210. Zhang Mingcheng
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"Commander, the Tartar Zhejiang sailors have been so rampant lately that the patrol ships have sailed to the eastern ocean, and the brothers below have been driven back several times. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)" In the meeting hall on Sijiao Island, several captains were excitedly asking Fang Xipeng. "Commander, now we are also considered strong soldiers, let's do a big vote, and kill the majesty of the Tartars."
Fang Xipeng's gaze fell on the face of Lin Lubin, who was sitting on the side: "What does Lord Lin mean?" β
Lin Lubin narrowed his eyes and swept the military attachΓ©s present: "It's not that this official deliberately contradicts a few adults, although now although the Zhoushan team has four big fortune ships, seven big bird ships, and two ship ships, it can be said that the strength is far better than in the past, but the old foundation of the usual naval battle is only more than nine hundred, in case it is damaged hard, even if it is ten or eight, it will be a great loss to the team." β
Lin Lubin's words sounded kind, but some people felt that the other party had underestimated them, and immediately said strange things: "If the crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle, if we are afraid of death, we will not come out to fight with the Tartars." β
"It doesn't matter if you die, but how can the military order given by the Lord be completed?" Lin Lubin responded coldly. "The new annex army brought from Qiongzhou is still learning how to operate ships and naval battles, and if they want to die, they will wait for them to refine it." Lin Lubin's words made the captains widen their eyes angrily, but he didn't look at it and just said at Fang Xipeng. "In fact, why should this team have a real fight with the Zhejiang Sailors, the Eastern Ocean and the Southern Ocean are so big, how can the Zhejiang Sailors take care of it."
Fang Xipeng's expression moved: "What does Lord Lin mean?" β
"That's right," Lin Lubin nodded. "Aren't the water divisions of Zhejiang Province running to both sides of the Yangtze River estuary now, they are going north, let's go south, go to Xiangshan, Linhai, and Ninghai." Speaking of this, Lin Lubin looked at the captains who had just spoken out with a provocative eye. "Or if you're really not afraid of death, let's just go to the front line in Taizhou to do a vote."
"Taizhou has 15,000 people in the green camp of Zhejiang Province." Fang Xipeng hesitated for a moment and made a decision. "The people of Xiangshan retreated inland due to the closure order, as for Ning and Lin (note: Sanmen County was subordinate to Linhai and Ninghai at that time), and the official road connected Ningbo and Taizhou.
"This team may not really want to break Ninghai City and destroy the border wall of the boundary, as long as the momentum is created, it will definitely make the Zhejiang Provincial Sailors unable to care about each other." Lin Lubin laughed. "So it's not impossible to enter Taizhou Bay, it's not impossible to break into Shujiang, and how many of the Wanwu Green Camp can go to the sea?"
"Governor, this is Mr. Zhang Mingcheng (recommended by book friend Yunshuixing)." He Zhichao introduced to the gray-headed Tian Chao. "Mr. Zhang's boat was shipwrecked, and the governor knew that the rules of the sea could not be saved without death."
Tian Chao dusted off the lime on his body, and his eyes spread slightly on Mr. Zhang's face in He Zhichao's mouth, and then his eyes lit up: "Look at Mr. Zhang's clothes, it should be the people of the dynasty who moved to Nanyang in the early years, but ask Mr. Zhang where is Xianxiang now?" β
Zhang Mingcheng saw that although Tian Chao was young but had an extraordinary bearing, and heard He Zhichao next to him call him the governor, he naturally knew that he had met a nobleman, so he knelt down and bowed heavily: "The villain's father and ancestor are abandoned people in the country, and they have been living in Java for many years. β
"Java?" Tian Chao sighed. "Now it's the world of Dutch red." Zhang Mingcheng answered, and Tian Chao immediately asked him for advice. "Mr. Zhang, can you tell the official about Hongyi's current power?"
Talking and talking, Tian Chao found that he had found a treasure, although this Zhang Mingcheng was only a small businessman, but he was proficient in Hokkien, Javanese and Dutch, and even could speak two sentences in English-Guilli language, and the entire Javanese, Sumatra and Spice Islands were even more knowledgeable, so that Tian Chao wanted to keep him by his side as a member of the army.
"Grace of the Lord." Tian Chao said what he meant, but Zhang Mingcheng turned pale with fright. "It's just that there are still young sons and old mothers in the villain's family, and it's really inconvenient to stay in Chaowu Castle." The so-called eighty-year-old mother has a child waiting to be fed is a common saying in the rivers and lakes, Zhang Mingcheng made a mistake in a hurry and accidentally made a nonsense, but suddenly saw Tian Chao's unhappy eyes, as a sensitive small businessman, Zhang Mingcheng knew that it was not good, and was busy trying to remedy it. "If there is anything else for the adults to use the villain, the villain will definitely go to the soup and go to the fire."
"After talking for a long time, Mr. Zhang must be hungry and tired, so let's go down and rest first." Tian Chao did not make a judgment on Zhang Mingcheng's fate for the first time, but just sent him away, and when Zhang Mingcheng's back disappeared from his eyes, Tian Chao asked He Zhichao, who had been by his side. "Lord He, what do you say should be done with this person?"
He Zhichao raised his eyebrows: "Is the governor afraid that he will sell us to the Dutch for a reward?" β
Tian Chao shook his head, the Dutch were certainly afraid of him, but now the Chaowu Fort built with the coconut trees and concrete stones they found was no longer the humble it was at the beginning, and the Dutchman's big plywood boat could not enter the Datian River, so he was not afraid of the invasion of the Dutch colonial army of three or five hundred people.
"If the adults are not afraid that he will spread the news of us, the lower officials think that they may be able to let him go." He Zhichao smiled. "Your Excellency should know that Xia Guan was originally a pirate, but the pirates also have to have someone on land, otherwise where will the looted goods come from?"
"Well said." Tian Chao woke up like a dream. "That's right, although we are now backed by Labuan and Jiading, but after all, they are beyond our reach, and there must be another place to supply, since this Zhang Mingcheng is a businessman, he must have such a way." Tian Chao thought about it more deeply. "Lord He, this Zhang Mingcheng is a small businessman, and it is estimated that it will not make a big difference, if we get a shop, do you think he will be willing to use it for me?"
"It's a good thing that pie in the sky, this guy probably won't object to it." He Zhichao smiled gloomily. "But we have to send someone in, otherwise he will swallow it by the hand of Dutch Hongyi, and we will steal the chicken and rice."
"Then it's decided." Tian Chao is a soldier, and the soldier made a decision and immediately acted resolutely. "Lord He, you go and talk to Zhang Mingcheng about the official's meaning and probe his tone." He Zhichao went in response, and Tian Chao found Zhuge Fengye, the deputy envoy of Yingtian. "Brother Zhuge , how much money do we have available now?"
"Money? How did the governor remember to ask this? "Having said that, Zhuge Maple Leaf still reported a string of numbers." When Lord Murong left, he had already taken all the gold, silver, pearls and jade from Popor, and now there were only twenty taels of sand gold left in exchange for shark skin armor and bird guns from the natives in the last month. β
Due to the creation of the Xibo mud, the officers and soldiers of the wheel garrison have money and have no place to use it, so the Military Affairs Department has no plan to pay the officers and soldiers of Chaowu Fort, and the copper coins in the surrounding areas are not as good as gold and silver, so there is no additional funds in the pocket of the deputy envoy of Yingtian.
"Twenty taels of sand gold is six hundred guilders, which is really not much." Tian Chao smiled bitterly, fortunately, his plan didn't have so much at the beginning, and the twenty taels of sand gold were enough. "Wait, take out all this gold, this official will be of great use."
"Big use?" Zhuge Maple Ye's expression became solemn. "My lord, this gold has to be returned to Dongning, and it is not impossible for my lord to use it, but I have to tell me the source, otherwise it will be handed over by the lower officials, and it will be difficult for the prison officers to explain it."
"That's right." Tian Chao told Zhuge what he had just summed up with He Zhichao. "This official feels that this is an opportunity, if this shop is really successful, it may be able to reduce the fatigue of transporting thousands of miles from Dongning."
"Adults are far-sighted." Zhuge nodded, but then mentioned yì. "But is this Zhang Mingcheng reliable?"
"That is, a person rescued by Captain He from the sea, but how can it be confirmed if it is unreliable." Tian Chao is a soldier, and soldiers naturally have a gambling nature. "We have to try, if we are too hesitant, we may not meet such a character next time."
"There's some truth to that, too." Zhuge thought for a while and agreed with Tian Chao's point of view. "It's just that the manpower of Chaowu Fort is not rich now, so send someone to help." Zhuge was a little hesitant. "If there are more anti-customers, people must have some scruples, and if there are less, it is in vain if they can't control this local snake."
"Brother Zhuge is wrong." Tian Chao chuckled. "This Zhang Mingcheng is a small businessman, if you want to make your business bigger, we have to use money to help us, so as long as you choke this, three or five people are enough."
"You can say that, but it will become big in the future"
"As long as our force here does not fall, a businessman who wants to compete with us has to weigh his own weight." Tian Chaocheng said in his chest. "As for whether it is possible for him to attract the Dutch, turn around and let He Zhichao send him back a few more circles, the vast sea, the official will not believe it, he can easily find the clues."
As he was talking, He Zhichao walked back: "The governor, deputy envoy, has already negotiated with Zhang Mingcheng, he is the big shopkeeper in the open, and we are the proprietors in secret, and he is four and six of us after making money." β
"Then send two reliable men with the gold with him." Tian Chao looked at He Zhichao. "Lord He, the matter of intermediary liaison will be handed over to you, and the official will arrange another colonel for that Zhang Mingcheng to take a look."
He Zhichao gritted his teeth knowingly: "Okay, just don't scare him so much." β
Tian Chao laughed, and explained to Zhuge Maple Leaf with a smile: "Brother Zhuge , we have to find a way to grasp the transaction with the natives, although I have never killed pigs, I have always seen pigs run, I really want to build a big business all over Java, Sumatra and the spice islands, our money is far from enough."
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