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It was not Yang Ying, the household official set by Zheng Chenggong, who rushed to Jinhua, but his cousin, Zheng Tai, the God of Wealth of the Zheng Group.

In fact, Yang Ying had already set off, and even arrived in Wenzhou, but at that time, the suppression of the four provincial capitals had begun, and the Taizhou Green Battalion of the Qing army had begun to assemble in Wenzhou, preparing to go north along the Oujiang River. The unoptimistic prospect of the Ming army in Zhejiang, as well as the blockade of the Wenzhou roads by the Qing army, made Yang Ying finally give up continuing to Jinhua and return to Fujian to report to Zheng Chenggong.

Two months later, the four provincial capitals ended in a crushing defeat for the Qing army, and Zheng Chenggong's eyeline in Fujian officialdom reported that the three green battalions on the Fujian expedition were almost completely wiped out, leaving only the three commanders, their officer corps and their personal soldiers, and the main force was all annihilated by the Ming army, or it can be said that it was annihilated by the Qing army at Xianxia Pass.

When the news came, the Fujian Ming army was inspired, these three Fujian green battalions were originally mobile troops here, and there were many battles before, and then Zheng Chenggong began to train rattan armor soldiers, and these Qing troops began to be defeated, but with the Geng family moving to Fujian, these Qing troops can be used as a supplement, just like the battle of Tong'an. Now that these three green battalions are gone, even if it is rebuilt, it will take a lot of time and money, and it may not be able to restore the old view, Zheng Chenggong feels that he can use this time difference to teach Geng Zhongming, the dog traitor, how to behave well.

However, before the banquet of the Fujian Ming army to congratulate Chen Wen began, another more shocking news came over, that is, the veteran traitor, Shi Tingzhu, the veteran general of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, was killed by the Ming army outside the city of Guangxinfu, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army he brought with him were annihilated by Chen Wen outside the city of Jinhua Mansion together with the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou Garrison.

This news not only shocked the Qing court, but also stunned the Ming army in Fujian, and in the cheers that resounded through the Zhongzuo Institute, King Lu and the officials accompanying him in Kinmen could not even say a word. And Zheng Chenggong, only Zheng Tai heard the sigh of "Wild waves, I am not as good as Chen Furen".

Zheng Chenggong's statement is not entirely groundless, Chen Wen defeated the eight banners of the Han army with three battalions of field battles, each of which was the "Chen Han Army" formed in the Huang Taiji era, and Zheng Chenggong fought a draw in the battle of Tong'an with all the outnumbered people It was only the Geng family's domain soldiers, of which there were only more than 1,000 people attached to the flag in the Huang Taiji era, and the others were incorporated after entering the customs, so the judgment was made.

Zheng Tai knew Zheng Chenggong's temper very well, and he also trusted that pride and relied on it, and it was not until after the defeat in the Battle of Nanjing that Zheng Tai began to be disappointed, and secretly transferred more than 300,000 taels of silver to Japan, just in case. At this time, he was still doing his best to prepare military money and food for Zheng Chenggong, and he had no second thoughts.

However, now, for Chen Wen, Zheng Chenggong actually let out such a sigh, which really made Zheng Tai, who knew almost nothing about military affairs, feel a lot of respect and curiosity for Chen Wen.

"Marquis An Yuan's successive battles have long lived up to the title of a famous general of the country, and he is ashamed." After that, Zheng Tai changed his words. "Your and my two armies are both ministers of the emperor and tomorrow, and they are both fighting against the Tartars in the southeast, they should be more close, if the Marquis of An Yuan doesn't mind, how about the brothers."

Zheng Tai is the God of Wealth of the Zheng Group, Chen Wen has long planned to trade with the Zheng family, Zheng Tai is here in person, presumably there must be such a move, of course, if there is no such victory, the Zheng family may not be in such a hurry to dispatch such an important person.

"I don't dare to ask for it."

At present, only Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong have the possibility of reversing the situation, and both sides have long planned for cooperation. And then, Chen Wen and Zheng Tai directly began to exchange views on the current situation, as well as some of the achievements of the Zhejiang Ming Army and the Fujian Ming Army on their respective battlefields in the past two years.

Jung Tae's first day of arrival ended with mutual praise, and it wasn't until the second day that he got to the point. "Brother Fool is here because of the exchange between the two armies mentioned earlier, I don't know if Brother Xian can still remember."

When it comes to business, skill is important, but sincerity is even more important. The cooperation between Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong will not be a one-shot deal, Chen Wen does not intend to do this, and Zheng Chenggong does not intend to do so, what we are talking about here is the general tone and the first batch of transactions.

"That's exactly what happened."

"Then I don't know what goods Brother Xian is going to sell, and what goods are you going to buy?"

Zheng Tai went straight to the point, and Chen Wen didn't plan to go around the bend anymore, so he explained to Zheng Tai directly.

Among the goods mentioned by Chen Wen are raw silk, silkworm cocoons, cloth, silk, and even porcelain, which are indispensable goods in maritime trade. It's just that now Zheng Tai is no longer the godson who took care of the sea trade for Zheng Zhilong, but the God of Wealth of the Zheng Group, what Zheng Chenggong's army needs, except for cloth, everything else can only be used for resale, although the value is not low, but it is far less attractive than some other things.

"Brother Xian doesn't plan to sell food, weapons, and armor? The foolish brother remembered that there were a lot of fields in Jinhua and Quzhou, and the virtuous brother won successive battles, and the weapons and armor were always a little rich. ”

Zheng Tai bluntly told Chen Wen what the Fujian Ming Army needed, although he exposed the hole cards prematurely, but it added to Chen Wen's favor, and even Chen Wen realized this intention and did not have the slightest bad feeling.

"To tell you the truth, the younger brother has now exceeded 20,000 soldiers, and the consumption in the army is huge, and the food is really impossible to sell."

Twenty thousand?

This number is far lower than Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Tai's estimates, in their opinion, it takes forty or fifty thousand people to be able to support from that heavy encirclement and suppression, although Zheng Tai does not dare to believe this number, but when he saw that Chen Wen did not seem to be cheating, the shock in his heart was even better.

"What about armor and weapons?"

Food, armor and weapons, these are the things that Zheng Chenggong's army needs most, and Chen Wen has seen these very clearly through history. He had seized a lot of weapons, but his armor was far from sufficient, and he could not have planned to exchange these things for money, which he was not rich in.

"In terms of weapons, due to the different tactics in the younger brother's army, some of the captured weapons can be sold. As for the armor, the capture is not enough for the army, and it is really beyond help. ”

Historically, many of the things that Zheng Chenggong needed in the army were imported from Japan, weapons, raw materials, and many things were purchased through sea trade and tolls collected in the Taiwan Strait, and with these more than 100,000 people in the Battle of Nanjing, he could really be called unprecedented.

Although rattan armor can be produced in the army, there is still a lot of desire for the iron armor Zheng Chenggong, and it may be said that it is precisely because of the lack of iron armor in his army that rattan armor will be replaced. However, the iron armor itself is a heavy weapon of the military state, and Japan itself does not have much, let alone sell it to the Fujian Ming Army. So for a long time, the basic armor of the Fujian Ming Army was rattan armor, and the Iron Man Army that Zheng Chenggong later formed was built from the original saved in those years, and was specially supplied to the elite of the hoplites, because Zheng Chenggong hoped to use this to restrain the Manchu cavalry, and he did it in the Battle of Nanjing.

Whether Zheng Chenggong's idea of the Iron Man Army has taken shape now, Chen Wen is not very clear, but even if he has an idea, the iron ore is only enough for his own use now, and he has to wait for the expansion of the army if he barely saves some of it, otherwise he will not have the idea of returning to the furnace.

It's just that he doesn't have iron armor and raw materials, but there are some things that can be sold to Zheng Chenggong, and these are the treasures that Zheng Chenggong needs most at the moment. (To be continued.) )