The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

You must know that Fujian officials did not have a good impression of him, looked down on him as a pirate, and often reprimanded him.

Just like now, Zheng Zhilong is so humble when he bribes himself.

As for it?

With a military force of up to 200,000 people of various races, including Han Chinese, Japanese people, Koreans, and black Africans, and more than 3,000 warships of large and small ships, it is the only power in the East and South China Seas.

Moreover, with Taiwan as a base area, it is more than enough to establish himself as the king, and I really don't know what he thinks.

"General Zheng, I accepted the gift with a smile, but I can't accept this money."

Qin Haoming shook his head, not only feeling sad for Zheng Zhilong, but also matching his tone and actions by the way.

Zheng Zhilong was a little stunned, and even more puzzled. Since the gift has been received, it means that he is not an honest person, and his goods are worth a lot of money, so why not money?

Judging from the courtesy received by the Governor's Mansion today, the young Governor Qin in front of him is at least not disgusted with the Zheng family.

If the Zheng family has the protection of this hot upstart governor, then the Zheng family can be said to be stable and worry-free in the territory of Daming!

"Governor Qin, the last general is sincere. In the future, the Governor's Mansion will have a lot of expenses, and the cost of hiring a master alone will ......"

Zheng Zhilong walked all the way, and saw that the people in charge of registration were all men in the army, and occasionally there were small officials, who were also members of the Fuzhou Prefect's Yamen. In other words, there is currently no staff master in the Governor's Palace.

Qin Haoming secretly praised Zheng Zhilong for his careful observation and high emotional intelligence, if most people heard him put himself in his shoes like this, they might accept it if they pushed the boat down the river.

It seems that bribery is a profound science, and Zheng Zhilong is undoubtedly a veteran in it.

"Thanks to General Zheng's kindness, although the cost of the Governor's Palace is not generous, it is barely enough. But there is one thing, I wonder if General Zheng can help? ”

Qin Haoming put the silver ticket on the coffee table and firmly pushed it to Zheng Zhilong's side, with no reluctance in his eyes.

"Governor Qin, please command?"

The dark clouds drifted by, and a cool breeze blew, and Zheng Zhilong felt extremely comfortable. It is naturally a good thing for Qin Du to ask for something, which means that it is the beginning of cooperation between the two sides.

To this day, with the power of the Zheng family, there are few difficult things. It's just that as I get older, I don't dare to talk full.

"There is a drought in the north, there is no grain harvest, and this year is another disaster year. The Son of Heaven worries about this day and night, and it is difficult to sleep and eat.

As a subordinate and a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, the governor empathizes.

Now there is no abundant grain in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult for even rats to survive in the household grain depot.

And when the governor heard that the grain in Nanyang and other places is ripe three times a year, isn't that a mountain piled up? Therefore, I would like to ask General Zheng Haishi to help traffic grain to the Ming Dynasty to solve the food crisis of the Ming Dynasty......"

The sound of cicadas chirping in the trees, accompanied by Qin Haoming's sad face, told Zheng Zhilong his request.

The heart for the country and the people revealed in it moved the Zheng family brothers.

It's just that this matter is not easy.

"Qin Du didn't know that the Nanyang season was indeed suitable for farming, and the land was extremely fertile, but the local people were too lazy to eat as long as they had food, and they had no intention of farming.

Therefore, as far as the last general knows, there is not much grain in these countries.

Moreover, it took several months to make a round trip by sea, and a merchant ship of 1,000 materials required 120 people to operate the boat, plus the officers and men who fought with the ship, a total of 500 people.

The cost of this is very expensive, and occasionally it is acceptable, but if it is like this for a long time, I am afraid that it will not be able to do it in the end. ”

Zheng Zhi's head hung low, frowning, and pondering the words in it, for fear of making Qin Du unhappy.

To tell the truth, he would rather give a one-time bribe of one or two million than transport grain from Nanyang for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the above reasons, the most important point he did not say is that if the merchant ships use it to transport grain, what will happen to other profiteering products?

This time and again, how much more than millions of losses?

"General Zheng, please rest assured, transporting grain for food is the behavior of the Ming court, how can you let the Zheng family contribute money and efforts?

As long as the Zheng family helps to transport one million grains, all the expenses will be borne by the imperial court, and the general will not be embarrassed.

To tell the truth, the purpose of the Son of Heaven to call this governor to guard Fujian and Guangzhou is to concentrate all his efforts to build a giant merchant ship to transport grain from all over the South Seas and solve the food crisis in the Ming Dynasty!

Otherwise, if the food problem is not solved for a day, the Ming Dynasty will be worried? ”

Qin Haoming shook his head slightly, as if he was worried, but in fact, he was secretly surprised in his heart that Zheng Zhilong inadvertently revealed the news, there are thousands of materials for merchant ships, and there are more than two thousand materials for warships?

Thinking about the fact that the flagship of Dengzhou Wei is only 500 people, and there are only a few thousand people, compared with the Ming Navy and the Zheng family, whether it is the number of people or warships, this gap is really not ordinarily large.

"The last general is ashamed that he can't share the worries of the king, and he cares about such small profits.

Qin Governor, please rest assured, 1.5 million catties of grain, of which 500,000 are in charge of the Zheng family, and without a penny, he will support the monarch and Qin Dou in their hearts for the people of the world. ”

Hearing Qin Haoming's intention to supervise Fujian and Guangzhou, Zheng Zhilong's heart was extremely happy, and he was full of pride on the spot and made a promise.

"Happy, on behalf of the Heavenly Family and the people of the world, this governor thanks General Zheng for his righteous act, tonight in the mountain restaurant, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

Qin Haoming stood up and laughed, feeling extremely happy in his heart.

The Dengzhou Navy is currently weak, and it is not familiar with the Nanyang hydrology, so it is impossible to reach the Nanyang in a hurry. The Zheng family is different, they can go at any time.

In this way, having this batch of food for emergency relief will undoubtedly be of great help to the next plan. [.]