"All Zheng is one!"

The so-called Zhu Zheng Guiyi in Chen Kai's mouth refers not only to the Zheng family in Nan'an Shijing, but to the various departments of the Zheng Group that were divided by the surrender of the leader of the group, Zheng Zhilong, and the house arrest of the Qing army!

In the second year of Longwu, that is, last year, Zheng Zhilong, as the leader of the Zheng group, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his sons Zheng Du, Zheng Yin and others were escorted back to Beijing by Boluo. Having lost its leader, the Zheng group turned into a plate of scattered sand. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, according to the order of the Manchu commander Duanzhong Prince Boluo, he wrote a letter to his subordinates, asking them to submit to the Qing court with him.

After receiving the order, Zheng Chenggong's fifth brother Cheng Jibo Zheng Zhibao, and the generals Wu Yibo Shifu, Zongzhen Shilang, Huang Ting, Hong Xishan and others led most of the Fujian Ming army, totaling more than 113,000 people to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which was one of them;

When the order is issued, there are those who surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and there are also those who resist the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong's fourth brother, Zheng Hongkui, the Duke of Dingguo, failed to dissuade Zheng Zhilong, so he led his troops to move to Kinmen Island and raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Hongkui raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time shielded Zheng Chenggong, who was about to be taken away by Zheng Zhilong, to prevent him from being captured by the Qing court, and then went to this Nanao Island, which is the third;

At the same time, Yongshengbo Zheng Cai and Dingyuan Bo Zheng Lian brothers raised troops against the Qing Dynasty in Yongning Weizhongzuo Qianhu, that is, Xiamen, among which Zheng Cai was changed to Lu Jianguo and led the Zhejiang Ming army into Fujian, which was the fourth;

Longwu died, and the scholar Su Guansheng and others supported Zhu Yujian, the younger brother of Emperor Zhu Yujian, in Guangzhou, and participated in the support of Emperor Shaowu's Guangdong General Soldier Auxiliary Ming Hou Lincha, who was also Zheng Zhilong's general, and was once dominated by Emperor Shaowu, and his department was also the core force of the Shaowu court, which was the fifth;

During the Chongzhen period, Zheng Zhilong served as the official position of the deputy chief soldier of South Australia for a long time, and later Zheng Zhilong was promoted, and the position of deputy chief soldier of South Australia was under the control of the Zheng group.

In addition, there are a large number of Zheng Group generals scattered in Fujian, Guangdong and other places, some have been cleared, some are gathered to defend themselves, and some are living in seclusion.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, as the de facto hegemon on China's oceans, the Zheng Group once had more than 200,000 troops in its heyday, countless sea vessels, controlled the coastal waterways of Fujian and Guangdong and the proportion of maritime trade, and the annual income reached 10 million taels of silver.

Today, Zheng Chenggong, as the legal heir of Zheng Zhilong, arrived in Nanao from Anping with more than 100 people to the sea, and incorporated the soldiers and horses of the South Australia Association, so he barely had a place to live, which is really a big gap compared to back then. Chen Kai's implication is very clear, rebuild the Zheng Group, so as to strengthen itself, in order to compete with the Manchu Qing on land!

As soon as Chen Kai said this, Zheng Chenggong's face immediately changed, and after that, he changed his color several times, but in the end, he couldn't make up his mind.

"It's too late today, Chen Senjun will go back to rest first. This matter will be discussed another day. ”

"Resignation."

Leaving the study, Chen Kai walked on the way back to the courtyard. At this moment, the galaxy is brilliant, and the moon shadow is three. Through historical materials, he knows very well that Zheng Chenggong is lonely, lonely and walking alone on a road that seems to have no chance of winning. And now, he is also walking on this road, supporting the country surnamed Ye who is still babbling and toddler, helping him grow up faster and grow into a real southeast pillar like in history.

The sentence just now can definitely be called a drain of courage, not only Chen Kai has this consciousness, but even Zheng Chenggong is the same. It's just that this matter is by no means so simple, it's like a broken mirror, and it's really difficult to reunite.

There was nothing to say all night, the next day, Chen Kai went to duty as usual, the matter of rattan helmet has been determined, and in the following days, the main direction of attack of the rattan craftsmen of the ordnance workshop was changed from rattan to rattan helmet, seize all the time, and strive to complete the whole army's assembly work as soon as possible.

In addition, after this war, many recruits in Zheng Chenggong's army also had some combat experience, and the proportion of sword players should be increased, so Chen Kai also decided to adjust the proportion of cold weapons in the blacksmith group. To put it bluntly, it is to reduce the output of spears and increase the output of waist knives - as for the rattan brand, there is still a pile of ash in the warehouse, but there is no hurry.

Chen Kai remembered that since Zheng Chenggong started his army, except for the second year of Longwu because it was Layue, he only raised troops in Nanao, and since then he has launched a counteroffensive against the Manchu occupied areas every year, and he will naturally have to send troops next year, and it is best to strengthen the equipment level of this army as much as possible before then. It's just the specific direction of attack and the time of dispatch, but he doesn't have a deep impression, vague, and always unclear.

"Perhaps, next year's war is not very important."

Putting aside these distractions, Chen Kai continued yesterday's unfinished work. The craftsmen brought back by Zheng Chenggong are already in place, and they will be under the jurisdiction of the Ordnance Workshop in the future. However, the Bird Gun Maker in the workshop is still under construction, and the Bird Gun Craftsman has to temporarily live in the few remaining shops in the blacksmith area. Chen Kai has already begun to observe their work process, how to decompose, how to divide labor, or other ways to improve work efficiency, he also began to think.

Chen Kai is already drafting the gunpowder matter, because the upper and lower strategies of this matter are no longer only to be completed in the arsenal workshop, and more coordination is needed to carry out the work.

The work continued until the next duty, Chen Kai returned to the town office, and after dinner, the person named Chen Ding came to visit. For this person, Chen Kai really didn't have a deep impression, after all, among those under Zheng Chenggong's command, the most impressive ones were probably the five tigers of the Zheng family, the "big housekeeper" Hong Xu, and the "chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, Chen Jinnan" and "a sword without blood Feng Xifan". At least, these people have appeared frequently in film and television dramas and novels, at least the exposure rate is relatively high.

For Chen Ding, Chen Kai's first impression is very good, a rather elegant middle-aged scholar, with a very bookish atmosphere, but not such a rotten temperament, more enlightened. Regardless of others, at least it looks much more pleasing to the eye than the Jinshi Ye Yiyun who came back with him with Zheng Chenggong this time.

Such a person, Chen Kai has the heart to make friends. However, the two of them had just had their teeth, and before they could say anything, Chen Kai was asked away by Zheng San again, and Chen Ding had to leave for the time being.

When he came to Zheng Chenggong's study, as Chen Kai expected, it was really for yesterday's event that Zheng Chenggong would specially invite him. When there were only two people left, Zheng Chenggong said: "What Chen Senjun said yesterday, I have thought about it carefully, and it is indeed very reasonable. It's just that we can't rush it for the time being. ”

In the face of such a behemoth as the Qing court, Zheng Chenggong looked around and left, and there were only three or four thousand soldiers under his command, and most of them were new soldiers, so he was bound to feel powerless. Regarding Zheng Chenggong's answer, Chen Kai had expected it, nodded in agreement, and explained to him: "Xia Guan also knows that there is a huge disparity in strength, and it is not an overnight achievement. However, there must always be a clue to do things, between the lower officials, above this matter, we should first take the small and then the big, the easy first and then the difficult, and be lenient with others. After all, if you want to achieve ZTE, you will inevitably recruit rebels in the future, and it is not good to be limited to this. ”

"Chen Senjun is reasonable, and I want to come too."

"Then, let's start with Fuming Hou Lincha."