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Compared with such days, Li Yu prefers to wander around the market, watch the world, and get more inspiration to write one legendary story after another. It's like the year before last's "Sympathetic Companion", just like last year's "Kite Mistake", just like the "Meaning of the Edge" he is writing now.

However, compared to the last time, this time, my hands were not as shaky as they were then, and even the suffering of the half hour of waiting was much less. There are indeed elements that are beginning to get used to it, but it is more that the war situation in Fujian and Guangdong is gradually improving for the Ming army, which makes him see more hope.

That string of numbers rushed between Hangzhou and the Zhongzuo Institute. Without radio, it would have to be carried out by manpower, which would undoubtedly take more time.

In Fuzhou, Li Yu's nominal patron Feng Junrui stepped out of the door of the Fujian governor's yamen. It's just that in that look, there is absolutely no joy of being promoted from a general to a deputy general.

Back in the house, Feng Junrui asked his subordinates to recruit the person who lived in the wing room temporarily, and the two of them entered the study one after the other. And that man also changed his low profile before closing, and became arrogant, especially when he heard Feng Junrui's answer, he raised his eyebrows and showed displeasure.

"How is it the deputy general of the Fuzhou City Guard?"

"General Cai, the last general is also very strange, Zhang Fujun, well, Zhang Xuesheng said that the deputy general of Xinghua City Guard is not going to change the court, and he thinks that the last general is obedient, and it is convenient to put anything by his side."

Jin Li's army defeated Zhong Cuo, and the strength of the Qing army in Fujian further shrank, if it were not for the loss of the Ming army, it was not light, and it occupied the territory of nearly two prefectures in one go, and it urgently needed time to recover and digest, but I was afraid that the Ming army would turn from defense to attack. Under such a situation, the Qing court mobilized a large army from Zhejiang to assist in the defense, and at the same time transferred troops from the north of the Yangtze River to enrich the Fujian Green Battalion, many of the official positions of the Green Battalion were changing, Zheng Chenggong gave Cai Qiao the money to Feng Junrui, in order to ask him to buy a shortage of deputy general of Xinghua Mansion City Guard, for later use.

The Zheng family's silver, Feng Junrui didn't dare not continue, otherwise the incident in Xiamen would happen, and he would only have a dead end left. For Zhang Xuesheng, he only said that he had made a fortune in sea trade, plus many years of savings.

The civil and military generals on the coast are the most normal gray income for maritime trade, not to mention Zhang Xuesheng, many civil and military officials along the coast of Fujian are like this, and there is no one Feng Junrui.

And the governor, in recent years, has also scratched his head all day and night at the reprimands and dissatisfaction of the Qing court, not only in military affairs, but also in Chen Kai, the guy who was killed by him with a "discordant strategy", how he came alive again, and he also repeatedly defeated the Qing army in Guangdong, which is all for him to explain. This time, I saw that Feng Junrui had the silver to pay filial piety, and he also had the intention of promoting the silver, and asked him to operate from it, so he took the deal without concessions, which is also a good thing for others and himself.

At this moment, Feng Junrui lowered his eyebrows and finished speaking, looking at this general of the Ming army who had promised him to spend money to buy officials for Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai, he didn't even have the courage to peek at the change in expression. Because this deputy general of the Fujian city guard was his request, behind his back, he still didn't want to get involved in the battle between the two armies of the Ming Army in the Fujian battlefield too early, and at this moment, he was even more afraid that Cai Qiao would see some flaws.

"Fuzhou, Fuzhou, do it well, there will always be your benefits in the future."

"Thank you General Cai for your understanding, thank you General Cai for your understanding, and I hope that General Cai can say a good word or two for the last general in front of the country surname Ye and Mr. Chen, and the last general should be remembered for himself."

As he spoke, Feng Junrui took out a meeting ticket and stuffed it into Cai Qiao's hand. In this regard, Cai Qiao didn't twist too much, ordered something, and left on his own, but as soon as he opened the door, he returned to the low-key of Fang Cai, and no longer domineering in the study.

After leaving Fuzhou City and boarding the ship in Min'an Town, Cai Qiao returned directly to the Zhongzuo Institute. On the side of the Central Left, the festive atmosphere of the New Year continued, and Zheng Chenggong had already received several secret letters from Hangzhou, including reports from the five merchants of Shan, which had been handed over to Zheng Tai in advance, and numbers sent from Li Yu's side—the last time, which was also the result of the first time he did such a thing.

"The news was not as fast as expected, probably it was a little late when someone was sent."

In this regard, Zheng Chenggong handed it over to Cai Qiao, because of his meticulous considerations, and the relationship with the experience of following Chen Kai, but more importantly, Cai Qiao knew a lot of inside information, about the people Chen Kai had come into contact with along the way, many of these people were anti-Qing people lurking in the Qing occupied areas for different purposes. Even if there is an almost semi-forced person like Li Yu in this.

"That person from Hangzhou, didn't you ask who Chen Jinnan was?"

"No, the people sent to Hangzhou are all fine and trustworthy, and in order to ensure their loyalty, they also moved their parents, wives and children to the Zhongzuo Institute, and there should be no concealment."

"That's good, I heard that man is a smart man, and he wouldn't be so reckless."

This is an extremely important chess piece, Chen Kai once mentioned, don't let him take the initiative to test, as long as he can send what he heard to the connector according to the instructions, he doesn't have to pay attention to the rest of the things. In this way, the possibility of Li Yu's exposure can be avoided to a greater extent, after all, a merry and talented person like him who can deal with local middle and high-level figures in the Qing court is still a rare person. Perhaps, it may be able to play a bigger role in the future.

The line that Cai Qiao was responsible for was laid down along the route that Chen Kai had come from, which was something that Cai Qiao had been busy with in the year since Chen Kai came back, and the most important point was in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the provincial capital of Zhejiang, the economic development can be said to be the same as Suzhou, it is the end point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the garrison of the Eight Banners has been stationed for a long time, and the military, political and economic status is a giant city on the southeast coast. In addition to Cai Qiaobu's line, the Shanwu merchants he had negotiated with Zheng Tai earlier had already gained a firm foothold there, and the goods could be purchased from Jiangsu and Zhejiang in a steady stream with Hangzhou as the origin, and then transported to the sea, becoming the source of goods for Zheng's Group's maritime trade.

The fulcrum of Hangzhou has greatly improved the supply of goods for sea trade. At the same time, this year, the Ming army ensured the control area of Guangdong, and further extended the salary system to the mouth of the Pearl River, further increased the benefits of the license, not to mention, many Chinese merchants who originally traded between Guangdong and Nanyang also began to trade in Hong Kong, which will also have a lot of profits in the hands of the Ming army, rather than supporting Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and their poor luxury.

"It was a brilliant idea to make Hong Kong Island the core control area of the Pearl River Estuary and to set up warehouses and shops there for traders from the inland of Guangdong and the South Seas to trade."

Zheng Tai has been in charge of the five merchants of the mountains and seas for a long time, as well as trade with Japan, Ryukyu, Dayuan and other places, and has been running around by boat for more than a year, and he has been very busy. After more than a year of hard work, many places have re-established the Zheng Group's trade network, and with the successive victories of Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, the authority of Zheng Group at sea is also constantly restored and improved.

"That's true, don't hide it from my brother, I actually mentioned this move, at that time, I wanted to go and occupy Langqi directly, and completely block the route of the Minjiang River to the sea. If it hadn't been for the attack of the captives, maybe I would have done it. ”

"It's not too late."

"Yes, it's really not too late, it's going to depend on the outcome of this year's battle."

Repelled Jin Li's army, Zheng Chenggong's territory in Zhangzhou Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion was stabilized. In the past few months, the Qing army first dispatched some of the elite of the Zhejiang Green Battalion to the south to assist in the defense, and at the same time transferred many troops from the north of the Yangtze River to supplement the losses of the Fujian Green Battalion.

At the same time, Zheng Chenggong's side was not idle, while confronting the Qing army between Quanzhou Mansion and Xinghua Mansion, while recovering the three counties of Yongchun, Dehua and Anxi in Quanzhou Prefecture, encompassing the entire Quanzhou Prefecture, and at the same time invading Longyan County of Zhangzhou Prefecture. As a result, only one of the two prefectures of Zhangquan in southern Fujian was left inland, Ningyang County, which was still in the hands of the Qing army.

The territory of the four counties was started, and the Qing army did not even have the desire to fight for it, which made the Ming army and those who were interested in the Ming army particularly excited. However, the Qing court's large-scale increase in troops obviously would not be put there for decoration, and there will inevitably be a major war between the two sides this year, thus establishing the control of both sides over Fujian Province.

"What are the odds?"

Zheng Tai is the God of Wealth of the Zheng Group, and he has been in charge of maritime trade for a long time, so he knows very well that the strength of the Ming army will affect their authority at sea. However, Zheng Chenggong did not answer directly, only mentioned that Feng Chengshi, who joined the army, praised Chen Kai's fortress for its miraculous effect on the battlefield in Guangdong, and suggested that Zheng Chenggong also build a fortress in Hui'an County to deal with the attack of the Qing army.

"This matter, I repaired a book and asked about it, and I felt that Gongwei County, it was not enough to build one, and I had to build a fortress group to come out. However, this time there is no need to build as big as he did on the side of the Luohe River, each one is enough for one or two hundred soldiers to defend the standard, as long as the route of the Tartars attacking Quanzhou from the land is blocked, at least we can keep the existing control area. ”

The Qing army was strong, and it was never easy for the Ming army to hold the hard-won control area. But now with this fortress, the situation is completely different. As for the fact that building a fortress requires a lot of money, Zheng Chenggong didn't care too much. Because of the silver he had a lot of it.

"Da Mu, who has become a unique talent, is really a rare genius. Such a character still has to be well encircled. ”

What Zheng Tai pointed out, how could Zheng Chenggong not know. In fact, speaking of which, Chen Kai has today, and Zheng Chenggong's trust is a big reason, and the cooperation between the two has always been tacit, even when Shi Lang is there, they can't separate the relationship between the two. But that marriage was originally a good thing that added a double insurance of the relationship between the two people, but it was ruined by their grandmother.

This is naturally because of the dispute over the positioning of the Zheng Group, and Zheng Chenggong has already expressed his attitude with practical actions, but the group where he and Chen Kai belong already has a large amount of power from the Ishii Zheng family, and it is impossible for him to disobey the grandmother's will for this, so he can only be so stiff, and he has been stiff for almost two years.

"When the news of Jingcheng's second Lufeng victory came, I went to visit the ancestor, and the ancestor was relieved, but only when Jingcheng worshiped the third uncle first, could the six rites continue."

Zheng Chenggong more or less knows that there are many Zheng children in their dying struggles, and they still want to use marriage to suppress Chen Kai, or to suppress Zheng Chenggong, at least not to fall behind in momentum. And his old grandmother is also a face-saving figure, and she just hit it off.

At this point, even if Chen Kai swallowed his anger, Zheng Chenggong would not agree, because it meant that all their previous efforts would be wasted. What's more, with Chen Kai's temperament, it is good to kill people, and it is good not to throw them into the sea to feed the fish, kneeling and kowtowing to admit defeat and surrender, it is simply a fool's dream.

"It's a pity that I regret the fate of the girl, I was stunned that I was delayed by this group of guys for so long."

Zheng Tai is not a close branch of Zheng Zhilong, if it were not for Zheng Zhilong to accept him as a righteous son, his status in the Zheng Group would never be as high as it is now. For this reason, coupled with the rectification of the old business relationship of the Zheng Group, he and Zheng Chenggong have long been tied together, and they naturally want to speak for Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai, because they are the people who will help his career the most, not those relatives.

"When I came back this time, I haven't seen my grandmother for more than half a year, so the foolish brother tried to talk about Xiang Yi or two."

"That's fine, my father said that my brother's mouth was better than mine, and if I can convince my grandmother this time, I must let Jingcheng and fate thank my brother well."

The two looked at each other and smiled, discussed the next matter, and Zheng Tai took his leave. After returning to the mansion and washing up a little, he brought a gift to meet the old ancestor.

Zheng Tai is the most useful junior picked out by Zheng Zhilong back then, and that old lady Huang has always liked this grandson who can speak well and do things safely. Once they met, they naturally inevitably shed some tears for Zheng Tai's hard work during this time. As he spoke, Zheng Tai mentioned that Chen Kai would ensure the Ming army's control of the area in Guangdong and further expand the trade in Guangdong, paving the way for the subsequent rhetoric.

However, as soon as he said this, his old grandmother seemed a little impatient, and simply asked bluntly: "It was Da Mu who asked you to speak for that kid surnamed Chen." ”

Zheng Tai said that he was older, which was nothing more than to prove to Mrs. Huang what kind of contribution Chen Kai's existence and efforts had made to the strength of the Zheng Group. At this moment, the old grandmother stopped the words, and Zheng Tai did not deny it, and continued to talk about this topic.

"Grandmother, grandson is here to speak for Jingcheng, but it is also for fate, for our Zheng family. dragged on like this, there are more and more rumors outside, and if you don't say anything about a girl's family, even if you just say that this is for our Zheng family, this is not a good thing after all......"

Next, Zheng Tai began to exert his powerful strength with clever tongues, adding fuel and vinegar to the so-called "rumors" outside, or making up a lot of talk out of nothing. The center left is too close here, Zheng Tai didn't mention it, but he went to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Japan, Ryukyu and Dayuan, he mentioned the evaluation of some people that Mrs. Huang might have heard of on this matter, and the slander of the Zheng family can be described as unbearable.

"This group of bastards, the Zheng family's affairs, it is their turn to talk a lot!"

"What my grandmother said is that my grandson also said the same about them, but our Zheng family still has to go through sea trade in the end, in these places, in Nanyang, these outsiders' senses are also very important, otherwise it will affect our family trade. In this way, the uncle's years of development and accumulation will be in vain. ”

Employing people, which is a crucial point for the survival of the enterprise, can not treat employees well, especially can not treat capable employees well, such an enterprise is not trustworthy. Even if there will be nothing when it goes well, once it goes against the trend, many negative things will further affect the overall survival and development.

Zheng Tai doesn't need to say this too clearly, and Old Madam Huang can also be more or less aware of it. Even if she didn't realize it, it was enough to at least let her understand that it would not be beneficial for the Zheng Group to go on like this. Because he knows very well that the interests of the Zheng family in this old grandmother's heart are the most important.

Such a statement really made the old ancestor mutter for a long time, and Zheng Tai didn't say much, just sat there and sipped the tea, completely in his hands. Unexpectedly, when the old lady spoke again, she still resolutely rejected Zheng Tai's persuasion, and used the same interests of the Zheng family.

"You have to understand that the old body did this so that the people of our Zheng family would not be ridden on the head by those outsiders. is married, your third uncle is also the elder of the husband of fate, is it so difficult to tell him to kowtow? ”

These words blocked Zheng Tai into a solid one. Out of the mansion, he went straight to Zheng Chenggong's house, who let him go to the study, leaving only the two of them. It's just that Zheng Chenggong listened to this answer, but he couldn't help sneering in his heart about "The interests of the Ishii Zheng family are really not the same as the interests of the Zheng Group".

"To become such a character is the most important thing to be underestimated. The clan is still dying to save face, the foolish brother can put a word in Damu you, the more this is the case in the clan now, the greater the face will be lost in the future! ”

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