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Twenty days after Geng Ching-chung's warship stayed in Mawei, Taiwan's Zheng Jing received accurate information. It turned out that the five warships that escorted the British merchant ships some time ago were bought from Britain by the Geng family in Fujian. Receiving this news, Zheng Jing and his subordinate Wen Wu were not calm.

Five giant ships are not a small force in any sea area. There are not a total of twenty warships like this in his Zheng family, and they are not as good as these five warships in terms of performance. Not to mention the strength of these five warships, their own value alone exceeds 400,000 taels of silver, and there is no place to buy them if they have money!

Taiwan's naval commanders asked for orders to go to Fuzhou to seize the battleships, but Chen Yonghua, a military adviser, considered that the strength of the Geng family in Fujian was not small, and he had to take a long-term view, so they calmed down a little. Everyone thought of what a few former Geng family had done. Being able to sweep away all the bandits in Fujian in more than two months is really extraordinary. I am afraid that there are no less than 30,000 bandits in Fujian Province, and they will be completely wiped out in such a short period of time, which is indeed worthy of everyone's careful thought.

At this moment, the lobby of Yanping Palace, the hall of the council and the government hall are quarrelling. The generals of several sides insisted on their own opinions and did not give in to each other.

"King Yanping, the last general Jian Yiì immediately led the naval division to attack Fuzhou Mawei, if you wait until the Geng family expands the port, there is a precaution, it will be too late to regret it." Liu Guoxuan, the right military guard, was the most active and tried his best to ask Zheng Jing for battle.

Chen Shenwu, who was sitting opposite from the military department, immediately objected: "Lord Liu's words are wrong! Some time ago, everyone has read the Fujian report, the Geng family army under the training of Geng Jingzhong Xiao'er combat power is extraordinary, the Tiger Army can sweep all the bandits in Fujian in less than three months, the strength is really strong, besides, the Geng family bought these five warships and came back without defense? Let's be cautious and find out the situation later. King Yanping, the lower officials thought that we had to find out the situation before we could send troops. ”

"Wrong, wrong, as we all know, the Geng family does not have a naval division, although there are these five warships now, but how can the naval division be built in January and February. The last general is sure that the Geng family can only dominate on land at the moment, and at sea, it is still our territory. Therefore, the last general agrees with what Lord Liu said, and the last general asks for war! "The former Zuo Wuwei is now the Shangshu Ke Ping of the Criminal Department, and everyone agrees with Liu Guoxuan's strategy.

Yanping Wang Zheng Jing was also moved at this time, so he looked at the military advisor Chen Yonghua: "What does the military advisor think?" ”

"All of you are right, but a few of you seem to have forgotten a place!" Chen Yonghua said slowly.

Everyone else was confused, they were debating whether to grab the battleship or not, why did they mention other places!

Only Shi Lang, the general of Jinghai who was sitting at the head of Chen Shenwu, lit up his eyes, "Is the military advisor saying, Keelung?" ”

Chen Yonghua smiled knowingly: "Not bad! Others, including King Yanping and others, suddenly realized.

Last year, the Qing army also united with the Dutch to attack Taiwan, and was defeated by them. At this moment, there are still many Dutch people staying in Keelung and other places. Originally, if there was no Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing and others would have prepared to attack Keelung and recover the whole of Taiwan.

Now the generals actually forgot that there was a big enemy around them, if most of the main force of the Zheng family's army went out to grab Geng Jingzhong's warship, in case it was taken by the Dutch, it would be really unimaginable.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

Chen Yonghua saw that everyone had calmed down, sorted out his words and continued: "King Yanping, my lords, in fact, we don't have to worry too much. We can get detailed information that the Dutch can't, and even if they do, it will be a long time later. If we can't do all the main force, then only half of it. We can use others for the rest! ”

Zheng Jing's eyes lit up suddenly, and then he frowned again: "Others? Where else is there anyone else? Oh, you mean ------"

"Yes, we can let them take the lead, and it's not impossible to divide them into two warships, so as to ensure our safety and have a firm ally, why not. Taking a step back, if they fail, we just take advantage of the defeat of both families to eat them in one fell swoop and strengthen our strength, which is also good! ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, they commanded Dawu, and kept praising the military master's clever plan: "Gao, the military master is the military teacher, and this kind of clever plan is really foolproof." ”

Zheng Jing is also very happy, no matter what, he can benefit himself, so he immediately made a decision: "Okay, just do what the military advisor says." Come on, prepare for the feast, I want to feast on Shimazu Hirayama. ”

Shimazu Hirayama, the grandson of Yoshihiro Shimazu, a daimyo of Satsuma in Kyushu, during the Warring States period of Japan, and the fourth son of Tadashi Shimazu. After Shimazu Tadashi's death, he passed the daimyo throne to his eldest son, and he, Shimazu Hirayama, believing that he was no less capable than his eldest brother, led his troops out of Tsurumaru Castle. Over the years, he has become one of the most pirates in the Pacific. There are more than 30 large and small warships, of which there is not one second-class battleship from Xiang Geng Jingzhong, and there are only two that are similar to the third-class battleships, and the others are small warships, and many are converted from large merchant ships.

His pirate group was not only Japanese, but also many Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch and even English, as well as many fishermen and pirates along the coast of China, in short, these people came together for the same goal (to make a fortune).

The evening banquet is a bit like a Western banquet, with all the food on a long table, bread, milk, beer, barbecue, and all kinds of Chinese dishes.

Shimazu Hirayama was grabbing a chicken leg and gnawing on a greasy mouth, raised his head to the side, and said to Zheng Jing: "Thank you for your hospitality Your Excellency King Yanping, we will always be good friends!" ”。

"Mr. Shimazu is polite. You've said it, we're friends! Saying that, Zheng Jing stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand and said loudly to the pirates: "Gentlemen, you are very welcome to come to this evening's feast. ”

He wore a vermilion narrow-sleeved robe with a scarlet collar for the king of Daming County, embroidered with a coiled dragon complement on the front and back and on both shoulders, wearing a brimmed hat and a jade belt around his waist, which looked very powerful. In particular, the golden coiled dragon in front and back shone in the candlelight, which made him reveal a kind of honorable bearing.

"Gentlemen", Zheng Jing smiled and greeted everyone: "Tonight's feast, everyone must drink heartily and without scruples. I also have one more thing to discuss. Enjoy, everyone! ”。

The team of this pirate group is really messy, among which the Japanese Shimazu Hirayama has the largest power, accounting for half, and the other Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, British, and some native chieftains and small pirate teams that existed in the Ming Dynasty, the factions are complex, and the races and dresses are also different. If this miscellaneous team is allowed to be brought by him, it is really unbearable, and it seems that it is unrealistic to want to absorb them.

All kinds of dishes were presented to the maids of the Yanping Palace, and of course the most exquisite food was placed on the side of these leaders. Most of the dishes consisted of fish and pork, and only a small portion of beef and mutton was served in front of the chiefs. Some pirates also took the opportunity to extend their groping hands to these maidservants who delivered food, causing the maids to scream.

These pirates eat differently because of their eating habits, and the tools they eat are also different. Westerners mostly use knives and forks, some have learned to use chopsticks, the Japanese also use chopsticks, and some native chieftains grasp them directly with their hands, making this opulent royal palace feast look rather eerie.

When everyone was almost finished, Zheng Jing grabbed the napkin on the table, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet!" Be quiet! Today, I invite you all to come along, in addition to having lunch together, there is also a big gift for you. ”

As he spoke, Zheng Jing stood up. And all the pirates and royal generals stopped their knives, forks and chopsticks and listened intently to what he had to say.

"As you know, we are all begging for a living at sea, and artillery warships are our capital, to be honest, now there are many forces in the sea, I don't want another powerful opponent to appear, if there is, we should join forces to eliminate it!".

"Yes!" "Yes!" "That's right!" "Annihilation!" There was a cry below.

Seeing the warm atmosphere below, Zheng Jing pressed down with his hand and continued: "Now I have received news that five British-made second and third class battleships have appeared here."

The banquet hall suddenly became noisy, and everyone at each table began to talk to each other. I thought that the British had begun to march into this sea, and in this case, they would not have a good time in the future!

Zheng Jing held the wine glass and calmly watched the discussion of the people below. Then he took a deep look at Shimazu Hirayama, who was sitting next to him.

Shimazu Hirayama really couldn't hold his breath, and immediately asked, "Your Excellency King Yanping, could it be that the British army has begun to march into this sea area?" Did they defeat the Dutch fleet in the Far East? ”

"Don't worry, it's not the British army, it's not the British pirates. These five battleships were newly bought by someone else. And this fleet is also strictly short of sailors! Zheng Jing said meaningfully.

"Who is it that has such a great ability to buy back so many warships?" Shimazu Hirayama is not a stupid person either, and immediately asked.

"Everyone must have heard of this person, and he was bought by King Jingnan of the Great Qing Kingdom stationed in Fujian. The important thing is that it was not bought by the Great Qing Kingdom, but by the Jingnan Palace. The Jingnan Royal Mansion was stationed in Fujian, and now he wants to develop a naval army, presumably the Great Qing Kingdom does not want to see him become strong. We can take advantage of the fact that he has not trained the navy now, and go and snatch back those five warships, and then we will divide the two of us equally! Zheng Jing was fascinated by all the pirates, so he finished speaking in one breath.