After the Japanese Zhuyin ship slowly sailed away from Bengang, Xu Xinsu got out of the inner cabin and teased the bodyguard Saemon Taro who came respectfully to greet him: "It turns out that Taro can also laugh, you are very good at playing the captain, go and take a rest." ”

"Hayin." Saemon Taro had already regained his serious and old-fashioned countenance, stood up straight with his sleeves down, and bowed stiffly ninety degrees before stepping aside, taking out the rice balls in his arms, and nibbling on them in small bites.

Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong, who were wearing hats and costumes, walked down from the watchtower.

Xu Xinsu is conceited to be comfortable between China and Japan, between officials and businessmen, and is of the same generation as Yan Siqi, this time he got a vermilion ship to cooperate with Zheng Haizhu to act, at the beginning of Yan Siqi, who had not seen him for two years, was still holding a shelf, but at this moment he was convinced.

He bowed in the direction of the Mazu Temple in Datun Mountain, and said with emotion: "Brother Yan, Xu envy your good luck and respect your great ability." Lin Feng back then was also a character who called for wind and rain, but when he encountered the coldness of the court and the harshness of the Fujian officials, Lin Feng himself was also a little impatient and did not guard this treasure land. Now in your hands, the future of this place is limitless. ”

Yan Siqi returned the salute, his eyes were cold: "Brother Xu praises falsely." First of all, the Bengang here in the north will be the same as Tainan, and Yan will dare to fight and make a small contribution. ”

Xu Xinsu laughed: "A good man with three gangs, under the command of Brother Yan, even the women are so brave and strategic, driving away these red-haired fans is just around the corner." ”

Yan Siqi did not continue to talk.

His eyes were hidden in the shadows under the hat, but his eyes were fixed on the figures on the docks, which were gradually becoming tiny as ants.

After years of licking blood from the knife, he could keenly judge that even if he was far away on the ship, the Dutch merchant Gullitt was a soldier like himself.

It's impossible not to worry about two women.

After Zheng Haizhu returned to Tainan from Xiamen and told him the plan he had agreed with Yu Zhigao and Xu Xinsu, Yan Siqi hesitated.

According to his thoughts, since the Dutch had already started to build a fortress on Penghu Island and rob the nearby Ming merchant ships, he and Yu Zhigao simply took twenty search ships each, directly blocked the Dutch, and had a hard fight with them.

What if there are many red-haired boats, they are all upright bloody men on their side, and they are also dry Spaniards, and they are also dry red-haired ghosts, and they are afraid of a bird.

However, Zheng Haizhu still advocated the use of tactics to minimize the losses of Fujian and Taiwan sailors.

Unexpectedly, when she asked Wen Apeng's mixed-race daughter-in-law Marpel if she was willing to accompany her to the Dutch, Marper and her sister-in-law Wen Akun agreed without hesitation.

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Wen Akun said to her husband Yan Siqi: "Ah Peng was captured by the Frankies and went to Nanyang back then, and now the red-haired fan has come to create the same sin, and my family should contribute to Miss Zheng." ”

There was no turning back when he opened the bow, and Yan Siqi now understood that it was impossible to jump on the dock to pull Zheng Haizhu and his brother-in-law's daughter-in-law back.

He could only stress to Xu Xinsu again that the Ming army arranged in Liuluo Bay in Kinmen at that time must first arrest the ship and not open fire first.

"Brother Yan rest assured, Mr. Yu also values Miss Zheng quite a lot, how can he ignore her safety."

Xu Xinsu comforted Yan Siqi, and then led the conversation to the recent situation of the Japanese Hirado Domain, and turned to Zheng Zhilong with a smile and said: "Yiguan, Uncle Xu, I think of something, the Tagawa family in Hirado asked Leader Li about you last year." On the rivers and lakes, there is a meeting in the mountains and rivers, and the kid from the country is crazy and messing around, and Leader Li is actually quite uncomfortable in his heart. ”

Xu Xinsu glanced at Yan Siqi, whose face was as heavy as water, and continued to say to Zheng Zhilong: "Leader Li also understands that he can't look forward to returning Brother Yan in this life. But I'm still thinking about it, give you an official, and marry the young lady of the Ueda River family. ”

Originally, Zheng Zhilong was very dismissive of Xu Xinsu, who was quite fond of pretending to be an old man and pretending to be a scribe in his speech, but when he heard the word "Tian Chuan", the ice in his eyes seemed to be melted by the spring sun on the sea.

Yan Siqi also seemed to wake up from his contemplation, and said warmly: "One official, one yard is one yard, the tax official of Pinghu bullied us Fujian merchants, and Li Guozhu that beast wanted to kill me, and it had nothing to do with Miss Weng's family." If you decide that Miss Weng is a good match, we will ask Uncle Xu to be an intermediary and go back to Japan to talk to Miss Weng's parents about the marriage. ”

The "Miss Tian Chuan" mentioned by Xu Xinsu and the "Miss Weng" in Yan Siqi's mouth are the same person.

The Tagawa family is considered a Japanese nobleman, and after the Tagawa family lost her husband, she took her daughter Tagawa Matsuko and remarried to Weng Yihuang, a Fujian businessman who did business in Japan, and Tagawa Matsuko became the stepdaughter of Weng Yihuang, but she was still close to the Tagawa family.

The Tagawa family knows how to win over the Fujian merchant group that cannot be underestimated in Hirado, and Li Dan also wants his son Zheng Zhilong to marry Tagawa Matsuko.

Xu Xinsu has seen the weather of Yan Siqi's reclamation of Taiwan Island in the past few days, and he also wants to leave a way back for himself here in Yan Siqi, and he is even more interested in showing favor to Zheng Haizhu and Zheng Zhilong, the two people from the Yan camp.

He saw Zheng Zhilong revealing his youthful feelings, and Yan Siqi directly pierced the window paper, and laughed busily: "It's so decided, after the fight of Hongmaofan, Uncle Xu and I will go to Pingdo for you to renew your marriage." ”

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When Xu Xinsu was on the Zhuyin ship to protect the media and pull the fiber, Zheng Haizhu at Bengang Wharf didn't know that because of his existence, Xu Xinsu, who was originally going to fight Zheng Zhilong to the death in history, not only improved the relationship in advance, but also let the little brother of the first official still marry the Tagawa clan and give birth to Zheng Chenggong, who is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu is highly concentrated, and the Dutch are in.

"Mr. Gullit, Honorable Chief Ruffin, if your ship is not in a hurry to leave the shore, I would like to treat you both to a decent lunch."

Gullitt had this in mind, and he was sure that Ruffin was also interested in the trade of plundered labor.

Gullitt then smiled and said, "Mrs. Zheng, you have just made a fortune, and you should indeed invite your old friends to celebrate together." ”

Near Bengang Wharf, there are several red tile houses in the shape of Minnan houses, which were built by Fujian Chinese who fled back from Luzon and became neat Fujian restaurants.

The four of them sat down, and when Zheng Haizhu finished ordering, Gullitt asked cautiously: "Mrs. Zheng, don't you work for the envoy of the emperor of your country?" Why, you were recognized by your boss when you were in Moonport? ”

Zheng Haizhu shook her head with a smile, not hiding a trace of bitterness in her smile.

"I wanted to get married, so I quit. But the man wouldn't marry me. ”

"Uh......"

Gullit didn't expect the Ming woman to give such an answer, and exaggerated her surprise: "God, that guy really doesn't know what to do." ”

Zheng Haizhu's bitterness turned into hatred, and he said with a look of anger that was not afraid of being laughed at: "You have also seen that guy, it is General Yan in the south." ”

This time, Gullit's mouth was wider than the tea bowl on the table.

But soon it slowly closed again.

He remembered that when he was rescued by a Chinese ship to the South Island, he had indeed often seen General Yan and Zheng Haizhu talking warmly face to face.

But later, when I came to Bengang to buy black tea, I heard that General Yan was married to a female leader of Taiwan's indigenous people.

Gullit muttered in his heart, can't you men in the Ming Kingdom have marriages with multiple women at the same time and let them all live at home, unlike us Dutch, who can only have mistresses outside at most.

Zheng Haizhu stared at him, as if he understood his thoughts, and said, "I don't want to share General Yan with other women, not to mention that he promised to marry me alone." In our Ming dialect, he is a negative person. You must know, Mr. Coolit, how rare it is to have a job in the service of the King. And I lost my job and didn't get paid for a guy who was full of lies. If you were you, don't you hate such a man? ”

"Uh......" Gullitt scratched his head and sneered, avoiding the somewhat terrifying gaze of the woman opposite, coughed dryly, and said with an oil slide, "Mrs. Zheng, I must apologize on behalf of all men to a beautiful and sad woman like you." Hey, man, it's always been so ......."

Zheng Haizhu interrupted him: "If I have enough ability, the first one will sell General Yan to you and let him go to Batavia to grow sugar cane!" ”

"Gullit, what is this lady talking about?"

Ruffin, an officer on the side, realized from the demeanor of the two that they were not having an ordinary greeting, and asked Gullitt to translate it to him.

Zheng Haizhu didn't care about making a "please" gesture to Gullit.

After Gullitt finished translating, Zheng Haizhu continued: "But I calmed down and thought about it, I shouldn't let such a man occupy my heart anymore, make me indulge in stupid sadness, and finally starve to death. I want to make money and be a big million. I can't sell General Yan, so I sell the men who are in the same country as him and turn the men into silver in my pocket. Anyway, they can't eat enough in the Ming Kingdom, and I'm giving them a way to live, aren't they? ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Haizhu patted the Marpel beside him and said: "This partner of mine is also a woman who is disappointed in the man and his family, she knows the language of your Europa, and I am familiar with the land of Fujian, and our customers will never be just Japanese Catholics." Our second batch of piglets is almost out of the cage. ”

"Piglet?"

"Yes, Piglet. Mr. Gullit, have you seen the peasant piglets of our Ming Kingdom in Yuegang? Loaded with an iron cage on a cart, like transporting coolies by sea ship? Mapel and I had wanted to go to the east side of the island and ask the Spaniards, who were also short of people to grow sugar cane in the Philippines. ”

"Mrs. Zheng, a Fujian man, how much does it cost?"

"Now I don't have my own ship, but I am a person who secretly went to the seaside of Fujian with a Japanese vermilion boat to load, so every man between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five is six taels of silver, which is ten horse sword coins of your East India Company. In the future, I will have my own sea boat, and the cost will go up, and I will definitely have to sell it more expensive. ”

Gullit spread his hands and said, "God, Mrs. Zheng, your price is already too high. ”

Zheng Haizhu glanced at Rufen, and then looked back at Gulit, with anger in her burning eyes: "You men, you either want to cheat women's hearts, or you want to cheat women's money." Mr. Gullit, my price is very fair. The Ming piglets were smarter and more diligent than the black slaves you shipped to the Americas, and besides, it took six to eight days to sail from Fujian to Manila or Batavia, and it was rare to have as many dead people as the black slaves. Ah, it's time to serve, come, Your Excellency will first enjoy the food cooked by our smart and diligent Ming people. ”

Zheng Haizhu smiled and brought a pot of shrimp to the Dutchman.

She really wanted to pause and take a breath.

Although she was acting, she was actually tired from the bottom of her mind by using a lot of derogatory language that violated human rights, which made her disgusted from the bottom of her heart.

The Age of Discovery was a magnificent era, and it was also an era of blood and tears for many unarmed poor people on various continents.