"So what?" Putmans said proudly: "Our city of Geranza is impregnable, let them come, we are fully capable of holding out for more than six months until reinforcements arrive." ”

He is still very confident in the defense of the city of Geranza, and the steel giant ship can't go ashore, what are he afraid of?

Zheng Bin shook his head and said: "Don't be blindly confident, the Tiance Army has repeatedly defeated the barbaric Jurchens, and easily won Keelung City in northern Taiwan, how long can the city of Gelansha withstand the attack of the Tiance Army?" Your Excellency the Governor, once the city is broken, have you thought about the consequences of being a prisoner? ”

Putmans was thrilled by this, and he did not want to be taken prisoner, so he said: "Because of this, it is even more impossible for me to sell you artillery, because in seven days, the army of Celestial Ce will launch an attack on the city of Geranza, and I advise you to try your luck in Batavia." ”

"What? The Tiance Army is going to attack here in seven days? This is a new situation, Zheng Bin asked in surprise.

Putmans said gloomily: "That's right, that Lord Wang Yue has already given me an ultimatum!" ”

Zheng Bin thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, I am deeply sympathetic to what happened to you, and I will explain the situation here to my eldest brother, which may be helpful to you." ”

"You mean the First Official will support the city of Geranza?" Putmans asked, somewhat surprised.

"I can't completely guarantee it, but our eldest brother shouldn't watch Taiwan fall into the hands of Wang Yue." Zheng Bin said.

On the same day, Zheng Bin took a fast boat to rush back, and the city of Gelansha and Quanzhou were only separated by a sea, not far away.

Zheng Mansion, Shijing Town, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian.

Today's birthday of Zheng Zhilong's favorite son Zheng Sen, many well-known people in Quanzhou came to congratulate or sent people to send congratulatory gifts, not to mention the people in Zheng Zhilong's hometown Shijing Town, almost all the businessmen and gentry came to cheer.

Although Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, it can be said that he did all kinds of evil at sea, but Zheng Zhilong did a good job in treating his hometown fathers.

Zheng Zhilong has to donate a lot of silver and food to the lonely and widowed elderly every month, and every year he sponsors a lot of scholars to gain fame, and he never bullies the weak in the township, Zheng Zhilong's reputation in Quanzhou and even Fujian is very good, and the people in his hometown Shijing Town regard him as a Buddha of ten thousand families.

Today is Zheng Sen's fifteenth birthday, according to the algorithm of the ancients, this age is already the age when he can go to the battlefield, so Zheng Zhilong still attaches great importance to this day, and many people are invited to celebrate it.

In the lobby of the backyard, Zheng Zhilong, who is nearly forty years old, sat on the main seat, and next to him sat Fu Youchen, the prefect of Quanzhou, Chen Daci of Nan'an Zhixian County, and a number of officials such as the commander of the capital, such as Yan Younian, these people were pushing the cup and drinking very happily, and the smile on Zheng Zhilong's face was still happy.

Recently, the goods brought back by Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen from Tianjin have been sold, and the Zheng family has almost made money every day, and Zheng Zhilong is of course overjoyed.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Fu Youchen, the prefect of Quanzhou, put down the wine glass and stroked his beard and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Lord Zheng, you are the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, and the safety of the coastal areas of Fujian is all on you. As the so-called tiger father has no dog, Ling Gongzi is also a talent, and the official likes it very much at first glance, I wonder if Lord Zheng has the idea of letting Ling Gongzi enter the official career? ”

Although Zheng Zhilong was happy in his heart, he showed a reserved look on his face and said with a smile: "Lord Fu has won the award, although the dog is a little smart, but the so-called jade is not a weapon, and it will have to rely on you to help you in the future." As for letting him into the office, that's what the official thinks......! ”

The Zheng family has been asking people to go to Zheng Sen in Nanjing, and now they have received an accurate answer, and Zheng Sen will be able to get a place as a prisoner of Nanjing Guozi in the autumn of this year, so Zheng Sen's entry into the office will be a matter of course.

When Zheng Bin rushed back from Relansha City, the banquet had come to an end, and Zheng Zhilong still dealt with the guests quietly after listening to Zheng Bin's return.

As night fell, when Zheng Zhilong sent the last guest away, he summoned all the important leaders under his command to the conference hall, because it was already dark, although more than a dozen candles were lit in the empty conference hall, it still looked a little dim.

"Brothers, the Tiance Army is about to attack the city of Geranza, if the Tiance Army clears the Dutch power in Taiwan, the whole Taiwan will fall into the hands of Wang Yue, what do you think of this time?" Zheng Zhilong's gloomy words rang out in the dimly lit conference hall.

At this time, the most important dozens of leaders of the Zheng family all sat under Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Sen, as Zheng Zhilong's successor, sat at the bottom left of Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhibao sat at the bottom right of Zheng Zhilong.

I saw Zheng Zhibao snort coldly and said, "Big brother, what else is there to say." If Taiwan is taken by Wang Yue, there will be no peace in the coastal areas of Fujian, and sooner or later he will have to compete with my Zheng family for the South Seas, so he must not be allowed to get the city of Relansha. I once said that the sailors of the Tiance Army are all big iron ships, and now Taiwan is very close to my Quanzhou, so I suggest that my eldest brother send troops to snatch these big iron ships for his own use in one fell swoop, and the strength of my Zheng family's sailors will inevitably increase greatly. ”

"No!"

As soon as Zheng Zhibao finished speaking, a young man about twenty-three or four-year-old sitting next to him shook his head and said, "In this way, we will completely tear our faces with Wang Yue." Judging from the fact that the Tiance army defeated Jiannu many times and defeated the imperial army, the Tiance army was almost unstoppable on land, so what about defeating his sailors? The city of Geranza is still not guaranteed. ”

This person's name is Zheng Cai, and he is an important person in the Zheng family.

"So what? Do we want to watch Wang Yue take the whole of Taiwan, and when will we wait if we don't send troops at this time? As long as we take down his naval giant ship and blockade Dayuan Bay, what do I think he Wang Yue will use to attack the city of Geranza? Zheng Zhibao's face was full of hideous colors, and there was no place to spread the anger he received during his last trip to Tianjin.

Zheng Cai's brother Zheng Lian spoke: "The second in charge, don't underestimate the enemy, don't look at the Tiance Army's sailors and ships, in fact, the firepower is very strong, it is difficult to resist." "He has suffered losses in Hirado, and he is the one in the Zheng family who has really seen the naval firepower of the Tiance Army.

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zheng Sen and asked, "Sen'er, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Sen raised his head and said: "Father, he Wang Yue, as the left squire of the imperial court's military department, and the governor Yingtian, can completely represent the imperial court to recover Taiwan and make contributions to expanding the territory." Our Zheng family sent troops to obstruct at this time, and assisted the Fan people to fight against the Tiance army, it is likely to fall into injustice, please think twice about my father. ”