Chapter 321: The Zheng Family's Business
Zheng Zhilong started at sea, as long as it is profitable, he will do almost everything, for him to resell the arms purchased from the Australians is nothing, this thing is in his own hands, and it is his right to use it as he wants.
And the Australians have no explicit regulations that this thing can only be used by Zheng Jiajun, which provides Zheng Zhilong** with enough reasons.
In addition to the arms used to arm their own forces, the Zheng family also sold the 24-pounder artillery purchased from Australia, although the power of this artillery is fierce, compared to the large amount of silver that can be earned and will not threaten their own interests, Lao Zheng still likes to do it very much.
The Homeland Security Headquarters, which received Feng Zihai's telegram, decided to take his suggestion and conduct a surveillance investigation of the old Zheng family.
Since the last conflict between the Zheng family and Australia, Australia has relocated the consulate on the border of Fujian to Guangzhou, but this does not mean that Australia has not left some agents to lurk.
Among them, Ruan Tiantian, who is the eldest lady of the Nanyang Zhuo family, is the person in charge of the entire Fujian intelligence system, and she is a distributor of Nanyang Australian goods here, in addition to reselling some Australian goods, her main task is to monitor the Zheng family's every move.
In fact, she had heard about the Zheng family's arms trafficking, but due to insufficient evidence, she did not feed back this news back to the headquarters, which attracted attention, and she didn't know until Feng Zihai sent a telegram that the Jin army had seized Australian weapons, and she didn't know where the Zheng family's people sold the excess arms.
In fact, this approach is reasonable, most of the weapons exported by Australia are actually redressed or eliminated by the army, or they are factory stocks, and these things will rust and break in the warehouse, so it is better to take them out for a few dollars.
But the problem is different here in the Ming Dynasty, the turbulent late Ming Dynasty has an uprising instigated by careerists, and there is a Houjin constantly detaining the city and plundering the land. Once powerful Australian firearms were sold to these people, it can be seen how the impact on the situation is.
Although the traversal has always wanted to change the status quo of the Ming Dynasty, one thing is undeniable is that there is no such ability at all now, and the only way to change it is to let this; The rulers of the Empire are in a desperate situation, and they will value the existence of Australians.
Although the current situation in Daming is rotten. But after all, it has not yet reached that point, according to the plan of the traversal, at least wait for the entry of Houjin, and the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty is the best time to intervene in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
So even if it can speed up the change of the situation at this time, Australia will not do this, but intends to let him develop with the course of history.
"Miss, there have been few new moves in the Zheng family in the past few days, but Zheng Hongkui has not long returned from Guangzhou, so there is no need to strengthen his surveillance." Ruan Tiantian sat in the attic, looking at the bustling traffic downstairs. Listen to the debriefings of your subordinates.
"No need, he just went to see his nephew Zheng Sen once, he doesn't need to monitor too much, but he can't let his guard down, the identity of the other party is the commander of the Jinyi Guard."
Zheng Hongkui's identity is special, and he is also the manager of the entire Zheng family's intelligence system, for such a spy leader, his mind must be more cautious than others, as long as there is a wind and grass, he will naturally be better than others
So the surveillance of him must be cautious. If you are not careful, you are likely to let the other party find out and conduct counter-reconnaissance.
As for his role in the Zheng family's business, it is uncertain, but it is certain. He must be responsible for the intelligence link.
As Ruan Tiantian thought, Zheng Hongkui returned home and told Zheng Sen that he was going to study in Australia, although Zheng Zhilong was very angry. But he also knows his son's character, and it is almost impossible to stop it, so he can only use strength. Men were sent to Guangzhou to tie him up.
It's just that I'm afraid things are not so simple at the moment, it's hard to say whether Australians will intervene, and Zheng Zhilong must be cautious when it comes to communicating with Australians.
"Sen'er really plans to go to Australia, since he has made up his mind to go, so be it, just let Sen'er explore the true strength of Australia, and also enhance the relationship between them." Zheng Zhilong sighed a little helplessly.
Although he and the Australian are partners, but the relationship between the two sides has fallen to a freezing point since the last conflict, he has always wanted to find an opportunity to repair, but there is no such opportunity, and now his son can be regarded as repairing the relationship between the two sides when he goes to Australia.
It is also very beneficial for further cooperation, since the Zheng family has started a first-class business, it is inevitable to purchase a large number of Australian arms, and large-scale procurement will definitely not work without a solid relationship within Australia.
Zheng Sen went to Australia to study for two years, and he studied at a military academy, and it is inevitable to know a group of future Australian officers, and maybe he can also know a few high-ranking officials within the Australian army.
"Sen'er's matter, let it go first, General Zu is very satisfied with the 24-pounder cannon, and specially sent someone to discuss the purchase of ten guns and other firearms, but our inventory has basically been sold out last time, if you want to take it over, you must buy it again from the Australians, and our purchase quantity has increased significantly in the next few months, so I am afraid that the Australians will be suspicious."
"What the big brother means, spread out with the Australians, or continue to prevaricate for other reasons, but in my opinion, the Australians must have some suspicions, so it is better to have a direct showdown, lest they ask about the initiative and the incident, what do you think, big brother."
"Well, I think the same way, the Australian will know if he resigns, it's better to say it directly, after all, they didn't say that this weapon can't be sold to other people, I think this time the Australians may not say anything, but the news of who we sold it to can't be known to the Australians and General Zu's people, otherwise there will be nothing for us."
Although Zheng Zhilong intends to tell the Australian ** the truth, he is reluctant to tell the other party about who the buyer is, once he knows that they will contact each other, there will be nothing to do with the Zheng family. The Zheng family relied on the resale of arms, and the profits obtained were no less than those obtained by mirrors, so Zheng Zhilong planned to continue to do it.
The price of ten 24-pounder guns was between seven thousand and eight thousand from the Australians, and the resale could basically get twice the profit, how could the Zheng family let go in the face of such high profits. (To be continued......)