If it was usual, Zheng Caixin would definitely not have evil thoughts. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because although the Zheng family is powerful, it is impossible to monopolize all overseas trade, one is that they can't purchase so many goods at all, and then they don't dare to be enemies with all the gentry of the Ming Dynasty.

But today's Ming Dynasty is not what it used to be, Beijing was occupied by the Manchus, the imperial court in Nanjing was newly established, everything is in chaos, and it doesn't matter if you do something out of the ordinary.

Moreover, Ren Siqi dared to start a war against the gentry, which destroyed the pattern of maritime trade, and he shot in the name of revenge for the Zhejiang gentry, which was justified.

The battle between Ren Siqi and the Zhejiang gentry Zheng Cai was more optimistic about Ren Siqi, because he knew how corrupt the Ming army like Wang Zhiren had become.

At this time, Japan swallowed Ren Siqi's fleet, first, it could make a large sum, second, it could take the opportunity to eradicate this new force that might pose a threat to the Zheng family's status, and third, it could take the opportunity to befriend the gentry in Zhejiang.

Zheng Cai secretly calculated in his heart, so he sent many sentinel ships to the sea to find out the whereabouts of the sea ships in Zhejiang.

More than 10 days later, it was late July, and Zhejiang's sea ships were late.

Sure enough, it was the surname Ren who won the victory, and when the flag of Zhejiang coastal defense guerrillas was hung on the ships of the newspaper, Zheng Cai was secretly frightened in his heart. However, the size of the Daishan fleet reported by the sentinel ship also made him dare not act rashly.

Thirty three-masted ships served as cargo ships, and more than forty ships escorted the ship. The entire fleet consisted of more than seventy ships, and the number of soldiers was nearly five thousand. With such strength, it has caught up with the Zheng family's fleet in Japan, how dare Zheng Cai move around?

It's not that Daishan's current strength can really be compared with the Zheng family, the Zheng family's current sea ships are thousands, but most of them are in Fujian Laolai, because Japan is their territory, they don't need to send too many ships to trade, and there are not so many goods.

"Command, gather the ships, and meet them!" The dignified Zheng family naturally couldn't be intimidated, Zheng Caiyi gritted his teeth and handed down the order.

The sound of conch sounded, and the Zheng family's warships on the Wudao Islands quickly gathered, and the Zheng family's soldiers all boarded the warships.

A total of thirty warships sailed off the coast of Japan under the leadership of Zheng Cai.

Thirty warships, each carrying nearly 100 soldiers, were strong enough to cross the coast of Japan in the past, and no one could resist the enemy.

But when the Zheng family's fleet sailed out of the waters of the five islands and saw a long line of sailing ships coming far from the southwest, even the Zheng family's soldiers were dumbfounded.

Ten sailing ships lined up side by side, forming a queue of five or six miles, with many sails, and the scale of the entire fleet was incomparably huge.

Daishan's fleet is far larger than its own, how can it compete with it?

But since he has gone to sea, he naturally can't retreat in a gloomy way. Zheng Cai stubbornly ordered the fleet to step forward and block the way of the Daishan fleet.

Daishan came to Japan to trade this time with Mao 18 and Song Liben. When Mao 18 heard that a fleet of ships was blocking the way, he immediately ordered all ships to be on guard and prepare to fight the enemy.

As a militant, even if it was the Zheng family that blocked the way, Mao Shibai decided to fight and talk about it.

It's really impatient to live with the wind, the number of enemy ships is only half of your own, and you dare to block your way against the wind!

Mao Shibai smiled coldly, and was about to give the order to attack, but was stopped by Song Liben at once.

"Before leaving, Xiucai said that you are in charge of trade. and the battle is mine. Mao 18 said to Song Liben unhappily.

"Hey, my eighteenth brother, you have to see who is in front, it's the Zheng family's fleet." Song Liben sighed.

"What's wrong with the Zheng family? Can't they be bullied? Mao Eighteen's eyes widened.

"Of course, we can't let them bully, but the Zheng family is too powerful, and we can't afford to provoke Daishan now. Let me see what they want! Song Liben comforted.

Although Mao Shibai was warlike, he was not a simple-minded person, so he naturally knew that what Song Liben said made sense, so he nodded and agreed immediately.

Song Liben took a small boat and got on Zheng Cai's boat.

"Song Liben, a town magistrate under the command of the Zhejiang coastal defense guerrilla general, visited the general." Song Liben bowed to Zheng Cai, who was sitting arrogantly on the deck chair.

Zheng Cai also has the position of a general under Zheng Zhilong, and his official rank is still above Ren Siqi.

"I came to Japan to trade on the orders of the guerrilla general, I wonder why you blocked the way of our fleet, General?" After seeing the salute, Song Liben straightened up and asked without being arrogant or humble.

"Hmph, Ren Siqi is just a small guerrilla, I heard that he wantonly intercepted the gentry's sea ships and attacked Shangguan. Is he going to rebel? Zheng Cai asked coldly.

"Why did the general say that?" Song Liben was stunned and said: "My general is a coastal defense guerrilla, and he is responsible for patrolling the sea, and it is within his duty to intercept and inquire about the sea ships that violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty and go to sea without permission, so why rebel?" As for attacking Shangguan, it is even more nonsense, it was Wang Zhiren, the chief soldier of Dinghai, who took the lead in attacking Dinghai, the garrison of the guerrilla generals, and our Daishan army was forced to fight back. At this time, it has already been reported to the imperial court to learn that General Bulao has asked you. ”

"Snorted", Zheng Cai was angered by Song Li's face. Knowing the reason, Song Liben couldn't say anything, so he simply revealed his pirate nature.

"Do you know that this Japanese route belongs to my Zheng family, and any ship that wants to trade in Japan has to buy a navigation beacon, let me ask you, can you buy a navigation beacon for so many ships?" Zheng Cai thought about it for a while, and finally came up with a bright reason.

"Hehe," Song Liben laughed, "Every merchant ship has a navigation mark, and I don't believe the general can check it." ”

"Both?" Zheng Cai didn't believe it. So Song Liben sent someone back to get the navigation beacon.

The so-called Zheng family's navigation beacon is actually a flag embroidered with the word "Zheng", which is this small flag, each with three thousand taels of silver.

The Daishan merchant ship had already bought two navigation beacons in Hangzhou, and each of the sea ships of the gentry who robbed them also bought navigation beacons, so Song Liben was naturally not afraid of Zheng Cai's inquiry.

When he saw Song Liben's men holding a large number of flags on the boat, Zheng Cai's eyes were about to fall, and soon he came back to his senses, since Ren Siqi robbed the gentry's sea boats, then of course the navigation beacon also fell into his hands.

"No, there are more than seventy ships in your fleet, why are there only thirty flags here?" Flipping through it casually, Zheng Cai suddenly asked.

"Hehe, because our fleet only has thirty merchant ships, and the other ships are all warships under the coastal defense guerrillas, and they are cruising on the sea." Song Liben said with a smile.

"It's okay to patrol the sea in the Daming Sea, how to run to Japan." Zheng Cai asked coldly.

"The duty of coastal defense guerrillas is to guard against pirates and pirates, and Japan is the nest of pirates, so why come to Japan?" Song Liben is a serious way.

ps: Haha, this month's full attendance is in hand again. (To be continued.) )