I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

"Fourth brother, this is a clever move."

After sending Yan Yingyuan away, Zheng Zhiyan came around from behind and openly took half a roasted leg of lamb in his hand, making his mouth full of oil.

"What's so clever about it? In the year of great calamity, you eat this and you don't shy away from others, so that others can see the bad side."

"Is there anything to avoid? I think Fourth Brother, you have gone too far. If you go too far, it is a bit fake. Now you are raising half of Ningbo City. Our Zheng family grows by millions every year." With an income of two, why do I have to eat meat secretly? Come on, Fourth Brother, try it, it’s delicious.”

"I won't eat it, just eat it yourself."

"Would you like a bite? It's delicious."

"Don't eat."

"Take a bite, this is a young lamb, just over a year old, freshly killed in the morning."

"If you say you won't eat, you won't eat."

"Just one bite, I won't give you any more."

"It's so fragrant!"

"You used the shipyard to keep Yan Yingyuan and his Xiangyong. It seems that you suffered a loss. But even if you don't mention this kindness, if we don't buy the built ship, wouldn't it be just a pile of rotten wood? At that time, the thousands of people in the shipyard, and the tens of thousands of people who were eating at the shipyard, are no different from being sold to you? If you bring them all to Ningbo City, they will be needed in the future and it will be easier to gather them. .”

Zheng Zhipeng frowned and said: "Why do you think of me so much? Are you and me such a realistic person? I am really out of friendship. Besides, we have agreed to buy at market price. With my personality, do you think I will go back on my word?" Playing rogue?"

"Of course you don't, but isn't the market price of a ship set by our family? Especially a double-decker warship. If our family doesn't buy it, who can he sell it to? Without Big Brother's nod, do you think the Jinling Navy dares to Don't dare to buy?

If I guess correctly, you will definitely let the young men in the shipyard organize training every day in the name of protecting the shipyard, and even send them muskets and artillery. Tsk tsk, plus your prestige in Ningbo Prefecture and such a large shipyard Related spin-off industries that can support people, who would have thought that Ningbo City would have the surname Zheng so soon?The key is that you have also gained a reputation for being unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness. This method is too high. I have so much to learn from you. "

Zheng Zhipeng rolled his eyes at him.

"Fourth brother, am I right?"

Zheng Zhipeng rolled his eyes at him again.

"What do you mean by just rolling my eyes?"

"Do you know why Yang Xu is so smart and clever, but sometimes he is not liked by others?"

"Isn't it because he is too naughty?"

"Yes, that's not right. In fact, if you compare it to a slippery word, almost no one in the world can be better than you and my eldest brother. It's just that my eldest brother seems to be open-minded and even domineering in his dealings with others. Not many people can see that. Yang Xu's biggest problem is to be precise. It’s said that it’s too slippery.”

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Because the antonym of slick is straight, but in fact, people who really don't understand anything in this world are not disgusted but rather endeared, but those who can see a little bit don't understand and pretend to understand, and just talk nonsense everywhere. Guys who are bragging and insisting on telling the truth when they see through it are really annoying to my wife."

"........."

"Let's eat the leg of lamb."

"Well, it smells so good!"

…………

In the blink of an eye, another three or four days passed.

In addition to the food that is not enough to eat no matter how much we scrape together, the city's security is getting worse and worse, uncontrollable open defecation, refugees who constantly come from other places to try their luck and find a way to survive, and the endless chores that make Zheng Zhipeng's head big. Other than that, everything went pretty well.

Well, at least the sun is good, and I feel a lot happier after drying my body.

By the way, Zheng Zhipeng had an army of 2000 to [-] men a few days ago, but now he only has more than [-] righteous followers. The rest were all disbanded and worked as workers building large shipyards. A considerable part of them, They have to stay in the shipyard after the disaster year.

According to Li Gang, his command system that relies on Yi Cong, before Yi Cong has not been trained and understood, no matter how many soldiers there are, they are just a bloated piece of fat. Breaking it is like killing a herd of pigs, so it is better to demobilize all the remaining soldiers first. Serve as a reserve.

Besides, with Liu Xiang already taken away, Zheng Zhipeng had no reason to raise so many soldiers. If someone accused him of having an evil plot, it would not be easy to tell him clearly.

However, the flowers that I planted with my heart did not bloom, but I planted the willows with my heart. Yan Yingyuan, who Zheng Zhipeng wanted to take over, could only get along with him as a friend, and extended his kindness in order to repay him generously. However, Luo Chao, who he had never been very fond of, was vying to be with him. He has said countless times that he is the lackey of the Zheng family.

At noon, Zheng Zhipeng was even shocked by Luo Chao, because he inspected the city defenses at noon and rode a horse. When he dismounted, the guy jumped out and knelt down on Zheng Zhipeng's horse. Come down, use him as a human support, step on his back to get down.

Zheng Zhipeng couldn't help frowning and said, "You are now the number one person in Ningbo Mansion. I heard that ordinary wealthy people see you as if they were the king of hell, but you behave like this. This is so inappropriate. Hurry up and let people know I saw you and thought you were my slave."

"What are you talking about, Fourth Master? Without Fourth Master, this villain is worse than a dog. How can anyone look at this villain? No matter what he does outside, he will always be your slave, Fourth Master? Please?" Fourth Master, raise your feet."

As he said this, this guy showed a very flattering smile, which made Zheng Zhipeng feel uncomfortable all over.

After all, he came from a later generation, and although he still occasionally shows his superior attitude unconsciously, he still feels disgusted with this kind of slave-like flattery.Therefore, Zheng Zhipeng ignored him and dismounted from the other direction, leaving Luo Chao quite embarrassed.

"It doesn't have to be like this. You are my brother, and you have never been my slave. Remember, everyone who has lived with me through life and death is a brother. Our Zheng family has never had slaves, and there will never be any slaves!"

Luo Chao was stunned and even more embarrassed. His face was obviously a little green.

Zheng Zhipeng helped him up with his own hands and comforted him: "You have done very well recently. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. I really don't need to do these things anymore in the future. Are you ready to eat? I asked Xiaodie to steam them for me." How about eating some steamed buns with chives and eggs together?"

Luo Chao laughed dryly and said: "No, I just ate it."

"Hmm... just wait a minute."

After that, Zheng Zhipeng went back to the house in person, and after a while he came out with two bottles of wine and said: "You are a worker, and I know how hard you work. Take it, wine is not allowed in disaster years, and we had a celebration banquet before, which was no less." Drink, I guess there isn’t much wine in the whole city now, and I don’t have much, so take these two bottles and go back and share them with the brothers.”

"This...thank you, Fourth Master."

"Thank you for what, brother, let's go."