Defeating Zhao Guoza, Zheng Chenggong returned to Quanzhou City with his army.

In Minglun Hall in Quanzhou, Zheng Chenggong asked Wang Zhongxiao, who had just cleaned up the count: "Changru, what about the casualties of our army?" ”

Wang Zhongxiao was born in the twenty-first year of Wanli (1593), the word is long Confucian, the number is ashamed, and he is a native of Shage Village, Nanpu Township. In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), he was promoted to Jinshi, awarded the head of the household department, and managed the registration account and field endowment in the central financial department.

After hearing Zheng Chenggong's recruitment order, he defected to Zheng Chenggong.

With the expansion of the scale of sea trade, Zheng Tai needs to invest more energy and time. Now the Zheng family's calculation and management accounts are slowly managed by Wang Zhongxiao.

When Wang Zhongxiao heard Zheng Chenggong's inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "Our army has lost two hundred and ten people, and another four or five hundred people have been wounded. ”

Zheng Chenggong's expression was a little gloomy when he heard it, although such casualties were not big, but after all, they were all trained by themselves, and they had a deep relationship after months of getting along.

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong had some casualties, Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly persuaded: "General, they have chosen to join the army, so they naturally have to have the consciousness of sacrifice. The dead are dead, in order not to let the dead die in vain, the general should be even more excited, lead the soldiers to defeat the Tartars, and revive the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zheng Chenggong heard that he hurriedly bowed his hand to Wang Zhongxiao and said: "Xie Changru's pointing, it is a Ming Yan child's posture." It will never be like this again! Changru, how are our results? ”

"Our army killed more than 1,700 Qing soldiers and captured more than 4,200 people. The Quanzhou treasury hoarded 330,000 stone grain and grass and 720,000 taels of silver. 6 sand boats and 1 fortune boat were also seized. Wang Zhongxiao said excitedly.

"Hmmm! This battle is a big win! Zheng Chenggong nodded, "However, why are there so few ships?" Quanzhou is the place where the four great fortune ships are manufactured, and there should not be so few. ”

Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly explained, "General, I asked the Qing soldiers, and they said that some time ago, in order to exterminate the rebels who responded to the uprising of Lu Jianguo, the Fujian General Soldier Ma Degong mobilized all the ships and ships of Quanzhou to attack the north. ”

Zheng Chenggong said with some regret when he heard it: "Hey, it's a pity. If all the ships in Quanzhou can be captured, the power of our army's sailors can be greatly enhanced, and at the same time, the power of the Manchu Qing can be weakened! ”

Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile: "The general is greedy. The so-called misfortune and blessing rely on, and blessing and misfortune lurk. It is precisely because there are few ships in Quanzhou that our army can conquer it so easily! ”

Zheng Chenggong laughed and said, "Yes, yes, it's Ming Yan who is greedy." Changru, you quickly send someone to report the victory to Kinmen, and at the same time send Gu Chao to manage Quanzhou Mansion. ”

"Yes, the subordinate will arrange manpower!"

After dealing with political affairs, Gan Hui took care of the captives and stabilized the people of Quanzhou, and then walked into Minglun Hall.

As soon as they saw Zheng Chenggong sitting in the right seat, Guo Bichang, Zhuge Bin, and Yang Caiyi hurriedly stepped forward and leaned over and drank: "Congratulations to the master surnamed Guo for successfully capturing Quanzhou City!" ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled and waved his hand and said, "Thanks to your great help, Ming Yan can successfully capture Quanzhou." Your credits, Ming Yan dare not forget. I also asked Mr. Guo and Mr. Zhuge to work hard to lead the county and manage Nan'an and Dehua for Mingyan. ”

Guo Bichang and Zhuge Bin said respectfully: "Fix what you want, don't work hard!" ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded, looked at Yang Caiyi, and said, "General Yang, promote you to General Wude!" ”

Yang Caiyi hurriedly possessed himself and drank: "General Xie! ”

After rewarding these newly recruited people, Zheng Chenggong began to reward his subordinates. "Gan Hui!"

"The last general!"

"Promote you to guerrilla general, and the insufficient number of non-commissioned officers will allow you to give priority to selecting soldiers from among the captives to replenish them!"

"General Xie!"

"Chen Hui, Yu Kuan, Guo Tai!"

"The last general!"

"You will be promoted to General Xuanwei, and your monthly salary will be three hundred taels of silver!"

"Thank you, General!"

"Lan Cheng!"

"The last general!"

"You will be promoted to the commander of the guard, and the insufficient soldiers will also be selected from this captive!"

Lan Cheng hurriedly drank with his hand: "General Xie, the last general will definitely repay with death!" ”

"With your help, Ming Yan believes that he will be able to drive the Tartars as soon as possible and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

When his subordinates heard the busy shouts in unison, they shouted: "The last general will do everything in his power to help the general achieve his wish as soon as possible!" ”

"Well, you're tired after a long day's fighting. Go down and rest! ”

"General Xie!"

The next day, it was just dawn. As soon as Zheng Chenggong came back from running with the guards, the guard Zhang Dashan ran in and said, "General, the Marquis of Jianping has just arrived, and he is asking to see him outside!" ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled bitterly and said: "His ears are very smart, and this Quanzhou has just been beaten." He came in a hurry! Invite him to Hyakengawa Pond Pavilion! By the way, ask someone to bring some food! ”

After running ten miles, Zheng Chenggong was already hungry. Zheng Tai is not an outsider, so Zheng Chenggong is not polite.

When Zheng Tai hurriedly walked into the pond pavilion, Zheng Chenggong was enjoying Quanzhou's special delicacy of roast meat dumplings.

Seeing Zheng Tai coming, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly said: "It's so early, Gongye shouldn't have eaten yet, right?" Eat together! ”

Hearing that Quanzhou had been conquered, Zheng Tai also hurried by boat. At this time, he also happened to be hungry, and when he heard Zheng Chenggong's appointment, he was not polite, and sat down to eat.

Zheng Chenggong ate the meat dumplings over and over again, and said: "What is the public business that makes you so anxious, you can't wait for a moment, so you hurried over!" ”

Zheng Tai wiped the grease from his mouth with a towel and said, "General, I am in charge of the money and food. It's just that the tasks you assign to the public industry are not able to bear it. Even if I were sold, it would be difficult to maintain the harvest until this autumn. There is really no way to do it! ”

Zheng Chenggong heard it and said, "Gongye, what happened." Makes you so tricky? ”

Zheng Tai organized and said: "General, after capturing Haicheng and Tong'an, there are more soldiers and horses, and this military salary and food consumption is large, not to mention, other iron ore for making weapons, saltpeter for making gunpowder and other materials are also seriously consumed. General, now the stocks of our army are in jeopardy! ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled bitterly when he heard it, and said, "Then does the public industry have a way to solve this problem?" ”

Zheng Tai hurriedly said: "General, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, Fujian has many mountains, known as seven points of mountains, three points of water, and one point of fields. Since ancient times, it has been necessary to fish through sea trade to have a full stomach. The last general implored the general to allocate ships to the lower officials for trade, otherwise the lower officials would really not be able to maintain the huge expenses of the Zheng family's army. ”

Zheng Chenggong heard Zheng Tai's complaints, and said helplessly: "Gongye has given me a big problem, transfer the ship to you, and he will protest again at the beginning of the year!" ”

Zheng Tai said confidently: "The three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first!" The military rations and armaments are insufficient, and even if there are too many ships and sailors, they will be empty after all. Solving military supplies first is the top priority! ”

Zheng Chenggong thought for a while and said, "I will allocate another twenty-three sand boats and seventeen lucky ships to you." Quanzhou is a famous shipbuilding location, and the ships made here can be used by you first. ”

"General Xie! The lower officials will definitely make good use of these ships! ”

"Well, Gongye, I gave you the ship, and I must not let Zheng Jiajun's military salary have problems, otherwise I will ask you!"

"Rest assured, the general will not let the Zheng family's military supply have problems!"

Seeing Zheng Tai leave happily, Zheng Chenggong shook his head, sure enough, the crying child has milk to eat!

Soon, Zheng Chenggong began to have a headache again, and Lin Xishan came!

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Xishan saw Zheng Chenggong, he said: "General! I heard that you transferred the naval division's warship to Zheng Gongye to trade! ”

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly explained: "Jian Chu! I also have no choice, to compete with the Manchu Tartars who occupy the five states of China, I can't help but expand the army as much as possible. But the material and financial resources of a few small places in Haicheng alone can't support the military needs of the expanding army! To maintain such a large boat division and marine troops, and to feed the families of officers and soldiers, huge sums of money, food, timber, copper, iron, gunpowder, and other materials were required. Without relying on sea trade, it is simply impossible! ”

Lin Xishan said in embarrassment: "I know all this, but General, places like Haicheng and Kinmen are all safe that require strong sailors. You use your ships for trade, which makes it difficult for the Admiral to protect and train! ”

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly comforted his henchmen and said, "Jian Chu rest assured, I know the importance of the water master. I won't let you be wronged. The ships manufactured by the Haicheng, Kinmen, and Ishii shipyards are all under your banner. And, I'll tell you good news! ”

Lin Xishan also knew that it was impossible to stop the transfer of ships, but as the commander of the sailor, he had to fight for the interests of the sailor, otherwise how could he control the arrogant soldiers and arrogant generals under him.

Now hearing the general say that there is good news, Lin Xishan hurriedly said: "General, dare to ask what the good news is!" ”

According to the ship pattern given by Zheng Chenggong before, after nearly two years of testing and improvement, Zheng Ping led those shipwrights to finally build a ship that combines Chinese and Western.

When Zheng Ping told Zheng Chenggong the good news, he happened to set off to attack Quanzhou, and did not go to see the new ship, and now in order to appease Lin Xishan, the admiral of the navy, he hurriedly took out the news and told him.

When Lin Xishan heard this, he hurriedly urged Zheng Chenggong to rush to Kinmen to inspect.

Zheng Chenggong said with a smile: "Jian Chu doesn't need to be in a hurry, I have already sent someone to send a message to them, let them drive a new ship to Quanzhou, they will arrive today!" ”