Zhu Si smiled: "Don't care so much about it, for this group of Annan monkeys, it is a day to be able to play for a day." The robbers who robbed money and food were all bandits who were picked up by nature, what did they have to do with the West India Company? Even if the money and food of the Annan people are robbed, they have nothing to do with Daming, bandits, if Zheng wants to exterminate it, let him kill it, I'm afraid he doesn't have that ability. ”

Ma Jinzhong's cheeks were bulging, and he also came in and said: "Long live Lord, the minister thinks that you can be a little more ruthless in this method, and you haven't started yet, right?" Zhu Si said: "No, watching Deng Kai marry his daughter-in-law, he is itching in his heart, his good friends are not coming to get married, and he is thinking about making love with his wives at home." ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "That's good." Zhu Si asked disdainfully: "What's good?" Ma Jinzhong said: "It's good that he didn't leave, Long Live Lord can let him go over there, use all the wood that can be used there as raw materials, and hire local people to build warships." The West India Company gave the Annamites money and hired them to build ships, and they didn't know how happy they were. In this way, the finger will not be pointed at our Daming. Wang Chuanshan answered: "Grandpa Guo, your words are a bit informative, can you tell us a good story?" ”

Ma Jinzhong wiped his mouth, picked his teeth again and said: "The minister thinks this matter should be done like this, don't there be two separatist forces in Annan?" Why don't we just pry it and let the two of them fight? Wang Chuanshan asked again: "War can also be fought by prodding?" ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "It depends on who is going to pick it up, in the past, Zigong was not wiped out by Qi and Wu in order to protect the Lu State, didn't he go to Wuyue Qi and Jin alone, provoking one big melee after another?" Later, the state of Lu was fine, but there was a disaster in the state of Qi, and the state of Wu and the state of Yue also perished one after another. Isn't this a reality scenario? ”

Wang Chuanshan asked again: "Then who does Grandpa Guo think can be suitable to be the Zigong of 'stopping Wu Bayue and chaotic Qi Cunlu'?" Ma Jinzhong said: "West India Company, and Yi Shijia, although I am in Shaanxi these days, I have also heard of major events in the DPRK and China, such as the matter of Hou letting go of the West India Company and going to the border of Annam to rob, this is a stupid idea." ”

He Wenduan also asked anxiously: "We all know that Grandpa Guo has a lot of ideas, you can quickly talk about what other good ways there are in this matter, it is best to let the Ming soldiers take Annan without blood." Including Wang Chuanshan Gu Tinglin also had no objection to He Wenduan's goal, and they all thought that it was a good thing to recover Annan, after all, Annan was the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the early days of the founding of the country, but later they had no time to worry about the rebellion there, and finally lost the actual control again.

Ma Jinzhong said: "These bandits secretly instructed by Hou Xing, we can make good use of them again, let them continue to go to Annan to rob, and Lord Zheng will definitely ask Daming to block the border at that time, so that they can suppress the bandits." Let's take advantage of the situation and put forward the condition that the West India Company hire their people to build ships, and they will definitely agree to the benefits they can get. On the other hand, Yi Shijia was asked to spend money to hire a few Portuguese as actors, pretending to be the Portuguese government to promise military support to Zheng Zhu. Portugal is an ally of the Ming Dynasty, and as long as it is coordinated with them, they will not expose the trick. Then we will fund and support Lord Ruan to provoke a border provocation and promise to help him reunify. ”

Gu Tinglin asked: "Three or five Portuguese are easy to do, once we need to support Lord Zheng, where can we find so many Portuguese, do we want to transfer Western mercenaries over?" That's going to affect the domestic battlefield. Ma Jinzhong waved his hand and said: "Don't take it too seriously, the Portuguese are just a cover, once the border provoke is opened, the front will be removed, this is called the upper house ladder." At that time, Zheng Zhu will face pressure from both the border bandits and the southern Ruan lord, and he will definitely take care of one and lose the other. At this time, the West India Company, which was building ships in their country, would become the only lifesaver for Zheng Zhu. Let's help them on both sides, first give them some free armaments, and when the war is out of control, all the weapons and equipment we produce will need to be exchanged for their domestic rice and odd goods. When the battle is almost over, and both sides have consumed a lot of money, will I be left to talk about the rest? ”

He Wenduan asked again: "Grandpa Guo, how can we provide equipment for the war?" In the war with Jiannu, the weapons used by our Ming Dynasty are still long spears and short clubs, and there is no shortage of these things in Annan, how can they need our support? ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "This is the genius of our long live master, although the musket is lethal, but it relies heavily on logistics and supplies. If the soldiers lack training, they can only be paid lavishly. What's more, when facing Jiannu's cavalry and cloth armor, the lethality of the musket is discounted. Wang Chuanshan said: "What the Duke of Eguo said is that during the Wanli period, the Celestial Empire fought against the Japanese in Korea, and the Japanese were all the same muskets, but we relied on the cavalry to increase the artillery, and the huge advantage of the naval army wiped out the Japanese invaders." Firearms are good, but on the battlefield, good soldiers come first. ”

Ma Jinzhong nodded in agreement and said, "Mr. Funayama's example is exactly what I am thinking. We will only support the muskets of the two major forces in Annan, let them fight each other, and then control their supply of gunpowder. Both sides relied on muskets to fight, and when the time came, either side would be overwhelmed and wanted to give up the use of it, and it would have to face defeat. Therefore, as long as the flames of war are ignited, it will be difficult for either side to stop until the oil runs out. ”

Except for Hao Yongzhong, the rest of the people are not very professional in strategic issues. Zhu Si didn't speak all the time, just laughed. Hao Yongzhong pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "This method definitely seems to be much smarter than Yi Shijia's forcible seizure." After all, Yi Shijia was squeezing and looting money from the hands of Ruan Lord and other forces, but the method of Eguo Gong was to let them take the initiative to squeeze themselves in order to survive. But what I'm worried about is that if in this war, the Nguyen or Zheng Zhu of Annam finally trains a strong and experienced team, wouldn't it be more difficult for me to recover it in the future? ”

Ma Jinzhong nodded and said: "This worry is good, but firearms need gunpowder, but gunpowder is in the hands of our Daming." They want to contact the Netherlands or Portugal in time to buy and sell, not to mention the price, and they also need to break through the blockade of our Daming Sailor. In addition, if the kind of thing you are worried about happens, we can continue to cause trouble and use this armed force. First, they need our supply and support, and second, we will promise a lot of money when the time comes, and we are not afraid that they will not commit crimes. Hao Yongzhong said: "Are you saying that after this infighting, the victor will be used to attack other regions?" ”