Nanjing Zheng Mansion, Zheng Chenggong just came back from the barracks, the old housekeeper Zheng Youde stepped forward and said: "Master, Gongye sent someone to send a few boxes of gifts, saying that it was to celebrate the happy event of the master!" ”

Zheng Chenggong heard it and said with a smile: "He has a heart, let's bring things up!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Zheng Youde hurriedly ordered his subordinates to carry the box up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The box was lifted, and as soon as it was opened, Zheng Chenggong, who was accustomed to seeing treasures, looked at the sapphire as big as an egg, the opal as big as a dragon's eye, and the elf-clear moonstone.

Zheng Chenggong's eyes are straight!

Zheng Tai, this gift is not light!

The boxes full of gems were all bought by Zheng Tai at a discount from the goods that Shi Lang had looted.

Hearing that Zheng Chenggong's concubine was overjoyed, Zheng Tai hurriedly selected the best one and sent someone to send it over.

Picking up a gemstone, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but estimate its value.

After thinking about it for a while, I still can't give a price.

Zheng Chenggong threw the gems back into the box and called the guards to send the box of gems to the inner courtyard and distribute them to several wives and concubines.

At first glance, these gems are fascinating, but after seeing more, it is the same thing.

But for women, it's different.

There are few people in the world who will remain indifferent to this golden gemstone.

This box of superb gems is the top quality to please women.

The previous dispute between concubines and concubines had already made Zheng Chenggong tired of the open and secret battles of several wives and concubines.

Although they didn't dare to shake their faces in front of Zheng Chenggong, they still didn't feel very comfortable, and they all taught them a hard lesson during this time.

This has caused tension in the inner court.

Now that they have this crate of gems, I hope they can stop for a while.

Watching the guards carry away all the gems, Zheng Chenggong said to Yao Qisheng beside him a little greedily: "Xizhi, it seems that those ghosts are very rich!" Do you think we're going to send more people to do this business? ”

Yao Qisheng dissuaded: "General, this is just a partial way, which can be used to harass the enemy, but after all, it can't be put on the stage, if you want to recover Dayuan, you have to rely on strength." Moreover, if you want to be able to plunder the boats on the sea, except for the lock ships and the new sailing ships of the former general class, other such as the Fufune sand ship cannot catch up. But the number of lock ships and battleships of the former general class is not very large in our army. On the one hand, they have to defend the Yangtze River, and they also have to spare part of the preparation to send troops to recover Dayuan, but they really can't draw enough ships to carry out harassment tactics. ”

Zheng Chenggong pondered for a while and said, "Xizhi is right, I'm too greedy!" ”

Yao Qisheng hesitated for a moment and then said, "General, don't blame the subordinate for talking too much!" Our army is still fighting against the Qing army, and to be honest, Xia Guan still thinks that now is not the best time to recover Dayuan. It is too risky to risk sending the root of our army to attack Dayuan. Once there is a loss, it will shake our roots! ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed and said, "Xizhi, I know what you mean. But Xizhi, you don't understand, you don't understand! The world of the future is the age of the oceans. Whoever controls the sea will dominate the world! Dayuan and Qiongdao are very important to us in China. Only with them can we build a stable sea frontier! ”

Yao Qisheng was silent when he heard it, because he really didn't understand what Zheng Chenggong said.

Don't understand why the future is the ocean?

I don't understand why whoever can control the sea can dominate the world?

I don't understand what it means to dominate the world, isn't Huaxia the world?

Seeing Yao Qisheng's confused appearance, Zheng Chenggong was a little helpless.

Even if they have done so much, their minds still despise the ocean, and their eyes are still imprisoned on the mainland.

Those maritime merchants made huge profits, and immediately thought about returning to their hometowns to buy fields.

Their generation can't count on it, and they hope that the colleges and newspapers they run will inspire the next generation to bravely go abroad and go to a broader world.

Zheng Chenggong pulled his thoughts back and continued, "Xizhi, you don't need to persuade anymore. What you should do now is to help me defeat the Fan Ghost and recover Dayuan! ”

Yao Qisheng said helplessly: "Yes, General! The subordinates will do their part, but general, there are still many people who do not approve of sending troops, and their ideological work still needs you to do! ”

Zheng Chenggong snorted and said, "Don't worry about them, they're just a bunch of short-sighted people." I don't listen to what I say, I don't listen or do it, anyway, time will prove everything I said, and the future will give me the right evaluation! ”

……

Inside the castle of Dayuan Provencha,

"On the 26th of July, one of our merchant ships was plundered, and twenty-seven sailors were killed and wounded. The loss of gold and silver was 3,960 taels, and the value of the goods was 132,752 taels. ”

"On July 28, a merchant ship returning from Batavia to transport spices was raided by pirates, destroying two merchant ships, killing 11 people and carrying more than 200,000 taels of goods!"

"On the 13th of August, our caravan patrol was attacked by pirates again, and because of the timely response, only one ship was lost, but nearly a hundred people were killed and wounded!"

"And ............"

"Enough! Don't read it! The Governor snorted with a grim face.

Gulas Felburg lowered the letter in his hand when he heard the sound, and looked silently at the angry one.

In just three or four months, the Dutch merchant ships had robbed fourteen of them to the Blackbeard pirates.

The value of the lost goods is incalculable, and what is even more hateful is that these "daring" pirates are becoming more and more rampant.

The number of sneak attacks is increasing, and the most recent one is daring to rob Dutch merchant ships less than 40 nautical miles away from Dayuan.

If this momentum continues, all the merchant ships of Dayuan will not dare to go to sea!

"It's so damning...... It's so damning! The shameless Zheng Chenggong actually resorted to such despicable means! Damn, I will never spare you, Zheng Chenggong! Angry and dejected, he roared, "Someone! Mobilize military horses, we have to teach Zheng Chenggong a good lesson! ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, don't act rashly!" Rear Admiral Gulas Felburg, who was on the side, hurriedly spoke out to stop him. "Lord Governor, the power of the Zheng family group is not small now, and our ability to protect ourselves is a little insufficient, so we must not provoke the Zheng family!"

He raised his eyebrows and replied in a muffled voice, "En...... That being said, but ...... Shall we let these pirates continue to rob our merchant ships? You know, now those businessmen in Dayuan don't dare to go to sea, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that it won't be long before no businessmen dare to come to Dayuan to do business, and our losses are too great! ”

He also knew that Gulas Felburg's words were true, but he was really unwilling.

"Lord Governor, although we can't clash with Zheng Chenggong, we can send troops to capture those damned pirates!" Gulas Felburg said.

"How to catch it? Those pirates are very cunning, they come and go without a trace, and with the protection of Zheng Chenggong, they can't be found at all. He said with a frown.

After a moment's thought, Gulas Felburg came up with a solution, "We can set a trap to lure those pirates and catch them all." ”

“…… It can only be like this......" After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't find a better way, so I had to reluctantly agree.

"Well, I'll arrange ...... in the end" (To be continued.) )