When he came to South Australia, Chen Kai did not just come to listen to Chen Bao's complaints.

In the past few months, the price of manure in Chaozhou has begun to fall. This is naturally due to the earthworm farms and chicken farms, but it is also indispensable to the hard work of the soldiers and horses in the towns that have returned to the capital of Chaozhou - thousands of dung stalls are put into the market every day, which is naturally inevitable for the impact on prices.

And as Chen Kai asked Zheng Chenggong for reinforcements, Zheng Chenggong's side also responded while coordinating the collection of money and grain, including Ke Chenshu, the commander of Zuo, Chen Yaoce, the guard of Zhongzhen, Huang Xing, Zhongquan Town, and Xiao Gongchen of Zuozhen, with a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses entering eastern Guangdong to assist in defense. In this way, not to mention the effect of defense strengthening, it is only estimated that the price of this feces will fall by another price.

"These soldiers and horses are stationed on Nanao Island for the time being."

As a transit center between Fujian and Guangdong, Nanao Island has ready-made barracks, which can be used for nothing more than temporary sweeping and repairs. The arrival of these soldiers and horses will undoubtedly strengthen the military strength of the Ming army in eastern Guangdong, and only with stronger strength can it cope with the threats and variables that may arise next.

According to the establishment formulated by Zheng Chenggong earlier, under normal circumstances, each battalion has 500 people, each town has two battalion heads, and each commander has its own soldiers and horses from the left and right towns.

Ke Chenshu's left commander left and right town is the first to arrive in South Australia, he was from Zheng Chenggong when he followed the side of the general, over the years repeatedly made military exploits, although the current command and the earlier management of the left pioneer town of the army is no different, but the rank of the commander is there, there has been a clear class difference with other officers at the level of chief officers. Moreover, this time, Zheng Chenggong resigned from the title of county king and applied to the imperial court to canonize his subordinates, including the old ministry who had followed him for many years.

After being in southern Fujian for a long time, it was easy to return to Nanao Island, but Ke Chenshu had no intention of revisiting his hometown, and he didn't even have time to greet Chen Kai, who had been away for a long time, so he took out a letter written by Zheng Chenggong to Chen Kai, saying that Zheng Chenggong would soon return to the arrival and discuss countermeasures with him.

Ke Chenshu acted in a rigorous manner, and Chen Kai naturally understood that the situation was urgent. returned to the post house where he lived temporarily, opened the wax seal, took out the letter from it and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help frowning.

"How?"

Ke Chenshu came with the letter, obviously knowing the inside story. These two events will inevitably lead to changes in the current "good" situation, and they are very concerned. However, Chen Kai thought about it carefully, but he didn't show any anxiety.

"Crisis, crisis, these two words are not a good thing at first glance, but if they are separated, there is a danger to be an opportunity, and it is a good thing."

Next, this private letter specially addressed to him was sent to Chengxiang by Chen Kai. And he stopped for a few days on Nanao Island, and soon waited for Zheng Chenggong, who was a step late because he had to deal with the appeasement.

When they met, the two didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the topic: "Tartar this is a temptation!" ”

"This is natural, people have spent so much effort to appease us, we must have a bottom in our hearts. As for that Xu Degong, it's just an addition. In contrast, I am more concerned about what is happening in Guangzhou, where this proposal was made. ”

Both of them were very shrewd people, and naturally understood why the Qing court asked Zheng Chenggong to release Xu Degong, the commander-in-chief of the left wing of the Jingnan Domain, who was captured in the last battle for the defense of Lufeng Fortress.

Speaking of which, whether it is Shang Kexi to please the generals of the Jingnan Domain, or the Qing court to test whether Zheng Chenggong really intends to be appeased, it is actually not important. The important thing is that after Xu Degong returned to Guangzhou, he restored the strength of the Jingnan Domain, which one was more beneficial to the Ming army between this point and the Ming army's continued purchase and appeasement, which one was more beneficial to the Ming army, it was like doing a deal!

"Hong Chengchou's words may also be considered, Xu Degong is not worth so much silver. If the Tartars want, give it to them. However, you can't give them so casually, you have to reflect the value of such a marshal of the Han army banner. ”

After discussion, Zheng Chenggong was also completely relieved. Now in this peace negotiation, on the surface, he is talking with the Qing court, but in fact, the operator has become Chen Kai, who is inseparable from Guangdong, after the letter to the Zhongzuo Institute was affirmed by Zheng Chenggong. During this period, the two of them unified their opinions, so that they could deal with it well and continue to do things.

After returning to the Zhongzuo Institute, Zheng Chenggong immediately sent someone to contact the Fuzhou side. Speaking of which, Xu Degong was the highest-ranking general captured by this southeastern Ming army, and once the Qing court had a plan, Liu Qingtai naturally put all his energy into it. However, this Ming army has developed much more smoothly than in history, such as the accident that Lin Cha was forced to enter the Qing army port to avoid the wind during the Battle of Shanghai Cheng in history, and was captured due to Liu Bolu's bad luck, and now Liu Qingtai has no bargaining chips at all.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Zheng Chenggong to send someone to contact. In this regard, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian can be said to attach great importance to it, and immediately sent Zhou Lianggong, the political envoy of Fujian Zuobu, to Quanzhou.

Arriving in Quanzhou, Zheng Chenggong happened to be here to meet him. Speaking of the release of Xu Degong, Zheng Chenggong said that since this person was captured in Guangdong, he asked Chen Kai, the governor of the four prefectures in Guangdong, for his opinion. However, Chen Kai insisted that the matter of peace was not yet decided, if the Qing court was not sincere, letting Xu Degong go would only help the Qing army in the end, and Yu Ming's army would be a great harm.

"Haicheng Gong Mingjian, in the past two months, you have also seen that whether it is the imperial court, Liu Zhijun, or our colleagues in Fujian, they all strongly agree with the matter of appeasement. At the very least, our Fujian side has never caused any trouble for the two sides to strike the troops and make peace, and we are still trying our best to supply the needs of the army. If you talk about sincerity, there is really nothing in this world that can compare with us. ”

After talking about sincerity, Zhou Lianggong saw that Zheng Chenggong was indeed moved, and immediately talked about Chen Kai's question: "Regarding Chen Fujun's side, the imperial court actually has a heart to treat it preferentially, but it is still the old prince and the little prince in Guangzhou who are not easy to talk to. Not to mention, Liu Zhijun also said that at least one governor is indispensable. At this point, please also talk to Chen Fujun. ”

Zhou Lianggong's words were nothing more than using the Qing court's omission of not properly reconciling Chen Kai to imply that Zheng Chenggong used Chen Kai's selfishness. In fact, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were wronged in this matter, and the target of the Qing court's appeasement was the commander with military power, and then there were powerful people from the Zheng family. Chen Kai is a civil official after all, and they don't pay much attention to it. Moreover, they have vigorously wooed Chen Kai's father-in-law, Zheng Hongkui.

However, Zheng Chenggong heard these words, and the original loosening was a little repetitive. Those micro-expressions were all in Zhou Lianggong's eyes, and he hurriedly appeased them, and finally came up with some truth.

"It turned out to be his person, Liu Zhijun, Tong Fujun, or you Zhou Fantai all know too little. He is not a person who is greedy for power, otherwise, the prince of his country had intended to appoint him as the prefect of Chaozhou, but in the end he vetoed it. I have asked myself in my life, and he is the most stubborn of all the people I have seen. A few months ago, our army was still fighting with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and now that he is going to be appeased, it is inevitable that he will not be able to turn around for a while. ”

Zheng Chenggong understated Zhou Lianggong's instigation, and then set the nature, the latter also quickly nodded yes, and secretly said "mouthy" in his heart, where do you dare to say more.

Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong didn't dwell too much on this, but after careful consideration, he still felt that since he was already talking about appeasement with the Qing court, and Liu Qingtai and Fujian officialdom were full of sincerity, he was not good at pulling out a dime, which was not the attitude of doing business.

But there is one point, Xu Degong can only be handed over to Liu Qingtai, because this is the respect won by Fujian officialdom with practical actions, and he will never directly hand it over to Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, otherwise there is no way to explain it to the Guangdong generals.

"Haicheng Gong is not afraid that Chen Kai will take risks, and when Xu Degong is on the path to eastern Guangdong or Hong Kong, he will strike first, and kill him."

"No, isn't Chen Kai from Haichenggong's staff?"

"Hey, the background is the background, and now the people are Zheng Hongkui's son-in-law, Haicheng Gong's brother-in-law, or the governor of the four prefectures of Zhangquan Chaohui appointed by the puppet dynasty, and their status is different. With the courage to fight hand-to-hand with Che Renzhong, the king of Chaozhou thieves back then, he has been against the king of Pingnan and Jingnan several times in the past few years, and he really did it if he didn't get it. ”

"It seems that we have to advise the imperial court to implement Chen Kai's official position as soon as possible, otherwise this guy will ruin the overall situation sooner or later."

“……”

After Zhou Lianggong returned to Fuzhou, several high-ranking civil officials in Fujian Province in the governor's yamen whispered. Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong soon fulfilled his promise to Zhou Lianggong, and the two sides agreed on the location of the handover, and Xu Degong was handed over to them.

"Xu Shuai is not dishonored, he has suffered, he has suffered, and he has returned to Fuzhou City with his subordinates, and the two bosses of the army and the Fu army are preparing to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you."

It didn't take much effort, it just took some time. Zheng Chenggong did not make any harsh demands, and even after this incident, Chen Kai, the hardliner representative within the Zheng group, was exposed, so that officials in Fujian speculated that Chen Kai was probably the mastermind behind the last Pinghai incident.

However, this is no longer important, Zheng Chenggong was able to release Xu Degong, and this attitude is self-evident. The major event of appeasement has made leapfrog progress, and Fujian officials such as Liu Qingtai and Tong Guoqi were all excited after seeing Xu Degong himself.

In contrast, Xu Degong, who had just been released from prison under the mediation of Fujian officials, although he was very grateful for the efforts of these Fujian officials, mentioned his return to Guangdong more than once during the banquet.

"Well, I'm not in a hurry about this. Xu Shuaifang is out of prison, and it is time to recuperate for a while. When you are so well, you can better serve the court and the prince of Jingnan, right? ”

While trying his best to keep Xu Degong to recuperate in Fujian for a period of time, Liu Qingtai also sent people to the capital at an expedited speed of 800 miles to report the good news to the Qing court.

Speaking of which, this is undoubtedly a great event. However, happy events are happy events, but the credit must be clearly distinguished - Guangdong's Shang Geng Ervatorium does have the merit of admonishing the Qing court, but whether to let go or not or the family Zheng Chenggong to decide, can achieve this achievement, obviously Fujian officials under the leadership of Governor Liu Qingtai and Governor Tong Guoqi, actively expressed their sincerity to Zheng Chenggong, and at the same time, Zhou Lianggong, the political envoy of Zuo Bu, went to the tiger's den in person, and fought the Confucianism, refuting Chen Kai's speechlessness, and finally persuaded Zheng Chenggong.

This credit must be from Fujian!

At this point, Zheng Chenggong is very good, and directly handed over Xu Degong to them, not Guangdong. However, Xu Degong is also a member of the Jingnan Domain, although the marshal with such rich combat experience will definitely not be able to stay, but as long as he can stay until the Qing court confirms their hard work, this credit will not be able to run.

Progress has been made, and the cooperation between the two sides has become more harmonious. The collection was carried out as scheduled in November, and the scope was further expanded to include some local products that can be used for export, such as sugar, paper, timber, lychee, longan, citrus, indigo, shark's fin, tea, tobacco, etc., and the scale has also been further expanded.

In Fujian, Zheng Chenggong was busy negotiating with Qing officials in Fujian about appeasement, while Zheng Tai was already worried about the sale of these goods. At this time, leaving the Zhongzuo Institute, Chen Kai went up the river to Sanheba, and when he arrived there, he had already received a secret note from Hao Shangjiu who came to the appointment.

The location of the secret meeting between the two sides will naturally not be in Sanheba City, north of Meixi, in a small village abandoned by the war in recent years at the junction of the areas controlled by the two sides.

"Chen Fujun, what does this letter mean, instigating the relationship between Ben Shuai and the imperial court?"

"Hao Shuai, if you don't believe it, or if you don't smell anything, why do you bother to come to the appointment."

Zheng Chenggong's letter mentioned that he learned from the news channels in Fujian that Shang Kexi had sent the Qing court to Hao Shangjiu's head and received Li Dingguo's letter of rebellion, as well as a secret communication with Chen Kai, which made the people of Chengxiang, Xingning, and Changle counties unhappy. The former was purely malicious, but the latter was not without similar thoughts. But when Chen Kai sent Zheng Chenggong's letter as it was, Hao Shangjiu still inevitably doubted Chen Kai's intentions.

At this moment, Chen Kai was sitting there very casually, and Hao Shangjiu was asking like a ball of cotton, even if it was like hitting a ball of cotton, he couldn't use his strength at all.

Speaking of which, Hao Shangjiu didn't smell the smell. In the past six months, the Guangzhou side has intentionally or unintentionally blocked his news. For example, he did not know anything about the arrival of Titatimu's army, the specific size, where it was marching, and the time and direction of the march, but he only heard the people secretly sent to Guangzhou report that Shang Kexi was assembling the Green Battalion, and then most of the troops were re-disbanded, and even Tithama was forced to return to Jiangning. Whatever happened in this, he was kept in the dark.

Chen Kai said this, and Hao Shangjiu was speechless for a while. Then this person was not restrained, Chen Kai didn't say anything, he didn't feel embarrassed, he sat down on the opposite side of the table, and even picked up the teapot and drank it himself.

In this way, Chen Kai had to laugh at it. However, this time, Chen Kai seemed to have some meaning that was not shocking and endless, and he had to scare Hao Shangjiu.

"Don't hide it from Hao Shuai, over there in Guangzhou, Xining Wang Xiushu asked Your Excellency to do it anyway, and the two things of Your Excellency and the official Antong Qu were all sent by the official to promote. As for why this official wants to live a good life, but he must come out to toss, this point, Your Excellency is a smart person, and you should be able to understand the good intentions of this official. ”