Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly: "The general doesn't know, Frankie and Hongyi ships are strong and strong, whether they are Daming sailors or heroes on the sea, they are powerless when they meet them, and often dozens or hundreds of ships besiege several large plywood ships, and in the end they still suffer heavy casualties." c，.2◎3wx.

Zheng is not talented, although he was born at sea, but he has also been calling on the southeast maritime merchants to gather together to confront Frankie and Hongyi. ”

Li Ming laughed and said, "Brother Zheng is so ambitious, we are relieved." Although the Far East Company is from overseas, it is also a descendant of the Chinese ethnic group, and Nanyang has been a subsidiary of our Celestial Dynasty since ancient times.

Our Far East Company laid down Manila, firstly, in order to repay the great power of our Celestial Empire. Then he wanted to grasp the commodity control of the Ming Dynasty in his hands, unite with the Ming maritime merchants, and snatch this silver from the Francis, Hongyi and Portuguese.

Manila's location is unique, the Far East Company is ready to establish a distribution center for Ming commodities in Manila in the next step, and the Yi people from the west want to get the Ming goods back to the Western countries to sell, the price code and commercial goods have to be in accordance with the rules we set, and there will be a splash of wealth for our Chinese maritime merchants to share the profits. ”

Zheng Zhilong listened to Li Ming's words, and his heart was also excited, if this matter was really done by the Far East Company, then the silver obtained by the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty would definitely increase several times.

But he still frowned and said: "Although the Far East cleared the Francison out of Luzon, those Hongyi are not easy to mess with." They not only occupied Anping, Taiwan, but also cruising along the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty. and Chinese pirates colluded with each other to plunder the ships of Chinese merchants.

The Portuguese even occupied Macao, anchored ships and built houses in Macao, and privately colluded with the local government in Macao. Moreover, the strength of the Portuguese is also not to be underestimated, and the ships are strong and the guns are not inferior to the Hongyi. ”

Li Ming said with a smile: "We may have a conflict with Hongyi in the near future, and then we will sign a treaty with them to redivide the interests of both sides in the South Seas, and the bottom line is that they are not allowed to set foot in the north of Luzon, if they want to buy the goods of the Ming Dynasty." It can only be purchased through Guò Manila, a Ming commodity distribution center.

As for the Portuguese. We will deal with this, and within two years, they will withdraw from the southeast, and obediently take the silver to Manila every year to buy goods. And we have to grasp the Japanese route in our hands. It doesn't matter who it is in the future. Dare to take a step beyond Luzon. and they will let their ships be destroyed. ”

Zheng Zhilong lowered his head and thought for a while. I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, Far East's mind was really big. In this way, it will not be a few years. The whole of Nanyang has to act according to their eyes.

He now knew about his fate, and he had no choice.

Only the Far Eastern Company dared to play such a big game of chess, and now that the Far Eastern Company has put the chess game in front of him, it depends on whether he is willing to be a chess piece. If he refuses or is perfunctory, the Far Eastern Company will inevitably destroy their Zheng clan and then look for another chess piece.

Although it will be attached to the wings of the Far East in the future, with the strong strength of the Far East, the future achievements are absolutely limitless. If he does a good job as a chess piece, he can also run rampant all over the world and earn a lot of wealth.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong pulled up Zheng Zhihu next to him and stood up, then knelt down with a "poof", bowed deeply, and said loudly: "From today on, my Zheng clan will all rely on the Far East. ”

Li Ming did not stop Zheng Zhilong's actions this time, but accepted Zheng Zhilong's bow with a smile.

"You can think about it, once you enter this game, it will be difficult to get out again."

Zheng Zhilong said solemnly: "General rest assured, I, Zheng Zhilong, am willing to be placed under the command of the Far East, and follow the Far East to conquer the South Seas and shock the four seas." ”

Li Ming stood up laughing, walked over and pulled the Zheng brothers up from the ground. Then he led them to the bottom of another wall, and lifted the curtain on the wall, revealing a map of the world of modern society.

He pointed to the map and said to Zheng Zhilong: "The sea livelihood of the Western Yi people is nothing more than maritime trade, sea smuggling, and pirate interception. From the far west, they sailed across the oceans and occupied the Americas, nearly exterminating the indigenous peoples there, where they mined untold quantities of gold and silver.

Now they have come to the East again, in a vain attempt to occupy the South Seas, if they are allowed to develop, hundreds of years later, the hundreds of millions of Chinese in China's Central Plains Shenzhou will be like the natives of the Americas, bullied and mutilated by the Yi people from the West. We, the Far East Company, will never sit idly by and watch Westerners dye the West, not only that, but we will also fight out.

This world is very big, and the Far East will not be in a safe corner, only guarding the small pool of the South Seas. We want to sell the goods of the Ming Dynasty to the whole world, and as long as there is a sea, there must be our Chinese merchant ships and the warships of our Far East Company. ”

When the Zheng Zhilong brothers heard Li Ming's words, they were all dumbfounded.

Far East's heart is too wild!!

But for some reason, Zheng Zhilong felt like a fire in his heart. He stared at the map on the wall, and until today, they didn't know the world was so big.

Although Zheng Zhilong had seen similar maps when he was interpreting for the Dutch in Taiwan, compared with this map in the Far East, those maps were no different from those made by children urinating.

He glanced at Zheng Zhihu next to him, and found that his second brother's face was flushed, his fists were clenched, and his eyes were staring at the huge map on the wall. Zheng Zhihu is now full of the sea on the map, if he can really lead the fleet to the ocean, how majestic it is.

Suddenly, a staff officer ran in from outside and said a few words in Li Ming's ear, and Li Ming's face was gloomy at that time. When the Zheng Zhilong brothers saw Li Ming's face change, they didn't know what was going on.

"Just now, a few Chinese merchants' ships were robbed by Hongyi's ships in the waters around Luzon, and they rushed people into small boats and released them back, this is for our Far East Company to see!"

"Smack".

Li Ming slammed his fist on the table and said angrily: "It's shameless to be embarrassed, you still want to block Manila." I really don't know whether to live or die. Since you're here, don't go. Someone came, ordered two sailing ships to prepare to go to sea, and killed those Dutch warships. ”

The Zheng Zhilong brothers listened to Li Ming's words and knew the approximate reason. This is Hongyi putting pressure on the Far East, sending several ships in the waters around Manila to prepare for a blockade of Manila, which is too desperate.

After Li Ming finished assigning the task, he turned back to the Zheng brothers and smiled: "Are you two willing to go to sea with me to fight Hongyi?" ”

The Zheng Zhilong brothers have long wanted to see the warships of the Far East, and Li Ming said this in the hearts of the brothers. Of course, they couldn't ask for it. hurriedly agreed.

Li Ming led the two brothers to the military port next to Manila Port, and when they saw that they were densely packed with large plywood boats, Zheng Zhilong was greedy, it would be nice if they were all for me.

They made their way to the front of two large plywood boats. Li Ming led the way to one of them. They have just embarked on the "Shengtang" cutting-edge sailboat. Captain Liu Xi led a group of officers on board. Lined up to salute Li Ming.

"Comrade Commander, the Shengtang sailboat is ready, whether it will set sail or not. Please instruct. ”

"Sail ......"

With Li Ming's order, the two sailboats began to get busy. Liu Xi issued various orders loudly, and the commanders of various departments also repeated the orders loudly at various posts, and the hot scene on the ship made the Zheng brothers enthusiastic.

The two brothers had not yet had time to carefully observe the armament of the warship, and they were already stunned by the officers and men on board. This military style alone is impressive, no matter what the post is very rigorous, every step is vigorous and resolute.

Zheng Zhilong turned his head to look at his brother, while Zheng Zhihu's face was flushed, and his eyes were full of fire. The soldier's ability to command and dispatch alone and the ship's generals has already thrown off these pirates for dozens of streets.

The General Staff of the Navy, while the new-edge sailing ships were still being loaded, compiled a large number of rules and regulations and naval training syllabuses based on the lessons and lessons learned from the sailing ships in the past two years and in light of some advanced ideas of the modern navy.

Every once in a while, all departments of the Admiralty will go down to conduct random inspections and assessments, and if it is found that the cadres and fighters in any post do not meet the assessment standards, they will be immediately removed from the ship and returned to the Admiralty's land teaching team for retraining.

The only way to make new equipment quickly form combat effectiveness is to continue to study and study and train hard thousands of times. After several months of hard training and study and exploration, the two cutting-edge sailboats have basically formed their combat effectiveness. The new combat regulations and training syllabus have been popularized on all ships of the Admiralty, and the results have been very obvious, and the combat effectiveness has been improved in different ways.

As thick black smoke rose from the chimney in the middle of the hull, the two sailboats slowly sailed away from the dock.

The Zheng Zhilong brothers woke up from the shock just now, and they began to look at the facilities on the ship constantly. Neat decks, freshly wiped rigging, tall masts, and a few things wrapped in tarpaulins in the distance.

Zheng Zhihu looked at it for a long time, and said to Zheng Zhilong beside him suspiciously: "Big brother, where did you say the cannons of their two ships were?" I took a closer look before I got on the boat, and they were low and had no gun windows. I wondered, where are their cannons? ”

After listening to his brother's words, Zheng Zhilong also shook his head and said: "The Far East Company is not something that our brothers can speculate, let's follow and see how the Far East Company cleans up those Hongyi." ”

Li Ming led the two brothers into the cabin, Zheng Zhilong was even more surprised all the way, the days of drifting at sea were very difficult, even if he was a big man at sea, the cabin of the ship was also unbearable, and all kinds of peculiar smells were permeated.

However, when their brothers entered the cabin of the "Sheng Tang", there was no unpleasant smell at all. The smooth floor, the polished handrails, and even the beautiful oil paintings hanging in the aisles of the cabins.

They entered a room that was not very spacious, and after a few people had sat down, the ship's orderly brought them refreshments. They drank tea and chatted, quietly waiting for the battle to come. (To be continued......)

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