Chapter 191: Everything in the world is no longer a certainty
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai shouted to Dingyuan Hou Zheng Lian, and the two went to check the return gift of the Hantang Group in person.
While everyone was walking, Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai turned around and asked an accompanying general: "Have you waited for a closer look at the red artillery?" ”
"Check them out one by one with your own hands, it's all well-equipped! Much smarter than what Foshan produces...... It's just ...... for the price."
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this matter...... Can we ensure the safety of Xiamen Port? ”
"We dare to vouch for our heads, with these twelve cannons, no warship in the world can get close to it...... Haha, if there are more artillery pieces in Hongmaofan, and more beacon piers are added in the dangerous places on Xiamen Island, and artillery is placed, it will be foolproof...... It must be like an iron bucket! I'll be able to sleep well...... Ha ha! ”
"Hehe, it's really a good thing to sleep a lot, Xiamen Port is stronger than Relan Sha City?" Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai said coldly.
The general was suddenly silent...... It took a long time before he said, "No." ”
"Then the Han Tang Group will take ......it down in one day," Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai turned his head to his second brother Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian, and said, "They have this strength, but they don't force people with force, they just want to exchange coal and pig iron with us, regardless of how much...... And teach me to make cement** and steel**...... Second brother, what do you think about this? ”
Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian was munching fruit candy at this time, since he was scolded by his eldest brother that day, he no longer dared to stay out at night, so he could only honestly stay in the barracks to train soldiers.
After staying up late without drinking, this man's complexion was much better.
"In fruit candy, the coconut flavor is not very good...... The lotus mist flavor is still the best. Of course, we have to exchange with Hantang Group, but the price is unpleasant...... The third brother is usually a shrewd person, and he doesn't talk to them seriously...... He doesn't seem to be going to lower the price—"
Have you ever seen the third brother do something that suffers!
Yongshengbo Zheng Cai's heart suddenly became angry, but he tried his best to suppress the anger, and he was afraid that he would not be able to help beating his second brother and lose his majesty in the army, so he put his hands behind his back and looked at the direction of Kinmen Island.
A little farther away is the Penghu Islands, and a little farther is the big island of Taiwan.
Hantang Group, where did you come from, and why are you so powerful? The big city of Antarctica, where is it, will they have backup to come?
Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian saw that the eldest brother suddenly stopped talking, but was looking at the sea-he suddenly thought of something, and said: "Oh, these days, I should go to collect the civil taxes on the Penghu Islands...... was always busy with the third brother's affairs, and almost forgot about what happened there. ”
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai looked at the blue sky for a while, looked at the treacherous white clouds for a while, and looked at the undulating sea for a while.
Countless coolies on the wharf were toiling for their families or their own mouthfuls of food, and from time to time there were loud voices and low shouts and shouts - merchant ships and fishing boats, large and small, were quietly moored by the wharf, gently undulating with the waves.
Outside the port, you can also see a few warships patrolling mightily, Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai understands in his heart that the artillery on their battleships is not enough, and some are filled with pine cannons, and pig iron is available, but it is too difficult to make artillery, and good gunsmiths have long been collected by others...... If there is a naval battle, it will eventually be a small arsonist ship, as was the case with the great victory in Liuluo Bay. The ships of the Khon are huge, but they are also slow......
However, the ships of the Hantang Group were larger, and the third brother said that they were really made of steel...... And it's really like the wind...... So once it hits, how can we resist it?!
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai said in a low and slow voice:
"A few fishermen on the island...... Plant a little bit of dry farming...... Don't want them to pay taxes! ”
"Hey, big brother, you said before, it should be my equal......
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai waved his hand in disgust and said, "That was in the past, but now it's different...... It's too close to them, and if it causes controversy, I'll lose more than I can lose. ”
Dingyuan Hou Zhenglian suddenly realized at this time that the eldest brother was worried about the Hantang Group!
"Haha, what are you afraid of? There are few of them, so they can only protect themselves...... I can't wait to provoke them, and I still make a good deal with them, and I will be safe with them......"
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai smiled, and he said to several of his accompanying subordinates: "You wait until you go to handle the items that the third master wants, and then double the gifts given to them!" ”
The crowd responded with a bang and walked away quickly. Yongshengbo's attitude is not good-
"Come with me, second brother."
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai led Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian slowly towards the beach in the middle of nowhere.
The sea breeze blows, which makes people's hearts feel a little cooler.
Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian appeared for the first time, the original iron-like eldest brother, but now his broad back is a little hunched...... The hem of the Huzhou satin straight jacket gently turned with the wind, and it seemed that the eldest brother had a trace of indescribable loneliness...... Big brother, what's wrong?
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai casually picked up a branch that rushed onto the beach, found two reefs, and beckoned Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian to sit down.
I don't know why, Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian had no complaints, he sat obediently beside his eldest brother.
"Second brother, look at ......" The eldest brother casually drew a map on the beach, marking Zhejiang north of Xiamen, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and Zhoushan Islands, Penghu Islands, and Taiwan Islands on the sea, he said softly to the second brother, "Now the Tartars are strong and unstoppable, and they have no credit, and the fate of our brother Zheng Taishi can be seen...... That's why the clan brother Zheng Taishi summoned us to vote, but we ignored it...... I don't care about orthodoxy and unorthodoxy, and whoever becomes the emperor has nothing to do with us, but there is a chance to strengthen my Zheng family, and I will do it-
On the 6th to the north, the Zhejiang-people were tyrannical, the civil officials were fighting, and the warriors were afraid of death, and if they fought with the Tartars, they would surely collapse at the first touch...... To the west, the land of Nanchang has been occupied by the Han soldiers driven by the Tartars, and now it is rumored that the Tartars are not in harmony, and the places are newly occupied, and they still need to be rectified, so they can't take care of us...... To the south is western Guangdong, where Zheng Damu is recruiting troops, this nephew must be different, I see that he is good at the whole army, specializing in economics...... King Lu is close at hand, but he has gone to respect Yongli from afar, and he has a righteous name, but he is not involved in it, and this alone is definitely better than me-"
"Hahaha, our elite soldiers are ten times more amazing than him, and there are countless warships! Big brother, you're being too careful—no wonder you're always sighing and making people unhappy. ”
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai looked at the second brother's laughter coldly, and said: "The poor mountains and bad waters in western Guangdong are not a place that has been occupied for a long time, if you look at Damu like this, one day, he will replace our brothers - at that time, we can only reluctantly accept our fate." ”
Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian still didn't take it seriously in his heart, but he was frightened by the eldest brother's gaze, didn't dare to say more, and patiently waited for the eldest brother to continue.
The eldest brother pointed to the Zhoushan Islands and said: "Zhoushan is now occupied by Huang Binqing, and this is the key place on the sea surface of Jiangsu and Zhejiang...... Although he is from Fujian, he is narrow-minded, and even King Lu does not accept it, let alone help us...... To the east is the large island of Taiwan, which used to be occupied by Rombo...... In the past, they kept to themselves, but later took advantage of the chaos between us and others to cut off our trade with Luzon, and the momentum was scorching...... At that moment, I was so desperate, and I had to live for a while...... A qiē is a fixed number......"
The second brother said, "Big brother, it's the first time I've heard what you said...... Why didn't you say it sooner? We run Xiamen like an iron bucket, how can they ......"
"Is there an iron bucket in this world that can't be broken? What is the biggest disadvantage of Xiamen? ”
"The land here is barren, of course it's grain!"
"So how can we turn Xiamen into an iron bucket?! …… I had never mentioned it before, and I knew it would be useless to say more, but now the tide of the battle has changed...... Hehe, the sky will not destroy my Zheng family......"
"You mean there is a Hantang Group!"
"Exactly! The third brother never mentioned mundane things in his letter to me, but this time he wrote down the contents of the return gift in the letter...... You think, if I wait to move the landless people and try to deal with them in the grain business, it will be a good benefit! …… When there is something going on in Xiamen, even if they don't help, as long as they still sell our food, who can stop the Hantang Group by sea? …… Don't you understand, my second brother? ”
Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lianchang let out a sigh of relief, and said with a straight face: "How does the eldest brother order me, the second brother will never say anything in the future!" ”
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai also sighed and said, "You go and help your subordinates prepare, where can we be allowed to care at this time, but why is the Hantang Group so kind?" I'm also nervous—"
Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian rarely thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "Vainly trying to plot my family wealth? -- not like that -- "
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai immediately wanted to beat him, but he forcibly held back, and now he can only go step by step, not to mention that he doesn't know what the prospect is, there is really no better choice.
Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai said leisurely: "You don't have to think about it, just do it - I will personally go to Wang Hanlin's house to hire, don't offend the people who study again, Wei has already been established, it's time to show grace......"
The eldest brother said a few words, but the face of Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian turned red, when he drowned Wenchen, he privately disliked the eldest brother for being too arbitrary...... But in fact, after they returned to Xiamen, there was no turmoil in the people's speech. The literati still took refuge, but they no longer had the heart of contempt. Big brother is always right.
Yongshengbo Zheng Cai peeked at the change in the second brother's face, smiled in his heart, and unconsciously, his back straightened up.
The world is a qiē, and it is no longer a fixed number!
The chief housekeeper in Yongshengbo's mansion personally led the team with Huang An, and Yongshengbo Zheng Cai only had one sentence to explain to them...... One qiē but listen to the arrangement of the third master......
In the city of Gelanza in Taiwan, after the third master Zheng Bin decided to stay, he and the two little guys happily accepted the baptism of the camp, and he dragged the Ming laborers in the camp to ask what the strange smell was.
The third master, Zheng Bin, knew that this person really didn't understand...... I thought about waiting until three days later, and found Manager Mei to ask what happened. It's so convenient to get to him...... There is no need to ask someone to send a report.
But who knew that on the night of the first day, he was suddenly called out by the people of the Hantang Group, saying that his subordinates always took a bath in the sea, and it was the second time, and let him take care of it-he was so confused that he was taken to a remote coast to wait--just as he was puzzled, more than twenty hands came out of the sea6 Continuously, and the people of the Hantang Group didn't know what they had opened--In a light like day, his subordinates stood naked on the beach--The third master, Zheng Bin, immediately understood the intentions of his subordinates.
Seeing that the people of the Hantang Group kicked really hard, the third master Zheng Bin was a little distressed, but he still strictly ordered them not to stay any longer-
After staying for three days, the third master, Zheng Bin, did not ask for his clothes, so he came out wearing the clothes in the camp, so that the two little guys did not dare to ask for ...... Their clothes are much more expensive than those in the camps.
At his suggestion, he went straight to the market and decided to buy a shop, and then he would build another bamboo hut on the roof of the house to serve as a shelter, just like the men.
He first went to the customs warehouse and brought out his silver box, and when he swept his eyes at the secret mark, he knew that no one had opened it.
He let the two little guys carry the formalities...... The style of the person who did the work was completely different from those Ming laborers, and the third master, Zheng Bin, was a little more careful at that time, and after inquiring clearly, there was no need to trouble Manager Mei now, it was very convenient.
At that time, he looked at the map on the wall, and if he added the business assistants he bought, all the red flags in the small compartments should be filled.
The two little guys whispered, lamenting that the good positions were bought by others first.
The third master, Zheng Bin, smiled at the two little guys, and drew a big circle with his finger on the picture...... The two little guys understood when they landed, and now they were just looking at a piece of land, and if they expanded in the future, they would be in a good position wherever the picture was.
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