Back a few days ago, he learned that Liu Zeqing had robbed Zheng Zhilong's whale oil, which made Zheng Zhilong very annoyed, so he brought several brothers to discuss the matter. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Big brother, don't even think about this matter, it must have been done by Liu Zeqing." Zheng Cai said, "It's not once or twice that Liu Zeqing, a bastard, has done this kind of thing. ”

"Ah Cai, we have been on other people's land, and the money that should be given is not less, right?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

The so-called "money to be given" is actually a very interesting word. If you only pay the money specified by the imperial court along the way, you really can't spend too much money. But one of the characteristics of my Ming is that in addition to the money on the surface, many places need to use more money. When the merchant arrived at the waterway wharf, there were all kinds of bright and dark money to pay, from all kinds of tooth money to the protection money of the ruffians, all kinds of colors. And if all this money is given, then there will be no profit at all, so it is better not to buy and sell at all.

So what money needs to be given and what money doesn't need to be given is sometimes very flexible. Whether you pay all kinds of money or not depends largely on your strength and operation. For example, if you fall in love with a certain bigwig in the court and hold his name card, then you will often be able to travel unhindered along the way, whether it is the money to be paid in the official face, or other money, most of it, you can ignore it, just swagger and just go over. Depending on the status of the DPRK and China's bigwigs, the various fees that can be reduced or exempted are also different. A few years ago, because of Xu Guangqi's door, the Zheng family's business route was also able to expand a lot to the north. Of course, the benefits are mutual, and Xu Guangqi's disciples, disciples, and relatives have also gained a lot of benefits from the expansion of the Zheng family's business.

Xu Guangqi didn't care much about things at that time, but after all, he was a cabinet scholar, and those guys in the local area had to give him face no matter what, and because Xu Guangqi was no longer in charge, no one in the cabinet was willing to mess with this old man in the struggle. As a result, the business went well. However, a few years ago, Xu Guangqi died. So this tiger skin is naturally gone. At this time, there is more money to pay.

Although the cost has risen rapidly, some trade routes to the north are still profitable. So these trade routes are still maintained. And of course, the bigwigs on the business road also got a share of the money. Among them is Liu Zeqing's share.

"Big brother, it's all given, and Liu Zeqing's is not short of his." Zheng Cai replied.

"That is, Liu Zeqing himself does not pay attention to the rules! We are going to teach him a lesson! Zheng Zhihu said that in the original history, Zheng Zhihu should have died in battle at this time, but in this time and space, Liu Xiang's final defeat was much more silent. So much so that Zheng Zhihu didn't get the opportunity to jump onto Liu Xiang's boat to fight, and naturally he wouldn't have encountered the matter of being caught in someone's fishing net and thrown into the sea.

"I guess someone gave Liu Zeqing money and asked him to move our goods." Zheng Cai said.

"What do you think we should do?" Zheng Zhilong said.

"Gotta call back! We dare to grab our stuff too! Zheng Zhihu shouted first!

"I think, big brother, let's call Ah Sen back to discuss it together, after all, we are also officers and soldiers now, and this rush is not a trivial matter. If you don't get it right, you'll make a big mess. This kind of thing still needs to be discussed with Assen. ”

This opinion was supported by everyone, so just over an hour before Zheng Sen inspected the factory protection team, he received a letter asking him to return to Anping.

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Early the next morning, Zheng Sen took a group of followers and boarded the clipper "Feiyan", which had just been put into use not long ago.

The "Feiyan" is a new type of clipper ship produced by the North Port Shipyard to transmit message commands. It was a compact brig, and in pursuit of high speed, it adopted a hull with an aspect ratio of up to 6:1, a mainmast that was close to the length of the hull, and a relatively low freeboard. And there are hardly any outstanding structures on the deck other than the mast. All cabins, including the VIP cabin and the captain's cabin, are semi-buried below deck. The most obvious feature of this boat is the bow, which is made into a typical flying shear shape - this is of course from Zheng Sen's design, although Zheng Sen can not fully explain why the flying shear bow can reduce resistance, but from later generations he has seen many high-speed ship types, and the flying scissor bow is very common on this type of boat.

The success of this design was evidenced by the sea trials of the "Feiyan". When the boat was downwind, it actually ran at a speed of fourteen knots, which was almost the same speed as flying at that time.

Of course, this kind of ship has paid a lot of sacrifices for such speed, for example, the cargo hold of this ship is very small, almost not able to hold too many things, and the comfort of this ship is also very bad, a little wind and waves, this ship is very bumpy, but the wind and waves above the Taiwan Strait have always been not large, so this ship is a good choice for VIP traffic. In addition, although the boat is small, it is not cheap to build. But fortunately, because of the high-speed performance of this kind of ship, Zheng Sen also plans to build some more of this kind of ship for tasks such as reconnaissance and infiltration.

Of course, this "Feiyan" is specially prepared for family executives like Zheng Sen, and it seems that this ship is mainly running between Fujian and Taiwan, and there is no need to consider any endurance issues. Therefore, this ship can compress the cargo compartment, reduce the supplies it carries, and then free up a relatively large cabin for Zheng Sen. If you don't take into account that the boat is a little more rocking, for Zheng Sen, the comfort is actually not bad.

After spending one night, Zheng Sen returned to Anping.

"Asen, how are you resting on the boat? I've been on your boat too, and it's very fast, it's just very swaying. Getting off the boat, in the carriage, Zheng Cai, who came to pick him up, asked.

"Uncle Cai, I slept soundly. How can we people from the Zheng family not be able to sleep if the boat rocks? Uncle Cai, Liu Zeqing, tell me about the specific situation. Zheng Sen said.

"Well, Asen, you also know that there are two ways for our whale oil to be sold to the north, one is to land directly from Tanggu and buy it from the Jingshi generation. It's just that there are a lot of bulls and horses in the Beijing Division, and the trading on this line is actually more related to the Beijing Division, which is not profitable at all, and it has to be pasted into a part every year. And this line has just been opened for a short time, and even the relationship has not been pulled much. Another route is to enter the Yangtze River, change ships in Guazhou, and sell along the canal to Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Xuzhou. Although I spent a lot of money along the way, I also made a lot of profits, and in general, I could still make a lot of money. This time, the caravan that had an accident was on the way from Huai'an to Xuzhou. According to those who fled, they were attacked in the Suqian generation......"

The distance from the dock to Zheng's mansion is not far, so Zheng Cai is simpler, and he said something urgent, and when the carriage stopped, Zheng Cai also explained the general situation to Zheng Sen.

When he arrived at home, Zheng Sen naturally went to see his father first. Entering Zheng Zhilong's yard, a maid went in and reported. After a while, Zhuang Shi greeted him and said, "Ah Sen, master, he went out with a few friends early this morning, saying that he won't come back until the afternoon." When the old man left, he explained, saying that Ah Sen, you just came back, you should also rest, you go back to eat something first, and then sleep, and when he comes back, people will naturally come to you. ”

In this case, Zheng Sen thanked Zhuang Shi, and went back to his yard, a servant had already prepared breakfast, Zheng Sen ate breakfast, and went through the things that Zheng Cai told him in his head, and when he was on the boat, he thought about the several strategies he had drawn up, and felt that there was no big gap, so he really went to bed and took a nap.

After lunch, about half an hour later, a little servant came over and told Zheng Sen, "Young Master, the master will let you come over." ”

Zheng Sen followed the little guy to the front of Zheng Zhilong's courtyard gate. The little guy couldn't go in when he brought Zheng Sen to the gate of the courtyard, but at this time, the maids had already opened the curtain of the courtyard gate and reported to the inside with a smile: "Young Master Sen is here." ”

Zheng Sen also nodded to the maid and walked in. The maid lowered the curtain, and at this time, a maid in a blue dress greeted her, and said with a smile: "Young master, the master is waiting for you in the side hall over there, I'll take you over." ”

Zheng Sen recognized this as Zhuang's personal maid, called Caiying. He also smiled at her and said, "In this way, there is Sister Lao." ”

Caiying took Zheng Sen along the verandah through the courtyard, passed through a small door, turned to the right, and arrived outside the side hall. There were also a few maids in red and green waiting outside this side hall, and when they saw Zheng Sen coming, they hurriedly opened the door curtain and reported in a loud voice: "The eldest young master is here." ”

Zheng Sen walked in and saw Zheng Zhilong sitting on a chair reading a book. Zheng Sen stepped forward and bowed, "The child greets Daddy." ”

"Well, get up! Running around all the way, aren't you tired? Zheng Zhilong put down the book and asked.

"Daddy, the child is just a night on the boat, our Zheng family's son, can you still be tired by boat?" Zheng Sen replied with a smile.

"That's a good thing." Zheng Zhilong nodded, and then said to Zheng Sen, "Your uncles will come in a while." A few days ago, you advised me to read more history books, and during this time I read "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of Jin", and some places have some feelings, but some places are not very clear, and I just need to find someone to ask. ”