"Are you saying that Marquis An Yuan intends to communicate with our army?"

"Exactly, the humble position can be determined that An Yuanhou means this. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The three battles and three victories in the five years of Yongli in Cizao, Qianshan, and Xiaoyingling not only enabled Zheng Chenggong to successfully recover the four counties of Zhangnan, but also led to the rebellion of the defenders of Haicheng County at the beginning of last year, enabling him to surround Zhangzhou. After that, due to the existence of the Ming army in Zhejiang and the repeated staging of the Great War in southwest Zhejiang, the defenders of Zhangzhou, who had not been able to get reinforcements for half a year, also chose to surrender, so that Zheng Chenggong pocketed the Zhangzhou Plain, which is known as the barn of southern Fujian, and further launched the siege of Quanzhou.

But then, with the transfer of the Jingnan Domain to Fujian and the outbreak of the Battle of Tong'an, although Zheng Chenggong was not as energetic as the Battle of Fengchao Mountain in history, even the later commander Huangshan, Liwu Town Chen Feng, the right pioneer town Liao Jing, the Qinding town Guo Ting, the guard right town Hong Chengzhong and other senior officers were killed in the fierce battle, but the Ming and Qing dynasties both claimed to have achieved a great victory, but he still lost a lot of money in the past two years, gained a lot of combat experience, and has gradually cultivated into elite veterans.

At the end of last year, he began to recover the southern part of Zhangzhou, and this year he recovered the capital city, which gave Zheng Chenggong a lot of food and human resources, but compared to his army, it was still too small and far from being self-sufficient.

Now both armies have returned to the occupied area to recuperate, in order to accumulate more strength to pounce on each other and bite each other again. However, compared to the Qing army, which only lost less than one prefecture, Zheng Chenggong's occupied area was too small, and even with the replenishment of sea trade, the speed of his accumulated strength could not quickly crush the opponent and achieve a reversal of the strength ratio.

Zheng Chenggong knew that the losses of the Qing army were also not small, not only the two Fujian green battalions on the left and right flanks and the general battalion on the right, but even the vassal soldiers of the Jingnan Domain also suffered a lot of losses. However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty now occupies seven or eight out of ten, or even eight or nine out of ten, of China, and it will not do him any good if such a stalemate continues.

Originally, he had already come up with the idea of trading with Chen Wen, but because Wenzhou was still in the hands of the Qing army, Chen Wen did not have access to the sea, so he did not mention it for the time being. But he didn't expect that this time Chen Wen thought of it one step ahead of him, and put forward the idea of transportation through the trade route of northern Fujian into Zhejiang, which made him have a surprise.

"How did you answer An Yuanhou?"

"If you return to the country, you will say that you will return Marquis Anyuan's proposal to the prince, that's all."

"Hmm."

Chen Wen's plan was very good, although he did not go to Wenzhou, and Songyang Dan in Chuzhou was not conducive to the transportation of grain and other materials, but the small manufactured goods were completely smuggled and smuggled to the sea. Moreover, with the current military strength of the Ming army in Zhejiang, it is easy to recover Wenzhou.

The trade between the Ming army of Zhejiang, which went deep into the interior, and the Ming army of Fujian, which had strong maritime trade ability, was of great benefit to both sides, and Zheng Qi also expressed great agreement at that time, but the experience of business negotiations was still shallow, and he was a little too careful, and he was too full of words. He also regretted it afterwards, but fortunately, there were only him and Chen Wen present at the time, even if Zheng Chenggong didn't know anything less, it would naturally not affect his evaluation.

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief, Zheng Qi was also secretly happy in his heart. It's just that as soon as he relaxed in his heart, he immediately remembered another thing, and took advantage of the rare opportunity to meet alone at this moment to add to this good impression.

"Tell the prince of the country, I have tried the Marquis of An Yuan, and I have also investigated privately in Jinhua, Marquis An Yuan does not seem to be the son-in-law of the Penglai Qi family, and now there is no marriage or wife, maybe ......"

However, before the words were finished, Zheng Chenggong's smiling face, which was still happy for Chen Wen's similarity towards business and trade, was replaced by anger, and he immediately asked Zheng Qi when he got up: "Who asked you to ask this?!" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Qideng was stunned on the spot, this matter is not a secret among relatives, after all, Zheng Chenggong also needs to choose the right candidate, but he is far from expecting that this time is far from that time.

Seeing Zheng Qi standing there speechless, Zheng Chenggong waved him back, and then sent someone to recruit Zheng Tai, the god of wealth of the current Zheng Group.

"Since that Marquis An Yuan seems to be very interested in the trade between the two sides, it seems that I am going to go to Zhejiang in person."

Zheng Tainai is Zheng Chenggong's cousin, but he has already come out of the five suits. The blood relationship has long begun to be estranged, but Zheng Tai still has a layer of identity, he is also Zheng Zhilong's godson, as the former leader of the Zheng Group, Zheng Zhilong tried his best to cultivate the sea trade talents, when Zheng Chenggong was only a loyal and filial uncle in the Longwu Dynasty, Zheng Tai had already been crowned.

Different from other members of the Zheng Group, Zheng Tai has served as a household official for a long time, managing the finances and foreign trade of Zheng Chenggong's army.

Zheng Tai's financial affairs are very important to Zheng Chenggong, and he will not move lightly, but if he can reach a trade agreement with Chen Wen this time, it is far better to buy the materials they need directly from Zhejiang with the silver of sea trade, which is far better than only buying from Japan. Coupled with Chen Wen's identity there, the cooperation between the two sides should be very long-term, and naturally Zheng Tai, the core figure, will have to completely settle the matter to rest assured, and this is also what they agreed before, in order to be another major event in the original plan.

"Brother, I think it's better to talk to someone else first, and the people of our Zheng family should not go over for the time being."

"Huh?"

Unlike Zheng Qi, Zheng Tai has been with Zheng Chenggong for many years, and he knows his temperament very well, and he has rich experience.

Before the battle of Tong'an, Zheng Chenggong recovered Zhangzhou and besieged Quanzhou, and the Qing army in Fujian had no power to fight back. But now, the Fujian Ming army, which suffered a lot of losses, can only hold on to the Qing army, and even faintly has the upper hand, even if Zheng Chenggong is already in the Guogong, and Chen Wen is still only a marquis, but Chen Wen still holds the strategic initiative in southwest Zhejiang, which is how Zheng Chenggong, who has always regarded himself very highly, is willing to give up this face.

Moreover, from the perspective of practical interests, strategically, the road for the Ming army in Fujian to go north has been blocked by the Qing army such as Geng Jimao, Yang Minggao, and Ma Degong, and it is easy to shake it, and Chen Wen will never let the Qing army in Hangzhou, the western part of Quzhou, and Wenzhou alone, and naturally he will not go south to Fujian and join forces with him to annihilate this strong army of the Jingnan Domain. Since there is only trade left to speak of, it is a matter of whether Zheng Tai goes or not.

"Oh, then tell Yang Ying to go first." (To be continued.) )