Seeing that everyone soon had a tendency to deviate from the topic, Zheng Zhilong simply made a decision: "Let's hand over the list of these 20 people to Grandpa Lu, and let Grandpa Lu select 10 people." Gonggong Lu is a person close to His Majesty, even if it is to avoid being scolded by His Majesty, he will be responsible for the selected representatives. Everyone must not have an opinion on Grandpa Lu's vision, right? ”

Pan Bizheng just thought about it, and then smiled and supported: "Yes, with Gonggong Lu's talent, presumably the selected representatives must be able to enter His Majesty's eyes." If we can win the favor of Your Majesty, it will also be beneficial for us to fight for the rights and interests of maritime merchants after we enter Beijing, and I agree with the opinion of the chief of the first official. ”

With Pan Bizheng's support, Zheng Zhilong's proposal was quickly adopted. In this way, the village, which had been noisy for several days, finally quieted down. When Lu Jiude and Lian Shanxiang returned from a nearby mountain village in the afternoon, they saw Zheng Zhilong and his two brothers waiting at the gate of the small courtyard where they lived.

Lu Jiude and Lian Shanxiang glanced at each other, not knowing what this Zheng leader was doing when he didn't have a meeting in the council hall and ran to the door of the small courtyard where they lived.

Lu Jiude walked a few steps quickly, greeted Zheng Zhilong and said, "Leader of the first official, I don't know what to do here?" ”

Zheng Zhilong, who was looking down and thinking about things, heard Lu Jiude's greeting, and immediately raised his head and said with a smile: "It turns out that Grandpa Lu is back, I have been busy with trivial matters in the past two days, and I don't know if the people below are still thoughtful to greet me?" I heard that Father-in-law Lu and Lord Lian have been out on a tour for the past few days, and I don't know the eyes of my father-in-law who can enter Taiwan's landscapes. ”

"Taiwanese landscapes? That's great, but I've been walking for a day, and my physical strength is really a little weak, so why don't you invite a few people to come in for tea and talk? Lu Jiude shook the dust on his body and said with a smile to the Zheng family brothers.

Zheng Zhilong took his brother and followed Lu Jiude into the courtyard, and after waiting in the living room for a while, Lu Jiude changed his clothes and came out to talk to them.

After Zheng Zhilong and Lu Jiude briefly talked about Taiwan's customs and customs, they introduced the topic to the main topic.

"Let me choose someone? But I'm not familiar with most of the people on this list, can you admit this chosen person? I think that since there is already a roster of 20 people, it is better to simply let them draw lots. "Lu Jiude has long heard about what has happened in the village in the past few days.

For the election of a few representatives, this seemingly monolithic pirate gang can be torn apart, so that Lu Jiude's idea of Chongzhen is simply a five-body surrender. But he was really a little mistaken, Chongzhen didn't make this suggestion to divide an eighteen Zhi.

Out of a misunderstanding of Chongzhen's intentions, Lu Jiude did not want to interfere in the election of representatives to Beijing, he came out to be this wicked person, not to mention that there was no benefit, and maybe it also violated Chongzhen's strategy of wanting to divide the pirates, why did this come from.

Seeing that Lu Jiude shirked and came up with the idea of drawing lots, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel a little angry. However, he is also a character who has experienced ups and downs, and immediately replied: "Father-in-law Lu is really intelligent, and he came up with this wonderful method in a short instant, this method of catching lots is very fair, I wait for these rough people to really not have as broad vision as my father-in-law, and when I go back and say it, I think everyone will not have any opinions." However, there is a sentence I don't know when to say it or not? ”

Hearing that Zheng Zhilong actually boasted about his bad idea, Lu Jiude felt that there was something wrong there, and sure enough, Zheng Zhilong sold it after he finished boasting.

Lu Jiude naturally wouldn't fail to give Zheng Zhilong this face, so he replied pretendedly: "If there is anything that the leader of the first official can't say, I'll just listen to it here." ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled slightly, he stretched out his right hand and touched his chin, before he said calmly: "Although I, Zheng Zhilong, have a Dan heart and are inclined to the imperial court, but Eighteen Zhi is a gang of thieves after all, and the flow of personnel is complicated, and some people have a deep misunderstanding with the imperial court, I am afraid that Zhao'an may not be sincere." Although this casting of lots is fair to these leaders, it may not be to your father-in-law. If one or two people with malicious intentions towards the court are selected by lot, and then they enter Beijing to face the saint and collide with Your Majesty, how can your father-in-law face Your Majesty at that time? ”

Zheng Zhilong's words suddenly made Lu Jiude, who was originally sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, jump, he had been communicating with these pirates too easily in the past few days, he almost forgot that these were not good citizens, and the possibility that Zheng Zhilong said might not exist.

As a eunuch serving the Ming Emperor, Lu Jiude certainly knew that the key to serving the emperor was to never change things in front of the emperor. And the drawing of lots he proposed may make the representatives of the saints in Beijing uncertain.

Although it is necessary to remove the weapons on the bodies of these pirate representatives on the occasion of the face of the saint, but if there is really such a person who can't think of it, he will attack His Majesty with his bare hands, then even if Chongzhen only hurts a hair, he will be convicted of Lu Jiude's crime.

Even though he knew that Zheng Zhilong was mostly intimidating himself, Lu Jiude still said anxiously: "This matter of drawing lots is still inappropriate, I thought about it just now." Thanks to the reminder of the leader of the first official, the matter of drawing lots was still stopped. I wonder if the leader of the first official has any good suggestions to identify these dissidents? ”

Zheng Zhilong's demeanor was still gentle, he didn't answer Lu Jiude's words, but instead opened the topic and said: "Since Zhilong met his father-in-law, he felt like he was familiar at first sight. I don't know where my father-in-law's hometown is? ”

Lu Jiude was a little confused, and he didn't know what Zheng Zhilong asked about his family background, but he still answered them one by one. But soon he understood why Zheng Zhilong wanted to ask him about his private affairs, it turned out that the leader of the first official wanted to bow to him.

Lu Jiude thought for a while and agreed, and it could be seen from Chongzhen's advice to him before leaving Beijing that the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to overseas trade, and also attached great importance to Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader.

Although Lian Shanxiang, who went out of Beijing with him, avoided him for some things, the two of them who got along day and night always had some clues to see. In addition to protecting him this time, Lian Shanxiang was also ordered by His Majesty to inquire about the situation of Shi Shiyong, Xu Yihou, and Guo Guoan, the three descendants of Wanli who made great contributions to the Korean War. The former is from Nanjing, while the last two are from Fujian.

These three people are all secret agents in the Jinyi Guard, and they have stolen a lot of Japanese military and political information for the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty said that the meritorious service should not be forgotten, and demanded that the descendants of these three be found to be properly resettled, and if possible, the intelligence network against Japan should be rebuilt.

However, although Lian Shanxiang said so on the surface, after entering Fujian, he sent people to Nan'an many times to inquire about the news, and Nan'an is Zheng Zhilong's hometown. It can be seen that His Majesty not only wants to recruit Zheng Zhilong, but now he has begun to monitor the layout of the Zheng family. This kind of action shows that His Majesty either wants to deal with Zheng Zhilong, or he wants to use Zheng Zhilong greatly, otherwise why bother with it.