Start a Ming Dynasty plane

Chapter 617 Zheng Zhibao's Confidence Is Lantian

Zheng Zhilong's death was a great loss to Shibazhi, and at the same time, this matter had to be investigated to the end, so everyone began to replay the scene where Zheng Zhilong was killed at that time, and finally everyone set their target on the gunpowder used to assassinate Zheng Zhilong superior.

With so much gunpowder, especially a weapon that can explode when thrown, the first thing everyone thinks of is Lantian.

So Zheng Sen proposed at the meeting whether Lan Tian did it, and everyone agreed that it might be Lan Tian. And it shows that this matter has nothing to do with Lantian.

Zheng Sen was furious when he heard the words, and drew a knife to kill the Lantian envoy. The Lantian envoy said without any fear: "This thing is called a grenade, and it is true that our Lantian produced it, but our Lantian grenade is sold outside, and it is not impossible to imitate it. , It’s just that the cost is too high, but in order to assassinate a big man like Zheng Zhilong, it’s so rare to spend a few hundred taels to make a few grenades.

Besides, now that everyone in Ming Dynasty knows that this grenade is unique to me in Lantian, will we be so stupid as to use our signature weapon to assassinate someone?
It's like when you go to assassinate others, would you leave the knife with your name on it at the scene of the crime?
After hearing what the envoy said, Shibazhi's people were shaken, and felt that what they said made sense. Lan Tian could have used other methods to kill Zheng Zhilong, why use their iconic grenade to kill people?

At this time, the messenger said again: "Who would throw a weapon with a name on it at the scene of a murder? There is no doubt that it is the person who wants to frame and frame it. If we judge that it is Lantian who did it based on such a weapon, it may not be the case." Somewhat arbitrary."

"If you say that, everyone present will be suspicious, because we sold you Shibazhi [-] grenades like this before, maybe someone stole this grenade and killed Mr. Zheng."

After hearing this, the elders of Shibazhi reacted, and quickly asked people to check Shibazhi's warehouse, only to find that there were indeed five grenades missing in Shibazhi's warehouse, as well as a large amount of gunpowder.

Hearing the news, everyone's faces changed. Qi Qi looked at Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen. The two of them also had ugly faces at this time, but Zheng Zhibao's expression was ugly, obviously with a hint of pretending.

Zheng Zhibao said: "You are talking nonsense. No one can enter the gunpowder store except my brother. There are not enough grenades and gunpowder in it. Could it be that my brother stole it himself!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded in unison, but at this moment one person stood up and said: "Let me tell you, in fact, besides an official, Master Zheng Sen can also enter the gunpowder storehouse. The master once gave the key to the powder storehouse. I got a copy of the young master, and the young master's guard firearms are all taken from there, I know this!"

After hearing this, everyone in Shibazhi looked at Zheng Sen suspiciously, and Zheng Sen was furious: "Can I kill my father myself?"

At this time, Zheng Zhibao said humanely: "That's not necessarily true. Since ancient times, for the sake of rights, there are not a few people who killed their fathers and sons."

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

"You're just farting, how can you talk to me? When I was killing people at sea, you were still peeing and making mud at home, no big or small."

"You fucking rely on the old to sell the old!"

……

The whole scene was chaotic for a while, and at this moment, the Lantian envoy said: "Everyone, listen to me, I heard that Mr. Zheng was assassinated today, so I came here to explain. By the way, let me say something. I think this This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Zheng Zhibao and Master Zheng Sen. First of all, if Mr. Zheng Zhibao wants to assassinate Mr. Zheng, there is no need to steal the grenade. You can buy it directly from our Lantian. Our county lord said that he and Mr. Zheng Zhibao are brothers. We in Lantian can buy gunpowder and weapons at a discount, so why take the risk to steal the gunpowder magazine?"

"Secondly, it's impossible for Master Zheng Sen. Don't say how appalling it is to kill his father, just say that Master Zheng Sen knows that he can enter the gunpowder storehouse, and someone knows that he can enter the gunpowder storehouse. That's the same as The group of assassins clearly knew that they used grenades, and the first impression was that Lan Tian did it, and they were all framed, so I don’t think it should be the two of them who did it.”

The envoy from Lantian analyzed seriously, but everyone in Shibazhi understood that this envoy from Lantian was not a good person. First of all, read the first sentence, which revealed an important message. They are brothers from Lantian and Zheng Zhibao. You can buy gunpowder and weapons. What does this mean? Lan Tian supports Zheng Zhibao.

Who is this sentence for, and it is for those neutral people who do not stand in line at Shibazhi?

The importance of this sentence is even more important than who killed Zheng Zhilong. Does it matter who killed Zheng Zhilong?
Also important and not important.

What's important is that Zheng Zhilong is the boss of these people, if he doesn't avenge the boss, how he will be messed up in the world in the future, what doesn't matter is that everyone is dead, everyone doesn't need to be entangled in this person, and more should look at the interests.

Now Shibazhi is divided into three factions, the Zheng Zhibao faction, the Zheng Sen faction, and the neutral faction. Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen are now evenly matched, and whoever the neutral faction leans towards will win.

Now Zheng Zhibao has made a move. I have a good relationship with Lantian. After following me, whether it is doing business with Lantian or buying weapons and ammunition, they are all popular and spicy. It is not easy to follow Zheng Sen, and Lantian will not recognize him!

And today the Lantian envoy came for two purposes. The first one is to show our attitude. This matter has nothing to do with us. Don’t pour dirty water on us. This statement is very important, otherwise it will be difficult to control the direction of public opinion.

The second is to come to stand in line, to tell Shibazhi people that I stand in Zheng Zhibao, and in the future I want to eat delicious food and drink spicy food, or I want to feel uncomfortable, so choose yourself.

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

In fact, even if the conservatives knew that it was Zheng Zhibao, would they betray their boss?No, because Zheng Zhibao represents their interest group, if Zheng Zhibao wins, they win.

As for the neutral faction, their attitudes are inexplicable, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are unwilling to mix in these right and wrong, and want to protect themselves wisely, so even if someone tells them that Lan Tian did this, how do they choose? Follow Zheng Sen Hit Lantian?

Lantian is not a soft persimmon. If you beat Lantian with people, effort and money, you may not get anything in the end, and you will be dragged down. This is not in line with your core interests, so even if the neutral faction knows that it is Lantian If they do, they will also remain silent and not participate.

So all of a sudden the balance was tilted, from the initial one to one to two to one, so this round, Zheng Sen lost.

Zheng Sen was angry and helpless and even looked at Zheng Zhibao with a hint of despair, looked at the Lantian envoy, looked at the conservatives and neutrals in the field, he was even sure at this moment that the assassination was organized by the Lantian people, but What is the use?

Except for himself, no one here sincerely wanted to avenge his father. Failure, too much failure, Zheng Sen couldn't help laughing, the way he laughed was tragic, and the way he laughed was heartbroken.

But no one could help him, he felt hopeless and powerless.

In the face of rights and interests, any former brotherhood is rubbish. Only rights are what these people pursue. Zheng Sen doesn't know how he got out of the mourning hall. After discussion, research and judgment, they finally came to a conclusion that the assassination of Zheng Zhilong was done by the Dutch.

The reason is simple, only the Dutch have so much gunpowder, and the existence of Zheng Zhilong has caused heavy losses to the Dutch East India Company. Pay protection fees to Zheng Zhilong.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has never given up on Ryukyu Island, and even stationed troops around the Penghu Islands, which made the Dutch feel like a thorn in their backs, so there was absolutely no flaw in planning the assassination.

After hearing this, Zheng Sen yelled and cursed, but he had no choice but to run to Zheng Zhilong's coffin and cry all night, fainting several times.

In this way, a few more days later, when it was Zheng Zhilong's first seven, the senior officials of Shibazhi decided to hold a meeting, and proposed a policy that snakes can't do without their heads, and decided to elect a new Shibazhi to take the lead.

Shibazhi is actually a loose pirate organization, Zheng Zhilong is just the leader of the pirates, and the rest of the top executives are equivalent to franchise stores, so at this time to elect the leader, these Shibazhi executives have very high authority.

At the meeting, Zheng Zhibao said to the senior management of Shibazhi with a happy face: "My elder brother just left, but my nephew has grown up. I recommended my nephew Zheng Sen as the commander-in-chief of Shibazhi. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Zheng Sen was the first to show disdain. Your face is so smiling that you are about to bite someone. You are willing to give up this position to me, aren't you going to play three invites and three yields again?

Zheng Sen was very disdainful, but Zheng Zhibao was addicted to playing. When all the high-level officials thought Zheng Sen was young and immature, Shibazhi still needed a mature and prudent person to host, and other reasons, Zheng Zhibao was elected as the leader. He refused, and squeezed out a few crocodile tears, saying that Zheng Sen is the hope of the eldest brother, and he hopes to assist Zheng Sen instead of being the leader.

After everyone persuaded him again, he said that he was ignorant and limited in ability.

Everyone urged three times, 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 Shibazhi to go further!"

There was thunderous applause, and in the end Zheng Zhibao successfully became the leader of Shibazhi, while his nephew could only be the second child.

After the meeting, Zheng Zhibao couldn't help his excitement, and was about to hold a grand banquet to celebrate, but Zheng Sen snorted coldly, and left the venue with the young men. Zheng Zhibao looked at Zheng Sen's back and knew that starting from today Their uncles and nephews have completely broken up, and both sides will wish to kill each other in the future.

But Zheng Zhibao is not very worried, because there is Lan Tian behind him. As long as Lan Tian supports him, he is confident to defeat his nephew and completely control Shibazhi. As for Lantian's interest in Shibazhi, Zheng Zhibao is not very worried After all, the land of Bamin has the surname Zheng. It is difficult and not easy for his surname Li to get involved.

But with his wisdom, he would never imagine how corrosive Lantian is.

When Zheng Zhibao came to power, Shibazhi's dominance directly dropped a big step. When Zheng Zhilong was there, the entire Shibazhi pirate organization followed his example.

The neutral faction is also a guy who has no profit and can't afford it early, and Zheng Zhilong died, the big stone pressing on these people's hearts is gone, and the rest of them have some different ideas.

After all, people always consider their own interests first. Now, the Shibazhi split is already the obvious target. Although Zheng Zhibao is the boss, the only ones he can command are the conservatives.

Shibazhi has already planted the seeds of division. Although Zheng Zhibao can still command the neutral faction with the support of Lantian, the neutral faction will gradually find that they can trade with Lantian even without relying on Zheng Zhibao. Their own father, so it is normal for Zheng Zhibao to be abandoned.

It's just a matter of time, or when Lan Tian wants to abandon Zheng Zhibao.

The monolithic Shibazhi is about to fall apart, which makes the major interest groups who are greedy for Shibazhi salivate, and some pirates nearby have different thoughts.

And the most obvious one is the Dutch. Since the Dutch occupied Ryukyu Island, they have been trying to expand outwards, but outside is the territory of Zheng Zhilong's pirates. Although Zheng Zhilong's weapons and equipment are far inferior to the Dutch, they have many people. However, the number of people alone is a headache for the Dutch. Their country is too far away from here. Whether it is weapons, ammunition, or population, it is difficult to replenish, otherwise they would have colonized the nearby islands long ago.

Now that Zheng Zhilong is dead, the incompetent Zheng Zhibao has become the commander-in-chief of the Shibazhi. The excited current Governor of the Ryukyu Island of Holland, Erwald, jumped off his comfortable big bed and pushed the big-breasted Dutch red-haired beauty When I got to the side, I came to my desk with bare buttocks, spread out the ocean map near Ryukyu Island, and then pointed to the direction of Penghu Islands: "Here, here, and here are all mine, Captain Kuiyi , I need you to immediately gather troops and occupy this place!"

After hearing this, Kui Yi looked at his chief and said, "Lord Governor, I am happy to serve you, but Zheng Zhilong's group of pirates will not allow us to occupy their territory."

"It doesn't matter, 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..."

Owald laughed excitedly, as if he had already defeated Shibazhi and formally dominated this sea area!
(End of this chapter)