The news that Liu Xiang was recruited by the imperial court a few years ago quickly reached Zheng Zhilong, and he was a little anxious.

What does this mean, Your Majesty?

After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't think that what I did not do well caused His Majesty's dissatisfaction.

If Liu Xiang also has a privateer license, wouldn't the business on the southeast coast be divided between two people? With his relationship with Liu Xiang, he will definitely not be able to avoid conflict. Could it be that His Majesty is using a strategy to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger, and wants to kill himself?

Soon, another piece of news calmed his mind.

Liu Xiang moved after the New Year, and it is said that His Majesty ordered her to move to Songjiang.

Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed when he heard the news.

It seems that His Majesty still attaches the most importance to me in his heart.

People are like this, there are some things that they don't want if they haven't experienced them. But once you taste the sweetness, it will be very difficult to let him give up. Zheng Zhilong is like this, since he got this privateer license, it can be said that there has been a lot of noise. He took over the righteousness, and all the plundering was emboldened. The goods that were snatched back were continuously digested by global commerce, making him make a lot of money.

After Liu Xiang moved away, he quickly integrated forces to occupy Liu Xiang's chassis, and his sphere of influence was completely expanded.

A year later, he received a holy decree from Zhu Youzhen, asking him to recruit 2,000 shipbuilders and send them to the capital. Zheng Zhilong looked at Zheng Sen, who had just been picked up from Japan, and an idea came to his mind.

"Zheng Sen! Come on~"

"What's wrong, Daddy?"

"Dad is going to send you to the capital to study."

"Beijing? Far away? ”

"Far away."

"Then I'm not going!"

"No, no!"

"Daba!"

"Little rabbit, you are not allowed to talk again!"

Zheng Zhilong slapped Zheng Sen on the head, making him cry.

In the end, seven-year-old Zheng Sen was sent to the capital along with the shipbuilders.

Your Majesty, I am the parent of your student. You have to be nice to me!

Zhu Youzhen guessed Zheng Zhilong's thoughts and arranged for Zheng Sen to enter the military academy. Two thousand shipbuilders were sent to Tianjin. He was ready to build a shipyard there and prepare his own navy.

As soon as these arrangements were made, the eunuch informed the king outside the palace to ask for a meeting.

"What, you're quitting?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Recently, the minister feels powerless, and I am afraid that he will no longer be qualified for the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Zheng, who was full of red light and full of anger when he spoke, this doesn't look like he is powerless?

"What is the reason, you and I don't have to hide it. But what difficulties did you encounter? ”

Wang Zheng looked at His Majesty's sincere appearance, and his heart was moved.

"Your Majesty, I can't hide it. Since the opening of the train, Meng has been idle, but he feels a little uncomfortable. I was restless all day long, which led to many mistakes and omissions in official affairs. Therefore, I beg His Majesty to stop serving as the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, and devote himself to academic research. ”

Zhu Youzhen understood. This old man must have drunk too much and swelled up at Red Afternoon! I can't find my purpose in life!

Okay, we don't have a goal.

"What about train manufacturing? What about post-maintenance? ”

"In the past two years, the minister has brought out several apprentices, and now they have all been apprenticed. Can do these jobs! ”

"Wang Qing, it's not that I don't want to let you go, it's that your burden is too heavy. Look at this. Zhu Youzhen took out a model of a steamship and handed it to Wang Zheng.

"It's ...... Boat? But why are there no sails? ”

"That's right! It's a steamer! The steam engine is so wonderful, imagine if it could be put on a train, why couldn't it be put on a ship? If a steam engine could be installed on a ship, would it be possible to sail like a train, without human and animal power? Right now, I'm planning to build a shipyard in Tianjin, so why don't you go and study these steamships with the shipyard's craftsmen. I promise that you will no longer hold the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, and you will continue to do so. What do you think? ”

"Minister! Thank you, Your Majesty! After listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, Wang Zheng knelt down excitedly and thanked him.

Steamers!

He found a new direction in life.

Wang Zheng left, went back and simply packed his luggage and ran to Tianjin.

People are like this, once they find their purpose in life, they become passionate and energetic. Otherwise, it becomes passable.

Some people lose their fighting spirit in good times.

Some people will look for breakthroughs in the face of adversity.

Huang Taiji is now looking for a breakthrough in adversity, and last year's defeat was a very big blow to both him and the entire Jurchen Ministry. But he wasn't knocked out.

On the one hand, he actively married with the Mongol tribes to consolidate relations. On the other hand, he ordered someone to negotiate with Amin and let Amin return to his command.

The former had a slight effect, the latter had little effect.

However, he didn't give up, and sent someone to give Amin some treasures every once in a while, hoping to make him change his mind.

In order to solve the problem of scarce troops, he sent people to investigate from house to house, and as long as there were men over the age of 14 in the family, all of them were taken away and joined the army. In this way, nearly 20,000 horses were barely gathered. Coupled with the remnants of the previous one, he is inlaid with two yellow flags, and he has the most troops at the moment. The position of the Great Khan is safe for the time being.

"Still haven't seen you?"

The messenger sent to lobby Amin some time ago returned, bringing news that disappointed Huang Taiji. Amin not only took away 10,000 elite Eight Banner soldiers, but later another 20,000 or 30,000 Jurchens defected to him one after another. Huang Taiji regretted that his intestines were blue, why did he beat him well.

At this time, Amin is living happily in Yiju, Huang Taiji?

Sort of a fart!

Although he occupied the territory of North Korea, in fact, a large area of territory west of the Yalu River and near Phoenix City was his sphere of influence. With more than 10,000 Eight Banners elites in his hands, basically no one dares to mess with them.

In front of such a soil emperor, he returned to Shenyang to be Huang Taiji's younger brother? He won't go back if his head gets in the water.

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, he led his Eight Banners to attack North Korea.

This time he learned wisely, there is a river on the north side of Anzhou, called Qingchuan River.

Due to its geographical location, Anju is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This time, he avoided Anju and walked up the Qingchuan River until he came to a place where the defense was lax upstream, and quietly crossed the Qingchuan River.

The next question is much simpler.

The Eight Banners led by Amin were unstoppable and won successive battles.

Pyongyang, Hwangju, and Pyongsan fell one by one.

Seeing that Kaesong, north of Seoul, was in danger, Li Liang sent an envoy to sue for peace. He was really scared, thinking that Jiannu was nothing more than wanting to write money and food.

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But this time, Amin did not make a request and refused to negotiate peace!

In desperation, Li Liang had no choice but to send his most elite soldiers to block the Amin department in Kaesong.

Li Shu.

and 20,000 general troops who did not make it to battle last time.

Li Shu is extremely confident in this battle, and this time, he will definitely be able to hold it.

Because 5,000 of the 20,000 troops were equipped with shotguns purchased from Japan a few days ago, which was extremely advanced. I believe that this time I will definitely be able to beat Jiannu out of the.

By the time Li Shu arrived in Kaesong, Amin had already crossed the Imjin River with his army and was stationed outside the city.

Li Shu stood at the head of the city and looked at the enemy camp and frowned.

Shield carts, ladders, battering rams, the other side carries a large number of siege equipment. Looks like you have to take Kaesong?

But what are they trying to do!?

Of the more than 20,000 defenders in the city, he had only 8,000. Attacked?

After lunch, with Amin's order, an attack on Kaesong was launched!

It is still the old routine of Jiannu siege, with the shield cart in front, the infantry in the middle, and the archers in the rear.

But it's practical.

The bows and arrows thrown from the city wall did not work at all, but some soldiers were shot by Jiannu's strong bow and fell off the city. Seeing this, Li Shu immediately ordered the attack to be stopped, and only after the Eight Banners came under the city wall did he order the soldiers to smash them down with the large stones they had prepared earlier.

As it turned out, the defending side always had some advantage.

The Eight Banners tried it, but without success, they left hundreds of corpses behind and retreated.

Until nightfall, Jiannu did not attack again.

On the second day,

Still after lunch, Jiannu attacked again.

Hundreds more casualties.

Li Shu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that there was no problem at all in defending the city. Immediately, I wondered, what did Jiannu want to do? Do you want to lure yourself out of town? If you think about it, it's really possible. After figuring it out, Li Shu smiled secretly, there is really nothing to worry about without Huang Taiji's Jiannu, such a simple trick, how can General Ben not see it?

On the third day,

Jiannu is here again.

It was still the shield cart in front and the archers behind. The soldiers on the city wall were too lazy to fire any more arrows, and just wait until Jiannu approached to throw the stones down.

"General, why did Jiannu dispatch cavalry this time?"

"I don't know." Li Shu frowned.

Siege cavalry, haven't you heard of it?

The speed of the Jiannu cavalry was very slow, basically the same as the infantry. As Jiannu slowly approached, Li Shu's heart inexplicably moved. I always felt that something wasn't quite right.

Suddenly, the three thousand Jiannu cavalry shouted and suddenly increased their speed.

Shing mun!

"Not good! Go to the city gates! ”

It's late!