Jinyi champion

Chapter 1053 Conquest
Su Xigui was not stupid, he understood Zhu Hao's hint and knew that he had to save himself a way out.

Huang Zan wanted to use his financial resources to accomplish some things, and the emperor's eye on Huang Zan was tantamount to an indirect eye on him, and once a merchant was eyeed by the emperor... there was no reason to say it, only to be plundered For the sake of it, the fate of Shen Wansan in the past is a lesson from the past.

The emperor's move made Su Xigui clearly realize that he had become the one who was targeted by the gun.

Originally, Su Xigui supported the building of big ships.

The main reason is that Su Xigui has invested in foreign trade business for a long time, and he also believes that Zhu Hao can bring back something that can change Daming from overseas. This is a commercial investment.

But with the changing situation, the current Su Xigui is tantamount to investing in his own destiny. If the emperor wants him to spit out all his money, he can only walk away. Anyway, he thinks that Zhu Hao will arrange for him to survive. place.

After simple financing, Su Xigui brought Zhu Hao a bank note of 10 taels of silver.

Su Xigui is very familiar with his own things, and of course he will not take all the money in the bank for himself. As the leader of Huizhou merchants, he has always adhered to the principle of integrity, otherwise the business would never have been so big.

"The money... have you seen enough?"

When Su Xigui brought the silver, Zhu Hao was studying the navigation charts he got from Frangji.

Then Zhu Hao put down the picture in his hand, but Su Xigui's eyes did not leave the picture. For him, that was his way out.

Zhu Hao glanced at the face value of the bank note, shook his head and said, "You don't need to contribute so much at all, even if His Majesty asks Huang Butang for financial support, it's only 3 taels."

According to Zhu Hao, if you give the 10 taels of silver to Huang Zan, it is estimated that Huang Zan can change to a minister of the official department and a scholar of the cabinet, so why give it to me?
"It's still for you, I feel more at ease in my heart."

Su Xigui sighed softly.

Although he is Huang Zan's brother-in-law, in terms of realm and cultivation, Huang Zan is completely incomparable with Zhu Hao. Su Xigui is so shrewd, can't he see that Huang Zan's focus is always on the three-acre land in the court hall? ?

If the emperor really wanted to exploit him, Su Xigui, Huang Zan would not come forward to help him, and he might even make trouble, because from Huang Zan's point of view, Su Xigui's success today is all thanks to me, Huang, so what if you take out the money?

But Zhu Hao was different.

When Zhu Hao was still a child, Su Xigui could see that the biggest advantage of doing business with Zhu Hao was that he would never have to worry about being cheated out of his money.

"It doesn't need to be so much, and the raw materials are sufficient now, so the shipbuilding does not necessarily need silver."

Zhu Haodao, "However, to be on the safe side, it is best for your family members to be transferred from the capital, Yangzhou and other places to various seaports in Zhejiang. You should understand why?"

"understand."

Su Xigui knew that this was to ensure that he and his family could escape successfully at any time.

It doesn't matter where he goes, what's important is that he can run, and bring the whole family with him, besides his children and grandchildren, there are also his theater troupe, concubines, servants, etc. Anyway, he just lives the same life in another place.

But he didn't know that Zhu Hao would run with him.

Because he felt that there was absolutely no need for Zhu Hao to risk doing such a thing now, Zhu Hao was deeply trusted by the emperor, as long as he returned to the capital, he would have no problem joining the cabinet as an elder, so why did he have to leave Daming?
"How long will it take you to complete the dispatch?" Zhu Hao asked.

Su Xigui was taken aback for a moment. Hearing this, he seemed very anxious. Would he not be tricked?
Immediately, he dismissed the idea and said with a smile: "It can be done within a month. In the past two years, even the bank's business has been focused on Nanjing. It's not that Jiangnan is richer, but the capital's wealth is not at all. , I can only say...the capital is full of dignitaries, and business is not easy."

Zhu Hao nodded with a smile.

The biggest problem in doing business in the capital is that there are too many princes and dignitaries, and they may cause trouble at any time.

In fact, Nanjing is not much better, but after all, Su Xigui has Huang Zan and Zhu Hao as his backers, and he himself is the white glove of the powerful, plus there are rumors that the real owner of the bank is the emperor, so Jiangnan can't figure out the situation The rich and powerful have been afraid to make a move.

"Okay, hurry up, I'm afraid that when someone attacks you, they won't give you too much time to prepare!"

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Just the fact that Huang Zan was exploited by the emperor made Su Xigui feel terrified, and was ready to run away at any time.

In the past two years, Su Xigui has been transferring his business to the south. He has a strong sense of crisis. He knew before that Huang Zan was going to go to the west, and he devoted himself to Zhu Hao. Later, he found that the focus of Zhu Hao's career was not to be an official in the court with peace of mind. I feel that we need to put our business in the south.

The previous consideration was not for running away, after all, is it the king's land in the whole world, if he really angered the emperor, where can he stay?

His purpose is to stay away from the officialdom in the capital, avoid the emperor and the dignitaries of the capital, and try to make himself as transparent as possible.

But as he set up a bank account, he became more and more bound to the interests of the imperial court, and he also knew that he was gradually becoming the target of public criticism. If the emperor insisted on finding merchants for surgery, then he, Su Xigui, must be the first to bear the brunt. Who would let the emperor know about you? Is someone Su rich?
Su Xigui only needs to arrange for his subordinates to send messages and handle errands, while he himself stays at the Tianjin Shipyard and prepares with Zhu Hao for the launch ceremony of the four new warships.

There are very few officers and soldiers on these four ships. The ships are basically craftsmen and some special "talented people". They make a living by going out to sea to fish, which makes them feel as if they are walking on the ground on the boat, and they will not get seasick.

The purpose of Zhu Hao's recruitment is to make them qualified sailors.

Sailors don't necessarily need to be so strong and brave in battle, and they don't have to worry about being deserters.

Because of naval battles, people are on the ship... there is no place to run, and there is basically no need for melee combat. If you really want to fight for that, the ship equipped with new-style firecrackers and artillery will lose the greatest advantage. .

These people look like old, weak, sick and disabled people, and even Su Xigui shook his head repeatedly when he saw it, but Zhu Hao knew that they were a group of "elite soldiers", and the biggest characteristic was...give them a boat equipped with With enough weapons, even the most powerful Franz pirates of this year will stand aside.

In the next step, Zhu Hao plans to compete with the Fulang Jiren on the coast of Fujian and Guangdong.

"Young master, what is your purpose? Look at this boat, there are not only men, but also women, both young and old. As I said before, there are no women on board. You are..."

Su Xigui felt that Zhu Hao had simply subverted the tradition of naval warfare or water warfare in all dynasties.

Are you expecting such a group of people to be messing around on the boat, or are they really going to fight?

Or, Zhu Hao's real purpose is to transfer a group of people to live overseas?

"Some things are really difficult to explain to you, Dongzhu Su. Let's go to the boat and see for ourselves." Zhu Hao greeted with a smile, "Let's go, get on the boat and have a look!"

Zhu Hao took Su Xigui onto the boat.

Su Xigui looked at the ship from a distance, but he didn't have an intuitive impression, and felt that the ship was nothing more than that.

He didn't notice the difference until he got on the deck or even entered the cabin.

"These... are all steel?"

Su Xigui was surprised.

These ships obviously look like wooden shells, but their defense is amazing, and the space is also very large. Although there are sail devices, they mainly rely on the turbines of the steam engine to drive the turbines. Marching, faster if the wind is sailing.

The driving of the ship is no longer completely dependent on the steering of the sails, etc. The blessing of the turbine gives this kind of ship a shadow of mechanization.

"Three decks, the cabin can accommodate 1000 people. If there are two shifts, it can carry 2000 people at the same time. This is only the scale of a rudimentary warship, and the displacement of seagoing ships will be increased in the future." Zhu Hao said.

Su Xigui smiled and said: "With such a big ship, I'm afraid that bandits will attack with small boats..."

"There is this level of concern!"

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It depends on the equipment of the fleet. A large ship like this will have more than a dozen smaller ships to follow, plus artillery and firecrackers, it is enough to deal with most small ships. It can also be fireproof after iron sheeting. But these are the areas that need to be improved in the future.”

In naval battles, it doesn't mean that the bigger the ship is, the better it is, sometimes the bigger the ship is the disadvantage.

Because small ships are more flexible, they can use more tactics when fighting. In the past, a key tactic in water warfare was "fire attack". In the latest large-scale water battle - the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Si The ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang won the victory by attacking with light boats and fire.

But if it is at sea, because the combat area is vast, the difficulty of attacking with fire will increase exponentially.

These are all matters considered by Zhu Hao, so while making big ships, Zhu Hao did not relax the manufacture of small boats.

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On the ninth day of May, Zhu Hao went south by boat.

At the same time, Lu Song, as the leader of the Jinyi Guard next to Zhu Hao, was responsible for liaising with the court and other matters. Lu Song brought an "imperial decree" issued by Zhu Si to Zhu Hao.

"...His Majesty hopes that Mr. Zhu will gain something in the south as soon as possible and return to the court within half a year."

As the person who conveyed the message, Lu Song actually greeted Zhu Hao.

This capital...

Lu Song himself didn't dare to go back.

Without Zhu Hao's protection, he might encounter some kind of evil hands when he returns. Although his family members are all staying in the capital, at least he and Lu Bing are separated, and they will probably follow Zhu Hao in the future.

"Okay, try your best."

Zhu Hao decided to go to sea, but did not set a return date for himself.

If possible, he would also like to take the fleet to visit the New World in person. Although there are already outsiders in the New World, with the strength of his fleet, he can occupy a territory in the New World, develop heavy industry, and complete the occupation of the New World. , no problem at all.

The colonists at the end of the Middle Ages in Europe did not have very powerful weapons. Zhu Hao asked himself that the weapons in his hands were much more advanced than those people.

More importantly, he has the most advanced technology of this era, which can be continuously improved, and his purpose is not purely for colonization.

He wants to develop the natives of the New World into people under his rule, and then train a powerful army to complete the control of the entire New World...and even conquer the world!
Dream big.

Even Zhu Hao felt that he should calm down and not be too impatient.

(End of this chapter)