As for how to deal with the Zheng family, Liu Fan thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with a practical and effective plan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The reason for this, on the one hand, has something to do with Liu Fan's own intrigue and trickery, but the more reason is that the core of the Zheng Group is far away in Fuzhou, and Liu Fan's sphere of influence is in Shandong in the north.

Since it is not possible to come to Yin, then it can only come to Ming, Liu Fan decided to give Zheng Zhibao and others a dismount first, kill their sharpness, and show their muscles by the way. However, before that, Liu Fan decided to test the purpose of Zheng Zhibao and others first.

The next day, that is, on the 26th of the lunar month, Liu Fan held a banquet in the General Military Mansion to ask Zheng Zhibao and others to meet. This was the first formal contact between Liu Fan's side and the Zheng family, and Liu Fan also attached great importance to it, not only invited Sun Yuanhua, Zhang Yiheng, Tang Ruowang and others, but also recruited Wu Tao and other senior generals of the Broken Army to accompany him.

At noon, the voices of the people in the General Army's Mansion were boiling, and there was a noisy and lively scene. In the living room, dozens of maids with good faces came and went, and the delicate and gorgeous, fragrant dishes were presented to everyone by the maids. Seeing that the banquet was almost ready, Liu Fan, who was sitting in the main hall, slowly stood up and said to Zheng Zhibao and the others, "Brother Zheng has come thousands of miles to my Jiaozhou, which really makes Liu and the army feel extremely honored." In the past few days, Liu has been busy dealing with the government affairs of Laizhou, and he is really a little inseparable, and he hopes that Brother Zheng will be more considerate of the neglect! ”

Liu Fan's remarks can be described as extremely polite, giving Zheng Zhibao enough face. Since people give face, of course Zheng Zhibao has to carry it. Zheng Zhibao didn't dare to support the big one, so he quickly got up from his seat and said respectfully to Liu Fan: "The chief soldier is too polite, Zhibao is just a reckless person, and the chief soldier treats him so kindly, which really makes Zheng panic!" Lord General Soldier, when Zhibao came, my brother told me to say hello to you in person, and at the same time, let Zhibao apologize to you in person, recently the bandits on the southeast coast are raging, and my brother really can't get out of the body, and I hope that Lord General Soldier will not blame! ”

"Where, where!" Liu Fan said with a smile on his face: "I have long heard that Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Guerrilla are heroes who were not born along the coast of Fuzhou, and now it seems that they are indeed famous and vain!" Brother Ling's fight against pirates and the peace of the people on one side is a rare blessing for the country and the people, how can Liu be strange? ”

"The general soldier is broad-minded, which is really admirable!" Zheng Zhibao complimented, "This time Zhibao came, my brother specially asked Zhibao to bring some light gifts to apologize." Someone, bring the present! ”

As soon as Zheng Zhibao's words fell, Zheng Cai, who was beside him, hurriedly got up. When he went to the door, he gave an order, and after a while, about thirty people came to the living room carrying several large boxes. "The box is open!" Zheng Cai commanded loudly, and several servants heard the words and hurriedly opened the box. Suddenly, the hall was full of jewels, and everyone couldn't help but look at it, and there were five large boxes in between, full of gold jewelry, gems and jade.

Zheng Zhibao looked at everyone's stunned expressions, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. couldn't help but stand up and explain with a show off, "These gifts are all personally selected by my brother, including a pair of the best East China Sea pearls, a thousand-year-old red coral, ten catties of ambergris, ten Japanese women, and a number of pearls, tortoiseshell, other spices, ivory and other things."

After Zheng Zhibao finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but smack their tongues, these things are treasures worth ten thousand gold, although there are only two pearls in the East China Sea, they are as big as a baby's fist, and the coral is not only bright red as blood, but it is not less than four feet tall when visually measured. There are other pearls and gemstones that are full of dazzling beauty, and their value is at least a hundred thousand taels of silver. Even Liu Fan himself couldn't help but sigh, Zheng Zhilong has the benefits of the southeast coast, he is really rich, Liu Fan is a complete poor egg compared to others!

"In addition to these, my brother knows that the chief soldier is a good martial artist, and he also has a Japanese sword." Zheng Zhibao said, took a Japanese katana from Zheng Cai's hand and handed it to the servant beside him. After the servant took the knife, he cautiously held the knife and came to Liu Fan.

"Qiang~" sounded in the hall with the sound of a treasure knife unsheathed. When everyone heard this, they saw that Liu Fan was holding a katana sword with a flickering cold light in his hand. "Click" Liu Fan swung his knife and slashed at the iron on the tray, and the iron split in half in response. After stroking the blade carefully, Liu Fan found that the knife actually had no traces of impact. "Good knives! This knife has a slender blade, a blade as thin as paper, extremely sharp, and is very good to wield, but it has the effect of wearing hard and tough. Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Brother Zheng, what is the name of this knife?" ”

Zheng Zhibao hurriedly replied, "The name of the knife is Qiushui, although this knife is not a famous knife, but it is also from the hands of a master craftsman, and it is also a rare good product among the Japanese knives!" ”

"Well, that's good! Brother Zheng, you go back and tell your brother, just say that Liu is very grateful for his generous gift, and his gift Liu is very satisfied. Liu Fan put the knife into the sheath and continued with a smile, "Since the gift has also been received and the horizon has been opened, then let's have a banquet first!" ”

Liu Fan raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Come, let's raise a glass together to welcome the arrival of Brother Zheng and his party!" Dry! ”

"!" Hearing this, everyone raised the wine glasses in their hands and drank them all.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. When everyone was drinking, Liu Fan pretended not to care about the wine, and asked, "Brother Zheng, I heard that your Zheng family has recast Anping in Jinjiang, and it has been full of flowers in half a year, which is better than many good ports along the coast." I wonder if this is true? ”

Zheng Zhibao nodded truthfully when he heard Liu Fan's inquiry, "Well, Anping is indeed a little more prosperous now than before." In fact, the main reason is not my Zheng family, but the contribution of maritime merchants. This is how the sea trade is like this, and as soon as there are many people, it seems to be prosperous. Zhibao heard that the Shihe City of the General Soldier is only newly built for two years, and now Shihe has surpassed Jiaozhou to become the largest city in Jiaonan with the Zhibao View. ”

Liu Fan couldn't help laughing and said, "Haha, it's not as rich as your brother!" Although Shandong has the benefits of fishing salt, but after all, the pattern is too small, far less than the southeast coast sitting on the cornucopia of ocean trade, Liu is also in Jiaozhou, that is, selling salt, selling porcelain and grain or something to earn some hard-earned money, not to make the brothers hungry! (To be continued.) )