At this time, Zheng Chenggong was only about thirteen years old, and in the East Asian cultural circle, he obviously belonged to the "fetal hair has not retired", neither in Nan'an County as in history, nor as in the Ming court upper-level officials. It is different from the situation in history when the Zheng family's father and son were recruited by the imperial court many years ago, because during the first rebellion of the civil war between the north and the south, Zheng Chenggong was attached to the southern regime and also clashed with the team led by Xiao Xuan in the process of the southward march of the army.

In addition, unlike the previous local officials of the Ming court, many of the relationship networks operated in the past have also been destroyed, and the new political system has also been in the process of creation and even turmoil in the past few years. It has only recently achieved a relatively important position as an East Asian maritime power bloc and has overwhelmed the Liu Xiang group, which had benefited more from Westerners. It's just that this age is obvious, even if it is not the age of marriage, it is obviously a little worse.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong saw Xiao Xuan's gaze and looked at him, as a proton in a sense, his reaction was not slow, and he also remembered some things: "Don't worry!" Every big ship that my father had agreed to own belonged to the imperial court, and could be personally mobilized by the imperial court's Lu Shi to jointly deal with the threat of Westerners. Originally, the formation and expansion of maritime forces for more than a year was indispensable for the support of the imperial court... ”

Unlike other very many people, the confrontation between the Zheng family and Westerners is not too late, and they can be taught almost very early, and they understand the background of those Westerners very well. Whether at sea or on land, in terms of average quality and combat effectiveness, those Dutch mercenaries and partial divisions who came from afar could almost not fall behind the Chinese armament. Perhaps there are only a few real elite backbones that can compete with those Westerners in skirmishes in land warfare. Their ships were fast and sturdy, they were easy to operate at sea, and their firearms were powerful and accurate, and there were many firearms that could be used as hard as turtledoves with a single man.

In the process of teaching these Westerners, the Zheng family's understanding of Westerners is also much broader than that of ordinary people. Zheng Chenggong in this world has spent more time in Japan and other places than in history, but he also knows more from his father and even some friends.

In the past, whether it was Zheng Zhilong or most of the other members of the Zheng family, and even Zheng Chenggong himself, they did not believe in the so-called "victory of the expedition and the conquest of England and other places in the westernmost part of Taixi", thinking that it was just propaganda that had won some battles in the sky or retreated with the whole division. However, although most of the remnants of the Western forces retreated to the base areas in the New World, many Western ships, especially the maritime forces of the Netherlands, Spain and other places, retreated into the South Seas.

This incident touched Zheng Zhilong a lot, and also convinced Zheng Zhilong: The imperial court at this time is by no means the most of the warlike forces that were restrained inside and outside before, there is no negotiation price at all, and it is more just a bluff of the imperial court, plus Xiao Xuan seems to have a more active attitude, so in the Zhao'an negotiations with the Zheng family's forces, Xiong Wencan in history has also won more initiative, not only in name. It even had de facto control over all the large naval warships that could be armed by the imperial court.

Of course, the Zheng family has lost a lot of ships and even personnel, but also gained a lot of benefits from the economy and even firearms, and the relative strength is not much inferior to before. In the case that the status of the two sides is not as similar as in the past, it becomes a self-evident choice.

Xiao Xuan didn't say anything more on this occasion for the time being, but said to the heavy season that came: "The remnants of the Westerners are still not to be underestimated, as far as I know, the Europeans in the Americas have a population of more than one million after this round of retreat, if they are fully armed like the Dutch at their peak, they can at least have a large naval fleet, to completely eliminate their power in Xizhou, the sea power of various countries must also be further developed." I won't be too stingy with you coming this time, and I can even let you temporarily get more benefits than when you came to pay tribute, but I don't want too many people to have the attitude of only wanting benefits and not giving up interests, only when all countries in the world are united, not only in words, but also in action, can we finally sweep away the biggest threat to the world in the next few hundred years... Well, I won't be able to say more here, but some more specific things will also be discussed in the special letter of the country... ”

In the next few hours, there was no longer Xiao Xuan who seemed to be full of confidence and frankly, and some were just feasts with reasonable specifications, but Xiao Xuan did not plan to accompany these people for too long, so as not to cause some people's misjudgment.

However, Zheng Chenggong's identity is different from other seasons, and he also came to Xiao Xuan's side at this time. Xiao Xuan had to say: "Today's world is different from the times, although for the sake of change and stability in the sea for the time being, I have to focus my energy on the stability of Taixi and even the sea, but you should have also heard of the truth that the side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly." Maybe in the next few years, or maybe in the next ten years, we will either have a big showdown with Tianzhu or Dongying sooner or later, I don't want your father to end up making the wrong choice... ”

Zheng Chenggong didn't know at this time, and he couldn't judge what kind of choice his father would make, so he had to say at this time: "Unlike other sea heroes, my father should still be a person who understands righteousness and knows the general situation, so it's best... ”

At this time, Xiao Xuan also had a feeling that although he had obtained a lot of resources through Zhao'an, which had a higher status than in history, if the sea power wanted to become truly strong, it would have to rely more on its own investment. In addition, according to the calculations of Xiao Xuan and some people around him, if the construction and development of maritime forces only according to traditional discussions, it may be possible to satisfy the dominance of the East Asian region, but there will still be variables in the real sense of the henchmen who are involved in the New World.

(End of chapter)