No matter how Zhou Bofu planned to deal with Zhou Bai, a traitor, in short, under the arrangement of the Zheng family, the three Xiucai and their followers all got on the boat and went to travel at public expense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 It is said that this was the result of Zhou Bofu's agitation, and the reason he persuaded others was: "Anyway, it costs the Zheng family's money, compared to the poor and remote Wuyi Mountain, there are really many places to spend money in Jinling, especially in the Qinhuai River area." ”

As soon as a few Xiucai walked on the front foot, Zheng Zhilong came back the next day. In fact, Zheng Zhilong has not gone far, and has been paying attention to this performance aimed at helping him gain popularity. Every day, in fact, someone reported the specific situation to him, and every time he saw new news, he saw those talents and sighed, "I don't think there is a Western scholar like Mr. Feihuang in Fujian" and "A certain person also assisted Sun Yuanhua in making cannons back then." Mr. Sun did something bad in Leiden, so I won't talk about it, but when it comes to making cannons, it is natural to learn from the West, especially triangles. In the army, I have also seen a lot of Western scholars, many of whom have studied trigonometry and geometry, but the knowledge of these people, compared with Mr. Fei Huang, is really the difference between the wall of shoulders and the wall of numbers. It's a pity that I couldn't see it in person", especially after figuring out the allusions to the wall of shoulders and the wall of numbers, I was even more happy, and even directly grabbed my younger brother Zheng Zhihu who was standing next to him and praised himself.

It's just that Zheng Zhihu is not a willing to be funny, if it is Zheng Cai or someone else who is standing aside at this time, then it must follow Zheng Zhilong's will and make Zheng Zhilong happy. However, Zheng Zhihu was not like this, but said: "What is there to be happy about, a group of poor people, who took so much money from the eldest brother, naturally have to boast a few words." Besides, it's just a group of talents, not even an official, what is the use of them blowing and blowing? ”

"You, you're a rough guy, you only know how to cut people! You don't understand these things! Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said.

Regarding the eldest brother's evaluation, Zheng Zhihu was convinced. He also knew that his head was not as good as that of his eldest brother, but he still didn't think there was any point in these actions.

"Big brother, you know that I'm a rough billet, but I still don't think it's any good to do it. Not only can this not make money, but also lose the capital, what is good. ”

"You!" Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to say.

"Big brother, don't be angry, you know me, I just can't figure it out, it's just nonsense."

"Nima!" Zheng Zhilong laughed.

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Although Zheng Zhihu does not support Zheng Sen's practice of brushing up his reputation, Zheng Zhibao likes Zheng Sen very much. One of the reasons for this is that Zheng Sen is also his proud student.

As a child from a military general's family, even in Zheng Zhilong's vision, Zheng Sen should take the path of the imperial examination, but learning kung fu is also essential. So, before Zheng Sen went to the Hong family's clan to study, Zheng Zhilong always asked Zheng Zhihu to arrange for Zheng Sen to learn some martial arts.

To be honest, compared to Zheng Sen's "talent" for learning "literature", his talent for learning martial arts is really just very ordinary. Because there's really no way to fake this. Even if he has watched a lot of martial arts movies, and has watched a lot of boxing matches and ice hockey games (everyone who has watched it knows that the biggest attraction of ice hockey games is actually fights), but this does not mean that he can beat others.

But Zheng Zhihu is very satisfied with Zheng Sen, mainly because of these three points, one is that Zheng Sen is willing to endure hardships. At this time, most of the next generation of the Zheng family felt that it was their turn to do the thing of jumping ship to help cut people, and they had lived a lot of rich and noble lives, and when they practiced martial arts, they couldn't endure hardships and couldn't work hard.

However, Zheng Sen is different from them, because Zheng Sen knows that the troubled times have begun, and it is only the beginning. In the future, he and the Zheng family will still rely more on force to operate. Although Zheng Sen doesn't want to go into battle in person if possible, but who can guarantee that nothing risky will happen? Qin Shi Huang encountered Jing Ke, Gao Yuanli, and Zhang Zifang were assassinated; Han Gaozu risked arrows on the battlefield many times, and was even shot by Xiang Yu with an arrow; Tang Taizong even charged into battle many times, and there were not a few generals with names and surnames; Song Taizu even simply collapsed from an arrow wound; Which of the two ancestors of my Ming Dynasty is not the rest of his life? Is there anyone in the world who can win the world without taking risks? In fact, for Zheng Sen, learning a good martial art is much more important than learning to write a Bagu essay, so how dare he not be serious? So in contrast, Zheng Sen naturally performed outstandingly.

As for the second point, that is, when Zheng Sen came back from the Hong family, Zheng Zhihu checked Zheng Sen's martial arts, but found that Zheng Sen really did not fall behind in practice as reported by Hai Dafu, whether it was the speed of reaction or the agility and coordination of movements, he had made great progress, which naturally made Zheng Zhihu very satisfied.

As for the third point, that is, Zheng Sen is willing to listen to Zheng Zhihu brag. Although Zheng Zhihu did not cooperate with Zheng Zhilong to brag, Zheng Zhihu himself is a person who likes to brag, and he often likes to brag to juniors about how he held a big knife and snatched one boat after another.

However, Zheng Zhihu's eloquence is not good, when it comes to telling stories, what shakes the burden, what pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, what pretends to slap his face, all of them can't, to talk about it, it's nothing more than that:

"Second uncle, I was the first to jump on that boat, and as soon as I landed, a mongrel slashed at the second master with a knife. So the second uncle and I used the shield to block, and the goods were knocked down, and then the second uncle and I raised the knife and fell, and hacked the useless mongrel to death. Then I cut down one, and then another, and then another, and then I threw away all the useless ones, and knelt on the planks and kowtowed......"

In fact, this kind of story is very popular with bear children, the problem is that every story of Zheng Zhihu is like this, almost no difference, so that as soon as he opened his mouth, the bear children knew what he was going to say, so they rushed in front of him and said for him: "The second uncle was the first to jump on the boat, and as soon as he landed, he hacked a mongrel to death, then hacked to death the second, then hacked to death the third, then the fourth, then the fifth, and then those mongrels knelt down together and surrendered......" So the other bear children laughed together, and then before Zheng Zhihu could react, they scattered and fled, leaving Zheng Zhihu there looking around blankly.

Only Zheng Sen is an exception, Zheng Zhihu brags any time, as long as Zheng Sen is there, at least he can ensure an audience that does not run. What's more, Zheng Sen doesn't just listen, he will also interject at the right time, and make Zheng Zhihu's cookie-cutter story vivid by asking questions. In fact, Zheng Sen didn't want to praise his second uncle, but wanted to learn more about the situation of naval operations through talking with him, so as to prepare for future naval operations.

"Second uncle, if one day, the boat opposite the little nephew jumps over and you can beat the second uncle, what do you think the little nephew should do?" Zheng Sen asked very sincerely.

"What to do? Cold! Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyes and said, "A bunch of people went up together, cut him around, and killed him with people." As long as you are not afraid, how many nails can a person with iron be punched? Cutting people is hard work, even if you are your second uncle and me, if you really want to cut down a dozen people in one go, you will be tired like a dog. And there are knives slashing from all directions, and no matter how high the martial arts are, they can't stop it. ”

"Then second uncle, every time you jump over, why don't people deal with you like this?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Second uncle, I didn't jump over alone, there are generally more of us than them." Zheng Zhilong pouted and said.

"What if there are fewer people skipping on the other side than we do?" Zheng Sen asked, "Is there a formation similar to Grandpa Qi's Mandarin Duck Formation that can deal with such a master?" ”

"The ship is cramped, and there are bits and pieces everywhere, where is the position to be opened? This is not on land, on land, no matter how high the martial arts are, there is not much way to fight in formation, but on the ship, it still depends on your own kung fu. Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said.

"What about the musket?" Zheng Sen asked.

"That thing is not easy to use, it is not accurate to hit at a distance, and if it is close, it will be shot at most, and if it is not hit, it will be cut down." Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Your second uncle and I have encountered muskets more than once, but in naval battles, I have never seen any of them who can really shoot muskets accurately." ”

"Is it okay to use fishing nets?" Zheng Sen asked again.

"Fishing nets?" Zheng Zhihu was taken aback.

"That's right, that day I was on the dock in Luncang, and I saw two people fighting, and the little one didn't look like another big man's opponent at all, but he suddenly picked up a fishing net and threw it over, and netted the big man inside. Although the big man had strength, he could not move, and was dragged to the ground and beaten to death. I think, if you are suddenly caught in a fishing net by someone during a naval battle, is there no way to do it no matter how high your martial arts are? ”

"Hmm......" Zheng Zhihu thought for a while, and then said, "If you don't prepare in advance, there's really nothing you can do." Even if you are prepared, it is also very dangerous. For example, if you have an extremely sharp knife in your hand, you can cut through fishing nets, but it takes time, and when you really fight, how can you have time to do this? Unless it's right on the side of the boat, you can go straight into the sea and then cut the nets in the water, but it's still dangerous. Well, this trick is good to use against the master, first let one person entangle with him, and then cast the fishing net, net the two people together, and then go down with a knife...... I'm really going to have to guard against that. Zheng Zhihu nodded and said.