Xiamen, the station of Zheng Cai's pirate sailors.

Laughter, singing and dancing, the pirates with full pockets cursed in the camp in the most vulgar language, attacking each other, but from their tones, it was a schadenfreude scolding, it was happy, and when they drank wine, they began to talk nonsense, restoring their despicable nature of pirates who were poor, coarse, and passable.

This was true of the people below, as well as the high-ranking of the pirates in a five-entry compound in the center of the camp.

Between the staggered plans, the drunken eyes are confused.

"Big brother, we have made a fortune this time, and we have also let Longwu and Zhang Qiang, that kid see our strength, dare to write a book to reprimand you, dare to take care of our affairs with King Lu, who does he think he is, when our brother followed Hou Ye to fight in the south and the north, there was no him." Zheng Cai's brother Zheng Lian staggered up with a wine glass, pressed the table with one hand, and said indignantly.

"That's it, he's a bird, don't look at the fact that he has an army on land that is not inferior to the Qing army Tartars, but if you want to play naval battles and sneak attacks, we are his ancestors." Zheng Liang stood up and said loudly.

Zheng Cai rubbed his forehead, which was a little swollen and painful, and said to Zheng De beside him: "Big brother, what did we get this time?" ”

Zheng De put down the wine glass in his hand and took out an account book from his sleeve, and the others immediately stopped the noise and looked at Zheng De with their eyes, this is the time to share the spoils, everyone cares about their harvest this time, although they have already pocketed a lot of benefits, but it is the small profit they robbed, and the big head has to be handed over to Zheng Cai, which is distributed by Zheng Cai, the leader.

Zheng De, as a confidant who manages the account books for Zheng Cai and collects taxes from the territory, has a position that cannot be ignored in Zheng Cai's forces.

Opening the account book, Zheng De glanced at everyone, and then looked at Zheng Cai, who nodded slightly.

Zheng Dedao: "This time we have grabbed a total of 53,000 people, except for a very small number of leaders of various families, we still have 50,000 people placed on the islands of Xiamen, Penghu and other places, each family can recruit fishermen to expand their strength, and the rest stay on the island to farm, settle down, collect taxes for us, and feed the army." ”

"In addition, we have grabbed a total of 350 fishing boats, 50 small merchant ships, 25 small warships, 17 medium-sized warships, and two large warships of the Ming Army's naval division, this is a ship."

"And we have grabbed a total of more than 30,000 stones of grain and grass, and a total of 1.9 million taels of silver for various materials and goods,"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a long boo of "Wow-" from the people below, and the excitement was overflowing, and everyone wanted to get these goods with red eyes.

Zheng De closed the account book and said loudly: "Our operation has greatly shocked the court of King Lu, many generals and celebrities have defected to us, we have now successfully owned a population of 100,000, 10,000 elite sailors, 60,000 other subordinate sailors, more than 1,000 warships, and our power has spread all over Zhoushan Island to Quanzhou, Fujian and other places, and now our strength has caught up with Zheng Zhilong, Marquis Zheng, the strength of Marquis Zheng at the peak of his strength." ”

The crowd cheered and almost tore off the roof.

Zheng Cai also won the support of everyone in a cheer.

Zheng Cai said to Zheng De: "Distribute the loot to everyone." ”

Zheng De picked up the account book and continued to explain the distribution of the spoils that everyone was concerned about.

But Zheng Cai walked to the bedroom in the backyard alone.

Zheng Fu followed.

Zheng Cai squinted his eyes and said, "Is the letter from Master Hou here?" ”

Zheng Fu said: "Hou Ye's letter came, Hou Ye said, the imperial court has canonized you as the founding prince of the country, the admiral of the navy, let you make persistent efforts, eliminate Zheng Chenggong's sailor, and at the same time instigate others to defect to the imperial court, you can't let Zheng Chenggong's rebel son continue to be disobedient." ”

"Okay, how is King Lu there?" Zheng Cai asked again.

Zheng Fudao: "King Lu is still like that, but his ministers Lu Zhenfei, Zhang Huangyan and others still do their own thing, in the name of King Lu to manipulate the imperial court, they have captured the four counties of Ningbo Prefecture, I heard that they also got in touch with Zheng Chenggong, in Nanao Island to help Zheng Chenggong recruit young and strong, train soldiers, Zheng Chenggong's strength is growing stronger day by day, I heard that 10,000 young and strong have been recruited, and there are more than 200 naval ships, of which more than 50 are large lucky ships. ”

Zheng Cai frowned, and said fiercely: "I can't let him develop, find out the details of King Lu's righteous army, and then send it to the Qing army, let the Qing army hit them fiercely, after we are ready, we will first take Jinmen, and then send troops to Nanao Island to completely exterminate Zheng Chenggong." ”

Zheng Fu asked, "My lord, what about Zhang Qiang?" ”

Zheng Cai said with a smile: "With his sailors and his Ming army who can't swim, is it capable of climbing my Xiamen Island?" ”

"Haha" The two men looked at each other and smiled.

Zheng Fu smiled and said: "This guy doesn't think he can do anything, and he still wants to provoke us, now he knows how powerful we are." Do you want me to make trouble on his territory again, I heard that the rich squires still have a lot of property, but in the inland stockade far from the coast, with the artillery supported by the Portuguese and Dutch, we can easily open their stockade and empty their property. ”

"It's not proper, Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Righteous Army still moves very quickly on land, we go deep inland, we must not be able to defeat his Ming army, don't trouble him, anyway, we have already taught him a lesson."

Zheng Cai was actually a smart person in history, so he quickly thought that the deeper he went into the mainland, the bigger the gap between his strength and Zhang Qiang.

Zheng Fu didn't think so, he whispered: "My lord, I heard that he has shrunk the defense line, abandoned all the places along the coast for fifteen or sixteen miles, and forbidden, as in the past dynasties, most of the Ming troops have hid in the county seat or the city, and no longer care about the countryside and villages." ”

Zheng Cai looked at him, "Is that guy really so stupid?" ”

"Think you can start a turtle with a shrunken head and not be hit by us?"

Zheng Fu said: "That's true, that's what the information of the fine work and scouts said. ”

Zheng Cai touched his chin, "In this case, if you organize people to go inland and loot a few more times, you must make others panic and dare not be our enemy." ”

"Yes, sir."

"The rest of the thing is to ask the old fox Zheng Hongkui what he means, whether to be loyal to the Hou Ye with us, or to continue to be the lackey of the Ming Dynasty, why is this person so unrecognizable to the situation, timid, and even robbed without daring to play his banner justifiably, but just use our banner to harm the coastal areas of Fujian, I really don't know how the Hou Ye took a fancy to him at the beginning." Zheng Fu said with a smile.

Zheng Cai smiled: "He is just because he is the brother of Hou Ye, the first person to follow Hou Ye." Otherwise, he would not be where he is today. It's just a wall grass, and when I clean up Zheng Chenggong, he will naturally fall into our arms, and when the time comes, give him the treatment of a public servant and adopt his water master, I don't think he will say anything. ”

"Haha, high, my lord is wise." Zheng Fu praised Zheng Cai with a smile.

Zheng Cai's happy eyes narrowed into a slit, and his mouth couldn't close, and Zheng Hongkui's submissive appearance appeared in his mind.