The Ming Dynasty was forced to choose a policy of seeking foreign aid after the situation deteriorated sharply after the Qing army entered the customs. This policy was carried out in the Lu Jian Dynasty and the Zheng group of the Longwu Dynasty and the Yongli Dynasty, which all originated from the Zhejiang people of the Lu Dynasty system and the Zheng group of Fujian had a relatively close commercial relationship with Japan, just like the matter that Chen Kai learned when he returned from Guangzhou that the Yongli court asked the Holy See for assistance, and there was not much difference in the nature of the two.

Because Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong had carried out the policy of going to Japan to beg before Chen Kai's arrival, Chen Kai had denied this after the Zheng Group gained a firm foothold.

Whether Zheng Chenggong can listen to it or not, and whether it will continue to be implemented this time, is actually difficult to say, but I have to say that Feng Chengshi proposed it at this time, together with the plan of minting coinage, for the army that is still trying to maintain on the Chaozhou battlefield, and is eager to seek a breakthrough on the southern Fujian battlefield, it is indeed a layer of confidence.

Zheng Chenggong needs to inform Chen Kai about the coinage, because many of the ores and metals needed by the Ming army still come from Chaozhou. And with the development of coinage, copper tension is inevitable, and if Chen Kai can think of a way, it will also be a big addition.

When he received the news, Chen Kai was inspecting the work on Nanao Island. Zheng Chenggong achieved a big victory in Xiaoyingling, which led to Zhangpu anyway, which is an excellent thing, and even Feng Chengshi proposed to mint coins, Chen Kai also agreed. However, for the production of copper, Chen Kai also needs time to ponder.

There is no way to do some things, during the period when Chen Kai presided over the Ordnance Bureau, although the amount of copper used in weapons and armor was pitiful, but just copying the spirit gun alone cost a huge amount of copper, and most of the copper obtained by Zheng Chenggong in the sea trade in those years was filled in this.

In Chaozhou, the real scale is still silver, lead, zinc, iron and coal deposits. It's not that there is no copper, there are a lot of them in Chengxiang, and it seems that they are still rich mines. However, now that Cheng Xiang is surnamed Hao, he doesn't have much to do for the time being.

In this matter, Chen Kai is more inclined to suggest that Zheng Chenggong increase the collection of sea trade and use the original sea trade advantages to promote coinage, which can only be done for the time being.

Returned to Nanao Island, the island is already a thing or a person, Feng Chengshi relocated the Ordnance Bureau, a large number of craftsmen and their families have taken a boat to the left office, not to mention that there are many free houses, many workshops have to be idle, the future industrial center at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong has also been rapidly dilapidated with the change of principals, and from another perspective has also witnessed the fact that the strategic focus of the Fujian Ming Army has shifted.

Jobs have been greatly reduced, a large number of private houses have been idle, and the economy of Nanao Island is in a state of overall regression. In this regard, Chen Kai didn't care about these for the time being, but came to the school affiliated to the Ordnance Bureau, and listened to the sound of reading, but he was a lot relieved.

School, Feng Chengshi didn't know why, and did not move to the center and left. Whether he looks down on the mathematics and physics talents that Chen Kai has intensified his efforts to train, or whether it is too late for the time being, it doesn't matter, he has already written a letter to Zheng Chenggong, asking the school affiliated to the Ordnance Bureau to be transferred from the name of the Ordnance Bureau.

This is the future, in the hands of a feudal bureaucrat like Feng Chengshi, Chen Kai feels that it is a great waste of resources!

After the inspection, I returned to the main town house, and it seems that this is the only place on the entire island that has not changed much. is not a busy military business, since there is no way to compare with when Zheng Chenggong was still there, but at least it has been like this in the past few years since Zheng Chenggong entered Chaozhou; A small army is practicing in the martial arts arena, it is still a tiger, this is a part of Chen Bao's Nanao Town, in the earlier war, Nanao Town performed decently, not good but not bad, in the final analysis, no matter how much training, it is better to kill people on the battlefield to be more realistic.

This time, Chen Kai did not go to see Chen Bao, but came to the garden. Walking into it, sideways in the small pavilion, Yiren seemed to sit opposite, listening to him talk. It's a pity that things are wrong, and even he doesn't have the time to worry about that marriage.

Let it be.

Leaving the garden and returning to the small courtyard, the original four subordinates, now there are three left, the little servant Chen Song went to the mansion to do things, and these three people are still busy packing up their things, preparing to go to Chaozhou with Chen Kai this time.

"It's a pity that I can't continue to eat in the main town mansion."

When he came back this time, Chen Kairu joked to Chen Bao, and the latter also laughed, completely looking like he couldn't help Chen Kai's temper. Who would have thought that when Chen Kai first landed on the island, Chen Bao hated him the most and gritted his teeth.

"Sir, dinner will be ready soon."

"Well, call me in the study when you're ready."

Most of the books in the study have been packed and sealed, and even many of the things that belong to him in the small courtyard have to be moved to Zheng Chenggong's line in Chaozhou, that is, Che Renzhong's original mansion rebuilt from Chaohui Fen Shoudao Yamen. Chen Kai picked up a book he had written himself, which was a reading notebook, a classification of his books on Western science and technology over the years.

Flipping through the pages, he turned to a page with complex graphics, Chen Kai flipped forward a few more pages, and looked at the beginning of this related content from the beginning, until the personal maid came to tell him that dinner was ready, and then put it down again.

The dinner was sumptuous, and the cook had obviously taken out all the means of housekeeping. This, after all, is their last dinner in the South Australia General Town Mansion, tomorrow morning will follow Chen Kai north to Chaozhou Capital City, it is estimated that the day of arrival is also close to Chinese New Year's Eve, next year, that is, the Spring Festival of the sixth year of the Yongli calendar, should be spent in the Chaozhou Capital City's branch guarding the Yamen, which also has an invisible pressure on them.

After dinner, Chen Kai went to wash up as usual. When everything was over, he didn't continue to read, so he put away the last books in the study and went back to his room.

Lying in bed, but it is difficult to sleep. The sixth year of Yongli may be just a year that should not be much different from the fifth year of Yongli for ordinary people, but Chen Kai knows very well that this was originally the most important year in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. There will be many earth-shattering events in this year, and these major events will also have a profound impact on the development of the current situation in future generations.

How to go on better, Chen Kaishang is thinking deeply. Judging from the current situation in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and from the Fujian Ming army where he and Zheng Chenggong fought back-to-back, he must have ensured that Zheng Chenggong's momentum in southern Fujian would not be interrupted by the Qing army in Guangdong. And now, as soon as he returned to Guangdong, he exterminated Su Li, which seemed to have a great posture of reversing the decline, but in fact, he went to a Su Li and came to Huang Yingjie; Hao Shangjiu's threat also hangs over his head like a blade of Damocles; The biggest problem is still inside, the dispute between the Turks and the Turks has been appeased for the time being, but how can the people of Guangzhou exert their maximum energy.

In addition, will the history of the six years of Yongli be changed by his efforts in the previous years? In addition, there is also that Feng Chengshi, whether he will become the next Shi Lang, this is an unpredictable possibility.

Next year will be a year of both opportunities and challenges!