The matter of Kinmen did not take much effort, Zheng Chenggong took control of it bloodlessly, stayed only a few days, and then returned to Xiamen Island. However, the front foot returned to Xiamen Island, and the back foot received an obituary, saying that Zeng Ying died of illness before Zheng Chenggong returned.

Zeng Ying is the crown prince of the Longwu Dynasty, the secretary of the Shangshu, the scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion, although the cabinet of the Longwu Dynasty is larger, but those who can achieve this level of official positions are all influential civil officials. With Zeng Ying and the Zheng family having an old relationship, this time the old cabinet guard of the Zhongzuo City is also hard work, and once Zheng Chenggong heard the news, he hurriedly rushed there.

"The old cabinet is really working hard for the country, so that the accumulation of hard work becomes a disease, I should report to the court truthfully, and ask the court to give a generous gift, so that the old cabinet of the incense will be passed on for eternity, and it can also be full of inspiring effects."

Regarding Zeng Ying's death, including Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai, in fact, many people have already been psychologically prepared. Regarding the disposal after his death, Zheng Chenggong has already thought about it. To put it bluntly, Zeng Ying still has to come out to do things at such an age, on the one hand, it is the last time before she dies that she is loyal and righteous, and the utilitarian is famous. Since it is famous, then give it to him generously. In this way, more people will come out to do things for the Ming army in the future, and they can win more strength to deal with the Manchu Qing.

"The lower officials have known the old cabinet for a short time, but the old cabinet is high-spirited, upright and faithful, which is really an example for my generation to learn. Although I and the old cabinet department do not have the name of teachers and students, the old cabinet department can still be able to teach without class, follow the good path, and have many thought-provoking teachings, and Kaishi has benefited a lot......"

At this point, Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong's ideas are not the same, and there is no need to be stingy with beautiful words. Speaking of which, people and things in this world must always be judged regardless of their hearts, no matter what kind of thoughts they are in, but if they really help, they must remember a sentiment. Until now, I have to double it back.

Whether it is the "repaying virtue with virtue" said by Master Confucius, or the "having good intentions, saying good things, doing good deeds, and being a good person" advocated by Buddhism, Chen Kai can be said to have done a good job. However, in the past few days since Zheng Chenggong left, the dissatisfaction that had been extinguished because of Zheng Zhiguan's violent corpse for three days seemed to have shown signs of raising its head.

"Did you hear that? Da Mu went to Jinmen and had a big quarrel with that guy, and then he didn't call that guy when discussing sea trade matters. ”

"Haimao still wants to call him? This is our Zheng family's business, you think too much. ”

"I don't think the fourth brother thinks too much, and he knows the autumn as soon as the leaves fall, I think that for Uncle Zhiyun's death, Da Mu may not have a pimple in his heart, but he is afraid that those Qiu Ba will be cold when they see it, so it will be inconvenient to attack."

This is reasonable, and I have seen the scenery of that guy for a while, but don't forget, the old grandmother is still against the marriage, even Zhaoji refuses to see him, and he is also against Uncle Hongkui. If he can't become the son-in-law of our Zheng family, he will always be just a staff member, and he can't become a climate! ”

“……”

In the face of whispering, Chen Kai still closed the door to thank the guests, and it was not until Zeng Ying died of illness that he came out to fulfill his courtesy. When the funeral on the first day was over for the time being, and Chen Kai was ready to go back to the post house to rest, Zheng Chenggong invited him into the mansion again.

"I have delivered the letter. Yuan Yuan didn't say anything, probably asking you to guess. ”

"Just send it, Da Mu, you can still joke, I think she should be fine."

"Hmph, the previous days were hard for her."

"Thank you."

Speaking of which, there is no need to say more. Soon, Zheng Chenggong brought up the situation that Chen Kai had laid out earlier in Guangzhou, and the maritime trade with Zhang Yue, Li Jianjie, Li Yuantai, Li Yuanyin, Chen Qice and others, as well as the Macau side. These things had already started before he started the army, and the scale was still small at the beginning, but these aspects were relatively happy, after all, it was a good start, and the scale could be slowly expanded, but there was no hurry.

"I intend to build a port and a fortress on the island of Hong Kong where you transport your people, so that it can be used for the transit of people and goods."

"The port there is excellent, I'm afraid it's too close to Kowloon."

Chen Kai expressed his concern, but Zheng Chenggong seemed very optimistic: "Thanks to you, according to the news sent back by Xizuo, Shang Kexi is still focusing all his energy on suppressing Wang Shi everywhere." In the first battle of Guangzhou, the foundation for the reconstruction of the Guangdong Navy Division was shattered, and there was no intention to invest resources for the time being. That water, now it is still the master Wang who has the final say. ”

In the Ming and Qing wars, the major battles that decided life and death were basically carried out on land, and even had little to do with the sailors. But for the Ming army, the right to control the sea is still extremely important, just like the Dongjiang Town of the year, in the heyday of Liaodong with the entry and exit, the Qing army may be able to defeat the Ming army on the road, but if you can't take the island, you can't completely eradicate the Ming army, there will always be flaws and opportunities to be found by the Ming army.

"Of course, in order to ensure the safety there, I plan to transfer the secondary guns of the two spirit guns over, and according to your original plan, build a fort and control the choke channel."

The spirit gun is a copper cannon, and it is naturally copied with copper. Chen Kai copied the first batch of three doors, and then carried out the second batch of copies, all of which were based on the spirit gun deity as a template, although the accuracy was a little different from the deity, but it was already an extremely rare boutique in the smoothbore cannon.

However, the problem is that copper in China is not only used to mint cannons, but more importantly, it can be used to mint currency. No matter when, any business is more profitable than printing money, so the third batch of replication tasks was vetoed by Zheng Chenggong, and the cannon casting workshop on Nanao Island is now back to the era of casting Franc cannons and tiger squat cannons, to be exact, specializing in casting iron cannons.

"I have thought about it, as you said, at this stage, our army still has to try to turn the center-left into a hinterland first, and we must put on the defensive in Chaozhou. If nothing else, next month I will launch an offensive against the two prefectures of Zhangquan. During this period, I intend to use your prestige to preside over the affairs of the Central Left Office in order to stabilize the morale of the army. ”

Zheng Chenggong still has a negative attitude towards going to Jiangxi, this time it is even more exaggerated, and even Chen Kai's next stage of work direction has been arranged.

Sitting in the center and left to stabilize the morale of the army, and at the same time, it is also responsible for the task of storing and transporting military supplies and grass required by the army, and perhaps the South Australian Ordnance Bureau will be moved over. Basically, there is no need to do any careful calculations, this work is not only a heavy task, but also more troublesome. However, for Chen Kai, planning well is not impossible to simplify, but it is completely inconsistent with his plans for the future.

"With all due respect, Da Mu, you won't leave the southern Fujian battlefield for the time being, so why worry about any unstable military morale?"

"Actually, what's wrong with you lately, why does your brain always turn to Jiangxi!"