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Chapter 397: Accepting Bribes

The arrival of the Dingzhou sailor, like a heart booster, made the predicament of the Zeng group excited, especially with the sailor came the latest weapons, so that Zeng's eyes are bright, after the modification to shoot four strong crossbows at a time, hundreds of crossbows, thousands of bows, bundles of armor-piercing arrows, piled up on the dock, people who know how to take a look, to estimate that there are millions of arrows. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Dingzhou weapons, the first in the world, this is a consensus that has long been formed in Dachu, but it is not easy to buy a large number of Dingzhou weapons, one is that Dingzhou restricts the export of weapons, and the other is that Dingzhou adopts a competitive rationing system to ensure that it is impossible for any one to buy too much, but now, what appeared in front of Zeng Yifan was a large number, which made him feel dumbfounded.

"Lord Zeng!" Zheng Zhiyuan stroked the dark and heavy crossbow body of the Bazhan crossbow, and said with a smile: "These are the latest weapons developed by our Dingzhou, the power is amazing, in our Dingzhou, but only the front-line troops can equip it, this time my marshal spared no effort to support you." ”

Zeng Yifan woke up like a dream, and hugged his fist at Zheng Zhiyuan with gratitude: "Please let me, on behalf of the Zeng clan and the people of several states in the east, thank Li Dashuai for his help, with these weapons, we will be more sure to block the Lu clan's iron cavalry in Shenzhou." ”

Zheng Zhiyuan knew that Shenzhou was only one step away from Liaozhou, the core area of Zeng's rule, and if Shenzhou was lost again, Liaozhou would inevitably face war directly, so Zeng's strategy was to defend the enemy outside Liaozhou, and it was conceivable that the battle in Shenzhou would be cruel after the year.

"This is only the first part of our assistance to the Zeng clan, and then, the main force of the naval division will arrive with more ordnance, my marshal said, half of these materials are free to aid the Zeng clan, and the other half?" Zheng Zhiren paused.

Zeng Yifan smiled knowingly, this is right, there is a free lunch in the world, if Li Qing really doesn't want anything, he will scare the Zeng family. "The other half we buy, we have real money to buy."

Zheng Zhiyuan laughed, "It's not necessary. ”

Zeng Yifan's heart jumped, "I don't know what Li Dashuai means?" He asked cautiously.

In order to avoid losses as little as possible, we use the island to build a base in the depths of the Black Water Ocean, stationing soldiers and horses, in order to ensure the safety of this route, and at the same time blocking the Southern Naval Division's encirclement and interception of us, this construction base, many materials can be found on the spot, but there is still no way, so we can only let the Zeng family help us collect."

"It should be, it should be! These bases were also built to help our Tsang, and of course we have no obligation to do so. Zeng Yifan agreed.

Zheng Zhiyuan said with a smile: "My marshal also said that these islands need to be stationed with a lot of soldiers and fleets, how much do these people cost?" ”

"Let's go out!" Zeng Yifan agreed very happily.

"Lord Zeng is really a cheerful person!" Zheng Zhiyuan gave him a thumbs up, "But we built a base, this manpower is also very poor, to this day, it took us months to build two or three bases, this is far from enough, we have a lot of sailors on board, but these are all soldiers, let them carry mud bags and carry stones, it is really a waste!" ”

Zeng Yifan hesitated this time, Zheng Zhiwu's meaning was obvious, but if he wanted to send people, he would need young and strong laborers to build these islands, and now the Zeng family also needs a lot of young and strong people.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, our Zeng clan has raised 20,000 strong laborers for Lord Zheng to build these bases, I don't know if it's enough?" ”

"Enough is enough!" Zheng Zhiyuan smiled, these 20,000 young and strong laborers are in hand, and when the base is completed, do you still want to return it to them, with a little training, you can make them become soldiers, with Dingzhou's generous treatment and various treatments for soldiers, these people are afraid that they will rush to join when the time comes. Moreover, these people's silver can also reach out to Zeng's hand, which can really be described as killing several birds with one stone.

That night, these ordnance were immediately loaded and transported to Shenzhou, and Zeng Qingfeng also hosted a banquet for Zheng Zhiyuan and a general of the Dry Water Division in his mansion. After three rounds of drinking, Zeng Qingfeng wiped his mouth and looked at Zheng Zhiyuan with a smile, Zheng Zhiyuan also knew that the time had come to do business, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and bowed slightly to Zeng Qingfeng.

As soon as Zheng Zhiyuan put down his chopsticks, all the sailors immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks, raised their bodies, and sat up straight, seeing Zeng Qingfeng's eyes jump long in the corner of his eyes, how could these Dingzhou soldiers maintain such discipline even when eating?

"General Zheng, I don't know when Commander Deng will arrive?" Zeng Qingfeng was quite concerned about when Deng Peng's sailor brigade would be able to bring him more ordnance and weapons, and today, those generals who rushed to hear the news saw such sophisticated Dingzhou weapons, but they were all red-eyed, and in front of Zeng Qingfeng, they almost raised their fists.

"Zeng Dashuai, it depends on the speed of our deep-sea base construction!" Zheng Zhiyuan smiled and said: "The marshal also knows that although we annihilated the Bozhou Navy Division in the early stage, the combined strength of the two water divisions is still stronger than us, and the main force of General Manager Deng must be careful to guard against the Pang army, only after these bases are built, General Manager Deng can come over without worrying about losing anything!" ”

Zeng Qingfeng nodded, looked back at his son and said, "Yifan, you must recruit people as soon as possible to build a base for General Manager Deng, and you are personally responsible for this matter." ”

"Yes, Father!" Zeng Yifan bowed and said.

"Then Lord Zheng's selection fleet is also going to return?" Zeng Qingfeng asked.

"Zeng Dashuai, our sailors' ships are too big to fight at sea, so after delivering this batch of supplies, we are ready to sail back to join up with General Manager Deng to deal with the possible attack of the Southern Sailors. It is inconvenient to stay in Teluk Intan Port for too long. We also have to ask Master Zeng to recruit good young people for us as soon as possible, and we will take them away with the ship! ”

Zeng Qingfeng nodded, "That's fine, but once you go, when will you be able to go to Anshun Port again?" ”

Zheng Zhiyuan pinched his fingers and calculated, "It's always the spring season tomorrow!" ”

"So long?" Zeng Qingfeng frowned, thinking in his heart.

Zheng Zhiyuan looked at Zeng Qingfeng with a smile, but he was actually very anxious in his heart, Lord Zeng, you should quickly open your mouth and stay together, so that I can justifiably leave some people behind and assist you in entering the inland river to fight after melting the ice!

Zeng Qingfeng was also hesitating in his heart, after listening to Zeng Yifan's report, he realized that the Fuzhou Naval Division was indeed very powerful, and its combat effectiveness was simply heaven and earth compared to his own poor inland river division, which could not be compared, if they could leave their ships suitable for inland river operations, it would greatly enhance the chances of winning against the enemy in Shenzhou, but first, Li Qing did not agree to let his troops directly participate in the battle, and secondly, he was also a little worried about luring wolves into the house, and it would be a big tail in the future, if Zheng Zhiyuan took the initiative to leave the ships to assist in the battle, he will immediately refuse without hesitation, but now it seems that the other party does not mean this at all, but is in a hurry to return.

After weighing it in his heart for a long time, Zeng Qingfeng finally made up his mind, just leaving some sailors, the impact on himself was really limited, and if he didn't use such a strong reinforcement, the loss would be too great.

"General Zheng, I have a reluctant request, and I still forget General Haihan!" Zeng Qingfeng said.

Zheng Zhiyuan was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was pretending to be surprised, "Why did Lord Zeng say this, we are friends now, as long as we can do something, I Zheng will definitely spare no effort!" ”

Zeng Qingfeng said with a smile: "I see that there are a lot of warships below a thousand in General Zheng's fleet, presumably under the command of Commander Deng, this kind of ships is even more countless, don't hide it from the general, although my Zeng clan also has an inland water division, but the combat power is really insufficient, many years without using swords, all rusty, I want to ask the general to leave a sailor, first, to help us resist the enemy, second, you can also help us retrain the original sailor!" ”

"Ah, that's it!" Zheng Zhiyuan's face showed embarrassment, "Lord Zeng, you are really reluctant to ask, I, I don't have this power, I'm afraid that even Manager Deng will not dare to agree to your request at will!" ”

Zeng Qingfeng didn't seem to be locked up when he heard the meaning of this, and said immediately: "General Zheng, Zeng also knows that it is a little abrupt, but to be honest, the Fuzhou Navy Division is so huge, and it doesn't have much impact if there are dozens of small boats, so it's better to leave these ships and soldiers behind before you leave, and I will repair a letter to Li Dashuai, and frankly admit that I forced it to stay, how about it?" ”

Zheng Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "Lord Zeng, I have to think about this matter, I don't want to leave dozens of boats and be cleaned up when I return to Manager Deng." ”

Zeng Qingfeng said: "That's, that's, General Zheng think about it more." Come, come, drink, drink, come, change the dishes! ”

Late at night, Zheng Zhiyuan and the others went to rest, Zeng Yifan said: "Father, it seems that this General Zheng is unwilling to leave dozens of boats for us." ”

Zeng Qingfeng breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's not that he refuses, but this person is asking us for benefits, don't you see, he didn't say death, if Deng Peng really has a strict order, he will definitely refuse on the spot." ”

"Asking for benefits? It's easy to do! Zeng Yifan said with a smile. The child will do it right away. ”

"Well, don't be stingy, these dozens of ships and thousands of well-trained soldiers will help us too much!" Zeng Qingfeng instructed.

When Zheng Zhiyuan returned to his bedroom, he was a little stunned, on the big bed in the room, there was a charming woman, in such a cold weather, but only wearing light yarn, although the house was lit with a brazier, it was still a little cold and shivering, and on the big table in the middle of the room, there was a plate full of gold, silver and jewelry.

"Holy!" Zheng Zhiyuan sniffled.

There was a quick knock on the door outside, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was several generals who came with him, "General Zheng, there are women in the house, and there is silver!" One of the generals was a little hurried.

Zheng Zhiyuan smiled, "People have arranged it kindly, why don't you go and enjoy it, why do you come to me so badly?" ”

Everyone is overjoyed, with the general's orders, the big guy is straightforward, the so-called three years in the army, the old sow can also be seen as a sable cicada, not to mention that the real beauty in the room. At that moment, he scattered happily and hurried back to his room.

Far away, Zeng Yifan heard the report of his subordinates, Zheng Zhiyuan and his group did not refuse their arrangement, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.