Lu Ming

Chapter 204 Killing the King ([-])

The best way to defeat a powerful force is to kill the opponent when it is still in its seedling stage.

Travelers are in such a period.

Even in the 17th century, there are many forces stronger than Zheng Zhilong, who can drive the Zheng family to extinction.However, due to geography and relationships, the only one who has the ability to cause great harm to the crossing forces is Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong is really not strong.

Not to mention those huge ships with hundreds of cannons like the "Sea King" built by the European ghosts and animals in their lairs, even if they are second-class battleships with 50-80 side cannons, even if the total is only a quarter, If you start a war with the Zheng family on the ocean far away from the shallow coast, then the Zheng family will definitely be wiped out.

As for the army, let alone - the two scenes of Guo Xingye encircling Nanjing and the Qing army's assault on Xiamen have completely missed the pirates' land warfare skills.

As long as the time travel is given a few more years, no matter whether it is the white-armored soldiers of Manchuria, or the Omi ghost animal British and Dutch fleet, these opponents who are much stronger than the Zheng Zhilong Group will be scumbags in front of the time travelers.

However, at this point in time, on the eve of the transformation of a certain force, Zheng Zhilong, a traditional pirate group with cold weapons, has now become the biggest enemy facing the high-level time-traveling force. Without it, it can only be said to be a coincidence.

On the other side of the sea, while the horses were preparing their horses and fighting hard, there was no trace of murderous aura in the city of Fuzhou.

The five Dafu boats coming from Xiamen have already stopped at the official wharf outside Fuzhou City.

And the owners of these five ships, currently the biggest pirate leader in the South China Sea, whose nickname is Yiguan and whose real name is Zheng Zhilong, are sitting in the study of the "Hengguangkang" silk shop at the moment, talking to his distant relative Zheng Sancai .

Zheng Zhilong, who was born in 1604, is only 25 years old now, and he can really be called a young hero.But this thief, who frightened the people of Zhangquan and caused headaches to the government, was actually a handsome man: with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a straight nose and forehead, a slender figure, and a heroic spirit all over him, without the slightest taste of a pirate.

There is a saying in later generations that is very suitable for Zheng Zhilong when he was young: it starts with appearance and falls into talent.This young man who can lead thousands of pirates at the age of 24 is undoubtedly talented and charismatic.

Of course, everything has two sides.

The fact that an official comrade can be mixed up to this level is also inseparable from the fact that he is a refined egoist.Throughout Zhilong's life, he believed in Catholicism, Mazu, and Buddhism;

When Zhilong first debuted in his early years, he received Catholic baptism in Macau.At that time, foreigners named him Nicholas, so he had the new name of Nicholas Cage, Nicholas Yiguan.

After that, Zheng Zhilong traveled to various parts of Southeast Asia, and then took refuge in his second owner in Japan: Li Dan, a sea merchant.

Introduced by Li Dan afterwards, Zheng Zhilong went to work as an interpreter for the Dutch.He was said to be an interpreter, but he was actually the pirate leader who led the fleet to intercept the Spanish messenger in the strait.

After Li Dan's death, Zheng Zhilong gradually took over his influence. After the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1624, Zheng Zhilong moved his business focus to Taiwan, and then attached himself to his fourth employer: Yan Siqi, the leader of the "Japanese conch" Japanese pirates.

After Yan Siqi's accidental death in 1625, Zheng Shuai took over the owner's business again.This time, he raised the pirate banner of "Eighteen Zhi", and began to fight along the coast of Fujian. With the strategic idea of ​​"promoting peace through fighting", he fought repeatedly with the officers and soldiers, desperately facing the fifth master, Demonstrates his ability to "trick or treat".

Yes, historically he succeeded.Before taking refuge with the sixth master of the Qing Dynasty, he reached the pinnacle of his life with the fifth master of the Ming Dynasty.

And handsome Zheng, who is sitting in Heng Guang Kang drinking tea today, will naturally not know that history has undergone a small change here.On the contrary, he is in a pretty good mood at the moment.

Under the various means of beating and dragging, the government has come forward through the new governor, revealing the intention of appeasement.And this time, both parties have done enough homework beforehand, so they will definitely not return in vain like the previous few times.

Regarding this point, Zheng Zhilong is still sure. His fact that he came to Fuzhou City in person today is a proof in itself.

"Sancai, has there been any movement in the governor's yamen recently?" Zheng Zhilong, who came to Hengguangkang to settle down at the beginning of disembarking, opened his mouth to ask about the movement in Fuzhou city before vacuuming.

Hearing the chairman's question, Zheng Sancai, the manager of the Fuzhou branch who sat beside him, naturally did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly replied: "The news of recent recruiting has spread in Fuya."

"Well, it should be so. When will Huang Zanhua arrive?"

"We'll be there in the afternoon."

"This person is Xiong Fujun's confidant, don't neglect him, and prepare a heavy gift. I have to wash and change clothes later, and I will have a sincere talk with Huang Zanhua in the afternoon."

"Three will know."

After a few instructions, Zheng Zhilong took a sip of tea, and then mentioned a certain force that made him afraid: "What's going on with that group of senior officials?"

"I haven't found any relationship between that generation and the government." After Zheng Sancai replied, he got up and took out a piece of light yellow thin bamboo paper from the table: "The business of the Kunren is booming, and I bought it from Fuzhou this month. About 20 ships of iron and coal, and a few ships of beggars."

Zheng Zhilong took a look at the bamboo paper, then flicked the paper with his fingers, raised his head and said with a smile: "Duandi is a good business, take away the iron and carbon, bring back the private salt cement, and exchange rough goods for rough goods. Well, right now, it's a good business." It's important, let him go."

Before he finished speaking, a young man with big shoulders and a round waist, his brows somewhat similar to Zheng Zhilong said loudly: "If the recruitment is done well, you can seal Kunren's business afterwards."

The young man's name is Zheng Zhihu, the eldest brother of Zheng Zhilong.In history, Zheng Zhihu was brave and courageous, with outstanding martial arts skills, and he was known as "dragon wise and tiger brave" in the world.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, in the battle of Zheng Zhilongping to destroy Liu Xiang, Zheng Zhihu "had a steel knife in his mouth, held a rattan shield, and jumped on the stern rope", and jumped onto Liu Xiang's boat to fight.This person "steals all the way" and almost killed all of Liu Xiang's pirates, but in the end he fell carelessly and was caught by a fishing net and thrown into the sea, where he drowned.

Liu Xiang was then defeated and committed suicide.

In short, Zheng Zhihu is a fierce general, a strong man in hand-to-hand combat.

After hearing what his brother said, Zheng Zhilong first shook his head with a wry smile: Zheng Zhihu was born with a huge voice, and a word made the room buzz.

"Discuss this matter later, don't startle the snake by making mistakes."

"Hmph, I'm afraid he won't succeed!"

"Others have sharp guns and cannons, but we only have a body. Even if we want to do something, we must contact the Dutch and Portuguese people to make a perfect plan."

When Zheng Zhilong said this, he stood up and wanted to go to the back house to wash and change clothes.At the end, he turned around and told Zheng Sancai: "In the past few days, all the hidden lines of relations inside and outside the city will be activated. Don't be stingy with money. If there are words from the Fuyamen, report them to me in time."

"Big master but don't worry, three people know the importance."

In the afternoon, a sedan chair stopped outside Hengguangkang's gate.

Accompanying the governor's yamen's popular Zanhua Huang Ping Huang Master came here, of course, was a team of Fuya's soldiers, and Xiong Qi, Wen Can's trusted family member, was also included.

However, Zheng Zhilong, a hero of a generation, was only wearing a blue plain robe at this moment, and surrounded by many entourages, he went out to meet Mr. Huang.

The meeting between the two parties was naturally carried out in a friendly atmosphere.

Since Zheng Zhilong made a fuss before this, one of the reasons why he was not on the stage was that Cai Shanji, the prefect of Quanzhou, treated him slowly, so Huang Ping's attitude today is naturally kind and easy-going.

And Zheng Zhilong, a hero who can be a domestic slave of the six surnames, naturally wouldn't brainstorm to play with the tsundere president at such a critical moment, so when the two parties met, the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic.

The conversation was also very pleasant.

Huang Ping gave Zheng Zhilong enough face this time.On behalf of the old bear, he stayed in Heng Guangkang for an entire hour.

During this period, the two sides chatted a lot.At the end, Huang Juren deliberately acted like a slippery official: when talking about the scenery of Fuzhou, he deliberately complained a few words about the local housing prices, saying that he owed a lot of money to the local businessman in order to buy a house, and reminded his friend Zheng Be careful when buying property in Fuzhou in the future, the housing prices here are inflated.
Friends Zheng is naturally interesting.When Mr. Huang came out of the silk and satin village afterwards, he was already smiling brightly, with golden wind in his sleeves.At this moment, he had two gift slips from Mr. Zheng in his pocket, one of which belonged to Lao Xiong, and the other was naturally the loan that Mr. Zheng gave him to buy a house—no interest, and no need to return it.

Surrounded by a group of soldiers who had reaped the benefits, Master Huang bid farewell to Chun Chun, the wealthy Zheng who had been upgraded to a close comrade in arms, and then he got into the sedan chair and went back to the Yamen.Not long after, when he returned to the door of Xiong Da's study, Huang Ping had already put away his greedy face of extorting bribes, and changed back to his original face.

At the beginning of the next day (9 o'clock sharp), Zheng Zhilong and his party came to Fujian Governor's Yamen to meet Xiong Wencan as agreed.

Although the gate of the governor's yamen will not be opened wide at this moment, the grand scene of Mr. Huang personally leading people out of the gate is still seen by the people who eat melons.Later that day, the news that the government was about to appease Zheng Zhilong, the giant canal in the Minhai Sea, spread like wildfire and spread everywhere.

After entering the Governor's Yamen, everything is normal.Apart from hearing a few tiny "clicks" outside the porch, Zheng Zhilong didn't feel anything unusual.

Soon, he saw Xiong Wencan sitting alone in the flower hall.

Whether it's an old bear wearing a Taoist robe at home, or a flower hall with private meanings, the young Zheng Zhilong is satisfied.You know, when Cai Shanji met him, he was sitting in the courtroom in official robes and posing.

The next moment, without hesitation, Zheng Zhilong took a step forward and knelt down: "Craftsman Zheng Zhilong kowtows to Lord Fujun."

"Zhilong, you don't need to be too polite, please get up quickly." Xiong Wencan, who was wearing a loose-pattern robe, leaned over and lifted up Zheng Zhilong whose knees were not on the ground.

"Caomin thank you, Master Fujun!"

"At a young age, it is not easy, not easy." Xiong Wencan gently stroked his long beard at this time, and said gently: "Zhilong, you are here today, and your ability to judge the situation is not small. hehe."

"What happened before was a last resort. Zhilong didn't dare to resist Wang Shi, and he will serve the court with all his strength in the future. But please rest assured, my lord, there is someone here, and the southeast half can rest easy!"

"Hehe, hehe, easy to say, easy to say."

(End of this chapter)