Watching the Zheng family's fleet slowly disappear into the sea level in the distance, Liu Fan suddenly felt a little lost in his heart, although the arrival of the Zheng family brought hope to Liu Fan, but at the same time, it also brought a lot of trouble. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The two powerful alliances of the Broken Army and the Zheng family, the entire court does not know how many people will be angry about this, and it is estimated that even Chongzhen will be dissatisfied because of this.

And Zheng Zhilong is not a good partner to work with, although Zheng Zhilong has some potential to be a hero, but he is a capricious businessman in his bones. This kind of person is the most practical and the most loyal to interests. Liu Fan heard that Zheng Zhilong not only received the baptism of the Western Church, but also believed in Mazu and Buddhism at the same time, and in Japan he also worshiped the Japanese Shinto Hachiman God and believed in everything, which actually means that he does not believe in anything, only believes in interests and strength. As long as there is enough interest, it is possible for him to do anything.

Compared with Zheng Zhilong, Liu Fan actually wants to cooperate with his son Zheng Chenggong. A gentleman is a righteous man, a villain is a good man, and a sincere gentleman like Zheng Chenggong, who is deeply influenced by Confucian education, is undoubtedly much easier to deal with than Zheng Zhilong, who puts interests first. At least Liu Fan can convince him in the name of righteousness, and he doesn't have to worry about him stabbing him in the back. But what makes Liu Fan helpless is that Zheng Chenggong is still too young, and now he is only about ten years old, what right can a teenage child have in the Zheng family? Liu Fan could only retreat and cooperate with his father Zheng Zhilong first, and by the way, he had a good relationship with the Zheng family.

Teens! It will be more than ten years for him to grow up! Ay? It would be great if he could recognize Zheng Chenggong as a righteous son or something. The national hero Zheng Chenggong is Liu Fan's godson, and he is very energetic when he thinks about it! Liu Fan rubbed his chin and thought thoughtfully, it seems that it is necessary to go to Anping for a spin!

"Overseer, the fleet is far away, should we go back?" Seeing that Liu Fan was speechless, he seemed to have entered a "state of distraction" again In order to prevent everyone from continuing to stay here and drink the northwest wind, Fan Liang could only interrupt Liu Fan's train of thought and asked cautiously

"Oh?" Liu Fan suddenly came back to his senses and looked around, and found that everyone was looking at him, and he suddenly felt embarrassed in his heart, touched his chin and said, "Are they all gone?" Alright then, let's go back to the shipyard too! ”

After getting Liu Fan's permission, everyone secretly cheered in their hearts, hurriedly cleaned up briefly, and quickly followed Liu Fan in the direction of the shipyard. Coming to Fushan Bay, where the shipyard is located, looking at the busy shipwrights in the shipyard, Liu Fan asked Fan Liang beside him, "How many sea vessels do we have that can be used for ocean voyages now?" ”

A bright light flashed in Fan Liang's eyes, and he replied with a slightly excited voice, "In addition to the fleet purchased from Portugal, we still have a total of five small Fu ships, and there are two Fu ships under construction in the shipyard, which are expected to be completed in more than a month!" ”

"So little?" Liu Fan was surprised: "It stands to reason that the scale of our shipyard is not small, why is it that there are only a few sea ships for so long?" ”

Fan Liang smiled bitterly when he heard this, "The Overseer doesn't know, our shipyard looks quite small, but it's actually just an empty shelf." There are simply too few craftsmen who can build ships. The craftsmen who built these two small ships were brought back from Fuzhou. The original craftsmen of our shipyard could only build some offshore vessels such as sand boats, sentinel boats, and fishing boats. Even now, I haven't mastered the construction technology of thousands of big yellow boats! ”

"Eh," Liu Fan said helplessly, "Our foundation is still too thin, less is less." Fan Liang, give you a month, this month be sure to collect some sailors and captains with seafaring experience, and prepare some salt, silk, tea, books and other goods. A month later, our fleet had to go to Japan and open up a route between Jiaozhou Bay and Japan! ”

"Sure enough!" Fan Liang sighed secretly in his heart, and hurriedly replied, "Overseer, please rest assured, the lowly post has been preparing for this matter recently, the nautical chart and the captain and sailor lowly post have long been prepared, just wait for your order to set off!" ”

"Hehe..."Liu Fan smiled dumbly, "I said, why haven't I seen you kid Shihe recently, dare to wait for me here!" Well, it's better to plan ahead than to cram. If this trip to Japan can be successful, the Governor will make you the commander of the navy, and what will happen to you about the affairs of the fleet in the future? ”

"Really?" Fan Liangsheng blushed and gave a military salute upright: "Don't worry, the overseer, I promise to complete the task!" ”

"Well, it's good to have faith, but don't let that put you off!" Liu Fan solemnly instructed Fan Liang, "Japan's actions this time are very important, and you should also know how much effort and price we have paid for this matter." The success of this trip will even affect the future success or failure of our Broken Army, so I don't want to hear any bad news, and I must make sure that this trip is foolproof. ”

Fan Liang also restrained his expression when he heard this, and said solemnly, "Don't worry, the overseer knows the priorities!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Fan patted Fan Liang on the shoulder and said, "Sailing on the sea is no better than you in the near sea, in which you not only have to fight against the wind and waves and fight for your life with nature. You will also face all kinds of crises that may arise at any time, especially in recent years, when piracy has been rampant, and you will face many difficulties! By the way, didn't Zheng Zhibao leave a few Zheng family flags behind when he left? This time you go to sea, you will hang the banner of the Zheng family! ”

"Huh?" Fan Liang was surprised, "Overseer, didn't the Zheng family let us use their name?" We're breaking our promise! ”

Liu Fan glared at Fan Liang angrily, "You are usually very smart, why do you make a fool at a critical moment?" If he doesn't let you use it, you won't use it? Anyway, there are no people on the sea, and we can't see them even if we use them, right? And the governor only promised Zheng Zhibao to use it as little as possible, and didn't say that he wouldn't use it once! This is our first time going on an ocean voyage, so let's take the Zheng family's tiger skin and use it for the sake of insurance! ”

"Oh," Fan Liang glanced at Liu Fan cautiously and said, "I understand the meaning of the overseer, don't worry, I will use it carefully, and I will ensure that I will not be caught by the Zheng family!" ”

Liu Fan waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't catch it, it doesn't matter if you hurt your feet, what matters is that getting things done is the most important thing!" After a pause, Liu Fan turned around and said, "Okay, you just need to keep these things in mind, let's stop here today!" It's time for me to go back to Shihe City, and I'll take care of the rest to you, and if you have any difficulties, you can report to me in Shihe. Remember, you only have a month left! (To be continued.) )