At present, the East India Company is nominally a joint-stock system, and a number of shareholders jointly own the company. 47,△.23≧x.c⊙om shareholders are bigger than Li Yanqing, and some have more money than Li Yanqing. But in fact, the East India Company was Li Yanqing's own land, and others could not shake his position.

The reason for this lies in the fact that the East India Company's armed forces are in his hands. The biggest force of the East India Company was Hong Simei's Coast Guard.

Hong Simei herself is his pillow person, and even the child has been born, so she naturally obeys his orders. And with Hong Simei and her outlaw pirate group, even if others want to shake Li Yanqing's position, they must have people and horses.

But if those dismissed southern soldiers were allowed to enter the East India Company, the situation would probably change. On the surface, the entry of those southern troops could undoubtedly quickly increase the combat effectiveness of the East India Company, and make this force officially change from an armed maritime nature to a semi-naval nature. But from a long-term perspective, these southern soldiers may not be like pirates who are obedient to Li Yanqing's words.

This time, Liu Kanzhi came with the banner of Wang Ming and arrested Li Yanqing and put him in prison. Over there, Hong Simei's coast guard was ready for first-level combat, and if something went wrong, they were ready to shell Xiangshan County, directly kill officials and rebel, and take Li Yanqing back to Yizhou.

But if the troops are replaced by southern soldiers, those people may not be willing to work so hard for Li Yanqing, and it is difficult to say who the future of this company is. After making this request, Zhang Jingxiu was also observing Li Yanqing to see how the other party reacted. At the same time, I remembered my father's instructions in my mind

"If Li Yanqing's rabbit cub pushes back on this matter, it means that he probably has the intention of rebellion. No matter how deferential you are right now, as long as you develop strength one day. It must be up to those pirates to set themselves up as kings. If that's the case, we can only protect Li. Don't protect the East Indies and get rid of his company. Just let him be an ordinary couple with your sister. If he is willing to agree, it proves that in his heart, your sister's position is more important than anything else, and we can help him with this East India Company matter. ”

I saw Li Yanqing think for a moment and then said with a smile: "Brother in-law, after returning to Beijing, I will pay more respects to Lao Taishan for me, and thank him for his kindness." My East India Company was a rabble, nominally only a coast guard. In terms of combat effectiveness, that is, the level of pirates. It's okay to bully ordinary maritime merchants on weekdays, but if you face the regular navy, it's probably worse. If Lao Taishan is willing to arrange for Zhejiang soldiers to come and help me train the team, it is exactly what I want. Let me first express my stance here, all the Zhejiang soldiers who come to the East Indies, we will have as many as we want, and we will accept as many as they come. High arch dismissed a battalion head. I'll raise a camp for my father-in-law here. One day, if these Zhejiang soldiers are needed to contribute to the country, they can return to the army at any time and restore the system. I won't deduct a single one. ”

Zhang Jingxiu saw him say this, and he was happy in his heart, "It seems that this guy is really much stronger than Liu Kanzhi." Don't look at the physiognomy theory, he is slightly weaker than Liu Kanzhi. But when it comes to infatuation with my sister-in-law, he is much stronger than Liu Kanzhi. For my sister. He doesn't even want the country, but it's not in vain that my sister is infatuated with him. ”

Thinking of this, he patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder. "Good brother-in-law. With your words, I can be relieved. Don't stress too much, we're family. Can I watch you suffer? You can rest assured, with a father in the court, even if the Zhejiang soldiers are a little shaken, they will not lose too much. When the time comes, you will not be able to arrange pressure, and the loyalty of those people, you can rest assured, who doesn't know, Zhejiang soldiers are the best troops today. ”

Yes, the Zhejiang soldiers are the best troops in the Ming Dynasty at the moment. The Japanese who can be killed in the southeast region are falling into the water, and this army can definitely be called an iron army. Gao Gong focused on dismantling the Zhejiang army, but he was also afraid of the strong combat power of this iron army, and wanted to control it at a relatively small scale to avoid disobeying the dispatch in the future.

Of course, in his heart, he thought that the most powerful army of the Ming Dynasty was still the Nine-sided Border Army. The Xuanda Iron Cavalry is still better than these Zhejiang soldiers, so naturally they don't care too much about the backlash that this kind of reduction may bring. Zhang Juzheng's arrangement, on the one hand, is of course to let these warriors who play for Daming have a home, so that they will not end gloomily. On the other hand, it is also to try to avoid unfortunate births, lest it really evolve to the point where the army mutinies and faces each other.

Li Yanqing calculated that the combat power of Zhejiang soldiers was the first in the world. He had a grudge against the Spaniards and a grudge against the White Lotus Sect. In the future, the East India Company wanted to collect commercial taxes in the East and West oceans, and it was not known how many people it would have to fight again.

A strong force is actually its own talisman. Instead of recruiting young people in the southeast coastal areas and training them after entering the company, it is better to directly recruit Zhejiang soldiers and use them as basic cadres.

Using Zhejiang soldiers to train Xinding and those old pirates, the East India Company's combat power will be improved, and it will be able to advance a thousand miles in a day. As for loyalty, he had calculated it just now. After the Zhejiang soldiers came to the company, they were all paid double salaries, and everyone was raised to a level. Anyway, it is impossible for too high-ranking officers to come, and it will not cost much money to raise one level and double salary.

Sufficient food and salary, no arrears and no backlog, plus the magic weapon of promotion. It will not be difficult to control this force. Anyway, I don't want to create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, at most, I will use this team of people to attack the disobedient unlucky people in the East and West, and with these means, it is enough to ensure that this team of people is obedient.

This kind of statement can earn a good impression in front of Zhang Juzheng, which is worth more than anything. There is not only Zhang Ruolan's belonging, but also the support of the imperial court. Gao Gong's impression of himself is already bad, and it can't be worse, if he doesn't win Zhang Juzheng over, the one who stabbed the East India Company the most ruthlessly may be the imperial court. Daming, a behemoth, is not something he can provoke, and having a backer in the court is more important than anything else.

Zhang Jingxiu didn't know what this brother-in-law was thinking, but he thought that he could agree to anything for Zhang Ruolan, and he was in a good mood, and while drinking with Li Yanqing, he asked mysteriously: "I heard that there are many high-ranking women in Xiangshan, and they have a good relationship with their brother-in-law?" …… Don't recognize? Don't worry, I won't tell my sister about this, it's our man's secret, and I won't betray my compatriots. ”

Zhang Jingxiu settled down here, and Bu Jialao from Macao heard that His Excellency Liu Chaozuo had been acquitted, and he had already come to say goodbye. It's just that a few days ago, Liu Zhixian nobles were busy, and each room in the house went around one by one, so how could they have time to receive a foreigner. As soon as this was vacated, Bu Jialao came to visit him with gifts, and handed over the affairs of those Ming craftsmen by the way.

With Li Yanqing's face, Bu Jialao received very smoothly for those craftsmen. Just reminded: "You are also a shareholder of this artillery factory, and I think you should understand that if there is a high-level artillery factory in your country, it may not be a good thing for us." Then he said: "Your Excellency, I have come today to deliver a very important piece of information to you, despicable Spaniards, to declare war on the great Ming Empire. (To be continued!)

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