Zhang Mengcheng saw that most of the brothers around him were still a little dissatisfied, so he could only patiently continue to explain to them the difference between Zheng Zhilong and them.

"Zheng Zhilong in the south will only have more people than Shen Yikui. And more importantly, they can threaten the entire southeast coast of Daming by sea, and their influence spreads all over several provinces along the coast of Daming. The imperial court's own naval combat power was limited, and it had to rely on Zheng Zhilong's people to deal with other pirates. Moreover, those provinces in the south are much richer than our poor northern Shaanxi. Therefore, if the imperial court wants to recruit us, at most, it will only give us a guard, and it will also give us a leader in charge of a group of thieves, let's not think about other things. ”

Although Zheng Zhilong's previous pirate profession was special, his influence was indeed much greater than that of their gang of border thieves gathered in northern Shaanxi. However, the others still have enough confidence in their own strength, and their faces are still somewhat unconvinced.

Fan Shunjiang was one of them, and he said to Zhang Mengcheng: "Otherwise, if we continue to make trouble for a while, I don't believe that our ability will not be able to compare to those cowards in the south who have never seen Dazi." ”

The second brother Zhang Mengguang was not very reconciled, he asked his third brother: "If we defeat Qingyang Mansion, our strength should rise a lot, and the third brother, do you think it will be more expensive to talk about appeasement after this." ”

Others also expressed their opinions one after another, thinking that it would not be a big deal to postpone the timing of Zhao'an a little longer.

Zhang Mengcheng knew what everyone was thinking, so he said with relief: "Don't think that the official is small, the most important thing for us at the moment is to put on an official skin, and then firmly grasp the people in our hands." I guess if our security guards, a large number of rogues, learned about Zhao'an's conditions, some people would definitely not be satisfied. And the most important thing is that the imperial court does not have so much money and food to support such a large group of people, and many people will choose to rebel again at that time. ”

After pausing to see everyone's reactions, Zhang Mengcheng continued: "As long as we hold on to this official skin, the heads of those rebels are the basis for our promotion and fortune. At that time, we had food to eat in Jinding Mountain, and we had official bodies, and the brothers under our hands would be more at ease to charge with us. At that time, there are people in Jinding Mountain who have food, and our ability is not small, are we afraid that we will not be able to beat those miscellaneous pieces outside that can't even eat! ”

After listening to Zhang Mengcheng's speech, everyone fell into deep thought. Zhang Mengjin, the big boss, took two puffs of cigarette, raised his head and asked Ma Xiangbo: "Except for Meng Cheng here, you have read the most books, you can tell everyone if this is the reason." ”

Ma Xiangbo's face was originally a little pale because of his injury, but after listening to what Zhang Mengcheng said, he regained some ruddyness. After hearing Zhang Mengjin's inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "What Xiucai said is right, the imperial court has no soldiers and no food at the moment, and sooner or later the surrounding leaders will make trouble again." For now, as long as we clear our identities as soon as possible, there will be opportunities to be promoted and make a fortune in the future, so let's not dislike the official position given by the imperial court is too small. ”

After listening to Ma Xiangbo's reply, Zhang Mengjin turned to others one after another to ask for opinions.

Guan Zhiqing was the first to reply: "What Xiucai has said for so many years, there has never been anything wrong. And we have occupied a lot of territory around Jinding Mountain. At present, the fish scale atlas and yellow album in the security city have also been destroyed by us, even if the imperial court does not give us official status, we can go back and be a rich man. ”

The fish scale atlas and the yellow album are the land registers and household registers of the Ming Dynasty government, and there is a registration information around Jinding Mountain in Baoan County. Before Zhang Mengcheng attacked the security guards, he emphasized that he would find an opportunity to destroy them.

Now most of the original owners of the land around Jinding Mountain have been killed by them, and after the county's certificate is gone, they can occupy these lands openly and honestly in the future. As for the backup that may have been left by the political envoy and the Fucheng, under such a low administrative efficiency in the Ming Dynasty, many of the contents were registered decades or even hundreds of years ago, and checking it is equivalent to checking it in vain. Even if there are registered original owners, most of the bitter masters who have survived with great difficulty do not have the ability to find out about these.

Hearing Guan Zhiqing mention that everyone can still go home and be a rich man, others think the same is the truth. He no longer continued to care that the official body was too small, and expressed his agreement with Xiucai's views to Zhang Mengjin one after another.

The big boss Zhang Mengjin continued to think about it, and he still had some doubts about the most experience in the rivers and lakes, so he asked directly to his third child.

"If we take the initiative to get in touch with the government first, will there be some other benefits? After all, a radish is a pit, if Shen Yikui and his other leaders are all official. We ourselves just got a ticket to avoid death, and finally became a white body, so we still suffered a little bit in this deal. ”

After hearing the eldest brother's words, Zhang Mengcheng also realized that he wanted to miss a little. After all, the official positions of the imperial court are limited, but the number of leaders who come out to make trouble is innumerable. If you accept Zhao'an, you can't get an official position. Then the efforts of their Jindingshan group will really become a wedding dress for God Yikui.

So Zhang Mengcheng honestly admitted to his eldest brother: "I think I missed it, the court hasn't sent someone to negotiate the conditions yet, and we haven't sent anyone to ventilate." If they all let Shen Yikui's men and horses go to talk to the court, the benefits will be taken by Shen Yikui's subordinates. And if it's not good, Shen Yikui will sell us in exchange for the government's appreciation. Let's take this opportunity to take the initiative to beckon to the government, but if this matter is known to Shen Yikui's people, it will be our trouble, so it's best to let Shen Yikui send someone to talk to us about appeasement. ”

Zhang Mengcheng's worries are not superfluous, if Shen Yikui and other masters carry the big palm plate on his back, Jin Dingshan will go to the court alone to talk about Zhao'an, once Shen Yikui is discovered, most of Jin Dingshan's brothers will be directly destroyed by Shen Yikui and other masters.

And even if he has been hiding it from others, if Shen Yikui also sent someone to recruit an later, after communicating with the government, he would still find out what Jin Dingshan did behind his back. If the government is bad, they will kill each other. When everyone's strength is gone, the army of the imperial court can destroy them all in one fell swoop.

And even if Jin Dingshan successfully completed the appeasement alone, but the current Jin Dingshan force is still a little small, it is best to hold the banner of God Yikui and pull the other masters out to negotiate with the government together, so as to have more benefits.

The other masters in the tent pondered Zhang Mengcheng's words again, and they all felt that there was some truth. So they unanimously looked at the big boss Zhang Mengjin, hoping that he could solve it with some way. After all, the only person they say here who can make God Yikui listen to it is Zhang Mengjin, the big boss.

At this time, Zhang Mengjin, the big boss of Jinding Mountain, was just holding his cigarette stick and smoking silently. With his eyes closed, he didn't seem to see everyone's expectations.

Zhang Mengjin, who watched the big boss, picked up the cigarette stick again and smoked it, and the people who knew his temper were not in a hurry, they knew that the big boss would definitely have something to say after taking these few puffs.

Sure enough, after the big boss took another puff of cigarette, he immediately said to everyone: "I'll find an opportunity to talk to Shen Yikui later, we were surrounded by officials and soldiers a while ago, and Shen Yikui had the idea of recruiting an at that time." This time, when I bring it up again, I will say that we are willing to take the initiative to send someone to try. If we give them all of the Nimsai Castle, the gods will probably still give us this opportunity. If he doesn't give face, I'll find Cai Shorty and then contact a few other masters to tell this matter in public, Shen Yikui will never dare to do it alone in front of so many people. ”

actually wanted to completely give up the interests of Ningsai, and the leaders present were a little reluctant in their hearts. Zhang Mengcheng, in particular, after seeing the profits of his previous trading with the Mongols, was a little painful about completely ceding Ningsai. However, what the second master said afterwards made him give up his intention to oppose it.

"With so many casualties, we don't have enough people in our village. And after that, we will follow Shen Yikui's men and horses to Qingyang Mansion. doesn't have so much energy to keep Jindingshan and Ningsai at the same time, and the people who come out of Ningsai can help Zhao San guard the village, so it's time to take the opportunity to let go out now. ”

Guan Zhiqing, who was in charge of guarding Ningsai with Shen Yikui's subordinate Huang Youcai, also thought that it would be a good time to use Ningsai at this time. After the other leaders heard the second master's speech, they had no objection to giving up Nimse. So everyone then discussed some of the gains and losses of this battle, and then ended the meeting.