An angry roar sounded in the lobby, and everyone who heard this voice was shocked, because this roar was the voice of Zheng Zhilong, the owner of this room.

After hearing this roar, Zheng Sen, who was drinking in the side hall, and the leaders of the Zheng family and several people of the Zheng family's faces also changed, and they quickly stood up and walked briskly towards the lobby. These people all know that Zheng Zhilong has been more polite since he was recruited by the imperial court, and rarely does such an ungraceful thing as being angry in public, and today he must have made something angry in public.

When Zheng Sen and an important leader of the Zheng family felt the lobby, they saw Zheng Zhilong standing in the center of the hall, and a military attache wearing a six-rank official robe was kneeling on the ground with a pale face.

Zheng Sen rushed to the lobby and walked to Zheng Zhilong's side and asked in a low voice, "Dad, what happened...... How could it make you so angry? ”

Zheng Zhilong's chest couldn't help rising and falling, his originally white face became red, and he pointed to the military attache kneeling on the ground and said, "You ask him, let him sue you!" ”

Zheng Sen took two steps forward and helped up the military general who was kneeling on the ground and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Guan, what happened?" ”

Under Zheng Sen's inquiry, the military general suddenly cried: "Young master, the villain is incompetent...... These days, many of our merchant ships that go to sea are all ...... was detained by the Weihaiwei sailors, and those Weihaiwei sailors escorted all our merchant ships to Shandong, and all the goods of the merchant ships were robbed. ”

"What......" Zheng Sen cried out in a lost voice, and then his face quickly changed: "Did they rob all the merchant ships?" ”

"It's not!" The military general wiped his tears and said hatefully: "These Weihai guards specially robbed those merchant ships that planted the flag of our Zheng family, hundreds of merchant ships have been robbed these days, and now a large number of businessmen have gathered outside our house, they are shouting to find the master, please make the master for them!" ”

"There is such a thing!"

When Zheng Sen heard this, he suddenly sighed in his heart, what he was worried about had finally happened. His face changed, and he immediately walked to Zheng Zhilong's side and said, "Father, this matter is not trivial. If it is not handled well, I am afraid it will affect the reputation of our Zheng family, and if the reputation is gone, the foundation of our Zheng family's survival in Fujian will be ruined. In the eyes of children, for the sake of the reputation of our Zheng family, we must immediately appease those maritime merchants. ”

"Well, Sen'er, you're right." Zheng Zhilong is also a person who has been crisscrossing Nanyang for more than ten years, and he quickly analyzed the stakes in his heart, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and called the housekeeper, asking him to come forward and continue to greet the guests in the lobby for dinner, and he took the Zheng family leaders out after confessing to several VIPs......

As night fell, when Zheng Zhilong sent the last guest away, he reconvened all the important leaders under his command to the conference hall, because it was already dark. Although more than a dozen candles were lit in the empty council room, it still looked a little dim

"Brothers, what do you think of today's events?" Zheng Zhilong's gloomy words rang out in the dimly lit conference hall.

At this time, the most important dozens of leaders of the Zheng family all sat under Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Sen, as Zheng Zhilong's successor, sat at the bottom left of Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhibao sat at the bottom right of Zheng Zhilong.

I saw Zheng Zhibao snort coldly and said, "Big brother, what else is there to say." Needless to say, Yue Yang is here to find the field this time, on the one hand, let's immediately send out all the warships to block all the sea and land on the Shandong border, and on the other hand, we will send warships to find the Weihai Weishui Division, and sink them immediately after finding them. I'd like to see. In the end, the new warships of the Weihai Weishui Division are powerful or our Zheng family's sons are brave. ”

"No!"

As soon as Zheng Zhibao finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his thirties sitting next to him shook his head and said, "In this way, we and the Marquis of Zhongyong will completely tear our faces and never die!" ”

"So what? Our Zheng family is still afraid that he will not succeed as a bullshit marquis! Zheng Zhibao's face was full of hideousness, since the last time he was hit hard by the Weihai Weishui Division, the Weihai Weishui Division and Yue Yang have become the magic obstacles in Zheng Zhibao's heart. This demonic barrier was eroding his mind every day, and at this time, he had only one thought in his heart, that is, to destroy Yue Yang and his Weihai Guardian Sailor no matter what. In order to achieve this goal, he not only built a fleet of ships from the Zheng family to contain the merchant ships in Shandong. And often personally lead the team, if the leader of the Zheng family leads the team to attack the merchant ships, they usually just rob the ships and then let people live, but Zheng Zhibao is not only strong in wealth. Even killing all people and throwing their bodies into the sea can be described as crazy and cruel.

Seeing the lonely and crazy look on Zheng Zhibao's face, Zheng Sen secretly shook his head, since Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the imperial court, the Zheng family has been smooth sailing over the years, and everyone knows about the Zheng family in Fujian and the coastal Nanyang area, whether it is the government or the pirates in the Nanyang area, they have to give the Zheng family three points of face. In this way, the people of the Zheng family have become more and more arrogant and self-defeating, especially Zheng Zhibao, in his opinion, the Zheng family is invincible at sea, and no one dares to provoke it, but since Zheng Zhibao was beaten by the Weihaiwei fleet a few months ago, both Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao seem to have been greatly humiliated, and revenge has become a lingering obsession in their hearts.

Zheng Sen raised his head and said to Zheng Zhilong, "Father, please listen to what the child has to say." Although our Zheng family has a lot of strength in Fujian and Nanyang, it is still quite inferior to the Marquis of Zhongyong, although we seem to have hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of brothers, but that is only the strength of the sea, if we pick up the strength of the court and the strength of the land, we are too far from the Marquis of Zhongyong, if you really want to fight to the end with the Marquis of Zhongyong, if he says in the court of the Ming Dynasty that we are harassing the coast for the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the emperor will immediately condemn us, don't forget that he is not only the Marquis of Zhongyong in the court, And it's also the emperor's concubine! ”

Zheng Sen's words were like a scoop of cold water poured on everyone's heads, making them feel as if they were cold from their heads to their feet. Yes, the emperor is still the old man of Yueyang, if there is a conflict, which side the emperor prefers, do you need to say?

Some people began to think about it, is it worth it to fight Yueyang like this, isn't it because Zheng Zhibao was found by Weihai Weishui and beaten up because Zheng Zhibao was transporting supplies to the Manchu Dynasty? Is it worth fighting with Yue Yang to the end for this matter?

Zheng Zhibao said to Zheng Sen unhappily: "Ah Sen, what are you talking about, have you forgotten who hit our Zheng family's fleet hard, and who snatched the goods we originally sold to Manchurian?" You are actually speaking for him now, you are still not a descendant of our Zheng family? ”

Zheng Sen took a deep breath and said earnestly: "Third uncle, my nephew hasn't forgotten. But you have to think about it, too. If we send ships to block the ports of Shandong and prevent their merchant ships from going to sea, then our sailors can also do the same, as long as they hide in the sea but sink our merchant ships in Fujian whenever they see them, then who else in our Fujian area will dare to go to sea in the future? Will the merchants who bought our Zheng family flag give up? ”

"What if you don't give up, do they dare to touch our cold hair?" Zheng Zhibao said disdainfully.

At this time, even Zheng Zhilong, who sat in the first place and said nothing, shook his head secretly, his third brother is really a reckless man who only knows how to fight.

Zheng Sen patiently explained: "Okay, even if they don't dare to do anything to us, you must know that our Zheng family has received other people's silver, so we have to ensure their safety." Otherwise, who else would buy our Zheng family's flag. One or two businessmen, we may not dare to provoke our Zheng family, but if dozens or even hundreds of businessmen join forces, can we still be indifferent?

The last time you proposed to attack the Shandong fleet, your nephew said that this method is a double-sided blade, although it can hit those Shandong businessmen, but if the other party also uses this method against us, we will be blind. In this way, those merchant ships in Shandong may not dare to go to sea, but our ships in Fujian also dare not go to sea. ”

Hear here. Zheng Zhibao was silent. Shandong's opening of the sea ban is only a matter of this year, whether it is the scale or the number of people and the prosperity of the city, compared with Fujian and Jiangsu, Zhejiang after more than 100 years of development, it is naturally a heaven and a place, if the merchant ships on both sides are all cowered in the port and do not go to sea, the biggest loss is naturally the maritime merchants in Fujian, after all, one of the two sides is still rubble. The other is jade, which is used to collide with rubble, which is something that only a fool would do. Although Zheng Zhibao is brave and strategic, at least he still has basic judgment.

Everyone was silent for a long time, and Li Laosan, who was sitting next to Zheng Sen, said in a muffled voice: "Then what should I do?" Today, the eldest brother agreed to those businessmen. said that they would solve this problem within half a month, if their ships to sea were still robbed by then, then the face of our Zheng family would be gone. ”

Oh, yes. The hearts of the people were also a little worried. They used to do the business of licking blood with knives, and killing people and setting fires was just a trivial matter, but they still valued credibility very much. After all, people are social animals, no matter how vicious people are, they have to dress and eat, and they can't do without the crowd, if you lose your reputation, who will dare to trade with you in the future, if the Zheng family loses its reputation, who will buy their Zheng family's flag in the future to report safety.

Everyone knows this truth, and Zheng Zhilong, as the leader, naturally will not understand. But he is still a little unwilling, the territory on the sea is so big, if Yueyang's Weihai Weishui Division rises, he will inevitably compete with him for territory. From Fujian to Japan is an important route for the Zheng family, this route is very close to Shandong, if these merchants in Shandong also compete with the maritime merchants in Fujian, then the interests of the Zheng family will definitely be greatly affected.

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Zhilong turned his head and said to everyone: "Everyone, do you think that if we concentrate our forces to annihilate the Weihai Guardian Water Division, can we make Yueyang dispel the ambition of opening the sea ban." ”

"Father, no!"

As soon as Zheng Zhilong's words fell, Zheng Sen on the side was immediately frightened and his face changed. He quickly stood up and said loudly: "Father, not to mention whether we can completely annihilate the Weihai Weishui Division, even if we can completely annihilate them, how can we explain to the court afterwards?" I'm afraid that the next day after we defeat them, the court will declare us a rebel, and if the court sends a large army to suppress them, what should we do? ”

"Rebellion?" Zheng Zhilong sneered and said proudly: "Didn't we have a good time when we were not recruited by the imperial court?" That's because the imperial court can't do anything about us, but now it's only been a few years of eating the official family's food, so quickly forget the original hard days? ”

"That's it!" Zheng Zhibao on the side saw that Zheng Zhilong was also inclined to fight, and said excitedly: "Big brother is right, if you want that Yue Yang to bully us like this, we can't just put up with it, we need to teach them a good lesson, and we have to let that Yue Yang know who is the overlord of the sea!" When did our Zheng family suffer such grievances, we must not be reconciled with him this time! ”

"Right...... The big boss and the second boss are reasonable? Some people also supported Zheng Zhibao's words and echoed them.

Zheng Sen and a person named Zheng Yang glanced at each other, and a trace of worry flashed in their eyes, it seemed that the two heads of the Zheng family did not plan to reconcile.

Seeing that someone supported him, Zheng Zhilong stood up and said loudly: "Okay, since that's the case, then it's decided, the third child, you immediately take your headquarters and Li Laosan to sea together, this time the task of the two of you is not to find trouble with those Shandong merchant ships but to find the Weihai Guardian Sailor, as long as you see them, you will beat his mother, Lao Tzu has to see how they fight with our hundreds of ships!" ”

Zheng Zhi took it up openly, and said loudly with a fierce light in his eyes: "Big brother, don't worry, if I don't beat those guys' dog treasures this time, I'll take his surname!" After speaking, Zheng Zhibao and Li Laosan on the side stood up and saluted Zheng Zhilong and strode out of the conference hall, followed by more than a dozen leaders.

Looking at the figures of Zheng Zhibao and Li Laosan, Zheng Sen wanted to speak several times, but was stopped by Zheng Yang on the side.

The meeting ended quickly, and Zheng Sen and Zheng Yang slowly walked out behind everyone. Looking at the people who were discussing in front of him, Zheng Sen said to Zheng Yang very worriedly: "Fifth uncle, my father insists on starting a war with the Zhongyong Marquis this time, if this battle is lost, my Zheng family will be in danger, if it wins, how can the Zhongyong Marquis be willing to give up, he will definitely do his best to embarrass my Zheng family again, and my Zheng family will probably fall into a greater crisis at that time!" Why didn't my father listen to me? ”

Zheng Yang shook his head slightly: "Sen'er, you are still young, you can't make decisions about the Zheng family's affairs yet, the only thing you have to do now is to wait patiently, and it will be good when you grow up in a few years." ”

Zheng Sen said bitterly: "But my father is so bent on going his own way, how many years do our Zheng family have to be free?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Yang was silent...... (To be continued......)