In Fujian in March, spring has been strong, Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, in a luxurious mansion, a radius of 40 zhang martial arts training ground, Zheng Zhilong holds a big knife with a ring head, his feet move with his body, his hands move with his heart, a big knife in his hand is imposing, Zheng Zhilong burst into tears, a harrier turned over, the big knife slashed down obliquely, like a tiger descending the mountain, majestic.

In the third year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong built a luxurious mansion in Anping Town, Jinjiang, which lasted more than three years before it was completed; Anping became Zheng Zhilong's military stronghold and maritime trade base for his own troops. Zhengfu can be directly connected to the five port shores, covers an area of more than 100 acres, wing halls, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions are against each other, the ring is listed as a barrier, the wall is protected by the circumference, and the hills and ravines, pavilions, fine houses, ponds, small bridges, winding paths, good trees, strange flowers and plants, are comparable to the royal palace.

Although the Zheng family is not a hairpin family, it is far superior to any wealthy nobles today, occupying the entire Southeast Sea Road, no one dares to be the enemy of the Zheng family, and all caravans must pay protection fees to Zheng Zhilong's merchant ships and give the Zheng family a command flag; If you don't pay and want to pass through Zheng Zhilong's sea area, you will not escape the fate of being robbed. Zheng Zhilong was so strong that the Dutch East India Company was unstable, and the Dutch united with other forces to take Zheng Zhilong, but the Dutch defeated them again and again, establishing Zheng Zhilong's position as the supremacy of the sea.

"Good ......" After Zheng Zhilong put away his knife, he immediately attracted the cheers and shouts of a group of people around him, all of whom were brothers and nephews of the Zheng family, and followed Zheng Zhilong to rise and rise, all of them were extremely glorious, and the people who came out were either servants of the fleet or infantry guards, very beautiful.

"Happy, I've been holding back for a winter, and I'm finally able to move my muscles and bones!" Zheng Zhilong also put away his sword and laughed, he was only forty-three years old, it was when he was in the prime of life, he was also full of strong men, building the power of the Zheng family stronger, establishing the absolute hegemony of the sea, he was a businessman, pursuing profits, as for the war in the north, in his opinion, as long as he did not hit Fujian, it had nothing to do with him.

"Big brother, who do you see coming back?" At this time, Zheng Zhibao, the land of Zheng Zhilong, walked in with his head held high, followed by two people.

"Big brother!"

"Daddy!"

Zheng Zhilong looked at it in response, it was his brother Zheng Hongkui and son Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong also walked over with a smile at the moment, and said: "You came back just in time, I am still going to send someone to invite you back, it will be my birthday in a few days, although it is not a whole birthday, but I also want to be lively, you two, you have forgotten to go home as an official in Nanjing, how is it, everything is okay!" ”

"Okay, the little brother is not talented, thanks to the general's refusal to give up, as the chief soldier of Zhenjiang, life is comfortable!" Zheng Hongkui also said with a smile.

"Let's go, let's go in and talk!"

After entering the inner hall, Zheng Hongkui also said at the moment: "Congratulations to the eldest brother, when I came back, I went to report to the general, and the general revealed to me that he had already played to the imperial court and asked for credit for the eldest brother, saying that the eldest brother had guarded the southeast for many years, making the southeast coast peaceful, no one was making trouble, and he was ready to ask for a knighthood for the eldest brother. ”

"Really? Knighted, then will my Zheng Zhilong also become a noble in the future, our Zheng family has been a grandfather for more than ten generations, and no one has been knighted, this is a great joy. When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was also very happy, he had wealth and wealth, but to be knighted, for him, it was the icing on the cake, and he was naturally happy.

"I've also heard the general say this, I don't think it will be fake!" Zheng Sen also postscripted.

"Good...... Oh Aki, your mother misses you, go see your mother! Zheng Zhilong glanced at Zheng Sen, and immediately retreated from him.

After Zheng Sen left, Zheng Zhilong asked Zheng Hongkui: "Brother, have you gotten any news from Nanjing City, and what is the general's attitude towards my Fujian affairs?" ”

"Big brother, I'm a Zhenjiang general soldier, and I'm not in the capital, where do you know this, if you want to know, you should ask Damu, he is now serving in the General's Mansion, he knows better than me, why did you come to ask me instead?" Zheng Hongkui also replied with a wry smile.

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said: "It's not that I don't know this, it's just that my son is not like me at all, he has read too many books, and he won't say anything about loyalty to the country all day long." ”

"Then I'll go back and help you ask Damu about it, I don't know, he should know a little bit!"

Zheng Sen returned to the inner courtyard, a woman in her early forties, wearing a not luxurious but rough clothes, was sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard, doing embroidery in her hands, it was Zheng Sen's mother Tian Chuan, when her mother married Weng Yihuang, an overseas Chinese blacksmith who immigrated to Pinghu from Quanzhou, Fujian, China, she also became the stepdaughter of Weng Yihuang, so she usually always called herself Weng, although the Zheng family is rich and rivals the country, but Tian Chuan does not have the style of dressing up, it is very simple and simple.

"Mom's ......"

When Tagawa, who was embroidering, heard this familiar name, he also turned around and saw that his son was not far behind him, and he also put down what he was doing and walked over.

"Fusong, you're back!" Tagawa was very excited, and stepped forward to hug his son, also full of excitement.

"Mom, I'm back, you're all thin!" Zheng Sen was also very excited, and the mother and son almost hugged each other and cried.

The Tagawa family has seven sons, only Zheng Sen has been dependent on her in Japan for many years, and the relationship is also the deepest, and Zheng Sen is the oldest and the most filial, so the mother and son have a deep relationship.

"I didn't know you would come back, why didn't you send someone to send a letter back to tell me, after coming back this time, you have to stay for a while, the last time you said you were going to Nanjing to study, a year to leave, my mother is also worried about you, you don't take your aunt to take care of you, I have been relieved!"

"Mom, don't worry, this time I will stay more time and spend time with my mother! The next time I go back to Nanjing, I will definitely bring Yougu, so that you can rest assured! ”

Yougu, who is Zheng Sen's wife, Dong Yougu, is the niece of Dong Yangxian, the waiter of the Jinshi Rites Department of Hui'an, Fujian, and the daughter of a large family, where will he take care of people, so Zheng Sen didn't take anyone to go before, and he also wanted to be independent, after all, he was already an adult, and he didn't want to follow a group of people everywhere, he felt uncomfortable.

"That's good! Aunt You's playing with your younger brothers at the pavilion, you should also go and meet her, do you want to accompany her more when you come back! At that moment, the Tagawa clan also persuaded him that although he was his son, he had grown up and what he should do, which he still knew.

"Good!" Zheng Sen also went to the pavilion.