Nanjing, Zheng's Annex.

The eunuch who came from Beijing arrived and announced the decree to Zheng Zhilong, and the emperor crowned Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Taiwan, as a guard against coastal defense military affairs. In addition, all the Zheng generals and schools that Zheng Zhilong planned to be promoted by the Hou of Zhennan were all promoted.

"Congratulations to General Zheng, in the future, I will call you Lord Admiral and call you a military gate." The eunuch who delivered the decree said with a smile. Zheng Zhilong concealed the excitement in his heart, and hurriedly took out a ticket paper from his sleeve and stuffed it into him.

The eunuch glanced at it, "What is this?" ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly explained, "This is the newly opened Sihai Bank's silver ticket, the face value is 1,000 taels, which is more convenient than the banker's banknote, and the bearer note can be paid immediately, not only can it be cashed in Nanjing, but also the Sihai Bank has one hundred and eight branches in the two capitals and fourteen provinces in the whole world, and the slightly larger cities have their branches, and this silver ticket is in the one hundred and zero branches of the Sihai Bank, and any one can be cashed at any time." ”

When the middle-aged eunuch heard this, he was greatly surprised, looked down at the colorful paper in his hand, and smiled. "Hey, we often stay in the capital, but we are a little lonely, and I didn't know that there was such a convenient bank now. I haven't heard of this four-sea bank before when it was run by a wealthy businessman. ”

Zheng Zhilong said, "These Four Seas Bank and Jiangnan Qianzhuang are the same owner. ”

When the eunuch heard this, he hurriedly sighed and didn't say anything more. Originally, I was still a little cautious in my heart, but at this time it was all extinguished. Jiangnan Qianzhuang is now very famous, their lottery tickets are known all over the world, the latest jackpot actually opened 100,000 taels of silver, who doesn't know this fortune coupon, who doesn't know that the issue of this fortune coupon is Jiangnan Qianzhuang, and who doesn't know that this Jiangnan Qianzhuang is the industry of the emperor Yizi Zhen Nanhou.

Now when I heard that Sihai Bank was also the Marquis of Zhennan, the eunuch didn't dare to have any ideas at all, and now this Marquis of Zhennan is in the limelight, and no one in the Ming Dynasty can match it. If you want to beat this Hou Ye's autumn wind, it is death.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong sent another exquisite box, and when the eunuch opened it, it turned out to be a box of pearls, and just by looking at it, he knew that this box of pearls was worth more than a thousand taels of silver. The eunuch smiled and accepted it with satisfaction.

Seeing off the satisfied eunuch, Zheng Zhilong sat in the hall, excited.

"Admiral!" Zheng Zhilong muttered over and over again, "Hahaha." Now I'm Admiral. ”

Zheng Zhibao was also smiling on the side, "Big brother, I'm the deputy chief soldier, the deputy chief soldier." ”

Zheng Cai also smiled, "I'm a general." ”

The people of the Zheng Group in the room were all smiling from ear to ear, and even the few sturdy men standing by the door were grinning non-stop, and they were all rewarded and became the president of Bai and the president.

Everyone laughed for a long time. It's finally a little better.

"This Zhennanhou is really talking and counting, it's only been a few days, and the reward has come down, and the list of the eldest brother has been rewarded. None have changed. Zheng Zhibao said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong pinched his chin and nodded again and again, through this incident, Zheng Zhilong saw the energy of the emperor's righteous son more clearly.

"Zhennan Hou is so bold."

Originally, Zheng Zhilong thought. The list of guarantees is going to be handed in, and in the end, he is satisfied with half of the rewards, and even a third of the rewards are enough. But I didn't expect it. Liu Jun didn't cut the list of people to be rewarded. There are more than 1,000 of them, from the deputy general soldier to the 100 general soldiers, more than 1,000.

"We have to thank Master Hou."

"Of course." Zheng Zhilong nodded. The thought of now being not only the chief military officer, but also the admiral, made him feel excited. I think he was only in his thirties, he was just an ordinary citizen at first, and later he became a pirate in order to make a living. He never thought that he Zheng Yiguan would be today.

One day, he not only became the most powerful maritime merchant in the southeast sea, but even became a senior official, a chief military officer, and a commander, something he couldn't even think of. Even he asked for official rewards for the old brothers who followed him.

On the same day, Zheng Zhilong took his brothers to meet Liu Jun and thanked him.

In order to express his gratitude, Zheng Zhilong gave Liu Jun twenty boxes of gold quite boldly.

Five thousand taels of gold per box, a full hundred thousand taels of gold. At this time, the exchange of gold and silver was almost one to thirteen. Zheng Zhilong's gift was worth 1.3 million taels of silver.

When Liu Jun saw this gift, he couldn't help but be speechless, this Zheng Zhilong is no wonder that he has become the king of the Fujian Sea in just over ten years, and this courage is quite remarkable.

"Thank you, Brother Zheng, for your kindness."

Liu Jun did not have any hypocrisy in the face of this grand gift, and directly accepted it. The Zheng family is rich, and he has also done a big thing for the Zheng family, if he doesn't dare, the Zheng family will be uneasy. After receiving this gift, the relationship between the two sides will go further in the future.

"Brother Zheng, I don't know what happened to the matter of borrowing a boat from Brother Zheng last time?" Liu Jun asked with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong replied, "I have arranged this matter, and I will transfer people in the near future, and the ships will also send a batch of them." Just as I was about to report to the Hou Ye, I had already dispatched 5,000 sailors, of which 3,000 were young and strong, and the other 2,000, although they were older, were quite experienced. Because he knew that Hou Ye's gunners were quite powerful, the people who were transferred this time did not have gunners, but most of them were crew sailors. ”

Five thousand sailors and sailors are enough to support Liu Jun's North Sea Fleet. Liu Jun's North Sea Fleet was planning to have 500 large and small ships, of which the main battleships were three-masted gunboats and bird ships, which were the main gunboats and also combat ships, and Liu Jun ordered ten three-masted gunboats and twenty bird ships.

These ships all need experienced veteran sailors, and other ships and sand boats are mainly used to transport troops and food, so they need a slightly smaller crew, and they don't need too many experienced crews, Liu Jun can send people or recruit some crew members by himself, and it is enough to match some crew members from the Zheng family.

There are 5,000 people, which can indeed support Liu Jun's North Sea Fleet, even if there are 2,000 of them who are experienced but not suitable for combat, Liu Jun is quite satisfied. In fact, Liu Jun didn't worry about letting Zheng Zhilong really transfer too many people over, in that case, there would be hidden dangers in the control of this fleet. Now, 5,000 people, of which 2,000 are still non-combat, Liu Jun is very satisfied.

In terms of ships, Zheng Zhilong transferred two three-masted gunboats, ten Daqingtou gunboats, and dozens of other sand ships and Fu ships to Liu Jun.

Daqingtou is also called the bird boat, because the hull is decorated with cyan is famous, about ten zhang long, two zhang and one foot wide, one zhang and five feet high, eight feet of draft, four thousand stones of load, and each is equipped with a cannon before and after.

For these temporarily transferred ships, Liu Jun was not picky, and first took them to the nine-headed bird to get used to. According to the news that Liu Jun inquired about during this time, at this time, Spain, the Netherlands, Britain and other countries in Europe have started to build giant ships, and many gunboats even have more than 100 cannons, several decks, and a displacement of thousands of tons, both in scale and power are far beyond the warships of the Ming Dynasty.

The invincible armada of the Spaniards, a fleet with dozens of warships, the crew of the whole fleet plus more than 60,000 soldiers.

"When will the ships and sailors arrive in Nanjing?" Liu Jun asked.

"It'll be there in three days." Zheng Zhilong replied.

"How many of your ships have been transferred?"

"Thirty boats, three thousand warriors."

Hearing this number, Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, we have newly established the city and customs, but the merchants in Jiangnan seem to be turning a blind eye, and there are not a few honest people who apply for the introduction and enter Hong Kong for approval and taxation." ”

Zheng Zhilong's heart moved, and he heard a killing intent from these words. "Master Hou is going to cut them?"

"If you don't kill a few chickens, how can a monkey be honest. Brother Zheng, you are now the Admiral of the Navy, and it is your duty to defend the maritime frontier, and it is also your duty to prevent smuggling and theft. In the future, on the sea, if there is no reason for the imperial court and customs to issue a citation, all of them will be smugglers. Smugglers must be severely punished, and they must be let know that the decrees of the imperial court cannot be taken lightly. ”

"My subordinates understand." Zheng Zhilong heard Liu Jun's ruthlessness from these murderous words, and he didn't dare to speak out against it.

"Admiral Zheng, send your speedboat to find out all those smuggling boats. Then we went hunting at sea together, and the harvested prey was divided into three parts, one for you and one for me, and then one for the imperial court, how about it? ”

"The subordinates obey the orders of the Hou Ye." Although he has been crowned as the commander of the coastal defense military affairs, Zheng Zhilong is still very respectful in front of the emperor's righteous son, who is the inspector of Jiangnan military affairs and holds the sword of Shang Fang.

Three days later, Zheng Zhilong's 3,000 men arrived, as did dozens of ships and thousands of sailors assigned to Liu Jun. Liu Jun took two battalions of men and horses to board the ship and led the ship to sea with Zheng Zhilong. A fleet of dozens of large and small sea vessels, carrying more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, sailed out to sea, attracting officials and people in Nanjing to come and watch.

"Master Hou, where are you going?"

"I heard that I am going to recover Liaodong!"

"Nonsense, how is this possible."

"Why is it impossible, didn't you see that Admiral Xiong and Admiral Zheng also went, the three admirals led their troops to go to sea by boat, and the people mobilized the people, not to fight Liaodong, but to fish?"

"As soon as the Hou of Zhennan comes out, Liaodong will be restored." Someone shouted.

On the Yangtze River, a three-masted gunboat served as Liu Jun's flagship, and the flag of the nine-headed bird was hung high on the mast. This battleship with more than 40 cannons is not an old ship, but a new main battleship in Zheng Zhilong's army, which has not been launched for a long time, and he specially transferred it to Liu Jun as a flagship.

Now, on the flagship named Zhenhai by Liu Jun, Admiral Cao Jiang Xiong Wencan and Admiral Coastal Defense Military Affairs Zheng Zhilong are standing on the deck with Liu Jun.

"Brother Zheng, is the information accurate?" Liu Jun asked as he felt the blowing river breeze.

"Please rest assured, my people have made it clear that in Chongming, Suzhou, there is a maritime merchant fleet going to sea these days. This fleet was very large, there were twelve sea merchants, and the goods to go to sea were worth millions, all of them were famous maritime merchants of Su Song, and they were going to Taiwan to trade with the Dutch. ”

Liu Jun snorted coldly, "Doing the crime against the wind, I don't take Liu Jun in my eyes at all, since this is the case, then I will take them this time!" (To be continued......)

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