: A loving uncle and a filial nephew

【A night without words.】

Concubine Chen's beautiful eyes stared at Zheng Kezang who was getting up cautiously, and her pretty face flashed with a moment of confusion. In her opinion, Zheng Kezang has changed too much these days, and she can no longer understand this childhood sweetheart.

A grown man.

He always muttered some words that she didn't understand but thought were very powerful. He ran to construction sites and military camps in the suburbs all day long, and mingled with civilians and soldiers. It was always difficult to find him.

People are very busy, but they still know how to consider their wives. Recalling what happened last night, Concubine Chen's face was covered with red clouds and she looked a little shy.

It turned out that in order to make Concubine Chen happy, Zheng Kezang specially prepared a homemade perfume for her and told her that if she sprayed the perfume, his fighting power would be stronger, which was really embarrassing.

Concubine Chen whispered: "Husband, don't be so careful, I am also getting ready to get up."

"My Crown Princess seemed to like the perfume I gave her last night." Zheng Kezang said cheerfully.

"Husband, stop teasing me. It's getting late. Go and say hello to grandma." Concubine Chen said, blowing on his chest with her small fist.

"Okay, I'm going to pay my respects to my grandmother now and come back to have breakfast with you." Zheng Kezang responded with a smile.

Zheng Kezang was in a very good mood these days, because the British guy Thomas sent the first batch of 5,000 taels of silver, as well as a batch of heavy matchlock guns to offset the payment. He sold the beauty incense for 1 tael of silver and 2 taels of water.

s price.

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver, you can't get it out even if you sell your second uncle. Can you just give me 50,000 taels of silver?" Zheng Cong gritted his teeth and said.

Zheng Cong knows a bit about joint-stock companies. Twenty-percent shares may not seem like much, but once the brewing business becomes bigger and stronger, you will not know how much silver you will earn in a year. It is not an exaggeration to make a fortune every day.

"I've already discussed this matter with the English people. If my second uncle really wants to participate, he has to pay for it with real money, otherwise it won't make sense."

Seeing that the fish was hooked, Zheng Kezang immediately said: "I have a plan with the Englishman to jointly open a Dongning brewing company. If my second uncle wants to form a partnership, I will not cooperate with the British. Then

The wine is very delicious.”

But Zheng Kezang's asking price was too high, and Zheng Cong really couldn't accept it. In business, you have to bargain.

However, Zheng Kezang does not intend to use these old tactics. After the construction of the Heroes Monument is completed and there is enough glory points, he can purchase the technology of flintlock gun and bayonet.

"Qin She, I heard that you have a magical perfume. Do you think my uncle can do anything to help?" The voice came before the person arrived, and it was obvious that he was in a hurry.

"Second Uncle, you have also dealt with the Dutch and know what a joint-stock company is. It is similar to their Dutch East India Company. The more shares the owner has, the more money they will get. Well, Second Uncle, you can find a way to come up with the Second

For one hundred thousand taels of silver, I'll give you 20% of the shares." Zheng Kezang pretended to be generous and directly asked for the price.

This Zheng Cong walked in a vain manner, his breath was sluggish, and his eye sockets were sunken. At first glance, he looked like a man whose body had been drained by wine and sex.

But it was ignored later. Dong Guotai may not be very affectionate towards his grandson Zheng Kezang because of this incident, which is understandable.

"Second uncle is responsible for this partnership matter, but I must not be allowed to participate, otherwise it will chill my heart." Zheng Cong started to talk nonsense.

"How can it be like this? I see the Tatars are prospering and my family, King Yanping, is setting in the west. I am very heartbroken. If I don't do something, I will feel uneasy." Zheng Cong pretended to beat his chest, but he didn't know that he really thought he was worried about the country and the people.

I want to rejuvenate the country through industry.

Zheng Kezang's biological mother, Chen Zhaoniang, was the wet nurse of Zheng Jing's fourth brother Zheng Rui. Because of this incident, Mr. Guo was so angry that he ordered the execution of Zheng Jing, Dong Guotai, Chen Zhaoniang and the newly born Zheng Kezang and others.

Good guy, Zheng Kezang said that he has never seen such a shameless person. No wonder in history, Feng Xifan dared to commit rebellion as soon as he cleaned up.

The Ming Dynasty was not as complacent as the Qing Dynasty. In the second year of Chongzhen's reign, Xu Guangqi, who was familiar with the West, proposed to Emperor Chongzhen to introduce Portuguese heavy matchlock guns.

Zheng Kezang knew the elegant meaning after hearing the sound of the string. He must have had an eye for money and wanted to get involved in the perfume trade.

Zheng Cong's eyes shone: "Qinshe, please tell me quickly, my second uncle is very interested."

However, Zheng Kezang, who is relatively short of funds at this stage, believes that this "good second uncle" may be able to make use of it, but it is impossible to give him the perfume business because he will be his future "enemy".

Because the matchlock firing speed is slow, the matchlock soldiers will always follow the hand-to-hand soldiers (except perhaps for positional defense battles). The combat sequences in the matchlock era such as Spanish Phalanx, Morris Phalanx, Gustav Phalanx,

Without exception, they are all equipped with 60% melee soldiers, such as spearmen, who can stop and kill approaching enemies, forming a flesh-and-blood city wall to provide the arquebusiers with time to shoot slowly.

After greeting Dong Guotai, he met his good second uncle Zheng Cong before walking a few steps.

In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, Wang Zunde, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, successfully imitated it and named it the Turtle Dove Gun.

Hearing this, Zheng Cong became anxious, "My good nephew, my second uncle, I really want to take care of the palace's worries. I have to ask my second uncle to help me with this perfume business, right?"

In this case, it makes little sense to design a weapon that is almost never used. Instead of getting a bayonet, it is better to equip them with secondary weapons: swords (European), knives (Chinese) and other short-sighted soldiers are more effective in combat.

"Second Uncle, this perfume is a collaboration between me and Westerners. They provide the technology, and I provide the people and raw materials. If Second Uncle wants to participate in this business, it will not be easy." Zheng Kezang said with interest.

The reason why Zheng Kezang did not exchange instructions with the system on how to make a bayonet is because the current Ming and Zheng army equipment is mainly matchlock guns and is not suitable for equipped with bayonets.

The European heavy matchlock gun, which the Ming Dynasty people called the Turtle-Dove Foot Firegun, was very powerful, with a range of up to 360 meters. It could penetrate plate armor at close range, and could still penetrate wooden boards or light armor at a distance of 150 meters.

"Second uncle, if the sky falls today, there will be a tall man holding it up. Don't worry, our palace is fine now." Zheng Kezang, who was 1.76 meters tall and well-developed, looked down at his good second uncle.

"Second uncle, I know what you mean. Let's see. I have a big business, but it's not perfume. Second uncle, do you want to do something big?" Zheng Kezang said mysteriously.

As usual, Zheng Kezang paid his respects to his grandmother Dong Guotai on time. Although the two were biological grandparents, their relationship was not very close. The reason can be traced back to Zheng Kezang's mother, Chen Zhaoniang.

"Second uncle, there is no shop like this after passing this village. To be honest, to open this brewing company, I and other partners do not need the two hundred thousand taels of silver. If you don't want to participate, forget it." Zheng Kezang waved his hand.

"If my second uncle doesn't get in the car this time, there will be no chance." Zheng Kezang shook his head and pretended to leave.

"Qinshe, don't leave yet, let's have a good chat with my second uncle." Zheng Cong hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zheng Kezang.

"Look at me."

The two sides went back and forth, and finally the two reached an agreement. Each side took a step back. Zheng Cong invested 100,000 taels of silver, and Zheng Kezang gave him 10% of the shares. Both parties felt that they had made a profit and left with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!