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178 Zheng Zhilong's Ambition

On the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, at the junction of Nanzhili and Zhejiang Chengxuan Zhengguansi, a huge fleet is slowly moving forward on the sea dozens of miles north of the Zhoushan Islands.

This fleet is filled with thousands of warships of all sizes and sizes, and the dense ones cannot see the end at all. The sails covered the sky and the sun.

What's going on?

Didn’t the Ming Navy defeat all his family long ago?

Nanjuyi had to find more than 200 small broken ships when fighting against the sea overlord Dutch. How could such a huge fleet appear on the southeast coast?

This is indeed the fleet of the Ming Navy, but it has only recently been accepted.

Zheng Zhilong stood at the top of the huge lucky ship warship, looking at the neatly arranged warships around, and a hint of pride appeared on his face.

He was a pirate for a while, but he was not a bandit, and his goal was not to be a big pirate.

In terms of origin, his family was a genuine scholarly family. His father also worked in the Nan'an County Government. Moreover, he has been well-read in poetry and books since he was a child.

Unfortunately, he failed many exams and failed to pass the exam. His father's salary was not high, so he could not support the three brothers at all.

In desperation, he had to join his uncle who was working for overseas business and went to Japan. By chance, he became the largest pirate leader in the Southeast Sea.

Being a pirate is really not his ideal.

What he was thinking about was to make a name for himself.

What he was thinking about was glorious and glorious.

What he wanted was to become the overlord of the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty and even the South China Sea, and to be a local emperor that the court feared!

Therefore, when he heard that the court wanted to wipe out the pirates in the southeast, he took his subordinates to ashore, siege the city and siege the land frantically, showing his strength, and finally forced the governor Xiong Wencan to come and recruit him.

Now, he is no longer a pirate leader, but a guerrilla general of the Five Tigers of the Ming Navy!

He no longer had to hide and dodge. He wandered on the sea all day long and didn't even dare to go back home.

Governor Xiong Wencan has made an oath with him that as long as he can eliminate other pirates, Xiong Wencan will submit a report to the court and promote him to the general of Fujian. At that time, he will truly be glorious.

Moreover, he could use the power of the court to wipe out other pirates and become a well-deserved overlord on the southeast coast and even the entire Southeast Ocean. By then, the court would be afraid of him three points.

Of course, these are not a single day's work, and he still has some private matters to deal with before he can start a war with other pirates.

This time, he was preparing to go to Japan to pick up his precious son. After all, he has returned to his hometown with glory, so his son naturally cannot be fostered in Japan anymore.

Originally, he wanted to go straight to Japan, but when he raised his telescope and saw the estuary of the Yangtze River, he hesitated for a moment.

Because some time ago, a large cloth shop owner from Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili specially sent someone to send him a letter, saying that a large boss from Huayutang wanted to find him to cooperate with and do big business.

This transaction still needs to be done.

After all, he had 40,000 to 50,000 people to support him, and now that he had surrendered to the court, it was impossible for him to "make money" by robbing merchant ships as before.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and waved his hand to order: "Tell me the order, turn the rudder to the west and break down on the back of Chongming Island."

With his order, the entire fleet turned east and slowly sailed towards the huge Chongming Island.

At this time, he was considered an official of the court, so naturally he no longer had to worry about the officers and soldiers coming to capture him, a pirate. After the huge fleet broke down near Chongming Island, he ordered people to recruit more than ten wheel boats, took hundreds of personal guards to enter the Yangtze River waterway, and headed straight for Suzhou Prefecture.

After Suzhou Prefecture received the owner of the cloth village, he took his guards to the river on a boat and headed straight for Jinling City.

It took nearly two days before and after, he finally arrived at Jinling City, Nandu.

He doesn't have to reveal his identity if he has the care of the owner of the cloth shop. After all, he is a guerrilla general of the Fujian Navy. He ran to Jinling City for no reason and was found, which is a bit troublesome.

Soon, he came to the magnificent Huayu Hall under the guidance of the cloth shop owner.

Zhu Qituo was so happy to hear that Zheng Zhilong was coming, because he was preparing to return to Nanyang. If this guy didn't come again, he would probably have to wait until next year to meet.

He enthusiastically invited Zheng Zhilong to the backyard and took it to his study. He ordered someone to take a tea and then said politely: "General Zheng has worked hard all the way. I don't know you will come here so soon, so I didn't make any preparations. I'm negligent, and I hope he can forgive me."

To be honest, Zheng Zhilong was a little confused at this moment.

Because what he saw in the previous store was basically women's clothing, what's the best thing to do in this business?

The owner of the cloth shop actually lied to him, saying that Huayutang sold all the rare things, and he made a fortune every day!

What a joke?

He was stunned for a moment, and then he said curiously: "Shopkeeper Zhu, I heard that you want to do a big business with Zheng, but I don't know what kind of business it is?"

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhuo smiled and waved to the door. Soon, someone brought up beautifully packaged items one by one.

What kind of soap, mirror, dried fruit, glass cup, and the packaging is quite exquisite. Question, how much money can these things be worth?

Overseas business is not that easy to do. Not only do you have to prevent others from robbing goods, but you have to be careful of storms. It can be said that you will lose your life if you are not careful. This kind of business that can keep your head off your belt will not make hundreds of thousands of taels, and no one will take this risk.

That’s all, can you make hundreds of thousands of taels in one trip?

When Zhu Qizhu introduced these things, he couldn't help but frown.

Finally, when Zhu Qizhao took out a clairvoyance, he became a little interested.

However, he skillfully raised his eyes and looked out the window for a moment, and his face immediately collapsed.

At most, this thing can only be seen a mile away. What's the use?

He said impatiently: "Shopkeeper Zhu, is that all that?"

Zhu Qizhe said calmly: "General Zheng, do you think these are not enough?"

Zheng Zhilong said disdainfully: "How much money can these things be worth?"

Zhu Qizhuo smiled and said, "So, things are expensive. As long as you dare to open a price for these things, the profit is still quite high. I opened a store in Jinling City. If you don't say you're going to make tens of thousands of taels a day, it's still not a problem to make four or five thousand taels a day. If you can spread the goods in Japan and Nanyang, it's probably not a problem to make tens of thousands of taels a day."

Tens of thousands of taels a day, which is a bit of a big deal.

Problem, it takes time to distribute the goods.

It takes several months to travel between Japan and Nanyang, and these are not common goods. It will probably take at least a few years to spread these goods. How can he have this leisure time!

Alas, it's a pity that if he had nothing to do at this moment, he could do this business.

He could only say regretfully: "Shopkeeper Zhu, you may not know that I have made an agreement with Governor Xiong that within three years, I will wipe out all the pirates in the southeast. In the past few years, I have no time to distribute goods. Otherwise, we will cooperate in the future."

After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye.

Seeing this, Zhu Qizhuo quickly raised his hand and said, "General Zheng, wait."

How could the duck he got made fly?

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he said inexplicably: "What, Manager Zhu, do you have anything else?"

It was nothing, but the problem, I can't let you leave like that!

You don’t have time, and I don’t have time, I can’t wait for you for three years.

Zhu Qizhuo thought quickly, then pretended to be mysterious and said: "General Zheng, it may be a bit difficult for you to wipe out all the pirates within three years. Otherwise, I'll help you?"
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