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Zheng Zhilong stood at the bow of the flagship ship, looking at the scene on the dock with a trace of pride on his lips. The scene I randomly arranged seems to have a great effect!

The mastery of human nature, how to use it to stimulate people's hearts and arouse the greed of others, this kind of thing is really just a child's matter for Zheng Zhilong, so don't be too good at it. Otherwise, when fighting for hegemony in the South China Sea, Li Kuiqi was much stronger than him. In the end, he used his greed to poach Li Kuiqi's men, divided his strength, and defeated Li Kuiqi in the decisive battle. If the emperor hadn't wanted to use Li Kuiqi and changed his name to Li Zhiqi, he would probably be gone now.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was just observing the situation at the dock. If we want this matter to become a longer-term topic of discussion and spread more widely, the current onlookers are not enough.

After thinking about it for a while, he had an idea in his mind, and asked Liu Jinsheng: "I have decided to make the points public at the dock. What do you think?"

"It's up to you!" Upon hearing this, Liu Jinsheng sneered indifferently, "I'm sorry you don't dare to be greedy!"

He, Liu Jinsheng, stayed with Zheng Zhilong just to monitor him. If he is caught in the wrong, he will not be soft-hearted and will report it to the emperor immediately to avenge the past.

Of course, he didn't know whether there were other Jin Yiwei like him around Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong didn't know either. Therefore, no one dares to do the wrong thing!

Zheng Zhilong had long been used to being surprised by Liu Jinsheng's attitude. When he saw his reaction, he knew that Liu Jinsheng had not responded. He was too lazy to explain, so he ordered all the boxes to be opened directly at the dock for counting and to publicize the stated intention. .

If you really want to know more about these silver coins, there is actually another way, which is to weigh them. But Zheng Zhilong insisted on taking them all apart to get a little bit of silver coins. This approach is undoubtedly another way to implement the emperor's will.

As for the money being exposed, I'm not worried that those Ming people watching will try to rob it. You know, the pier is full of soldiers. If anyone dares to rob, it will be impossible to get out of the pier.

So, not long after, an officer stepped forward and announced loudly: "The commander-in-chief has an order. All the silver coins seized this time are now counted. No one is allowed to steal a single silver dollar!"

Then, amid the astonishment of the onlookers, a soldier came forward, opened the box, and poured all the silver coins into the open space. One box after another, the sound of silver dollars clashing echoed in the Manila port and in the hearts of everyone watching.

After a while, a silver mountain was shining so brightly that it was hard to even open one's eyes. The crowd of onlookers was suffocated, and only the sound of heavy breathing could be heard one after another, playing another kind of music in this port!

I don't know how long I was silent for, but I suddenly heard a voice coming from behind, a little hasty and a little anxious.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, King Yi is here!"

King Yi is here? When everyone heard this, they turned around and saw that it was indeed King Yi's chariot coming in a hurry.

Looking at it like this, if you don't avoid it, you might hit it.

Therefore, regardless of whether the onlookers were willing or not, they all made way to come out and at the same time paid tribute to King Yi.

On the bow of the flagship, Zheng Zhilong had already seen King Yi's chariot rushing towards this side. No need to ask, just think about it with your toes, you all know that King Yi came to the dock in such a hurry, most likely because of this pile of silver.

Sure enough, King Yi's car came in a hurry and stopped suddenly when it reached the edge of Yinshan Mountain. As soon as the car stopped, King Yi got out of the car and stood on the shaft. His eyes were attracted by the mountains of silver coins.

Okay, another pair of eyes are bright!

After a while, King Yi came back to his senses. His face was full of greed and excitement. He immediately jumped out of the car without caring about the feudal king's etiquette, walked quickly to the side of "Silver Mountain", and then asked quickly Said: "These silver coins were sent to Luzon by the Spaniards, right?"

Before the officer on the scene could answer, he said quickly: "Now that Gu is the owner of Luzon, then these silver coins belong to Gu, right?"

The officer was very speechless, thinking, although you are the vassal king, why don't you show some respect, and he actually said that these silver coins are yours!

But on the surface, of course he would not answer like this. He just answered in a business-like manner: "Your Highness, it is not the official's decision in this matter. I was just ordered to count the silver coins!"

The soldiers on the dock all belong to the Southeast Navy of the Ming Dynasty, under the command of Zheng Zhilong, not from Yiguo. In fact, Yiguo's army is still very few and can only protect the palace. As for the rest, the Ming army is responsible for guarding it. Therefore, after the officer finished answering, he continued to perform his duties and shouted loudly, telling his men not to make mistakes in counting and not to steal, otherwise they would engage in military law or something.

King Yi also knew that this small official couldn't make the decision. If it were possible, he just took the money and ran away without asking.

Although he was a noble vassal king, the money he had accumulated over the generations was basically used up after he became a vassal. Nowadays, to attract local merchants from the Ming Dynasty to trade, they are extremely short of money. Now that there is so much money piled in front of him, it would be strange not to be jealous!

"Go, help Gu bring Marshal Zheng here!" King Yi stared at the shining silver mountain and shouted loudly to his men without looking back.

Before his men could answer, they heard a cheerful voice beside him: "No need to invite, the general is already here. The general has met His Royal Highness King Yi!"

In name, after all, the vassal king was powerful, so Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to come over to see him.

Hearing Zheng Zhilong's voice, King Yi couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly looked up and saw Zheng Zhilong in front of him, clasping his fists and saluting him.

"No gifts, no gifts!" When King Yi saw it, the smile on his face could not be concealed, and he said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Marshal Zheng!"

When the onlookers saw this, everyone understood. King Yi is here to steal money. I don’t know how much money he can steal with so much money? This is really pie-in-the-sky, it makes me laugh out of my dreams!

They would not believe it at all costs if they said that all the money belonged to King Yi. But what they were curious about was that King Yi was here. How much money would he take?

When they were thinking this, they heard King Yi's idea for the silver: "Since these silver coins were sent to Luzon by the Spaniards. Now that I am the king of Luzon, then these silver coins are my own. , what do Marshal Zheng think?"

In fact, he also knew that it was unrealistic to come here and take all the money for himself. However, he also thought about it. He would ask for a high price first and then pay the money back on the spot. By doing this, he would be able to get some more silver coins!

Unexpectedly, before Zheng Zhilong had time to speak, Liu Jinsheng beside him had already said coldly: "This matter has been reported to the emperor. The emperor has a decree to escort all the people and silver coins to the Fuzhou Governor's Mansion!"

Upon hearing this, King Yi's smile suddenly froze on his face. I cursed in my heart, why so fast? What are you doing so quickly? You guys are so fond of flattering the emperor, why are you reporting it to the emperor so quickly as if you were rushing to reincarnate for just such a small thing?

At this moment, he suddenly hated this chat group very much. If it weren't for the chat group, it would have been impossible for the emperor who was far away in the capital to know about this. Even if he couldn't get all of it, he might be able to get some of it after discussing it with Zheng Zhilong. This damn chat group is so damned!

Although he was cursing in his heart, he did not dare to go to the chat group to ask Emperor Chongzhen for money. If you make the emperor unhappy, just say a word and your life will be difficult! However, with so much money, he didn't get a share of it. King Yi felt that he felt miserable!

Zheng Zhilong seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is the capture of the general, and it will naturally belong to the imperial court. But in the future, after the general has withdrawn, if the Spaniards send silver coins to the door again, it will naturally be your highness. All the seizures will belong to His Highness!"

When King Yi heard this, his mouth immediately opened wide. Is there any other way to say this? Are you lonely and stupid? In the future, when Yiguo has the ability to protect itself and the imperial army withdraws, no one knows what year and month it will be. At that time, how could the Spaniards send silver dollars?

Thinking like this, he suddenly lost interest and immediately replied to Zheng Zhilong: "Commander Zheng is really good at joking, how could the Spaniards still send money over here!"

What he means is that the Spaniards will definitely find out that there is a problem here in Luzon in the future, and it will be impossible to send money over.

But Zheng Zhilong didn’t know whether it was a real misunderstanding or a false misunderstanding, so he smiled and replied: “Don’t worry, Your Highness, I have heard that the real wealth is only in Mexico. Otherwise, in the past, these Spanish How is it possible for people to transport silver dollars to Luzon every year?”

When he said this, he said it very clearly and strongly when he said, "Only in Mexico are there real mountains of gold and silver." At the same time, he glanced around and found that many people's eyes were extremely bright at this moment.

After hearing this, King Yi sighed in his heart. No matter how many mountains of gold and silver there were in Mexico, what did they have to do with him? Thinking like this, he reluctantly glanced at the hill of silver coins again. Finally, he forgot about his politeness, turned around a little lonely, got in his car and drove back to the palace.

No matter how much money there is, it doesn’t matter. It belongs to the emperor, so it’s better to keep it out of sight!

As soon as King Yi left, the crowd of onlookers began to whisper again. Some people are talking about King Yi, and some are talking about Mexico.

For Akito, who was originally in Luzon, he had vaguely heard about things in Mexico. And there is another point. In the past, the Spaniards used various methods such as deception and abduction to transport Ming people to Mexico and publicize it, which was naturally good. It is said that Mexico is full of treasures, as if you can make a fortune just by going there. Of course, there are also some people who feel that when some people said they came to Luzon, didn’t they also mean that there are treasures everywhere and they can make a fortune if they come?

No matter what, these similar words were said by others, coupled with the mountains of silver dollars seen in front of them, and the words Marshal Zheng said, they confirmed each other and invisibly increased many people's yearning for Mexico.

It was not until the end of the day that the silver coins were finally counted, after a lot of manpower was spent counting them. During this process, those Ming people who had nothing important to do were watching. And those who had to leave due to something happened reluctantly left, and then took the news to further places, attracting more people to watch.

No matter what, people here in Manila, Luzon, are in for a treat!

After that day, the topic of Silver Dollar Mountain became a topic of conversation in Luzon after dinner. For a long time, some people still mentioned it with relish. After all, there was a lot of money, Marshal Zheng, and King Yi all appeared.

For Zheng Zhilong, he successfully fulfilled the emperor's instructions perfectly, and after sending people to send away these people and silver coins, his attention was still focused on the situation in Nanyang.

He selected skilled sailors from various armies to conduct training on new sailing ships. There is a saying that is difficult for those who don't know how to do it, but it is not difficult for those who know how to do it. After several months of training, I believe that the operation of this new sailboat will not be much worse than that of Xiyi.

These trainings were all conducted in the Luzon Sea. On the one hand, this place must be protected as the bridgehead for the decisive battle in Nanyang; on the other hand, there is no more suitable place for sailing training and there is no way to hide it.

Zheng Zhilong is not worried at all about this. This new sailing boat is not his trump card. His real trump card is the Jinyiwei spies and rifled cannons. Needless to say, Jinyiwei secret agents, rifled guns are easy to keep secret. Since getting the rifled cannon, he has even been eager for the decisive battle in Nanyang to start quickly, so that Hongmao, the pirates, and the indigenous coalition forces can be surprised!

Thinking about this, he complained a little bit that Liu Xiang was so bad. He had been given so much time to work together, but he still hadn't finished everything. No wonder his reputation on the coast of Ming Dynasty was not at the top. !

In the decisive battle in Nanyang here, the emperor has already made it clear that he is the commander-in-chief and will direct the battles of the land and water armies. Thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but get excited.

The navy has always been just a vassal of the army. But now in this battle, haha, I, Zheng, am the commander. This battle must be fought well, but the name will be passed down through the ages!

He was looking forward to it, but the situation with Liu Xiang, whom he was talking about, was not optimistic.

No, the spy who was sent to Manila rushed back to Temasek and immediately went to report to Liu Xiang what he saw in Manila.

New sailing ships, Spanish treasure ships, mountains of silver coins, elite Ming troops, etc. all stimulated Liu Xiang's hearing. He said nothing and was in a daze with a gloomy face.

After a while, he came back to his senses and saw that Xi Zuo had finished reporting and was waiting for his instructions, so he waved his hand a little impatiently and told him to leave quickly. There was no good news, so what else did he want?

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