The two islands of Jinxia were once the anti-Qing base operated by Zheng Chenggong, with military camps all over the island, water villages and thousands of warships.

After the recovery of Fujian, the horses on the island gradually returned to the land, and the military camp on the island was empty, but although the land division left, the naval division still stayed in Jinxia and continued to use it as a base.

In mid-June, Wang Yan ordered the documents sent by the military department to arrive in Fuzhou, asking Zheng Chenggong to recover Taiwan as soon as possible and clear the sea routes, so as to ensure the smooth flow of maritime trade, the stability of the imperial court's tax revenue, and the elimination of hidden dangers on the southeast coast, and then prepare to go to war against the Manchu Qing with all his might.

Before, it was the two Guang urging, Zheng Chenggong could ignore it, but when the imperial court invented the order, he had to pay attention to it.

From last year to June this year, if he doesn't take action, the court should suspect him of raising his own respect.

On Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Zheng Chenggong wrote to Chen Zilong, the governor of Guangzhou, and invited the Guangdong Navy Division to come to help in the battle, and on the other hand, he led a cadre of generals to inspect to understand the situation of the Navy Division and prepare for the attack on the island.

At this time, on the sea, the warships are like shuttles, and on the beach, thousands of strong soldiers are practicing on their upper bodies, and the sound of killing is shocking.

From the end of the Battle of Nanjing in August last year to June this year, Zheng Jun did not participate in a major war, and it has been almost a year since he recuperated, and now he is like a rainbow.

Zheng Chenggong was dressed in mountain pattern armor, a big red cloak, and walked according to the sword, he saw the scene of the soldiers' drills, nodded with satisfaction, and asked the entourage: "How many pilots who are familiar with water patterns have been recruited now?" ”

Feng Chengshi, a staff member, bowed down and said, "Taishi Zheng used to run Taiwan Island, so it was very easy for us to get pilotage and Hongmaoyi. At present, not only have 300 pilots who are familiar with the route been recruited, but also Guo Huaiyi, a warrior on the island, is willing to respond internally, and a pair of charts of the Dayuan Bay and Luermen waterways have been purchased from He Bin, the chairman of the Taiwan Council of the Dutch East India Company. ”

Zheng Chenggong was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that he didn't pay much attention to it, but things were almost done.

This is mainly because when Zheng Zhilong was a thief, he arranged for more than 100,000 people to settle in Taiwan, and they have a popular base in Taiwan.

"So, isn't everything in place, only the east wind is owed?" Zheng Chenggong pressed the hilt of the knife and looked at the army and the warships at sea.

With the change of identity, Zheng Chenggong also grew up rapidly, he slowly became the leader of a party from a simple Confucian student, and his mind was naturally much more complicated, and he even understood Zheng Zhilong's intentions a little.

Now in the imperial court, the king of Chu is trying to restore the authority of the central government, the number of troops in the provinces will inevitably be controlled in the future, it cannot be said that the imperial court gives 30,000 soldiers, he insists on getting 100,000 people, and reaches out to the imperial court to ask for 100,000 salaries, this will definitely not work, then raise 70,000 people by himself, the Zheng family will inevitably smuggle, dig the corners of the imperial court, make him and the imperial court go into hostility, Wang Yan will inevitably want to get rid of him and then quickly.

Therefore, how to raise more soldiers reasonably, naturally only to learn from his father and raise his own respect, but the current situation is different from Zheng Zhilong's time, at that time, Zheng Zhilong's family was dominant, what he wanted, what he wanted, he said that he couldn't suppress it, he couldn't suppress it, and the court couldn't help it, but now the Guangdong Navy Division has begun to take shape under Wang Yan's silver money injection, if he doesn't suppress it, the court will inevitably let the Guangdong Navy Division suppress it.

At that time, what reason does he have to maintain a strong sailor, why should the imperial court raise the Zheng family's sailor, I'm afraid the court should force him to reduce the scale of the Zheng family's sailor.

Zheng Chenggong sighed, turned around and was about to return to the camp, when Gan Hui, who accompanied him, suddenly pointed to the sea and shouted, "The surname is Guoye, there is a ship on the sea!" ”

What's so strange about having a ship at sea? Zheng Chenggong was surprised, but he still looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that on the sea in the distance, two ships were heading towards Gulangyu, which was indeed not unusual, but the ship was full of smoke, so it was no wonder that Gan Hui exclaimed.

Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong's face was shocked, and he hurriedly ordered: "Quick! Let the water army take a look! ”

In a short time, several warships greeted them. About half an hour later, the two badly damaged ships were dragged back by the warship, and the deck and building of the ship were smashed to pieces, and the mast was broken off, and they were lying on the deck, apparently after a fierce battle.

Zheng Chenggong and the others were already waiting at the dock, and before the ship docked, he had already seen half of the Zheng pennant burned on the mainmast, which made his heart sink immediately, and then a wave of anger rose, who would dare to make a move on his Zheng ship?

The ship docked, and a team of soldiers immediately boarded a board and rubbed onto the damaged ship, the deck was stained with blood, it was the ship of the Longsheng.

The big shopkeeper Zheng Zan had a big life, and he was helped down by the soldiers, and he had several blood holes on his body, which should have been wounded by a musket, and there were several large black pieces on his body.

Two soldiers carried him to Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong was shocked when he saw that it was Zheng Zan, he was a very capable person in the Zheng family's side branch, and he was sent to the Longsheng to be responsible for opening up the route to Tianzhu.

Now the Fujian Chamber of Commerce is sandwiched between the two Guangxi and Zhejiang, and when they go to Korea and Japan, they can only grab some soup with Zhejiang businessmen, and they can't fight the business name in Guangzhou when they go to Nanyang, so Zheng Chenggong is eager to open the course to Tianzhu and even Dashi, and strive for a financial road for the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, so Zheng Zan is pinned on him by high hopes.

"What's going on? Who dares to do this! Zheng Chenggong saw that Zheng Zan was injured and fled back with only two rotten boats, and his heart was immediately on fire, he walked to the front in one step and asked urgently.

"The surname of the country!" Zheng Zan wanted to salute him, but was stopped by Zheng Chenggong and asked him to answer immediately.

"Yes, it was the Red Hairy Yi who robbed the fleet of the merchants, they have eight large ships, each with only more than thirty guns on its side, and the ships of the Chamber of Commerce are equipped with two in the bow, although there are twenty ships, but they are not opponents at all. He resisted desperately and escaped with five boats, but the Red Hairy gave chase and captured three more on the way. Zheng Zan was a little excited, but the excessive bleeding made him weak and panting, "Originally, the lowly position was about to be caught up, but in the sea near Chaozhou Mansion, he met the Guangdong sailor, and the lowly position was able to escape." ”

"Holland! How dare so! Zheng Chenggong was immediately furious when he heard this, "Didn't they see my Zheng family's pennant?" ”

"After the humble official found out about them, he deliberately identified himself, but the red hairy didn't reply, so he directly attacked us!"

"How can this be true? Twenty ships full of cargo, plus seven or eight hundred sailors, the town did not go to fight him, they dared to do it to me! Zheng Chenggong was still hesitating, but now even if the court doesn't urge, he will take action against Dutch.

"You just said that the Guangdong sailors, did they get on fire with the Dutch Yi?" Zheng Chenggong remembered Zheng Zan's words and suddenly asked.

"When I was detached, there was still a rumbling of artillery in the back, but I don't know what the situation is now."

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