Of course, this was a matter related to his life after all, and Zheng Zhilong did not dare to just think about it.
So, he cautiously said to Jinyiwei Baihu: "This set of wine sets is so exquisite, can I appreciate it first?"
Hearing this, Jinyiwei Baihu immediately understood what he was thinking, and immediately smiled and said: "Haha, of course it's no problem, as long as it doesn't get damaged, then just watch it!"
After Zheng Zhilong heard this, he carefully picked up the jug and looked at it. There was a high probability that there must be a mechanism on the jug.
As a result, after he picked up the jug, he looked left, right, up, down, inside the jug, and at the mouth of the jug, but he couldn't see anything. There was no mechanism at all.
appearance.
So, he carefully pinched it with his hands to see if the mechanism was hidden, but still found nothing.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong was a little confused: Could it be that the mechanism was not on the jug at all?
Yes, it is produced in the Imperial Capital and is absolutely perfect. Since I thought of checking the wine flask, Hong Chengchou might have thought of it too, so he would check the flask carefully, and problems would be easily discovered. On the contrary, it is the wine glass that is least likely to have problems.
Yes, there might be a problem.
With this thought in mind, he carefully put down the wine bottle and went to get the wine glass to examine it.
As a result, I looked at this wine glass and then that wine glass, but I couldn't find anything wrong.
At the end, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to put it down, then looked at the hundred households of Jinyiwei, and said with a little embarrassment: "It's really beautiful!"
"Haha!" When Jin Yiwei Baihu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart. It was really hypocritical. Then he pointed out: "The problem with this set of drinking utensils is the material. You can look at it again, whether it is a wine pot or a wine glass.
There is a circle of beautiful lines inside, and the material of those lines is special."
Zheng Zhilong's shame had long been cultivated. After being exposed by Jinyiwei Baihu, he was no longer embarrassed. He quickly and carefully picked up the wine pot and checked again.
Sure enough, after receiving the guidance from Jinyiwei Baihu, he discovered that the patterned materials were indeed slightly different from the wine flasks made of silver. However, he never expected that the patterned materials would be poisonous!
I put down the wine bottle and looked at the wine glass again. It was the same, there was a circle of beautiful patterns dotted inside.
"What is this? What is this poison like?" Zheng Zhilong carefully put down the wine bottle and then asked curiously.
After hearing this, Jinyiwei Baihu shook his head and said: "I don't know what it is. But there is an explanation that the poison is chronic, and it is easier to drink with this set of drinking utensils many times under the condition of heating.
Slow poisoning, as for the symptoms, I don’t know.”
Zheng Zhilong was shocked when he heard that there was such a powerful poison in the world. Wouldn't it be able to invisibly infect people?
Thinking of this, he felt a little awe-inspiring in his heart: Jin Yiwei's methods are really too powerful and impossible to guard against! If Jin Yiwei gives him something in the future, he cannot touch it!
This time, Zheng Zhilong actually wronged Jin Yiwei.
This set of drinking utensils is not from Jin Yiwei at all, but from Emperor Chongzhen.
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen himself would definitely not be able to come up with this thing. The basis of his imagination came from Liu Weichao from another world.
The reason why Zheng Zhilong thinks so strongly about this poison is that the science of this era is not developed enough and his understanding of the natural world is still very shallow.
To put it bluntly, it is actually very simple. This set of wine sets is made of silver and lead. Lead is a heavy metal and is harmful to the human body. However, ancient people knew nothing about it. Lead was even used in many places in the palace. Many people speculated that , many emperors in the Ming Dynasty were short-lived. Is it related to the heavy metal environment?
Of course, this cannot be blamed on the ancients. Even in later generations, many household items were made of lead, and many incidents of lead poisoning occurred.
It was not until humans learned more and more about lead that this kind of lead-containing utensils slowly withdrew from the scope of human use.
Previously, Liu Weichao promised Emperor Chongzhen to find a way, so he searched for a long time and finally found this way to help Emperor Chongzhen eliminate traitors.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was immediately overjoyed. This method was considered invisible in the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, he was very happy and told Liu Weichao that he would build many of them, and then give one set to each of the enemies of Ming Dynasty to kill them!
In this regard, Liu Weichao had to remind Emperor Chongzhen that if there were too many utensils sent out, although no one would discover it at the time, future generations would definitely know it based on archeology, and they would discover that the famous Lord of Ming Zhongxing and the Longest Earth Comrade Emperor Chongzhen turned out to be a master of poisoning and killed his opponents by poisoning him. How will future generations judge you?
In fact, there is no need for future generations. No, after Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately became wary of Jin Yiwei.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard Liu Weichao's words, he immediately gave up the idea. He just sent a set to the traitor Hong Chengchou in the name of Zheng Zhilong to kill him, so that he would not continue to make suggestions for Jianlu and increase the difficulty of the Ming Dynasty's recovery of Liaodong.
I believe that by then, Hong Chengchou's death will leave an intractable mystery in history!
At this time, Jinyiwei Baihu warned Zheng Zhilong: "You must keep the inside story of this set of wine bottles secret. If we find that you have revealed the inside story to anyone, we Jinyiwei will not spare you!"
When it comes to poisoning people to death, the methods cannot be put on the table. The fewer people know about this kind of thing, the better.
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong immediately became awe-inspiring. Of course he understood that this kind of method was shady and he definitely didn't want people to know about it. So, he quickly replied with a very serious expression: "Don't worry, it's time to die." In my belly, no one will know!"
Jinyiwei Baihu believed that what he said was true, or believed in the weight of Jinyiwei's threat, so he softened his expression again, pointed to the corner of the cabin and said: "Over there are several jars of Shaoxing daughter's red wine, and there are dozens of them. If you are young, give an altar to Nu Sheng and Hong Chengchou."
In ancient times, Shaoxing Nuerhong was very famous and was a type of rice wine.
Hong Chengchou is from Fujian. Most people in the south drink rice wine, so he will definitely like this old wine.
When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was shocked and asked cautiously: "Is this wine also...poisonous?"
"No!" Jin Yiwei Baihu shook his head immediately after hearing this and said seriously, "All wine is good wine, the only one that is poisonous is this set of drinking utensils."
The way to drink rice wine is that it needs to be heated before it tastes good. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for lead to enter the human body. It is easier only when it is heated. Therefore, with this set of wine sets, how can Hong Chengchou
I don’t even know if I’ll die.
Or knowing what Zheng Zhilong would be worried about, the Jinyiwei Baihu took the initiative and said: "Except for the problem with this set of wine, everything else is fine."
Having said this, he pointed to Li Man's other items in the cabin and said: "There are also gifts for you here for other slave chiefs, including tea, silk and satin, etc., specialties of Jiangnan. The main task this time is to give
Give this set of drinking utensils to Hong Chengchou, and also inquire about the internal news of Jianlu."
The gifts given to Jianlu were all luxuries, so just give them away without any impact.
As for the subsequent transactions, there is no need to explain. Zheng Zhilong is a businessman himself, so he can negotiate as a businessman. As for the final transaction, it must be approved by the court.
Zheng Zhilong understood the whole thing and didn't think it was difficult, so he readily agreed.
Of course, Jin Yiwei has already come to the door and arranged everything. It won't work if he doesn't agree.
So, Jin Yiwei waited on the island. Zheng Zhilong took his personal guards, all of whom were from Fujian, and did not tell Wu Sangui anything specific. He just said that he would go out to inspect the conditions on each island, and then left.
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Regarding this, Wu Sangui was not stupid, and naturally knew that Zheng Zhilong's departure was definitely not as simple as patrolling the islands. However, if he didn't tell him, it meant that he didn't want him to know.
Thinking about this, he was also a little sad. Now he is almost reduced to a passerby! When will the stars support the moon again?
As for Zheng Zhilong, he took a boat upstream and landed near Zhenjiang Fort on the Yalu River. He was surrounded by Jianlu on the spot. However, when he showed Dai Shangi's waist card, he immediately became an honored guest again, and soon
Under the escort of a group of Jianlu, he rushed to Shenyang with gifts.
On the Jianlu side, because they felt the pressure from the Ming Dynasty, they had to come out to work even though Daishan had already semi-retired.
After returning from his mission to Japan, he took Hong Chengchou to inspect the grain field reclamation situation in the north. By the way, he also inspected the situation of the North's continuous acceptance of young people from Korea.
Of course, these are ordinary Koreans, and those Korean monarchs and ministers will be placed in Shengjing. Except for a few obedient officials, they will be sent to the north to manage Koreans.
Although these things are trivial, they are of great importance. Dorgon himself has no time, and he is worried about the bad-tempered Duduo, Hauge and others, so he can only do his best.
Originally, Jierhalang would be fine, but since Jierhalang has to be in charge of Haizhou, his responsibility is even greater. Even though Daishan is old, he has to be used.
Just when Dai Shan finished his business and returned to Shengjing with Hong Chengchou, he heard an urgent report from Zhenjiang Fort, saying that the person holding his badge had been escorted to Shengjing.
Both Daishan and Dorgon couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Because they know that the person who holds the Daishan waist card is Zheng Zhilong. He must have come to Liaodong for business. He is worthy of being a maritime merchant. This opportunity to make money is very positive.
It just so happened that the Qing Dynasty was also in urgent need of food and supplies, so they were given a grand welcome.