Walking through the camp, Zheng Zhilong and the others saw the brigade of Chu troops practicing in the camp, one by one, the phalanx, neat and tidy, and the dragon and the tiger were fierce. When they were about to arrive at the Chinese military camp, they encountered rows of musketeers, and when they saw them coming, the officers gave an order, and the musketeers quickly raised their guns, and rows of lead bullets hit them, and the sound of crackling came one after another.

"Big brother, these firecrackers can release their guns without a firestring!"

"Uncle, these firecrackers have a very high hit rate."

Zheng Zhilong also discovered these anomalies, and he could shoot without an ignition gun, and he didn't find many dumb fires, and the hit rate was also high. At a distance of 100 paces, almost more than eighty percent of the hits are unimaginable. He had seen the flintlock guns that did not use the arquebus, and the flintlock flint guns of the Europeans had a very high rate of death, but he seemed to see different things on the guns of the Chu army.

Zheng Zhilong's heart was a little overturned, although he also understood that this must be Liu Jun's deliberate show of force, but the force of the Chu army really shocked him. In the past, he felt that the officers and soldiers were incompetent, and that his gunboats were unrivaled in firepower, especially after his two major defeats of the Dutch.

But when he saw it today, Zheng Zhilong began to feel that he had been a little bit sitting in the well and watching the sky in the past.

No wonder this Liu Jun was able to defeat hundreds of thousands of bandits in just half a year, and he really lived up to his reputation.

The group continued to move forward, and soon came to the front of the knife gate.

Looking at the Sensen knife door in front of them, Zheng Cai, Zheng Zhibao and the others were unhappy.

Zheng Zhilong glanced at the knife array, suddenly stopped, did not move forward, knelt directly on the ground, and shouted: "Zheng Zhilong, deputy chief soldier of Fujian, meet the Lord of the Military Gate!" ”

His voice was loud and rang out from afar.

Liu Jun sat in the tent and saw Zheng Zhilong suddenly stop and bow down outside the knife array. It was also very unexpected. Originally, he thought that since Zheng Zhilong was known as the King of Minhai, he must also have a little temper, but he unexpectedly knelt down when he saw it.

At this time, it is difficult for him to continue to sit in the tent.

At that moment, Liu Jun bypassed the handsome case and walked to the big tent, and the generals also followed.

Liu Jun waved his hand, and the knife array was put away.

"Hahaha. Mr. Zheng, please get up! ”

Liu Jun personally helped Zheng Zhilong up, and looked closely, this Zheng Zhilong was handsome, tall and mighty, with a bronzed complexion, thick eyebrows, and a pair of well-groomed mustaches on his lips, neatly groomed. The beard is upturned, and the beard under the chin is slender and flowing, and it hangs down naturally.

Zheng Zhilong is indeed outstanding, no wonder he went to Japan to defect to Li Dan, and Li Dan suddenly accepted him as a righteous son. Later, Zheng Zhilong also married back to the daughter of the Tagawa clan in Japan, and he did have a good capital.

Liu Jun looked at Zheng Zhilong for a long time and said with a smile, "General Zheng came just in time. This official has the emperor's decree and is about to read it to you. ”

Zheng Zhilong had to kneel down again.

The Governor of the Department is also aware. The chief military officer of the town of Qincha guarding Taiwan.

Zheng Zhilong was not very satisfied with the so-called Taiwan chief soldier, he actually wanted to be the Fujian chief soldier. Taiwan was a desert island at this time, and it was a recuperation port for pirates during the sea ban, and then the Dutch occupied Penghu and turned to Taiwan. Got a foothold from the indigenous alpine people, and then built a stronghold fortress that used it as a trading staging point.

Later, Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong and a group of maritime businessmen in Japan wanted to rebel in Japan, but the matter was leaked. had to run away and ran all the way to Taiwan. Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong began to establish themselves in Taiwan and moved from Fujian to Tuntian. At that time, the number of Dutch in Taiwan was too small to provoke them, and even had to pay taxes to them.

Later, Yan Siqi died early, Zheng Zhilong took over the position of leader, established Eighteen Zhi, and intensified the efforts to relocate the people to Tuntian, so that the number of Han people who moved to Taiwan to reclaim the land reached more than 20,000, but in the final analysis, 20,000 people are nothing, no matter how poor a county on the mainland is, there are more than 20,000 people.

Later, after Zheng Zhilong successfully obtained the imperial court's recruitment, he also threw this former stronghold aside, and returned to Fujian with his subordinates, and many people in Taiwan also returned, leaving some of the people in Taiwan, although they also paid taxes to the Zheng family, but they still had to be managed and exploited by the Dutch in Taiwan. Later, the Spaniards also landed in northern Taiwan and established a stronghold.

In today's Taiwan, there are about 20,000 Han immigrants, a few thousand Dutch people in Tainan, Spaniards in Taipei, and indigenous alpine people in the mountains.

In short, Taiwan is a wasteland that Zheng Zhilong can't look down on at all, and Penghu is better.

From the deputy general army of Fujian to the general army of Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong seems that this is a depreciation rather than a promotion.

Liu Jun pulled Zheng Zhilong to the big tent and said to him, "Your Majesty knows that General Zheng and his soldiers have made great contributions to the protection of the imperial court and the sea frontier in recent years. This time, I came south not only to announce the decree to confer the general army of General Zheng, but also to confer the rank of officer and promotion to the officers and soldiers under the general's command. ”

"The emperor sent me to greatly reward and promote the coastal defense soldiers. This time, His Majesty has given me many official positions, including four deputy commanders, eight generals, sixteen guerrillas, thirty-two commanders, sixty-four garrisons, one hundred and twenty-eight, three hundred and six, and seven hundred and twenty generals. ”

As soon as Liu Jun's words came out, Zheng Zhilong took a long breath, and his eyes widened a lot.

In the past, they exterminated so many pirates for the court and repelled the invasion of the Dutch, but the court only awarded him a lieutenant general, and many of his brothers were only awarded the title of 1,000 generals.

And now, as soon as Liu Jun opened his mouth, there were four deputy commanders and eight generals, sixteen guerrillas, thirty-two capital divisions, sixty-four garrisons, and one hundred and twenty-eight in total, not to mention a total of three hundred and six, and a total of seven hundred and two. This is simply a big gift, and the official position of a military general is as worthless as cabbage?

"Master Hou, don't joke with your subordinates." Zheng Zhilong said.

Liu Jun chuckled a few times, "Do you think I'll come all the way here to joke with you?" Besides, do I dare to joke about such a thing? ”

Zheng Zhilong's heart thumped, "Is this true?" ”

"Of course it's true, and even I can tell you that as long as the general is willing to serve the imperial court loyally, and even the general will not only be the general of Fujian in the future, but may even be the commander of the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense military affairs, and it will be possible to be a naval admiral in the future, and it is also possible to lead the transfer of warships and soldiers on the sea, and even as long as you can take practical actions and listen to the dispatch of the Hou court, I can guarantee you that you will be promoted to the title of knight in the future."

Admiral of the Navy, Earl Feng, these tempting conditions made Zheng Zhilong's whole person excited. Although he is rich and is the richest maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty, he is just a businessman in the final analysis. Zheng Zhilong was very ambitious, once he wanted to be the biggest pirate, and later he wanted to recruit An, monopolize maritime trade, and be the largest maritime merchant.

Now, he not only wants to be a rich maritime merchant, he also wants to be a nobleman. He clearly knows that in Daming, it is not enough to just have money.

"What does the court want its subordinates to do?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

Liu Jun smiled.

"Let's go, enter the tent and talk slowly." Liu Jun pulled Zheng Zhilong into the account and sat down together.

"Brother Zheng, the imperial court ordered me to supervise the military affairs of the southeast this time, I heard that General Zheng has defended the Ming Dynasty in recent years, and the people even call you the Zheng family, saying that you are the Great Wall of the sea."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said.

"Brother Zheng doesn't have to worry, this is a good thing, it shows that you are indeed responsible for the community. The imperial court has always rewarded meritorious officials. As you heard just now, the imperial court has asked me to bring more than 1,000 official positions this time, and I can confer official positions only after checking your merits. ”

Zheng Zhilong sat there both excited and nervous, on the one hand, he was happy that the imperial court had given so many official positions to the Zheng Group, and on the other hand, he was worried that things were not so simple.

"Brother Zheng, I know that your soldiers have worked hard and made great achievements, and this time the imperial court also intends to reward them, but the official position has been promoted, and this team must be clearly established in the future.

"As for me, I think so, and organize the general's soldiers and horses into four naval fleets, divided into four naval fleets in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the North Sea, and the Yangtze River, each deputy commander-in-chief commands a fleet, and each fleet has two generals, four guerrillas, eight garrisons, sixteen divisions, thirty-two thousand, sixty-four commanders, and a total of one hundred and twenty-eight hundred."

Hearing that Liu Jun was going to divide the Zheng clan's men and horses into four fleets, Zheng Zhilong became vigilant.

"Brother Zheng, please rest assured, the imperial court does not intend to split your soldiers and horses. Although there are four fleets, the original Zheng soldiers and horses are mainly organized into two fleets in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, each fleet has 10,000 horses. ”

Zheng Zhilong sat there silently and listened carefully. He had expected that Liu Jun would not be good, but he didn't expect that Liu Jun would come for the soldiers and horses as soon as he came. Zheng now has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, but most of these people are part-time sailors of maritime trade merchant ships. A sailor when he does business, and a warrior when he fights.

"The imperial court plans to transfer a small number of soldiers and horses from Brother Zheng, which can be regarded as secondment. Some experienced soldiers were seconded as key officers to form two naval fleets on the Yangtze River and Beihai for the imperial court. Speaking of this, Liu Jun said with a smile, "You can rest assured that the formation of these two fleets by the imperial court will not have any impact on your current business." ”

"The Yangtze River Fleet is actually an adaptation of the original long division, and this army is mainly responsible for the inland river guards on the Yangtze River."

"As for the Beihai Division, in fact, I won't hide it from you, I went to the imperial court before, and I am preparing to launch an attack on the Qing army in Liaodong next year, attacking from the sea. Therefore, I need a fleet of sailors to assist me. Therefore, I plan to borrow some manpower from Brother Zheng to help me build this North Sea Fleet, and I don't need you too many manpower, what do you think? ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't speak.

"If Brother Zheng can support my plan, then I will immediately go to the imperial court and Your Majesty and recommend Brother Zheng as the commander-in-chief of Taiwan's military officer and the commander of coastal defense military affairs." (To be continued......)

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