In May, Zheng Chenggong returned to Chenghai County, and the first batch of military uniforms sent by Chen Kai had already arrived. The standard size, a little larger, you can find someone by yourself, whether it is a mother-in-law, a sister, or a mother, or an aunt next door, sister-in-law or something, there are still women who can do needlework.

The work efficiency of the military uniform tailoring workshop has increased greatly, Zheng Chenggong just looked at those standard sizes, and just smiled, no longer as surprised as when Chen Kai changed his tricks last year.

There are too many surprises, and they will always be numb, not to mention this surprise, which is far less important than the things that Chen Kai did earlier for Zheng Chenggong and the army under his command at that time.

Batches of military uniforms continue to be sent to Chenghai County, every few days is a batch, the soldiers change their clothes very quickly, earlier there were envy of others to be able to wear the new military uniform, but with the continuous arrival of military uniforms, more voices will be changed to wear two days in the morning and two days late It doesn't matter, anyway, in a few days, Chen joined the army and sent another batch, not in a hurry.

According to the plan, Zheng Chenggong's unit is constantly expanding, and according to the plan, from the old Qinding Town, Left Pioneer Town, Right Pioneer Town, Left Protection Town, and Right Protection Town, to Zhongchong Town, Zuochong Town, and Youchong Town, which were only established at the end of last year, these eight towns should complete the expansion work from one battalion of 500 men to two battalions of 1,000 men as soon as possible. In order to expand his troops, Zheng Chenggong simply stopped his military operations, but fortunately, within a month after Chen Kai took the capital of Chaozhou, he also rapidly expanded a large area of land. Now it has entered a period of digestion, and it is just time to further expand its strength.

At this stage, the entire southern area of Chaozhou Prefecture is left with Chaoyang, Huilai, Puning County and Chenghai County's Outing Village, and the others have fallen into the hands of Zheng Chenggong, which can be said to be a good situation. However, under this favorable situation, Zheng Chenggong suddenly decided to change Yongli to the orthodoxy of the Emperor and Ming, and no longer continue to use the Longwu era name.

This matter was discussed by Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui in advance, and Yu Chen Kai just notified him and took a look at Chen Kai's reaction.

In this regard, Chen Kai only nodded, analyzed the strategic environment, and expressed his approval of Zheng Chenggong's decision, so he didn't say anything else, and Zheng Chenggong didn't ask more things that shouldn't be asked, and everything was tacit.

Emotionally, Zheng Chenggong is naturally more inclined to Emperor Longwu, but Longwu is dead, and there is no heir inheritance, Zheng Chenggong did not change to Shaowu back then, and now he is forced to come back to life in the Yongli Dynasty, and the Lu Jian Dynasty staged a defeated resurrection from eastern Zhejiang to northern Fujian, and the power of the Qing court should not be underestimated, and the huge strategic pressure in three directions, he had to choose the only option.

Zheng Chenggong obviously pondered about this matter for a while, and he no longer sent someone to Guangxi to deliver the congratulatory watch and the note in such a hurry as in history. The reason for this, Chen Kai has thought a lot, but in the final analysis, it is still the problem of food - at that time, Zheng Chenggong captured Tong'an, fell into a food shortage, and had to buy from Chen Bangfu in Gaozhou, Guangdong, but Chen Bangfu himself was based on Yongli, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to change the court in order to prevent the soldiers from going hungry, and there was no other way.

Nowadays, Chaozhou is in hand, and there is no shortage of food for the time being, especially the stocks that have been copied from the warehouses of various bandits, which have accumulated a lot of inventory for this army. This made Zheng Chenggong have a high evaluation of Chen Kai's strategic vision, but it also made Chen Kai start to worry about whether he had changed history too much. And as far as the answer is concerned, it seems that there is not much that can be changed, the general trend is still there, and some things will still come when they should come.

At the end of May, Zheng Chenggong sent Jiang Yucan and Huang Zhigao, two Zhongshu scholars of the Longwu Dynasty, to meet Emperor Yongli on their behalf. But by the following month, Jiang and Huang and his entourage probably had not arrived, but the general Hao Shangjiu under Li Chengdong was stationed in Changle County, Huizhou Prefecture.

Huizhou Mansion covers a larger area than Chaozhou Mansion. In fact, in the entire eastern part of Guangdong, there were only these two prefectures in the Ming Dynasty. However, it is not as close to the southern coast as the Chaozhou capital city, but it is only southern, and the Huizhou capital city is simply in the southwest corner of this province, and it is a little beyond the reach of Xingning and Changle counties in the northeast. But in this way, Hao Shangjiu immediately formed a de facto threat to Chengxiang and other places in the north of Chaozhou, that is, the Meizhou area in later generations.

Hao Shangjiu's department is still far away, but this threat has actually appeared. In this regard, Zheng Hongkui's original series of offensives in Jieyang County also began to be suspended, and instead focused on expanding his strength like Zheng Chenggong, just in case.

Since June, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui, the two Ming armies, have entered a long period of recuperation, occupying the relatively rich southern coastal areas of Chaozhou, not only because of the substantial increase in tax revenue, but also in the supply of goods in the sea trade compared to earlier, so that Hong Xu has begun to worry about whether he is willing to eat so many goods with his current trading partners.

At the end of July, Zheng Cai sent someone to congratulate him, and at the same time expressed his hope that Zheng Chenggong could sell him some grain to stabilize the price of grain in Xiamen. On the surface, Zheng Chenggong readily agreed. In return, Zheng Cai also allocated several warehouses on Gulangyu Island and the western part of Xiamen Island to Zheng Chenggong as the basis for cooperation.

In this regard, Chen Kai expressed great disdain, in his words, Zheng Cai has offended Lu Jianguo miserably, and now it is estimated that the Ming army in northern Fujian has regarded it as an enemy, and it no longer has the momentum of last year, and there is a possibility of being attacked and killed, so it is natural to use the banner of relatives to win over Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui, thinking that it is Austrian aid.

"What he said is very true, but if I don't care, Yongshengbo can still go to Gaozhou to find Chen Bangfu to buy grain, or even go to Guangzhou to find Li Chengdong. When the time comes, the estrangement of relations will also be a loss for our army. ”

"It's the lower officials who are stingy."

Chen Kai did not mention the suggestion of not selling grain to Zheng Cai from beginning to end, but because of Zheng Chenggong and his early experience, Chen Kai was very disgusted with superficial brothers like Zheng Cai. But whatever Zheng Cai does, it is inevitable to speculate on the malicious side.

This time, Chen Kai is no longer transporting military supplies, but reporting to Zheng Chenggong on the work status of the previous month. According to the respective conditions of Nanao, Haishan and Dongshan, Chen Kai established the fishery department of the three islands, and everything on Nanao Island was as usual, and the collection of grain taxes on Haishan Island, which was negligibly low, was stopped, and the salt pans on Dongshan Island were constantly reactivated.

In terms of manpower, Chen Kai did not organize immigration, but it did not prevent those people in southern Fujian who could not eat from coming by boat to Dongshan Island to make a living.

In general, Chen Kai did not establish any emerging industries to drive economic development, because the shortage of human resources and the low level of science and technology have caused great restrictions to him, but he just took office in the arsenal workshop and won Hong Xu's relatives, and since he took charge of the civil affairs of the three islands of South Australia, he has also been constantly reiterating the rule of officials, which is always of great benefit to local development.

At the end of the report, Chen Kai left the Chinese army's big tent. At a glance, in the barracks, the soldiers have distinct uniforms, wearing rattan helmets, and holding weapons, which are no longer the grass platform team like the peasant rebel army earlier, but more like a real Ming Wang Division.

It is undeniable that there is no lack of his efforts and intelligence, but we must not ignore the bloody struggle of Zheng Chenggong and the soldiers under Zheng Chenggong. Not to mention, if there is no Ke Chenshu, Ke Chenmei and Du Hui and the three hundred Ming army, or even if there is no Ke Chenmei and the two Ming army warriors, Chen Kai will not be able to kill Che Zhizhong and seize Chaozhou City with a three-inch inch.

Compared with the same period in history, Zheng Chenggong's army is at least twice as powerful, especially the slaughter of Tong'an, if there is no Chen Kai's guidance, it will happen on the sixteenth of next month, Zheng Chenggong suffered such a fiasco, and it is impossible to compare with the current limelight.

Seeing that this army continues to grow stronger, Chen Kai's heart is inevitably agitated, because such an army, they are destined to be on the front line of fighting against the oppression of the Manchu nation, and every point of their strength will increase the possibility of victory!

Walking in the barracks, officers and non-commissioned officers kept saluting him. For these people, he can be said to be the most familiar person in the whole army under Zheng Chenggong, and every bit of Chen Kai's intelligence is reflected in them.

When it was time to give it up, when it was time to nod, Chen Kai returned the salute one by one, and responded to their respect one by one, which made the pride in his chest even fuller. It's just that at such a beautiful time, an officer of the same age as Ke Chenmei caught up and saluted respectfully, but Chen Kai's good mood disappeared at this moment.

"General Shi, don't come unharmed."