Chapter Forty-Six: Gasse (II)
After two days, the ship had been repaired, and since it was not in port, it had to be left by the force of the tides. By the time the tide was waiting, many of the daily necessities that had been moved down had already been put back on the boat. People were still on the shore with their last meal to leave this place, and on the sea in the distance, a few shadows faintly appeared, and then they grew rapidly in the continuous clarity of the outline, and with the wind, it was even almost to the point that there was no time left for Chen Kai to prepare.
It's too early to get on the boat, because the tide has not yet arrived; It was too late to get on the boat, because even when the tide came, they couldn't complete the transfer before the other arrived.
What's more, what they were riding was just a merchant ship roaming the coast of Fujian, with swords, guns, arrows and even birds, but there was not even one artillery, and there was no shortage of warships in the fleet that came from afar, and there was already a difference in speed between the two sides, and it was even more impossible to get out at this moment.
The only thing that can be relied on is the prestige of the Zheng Group in the coastal areas of Fujian, but with the banner of Zheng Cai coming into view, even if it is like falling into an ice cellar.
Zheng Cai's fleet was clearly coming at them, and the fleet came from the east and west sides of the island, leaving no loopholes. The fleet came, riding the rising tide, and the guns were aimed at the merchant ship that had sent Chen Kai and them, and ordered the sailors on board to lay down their arms. Immediately, two warships were sent to intimidate the merchant ships, and the small boats were lowered and rushed to the island.
"The ship, the founding of the country, the requisition, leave all the clothes you are waiting for, and if you don't want to die, you can do it!"
If there is no second half of the sentence, the momentum is enough. In retrospect, when Chen Kai first went to the Zhongzuo Institute to negotiate the military uniform business with Zheng Cai, it was also a scale of tens of thousands of sets, and now it has fallen to the point that even the old clothes worn by others have to be robbed, which is really laughable.
Everyone looked at each other, and Chen Kai immediately realized that they were just coming for the ship and the supplies on board. As for the weapons in their hands, they didn't even mention it, probably still waiting for them to be able to "surrender without a fight" after they were frostbitten, so that the casualties would be reduced a lot.
Since Zheng Cai lost the Zhongzuo Institute on August 15 last year, he once competed with Zheng Chenggong on the sea in southern Fujian, and later went to Sanpan to ask for help from Lu Jianguo, but was raided by the Ming army of Lu Jianguo. It's been a year, Zheng Cai has been drifting on the sea, life is obviously not good, and now it has fallen to the point of robbing the house, it seems that he doesn't dare to fight hard, Chen Kai thought about it, and then came out of the crowd and shouted to the person who came: "Please Yongsheng Bo go to the island to talk!" ”
"You guy, how can anyone dare to be so rude?"
"Go back and tell Yongshengbo, my name is Chen Kai, I only ask him if he dares to come up to catch up!"
Chen Kai blocked the persuasion of others with one hand, and his eyes were firm, as if he was a thorn in the body of the person who came. Who Chen Kai is, everyone in Zheng Caijun knows it. Not to mention, the top three that can make Zheng Cai hate the most itchy teeth, Chen Kai can definitely get in. Based on this alone, there is no reason why the person who came did not reply to Zheng Cai immediately.
"It's ......"
Taking advantage of Zheng Cai's lack of knowing that they were Zheng Chenggong's men, it was unrealistic to hide on the island and wait for reinforcements to arrive. The ship has to be taken away, although the items on the ship are due to secret operations, there is no sign of the Ming army, but the sailors will not be left, if one of these people defects, their identity may be completely revealed. Even if the sailors are all loyal and tight-mouthed, in this era of no network and no radio, Chen Kai has no way to notify the garrison of Haitan Island and Zheng Chenggong's fleet in time to relieve the siege, especially when Chen Kai does not believe that Zheng Cai will easily let go of so many strong men who can replenish the troops.
Speaking of the last battle in the Zhongzuo Institute, Chen Kai also stole the name of Zheng Cai to prevent the Qing army from knowing the identity of the attacker too early, but now he has met the main owner. What was originally a risk is now even more risky. However, Chen Kai has never been a person who gives up lightly, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he must work hard to achieve it, even in the face of his brother Zheng Lian Zheng Cai who was killed by Zheng Chenggong, he also has to work hard!
The news came back quickly, and without any hesitation, the small boats came over. When he got to the shore, the python robe and belt of the leader were still dressed by the Ming army, even if the official uniform looked a little faded, but it was still worn on the body, solemnly.
"Why, Yongsheng Bo is cowering behind a group of pawns, is it possible that he is still afraid of a powerless civil official like me?"
"In the city of Guangzhou, Shang Kexi and Du Yonghe plotted, Zheng Zhiguan was shot on Xiamen Island, and Shi Lang was shot on the side of Anping Bridge, you, a civil official, can never be underestimated."
Chen Kai came out of the crowd and ridiculed Zheng Cai, who was being guarded by his corporaries. Zheng Cai choked back, but did not continue to accept the protection of those loyal and brave subordinates, but strode out and walked in front of Chen Kai.
"Unexpectedly, you actually surrendered? For the sake of a woman, you actually surrendered?! ”
It is convenient to operate in the occupied areas of the Qing court, and Chen Kai wants to make a fuss about his attire. Seeing each other at this moment, Zheng Cai was still tied up and wearing the official robe of the Ming Court, but Chen Kai was like this, and he really looked like a villain lobbyist who came to persuade Zheng Cai to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
"Why, you have arrived at this field, do you still want to persuade Lao Tzu to not have ancestors like you, and you can't descend to the court?"
The more he looked at Chen Kai's dress, the more angry Zheng Cai became. After more than a year, from the most powerful leader of the Zheng Group at the beginning, to now there are only about 100 boats left, less than 2,000 subordinates, and they are poor to a certain extent, Zheng Cai hates Zheng Chenggong the most, and will not be the second choice.
However, although he is down now, Minnan still has a lot of relationships, and he is still very clear about what has happened there in the past year or so.
After Zheng Chenggong took over the Zhongzuo Institute, in addition to the danger encountered by Zhongzuo during the reign of King Qin, the two battles of Cizao and Qianshan were won in the field. During this period, he encircled and suppressed the pirate Chen Chun, who undermined the order of maritime trade, and safeguarded the status of the Central Left Institute as a maritime trade center and the rights and interests of the maritime class. If it were him, even if he was angry, he would not be able to ask himself, especially when it came to winning in the field. Perhaps, the Zheng Group will have a better development in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, and he and his cup-hungry brother are just two stumbling blocks that hinder the development of the Zheng Group.
was so discouraged, out of a conditioned reflex of self-preservation, Zheng Cai soon found a sufficient excuse for Zheng Chenggong's success, that is, Chen Kai, a guy who jumped out of nowhere.
I won't mention more distant things, but speaking of which, during Zheng Chenggong's quest for the Zhongzuo Institute, Chen Kai was still busy rescuing the people of Guangzhou, and that matter would not have much to do with him. Even according to Zheng Cai's intelligence, that incident was related to Zheng Zhiguan and Shi Lang, who were killed by Chen Kai successively, even if Chen Kai killed these two people without him at all, it was still to protect the interests of Zheng Chenggong and the Zheng Group, but it was still regarded as avenging him.
Such an idea is very contradictory, so much so that even the appearance rate of the name Chen Kai in Zheng Cai's mouth is much higher. However, when I saw it today, it turned out to be like this, in retrospect, Chen Kai stuck to the left office, and did not hesitate to fall out with the Zheng family for this reason, and then disappeared, it is unlikely that he will be cleared, but defection can basically be a certainty.
Zheng Cai sneered, and there was no lack of temptation, but Chen Kai didn't seem to think deeply, he just stretched out his hand to the back of his head, pinched the money rat tail, shook it casually, and smiled at Zheng Cai: "This thing is too ugly, if I didn't use it in the last month, what if I cut it in front of Yongshengbo now?" ”
"What do you mean?"
As soon as Chen Kai said this, Zheng Caidang frowned. What the words alluded to, he seemed to have touched some eyebrows. However, Chen Kai did not leave him time to continue thinking, but pointed to Wang Jiang behind him and said: "That Wang Vice Xian, Yan Jiang, was once the assistant of Wang Yi appointed by King Lu to Zhizhejiang Jingluo...... They became famous, all after the uncle and King Lu had a falling out, and the official positions were also appointed after King Lu returned to Zhejiang. However, they are still very influential on the ground in eastern Zhejiang, and the Tartars attacked Zhoushan this year, and they deliberately suppressed Siming Mountain last year, just for Wang Yi and Wang Jiang......"
told about the situation of the two kings of Dalanshan, Wang Yi should have been martyred, and Chen Kai on Wang Jiang's side also talked about Dalanshanpo, Wang Jiang's mother was captured, and the Qing army used his mother as a threat to force Wang Jiang to throw himself into the net, and then was imprisoned in Hangzhou. And he fished it out in that big city of millions of people.
"Fished out Wang Vice Xian from Hangzhou City, but he did it when he passed by Hangzhou City on the way back. Seeing my uncle this time is even more unexpected. However, since I risk being killed by my uncle on this island and have to expose my whereabouts, I plan to persuade my uncle to hand over his subordinates and return to the center to become a rich man. ”