Zhang Ruozhong lowered his head and looked at the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in his hand, with a serious look on his face, as if his eyes had never left it. Huang Chen couldn't help but feel depressed because of this attitude. He had obviously ruined his good deeds, but now he was showing off
The look of someone who has nothing to do with him really makes people’s teeth itch.
Zhang Yunlong was a man of wisdom, and there was no reason for him to understand the situation. He knew that Huang Chen's words just now were intended to dampen his desire to seek Buddhism. The doubts in his heart were immediately dissipated, and he thought to himself: "Buddhists have
The words: "The causes and conditions of troubles are ignorance" are indeed half true. "The so-called namelessness means ignorance and ignorance." "I was bewitched by the other party's words, and my ambition to become a Buddha was almost shaken. It is only because of my ignorance, Amitabha." Huang Chenruo.
Knowing that Zhang Yunlong has strengthened his ambition as a result, I wonder if he will feel like stealing the chicken but losing the rice.
No longer confused in his heart, Zhang Yunlong couldn't help but wonder about the authenticity of Huang Chen's words. Maybe...
Huang Chen directly shattered the illusion in Zhang Yunlong's heart: "I won't lie to you. Buddhism in Tianzhu is indeed almost extinct."
Zhang Yunlong was silent for a long time, then clasped his hands and said: "Buddhism talks about three periods, the Zhengfa, the Image Dharma, and the Ending Dharma. Tianzhu should correspond to the Ending Dharma period. As long as there are people who still have the heart of Buddha and can only recite the Buddha's name, Buddhism will be revived."
Huang Chen chuckled lightly, at least in the next few hundred years, Buddhism will have no chance of success. However, he also has a disfavor for Catholicism and Islam, the two monotheistic religions. In other words, he has a disfavor for all religions because he is an atheist.
Or, even if science cannot explain what happened to him, he does not believe that he was sent back by Buddha, God or Allah.
Huang Chen was too lazy to speak again, the topic was difficult to continue, and the atmosphere suddenly became deserted.
Zhang Yunlong picked up the Buddhist scriptures again and recited them silently. Huang Chen also took out his account book and looked through it. However, it didn't take long for him to be dazzled by the densely packed numbers on it. His rise was too fast, less than two years, and he lacked a foundation.
There has never been a treasury position on the ship specifically responsible for financial management and logistics. It may not have been a problem in Dachen Mountain. He could handle it by himself. But as he joined the pirate alliance and marched into Fujian, his power expanded rapidly, and the number of people under his command exceeded
There were three thousand people, and the goods were piled up like a mountain, so Huang Chen felt a little overwhelmed. Not long ago, he selected two people who knew how to keep accounts from the prisoners to help him manage logistics. I don't know if it was Huang Chen's requirements that were too high or the second person.
He was not very good at what he did. He was never satisfied with their abilities.
Huang Chen slowly closed the account book and sighed while rubbing his brows: "How can the account be so messed up? Fortunately, the two of them swore to me that they had worked in a shop in Dacheng. At this level, I think even ordinary clerks can't do it."
It's better. I have raised more than three thousand mouths, but I can't find anyone among them who can share the burden with me!"
While Huang Chen was grumbling, he glanced at Zhang Ruozhong intentionally or unintentionally. The latter had to pay a price for ruining his good deeds. Huang Chen had long disliked him. This guy was born in the year of a cat, and he was terribly lazy.
, he kept reading the book all day long, fell asleep when he was tired, and continued reading when he woke up, occasionally tidying up the books, and watching the scenery. This guy was the most at ease on the boat, with neither the fear of being a thief nor the awareness of being a prisoner. Since he was so free, Huang Chen
Of course you have to find something for him to do, he doesn't care for idlers.
If Huang Chen expected Zhang Ruozhong to come forward, he was doomed to be disappointed. The latter seemed not to have heard and was reading his book intently, unmoved by external objects.
Zhang Yunlong noticed that Huang Chen's face was changing, and secretly poked Zhang Ruozhong. Although Huang Chen was not a violent and indiscriminate murderer, he was a pirate after all, and he definitely had a lot of lives in his hands. It was not wise to make him angry. It was tantamount to taking advantage of himself.
Life is a joke.
Zhang Ruozhong raised his head and looked at Zhang Yunlong, then looked at Huang Chen levelly and said: "Is it true that Chief Huang is interested in me? I am very frightened that I can get Chief Huang to look at me differently. I am afraid that I am young and ignorant and will betray Chief Huang's trust."
Huang Chen smiled and said: "Let's try it first. If you are not qualified, I will find someone else." Yan finished and handed over the account book. Zhang Ruozhong opened it and found that the page was not only written with Chinese characters representing numbers, but also simplified characters.
There were also weird symbols below, and he asked with a mute face, "Is this the number of the Great Eclipse?"
"You know?" Huang Chen was more surprised than the other person. This was the first time he met someone who knew Arabic numerals in this era.
Zhang Ruozhong shook his head and said: "I know it, but I don't know its meaning." Arabic numerals were introduced to China hundreds of years ago with Chinese and foreign merchants. However, after thousands of years of development, China has its own mature system.
There is almost no soil for survival in China, but there have always been exchanges between China and foreign countries. Zhang Ruozhong was born on the coast and comes from everyone. It is not surprising to recognize him.
Huang Chen said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Compare it with the Chinese characters above and you will soon be able to master it."
Zhang Ruozhong was noncommittal. Like other Ming people, he had Sinocentrism, that is, the mentality of barbarians outside the Central Plains. How could barbarian counting methods be as good as his own?
Huang Chen didn't care at all. He only cared about whether the other party could do the job well, and nothing else mattered. After sitting for a while, seeing Zhang Ruozhong starting to concentrate on the accounts, Huang Chen got up and left the room.
Jieshiwei has an excellent geographical location with mountains blocking the sea. It is the throat of Chao Er Prefecture. It is one of the important coastal military towns in Guangdong. At the same time, the fishery here is developed and there are also salt fields. Although it is not a county town, its prosperity and wealth are far better than
Surrounding counties. Huang Chen had to admire Zheng Zhilong's vision. After taking down the Jieshi Guard, the pirate coalition gained unimaginable huge benefits, even worse than Tongshan.
Thinking of Zheng Zhilong, the latter was not in Jieshi. Yesterday morning he led a dozen large ships to the west, nominally to spy on the strength of the officers and soldiers. Naturally, no one believed what he said. He, the leader of the alliance, did not need to personally go out to investigate the military situation, let alone
Their ships did not carry lead medicine but goods, and most likely they were going to Macao for trade.
Zheng Zhilong's past experiences have long been spread throughout the South China Sea with his reputation. Everyone knows that he was a dissolute young man and was kicked out of the house by his father. He had no choice but to go to sea to join his uncle Huang Cheng, who was doing business in Macau. During his stay in Macau, Zheng Zhilong learned French skills.
After that, even after leaving, he still maintained a good relationship with the Franji people in Macau.
Huang Chen was envious of this. If he didn't want the goods stolen by the pirates to rot in his hands, he could either sell them to coastal profiteers at half the original price, or sell them to Zheng Zhilong. If he could transport the goods to the Dutch in Taiwan or the Portuguese in Macau, he could get
The profit was several times the original price. However, Zheng Zhilong firmly controlled the Taiwan shipping route, and everyone could not trade directly with the Dutch. They could only go through Zheng Zhilong, an intermediary, and most of the profits were swallowed up by the latter. This trip to Macau, Zheng Zhilong went alone again.
, everyone is just greedy.
Huang Chen didn't like the feeling of being strangled by someone's neck. It seemed as if all his efforts were to make Zheng Zhilong's wedding dress.
It is undeniable that the establishment of the Pirate Alliance has benefited many people, including Huang Chen, but in the end only Zheng Zhilong succeeded. He rose from a pirate leader entrenched in the wild land of Taiwan to the king of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of power, fame or wealth.
Reached an unprecedented height.
Huang Chen moved forward slowly, thinking all the way. When he was about to reach his destination, an idea suddenly popped into his mind. After careful consideration, he felt that this was the most likely way to break the other party's monopoly without conflicting with Zheng Zhilong.
Of course, if his strength is too weak, Zheng Zhilong doesn't mind the hands of dummies, such as Zhou Lao, who can get rid of him as a scourge. So what he needs now is to quietly accumulate strength, and when he has enough ability to protect himself, he can put it into action
Take action.
"I really hope this day comes as soon as possible." Thinking of this, Huang Chen felt excited and his steps could not help but lighten a little. The brothers Hikojiro and Hikoshiro behind him looked at each other and quietly accelerated the pace of following.
When he came to the outskirts of the playground, he saw thousands of people lined up in a military formation, shouting and performing martial arts. It was quite impressive. Huang Chen couldn't help but nod, these people were all his subordinates without exception. Pirates rarely practiced on weekdays, and even more
Huang Chen can't train under the sun at noon, so only Huang Chen can do this kind of thing. There has been a heated discussion within the pirate alliance for a long time, and they all secretly laughed at him for entering the wrong profession. He should not be a pirate, but a general, and even won a prize for him.
A nickname for "General Soldier".
Huang Chen stood under the tree to enjoy the shade. Zhao Hongyi, Zhuang Mo, Zhang Xing and other leaders quickly rushed over. Huang Chen said: "How is the situation of the newcomers? They look pretty good." Pirates are all versatile and can use waterways.
However, Huang Chen separated the land and water. Not long ago, he established a land camp with over a thousand people, and recently built a team of 500 people. It was the latter situation that Huang Chen asked about.
"It's just that we can barely hold the battle, it's just an appearance." Zhao Hongyi shook his head and said. The reason why the first land camp quickly formed combat effectiveness was because more than half of Huang Chen's old troops could fight with a little reorganization. Although the new team had
The old people serve as the backbone, but the lower ranks are all prisoners of war and even young adults. It is difficult to expect them to be useful in the short term, and they must be trained hard.
"Take your time, don't rush." Huang Chen said with a smile. He was very sure of Zhao Hongyi's ability in military training.
Returning to the playground and observing for a moment, Huang Chen frowned slightly and asked Zhao Hongyi, "Are the weapons too complicated?" When he left Taiwan, he only had a thousand soldiers under his command. Now he has 1,500 land soldiers and sailors under his command.
There are more than 1,400 troops, and the total strength is close to 3,000. The number of troops has doubled in more than a month. There is a huge demand for weapons. Buying from merchants can only solve part of the problem. Now many people are using Ming army weapons captured on the battlefield, such as
Swords, palladium forks, hooks, sickles, spears, sabers and the like were not pleasing to the eyes of Huang Chen, who was accustomed to spears and fire. The situation in the land camp was barely passable, and the sailors simply couldn't bear to look at them.
"Each has its own use." Zhao Hongyi said implicitly, but he could also hear that he had different ideas from Huang Chen. In his opinion, the development of multiple arms that still exist in large numbers must have its own reason, and it is not as Huang Chen imagined.
He is so unbearable, but as long as he is well trained, he can still exert a strong combat effectiveness.
Huang Chen raised his eyebrows subconsciously. Zhao Hongyi's words would only be used as reference and would not affect his decision. He insisted that multiple arms were not in line with the trend of the times.
The weapon problem can be dealt with for the time being, but the real headache for Huang Chen is the food problem. The large pirate ship carries one or two hundred people, and the small boat has more than a dozen people. On average, each ship is between forty and fifty. Normally speaking, Huang Chen's ship
It is enough to support 1,300 to 400 men, but his military strength far exceeds this amount, which is equivalent to Zhou Lao, second only to Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi, plus hundreds of slaves and women, more than 3,000 mouths.
Three to four thousand kilograms of grain are eaten every day. Robbery alone has gradually been unable to meet this huge demand. Huang Chen has recently had to consider buying grain from merchants to fill the gap. Now there are signs of relief from the severe drought in Fujian, and rice
The price has remained high, and tens of thousands of taels of real gold and silver may not be worth half a year.
In fact, the food problem is easy to solve, just lay off some people, but instead of doing this, Huang Chen would rather have a headache.
After staying in the playground for more than half an hour, Huang Chen returned to his residence. At this time, only the young monk Zhang Yunlong was left in the room. According to him, Zhang Ruozhong took the account book to count the belongings.
"Oh, the sun really came out in the west." Huang Chen was greatly surprised. With Zhang Ruozhong's lazy and indifferent temperament, he thought that the other party must have dealt with the errand. Huang Chen even thought of a strategy to beat him for this, but he did not expect
Not only did the other party not be perfunctory at all, but he did his job wholeheartedly.
Two days later, Zhang Ruozhong appeared in front of Huang Chen again and handed him a brand new account book. Huang Chen couldn't help but look surprised. He had finished counting the supplies and recreating the account book in two days? Are you kidding! You can't do it even if you don't sleep.
Come on, I very much doubt whether the other party copied the transaction according to the original account book. When Huang Chen opened the account book, the doubts gradually disappeared from his face, leaving only surprise. Not to mention that the gorgeous writing was completely different from the old accounts. It was just
After a cursory inspection, he found no less than ten remarks, which were all errors in the old accounts. Zhang Ruozhong corrected them. Huang Chen was filled with emotion for a while and asked: "How did you do that?"
"It's nothing more than concentration." Zhang Ruozhong replied.
"Concentrate?" Huang Chen smiled bitterly.
Zhang Ruozhong said: "If Chief Huang has no other instructions, I will retire first."
Huang Chen saw that he looked tired, thinking that he hadn't had much rest in the past two days, so he nodded. After Zhang Ruozhong left, Huang Chen opened the account book again, marveling at it, and secretly happy that he had found a treasure.
At dusk, Zheng Zhilong returned with his fleet and immediately convened the leaders for discussion. According to him, the Guangzhou government had mobilized hundreds of warships and formally invited the Macau Franji people to jointly send troops. The latter was carefully considering the chances of agreeing.
Extremely high.
Since the pirate coalition invaded Guangdong, the land battles have encountered minor setbacks, but the sea battles have been unfavorable. They have hardly encountered much resistance. They can be said to be in an invincible position. The leaders are living a very comfortable life. When they suddenly hear that the war is approaching, all colors
A big change, and people began to speculate in their minds how much of Zheng Zhilong's words were true and how much of them were false.
Zheng Zhilong means that with the current tide, the Hui Erfu has become unprofitable. If he wants to make any progress, he will inevitably have to fight a fierce battle with the Guangdong officers and soldiers. It is better to give up as soon as possible. After all, our target is Fujian, and now the Fujian warships
Now that it has been split into two, it is the best time to return to Fujian.
The leaders knew full well that this return was a decisive battle! Some responded, others were silent, but there was no objection. If Zheng Zhilong passed Tongshan, the battles in Nan'ao established him as the leader of the alliance, and the invasion of Guangdong established the alliance for him
It is extremely majestic, and the scene like the last time when he proposed to march to the center left and was besieged by everyone will almost never happen again.