If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost; If people lose land, people and land will survive.

Shi Lang's statement is very much in line with this meaning, and it is the most reasonable. But the few people present are not as "upright" as Chen Bin, and the meaning of the words and what they mean is self-evident.

At this moment, his eyes converged on Chen Kai's body, but he just shook his head and smiled, and then said: "Since the national surname has been determined to seize Xiamen, the matter of Chaozhou will naturally be placed in a secondary position. If it is really as General Shi said, it is understandable to give up some areas. However, if Chaozhou had to be abandoned, the lower officials thought that it would be better to hand it over to Dingguo Gong in exchange for Jinmen. At that time, Dingguo Gong will block the enemy in the west for our army, and our army will be able to concentrate on southern Fujian, and there will be no need to fight on two fronts, and we will be exhausted. ”

Everyone knows that the Chaozhou strategy was planned by Chen Kai, and most of the civil officials and generals on the ground in Chaozhou are also close to Chen Kai, even among the people of Chaozhou, Chen Kai is also not inferior to Zheng Chenggong's prestige. However, in the face of such a blatant blow from Shi Lang, Chen Kai not only responded, but even further proposed to transfer Chaozhou in order to obtain greater forces that could be gathered on the battlefield in southern Fujian.

In this way, even though Zheng Zhiguan and Zheng Zhipeng were dumbfounded, Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang seemed to have thought of something. The latter, in particular, spoke out immediately.

"The last general has heard that Chen joins the army and seems to be preparing to ask for marriage from the Duke of Dingguo, this is probably a dowry, right?"

Shi Lang's words, on the surface, are saying that Chen Kai is using Zheng Chenggong's territory to curry favor with his future father-in-law, but the implication is that Chen Kai intends to use Zheng Hongkui's chicken to give birth to his Chen Kai's eggs, and use the identity of his son-in-law to take Chaozhou for himself.

However, Chen Kai smiled calmly at this, and then said lightly, "Those rumors on Nanao Island are really the handiwork of General Shi", and after guiding everyone's attention to Shi Lang in one fell swoop, he said bluntly: "I have followed for many years, and my surname knows me, and I will never harm the public because of my private interests." However, General Shi is right about one thing, this official is indeed preparing to ask the son-in-law of Dingguo Gong, this matter was originally planned to be discussed with the surname of the country after the matter in Guangzhou, and now that General Shi has mentioned it, then it will be spread out on the bright side. ”

"I, Chen Kai, really like the daughter-in-law of Dingguo Gong, she Yunying is not married, and I have not married a wife yet, men love women, this is a matter of course. It's General Shi, but the official wants to ask, this wind suddenly rose, blowing a pool of spring water, what is the matter? ! ”

Zheng Zhiguan and Zheng Zhipeng really haven't seen the scene of Chen Kai and Shi Lang tearing each other apart, and they didn't react for a while, but it was normal, but Chen Kai's words at the moment, Rao is a "well-informed" existence like Zheng Chenggong were shocked and almost lost their temper.

"You ......"

Shi Lang was furious and was about to get up and scold, but Zheng Chenggong took the lead in getting up, and said to Chen Kai with joy: "I have this intention, I have been talking to the fourth uncle since the present time, and I will ask the fourth uncle to agree to this family business." In fact, the fourth uncle also admires Jingcheng, and praises me many times in front of me. ”

Probably infected by Chen Kai, Zheng Chenggong slapped his hands and praised, and immediately took over the work of the matchmaker, but he played his cards so unreasonably, even Chen Kai was stunned for a moment, and even made Shi Lang scold back.

In the study, the style of painting changed abruptly, seeing that the opponent who was still "sabre-rattling" just now was almost certain to become their niece and son-in-law, Zheng Zhiguan and Zheng Zhipeng also hurriedly got up and wished a while, especially Zheng Zhiguan, surprised, puzzled, and understood, and his expression changed a few times. Only Shi Lang's expression was as if he had eaten a mouthful of cockroaches and flies, but he couldn't spit them out, which was indescribably awkward.

Zheng Chenggong decided that once he fell into a stalemate with Zheng Cai, he would transfer the three counties of Huilai, Puning, and Chaoyang in the southwest of Chaozhou to Zheng Hongkui, and at the same time help Zheng Hongkui train his troops in exchange for Kinmen and space for the troops to shrink. However, the matter of planning Xiamen was also completely decided, and Zheng Chenggong began to secretly transfer troops for this purpose almost the next day, preparing to go to Xiamen on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion on August 15 to talk to Zheng Lian about his "brotherly love."

The affairs in Xiamen had nothing to do with him, so Chen Kai returned to Nanao Island. However, this trip was not without results, Zheng Chenggong dispatched the fleet of Min'an Hou Zhourui to follow Chen Kai to Guangzhou, and at the same time wrote to Zheng Hongkui to ask Zheng Xiyuan for Chen Kai. It's just that on the night of Chen Kai's departure, Zheng Chenggong recalled what Chen Kai had done over and over again, and he didn't close his eyes all night.

Early the next morning, Zheng Chenggong sent someone to summon Hong Xu and Chen Hui, and had a secret discussion with these two generals who had followed them for many years before continuing to transfer troops. As for the content of his secret conversation, not only Chen Kai, who had already set off for Nanao Island, did not know, but even Shi Lang, Zheng Zhiguan, Zheng Zhipeng and others who were still in Zhao'an County also knew nothing.

Back on Nanao Island, a lot of goods have been shipped. This time, since Du Yonghe proposed in advance to purchase more weapons, Chen Kai simply put forward all the reserves such as military uniforms, tents, bedding, flags embroidered with the words of the Zheng Group, and gunpowder, and also increased the proportion of cloth and tung oil in civilian goods - since he was going to play, Chen Kai had to have a good time in Guangzhou.

After a few days of recuperation, most of the people of Guangzhou who came to South Australia with the ship have recovered. In the camp, the local officials were registering according to their skills and then assigning jobs, and the apprentices of the craftsmen moved into the city of South Australia with their families, and entered the workshops under the Ordnance Bureau to continue their apprenticeship.

The resettlement on Nanao Island is proceeding in an orderly manner, and Ye Yiyun's officials, officials, and Langzhong drawn from various counties in Chaozhou and a large number of medicinal materials and grains are also constantly being sent to Nanao.

During this period, from Zhao'an to Jieyang, Zheng Chenggong's letter was quickly whipped, and Zheng Hongkui did not hesitate too much, so he responded. In the final analysis, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, many of the old relationships of the Zheng family are now in the occupied areas of the Qing court, Zheng Hongkui is not worried that his daughter will marry into the occupied areas of the Qing court, and the choice will be greatly reduced, so it will be postponed to this day, and Chen Kai's own conditions are here, and his daughter is enough.

It's just that Zheng Hongkui has conditions, that is, the six rites will wait for Chen Kai to come back from Guangzhou. The implication of his words is very clear, that is, if Chen Kai dies in Guangzhou or at sea, he can't let his daughter be a widow without passing through the door.

Zheng Hongkui's love for his daughter, Chen Kai deeply understands, and for him, he also intends to do so. After all, going to Guangzhou here is a dangerous military move, and it is by no means a safe place.

By the 11th day of August in the fourth year of Yongli, everything was ready, and Lin Dezhong arrived with dozens of guards from the Ordnance Bureau and the team of personal soldiers sent by Zheng Chenggong who went to Changlin Temple with him last time under the leadership of Cai Qiao, and jointly took on the task of protecting Chen Kai.

Boarding Zhou Rui's ship, the fleet set off from Nanao Island. At the same time, the other fleet also chose this time to set off from Zhao'an and headed in the opposite direction.