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After several days of consultations, Taiwan's Yanping royal palace finally decided on a detailed strategy for peace talks with the Geng family, and sent Liu Guoxuan as an envoy to Fuzhou to secretly negotiate with Geng Jingzhong.

After a few days of sailing, Liu Guoxuan once again set foot on this place that he will never forget. As soon as their ship approached Mawei, they were spotted by the Mawei Navy. Fortunately, the white flag was hoisted in time to show their intentions, otherwise, a round of artillery would have been over!

Liu Guoxuan and others were quickly brought ashore, Wang Zhenbang and Huang Dazhong and others all knew Liu Guoxuan, and when they learned of Liu Guoxuan's intention, they did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to inform Geng Jingzhong in advance, and at the same time sent a team of soldiers to escort several people to Fuzhou City.

When Geng Jingzhong got the news, he was still busy in the palace about the old prince's birthday, although it was not the birthday of the whole year, the palace was still busy for a while. Confucius said that fifty and know the destiny of heaven, the old prince is fifty-three, because of the perennial army to fight a lot of dark wounds, poor health, the whole person looks like an old man nearly seventy years old, Geng Jingzhong attaches great importance to every birthday of his father, because he knows that this father will not live for a few years. Historically, Geng Jimao died of illness five years later.

"Liu Guoxuan under the command of King Yanping, see King Jingnan and the prince!" In the reception hall of the palace, Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong sat upright. As soon as Liu Guoxuan entered the hall, he immediately stepped forward to salute.

"General Liu, we meet again! What, figured it out? Come under my command and hand over the Mawei Navy to you now! Geng Jingzhong said as he raised his hand and motioned for Liu Guoxuan to sit down.

"The prince laughed! A certain person is deeply favored by the Zheng family, and it is difficult to repay it for life, so don't mention it again for the son of the world! I came here this time to be an ally with the prince and the prince on the order of King Yanping, and to communicate with each other! Liu Guoxuan's face showed a slight look of embarrassment, after all, it was his own negligence that led to the annihilation of the army last time.

Geng Jingzhong was stunned when he heard this, does this Zheng Jing have such a mind? A partial ship was lost here, is that it? Or is there some other conspiracy? "I'm afraid this is not right, the Zheng family is the enemy of my Qing Dynasty, and all the ministers of the court do not want to get rid of it as soon as possible. Aligned with me? Didn't I stand on the opposite side of the court and rebel against the court? Am I that stupid? ”。 The old prince Geng Jimao didn't speak, he kept sipping tea and watching the two talk. It's really a relief to see that his son is so good.

Liu Guoxuan is a rare general, and he immediately reacted: "It's okay to deceive others when the prince says this, and it's not a day or two for the two of us to deal with each other." If it hadn't been for the last incident, the relationship between our two families would have been better. We Mingren don't say dark words, and King Yanping doesn't mean to let the prince rebel against the Qing court. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the three feudatories have spent half the world and their strength is amazing, and they have slowly threatened the rule of the Manchu court, so the Qing court will sooner or later take the three princes. I think that Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, had long expected this, so he smelted iron and boiled salt on his back with the imperial court, cast copper to make money, collected grain by himself, and left officials by himself, and constantly developed his strength to prepare. Now what the prince has done is not much worse than Wu Sangui, and the sailors formed by the prince are afraid that they have not obtained the permission of the imperial court! ”

"Hehe, talking to smart people is to save time and effort, and I am just developing a water army for self-preservation. I have already sent a letter to the imperial court, asking for permission to set up a sailor, in the name of dealing with your Zheng family, and I think the imperial court will be happy to see you and me fight. Geng Jingzhong smiled, picked up the teacup and motioned for Liu Guoxuan to drink tea, and took a sip himself.

Liu Guoxuan was taken aback, the main purpose of this trip was to stabilize the Geng family from conflicting again, even if it was pretentious. If the Dutch take the initiative to contact them, Taiwan is likely to be besieged by both sides again, and the Zheng family at this time will not be able to bear it. "Your Royal Highness, in fact, we don't need to fight back and forth, forming an alliance is more beneficial to your Geng family. You need to develop at the moment, and the imperial court can't take care of this, so you can only rely on the Jingnan Palace, to put it mildly, it is to raise bandits and self-respect. Without my Zheng family, it would be impossible for the imperial court to allow you to develop a water master. After we form an alliance, the Zheng family can cooperate with the Geng family to adjust some actions, so that the imperial court will not trouble you. You and I can also trade in the hutongs, why not? ”

"Hahaha. Unexpectedly, General Liu not only led the army outstandingly, but also his eloquence was also outstanding. As far as I know, Zheng Jing is not such a good talker, right? If what I expected was right, Zheng Jing was in such a hurry to form an alliance with me, in fact, he wanted to stabilize me in case I joined forces with the Dutch against him, yes or no? When Liu Guoxuan was talking, Geng Jingzhong quickly mobilized the knowledge in his mind and quickly made a correct judgment, but Liu Guoxuan still underestimated his vision.

"This" Liu Guoxuan was very surprised when he was said to be thoughtful. According to his understanding, the Geng family should not know these circumstances. Since the Qing court and the Dutch joined forces with them and were repulsed by them the year before, most of the Dutch retreated to Nanyang. The Zheng family is preparing to launch an attack on the Dutch in Keelung this year, and this news is not even known to the Dutch themselves, nor do the caravans in the West, where did they know about it?

Geng Jingzhong knew that what he said was correct as soon as he looked at Liu Guoxuan's expression, so he chuckled and continued: "General Liu, this son will not beat around the bush with you. I admire the actions of the country surnamed Ye very much, you and I are Han Chinese, our fight belongs to the fight of our own family, and it will definitely not involve outsiders. The Dutch wolf ambition wants to invade my Chinese territory, not to mention that you don't agree, I won't agree. ”

Liu Guoxuan was really overjoyed at this time, he didn't expect that the main purpose of this trip was completed effortlessly, and at the same time, he deeply admired Geng Jingzhong. Although his grandfather surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, the concept of this prince is completely different, and the sentence "You and I are Han Chinese, and our fight belongs to the battle of our own family" is too good. It seems that it will be easy to deal with the Geng family in the future.

"The prince of the world is well aware of the righteousness, and the whole of Taiwan must be grateful. The will of the surname of the country is to drive the Dutch out of our territory, dissatisfied with the prince and the prince, the king of Yanping began to deploy as early as a few months ago to prepare to eliminate the Dutch who have stayed in Keelung, Taiwan and other places, but unexpectedly this incident was delayed. Speaking of this, Liu Guoxuan's face was a little red, after all, he was the one who took the lead and acted as a robber, even if he was a robber, he still wiped out the army, shameful!" King Jingnan guards Fujian, backed by Kyushu, and various resources can be obtained in a steady stream. King Yanping hopes that after the alliance between the two families, they will communicate with each other and strengthen cooperation, I don't know what the prince and the prince want? ”

"Okay, I agree to an alliance, but this is a private alliance. In order to show the sincerity of the alliance between the two families, I have three requests, and if I agree to these three, then none of them will be a problem. Geng Jingzhong paused and continued: "I know that you often go ashore to loot supplies, but from now on, no warship will be allowed to enter Fujian to harass the place, this is the first rule. Since it is to strengthen cooperation, I will set up a large caravan to be responsible for maritime trade, and I can sell you any food and other materials you lack, presumably King Yanping should not lack such a little silver! The passage of my ocean-going fleet through the Taiwan Strait by the Zheng family is not allowed to be intercepted and taxes not to be collected, and this is the second article. As for the last one, when the surname of the country retreated to Taiwan, he relocated most of the shipbuilding craftsmen in Guangzhou, Fujian, and my request is to ask your king of Yanping to send some shipbuilding craftsmen. The above three are indispensable, you can consider it, or report to Zheng Jing before making a decision. ”

Listening to these three requirements, Liu Guoxuan was not too surprised. Before he came, Taiwan's civil and military forces had been discussing for several days and considering various situations. In view of the situation of the Zheng family at this time, Geng Jingzhong can completely open his mouth, and now Geng Jingzhong has only proposed these three items, which is very few! Liu Guoxuan immediately stood up, bent down and saluted, and said, "The prince mentioned it, and the last general agreed to it on behalf of the king of Yanping." ”

The alliance between the two families is extremely beneficial to both the Geng family and the Zheng family. Geng Jingzhong needed a relatively stable period of time to develop with his head covered, while the Zheng family needed various resources from the mainland. It can be said that cooperation is two benefits, and separation is two injuries. The covenant has been finalized verbally, and the next step is to discuss the specific contents, and the two of them discussed and deliberated one by one, and before they knew it, an afternoon had passed. After the discussion, Liu Guoxuan did not stay, and immediately left the Jingnan Palace and returned to Taiwan. The specific cooperation matters are waiting for the arrival of the Zheng family's merchant ships before they can begin.

Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, was weak and left the living room after listening for an hour. After Geng Jingzhong and Liu Guoxuan finished discussing, they also came to Geng Jimao non-stop to make a detailed report.

"Done discussing?" Geng Jimao asked after taking a slow sip of tea.

"Yes, father, we can develop with peace of mind in the next few years." Geng Jingzhong was also very pleased, he was not afraid that the Zheng family would attack Mawei again, what he was afraid of was that the Zheng family would keep coming to harass him. In this way, his navy and ocean-going trading companies could not develop. In many things, it is difficult to build and easy to destroy, if the Zheng family does not send a small force to destroy, the consequences will be unbearable for him, for example, if the Zheng family sends someone to set a fire in his shipyard, it is terrible to think about!

"Well, it's okay, we weren't prepared to be a direct enemy of the Zheng family, so it wouldn't be good for us at all. The Zheng family has dominated the ocean for decades, and its strength is still very strong, and if we want to catch up with him, it is not something that can be done in a year or two, so an alliance with him has become inevitable. By the way, did the Zheng family put forward any other conditions this time? ”

Back to his father, Liu Guoxuan didn't make any special requests, mostly to discuss the future trade between the two sides. The son set the place of trade in Zhangzhou Yuegang, which had always been a distribution center for trade with Western caravans. His Zheng family can come to trade with us under the banner of Westerners. With our help, no one else will notice anything out of the ordinary. Speaking of this, Geng Jingzhong suddenly thought of something again, and then continued: "By the way, Liu Guoxuan also made a request, asking us to return the more than 6,000 sailor prisoners. Hehe, these people are not of great use to us, but after all, they are experienced sailors in water warfare, and the Zheng family still cares a lot. The son sold them all! ”

"Sold?"

"Yes, the son asked the Zheng family to spend money to ransom these soldiers." Geng Jingzhong said with a smile.

"This is not bad, if these soldiers are not redeemed, they will definitely shake the morale of the other sailors. The families of more than 6,000 soldiers are all in Taiwan, and they must not give up, which may shake the foundation of his Zheng family! How's that, it's made a lot of money again! ”

"Father Wang Yingming, we are poor now, if you don't knock him hard, then I'm sorry for the brothers who died in battle! Hehe, this time, 500,000 taels of silver will be earned, this human trafficking is really profitable! ”

"There will be no such opportunity in the future!" Geng Jimao said undeniably.

"Not necessarily!" Geng Jingzhong thought of the colony in the future, and for a while.