Chapter Ninety-Four: Get Up and Get to Work!
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Abatai looked at Zhang Dou who was speaking wildly, and his face turned red. A mouth of all kinds of incomprehensible Jurchen Manchu cursed, Qin Shi, who was staring at the side, slapped him again, and Abatai's voice stopped abruptly.
But Abatai still glared at Zhang Dou unconvinced, looking like he was going to eat Zhang Dou alive. But he didn't dare to scold, the two blows Qin Shi gave him were too ruthless, and his face bulged like a balloon.
Zhang Dou looked at Abatai, who dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and said, "This official will give you the simplest example, how many people do you Jurchens have?" 300,000? 500,000? Or 600,000? That's a maximum of 600,000 people, and how many Han Chinese are there in Liaodong that you control? Millions are there! And how many people does Daming have? There are tens of thousands! ”
Abatai said disdainfully, "So what? How can a group of Mianyang be the opponents of tigers! ”
Zhang Dou ignored Abatai's provocation and continued: "How many armor soldiers can you Jurchens have? Don't tell it's 100,000! Seeing that Abatai was about to open his mouth, Zhang Dou blocked back what he was about to say in a word.
"In the last battle of the Hunhe River, it can be seen that you have a maximum of 60,000 soldiers. And there are heavy losses in the Hunhe River, there should not be 40,000! Zhang Dou said with a chuckle.
Abatai opened his mouth and did not speak.
"Although you Jurchens are warlike and daring to fight, how long does it take to train a warrior? Even if he starts learning to fight from the beginning, it will take at least 15 years to become a soldier! Zhang Dou said confidently.
"And the soldiers who fought against you on Changsheng Island are all Liao people recruited on Changsheng Island, and they have been trained for 3 months at most, and only 1 month at least. This official relied on these soldiers to defeat you Abatai, so I don't need to say it anymore! Zhang Dou said with a smile.
"You're a liar! Such an elite soldier is not something that can be trained in 3 months at all! Abatai roared madly. He really didn't want to believe what Zhang Dou said, if that was the case, Zhang Dou would have an endless source of soldiers.
And their Jurchens will fight less and less, and in the end they will be consumed alive by Zhang Dou. This is also a fact that all the Jurchens know, they are not afraid of the large number of Han people, but they are afraid that there will be soldiers who dare to fight among the Han people.
As long as such soldiers are found, they will destroy them at all costs. If they were to flee from the Ming army, they would be able to easily occupy the Han people and rule them like pigs and sheep.
Today, Zhang Dou ruthlessly punctured the illusions of the Jurchens, as long as there are Han people like Zhang Dou one day, their Jurchens will never have peace.
Thinking of this, Abatai suddenly stood up from the ground, ignoring the wound on his leg at all, and rushed towards Zhang Dou frantically. He opened his big mouth, and even if he died, he would bite Zhang Dou to death first.
Qin Shi saw Abatai's sudden outburst, and grabbed Abatai's hair from behind. But Abatai didn't care about his hair at all, and pulled his scalp off with a hard pull, and continued to rush towards Zhang Dou.
Qin Shi didn't expect Abatai to be so crazy, he suddenly pulled an empty step back, allowing Abatai to rush in front of Zhang Dou.
Zhang Dou just raised a hand and slapped it on Abatai's head. Abatai spun around and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
The blood on the back of his head instantly stained the ground red, but Abatai still twisted his body like a madman, and he had to stand up and find Zhang Dou desperately.
Zhang Dou clapped his hands in disgust, as if he wanted to pat off the non-existent dust. He waved his hand, and immediately someone came up and took Abatai down.
At this time, someone outside the door came to report, and Zheng Yiguan asked to see him.
Today's Zheng Yiguan is completely different from the original dress, dressed in a scribe's uniform, wearing a square scarf, and holding a folding fan, just like a rich man with a dashing demeanor. At the beginning, the dress of the businessman's shopkeeper was simply weak compared to now.
As soon as he entered the door, Zheng Yiguan had to pay a big salute, "I haven't seen you for many days, the general is still the same, and the official is so polite!" ”
Zhang Dou hurriedly stepped forward to support Zheng Yiguan and said, "Thanks to Brother Zheng's great help today, Zhang Dou also wants to thank Brother Zheng for his help, please take a seat!" ”
The two of them were polite before the guests and hosts sat down, and Zhang Dou found that Zheng Yiguan today is more calm and confident than a few months ago, and the whole person is sharp, not the cautious shopkeeper at all.
"Brother Zheng has been mixing well in the past few months, he must have been promoted!" Zhang Dou said.
"By the general's good words, my father-in-law recently handed over some of the business in his hand to his subordinates to take care of. It's still a little bit of gain, and it's not as good as the general's heroism in defeating Jiannu! Zheng Yiguan said politely.
In the past few months, Zhang Dou has handed over almost most of the sulfur, saltpeter, grain and other goods on Changsheng Island to Zheng Yiguan for purchase, and the two get along very well.
Zheng Yiguan also gradually gained Li Dan's trust with the help of Zhang Dou's business on Changsheng Island, and Li Dan let Zheng Yiguan take care of part of the transactions with Westerners, and now Zheng Yiguan's men also have more than 200 large and small ships, and there are thousands of men who can fight.
has developed into a hero in the northern sea, and a few days ago he heard that Liu Zhenhai was going to join forces with the Jurchens to attack Changsheng Island. Changsheng Island is an important partner of Zheng Yiguan, so naturally he can't sit idly by, so he directly brings someone to help.
However, when he arrived on Changsheng Island, he found that Liu Zhenhai and the Jurchens had not even breached the Dragon King Temple. couldn't help but be disappointed, his favor was obviously a little small, if he helped again at the most critical moment of Changsheng Island, he would definitely make Zhang Dou owe him a huge favor.
In desperation, Zheng Yiguan had no choice but to attack Liu Zhenhai and strive to eliminate Liu Zhenhai so that Zhang Dou owed him a favor. But who knew that Liu Zhenhai was extremely cunning, and the sky was dark, so Liu Zhenhai escaped.
Zheng Yiguan, who was extremely depressed, had no choice but to come to see Zhang Dou, but he didn't expect Zhang Dou's enthusiasm to be beyond his imagination, which made Zheng Yiguan, who was in a depressed mood, feel a lot better.
The two chatted and talked about the Japanese state's policy of seclusion and seclusion, which was forbidden to the sea like the Ming Dynasty, and no business with foreigners was allowed in all places except Nagasaki.
And this order is only useful for those weak and small Ming, such as the Satsuma Domain, a strong fan simply disobeys this order.
If the merchants of the Ming Dynasty wanted to do business with the Wa Kingdom, they had to go to Nagasaki to accept the exploitation of the Wa Shogunate, and many people were very dissatisfied with this practice of the Shogunate.
Zheng Yiguan is also one of these people, Zhang Dou thought that in the future, Zheng Yiguan would not be kicked out if he couldn't get along in the Wa Kingdom! This famous thigh king in history, can you take a fancy to your thighs?
A few days later, Zhang Dou received a message from Ergouzi Feige. Huang Taiji did not withdraw, he led 3,000 people from Zhengbai Banner to be stationed in Fuzhou City, and also sent people to build two fortresses in the north and south of Xinkou to defend against the attack of Changsheng Island.
The depressed Zhang Dou was ruthless, sent troops to take Zhongdao, and transferred part of the Liao people to open up the wasteland. Although Zhang Dou won this battle, his food problem was like a sword hanging over his head, making him always cautious.
Five days later, near Gaizhou, 2 sea boats and 4 bird boats appeared near Gaizhou. This is the estuary of the Great Liao River, a tributary of the Liao River, where the water surface is wide, and the sea boat can drive into it effortlessly.
Zhao Xiaosi was standing beside Zhang Dou and was introducing the purpose of their trip, "My lord! Forty miles further on is Niukou, where there is a port wharf. Every day, many boats come there to unload their cargo, and the younger father and brother go to help the owners unload the cargo. It was all boatloads of rice, and it was all good grain. ”
Listening to Zhao Xiaosi's words, Zhang Dou's heart was at ease. This is the Yingkou of later generations, and Yingkou does have a large freight wharf.
Those sea ships that smuggled grain and other bulk goods to Liaodong did not unload their goods here, they just wanted to sneak attack this wharf, grab a ticket and leave.
It is best to burn this place to the ground with a fire, so that the Jurchen sea smuggling line can be completely paralyzed.
As soon as they reached the mouth of the sea, they saw two sea boats in front of them slowly moving towards the mouth of the cow. Zhang Dou shouted excitedly, "Brothers! Get up and get to work! It's time for business! ”