In the middle of July of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Guangzhou City, Guangdong General Military Office.

Zheng Zhilong, the new Guangdong commander-in-chief, was closing his eyes in the flower room in the mansion to recuperate, when he suddenly heard footsteps, and three or two people were walking towards this side, so he slowly got up and looked at the door of the flower room.

I saw Zheng Zhihu coming over with two guards, and when he walked to the door, Zheng Zhihu whispered something to the two guards, and strode into the flower room.

"How's it going?"

Zheng Zhilong asked in a deep voice, looking at Zheng Zhihu with his eyes, his eyes full of anticipation.

Zheng Zhihu walked up to him and said with a smile: "Big brother, Zhen Guogong has already led the army south, heading towards Guangdong, and it is estimated that he has now arrived in Shaozhou Mansion. As for the matter that the eldest brother is worried about, there are already eyebrows! ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong paced in the flower room, muttered for a while, and said, "How sure do you think this matter is?" ”

"Big brother, think about it, who else can Zhen Guogong use besides the eldest brother now? Big brother defeated the Dutch red-haired ghost in Liuluo Bay! With this feats in hand, what else is there to worry about! ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned and said, "But the Admiral of the Great Ming Water Master is extraordinary!" I know my eldest brother too well, as the prince of Zhenguo, the eldest brother is a heroic hero! This time, Zhen Guogong proposed to rebuild the Daming Naval Division, not only to integrate the warships and soldiers under my command, but also to reorganize on the basis of the existing warships and sailors stationed in Guangdong and Fujian! In my opinion, Zhen Guogong is preparing to overthrow and rebuild, and spend a lot of money to completely build a new Daming Water Division! If it is really built, then this sea iron horse will be invincible in the ocean, whether it is the Dutch, Franco, Japanese, Korean, they will bow down! You say, how much weight does the Admiral of the Navy with such a strong army have? Most of the Zhenguo Gong is to be held in his own hands, and he will never be easily handed over to others, even if it is me, a righteous brother! ”

Zheng Zhihu also put away his previous smile when he heard this, frowned and said: "If this is the case, then we will have to move up and down, and we must try to persuade Zhen Guogong to let the eldest brother take the position of Admiral of the Water Division!" ”

"Never!"

Zheng Zhilong Zhengse said: "Zhen Guogong is not an ordinary person, the officialdom will not work with Zhen Guogong, but it will make Zhen Guogong disgusted." ”

"What can I do about it?"

Zheng Zhilong pondered carefully, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "I heard that the Duke of Zhenguo handed over all the stolen money collected this time to the imperial court, and he didn't even leave a single eldest son?" ”

Zheng Zhihu nodded and said, "It's true! I couldn't believe it when I first heard the news, more than 180 million taels of silver, more than 8 million stone grain, and the rest of the goods were not counted, so much money and grain Zhenguo Gong didn't leave a single point, and all of them were handed over to the imperial court! Big brother, do you say that Zhen Guogong is really loyal to the country? In my opinion, even immortals can't resist such temptation! ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at his younger brother's incredible expression, and said disdainfully: "Zhenguo Gong is loyal to his liver and courage, and he is dedicated to the country, so naturally he doesn't care about these yellow and white things!" ”

After that, Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Although we can't operate up and down and find official positions, we can explore the tone of the Zhenguo Gong." ”

"How does the eldest brother plan to find out the tone of Zhen Guogong?"

"If you want to build a new Daming Sailor, the amount of money and grain needed can be described as astronomical, even if the imperial treasury is full now, and there is no real threat on the ocean, you are not willing to allocate much food. Therefore, Zhen Guogong must be short of money and food to build the Daming Water Division, so let's provide money and food, soldiers and horses to Zhen Guogong! As long as Zhen Guogong agrees, then my competition for the position of Admiral of the Great Ming Navy Division will be twice the result with half the effort! ”

As the two were talking, Zheng Zhihu's guard who had left at the door of the flower room just now walked in quickly and said to the two: "Lord Qiqi, General Guo Yi, the general of the Longxiang Iron Cavalry, led the troops to the gate of the North City!" ”

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu were stunned when they heard this, and almost said in unison: "How many soldiers and horses!" ”

"Three Thousand Dragons Iron Horse!"

"Big brother!"

Zheng Zhilong's mind was already a little confused at this time, the general Guo Yi had obviously led his troops north, how could he suddenly appear outside Guangzhou?

At this time, an astonishing thought appeared in Zheng Zhilong's mind.

"What's so special about General Guo's army?"

The guard thought for a moment and said, "There are more than a thousand carts, and thousands of people are accompanying them!" ”

"Open the gates! All the generals immediately rushed to the north gate to greet General Guo and Long Xiang Iron Cavalry! ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't care about Zheng Zhihu, who looked puzzled, and walked out of the flower room with a laugh and rushed towards the north city gate.

Not long after, Zheng Zhilong led Zheng Zhihu and other generals to welcome Guo Yi into the general army's mansion, and after everyone sat down as the guest of honor, they exchanged greetings, and Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "General Guo, now that the whole Jiangnan knows that Zhenguo Gong sent you north, why did you suddenly come to this Guangzhou City?" ”

Guo Yi said with a smile: "Back to General Zheng, the last general was ordered by the Duke of Zhenguo to divide his troops to the south halfway, and now the main army of Longxiang Iron Cavalry has indeed gone north to Beijing." ”

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this, and asked tentatively, "What are the instructions of the Duke of Zhenguo?" Can you tell us one or two? ”

Guo Yi said with a smile: "Zhen Guogong will lead the army to Guangzhou City in a few days, and General Zheng will naturally know about it at that time." However, the 1,300 truckloads of goods brought by the end of this time were also inspected by General Zheng Bing. ”

"That's more than 10 million taels of silver! General Guo, what does this mean? ”

"This is the military expenses of the Daming Water Division!"

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu and others were all stunned on the spot.

Five days later, Liu Yunwei led more than 70,000 soldiers from the Hanwei Army Pacesetter Battalion and Feiyu Battalion to arrive in Guangzhou City, and Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, and Guo Yi led the city's civil ministers and military generals out of the north gate to greet Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo.

After everyone returned to the General Soldier's Mansion, Liu Yunwei sat on the main seat of the head, Zheng Zhilong and Lu Ying sat on Liu Yunwei's left and right, and the rest of the people sat in turn.

Zheng Zhilong saw that everyone was seated, and wanted to compliment Liu Yunwei, and by the way, tell the pain of missing between brothers.

But he never thought that Liu Yunwei was the first to speak loudly and said, "Everyone! Now that the affairs of the southern provinces have been completed, it stands to reason that this duke should return to Beijing to report to His Majesty. However, what is the reason why my father has come here today to gather with you? This father is just for one thing, and that is to rebuild my Great Ming Water Master! ”

Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu and others didn't expect Zhen Guogong to be so direct, without the slightest tactfulness, and went straight to the point as soon as they came up.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly expressed his position and said: "Please rest assured that Zhen Guogong, my Guangdong Town will definitely fully support the reconstruction of the Daming Water Division." The subordinates will make a statement today, the new Daming Water Division, my Guangdong town will pay money, food, and people, as long as the town Guogong gives an order, the subordinates will not hesitate to smash the pot and sell iron! ”

Liu Yunwei was very happy when he heard this, and said jokingly: "It seems that the righteous brother is very rich, not bad!" Haha"

However, immediately after that, Liu Yunwei changed his words and said: "However, this time, the new Daming Water Division will not use a penny or a grain of rice in Guangdong Town, but the soldiers will be reorganized into a part of the Water Division, and if they are elite soldiers and strong generals, it depends on whether our chief soldiers are reluctant to do so!" ”

Zheng Zhilong couldn't understand what Liu Yunwei meant for a while, but he still agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Liu Yunwei was very satisfied with this, so he continued: "This duke has decided to divide 40,000 soldiers and horses from the 60,000 officers and soldiers of Guangdong Town into the Daming Water Division, and in addition, the annual income of Guangdong Town from running to the sea should be handed over to the imperial court for 70%, and 30% for himself!" Brother-in-law, can you agree? ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong understood that his righteous eldest brother came to Guangzhou City to solve the last hidden danger in the south, that is, he had a heavy army and abundant money and food!

Although he understood, Zheng Zhilong had no choice, so he could only look forward to Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo!

"The subordinates obey the orders of the town and the country! From tomorrow, all the soldiers of my Guangdong town will accept the reorganization of the town and the country! ”

Zheng Zhihu on the side also hurriedly led a group of generals from Guangdong Town to get up and said: "Obey the order of the town and the country!" ”

"Good!"

Liu Yunwei yelled and continued to Zheng Zhilong: "Tomorrow morning, Bengong will lead the army north to return to Beijing, before leaving, Bengong will leave behind the general Guo Yi and his three thousand dragon cavalry to assist you in reorganizing your troops and horses, do you have any opinions?" ”

"Nope! His subordinates will fully assist General Guo in reorganizing his soldiers! ”

"Good!"

Liu Yunwei got up and was about to leave, when Liu Yunwei walked to Zheng Zhilong's side, he suddenly stopped, patted Zheng Zhilong, whose face was not very good, and said softly: "This guild will play the imperial court and appoint you as the commander of the Ming Navy, and you will take care of the preparation of the sailor!" Brother, for my brother to entrust the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier to you, when you go out to Mongolia and North Korea for your brother in the future, remember to see me in the capital, after the expedition, you will not come back for your brother! ”

After speaking, Liu Yunwei left without looking back, Lu Ying glanced at Zheng Zhilong, who was already blindfolded, and quickly followed, leaving only Guo Yi with reddish eyes.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong reacted and knelt down towards Liu Yunwei's back, his eyes watering: "Big brother! I will definitely guard the sea frontier of the Ming Dynasty! Get on the road with peace of mind! ”

Zheng Zhihu and other generals next to him also knelt down together, and shouted in unison: "Please take care of Zhenguo Gongxin!" Daming Haijiang is safe! Generations to come! ”

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yunwei and Lu Ying led more than 70,000 soldiers from the Hanwei Army Pacesetter Battalion and the Feiyu Battalion to the north and drove in the direction of the capital. Before Liu Yunwei went south to Guangzhou City, he had already ordered the general soldier Huang Degong to be the general army of Jiangling and led his 30,000 soldiers to garrison Nanjing City.