Unknowingly, Zheng Sen and others have been in Dengzhou for two months, and the weather is getting hotter. Zheng Sen and others were placed in a separate courtyard in the Yamen of the Penglai Dusi, and the Military Intelligence Department and Shen Ke's subordinates of Shen Ke, the right thousand households of the guard, were jointly guarded, and Zheng Sen and a group of sailors and generals were restricted from freedom, in addition, clothing, food, housing and transportation were carried out according to the standards of VIPs. But Shi Lang and one of his teenagers were kept in solitary confinement.

said that he was detained, but Zhu Ping'an unexpectedly gave Shi Lang and the two people great freedom, including the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department and Youqianhu, who did not restrict the activities of the two people, and they could operate in any area of Dengzhou except for the military restricted area. In fact, the two of them could have taken advantage of these opportunities to escape, but Zhu Ping'an also knew that Zheng Sen was still in his hands, and Shi Lang and the others would not leave no matter what.

Shi Lang was not polite, and every day he took his little relative, who was just twelve years old and called Liu Guoxuan, to hang out in Dengzhou City. Shen Ke was ordered by Zhu Ping'an, and only sent two soldiers to accompany him, and even allowed them to enter the Jiangwutang and Penglai's Sailor Military Port to visit.

Nineteen-year-old Shi Lang and twelve-year-old Liu Guoxuan were eye-opening. Although he grew up by the sea since he was a child, he was used to seeing all kinds of the world with Zheng Jun's sailors. But Dengzhou and Penglai are still two people who feel fresh.

Not to mention anything else, just say that the rules in this yamen are strange, each yamen has its own set of rules, posted in the office, everyone needs to act in accordance with the rules, in this way, the whole yamen is more like a machine qì in operation, every day to start, all the errands will be solved, the efficiency is incredible.

There is also the canteen in the yamen, Shi Lang and Liu Guoxuan have never seen such a setting in the yamen. Every noon, the huge yamen canteen was crowded with long queues of people who came to eat, and three meals a day were supposed to be enjoyed by the rich, but the yamen provided this service for errand officers, officials and officials. I heard that Zhu Ping'an and other major officials in Dengzhou came to eat in person before, but many errand soldiers did not dare to come to eat, so Zhu Ping'an had no choice but to open a small restaurant for officials above the fourth grade. At the same time, officials with grades are also allowed to send people to the canteen to eat, and now after all, it is in the Ming Dynasty, and the excessive concept of equality is still far from being deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In the first battle of Weihaiwei, only a few dozen ships escaped from the Zheng Army's naval division, and most of the ships were either sunk or captured by the Denglai naval division. After the war, the number of ships that could continue to serve in the naval division after repairs reached more than 200. Among them, there are also more than ten Dutch three-masted gunboats imitated by the Zheng family themselves, that is to say, the battle of the Denglai Naval Division doubled its strength without much effort. Now even if the Zheng family's sailor comes out of the nest, he has to weigh it again.

Shi Lang and Liu Guoxuan were obsessed with the battle that day, and they went to the sailor dock outside Penglai City several times to investigate, wanting to find out what kind of firearms beat the Zheng family sailor so wolf that day. With such a long range and such dense firepower, Shi Lang finally had a lot of insight at sea, but he had never seen any sailor use such a weapon, and if he didn't figure this out, Shi Lang really couldn't sleep.

But the Denglai Sailor will never regard his sharp weapon as a weapon, and the rocket launchers installed on various ships have already been dismantled, so when faced with Shi Lang's painstaking questioning, Tong Wanjun and other officers of the Sailor Division always smiled: "Boy, when you join our Denglai Sailor, you will naturally know the mystery of this!" It made Shi Lang's heart itch, but he was always helpless.

More than 6,000 soldiers were captured by the Zheng Jiashui Division, and now all of them are imprisoned in the military camp outside Penglai City, where they are under the care of the new army, and they do not have to worry about food and clothing. These days, looking at the new army's consent drill, these Zheng soldiers are all sighing, looking at other people's military uniforms, armor and equipment, Zheng soldiers can only sigh to themselves. The minds of some unconcerned military men were also enlivened by this.

Therefore, as soon as the Yamen of Dengzhou Metropolitan Division released the news, saying that if the surrendered soldiers were willing to stay in Dengzhou, if they passed the examination to join the new army, they would be treated the same as the new soldiers, and from then on they could become official personnel of the Dengzhou New Army. As soon as the news came out, Sergeant Zheng suddenly exploded and stayed in Dengzhou for two months, seeing the Dengzhou army clearly. Eating food and being a soldier, there is no such thing as deducting military salaries here. The military salary of one tael of silver per month is paid in full and on a regular basis, and there is no problem with the daily supply of military rations. If you have military merits, your family can get land for farming, and you can also get preferential treatment of tax exemption in the first year.

Therefore, on the first day, more than 1,000 Zheng soldiers signed up to join the new army, and on the third day, almost half of the soldiers registered, and the rest were those officers who had families in Fujian, or Zheng Jun, who were used to being bandits and did not want to be restrained. Dengzhou Metropolitan Division also has some arrangements, the Zheng family will send people to negotiate post-war matters sooner or later, and then these people will unanimously ask the Zheng family to take silver in exchange, including their expenses in Dengzhou, all of which will be reimbursed by the Zheng family, in short, it is absolutely profitable.

Sure enough, in early August, Zheng Hongkui came to Dengzhou again, accompanied by Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Xi, and a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe. Then there is Zhu Yujian's personal service to the old eunuch Zou Jing.

Zhu Ping'an was a little surprised by Zou Jing's arrival, but he understood the meaning in an instant. It seems that Zheng Hongkui has gone through his father's door, and specially asked Zou Jing to come and tell the truth. But how did Zheng Hongkui and Zhu Yujian meet?

A thought suddenly flashed in Zhu Ping'an's mind, according to the records of later generations, it seems that Zhu Yujian could inherit the throne and become Emperor Longwu later, and it was this Zheng Hongkui who threaded the needle in it. From this point of view, these two people have known each other before, and it is no wonder that the Zheng family established and controlled the Longwu Imperial Court so lightly, it turns out that the key is here!

Along the way, Dengzhou City was thriving, the Dusi Yamen was heavily guarded, and there were heavily armed soldiers everywhere, but Zou Jing was worried in his heart. The illegitimate child of the year has become today's climate, thinking of what he did back then, although Zhu Ping'an has always said that he is not to blame in the past, but now that he is in a high position, dealing with himself is not as simple as pinching an ant to death. God knows, whether Zhu Ping'an and Cao Wuxian remember the grievances of the year in their hearts, they really shouldn't have come this time!

Walking into the official hall of the Dusi Yamen, Zhu Ping'an led Yin Shigang and Guo Chai to wait at the bottom of the stairs, and Zou Jing subconsciously shrank back again.

Goodbye Zhu Ping'an, Zheng Hongkui obviously felt a lot weaker, and hurriedly ordered someone to put down the soft couch, and he was about to struggle to stand up.

Zhu Ping'an took a few steps forward and held Zheng Hongkui down, "You don't have to be polite, it's not the first time we've met, so don't be so polite." ”

Zheng Hongkui's old face flushed, and he wanted to say a few more beautiful words to hide his embarrassment, but Zhu Ping'an only patted him on the shoulder, and then walked through everyone and walked straight to the old eunuch who walked at the back of everyone.

Zheng Hongkui was stunned for a moment, and exchanged glances with the middle-aged scribe beside him, but at the same time sighed in his heart. It seems that this time Tuo Zhu Yujian interceded on behalf of him or made the right bet. Zhu Ping'an's feelings for the original Tang Mansion are not ordinarily deep!

Zhu Ping'an hugged Zou Jing, but Zou Jing was taken aback, "Big ......!" ”

The word "Da Lang" has not yet been exported, but Zou Jing suddenly realized that this is not in Fengyang, so he hurriedly changed his words, "My lord has killed the slave maid!" But Zou Jing's expression was seen by the middle-aged scribe.

Zhu Ping'an smiled and shook his head, "What did Father-in-law Zou say, I grew up with you, and you are an elder of Ping'an." If you knew that you were coming to Dengzhou, Ping An should have gone out of the city to greet you, which is really rude! ”

Zou Jing trembled all over, tears fell involuntarily, and his face was full of blush brought by excitement. But as soon as he looked up, he saw Cao Wuxian's cold eyes not far away, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly lowered his head again.

Zhu Ping'an firmly hugged Zou Jing, and welcomed him into the hall in front of everyone's eyes.

After the guests and hosts sat down, Zheng Hongkui introduced the two people who came together to Zhu Ping'an. The one who is not tall is Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Xi, who seems to be also a scribe, with a white face and a short beard, and he speaks very measuredly.

The other really surprised Zhu Ping'an, "In Xia Chen Ding, he was trusted by General Zheng Bing, and now he is the commander of the General Military Mansion." ”

"Then Chen Yonghua is ......?" Zhu Ping'an couldn't help blurting out.

This time, not only Chen Ding, but even Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Xi were stunned. Chen Ding pursed his lips, and only replied after a long time: "Chen Yonghua is the eldest son of Xia Guan, and he is just seven years old this year, I don't know where Lord Zhu found out?" ”

Only then did Zhu Ping'an realize his recklessness, and suddenly saw Chen Ding, and immediately realized that this was the father of the well-known "Chief Helmsman Chen" in later generations, and he was too surprised, so he inadvertently shouted.

"Oh, that ......!" Zhu Ping'an smiled awkwardly, "This, there are also merchants from Fujian in the trade zone, I heard what they said, Fujian Longhai is a prodigy, he can export poems at the age of five, and he often considers himself Zhuge Kongming, so this is impressive!" It turned out that Master Chen was the father of the prodigy, and he really admired him for a long time! ”

Secretly wiping the sweat, Zhu Ping'an was lucky.

Chen Ding was still a little skeptical. But his eldest son Chen Yonghua is indeed a well-known prodigy in the Longhai area, and his son's reputation can actually be spread to Shandong, and he also feels honored as a father. R1152