Chapter 498: Misunderstanding
A straight high hat on his head, with a bunch of bright yellow tassels on the top of the hat, hanging down like a waterfall on the top of the hat; On his forehead was a black brim made of unknown material, and a golden five-pointed star was embroidered on the top of the brim; The pure white tight-fitting military uniform can be seen to be made of fine Matsue cloth, with a large triangular neckline split from side to side under the neck, and gold silk threads embroidered on the edges; On the left and right shoulders there is a silk twisted epaulette, which is also a golden five-pointed star; There is a row of dense horizontal chest buckles on the chest, the pattern is very complicated, and the brass buttons in the center are particularly shiny; Also embellished with brass buttons were two cuffs and sides of the lower body-tight breeches, but black high-waisted calfskin boots were worn on the feet.
Chu Fan's body made Zheng Zhilong feel familiar, the guerrilla generals who often dealt with the Spaniards and the Dutch had certainly seen the ghosts in the army, and the crisp and smooth military uniform had left a deep impression on him - no matter how slandered, Zheng Zhilong had to admit that this military uniform did highlight the heroic and upright temperament of the soldiers, not to mention that Chu Fan added many details on the basis of the ghost soldiers' military uniforms, adding a sense of luxury.
Looking down at his brand-new court robe embroidered with a black tiger complement, Zheng Zhilong suddenly felt that this official robe, which was extremely pleasing to the eye in the morning, was now soft and collapsed like a face pocket!
The corner of his eye swept over, and he found that not only Chu Fan was wearing it like this, but most of the others were also like this, the main difference was the color of the military uniform—there were not many white uniforms, more of them were blue-gray, such as the three columns of guards that were as neat as tofu blocks; Other subtleties are also slightly different, such as the fact that many of the brims of the hats are silver plum blossoms, ranging from one to three, and some are embellished with brass triangular stars, but they are standing on the edge of the crowd.
What kind of oddity is this?
Zheng Zhilong muttered in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, he shook his sleeves and was just about to salute with his fists, but when he saw Chu Fan taking the lead, almost everyone raised their right hands in unison, raised them to the tip of their eyebrows, and shouted "Salute!" Scared a guerrilla general - did I do something wrong?
Just when he was stunned, another loud shout came from the side, "Gun salute!" ”
Zheng Zhilong looked back in amazement, but saw the first row of guards with a fire gun on his shoulder, pointing obliquely at the sky and pulling the trigger, "Bang~~!" Seven gunshots rang out into one, causing ears to buzz.
After the three columns were released, the air was already full of the pungent smell of gunsmoke, but it made Zheng Zhilong's head even more confused - looking like this, Chu Fan was holding some kind of ceremony to welcome himself, but how could this ceremony always make people feel that it was a demonstration and a warning?
"After half a year, Brother Feihuang is unharmed?"
Zheng Zhilong was still smacking the taste, and Chu Fan had already taken a few steps forward and stretched out his hand to him with a smile. This time, Zheng Zhilong was not confused again, and reached out to hold Chu Fan and greet him - Zheng Cai had already mentioned in his previous letter that now Tamluo has abolished kneeling and has emerged this handshake ceremony.
After the greetings were over, Chu Fan first introduced the people who accompanied him from the Tamna side, mainly the officers of the land division and the naval division of the Fuliao Army and the cadres of the East India Company.
Then Zheng Zhilong introduced the Zheng family, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao are almost all the leaders of the Zheng family - Zheng Zhilong's visit this time is related to the alliance between the two families, and he has a sense of going to relatives in it, of course, all the people who talk about can bring it.
The others also didn't care, and when Zheng Zhilong introduced Zheng Sen in the younger generation, Chu Fan's eyes lit up obviously, and he actually bent down and held his pink little hand and asked for a long time, and at the end he took out a piece of superb jade and hung it around his neck and said it was a "meeting gift". (Crab note: Zheng Chenggong, real name Zheng Sen)
This is another thing that Zheng Zhilong can't figure out even if he wants to break his head - there are so many important people in the Zheng family, Chu Fan is all passing by, why is he so concerned about himself, the eldest son who is less than six years old? Could it be that he wanted to take him hostage in Tamna?
From the time he got off the ship to the present, what Zheng Zhilong saw and heard was full of all kinds of unexpected strangeness and incomprehension, which made the guerrilla general's heart even more bottomless, and it was easy to take a moment to call Zheng Cai, the permanent representative of the Zheng family in Tamna, to the side and ask for a long time, before he understood a general idea.
According to Zheng Cai, Tamna is now not only full of new utensils and gadgets, but also the rules and regulations system. The increase or decrease of the six Cao ministries of the Tamluo royal court is also repaid, and now the Fuliao army has begun to engage in this new thing called "military rank": Chu Fan's white military uniform is the sailor's dress, and a golden five-pointed star on the brim of his hat represents the major general of the sailor; The plum blossom represents the school official, which is divided into three categories: small, middle and upper; In the same way, the brass triangular star is a lieutenant, and even ordinary non-commissioned officers are divided into ranks - the upright glyph embroidered on the arm is a non-commissioned officer, and the upside-down glyph is the so-called private.
Hearing this news, Zheng Zhilong's heart was cold!
Earlier, when he saw Chu Fan wearing a ghost uniform, he muttered in his heart - he came to ask Chu Fan to deal with the ghost guy this time! It's good now, I haven't said anything for help yet, and people are consistent with the ghosts in their clothes first!
That's not all, what generals, school officers, and lieutenants, isn't that the hierarchy in the ghost army? Now that the Fuliao Army has also come up with such a set, is it possible that they want to be in the same league with the ghosts?
The more he thought about Zheng Zhilong, the more he felt like it, and he even began to doubt his previous judgment - Hua Yizhi was the first to distinguish the first and most important clothes, didn't Chu Fan clearly tell himself that he had already counted himself as a member of the ghosts? So shouldn't the next step be to attack back and forth with the Dutch and completely wipe out the Zheng family?
The suspicious Zheng Zhilong didn't know where to fly for a long time, and let others arrange it like a marionette, hastily ended the welcoming ceremony, and followed Chu Fan into his finely carved four-wheeled carriage.
"Brother Feihuang thinks it's a tiring boat, and his face is not very good-looking."
The only two of them sat opposite each other in the car, and Chu Fan teased with a smile while fiddling with the small charcoal stove to boil water.
Zheng Zhilong was only shocked at this time - if Chu Fan really wanted to deal with the Zheng family, wouldn't he take the initiative to send the lifeblood of the Zheng family to Chu Fan's chopping block this time?
Thinking of this, he subconsciously touched the short knife in his waist, a cold glint rose in his eyes, and he was deeply pierced into Chu Fan's face like an arrow, and the muscles in his body were so tense that he wanted to break out of his shirt!
He has been on the sea for many years, and that unstingy energy has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow - Lao Tzu will drag his back even if he dies!
If you can capture the Tamluo prison country in front of you, I am afraid that you can still survive in the dead and find a glimmer of life for the old and young of the clan!
"Brother Feihuang, don't be impatient, this water has to be boiled for a while," Chu Fan had already felt the murderous aura in the carriage, but he didn't even raise his eyelids and said slowly, "In the past, Cao Liu cooked wine and talked about heroes, and today you and I cook tea and watch the world, how about it?" ”