Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 278
Dongpan Bengang is a magical place.

When the huge river reached here, it unexpectedly turned a big bend, so that the extension of the bend was washed out by the river into a large bay like a bay.

Moreover, because of the constant erosion of the river in the river bay, there is no river sand at the bottom, the water is quite deep, and the river bank is relatively steep, which is just used to build a dock for large ships.

Taichang was admiring the uncanny workmanship of nature, but Zheng Zhilong quickly ran down the newly built hanging ladder, hugged a little woman who came up, and happily teased the baby in her arms.

This is Zheng Zhilong's wife?

Could that little baby be Zheng Chenggong?

Zheng Zhilong is not a very good person, but Zheng Chenggong is a famous hero!

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but quickly stepped off the boat, leaned over and asked curiously: "This is your son?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the dog Zheng Du."

Zheng Du?

emperor!

Hearing this, the little woman hurriedly stuffed her son into Zheng Zhilong's arms, then kowtowed on the ground and said: "Caomin pay homage to the emperor."

At this moment, those people who came forward with joyful faces froze.

They are Zheng Zhilong's cronies, so they naturally know what Zheng Zhilong does.

How did the head of the family bring the emperor here!
They swept behind Taichang again, with even more frightened expressions on their faces.

My God, there are officers and soldiers densely packed behind the emperor!

What exactly is going on?

Taichang also wanted to know what was going on.

Isn't Zheng Zhilong's wife from Dongying? This little lady is obviously not from Dongying!
It is impossible for the Dongying people to react like this when they saw him, the Great Ming Emperor!
Besides, they don't speak Dongying dialect.

what on earth is this kind of happenings?
He couldn't help asking, "Is this your wife?"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, then nodded again and again and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the cheap Nei Yan family."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and yelled at the cronies who rushed up: "What are you still doing in a daze, pay your respects to the emperor!"

The bunch of cronies quickly kowtowed on the ground and said, "Caomin pay homage to the emperor."

What a mess, what about Zheng Chenggong?
Taichang couldn't help pointing to the baby in Zheng Zhilong's arms and asked: "Isn't this your eldest son?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but nodded awkwardly and said: "Yes, the dog Zheng Sen is still in Dongying, this is the second son of the last general."

You guys can do it!
You married a wife and lost Dongying, and ran away to marry another wife!

Taichang couldn't help crying and laughing.

Since this kid is not Zheng Chenggong, there is nothing surprising about it. Zheng Zhilong's other sons are not very good.

At least in history, Zheng Zhilong's other sons have not seen anything promising.

He couldn't help but sighed a little, then raised his hand and said, "Wait, everyone, get up."

The emperor came to the pirate's den, which really scared the pirates in the den.

After all the pirates got up, they didn't know what to do.

Taichang was a little curious about what it was like in the pirate's lair.

He thought for a while and then waved his hands: "Okay, don't be so cautious, let's go, Feihong, I'm here with you, won't you take me around?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong quickly put his son in Yan's arms, and waved his hands to let all the cronies back down. Then he made a gesture of invitation, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please follow the future."

Without hesitation, Taichang followed Zheng Zhilong to the area where the pirates lived beside the pier. A group of expert guards quickly dispersed to guard his surroundings carefully.

This is a den of pirates!

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong had just surrendered, so I don't know if he has turned his back on him.

To be honest, they are really nervous right now.

In fact, they were a little nervous.

Now that Zheng Zhilong has surrendered, he naturally won't have any rebellion, at least he won't have one before the Ming Dynasty perishes.

Besides, there are not many pirates here, because Zheng Zhilong brought almost all the elites to rescue his family, and the rest here, except for a few cronies who are housekeepers, are basically old and weak soldiers.

Of course Taichang knew Zheng Zhilong's temper.

This guy has a typical businessman's temperament. To put it mildly, he is shrewd and capable, and has a good eye.

This kind of person didn't dare to jump around when Daming was still strong, because this guy knew very well that jumping around indiscriminately is not only useless, but may also lose his head!

He followed Zheng Zhilong around his lair confidently and boldly, without any trace of fear.

Just kidding, murdering him, who is the emperor, is to punish the nine clans, unless Zheng Zhilong is out of his mind.

Has Zheng Zhilong lost his mind?
Obviously, no.

He managed this place in an orderly manner, not like a pirate's lair at all, but more like those relatively wealthy villages in Jinling and Suzhou.

It's just that this township is relatively large, and its scale is almost catching up with ordinary county towns.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong still has a little ability, at least, his ability is much stronger than other pirates, otherwise, he would not be able to wipe out other pirates and become the overlord of Daming Sea and Nanyang Sea.

It's a pity that his abilities are not used on the right path of serving the country and the people.

After wandering around the so-called pirate lair for a while, Taichang gained a new understanding of Zheng Zhilong's abilities.

This guy really has a few brushes, at least this place is well managed, better than ordinary magistrates.

He turned around for a while, thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, yes, Feihong, let me take me to the nearby rice fields."

Zheng Zhilong didn't know what the emperor wanted to do, so he could only lead Taichang to the nearby rice fields honestly.

Taichang walked around the rice field for a while, his face could not help showing a hint of excitement.

The crops here are growing quite well, and a bumper harvest is definitely not a problem.

In other words, in autumn, at least 200 million shi of grain can be harvested here.

200 million shi, it is not a problem to feed an army of [-] if it is eaten by the common people here!
This time, there is no need to worry about the problem of food transshipment. When we go back, we can mobilize a large army to build a city and fortress to guard Dongfan.

Well, let's settle the surplus food with Zheng Zhilong first.

He's not a pirate, so naturally he won't rob other people's food.

He thought for a while, and then asked: "Feihong, sell all the surplus food here to me, is that okay?"

Uh, this.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong said with a little embarrassment: "Forgive me, the emperor, these grains are not from the general. The general also buys grain from the common people here, or exchanges daily necessities with them for food."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised and said: "Don't you pay taxes when you kidnap people to farm the land?"

Zheng Zhilong carefully explained: "Your Majesty, all the family members who farmed here in the past were our own family members. Of course, we couldn't collect taxes. As for the common people who came later, they were all from the same village. In order to treat everyone equally, we couldn't collect taxes either. Ah. We usually buy or exchange with them, but the purchase price is cheaper, which is actually similar to collecting taxes.”

Can you do this?

Taichang looked at the village not far away, and then asked, "Is there any Jiashouli in charge here?"

Zheng Zhilong shook his head slightly and said: "There is no Jiashou Lizheng here, and the people in charge are all respected villagers, and most of them have read some books."

Just have someone in charge.

Taichang immediately pointed to the village not far away and said, "Let's go there and have a look, don't tell people who I am, I have something to ask the villagers here."

Zheng Zhilong nodded again and again and said, "The general will understand."

After a while, they came to the village.

Such a large group of people came over, and the people in the village had already seen it.

Fortunately, with Zheng Zhilong leading the way, the villagers didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and the men, women, old and children in the village didn't flock to watch the excitement or block the way.

After a while, an old man with graying hair and beard greeted him, politely cupped his hands and said: "Master Zheng, long time no see."

Uh, don't just say hello to me, I'm not a big boss at the moment.

Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and then carefully introduced: "Old Chen, this is our boss Huang, he wants to ask you something."

Hearing the words, old Chen Tou hurriedly cupped his hands to Taichang and said, "Oh, it turns out that it's the head of Huang Da's family. Disrespect and disrespect. This village entrance is not a place to talk. Why don't the heads of Huang Da's family and Zheng Da's family go to sit in the humble house?"

OK!

Taichang nodded without hesitation: "Then bother."

Old Chen Tou heard the words and hurriedly led the crowd to the village.

Taichang looked around with great interest.

The houses here are obviously much better than what he saw in the Ninghai fishing village. The people here are also wearing relatively new clothes without a patch, and everyone's face is red, obviously not hungry.

He really didn't expect that the people in the pirate's lair would live a much better life than the people under his rule.

I have to say, this is really a great irony!
He glanced at Zheng Zhilong, who was cautiously at the side, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This guy is really not simple!"

(End of this chapter)