Beiyang new warlord

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I don't know if it was intentional humiliation. Mao Jue was standing on the edge of the port prisoner-of-war camp to greet him, watching the blue boat with two big eyes drawn on the shore. I was about to cry, and eagerly crowded around the iron fence, with hands stretched out like zombies, screaming miserably.

"Dragon head!"

Before the bosses of the two sides had to talk about each other, Zheng Zhilong's throat was tight in this scene, and he didn't speak for a while.

Who knew that at this time, Mao Jue was ahead and shouted with his hands raised high.

"Everyone, don't worry, this time I was going to invite you, Mr. Zheng Da, to settle this dispute and let him redeem you back. We are all gangsters, and we all follow the rules of the rivers and lakes! Say what you say! Two! As soon as you take the money from your big boss, Mao will release him immediately! There will be no delay!"

Just shouting is not enough, a dozen tin speakers repeated Mao Jue's words together, don't say it, it really works, everyone is in the world, and many people have done the business of tying meat tickets, know the rules, and now they Skills are not as good as people, planted here, it is a meat ticket!He is open-minded and willing to ask questions, so the big guy is almost expected to go home. After all, the leader of his family, Zheng Zhilong, is rich. sit idly by!

But seeing the chaotic Zheng Jun pirates dispersed one after another and sat down on the ground, Chen Yonghua's heart skipped a beat, he showed a wry smile helplessly, and was played by Mao Jue again.

He is as rare as Lu Buwei, so he will release the news first, and after the meeting, he will ask for a lot of money, but don't care about the amount of money, it's up to you to redeem it or not! Do you want to redeem it?Not to mention the reduction in manpower, the hearts of the people will be lost! Redemption?That is suffering in the pocket, and Mao Jue still has a bright reputation.

When Chen Yonghua thought to himself, the two bosses finally started to drive their way, and they talked about the rivers and lakes with three mountains and five mountains.

Mao Jue's habit is pretty good, a big round table, there is no need to distinguish who goes up and down, the host sits inside, the guests sit outside, they are the leaders, and the left hand is respected, the subordinates of both parties can sit on the left, no one's face is different Take care.

But the hall is not so easy to sit in. Next to the long round table, Mao Jue has carried out his perversion to the end. Zheng Zhilong's thirty or so Nidanik priest female guards let him be bound upside down like a pig. A forest of meat, less on the top and more on the bottom, piled up like a pyramid and placed on a big iron plate.

I have to say that these chicks are wild enough, and they were dishonest when they were locked up. They even injured the guards and almost escaped in the middle of the night. This kind of tossing will give them some hardships, and on the other hand, it is like Zheng Zhilong's demonstration.

I don't know how many of these Nanyang chicks Zheng Zhilong slept. Watching him come in, the wheat-colored faces of these foreign priestesses were all flushed, and the little hands tied behind their backs were twisted into fists and shaking, biting numbness in their mouths. Walnut whined, and Zheng Zhilong twitched when he heard it.

The other few were more honest, Zheng Cai, Zheng Zhibao, and Shi Daxuan, who had already sat at the table and experienced a Japanese "razor", lowered their heads sadly with their chins bare.

Everyone knows their own weight, one north and one south, there is no dispute leading the subordinates, and the two sides are seated one after another.

To be honest, I am used to the gathering halls of heroes in Liangshan, but I am not used to such a big table. Chen Yonghua, who was full of anxiety, was embarrassed for a second, then stood up first, and was the first to hug Mao Jue. .

"Mao Longtou! Our Zheng family has eyes that don't recognize Taishan, offended your honesty, and contradicted your old wharf! Now you are still magnanimous, and the whole Zheng family is grateful! In order to express my apology and integrity, my leader is willing to offer One million taels of Cheng Yi, some gifts, please accept them!"

100 taels! If a few years ago, the generals of Dongjiang would have been happy when they were so poor, but now, they are all full of disdain. It is obvious that one after another can be heard laughing, even if Adelena , all rolled their eyes in a funny way.

Only Mao Jue was considered to be of better quality, and he still kept that smiling look, and waved his hands with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, you are being polite. Your boss and I are both businessmen! Although there has been a bit of an unpleasant quarrel recently, it is all about the business field. It can't be said who is right or who is wrong, so I will forgive you!"

Can Mao Jue not want the money delivered to his door?Unless it’s for a bigger share, there’s a good saying, don’t reach out and don’t hit the smiling face! Chen Yonghua’s 100 million taels of silver is not for nothing. If you accept the apology, the grievances between the two families will be written off. What will I do to kill you? ?joke!

Although Mao Jue's refusal was expected, Chen Yonghua's old face couldn't help but feel bitter when he heard him talk about business.

"Our Dongjiang is a poor place. There are bad people out of the poor mountains and rivers! But it's hard to control. The court has been in a downturn for the past two years! One or two months a year is the emperor's grace! You have to fight Donglu to the death, It's not easy for Mao either!"

"How about Zheng Da's family's appreciating food? This boat is sailing north of Zhoushan, and I will hang my Dongjiang flag in the future! In the future, the younger ones will fly the Dongjiang flag to go to the south of the Yangtze River to earn two wine money, and Zheng Da's family will also open the net, how about it?"

Sure enough! Mao Jue Tan leaned forward like that, looked around with hale and hearty eyes, no matter whether Chen Yonghua or Zheng Zhilong looked at him, his cheeks couldn't help but twitched.

When Zheng Zhilong was in his prime, he had more than 4000 large and small ships under his name. It wasn’t that these 3 ships belonged to him, but that these ships had to fly the flag of Zheng’s family to trade in Southeast Asia. Large ships cost 3000 taels and medium ships cost 300 taels , the boat cost [-] taels, and Zheng Zhilong accumulated a huge amount of property by sitting on the ground and dividing up the spoils.

Now Mao Jue is also eyeing this piece of fat. If you want to come to Japan to do business, you can! But this time you have to play the banner of Lao Tzu!As for how much this banner costs, it depends on your sincerity!

Moreover, Chen Yonghua had a good plan before. When he went to Japan to do business, he offered [-]% of the goods to Mao Jue. If you came to Fujian from Dongjiang, you also had to give [-]% of the goods to him. Want to collect money, this whole unequal tariff system.

More importantly, this hurt the authority of the Zheng family!

In the past, the Zheng family was the only one! If you don’t pay the money, just wait for the ship and cargo to be lost!But now people swagger in front of you under the banner of the Dongjiang River, and you have to greet them with a smile. Today’s maritime merchants are no better than those exporters in later generations. To put it bluntly, they are all snobbish and pirates. For a long time, who still pays homage to your Zheng family's pier?

But do not agree?Now there is only a quarter of the Zheng family's fleet left! Whether you can get the half back depends on Mao Jue's face. The Dongjiang Fleet wandered around the South China Sea for a couple of times, and there were some people and mad dogs who pounced on them and bit the Zheng family hard.Now even if the front teeth are knocked out, I have to swallow it! The only thing I can strive for is to swallow less blood.

"The boats north of Zhoushan hang the flag of Maolongtou, and the boats south of Zhoushan hang the flag of my family's dragonhead. How about guarding the gate of the mountain?"

Now you are a father! We recognize this! But don’t stretch your claws too far! The flag was sent to Lao Tzu, Ma Zai! When he killed you with his eyes, Mao Jue finally gave in a little.

"As it should be!"

He agreed, but Mao Jue was still sneering in his heart. Chen Yonghua was smart enough, but after all, he was limited by the times and didn't even know about tariff protection! Businessmen from Fujian and Guangdong went north to do business and wanted to buy an extra flag. Merchants in Zhoushan, Shandong, Liaodong, can buy a flag, and the cost is one notch lower. In terms of market competitiveness, these tycoons in the south of the Yangtze River are a head shorter.

Mao Jue hated those selfish and greedy Jiangnan gentry, why would he not do it if he could stab a knife in their pockets?

This is the first core of the negotiation between the Zheng and Mao families, the delineation of interests. Although they suffered a big loss, the Zheng family breathed a sigh of relief.

But immediately, Mao Jue's words almost made Zheng Zhilong jump up.

"It's said that the south boat is the north horse. The brave men of Zheng Da's family taught Mao a lesson. In order to show respect! One person ransom 100 taels, the general ransom 1000 taels, and these few big masters! Body of ten thousand gold! One person The ransom is 1 taels! 1 taels of gold."

"You are simply robbing!"

One person is 100 taels, and 2 people are 200 million taels! Generals and leaders get 1000 taels. Even if the small bosses of more than ten or twenty brothers are counted, there are five or seven hundred taels, which is six to seven million taels. As for Zheng Cai and the others, Zheng Cai The core group of the family asked Mao Jue to do more than a dozen, more than 600 taels of gold, and an extra piece of 70 taels. You must know that the annual income of the Ming Empire is only 500 taels of pure silver.

Moreover, in the concept of piracy, human life is not valuable, but ships are valuable. There are three big blessing ships including Zheng's face parked in the port, a total of [-] or [-] warships. How much money will it cost to redeem them?

Even Zheng Zhilong couldn't help being moved by this silver flower, he suddenly stood up and roared angrily.

"100 taels per person is too expensive. In Fujian, even if you kidnap a ticket, [-] taels per person is enough. The boss and the masters will follow what you, the head of the Mao family, said. How about it?"

Chen Yonghua was also frowning and beating the side drum, but this time, Mao Jue didn't give in at all, and shook his head solemnly.

"A person has only one life! In our Dongjiang, whether it is a personal soldier or a guard soldier, if he dies, I will give 100 taels of shumai silver. Is the life of the Zheng family so worthless?"

Zheng Zhilong choked again and asked him to admit that life in the south is cheap and life in the north is expensive! Is he still in the world?

Bitter in the mouth, the master misfired him, but Chen Yonghua bit the bullet and continued to play tricks.

"Master Mao, we are guests from afar, and we didn't bring much money. Such a large sum, even if it takes some time to raise! You are too harsh!"

"It's okay to have no cash! You are all famous figures in the sea of ​​Fujian. Let's erect a monument on this Iki Island and swear an oath! People and boats can be taken back first. When Zheng Da's family has enough money, go north. Come on, Mao knocks the stele, and the oath of alliance will be sent back, besides"

There was a long sound here, Mao Jue's eyes flickered strangely, and he said with a smile.

"There is a difference between closeness and closeness. The head of Zheng Da's family can just redeem those who are close to him. There are not many boats left, and there is no need to redeem them all. What do you think?"

Can save money?Zheng Zhilong's face suddenly showed great emotion, but Chen Yonghua heard this, but he couldn't wait to go up and give Mao Jue two big slaps.

Naked conspiracy!

3 Chapter Thirty.

More than a dozen ropes were tightly stretched, and amidst the creaking sound, a huge stone several meters high was erected amidst the shouts of hundreds of Japanese people.

"The Empress Dowager is above! I, Zheng Zhilong, make an oath here! I will definitely repay the favor owed to Dongjiang Mao Dajia! If there is any violation, the Sea God will treat me as if I were abandoned into the whirlpool abyss! Brothers betray me! Good death!"

The golden inscription is written in the official script. On a certain day, a certain month and a certain day, Dongjiang Maogong righteously interpreted how many heroes of the rivers and lakes in Fuhai. It was written in a private contract, and if it was really recorded on the inscription, it would be too philistine. Not only Zheng Zhilong could not afford to lose that face, but even Mao Jue himself could not afford to lose that face.

After making an oath mixed with the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, just like the oath of the ancient princes and kings, Zheng Zhilong threw the oath of the oath together with the jade into the fire, and immediately poured the ashes of the brazier into the pit. If you want to break the oath, you will be punished by the gods.

However, this is not over yet. Zheng Zhilong has more than 4 horses, but not all of them belong to his Zheng family. The Zheng family is more like a pirate alliance. Zhi also once fought against Zheng Zhilong and was wiped out. There are still a few great pirates and merchants underneath, and the Zheng family's army was assembled together.