Zheng Cai gritted his teeth fiercely, and his mouth rattled sound, obviously this was a difficult choice.

But Zheng Cai could only make a choice, he held the iron box and said: "Li Zhaoji, everything today, you remember, I will definitely return it a hundred times." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled faintly and said, "I hope that when the time comes, you can also find a good way out for me." ”

"Humph!" Zheng Cai stopped talking and walked out of the official hall with the iron box in his hand.

"Take care of your incense box, the incense burns out, your road will come to an end, you better be careful, my incense is not so stable." Li Zhaoji didn't look at him either, and replied loudly.

Li Zhaoji ignored it, until Tang Mu finished sending people off and walked in, Li Zhaoji pointed around and said, "Tear it down, tear it down, what kind of bullshit official hall, it takes up such a large deck space." ”

Tang Mu said: "The big shopkeeper, Zheng Cai is gone, in a hurry, holding the iron box you prepared in his arms, he agrees with your plan?" ”

"What do you say?"

Tang Mu immediately said: "Of course he agreed, the dog will jump off the wall when he is in a hurry, you even pointed out the back road to him, why did he jump off the wall?" It's just that the lowly position is very worried, is one hour enough for him to withdraw from Kinmen Island? If the world chooses to retreat, but does not withdraw within the specified time, we will not really catch up and start a war. ”

Li Zhaoji smiled and said: "The incense in this iron box is specially made by someone I found, the inner ring part is different from the outer ring, the inner ring is compacted, and it burns more slowly." Therefore, this incense is not burning for one hour, but for two hours, but by the time Zheng Cai finds out, it is too late.

In an hour, he can't take much money with him. ”

Although Zheng Cai had more than a hundred ships, most of his wealth was stored on the island. This is because there is too much wealth and too many of his subordinates. If you put your wealth on board, any captain who has selfish intentions can take a large amount of money and go to Nanyang to become a rich man.

Moreover, the wealth was mainly stored on the open sea side of Kinmen Island, in order to make it convenient for people to leave when they had to do so, and as soon as Li Zhaoji's fleet arrived, Zheng Cai immediately retreated the ship to the middle of Xiamen Island and Kinmen Island, and an hour, that is, let him return to the fleet, raise the sails and anchor, may not be able to leave Zhangzhou Bay.

Of course, when he needs time, he will find that the incense in his hand burns slowly, and it will be about the same time.

"With a little incense, you can play with so many flowers, amazing!" Tang Mu gave a thumbs up and said.

Li Zhaoji said: "When Zheng Cai leaves, you take your relatives to the island with the guards and the marines of the six sons, and the marines will take over the silver treasury as soon as possible. You have to find Damu's relatives, his mother and wife are here, and there are many female dependents, so don't let people be contemptuous. ”

"Don't worry, I understand, if you take other people's money, you have to save face for others." Tang Mu said.

Chen Liuzi said on the side: "Big brother, I'm worried that Xia Guoxiang will come to share the account if he knows the news. He's been eyeing the money for a long time. ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Sixth brother, Xia Guoxiang is just our partner, not our friend, let alone our own person. I don't care what he thinks. As for money, he not only asked me for money, but also gave it to me.

He now has 15,000 people under his command, and most of these people's families are on Jeju Island, and he also took them away, so he asked me to help, and if he didn't give money, I would do him a favor. If he dares to throw his face at me, he will give money, and I will not help him.

Some of these people want it. ”

Chen Liuzi thought about it, there were more than 23,000 soldiers and horses transported by Wu Sangui and nearly 80,000 dependents on Jeju Island. Some of the people who are interested in this group are that the Ming Dynasty must be interested, the Hongguang Imperial Court has just been established, and there is a lack of troops that can fight, and the most capable of fighting is the Yue Army and Liaozhen, and the 15,000 people in Liaozhen are in the hands of the Xia State Minister, and they can't use it.

If more than 20,000 Liao soldiers can be obtained from Jeju Island, it will be a big strength bonus for the Ming Dynasty.

Dashun also has a similar idea, if he gets this army that can fight, he will not be taken away by his own enemies, and more than 20,000 people, whether they are given to the Ming Dynasty or by the Manchu Qing, will become their enemies. And Liaozhen can indeed fight, and if you get the Liao soldiers, it is a ready-made military force.

On the contrary, for Li Zhaoji, these people are chicken ribs, except that they can't be taken away by the Manchus.

On the contrary, they stayed on Jeju Island, that is, they occupied this island, Jeju could not produce grain on a large scale, and Li Zhaoji had to keep sending grain to them, otherwise they would starve to death, and who would they sell it to? What Li Zhaoji hoped was to make a move as soon as possible, he wanted to occupy this island as a smuggling base for Japan, North Korea, and Xian, and become a horse ranch for trading companies, which was occupied by Liao soldiers, and these things could not be done.

Ten days later.

Kinmen Island.

"Li Jun, thank you for taking care of Damu in the north, as his mother, I sincerely thank you for your protection."

Mr. Lee met Mr. Zheng's mother, Tagawa, in a tent on Kinmen Island, who was dressed like a Han woman, but spoke with a Japanese accent and maintained some Japanese customs.

And Li Zhaoji maintained respect for this woman who gave birth to a national hero and was martyred in the invasion of the Qing army, he said: "Don't be polite, aunt, these are what I should do." Zheng Gongzi is my friend and always has been. ”

Tian Chuan looked at his son beside him and bowed slightly: "Da Mu is a very arrogant person, I think he should always be confident in front of you, and he will not be inferior in any way." But in fact, he admires you very much, and in his letters, he always mentions your abilities and merits ........ ”

"Mother......." Zheng Sen's face turned red and immediately stopped the Tagawa clan from continuing, but the Tagawa clan had a solemn face and said, "Damu, why can't I continue, this is obviously the truth." Li Jun is also the lifesaver of our family, and I also know that there are some bad things in this, but is there anything more important than human life? ”

"Yes, that's what you taught." Zheng Sen was a filial son, with his head down, not daring to refute.

As soon as he came to Kinmen Island, he heard about Zheng Cai's money running away, but how smart he was, he really knew Li Zhaoji, and knew that most of the Zheng family's wealth had fallen into the hands of this guy. Zheng Sen couldn't accept this, because he finally took over his father's authority and became the master of the family, and he wanted to use the wealth of the Zheng family to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't want these wealth to fall into the hands of Li Zhaoji.

But Li Zhaoji was taken away by Zheng Cai with a bite of money.

Tagawa may know it too, but this woman doesn't care.

"Li Jun, you and Da Mu are like-minded and comrades, why didn't you become brothers? You should be the elder brother of Damu. Tagawa continued.

Li Zhaoji smiled, he didn't want this in the past, because Zheng Sen's father Zheng Zhilong was an inevitable enemy, and he didn't want to be affected by this kind of bond. Now Zheng Sen has no such idea, although his father was killed by the Wu family's father and son, and the teacher Qian Qianyi may also be involved, but the root of everything is not Li Zhaoji, it is he who suggested that the Wu family father and son come to Jiangnan to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and all the disasters suffered by the Zheng family stem from this evil plan.

In front of the Tagawa clan, Li Zhaoji didn't want to tear his face with Zheng Sen, Li Zhaoji smiled and said: "Aunt, Da Mu has his own pride, and I also have some bad temper, so we can't be brothers." But it didn't stop us from working together in a common cause.

And now, Damu has become the Yan Pingbo of the Ming Dynasty, and I am just a businessman. I'm sure he won't mind my ascension, but my aunt should know that I am not a wise person, and I have a lot of business overseas, and worshipping Damu will affect his career, which is definitely not what I want. ”

"It's a shame. Li Jun is a good big brother, and I'm sorry that this will happen. Tian Chuan was helpless, and said: "I heard that you already have a son, and it just so happens that Damu's son Zheng Jing is only more than two years old, can they become brothers?" ”

Li Zhaoji didn't answer, and looked directly at Zheng Sen, who said, "Of course you can." ”

Zheng Jing is older than Li Zhaoji's son, but Zheng Sen is younger than Li Zhaoji, his sons are married, and his son is the eldest brother, so he takes advantage of it invisibly.

"Of course you can, but it's a pity that I don't have a daughter and can't marry Damu's son." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

Tagawa said, "You will all have children and grandchildren, so don't worry about that. You two have a good chat, let's go cook, let's eat together at noon. ”

When Tagawa left with Zheng Sen's wife, Dong, Zheng Sen said, "You shouldn't talk so much to my mother. ”

"Why, although she is Japanese, she is the only Japanese person I respect." Lee Zhaoji made no secret of his respect for the Tagawa clan.

"Zheng Jing and your son are just to satisfy my mother, this is the only connection between you and me." Zheng Sen reminded.

Li Zhaoji spread his hand: "No, I don't believe it."

Could it be that you, Zheng Sen, don't want to make a difference in the process of recovering the Ming Dynasty? You don't want to learn my tactics and military system, and you can't accept the muskets and artillery produced by the trading company?

No, no. ”

On the battlefield of Liaodong, the Eastern Brigade faced the Qing army, fought successive victories, and completely subdued all parties. In terms of the strongest army in East Asia, the Eight Banners Army is the first, but it has been defeated by Li Zhaoji's Eastern Brigade in succession, so the Eastern Brigade's tactics naturally have merit, and both the enemy and us are learning, and Zheng Sen is naturally no exception.

Zheng Sen is always hard-mouthed, but physically honest.

Zheng Sen squinted and asked, "Are you willing to help?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Of course, my will is much stronger than you think." ”

Now the Ming Dynasty is too weak to implement Li Zhaoji's continental balance of power strategy, and Li Zhaoji is worried that after Dashun drives the Manchus out of the border wall, he will attack the Ming Dynasty, so he is very willing to improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

"Really? Tell me, how do you have a strong will, isn't it just to make money? Zheng Sen asked with a cold face.

Lee said: "Not only do I want to make money, but I also really want to help you. Muskets, artillery, these can also be bought by others, and as for you, as for me, I will give you a privilege as a sign of my apologies to you.

Don't you like the soldiers of the Eastern Brigade, how about giving you a few hundred and a thousand? ”

Zheng Sen's eyes widened: "Are you kidding?" ”

"Hehe, when we have dinner later, give me a few more glasses of wine, and I may not be joking."

new