"This ship is so weird." On a fleet of lucky boats, Zheng Zhibao muttered, and the look of surprise in his eyes kept flashing: "Compared to the lucky boat, it is much better." ”

Zheng Zhibao is Zheng Zhilong's fifth brother, and he also has the identity of a national prince and a tribute student. Of course, Zheng Zhibao's main identity is not these, but one of the representatives of the Zheng Group's maritime power.

Twelve years ago, Zheng Zhilong defeated the fleet of the Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Kinmen off the coast of Fujian, and since then he has controlled the sea routes and collected fees for merchant ships from various countries. He was called the lord of southern Fujian and the overlord of the sea, and gave the Zheng family's order flag to the merchant ships that paid protection fees to Zhilong (a large ship needed to pay 3,000 taels of silver); If you don't pay and want to pass through the Zhilong sea area, most of them will not escape the fate of being robbed.

Zheng Zhilong was so strong that the Dutch East India Company was very uneasy, and the Dutch united with other forces to take Zhilong, but Zhilong continued to expand its power and defeated the Dutch many times.

The people of the time even said: "Those who are not allowed to order the flag of the Zheng family cannot come and go." Each ship earns 3,000 gold, and the annual income is 10 million, so as to enrich the enemy country and build the city of Anping Town. Since then, the sea atmosphere is quite breathing, selling foreign goods, domestic and foreign merchants, all using the Zheng banner, no example, businessmen have 20 times the benefits, Zhilong to Haili traffic court, to show greatly. Fujian takes the Zheng family as the Great Wall.

So far, Zheng Zhilong's trade has a wide range of places in the East and South Seas: Da Ni, Huni, Champong, Luzon, Yonggang, Beigang, Dayuan, Hirado, Nagasaki, Mumbai, Banten, Old Port, Batavia, Malacca, Cambodia, Siam, it is estimated that the military strength of various races including Han Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Austronesian languages, African blacks, etc., is as high as 200,000 troops. With a fleet of more than 3,000 large and small ships, it has become the sole power in the maritime world of East Asia and the South Seas.

The strength of the Zheng Group is not limited to military power.

Year. That is, in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, 22 Zheng Zhilong merchant ships arrived in Nagasaki, Japan from Anping Port in Jinjiang County to do business. In one fell swoop, it accounted for a quarter of the total number of Chinese merchant ships bound for Japan that year. Among them, the main goods are raw silk, textiles, porcelain, etc.

In addition, Zheng Zhilong established trade relations with the Portuguese and Spaniards. Some of the silk fabrics he shipped to Japan were purchased from Macao, and he also shipped Japanese goods to Luzon for resale to Spain. Zheng Zhilong vigorously developed maritime trade, often loaded with silk, porcelain, iron and other goods, sailed to Cambodia, Siam, Champang, Cochin, Sriwijaya, the Philippines, Chewyuba, Malacca and other countries to trade, in exchange for sumwood, pepper, ivory, rhino horn and so on. In just a few years. To become the strongest competitor of the Dutch East India Company in the commercial trade in Asia.

The positive economic cycle has continuously strengthened the military strength of the Zheng Group, and also made the Zheng Group bigger and bigger, and has successively established shipyards in Nan'an Shijing to build military and commercial dual-purpose ships, which are quite numerous.

Although Zheng Zhilong is still leading the title of the governor of Fujian Navy at this moment, everyone understands that the Zheng group at this moment is already a feudal town. It's just that there are still many wars and disasters in the north of the court, and no one can take care of the Zheng family, who is like opening up a country in Fujian.

Even the court had to acquiesce. Naturally, the maritime merchants on the East Asian Sea bowed their heads one after another. It's no wonder that Zheng Zhibao looked at this strange sea ship at this moment and wondered.

At this time, Zheng Cai, who listened to Zheng Zhilong's voice, also walked out.

Zheng Cai is Zheng Zhilong's nephew and a prominent figure in the Zheng Group, so he heard Zheng Zhibao's question. At this moment, he said: "Uncle, no matter how strange he is, isn't he honest if he is beaten?" I didn't see it. There are people on this Oriental Sea who have not waved our flag! A group of poor ghosts felt distressed for two thousand taels of silver, and they didn't break their bones at this time to make them recognize the rules. Can you still let it go? ”

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, he also felt reasonable. "Okay." However, this shell is also expensive, so surround it first and make them stop and surrender. If not, it's the same if you sink and torture again! ”

"Okay! I'll do it! Zheng Cai laughed.

Suddenly, a group of more than a dozen ships opened their sails one after another, sailed to the southwest, and surrounded them in unison.

At this time, the Star with a headwind saw this, and the atmosphere up and down suddenly became solemn.

"This is that group of Hokkien pirates, the Zheng fleet...... This is the one who comes is not good, and the good one does not come. Liao Huige said in a deep voice: "Sixth son, the second compartment under my cabinet is my suicide note." If you can live, help me bring my mother-in-law. ”

"Old Liao. Although you are advanced to the end of Hengxin Commercial Bank. But now that you are also a member of our Royal Guards Legion, are you still afraid that we will not be able to bring back a letter from home? At this time, Bao Guo heard the sound, put down the clairvoyant mirror, and said with a smile.

"Captain!" Liu Liankun saluted.

Liao Huige said: "Captain...... Of course I didn't mean that. ”

"Hey......" Bao Guo hugged Liu Liankun and Liao Huige's shoulders and said, "Of course I didn't mean that." ”

"What Lao Tzu means is that our brothers on the Star are going to beat up these fools who don't have long eyes!" Bao Guo said loudly: "Brothers, who are we?" ”

"The Star! The Star of the Royal Guard! ”

The sailors on board chanted.

"We've even wiped out the Tartars that have been running rampant in the north for decades, and we're still afraid of these pirates?" Bao Guo said in a loud voice: "Brothers! What we have is not only honor, but also the strength of the erection! ”

As he spoke, Bao Guo slapped the blue cannon on the side of the ship.

It was an unusual cannon, not white like the usual guns, but a cyan hue like bronze.

"Bronze cannon! This is the bronze cannon, the first batch of self-produced artillery with the longest range and the greatest power created by the Jinling Artillery Workshop and the skilled craftsmen in the craftsman compound! Bao Guo said loudly: "Let's use the sound of cannons to tell this group of little cubs who are plotting against us, who is the master of this sky!" ”

"Roar!"

Soon, the two sides were getting closer and closer.

One with a tailwind speeding up, the other against the wind but ignorant and ignorant, collided head-on, both sides stepped up their armaments, and under the calm sky, everyone in the sea looked over, but they all felt like the calm before the storm.

Soon, in front of more than a dozen large ships, the Xingchen did not make the slightest movement as Zheng Zhibao expected.

"Something is wrong...... But any old fur dog will not fail to understand the power of the Zheng clan at sea. I don't understand what will happen if you run rampant in this sea area without the Zheng Clan's Banner......," Zheng Zhilong muttered, "There is no need to put a small boat. Direct Warning Shot! ”

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