On the second day of the first month of April, most of the important civil and military officials of Zheng Jiajun gathered in the Xiamen Mansion.

A group of people sat on the left and right sides.

Among the civil officials, the first place is Yao Qisheng, who joined the army and was newly canonized as the Marquis of Yong'an by Emperor Yongli.

Although Yao Qisheng was promoted to the throne soon after his arrival, others did not dispute this. In the Battle of Zhangzhou, the Battle of Xinfeng, and the Battle of Ganzhou, Yao Qisheng used his tactics to win the respect of others.

Under Yao Qisheng, there are Lu Ruoteng, Zeng Ying, Lu Zhenfei, Feng Chengshi, Wang Zhongxiao and others.

In terms of military generals, Admiral Lin Xishan ranked first, Hong Xu second, followed by Gan Hui, Huang Wu, He Wenxing, and Huang Ting......

Outside of it, Zhang Jin guarded Chaozhou, Yang Cai guarded Zhangzhou, and Yu Kuan and Xu Long stayed in Quanzhou and could not rush back.

Zheng Chenggong glanced at his subordinates and said in a deep voice: "Xinfeng and Ganzhou have defeated the Qing army, congratulations!" But the Tartars have many minions under their command, and their power is still strong. Our army must not be complacent, let alone despise. Did you hear that? ”

When the civil and military officials heard this, they hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Yes, General!" ”

After tapping his subordinates, Zheng Chenggong waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down.

Zheng Chenggong looked at Yao Qisheng and said, "Xizhi, how should our army be enterprising in the future?" ”

Yao Qisheng shook the paper fan and said: "General, now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is in short supply of soldiers and horses in the south, our army should take advantage of this good opportunity to attack Fujian." ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said, "I also have this intention." Xizhi, you see where our army will attack first! ”

Yao Qisheng said the strategy that he had already been familiar with, "Now in Fujian, our army's strength is far superior to that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is impossible to use tricks to sneak attack the city again, so we can only take it by force." In order to reduce the needless fighting, the general could send Lin Xishan to lead the naval division north to attack Zhejiang across the sea. It is best to capture a few cities along the coast. If he can't, he must also contain the soldiers and horses of the Pingnan general Jin Li, so that he is unable to rescue Fujian. Then the general personally led the army to attack Fuzhou by water, and the Fuzhou officials knew that the strong enemy was on the side, and there were no reinforcements outside, so they would not be able to hold on! Fuzhou, Fujian can be said to be in the hands of the general! ”

Zheng Chenggong thought for a moment. I think what Yao Qisheng said makes sense. At the beginning, the Zheng family was outnumbered and not valued by the Manchus. Naturally, it was easy to despise the Zheng Jiajun, but they defeated the Qing army one after another.

No matter how dull people are, they know that Zheng Jiajun is not easy to provoke, and it is impossible to use tactics such as showing weakness and luring the king into the urn now.

Take it hard, just take it!

Conquer Fuzhou, and tell other cities in Fujian with practical actions: don't think that you can resist the Zheng family army if you want to rely on the high walls of the city.

If you don't want the city to be ruined, then obediently open the city gate to welcome the Zheng family.

Thinking about this, Zheng Chenggong decided to attack Fujian according to Yao Qisheng's plan.

Let all your men pack up and prepare for the battle.

Zheng Chenggong, Yao Qisheng, Lin Xishan and others walked in the Xiamen shipyard to inspect a newly built warship.

"General. I heard that the new warship has been built, when will it be deployed to our department! Lin Xishan said with some anxiety.

"Hehe, in a short period of time, I'm afraid it won't work! The newly-built battleship had earlier tried to use Chinese-style hard sails, but the mainmast was too heavy and capsized. After several unsuccessful attempts, I ended up using Western-style soft sails. But you know it. Our army is basically all sailors who are accustomed to hard sails, and they are not familiar with soft sails. Now it's time to call the captive ghost sailors to teach our army how to steer the soft sails. The soft sail operation is cumbersome, requires too many people, is really troublesome, and takes a lot of time to train in order to be proficient in driving. So be patient! Zheng Chenggong said with a wry smile.

Lin Xishan said hesitantly: "General, the newly built lock ships will be divided into our department!" ”

Zheng Chenggong suddenly woke up when he heard this. As a naval commander, how could Lin Xishan not know the situation of the newly built warship. He wants those newly-built lockships by retreating!

Zheng Chenggong pointed at Lin Xishan, shook his head and said: "Gongye, open trade routes in the South Seas, there is a huge shortage of ships and ships needed, but I have long been clamoring for those ships." ”

Lin Xishan grinned and said, "General." Most of the maritime merchants in the South Seas are small sailing ships, and it is also a waste for Zheng Tai to give the lock boats. Our army is about to attack Zhejiang, and it needs such sharp weapons. Big deal, I'll trade my thirty sand boats for those ten. With one for three, the public industry is earned. ”

Hearing Lin Xishan's rogue excuses, Zheng Chenggong couldn't cry or laugh.

The locks have a capacity of 800 tons and can carry 24 guns.

As for the sand boats, they only had a load of 200 to 300 tons and only eight guns.

Listening to the exchange of one for three, it seems that Zheng Tai did not lose.

However, sand boats are not suitable for long-distance sailing, and lock-boats can sail far and near. Moreover, the speed of the lock ship can reach eight or nine knots, and eleven knots if the wind and water are smooth. What about the sand boat, that is, the sixth and seventh sections.

If Zheng Tai heard it, he would definitely come and quarrel with Lin Xishan.

Zheng Chenggong thought about it, attacking Zhejiang was a matter of urgency, and agreed to Lin Xishan's request.

"Since you are willing to allocate thirty sand boats to supplement Zheng Tai, then I have no opinion. But when he comes back to talk to you, I won't talk to you! Zheng Chenggong said with a smile.

Lin Xishan also smiled, "Hehe, it's okay." Anyway, he was busy all day. When he came back, I went to the water village to hide. I don't believe that he can wait at the entrance of the camp for the rest of his life! ”

As they spoke, they walked to the edge of the harbor and watched a behemoth float on the seashore.

The entire boat was covered with sail lines, including a long series of spinnakers from the bow to the forward mainmast, and the three mainmasts in the forefront, middle and aft were filled with square mainsails, along with overhanging booms on both sides with auxiliary wing sails.

Seeing the battleship that was one size bigger than the lock boat floating quietly in the water, Lin Xishan couldn't help but shout when he looked at it: "This is the largest battleship I have ever seen!" If you can be the captain of this ship, how wanton it would be to sail this battleship to ride the wind and waves! ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "There will be a chance, and this battleship is nothing, our army will have bigger warships in the future!" ”

Lin Xishan hurriedly turned his head to look at Zheng Chenggong when he heard this, "General, this is true!" ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said, "Well, as long as you give those boatmen some more time, they will definitely be able to build bigger sailboats!" ”

Lin Xishan looked at the new battleship and said, "General, if there really is that kind of battleship, please be sure to allocate one to the last general." Even if it is just to serve as a sailor on the ship, the last general is willing. (To be continued.) )