326 Unbelievable
Zheng Zhilong could not ignore Duke Xingguo's naked threat in this letter. Of course, he was not really scared, and he would surrender if he threatened casually. If this were the case, he would not be able to stand out among the many pirates.
Therefore, after thinking for a long time, he looked up at his son and asked coldly: "You have seen that Duke Xingguo, how about this person?"
Although it was still very cold, there was no anger, which surprised Zheng Fusong. At the same time, he felt that the letter had indeed worked, so he quickly replied: "Incredible!"
Zheng Hongkui and others, when they heard Zheng Zhilong's question, were also concerned about how this nephew answered. When they heard it, they were a little silenced. What does it mean to be incredible?
Zheng Zhilong was the same. He didn't expect his son to answer like this, so he frowned and asked, "What is incredible?"
"It's really incredible!" Zheng Fusong immediately emphasized when he heard this, and then immediately explained, "Duke Xingguo is about twenty years old and is very kind, but he commands the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty. Not only does he have a princess around him, but when his princess meets Duke Xingguo, he also calls him a sir, just like seeing his relatives. In short, the child can see that the prince attaches great importance to his relationship with Duke Xingguo, and can even say that he obeys his will!"
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but turn his head to look at his brothers, and they all found that each other was very surprised.
They have heard of the princess accompanying Duke Xingguo. Now that he has confirmed it by his son, he has even the prince’s attitude, which is really beyond their expectations.
When Zhang Juzheng was in power in the past, there was no princess to accompany him! Emperor Wanli seemed to be very respectful to Zhang Juzheng, but he was more afraid. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used "like seeing relatives" to describe this Duke Xingguo, which is indeed a bit incredible!
Thinking of this, Zheng Hongkui confirmed: "Are you mistaken? How could the prince meet Duke Xingguo like seeing his relatives?"
When he heard this, Zheng Fusong immediately responded with such an expression, "It's really like this!"
After saying that, he described the scene of Zhu Cixuan meeting Duke Xingguo and the subsequent situation of getting along with Duke Xingguo, and finally he made a decision again and again: "That's it, isn't this the same as seeing relatives?"
"..." Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui and others couldn't help but feel speechless when they heard this. For a moment, they couldn't think of what to say.
Even Zheng Fusong's mother, who was not concerned about the affairs in the officialdom at all, became immediately interested and asked Zheng Fusong: "Duke Xingguo really needs to cook, and then the princess and the prince voluntarily helped to make that whole potato feast?"
After saying that, he thought for a while and immediately asked again: "Is it delicious?"
Sure enough, sometimes, the focus of men and women is indeed different.
Zheng Fusong naturally gave priority to his mother's question. He nodded immediately and replied with a little excitement: "It's delicious, so delicious, pink, so delicious."
"Is it true? Tell me, Duke Xingguo made those potato dishes, and I will try them too, okay?" Zheng Fusong's mother immediately asked with interest when she heard this.
"Okay, okay, my child likes to eat that sweet and sour potato the most!" Zheng Fusong responded immediately when he heard this.
Zheng Zhilong's face was long listening to it. He was discussing the matter of life and death of the Zheng family. As a result, the mother and son actually discussed how to eat potatoes.
So he said coldly: "Okay, you go back first, we are talking about big things!"
When Zheng Fusong's mother heard this, she came to her senses and hurriedly asked Zheng Zhilong for Fu, and then prepared to leave. She still knew the severity of the matter.
However, he was still a little worried, so he reminded him again: "What's wrong with Fusong? Just talk about him well!"
"I understand!" Zheng Zhilong had already passed the time of his anger. He was now paying more attention to the situation brought about by Duke Xingguo's letter. Therefore, he responded casually and waved his hand a little impatiently, asking her to leave quickly.
When Zheng Fusong's mother saw this, she stopped talking. She looked back at her son and turned around and left.
But when she reached the threshold, she suddenly stopped and turned to Zheng Fusong and said softly: "Don't be angry anymore. Mom will ask someone to find potatoes. I will make sweet and sour potatoes for you when I turn back!"
The atmosphere in the room was cold again because she was about to leave. After all, she had to discuss such a big thing, but she didn't expect that she would say this. Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room was immediately disturbed by her.
After she finally left for a while, Zheng Zhilong recovered and continued to ask Zheng Fusong: "What else?"
"Also?" Zheng Fusong thought for a while, and immediately replied, "There are also vinegar-fried potato shreds, which are also delicious!"
Zheng Zhilong was no longer angry, but when he heard this, the fire suddenly came out again. He slapped the table in anger and made a loud "bang", obviously very hard. At the same time, he roared at Zheng Fusong: "I'm asking about Duke Xingguo, not eating!"
After hearing this, Zheng Fusong knew that he had answered wrongly and felt a little guilty, so he quickly replied: "There are also strict military disciplines of Xingguo Duke, and even set up a group of female soldiers in the army, one called the Art Soldier and the other called the Health Soldier. The child went to see it with the prince, and it felt very good..."
Listening to his son introducing various incredible situations on Duke Xingguo's side, especially the morale of the military, and even the methods that Duke Xingguo often used during the battle.
Although he didn't know the word "public opinion war", Zheng Zhilong himself was good at this method and often used various means to bribe his opponents' subordinates, which was similar means.
The Duke Xingguo’s methods are even more upright, and can be said to be an open conspiracy, which makes people unable to solve them.
Zheng Zhilong thought a lot, and even thought that if one day in the future, his relationship with the court would deteriorate, then if Duke Xingguo led his troops to attack, could he stop the means he used?
Zheng Zhilong is actually very good at being a human being. He manages his own territory. He not only buys and talks to him, but also pays to do all kinds of good deeds in his hometown, which is very popular with the people in the local area.
Originally, he felt that after doing this, his basic foundation would be stable.
However, after he thought deeply, he found that if Duke Xingguo really had to come to beat him and lean on the court, and with that open conspiracy, he found that he could not resist and would have to escape to the sea in the end!
Thinking of this, he really had a headache.
No matter who it is, he will never want to give up on his income of tens of millions of taels of silver a year. Not to mention, he has been able to have this today for many years and through many ups and downs.
If possible, he really doesn't want to change the current situation.
But now, he has learned about Duke Xingguo’s character and his work. It is indeed as his son said, and can be described in the four words "incredible".
If we speculate based on the current situation, the thieves will definitely not be able to stop the attack of Duke Xingguo. If it had been said before that the court could quell the thieves and chaos in two years, he felt that it was impossible, now he would really not be able to think that the court has no such ability.
This means that the only real opponent of the court is Liaodong Jianlu.
When Zheng Zhilong was about to come to Jianlu in Liaodong, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside. Then one of his confidants rushed to the door with a mansion report, but did not dare to enter. He just raised the mansion report and said with a little excitement: "Sir, great victory, great victory in Liaodong!"
No matter what, as a member of the Ming Dynasty, even though the northern affairs have a long relationship with Fujian, I must be happy to hear that there was a great victory in Liaodong, which the court could not defeat.
When Zheng Fusong heard this, he was the first to react, and he didn't care that he was actually being taught a lesson by his father. He immediately walked over quickly, took the newspaper and read it immediately.
The trusted subordinate saw the mess and the scene in the room. He was very sensible and did not dare to stay for too long, so he immediately stepped down.
"Haha, it's a great victory, a great victory!" As soon as the room calmed down, he heard Zheng Fusong suddenly laughing excitedly and said, "The court actually went to Haizhou City, Anshan Post Fort, and even went straight to the outside of Liaoyang City. He regarded Jianlu as nothing, amazing, amazing!"
Although Zheng Zhilong did not pay special attention to Liaodong, Haizhou City and Liaoyang knew about it. Therefore, when he heard it, he was shocked and hurriedly asked his son for a newspaper pass and quickly started reading it.
After reading it, he read the mansion to his brothers. After a while of silence, he asked with a serious expression: "Is the Ming Dynasty's rejuvenation in sight?"
"Of course..." Before Zheng Hongkui and others could answer, Zheng Fusong immediately took over the topic as if it were for granted, but immediately found that his father's face was gloomy and was about to rain, so he finally stopped what he said later and did not dare to say it again.
If the court revives, it will become stronger, and the Zheng family will not be able to live such a good life again!
Zheng Fusong didn't care, but Zheng Zhilong cared very much.
However, the court wants to revive, and this is not something he can influence.
Thinking of this, he had to seriously consider the threat of Duke Xingguo, because this threat was likely to become real and he could not resist.
The room was silent again. After a while, Zheng Zhilong suddenly looked up at Zheng Fusong and asked, "What did the Duke say about showing his power in the foreign land? Do you know what this is going on?"
Chapter completed!