The tall black man who walked at the forefront of the labor army was Zheng Zhilong's henchman Xiong Tie.

Those British soldiers stood beside Xiong Tie and looked at the comparison between children and adults, and their surprise was obvious.

In the later era of Jiangchuan, many people had such a misunderstanding: they believed that Westerners were born taller than the Chinese human body, and believed that this was caused by genes.

This leads to a lot of erroneous conclusions: for example, Westerners are more powerful, faster, more explosive, more resilient, and therefore more physically strong, and so on.

What is even more absurd is that it is therefore the nonsense that the population genes of the West are better than those of the Chinese.

The truth of the matter is quite the opposite. According to the records of various ancient documents, the height of the Chinese people has basically been stable over the Westerners in history.

Even in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when Chinese civilization was at its weakest, the height of the Chinese people could be said to be second to none in the world.

The strongest evidence is the photographs taken by some Westerners in the last years of the Qing Dynasty.

These photos are basically group photos of the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance who invaded Beijing and ordinary Chinese people during the Gengzi Incident.

It can be seen from the group photo that the height of the Chinese people is almost more than that of all other countries except for Russian soldiers.

The Chinese people were about the same height as the German soldiers, a little taller than the American soldiers, and half a head taller than the British and French soldiers. Compared to the time of Austria-Hungary, it is even more than a head.

Compared to the short Japanese soldiers, they stood out from the crowd.

The Chinese people in these group photos were randomly selected, and the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance were also randomly selected.

But this comparison of heights turns out to be universal.

And the average height of Westerners surpassing Chinese was also achieved in the following hundred years.

The biggest reason for this is nutrition.

By the time Jiangchuan lived, the general height of Chinese had begun to increase significantly, and the gap with Westerners was rapidly narrowing.

Therefore, this is a powerful proof that the so-called Western genetic superiority theory is nonsense, and it is the result of some people who have inferiority complex in their hearts and have broken their backbones by the weakness of modern times, so they will only kneel and lick the brains of the West.

A look at what is in front of you also proves this.

Xiong Tie was born tall, and it was normal for those British soldiers to be incomparable, because his size was also an outlier among the Zhongzhou people.

But the rest of the people Xiong Tie was carrying behind him were generally half a head taller than these British soldiers, which is very telling.

There were enough people in the bear's belt, so each British ship could get a group of people.

He himself took a group of people on the largest ship and greeted the British soldiers warmly, although they didn't quite understand what each other was saying, but it didn't matter. The language barrier is made up for by gestures.

Anyway, the final result was that these British sailors were hugging those dusty women, laughing and clinking glasses and laughing with the men brought by Xiong Tie.

The beauty and good wine, coupled with Xiong Tie's persuasion, these British sailors quickly became drunk and hazy.

They didn't notice that the men who were drinking with them hadn't drunk much at all.

And in order to make these British sailors get drunk faster, these wines are added to them.

Therefore, in less than half an hour, all the British sailors on more than a dozen ships fell asleep, and one by one they slept so dead that even a slap could not wake them up.

"Iron Boss, it's all done. Other ships also sent signals of success. A subordinate walked over and whispered.

Xiong Tie nodded and made a motion to wipe his neck, and the man immediately turned around and left.

After a while, the sound of popping objects falling into the water sounded around the dozen or so warships, and a trace of blood floated on the water near the bottom of the ship, but it was quickly washed away and disappeared.

In less than half an hour, the more than 300 sailors left behind on more than a dozen ships all disappeared, and these ships were quickly taken over by Xiong Tie's people, and they pulled up the sails and drove off into the distance.

Zheng Zhilong's subordinates are not good at land warfare, but when it comes to robbing ships and killing people, operating ships and sailing, these things are all familiar with the road.

In Fuzhou City, in Zheng Zhilong's study, he was talking to his son Zheng Sen.

"Father, did Pi San really take refuge in the official army?" Zheng Sen stared at Zheng Zhilong and asked suspiciously.

He's not stupid, he's smart. It's just that when I was in the British military camp before, I didn't think much about it because of the excitement, and I thought that my father would not deceive me, so I believed Zheng Zhilong's words.

But on the way back to Fuzhou on horseback, I was blown by the cold wind and gradually calmed down, and then I realized that there were many places that didn't make sense.

The biggest loophole is that as long as Smith asks Zheng Zhilong, or asks someone else, he will know whether it is true or false.

So as soon as he returned to the house, the first thing he did was to interrogate his father.

"Yes, Pi San was sent by me, and I also asked him to say those words." Zheng Zhilong said calmly.

"Father, why did you do this? Pisan is unruly, but this is not the time for us to fight, and Smith has already thought of leaving because of David's defeat. Why are you doing this? Zheng Sen didn't understand why his father did this, and his voice couldn't help but get louder.

In his opinion, this is tantamount to self-destruction of the Great Wall. Whether it is Pi San or the British, they are all forces to be relied on at this moment, but their father has calculated them.

This puzzled him.

"Idiot, I always thought you were smart, but I didn't expect you to be just a clever idiot! Do you think I don't know anything about you and David? Hmph, if it were someone else, I would have cut off his head a long time ago. ”

Zheng Zhilong was also angry, slapped the table and pointed at his son's nose and scolded.

Lao Tzu was furious, Zheng Sen's expression also became sneering, and he closed his mouth and sat on the chair.

This matter is indeed wrong with him, if he was not Zheng Zhilong's son, he would have died eight times ago.

Seeing that his son was soft, Zheng Zhilong snorted coldly and said in a slow tone: "The British are not reliable at all, and I have never thought of relying on the British." And it turns out that the British are simply a bunch of rubbish. ”

Zheng Sen was speechless, as David's defeat had proven it.

"Look at this." Zheng Zhilong put the letter of persuasion written by the old mother in front of Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen hurriedly disassembled it and hurriedly read it, then leaned back on the back of the chair dejectedly, and his face was full of flow.

"The officers and troops are strong, and we are not opponents at all. If the confrontation continues, my Zheng family will end up with death. My father is old, and he looks down on the power and position, even if he dies, he doesn't care. But you're still young, and I can't let you be buried with me. You still have those younger brothers and sisters, even if I don't think about me, I have to think about you. You say, what else can I do in this situation? ”

Zheng Zhilong said earnestly, his tone full of helplessness.

Zheng Sen opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Father is right, all the facts prove that their Zheng family is not an opponent of the imperial court at all. If you continue to fight, there is really only a dead end.

Looking at his son's appearance, Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his son had listened to his words, so he said slowly: "We have offended the imperial court and Jiang Chuan before, and it is impossible to maintain our original power and status anymore." I just hope that we can keep our family safe and prosperous in the future, and let's look at the rest. ”

Zheng Sen was speechless, and only said after a while: "Father, is the British your vote for sincerity to the imperial court?" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said heavily: "Yes, I promise to leave all these Britons behind." And we must hand over all the power and status of our Zheng family, and only ask the one to keep the life and wealth of our family. As for Pisan, it was his own death, and I happened to get rid of him by the hand of the British. ”

When Zheng Sen heard this, he was silent for a long time, and the Zheng family seemed to be completely finished this time.

After a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Father, in order to kill Pi San, I even calculated my son." ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said: "You are too young and vigorous, and you have been messing with the British for a long time, I am afraid that you will spoil things on the spur of the moment, so I didn't tell you the truth." ”

Zheng Sen smiled bitterly, he knew that his father's worries were reasonable, but he was very unhappy in his heart.

The father and son were relatively speechless and were silent for a long time, and finally Zheng Sen spoke: "Father, but Smith has already made up his mind to escape, how can we keep them?" ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "I knew that the British would run, and I had already made arrangements. ”

At this moment, Xiong Tie's voice came from outside: "General, everything is done." ”

Zheng Zhilong breathed a long sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Okay, let's go and report the funeral to Pi San's people now." ”

After saying that, he walked to the door, opened the door and walked out. Xiong Tie, who was standing outside the door, also hurriedly followed.

Zheng Sen was a little confused, but he also got up and followed.

He used to think that he was smart and that his father was old and mediocre, but now it seems that he is still too naïve and young.