Although Li Xiang didn't know why the crown prince asked this, he still replied: "Not bad! In the surrounding seas, only the Daimyo Sailor is the strongest. Therefore, those of us who are begging for a living at sea will get these warships of the Ming Dynasty sailors for our own use whenever we have the opportunity. Zheng Zhilong, as the chief soldier of the Fujian Navy Division, thinks that this is even more so. ”

As soon as Li Xiang said this, Zhao Hongyu basically knew it.

Zheng Zhilong, as the chief soldier of the Fujian Navy Division, must continue to place orders for the shipyards over there and let them build ships for themselves.

Nominally for the sailors, but in the end it didn't fall into the pirate fleet he left behind. As long as Zheng Zhilong is not a fool, then he will definitely use it.

Anyway, he uses his own money and doesn't go through the official account, as long as the upper and lower points are settled, no one will say anything.

Even if there is that kind of so-called clean official, when the time comes, just solve it secretly, and there will be no trouble at all.

At this time, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was very corrupt. As long as there is white money, there is nothing that cannot be done.

And Zheng Zhilong doesn't have much else, but there is a lot of silver in white flowers.

After all, he controls the maritime trade of Southeast Asian countries, and at the same time, his tentacles have extended to the Naha area, and Zheng Zhilong, who is in charge of these maritime trade rights, is definitely a big drop in wealth.

And the shipyards in Fujian will also be very cooperative to build ships.

Because they will also have income and benefits for building a ship, and if there is nothing to do, it means that there is no income.

Wouldn't you starve to death without income?

Although the craftsmen in the shipyard were all craftsmen who were inferior to slaves, Zheng Zhilong would not have a lot of money to buy the ship.

But as long as there are ships, then the officials in charge of the shipyards must give them two meals a day.

These humble craftsmen all point to these foods to feed their families.

At the same time, these officials in charge of the shipyard will get a lot of benefits, and the rest will give them a little soup. Otherwise, it's not good for them to make trouble.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's purchase of a ship will basically not be opposed by anyone in Fujian.

On the contrary, there are many people who are grateful to him, especially those craftsmen who have not started work for a long time.

As for what Zheng Zhilong bought these boats to do, no one wants to know the way.

Besides, Zheng Zhilong himself is still the chief military officer of the Fujian Navy Division, and he also has a lot of status.

Waiting for an idle official, who dares to take care of his affairs, isn't that impatient life?

That's it. With silver and knives, Zheng Zhilong is very prosperous in Fujian. At the same time, with the help of his own status, he constantly has to let his secret strength continue to grow.

Because Li Xiang is very smart, he knows that as long as his secret strength grows larger and larger, then his weight in the court will become more and more sufficient, and no one will dare to provoke him after the end.

Even, even if someone wants to touch him at that time, then they have to think about it.

If one is not good, if he moves, it will lead to chaos in the southeast sea and frontier.

From this point of view. Zheng Zhilong is really a smart person.

He has long seen the essence of the imperial court, and at the same time, he has corrected his position and recognized the environment in which he lives.

A person like him is definitely a smart person.

So. He developed.

On the contrary, Li Xiang is a little bit worse, he always wants to negotiate conditions with the imperial court. After reaching the most luan, he was given up by the imperial court, and at the same time, he was also overshadowed. In the end, Zheng Zhilong was cheaper.

Of course, the main reason for this is because of the greed of the big man in the DPRK who wanted to recruit Li Xiang at the beginning. I wanted to swallow Li Xiang in one go.

Anyway, compared with Li Xiang and Zheng Zhilong, his luck is quite poor.

Compared with Li Xiang, Zheng Zhilong is more like the protagonist with a halo, and Li Xiang is a sad dragon routine.

It's just that Li Xiang can be regarded as running at the right time, and I don't know if Lu Dao is because of the little butterfly, he has now relied on a backer who is harder than the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that, because he doesn't understand the Song Empire, Li Xiang still doesn't know this.

He believes that taking refuge in the Song Empire is just a path of hope that he has no choice. He doesn't want to be rich now, he just hopes that his brothers can have a good home, and at the same time, he can also let his family have a stable life.

At the same time, I don't have to carry everything by myself, so I can relax a little.

After all, after he took refuge in this crown prince from the Americas, no matter what he was, it was up to His Highness to think about it, and he didn't have to have a headache by eating horses and various supplies.

Even, even when Zheng Zhilong led the fleet to attack Kyushu, it was His Majesty who had a headache instead of himself.

Hehe, it's really wonderful to transfer the pressure.

In Li Xiang's heart, this is such an idea.

"You have the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it expires. Zheng Zhilong used the power at hand to make profits for himself, which is understandable. For Zheng Zhilong to do this, Zhao Hongyu has nothing to complain about. After all, don't talk about this era, even in his original time, space and era, the slogans shouted loudly, and the guys who claimed to be servants of the people did things that were even more excessive than Zheng Zhilong.

It's not surprising that you've seen a lot, isn't it.

"Don't talk about Zheng Zhilong, even if you and I are in that position and environment, I guess I will do the same thing as Zheng Zhilong. Because this guy knows that only by maintaining a certain strength can he not be eaten by those bigwigs in the court. ”

When Li Xiang heard this, she showed a very agreeing expression.

At the same time, Li Xiang thought of the bits and pieces that happened when he dealt with those court bigwigs before.

If Li Xiang didn't regret it in his heart, it would be impossible, he always hated himself secretly, why wasn't he as smart as Zheng Zhilong. If he was as smart as Zheng Zhilong, maybe he wouldn't have ended up like today.

But fortunately, God gave him a hope and a way for his brothers to live.

Otherwise, Li Xiang really didn't know what to do.

"Lao Li, didn't you have a good relationship with the bigwigs in the court at the beginning. Why did those people betray you the most and choose to support Zheng Zhilong? ”

In this regard, Zhao Hongyu was a little puzzled.

Seeing Zhao Hongyu asking about this, Li Xiang's face suddenly became not very good-looking.

It can be seen that this matter is really a taboo in Li Xiang's heart.

"Forget it, I'm just asking, if it's inconvenient, I won't say it." , Zhao Hongyu saw Li Xiang's face change, and knew that Lu Dao might have asked too much.

Everyone has some things they don't want to say, and I think the same is true of Li Xiang's past.

Zhao Hongyu didn't want to have any unhappiness with Li Xiang because of this matter.

So, I looked back and said that.

Li Xiang smiled bitterly, and then said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, there is nothing that cannot be said about this matter. The subordinates just remembered the unpleasantness of the past, so they felt a little upset. Since His Highness is somewhat interested in this matter, then his subordinates will give you a good explanation. ”

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Zhao Hongyu to continue refusing, Li Xiang talked about these things.

With Li Xiang's narration, Zhao Hongyu also slowly understood all this and the inside story.

In Li Xiang's narration, he was also a candidate for recruitment by the imperial court at the beginning, and he did have such thoughts at that time. After all, after many years of pirate life, Li Xiang has grown tired of it with the change of his age.

At the same time, Li Xiang felt that she should also give her family and brothers a very stable life.

In the years of being a pirate, Li Xiang has accumulated a lot of wealth, and it is not interesting to continue to be a pirate.

As for the imperial court, it also needs a stability in the sea.

Therefore, after Li Xiang sent people to Daming many times and bought off many officials with a large amount of silver, the will to recruit him finally came down.

When Li Xiang got the news at that time, she was very happy.

But what he didn't expect was that the officials sent by the imperial court made a moth for him.

The official in charge of the negotiation of Zhao'an actually wanted to seize Li Xiang's wealth, and also planned to use this gap in Zhao'an to make a credit for himself as a weight for his future promotion.

In other words, Li Xiang has become a stepping stone for his promotion, and the other party wants to calculate himself with bad intentions.

Under such circumstances, Zhao'an will definitely not be able to talk about it.

However, Li Xiang didn't want to offend this person, after all, Li Xiang was still thinking about returning to Daming to be a rich man.

And the guy who was in charge of recruiting on the other side, after seeing that Li Xiang had seen through his tricks, began to force Li Xiang to let him give up his wealth, how could Li Xiang agree in the face of this kind of persecution.

Therefore, Li Xiang refused the other party's repeated requests.

This time, it completely annoyed the other party.

It was also at that time that Zheng Zhilong didn't know how to get in touch with the official who recruited An.

And, they hit it off and walked together, but Li Xiang was thrown to the other side.

Since then, Zheng Zhilong has embarked on the road of rise, and he Li Xiang has begun the road of destruction. And I don't know how the official in Lu Dao got it, all the officials in the Ming Dynasty who were connected with Li Xiang began to avoid him one after another.

After listening to Li Xiang's narration, Zhao Hongyu felt that Li Xiang was a legendary tragedy.

"So, the guy who was in charge of recruiting you in the first place wanted to steal all your wealth?" , Zhao Hongyu asked.

In fact, after listening to Li Xiang's story, Zhao Hongyu also felt that the other party was a little excessive.

If you want money, you can do it.

But it would be too much to try to take all the wealth.

Li Xiang nodded and said, "Not only that, this guy has more excessive plans......" (to be continued......)