For Zhu Ciying, who was in Dalian, he didn't know that Huang Taiji wanted to see him, but he did meet a guest from the south here in his general's mansion.

Zheng Hongkui!

The world's understanding of the Zheng family is often known to the world that Zheng Chenggong, the son of Zheng Zhilong, is an earth-shattering hero.

But not many people know that it was Zheng Hongkui who planned the Tang King Zhu Yujian to ascend the throne as Emperor Longwu, it can be said that without him, maybe there would be no more "national surname" in history, at least there would be no more this name.

And he just took the Wujin Shi exam this year, and was awarded the title of Commander of the Jinyi Guard. However, he did not stay in the capital, and after receiving the secret letter from his eldest brother, he immediately rushed to Dalian to ask to see General Pingyu.

For his arrival, Zhu Guoqiang naturally welcomed, after all, among the brothers of the Zheng family, Zheng Hongkui is the least visible, but one thing is for sure, he can be called Zheng Zhilong's think tank.

In fact, these Zhu Guoqiang have been waiting for the Zheng family, and now that Zheng Hongkui is here, it is just right, when they met, Zheng Hongkui did not accuse Fang Yizhi of killing people and stealing ships in Nagasaki, but first expressed his joy at the establishment of the "Chinese Concession" promoted by the prince, and then expressed gratitude to the other party for teaching the Zheng family a lesson for the "house slave" with wisdom.

As for the silver goods on the ship, Zheng Hongkui was even more generous, and directly said that it was not easy for the prince to resist the capture in Liaodong, and those silver Fujian generals donated military supplies.

It's not easy!

Staring at Zheng Hongkui, who was talking and laughing, Zhu Guoqiang really looked at him differently. Historically, when he learned that the Qing army had crossed the Yangtze River and retreated to Fujian, he met Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, in Hangzhou, and invited him to return to Fujian with him. Zheng Hongkui planned to succeed the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty with Zhu Yujian at that time, and it was through this persuasion that the Zheng family jumped from the general army of Fujian to the actual master of Fujian.

This person is really not simple!

He is not simple, Zheng Zhilong is not simple, in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong is also an outlier, he was seventeen years old, with two younger brothers, he was sent by his father to his uncle Huang Cheng, who was engaged in foreign trade, to learn business. From then on, he began to frequently cross the ocean, traveling between the Eastern Wa Kingdom, Manila, Hoi An and the Ming Dynasty in the South Seas, and was surrounded by the Wa, the Dutch, wealthy merchants, and pirates.

It can be said that he is the most knowledgeable and broad-minded official among all the officials of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is a pirate, but such a person is indeed very rare in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, I thank Zheng Zongbing, speaking of which, it is really presumptuous, this year's drought in the northern provinces, the displaced people have risen, in order to settle the displaced people, I can say that I have exhausted my ability, and later I heard that Fujian has a big island across the sea, it is a fertile place for thousands of miles, there are only a small number of natives on the island, in order to settle the displaced people, I sent people to seize the two cities in the north and south occupied by Hongmaoyi, but I never thought that Zheng Zongbing has already settled the displaced people in Taiwan. After I learned about this, I specially asked the Fuzhong to send a letter to Dayuan County, so that it must properly settle the displaced people sent by Zheng Zongbing, and in the future, Zheng Zongbing sent the displaced people, and they will be resettled with reference to the settlement method in the Fuli, and there must be no mistake in the slightest, Shengyi, you can rest assured, Fujian only needs to send the displaced people to Dayuan, and I will definitely compromise and settle them! ”

The words of the prince made Zheng Hongkui's heart uncomfortable!

The eldest brother asked me to come over just to go back to Dayuan City!

You, your prince doesn't stay in Liaodong Shandong, why don't you grab that bird doesn't with the Zheng family?

You are a dignified man, who can do anything to you. But the Zheng family is different, although the Zheng family is rich, they are always pirates, if they offend the emperor that day in the future, they will kill people and rob their families, Taiwan...... That's the Zheng family's retreat!

"The ...... of the Prince"

Just when Zheng Hongkui wanted to speak, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"That place in Taiwan is really a good place, this is only a few months, the northern immigrants are there to reclaim no less than 500,000 acres, the land there is fertile, the yield of rice per mu is not less than two stones, not only can feed the immigrants of the reclamation, and even received 200,000 stone military grain in Liaodong, next year I plan to immigrate to Taiwan 500,000, reclaim 5 million acres of fertile land, and then you will be able to get millions of stones of rice and grain a year, this Taiwan is really worthy of my Ming Dynasty's new land of fish and rice, with this sea granary, I have captured hundreds of thousands of generals in the army, and there is no need to worry about hunger, I don't need to worry about military rations, Taiwan...... What a place to be! ”

When the words came to his mouth, Zheng Hongkui became mute, originally he wanted to say, that place in Taiwan is very desolate, why do you need that wasteland, do you have no money? The eldest brother is willing to pay 1 million taels to buy Taiwan. It's extra, how about it, it's sincere enough.

But he never thought about the few words of the prince, and directly blocked Zheng Hongkui.

Millions of stone military rations!

Even Zheng Hongkui himself was scared, is Taiwan really that rich? Not to mention that Zheng Hongkui still has a little bit of a bottom in his heart, Taiwan is indeed fertile for thousands of miles, but the premise is that someone has to farm the land.

But right now, there is really no shortage of people in the north - there are many homeless people!

There are millions of displaced people in Shandong alone!

As long as these displaced people are resettled in Taiwan, Taiwan will certainly be turned into a granary, and as for the grain they grow, it will not only be military food, but also life-saving food for millions of people!

Big brother!

This...... Taiwan is not coming back!

Now in the eyes of Taiwan's grandfather, it is a desert island, and it is clearly a place where millions of people live! Not to mention one million taels, even four or five million taels, it is impossible to exchange for that island.

Big brother...... This time, our Zheng family has suffered a big loss!

Thinking about it in his heart, Zheng Hongkui was also dissatisfied with this prince in his heart, you are a dignified prince, what do you want to do overseas? Isn't this something that only those of us maritime merchants want? It's good for you, as soon as you make a move, you will cut off the Zheng family's retreat.

Your prince is a clan, and he is very noble, why, why bother? As for the common people, the prince of your old Zhu family, how many of them care about those ordinary people!

You care about it, don't grab things from the old Zheng family!

No, it's a land grab!

Although Zheng Hongkui had a smile on his face, how could Zhu Guoqiang not see the sadness that flashed in his eyes!

Zheng Zhilong will be sad!

This is for sure, after all, he has long learned from He Bin that Taiwan is the retreat of the Zheng family, and even in history, after the Qing army occupied Xianxia Pass, Zheng Hongkui also persuaded Zheng Zhilong to retreat to the sea and retreat to Taiwan, but the locust Zheng Zhilong did not accept it. The Zheng family's thoughts on Taiwan are not three or two years.

Even those previous words, it was said that Zheng Hongkui listened to it, and it was used to block his words.

If you still say it like this, then you won't give me face, and if you don't give me the face of the dignified prince, I will be unhappy.

What will the prince do if he is unhappy?

God knows!

However, Zhu Guoqiang did not mean to coerce the Zheng family, not because of how strong Zheng Zhilong was, or how much he admired Zheng Chenggong. It's because Zhu Guoqiang needs Zheng Zhilong!

What does Zheng Zhilong have?

Rich...... No, there are boats!

When he was a pirate, with strong financial resources, Zheng Zhilong's team continued to grow and became, and he has become Asia's leading maritime power, with more than 1,000 large and small ships and nearly 40,000 subordinates. Now, although he accepted the recruitment of the Ming Dynasty, he became the guerrilla general of the Ming coastal defense and sat in the Fujian Sea. But his "maritime business" is still booming, and there are even more big ships than in the past.

Zheng Zhilong, who has thousands of sea ships, can definitely be called the existence of the East Asian maritime hegemon. Even if Zhu Guoqiang wants to challenge him, he has to think about it, and even the reason why he went south to Taiwan, to put it bluntly, is that Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to do it to himself.

Because he came from a bad background!

And this is also the case, but at the moment, Zhu Guoqiang really needs Zheng Zhilong and a strong Zheng family's maritime power.

Looking at Zheng Hongkui, Zhu Guoqiang suddenly laughed:

"Speaking of which, I have a big deal to do for you."

"Big deal?"

Zheng Hongkui was surprised,

"What kind of deal?"

"People!"

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile,

"Outcasts! Now there are millions of displaced people in the north, and I would like to ask you to transport them overseas by boat. ”