Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly: "Lord Duan, you think highly of me, yes, I, Zheng Zhilong, have been crisscrossing the sea for nearly 30 years, and I have a lot of eyes and ears in the East and South Seas, but this does not mean that I can cover the sky with one hand, especially when the man Luowan fights, although I defeated the Dutch, the elite under my command suffered serious losses, and hundreds of warships were burned alone, and I have not recovered yet, especially in the area south of Penghu, the Spanish occupied Luzon, and the Dutch occupied Batavia, There is even the power of the Portuguese in the South Seas, how can I control it......"

"Don't go so far......"

Duan Xuan said indifferently: "General Xu Peiming, who escaped back to the capital by luck, has already said that the people who plundered them are the faces of the Orientals, some of the costumes are the costumes of the Ming people, some are the costumes of the Japanese people, and even the language is mostly from Fujian and Zhejiang, at least, this can already rule out the suspicion of foreign devils, nine times out of ten it is the work of the Liukou who fell to the sea frontier of the Ming Dynasty, even if these Liukou have some strength, they are by no means the opponents of the Fujian Navy, Lord Zheng, now is not the time for you to shirk responsibility, if I were you, Then act immediately, recall the arms as soon as possible, and prove your innocence, you say? ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly stood up and replied: "What Lord Duan said is that the officials will never be perfunctory in this matter, so they will send people to spy on it, even if the Fujian sailors pour out of the nest!" It's just, it's just, at this time, the one-month deadline is inevitably too urgent, and the vast sea is thousands of miles, where is the ...... that can be recovered in just one month."

"Okay, Lord Zheng doesn't have to be too embarrassed, recovering the arms in a month is just the emperor saying it angrily, if you really can't track it down, the official thinks that the emperor won't be too embarrassed for you, after all, the thing wasn't lost in your hands, right? Well, this official is really a little tired, let's stop here, and ask Lord Zheng to immediately send people to arrest the pirates and recover the arms, no matter what, the appearance still has to be taken out first, the emperor is waiting for your attitude......"

As he spoke, Duan Xuan stood up and got up to say goodbye.

After sending Duan Xuan away, Zheng Zhilong let out a long breath, and finally dealt with this Duan Xuan.

"Big brother, this Lord Duan is obviously not good......"

Zheng Zhibao on the side said with a solemn face.

Zheng Zhilong nodded and replied: "Then it goes without saying, this is the Shangshu of the Imperial Court Intelligence Department, the Ministry of Intelligence, this is the existence of Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories back then, and can be in charge of this yamen, without two sons, the emperor can put Duan Xuan in this position?" Although this person spoke politely and was full of smiles, I already felt the murderous intent behind the smile, and this matter was really waxed......"

"So what do we do?"

Zheng Zhibao asked.

Zheng Zhilong sneered: "According to the established plan, delay, can it be delayed for a day, and you and Jiro are sure that those captives have been dealt with?" ”

Zheng Zhibao said in a deep voice: "Big brother, don't worry, not a single living mouth was left, all of them were beheaded, the corpses were encountered a hundred miles away, thrown into the sea, it won't take a day, it will all become fish food, how many things have our brothers done to kill people and kill people, when has there been a mistake?" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and replied: "As long as the court can't hold our handle, then it's easy to say, what this Duan Xuan said is true or false, we don't dare to pack tickets, but the emperor won't move us easily, this is absolutely true, without real evidence, the court can't help our brothers!" ”

Zheng Zhibao hesitated for a moment and said, "Big brother, otherwise, let's do everything we can and put on a show for them?" ”

"How?"

Zheng Zhibao said coldly: "It's very simple, send a large fleet of ships, go to the South Seas, find a pirate's lair, be a scapegoat, do it all, leave no life, and then take some ordinary people to fill the number, just say that they found the pirates who robbed, annihilate them all, and hand over the firearms to the imperial court, the younger brother wants the imperial court to get the arms, and they will hold on to it, after all, their main energy now is to deal with the Manchurian Tartars......"

Tut-tut......

Zheng Zhilong puffed his teeth, and there was no problem in finding a scapegoat, but he handed over all these arms to the imperial court? This is dozens of artillery, thousands of muskets, all handed over, it's really a bit reluctant! If it is used to equip the Zheng family's private army, then the strength of the Zheng family will be raised to a higher level again, with these firearms, at least when facing the red-haired devils, they don't have to work so hard, and even if they face the coercion and temptation of the imperial court and the Manchurians in the future, they will be more confident and send them out? Maybe it will also cause the court to be on guard, you say that it is to exterminate the arms recovered by the pirates? The court is not a fool, how can it be easy to comply.

"This method can only be used at the last moment, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver of arms, these are not bought by us with silver, hehe, until the last resort, this batch of arms can never be handed over, the court does not dare to force us too much, forced me, I will directly change the flag, surrender Manchuria, the most unfortunate return to the sea, continue to be our emperor of the sea!"

Zheng Zhilong sneered, "By the way, how is Sen'er doing now?" When will he return to Fuzhou? ”

Zheng Zhibao hurriedly replied: "Big brother, the person who delivered the letter has returned, Da Lang is already on his way back, you also know Da Lang's temperament, looking for teachers and friends all the way, it would be good to be able to return to Fuzhou in a month......

"Anyway, our manpower still has to be sent out, Zhibao, let Zheng Cai take the left wing battalion of the sailor division to patrol the sea, let Zheng Zhihu take the right wing battalion to patrol the sea, and make the momentum bigger for me!"

"Yes, big brother!"

Zheng Zhilong continued: "Also, over there in the post house, send me additional manpower to closely monitor Duan Xuan's every move, if there is any trouble, report it immediately, Duan Xuan's eating, drinking, and Lazar, I want to master it all, this guy is the secretary of the Ministry of Intelligence, the emperor did not send anyone else, but sent the book of the Ministry of Intelligence to me, the purpose is already self-evident, on the surface, to stabilize me, behind the scenes I want to use all means to investigate this matter, think I really can't understand?" I, Zheng Zhilong, am not that stupid! ”

Zheng Zhibao was shocked, what the eldest brother said was right, if the eldest brother didn't say it, he really didn't think of this layer!

"Big brother, don't worry, I'll personally arrange for manpower and insert the most trusted henchmen into the post house, hum, he's just honest, if he's not honest, let's find a reason to make him disappear!"

"Fart, isn't it too much of a problem?"

Zheng Zhilong shouted in a low voice: "This is the book of the Ministry of Intelligence, the means are all over the world, don't be smart, and when the time comes, you will lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot!" You just need to cut off the outside world from Duan Xuan and don't let any strangers approach the inn! Go ahead! ”

(End of chapter)