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- Although Li Xiang didn't know why the crown prince asked this question, he still replied: "Yes! In the surrounding waters, only the daimyo navy is the strongest. So those of us who make a living at sea will do it whenever we have the opportunity." Come and use these warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy. Zheng Zhilong is the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy, so this is even more true."
When Li Xiang said this, Zhao Hongyu basically knew what he was talking about.
As the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy, Zheng Zhilong can definitely place orders for the shipyards over there to build ships for him.
It was nominally given to the Navy, but in the end it fell into the pirate fleet he left behind. As long as Zheng Zhilong is not an idiot, he will definitely use this skill.
¡°Anyway, he uses his own money and does not use official accounts. As long as everything is sorted out, no one will say anything.
Even if there are so-called honest officials, they can just solve it secretly when the time comes, and there won't be any trouble at all.
At this time, corruption in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was very high. As long as you have free money, nothing is impossible.
" Zheng Zhilong doesn't have much else, but he has a lot of money.
After all, he controls the maritime trade of Southeast Asian countries, and at the same time, his tentacles have extended to the Naha area. Zheng Zhilong, who is in charge of these maritime trade rights, is definitely very wealthy.
And the shipyards in Fujian will also be very cooperative in building ships.
Because they will also get income and benefits from building a ship. If they have nothing to do, they will have no income.
Without income, wouldn¡¯t you starve to death?
Although the craftsmen in the shipyard are inferior to slaves, Zheng Zhilong will not have much money to buy the ship in their hands.
But as long as there is shipbuilding, the officials in charge of the shipyards must give them two meals a day.
These humble craftsmen all rely on this food to feed their families.
At the same time, these officials in charge of the shipyard, after getting a big benefit, will give some of the rest to people like them, otherwise it will not be good for them if they cause trouble.
So, basically no one in Fujian would object to Zheng Zhilong¡¯s purchase of a boat.
On the contrary, there are many people who are grateful to him, especially those craftsmen who have not started work for a long time.
As for what Zheng Zhilong bought these boats for, no one wants to know.
¡°Besides, Zheng Zhilong himself is also the chief officer of the Fujian Navy, and he also has a considerable status.
Who dares to interfere with the affairs of idle officials, wouldn¡¯t that mean they are living impatiently?
In this way, Zheng Zhilong became very prosperous in Fujian with his money and knives. At the same time, he took advantage of his own status to continuously increase his secret strength.
Because Li Xiang is very smart, he knows that as long as his secret power grows stronger, his weight in the court will become stronger and stronger, and in the end no one will dare to mess with him.
¡°Even if someone wants to touch him then, they have to think carefully about it.
" If one of them is not good, if he is touched, it will cause chaos in the southeastern sea area.
From this point of view, Zheng Zhilong is really a smart person.
He has long understood the nature of the imperial court. At the same time, he has also corrected his position and recognized his environment.
¡°A person like him is definitely a smart person.
So, he is prosperous.
On the contrary, Li Xiang was a little behind. He always wanted to negotiate terms with the court. In the end, he was given up by the court, and at the same time, he was tricked by others, and finally took advantage of Zheng Zhilong.
Of course, the main reason for this was because the big boss in the court who wanted to recruit Li Xiang was greedy and wanted to swallow Li Xiang in one go.
Anyway, compared to Zheng Zhilong, Li Xiang's luck is quite poor.
Compared to Li Xiang, Zheng Zhilong is more like the protagonist with a halo, while Li Xiang is a miserable dragon trickster.
¡°It¡¯s just that things have turned around for Li Xiang now. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because of Little Butterfly, but he now has a backer that is harder than the Ming Dynasty.
"It's just that because those who understand the Song Empire don't understand, Li Xiang doesn't know this yet.
He believes that taking refuge in the Song Empire is just a path of hope that he has no choice. He doesn't ask for any great wealth now. He just hopes that his brothers can have a good home and that he can also provide his family with a stable life.
At the same time, there is no need toI took care of everything by myself and relaxed a little.
After all, after he took refuge with the crown prince from America, no matter what happened, he would have to consider it. He no longer had to worry about horse chews and various supplies.
Even when Zheng Zhilong leads his fleet to attack Kyushu, it will be His Majesty who will have a headache instead of himself.
Hehe, it really is a great way to transfer the pressure.
Li Xiang had such an idea in her heart.
"You have the right to use it, and it will become invalid after it expires. It is understandable that Zheng Zhilong uses his power to make profits for himself." Zhao Hongyu has nothing to complain about Zheng Zhilong doing this. After all, not to mention in this era, even in his original time, space and era, slogans were shouted loudly, and the things that guys who claimed to be the people's public servants did were even more excessive than Zheng Zhilong.
¡°You¡¯ve seen it a lot, so it¡¯s not surprising, right?
"Don't talk about Zheng Zhilong. If you and I were in that position and environment, we would probably do the same as Zheng Zhilong. Because this guy knows that only by maintaining a certain level of strength can he not be eaten by the big guys in the court. Not even a scrap of his bones is left."
Hearing this, Li Xiang showed an expression of agreement.
At the same time, Li Xiang thought about everything that happened when he dealt with the big guys in the court.
"It's impossible for Li Xiang not to regret in his heart. He always secretly hates himself, why is he not as smart as Zheng Zhilong. If he was as smart as Zheng Zhilong, he might not have ended up like this.
But fortunately, God gave him a hope and also gave his brothers a way to survive.
Otherwise, Li Xiang really doesn¡¯t know what to do.
"Old Li, didn't you have a good relationship with the big guys in the DPRK? Why did those people betray you in the end and choose to support Zheng Zhilong?"
Zhao Hongyu was a little confused about this.
Seeing Zhao Hongyu asking about this matter, Li Xiang's face suddenly became unhappy.
It can be seen that this matter is really a taboo in Li Xiang's heart.
"Forget it, I'm just asking casually. If it's inconvenient, just pretend I didn't say anything." When Zhao Hongyu saw Li Xiang's expression change, he knew that he might have asked too many questions.
¡°Everyone has some things they don¡¯t want to say, and the same is true for Li Xiang¡¯s past.
Zhao Hongyu doesn¡¯t want to have any unpleasantness with Li Xiang because of this matter.
So, I looked back and said those words.
Li Xiang smiled bitterly, and then said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, there is nothing that cannot be said about this matter. I just remembered the unpleasantness in the past, so I felt a little upset. Since Your Highness is interested in this matter, then I will I¡¯ll just explain it to you.¡±
Immediately afterwards, before Zhao Hongyu could continue to refuse, Li Xiang started talking about these things.
With Li Xiang¡¯s narration, Zhao Hongyu slowly understood all this and the inside story.
According to Li Xiang¡¯s story, he was also a candidate for recruitment by the imperial court, and he indeed had such thoughts at the time. After all, after many years of pirate life, Li Xiang has become tired of it as he ages.
At the same time, Li Xiang feels that he should give his family and brothers a very stable life.
During these years of being a pirate, Li Xiang has accumulated a lot of wealth, and there is no point in continuing to be a pirate.
¡°As for the imperial court, it also needs stability in the sea area.
Therefore, after Li Xiang sent people to the Ming Dynasty many times and brought a large amount of money to bribe many officials, the decree to recruit him finally came down.
When Li Xiang got the news, she was very happy.
But what he didn¡¯t expect was that the officials sent by the imperial court caused trouble for him.
The official in charge of the recruitment negotiations actually wanted to seize Li Xiang's wealth, and also planned to use the opportunity during the recruitment process to gain some credit for himself as a weight for future promotions.
In other words, Li Xiang has become a stepping stone for his promotion, and the other party has evil intentions and wants to plot against him.
Under such circumstances, recruitment will definitely be out of the question.
" However, Li Xiang didn't want to offend this person. After all, at that time, Li Xiang was still thinking about returning to Ming Dynasty to become a rich man.
And the guy in charge of recruiting people saw that Li Xiang had seen through his trick, so he started toForcing Li Xiang to give up his wealth, how could Li Xiang agree to this kind of coercion?
Therefore, Li Xiang rejected the other party¡¯s repeated requests.
This time, he completely annoyed the other party.
It was at that time that Zheng Zhilong somehow got in touch with the official who was recruiting security officers.
And, they hit it off and walked together, but Li Xiang was thrown to the other side.
Since then, Zheng Zhilong has embarked on the path of rise, while Li Xiang has begun the path of destruction. And I don¡¯t know how that official did it. All the officials in the Ming Dynasty who had contact with Li Xiang began to avoid him.
After listening to Li Xiang¡¯s story, Zhao Hongyu felt that Li Xiang was a legendary tragic actor.
"So, the guy who was responsible for recruiting you at the beginning wanted to steal all your wealth?" Zhao Hongyu asked.
¡°In fact, after listening to Li Xiang¡¯s story, Zhao Hongyu also felt that the other party was going too far.
If you want money, it¡¯s fine if it¡¯s appropriate.
¡°But thinking about trying to seize all the wealth is a bit too much.
Li Xiang nodded and said: "That's not all, this guy has even more outrageous plans" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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