Several sons followed the eldest Zheng Shisen to the backyard to worship, and Zheng Zhilong and his three wives and concubines were left on the dinner table.

Seeing that the maid hurriedly exchanged for Chinese liquor and poured a full glass, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand a little irritably and signaled everyone to retreat, and then he raised his glass and drank it all.

"Alas......"

With a sigh, the shot glass slammed down on the table again.

"Master, what Shicai Sen'er said, don't forget your heart, after all, these two children have a hard life......"

While personally pouring her husband another glass of wine, Yan was emotionally relieved, and handed the wine jug to Chen, the concubine who had already made a temporary guest appearance as a maid and stood behind him.

"Yes, sir, what my sister said is reasonable. Even the raider...... Oh no! Even the hereditary said that they were brothers and sisters across the ocean, and there was no day when they didn't miss his second brother, which shows their deep brotherhood. ”

The eldest concubine Huang lost no time and spoke carefully. One is to echo the rhetoric of the main room Yan, and at the same time do not forget to improve the hereditary emotional status of his own son, Zheng Zheng, who is the fifth in the ranking, in front of Zheng Zhilong.

"That's it, sir, Shi'en said the same!"

The Chen family, who was standing behind everyone, hurriedly followed up, but he couldn't leave his own son behind! And after being reminded by the sisters in front, Chen's "En'er", which had been called for more than 20 years, was replaced by "Shi'en" in time.

According to the official documents and genealogy, Zheng Zhilong had a total of six sons at that time, in addition to Zheng Shisen, the eldest son of the Tian Chuan family, the Chen family in Macau gave birth to the third Zheng Shien and the fourth Zheng Shiyin, and the second wife Zheng Shizhong was born to the Yan family. The youngest Huang was born to the fifth Zheng hereditary and the sixth Zheng Shimo. Now, Zheng Shizhong, Zheng Shimeng, and Zheng Shimo have all been left in Beijing as imperial guards, but they are actually protons, and Zheng Shisen, Zheng Shien, and Zheng Shiji have stayed in Fujian. The two concubines each have a son by their side, which can be regarded as Zheng Zhilong's balanced arrangement.

Only Zheng Shizhong, the only son of the Yan family, as his sister-in-law, had to enter Beijing as a hostage according to the rules and regulations of other Han vassal kings. Therefore, the Yan family was very kind to Zheng Shisen, the eldest son of the concubine and the king of Haicheng, for fear that he would rebel against his thoughts and endanger his son's life! In the same way, it can be proved that there are sons whose lives are "disguised" in the hands of Zheng Shisen. The two aunts are also observant of King Haicheng. Don't dare to be mean. Then again, since he was a child, he was instilled by his mother-in-law Tian Chuan, and Zheng Chenggong has always respected the Yan family and the two aunts.

"You women, what do you know! It's not that this king doesn't want to reunite father and son. It's that you can't live without him over there...... Alas. You don't know. Just know to block me! Pour the wine! ”

Zheng Zhilong was also melancholy, but he couldn't talk to a few women, so he could only use wine to kill his sorrows.

Fortunately, half an hour later. Under the leadership of Zheng Shisen, the sons returned to the main hall together.

"Father, it's not too early, my son wants to return to Xiamen overnight, and there are miscellaneous things in the army, so it's inconvenient to leave for a long time." Zheng Shisen, the king of Haicheng, did not sit down one after another like several brothers, but got up to say goodbye.

It turned out that after King Tong'an returned to Fujian last year, he built a mansion in Zhangzhou City, but King Haicheng insisted on returning to his old base of Xiamen Island to open a mansion. Although the distance between the two places is not far, they can never see each other every day, so as to avoid the many inconveniences of father and son getting along with each other, but they are also intimate.

"......" Zheng Zhilong was a little displeased, but it was difficult to speak.

"Sen'er, it's so late, let's stay at home today. My mother cleaned up the bedroom for you early in the morning, and your two aunts are also busy with their work! Yan was empathetic and hurriedly spoke for her husband.

"Yes, King Haicheng, it's late today, it's not too late to leave tomorrow morning." The two aunts also persuaded one after another.

"Mother, aunt, Jin'er is young and naughty, I'm afraid that the Dong family won't be able to cope with it alone......" Zheng Shisen still wanted to break up some more reasons. After all, Xiamen is his foundation, and he must not leave for a while.

In fact, Zheng Shisen's earliest base was not Xiamen, and it was quite difficult for him to gain control of Xiamen. When Zheng Zhilong was about to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Shisen fled to Kinmen, broke with his father, and trained soldiers on Gulangyu Island. After Zheng Zhilong's surrender, the Zheng maritime group almost fell apart, and the territory was occupied by family members or some old subordinates in the past. For example, Huzhou (now Kinmen) was occupied by Zheng Hongkui, the fourth brother of Zheng Zhilong; At that time, the Zhongzuo Institute (now Xiamen) was the best place for coastal foreign trade, but it was based on his clan brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian brothers [some scholars believe that it was an uncle-nephew relationship, and the historical circles have not yet reached a conclusion]. Zheng Chenggong failed several times in attacking the city, and faced the difficulties of having no base, "he couldn't show what he did." His troops had no choice but to train soldiers in Anping or on the islands around Gulangyu Island, Zhenhaiwei and Haicheng (present-day Longhai) on the small island of Xiamen, and to reorganize their ships to "see what would happen." Zheng Chenggong, whose military strength is increasing day and night, is trying to regain his father's former maritime career.

If you talk about how to get Xiamen, Zheng Shisen has to think of a person who makes him love and hate - Shi Lang. Shi Lang, the left pioneer who was "clever and clear" and "burly" at that time, told him that it was not necessary to fight Zheng Lian hard, but to plan it. Shi Lang further said that Zheng Lian is a drunkard and a scheming person, as long as he takes four big ships to anchor in Gulangyu, he will not be suspicious when he sees that you have few ships; The rest of the ships successively pretended to be merchant ships, or anchored in Daomei and Huyu, or sent Dadan and Baishi, or transferred from Gulangyu to Qiwei, or directly entered the port and sent it in front of the Narcissus Palace in Xiamen Port. The surname of the country took one or two people to the shore to pay respects, the language was more humble, and then sent a thousand stones of rice to Zheng Lian, Zheng Lian will be happy and undoubted, and then attack him, this is Lu Meng's plan to take Jingzhou. Zheng Chenggong nodded in approval. So he chose 500 elite soldiers, and ordered Gan Hui, Shi Lang, Hong Zheng, and Du Hui to command, with 4 boats, and set sail from Jieyang, Guangdong, according to the plan.

When Zheng Cai wanted to leave Xiamen to collect grain in Guangdong, he once instructed Zheng Lian: Hungry tigers should not be neighbors, I will lead troops far away, you should pay attention to precautions, and you must not be a show! If you see Zheng Chenggong's ship coming here, you should pay special attention to precautions. Zheng Lian said: Brother, you have fought for half your life, how can you have such cowardly thoughts? My ships are paid ten times more than his wages. How dare he covet Xiamen? Zheng Lian still lived his days of drinking and drinking, without defense. On the evening of August 15 in the seventh year of Shunzhi (1650), Zheng Lian and his generals held a banquet and carnival all night. After the second watch, Zheng Chenggong's ship arrived in Xiamen. Zheng Chenggong first asked to see Zheng Lian, who was already drunk at this time and was sleeping soundly. The next morning, Zheng Chenggong brought his relatives to visit. Zheng Chenggong said very modestly, Brother Zheng Lian, my troops have repeatedly lost battles. I'm embarrassed to see you. I hope you will give me a lot of advice; I would like to give you some rice as a token of appreciation. I wonder if Brother Zheng Lian can borrow some soldiers to help me fight against the Qing Dynasty in the future? Zheng Lian saw that Zheng Chenggong was humble and polite, and he didn't seem to have any ambitions for Xiamen, let alone care. The two then drank a few glasses of wine. A while. Zheng Chenggong got up and said goodbye. said that he would return to Zheng Lian in the evening. Please be sure to appreciate his face and go to Huxi Rock for a banquet. Zheng Lian readily agreed. Seeing that Zheng Lian was not guarding himself, Zheng Chenggong secretly ordered his ships to enter the port one after another, and quietly approached Zheng Lian's ships. Make an appointment to listen to the sound of cannons and do it together.

At the Huxi Rock Banquet, Zheng Lian drank a lot, played games and "won by throwing pots", and his interest was very high. After the banquet dispersed, Zheng Lian joined hands to hold the lamp and helped the drunken Zheng Lian to walk home. When passing through Banshantang (the area on the east side of Wanshiyan Lake today), Zheng Chenggong's general, Du Hui and others, who had already been ambushed here, suddenly jumped up, killed Zheng Lian, cut off his head, hid it, and flew to report Zheng Chenggong (according to research, the exact location of killing Zheng Lian is in front of the "Suoyun" stone carving in the northwest of Wanshiyan today). Zheng Chenggong immediately fired artillery on the top of Wanshiyan Rock, and his troops soon entered the city of Xiamen. He then set aside his henchmen to guard the door of Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai's house, and ordered: Without Zheng Chenggong's order, no one is allowed to enter the house without permission! Previously, the soldiers and ships under Zheng Lian had been controlled by Shi Lang, Hong Zheng, Gan Hui and others, and they did not dare to act rashly.

When Zheng Lian's old department Chen Feng, Lan Yan, Wu Hao and others heard that Zheng Lian was dead, they came to see Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Lian's subordinates had long complained about the commander who was addicted to alcohol and did not do his job, and although they were somewhat suspicious of the cause of his death, no one wanted to continue to work for such a heavy and incompetent person. What's more, the reputation of the "national surname" who is loyal to the Ming family, strict military discipline, and love soldiers and good at fighting is outside, and now that the situation is under control, the generals have expressed their willingness to submit to Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong then successfully annexed Zheng Lian's forces. He named Chen Feng as the former association of Rongqi Town, Lan Yan as the rear association, Wu Hao as the deputy general, and Huang Yu as the Chinese army in charge of Zhongchong Town. "The sea army is all Yan, but there are more than 40,000 people." Zheng Chenggong's military liliang suddenly grew to 40,000 people. The next day, the people in Xiamen did not know what happened last night, so "there was no surprise in the market". Zheng Chenggong then showed the notice of Anmin, and sent Hong Zheng to Guangdong with his handwritten letter and broken arrows (indicating that he would not lose his words or treat the other party badly) to invite Zheng Cai back to Xiamen. When Zheng Cai heard the news of Zheng Lian's killing, he knew that the general trend had gone, and sighed: It's my fault, I trusted the wrong person! He wandered for several years, the soldiers were scattered, "led the department to fish and hunt Hainan", and now saw that Zheng Chenggong sincerely wrote to ask him to go back, so he decided to return to Xiamen.

Therefore, since August of the seventh year of Shunzhi (1650), after Zheng Chenggong obtained the port of Xiamen, he finally had a base to carry out maritime trade, and realized his economic goal of "coastal places, those inherent in me, those who are inherent in the east and west, and those who are self-studied, and those who are self-sufficient to advance and retreat", can calmly raise grain and accumulate salaries, and manufacture ships. How can such an important foundation be left behind?

"Big brother, I still want to follow you tomorrow morning to practice the Japanese Second Sword Stream, and you can also see how I grow. Is it okay not to leave tonight? Zheng Zheng, the fifth hereditary who was secretly kicked by his biological mother Huang, also put forward his own claim for retention very well-behaved.

"Well, Sen'er, it's not too early today. Isn't there still your fifth uncle Zhibao and Shi Fu in the army? Nothing big happens! Besides, Zhangxia round trip, you will be on the road tonight. For the sake of my father, it is better for you to listen to your mother and aunt, what do you say? ”

Zheng Zhilong did not adopt the traditional Lao Tzu practice of saying nothing to his son, but gently persuaded him. After all, he is also the Prince of the Qing Dynasty!

"This ...... The son is all arranged by the father and the mother! Thank you two aunts! When Zheng Shisen heard the names of Zheng Zhibao and Shi Fu, his heart sank, but he did not change his color, and finally agreed.

Speaking of these two people, Zheng Shisen was awkward. Since Zheng's father and son parted ways in Shunzhi for three years, Zheng Zhibao followed Zheng Zhilong to Beijing, and was also "reinstated by the official" and became the "Cheng Jibo" of the Qing Dynasty. And that Shi Fu, as Zheng Zhilong's confidant and favorite general, although he betrayed the Qing court for a period of time and joined his own disciples, the annoying thing is that he soon returned to the Qing court with his nephew Shi Lang and still became his "Wu Yibo". With Zheng Zhilong going south last year, these two people were also placed in their own army by the imperial court, although they were assistants, they were actually the double-sided "supervising army" of the imperial court and his father Zheng Zhilong! Although he invited his like-minded fourth uncle, Zheng Hongkui, who was also named "Fenghuabo" by the Qing court, from his hermitage Longyan Baisha, the fourth uncle, who was old and frail, and was riddled with foot diseases, was no longer as brave as he was in the past.

What's even more annoying is that that annoying Shi Lang was also entrusted with a heavy task by the Qing court, and at this time, he was in Tong'an County, just north of his Xiamen Island, and became the general soldier of Tong'an, staring at himself!

"Great! Big brother, I'm going to talk to you about the art of war tonight! The past two years in Beijing have suffocated me! Hearing that Zheng Shisen agreed to come down, the second Zheng Shizhong was also very happy.

"Eldest brother, my father often said that your sea soldiers are simply better than the blue, and even my father praises it!" Zheng Shien hurriedly participated, not daring to lag behind.

"Big brother, I'm not interested in war, it's just that shipping and trading on the sea is the most interesting. In a while, the eldest brother will have to teach more! Zheng Shimo, the youngest here, is not willing to be lonely.

"Your own brother, don't be polite! The foolish brother knows everything. Zheng Shisen glanced at his father and politely responded to his younger brothers' request.

"Alright, you guys don't get impatient!" Zheng Zhilong smiled and stopped the stammering of the three younger sons, and then said with a solemn face:

"Sen'er, Shizhong, you come to the study with your father, I have something to discuss with you."

"Yes, Father."

The two sons bowed down and obeyed the order, waiting for Lao Tzu to get up and leave his seat, and then he gave gifts to several fathers' wives and concubines, and said goodbye to his brothers, and then followed Zheng Zhilong to the study.

The "secret meeting" of the Zheng family has begun!

"A limerick poem. Look at the first word of each sentence》

Looking at recent history, I am disappointed

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

Outside the map, it has been sharpened

It's hard to know what you're going to do

I got up and wore Rokkazi

Point out the world's pain and joy

China's brilliant ten thousand idiots

Wenwu Dynasty only Qing Dynasty (to be continued......)