Chapter Eighty-Seven: Ambitious Strategy

Na Haonan's plan is very simple and clear.

After talking to Zhao Chuanfeng again, Zhao Chuanfeng was very surprised.

After re-enacting the white-clothed young man in front of him, Zhao Chuanfeng secretly said in his heart, this Deng Haonan is really not simple! In a short period of time, he has already made his tongue look at him, and he recruited the English pirates as his subordinates, just as lucky! It is unbelievable that the flagship of the Dutch fleet, as well as the commander Rear Admiral Van Witt, have been captured by the small and the strong with the weak!

looked at Deng Haonan's face as calm as water, not like he was joking. Because with Zhao Chuanfeng's ability, it is obvious that he will be able to get accurate news from the dock soon, and he is not afraid of Deng Haonan's flickering.

"Sure enough, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves!" Zhao Chuanfeng raised his beard again, and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew has such a talent at a young age, and he will have a bright future in the future!" ”

"Uncle Zhao has won the award!" Deng Haonan said with a straight face: "As for the establishment of the business station, it is all up to Uncle Zhao to deal with it!" ”

Zhao Chuanfeng said: "Virtuous nephew, did you really give it to the old man?" ”

"Naturally!" Deng Haonan nodded affirmatively, and gave the merchant station to Zhao Chuanfeng, which not only saved 100,000 taels of silver, which could be used to add ships and artillery. At the same time, Deng Haonan had already made up his mind to do the capitalless business of plundering foreign merchant ships, and did his best to accumulate funds for the formation of a large-scale fleet.

Zhao Chuanfeng said happily: "Since the virtuous nephew said so, the old man will no longer postpone it!" Then he thought for a while, and said: "All the funds for the trading station will be paid by the Zhao family, and it will be operated in the future." Virtuous nephews can account for 30% of the shares! ”

Na Haonan looked at Zhao Chuanfeng in surprise, Sancheng shares are not a small amount, once the merchant station is lucky, although it is not as powerful as the East India Company. But the profits are also huge figures.

Originally, Deng Haonan only invested 10,000 taels in the shares, and he was going to send people to learn from the experience of maritime business first, so that he could build a stronger company in the future. Now Zhao Chuanfeng not only didn't want Deng Haonan to pay for it, but gave Sancheng shares, and I don't know what is wrong with such a big parting. So he said, "How does this work?" Please also ask Uncle Zhao to take back his life! ”

Zhao Chuanfeng waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" The old man and the virtuous nephew fell in love at first sight, and as an elder, the old man couldn't think of any meeting gifts for you! This is a welcome gift for the virtuous nephew! ”

What a big deal! I really want to pay for it!

Deng Haonan saw that Zhao Chuanfeng did not look like a fake, and with the shrewdness of his later generations, he immediately understood that after Zhao Chuanfeng knew his strength, he made a venture capital in Deng Haonan.

Although he suffered a little loss in front of him, once Deng Haonan sat down, he Zhao Chuanfeng could rise and gain greater profits.

Zhao Chuanfeng is a pragmatic businessman, and the brotherly alliance is indeed much stronger than Deng Haonan. However, the brotherly alliance is far away, Deng Haonan is near, and he Zhao Chuanfeng can't count on the brotherly alliance. The pigeon that has been released by Yan Siqi for more than a year, the Zhao family has suffered a huge loss in business, and although Deng Haonan in front of him is not a big tree, it is a straw that can be grasped.

Thinking of this, Deng Haonan smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Then thank you Uncle Zhao!" ”

"Good! Talk fast! Zhao Chuanfeng snorted and said with a smile: "Young people should have this kind of courage to take responsibility!" ”

Then he said: "Since you want to do that business, you have to build a water army!" For now, because everyone is guarding against the raids of the Dutch. No longer go alone to the sea, there are more than a dozen ships in and out, with armed artillery and hired bodyguards to escort them! Although you have three warships, you can deal with the small maritime merchants, but it will be difficult to deal with them! ”

Na Haonan nodded and said, "What Uncle Zhao said is true!" The little nephew thought about it, and now he hopes to buy a group of warships and recruit a group of sailors. After strengthening yourself first, you can touch those big business groups! ”

"Strategize!" Zhao Chuanfeng nodded with satisfaction. said: "The old man is really not mistaken! Then he said: "I don't know what kind of warship the virtuous nephew is going to buy, do you have the intention of ordering?" ”

Na Haonan said: "The sharp guns of the Western ships are especially saving me, so the little nephew is going to buy a large Western ship, and he plans to go to the Philippine Governor's Mansion first. Meet the Governor of the Philippines and see if you can get their hands on their Galen ship from the Spaniards! ”

Zhao Chuanfeng nodded, feeling Na Haonan's words, and said, "That's right! The cannons of Western ships are particularly sharp, which is not comparable to our Eastern warships! The smallest frigates are heavier than our large warships, so they will naturally suffer if they start a war! ”

Deng Haonan thought to himself, at present, the Ming people are still more aggressive, knowing that they are lagging behind the West in technology, and they can still catch up. However, in another 300 years, by the time of the Opium Wars, the gap was too great. The British battleships defeated the only and most powerful Cantonese naval division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is a shame!

As soon as the conversation changed, Zhao Chuanfeng sighed: "The virtuous nephew may not understand the situation in the Philippines yet!" If you go directly to the Spaniards, they won't sell you even if they have a ship for sale! Na Haonan frowned and asked, "Why?" ”

After Zhao Chuanfeng's explanation, Deng Haonan understood.

It turned out that twenty years ago, shortly after the Spanish occupied the Philippines, their rule was still unstable.

After the three major expeditions of the Ming Dynasty, the financial difficulties and the urgent need to open up the source to cope with the financial crisis. At that time, the Spanish colonists had already occupied Luzon, and through the guò galleon trade, they transported a large amount of silver from the Americas, and used Manila as a transit point to trade with the Ming Dynasty, exchanging silver for silk, tea, porcelain, cotton cloth and other products of the Ming Dynasty. Hui 1. The murder ships traded overseas with the Spaniards, and generally sailed to Manila butterfly sharks Where did the Spaniards get their silver from. When the Ming Dynasty saw the continuous supply of silver from the Spaniards, they guessed that there was a silver mountain to be mined in Luzon.

In the year of Wanli Blade, there was a self-proclaimed "good hope" Zhang Yijuan who said that Luzon Jiyi Mountain produced gold and silver, and could mine 100,000 taels of gold and 300,000 taels of silver every year.

At that time, the Ming government mined only 100,000 taels of silver a year, and was in urgent need of more silver. The Ming court believed it to be true, and sent officials to Luzon with Zhang Fu and others to check on it in the year of distillation. This matter was vain, and naturally it was in vain, but the Spaniards who received it did not see it that way, and they suspected that it was for the Ming Dynasty to attack Luzon to check the truth.

Since the Spaniards had this suspicion, they began to guard against the local Chinese. They first confiscated the weapons of the Chinese, which caused the Chinese to be uneasy, so they began to fortify themselves, and the Spaniards became more suspicious, so they sent troops to start massacring the Chinese. More than 20,000 Chinese were slaughtered this time.

When the news came, Emperor Wanli's first reaction was, "The emperor said: "Suspicion of bullying the imperial court, provoking overseas, causing 20,000 merchants and people to anoint the blade, damage the prestige and humiliate the country, and die innocently, that is, the head of the lord is reported to the sea." The Luzon chieftain was good at the merchants, and the officials discussed the crime

Although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ruled rotten and expropriated, he had to admit that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the hardest and straightest dynasty in Chinese history.

Wanli's statement swore that he did not ignore the massacre of the Chinese, and intended to ask the Spaniards for their crimes.

At that time, not long after the Ming Naval Division completely annihilated the Toyotomi Hideyoshi Naval Division, the Ming Dynasty won a great victory, and Spain only had 10,000 soldiers in the Philippines, which made Spain hurriedly report that it was a misunderstanding.

Wanli had the intention of killing the thieves, but after the three major expeditions, he was no longer able to start a war. Moreover, the law is far away from the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and at the end of the strong crossbow, there is no certainty of victory.

However. Emperor Daming was praised for his hard bones, but he was even more desperate to save face. There must be a step down in this matter, and the emperor cannot say that he himself can't do it.

So, just as the Spaniards were afraid of retaliation from the Ming Dynasty, they sent a special envoy to Beijing to explain. Xu Xueju, the governor of Fujian, who accompanied Ran, found an excuse not to lose face: "The massacre of the Chinese, don't be regarded as important, the Ming Emperor is lenient and generous, and he will never ask the teacher for the massacre of the Chinese. ”

And so the matter was settled!

After the Spaniards learned about the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, they did not dare to cause trouble again. This coincided with the occupation of the East Indies by the Dutch East India Company and the construction of the fortress of Batavia, which posed a challenge to Spain. After that, two more Spanish-Dutch wars broke out for the Philippines, and the Spaniards and the Filipino Chinese remained at peace for twenty years.

However, the pain can be forgotten, but the scars remain in the hearts of the Filipino Chinese.

After that, the Filipino Chinese began to unite with the local indigenous chieftains to fight against the Spaniards. At present, the Chinese and the Spaniards are on guard against each other, so it is difficult for Deng Haonan to buy warships from the Spaniards.

So that's it! Deng Haonan only remembered the series of anti-Chinese incidents in Southeast Asia recorded in history, the reason for which was caused by Spanish and Dutch colonization, which has left the seeds of hatred until today.

I remember that twenty years later, when the Ming Dynasty fell, the Spaniards seemed to have set off a massacre of Chinese again. In fact, the net worth and life of overseas Chinese are closely related to the motherland, and if the country is strong, it will not be bullied, and if the country is weak, it will be bullied.

Unconsciously, Deng Haonan had another courage on his shoulders. Since he was hit by himself, Deng Haonan has the obligation to prevent the tragedy from happening.

So he said: "The court is too busy to take care of itself right now, we can't count on them!" Therefore. If we want to survive here, we have to be strong! Spain has only over 10,000 soldiers here, and if I have 10,000 soldiers, the Philippines will be mine! ”

"Good!" Zhao Chuanfeng's eyes lit up, and he was not mistaken. As soon as he heard Deng Haonan's words, with incomparable confidence and that attitude of being arrogant to the world, his heart that had been calm for many years suddenly stirred up waves. "The virtuous nephew is really domineering!" Zhao Chuanfeng said: "If the virtuous nephew really has this heart, the old man is willing to go bankrupt to support you!" ”

"Thank you Uncle Zhao for watching it!" Deng Haonan said with a smile: "Spain has gradually declined, and the mainland is far away in Europe, and they can only stare dryly if they take the Philippines!" However, it is irrational to confront the troops of the European powers and one country with the strength of one person! What I'm worried about is Zheng Yiguan in Beigang, as well as the Guangdong Chao Gang and the Shandong Lu Gang, they are deeply rooted, and they can't help them with the old methods! Therefore, I need to use the strong ships and cannons of the European powers to clear up my own affairs first, and then turn around against them! ”

Zhao Chuanfeng's expression darkened, and he thought that Deng Haonan would plot against the Philippines and fulfill his unfulfilled wish. It turned out that Na Haonan's strength was not enough to compete with the soldiers of a European country! However, what Deng Haonan said was the truth, so he asked: "If the virtuous nephew sweeps away the three gangs, how will he fight against the powers of various countries?" ”

Zhao Chuanfeng obviously wanted to see if Deng Haonan had the ability and plan, if not, then he would definitely not put the bet on Na Haonan.

Na Haonan understood in his heart that this was the key to Zhao Chuanfeng's determination to help him with all his might. Immediately smiled and said: "At present, the countries of the enemy continent are fighting each other!" The Spanish Armada was defeated, the dominance of one family was over, and now the Netherlands, England, and France are all vying for Spanish and Portuguese colonies all over the world! It's like sharing the spoils, and the spoils will definitely be unevenly distributed, so ..."Yunzhi hit the next year!" When crying, if I have enough material and financial resources to sweep the two gangs, then I will choose to unite with the weakest one to defeat the strongest, and when the strongest strength is weakened, then unite with him to deal with the stronger one than him in turn! In this way, after several wars. All the great powers will be weakened, and we will grow in the process! At that time, not to mention the Philippines, Africa and the Americas, my flag will always be under the sun."

The more Hao Nan spoke, the more excited he became, forgetting that Zhao Chuanfeng had only just met, and he actually told him all about his ambitions.

On the other hand, Zhao Chuanfeng, who is sophisticated, first took Deng Haonan's words and found out about them.

At this time, seeing Deng Haonan endlessly describing his grand plans, and his grasp of the world pattern was clearer than that of an old man in his sixties, he was speechless in surprise.

However, fortunately, Zhao Chuanfeng is more decent and has a hearty personality. Deng Haonan's carelessness was just in line with Zhao Chuanfeng's style of doing things, and immediately the two of them were like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, and one old and one young were chatting in the hall. It stunned the people waiting outside the door.

Not far from the door, Zhao Chuanfeng's son Zhao Chenggong and the head teacher of the family, Pang Cheng, came over from time to time to inquire, and then walked to the general corner and muttered quietly, occasionally glancing at Lin Feng and others who were resting and drinking tea in the opposite hall.

I only heard Pang Chengdao: "The old man looks full of interest today, and his subordinates have not seen the old man talk to more than one person for a long time." of the hour! ”

Zhao Chenggong nodded, his eyes kept staring at Deng Haonan and his subordinates in the opposite hall, only to see Lin Feng and the others talking quietly around the table, while the other soldiers sat on the stools around them, looking quiet.

Immediately asked, "Do you see anything special about them?" ”

Pang Cheng shook his head. "It's nothing special! It's just wearing a beautiful dress, and it's very eye-catching! And their fire system, which I haven't seen before."

Zhao Chenggong said: "That's called a military uniform!" Don't you see the Spanish Army wearing all the same colors? ”

"Then our family is also wearing a brush!" Pang Cheng shook his head and asked.

Zhao Chenggong looked at Pang Cheng quietly for a while, and only after Pang Cheng avoided his eyes did he say, "You know a fart!" Look at what you practiced, standing or not standing and sitting and not sitting! If you look at people again, whether they are standing or sitting, that's what they call having a plank and an eye! ”

"It's kind of silly!" Pang Cheng shook his head and said, "I haven't changed my posture for an hour, it's like a wooden man!" ”

Zhao Chenggong turned his head and glared at Pang Cheng.

Pang Cheng shrugged when he saw this. No more speech.

Here, Di Haonan and Zhao Chuanfeng let go of each other's vigilance and talked eloquently.

At this time, Deng Haonan knew that the Zhao family was able to survive the last massacre, in addition to being deeply rooted in the Philippines, the most important thing was the strength of the Zhao family.

Regarding the strength of the Zhao family, perhaps Yan Siqi and other people in the brotherly alliance are not very clear, Deng Haonan also thought at first that the Zhao family was just a businessman who relied on the sea to eat the sea.

After Zhao Chuanfeng's brief introduction, Na Haonan knew that Zhao Chuanfeng had been planning to establish a country in the Philippines. In Zhao Chuanfeng's words, the Filipinos can accept the enslavement of Caucasian people like Spain, so if they are replaced by the Ming people to rule the Philippines, I believe that at least they will do better than the Spaniards!

Over the years, Zhao Chuanfeng has secretly cultivated a lot of people. There are 1,000 people in the home alone, all of whom are equipped with fires and sabers. In addition, Zhao Chuanfeng also directly built a shipyard near the Olongapo tribe, with more than 10,000 boatmen, and over the years, he has been able to build thousands of large ships. Because the demand for ships by Westerners here is very high, Zhao Chuanfeng's shipyard can also build Western ships, which Deng Haonan never expected.

"I don't know how big a Western warship Uncle Zhao's shipyard can build?"

Zhao Chuanfeng replied: "We have not built Western warships, but we have hired a lot of foreign masters, and we have also built a 500-ton Galen ship, I estimate that a 1,000-ton Galen ship should be able to be built!" But they are all cargo ships, and we have never built a warship."

Then he asked: "Could it be that the virtuous nephew wants to build his own Western warship?" ”

Di Haonan nodded and said, "A thousand-ton Western warship is fully configured, and if you spend money to buy it, you have to use 100,000 taels of silver!" If you build it yourself, the wages and materials are all counted, but it is only 50,000 taels! ”

Zhao Chuanfeng saw that Deng Haonan knew these things very well, and remembered that Na Haonan still had three hundred English pirates. can drive foreigners as subordinates, Zhao Chuanfeng is more and more optimistic about Deng Haonan.

He immediately said: "If you can get the design drawings of Western warships, the old man's shipyard will be able to imitate them." Di Haonan nodded and said, "This is easy to do!" I can call John to come forward and negotiate, there should be no problem! ”

"That's great!" Zhao Chuanfeng nodded.

At this time, a maid in a green robe came up to add tea and said, "Master! It's getting late! It's time for dinner."

Zhao Chuanfeng was talking to Deng Haonan, and suddenly looked stunned, then turned his head to look at the maid who was talking, and for a while, the hall was quiet! ”

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