Chapter 89: Zheng Zhilong's decision
Hong Kong's Overseas Victory Pier is also on the edge of Victoria Harbour in the original time and space, and when the long anchor thrown into the bottom of the sea is pulled up, it also means that it is about to return to the mainland. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time I came to Daming to gain a lot, the goods originally brought were sold out, and even Zheng Zhilong, in order to apologize, specially paid 100,000 taels of silver to Australia, in order to show the loss caused to the Australians.
Although Zheng Zhibao, who came to hand over, saw that he was unwilling, but they had no way at all, Zheng Zhilong did not think about using the power of the imperial court to deal with the Australians, but if this was the case, he would inevitably fall into a long-term war.
The Australians have already shown their muscles perfectly, they have the ability to intercept and block the Zheng family's fleet at sea, and even their own side has no way at all, so the best way now is to shake hands between the two sides.
said that it was a return voyage, but in fact, Wu Zhengdao was still a little worried that his compatriots in the overseas consulate would be counterattacked by the Zheng family, after all, once the Perfect One left, the Zheng family would definitely know the situation.
In case of danger, you should remember that the most important thing is to ensure the safety of your own life, and you can do without your finances and equipment.
Wu Zhengdao explained to Zhou Yang and Yang Yuzhou in the third place, and even a little uneasy, a few days before the return trip, he specially met with the governor of Liangguang and the Xin'an County Commander, and gave them a lot of benefits, so that they could take care of them more.
Although the Zheng family is huge, it is still a little difficult to deal with a big man like the governor of Liangguang, after all, the official rank is higher than yours.
After three whistles sounded, the Perfect officially headed towards the Australian mainland, and the crossing crowd who saw off the wharf kept waving goodbye, and some of the coolies working at the wharf also stopped their work at this time, watching the Perfect leave the wharf.
With the departure of the Perfect, a spy of the Zheng family immediately rushed back to Fuzhou and sent the news back, and it was obvious that the Zheng family's people had been monitoring the Australians' every move.
Zheng Zhilong can be said to have been on the sea for decades, he has never suffered such a big loss, lost such a big face, and was slapped in the face by the Australians, although they don't say it, but the breath in their hearts is really unbearable.
Especially Zheng Zhibao, who led the matter, was the most angry, they thought that Australia's big ship would leave, and at that time they were teaching Australia a little lesson, so that they would know who had the final say in this Daming.
In the Zheng family's mansion in Fuzhou City, several principals of the Zheng family had gathered in the lobby at this time to wait for Zheng Zhilong's orders, as long as he gave an order, the Zheng family's fleet would immediately go south to Hong Kong and capture all the Australian veterans left there.
"Big brother, you give the order, the Australians will not return for ten days and a half months on this return flight, we just need to teach them a lesson and save face."
Zheng Zhibao has a very big opinion on the Australians' interception of the Zheng family's merchant ships and the handing over of the distribution rights of the Japanese general agent to the Yan family.
However, there are actually two voices within the Zheng family, one is to advocate giving Australians some lessons to save face and continue to cooperate, and the other is to expose this matter and cooperate with Australians.
After all, the force of the Australians is there, not someone who wants to handle it, don't look at the perfect at this time, but the 10,000 other party is just a temptation, and suddenly return, then the Zheng family's fleet is afraid that there will be no return this time.
Zheng Zhilong, as the leader of the Zheng family, no one dared to decide easily without his consent, after all, losing face once was already big enough, and he really couldn't afford to lose it the second time.
"On the surface, the Australians' return should be full of goods and the return date, but it is not ruled out that they are deliberately testing whether we are sincere in making peace." Zheng Hongkui is considered to be a more resourceful person among the Zheng brothers, and Zheng Zhilong will listen to his opinions on major events.
Since he said so, then Zheng Zhilong has to consider whether this is really the case, once the Australians are just tempting, and then completely pull out the Zheng family's maritime power in the name of this and cooperate with the Yan family, then there is also this possibility.
Since the death of Yan Siqi, his descendants and subordinates have either surrendered to the Zheng family, or changed careers to start other businesses, but Yan Jianye still inherited the business of the Yan family on the sea, although it will not threaten the status of the Zheng family's maritime overlordship, but it is indeed a large force, once the Australians help, maybe they can really replace the Zheng family.
Since the imperial court can surrender the Zheng family, it can also surrender the Yan family, but it is just a letter of appointment, and the imperial court is powerless to care about the southeast at this time.
Recently, the Dutch and the Spaniards have been making frequent moves, and it seems that they have plans to go north again.
Zheng Zhilong has already made a decision in his mind to maintain the status quo for the time being and make friends with Australians, after all, he will not suffer a loss by being friendly with Australians, and he can earn a lot of real money from them by obtaining commodity agency rights.
Earning money is the most important thing, isn't fighting a war just for money! If they were all like Zheng Zhibao without thinking, then the Zheng family would have been finished a long time ago.
"Fifth brother, don't be impulsive to the way of the Australians, maybe it's really their strategy, but it's just a temptation and then use this as an excuse to take the opportunity to eliminate my Zheng family's sea power, at that time, the Yan family and Liangguang, this coastal generation of big clans will inevitably be added to this tide."
Although Zheng Zhilong is the overlord of the East China Sea, no one dares to match it in the entire southeast coastal generation, but that is in the past, once a more powerful backer appears, these maritime merchants will not mind defecting, and even step on the Zheng family a few times.
In this regard, Zheng Zhibao has a different idea in his heart, he feels that since the eldest brother became an official, his courage has become smaller and smaller, not to mention the domineering he used to be, and he is still a little greedy for life and afraid of death.
Although he had some thoughts about his eldest brother's greed for life and fear of death, he still didn't dare to go against Zheng Zhilong's decision, after all, he was the supreme authority of the entire Zheng family.
"Since the eldest brother said so, then give up, but don't regret it, I think that the Australian seems to have the idea of gaining an inch, and supporting the Yan family is like this."
The Yan family and the Zheng family were originally not dealing with each other, although they were both peers begging for food at sea, and even Zheng Zhilong and Yan Siqi were still brothers, but at this time they still seemed to be opponents.
"Zhibao, we have to look at the long-term in doing things, and a moment of righteousness may not be able to solve the problem, so this time we endured it, I believe that Australians can also see that as long as they still want to cooperate with us, they will not touch our bottom line." Zheng Zhilong walked up to Zheng Zhibao and patted him on the shoulder, asking him to swallow this breath and take a long-term view.