Zheng Zhilong is still very capable.

This well-known pirate was handsome and unrestrained. He had a dissolute temperament in his youth and did not like reading. He had physical strength and was good at boxing and sticks. He was famous in the countryside for his bravery. He was baptized by the Roman Catholic Church and believed in the sea god Mazu and Buddhism and Taoism. Marishiten Bodhisattva, in Japan, also worshiped the Shinto God Hachiman.

This person is versatile and can speak Hokkien, Nanjing Mandarin, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and many other languages. He is also enthusiastic about learning swordsmanship and can also play musical instruments such as Spanish guitar.

These are still secondary. What is more important is that this person single-handedly founded the armed maritime business group: Yiguan Dang!

Since the Age of Discovery in the 16th century, armed maritime merchant groups have become a common practice in maritime trade in various countries. In order to protect the smooth flow of trade, they have their own armed forces to protect themselves from pirates, but they also often have their own business and commercial interests. Theft and theft are used to combat trade competitors.

Well-known trading companies at that time were the Dutch East India Company, the British East India Company, China's Zheng Zhilong's Yiguan Party and Li Dan's Party

The most well-known is the Dutch East India Company. At first, it targeted the Spanish and Portuguese fleets for political and religious reasons. But later, in order to compete for commercial interests, it also interfered with the fleets of other countries on the same route, often looting and criticizing the Spanish fleets. Chinese and Japanese ships traded between Portugal (based in Macau).

However, the emergence of Zheng Zhilong later caused the Dutch to suffer a lot.

Zheng Zhi is also very smart. On the one hand, he added flag business (maritime security) to his Ilgundang fleet, and on the other hand, he organized another Japanese pirate group to specifically infringe on fleets that have not applied for Ilgandang flag protection. , establish one's own prestige along China's coast, and also effectively reduce the occurrence of solo piracy.

Later, even the Netherlands had to bow out and cooperate with Zheng Zhilong in business.

Now that he is going to see this person, Ding Yunyi still feels a little uneasy.

However, when he saw Ding Yunyi's arrival, Zheng Zhilong was quite enthusiastic, calling him "Xiang Wen" non-stop, as if he really regarded Ding Yunyi as his nephew.

Inviting Ding Yunyi to his tent, Zheng Zhilong repeatedly ordered the tea to be served quickly. He turned around and complimented Ding Yunyi again, saying how Ding Yunyi was both civil and military and how brave he was in the battle with Hongyi. Sooner or later, generals will enter and exit, etc.

Ding Yunyi kept being polite, but he still couldn't figure out what Zheng Zhilong was going to do.

While he was talking, Zheng Zhilong's soldiers came in with a bowl of tea. Just as Ding Yunyi turned around, he collided with the soldiers, and half of the bowl of tea fell onto Ding Yunyi's body.

The soldier suddenly turned pale, fell to his knees on the ground with a thud, kowtowed repeatedly and shouted "spare my life".

Ding Yunyi was very surprised. If a bowl of tea was spilled on him, what's the big deal?

"killed!"

Zheng Zhilong said softly, which immediately shocked Ding Yunyi. What does "kill" mean?

"Master, Master!" the soldier cried loudly: "Master, please spare my life!"

Only then did Ding Yunyi know that Zheng Zhilong wanted to kill this soldier, so he hurriedly stood up and said: "Shen Rong, Yun Yi doesn't care about some small things. Please leave him alone, Shen Rong."

"Xiang Wen, sit down, sit down." Zheng Zhilong sighed: "I know this is indeed a trivial matter, but the country has national laws and the family has family rules. Even small things like serving tea and water cannot be done. How can I go into battle to kill the enemy and serve in the future? The imperial court? Seeing the unrest everywhere and the rise of bandits, Your Majesty..."

Inexplicably, such a trivial matter was involved in national affairs, and Ding Yunyi was confused.

"Precisely because he is my personal soldier, I cannot allow him to be so rude in front of guests." After Zheng Zhilong spoke with great truth, he nodded at the trembling personal soldier who was kneeling on the ground: "He has been following me since he was eight years old.

I died. When he was thirteen years old, I was besieged by pirates and wounded all over. It was he who carried me out from among the dead. Later I became an official in the imperial court, and I originally wanted to give him an official position to repay him for saving my life.

Yes, but he just doesn't want to leave. He just wants to be a little soldier by my side. Where can I find such a loyal subordinate? I really can't bear to kill him!"

Ding Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Zheng Zhilong was just showing off.

"Little Shitou, is there no one in your family anymore?" Zheng Zhilong suddenly called his soldiers cordially.

"Yes, Master, Xiao Shitou has been an orphan since he was a child. If I hadn't taken him in, he would have died a long time ago." Hearing Zheng Zhilong's kind tone, the soldier Xiao Shitou felt relieved.

Zheng Zhilong nodded: "You have followed me these years and worked hard, but it is not easy. I will accept you as my adopted son."

Xiao Shitou got a blessing in disguise and was adopted as his adopted son by Zheng Zhilong. He was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to express his gratitude.

"Get up, get up." Zheng Zhilong actually helped the small stone himself.

"Thank you, Master, Xiao Shitou will definitely..."

Before Xiao Shitou finished speaking, he suddenly froze. He looked down and saw a short blade inserted deeply into his heart.

"Master, I..." The little stone fell down softly.

Suddenly something unexpected happened, and everyone in the big tent stayed there.

Zheng Zhilong pulled out the short blade from Xiao Shitou's heart. A few tears actually fell from his eyes. He wiped his eyes and said, "Come on, bury Xiao Shitou according to the young master's specifications."

"He has been with me for ten years, that's ten years!" Zheng Zhilong stamped his feet repeatedly, "heartbroken": "I treat you like your own son, but little stone, little stone, why did you do something wrong? Kill you.

It’s like it’s tearing out my heart. From now on, I won’t be able to talk to you about what’s on my mind..."

His grief-stricken look made no one think that the person he was sad for had just died in his hands because of an inexplicable little thing.

After Xiao Shitou's body was carried out, Zheng Zhilong stopped "crying": "Although I can't bear it, family law is family law, and military regulations are military regulations. There is no mercy. Even if it is my own son who violated it,

I will kill you all the same!"

It was quiet in the big tent, with no sound at all. Zheng Zhilong glanced at his subordinates one by one, and finally stayed on Ding Yunyi for a while:

"Everyone, some of you are old subordinates who have followed me for many years, and some have made new achievements recently. I, Zheng, have been deeply favored by the emperor, and I should share your worries and solve problems for His Majesty. Therefore, I hope that you will work together to help Zheng. But there is no

Based on Zheng’s intention, he secretly did something shady, so Zheng had no choice but to kill him, no matter how powerful the person’s background was, it was the same!”
Chapter completed!