After the Dragon Boat Festival, the heat began to spread.

In the afternoon of this day, amid the sound of cicadas, Zheng Haizhu came to Zheng Zhilong's other business in Beijing.

Miss Tagawa hugged Zheng Sen, who was less than two years old, and after saluting Zheng Haizhu, she said to her son in Hokkien dialect, which was not yet fluent, "This is Auntie."

Zheng Haizhu took the doll, looked at the famous historical figure "Zheng Chenggong", who is still wearing open crotch pants, and put gold bracelets on both of his small hands.

Like a cat in later generations, he teased for a while before returning this little fat dun to his mother.

Zheng Haizhu turned to Zheng Zhilong, who was leisurely sipping new tea, and said with a smile: "In terms of seniority, your baby should be called my aunt. But at the beginning, when Yilong first arrived in Chongming, he mentioned to me that he wanted to marry you. He also called me aunt, the same generation as your son, how can this be done?"

Zheng Zhilong didn't think so: "I don't believe that Sister, you will pay attention to this kind of vain rules and test me, right?" He's not your nephew, and I'm not your brother, so you're all a guy who follows you."

Zheng Haizhu praised: "That makes sense. Yilong's daughter-in-law and eldest daughter in Chongming, you have seen it all last month, right?"

Zheng Zhilong waved his hand, motioned for Tian Chuan to step back, and then began to talk to Zheng Haizhu about business: "Well, not only have I seen Yilong's family, but also according to your wishes, I prepared a generous courtesy, visited his father-in-law's family, and entertained a few times, only to know that the power of the Shen family, what my sister said is true."

Zheng Haizhu nodded, her eyes chasing Zheng Chenggong, who was giggling at kittens and butterflies in the yard.

When she spoke again, her tone was solemn: "The Shen family is a well-known Cao Gang and Sha Boat Gang in Xiajiang. It is rare that Shen Tingyang is similar to you and me, although he is a businessman, there are not only the words "mercenary" in his eyes, which shows that his family style is good. Such a Chongming 'head snake', when I drove away Yao Qianhu and divided the meat in Chongming's bowl with his Shen family, I thought about it, and I had to marry the Shen family with a dragon who led troops to Tuntian over there. Fortunately, Shen Tingyang's younger sister is also a top-grade talent, and she is even more fond of Yilong."

Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand that Ah Sen was able to settle a relationship with Yilong's female doll, and it was my sister who brought the connections of the Xu family and the Shen family to me and tied them tighter. It's just that I originally wanted to ......."

"You originally wanted to marry Brother Yan, I understand. Yiguan, you won't have only one son, and Brother Yan's side won't have only one daughter. Daming's sea trade will definitely get bigger and bigger, and you and I should still be dominated by Daming. Since you have returned, Zheng Sen should be placed in Nanzhili, but, Miss Tian Chuan, you should take your other children and live with Brother Yan in Taiwan."

Zheng Zhilong thought for a moment, and then understood the deep meaning of Zheng Haizhu's words.

The eldest son was raised in Nanzhili, and the court would be more at ease with him Zheng Zhilong.

And my sister obviously doesn't fully trust the court, so she told him to leave a way back on Yan Siqi's side.

When it comes to their current situation, these current favors and wealth, and the elusiveness of the future, there is no need to shy away from them.

"Okay," Zheng Zhilong pretended to purse his lips and smile lightly, then smiled again, and asked, "What about you, Auntie, where is your back?"

Zheng Haizhu stared at Zheng Zhilong: "I don't need a back road, I just like to rush forward."

……

The two talked for a while, went out and got into the carriage, and went to the Honglu Temple Hall.

After Jingcha, the temple secretary of Honglu Temple, who obeyed Zhao Nanxing's orders and made a stumbling block for Zheng Haizhu, was kicked away by Shang Zhouzuo, who had just taken up the post of secretary of the ministry. The current Si Cheng is Xu Guangqi, a student of the old Hanlin of the Western school, named Wei Yu, a native of Wuxi, but not Donglin, and his ancestors have no Zhejiang origins.

Wei Yu studied under Xu Guangqi, had a liberal mentality of Western learning, and took more care of Western missionaries such as Jinnige in Jingzhong, and was even more kind to Zheng Haizhu.

Even this time, when he heard that the imperial court was going to receive the red-haired envoy, Wei Siqing did not show inexplicable surprise and resistance, and only came to Zheng Haizhu in advance to inquire about the identity of the envoy.

However, Zheng Haizhu clearly told Wei Yu:

"This Gullit, who came here, is a great master, who has done business with our imperial court, and also helped the owner of his East India Company, trying to occupy Penghu, and was sent by me to eat in the prison cell of the Xiamen Navy Master for a month. Master Wei doesn't need to take special care, just arrange food and accommodation as usual. Besides, although the Lord of Long Live has spoken and fulfilled the friendship of the proprietor, the Lord still has to send people to keep an eye on the Dutch mission, and there are many places where they are not allowed to go."

Wei Yu understood, and on the night of the Dutch mission to Beijing, he sent someone to inform Zheng Haizhu.

Today, Zheng Haizhu and Zheng Zhilong stepped into the guest house of the Honglu Hall, and their old acquaintance Gulit immediately greeted them.

"Madame Zheng, oh my goddess, God must have heard my thoughts about you, so finally allowed me to reunite with you again in this beautiful summer......

Before the Dutch could express this greasy and flirtatious tone to the climax, he caught a glimpse of Zheng Zhilong, who walked up with a calm face behind her, and his knobby right palm holding the long knife of the village at his waist.

The Dutch replaced the Portuguese in the past two years, and had a good relationship with the Japanese shogunate, and Gullit, who was a senior adviser to the East India Company in the Far East and the Pacific, also often went to Japan, so he naturally knew Muramasa, who was often denominated in gold, and realized that the little brother of Zheng Haizhu in front of him obviously had roots in Japan.

"Oh, the little general of Liuluowan, hello! At the negotiating table, I wondered why God hadn't given us the Dutch more warriors like you who were braver than the Spartans."

Gullitt praised Zheng Zhilong in an exaggerated tone, and performed "As long as I don't feel embarrassed, it's God who is embarrassed".

Zheng Haizhu walked into the living room and said in a quiet tone, "Yes, General Zheng defeated several of your Yahat boats back then. It doesn't matter, Gurlit, victory or defeat is a common thing in a soldier's life, and there is no eternal friend or enemy between the two countries, only eternal interests."

After sitting down, Zheng Haizhu said to Gullit straight to the point, "Did you bring anything?"

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