"Daddy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Listening to Zheng Zhilong's question, Zheng Sen took a deep breath and said, "Now that we have reached this point, my family has a few roads to go. One is to take a step back. Earn less and earn less, there is always something to earn. And now that my family has Taiwan and Luzon, it is not impossible to claim the king behind closed doors. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Sen deliberately paused for a moment, paying attention to the reactions of his father and several uncles.

"That's not bad, if you want me to say. Our family has made enough money, and it would be nice to be able to keep this business now. Zheng Zhibao opened his mouth first.

Zheng Zhilong didn't say anything, he just looked at the others quietly.

"Daddy, if today is the world of great contention, if you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. If my family retires at this time, will it really be able to keep its wealth? It was Zheng Du who spoke. Over the years, he has studied with Zheng Sen, and Zheng Sen has told him more than once about the three-generation government of armed colonization and razing to Xia. Of course, more importantly, if he can really implement the government of three generations, it means that he can also become a prince, and in such a situation, of course, he has to oppose this suggestion of taking a step back.

"Shut up! Uncles haven't finished talking yet, where is your turn to talk nonsense! Zheng Zhilong scolded.

Zheng Du closed his mouth unwillingly.

"Arsen, you go on." Zheng Zhilong drank Zheng Du back, and then said to Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen saluted Zheng Zhilong and said: "Daddy, in fact, what my brother said also has a certain truth, if we don't do anything, wait until the world has a result, and then it is really difficult to say whether we can monopolize the interests of sea trade." Moreover, after the establishment of a new dynasty, which dynasty can tolerate us sleeping soundly on the side of the couch? At that time, they will definitely build a large water division, at least they will drive us out of Taiwan and Qiongzhou to be at ease. But Daddy, if we lose Taiwan and Qiongzhou, I'm afraid we may not be able to suppress Spain. Therefore, if you don't do well in one step, you will step back. Besides, my family is so rich, I don't know how many people are red-eyed, let's take a step back, and others go further, but it may not be good. ”

"Then if you don't retreat, how can you enter?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

Zheng Sen hurriedly said: "Daddy, do you see that today, there is still a family that can fight better than my family's army?" Not to mention at sea, my family is naturally invincible in the world, even on land, how many can compare with my family? Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues do not produce, they can only wander around and coerce the homeless. Their army is not only poorly equipped, but also poorly trained, and there are very few core troops that are really capable of fighting effectiveness, and in addition to the lack of supplies, they cannot eat enough, so they cannot hold on to us at all. As for the other military leaders, what Zuo Liangyu, Wu Xiang and the like, Daddy, how do you think they compare with us? ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he first snorted, and then said to Zheng Zhihu: "Second brother, you have the most dealings with Wu Xiang and them, how do you compare with them?" ”

"Wu Xiang?" Zheng Zhihu smiled, "This person is good at business, and he is not a good person, but he fights - in terms of the kung fu of escaping from the battle, he recognizes the second child, and I am afraid that no one in this world will dare to recognize himself as the boss." But his son still has two hands in the war. But if we compare ourselves to our model army, we can beat eight of them alone! ”

"Daddy, we also have dealings with Zuo Liangyu, as well as He Renlong, and ...... In short, the combat effectiveness of their army is only comparable to Wu Sangui's at most, and we are not afraid of fighting. It is the Jianqi known as 'invincible', and we have also fought, whether it is defending the city or fighting in the field, we have the upper hand. In terms of military strength alone, no one in the world can be stronger than us. So, aggressive force, we are not bad. Zheng Sen said again.

Zheng Zhilong nodded.

"In addition to the army can fight, grain and grass logistics are also very important, in the past, Emperor Taizu of this dynasty had a 'high wall, accumulate grain' strategy. Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty was repeatedly defeated by Xiang Yu, but because the relevant central government was the base and the grain was endless, he was able to defeat and fight again and again, and finally defeated Xiang Yu. Now that my family controls Taiwan and Luzon, both of which can produce a large amount of grain and other military resources, Jeju Island will soon be able to provide war horses. Which of them can have such a thick foundation as mine? Zheng Sen continued.

"That's a good word, but the number of my army, especially the infantry, is still a little less. Although they can't do us one-on-one, they have more than 100,000 elites. And now there are not many of these armies that can move. Zheng Zhilong said.

Zheng Sen knew that Zheng Zhilong's words were good, the Zheng family was based on the sea, so they naturally attached great importance to the fleet at sea, and most of the military expenses of the model army were spent on the fleet, and the fleet spent more money to build a warship than all the equipment of the entire army. As a result, the number of troops in the army is relatively small, and if you don't count the Marine Corps, the combat unit of the model army is actually less than 7,000 people. Even against Shang Jianxuan, one can fight eight, it still seems that it is still a bit insufficient, and such an army, now part of it has to be put in Luzon and the Spaniards to soak mushrooms, and part of it has to be deployed in Taiwan and Jeju Island, and there are indeed not many troops left that can still move.

"Daddy, that's a real problem. But in fact, in addition to the infantry of the model army, we also control a lot of militia, these people may not be reliable in the field, but if they are used to defend the castle, it is still good. Zheng Sen nodded and said, "Of course, if we are sure that we want to adopt an aggressive strategy, we will definitely increase military spending and increase the number of army personnel." I think the imperial court should be able to barely maintain itself in the next two years, so within this year or two, we will expand the land force of the Model Army to at least 30,000 people, and at the same time expand the militia for garrison to 70,000 or 80,000. In addition, the river fleet will also be massively expanded. When something changes, we can react immediately. ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, and said, "If there is a change in a year or two, how are you going to react?" ”

"Daddy, on the one hand, we will arrange manpower to prepare in Beijing, and once there is a change, it is best to save a prince from coming out. Then rely on the river fleet to control the Yangtze River and the Huai River. Relying on the waterway, we can transport troops quickly, so although we still have few troops, we can send them to the place where we need to kill them at once. For example......

"For example, if the Tartars or Liukou cross the Huai River, and the troops cross in Guazhou, and then we kill them from the Huai River, we can immediately cut off their food routes." Zheng Du couldn't help but speak again.

Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Du again, but didn't say anything.

"Second brother is actually more than that." Zheng Sen said, "Along the coastline, our army can quickly appear in many places, even including Liaodong. So we can rely on this advantage to keep the entire Jiangnan. ”

"It's just that those scholars and doctors in Jiangnan may not listen to us." Zheng Zhilong said.

"It's because they haven't figured out what troubled times mean." Zheng Sen said coldly, "When they figure it out, they will naturally be obedient." ”