In Fuzhou City, the Zheng family's mansion, Fujian Town, Annanbo Zheng Zhilong was sitting in front of the table, looking through the documents, suddenly a middle-aged man hurriedly walked into the house, and the person arrived before the voice: "Big brother, I heard that Damu came with a letter, saying that he met the Tang King in Quzhou and wanted to welcome him into Fujian, is this true?" ”

The person who came was Zheng Zhilong's fifth brother, Zheng Zhibao!

Zheng Zhilong saw him walking into the house in a hurry, casually put down the Chinese book, and said with a smile: "The big wood letter is here, naturally it is true!" Sit down first, and we'll talk about it! ”

"Does the eldest brother also want to welcome the Tang King?" After Zheng Zhibao sat down, he asked.

"Yes!" Zheng Zhilong nodded with a spring breeze on his face, "Da Mu's move is of great benefit to my Zheng family. If the king of Tang comes, I will take out the treasure land of Fujian Province and help him gain a foothold! ”

"What?" When Zheng Zhibao heard this, his face couldn't help but change, "Big brother, our brothers have worked hard to break through the foundation of Fujian, but you want to give it to King Tang, this~ This is too much~"

"Haha~" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw Zheng Zhibao's expression, "Brother, you're really a rough person." ”

Zheng Zhibao was very puzzled in his heart: "Big brother, can you bear to give up your foundation for many years and make a wedding dress for King Tang?" What's so funny about this, how can I listen to it more and more~ The more confused I become. ”

Zheng Zhilong saw that Zheng Zhibao didn't understand what he was thinking, but he didn't explain, but waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this for the time being." Da Mu Xin said that they left Quzhou on the 14th, preparing to make a detour to Wenzhou Mansion, first join Wang Shiheng's army, and then come to Fuzhou along the coastal road, how long will it take for Tang Wang to enter Fujian? ”

"In this season, there is less wind and less rain, the road is easy, if the Tang King enters Fujian from Xianxia, it will take five or six days, but if it is detoured to Wenzhou, it will take at least half a month." Zheng Zhibao pondered for a while, "However, Damu's letter has been on the road for many days, and it is expected that in another seven or eight days, the Tang King will be able to enter Fujian." ”

"So fast!" After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "It seems that there is not much time left for me to wait." ”

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, his eyes widened, "Big brother, don't you have to greet King Tang in person?" ”

"When King Tang and Wang Shiheng converge, there are tens of thousands of troops around them, and if my Zheng clan wants to get enough benefits, I naturally want to raise troops to meet them! Brother Leopard, you go back and prepare first, and follow me to gather the army and go to meet King Tang. Zheng Zhilong paused, and said with a smile: "No, it's to greet our majesty." ”

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, he didn't say goodbye and left, but his face was full of doubts, "Big brother, do you really want to make the Tang King the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Brother Leopard, you are short-sighted! Why do you only see our Fujian? Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but shake his head and said: "This big river is much bigger than Fujian." If my Zheng clan wants to expand its territory and welcome the Tang king, it is a key step. ”

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, his eyes rolled, and he seemed to understand Zheng Zhilong's words, "Does the eldest brother want to earn the credit of making a decision with Wang Shiheng, so that he can grasp the power in the new dynasty?" But with the reputation of my Zheng family, I'm afraid that the princes will not accept it! ”

"Not convinced?" Zheng Zhilong smiled again: "Brother, it is naturally impossible for my Zheng family to directly command the world, but we have the Tang King!" Tang Wang is not you and me, his surname is Zhu, his surname is Zhu, do you understand? ”

Zheng Zhibao seemed to understand when he heard this: "Then how should our brothers act?" ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled coldly, and said word by word: "Coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes!" ”

The Zheng family of Fujian, since accepting the imperial court's recruitment, has rapidly expanded in strength, on land, mastering the troops of a province, and at sea it has defeated Hongmaoyi several times, confirming its hegemony in the East Asian seas.

Shi Zai: "Those who are not allowed to order the flag of the Zheng family cannot come and go." Each ship earns 3,000 gold, and the annual income is 10 million, so as to enrich the enemy country and build the city of Anping Town. ”

During the reign of the first emperor, the Zheng clan continued to expand, but the Ming Dynasty continued to be in turmoil, internal and external difficulties, and gradually lost control of the place, and the Zheng clan has become a large feudal town. During the Hongguang Dynasty, they tried to transfer troops from Fujian to defend Nanjing, but they were unsuccessful, and the Zheng family almost became an independent kingdom.

Zheng Zhibao listened to Zheng Zhilong's words, and then he understood that his brother did not really want to take the Zheng family's foundation and be loyal to the imperial court, but just wanted to use the name of the Tang King as a puppet in his hands to seek more benefits for the Zheng family.

At that moment, Zheng Zhibao left the room with a smile on his face and went back to prepare. The next day, Zheng Zhilong raised the army of Fuzhou, with a large army of more than 50,000 people, and went out of the city in a mighty way, heading towards Zhejiang Province, preparing to welcome the Tang King into Fujian and ascend the throne.

Outside Jinhua City, Wang Yan met Hu Weizong, and he was very happy in his heart, so he asked him to take five little monks and go south together.

Among Wang Yan's entourage, he was originally the only one, dancing with knives and guns, and being able to lift swords and kill, but now there are more masters like Hu Weizong, as well as five martial arts masters sent by Northern Shaolin to exchange with Southern Shaolin, Wang Yan's heart suddenly settled down a lot.

A few people went all the way south, on the way to the road also met a few thieves, Hu Weizong one by one with his cross-section, the thieves retreated on their own, but there are also stupid thieves who don't know each other, I don't know how powerful, seeing that Wang Yan has few people, I think I can be bullied, who knows that as soon as I fight, Hu Weizong and others killed the piece of armor is not left, and retreats in a hurry.

The time was August 15, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Wang Yan and his party still did not rest, wanting to rush to Lishui before dark, and were galloping on the road, but Hu Weizong in front suddenly pulled the reins, making the galloping horses neigh, and then stopped suddenly.

"What?" The whole team stopped, and Wang Yan was behind, unaware of the situation, and couldn't help asking.

"Master Hou, the last general will find some dead bodies, it seems that they have just died!" On the road to the south, there were more than a dozen corpses lying horizontally, and Hu Weizong got off his horse and replied while inspecting it.

Seeing this, several little monks also turned over and dismounted, folded their hands, and said, "Amitabha! ”

When Wang Yan heard the sound, he jumped out of the carriage and stepped forward to look, but saw Hu Weizong squatting next to a corpse, and on the head of the corpse, there was a pigtail of money, "Beiyu? ”

Among the more than ten people who died, half of them were Beiguo with pigtails, half were Han Chinese, and there were many Confucian scholars, which made Wang Yan suddenly shocked, and the Qing soldiers actually chased them in front.

At this time, Wang Yan looked at these corpses and found that the Qing soldiers were not wearing military uniforms, not like a large army fighting, but like secret agents taking people, so he dispelled the idea that the Qing army had attacked southern Zhejiang, and slightly relieved.

"These people have just died, so let's take a closer look at it and see if we can find anything?" Wang Yan looked at the corpse, frowned, and muttered, "Who is the Qing army chasing and killing?" ”