Soliciting immigrants is obviously a multifaceted operation. The places that Chen Kai could think of were none other than Fujian and neighboring Chaozhou, at least he had never planned to ask the Europeans to buy some and come back to be an eyesore.

In Fujian, northern Fujian depends on the face of King Lu, and southern Fujian is even more prestige of the Zheng family, but now Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui's energy is all invested in the Chaozhou battlefield, and Zheng Cai's superficial brother is a master who can't be trusted, but there is little hope. As for Chaozhou, Zheng Chenggong is still seizing the time to expand his strength, and it is not authentic to dig into the corners of the wall.

Chen Kai plans to discuss this problem with Zheng Chenggong, there will always be a solution. Back then, Zheng Chenggong's father organized immigration to Taiwan. Now that Fujian is in turmoil, South Australia is a paradise in troubled times, and it should still have a certain degree of temptation for those who yearn for a peaceful life, at least it should be greater than the wild land in Taiwan where the death rate of immigrants is quite high.

Chen Kai didn't have time to think about when to talk to Zheng Chenggong about this question, but Zheng Chenggong sent someone to send the news first.

In general, there are two things, one is that the ownership of Haishan Island was resolved, and Zheng Chenggong granted Zhu Yao the official position of governor to continue to guard Haishan Island, but administratively under the leadership of Chen Kai; And the second thing is a lot more troublesome, the trouble is not the matter itself, but the follow-up action of the thing that Chen Kai realized, that is, Fuming Hou Lincha decided to come to join Zheng Chenggong's banner, and now he has arrived in Chenghai County.

Instigating, or inducing Fuming Hou Lincha to vote, as early as last year, it was already an established strategy after Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong discussed. Now that the results have been received, it is a gratifying and congratulatory good thing - anyway, Lin Cha was also a member of the Zheng group back then, the pillar of the Shaowu Imperial Court, and the three thousand subordinates were very elite, and now they have lost money, and the more than 1,000 soldiers in their hands are also experienced in a hundred battles, especially in naval battles, they are much stronger than recruits.

However, in history, Lin Cha's surrender happened in May, and now it is only the beginning of April, not to mention a month earlier, whether Zheng Chenggong will still make the same choice as at that time after determining the general situation of the Yongli Imperial Court is what makes Chen Kai completely unpredictable. More importantly, what kind of statement does he need to make when he claims to have come to defect to Emperor Longwu!

From Nanao Island to Chenghai County, it didn't take a few hours in total, Chen Kai just did a long trip, at most plus a little traffic jam and bumps, and it would soon arrive.

Compared to the time when I left here a few days ago, there were many more large and small ships moored on the dock, but at a glance, they were all seriously lacking in maintenance, and even people like Chen Kai, who did not have a deep understanding of shipbuilding, could easily come to a conclusion by looking at the busy figures of those shipwrights.

The Lin Cha Department has been rebuilt, but unfortunately, Chen Kai still has a way to distinguish them from the Ming army he saw on the road - Zheng Chenggong's department, the expansion speed is too fast, the occupied area is too small, and the cloth is a bulk commodity of sea trade, all of which has led to a huge problem, Zheng Chenggong's military uniform cannot be guaranteed, and many soldiers are still wearing civilian clothing. But if you look closely, those who have new military uniforms and clothes are probably Zheng Chenggong's subordinates, and those who are tattered and even envy the people around them are probably the soldiers brought by Lin Cha.

"It's kind of interesting."

Chen Kai nodded, a smile crossed the corner of his mouth, and then stepped into Zheng Chenggong's Chinese army tent.

"Actually, this is Fuming Hou Lincha, my father's old subordinate, our famous sailor in Fujian and Guangdong."

"The national surname is too prestigious, too prestigious." Lin Cha saluted, and then sighed: "In the past two years, I have been thrown into the sea by Li Chengdong's wife, and I am adrift, and I rely on my national surname to help." I, hey, I'm so ashamed. ”

In the past two years, the land of Fujian and Guangdong has collapsed, and Lin Cha has obviously endured hardships, and the whole person seems to be quite vicissitudes. Chen Kai has read the historical data, Lin Cha was also a general who resisted the Yongli court with his own strength, and even once had the upper hand, but unexpectedly, Guangzhou behind him was raided by Li Chengdong, and the Shaowu court was destroyed, and he was a military general who did not stick to the end of the sea.

Belonging to Zheng Chenggong's banner is a good thing for Lin Cha, with a place to settle down and a goal to move forward, it is also a good thing for Zheng Chenggong to expand his strength. What's more, it would be even better if the two could achieve a win-win situation.

"Lin Hou is too modest, he is really too modest." Zheng Chenggong responded to this, then changed the topic and said to Lin Cha: "Lin Hou, this is Chen Kai Chen, who is in charge of the civil affairs of Nanao and Tongshan in our army. ”

Chen Kai bowed and saluted, but unexpectedly, Lin Cha helped him up: "It turns out that you are Chen Senjun who outwitted Chaozhou, I have long heard the surname of the country praise many times, it is the Tartar ...... over there in Guangzhou" Speaking of this, Lin Cha's face suddenly became complicated, and he immediately changed his words, claiming that even the Ming army in Guangzhou was spreading the news that Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong cooperated in the raid on Chaozhou.

From a macro point of view, this year is the first big climax of the Southern Ming Dynasty's resistance to the Qing Dynasty, in this big era, even if it is only in the marginal area, but it can also clearly feel the changes.

Lin Cha exchanged a few words of greeting, and asked Chen Kai a few more details about the capture of Chaozhou, and scratched the itch of each other, so he continued to talk about the topic before Chen Kai's arrival just now.

"Gui Fan was originally enthroned in Zhaoqing Mansion in Guangdong, and then Li Chengdong's house swept Guangdong, so he withdrew to Guangxi, and was entrenched in Wuzhou, Guilin, Liuzhou, Nanning and other places. However, this guy killed Chen Shangshu and them last year, and he started an army on March 15 this year. ”

Lin Chazhi is a grievance against Li Chengdong. In fact, this is also normal, which coach has achieved a great victory on the front line, but the nest in the rear has been dug up, and he has taken advantage of the situation to drive him into the sea, and he will inevitably regard him as a lifelong enemy.

A capricious sentence, but Chen Kai heard the implication of comparing it to Lu Bu. However, as Lin Cha explained the situation he had detected one by one, even with the intelligence analysis that Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong had obtained earlier, it was just a blink of an eye, and the Yongli Imperial Court, which was originally like floating in the wind, had suddenly become a behemoth occupying several provinces.

Knowing the situation and revealing it, Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong recalled Lin Cha's words, glanced at each other, and what they saw from each other's eyes was the calmness they had already analyzed. Now it is nominally the two provinces of Guangdong and Jiangxi, but there is also a governor's jurisdiction between the two provinces. I think that Mr. Yangming Wang Shouren was the governor of Nanjiang to quell the rebellion of King Ning, and Jin Shenghuan immediately chose to attack Nanjiang anyway, which shows the importance of this place.

At this stage, Li Chengdong does not have the ability to attack Chaozhou, and Zheng Chenggong accepted Lin Cha at the same time, he also attracted Zheng Hongkui's troops, and his strength should not be underestimated. But once either Li Chengdong and Jin Shenghuan open up the road to southern Jiangxi and connect Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces, then the situation will not continue to be as optimistic as before.

Note: The Chen Shangshu, Zhang Hanlin and Chen principals mentioned in the article are Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu and Chen Bangyan, that is, Lingnan Sanzhong.