"I'm Zheng Junmen's envoy, you, you can't treat me so roughly!"

Despite the envoy's repeated discernment and struggle, he was still dragged down by Li Xin's own soldiers.

"Pass the order down, beat the twenty military sticks, get out of Zhejiang, and by the way, let him summon Zheng Zhilong, if there is really sincerity in peace talks, send a serious child, what is the matter with a mixed-race widow?"

This change stunned Gao Zhenfu beside Li Xin, he originally rushed to help the peace talks when he heard the news, after all, he also boasted that he knew a lot about Fujian officialdom, but he made such a drama before he got his ass and sat down.

"Zhenyu Hou, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate, if it angers Zheng Zhilong's family, won't we be self-defeating?"

The legs and feet sitting on the seat were stiff, Li Xin got up and moved his hands and feet, came to the back of the Taishi chair where Gao Zhenfu was sitting, and gently patted him on the shoulder.

"The Three Guards took the initiative to sue for peace, which will definitely make Zheng Zhilong feel that we are strong on the outside and capable in the middle, so this commander can't play his cards according to common sense, and give that skewer a dismount, which is equivalent to telling Zheng Zhilong that we may not have to ask for peace!"

Being in close contact made Gao Zhenfu uncomfortable, especially when he patted himself on the shoulder or replaced him with trembling. However, what frightened him was Li Xin's words.

"Could it be that the Marquis of Zhenyu has changed his mind again?"

If the Marquis of Zhenyu changes his mind, today's act of humiliating Zheng Zhilong's envoy will definitely make him angry, and it seems that a battle between the two sides is inevitable. Once the war spreads in Zhejiang, the wealth accumulated for many years without the war will be wasted, and with it, a wave of displaced people will flee Zhejiang.

In short, this battle in Zhejiang is harmful and not beneficial, but due to the limitations of his own foundation, he has no choice except to bow down to the marquis of Zhenyu.

And Li Xin immediately guessed the apprehension in Gao Zhenfu's heart, and said with a smile: "Gao Tiju, we can gamble, just bet on whether Zheng Zhilong will turn his face and get angry after learning that the widow was driven back." ”

At this time, no matter how Li Xin's attitude was, Gao Zhenfu was worried, in his opinion, the possibility of Zheng Zhilong not turning his face was almost equal to zero.

"This person, whether he is a widow or not, after all, is an envoy after all......"

Li Xin suddenly sneered, "Special envoy? Zheng Zhilong is just a mere general soldier, and he dares to call himself a special envoy when he sends a pawn to deliver a letter? What a big breath. ”

Seeing Li Xin's tone turn cold, Gao Zhenfu no longer insisted and kept silent, but he still didn't think so in his heart. With the faint screams outside, his body continued to tremble.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but be furious when he heard that the envoy he sent out had been beaten back by Li Xin, but after summoning a group of attachés to the north to understand the situation, his attitude became cautious again. Could it be that his previous guess was wrong? Li Xin's gang dared to shout like this, is it not because of the foreign power, but because of other plans? But what exactly is the plot, Zheng Zhilong thought about it for a long time and didn't find a clue. After a long time, he let out a long sigh, if Zheng Sen was here at this moment, with his intelligence, he might be able to see a reason or two for this.

However, Zheng Zhilong immediately remembered his nephew Zheng Cai, although his thinking was not as active as his eldest son Zheng Sen, he was also rare and resourceful. But after Zheng Cai listened to Zheng Zhilong's description, he didn't answer and asked: "Is the marshal's intention to fight or peace?" After saying this, Zheng Cai looked at Zheng Zhilong with a pair of blazing eyes, and then seemed to realize something, and added: "The key to the problem is whether the marshal wants the million stone grain, in the final analysis, this is a big gamble." ”

Indeed, Zheng Cai's words hit Zheng Zhilong's vital point, he really wanted the million stone grain, he said before that Li Xin was a strong outsider, and now the Zheng family is not a strong outsider? If it is out of Nanjing's control, how can Fujian Province alone support the many people of the Zheng family's land and water division?

Don't look at the civil officials in Fuzhou now, they all turn a blind eye to what they have done, but as long as the wind direction is slightly wrong, these people will definitely attack them en masse.

"In your opinion, what are our chances of winning this big gamble?"

After Zheng Cai heard this, he thought for a while and said: "The situation of my Zheng family is not optimistic, Li Xin's Three Guards Army is also overstretched, because the stall is too large, the strength is already unsustainable, and now the bet is just who can calm down." ”

In this regard, Zheng Zhilong praised it greatly, but Zheng Cai added: "It's just that the world is five absolutes, and it is not excluded that Li Xin's guy acted against common sense. This made Zheng Zhilong angry for a while, Zheng Cai dragged back and forth and said for a long time, which means that he didn't suggest anything, all kinds of possibilities were listed, and he didn't have to decide by himself.

Under the suffering of gains and losses, Zheng Zhilong, who has always been decisive, also hesitated, and did not know how to make a trade-off for a while.

When he was in a dilemma, Zheng Cai suddenly said with sympathy: "Dashuai, in fact, my Zheng family has another way to choose, instead of waiting for others to send food to the door, it is much safer to go and get it yourself." ”

Zheng Zhilong's heart was shocked, "You mean to say that peace talks are open and preparations for war are secretly prepared?" ”

"What the marshal said is good, that's exactly the case, just wait for the opportunity to ripen, and then he will strike angrily, even if Li Xin is a hero, he must be obedient. And Zhejiang's storage of grain is not more than a million stones? My Zheng family will take what they want, and they don't have to rely on others. ”

It's not that Zheng Zhilong hasn't thought about this possibility, but he has to bear huge pressure and reputation risks for it. After all, his official identity is still the general army of Fujian, and rashly attacking his colleagues can easily attract a group to attack him.

In the end, Zheng Zhilong didn't make a decision immediately, after all, he was no longer a hairy boy in his twenties, and he made an unwise choice when he was hot-headed. Facts have proved that Zheng Zhilong's indecision is not indecisive, but very wise. For it came to pass in the same night, that messenger came to him. Only this time, the envoy came from a place called Geranza.

When Zheng Zhilong heard that someone from Gerancha asked to see him, he couldn't believe his ears, because in the big battle last year, the Zheng family sailors burned the Dutch warships and killed thousands of Dutch mercenaries, and the two sides could be said to have formed a blood feud. So, what is it about the Dutch to come into contact with themselves at this sensitive time?

Zheng Zhilong was keenly aware that the Dutchman's intention to come this time must be inseparable from Li Xin.

"Bring him to the back hall to see me immediately."

In the past, Zheng Zhilong had always only received visitors in the front hall, and only extremely confidential and important people would receive them in the back hall. Soon, the so-called secret envoy of the city of Geranza was led all the way to the back hall by the family. And this secret envoy turned out to be a Han Chinese.

Although Zheng Zhilong hated these Westerners, he hated even more those Han people who had taken refuge in Westerners, and if it weren't for the special situation this time, he would have ordered his family to drag this person out and behead him for public display. But despite this, he could not hide his indifference and hatred.

"Tell me, your Western master sent you, what are your plans?"

Zheng Zhilong neither asked the person's name nor surname, nor the person's identity, and went straight to the point and went straight to the point, which admittedly expressed his contempt for the other party, but also reduced the embarrassment caused by the two people greeting each other on the other hand.

The secret envoy seemed to be so happy that he mentioned the intentions of his Western master without even announcing his name and surname.

"The governor asked the villain to give a message to the military gate, I heard that the military gate is now in a bad relationship with the Ming Dynasty town marquis Li Xinduo, if the military gate has a heart, the governor can help the military gate."

Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyelids, "Hongmao Fan wants to help me?" Did he forget when he was beaten by the Zheng family's sailor last year? What can you do to help me? A few questions in a row, without showing mercy to the other party. And the secret envoy seems to be accustomed to it, being squeezed and ridiculed by Zheng Zhilong's cold words, and even humiliating in public, he has the consciousness of spitting on his own face.

"The military gate, the military gate is serious, although the governor and the military gate were enemies last year, but the relationship between the enemy and us has never been static, the causes are all from interests, the reason why last year was the same as water and fire, that is because there is a conflict of interest between the military gate and the governor, but this year is different, the military gate and the governor have a common enemy, that is, the Ming Dynasty captured the marquis Li Xin!"

Zheng Zhilong raised his eyebrows slightly, but he also admitted that what he said was very reasonable.

Off the coast of Taizhou, Wallace stared at the sea with a solemn face. Dark clouds had been rolling in from the morning onwards, and seeing that the storm was coming, the fleet had to take shelter from the harbor, or it was not known whether it would be able to escape the pouring rain that was about to rage.

"What's the matter, you crow's mouth, when we left Hong Kong from Hangzhou, it was still a cloudless clear sky, and now that it has become like this, all actions have to be postponed."

Wallace was depressed and called He Bin's previous position in Geranza, He Bin knew Wallace's cramped personality, and he didn't take it seriously, and smiled: "Isn't this better?" We can't make it on time, won't they have to be trapped by this thief? ”

Wallace was about to sneer at each other, when he suddenly felt a chill in his head, and reached out to wipe away the wetness on his face, and it was a big drop of rain that fell. At this moment, he didn't care about arguing with He Bin anymore, because he knew that the rainstorm was already approaching.

"Quick, quick, hurry up and get into the port. The rain is coming, the wind is coming, and no matter how slow we are, none of us can run. ”

Since the last time he experienced that sudden storm at the mouth of the Qiantang River, Wallace had prevented his sailors from conducting several training sessions to deal with the storm, so this time there was no panic and all kinds of unexpected situations as before.

The Pingbo fleet drew a beautiful arc at a rapid speed on the sea......