In the north of Anping Bridge in Anhai Town, Jinjiang, Fujian, there is a majestic mansion, this mansion arrives at Xigang from Xidai in the west, reaches Xi'antou in the north, borders Anping Qiaotou in the south, leads directly to the five port shores, covers an area of 138 acres, the wings on both sides, the pavilions, the pavilions are opposite each other, and the ring is listed as a barrier. There is "Dunren Pavilion" in the east, there is "Taiyun Building" in the west, the front hall is "Catholic Hall", and the middle hall is "Xiaosi Hall", and the scale is magnificent. There is "Zhiyuan Garden" behind the big house, the wall is protected by the circumference, and the hills and ravines, pavilions, fine houses, ponds, small bridges, winding paths, good trees, strange flowers and plants, gorgeous and abnormal, this is the Fujian coastal defense guerrilla, serving as the "Five Tiger Guerrilla Generals", the mansion of Zheng Zhilong, who is known as the hegemon of the East China Sea.

Today, in the lobby of the main hall of this mansion, there is a middle-aged man about forty years old who is dressed in civilian clothes and has a beard on his face, this man has bright eyes, thick bones, and a domineering spirit cultivated by being in a high position for a long time, he is the owner of this mansion, Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla general of Daming coastal defense.

Zheng Zhilong's left and right sat a middle-aged man and a teenager of sixteen or seventeen years old, and there were more than a dozen men sitting below, they were Zheng Zhilong's brother Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao, son Zheng Sen and a group of subordinates, and there was a row of guards in full armor outside the hall, which was very solemn and solemn, and Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting on the main seat, was listening to the report of one of his subordinates at this time.

"Qi Qi boss, the ships we delivered to North Korea have returned, and they have brought news that the Qing soldiers who invaded North Korea were defeated by a group of officers and soldiers of our Ming Dynasty two months ago."

"Oh, defeated by us? Now I still have such a strong general? Zheng Zhilong asked in surprise.

Because the transportation was very backward at this time, the capital was thousands of miles away from Fujian, and the transmission of information was very inconvenient, and Zheng Zhilong's focus was mostly in the southeast areas such as Yueben and Taiwan, and there was not much contact with North Korea, so until now I did not know the news that the Qing troops who invaded Korea were defeated.

"Who else could it be, it was Pang Gang, the commander of Qingzhou who blocked the Hangzhou wharf and forcibly collected taxes a few days ago, and he led thousands of soldiers and horses to support North Korea and beat away the tens of thousands of troops of that Amin."

"What? Thousands of people and horses drove away tens of thousands of horses in the Manchu Dynasty? Liu Lao Liu, you haven't woken up yet, have you? As soon as Liu Laoliu's words were finished, the voice of a thin middle-aged man sitting next to Zheng Zhilong rang out, and a pair of eyes were bigger than copper bells, he was Zheng Zhilong's fourth brother Zheng Zhibao.

"Liu Lao Liu, you fucking Pang Gang's soldiers are all heavenly soldiers and generals!" Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen men sitting below laughed, they are all old men who have followed Zheng Zhilong for many years, they are all pirates, although they are at sea all the year round, and they have not directly fought with the Qing soldiers, but after so many years, they still know the records of the Ming officers and soldiers, it has always been tens of thousands of Ming troops besieging thousands of Qing soldiers and not winning, but today it has become thousands of Ming troops to defeat tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, isn't it a joke.

"That's what the brothers who came back said." Liu Laoliu explained with some grievances that although Zheng Zhilong had accepted the imperial court's recruitment at this time and became a coastal defense guerrilla, his subordinates were still used to calling him by his original name.

"Okay, don't hold on to Liu Laoliu's words." Zheng Zhilong smiled and said with a smile after relieving Liu Laoliu of the siege: "But Liu Laoliu is also too unreliable to speak, he really dares to spread anything, thousands of people defeated the Qing soldiers, are you really muddy when the Qing soldiers are pinched?" ”

"But" Liu Lao Liu was not convinced, and said something in a hurry, but he was interrupted again, and another tall and thin man next to Zheng Zhilong said: "Okay, Liu Lao Liu, don't argue about this issue, isn't it shameful enough." ”

"Okay, can't I say it?" Liu Lao Liu felt very aggrieved and stayed aside.

Zheng Zhilong didn't want to argue on this issue anymore, so after changing the topic, he asked: "Liu Laoliu, during this time, your brothers have been to North Korea and the north, you can tell us, what is the origin of that Pang Gang?" ”

Liu Lao Liu thought for a while and said: "Big boss, don't say it, that Pang Gang has really been in the limelight recently, he was originally just a small thousand households in Qingzhou, at the beginning of this year, he followed Lu Dudu to work in the capital once, and finally somehow he was named the commander of Qingzhou by the emperor, and a few days ago he made a big fuss in Hangzhou, blocked the Hangzhou wharf and forcibly collected taxes, and later bought hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, and finally the court did not blame him, but promoted it to the right governor Tongzhi, This thing is really full of evil deeds. ”

"Oh, how dare he block the Hangzhou dock? So he still has a water master? Zheng Zhilong frowned and added, "Then what is his strength, I mean his water master." ”

Liu Laoliu thought for a while and said: "Although the strength of his sailors is far inferior to ours, it should not be underestimated, I heard that he not only hired Koreans to help him train sailors, but he himself also has ten big ships, which are the kind of big fortune ships used by Zheng He's father-in-law to go to the West during the Yongle period!" ”

"What? Daifuku ship! Zheng Zhilong stood up abruptly and asked, "Is it the kind of big ship that can carry four or five hundred people and carry hundreds of thousands of catties?" ”

Liu Laoliu hesitated for a moment before saying, "I don't know about this humble position, but it is said to be like this." ”

"Could it be that the method of making Daifuku ships still exists in the world?" The people in the hall were surprised, since the Ming Dynasty ordered the destruction of Zheng He's voyage to the West and all their ship materials, the production method of the treasure ship and the Dafu ship has been lost, but I didn't expect it to appear again.

At this time, the young man who had been sitting silently next to Zheng Zhilong also said with his eyes shining: "Daddy! If we can get our hands on those ten Daifuku ships, our strength will increase a lot. "This young man is Zheng Zhilong's only son, Zheng Sen!

Zheng Zhilong ignored his son's words, looked around with his eyes and said: "What are you doing, what are you doing, you think you are still pirates, don't forget that now we are officers and soldiers, and we are already members of the imperial court, don't always think about robbing and killing at every turn!" ”

Under Zheng Zhilong's drinking order, everyone returned to their positions brightly.

Seeing that everyone had returned to their seats, Zheng Zhilong also did it, and his mind quickly started at this time, to be honest, unlike those under him, Pang Gang's ten great fortune ships had not yet been placed in Zheng Zhilong's eyes, as the leader of a military group with thousands of ships and tens of thousands of subordinates, he thought much farther than these people.

(To be continued)