On the way back to Qincha, Mo Zhu asked Zhou Renyuan in a low voice, "Little prince, when did you learn Korean from a Korean businessman?" ”

Zhou Renyuan glared at him fiercely, "This prince is a pedantic celestial, where can you know this little guy?" ”

Mo Zhu's frightened head shrank, not daring to say anything more. The little prince www.biquge.info is actually a god of heaven, no wonder his knowledge and martial arts are different, when will God also help me, so that I can read a thousand words in one night.

Arriving at Xingyuan, Zhu Cihong couldn't wait to come to Zhou Renyuan's room. Zhou Renyuan looked at Zhu Cihong with a anxious look, and said with a smile, "Why, the prince is so impatient?" ”

Zhu Cihong's face turned red, and he hurriedly apologized, "Disturb the fourth uncle's rest!" Why don't you wait and bother later? ”

"It's okay, it's just a joke! If the prince comes, he will be safe. Zhou Renyuan saw that Zhu Cihong was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly comforted.

"The prince wants to ask me why I attach so much importance to North Korea and to Mr. Choi?" Zhou Renyuan asked.

"Cihong is just going to ask the fourth uncle for advice!" Zhu Cihong is colorful.

"Okay, I'll talk to you," Zhou Renyuan no longer sells Guanzi, "Prince, you see that North Korea is located in the northeast of Liao, across the Yalu River and my Ming swaying face, and the Qing slave is in the middle of my Ming and North Korea, if one day my Ming counterattacks the Qing slave, and North Korea can attack from the back of the Qing slave at the same time, what is this concept?" ”

"That Qingnu must face a two-front battle, and the enemy will be attacked on the back of the belly!" Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, but they became gray again, and said, "It's not that I, Daming and North Korea, haven't I ever done this, but have they still failed?" ”

Zhu Cihong said that in the forty-third year of Wanli (1619), the Ming Dynasty sent a total of 120,000 troops from the Four Routes to attack Nurhachi, and at that time, North Korea also sent 30,000 troops to cooperate with the Ming army to attack from the back, but as a result, the Ming army and the Korean army were defeated by Nurhachi one by one. It is known in history as the "Battle of Sarhu".

"That's because there is a problem with the commander of the Ming army, and the generals below are not in line with their hearts, they have their own thoughts, and it is strange if they are not defeated!" Zhou Renyuan said disdainfully, "So we have to summarize the lessons of our predecessors, but these two methods of pinching are necessary methods to defeat the Qing slaves." So we have to recruit North Korea so that they can side with the Ming Dynasty. Besides, now that the hearts of North Koreans are available, the opportunity cannot be missed! ”

"But the way Daming is now, will North Korea listen to us?" Zhu Cihong asked rhetorically.

"Yes! Daming is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and now it is not capable of doing this, but we can't give up North Korea because of this, so we must give hope to those North Korean officials who are close to my Daming, we must support them, and only when our Daming can relax can we implement this plan. Zhou Renyuan said helplessly. Iron striking also needs its own hardness, you can't pin all your hopes on outsiders, only the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain, is strong, and those vassal countries will look forward to you. ”

"That's right." Zhu Cihong nodded, "Fourth Uncle just planted a seed for North Korea today, as for whether this seed can germinate, it depends on Daming's own ability, I don't know if Cihong understands correctly." ”

Zhou Renyuan nodded with satisfaction, "The prince's understanding is completely correct, it seems that you have grown a lot these days." ”

"It's all thanks to the fourth uncle's teaching!" Zhu Cihong said modestly, but his heart was still happy, this was the first time Zhou Renyuan praised him like this.

At night, the drunken incense house is very lively, the officials and civil officials of all sizes in Fuzhou sit on a sedan chair, and the military generals gather to the drunken incense house on horseback. Tonight, Governor Zhang Kentang is going to give a banquet to Prince Qincha and King Yongming. Officials who know each other well have long gotten together and whispered, this is "Brother Nian", and that is "Brother".

Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, accompanied by his son Zheng Chenggong, was already sitting on the seat, and several close generals were also talking. And Zheng Chenggong was a little distracted, "What's the matter, Sen'er, are you uncomfortable?" Zheng Zhilong noticed his son's abnormality, "It's nothing, father, maybe I've been tired for the past two days, and my body is a little tired." Zheng Chenggong replied with a reluctant smile.

"Hmm!" Zheng Zhilong nodded, "Then you drink less wine today." After that, he continued to talk with the other generals.

At this time, the guards outside the door sang, "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yongming, Lord Zhang, the governor has arrived!" All the civil and military officials in the hall hurriedly greeted him.

I saw Zhang Kentang leading Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong into the hall, "What a handsome prince, what a heroic prince!" Everyone sighed and bowed to the ground together, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Everyone, please get up!" Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong smiled and signaled everyone to be exempt. Zheng Chenggong got up and looked up, and was stunned, "It's them!" They turned out to be the crown prince and the prince! "The heart is turned upside down, and the flavors are mixed. Whether it's panic or excitement, I can't tell. And he found that Zhou Renyuan was looking at him with a smile, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly lowered his head, not knowing whether his future would be a curse or a blessing, and his head was already sweating.

What's even more unfortunate is that Zhang Kentang led Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong to the seat at the main table next to his table. According to the rank arranged at the main table, in addition to the seats of Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong, the governor of Fujian, the envoy and the political envoy, the three civil leaders, the military general is Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Chenggong himself is already the general of the fourth grade, so he and the prefect of Fuzhou, Tongzhi and the rest of the generals sat at the deputy table.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Kentang raised his glass and said loudly, "Today, in order to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Yongming, everyone raise their glasses, and the first cup is to salute me, long live the Emperor Daming, long live, long live!" The crowd raised their glasses and shouted "Hurrah" and drank the first cup.

"Second cup, everyone respects His Royal Highness the Prince! We in Fuzhou have never had such grace and glory since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Chitose! Zhang Kentang continued.

The crowd shouted "Chitose!" again. "I drank a second cup.

"The third cup, to His Royal Highness King Yongming. His Royal Highness King Yongming has worked tirelessly, and it is also our honor to be able to come to our Fuzhou. Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Yongming, a thousand years old!

The crowd shouted "Chitose!" again! "I drank the third cup.

"How? Is the prince okay? Zhou Renyuan asked in a low voice, Zhu Cihong glanced at him gratefully, shook his head with a smile and said that it was okay, Zhu Cihong didn't drink often, and he was already slightly drunk after three glasses of wine, but he was in good spirits today and very happy, but it was no big deal.

Zhou Renyuan saw that his alcohol consumption was okay, so he relieved himself. got up and said, "Originally, I wanted the king and the prince to respect you, but drinking on an empty stomach is very harmful, my lords, the general should eat some vegetables and snacks first, and then the king and the prince will pay tribute to you." ”

The civil and military officials nodded again and again, thinking that this little prince was thoughtful.

After a while, Zhou Renyuan saw that everyone was half full, and motioned to Zhu Cihong. Zhu Cihong knocked on the wine glass, stood up, and said, "This prince and my fourth uncle came to Fuzhou on behalf of the heavens, and it was really gratifying to see that all the lords and generals could perform their duties and work hard for the country, and to see that the people of Fuzhou were rich and the market was prosperous. On behalf of my father, I would like to thank you and the generals, and I would like to give you a drink. Zhou Renyuan smiled and nodded again and again, Zhu Cihong also exercised, this eloquence is not a little bit.

The officials in the hall hurriedly stood up and raised their glasses, shouting, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince!" Several officials were still wiping tears with emotion.

After Zhu Cihong finished saluting everyone, Zhou Renyuan stood up and said, "This king will not give up on the emperor, and he will tour the south with His Royal Highness the Prince, and I am very relieved to see that the people in the south are stable. This king has traveled to the north, the north is full of thieves, the war is not stopped, the people are displaced, and the mourning is everywhere, how is it a tragic word? Today, I borrow this glass of wine, I hope that all the adults and generals will always think of my Ming Dynasty, work diligently, and guard one side for my Ming Dynasty, so that the people of Fuzhou will be saved from war. Please! After saying that, he drank it all.

"Be loyal to the court and protect my Ming!" The crowd shouted.

Zheng Zhilong drank this glass of wine, and he always felt uncomfortable, and other civil officials were shouting to be loyal to the imperial court and protect my Daming, but he himself was still weak-hearted, because he did not have the confidence to be as confident as civil officials.

After three rounds of drinking, the officials and generals at the other tables let go and began to talk. Zheng Zhilong drank silently, he couldn't talk to Zhang Kentang and several civil officials at the main table, Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong were noble and didn't know how to start talking, and they were in distress. I only heard Zhou Renyuan say, "Zheng Zongbing, this king respects you with a cup." ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly raised his glass and said, "How dare the last general toast the prince!" Zhou Renyuan finished drinking a cup and said, "I heard that the Fujian Navy Division is the first naval division of the Ming Dynasty, even in the East China Sea, the South China Sea is also the first in combat power, and even the Dutch fleet is not your opponent." I wonder if what this king said is right? ”

As soon as Zheng Zhilong mentioned his sailor, he said with pride, "Of course!" The last general has 1,000 warships and 5,000 artillery pieces, where are those red-haired ghosts who are the opponents of my Fujian sailors? ”

"Oh, I don't know how many warships were dispatched by the Netherlands in the battle between Zheng Zongbing and the Dutch fleet five years ago, and how many warships were dispatched by Zheng Zongbing?" Zhou Renyuan asked.

"This --。" Zheng Zhilong's face was ashamed, and then he said, "The Netherlands dispatched fifty-nine ships, and my Fujian Navy Division dispatched about two hundred ships, large and small, such as fortune ships, Chinese military ships, fire ships, and centipede ships. ”

"Then this battle is not a big win!" Zhang Kentang praised on the side.

"Really?" Zhou Renyuan said slowly, "But as far as this king knows, the Dutch fleet only has nine real ironclad warships, and the remaining fifty are merchant ships. He squinted at Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong was a little annoyed and angry, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only snort, sit down and drink, Zheng Chenggong at the deputy table had been listening to their conversation beside him, and he was afraid that Zheng Zhilong would not be able to control his temper, so he hurriedly came over to comfort Zheng Zhilong.

When Zhou Renyuan saw Zheng Chenggong coming over, he smiled and said, "Young General, we meet again!" ”

Zheng Chenggong said with an embarrassed face: "During the day, I don't know that it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the prince Chitose, and I will ask for forgiveness for the rudeness." When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he looked at Zheng Chenggong with a stunned face, when did his son and King Yongming meet?

"Where's the word of the major general? What is said to forgive sins? We're friends! Zhou Renyuan said with a smile.

"Wow, when did this old fox Zheng Zhilong secretly get in touch with the prince? What a cunning! But just now the prince was demolishing Zheng Zhilong's platform again, what is the situation? Zhang Kentang, Wang Yongjie and Mao Ke muttered together in their hearts.

Zheng Chenggong became more and more embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Where does the last general dare to be friends with the prince?" ”

"What? The major general feels embarrassed to be friends with this king? Zhou Renyuan asked half-truthfully.

"Huh? The prince has killed the last general! Zheng Chenggong suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Thousands of mistakes are the fault of the last general, and it is all blamed that the last general has eyes and does not know Mount Tai!" ”

All the officials and generals in the hall were silent, and they all crowded over to see what was going on. Zheng Zhilong looked at his son in a panic, it couldn't be that his son offended the prince and the prince.

"Huh? Major General, please get up. Zhou Renyuan hurriedly helped Zheng Chenggong with both hands, "During the day, I traveled with the prince in micro-clothes, met the young general, and had a good conversation, how could I blame the young general, on the contrary, the prince and I both admired the young general, and came to have a glass of wine to suppress the shock." Zhou Renyuan took the wine glass, poured it full, and handed it to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong took the wine glass and drank it all, "Thank you, Lord Wang!" ”

"Alright! All right! Don't panic, the prince and I met General Zheng Shao on the street in the afternoon, we deliberately concealed our identities and did not inform the major general, and said that it was our fault, nothing happened, nothing happened! Zhou Renyuan explained to everyone.

Oh, that's it! Everyone nodded their heads, isn't it a big deal!

"Since everyone has gathered around, this king will tell you about the conversation with Zheng Zongbing just now." Zhou Renyuan cleared his throat, "Just now everyone thought that I was deliberately refuting Zheng Zongbing's face and making Zheng Zongbing unable to come to the stage, didn't they?" ”

Everyone neither dared to say yes nor no, the scene was extremely funny. Suddenly, a military general said in a loud voice: "Randao, didn't the prince just refute my eldest brother's face?" ”

"Third brother, don't be rude to the prince!" Zheng Zhilong shouted at this general.

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! Presumably this is General Zheng Hongkui. Zhou Renyuan smiled and pointed to the military general who spoke.

"It is the third brother of the last general, he is rude and straightforward, and I ask the prince not to be surprised." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly apologized.

"General Zheng San speaks straightforwardly, this king will not blame." Zhou Renyuan turned to Zheng Hongkui and asked, "Presumably, the third general also participated in the battle against the Dutch fleet, this king wants to ask, how many ironclad guns are there in the Dutch, and how powerful are they?" ”

"There are also twenty or thirty cannons on the red-haired ghost ironclad ship, and the power is very powerful, and it can fight for four miles." Zheng Hongkui replied. "And their hull is about fifty years long, which is bigger than our fortune ship."

Wow! Such a big warship! Everyone exclaimed.

"Presumably, you destroyed those merchant ships through many small fireships, and the nine ironclad ships did not suffer much damage." Zhou Renyuan asked.

"Yes! What the prince said is true! Zheng Hongkui replied with a red face, "Those ironclad ships are so powerful, we only damaged two of them, and then they retreated when they saw that the merchant ships were destroyed." ”

It turns out that this is the case, the warship of the red-haired ghost is really so powerful. Everyone suddenly realized. Now I can't look down on Zheng Zhilong's sailor.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Zheng Zongbing's ability to repel the barbarians is all meritorious to my Ming Dynasty, don't do other reveries. Zhou Renyuan warned, "What this king wants to say today is to let everyone recognize a fact, my Daming coast is not safe, now the Dutch fleet is coming, and in the future, the fleets of Portugal, Spain, France and England will come, especially the French and English warships are more powerful, each warship of their fleet is equipped with fifty or sixty sharp guns!" Ladies and gentlemen, be prepared for danger in times of peace! ”

"What? The Ming Dynasty came out of Portugal and Spain, and there was even more powerful France and England? There was an uproar.

Zheng Zhilong was also shocked when he heard it, how could this be? The defeat of the Dutch fleet by himself was a timely and outnumbered victory in the coastal seas. But in the vast sea, if there are so many powerful fleets, can the Fujian sailors who are proud of themselves still dominate the sea?