When Kwong Lu began to operate, Chen Kai had already returned to Hong Kong. After coming back, Chen Kai has been writing things and handing over all the chores to those officials and officials to prepare. During this period, he sent someone to send a letter to Xiachuan Island, but he didn't do anything on the side, so that Lin Cha read the name of what Chen Kai wrote, and he didn't know whether to say that Chen Kai was confident or a plaything.

The three-day appointment has not arrived, and Chen Kai, who is far away in Hong Kong, has no way of knowing what the outcome will be. But adhering to the concept of being prepared, Chen Kai still took a boat and headed west to a small island called Haojing on the other side of Lingding Ocean. But the Europeans who occupied the island called it "Macau", which is said to be because when they first arrived here, they landed at a port with a Mazu temple.

"This is Mr. Faissa."

"This is the representative of the Zheng clan in Fujian, Chen Kai and Chen Prefect."

The governor was very clever and did not mention the statement of the governor of Macao, because the Ming Dynasty did not recognize the so-called sovereignty of the Portuguese in Macao, and only recognized that the Portuguese did business and lived here, but the administrative and other aspects were under the jurisdiction of the Xiangshan County Ya, and even had to pay rent every year, let alone the statement of the governor.

The main reason why the Ming court did not send troops to bomb the Portuguese away as it had done several times before was that the military pressure of the Ming court in Liaodong prompted their demand for Hongyi artillery to increase sharply, and the Bugarao cannon foundry established by the Portuguese in Macao was the most famous and even the best cannon foundry in the Far East at that time.

Faissa had just taken over as Governor of Macau this year, but at this time, the King of Portugal had not yet set up an Overseas Commission to assist in the management of overseas colonies, and the Governor was only a soldier, and his power was mainly concentrated in the hands of the Council.

Chen Kai claimed to be a representative of the Zheng family in southern Fujian, and the Macao side had also heard of Chen Kai's name, knowing that Chen Kai was an important aide to Zheng Chenggong, and he was also an administrative official with a formal official position in the Ming court, so he did not dare to be rude.

Soon, Chen Kai was introduced into the chamber of the council. However, like the Governor of Macau, the Macau Council was also not recognized by the Ming Court, and Chen Kai only said that he wanted to discuss some matters with the steward of the Portuguese in Macao, and in the face of the Zheng family, the other party did not dwell on this matter.

"This official is here to make a notice. In the past two months, our army has had to pass a large number of ships through the waters around the Pearl River and the Lingding Ocean, and our ships will fly flags embroidered with Zheng characters, no matter how big or small. The official hopes that the personnel and ships of your country will not approach such ships when they see them passing by in the near future, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

The Zheng family competed with the Dutch in the Sea of China for the position of hegemon, the Zheng family backed the Ming court, and the Dutch bought the pirates of Fujian and Guangdong, and the two sides clashed many times, until the end of the naval battle of Liuluo Bay, the Zheng family reluctantly established the position of the hegemon, but the Dutch in southern Taiwan still could not completely expel it.

However, for the Portuguese, neither of them is easy to mess with, and there is really no need to have any unnecessary misunderstandings with them.

Of course, it is also true that the Zheng family is not having a good time now. Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the group, was taken captive by the Qing army to Beijing under house arrest, and the group split up, and there seem to be signs of reunification recently, but aside from Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Cai seem to have a better chance. And now in the Ming and Qing wars, it is difficult for the Zheng family to get the support of the Ming court, so if they can get some business benefits here, they are also very happy.

Next, a gentleman from the Macau Council offered to send warships to help the Ming army, but Chen Kai politely declined. In Chen Kai's words, offshore China, the Zheng Group has enough strength to do what they want to do. They are deeply grateful for the generosity of their friends and will naturally bring it up when they need it; But if anyone dares to offend the authority of the Zheng group in the China Sea, then the thousands of large and small ships and their enormous prestige among the Chinese merchants in the South Seas are not a joke.

After completing the normal diplomatic note, Chen Kai leased ten sea vessels from the Macau Council, and at the same time said that he would convey to Zheng Chenggong the intention of the Macao side to establish a trade channel in exchange, and left here. However, his official uniform still attracted the attention of the local residents and the Tan people living on the boat.

"Send someone to find some of the leaders of the Tan people to meet me."

Back in Hong Kong, the reply from Shimokawa Island still hasn't arrived. However, the ships that Zhou Rui's fleet had fallen behind earlier finally arrived, and Chen Kai recounted the goods, and in the next few days, he entered the final training work of the accompanying officials and officials while writing things. As for the content of their training, many things are actually similar to those of officials and officials in the local area, and it is not too difficult.

In recent months, Rincha has built a large number of temporary camps on Hong Kong Island along the line of what would become Victoria Harbour, each of which is now hung with a sign with a different inscription. Tents, bedding, catering utensils and other civilian materials are also barely in place, and after months of hard work, Chen Kai is indeed a little nervous when he is about to get to the door. What set off his nervousness was that none of the leaders of the surrounding Tan people he asked Tong Shi to find in Macau came.

"If you don't want to mix, forget it, it was just a temporary idea, and they weren't counted."

In ancient times, the Tan people took the boat as their home all their lives, and were not allowed to live ashore, which was equivalent to untouchables. However, during Tong Yangjia's tenure as the governor of Liangguang, he went to the Qing court to abolish the tribute of Hepu Zhu, and the Tan people who made a living from pearl diving had some kindness. Even if you don't talk about this, it is understandable that the leader of the Tanmin is unwilling to offend the Guangdong officialdom of the Ming Court for Chen Kai, a Fujian civil official, so Chen Kai did not take it too seriously. Fortunately, Butcher Zhang did not come, and Butcher Li passed by. A few days later, as a larger fleet slowly sailed in, Chen Kai was shocked, but his confidence was unprecedentedly high.

"Uncle Hong, why are you here?"

Hong Xu brought with him a fleet of no less than 200 large and small ships, except for a small number of warships equipped with artillery, the others were merchant ships and armed merchant ships. This was outside of Chen Kai's plan, but Hong Xu's answer was something he had expected the moment he saw this uncle.

"The surname of the country is afraid that there will not be enough ships here to join the army, so he asked me to come over to help join the army."

"What about the country surname?"

As a result of Chaozhou, Zheng Chenggong's fleet was stronger than in history. However, the Zheng group fell apart, and many ships fell into the hands of the Qing army, coupled with poor maintenance so that they could not continue to be used, Zheng Chenggong successively handed over the fleets of Lin Cha and Zhou Rui to Chen Kai, and now sent Hong Xu's merchant fleet, and the rest is Lin Xishan's Louchuan Town, even if it has been expanded several times, it seems too thin.

"The Xiamen side has been taken, and Chen Zhongjing is under the command of the sailors of the late Yuanbo; Last month, Yang Chaodong, Wang Sheng, Yang Quan, and Cai Xin, the four generals under Yongsheng Bo, also came with Lu Shi and Shui Shi to return to the country's surname; Coupled with Lin Zhongding's Louchuan Town, it is enough to deal with the surrounding threats. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Yongshengbo still had a lot of ships and sergeants in his hands, and there was news that Yongshengbo planned to go north to ask King Lu for help, the country would have planned to send more ships. ”

Zheng Chenggong's help made Chen Kai excited, which showed that his efforts were not in vain, and Hong Xu's fleet arrived, and the odds of victory were even higher. However, Zheng Chenggong has broken with Zheng Cai, and he has changed too much history, in the face of the more powerful Zheng Chenggong, whether Zheng Cai and Lu Jianguo will abandon their previous suspicions and cooperate to fight against them, Chen Kai can't be sure for a while.

Seeing that Chen Kai's eyebrows seemed to be a little worried, Hong Xu smiled and said: "I still know that I joined the army, and this time I specially asked me to join the army." He said that if he can't even deal with the current situation, then he really can't bear the hard work he has worked in the army for the past few years. ”