"Ten three-masted gunboats, thirty birdboats, one hundred driving ships, two hundred sandboats, and several other speedboats. ￥f. ￥f" Zheng Zhilong looked at the ship order issued by Liu Jun, and was a little amused. Zheng's family had its own shipyard, but a warship like the three-masted gunboats only built four or five a year.

"I know this number is quite large, but next year I will lead my army to cross the sea to attack Liao. If there are fewer ships, how can I fight? I know Brother Zheng's reputation in the East China Sea. Not only do you have your own shipyard, but you are also familiar with the shipyards on the southeast coast. If you don't bother with the second master, please ask Brother Zheng to come forward to help me order these warships from each shipyard, and you must deliver them next spring."

"Time is too urgent." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Don't worry, the ship's price is not a cent, and I can pay a deposit of 30% first, pay 50% when the remaining ones are delivered, and the last 20% will be delivered when the ship is used for half a year. What do you think?"

"So many ships are not cheap!" Zheng Zhilong said.

"I can still pay for the money to buy a boat, and the most important thing is the quality of the money."

Hearing Liu Jun's wealthy appearance, Zheng Zhilong no longer said anything. Although Liu Jun wanted many ships, Zheng Zhilong's network of relationships on the southeast coast was not ordinary, especially with shipyards. The number of shipyards on the coast is not small. Liu Jun's order was divided and handed over to each shipyard. It would be okay to hurry up in half a year. In fact, many shipyards have some spot stock or semi-finished products. As long as you are willing to add more money, you will hand over these ships to Liu Jun first. "

Of course, Zheng Zhilong cared about Liu Jun’s new guns and shells.

Zheng Zhilong also had his own military equipment workshop, which made his own artillery, guns and shells, but he also knew that Liu Jun would not tell him about the manufacturing technology, so he placed a large order, ordering a large number of magic cannons, bombs and flintlock guns from Liu Jun.

"This flintlock gun is still under development and is not perfect. Are you sure you have to order so many at once?" Liu Jun was surprised to see Zheng Zhilong ordering 100 magic cannons and a large number of explosive bombs. He was also ordered 10,000 flintlock guns. He couldn't help but be amazed. Zheng Zhilong was indeed rich enough to rival a country.

"The last general watched the shooting under the marquis' command just now, and the effect was very good." Zheng Zhilong said.

"There is still a high death rate when flint fired. Although it has been controlled and improved by multiple parties, the death rate is still around 30%. Liu Jun did not cheat Zheng Zhilong and told the truth.

Zheng Zhilong was very surprised when he heard this number, "Is only 30% dead fire? That's nothing."

He also has a musket factory. Most of the ones built are bird guns. Although the supervision is still strict, there are still many problems with the bird guns that leave the factory. Every time he fights, the muskets can reach a firing rate of 60% or 70%. Now Liu Jun's new flintlock gun actually has a firing rate of 70%, which makes Zheng Zhilong amazed.

"Actually, you can order a batch of flying dragon guns. The new type of fire guns improved by Lumi guns. Although they are clamping guns, the death rate is generally not half a % . The accuracy is better. With fixed loading and improved automatic fire doors, it is actually quite sharp, and it is cheaper than the flintlock gun. A flintlock gun costs twenty taels of silver, and a flintlock gun costs ten taels."

"Then we order another 20,000 flying dragon guns, and the flintlock guns are still 10,000. Well, we have to get 200 fixed-load bullets per gun." Zheng Zhilong increased his order with great enthusiasm.

Liu Jun and Zheng Zhilong quickly reached a preliminary order agreement for this big sale. Liu Jun purchased a total of 500 ships of all sizes from Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong purchased 100 magic cannons, plus 20,000 flying dragon guns and 10,000 flintlock guns, plus a large number of explosive bombs and fixed-loading bullets.

"Brother Zheng, happy cooperation!"

Zheng Zhilong also nodded with a smile.

"Brother Zheng, the ship will have to wait until next year. But I hope Brother Zheng can draw some old ships and skilled crew sailors for me first, so that my brother can adapt to warships and sea boats in advance, how about it?"

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, "No problem, I will turn around and pull out some ships and some old brothers to come over."

"Well, Brother Zheng will come back and plan to upload the list of soldiers to recommend. I will present it to the capital together with the memorial to recommend Brother Zheng as the admiral of the coastal defense military affairs. Please review it."

"Thank you for your promotion!" Zheng Zhilong knelt excitedly and thanked him.

Liu Jun smiled and took Zheng Zhilong's hand, helped him up, and returned to his seat.

"Come on, have fun together."

In the tent, the generals of the Jiutou Bird stood up together and raised their glasses to drink together.

The banquet was eaten until very late before they parted.

Zheng Zhilong was so drunk that he could no longer walk, and finally he was supported by his personal soldiers. The carriage left the Chu army barracks for a long time. Zheng Zhilong, who had been drunk, suddenly sat up, his eyes clear, and he looked like he was drunk and unconscious.

"Brother." Zheng Zhibao shouted quickly. "So you are not drunk."

"Of course I'm not drunk." Zheng Zhilong said, "Get me a glass of water."

Zheng Zhilong drank a glass of water, sat upright, turned around and asked Zheng Zhibao, "Fifth brother, what do you think of this Liu Jun?"

"I can't tell the depth, I feel very good."

"Then do you think the conditions he put forward are credible?"

Zheng Zhibao thought for a while, "I think it's acceptable. What Liu Jun wants is to set up a Maritime Bureau, open a customs office, collect taxes, and also to borrow our people to help him build a new fleet to fight the Tartars in Liaodong. For us, these things have little impact on us. On the contrary, if Liu Jun is saying it is true, then the court will be beneficial to us to fully liberalize the maritime ban."

"Even if the court really wants to drive away the red barbarians such as Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, etc., it will be even better for us. Especially if the Netherlands can be driven away from Taiwan, we will be able to monopolize the trade with the Japanese in the future and we will no longer have to share it with the Dutch."

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, "That's right, I'm a little worried. What if Liu Jun just paralyzed us? If he built the navy and fleet, he was actually going to deal with us? You have also seen that Liu Jun is strong and strong, and we are definitely not his opponent on land. If he has another excellent navy fleet, then how can our Zheng family have a way out?"

"The court is not concerned about the southeast now. As long as the southeast does not rebel, how could the court take the initiative to provoke trouble? Now the court has pacified the bandits, and the upper and lower parts are shouting to recover Liaodong. I think Liu Jun is telling the truth. He built the North Sea Fleet just to help him transport troops to attack Liao from the sea."

"That's true, why do we need to build the Yangtze River Navy?"

"It's nothing. There were naval troops on the Yangtze River, but the imperial court's water camps were like the original soldiers and horses on Fujian's coast. It was not surprising that Liu Jun took the opportunity to rectify and establish a new Yangtze River Navy fleet."

"I hope this is the case." Zheng Zhilong said.

Zheng Zhibao smiled and said, "Brother, how do you plan to draw up this list of officials."

The list given by Liu Jun is indeed extremely tempting. Four generals, eight gangs, sixteen guerrillas, thirty-two quarrels, sixty-four garrisons, one hundred and eight hundred thousand generals, these are all senior military officers.

Zheng Zhibao turned out to be just a garrison, and this time he also targeted the position of deputy general. Zheng Zhilong saw the brothers' thoughts at a glance and smiled. This time the court was generous and took out so many vacancies for official positions.

"I plan to be the fourth deputy general, you, Zhiguan, Zhipeng and Zhiyan."

These are the eighteen Zhis of the past. Among them, Zhibao was Zheng Zhilong's brother. Zhiguan was originally Zheng Guan, Zhipeng was originally Zheng Xiang, and Zhiyuan was also from his brother. Originally, Zheng Zhilong had a very capable brother assistant, Zhihu, but he was killed while fighting his former brother Liu Xiang. Another brother Zhifeng passed the Wu Juren and now he went to Beijing to take the Wu Jinshi exam.

"Let Zhifeng replace Zhiyan, let Zhiyan be the genin general." Zheng Zhibao said.

"That's fine." Zheng Zhilong did not object, "When we look back, we will discuss it again, draw out the list, and then report it to Liu Jun."

"How much do we give to Liu Jun borrowing boats and borrowing people?"

"He can give as much as he wants, but he can lend some brothers who have already arrived ashore to Liu Jun." Zheng Zhilong mentioned the brothers who have arrived ashore refer to some people who are old and no longer run to the sea, or some injured people. Although these people are old or injured, they still have rich experience if they are going to train sailors for Liu Jun.

Zheng Zhilong was silent in the carriage for a while, and then suddenly said, "Lao Wu, I plan to let Sen'er worship Liu Jun as his adoptive father. What do you think?"

Zheng Zhibao didn't think much and immediately replied, "I think it's OK."

Zheng Zhilong was also an adopted son back then. He went to Japan to join the sea merchant Li Dan and was favored by Li Dan, so he became Li Dan's adopted son. When Zheng Zhilong was later used as a translator for the Dutch, he even went to Catholicism and was named Nicholas. At the same time, he believed in the sea god Mazu of Taoism and the Buddhist Bodhisattva Morizhitian, and in Japan, he also worshiped the Shintoism god Hachiman.

Zheng Zhilong is a realistic utilitarian person who worships Buddha and worships God and is versatile.

"Brother, why don't you just become a charity with Liu Jun? That would be better." Zheng Zhibao asked.

Zheng Zhilong smiled, "Liu Jun is the emperor's adopted son, Zhennanhou, the disciple of the cabinet's chief minister and the second assistant. I'm afraid we don't want to be up to him. It's better to let Sen'er worship him as his adoptive father, and maybe he will agree."

"Then try."

The next day, Zheng Zhilong invited Liu Jun to a banquet at a big restaurant in the capital. At the banquet that day, Zheng Zhilong introduced his son to Liu Jun. Zheng Sen, who was just fifteen years old but had a scholarly reputation.

Zheng Zhilong proposed to ask his son Zheng Sen to become his adoptive father, and Liu Jun happily agreed.

After kowtowing and kneeling to worship tea, Zheng Sen officially worshipped Liu Jun as his adoptive father.

"From the future, this child will take the surname of the Marquis." Zheng Zhilong said unexpectedly. Generally, people don't have to change their surname by calling him an adopted father, but Liu Jun did not refuse this request.

"Okay, then I'll give you another name. From now on, you will be called Chenggong, Zhu Chenggong!"

"Xie Yifu gave the name." The young Zhu Chenggong did not object and accepted it completely according to his father's intention.

Liu Jun patted Zhu Chenggong on the shoulder and laughed, "I am the master of Guo, and you will be the master of Xiao Guo in the future." (To be continued.)
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