When Zhu Dayou led Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Tai in, Zhang Qiang got up to greet him.

As soon as the two of them met, they bowed to Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang hurriedly dodged and helped them up from the side.

joke, although Zhang Qiang is a later generation, he is not stupid to think that he can be compared with these two treacherous and cunning old pirates, and calmly accept the kneeling of others.

Although the Zheng family has a grudge against Longwu, they are also the heroes who supported Longwu to ascend the throne, and at the same time the Zheng family is also good to Longwu, Longwu is also a shrewd person, and he is also an emperor who attaches great importance to etiquette.

Think about it, in order to abide by etiquette, Zheng Chenggong will actually give death to his eldest son Zheng Jing, who is messing with his nursing mother, it can be seen that etiquette, righteousness and shame, how deeply rooted the Confucian etiquette system is in Zheng Chenggong's heart, today he bowed down to himself in order to rise, and when the time comes, he will become an enemy if he does not agree with him, and he can also be secretly retaliated against, or not cooperate.

And it takes talent and time for his own sailors to grow up, the navy can't grow up in a while, he needs time, this time is constant, and he has to rely on Zheng Chenggong's foreign aid for a long time.

Therefore, Zhang Qiang must not accept this gift.

"Your Excellency Governor." Seeing that Zhang Qiang resolutely did not accept the bow, the two of them could only sit down under Zhang Qiang's kind words and persuasion, and the chaser guards served tea.

Like the people of the Ming Dynasty known to Zhang Qiang, the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a long time, going back and forth, and it took about half an hour before Zheng Chenggong explained his intentions.

"My lord, although Zheng Cai rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, he is my father's brother after all, as the son who inherited my father's inheritance, I implore your lord to forgive Zheng Cai, hand him over to the lower officials to deal with, and spare his life."

Zhang Qiang smiled and didn't answer, but clapped his hands, Zhu Dayou took out a holy decree from his arms, Zhang Qiang took it and handed it to Zheng Chenggong, "This is the emperor's holy decree to pardon your family, and I hope that the uncle can continue to serve the court, and the emperor canonized the uncle as the king of Yanping County, and gave him the surname, "Zhu", the surname of Yanguo. ”

"Really?" Zheng Chenggong took the holy decree, pulled it open with trembling hands, and finished reading the holy decree.

"Thank you, Lord Long." This time the two of them knelt down, Zhang Qiang calmly endured, because he accepted their kneeling as a messenger, of course, the holy decree was given to them, and the identity of the messenger came to an end, the two people got up, and after sitting down, they looked at each other, their eyes were full of excitement.

Zheng Tai clenched his fists and said: "Lord Governor Xie, if it weren't for Lord Governor, our Zheng family would still be infamous as traitors, now, we can hold our heads high and be upright." ”

Zheng Chenggong also said to Zhang Qiang: "Thank you to the Governor for rehabilitating my Zheng family, but in the future, there will be a sending, a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and it is incumbent on me." ”

Zhang Qiang smiled and waved his hand, "Say a few words, I can't bear the gratitude of the county king, now we are officials in the same dynasty, we will help each other in the future, and work together for the restoration of Sheji, in order to repay the emperor's kindness." Zhang Qiang gestured in the direction of Quanzhou Mansion, looking loyal.

Now Zhang Qiang has Jin Sheng, who was personally recommended in the Longwu Dynasty, and Zhu Dadian, the secretary of the military department, as Zhang Qiang's Austrian aid in the court, to say two words and dredge the joints of Longwudi, which can still be done.

Longwu's mind now is to develop the people's livelihood, straighten out the operation of the entire imperial court, and at the same time strengthen the troops, ready to march into Jiangxi, as long as it helps to fight with the Tartars and restore the Ming Dynasty, he will support it, this Hongguang is not as good as him, although King Lu also has a heart, but he is powerless, King Lu's personality is too soft, there is no assertiveness, Longwu is a master of Zhongxing.

After thanking him, Zheng Chenggong still didn't forget Zheng Cai, and asked again: "Lord Governor, I don't know if Zheng Cai can be returned to me, after all, everyone lives and dies, and it is my father's old brother." ”

"I wonder what the king of Yanping thinks of the Portuguese?" Zhang Qiang diverted the topic again.

Zheng Chenggong was very puzzled, why Zhang Qiang always didn't answer his words, and why he went to the Portuguese again.

Although Zheng Chenggong was helpless, he also had to follow Zhang Qiang's train of thought and follow Zhang Qiang's topic, who made his current strength very weak, and he couldn't compete with Zhang Qiang at all, if he held himself experienced at sea and could have a long time with Zhang Qiang, he had to refer to Zheng Cai, Zheng Cai's fall was completely his future fate.

Zheng Cai was stronger than his current strength at that time, but what about Zhang Qiang?

It's not to interrupt the annihilation of the whole army, although he Zheng Chenggong has integrated the strength of Zheng Cai and Zheng Tai, and also incorporated some medium-sized pirate groups, and some small pirates have also taken refuge in the wind, it can be said that he has the right to speak along the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian, and even to the coast of Taiwan, but he can't ignore Zhang Qiang's maritime strength.

Zheng Chenggong's maritime strength is still mostly small ships, and there are many medium-sized ships, but large ships, such as armed merchant ships with the Portuguese and armed merchant ships of the Dutch, and even the number of warships are not as many as Zhang Qiang's sailors, or even not at all.

No matter how rampant the pirates are, they need to finally settle on the land, no matter how powerful they are, the roots are on the land, and on the land, the most powerful force close to them is Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebels.

Winning more with less time and fighting tens of thousands of enemies with thousands of times each time, this combat effectiveness cannot be trained even if Zheng Chenggong is given more than ten years.

"Portuguese, the lower officials think that they are just a group of vendors, so they can ignore them." Zheng Chenggong had to show his attitude, in his eyes, the Portuguese are indeed not the most powerful, his main enemy is the Dutch, the Dutch have a base in Batavia, can support the Dutch in the Ming Dynasty, although the Portuguese also have a base in Malacca, but they do not have many warships, and they have to be thousands of miles away to support, so he thinks that the Portuguese are mainly merchants, not enemies who can fight.

"But the Portuguese occupy my territory, use some doctrines to confuse my Ming people, and send people to help the Tartars attack my Jinhua rebels, is this not an enemy?" Zhang Qiang asked in a strengthened tone.

Zheng Chenggong Nuno said for a long time: "My lord, the Portuguese are not to be afraid, they are just merchants who stay in the territory of my Daming, we need them to transfer the goods of the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles, and we can't help but give them some additions." ”

"No, I'm not saying that they can't be merchants, it's just that they have transcended the essence of merchants, and have become pirates, robbers, and moths who can shake the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, therefore, I think, they shouldn't stay there anymore, let's crusade against them together, destroy them, take everyone prisoner, and let them work for us, what do you think of this proposal?"

Zheng Chenggong's eyes were full of puzzlement, doubt, and fear, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, who will sell the goods for us?" ”

Zhang Qiang stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced as he said: "We welcome the proper behavior of the merchants, but they are garrisons, castles, and even participate in our war with the Tartars, which can already be seen as hostile behavior against us, in fact they are already enemies, so we have to destroy them."

If they are still willing to be serious merchants, we welcome them, but we can no longer have fleets, castles, or even turn our Ming territories into chaotic places like theirs, and we need to send officers and soldiers to manage their actions and goods. ”

Zheng Tai stood up, "Your Excellency, your opinion has made the lower officials suddenly enlightened, the Portuguese have always been aggressive and bullying, but the imperial court has not acted, and we are just going with the flow, I don't know why, today I listened to the words of the adults, only to know that there was a scoundrel and robber at our door, and the lower officials are willing to do their best to join the crusade army of the adults and regain the lost land for my Daming." ”

Zhang Qiang looked at Zheng Chenggong.