"Brother Zhong is still bloody, unlike Wei San, who has completely disgraced us and other people at sea."
Zheng Zhilong, who was walking in front, heard what Zhou Lao said, turned around and said with a smile: "Everyone has his own ambitions, there is no need to force it. The choice of the three Wei brothers is not wrong. After all, we people are aliens and sinners. The world is in chaos at sea, and we are forced to do so."
If you use your strength to bully the weak, and the weak can swallow up the strong, we may seem to have unlimited glory today, but there is no guarantee that we will not die in an accident tomorrow."
Li Zhiqi smiled and answered: "Yes, Wei San may be the only one among us who can die a good death."
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere solidified a little, and the thieves were speechless. Li Zhiqi told the truth in one sentence. Apart from Yuan Jin and Li Zhong, who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, how many people still remember how they crossed the sea ten or twenty years ago?
These heroes? Ten or twenty years later, they will follow in their footsteps and become fishes swimming in the sea, disappearing from the human world.
Zhou Zhou Lao said disapprovingly: "Like Wei San, hiding in Japan in the sidelines and eking out a living, what's the use even if he dies a good death? I would rather live a vigorous life for three to five years than bother to learn from Wei San."
"Okay! Well said, Master Zhou!" All the thieves came to their senses one after another and cheered.
Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "An old saying goes: "Destiny is determined by heaven, and everything depends on man." It is precisely because of this extraordinary ambition that Brother Zhou has achieved such extraordinary achievements. In comparison, the three brothers Wei are much inferior."
Zhou Lao said with a smile but not a smile: "My achievements are nothing, Master Zheng's achievements are astonishing."
As we all know, Zheng Zhilong's fortune is far from glorious. I don't know whether Wednesday always meant it or not. This can easily lead to confusion. At least Li Zhiqi, Zhong Bin and others have a playful look in their eyes. People who are more sensitive will inevitably change their colors, but Zheng Zhilong does.
He said with a smile as usual: "I, Zheng Zhilong, am not what I am today because of the support of countless brothers."
Zhou Lao smiled and changed the subject: "I heard in Shacheng that Xiao Chaoqing is also in Taiwan."
"Oh?" Zheng Zhilong was slightly startled. Xiao Chaoqing was a big thief from Eastern Fujian. Because he was from Fuzhou, he rarely interacted with people like them from Zhang and Quan.
Zhou Lao said again: "But he is in the north, in the chicken coop."
Zheng Zhilong suddenly realized. Three years ago, that is, the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Japan banned Spanish sailing. At the same time, in order to monopolize the Ming's overseas trade rights, the Dutch attacked all Ming merchant ships going to Luzon for trade. The Spanish in Luzon were unable to defeat the Dutch to ensure the safety of the route, and had no choice but to
They marched north to the Chicken Coop in northern Taiwan and built the Chicken Coop City, which was called San Salvador City in Spain. They tried to attract Ming merchants to the Chicken Coop, which could not only reduce trade risks but also compete with the Dutch. The Spanish were full of confidence in this.
Because they have inexhaustible silver in the Americas.
It's a good idea, but it's a pity that the Spaniards are very unfamiliar with the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Even under the rule of Luzon, there were as many as 20,000 to 30,000 Chinese people. Although Chicken Coop is across the sea from Fuzhou and can be reached in less than a day, there is only one in the Ming Dynasty.
The legal outlet to the sea is Zhangzhou Yuegang. From Yuegang, it takes one day and night to reach the Dutch in Tainan, but it takes two days and nights to reach the chicken coop. Ming merchants will certainly choose the former in terms of convenience. Moreover, the chicken coop is not a good anchorage.
In addition, it rains for half of the year in the chicken coop, and the miasma is very heavy. Ming merchants are prone to falling ill and often die when they go there. In addition, the northern Taiwanese people are far more ferocious than the southern Taiwanese people, and it is almost impossible to interact with each other. For various reasons,
In addition, the chicken coop trade has always been half-dead, and compared with the big players of the Dutch, it can be said that it is in the sky and on the earth.
Xiao Chaoqing is known as a sea thief, but he actually makes a living by smuggling. You can tell what he is doing in the chicken coop without asking. Zheng Zhilong said: "I also wrote an invitation letter to Xiao Chaoqing, but he has not responded clearly yet. Now it seems that he
Eighty percent of them won’t come.”
Zhou Zhoulao laughed and said: "Is Xiao Chaoqing tired of living? He dares to disgrace Master Zheng, why not find an opportunity to kill him."…
Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said: "Although I, Zheng Zhilong, am not a good person, I am not a bad person either. How can I kill innocent people indiscriminately?" Zheng Zhilong does not kill people for face, but only for profit. He has no foundation in eastern Fujian.
Although there are some benefits to be gained by getting rid of Xiao Chaoqing, the biggest advantage is Zhou Lao's stolen evidence. Zheng Zhilong has always used people as guns, so how could he become a gun in the hands of others.
Zhou Lao was not disappointed, he had no hope. After entering the courtyard, Zhou Lao walked into the hall with Zheng Zhilong without stopping. Fan Langjiao, He Sanlao, Lin Qilao and others followed him in, while Huang Chen was
He stayed outside. With the strength of his fifteen large ships, there were no more than twenty people in Beigang who were stronger than him. Of course, many maritime heroes owned more ships than him, but they just didn't bring them all. Regardless.
After all, Huang Chen is considered a number one person, but he couldn't enter the hall in the end. It would make people laugh out loud.
Huang Chen laughed dumbly and didn't care, wandering around with a few of his men. At first, many thieves came into contact with Huang Chen and others, but when they found out that they came from Dachen Mountain in Zhejiang, they quickly lost interest. The surface of the Ming Dynasty sea is Zhangzhou, and the spring
In the human world, people from Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi have never put it in their eyes, Zhejiang? They only know that Mr. Zhou is very prosperous there, and the others are nothing!
Huang Chen's thoughts were the same as theirs. There was no one to disturb him for a while, and he was happy to enjoy the quietness. Suddenly he felt the need to urinate, so he left his men behind and walked quickly to the toilet. When he arrived, he found that there were more than a dozen people gathered in groups outside the toilet.
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"Hey, are you the Zhejiang guy who came here with Zhou Lao?"
Huang Chenshun heard that the person speaking was a young man in his twenties. At this moment, he was squatting on the ground, smoking a cigarette in his hand. He was short in stature, but he had a huge head that was not commensurate with his body.
He looks like a man made of copper, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his dry and dull hair is tied up with a silver hairpin, and he wears Tsing Yi, shorts, and straw sandals. He looks like an ordinary pirate under Huang Chen's command.
Huang Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded and said: "That's right, it's me, what do you do for me?"
The young man put out his cigarette, grinned, and said with a smile full of yellow teeth: "I heard that your place is very rich, and just plundering a village can be worth a town in Fujian."
Huang Chen couldn't help but laugh and said: "Where did you hear that? Zhejiang is indeed richer than Fujian, but it's not as exaggerated as you said."
The young man stuck out his scarlet tongue, licked his lips and said: "One day I will take the fleet to Zhejiang and cause earth-shaking."
Huang Chen thought he was just dreaming and said with a smile: "Zhejiang officers and soldiers are not easy to deal with."
The young man's eyes lit up and he said: "As long as it is what I want, no one can stop it."
Huang Chen suspected that he had encountered a mental illness, and was about to walk away when the young man said again: "My name is Liu Xiang, and I am currently traveling around the world with Master Liu San. What about you? What is your name?"
Liu Sanye is the Zhangzhou robber Liu Sanlao. He is only lower than Zheng Zhilong, Li Kuiqi and Zhou Zhou, but even above Zhong Bin. During the Jiajing period in the past, Zhang Wei from Jiudu formed the "Twenty-Four Generals" who were rampaging across the Fujian Sea. Liu Sanye
Lao followed Zhang Wei's example and reorganized the "Twenty-Four Generals", of which Yang Liu and Yang Qi were once part of. However, after the Yang brothers became prosperous and became independent, Liu Sanlao's momentum was not as strong as before.
Huang Chen looked at Liu Xiang quietly. He was one of the most famous rising stars in Fujian. He couldn't help but feel that meeting him was not as good as being famous. He said, "So you are Liu Xiang, and my name is Huang Chen." Liu Xiang grinned and said: