Zheng Zhilong's expression was definitely not good-looking, he looked at the sea blankly, and the sea blew his beard, making his whole person look decadent.

It's definitely a very little thing for him. He has always regarded the sea as his source of wealth and strength, and every time he looks at the sea, he is as enthusiastic as if he were looking at his own woman, but today, his gaze has become much more complicated, with hatred, fear, and unwillingness.

"Father." Behind him, the young Zheng Sen looked at him puzzled: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Zheng Sen is only seventeen years old this year, two years ago, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen and became a student of Nan'an County, for Zheng Zhilong, who is across the sea, he is his pride. Hearing his son's question, Zheng Zhilong was about to pat him on the head, when he suddenly realized that his height had surpassed his own, and he could only pat him on the shoulder.

This discovery made Zheng Zhilong decide to tell his son some things.

"Fusong...... Mingyan! After standing out and calling out Zheng Sen's nickname, Zheng Zhilong thought that his son had a very bad relationship with him for a long time, he sat on a reef, pointed to the opposite side, and motioned for him to sit down as well: "What do you think of this sea?" ”

"Wealth comes from the sea!" Zheng Sen said without hesitation: "If Daming Sea Trade is completely handed over to our Zheng family, the income of ten million taels a year will be easy!" ”

"What you are saying is that now the imperial court is crying for two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, which is actually just the price of a shipload of goods, and no one in the court knows about it. But all those people wanted was to take the money into their own pockets, but they were not anxious for the court. Also, what else do you know about the sea? ”

"This ......," Zheng Sen hesitated for a moment. Didn't say anything more.

"Danger also comes from the sea!" Zheng Zhilong didn't wait for him to think about it again, he said the answer, and sighed as he spoke: "It was Yangfan before. Whether it's red hair or Franc machine. They have strong ships and guns, and now they have to add Yu Guozhen......"

"Nanhai Bo?" Zheng Sen was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with Nanhaibo?" ”

"His strength at sea has surged, Ming Yan, when he first arrived in the South China Sea a few years ago, he was just a small character forced out of breath by Liu Xiang, but now, his strength at sea is enough to compete with the ocean...... Even our Zheng family has to look up to him! ”

"Isn't that good? The strength of Nanhai Bo is just to make up for the blank of my Ming Dynasty and avoid the invasion of Fanyi, and now Luzon, Manraka and other places are all occupied by Fanyi, if my Ming Haijiang is defenseless, sooner or later it will ......."

"Stupid, how defenseless is my Ming Haijiang. Isn't my Zheng family the defense of the Ming Sea Frontier? Zheng Zhilong was a little angry, his son was sent to study, and his mind was a little confused, and he actually said such naïve and naïve words! If Daming Haijiang is on guard, how can his Zheng family start. And how can you earn the belongings that are in Ruoda!

Zheng Sen looked at his father in amazement, a little puzzled why his father reacted so violently.

"You just talked about Luzon...... Did you know that Luzon will soon have the surname Yu! Zheng Zhilong calmed down and gasped.

"What? Nanhai Bo occupied Luzon? ”

"Not yet, but Nanhai Bo has already occupied the chicken coop and fresh water!"

This news made the young Zheng Sen open his mouth in shock, Taiwan was the most important stronghold of their Zheng family, where the Zheng family had built four towns and more than 20 villages, with more than 30,000 people - a considerable number of these people were criminals who had moved from Nanzhili. Therefore, Zheng Sen was no stranger to the situation in Taiwan, where the Spaniards controlled the northern part of Taiwan and the Dutch occupied the southern part of Taiwan, and the contradictions between the two were extremely deep. The Zheng family had their own power in the central and western parts of Taiwan, but because of the double pressure of the Dutch and the Spaniards, and because of the disease, their power grew slowly.

But now, Yu Guozhen has actually entered Taiwan!

And in one fell swoop, they eliminated all the strongholds of the Spaniards and directly controlled the northern part of Taiwan, so the next step is to end up the Dutch in southern Taiwan, and then drive out their Zheng family and control the whole of Taiwan?

"How can this be made, this is the foundation of my Zheng family!" This sentence blurted out, and when he said this, Zheng Sen's first consideration was no longer the interests of Daming, but the interests of their Zheng family.

This is also a common problem of people in this era, even for people like Zheng Sen, when faced with major choices, the first consideration is still the interests of the Zheng family.

"Now you know why I called you stupid." The corners of Zheng Zhilong's mouth were a little distorted: "The news I received this morning was that five days ago, Yu Guozhen sent his Fishery Administration Bureau Navy to attack the chicken coop on a large scale, first charging to seize the hill where the guard fort was located, and then dragging the artillery up the hill, condescending to bombard the fort, completely destroying the fort battery, and then cutting off the water source of the castle of San Salvador, forcing its governor Paromino to surrender!" ”

"How many days did the Spaniards keep watch?" Zheng Sen was surprised: "I have seen that castle, it is extremely majestic!" ”

"Only three days!" Zheng Zhilong had a deep fear in his eyes: "But when his main force was in Penghu before, he had already begun to blockade the castle, and we thought he was going to fight the Dutch, but we didn't want to fight the Spaniards!" ”

At this moment, his pupils shrank suddenly, because on the other side of the sea, he saw a clipper flying the Xinxiang dolphin flag flying towards him!

Zheng Sen also saw this ship, this kind of scissor-shaped clipper boat built by the new Xiang is extremely fast, and their Zheng family has also begun to imitate it, but because they can't actually measure the size of the new Xiang boat, especially its internal structure, the Zheng family can't do it at the same speed.

"It's a small boat." Zheng Zhilong muttered, as if relieved.

"I'm afraid it's the messenger." Zheng Sen said.

As Zheng Sen guessed, it was the envoy sent by Yu Guozhen, the envoy was very young, but he was ten years old, but he was very calm in his gestures and looked extremely sophisticated. He only gave a military salute to Zheng Zhilong, and then held up a letter: "My family's Fishery Administration Bureau is Luo Jiuhe, and asked me to send a letter to General Zheng." ”

In the eyes of the Zheng family, this tiger guard's behavior was quite rude, and some people wanted to threaten him, but Zheng Zhilong didn't have this mind. There are not many people who know that Yu Guozhen has taken the chicken coop and fresh water, and if his subordinates also know this news, I am afraid that all of them will be silent!

Compared with the castle of the Spaniards, the foundation of their Zheng family in Taiwan is simply undefended. Yu Guozhen can take the territory of the Spaniards and seize the territory of the Zheng family, it is not a problem at all!

Zheng Zhilong tried his best to calm the panic in his heart, opened the letter, and only after reading a few sentences, he stood up straight.

"Unexpectedly...... Is there such a thing? He asked, "You defeated the Spanish fleet at sea?" ”

"About five miles east of Joncoop Harbor, we have completely annihilated the Spanish fleet, and now the Spaniards have no warships in Manila that can go to sea to fight." The new messenger said proudly.

Zheng Zhilong's eyes blinked desperately, he didn't know what to say, not to mention taking the castle, but also destroying the Spanish fleet, then it was obvious that Yu Guozhen's appetite was not something that could be filled by just one Taiwan, what he wanted was the entire South China Sea!

As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Zhilong's heart felt uncomfortable.

The envoy's words made the Zheng generals, who were already angry, close their mouths: now they are going to fight the Spaniards, and they may be able to win, but only if they are within their sphere of influence. Running to someone else's sea area to blockade, and then defeating the opponent's reinforcement fleet, this kind of thing, the Zheng family can't do it!

"Ah, ah, congratulations...... Congratulations ......"

Originally, when he learned that Yu Guozhen had captured the chicken coop and fresh water, Zheng Zhilong's heart was already uneasy, but now he knew that he had even destroyed the Spanish reinforcement fleet, and he had mixed feelings, and Zheng Sen, who was behind him, had a gloomy face and did not hide his unhappiness.

Zheng Zhilong continued to read the letter, the other party definitely didn't just come to show off his strength, Xinxiang sent an envoy, there should be another purpose. When he saw the reason for the war with Spain, he was stunned at first, and then he was furious: "These Francois have done such a crazy thing, and it is natural for Nanhai Bo to send troops, and it is right, and it is right!" ”

"Big brother, what's going on?" Someone next to him asked.

Zheng Zhilong looked around and said loudly: "The Spaniards slaughtered my Ming people in Manila, and 20,000 people were murdered. ”

Although his voice was loud, his tone was dry and without emotion. What he said was also the original words in Luo Jiuhe's letter, and Luo Jiuhe's letter also mentioned at the end that he wanted the Zheng family to officially declare war on Spain and completely expel the Spanish forces from the South China Sea.

Zheng Zhilong understood that this was Yu Guozhen forcing him to surrender, if he really accepted this request and sent troops to support, it would mean that he recognized Yu Guozhen's command of him, and even recognized that Yu Guozhen sent the Fishery Administration Bureau to command him!

It's absolutely impossible!

Thinking that he now has a fortune of 10 million taels, it is really not good, and he can still be a rich man on land, no matter how bold Yu Guozhen is, he will not dare to hit the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong is slightly relieved. He at least has a way out, and besides, things are not out of control.

"Please tell Luo Juzuo that our Zheng family has few soldiers and small boats, so we can only wave the flag and shout for Luo Juzuo, and wish him a victory." The thought turned, and Zheng Zhilong had a smile on his face: "As for the matter of the two families joining forces, we still have to think about it in the long run!" ”

"That being the case, I will take my leave." The messenger saluted and retreated, his expression was very calm, and he did not try to convince Zheng Zhilong at all, which made Zheng Zhilong's heart even more hesitant.

After the envoy left, the generals of the Zheng family around him talked a lot, some were scolding the Spaniards, and some were scolding Yu Guozhen, but more were talking about how to strengthen the Zheng family's defense in Taiwan. Zheng Zhilong knew in his heart that there was no future for a defense, and with Yu Guozhen's current development speed, he was a Dutchman who was strong in Taiwan, and he was afraid that it would not take a year or two to bow down!

"We have to find a way to deal with Yu Guozhen...... Kill him! His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he was silent to himself. (To be continued)