Zheng Zhilong originally planned to accept an official position in the imperial court, but Yang Yi told him that with his status, there was no benefit in being an official. He was not from the Song Dynasty at all, so why should he become an official in the Song Dynasty. Yang Yi said,

There is a saying among the people of the Song Dynasty that "people who are not of my race will have different hearts." This sentence is engraved in their bones. Even if he was awarded an official position for his merits in rescuing the driver, he would still be captured as time went by. Yang Yi said

, as an official in the Song Dynasty court, if you don’t have a backer, if you don’t have the ability to maneuver both sides, if you don’t have the ability to figure out what your superiors want, you will end up in a miserable place. Instead of being an official, it is better to be an honest businessman and use the merits of escorting.

Earn some benefits, stay away from the wind and rain of the court, and dominate a country and become a local emperor.

Yang Yi's words inspired Zheng Zhilong, and Yang Yi put forward the three requirements for the imperial court. Yang Yi told Zheng Zhilong that monopoly was the source of huge profits. The spice monopoly seemed to be only a small piece of maritime trade, but it was enough for the Zheng family.

When you are full, you will bite off more than you can chew. A big appetite will only attract jealousy and criticism from everyone. Although the cake is big, only one piece is enough, lest others will fight you for not having enough. As for the other two, one is to protect vested interests.

, one is to exclude foreigners and stabilize the local foundation. Raising private soldiers is to have the power to protect ourselves at critical times. Use the power of raising soldiers given by the court to secretly train a large number of usable soldiers. No matter how the current situation changes in the future, which emperor will sit on the dragon

In the court, the Zheng family can be invincible.

Yang Yi also told him that he wanted Quanzhou to become the personal territory of his Zheng family. He could be stingy with the court, but generous to the people of Quanzhou. The local people's hearts are the foundation for the Zheng family. Once the people only have the Zheng family in their hearts and there is no emperor, then Zheng

Family is even more unbreakable. In addition to giving alms, Yang Yi said that the way to control people's hearts is not only to give benefits, but also to bewitch them. Yang Yi said that religious means can best control people's spirits, so that the people of Quanzhou can achieve the goal of "having a good life".

To the point where "religion has no country", a fanatical religious belief must be instilled in them. The Islam that the Zheng family believes in is the most suitable. This kind of Islam is a model of "religion without a country".

Zheng Zhilong followed his advice. With the gradual success of his business and the gradual accumulation of wealth, he built the splendid Hui Hui Temple in the city. Using charity and alms, salvation and sustenance as bait, he hired priests from his home country to preach.

What pleased him was that in Quanzhou and surrounding places, Islam was growing like a prairie fire. Although many people came here to enjoy the various benefits of becoming believers, Zheng Zhilong didn't care. He knew that in time these people would become devout believers.

And the reputation of the Zheng family is not just that of a big businessman who is willing to do good things. In Quanzhou, he, Zheng Zhilong, is already the incarnation of God. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as he, Zheng Zhilong, says a word, all the believers in the city will bow their heads.

Zheng Zhilong really admired Yang Yi. It was a treasure that this person who was born as a bookkeeper had such great abilities. Zheng Zhilong obeyed Yang Yi's words and built a mansion for Yang Yi in the city and gave him a lot of money.

Even if Yang Yi proposed to take half of the Zheng family's equity, Zheng Zhilong was annoyed, but he did not really refuse. But what Zheng Zhilong couldn't stand was that he was just greedy and lustful, and bought it for himself

He sent him a dozen beautiful maids to satisfy his hobbies, but he reached out to his own daughter. He took advantage of the convenience of entering and exiting the Zheng family's back house to seduce his daughter many times. Not only that, he also took advantage of his own daughter.

He also seduced all his concubines. The back house of the Zheng family has simply become his harem. No matter how tolerant Zheng Zhilong is, he can't stand this guy doing such nonsense. That night, Zheng Zhilong led someone to remove Yang Yi from his concubine's bed.

He dragged him out and threw him together with his concubine Mei Fang into the lion cage where he had been starved for three days. He stood outside the cage, watching Yang Yi scream in horror and running away naked in the cage, and listened to his loud screams.

Zheng Zhilong simply ignored Zheng Zhilong when he begged for mercy and said that if he spared his life, he could help him become the emperor, no one dared to humiliate Zheng Zhilong or act presumptuously in front of him, including Yang Yi.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong had some regrets in his heart for a long time after Yang Yi died. This man was indeed very powerful. When he died, he lost a capable helper. He no longer had anyone to make decisions for him on many things. And this Yang Yi

It seems that he really has some kind of miraculous precognitive ability, and many of the things he said have come true. To this day, despite Zheng Zhilong's tough words, he still regrets in his heart. Was he too impulsive and shouldn't have been so hasty?

He fed the lion.

Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting in the pavilion, was thinking about the past and was a little obsessed. Until he was awakened by the shouts from below the pavilion.

"Weng Zheng, Weng Zheng. Where is that thief Fang Zian? You have to avenge me." Mr. Lin, who was persuaded to leave at the table, shouted as he quickly climbed up the stairs to the pavilion.

Zheng Zhilong frowned, feeling a little dissatisfied, but he still smiled. This Mr. Lin was no ordinary person. He was Lin Yifei, the illegitimate son Qin Hui had with his maid before he went north, and Qin Tan's biological father. Qin Hui returned to college

After the Song Dynasty, although he did not formally recognize Lin Yifei, Lin Yifei would certainly be taken care of. After Qin Tan entered the palace, in order to prevent the Wang family from knowing the secret, Qin Hui could not recognize his biological son, let alone take him into the palace.

In the government, but care is necessary. Lin Yifei has no fame and cannot be given an official position, but he can be given a good job in the yamen. Lin Yifei is actually Qin Hui's agent who controlled the money-spinner of the Shipping Department, and the same is true with the Zheng family in Quanzhou

It was at that time that I got on the line.

After Qin Hui's death, because few people knew Lin Yifei's true identity, he escaped from the capital. He fled to Quanzhou and sought refuge with the Zheng family, because Qin Hui had told Lin Yifei before his death that if something happened to escape, he should not directly escape.

Going north, it was impossible to escape at that time. He had to take a detour to the Kingdom of Jin by sea to survive. Lin Yifei thought of his relationship with the Zheng family, so he fled from the capital to Quanzhou.

Lin Yifei came to Zheng's house, and Zheng Zhilong took him in and prepared a ship to send him to the Kingdom of Jin by sea and land. Lin Yifei wanted to go to the Kingdom of Jin to move reinforcements, but Wan Yanliang had no time to take care of himself and was deploying troops to attack Xijing. In fact

Xiao Huaizhong, who had rebelled, naturally postponed his plan to attack the Song Dynasty. Wan Yanliang only comforted Lin Yifei and told him that the Jin Dynasty would send troops to avenge Qin Hui, so he sent him back. Lin Yifei was naturally very depressed, but Zheng Zhilong

Discovered Qin Hui's secret and Lin's secret

The value of Yifei. He could talk to the sponsor and raising him would leave a way out for him. So Zheng Zhilong vowed to tell Lin Yifei that he would find a way to avenge him and keep Lin Yifei in Quanzhou.

"Zheng Weng, you promised me that you would avenge our Qin family. It was this Fang Zian, and our whole Qin family was destroyed in his hands. My son Qin Tan... was killed outside Donghua Gate.

He chased after him and stuck his gun into the ground... Zheng Weng, you have to make the decision for me." Lin Yifei rushed forward and shouted emotionally.

"Brother Lin, don't be so excited. Stay calm. I know that I will do what I promised you. Sit down and drink tea. The weather is so hot. You are prone to heat stroke like this. Sit down quickly." Zheng Zhilong comforted him.

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"How can I drink tea? I couldn't control myself when I saw that little thief. I was ready to fight him desperately at the table. Zheng Weng, he has come to Quanzhou. Isn't he throwing himself into a trap? You can't let him go.

Pass him." Lin Yifei shouted to himself.

"Brother Lin, you are too handsome, that's why I asked you to leave the table. You look like a lion or a tiger trying to eat people, how can you not make him suspicious? I haven't found out the details of his visit yet.

"Qing, if you scare the snake away and he runs away, wouldn't it be like trying to draw water from a bamboo basket in vain?" Zheng Zhilong frowned.

"How could he run away? Can he still run away in Quanzhou City? Zheng Weng, don't you want to help me? My Qin family was kind to you back then. So many shipping companies have united to deal with you, and the ten in the court

Several ministers have reported that your shipyard will be raided, saying that you have behaved improperly. If it weren't for my father's intervention, how would you be today? Don't you remember this kindness?" Lin Yifei said.

Zheng Zhilong said coldly: "Brother Lin, where did you say this? Kindness is a reward that should be remembered and willingly repaid in people's hearts. How can you talk about it every day and force people to repay kindness? Besides, Qin Xiang is quite young.

It is true that we have helped our Zheng family, but over the years, have our Zheng family not helped you enough? You want silver, and you want ships to ship. Qin Xiang communicated with the Jin people in recent years, and transported so many materials from the Song Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty.

Aren’t we the ones who risked beheading to help our country get lucky? Not to mention others, how much benefit have you, Mr. Lin, received from my Zheng family in the past ten years? No less than three hundred thousand taels of silver, right? We are not ungrateful either.

, it’s not good for you to accuse me of what happened before.”

Lin Yifei said hurriedly: "That's not what I meant. Don't be offended, Zheng Weng. I was too impatient. I don't want to see that guy alive."

Zheng Zhilong said: "Don't be impatient. Not only you, I also want to kill him. He came here to oppose my Zheng family. Can I spare him? But I have to find out his background first. He is on the chopping block."

You can chop him into pieces at any time. Why are you anxious? I promise you, when it’s time to kill him, I’ll let you chop him up with your own hands, okay?”

Lin Yifei sighed and said, "I will wait for Zheng Weng's words. I will not kill anyone, and I will not chop him with my own hands. I want him to be fed to the lions. I will watch him being eaten alive by the lions."
Chapter completed!