After leaving the Zheng Mansion, Maoxiang planned to go to the Quanzhou Shipping Department to check the maritime trade tax accounts.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the gate of Zheng Mansion, he was surrounded by Zheng Zhibao and others.

Maoxiang looked at a group of black and white Zheng family guards and said angrily: "What do you want to do?"

Zheng Zhibao shouted sternly: "Take down this fake surname!"

Maoxiang was shocked, raised his fingers and cursed angrily: "I am the Crown Prince's special envoy, who of you dares to deal with me roughly?"

A group of Ufan soldiers who were chattering in Portuguese allowed Maoxiang to struggle and dragged him aside.

Zheng Zhibao said bitterly: "Beat him with twenty army sticks and drive him out of Fujian. At the same time, let him go back and send a message to the prince. Don't even think about attacking my Zheng family!"

This turn of events frightened Maoxiang and he was stunned. When he recovered, he shouted: "Zheng! Do you want to rebel?"

A guerrilla general next to him said to Zheng Zhibao: "Fifth Master, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. This person with this surname is also a fourth-rank official of the imperial court. If he angers the imperial court..."

Zheng Zhibao said with a smile: "Let's make a bet on whether the prince will fall out after he learns that his last name is fake and is driven back."

The guerrilla general said: "Does that need to be said? This man is the crown prince's special envoy. If you hit him, you are slapping the prince in the face. It will be strange if he doesn't fall out! I heard that the prince is so cruel that even the officer in charge of the Jiang Navy

The Duke of Wei was killed by him himself."

Zheng Zhibao moved his hands and feet and cursed: "What a fright! I just want to give him a blow and tell the prince that our Zheng family is not at the mercy of others!"

Seeing that Zheng Zhibao's tone turned cold, the guerrilla general kept silent and shook his head secretly. The Zheng family's humiliation of the crown prince's envoy today will definitely make the Nanjing man extremely angry, and a war is inevitable.

I'm afraid that once the war spreads in Fujian, the Zheng family's wealth accumulated over the years without war will be in vain, and their political status will become extremely embarrassing.

In short, if this battle is fought in Fujian, it will do no harm to the Zheng family, unless the Zheng family can destroy the Zhejiang Navy and Caojiang Navy at sea, completely wipe out the imperial navy in one battle, and bring the warships to the forefront.

They lined up on the Yangtze River to intimidate the prince of Nanjing.

There were screams from Maoxiang who was beaten with a stick, and his body was shaking constantly, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "The surname is Zheng, prepare to accept the wrath of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zheng Zhibao sighed and cursed: "Damn it! If you dare to speak harshly, give me a hard beating!"

"Fifth Master, the commander-in-chief invites you to go to the back hall."

"I know!" Zheng Zhibao glanced at Maoxiang, who was beaten half to death, and then lazily walked towards Zheng's mansion.

"Snapped!"

Zheng Zhibao was slapped hard on the face, and five deep red fingerprints suddenly appeared on his bearded face.

Zheng Zhilong pointed at his nose and cursed: "You bastard! Who told you to take someone without permission?"

Zheng Zhibao said aggrievedly: "Brother! Didn't you see that that fake guy wanted to go to the Shipping Department to check the accounts, but he put his hands in our pockets!"

Zheng Zhilong was immediately furious with this fifth brother. Through the knowledge of the Zheng family's intelligence, he already felt that the young prince was not as simple as he had imagined before.

The crown prince of the Zhu family was ruthless, hard-hearted and iron-blooded at a young age, which is rare in the world. Now he is eyeing the wealth in the sea, which makes Zheng Zhilong confused.

Although the Zheng family's army is not afraid of anyone at sea, it has huge shortcomings on land and its combat effectiveness is very poor. Hearing that the prince's Tianwu army has experienced hundreds of battles, Zheng Zhilong is very self-aware and feels very worried.

For the long-term plan, Zheng Zhilong currently does not want to fall out with Nanjing, let alone have a direct conflict. He has already had the idea of ​​​​cooperating with Nanjing in his heart to take advantage of the opportunity.

To put it bluntly, the current strength of the Zheng family in Fujian is not enough to gain an absolute advantage. In addition, the Zheng family's traditional sphere of influence is above the sea. As long as the crown prince does not challenge his bottom line, the worst he can do is to share a piece of it with him.

Soup, wouldn’t it be better if the well water does not interfere with the river water from now on?

However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. Just when Zheng Zhilong was about to put this idea into practice, Zheng Zhibao beat the prince's envoy!

Zheng Zhilong never expected that his fifth brother would be so courageous that he would dare to openly torture a fourth-rank official of the imperial court.

"You bastard! My Zheng family will be killed by you!"

Zheng Zhilong cursed again, and then suddenly lowered his voice: "Even if you fucking do it, you can't do it in Anping City? Can't you wait for him on his way back, pretend to be a pirate, take him and throw him into the sea to feed the fish?

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Knowing that his brother wanted to protect him, Zheng Zhibao learned his lesson and stopped defending. He answered honestly: "I don't dare to make decisions without permission. I want to ask my eldest brother for instructions first. If he were an ordinary official, I would have killed him long ago..."

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After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong became even more furious and slapped him again. Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhibao reacted very quickly and subconsciously turned his head to avoid it.

Due to the excessive force, Zheng Zhilong, whose arms were swung empty, almost turned nearly 180 degrees before he stabilized his body. He stood firm and cursed angrily: "You still have the nerve to say that you don't dare to make decisions without permission? Now stab him

There is such a big trap, should you block it or should I block it?"

After receiving a fierce glare, Zheng Zhibao immediately shrank his neck like a chicken seeing an eagle, and swallowed the words he said later.

After fiddling with his arms, Zheng Zhilong stopped being angry and sighed softly: "Now that the matter has come to this, it is meaningless to hold you accountable. Tell me, how many people have seen you pretending to use your last name?"

Hearing his elder brother's question, Zheng Zhibao trembled a little and replied: "I have seen many..."

Zheng Zhilong immediately gave up the idea of ​​​​killing the witnesses. He originally wanted to kill the witnesses and then send someone to escort the special envoy back to Nanjing from the sea. An accidental shipwreck occurred while in the waters of Zhejiang...

Now that many people know about this, they are all members of the Zheng family. Killing him by force will only make people angry, which is very unwise.

There was a trace of ruthlessness in Zheng Zhilong's eyes, and he said: "Tell them to keep their mouths shut, otherwise military law will be imposed! As for the impersonator, whether it's sending money, asking for prostitution or intimidation, you can figure it out yourself.

We must not let him die in Fujian!"

Zheng Zhibao felt like he was sitting on pins and needles and said quickly: "Yes, yes, yes!"

"Commander, the eldest son's battle report!"

Zheng Zhilong took the official document sent by his servant and couldn't help laughing: "Okay! My son Fusong did a good job!"

He smoothly threw the official document towards Zheng Zhibao and said, "You should also take a look."

Zheng Zhibao had only turned a few pages before he couldn't help but cheer loudly: "The eldest son dared to intercept the disobedient Hongyi merchant ship in the waters of the Red Fangui. He is really a tiger father with no dog son!"

Zheng Zhilong glanced at him and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by the sea area of ​​​​Red Ghost? This is the sea area of ​​my Zheng family! Don't the ships passing by buy my Zheng family's flag? There is no need to pay protection fees? What a joke.

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"What the elder brother taught me is..." Zheng Zhibao was used to being scolded by this elder brother, and he no longer felt embarrassed at all.

Now that Zheng Zhibao has made the mistake of pushing the Zheng family to the opposite side of Nanjing, Zheng Zhilong has no choice but to run into trouble.

After countless thoughts running through his mind, Zheng Zhilong finally made up his mind: "We must no longer be timid, we must take surprise first, and success or failure will depend on one fell swoop again..."
Chapter completed!