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Chapter 341 Zheng Zhilong's Decision
There was no sound in the room, and the sound of breathing was clearly discernible.

Charles I looked at Zheng Zhilong who was sitting on it, his heart was beating continuously.

Zheng Zhilong leaned against the back of the chair, twisting his body randomly, looking for a comfortable position.

But after searching for a long time, there was still nothing.

This kind of western-style chair has an indescribable discomfort, which is far inferior to the official hat chair.

Maybe it's because I'm used to sitting on the official hat chair, or maybe I hate this kind of Western-style chair from the bottom of my heart.

Zheng Zhilong pinched the beard on his chin and quietly looked at Charles I in front of him.

As time passed by, the mechanical watch on Zheng Zhilong's wrist made a crisp sound.

"Ding!"

Like a buzzing, clearly identifiable in the room.

Time to wind up.

Zheng Zhilong took off the mechanical watch on his wrist and seriously wound it up.

This is the mechanical watch that Sun Jie gave him after he surrendered. It is very valuable and he usually maintains it well.

Charles I looked at Zheng Zhilong who was so quiet, the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down like rain.

After a long time, he said again: "I dare not use such words to deceive Your Excellency, this is absolutely true!"

Zheng Zhilong put the wound watch on his wrist again, and turned his attention to Charles I.

"Where did you get this news, you said, this news is absolutely true, how can I believe you?

Or in other words, this kind of news is the secret of secrets, how can a person like you know it?I'm very suspicious of your sources! "

Zheng Zhilong's eyes narrowed, like a falcon, fixedly staring at Charles I.

It's not that I don't believe it, it's because Charles I himself has problems.

Although he is the king of England, he has a bad relationship with the parliament.

Later, he hugged Zheng Zhilong's thigh and started to be arrogant again.

Zheng Zhilong once promised him that he would be the first to sell weapons to him, one month earlier than others.

Zheng Zhilong also kept this promise, and indeed sold him the weapon first, and it was indeed a month earlier than others.

It was during this month that Charles I formed a group of soldiers loyal to him, advanced quickly, and the soldiers and horses arrived directly near London.

Most of the soldiers and horses in his hands were recruits who had not been recruited for a long time, but they couldn't hold up their weapons, and they defeated the parliamentary soldiers and horses in one face-to-face.

If Zheng Zhilong hadn't sold this weapon to Cromwell of Parliament later, it is estimated that the whole of Britain would have been taken by Charles I long ago.

After seeing clearly the powerful strength of this weapon, Charles I liked it more and more, and at the same time respected Zheng Zhilong more and more.

Zheng Zhilong came here this time to sell weapons through a revolving door, not for charity.

Subsequently, weapons were also sold to Louis XIV, Hendrick and Felipe IV.

These countries are already in a melee, and with the blessing of these weapons, the intensity of the war has further increased.

In the past, in a medium-scale war, there may be only a few dozen soldiers who died in battle, and at most no more than 100 soldiers.

But nowadays, in ordinary wars, there are hundreds of soldiers who die in battle, and if the scale is slightly larger, the number of deaths will be even more.

This kind of loss, the east can bear, the population base is there.

Put it in the West, it is a bit embarrassing.

When the Black Death was prevalent, the Western population lost a lot, and it has not been replenished until now.

The family property is already thin, and the more people die, the more it starts to stretch.

It is difficult to replenish the continuous loss of reserve forces. If this continues, they will only be dragged into the abyss of war and cannot be recovered.

Moreover, they also found a very significant problem.

That is, these weapons cannot be said to have nothing to do with the war situation, and they have little to do anyway.

If one person has a superior weapon, he can have an overwhelming advantage over everyone. When everyone has a superior weapon, this advantage will be lost.

Except for the intensity of the war and the fact that many more people died than before, the other results were no different from before.

Even in order to maintain their own advantage, they need to continue to buy weapons from Zheng Zhilong.

They cannot guarantee that their opponents will not buy weapons from Zheng Zhilong. If their own weapons are less than their opponents, they may be defeated by the enemy in a certain war.

The enemy also thinks this way. In order to maintain the current situation, they have to buy weapons from Zheng Zhilong.

This has led to a vicious circle. In order to maintain their current strength, almost all major western countries have to consume a lot of silver to buy weapons from Zheng Zhilong.

This is a bottomless pit, a meaningless arms race.

There is no help but to empty their homes and make them poor.

Rich Zheng Zhilong, poor West.

Even because of Zheng Zhilong's particularity, he has always been aloof, like the Pope of the Western world.

Although all the farts died, they couldn't stand the death of so many farts.

These monarchs in the West are not idiots, so they naturally discovered the problem.

They tried their best to get rid of this situation, so they ceased fighting one after another, and at the same time secretly discussed countermeasures.

Louis XIV was a wise emperor. He led the proposal to form a joint army and use Zheng Zhilong's weapons to launch a surprise attack on Zheng Zhilong, capture warships, and weapon manufacturing technology.

It has to be said that these Western monarchs have some vision and can understand the root of the problem.

They thought well, but they only misestimated Zheng Zhilong's strength.

At the same time, he also miscalculated the bottom line of Charles I.

"My news is indeed true. As for how to get it, don't ask your Excellency. This is my secret. If you don't believe me, in a few days, envoys from various countries will come to increase the purchase of weapons. They will even spend all their money and buy all the weapons in your army. They are going to put all their eggs in one basket!" Charles I continued.

Zheng Zhilong listened carefully, "Go on!"

"Actually, I thought that what they did was just fooling around. They didn't know how powerful your Excellency is, so they came up with this, just looking for death."

The following words are of no help, but Charles I's flattery of Zheng Zhilong.

Charles I was not stupid, so letting him mix with people like Louis XIV seemed to be fine on the surface, but the follow-up would not be good.

Louis XIV was a serpent-like figure who, for his own sake, would not have cared that Charles I was his uncle.

If the war against Zheng Zhilong is successful, it is estimated that the next person to deal with will be Charles I.

You must know that among the countries today, Charles I has the smallest strength.

During the initial period, Charles I advanced to London with powerful weapons, and even forced Cromwell out of London at one point.

But later, as Cromwell also had weapons, the situation changed immediately.

Today, the situation of Charles I is not easy, and the territory in his hands is even shrinking.

Charles I didn't have many capable people under his command, and there were many capable people before, but they were almost screwed up by the parliament, and the rest were either reckless or foolish, whether it was the economy or the people's livelihood, they couldn't compare parliament.

If it wasn't for relying on Zheng Zhilong, he would probably be gone by now.

During the recent period, Cromwell and Louis XIV flirted with each other, and Charles I did not think that they would treat themselves kindly after the war.

A messy Britain is what all countries want to see.

Charles I knew in his heart that once the war was over, it would be his turn.

Even if these great powers would not do anything to him, Cromwell would not forgive him.

They have to live anyway, since they don't give them a way to survive, they will completely fall to Zheng Zhilong.

The West is already chaotic, because Zheng Zhilong is an unstable factor, which makes them unite. Once Zheng Zhilong falls, they will turn their faces in an instant.

The bright moon began to dim, and a white belly appeared in the eastern sky.

After Charles I left, Zheng Zhilong stayed up all night.

Zheng Zhihu, who was sitting in the room, looked at Zheng Zhilong and said, "What should we do now? I don't know if this guy is telling the truth."

"Whether it's true or not, there's no way to know now, but there's nothing wrong with being careful.

Charlie is not very timid, he is just a selfish villain who is blinded by profit, and he doesn't dare to use this to deceive us.

However, just in case, let's investigate secretly. " Zheng Zhilong shook his head.

He did not believe that Charles I dared to deceive himself with this matter.

"Then what should we do about this matter? Report it back? Report it to His Majesty?" Zheng Zhihu asked again.

"Stupid, we are leading the army, and we have to report everything back. Doesn't it mean that we are incompetent? Our Zheng family has finally changed from a pirate to an official family. It is possible that we can go further in the future. If we don't behave well, we will have a bright future." It has nothing to do with us!" Zheng Zhilong scolded.

"Um, we're doing pretty well now, can we go further?!" Zheng Zhihu looked puzzled, a little confused.

From Zheng Zhihu's point of view, it was indeed true that they were supposed to be guilty, if Sun Jie hadn't liked their abilities, how could they have done this?
Looking at Zheng Zhihu's puzzled look, Zheng Zhilong patiently explained: "The world today is undergoing major changes that have never happened in 5000 years. If you follow His Majesty's footsteps, flying to the sky is not uncommon.

Do you think, when Java was still in the hands of Hongyi, how long have we coveted that place?Did you get nothing in the end?

But now?The Zhou Dynasty was appointed by His Majesty as the Governor of Java to manage the land of Java.

Java is under the eyes of the imperial court, the distance is short, and it has a foundation, so it is convenient to manage.

What about other places?For example, where we are now.His Majesty has great ambitions, and his goal is the whole world. If he wins the West in the future, he must be guarded by someone.

I estimate that the guardian is most likely the son of His Majesty.However, as admirals, we also have experience in developing Taiwan's islands and naval warfare, so we should naturally be highly valued. "

Zheng Zhilong paced slowly in the room and explained: "From ancient times to the present, when dynasties conquered the frontier, it was naturally accompanied by endless rebellions, and the land of Yunnan and Guizhou is an example.

There will be many rebellions in the future. The matter of suppressing and killing the aborigines must not be done by the sons and grandsons of the dragon. Of course we are the right candidates.

In my opinion, as long as we do well in the West this time, our family will surely be prosperous and prosperous in the next 200 years. "

Whether it is Zheng Zhilong in history or the current Zheng Zhilong, he does not have much ambition or sense of responsibility in essence.

What he pursues is wealth and honor, that is, to spend money without restraint in the future, and to enjoy whatever he wants.

He is very smart and can see Sun Jie's thoughts and plans for the future.

To put it bluntly, Zheng Zhilong is a person who gets on the bus late, and he is incomparable with people like Sun Chuanting. Although he is now commanding this powerful fleet, this fleet is still firmly in Sun Jie's hands. Hit the workers.

Future wealth is directly proportional to credit.If you want credit, you must build more credit, and you must let Sun Jie see his value.

Zheng Zhihu still didn't understand, he asked: "But, what does this have to do with us? Suppressing and killing the aborigines can be done by others, and besides, this is not something glorious!"

Zheng Zhilong stood up, slapped him on the forehead, and said bitterly: "Are you really stupid or fake, what are we? We are pirates, what do pirates want to do? Pirates just want to kill people. Glorious? When we were pirates, what did we do gloriously?
If it wasn't for this, why would His Majesty send us out?Do you think this fleet can do without us?With such a powerful fleet, as long as the general is not a pig, it is basically a flat push.

I have no way of knowing what His Majesty is thinking, but I reckon that he wants to polish us into a knife and make us do some shameful things.

His Majesty's army has a very clean background. From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a clean army. If these people are allowed to do those dirty things, the effect will be greatly reduced, and His Majesty probably will not bear it.

Anyway, we are pirates, we kill people indiscriminately, and no one says anything, at best we call them dog pirates.

The world is so big and there are so many races, it is easy to capture but difficult to govern.Don't even think about managing it well if you don't have one or two hundred years.When Qin Shihuang pacified the six kingdoms, rebellious rebels ran through the Qin Dynasty.

In the past 200 years, the status of our family must be as stable as Mount Tai. "

"Then we are Jinyiwei, if we are useless in the future, we can still live?" Zheng Zhihu looked horrified.

He had never heard of what Zheng Zhilong said.

Surprised in my heart, I feel more and more similar to Jin Yiwei back then.

Jin Yiwei Commander, not many end well.

"It depends on the wisdom of future generations. Anyway, in the first 200 years, there is no need to worry about these problems.

As a tool, His Majesty must see our usefulness and report everything, so what is the use of us? "Zheng Zhilong said earnestly.

Zheng Zhihu was startled when he heard Zheng Zhilong's words.

But if you think about it carefully, it is indeed the case.

(End of this chapter)