cannons, which could reach far and were so powerful that it was often difficult to get close to them by fireboats. My father may have purchased this cannon from the Yingyi, so that in the event of a battle with the Dutch plywood, he could suppress and harass the other ship with this cannon, and if he cooperated with the fireship, it would be difficult for him to take care of both sides, and in this way, the plywood ship could be destroyed......"

"Second brother, do you think what Asen said makes sense?" Zheng Zhilong handed Zheng Sen's reply letter to Zheng Zhihu. Zheng Zhihu took the letter, frowned and looked at it, and said after a while:

"Big brother, I'm afraid what Asen said has some truth, those Dutch people are not very honest recently. These red hairs have always had their eyes in the eyes of money, and they are all goods that don't want to die when they see money. Although he can make a little money by hooking Liu Xiang in Guangdong now, how can he make more money doing business in Fujian? I'm afraid that my eyes have already turned red and green. These red-haired ghosts, all of them look like a g8, and they want to be hard from time to time, and if you don't teach them a lesson, they always want to poke everywhere with their g8. If you want to beat them, they can be soft for a few days, and then within a few days, the g8 of the dog day will be hard again! ”

"Second child, you just don't grow! We are now court officials, do you know court officials? It's going to be decent, you know? Lao Tzu asked you to read more books if you have nothing to do, so that you can also get a little bit of the demeanor of a court official, you are good, you can barely recognize a few words, it is this mouth, as soon as you open your mouth, it is g8 eggs! Zheng Zhilong smiled: "But your analogy is really appropriate, the red hair of the dog day is this G8 virtue!" This time, if their G8 really dares to warp, Lao Tzu will cut down their G8 by the roots! Look at what g8 mess up after fucking! ”

Zheng Zhihu glanced at Zheng Zhilong with slanted eyes, pursed his lips and said, "Big brother, you are a lampstand, only shining on others, and it is pitch black under you." Brother, my mouth full of g8 eggs, who did I learn from? Aren't you following the big brother? is the so-called follow good people, learn good people; Learn to dance with a witch ......"

"Don't mess around, let's talk about what Assen said, buy that English gun and do things to be prepared." Zheng Zhilong said, "Do you think it's feasible?" ”

"I don't know if the English artillery is really that good." Zheng Zhihu scratched his head and said, "Moreover, even if we buy it, will people sell us such a good thing?" ”

"According to Asen, this England is also participating in the Europa melee and is afraid that it is short of money, as long as it is willing to pay, most of it can be bought." Zheng Zhilong said, "Besides, they don't have any land here, and they are not afraid of being robbed by us in the future if they sell it to us, so why don't they sell it?" It's just that these red hairs have always liked to brag, and Mu Tiande doesn't know if it's bragging. And even if you buy it, you don't know when it will arrive, and you won't be able to get on the field in time. ”

"If it's really easy to use, even if it can't catch up, there will always be a time when it can be used in the future. Big brother, anyway, we have the money, so let's buy a dozen first. Zheng Zhihu said.

"Well, so be it." Zheng Zhilong nodded, and asked again, "How do you think we should be prepared?" ”

"Big brother, since ancient times, there have only been a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days? What to guard against? If you want me to say, let's do it first, and it's the right way to sneak up on them. Zheng Zhihu said with wide eyes.

"It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate, now that we are officers and soldiers, we can't start border provocations." Zheng Zhilong smiled and shook his head, "This first shot, we must let the Dutch fight." Also, we can give them a chance to get a shot first and let them help us get rid of some of the disobedient guys. ”

"Big brother, you mean ......" Zheng Zhihu closed his mouth abruptly and looked around.

"Second brother, where do you think it's better for us to set up this bureau?" Zheng Zhilong asked with a smile.

"Since Assen talked about Xiamen, it's better to be located in Xiamen." Zheng Zhihu said, "I believe in Asen's vision and luck. ”