What choked Yongli was not Chen Kai, nor Du Yonghe's shamelessness in attributing the credit of others to himself, just because the military general who came with Chen Kai was called Lin Cha, and that's it.

For Lin Cha, the Yongli Emperor can be said to be impressed, the Yongli Dynasty began in Zhaoqing, and competed with the Shaowu Dynasty in Guangzhou. At that time, the control area of the Shaowu court was not even Guangzhou Province, or even only such a large area as Guangzhou, Huizhou and Chaozhou, and in the face of the Yongli court, which was loyal to the Ming army in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gui and Huguang provinces, it was even a good fight, and even Lin Jiading, the governor of Liangguang, was not in the battle. At that time, Lin Cha was the head of the military generals of the Shaowu Imperial Court, and the series of battles were planned by him.

A Lin Cha, and Shi Fu, Shi Lang's uncle and nephew who were blown away by them earlier, Zheng Chenggong gathered too many people who had a big or small disagreement with the Yongli Imperial Court, which inevitably caused a slight gap between the two.

"As a last resort, don't recruit this Zheng Ci surname to King Qin. His subordinates have more or less contradictions with the kings and divisions of Guangdong, and it is impossible to work together, but when they come, they will add to the chaos. ”

These words flashed through Yongli's mind, but he suddenly felt a little ridiculous. Not to mention, in terms of contradictions, just the current Liangguang and various feudal towns are full of contradictions, it seems that there is really one more Zheng Chenggong is not much, and there is one less Zheng Chenggong a lot, but it is more lively. Since that's the case, it's better to let it be, anyway, Zheng Chenggong won't be able to come for a while, isn't it?

Chen Kai's recital did not set off any waves within the Yongli court, which did not surprise Chen Kai, because the Yongli court in this period, whether it was the Wuchu party struggle, or the two Guangxi anti-Qing resistance, or the pacification of the Great Western Army, even the contradiction between the two feudal towns was more important than the movement of a feudal town far away in Chaozhou.

However, there were no waves over there, but Chen Kai had been swaying in the waves along the coast of Guangdong for nearly a month and had not been able to return to Nanao, which was really different from the ten days of work when he went to Guangzhou.

The wind direction is not smooth, the rough seas, the tide surge, etc., etc., at sea, not like land, too many factors hinder the normal operation of the ship, even if the captains, helmsmen and sailors of the Lin Cha Department are all kinds of veterans, in this Guangdong coastal sea conditions are well understood, many things are difficult to avoid.

There was too much time delayed on the road, so much so that Chen Kai read the books he brought with him several times. Extremely bored, Chen Kai simply chatted with Lin Cha, and gradually, he had a deeper understanding of the former Guangdong general soldier, especially his understanding of Guangdong's coastal topography and sea conditions, which made him feel even more dumbfounded.

Fortunately, a few days later, on the first day of the sixth month of the fourth year of Yongli, the fleet gradually sailed to its destination, Chen Kai wrote a few letters, and asked Lin Cha's subordinates to take them to the capital city of Chaozhou and the county seat of Zhao'an by boat, and he returned to Nanao Island, where he had been absent for a long time.

On the island, there is Chen Qi in the ordnance workshop, there are rat whiskers in the military uniform manufacturing workshop, and there are corresponding officials in other departments, and even the Lin brothers are fully responsible for the maintenance of a series of workshops under the Ordnance Bureau, and everything is still as when Chen Kai left, there are almost no changes that can be seen at a glance. However, after more than a month of absence from eastern Guangdong, the two prefectures of Zhangchao, to be precise, the Fujian battlefield in Zhao'an and the Guangdong battlefield in the southwest of Chaozhou, there were changes that Chen Kai had to be surprised.

More than a month ago, the Qing army in Fujian broke through Pantuoling and captured Yunxiao Town, and Zheng Chenggong led the main force to meet it. More than a month has passed, there have been several small-scale encounters, no one has taken any advantage, the battle line is still close to the clouds, the Qing army has not continued to break through, and the Ming army has not been able to expel the Qing army from the Zhao'an area.

There is nothing abnormal about this, Yang Minggao and Wang Zhigang were originally ordered to come to contain them, but now Zheng Chenggong's main force is unable to move here, even if their goal is achieved. However, in the other direction, the right pioneer town that went out was attacked by Su Li's department, and the right pioneer town was defeated, and the chief soldier Lin Sheng was killed, but it fell to the disadvantage.

When Chen Kai returned to Nanao Island, Chen Bao had just received a notice that Zheng Chenggong had appointed Huang Ting, the former commander-in-chief of the army to take over the right pioneer town, and Shi Xianlai, the deputy general of the Chinese army in the left pioneer town, would take over the aid and suppression of the left town, which was also used to praise Shi Xian's military exploits in beheading Zhang Guozhu last year.

It is likely that there is no shortage of compensation for the right to surrender the army. However, the Shi brothers have two towns and no less than 3,000 troops, which still makes Chen Kai a little worried.

Of course, worries are worries, he doesn't have the time to pay attention to Shi Lang or anything at this stage, there are always more important things, more important than fighting with such a traitor reserve team. At the very least, you won't waste time with unwarranted constraints.

On the gazebo in the small garden of the town house, the reunion began with the connection between the little maid and the maid, but when the two really met, they could only look at each other in silence for a long time.

"I couldn't bring anyone back on this trip."

"Guangzhou, okay?"

"It's still in the hands of Master Wang." Seeing that the girl breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Kai shook his head and said, "At most, in half a year, the city will inevitably fall." ”

"Why?"

"The Tartars are transporting Hongyi cannons, and at the same time casting cannons in the rear, which is intended to emulate Yangzhou's old skills."

"I see." The girl's eyebrows showed a trace of unbearability, and then she asked Chen Kai: "Presumably Chen is fully prepared to join the army." ”

"Guangzhou has too many people, it is completely unrealistic, do your best, and let it be the destiny of heaven."

"It's a pity that the concubine is in good health and is ready to return to Kinmen, I'm afraid I can't celebrate Chen's efforts in joining the army."

"There is no need to celebrate, there is already the efforts of Zheng Xiaoniang. If it weren't for the words of the little lady, I wouldn't have been able to make up my mind to take the risk this time. ”

"Chen Senjun said with a smile, you are a pure-hearted person, and you can't see the tragedy coming. It's a concubine, but it's a lot of talk......"

"No, you, it's important!"

As soon as these words came out, the girl lowered her head shyly, and Chen Kai also coughed lightly to hide the embarrassment, but the impulse in her chest could no longer be suppressed.

"I heard that Mrs. Zheng has not been engaged so far, but is this so?"

Chen Kai's eyes were blazing, but the girl raised her head violently and her eyes widened, as if she had even stopped breathing at that moment.

"Concubine, concubine obeys the orders of her parents."

In the reply, the girl's small head was buried in her heaving chest. It's just that the deer in the chest is bumping, but even Chen Kai can hear it clearly.

"This is the case, I will go to see the Duke of Dingguo in the next meeting."

Saying this, Chen Kai only felt as if a boulder had fallen to the ground, and the chaotic thoughts in his chest disappeared without a trace in just this moment, and the whole person was also extraordinarily relaxed. Even though, the girl never gave him a word-by-word response from beginning to end.

"Little lady Zheng, you, go back first. lest they be seen. ”

"Is Chen joining the army laughing at the concubine?"

The girl raised her head arrogantly and looked directly at Chen Kai's gaze, but there was no trace of dissatisfaction, more of a persistence and stubbornness.

"You go first, I'll watch you go back."

"Hmm."

The girl nodded meekly, saluted, and turned away. Just didn't take a few steps, but suddenly turned around, ran quickly in front of Chen Kai, a pair of big eyes looked directly at Chen Kai's gaze without shying away, and said softly in his mouth, "The concubine is a small word for fate", as if he had exhausted all his courage, and disappeared in front of Chen Kai's eyes.

"Cherish fate, Zheng cherish fate."