Originally, Chen Kai presided over the weapons workshop and made remarkable achievements, which was already very valued by Zheng Chenggong, but after outwitting Chaozhou, he was no longer just the civilian official and staff in charge of weapons manufacturing, but became the most indispensable and even the most important member of this new Zheng group.

All of this is the result of Chen Kai's efforts. In a year's time, he worked hard, went all out, and even fought to the death, and now even Zheng Hongkui has to admit Chen Kai's ability and status under Zheng Chenggong.

After nightfall, the banquet began, and Zheng Hongkui, as the prince of the country, made an exception to toast Chen Kai alone, expressing his spirit of risking risks for Chen Kai for this army and his nephew Zheng Chenggong. In this scene, not only Zheng Chenggong did not object, but even Zhongjing Bo Chen Hui had a natural expression on his face, but Chen Kai had to thank him vigorously, and even paid tribute to Zheng Hongkui alone, which can be regarded as a full courtesy here.

After the reception banquet, Chen Kai returned to his residence and lay on the bed, his eyes full of the past year. After years of hard work, he finally became an important member of this maritime group, pirate group, and warrior group, even if he was only a civilian official. Now that he has gained a firm foothold, next, he naturally needs to work harder to help Zheng Chenggong enhance his strength.

As for the future, whether he will always be under Zheng Chenggong's command or split up at the right time is a later story, but in any case, only if Zheng Chenggong has enough strength, he will have better personal development space, whether it is internally or externally.

was full of these utilitarian things, and when he thought of the back, Chen Kai also felt a little excessive. But the more he knew the reasons for the failure of the Southern Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, the more he wanted to obtain greater power, so as to achieve a real reversal of the future.

"It's just the beginning."

took a deep breath and stopped thinking about this, but the moment Chen Kai closed his eyes, he suddenly remembered that he didn't see the little girl at the reception banquet. But after thinking about it, the daughters of the Zheng family did not have a reason to appear at the banquet casually. After all, Zheng Hongkui is not Qian Qianyi, and that girl is not Liu Ruyi.

On the second day of the reception, Zheng Chenggong also found Chen Kai and mentioned two news. First of all, in the first month, Zheng Cai successively killed Xiong Rulin, the first and auxiliary minister of the Lu Jian Dynasty, and Zheng Zunqian, the Marquis of Wenxing, an important minister in the court.

This matter stems from the contradiction between the Fujian people and the old Zhejiang people within the Lu Jian Dynasty, and it is also the result of the expansion of the civil and military disputes within it, and it is also the result of the expansion of the civil and military disputes within it, and it is also because from the very beginning, Zheng Cai was determined to learn from Zheng Zhilong and Emperor Longwu, and he inevitably intervened when he saw that the situation began to get out of control, even if it was too radical.

It's just that with the outbreak of infighting in the Lu Jian Dynasty, its prospects are even less optimistic about Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui. After all, since the beginning of the Hongguang Dynasty, it was in the midst of repeated infighting that the state affairs were reduced to today's field.

Now, Lu Jian Guochao and Zheng Cai still refuse to learn a lesson, even if they don't need to endure each other for the country, they shouldn't come to such a point. But they have not only developed to the current field, but I am afraid that in the next few days, the anti-Qing movement in northern Fujian will soon encounter devastating destruction.

"The Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourn them; Later generations mourn and do not learn from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations. ”

Saying this word by word, Chen Kai sneered and shook his head. The loyal traitors of the Hongguang Dynasty were like this, the civil and military affairs of the Longwu Dynasty were like this, and on the banks of the Qiantang River, in northern Fujian, and in Zhoushan in the future, the ministers of the Lu Jian Dynasty were also as illiterate, and they didn't know these words at all, let alone understand the meaning.

Of course, this selective forgetting is not only for them, but also for the Yongli Imperial Court in the southwest, and even the Great Western Army, which only joined it later, is not exempt from vulgarity, which is like an infectious disease, spreading in every cell of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Only a handful of people are immune, but they are not alone.

There are grievances where there are people, and there are rivers and lakes where there are grievances, and there will be fights, which is understandable, and within the Qing court at the same time, there were north-south party disputes between civil officials and civilian officials, and there were factional disputes between various banners within the Eight Banners, but perhaps it was precisely because the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a strong sense of crisis because of its small clan and a large country, so it was always controlled to a certain extent, at least not to the level of fighting enough to affect military strategy.

"This group of pig teammates is really a dog."

He complained in his heart, but he didn't say it, but Chen Kai looked at Zheng Chenggong's face, but he seemed to remember the words he said back then, and he had the same feeling for Chen Kai quoting this famous sentence in "A Fang Gong Fu".

The defeat of northern Fujian has been decided, and another thing, as far as it sounds now, Zheng Chenggong's gaze when he looks at Chen Kai again has become another meaning.

"It turned out to be a clever calculation, Fujian has a grain shortage, and the rice is worth thousands of dollars, which is ten times greater than usual. Fortunately, our army did not attack Tong'an, otherwise, our army would only be afraid that it would really capture the county seat, but I am afraid that if we don't use Tartars to rush, our army will also be forced to retreat to the sea. ”

Zheng Chenggong's department is now too weak, and there is still a long way to go to compete with the main force of the Qing army going south to encircle and suppress the Lu Jian Dynasty. In the slaughter of Tong'an, Zheng Chenggong's department encountered headwinds, which caused him to not be able to arrive before the city was broken, which was indeed caused by luck, but judging from the current strength comparison, even if Zheng Chenggong really arrived, I am afraid that it will be difficult to rescue that county.

In fact, if Zheng Chenggong really has the ability to defend Tong'an and defeat the main force of the Qing army, it is only because of bad luck that Chen Kai is duty-bound, and he should do his best to turn Tong'an into another Verdun meat grinder, and give the Qing army a good blood. But now the problem lies in the food shortage in Fujian, Mo said that Zheng Chenggong's strength is far from the main force of the Qing army, even if he tries his best to barely keep Tong'an City, it is difficult to continue to develop.

It is precisely because he saw such a helpless reality clearly that Chen Kai carefully planned the strategy of outwitting Chaozhou. Now that the results have begun to unfold gradually, he can also put his mind at ease - at least, Tong'an's blood flow ditch has finally been completely rewritten by him!

In addition to bringing news, Zheng Hongkui made this trip, and there were several ministers on the ship who had originally served in the Longwu Dynasty. Most of them are avoiding living in Xiamen or Kinmen, before because of the Tang Lu dispute and did not dare to go out, now Zheng Cai killed Xiong Rulin, Zheng Zunqian, and re-embarked on the old road, even not as good as Zheng Zhilong's old road at that time, on the one hand, out of disappointment, on the other hand, Zheng Chenggong in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, in Chaozhou is also quite a good reputation of Corporal Lixian, and now the development is also good, simply take Zheng Hongkui's east wind, come to serve.

Chen Kai looked at the list, Jiang Yucan, Huang Zhigao, and other people from the Chinese scholars, and they didn't seem to have any names that could make him feel familiar, so he simply didn't bother to think about it.

After resting for a few days, Zheng Hongkui discussed with Zheng Chenggong and led the army to the battle. His goal is Jieyang County, about sixty miles west of Chaozhou City, Zheng Hongkui has used these few days to send someone to contact Liu Gongxian of Jieyang County's Mandarin Duck Village, who had taken refuge in Chen Bao, was crowned as the governor of the left army by Emperor Longwu, and hung the seal of the general of Zhenguo.

When Zheng Hongkui set off, Chen Kai had already taken a boat and returned to Nanao Island, which had been absent from the moon. Nanao Island is still the same, but the army is a lot less, Chen Kai first visited Hong Xu and Chen Bao, before Hong Xu Buda for him early tomorrow morning, he did not rush back to the general town mansion, but went straight to the Ordnance Bureau to inspect the work.

When he arrived at the Ordnance Bureau, it was already lunchtime, Chen Kai did not hesitate, and went directly into the canteen. Seeing that Chen Kai was back, the employees of the Ordnance Workshop also saluted one after another, and they were enthusiastic. It's just that in the middle of this, he saw something that made him a little unhappy.

"Today's food seems to be a little less cooked than usual, huh?"