Zheng Sen's ship arrived at the pier in Anping early in the morning of the third day, and there were not many changes in the pier in Anping compared to a few months ago. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info When Zheng Zhilong just accepted Zhao'an and built a mansion in Anping, the whole Anping town had a big change, especially the port of Anping, even more so, a lot of maritime trade had to pass through the port here, and later with the construction of Anping's fortress, a large number of building materials had to be transported by sea, and the wharf of Anping was expanded, and the whole Anping was once very busy. But now the docks in Anping are much quieter. On the one hand, this is because the forts and forts of Anping have been completed, and there are no more ships loaded with various building materials to dock here. But the more important reason is that Anping's status as a trading port has declined.

In fact, not only Anping, but even the status of Quanzhou Port has declined. This is because over the past few years, more and more trade has been diverted to Taiwanese ports, such as Beigang, such as the Chicken Coop Harbor, which was seized from the Spaniards in the last war. There is even Zhenjiang, which is not completely controlled by the Zheng family. Taiwan's ports depend on the whole of Taiwan, and there are large quantities of sugar, whale oil, camphor, ironware, and all kinds of weapons exported, as well as various ships: whaling ships, merchant ships come and go. Zhenjiang, compared with Anping and Quanzhou, it is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Jingdezhen porcelain, silk and tea from Jiangsu and Zhejiang can all use the Yangtze River water system, which is very convenient and very cheap to be sent here. In contrast, if these things are to be sent to Quanzhou, they have to travel through mountains and rivers, and the difficulty and cost of transportation have increased a lot.

Looking at Anping Port, which was already a bit depressed compared to Beigang, Zheng Sen suddenly realized that Anping was no longer the core area of the Zheng family's interests, and it was no longer suitable as the ruling core of the Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong stayed here for a long time, and it was indeed easy to feel that he was marginalized, and naturally he would inevitably have some suspicious thoughts.

"Maybe, in fact, it is not necessary to get the third uncle back to Taiwan, in fact, in fact, in fact, Daddy doesn't have much to do in Anping now, right? If you can, it's actually good to convince your father to let him go to Taiwan to preside over the situation. Zheng Sen couldn't help but have such a thought.

Zheng Sen is not worried that Zheng Zhilong will empty himself when he arrives in Taiwan. Taiwan's economic model, mode of operation, and direction of development are already very different from the traditional way. Zheng Sen believes that in this era, it will be difficult for others, no matter how amazing their talents, to surpass themselves in controlling the overall situation of Taiwan's new economic model.

The boat gently approached the dock. Before Zheng Sen returned from Liaodong, he sent personnel to inform Zheng Zhilong that he was going back, but because the voyage was very smooth along the way, and the wind direction was very suitable, so that the time to arrive in Anping was one day earlier than expected. However, when the "Feiyan" approached the port, the lookout post of the Anping fortress still spotted and recognized the ship. So, when the boat docked, there was still a group of soldiers waiting for them on the pier.

Seeing Zheng Sen get off the boat, the group of soldiers hurriedly greeted him under the leadership of an officer. Zheng Sen recognized the officer, who was a Japanese and was Zheng Zhilong's bodyguard, named Fujiwara Kei. This person was originally a ronin, but later joined the Zheng family's fleet, and because of his loyalty and bravery, he won the trust of Zheng Zhilong.

"Major General, you're back. The head of the house has commanded, let me wait for you here. Fujiwara stepped forward, bowed first, and then said to Zheng Sen in fluent Hokkien.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zheng Sen replied, "What time is it now?" ”

"Major General, it's already early days, and the head of the family should have gotten up." Fujiwara replied respectfully.

"My dad still wakes up so early." Zheng Sen said.

"The head of the family is still the same as usual, every morning when he gets up, he will practice martial arts at home, and he will never relax." Fujiwara replied.

While the two were talking, a soldier brought the carriage behind them. Zheng Sen got into the car, while Fujiwara Kei rode his horse and followed.

It was not far from the wharf to the Zheng family's mansion, but in half a moment, the carriage arrived in front of the house. Zheng Sen got out of the carriage and suddenly found that the door of the house seemed to be different from before. In the past, although the gate of the Zheng family was also the gate of the three rooms, it was only painted with green paint. Today, the gate has been painted red, and the plaque on the gate has changed from black on a white background to gold on a blue background.

Zheng Sen got out of the car, looked at the door and frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. Just followed a few pro-soldiers through the side door.

Zheng Sen entered the mansion and went directly to Zheng Zhilong's courtyard to greet him. This is the rule of this era, as long as the son is at home, he must get up early in the morning, go to the parents' room and wait, and when they get up, greet them. Zheng Sen is also a scholar, so he naturally has to abide by this etiquette.

By the time Zheng Sen arrived outside Zheng Zhilong's hospital, someone had already told Zheng Zhilong the news that he was back. So now the courtyard door is open, and a child servant is waiting at the door, and when he saw Zheng Sen coming, he hurriedly said: "Young General, the master said, if you come over, go in directly." ”

Zheng Sen nodded and asked, "Is my father's martial arts practice over?" ”

The servant replied, "Not yet." ”

Zheng Sen entered the courtyard, walked through the vestibule, and when he reached the back, he heard the sound of wooden sticks striking each other. Zheng Sen looked over, but saw Zheng Zhilong holding a wooden sword and fighting with a personal guard who was also holding a wooden sword.

Zheng Sen didn't say anything, just stood still and watched. saw Zheng Zhilong brandishing a wooden sword and attacking again and again, while the guard retreated step by step, and he couldn't stand it. Zheng Zhilong suddenly put away the wooden sword and sighed: "Ah Hong, you are becoming more and more withdrawn, and practicing with you is becoming more and more boring." ”

"The big handsome is strong in martial arts, and the small one is not an opponent in the first place." The "Ah Hong" laughed and defended himself.

Zheng Zhilong shook his head with a smile, but stopped talking. Zheng Sen took the towel from the servant standing aside and handed it over.

Zheng Zhilong took the towel and smiled at Zheng Sen: "The road is going well." ”

"It's going well." Zheng Sen replied with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong wiped his face, but did not hand the towel to Zheng Sen again, but directly threw it to Ah Hong next to him and said, "You can also wipe it." Then he turned his head and said, "Yesterday on the boat, did you rest?" If you are not tired, I will accompany your father and me to breakfast first, and then I will talk to you about some things. ”

Zheng Sen answered, and followed Zheng Zhilong out of the small martial arts arena, went to have breakfast first, and Zheng Zhilong took Zheng Sen into the study.

"Let's talk about your second uncle's side first." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Daddy's situation is like this now...... Zheng Sen said as he took out the chart of the Liaodong generation and spread it on Zheng Zhilong's big desk.

"Daddy, look, this is Beacon Hill. The second uncle's men and horses are now stationed here, guarding the grain and grass of the army. It is a peninsula that juts out into the sea on three sides, and only this narrow one is connected to the land, and every day at high tide, these places are flooded by the sea, and only at low tide does the sea be exposed. ”

Zheng Zhilong stared at the chart for a long time before he said: "This position is very strong, and it is difficult to attack it with a few cannons." In addition, the left and right sides can also be placed on the warship, which is even more foolproof. It's just that I've heard that it freezes here in winter? ”

"Daddy was right." Zheng Sen replied, "On the other side of Liaohai, the weather is very cold, and in winter, it can freeze people's noses. The sea can also freeze and freeze, and it is not a problem to run horses on it when the ice is thick. At that point, Ken Yan will indeed be able to step on the ice. However, it will be some days before the ice freezes on the sea. These days, the second uncle's side will not be idle, we will also transport the recently newly cast cannons, as well as some obsolete cannons of the fleet, to him, a few months is enough time for the second uncle to build a strong enough defense line, and, by that time, the second uncle has dozens of cannons in his hands. Are you still afraid that Jian Yan is calling? Moreover, the north is prone to ice, which is also good for the prevention side. ”

"What's in it for you?" Zheng Zhilong said, "Your second uncle's subordinates, most of them are southerners, and in winter, they freeze like dead fish, what's good?" Last winter, your second uncle was in Shandong, and when he came back with a letter, he already said that he was about to freeze to death, and his sailors were frozen enough one by one. Now that I've gone a lot north, I'm afraid that in winter, I don't need to build a gium to fight, and I'm about to freeze to death. ”

Zheng Sen saw that although Zheng Zhilong said this, there was no worry on his face, knowing that he was actually just saying it, and he was not really worried. In fact, since Zheng Zhihu complained bitterly last winter, Zheng Zhilong, who was not short of money, dressed those sailors in the north with thickened and thickened cotton robes.

"Daddy, it's true that our people are afraid of the cold. But in this world, who else can dress warmer than ours? Zheng Sen smiled, "In winter, won't those Jianzhi be cold?" They're still in the wild. And Daddy, you also know that if you want to build a rammed earth fort in a critical place, it won't be done in a few months, and if you just use a mound of earth to make a fort look like a bunch, it's much easier. Of course, under normal circumstances, the bastions piled up like this are useless, because they are not strong enough and can easily collapse. But in the northern winter, there is no such problem, because the soil freezes and becomes as hard as stone. We have experimented with this on Jeju Island. If Jianshen had called in winter, he would have found that as long as there was a place where people could walk, there were strong bastions everywhere. Therefore, Jian Yan definitely can't threaten the second uncle. ”

"Well," Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "When you say that, I'm relieved." In this way, no matter whether the court wins or loses, your second uncle will definitely not be able to have an accident. Then let's talk about another big thing. And that is, huh...... Asen, you're not young anymore, and your father and I are not young anymore......"