"Feng joined the army and went to Japan to beg for teachers, I have decided not to consider it for the time being. As for the reason, Marquis Jianping has been to Japan for many years, and Chen also analyzed the situation in Japan when he joined the army. At present, the shogunate and the feudal domains in Japan are in a state of control over each other, and they will not send troops to help. ”

Fifty-one years ago, the Battle of Sekigahara laid the foundation for Japan's current political situation, with the Tokugawa shogunate dominating, but there were still many daimyo eyeing the throne below, such as the Satsuma Domain. It was not until the outbreak of the Black Ship Incident that the Western powers began to crumble in front of the strong ships and cannons of the Western powers, and after eleven years of brewing, it finally caused the outbreak of the Curtain Downfall Movement.

But that's two hundred years later. During this period, the Qing army entered the customs, and the Southern Ming Dynasty also sent people to Japan to ask for reinforcements. In this regard, such as Satsuma and other feudal clans responded positively, and they did not care which Ming army it was, but only hoped to expand their strength by participating in the Ming and Qing wars. However, all of their careful thinking was perceived by the Tokugawa shogunate, which would not agree to anything in order to maintain a balanced political situation. This is due to core interests, and it is not something that can be turned around by the humble words put forward by Feng Chengshi in his admonitions.

Compared with history, Zheng Chenggong controlled an area with one more Chaozhou Mansion, not to mention the huge losses caused by Ma Degong's raid on Xiamen Island, which was originally avoided. Thanks to Chen Kai's blessings, Zheng Chenggong's strength was even stronger than in history, and the financial pressure on military supplies was not as severe, and with his proud nature, there was no longer the need to beg for aid from Japan.

Zheng Chenggong denied this advice, but Feng Chengshi didn't care. Originally, this was just an alternative, and his core plan was to mint coins, and use them to strengthen the economic strength of Zheng Chenggong's department, and at the same time enhance his voice within the Zheng Group and the Ordnance Bureau. Now that Zheng Chenggong has agreed to mint the coin, it is a great joy, and it is a great joy.

After reporting on the resumption of production at the Ordnance Bureau, Feng Chengshi returned to the Ordnance Bureau to continue working. Seeing him come back, his son Feng Xifan followed up with the official room, asked about the situation, and did not show any dissatisfaction with Zheng Chenggong's temporary plan to go to Japan to beg for the sake of begging, but he was still worried about the coinage.

"Father, the key now is copper, without copper, it will be difficult for a good woman to cook without rice."

Feng Chengshi is naturally more aware of this than Feng Xifan. Seeing this, he explained his plans to collect the Shunzhi Tongbao of the Qing court and the old copper coins of the Ming court for recasting, but Feng Xifan always felt that such a stroke was too small, not bold enough, and it was difficult to achieve results quickly.

"Father, my son wants to come, and if he is idle, he is idle, so it is better to melt those two sub-guns......

"No, absolutely not!"

The so-called vice gun is a replica of the spirit gun that Zheng Hongkui fished out at Jieyang Wharf back then, Chen Kai copied it twice, counting the deity, a total of seven. Two doors were placed in South Australia, and the other five, Zheng Chenggong originally shipped two of them to Hong Kong, but then he was still not willing to give up, and now all of them have been transported back to the Zhongzuo Institute by Zheng Chenggong.

These cannons, in addition to the spirit guns, have also been powerful a few times, and the replicas really lack a chance, even when Chen Kai was guarding Xiamen, he didn't dare to move on the city wall because the recoil of these cannons was too great. In this way, it is just as idle and useless as Feng Xifan pointed out. However, when he heard this, Feng Chengshi immediately took the case, pointed at Feng Xifan's nose and shouted: "You kid, since you regard him as an enemy, you must know yourself and your opponent." It's always such a frizzy temperament, when can it be changed?! ”

After that, Feng Chengshi threw a copy of the Tang newspaper on Feng Xifan's body and asked him to take a good look. And the latter didn't dare to say much in the face of his father, shrunk his neck, and said, "Father's anger", and hurriedly opened the Tang newspaper. Before he could do it, his face was pale, and he said to Feng Chengshi: "Father, this must be deliberately done by Chen Kai!" ”

The content of the Tang newspaper is nothing more than Chen Kai's extermination of Su Li, which mentions the details of the use of two auxiliary guns to collapse the walls of the Jieshi Acropolis and the large army rushing in.

In the Ming Dynasty, from the Hongwu in the early Ming Dynasty, Yongle's city building, bricks to consolidate the rule, to the middle of the Jiajing period of the preparation of the Wa, the Ming Dynasty rulers were willing to do. However, the defensive ability of the city wall in the Middle Ages in the face of modern artillery was seriously insufficient, which had long been noticed by Chen Kai, and this special writing was also to influence and inspire Zheng Chenggong. However, Feng Xifan thought that Chen Kai was trying to cover up the good fortune of the year, and he snorted angrily.

Feng Xifan was angry, Feng Chengshi was even more angry, but it was not his son who had been extremely smart since he was a child who resented Chen Kai as much, Feng Chengshi was even more angry that his son was really eager for quick success and quick profit, and he couldn't stand failure at all.

"How many times has my father said that the surname of the country relies on people who can do things, can do things, and dare to do things, not those who can stir up trouble and fight, Shi Lang is the best counterexample...... Like you, if you melt the vice gun cast by Chen Kai, wouldn't you declare war on Chen Kai? Even if war is declared, the country name doesn't mind, but if a random auxiliary gun breaks through the city wall in the future, everything you do now will become a handle...... Fortunately, I'm glad that Chen Kai didn't plan to play tricks, otherwise he would have waited for us to find fault with him, he has full authority in Chaozhou, just play some tricks, and the national surname will only see that it is the fault of our father and son! ”

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Zheng Chenggong would not know about this scene in the Ordnance Bureau. He is still busy making plans to continue to open up the situation in southern Fujian, trying to further expand the control area and recover more land. This is the most important thing for him at the moment, and at this time, the influence of the three battles and three victories of the magnetic stove, Qianshan, Xiaoyingling, and Chen Yaoce ten days ago has further fermented, and before Chinese New Year's Eve, Zheng Chenggong took the lead in getting a rare good news.

"Get up."

"Xie Guo's surname is Ye."

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Hao Wenxing, the deputy general of Qinghai Cheng, sent Hu Anran of the Chinese army to secretly go to the Zhongzuo Institute to see Zheng Chenggong, and asked Kaicheng to surrender, with Yu Jue as his favor.

Hao Wenxing is a very capable general in the Fujian Qing Army, who has guarded Haicheng County for many years, whether it is Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's brothers, or Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong's uncles and nephews, they have nothing to do with him. Launched many attacks, at most to occupy the port, and it is really a fool's dream to break the city. And this Hao Wenxing, not only defended the city well, but also played together several times, and his performance was also quite good, such as the battle of Pantuoling in the third year of Yongli, Hao Wenxing was ordered to make a detour and backstab Zhongchong Town, if it weren't for Chen Kai's sudden appearance on the battlefield, with the help of the foggy vision to complete the sniping of Wang Bangjun, the Ke brothers and Zhongchong Town would not have escaped Hao Wenxing's interception at all.

Compared with Wang Qifeng, Chen Yaoce and other generals who proposed it earlier, Hao Wenxing's ability is stronger, and he is also the deputy general of the Qing court. Zheng Chenggong, who was planning the next offensive, was overjoyed, and even if he had negotiated the matter anyway, he gave Hu Anran five gold ingots, and gave Hao Wenxing eight treasures to bring one, thinking that it was an agreement.

The news was passed back and forth, and the two sides were set on the second day of the first month, and Zheng Chenggong led the army to Haicheng County. There were only two days apart, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly dispatched troops, but at this time, King Lu's fleet arrived at Zhongzuo as scheduled, and Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he received the news.

"It's finally here."