Zheng Hongkui stood cautiously in front of his brother, Zheng Zhilong's face was gloomy, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or worried. After all, the sailors of Nuoda were abandoned in Zhejiang, although the majority of the Fujian sailors were small boats, and there was no shortage of boats, but the blow to morale was also obvious.

"The fourth brother is frightened, don't think too much, go back and have a good rest."

was only an understatement, but Zheng Hongkui's heart was full of emotions, and he couldn't figure out what kind of attitude Zheng Zhilong had.

"Big brother, Hongkui lost the face of the water master and the Zheng family, and asked the eldest brother to punish him heavily, Hongkui is sorry for the eldest brother!" While speaking, Zheng Hongkui fell to his knees and cried bitterly.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong supported Zheng Hongkui with both hands, and said in a serious voice: "My Zheng family is now facing unprecedented challenges, and at this time, I need my Zheng family to reward all of them with one heart and sincere cooperation to fight against foreign enemies. Don't blame yourself too much, don't think about this matter anymore, I will nourish my body with peace of mind, I have my own decision. I'm still waiting for you to continue to lead the Zheng family's sailors to slaughter the Quartet......"

Zheng Hongkui still cried and wailed, claiming that he was a sinner of the Zheng family, and he had failed to live up to his eldest brother's high expectations for him, and he really had no face to face his hometown father again.

Zheng Zhilong also shed a few tears with great emotion, sighing.

In the end, Zheng Hongkui left the General Military Mansion under the gaze of Zheng Zhilong full of tears. It's just that he just arrived at no one's place, and a sneer was already on his face that was still a little sad, so he didn't believe that the eldest brother let him have a good life, and he wouldn't pursue it, and he would be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. For so many years, he couldn't know his eldest brother better, if Zheng Zhilong scolded him and punished him when he pointed it out at the meeting, maybe this matter could still be raised and lightly dropped. However, the eldest brother didn't have anything to do on the surface, not only did he not care about the fiasco in Hangzhou, but he also wanted him to continue to lead the Zheng family's sailors to fight.

"Junmen, go back to Yamen or go home?"

At this time, several of Zheng Hongkui's cronies had already heard the news and rushed to serve their own military gate carefully. At this time, Zheng Hongkui's return is undoubtedly a desperate situation for them. Because the news of Zheng Hongkui's defeat had already been transmitted back to Fujian, at that time, the general military palace was almost unanimous in its desire to purge Zheng Hongkui and his family, but Zheng Zhilong unexpectedly suppressed the matter.

And Zheng Hongkui's old department is like a frightened bird, and he can't live in fear. It wasn't until he heard that his own military gate had returned, so he celebrated and cheered for the endless road.

"What yamen do you return? Didn't the eldest brother say that he wanted me to go home and rest! Go home and recuperate! ”

Zheng Hongkui got on the horse and went to the direction of his home, but a few cronies followed behind with a smoke, and kept admonishing: "Junmen, Junmen, the days of your absence, I feel that the sky is about to fall, our brothers are almost, almost bullied to death by those people, if you don't fight back at this time, we, we, where is there a place to stand?" ”

Zheng Hongkui was upset by the cronies crying, and said in his heart, I don't know if Zheng Zhilong is dealing with himself openly and secretly? So what's the solution? On the bright side, the eldest brother's refusal to hold him accountable is already an extrajudicial favor, and if he fights with him now, it will be a loss of people's hearts.

In the eyes of everyone, Zheng Zhilong is broad-minded, and he is a narrow-minded loser. In fact, this is also Zheng Zhilong's cleverness, forcing himself to do what he knows he can't do, but he must go on, as if he is helping a thousand catties of boulders, knowing that there are thousands of people in front of him, but he can't help rolling all the way down until he is irretrievable.

But after all, Zheng Hongkui is a person who came over in the wind and waves, knows how to judge the situation, and knows that he must not be sharp when he is dormant, and now the eldest brother is in Fujian as the sun is in full swing, and he has no ability to compete with it after the defeat in Zhejiang, so he can only hide in the shadows, waiting for the situation to change, once he has the opportunity, he can take the opportunity to fight.

"Don't go around in tandem, obey the arrangement of the marshal, go to the warehouse when you should go to the warehouse, go home to pick up the child, go home and pick up the child. Don't force it. Otherwise, there will be no good fruit for you to eat! ”

"Could it be that the military gate can swallow this breath?"

The cronies were still unwilling, but Zheng Hongkui asked with fat triangular eyes: "How about being unwilling?" Is it happy to die by yourself? What should you do, what are you going to do, with Lao Tzu here, no one dares to touch you! ”

After that, Zheng Hongkui didn't say much, and left with his horse, leaving only a few cronies looking at each other.

Suddenly, someone said in frustration: "The military gate is no longer the military gate of the past, brothers, let's all disperse!" ”

So everyone scattered in a hurry, each with his own heart.

Zheng Hongkui didn't want to win over the old department, but under the changes in the current situation, people's hearts were unstable, and he couldn't tell who was still reliable and who was unreliable, so he could only blast them away with cold words. What's more, he also has two good sons who are ten as helpers, which even Zheng Zhilong has to be jealous of.

Thinking of this, Zheng Hongkui's fat face showed a few heartfelt smiles. It turned out that Zheng Hongkui also had two sons, the eldest Zheng Cai and the second Zheng Lian.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's brothers have very different personalities, Zheng Cai is introverted and deep, and Zheng Lian is flamboyant and domineering, but they are all the pillars of the Zheng family's sailors and are indispensable. Even if Zheng Zhilong dares to move Zheng Hongkui, he does not dare to easily eradicate all the three Zheng family father and son from the army, after all, many of the experienced sailors are the old subordinates of their father and son.

To put it bluntly, Zheng Hongkui is also sure that Zheng Zhilong is unwilling to risk his life to consolidate his power.

At this time, Zheng Sen was bitterly persuading his father Zheng Zhilong not to be soft-hearted, it was a good time to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and kill those who were in the way in one fell swoop, so as to prevent future troubles.

Finally, Zheng Zhilong was annoyed by Zheng Sen's chatter, "Kill, kill, kill, you know kill, don't you want to think about it, one of them is your fourth uncle, and the other is your cousin, do you want the cannibalism to happen in my Zheng family?" Zheng Zhilong has been dissatisfied with Zheng Hongkui for a long time, but he is only inclined to gently remove his brother's power, and try his best to protect the unity of the family, only in this way can the Zheng family's big ship survive in the stormy seas. This is also the reason why Zheng Zhilong snubbed Zheng Zhilong and still trusted his two sons.

"Father, when you are constantly interrupted, you will suffer from it. Righteousness and private feelings cannot be both, and we can only take righteousness and abandon personal feelings, otherwise my Zheng family will be burdened by Zheng Hongkui and others, and my family will ......be ruined."

"Shut up! That's your uncle, don't mention this matter again, you go back for me, and take your soldiers with you!" ”

Zheng Zhilong was finally enraged by Zheng Sen's murderous mouth, and he decided to teach this arrogant and mean son a lesson, which was by no means the bearing that an heir of a family should have.

was blasted out by his angry father, Zheng Sen was also resentful, seeing that the great opportunity was let go by his father, how could he be willing? Zheng Hongkui's three fathers and sons have long been self-reliant, and they have formed a party in the army for personal gain, resulting in the general military office often giving different orders, which his father can't see, but why is he so indulgent to them?

Thinking of these, Zheng Sen's evil was born from the side of his guts, so he simply didn't do it twice, first cut it and then played, after it became a fact, even if his father was dissatisfied, what could he do? After making up his mind, Zheng Sen rushed back to the sailor barracks by the sea overnight and decided to act according to the plan.

On the night when Zheng Sen decided to do it, he received an order from his father to immediately set off at sea, and a group of merchant ships bound for Hangzhou had to be intercepted. From today onwards, no piece of board is allowed to pass through the southeast coast to Zhejiang City, and at the same time, the Zheng family's order has also spread all along the coast, and in the future, all merchant ships can only be bought and sold from Quanzhou City and Guangzhou City. Otherwise, the vessel will be seized and the cargo confiscated.

And tonight they are going to rob someone who is said to be from a Western country called Ingolan. If the other party is Francois or the Dutch, Zheng Zhilong may still be jealous, think about it or two, after all, in this sea, they also have a certain strength, and the country called Yin Gelan rarely sets foot in this, then don't blame him for killing chickens and monkeys.

Although Zheng Sen was not happy in his heart, he was still ordered to lead the sailors to the sea, and intercepted their merchant ships in one fell swoop, and what was even more surprising was that the ships were loaded with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which could be imagined to be used to trade silk in Hangzhou.

"Bad news, Zheng Zhilong blocked the waters of Fujian on the grounds of the flood of Japanese pirates along the coast of Zhejiang, and it is said that the Western fleet that should have arrived in Hong Kong to trade silk in the next few days was also detained by them."

The city secretary raised Gao Zhenfu and cautiously reported the current situation to the young town marquis in front of him. Li Xin's methods made him almost completely convinced, although he had colluded with the Zheng family, he still reused himself, which made Gao Zhenfu feel a blessing in disguise, so he also worked hard to do things, for fear that this hard-won stable future would be lost again, after all, what was lost and regained would be cherished. Cunning such as Gao Zhenfu is no exception, he is already desperate, he has offended the Zheng family and Zhao Bingqian at the same time, who would have thought that it was Li Xin's appearance that made him decide to survive, how could he not try his best to plan for him at this moment?

Now his fate is inseparable from the Three Guards and the Marquis of Zhenyu.

At this time, Wallace's side also brought back bad news.

"It is a great pity, Your Excellency, that the Dutch have tactfully refused to cooperate with us. However, they also promised that they would not help Zheng Zhilong. In any case, we don't have to worry about the Dutch. ”

"What about the Francis? How did they reply? ”