I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

In the living room, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhipeng smoked cigars in silence. They had almost finished smoking such a thick thing. Neither of them said a word because they were both shocked and speechless. Flood, just two Words, but it is destined to be a huge chaos.

Dozens of levees in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces breached within three days, especially in the Songjiang area. Nine out of ten levees collapsed. The torrential floods ravaged the people along the coast like water dragons. In the blink of an eye, there was heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The water town in the south of the Yangtze River has turned into a hell on earth, with victims everywhere.

Liu Xiang directly drove the boat and used cannons to blast the sea wall in the middle of the night. Who could have the temper?

But Zheng Zhipeng was puzzled. Even a local snake like him didn't know how to bypass most of the guards without anyone noticing, and blast the seawall accurately. Liu Xiang, a Cantonese, How did you do it?

I'm afraid this is no longer as simple as leading the way. The embankment was blown up so neatly. I'm afraid they might have buried gunpowder in advance, but who would do such a heartless thing?Is Xu Ben tall?This time, even Zheng Zhipeng didn't dare to think about him. Second-grade officer, what are you doing this for?Just to avenge your biological father?

What is really scary is not even the water, but the chaos behind the water. The people who grow flowers have a characteristic, that is, as long as they have food to eat, they will not rebel. However, this can not be said in reverse, that is, as long as If there is no food to eat, there will inevitably be rebellion.

Almost everyone is well aware of the current situation in the country. If there were spare efforts to provide disaster relief, I am afraid that the northwest would have calmed down long ago. Why is there such a big fuss, but they don’t know how many people in the south of the Yangtze River will become kings. .

It is said that after receiving the news, Long Live Master was so angry that he passed away on the spot. He was unconscious for three hours before he woke up. He almost couldn't be saved. I don't know whether it was true or not.

"Brother, I don't understand. As far as I know, although Liu Xiang commits all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting, etc., he is still a man of iron bones. You also said that he will not be a traitor even if he dies, so why would he do this? Such a heartless thing happened."

Zheng Zhilong took a deep breath of his cigar and said slowly: "I can guess a thing or two. My sworn brother is born with pride. In fact, before I recruited him, he was nominally my leader, but he never did. For those who have served me, if you let such a person work as a dog for the barbarians, it will naturally be more uncomfortable than killing him. But if you let him kill someone, he is inhumane.

As for why, it's not obvious. Although they are all Japanese pirates, maritime merchants like me like peace. Because the people along the coast live in peace, I can do business. But for pirates like him, the more chaos there is, the worse it becomes. Well, the people couldn't survive, so they naturally turned to banditry. The court was busy suppressing bandits and providing disaster relief. Even if they hated him to death, they were unable to destroy him after all. Instead, they allowed him to navigate the chaos with ease. If there was another Nei Ying told him about the deployment of imperial troops, so he can fight however he wants. Do you think you can still stop him? "

Zheng Zhipeng spit out the smoke in his mouth and cursed in a low voice: worse than a beast.

I don’t know if he was scolding Liu Xiang or the insider who helped Liu Xiang.

"Stop staying in Songjiang. We can't save it. It's impossible for me to stay in this situation. It wouldn't be surprising if the little emperor directly gave me an imperial edict. I can leave you at most 2 people, but if you face Liu Xiang, these 2 Ten thousand people are not enough to do anything. Those people under your command come from three mountains and five mountains, and many of them have suffered at home. As for those local warriors, do you believe that they will mutiny if they are not disbanded within three days? You go back to Hangzhou immediately. After all, that is It’s at the top of the province and a little further from the sea, so it’s relatively safer.”

"Sigh... I'm not willing to give in... I've been planning for half a month."

After a while, Zheng Zhiyan ran in panting, holding an official document with scrawled handwriting in her hand. She hurriedly took a sip of tea and said: "The official document from Nanjing is here. This time the disaster hit There are a total of 110 seven counties, of which 26 were severely affected and nine were completely flooded."

After hearing this, Zheng Zhipeng did some mental calculations and sighed: "Roughly estimated, the number of people affected by the disaster should be close to one million. Brother, if we move people to Treasure Island at this time, the government will not object, but will give strong support."

Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not that simple. What you just counted were the victims who were directly affected by the flood. But if the victims don't have food to eat, they will rob the rich man. When the rich man has finished robbing, he will rob the county government. After the county government has finished robbing, But there are stray thieves, and there is such chaos in the northwest. By then, this number will probably more than triple. The treasure island is such a big place, and how much can we take with it."

Zheng Zhiyan heard this and said in confusion: "You can take as much as you want. It will not only help the court to fight disasters, but also strengthen our own power. Aren't the Dutch always competing with us for the treasure island? We are not as good as them in ships and cannons, but We have people. We have a population of several million. How dare they bare their teeth with us?"

Zheng Zhilong smiled even more bitterly when he heard this, but said: "Fourth, please tell me."

Zheng Zhipeng knew that his eldest brother wanted to compete, so he said directly: "It's not that simple. If the disaster is only one million, it is still barely controllable for the government. This is called disaster relief. We only need to bring out real gold and white rice." Bai Mian, it's called worrying about the world, and collecting a hundred and eighty thousand from it won't be a big problem.

But if there are 300 million, there will definitely be wars on all sides. The key is that the entire army of Zhejiang and South Zhili together is probably less than [-]. As long as these refugees can attack a few cities and taste the benefits, then But the rebels are called the army. With the strength of our family, this piece of meat is a bit hard to bite. We are all from Fujian. If we bring too many people from Jiangnan, there will be big problems. Besides, the court will suppress the bandits. Surrender, what is this?The court has never been at ease with us. "

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said: "The Fourth Brother has seen clearly. If it is a disaster victim, I, Zheng Zhilong, am not a martial artist who does not understand humanity, but I am willing to empty my family wealth to help the court with disaster relief. For the time being, the hole in Treasure Island is just another one." Tens of thousands of people can pretend, but if they turn into bandits, I won’t be able to do anything.”

Zheng Zhipeng suddenly changed his mind and said: "It is impossible to send to the treasure island, but what if I stay in Jiangnan? Brother, didn't I agree that I will stay in Jiangnan and develop? Isn't it possible that these people can be used by me?"

"Are you crazy? You must know that Liu Xiang hates you the most right now. It would be fine if you stayed in Hangzhou. But once you get involved in this matter, how can he let you go? You also said that he has inside information , whether it’s Xu Bengao or not, it’s not easy to find you?”

"Brother, have you forgotten what we just said? I have a big heart. How can I sacrifice my life when doing great things? Crisis, crisis, danger also comes with opportunities. As long as I survive this period, I am sure that Zhejiang Become the second Fujian."