The next day, Zheng Chenggong sent someone to post to invite the patriarchs and gentry of the big clans attached to the city and attached to Guo to come to the Chaozhou General Military Mansion for a banquet. Compared with the last time Chen Kai invited him, the strength of the Ming army in the city alone has doubled, of which the headquarters has more than 2,300 soldiers and horses, and also controls 2,000 old town soldiers, and its strength should not be underestimated.

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In the final analysis, one is that time has changed, but more importantly, Chen Kai is a civil official, and there must always be room for repayment between the magistrate and the patriarch of the big clan, and the gentry and wealthy families, but when they meet military generals, Xiucai meets soldiers, and they can't be reasonable, this is still a chance to be reasonable, otherwise if they encounter a person like Zuo Liangyu, most of them will not even give them a chance to be reasonable.

Of course, there are also some responsibilities of Chen Kai. In private, the gentry and wealthy families in Chaozhou are somewhat afraid of Chen Kai's evaluation, after all, Chen Kai is a ruthless character who can kill Che and capture Huang Menglin. Now there is another man with the surname of the country, and he is still Chen Kai's official, so from this and the other, it is naturally even more difficult to provoke.

In the evening, Zheng Chenggong set up a banquet in the general army's mansion, firstly, to win over the local gentry and clans, and secondly, to deter these people so that they could really be used by the Ming army.

is not like Chen Kai, those methods on the wine table in later generations do not dare to be used casually, Zheng Chenggong was born in a wealthy family, such a scene is just pediatrics, pushing the glass and changing the lamp during the banquet, talking loudly, it is really a good job. Even during the banquet, some people directly took out silver tickets to praise the military supplies, just asking Zheng Chenggong to keep their right to tie their hair and inherit their ancestors' clothing and civilization.

The banquet of the Chaozhou General Military Mansion can be called a guest and host. Zheng Chenggong gained support, the gentry and wealthy families and the patriarchs of the big clans were promised by the Ming army, and even Chen Kai learned some routines from Zheng Chenggong when the upper class drank banquets in this era.

At the end of the banquet, everyone dispersed, Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai drank the tea soup of the wine, and then began to plan the Chaozhou strategy again. Just talking, Zheng Chenggong suddenly remembered something.

"Dingguo Gong?"

"Exactly, after thinking about it, I decided to invite Uncle Dingguo to come to the tide and fight side by side with our army."

Zheng Chenggong invited Zheng Hongkui, of course, the time was too short, and Zheng Hongkui had not replied. But according to Chen Kai's deduction, Fujian is now suffering from a food shortage, and Zheng Hongkui will not do much there, if Zheng Chenggong can lay a nail in Chaozhou, then the two armies will join forces, and their expansion will be greater.

Zheng Chenggong had not discussed this matter with Chen Kai before, and it was completely "dictatorial" and even unquestionable.

Chen Kai has long been mentally prepared for Zheng Chenggong's character, and he can get Zheng Chenggong's trust, and it is completely because he can really make achievements, and he has never disappointed Zheng Chenggong. But when it comes to trust, Zheng Hongkui, who has loved him since he was seven years old, may be the person Zheng Chenggong trusts the most, which may not even be comparable to his father Zheng Zhilong, and Chen Kaizi has no intention of being bored.

"I have heard the name of Dingguo for a long time, and it is like thunder."

In addition, Chen Kai did not say much. said too much, if Zheng Chenggong misunderstood, or even just left a pimple in Zheng Chenggong's heart, it was completely unnecessary for him.

More importantly, Zheng Chenggong's strength is indeed too weak, and the Chaozhou region of this era is vast, which is about the size of the four administrative districts of Chaozhou City, Meizhou City, Jieyang City, and Shantou City in later generations, or even larger. Moreover, even if Zheng Chenggong is not invited, in history, Zheng Hongkui realized that Fujian had no chance in this year, and he would choose to run Chaozhou, which was nothing more than a matter of time or later. This disposition, however, is not too problematic.

"It's not Zheng Cai who came, just do it." For the superficial brother, Chen Kai still has palpitations, it is estimated that Zheng Chenggong should also have such a pimple, but thinking of this, he couldn't help sneering: "No, at this time, Zheng Cai is probably still fighting with King Lu, and it is estimated that people don't have this idle time." ”

Leaving the Chaozhou General Military Mansion, Chen Kai returned to the back house of the mansion. The Lin brothers have already taken over their parents, and the two sisters have already married, but they don't need to take care of them. Now, the two of them were handed over to Du Hui by Chen Kai, and they were trained as junior officers, as for when Chen Kai wanted to use them, Du Hui would also do the handover procedures at any time.

Following Zheng Chenggong for nearly a year, everyone in the ordnance workshop is the first to look forward to him, and there are also Austrian aids like Du Hui and the Ke brothers in the army, but there are very few real henchmen. The Lin brothers are the first living people he saw when he came to this era, along the way, the character is also reliable after observation, originally he also planned to wait until he had some rights in his hands, and then send someone to find it, but unexpectedly, these two actually found him first, which has to be said to be fate.

Chen Kai returned to the mansion, read the book and rested. At the same time, in Nanyang Village in the southeast of Chaozhou, Xu Long, the patriarch of the Xu clan in Nanyang Village, couldn't sleep. If nothing else, it's because Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong played such a hand.

"A few days ago, we didn't care about the two batches of sand boats under the banner of Fujian Governor Yamen. Yesterday, I heard a report from a spy sent to Chenghai County, saying that there was a Ming army going upstream, and I didn't think too much about it. It's okay now, those Fujian sailors are all fake, not only to take down Chaozhou, but also to wait for reinforcements, now that they are standing, they must clean up our people. ”

As the patriarch, Xu Long is actually just a middle-aged man. To be able to take over a strong sect like the Xu family in Nanyang Village, in addition to the bloodline, what is more important is that his people are also the most outstanding in the clan in terms of ability, and even the entire Chenghai County.

It's just that at this moment, Xu Long's breathing was heavy, pacing back and forth in the hall, looking like a hawk and a wolf, and even more so that the elders, brothers, and nephews of the clan present didn't even dare to breathe.

"Patriarch, it's all Yang Hu's eyes, if he sends troops to intercept it, how can the reinforcements rush to Chaozhou so smoothly. I can't say, if we get the news, we may also have hope to take the city. ”

The words of a cousin who is very useful on weekdays attracted the echo of several brothers and nephews. However, as long as Xu Long glanced at them, these brave and ruthless people immediately closed their mouths, and their eyes didn't even dare to meet the vicious light.

"It's too late to say that! What's more, Yang Hu, he also dares to go out of the city, isn't he afraid that I will stab him in the back? ”

Xu Long shook his head, he had already had intentions for Chenghai County, if it wasn't for Yang Hu's earlier occupation, and his people were good at guarding the palace, he was afraid that he would have fallen into his hands long ago. But now it seems that they, the Teochew people, engaged in infighting, but in the end, it was Zheng Chenggong, a Fujian person, who took the lead in taking the Chaozhou capital city, which really dropped everyone's glasses.

"This Zhu Chenggong, there are capable people in him."

As the city gate returned to normal, the news spread quickly to the surrounding area. The news that Xu Long got was not too exact, but he also estimated how the Ming army took the city. This scam seems to be risky, but only Zheng Chenggong can do it in this left and near area, not to mention Chen Kai's accent and clever tongue, only to say that the fake official document of the Fujian Governor Yamen, if you want to forge it like the real one, it is probably that a sea merchant like the Zheng family has that ability.

"We can't wait any longer, the Zheng family's Nanao and Chaozhou are all connected by the Hanjiang River, and their next target will definitely be us. Send people to reconcile with Yang Hu, and at the same time contact Zhu Yao of Haishan Island and Chen Junge of Outing Village to fight the enemy together. There is no need to mention anything else, let's just say that we Chaozhou people can't let those Fujian Yankees go wild on our territory! ”