Chapter 309: I'll go see Zheng Chenggong
? Chapter 309: I'll go see Zheng Chenggong
Is it that simple? Xu Yuanliang's regret is obviously a little biased, he has never been in contact with this industry before, so he naturally doesn't know how deep the water here is, even if he has traveled outside for many days, but how can the twists and turns in this be clear in one sentence. He is a noble son, the so-called travel, is just a glance at the 'flowers', these things, even if he wants to know, someone has to dare to tell him!
At least, in Yu Feng's opinion, this matter is definitely not so simple. In order to open up this trade route, his efforts far exceeded his own expectations. At least he clearly knew that although in the East China Sea (now the Yellow Sea), it was not the main sphere of influence of the Zheng family, but the influence of the Zheng family was still ubiquitous.
It is said that it is a new trade route, but in fact, it is not new, the problem, this trade road, Yu Feng has never touched it before, and Daming has some ability to 'door' the people who take this trade route, and there are entanglements between the Zheng family, Yu Feng is a standard outsider.
But at this moment, this outsider not only plunged headlong into this circle, but also seemed to be unwilling for others to continue to 'mix' in this circle. In the world, there is no monopoly that is more profitable, and Yu Feng understands this better than anyone. And in order to continue to bring Xu Yuanliang wealth and get Xu Yuanliang's support, he must do this.
He wants to gain the recognition of the Zheng family, or the support, and he wants to let anyone who tries to get involved in this trade route disappear and withdraw from this trade route, and there is a lot of work to be done in this.
With Yu Feng's current strength, to put it mildly, at sea, there is really no comparison with the Zheng family, even if he has so many gunboats, it is also a cargo 'color' that fights one less one, and this water war is not as good as a land war, if he really turns his face with the Zheng family one day, then the ending does not need to be prompted by others, he himself wants to get it, then his entire power, it is really "a piece of wood cannot go to the sea". This is the sorrow of not having sea supremacy, this whole era is a little better, at least the other side has no aircraft carriers, no marines, and in the future generations, if it loses sea supremacy, it will really be 'kneaded' by others.
Therefore, the posture of the afterglow was very low.
Last year, after Zheng Zhilong completely eliminated the sea thief Liu Xiang, the momentum was unrivaled for a while, "Since then, the sea atmosphere is quite breathing, selling foreign goods, domestic and foreign businessmen, all using the Zheng banner, no example, businessmen have 20 times the benefits." Zhilong is full of Haili's 'handover' through the court, and it is shown in a big way. ”
But in fact, Zheng Zhilong's age is not very old, and he is only in his early thirties, Yu Feng is now in his twenties, and he can be regarded as a typical person with early onset in his youth, but whether it is in terms of qualifications or strength, Zheng Zhilong is still better than Yu Feng at present. Someone is going to say again, this Zheng Zhilong is just a coastal defense guerrilla, how much combat power can he have, isn't Yu Feng the newly expanded Fengzi Second Battalion, a full 40,000 or 50,000 people, such a comparison of strength, is it still slightly inferior?
Yes, Yu Feng's combat power on the road is good, and he is stronger than Zheng Zhilong, but the problem is that Yu Feng's foundation is in North Korea, and the foundation of the Zheng family is in Fujian, and in Taiwan, he can't reach it. Just like some friends' nonsense topics, which one is more powerful, Zhang Fei or Yue Fei, there is no comparison between these two points of 'sex'.
If he can't reach this person, what's the use of having more troops? However, the Zheng family's fleet can reach North Korea at any time, and it is clear which of the two is higher and which is lower.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong was happy to give birth to his son, and he had every reason to go to the 'door' to congratulate him. If it was before, he asked people to bring a generous gift, and then sent a weighty person to congratulate him, and this gift would have been fulfilled, but now, since he has something to ask for the Zheng family, he has to be flexible. Yu Feng didn't discuss with anyone this time, nor did he ask the opinions of his subordinates, he decided to go by himself, this face was enough for him.
Aside from the things to be discussed, he remembered that Zheng Zhilong's subsequent ending, it seemed that when Chongzhen was in the past, he followed the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty and fled all the way, and in the end, it seemed that it was precisely because of his rebellion and surrender to the Manchu Qing that the last military system of the Southern Ming court collapsed, and even the emperor was strangled to death in Burma by Wu Sangui's big turtle. These memories that have become increasingly diminished, whether they are official history or family words, Yu Feng can no longer tell the difference, anyway, he just decided, in his opinion, even if this trip is fruitless, it is also very good to be able to get close to Zheng Chenggong's father and see the first celebrity he has come into contact with in this era.
By the way, speaking of Zheng Chenggong, right now, Zheng Zhilong gave birth to a son and set up wine, but it was not for him. People in this era get married early, and Zheng Zhilong, who is in his early thirties, if he gives birth to Zheng Chenggong now, then I am afraid that he will die in a hurry. At this time, Zheng Chenggong was already eleven or twelve years old, and this newborn little kid was nothing more than one of his many younger brothers in the future.
Yu Feng decided to congratulate Zheng Zhilong in person, this decision is to make the Zheng family to send the post a little flattered, if the rest of the Zheng family does not know Yu Feng's strength, it is fine, but he is the Zheng family to the North Korea, Japan and Taiwan trade route, for what Yu Feng is like, how not to know, otherwise, it will not be his turn to send the post.
In the name of the outside world, Yu Feng went to inspect various places, however, at the end of July, Yu Feng and his guards appeared at the port of Xincheng, where the small fleet of ships of the Zheng family had been waiting for a long time.
This is to go to Daoxi, not to fight, so the gunboats that Yu Feng stopped in the harbor are useless at all. The Zheng family's fleet to pick up Yufeng has four ships, and a fleet of this size is not playing the banner of the Zheng family, galloping on the Chinese sea, and those pirates who don't open their eyes should also weigh it, not to mention, now as soon as each ship leaves the port, the "Zheng" character flag lowered in the port in order to show the number of courtesies will be waved in the wind, if the safety of such a fleet is not guaranteed, then it is useless to drive all the ships in Yufeng Port.
As for whether to worry about the Zheng family, this is a very stupid question, until now, Yu Feng and the Zheng family have maintained a good relationship, and there is no substantive 'sexual' conflict of interest, have you ever seen a person who has a happy event kill the guest he invited for no reason on the way? Besides, if there is a case, Yu Feng also has so many dozens of hundreds of people with him, this is done on the ship, but it is not compared to two ships, and Yu Feng is not completely incapable of self-protection.
The destination of the fleet was in Quanzhou, which Yu Feng knew before he came. It is said that Zheng Zhilong built his hometown in his hometown, Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, like heaven and earth, and his house almost accounted for more than half of the town where his hometown is located.
Yu Feng really wanted to see it, Zhen Huan complained in his ear all day long, the layout of his house was too small, not atmospheric enough, although every time he heard it, he smiled slightly, but he was still a little unconvinced in his heart, his own house, compared to what in the later generations. Hua'yuan villa, I don't know where it is strong, so he is not satisfied, he really wants to see, what is the luxury residence of this era, in his heart, there are a few places that he wants to see, the palace will not say, what virtues the Forbidden City has in later generations, he knows very well, although the place is good, it is not popular.
But this Dingguo Mansion, that is no matter how to see it, can be his own 'woman' love and never forget, he doesn't see it, it is really a little aggrieved, even if the wife is picky about her husband, but, this husband, to achieve what kind of standard to be as his wife wants, I don't know, that's too sad. The other place is Zheng Zhilong's house, it is said that Zheng Zhilong has great talent but no ambition, and the most specific performance is in this house, perhaps, this is also a way for him to show that he has no dissent in the Ming court! You see, I'm a good house, so beautiful, I built such a big house, and even my wife and children in Fusang came here, I won't joke about my own home!
Zheng Zhilong was recruited, and it is estimated that this kind of mentality of being afraid of being suspicious was there until Li Zicheng entered Beijing.
With this thought, the wind and waves on the sea were bumpy, but Yu Feng did not feel uncomfortable. In mid-August, Yu Feng arrived at Anping Port in Quanzhou, and as soon as he got off the boat, he was shocked by the situation in front of him.
The port is suitable and lively, people come and go, ships come and go, but looking at it, almost all the ships in this port are hanging the Zheng family's flag, and on the wharf, the normal busy wharf porters, coolies basically can't see any of them. It can be seen that they are all well-dressed people, and such a scene reminds Yu Feng of the sign-in place when some large-scale conferences are held in later generations.
"These are all guests of the Zheng family?" Yu Feng asked the man beside him. The man's name is Zheng Meng, the people of the Zheng family in this line, headed by this man, it is said that he is also a cousin of Zheng Zhilong, and he does not have the kind of five suits.
"Yes, Master Yu, such a charter, as for our Zheng family, we can only see it when we are happy! The Zheng family has many friends from all over the world, if you neglect your friends, wouldn't you lose the face of the Zheng family! According to the words that Yu Feng called him, Zheng Meng said with some pride: "On this day, in this Anping Port, it is not the ship of the Zheng family, no one wants to come in, even the sailors of the imperial court, and it is no exception!" ”
"You are the sailors of the imperial court!" Yu Feng was secretly amused in his heart, the hull of the boat was shocked, the boat under him had already docked, he looked up, a person who looked like a guest, with a few people, was walking towards them!