Speaking of the relationship between Ren Ke and Xue Huang, it is indeed very close, Ren Ke** and Xue Huang were brothers on the Nicole, and now in retrospect, more than a year has passed in a flash!

Reunited after a long absence, or in a foreign country, the brothers were naturally very affectionate when they saw each other, and even the group of guys who came with them also stepped forward to salute Ren Ke, and their attitude was very warm and respectful.

Ren Ke is also very familiar with this group of guys, when this group of people came out of the slave camp in Sulu and went directly to the Nicole, it was Ren Ke and the ** brothers who received them on the deck at that time, and now everyone is meeting in Macau thousands of miles away, naturally they are very emotional and excited.

At this time, Xue Huang and the others took Ren Ke's hand to talk about the past, and asked the guys to quickly move the things on the carriage, mainly for some food, Xue Laixiang said apologetically, I just knew that my brother's wedding was in a hurry, so I temporarily took some souvenirs from the ship, and the next time I returned to Leizhou, I will definitely make up for the gifts.

Ren Ke hurriedly said that it didn't matter, it would be good, not to spend the money on the two brothers, and then hurriedly called Yang Qiaoqiao and the two concubines called Xi'er Zhen'er to meet Xue Huang and the two, although Xue Huang and the two came in a hurry, but it seems that they were also slightly prepared, after seeing Yang Qiaoqiao and these two concubines, they immediately took out three sets of gold and silver heads and handed them to Ren Ke, saying that they were a meeting gift for their younger brothers and sisters.

Ren Ke took it and his hand sank, knowing that it was pure gold and pure silver, and understood that this was the affection of Xue and Huang, so he directly thanked him and accepted it without being pretentious.

At this time, Xiao Ai next to him told Ren Ke that Brother Dai went to the orphanage to inspect, and he had sent someone to the orphanage to inform him, and it was estimated that he would come back in a while, so the brothers laughed all the way into the foyer of Xiyuan.

Yang Qiaoqiao also immediately entered the role of housewife at this time, and ordered her subordinates to hurry up and cook tea and prepare meals to settle down to receive guests.

And Ren Ai and the two brothers took Xue and Huang to the main hall to sit down, and when the little ones served tea and retreated, Xue Laixiang immediately told Ren Ai and the two in detail about their experience this year.

The Xue Huang brothers escaped from Sulu's death and said goodbye to the Australians since last summer, the Xue family's fleet returned to Leizhou for a little repair, and originally planned to go to Macau immediately to develop business and wait for the arrival of the Australians---- because Ren Ke and ** had told them that the Australians would soon go north to Macao, where there was a big business to do, and the two sides would have very far-reaching prospects for cooperation.

However, at this moment, Chen Shangchuan, the chief soldier of Daming Leizhou, came to the door and brought the Zheng family's summoning order.

Xue Laixiang said that this Chen Zongbing belongs to Yongli and is not a branch of the Zheng family, but he is also a staunch ally of the Zheng family in the southern waters of Liangguang.

For many years, this General Chen has been responsible for protecting and taking care of the Zheng family's business in the northern part of Annan, and General Chen is more polite to the Xue family's fleet under the Zheng family's branch flag, of course, the fees that should be paid must be paid.

As soon as the Xue family's fleet returned to Leizhou, Chen Zongbing sent news from the Zheng family that the surname of the country was going to enter the Yangtze River to attack Jiangning, and he hereby sent the Xue family fleet north to Zhoushan to assist, and said that when Jiangning was captured, he would be rewarded greatly, and those who had meritorious service would not hesitate to tear the soil and seal Hou Yunyun.

People are under the eaves, had to bow their heads, Xue Laixiang had to put down his own business and lead the fleet north, fortunately, although the Zheng family is strict with the law for subordinates, but it will not be sent in vain, the fleet of personnel transporting materials to the Zheng family, in addition to being protected by the Zheng family's maritime power and unimpeded, should be given a lot of silver, and can also do their own business in the sea areas and ports controlled by the Zheng family, commonly known as "entrainment of private goods", and the Zheng family is also tolerant of this, and the tax collection is also fair.

Therefore, there are many small and medium-sized maritime merchants who eat the Zheng family's bowl of rice in the South China Seas, such as the Xue family, which is a typical example, which is also one of the key reasons why the Zheng family raises its arms and responds to the large number of responders.

Xue Laixiang said that this attack on Jiangning, the country surname has been planning for a long time, at this time the country surname has Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong coastal ports, and (Yongli) the emperor "West Hunting Burma", the King of Jin (Li Dingguo) and the Tartars in Yunnan and Guizhou tug-of-war, so the Tartars in the southeast coast of the army is empty, the country surname Ye wants to take this opportunity to capture Jiangning, seize the land of grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River, based on the south of the Yangtze River, Xu Tu world.

However, the weather was unfavorable, the Xue family's fleet encountered a typhoon as soon as it arrived in Zhoushan, the fleet surnamed Guo was blown away by the wind and waves, the ships ran aground on the reef countless times, and they had not yet entered the river to fight, and the elite sailors lost nearly 10,000 casualties, and hundreds of subordinate sea ships were lost.

Fortunately, the loss of the fleet of the descendants of the country surnamed Ye was not large, and the ships lost were mainly ships of small and medium-sized merchants like Xue Laixiang who responded to the Zheng family's call.

Speaking of this, Xue Laixiang said with emotion, if my father-in-law hadn't given me a telescope and fine charts, so that I could discover the abnormal sea conditions ahead as soon as possible, and turn to the cape as soon as possible to anchor and take refuge, I would have fallen into the wind and waves.

After the wind and waves, he looked for the sea chart and turned over the islands, and received four ownerless stranded sea ships, repaired them slightly, and dragged them to Fujian. Now, thanks to the gift of the righteous father, the Xue family's fleet has actually expanded to seven.

At this time, Ren Ai and the two of them didn't say a word, and listened to Xue Laixiang's story very carefully, and the brothers knew that the storm that Xue Laixiang just talked about was indeed recorded in history.

After all, Ren Ai and his brothers had done their homework in the computer data room before they went to sea, and they were very familiar with this history.

According to Zhu Ge, it was this typhoon that had the potential to change the historical trajectory of the Qing Dynasty and the Zheng family in the old world.

The typhoon that changed history occurred just two months ago in early August, when Zheng Chenggong mobilized thousands of ships and tens of thousands of soldiers to move north by sea.

At this time, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there was also Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, who were stationed on Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there were Qing army green battalion generals along the Yangtze River to do internal response, plus Jiangning was indeed very empty at that time, and the gentry and people on both sides of the strait were looking forward to "Wang Shidong coming" day and night because of their shaving and easy to wear, so Zheng Chenggong chose this opportunity to attack Jiangning It can be said that the location is advantageous and the people are prepared.

When the Zheng family sailors went all the way north, attacking everything along the way, the momentum was huge, and it was inevitable to see that the ancient capital of Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty was already inevitable.

However, people are not as good as heaven, a sudden typhoon, so that Zheng Chenggong stopped in the Yangshan sea south of the Yangtze River estuary, the typhoon in addition to Zheng Chenggong lost hundreds of ships, soldiers also disappeared and scattered nearly 10,000 people, including Zheng Chenggong's three sons and concubines.

At this point, the morale of the whole army plummeted, and after several days of fighting at sea and storms, Zheng Chenggong could only lead the remnants of the ships and soldiers to the south of Fujian for repairs.

As a result, the Zheng family lost a major historical opportunity.

Wait until the fifth month of the lunar calendar of the next year, Zheng Chenggong finally recovered his vitality, that time he led more than 100,000 soldiers to the north of Jiangning again, the initial war was still smooth, the Zheng family water division first and the Qing army water division occupied the sea off Zhoushan, the Qing army that was not familiar with the water war was not the opponent of the Zheng family at all, several contact battles down, the Daqing water division was actually wiped out, just the burned ships reached more than 100 ships, so far the Qing Dynasty completely lost the right to control the sea, the Zheng family has no worries, and then Zheng Chenggong captured Zhoushan Island, and finally attacked the mouth of the Yangtze River, The soldiers reached Yanziji in Nanjing.

However, time has passed, the Qing court at this time has actually eased up, the area along the right side of the river has been prepared, although the Zheng army is invincible in the water battle, but the land war and the Qing army have a draw, at the critical moment of the stalemate between the two sides, after all, Zheng Chenggong, who is not familiar with land warfare, made a low-level mistake of not expecting the enemy enough, and was attacked by the Qing army, resulting in a defeat like a mountain, and finally retreated from the Yangtze River estuary in a panic again.