In June, in order to strengthen the production scale of the Shilu mine, Chen Kai transported 3,000 prisoners of war from Chaozhou to serve as miners, and at the same time transferred some craftsmen and mechanical apprentices from the manufacturing bureau to make hydraulic machinery there to further increase production capacity.

Soon, the personnel were in place, and Du Hui transferred another 1,000 local soldiers from Qiongzhou to assist in the defense, and with those overseers who were responsible for managing the coolies, the production of the Shilu mine was carried out in an orderly manner.

Miners dig ore into the hole, carry it out by manpower, and transport it to the hydraulic workshop on the banks of the Changjiang River, where the newly built water cone uses water energy to drive hammers to break the ore, and then transports it down the Changjiang River to the ironworks in Changhua County. At this stage, the iron materials can only be transported to Chaozhou by water transportation, and the manufacturing bureau will make iron supplies in a ready-made hydraulic workshop on the bank of the Hanjiang River. This is very troublesome, but at this stage, Qiongzhou's steel smelting capacity is not enough to swallow the limited output of Shilu, everything is still in its infancy, so it is inevitable.

In the Shiroku mining area, new hydraulic machinery is still being built, and craftsmen and mechanical apprentices are busy. In Changhua, more ironworks are under construction. The steel production area along the line from Shilu to Changhua is still being built slowly, but in an orderly manner.

This is just a corner of Qiongzhou Mansion, from the entire Qiongzhou Mansion, Chen Kai's strict principles have been reflected, shaving hair and easy clothes have been canceled, Han people have restored the Han family's clothes, and the Shengli and Mature Li have also changed into their traditional clothes, and the way of life has been restored to the original, and people's hearts have naturally settled down. At the same time, officials were constantly replaced, officials from southern Fujian, Chaozhou and Guangzhou were popularized in the prefectures and counties of the island, and local scholars in Qiongzhou also began to go out of Chaozhou and southern Fujian.

Production and recovery are the main themes since Chen Kai recovered Qiongzhou in the seventh year of Yongli, and everything on the island is unfolding according to this theme. Compared with the destruction of the Qing army, everything seems to be thriving, and across the Qiongzhou Strait, it has become a lonely paradise of troubled times.

The Ming army gradually recovered the entire Qiongzhou Mansion in March and April, and with Lin Cha's sailors, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and even the governor Li Qifeng could only watch the territory of this mansion be lost like this, and it was really powerless to recover. At this time, the Ming army in western Guangdong, the whip commanders of the various departments in Guangzhou and southern Zhaoqing were beyond their reach, and the Ming army in Gaozhou, Leizhou, and Lianzhou were still organizing sailors to go north to Zhaoqing and Li Dingguo's division.

At that time, it was already May, and in June, Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of the four prefectures of Gaolian Leiqiong, sent a note to the Ming army and the government of Qiongzhou Prefecture, asking them to accept his unified command according to the division of the Ming court's jurisdiction, and cooperate with the Ming army of various departments in western Guangdong to recover the prefectures and counties north of Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Zhang Xiaoqi's letter was written enthusiastically, and he was very optimistic about the recovery of the prefectures and counties north of Qiongzhou, and expected the generals to be knighted. In this way, the result is like a stone sinking into the sea.

In July, Zhang Xiaoqi couldn't wait any longer, so he simply took a boat to Qiongzhou Mansion in person, but was directly stopped at sea by the Ming army patrolling the sea. In the words of the captain of the fleet of those Ming warships, the governor, he knew that a Chen Fujun was the Qiongzhou Mansion that Chen Fujun took them to recover.

With such an attitude, where can Zhang Xiaoqi endure it, although he can't afford to provoke these "pirates" who speak Hokkien accents in Fujian and eastern Guangdong, so he has to stay away for a while, but no matter what, he is the governor of the four prefectures appointed by the Ming court, and he has the right to control the locality, even if most of those generals don't listen to him, they often go their own way in the military, but his status as a governor is there, and the inside is to be discussed, but face is always given to him.

Since the Ming army in Qiongzhou Mansion did not give face, Zhang Xiaoqi simply did not hold on, and directly convened Gaozhou, Leizhou, and Lianzhou to discuss with the Ming army feudal towns with sailors, and talked about the Ming army in western Guangdong, which fought bloodily with the Qing army on the ground in western Guangdong over the years, but now it was seized by the Ming army in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong to seize the Qiongzhou mansion, Zhang Xiaoqi claimed that he originally planned to go to the island to discuss with the civil and military forces of Qiongzhou Mansion to assist other friendly forces in western Guangdong, but he did not even make it to the island, let alone negotiate.

“…… In the long run, Qiongzhou will not be owned by the imperial court. Having said this, Zhang Xiaoqi still felt that it was not in place, and hurriedly added: "When Chen Kai and Zheng Ci have a firm foothold in Qiongzhou, I am afraid that there will be no place for us to settle in Gaozhou, Lianzhou, and Leizhou!" ”

Zhang Xiaoqi was very angry, face was one of them, earlier for Chen Kai to occupy Hong Kong Island, the Ming army in western Guangdong also established a joint opposition to the Ming army in eastern Guangdong into western Guangdong.

This is the collective will of the civil officials of the two Guangzhous. Guo Zhiqi, a scholar of the Inspectorate University, Lian Chengbi, the governor of Liangguang, Zhou Tengfeng of Hokkaido, plus him, the governor of the four prefectures of Lei Qiong, the old civil officials of the Ming court in Guangdong have always been dissatisfied with the Zheng group's strong intervention in Guangdong affairs. This is also the general attitude of all units of the Ming Army in western Guangdong, because they are also very unhappy about their behavior of crossing the line.

Assuming that if the Ming army recovered Guangdong, the Zheng group's power in eastern Guangdong would affect their actual rights in Guangdong Province, not to mention that they could not trust the Zheng group and figures like Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai to be with them. It is even very likely that they will be squeezed out of the ground in western Guangdong, or even annexed to them, which they cannot tolerate.

However, Zhang Xiaoqi was so agitated, but these Ming army marshals were like old monks one by one, and they didn't say a word. It wasn't until a long time later, when Zhang Xiaoqi was already angry, that someone mentioned the actual problem that Lin Cha's fleet was still there, and everyone nodded their heads again and again.

Fuming Hou Lincha, the general soldier of Guangdong that year, the Optimus Jade Pillar of the Shaowu Dynasty. With this person, the Shaowu Dynasty, which only occupied half of Guangdong, was able to fight with the Yongli Imperial Court, which was affected by Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and the other half of Guangdong, and even defeated the army of the Yongli Dynasty for a time in the end. If it weren't for Li Chengdong's surprise attack on Guangzhou, I am afraid that it would be a question of whether the Yongli Imperial Court could continue to exist.

Such a famous sailor, now there is the Zheng Group as a backer, not to mention Zheng Chenggong who is far away, Chen Kai of eastern Guangdong has been cunning for many years, and he has never been a good character. With their strength, I am afraid that even if they form a group, they may not be able to get it, but they have to worry about the consequences of messing with Chen Kai.

"Zhang Fujun, didn't the general of Fuming Hou say that Chen Fujun from eastern Guangdong brought them here. Or, do you want to send someone to contact Chen Fujun to find out what Chen Fujun's tone is? ”

Such a cowering was frequently appreciated by the generals. For a time, old sayings such as "the Ming army does not fight the Ming army" and "infighting at this time will only cheapen the Tartars", and Zhang Xiaoqi, who said bluntly, if he forced them to accompany Qiongzhou, it would be as if he was going to fight a civil war.

"I'm the governor of the four prefectures of Gao Lian Lei Qiong, how can I take people to my own jurisdiction, is it wrong?!"

Zhang Xiaoqi was very depressed, but he couldn't say this, and in the face of the ambitions of the generals, Zhang Xiaoqi had to say that he would discuss with Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi, and even go to the court, and leave it to Shangfeng to decide how to deal with it.

"Zhang Fujun takes care of the overall situation, he is really a model for my generation, if Lin Cha saw Zhang Fujun like this with his own eyes, he would not be ashamed to find a crack to get into!"

After a while, the generals dispersed on their own, and they should go back to where they would go. Only Zhang Xiaoqi was left speechless, and picked up the pen to write a letter to Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi, asking for countermeasures.

Letters were passed through Lianzhou, Gaozhou, and Wencun in southern Guangzhou in July and August. Speaking of which, Zhang Xiaoqi's official position is not false, as evidenced by the edict of the Ming court and the archives of the officials. However, in these years, it is really rare for civilian officials to be able to command the army, and the feudal towns in western Guangdong are like this, and even the Chengbi side has also tested the tone of Wang Xing, Chen Qice, and Li Changrong, but even Wang Xing, who is his closest confidant, does not think that they can help Chen Kai and Lin Cha, let alone Chen Qice, who is very close to Chen Kai, has a resolute negative attitude.

Provoking infighting is indeed not a good way, and they don't want to do it in their hearts, at most, they just pull the tiger skin of the generals to have a better speaking position.

Now that the angry words have been spoken, and looking at the opposition of the generals, the little water that was so angry in the head of the general of the forest inspection department at sea has evaporated. In this regard, the book repairer Zhang Xiaoqi, together with his two superiors, felt that it was indeed time to probe Chen Kai's tone. It's just that he didn't wait for Zhang Xiaoqi to send someone to set off, but Cheng Bangjun, the head of the military department sent by the Yongli Imperial Court to contact Li Dingguo, arrived first and explained to them the overall situation of the Yongli Imperial Court's decision to unite Li Dingguo against Sun Kewang.

"Please ask Director Cheng to convey it on his behalf, and this official will contact the generals by himself, and he will be the precursor of the king of Xining at that time."

If the hollowed out Yongli Imperial Court is the core of the royalist faction of the Ming Court, then Guo Zhiqi, Lian Chengbi, and Zhang Xiaoqi are peripheral organizations that extend from there.

In today's situation, the southwest has been controlled by Xiying, and the authority of the imperial court has been hollowed out, and in the southeast, they can't trust Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai with Tang domain backgrounds. The situation was very bad for the Yongli Imperial Court, but fortunately, the legitimacy of the divine right of the monarch still had a certain effect, at least Li Dingguo was willing to join forces with them, and the civil official group in western Guangdong was naturally very happy about this, and their energy was quickly concentrated on the preparations for Li Dingguo's eastward march next year.

When Cheng Bangjun arrived in Wencun, it was already September, and after confirming the next strategic direction, he naturally had to go all out. However, the areas under their control are really small, mountains, forests, islands, and harbors, and with these marginal areas, the potential war resources are limited, especially in this year's battle of Zhaoqing, they have already had the news that Li Dingguo withdrew his troops because of lack of food and grass, and they are even more worried about this.

In this way, Zhou Tengfeng of Hokkaido rushed to Chaozhou to discuss with Chen Kai on the orders of the three officials. Departing from Lianzhou, he sailed to the sea, and when he arrived, it was already mid-October.

Chen Kai got the news that Zhou Tengfeng came to visit, and he already understood why. So, Chen Kai didn't ask him for some time, but met with Zhou Tengfeng at the first time in the Yamen, the governor of Chaozhou, and this Taoist told him the ins and outs of the matter clearly, just waiting for Chen Kai's answer.

"Zhang Fujun has done a rough job, he should go to the island first, and then discuss it with Lin Hou and Du Shuai. If it is discussed, it will naturally save trouble; If you can't talk about it, you must be cheeky and force yourself to stay on the island, even if it is just to maintain a sense of existence than it is now. ”

Zhang Xiaoqi's experience, Chen Kai showed righteous indignation on his face, whether it was true or not, not to say, at least Zhou Tengfeng was a little relieved by this attitude. But where would he have thought that Chen Kai would count Zhang Xiaoqi's mistakes in one mouth, and even brazenly stood in their perspective to analyze Zhang Xiaoqi's proper handling, which really stunned Zhou Tengfeng.

"Chen Fujun, the lower officials are here to ask you for a military order on the orders of Inspector Guo, the company army and Zhang Fujun. I hope you can divide some of the prefectures and counties of Qiongzhou Prefecture to settle the kings of western Guangdong to eat, it's not good for your ministry to make a lot of money, just watch the kings of western Guangdong so hungry. ”

Zhou Tengfeng said bitterly, for him personally, this errand is really not easy to do. Chen Kaiqi, he knows some, he didn't mention the matter of going south to Wang Shi back then, but only said that he had the name of Rangxian in Chaozhou, and later he also had the feat of saving the people in Guangzhou, and he also had a good reputation in the Yongli court. It wasn't until he led the army of the Zheng group into Hong Kong, which made the civil and military generals in western Guangdong feel a strong threat from the east, that the kind words among the people gradually decreased.

It is actually difficult to say what such a character thinks in his heart, but in the eyes of some civil officials of the imperial court, Chen Kai married the daughter of the Zheng family, so he naturally spoke to the Zheng group, and he had a relationship with the Yongli court. At this moment, as he expected, Chen Kai really shook his head like a rattle, but his humane statement still made Zhou Tengfeng think more.

"Although Neiko is the daughter of Dingguo Gong, he does not hide it from Zhou Daotai, and the relationship between the official and the Zheng family is very bad because of the battle between the center and the left. The surname of the country believes me, which is accumulated over the years. However, on the side of Qiongzhou Mansion, Fu Minghou is the Admiral of the Left Army of the Navy Division under the command of the general with the national surname, Du Shuai is also the old department with the national surname for many years, and Vice General Cai is the deputy general of Rongqi Town, the pro-soldier family Ding team with the national surname, and the Zheng Governor is the younger brother of the national surname. This matter is beyond the reach of the official, and you should visit the country's surname, not the official. ”