Zhang Qiang put his hand on his cheeks, squinted at Jin Sheng's continued persuasion there, from Jin Sheng's meaning, you can know that he doesn't necessarily have to choose which one you choose, but you must choose one, as long as it is the court of the descendants of the Zhu family, he doesn't mind, but you hesitate here and don't choose, just ask for a quote, quote scriptures, and bombard you with fatigue.

Seeing Zhou Congee coming here, Zhang Qiang said: "Lord Jin, let's not be busy choosing who to take refuge in, we are still surrounded by the Qing army, let's wait for a while." ”

Zhang Qiang stretched out his hand to stop Jin Sheng's exhortation.

Jin Sheng saw that Zhang Qiang didn't seem to have any intention of discussing this matter again, and reluctantly said, "My lord, with this strong army, serving the imperial court, sealing his wife and son, hereditary replacement, great achievements are just around the corner." ”

Zhang Qiang understands, to put it bluntly, people still think about the court of the descendants of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, he is just a leader of the rebel army, and people still don't look down on him, what about the original oath? What about the oath that you swore to be loyal to yourself?

Now I am beginning to regret it, because I took the Taizhou Mansion and opened up the sea channel with the outside world, so I can contact the outside world, and my people's hearts are moved to want to take refuge in the Southern Ming Dynasty, get an official and a half position, or add an official to the knighthood.

Zhang Qiang didn't want to talk to him anymore, seeing Zhou Congee coming, Zhang Qiang picked up the teacup, took a sip gently, and just held it, Jin Sheng looked at it, sighed helplessly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed before leaving.

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Qiang looked at Zhou Congee and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhou Congee said worriedly: "Just now Zhang Ying sent someone to report, they encountered the Zheng family pirate ships when they were patrolling the sea in Taizhou, ravaging the sea, wantonly robbing and killing merchant ships, although he has the heart, but he is powerless, the sailor warships are in disrepair, and most of them are river type warships, and they can't compete with the Zheng family's big ships on the sea, so they can still fight to protect the river and the coastal sea, they have no way to go out in the open sea, but most of the ships and merchant ships we go out are hijacked by the Zheng family pirate ships, forcibly plundered, in the long run, although we lean to the sea, But it was still surrounded by the Qing army. ”

Zhang Qiang slapped the table violently, "The Zheng family pirates are really too deceitful, one day, I will exterminate these pirates and destroy them all over the house." ”

After getting angry, Zhang Qiang had nothing to do, on the ground, he could send a large army to sweep, but on the ocean, he was incapable.

"Let him run rampant for the time being, and wait for our army to free up their hands, and then destroy them."

Zhou Congee said again: "My lord is not only the Zheng family, the Qing army and the naval division have also imposed a blockade on our Taizhou, they are from Ningbo Mansion, our army and I have resisted, and General Zhang Ying can only form a formation at the entrance of the river and sea to protect himself." ”

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Needless to say, keep the current state for the time being, everyone guards their own defense area, I think Xuanyuan Longfei is not too suitable for defense, you let Du Ge take over Xuanyuan Longfei, transfer Xuanyuan Longfei back, he stays by my side, I am more assured, you take over the civil affairs and military garrison work of Xianju County and Taizhou Prefecture, I will return to Jinhua Mansion in the near future, and I will leave it to you to guard, try to restrain yourself, and when we develop and grow, we will fight those guys who dare to challenge us." ”

Zhou Congee said: "Yes, my lord." ”

Zhang Qiang found himself on the road to facing legal rule, there was no card to play, first You Haibo, and then Jin Sheng, these people always think of the Ming court of the Zhu family when they are in danger, orthodoxy is like a sharp blade hanging on his head, which can fall down at any time, and his flesh and blood are blurred, although it will not take his own life, but it greatly delays and prevents the expansion and development of his strength.

Those ordinary people who took the food they gave relief and drank the porridge they gave away were thinking about the Zhu Ming court, while the people in other places thought that it was indeed the Qing court, and there was nothing to do with their own righteous army.

Again, he has nothing to do with the Zheng pirate group and the Qing army's sailors, and he is only strong on land, shaving away the seven or eight thousand righteous troops in Jinhua Mansion, and his 20,000 righteous troops in Taizhou Mansion are his most relied on, the backbone of these righteous soldiers, and the righteous soldiers he has personally trained are his resolute supporters and supporters.

At present, these people have reached 8,000 people.

To put it bluntly, when his team was weak, it was a rebel army, and when he was strong and did not accept official positions from Lu Jianguo and Emperor Longwu and Yongli, he was actually about the same reputation as Liukou and the peasant rebel army.

He's just an alternative rogue with the emperor's dreams.

He and Zheng Zhilong's pirate group are actually the same appearance, maybe in his own territory, he is the king, but in the eyes of the rest of the Ming Dynasty, he is a rogue, a warlord, compared to the strength of Zheng Zhilong's pirate group, his reputation is simply pitiful.

However, through these wars, his reputation in the Qing army should be comparable to that of Zheng Zhilong and his group, and in the eyes of other Ming court or Ming people, he is nothing.

At this time, communication was not very developed, and people's grasp of the news was still hearsay, and they could not believe that at this level, perhaps far away, such as Shaanxi, Khalkha Mongolia, Yarkand and other places, or even heard of his group.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhang Qiang didn't think about letting these distant forces know about him, what is the favorite thing for otaku to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, silently, suddenly jumped on a big stage, surprised all opponents, and then swept the world.

But at present, he has to choose whether to accept the entrapment of the two power groups, their ending and their incompetence, people who know history will not choose them, but choose Tartar, which is not in line with the psychology of later generations, so Zhang Qiang is very entangled.

He looked at Zhou Congee beside him, "Don't think about anything, let it go first, let's bury our heads in development."

Zhou Congee didn't know that he had been in the middle of a while, and his head had turned such a big bend, so he could only nod his head.

Zhang Qiang took a few steps forward with his hands behind his back, and he felt that his injury had recovered well in the past month.

Since Jin Sheng was obviously inclined to the habitual thinking of the officials of the Ming Dynasty and recognized the Southern Ming court as orthodox, he had to do something for the sake of his kingdom.

In fact, Zhang Qiang did this, just like Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui's brothers who supported Longwu and Zhu Yujian, they were all trying to divide the place and support the army with self-respect, and did not consider the meaning of reviving the lost land of the Ming Dynasty from the perspective of a Han people, but from another point of view, he wanted to be the king himself and restore the Ming Dynasty, while the meaning of the Zheng brothers was just to consolidate their strength on the southeast coast, and they were just self-respecting.

Different considerations, the same result, although he thinks so, he will not allow his subordinates to be loyal to other forces.

"Order, Wei Wuji handed over the work of Longyou County to his subordinates Qianhu to manage, he took the guards back to Jinhua Mansion City, took over your position as the commander of Jinhua Guard, and at the same time concurrently served as the commander of the guard in Longyou County, responsible for your work in Jinhua Mansion, and at the same time promoted him to the position of Tongzhi of Jinhua Mansion, and you will serve here as the Governor and Tongzhi of Taizhou Mansion."

"My lord, isn't this a bit ......?" Zhou Congee is a little embarrassed, his cooperation with Jin Sheng these days is still good, he doesn't have the kind of mind and courage of those old oilmen who have gone south and north, and have fallen out of the officialdom, vision, he is a family member, a down-and-out talent, for Jin Sheng, who can be admitted to the Jinshi, and once served as a central official, he still admires and admires him, hearing Zhang Qiang's words, I feel a little inappropriate from the heart.

Maybe his loyalty to Zhang Qiang remains the same, but human nature, he still can't accept Zhang Qiang's approach of doing everything to benefit himself and the development of his kingdom, never taking into account any favors and forces, and the psychology of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

He is also smart himself, and he knows that Zhang Qiang is going to promote Wei Wuji and restrict Jin Sheng's development in Zhang Qiang's group.