Zheng Zhilong's death was a major loss to Eighteen Zhi, and at the same time, this matter had to be investigated to the end, so everyone began to review the scene where Zheng Zhilong was killed at that time, and finally everyone focused on the gunpowder used to assassinate Zheng Zhilong.

To be able to have so much gunpowder, especially the kind of weapon that can explode when thrown out, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is Lantian.

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So Zheng Sen asked at the meeting whether it was Lantian who did this, and everyone agreed that Lantian might have done it, but at this time, the person in charge of Lantian stationed in Fujian came to Zheng Zhilong to offer condolences and said that this matter had nothing to do with Lantian.

Zheng Sen was furious when he heard this, drew his knife and prepared to kill the Lantian envoy, the Lantian envoy was not afraid at all and said: "This thing is called a grenade, it is true that we are produced in Lantian, but our Lantian grenade is sold out, and this thing is not impossible to imitate, but the cost is too high, but in order to assassinate a big man like Zheng Zhilong, what is it rare to spend a few hundred taels to make a few grenades."

Besides, now that everyone in the whole Ming Dynasty knows that this grenade is unique to my Lantian family, will we be stupid enough to use our iconic weapon to assassinate someone?

It's like if you go to assassinate someone, will you throw a knife with your name engraved on it at the scene of the martyrdom?

Listening to the words of the envoy, the people of Eighteen Zhi were shaken, and they felt that what they said was very reasonable, Lantian could kill Zheng Zhilong in other ways, why bother to kill people with their iconic grenades?

Then the messenger said, "Who would throw a weapon with a name on it at the scene of the murder?" There is no doubt that it is the person who wants to frame him, and it may not be arbitrary to judge that we Lantian did it based on such a weapon alone. ”

"If that's the case, everyone present is suspicious, because we have sold you 1,000 of these grenades before, maybe it was who stole this grenade and killed Lord Zheng."

Hearing this, the elders of Eighteen Zhi reacted, and hurriedly asked people to check the warehouse of Eighteen Zhi, and found that there were indeed five grenades missing from the warehouse of Eighteen Zhi, as well as a large amount of gunpowder.

Hearing the news, the faces of everyone present changed, and they all looked at Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen, and the two of them also had ugly faces at this time, but Zheng Zhibao's face was ugly, obviously with a hint of pretended expression.

Zheng Zhibao said: "You are talking nonsense, no one can enter the powder magazine except my brother, there are fewer grenades and gunpowder in it, can it be that my brother stole it himself!" ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded in unison, but at this time a person stood up and said: "Let me say, in fact, in addition to the first official, the powder magazine can also be entered, the master once gave the young master a copy of the key to the powder magazine, and the young master's guard firearms were all taken from there, I know this!" ”

Hearing this, the people of Eighteen Zhi all looked at Zheng Sen with suspicious eyes, and Zheng Sen was angry: "Can I kill my father myself?" ”

At this time, Zheng Zhibao arranged the humanity before: "That's not necessarily, since ancient times, for the sake of power, there are no longer a few people who kill their fathers and sons." ”

"You fart, how can our boss do such a thing!"

"You just fart, how can you talk to Lao Tzu, when Lao Tzu was cutting people at sea, you were still peeing and mud at home, no big or small."

"You rely on the old and sell the old!"

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For a while, the whole scene was a mess, and at this moment, the Lantian envoy said: "Everyone, listen to me, I heard that Lord Zheng was assassinated today, and I rushed to explain, by the way, I will say something more, I think this matter has nothing to do with Lord Zheng Zhibao and Young Master Zheng Sen, first of all, if Lord Zheng Zhibao wants to assassinate Lord Zheng, you don't need to steal grenades at all, you can buy them directly from our Lantian field, our county respected said that he and Lord Zheng Zhibao are brothers, he came to our Lantian to buy gunpowder, buy weapons, all of which can be discounted, Why take the risk of stealing a powder magazine? ”

"Secondly, it's impossible for Young Master Zheng Sen, not to mention how appalling it is to kill his father, let's just say that Young Master Zheng Sen knows that he can enter the powder magazine, and he also steals the weapons of the powder magazine, just like that group of assassins knew that they used grenades, giving people the first impression that Lan Tian did it, this is all frame-up, so I don't think it should be done by the two of them."

The Lantian envoy analyzed it with a serious face, but the people of Eighteen Zhi understood it, this Lantian envoy was not good, first of all, he looked at the first sentence, which exposed an important information, they Lantian and Zheng Zhibao are brothers, Zheng Zhibao buys gunpowder, weapons can be bought, what does this mean, Lantian supports Zheng Zhibao.

Who is this sentence for, it is for those neutral people who do not stand in line with Eighteen Zhi, the meaning is obvious, we Lantian support Zheng Zhibao, and follow Zheng Zhibao to have meat to eat.

The importance of this sentence is even more important than who killed Zheng Zhilong, in fact, is it important who killed Zheng Zhilong?

Also important, not important.

The important thing is that Zheng Zhilong is the boss of these people, if he doesn't avenge the boss, how to mix in the rivers and lakes in the future, it doesn't matter that everyone is dead, everyone doesn't have to worry about this person, but more should look at interests.

Now the Eighteen Zhi are divided into three factions, Zheng Zhi Leopard faction, Zheng Sen faction, and neutral faction, Zheng Zhi Leopard and Zheng Sen are now evenly matched, and where the neutral faction prefers, whoever can win.

Now Zheng Zhibao has made a move, I am good with Lantian, whether it is doing business with Lantian or buying weapons and ammunition in the future, it is all fragrant and spicy, follow Zheng Sen, it is not good, Lantian doesn't recognize it!

And today the Lantian envoy also has two purposes, the first is to show a posture, this matter has nothing to do with us, don't splash dirty water on us, this statement is very important, otherwise the wind direction of public opinion is not easy to control.

The second is to stand in line, that is, to tell the people of Eighteen Zhi, I stand Zheng Zhibao, whether I want to eat fragrant and drink spicy food in the future, or if I want to find it uncomfortable, choose it yourself.

So this condolence has changed from a simple condolence to a game of power, and it doesn't matter who killed Zheng Zhilong in the end.

In fact, even if conservatives know that it is Zheng Zhibao's hand, will they turn their backs on their boss? No, because Zheng Zhibao represents their interest group, and if Zheng Zhibao wins, they win.

As for the neutrals, their attitude is inexplicable, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are unwilling to get involved in these rights and wrongs, and they want to protect themselves, so even if someone tells them that this matter was done by Lantian, how do they choose to follow Zheng Sen to fight Lantian together?

Lantian is not a soft persimmon, fighting Lantian to contribute people and money, in the end, it is likely that he will not get anything, and he will be dragged down, which is not in line with his core interests, so even if the neutrals know that Lantian did it, they will remain silent and not participate.

So this time, the balance tilted, from 1 to 1 at the beginning, to 2 to 1, so in this game, Zheng Sen lost.

Zheng Sen looked at Zheng Zhibao angrily and helplessly, even with a hint of despair, looking at the Lantian envoys, looking at the conservatives and neutrals in the field, he even dared to be sure that the Lantian people organized this assassination at this moment, but what was the use?

Except for himself, no one here really wants to avenge his father, failure, too much failure, Zheng Sen couldn't help laughing, the one who laughed was called miserable, and the one who was sad was like death.

But there was no one to help him, and he felt hopeless and powerless.

In the face of rights and interests, what former brotherhood, that is all rubbish, only rights, is what these people pursue, Zheng Sen doesn't know how he got out of the mourning hall, only knows, after a series of discussions, research and judgment by the high-level of Shibazhi present, and finally came to a conclusion that the assassination of Zheng Zhilong was done by the Dutch.

The reason is very simple, only the Dutch have so much gunpowder, and Zheng Zhilong's existence has caused the Dutch East India Company to suffer heavy losses, after all, Zheng Zhilong has a monopoly on the trade of Fuso, even if the Dutch East India Company wants to meddle in the trade of Fuso, it needs to pay protection money to Zheng Zhilong.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has always been unrelenting about Ryukyu Island, and even stationed troops around the Penghu Islands, which made the Dutch feel like a man, so he planned this assassination, which was simply flawless.

Zheng Sen scolded after hearing this, but he was helpless, so he ran directly to Zheng Zhilong's coffin and cried all night, and fainted several times.

In this way, a few days later, when it came to Zheng Zhilong's first seventh, the eighteenth Zhizhi high-level decided to hold a meeting, and put forward the policy that the snake has no head, and decided to elect the new eighteenth Zhizhi to take the lead.

Eighteen Zhi is actually a loose pirate organization, Zheng Zhilong is only the leader of the pirates, and the rest of the high-level officials are about equal to the franchise store, so at this time, the election of the leader, these eighteen Zhi high-level officials have very high authority.

At the meeting, Zheng Zhibao said to the senior management of Eighteen Zhi with a spring face: "My eldest brother has just left, but my nephew has grown up, and I elected my nephew Zheng Sen as the commander of Eighteen Zhi, what do you think?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Sen was the first to show disdain, your face is about to bite with a smile, can you be willing to give up this position to me, aren't you ready to play three please three let that one come out?

Zheng Sen was very disdainful, but Zheng Zhibao was addicted to playing, and when the high-level officials thought that Zheng Sen was young and his mind was not successful, and Eighteen Zhi still needed an old and serious person to preside, and so on, Zheng Zhibao refused again, and also squeezed out a few crocodile tears, saying that Zheng Sen was the hope of the eldest brother, and he hoped to assist Zheng Sen, not be the leader.

After everyone persuaded him again, he said that he was only shallow in learning and his ability was limited.

Everyone persuaded him, Zheng Zhibao said with tears in his eyes: "Since everyone is like this, I can only be disrespectful, I hope to inherit my brother's ambition and lead Eighteen Zhi to go further!" ”

The applause was thunderous, and in the end, Zheng Zhibao successfully became the leader of Eighteen Zhi, while his nephew could only serve as the second child.

After the meeting, Zheng Zhibao couldn't hold back his excitement and was ready to hold a grand banquet to celebrate, and Zheng Sen snorted coldly and left the venue with the Shaozhuang faction, Zheng Zhibao looked at Zheng Sen's back and knew that from today onwards, their uncle and nephew would be completely broken, and both sides would be eager to kill each other in the future.

However, Zheng Zhibao is not very worried, because he still has Lantian behind him, as long as Lantian supports him, he is confident that he will defeat his nephew and completely control Eighteen Zhi, as for Lantian will grab benefits in Eighteen Zhi, Zheng Zhibao is not very worried, this land of Fujian is surnamed Zheng in the end, and it is difficult for him surnamed Li to participate in one, and it is not so easy.

But with his wisdom, he could never imagine how corrosive Lantian was.

Zheng Zhibao came to power, and the dominance of Eighteen Zhi directly dropped a big step, when Zheng Zhilong was there, the entire Eighteen Zhi pirate organization was looking at him, but after Zheng Zhibao came to power, first of all, Zheng Sen's young Zhuang faction was sure of Yang Fengyin and Yin violation.

The neutral faction is also a guy who can't afford to make a profit, and Zheng Zhilong is dead, the big stone that weighs on the hearts of these people is gone, and the rest of the people have some different ideas.

After all, people think about their own interests first, now it's okay, the split of Eighteen Zhi is already an obvious spearhead, although Zheng Zhibao is the boss, but what he can call is a conservative.

Eighteen Zhi has already planted the seeds of split, although Zheng Zhibao can still call the neutral faction with the support of Lantian , but slowly the neutral faction will find that even if they don't have to rely on Zheng Zhibao, they can trade with Lantian, Lantian is their own father, so it is normal for Zheng Zhibao to be abandoned.

It's just a matter of time, or it depends on when Lantian wants to abandon Zheng Zhibao.

The ironclad Eighteen Zhi fell apart right in front of him, which made the major interest groups that coveted the Eighteen Zhi show their salivation, and some pirates nearby also had different thoughts.

And the most obvious is the Dutch, since the Dutch occupied Ryukyu Island, they have been constantly trying to expand outward, but outside is the territory of Zheng Zhilong's pirates, although Zheng Zhilong's weapons and equipment are far inferior to the Dutch, but they have a lot of people, just the number of people is a headache for the Dutch, their country is too far from here, whether it is weapons and ammunition, or the population is difficult to replenish, otherwise they would have colonized the nearby islands.

Now that Zheng Zhilong is dead, the incompetent Zheng Zhibao has become the commander of the Eighteen Zhi, and the excited current Dutch Governor of Ryukyu Island, Owald, jumped down directly from his comfortable big bed, pushed the big-breasted Dutch red-haired beauty aside, came to his desk with his bare buttocks, spread out the map of the ocean near Ryukyu Island, and then pointed to the direction of the Penghu Islands and said: "Here, here, and here, it's all mine, Captain Yi, I need you to immediately order the men and horses, and then occupy here!" ”

Hearing this, he looked at his chief and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, I am happy to serve you, but Zheng Zhilong's group of pirates will not allow us to occupy their territory. ”

"It's okay, we can take our time, anyway, that difficult Zheng Zhilong has been killed, and we can do whatever we want with that stupid Zheng Zhibao, hahaha......"

Oward laughed excitedly, as if he had defeated Eighteen Zhi and officially dominated the sea!