Lu Ming

Chapter 192 Exploration Team

Regarding Zheng Zhilong's final solution, the newly released Cao Guerrilla proposed two strategies of "upper and middle".

The best policy is very simple, only five words "follow Wang Zhi's story".

Who is Wang Zhi?

Wang Zhi, a native of Huizhou in Southern Zhili, the owner of the Wufeng ship, the most famous pirate and businessman during the Jiajing period.

The famous "Tanegashima Iron Cannon" was taught to Tanegashima by the Portuguese on board when Wang Zhi passed by Tanegashima.Of course, the name is not for nothing. At that time, he sent his daughter to sleep with him.

After the mid-Jiajing period, the Ming government began to implement a sea ban policy.Hu Zongxian, who was the governor of Zhejiang Zhizhi at the time, advocated recruiting Wang Zhizhi, and the two sides had a pleasant negotiation at first.However, when Wang Zhi relaxed his vigilance and was playing in the West Lake, he was captured by Wang Bengu, who was then the patrol envoy of Zhejiang, and was subsequently executed.

With the execution of Wang Zhi as a symbol, the incident entered the famous period of "Jiajing Japanese Insurrection" in history.

Cao Guerrilla also meant the same thing now: to lure Lao Zheng to Fuzhou City with the bait of recruiting and negotiating, and then finish the job with a single knife.

This method can be said to be faster, more economical, environmentally friendly and pollution-free, who knows who uses it.

As for whether Lao Zheng will come or not?There is no doubt about that, just look at Cao Guerrilla himself.

Unless Lao Zheng wants to spend his whole life floating at sea as a guerrilla captain.As long as he still wants to recruit security, do regular business, and get a work permit issued by the government, he has to pass this test.

Old Zheng is not afraid to take this risk: Zheng is a businessman by nature, and his way of thinking is different from that of a pure pirate.

In history, Lao Zheng went to hostile camps to negotiate many times, including the Dutch who had trade disputes, including Cai Shanji, the prefect of Quanzhou, and Xiong Wencan himself. Lao Zheng only brought a small number of people to negotiate.

Of course, there is no way to bring large troops.The so-called "XX personally led thousands of people to come and surrender", in fact, it is the same as signing contracts on TV in later generations. The boss pretends to sign a few contracts in front of the flashing lights-the real negotiation process has long since ended, and this is a ceremony.

If the Zheng family took the so-called large force to coerce outside Quanzhou or Fuzhou port before the two sides had reached an agreement, it would be called rebellion, not negotiation.

Therefore, the plan proposed by Cao Guerrilla is the safest plan: the old bear only needs to show goodwill, and then meet Zheng Zhilong, and wait until he enters Fuzhou City
However, the old bear rejected this best policy.

Keyword: bad reputation.

Slaying Lao Zheng with a single knife made the traveler happy, but the old bear took the blame again.

Although the officials of all dynasties have no integrity, and the incidents of trapping and killing bandits are endless, Xiong Wencan obviously does not belong to that kind of officialdom: Wang Zhi was beheaded back then. relation.

The old bear has deeper concerns.

Killing Zheng Zhilong was a pleasure, but what if the pirates elected a leader later?
If the time-travelers are not as powerful as they say, and they can’t destroy the new pirate gang, then the old bear will be completely finished. No one will talk to the old bear again because he trapped and killed the former leader Zheng Zhilong. The value is negative.

Although Cao Guerzilla repeatedly used his head to guarantee that as long as Zheng Zhilong received a lunch box, the superficial brothers who gathered in Wuhewa would turn their faces and chop each other immediately, and then the officers and soldiers only needed to clean up one by one afterwards. However, Lao Xiong didn't believe it.

The old bear is not a time traveler, he doesn't know that Zheng Zhilong caressed his front foot in history, but his brothers turned against him and drove him and several of his family back to Fuzhou. How in the years to come, all the superficial brothers were sent to the west one by one.

From Xiong Wencan's point of view, it would be the worst policy for the government to kill Zheng Zhilong directly.He must leave a way out for both himself and the government. This is a choice that a normal superior will definitely make, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Well, since the best strategy is useless, Cao Youzhan took out the middle strategy here.

The first half of the middle strategy is the same as the best strategy, and Lao Xiong must cooperate with Zheng Zhilong in the early stage.After the interview, Lao Xiong can even personally send Zheng Zhilong on board and return to the nest under the watchful eyes of everyone. After that, Lao Xiong will have nothing to do, and the follow-up work will be handled by the new monk Zongsha under Cao Gueran's command.

After hearing this strategy, Xiong Wencan, as expected, quickly expressed his agreement: the boss is still willing to try this kind of thing that does not ruin his reputation and can be both sides.As for Zheng Zhilong who went to sea afterwards and couldn't find it, the sea was rough and the waves were rough, so it's none of his old man's business?
Two days later, Fujian governor Xiong Wencan summoned Zheng Zhilong's mouthpiece in Fuzhou for the first time: Lin Shudi, Tong Zhi of Fuzhou Prefecture.

After Lin Shudi came out of the governor's office that day, he was overjoyed and hurried to the "Hengguangkang" silk shop.

And Zheng Sancai, a relative of the Zhilong tribe who lives in Hengguangkang, did not dare to neglect the news, and sent two groups of messengers to Xiamen to inform Lao Zheng to come to Fuzhou to talk with Xiong Wencan.

What Zheng Sancai didn't know was that all his activities, including the ships the two groups of messengers took, and the routes of entry and exit, had been exposed and recorded.

Thus, without the knowledge of the general public, this important change in Fuzhou, which could affect history, was quietly completed.

At the same time, a dark net has also been opened, hiding behind the mist with a strong murderous intent; just wait for Zheng Zhilong, an outstanding businessman/pirate/diplomat in the 17th century, to fall into the net at the same time. Unleash the ultimate move to make it beyond redemption!

The story in Fuzhou City has temporarily entered the intermission stage.

Let us turn back the time to the end of May, the second day when the Ryan was sent to Fuzhou.

The sand ship "Yuan Dou" was one of the first batch of Chinese ships acquired by the cross-travelers after they came to Daming.

The 700 material Yuandou has been serving the people through time travel until today, and has undergone two major changes.

The first time was when I was in Tangzhuang. At that time, the crossing crew wanted to raid Dayuan Island and installed various electronic instruments and outboard motors on the Yuandou.

The second time is just as recent.Yuandou, which was assigned to the expedition team, was refitted again.

This modification is for exploration, so Yuandou specially strengthened the bilge, adjusted the cabin space, and equipped the deck with simple booms and small boats, and finally a wood gas power system.

The refitted Yuandou is now parked at the Dayuan Wharf with a brand new look, ready to go to Taipei to search for sulfur, iron ore and gold.

And Pan Mingzhong and Lei Jian, the two captains and deputy captains, were directing the sailors to make final preparations at the bow.

Unlike Pan Mingzhong, a donkey friend, Lei Jian is a serious student of the Geology College.It's a pity that learning is not useful: before Lei Jian crossed, he was driving for others in Africa.To be precise, it was the driver for the film crews who went to the reserve to shoot lions.

After crossing, he also had nothing to do at first, and it wasn't until the formation of the exploration team that Lei Jian finally made it through.

After tidying up, the Yuandou set off quietly, and there was no warm farewell scene - some time ago, considering that the number of ships arriving for the officers was increasing, it would be too late to welcome and send each day, Lao Xia had already issued an order: in the future, we must Personnel in this department are not allowed to greet or send off ships.

The lonely exploration team now has a total of 2 time travelers, and they will all be on board, so it is impossible for people from the department to come and see them off
After the Yuandou sailed out of the entrance of the Dayuan Passage, it was uncharacteristically not heading north directly. Instead, it turned left and started heading south along the coastline of Taiwan, heading straight to Kenting Cape, the southernmost tip of Taiwan.

Pan Mingzhong and Lei Jian planned this way: Dayuan is very close to Kenting, the southernmost part of Taiwan, and it is less than a day's sea journey.Therefore, for this voyage, Yuandou should bypass Kenting Cape and head north from the outer coast of Taiwan Island.

Such a voyage route allows the Yuandou to survey Taitung and Hualien along the way.

The Taitung coast, located on the east coast of Taiwan, is the key target of this exploration.

The mouth of the Hsiuguluan River at the border of Taitung and Hualien was, in later generations, a coastal mining area rich in magnetite.Including the iron sand mine on the coast of Taipei, the combined annual output of the two mines is about [-] tons.

This output, in front of the rabbits of later generations, is the same as nothing - in 2017, the rabbits imported 11 billion tons of iron ore.
However, it is now the 17th century, and the poor kiln base has recently estimated the iron ore smelting capacity in the second half of the year to a high level of 500 tons, which is already very good, thanks to the arrival of some iron material ships from Fuzhou.

Therefore, the iron sand ore that is enriched at the mouth of the Binhai River and is easy to mine is a strategic resource that needs to collect data as soon as possible after the traversing forces gradually extend their fists to the outside world.

In addition, Hualien is also rich in mineral resources, not only various serpentine, rose stone, marble, Taiwanese jade resources, but also a small amount of metal mines.

The most important of these is serpentine.

Serpentine contains a large amount of magnesium, which can make a variety of refractory materials.

In addition, serpentine and struvite can be calcined together to make calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer.This fertilizer works well for corn, potatoes, beans, and root and tuber crops.

The main crops that agricultural companies are currently planting on a large scale in Tainan are exactly the above-mentioned varieties. Therefore, serpentine is also very important.

Time passed quickly amidst the discussions between Pan Mingzhong and Lei Jian.The Yuandou ship set off early in the morning and sailed southward on the north wind. In the evening, we saw the bright green color of Kenting, Taiwan's only coastline with tropical climate characteristics.

When the fierce sun sank into the sea, the Yuandou turned on the radar and sonar in the gradually brightening starry sky, bypassed the clear and transparent coral sea area along the coast of Kenting, and continued to sail south without stopping.

At 10 o'clock that night, the Yuandou bypassed Kenting and began to head northward along the coast of Taiwan's outer islands.

At this time, the speed dropped.Pan Mingzhong, who was in charge of the night shift, had to stay in the stern cabin all night, using a walkie-talkie and a tweeter hung on the mast to communicate with the chief mate who commanded the crew to turn the sail, while reporting the sea conditions ahead in time to avoid hitting the rocks.

Sailing against the wind is difficult.After one night, the Yuandou only ran a straight line of 30 kilometers. From a distance, the people on board saw a landmark on the east coast of Kenting: Bitou Reef.

Fortunately, God also seemed to think that sailing like this was too lonely, so at 10 o'clock in the morning, a small dot sailing from north to south appeared on Yuandou's radar screen.

(End of this chapter)