A group of pirate leaders laughed for a while, and finally it was Putmans who opened his mouth and said to Liu Xiang: "According to the agreement between us and us, you are responsible for the supply of our fleet, no problem, right?" ”

"Of course no problem!" When Liu Xiang heard this, he waved his hand and said heroically, "Lao Tzu is the master of the Zheng League, and he is on Lao Tzu's territory, so naturally Lao Tzu is in charge." ”

When Li Guozhu and other pirate leaders heard this, they were overjoyed. When they talked about the destruction of Zheng, they only talked about the distribution of the spoils after success, and they didn't think about the previous matter at all, so they brought their men and drove the boat over.

Now listening to Liu Xiang taking the initiative to take care of logistics, they all praise Liu Xiang for his righteousness or something, and in the Juyi Hall, the guests and hosts are happy. Liu Xiang's prestige among pirates also seems to have increased a lot.

After all, this time it can be said that it is the conference alliance. Not only the more powerful pirates have come, but even Hongyi has come, this number of people, the cost of logistics supply, must be an astronomical amount, if it is not for someone like Liu Da who is so courageous, can take responsibility, and is cool enough, it is really impossible to take the initiative to accept it.

However, they didn't know that Liu Xiang knew that Zheng Yiguan had completed the assembly of the warships. If it weren't for the imminent battle, it wouldn't have been. After all, the entire southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty is basically in charge of Zheng Yiguan's sailors. If the warships are evacuated for too long, there will definitely be problems with the local coastal defense.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Xiang took care of everyone's logistics, and he was also able to establish his prestige after the war, so that no one could challenge his position!

While he was making wishful thinking, Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian Navy Division, convened a military meeting again, and officially issued the combat goal of eliminating Liu Xiang's pirates to his brothers and subordinates.

I saw him solemnly emphasized: "This battle is related to whether the southeast coast can be stabilized and whether the people can live and work in peace and contentment!" In this battle, Lord Zhongcheng has high hopes; Even the emperor is concerned. No matter who makes the contribution, it can reach the heavens! ”

When he said these official words, Zheng Zhilong keenly found that these people below did not burst out with enough fighting spirit. He also understood that these words seemed to be less attractive to these pirate-turned-men.

So, as soon as his tone changed, he continued: "You should all know the holy decree issued by the imperial court before, and one percent of the tax collected from the opening of the sea will be used for the sailors. You may not know how much the emperor is looking forward to in a year's taxes? ”

His words immediately attracted the attention of the people below. They saw Zheng Zhilong stretch out a finger, and Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but confirm: "One million? ”

"Wrong!" Zheng Zhilong flatly denied it, and then raised his voice a little and said, "It's ten million!" That is, an additional one million per year will be spent on our sailors. I could have given you a packing ticket, as long as you work hard, we will definitely have a lot of sailors in the future, and when the time comes, you old people, one by one, will be in charge of a sailor, glorifying your ancestors! ”

These people in the hall have not yet realized how much silver they can receive in the original history. Even if they think there will be a lot, they don't have a specific concept. One of them seemed to know better, so he asked a little puzzledly: "In the past, when the sea was opened, it seemed that only 20,000 taels of silver were collected a year. The emperor was expecting 10 million taels, this ...... This ......"

After a few clicks of this, I originally wanted to say that the emperor was crazy about money, but in the end I didn't dare to say it.

But what he didn't say was obvious. Zheng Zhilong replied with a smile: "Now that Lord Zhongcheng is in accordance with the "Da Ming Law", there are laws that must be followed, and law enforcement must be strict, according to the general's estimate, in the past half a year, a lot of taxes have been collected, and the amount must be far more than 20,000 taels. This ability to collect taxes, my Ming Dynasty is only Zhongcheng adults have this ability, you have to believe in Zhongcheng adults! ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "If we can sweep the sea and exterminate the pirates, then there will be more people going to sea to do business, and the court will collect more taxes. ”

When he said this, he really admired Sun Chuanting in his heart. Even if he was not convinced by Sun Chuanting, a northerner, but since Sun Chuanting's staff died a lifter, no matter what kind of identity he had in the past, as long as he exceeded the provisions of the Ming Law, he would be strictly taxed, such a move really made him admire!

After Zheng Zhilong's explanation, these people in the hall were boiling, according to what the holy decree said, it was one million two years! Immediately, they believed in the prospect depicted by Zheng Zhilong, and their morale was immediately stimulated.

Only Zhong Bin's thoughts were a little different, or because his ass was already crooked, after listening to Zheng Zhilong's words, he thought, this 10 million taels of silver should have been those of them who had mastered the sea force, but now, it was taken away by the government, and only gave himself 10%, which was a big loss!

Therefore, he looked at the people around him who were happy, although he was happy on the surface, but he was sneering in his heart: When you are destroyed, you will earn more when you go back!

Zheng Zhilong, who was on the throne, saw that his morale had been boosted, so he turned serious, and immediately ordered: "Early tomorrow morning, the army will set off to suppress, no one will be delayed, no one will be late, and anyone who does not follow the military law will be severely punished!" “

After that, the meeting was dismissed. Liu Jinsheng followed Zheng Zhilong to the back office, but he kept sneering.

Zheng Zhilong was good-tempered, and asked with a smile: "Do you have any opinions about the general's orders?" ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Jinsheng sneered, "Don't think that you can buy the informant, as soon as the order just came out, but it didn't say that no one was allowed to leave the ship, if you accidentally leak the news, you will cry to death!" ”

If this matter had been changed before, he might not have thought of it right away. It was only because he was so pitted by Zheng Zhilong that he almost couldn't turn over when he was under Li Kuiqi, that he had a long memory.

When Zheng Zhilong heard him say this, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and actually nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that he has grown." You're still a little tender though! ”

"Am I tender?" When Liu Jinsheng heard this, he couldn't help but be very angry, and asked loudly. He felt that he was despised by Zheng Zhilong, which was one of the things he hated the most.

The emotional contrast with him was a bit big, but Zheng Zhilong still smiled and said: "Of course the general knows about this, so he gave such an opportunity to see who will go ashore and who will go to the news, so that the unstable factors can be eliminated." On this sea, if you want to seek a general, I am afraid that you have not yet been born! ”