Chapter 141: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
After Ma Xiang saw it, although he also felt that this price was really not cheap, but after all, when he came, he had already been mentally prepared that he would be slaughtered by the sea wolf, and look at the price offered by these sea wolves, it can't be regarded as outrageous, such a price is considered a market price, but even if they had silver before, there was no place to buy it, and there was no market!
And the sea wolf is in stock, even if it is not in stock, within two months, it can be delivered to them, and the quality is not picky, it can only be so good, so Ma Xiang did not say that he couldn't stand the price offered by the sea wolf, and after bargaining with the sales staff of the council hall, the unit price was finally finalized.
The unit price of these cannons remains the same, but each cannon comes with gunpowder ranging from 30 catties to 200 catties according to the size of the cannon, and each cannon also gives five solid shells of pure iron, which is equivalent to giving Ma Xiang a discount.
Ma Xiang was already very satisfied with this, because in his opinion, Yu Xiaotian did not hide from them, and took out the good things indeed, and even the heavy artillery of the captured dried silk people was put out for them to buy, which really gave them a lot of face.
This time, they killed Master Zhou and gave Yu Xiaotian a generous gift, it seems that it is still worth it, otherwise, they will not be able to get these big killing weapons anyway.
However, Ma Xiang did not decide how many cannons he wanted on the spot, because he had to go back to discuss with Chu Cailao about this matter, and see how much Chu Cailao wanted and how much money he could make up.
After all, when he came this time, he didn't have much hope, just came to explore the way and test Yu Xiaotian's attitude, but he didn't expect that this time things would go so smoothly, so Ma Xiang was very happy, and even stayed on Nanri Island for dinner, and returned to Nanri Island to say goodbye to Yu Xiaotian, thanked him a thousand times, and rushed back to Dongshan Island on the boat that afternoon.
Zheng Zhilong has had a really bad time in the past six months, first because he failed to rob the silver, he was forced to flee from Bengang, and he got a reputation for treachery, and he was killed by the sea wolf several ships and many of his subordinates.
Then Yan Siqi, who had greatly increased his strength, came to attack and fought with him in the Penghu area, although he did not suffer a big loss, but he had no way to take Yan Siqi.
Then he wanted to grab a piece of land in Fujian or Guangdong coast, but he had a head-on conflict with Chu Cailao, and the two sides were inseparable in the past few months, and he did not be able to kill Chu Cailao in one fell swoop, but he initially had some upper hand.
He wanted to take revenge on the sea wolf, and sent people to intercept the sea wolf's merchant ships on the sea surface of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, but as soon as he started here, he didn't take much advantage of it, so the sea wolf sent a few clippers and attacked his lone ship one after another, but killed many of his men and ships, and robbed him of several ships of goods, suffering a lot of losses.
Of course, he knew that this kind of fast ship of the sea wolf was difficult to deal with, and the sea wolf used this kind of boat to make Chu Cailao and his subordinates rumor, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, so he had to restrain himself and ordered his ships not to act alone.
In this way, a lot of profits have been reduced, and the movement in Zhangquan and Zhangquan is very unfree, and we must be cautious everywhere, and dare not be careless.
It turned out that he didn't want to get into trouble with Yu Xiaotian's sea wolf to such a point, he thought that he still had some friendship with Yu Xiaotian, and Yu Xiaotian also promoted him, but what he didn't expect was that Yu Xiaotian chose to stand on Yan Siqi's side without hesitation between him and Yan Siqi, and openly classified him into the ranks of the enemy.
He invited people to Nanri Island many times, wanting to make peace with Yu Xiaotian, but Yu Xiaotian categorically refused, and told the messenger that what he looked down on the most was that he Zheng Yiguan committed a crime like this, and just now his strength has increased greatly, he tried to wipe the person of the master, and he Yu Xiaotian would never be with a person like him, so he let him die of this heart.
Zheng Yiguan was very depressed about this, he didn't know when he offended Yu Xiaotian, so that Yu Xiaotian was so unkind to him, and he turned his face against him without warning.
But Zheng Yiguan is a very smart person, after thinking about it carefully, he saw Yu Xiaotian's thoughts, where does Yu Xiaotian have any righteous heart!
He Yu Xiaotian simply saw that his Zheng Yiguan's strength had skyrocketed, and he was afraid that if he Zheng Yiguan continued to grow bigger, he would become his sea wolf's fierce rival in the future, so he would use Yan Siqi to contain himself, and in the case of his sea wolf, with the help of Yan Siqi's strength, he would restrain him Zheng Yiguan everywhere.
This move is really powerful, Yu Xiaotian can be said to kill two birds with one stone, on the one hand, he controlled Yan Siqi in his hands, and used Yan Siqi as a gunman, but on the other hand, he also used the cannons they produced to hollow out Yan Siqi's money bag, and while reaping the benefits, he also erected a strong enemy for Zheng Yiguan, and even completely ruined his reputation of Zheng Yiguan.
Now the colleagues at sea, when mentioning his name as Zheng Yiguan, many people have to spit and scold, and even some people who have been friends with him for many years before will no longer associate with him in order to avoid suspicion after he became famous.
There is also that Xu Xinsu, who is entrenched in Quanzhou, firmly controls the source of raw silk in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, and is also an enemy of him everywhere, cutting off all transactions with him Zheng Yiguan, and also using his friendship with the Dutch, so that the Dutch are not willing to deal with him Zheng Yiguan anymore.
Zheng Yiguan can be said to have not eaten mutton, but he caused a commotion, the standard stealing of chickens is not a loss of rice, and now it is mixed like a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats.
Originally, he thought that when he received Li Dan's inheritance, he would immediately become a hegemon on the Chinese sea, and he would be able to walk sideways in Liangguang, Fujian, but what he didn't expect was that when he was ready to roll up his arms and sleeves to do a big job, he found that things were not as simple as he thought.
A Yu Xiaotian has become a huge stumbling block on the road of his life, and he can be seen everywhere, making him gray now, and he can clearly feel that the subordinates who follow him have recently begun to become a little impatient.
If he can't change the status quo in the future, then he doesn't doubt that it won't be long before his subordinates fall apart and find their own way.
So in the near future, he has to find a way to break this deadlock, lay a ground, and let his men have to taste the sweetness.
For this reason, he spared no expense, purchased twenty or thirty cannons from the Francophiles, and also obtained a batch of other artillery from some related roads on land before, strengthened his armament, and only waited for a fight with Chu Cai's boss, and also prepared to do a big ticket in Zhangquan and supplement the funds spent.
It is not a simple matter to feed nearly 10,000 subordinates and hundreds of boats, even if you don't talk about the payout, just for so many people to eat and drink, it will cost a lot of money at the end of the day, plus you have to pay, and at the end of a month, there are no tens of thousands of taels of silver, and you can't play at all.
However, during this time, Zheng Yiguan felt a little powerless, because under the siege of several parties, he did not have a reliable piece of his own territory, no stable and reliable source of income, and in the past few months, he was unable to make ends meet.
This is not a family do not know the price of firewood and rice, although the boat looks very cool, but when it comes to spending money, it is also more refreshing, this large number of thousands of people, do not let them eat, drink and make a fortune, can become a time bomb at any time, and may be eaten by their own strength at any time.
Zheng Yiguan is now considered to know that this boss is not easy to be, if he is not careful, he may be killed, which makes his temper become much more irritable recently, and if there is any offense to his subordinates, he will kill people.
Fortunately, the cannon that he recently purchased from Francois was finally delivered, and he managed to install it on a ship controlled by some reliable cronies, which immediately restored his confidence and began to prepare for a big job, this time he decided to go to Haichengyue Port again to do a big deal.
After all, Moon Harbor is now the only port that can be opened to the sea on the official side, although many pirates are staring at this area, but there are not many who are really capable of big tickets.
The last time Zheng Yiguan took someone to do a vote here, he gained a lot, in addition to robbing a lot of goods, he also tied a lot of meat tickets, among these meat tickets, there are also some rich businessmen, just this piece, squeezed a lot of ransom silver.
Only by doing a big deal now and letting his subordinates eat the sweetness can he stabilize the restlessness of his subordinates, otherwise, he may find it difficult to effectively control these subordinates.
So he gathered all the shopkeepers together, began to arrange and arranged, this season is now the season of typhoons, many maritime merchants in order to avoid risks, this time is no longer how to go to sea, so Haicheng gathered thousands of various ships, if he goes well this time, not only can make a lot of money, but also by the way to replenish the recent loss of ships, in addition to forcibly wrap some fishermen into the gang, replenish the personnel.
So under his intensive preparations, in mid-June, it finally began to be launched, and groups of ships under Zheng Yiguan began to converge towards the Haicheng area, and occupied Huzhou, which was later called Huyu.
Huzhou is the gateway to Haicheng and Tong'an, and it is also the only way to enter and exit the Moon Port.
(Today, a friend came to play at home, and I was delayed in the morning, and I had a few drinks at noon, but I was overturned on the spot!) It's late to update, everyone is more forgiving, and the sad thing is that the eyes hurt in the past two days, and I went to the hospital in the afternoon to check it out, and found that there was a small thing in the eyelids, and I had to do a small operation to remove it, and it is estimated that after tomorrow, I will be a one-eyed dragon for several days! Alack! What a hapless boy I am! )