Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 481

"Promise him? Then the brothers won't make it in the future?" Zheng Zhibao said in surprise.

"Fifth, can you think it over before you talk, you forgot what background we are from?" Zheng Zhilong scolded.

"Do you need to talk about your background? Of course... I understand. We will no longer engage in trade on the surface, but we can do it in private! And we will continue to do our old business, robbing those who do not have our permission. ship." Zheng Zhibao laughed.

Zheng Zhilong nodded, and said with a sneer, "This is our bargaining chip. At that time, legitimate trade cannot be carried out. What should Li Jing do?"

"Even if Li Jing begged us at that time, we wouldn't agree to him!" Zheng Zhibao laughed loudly.

Zheng Zhilong waved his hands and said, "But we still have to be prepared. Li Jing is a man who always takes things by surprise. A few months ago, he asked Cao Wenzhao to storm Shengjing and force Huang Taiji out of the city, but secretly arranged a surprise army Ambush and captured Huang Taiji in one fell swoop.

This time, there is no guarantee that he will do the same to me. We have to guard against this. From now on, everyone should be vigilant and try to stay on board as much as possible.

In addition, we still have to be prepared to confront Li Jing at sea, Mang Er, you should start buying food and other daily supplies immediately, and then transport them to Wang'an Island, Qimei Island and other islands (islands around Penghu). "

"Why not put it on the islands in front of the house? Even if it's in Penghu?" Zheng Zhibao asked puzzled.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Zhibao and reprimanded, "We have so many ships replenishing at the door of our house, can't the navy of the imperial court see it? An island as big as Penghu, can't the navy of the imperial court not find it? We secretly store supplies , of course, the more secretive the better."

"Oh, I see, then I will arrange a few more places," Zheng Zhibao suddenly said.

Zheng Zhilong waved his hand: "Okay, you can look at the arrangement yourself."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhilong said to everyone: "Let's leave, everyone, let's get ready to go."

Hearing this, everyone clasped their fists at Zheng Zhilong, stood up and said goodbye.

Watching everyone leave, Zheng Zhilong's eyes gradually narrowed.

"Father, are you worried about these people?" Zheng Sen walked up to Zheng Zhilong and asked softly.

Zheng Zhilong smiled, patted Zheng Sen on the shoulder lightly and said: "Fu Song, you must be on guard against others. These people seem to be loyal to their father, but in the face of interests, no one dares to protect them." What will happen, so we must open our ears and open our eyes."

"Since father wants to beware of them, why did he tell his arrangement in public?" Zheng Sen wondered.

"Hehehe!" Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Fu Song, my father is not so confused. Although my father has not read many books, he has been in business since he was a teenager. What kind of person has never beaten him?" Making friends? I don’t know how many times I have experienced life and death, these experiences are not something you can learn from books.”

"Father, please advise." Zheng Sen said hastily.

"Come on, sit down and talk. Today, as a father, I will tell you about my years of experience." Zheng Zhilong pointed to the seat beside him.

When Zheng Sen sat down, Zheng Zhilong said seriously: "Fu Song, first of all, you have to understand that everyone will have opponents in this life, no matter what they do."

Seeing that Zheng Sen was a little ignorant, Zheng Zhilong patted Zheng Sen on the shoulder lightly and said, "You are still young, so you may not understand. Let me make an analogy, last year you took the exam for scholar, and those students who took the exam with you were your opponents." .”

Zheng Sen nodded repeatedly when he heard the words.

Zheng Zhilong continued: "Similarly, the colleagues of businessmen are their opponents, and the colleagues of officials are their opponents. And in the position of being a father, there are more opponents. There are colleagues, subordinates, and colleagues.

If you are a businessman, if you fail to compete with your peers, you will lose some money and have a chance to make a comeback.But some opponents will not give up until they kill you. Such opponents can no longer be called opponents, but should be called enemies.

This is the case with me, Li Kuiqi, and Liu Xiang. These two can be regarded as my father's greatest enemies in this life.Just because it is a life-and-death struggle between us, I will do everything possible to kill them. "

Smiling, Zheng Zhilong continued: "Back then Li Kuiqi was slightly stronger than me, while Liu Xiang was slightly inferior to me. But both of them died in my hands. Do you know why?"

Zheng Sen shook his head.

"Because I know them far better than they know me." Zheng Zhilong said in a deep voice.

Seeing that Zheng Senruo realized something, Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "I know you like reading military books these days. There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War that says to know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Do you understand the meaning of this sentence?"

Zheng Sen nodded: "That means that when fighting, you must not only understand the situation of the enemy army, but also the situation of your own troops, so that you can win every battle."

Zheng Zhilong smiled and nodded, then shook his head again.

"Is what the boy said wrong?" Zheng Sen wondered.

"Right or wrong." Zheng Zhilong laughed.

Zheng Sen hurriedly said: "I also ask my father to give advice."

Zheng Zhilong laughed and said: "Actually, as long as a general leads an army, he knows that he must send people to understand the enemy's situation in battle. We will investigate the enemy army. Similarly, the enemy army will also send people to understand us. The obvious thing is to hide For example, the number of soldiers, the morale of soldiers, equipment, food supplies, etc., can be found out with snacks.

But can knowing these win the battle?Obviously not, the most important thing is that you have to understand the enemy's general, his character, habits, hobbies, and even what he hates. Only by understanding these things can you defeat your enemy.

I just said that I know Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang better than they know me. That's what I said. Li Kuiqi is arrogant and arrogant.He does have the capital not to take me seriously, because I lost the first few battles with Li Kuiqi.

Because Li Kuiqi was arrogant and conceited, he thought that after I suffered several defeats, I would not dare to fight against him again. If Li Kuiqi took advantage of the victory and pursued it at that time, I am afraid it would not have been the result later.

After defeating me several times, Li Kuiqi was already the dominant family in the sea. Because of his arrogant personality, he was surrounded by enemies, which finally caused him to break with the Dutch, and the Dutch fell to my side, so I joined forces with the Dutch to defeat Li Kuiqi. .

Liu Xiang's personality is completely different from Li Kuiqi's. Liu Xiang has a persevering character, is used to judging the situation, and is never discouraged by setbacks.But he has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, he doesn't have the courage to fight to the death.

Fusong, you have to know that sometimes even if you are in adversity, as long as you have the courage to die, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory.Fighting against Liu Xiang, I went deep several times alone. If Liu Xiang has such courage, it is not certain who will win in the end.

Because Liu Xiang didn't have the courage to put all his eggs in one basket, he retreated or even ran away whenever he saw the situation was unfavorable, so his family property became less and less, and finally he was surrounded and wiped out by me. "

Zheng Sen pondered for a while after hearing the words: "Because my father understands Liu Xiang's character, he dared to take risks. He put on a posture of fighting him desperately, and that's why he repeatedly defeated Liu Xiang."

Zheng Zhilong sighed: "In the end, I still forgot one thing. When a person's life and death are at stake, he still has the courage to fight to the death. If I hadn't been eager to wipe out the enemy, your second uncle would not have died."

Seeing Zheng Zhilong mentioning his dead second uncle, Zheng Sen also heaved a long sigh. Zheng Sen's second uncle was Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhilong's most beloved younger brother, who died at the hands of Liu Xiang in the final battle against Liu Xiang.

Sighing for a while, Zheng Zhilong continued: "I tell you these old stories to tell you that it is important to understand the enemy's military strength, but more importantly, to understand the enemy itself.

If you don't know your opponent's personality, character, habits, you can't find his weakness.

Back then, I knew Li Kuiqi's character, so I endured it for a while, so he gave me the opportunity himself. Similarly, because I knew Liu Xiang, I dared to take risks with him and gradually nibbled him away.

Now, if Li Jing wants to deal with me, he will naturally investigate us in advance. He can find out what is on the surface, no matter how secretive we are. To deal with him, he must also start from his weaknesses. "

"Li Jing's weakness? What's Li Jing's weakness?" Zheng Sen wondered.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "Li Jingxiong is very talented, he is indeed a great person, but he also has weaknesses. His weakness is that he is not ruthless enough to kill, and he values ​​the hearts of the people too much."

"What? You said that Li Jing's killing was not cruel enough? I don't know how many people died in Li Jing's hands, so this is not cruel?" Zheng Sen asked in surprise.

Zheng Zhilong shook his head: "Do you think that killing some corrupt officials can be called ruthless? Hehe, it's far from it! If Li Jing was ruthless, he wouldn't need to spend so long in Liaodong.

I heard that he is now ordering Cao Wenzhao to recruit the remnants of the Jurchens in Liaodong, leaving North Korea's Dorgon not to fight, but to recruit those remnants. I don't know what he is thinking!If these remnants were directly wiped out, they would have entered North Korea long ago, and Dorgon can still be at large?

As for the fact that Li Jing values ​​people's hearts too much, you can tell by Li Jing's actions this time. He is concerned that our Zheng family is well received by the people in Quanzhou, so he dared not directly order me to be arrested, but he wanted to force me to rebel before attacking me. .The so-called military is expensive, if Li Jing can send a surprise attack on Quanzhou, how can you and my father and son still sit at home and talk? "

"This..." Zheng Sen was speechless for a moment.

To be honest, Zheng Sen didn't agree with what Zheng Zhilong said just now, but from Zheng Zhilong's point of view, it can't be said that what Zheng Zhilong said was wrong.

After pondering for a while, Zheng Sen asked, "Then how does father plan to target Li Jing's weakness?"

"Hehe, didn't I arrange everything just now?" Zheng Zhilong laughed.

"With such an arrangement, Li Jing will find out as soon as he checks it. Is this considered an arrangement?" Zheng Sen wondered.

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "I'm not afraid that Li Jing will know my arrangement, not to mention that no matter how secretive my arrangement is, those under my command will never be able to secretly collude with Li Jing, so how can I hide it from Li Jing? Let's see how Li Jing responds."

(End of this chapter)