"Ten three-masted gunboats, thirty birdboats, one hundred reeling boats, two hundred sand boats, and a few other speedboats and boats." Zheng Zhilong looked at Liu Jun's ship purchase order, and couldn't laugh or cry. The Zheng family has its own shipyard, but a large warship such as the three-masted gunboat can build four or five ships a year.

"I know this is a bit much, but next year I will lead the army to cross the sea to attack Liao, and there are fewer ships, how can I fight. I know Brother Zheng's reputation in the East China Sea, not only do you have your own shipyard, but Brother Zheng is also familiar with the shipyards on the southeast coast. Without bothering the two masters, I asked Brother Zheng to come forward and help me order these warships from the shipyards, and they must be delivered in the spring of next year. ”

"Time is too short." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Rest assured, the ship price is a lot, and I can pay 30% of the deposit first, pay 50% of the rest when the ship is delivered, and the last 20% will be delivered when the ship is used for half a year and then all of it will be delivered, what do you think?"

"So many ships, it's not cheap!" Zheng Zhilong said.

"I can still afford to buy a boat, and the most important thing is that the money must be of good quality."

Hearing Liu Jun's appearance of being so wealthy, Zheng Zhilong didn't say anything anymore. Although Liu Jun asked for many ships, Zheng Zhilong's relationship network on the southeast coast was not ordinary, especially he was quite familiar with various shipyards. The number of shipyards along the coast is not small, and Liu Jun's order is divided and handed over to various shipyards, and it is possible to catch up in half a year. Even in fact, many ships and shipyards have some spot or semi-finished products, as long as you are willing to add more money, it is not impossible to hand over these ships to Liu Jun first. ”

Of course, Zheng Zhilong was very concerned about Liu Jun's new guns and shells.

Zheng Zhilong also has his own ordnance workshop, making his own artillery guns and shells, but he also knows that Liu Jun will not tell him about the manufacturing art of this new type of ordnance, so like Liu Jun, he placed a large order to order a large number of Shenwei cannons and explosive shells and flintlock guns from Liu Jun.

"This flintlock is still under development. Not perfect, are you sure you want to order so many at once? Liu Jun couldn't help but marvel when he saw that Zheng Zhilong ordered a hundred Shenwei cannons and a large number of explosive bombs and ordered a full 10,000 flintlock guns, this Zheng Zhilong was really rich.

"The last general just watched Hou Ye's command shoot, and the effect is very good." Zheng Zhilong said.

"There is still a high rate of death in flint fire, although many parties have controlled and improved, but now the death rate is still about 30%." Liu Jun didn't pit Zheng Zhilong either, and told the truth.

Zheng Zhilong was surprised when he heard this number, "Is there only three percent of the dead fire?" That's nothing. ”

He also has his own firecracker factory, and most of the firecrackers are made of birds, although the supervision is still strict, but there are still many problems with the birdboys that leave the factory, and every time he fights, the firecrackers can also reach six or seven percent of the firing rate, and now Liu Jun's new-style flintlock guns actually have a seventy percent firing rate, which can't help but make Zheng Zhilong amazed.

"Actually, you can order a batch of Wyvern Guns, a new type of Firecracker improved by Lu Mi Guns. Although it is an arquebus, the dead fire rate is generally less than half percent, and the accuracy is better, with fixed ammunition and improved automatic fire door. In fact, it is also quite sharp, and it is cheaper than a flintlock gun, a flintlock gun costs twenty taels of silver, and a flying dragon gun only costs ten taels. ”

"Then let's order another 20,000 Wyvern guns. The flintlock is still 10,000, well, we still have 200 rounds of ammunition per gun. Zheng Zhilong increased the order with great pride.

Liu Jun and Zheng Zhilong quickly reached a preliminary order agreement on this big deal. Liu Jun purchased a total of 500 ships from Zheng Zhilong, while Zheng Zhilong purchased 100 Shenwei cannons from Liu Jun, plus 20,000 flying dragon guns and 10,000 flintlock guns, plus a large number of explosive bombs and fixed ammunition.

"Brother Zheng, happy cooperation!"

Zheng Zhilong also nodded with a smile.

"Brother Zheng, the ship will not be picked up until next year, but I hope that Brother Zheng can pull out some old ships and skilled sailors for me first, so that my brothers can also adapt to the warship and sea sailing in advance, how about it?"

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, "No problem, the last general will pull out some ships and some old brothers when he turns around." ”

"Well, Brother Zheng will also draw up a list of soldiers to be recommended when he goes back, and I will submit it to Beijing together with the excerpt recommending Brother Zheng as the commander of the coastal defense military affairs, and ask Your Majesty to approve it."

"Thank you Lord Hou for your promotion!" Zheng Zhilong knelt down excitedly to thank him.

Liu Jun smiled and took Zheng Zhilong's hand, helped him up, and returned to his seat.

"Come on, let's have this toast together."

In the tent, the generals of the nine-headed bird and the generals of the Zheng family stood up together and drank together.

The feast lasted until late before they dispersed.

Zheng Zhilong was so drunk that he couldn't walk, and finally left with the help of his own soldiers. The carriage left the Chu army barracks for a long time, and Zheng Zhilong, who had been drunk, suddenly sat up, his eyes were clear, how could he look like he was not awake at all.

"Big brother." Zheng Zhibao hurriedly shouted. "So you're not drunk."

"Of course I'm not drunk." Zheng Zhilong said, "Bring me a glass of water." ”

Zheng Zhilong drank a glass of water, sat up straight, turned his head and asked Zheng Zhibao, "Fifth brother, what do you think of this Liu Jun?" ”

"I can't see the depth, but it feels amazing."

"Then do you think the conditions he put forward are credible?"

Zheng Zhibao thought for a while, "I think it's acceptable, what Liu Jun wants is to set up a city shipping department, open a customs, collect taxes, and borrow our people to help him build a new fleet to fight Tartars in Liaodong." For us, these things have little impact on us, on the contrary, if what Liu Jun said is true, then it is indeed beneficial for us that the imperial court fully lifts the sea ban. ”

"Even, if the imperial court really wants to drive away the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish and other Hongyi, it will be even better for us. In particular, if we can drive the Dutch out of Taiwan, then we will be able to monopolize trade with the Japanese and no longer have to share it with the Dutch. ”

Zheng Zhilong thought for a moment, "Having said that, I'm a little worried. What if Liu Jun just paralyzed us, what if he built a naval division and a fleet, in fact, to turn around and deal with us? You have also seen that Liu Jun's soldiers are strong and strong, and we are definitely not his opponents on land, if he has a good fleet of sailors, then how can our Zheng family still have a way to go? ”

"Where does the imperial court care about the southeast now, as long as the southeast is not opposed, how can the imperial court take the initiative to stir up trouble? Now that the imperial court has newly put down the bandits, they are shouting from top to bottom to recover Liaodong. I think Liu Jun is telling the truth, he built this North Sea Fleet just to help him transport troops to attack Liao from the sea. ”

"If that's the case, then why build the Yangtze River Water Division?"

"It's nothing, there are already sailors on the Yangtze River, but the water battalions of the imperial court are the same as the original soldiers and horses along the coast of Fujian, and they are in ruins, and it is not surprising that Liu Jun took the opportunity to rectify and establish a new Yangtze River sailor fleet."

"I hope so." Zheng Zhilong said.

Zheng Zhibao said with a smile, "Big brother, what are you going to do with this list of officials?" ”

The list given by Liu Jun is indeed extremely tempting, four general soldiers, eight staff generals, sixteen guerrillas, thirty-two guerrillas, sixty-four garrisons, and one hundred and twenty-eight hundred thousand generals, all of which are high-ranking military attachés.

Zheng Zhibao turned out to be just a garrison, and this time he was also aiming for the post of deputy general. Zheng Zhilong saw his brother's thoughts at a glance and smiled, this time the imperial court was generous and took out so many official vacancies.

"I plan to serve as the four deputy generals, with you and Zhiguan, Zhipeng, and Zhiyan."

These are the eighteen Zhizhi of the year, among which Zhibao is Zheng Zhilong's brother, Zhiguan was originally Zheng Guan, Zhipeng was originally named Zheng Xiang, and Zhiyuan was also a brother. Originally, Zheng Zhilong also had a very capable brother assistant Zhihu, but he was killed in a battle with his former brother Liu Xiang, and another brother Zhifeng was selected by the Wuju people and now went to Beijing to participate in the Wujin Shi examination.

"Let Zhifeng replace Zhiyan, and let Zhiyan be a general." Zheng Zhibao said.

"Okay." Zheng Zhilong didn't object, "Let's discuss it again when we get back, draw up this list, and then report it to Liu Jun." ”

"Liu Jun borrows boats and people, how much do we give?"

"He can give as much as he wants, but he can lend Liu Jun some brothers who have already gone ashore." The brothers who went ashore when Zheng Zhilong said referred to some people who were old and no longer ran at sea, or some people who had been injured, although these people were old or injured, if they went to train sailors for Liu Jun, they still had a lot of experience.

Zheng Zhilong was silent in the carriage for a while, and then suddenly said, "Old Five, I plan to let Sen'er worship Liu Jun as his father-in-law, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Zhibao didn't think much about it, and immediately replied, "I think it's okay." ”

Zheng Zhilong also served as a righteous son back then, he went to Japan to join the sea merchant Li Dan, and won Li Dan's favor, so he became Li Dan's righteous son. Later, when Zheng Zhilong worked as a translator for the Dutch, he even entered the Catholic Church and was baptized as an official of Nicholas. At the same time, he believed in the Taoist god of the sea Mazu and the Buddhist Morichi Bodhisattva, and in Japan, he also visited the Shinto god Hachiman.

Zheng Zhilong is a realistic utilitarian person, who worships Buddha when he sees Buddha, worships God when he sees God, and is a delicate character with eight faces.

"Big brother, why don't you just tie up with Liu Jun, that's not better." Zheng Zhibao asked.

Zheng Zhilong smiled, "Liu Jun is the emperor's righteous son, the Marquis of Zhennan, and the protégé of the first and second assistants of the cabinet, but I am afraid that we will not want to climb high." It's better to let Sen'er worship him as his father-in-law, maybe he will agree. ”

"Then try."

The next day, Zheng Zhilong invited Liu Jun to a banquet in a big restaurant in the capital. At the banquet that day, Zheng Zhilong introduced his son to Liu Jun, Zheng Sen, who was just fifteen years old and already had a reputation for showing talent.

Zheng Zhilong proposed to let his son Zheng Sen worship Liu Jun as his father-in-law, and Liu Jun readily agreed.

After kowtowing and kneeling to worship the tea, Zheng Sen officially worshiped Liu Jun as his father-in-law.

"In the future, this child will follow the surname of Master Hou." Zheng Zhilong said unexpectedly. Generally, worshipping a righteous father does not necessarily mean changing his surname, but Zheng Zhilong made this request, and Liu Jun did not refuse.

"It's okay, then I'll give you another name, from now on, you will be called Chenggong, Zhu Chenggong!"

"Thank you for your father's name." The young Zhu Chenggong did not object, and accepted it all according to his father's wishes.

Liu Jun patted Zhu Chenggong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I am the surname of the country, and you will be the surname of the small country in the future." (To be continued......)

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