After listening to Zheng Zhilong's command, Qian Qingjian learned that it was the Dutch and a small number of Portuguese who invaded Taiwan who fought with Zheng Zhilong. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The origin of the matter was that an envoy from the Ming court from Shuntianfu (present-day Beijing) went to Macao and asked the Portuguese arms dealers to purchase ten Hongyi cannons, which were to be shipped to Jinmen by sea and then transported by land to Shuntian to resist the growing strength of Li Chuang's army.

This matter was discovered by Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, and Zheng Zhilong had the heart of robbery.

This kind of Hongyi cannon has a longer range and greater power than the Franc machine gun of the same period, but the cannon body is thick and long, which is not suitable for field combat, but it is suitable for fortress defense, city defense batteries and ship equipment.

At this point in the book, I have to mention the history of the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, originally after Zheng He's seven voyages to the West and Qian Qingjian's voyages around the world, the official cannon casting technology of the Ming Dynasty was already very good, and there were cannon factories in Foshan, Guangdong and other places to make cannons all year round.

However, in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the world is in turmoil, bandits are numerous, the Ming Dynasty regime has been like a candle in the wind, and the imperial power has been unable to prohibit it in the land of China.

There was a "No. 1 Artillery Factory in the Far East" built by the Portuguese in Macao, which was originally built by selling the first pot of gold to the Ming Dynasty cannons, and since then it has provided all kinds of artillery for the Ming court all year round. In this troubled era, it is a big fortune of China's war wealth and national disaster wealth, no matter whether you go to fight Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong or Huang Taiji, as long as the money arrives, it will be shipped immediately, and it will be operated in good faith, and no credit will be owed.

So Zheng Zhilong organized ships, gathered manpower, and planned to rob the ten cannons at sea.

No, his subordinates could not only detect the information, but also betray the information, and somehow the news reached the ears of the Portuguese, who felt that they could not deal with the pirate group that dominated the southeast coast on their own, so they united with the Dutch entrenched in Taiwan and set up a trap for Zheng Zhilong on the sea.

Zheng Zhilong gathered the pirate fleet of the 72 islands, set off from the port built by Lao Qian in Putian, Fujian, and plunged into the pocket of the Dutch-Portuguese combined fleet.

After a fierce naval artillery battle, Zheng Zhilong's snatched Franc machine was of course unable to defeat the Dutch and Portuguese Hongyi cannons, so he had to break out of the encirclement and flee from the wilderness, saying that it was a desert, but he could not escape back to Fujian.

At that time, the only way out was to bypass Taiwan and flee to Japan, but Zheng Zhilong traveled back and forth between Fujian and Japan all the year round, and he was not afraid that no one would entertain him in Japan, after all, it was his second wife's maiden home.

So Zheng Zhilong's fleet came to the vicinity of the underwater city.

Generally speaking, the speed of a pirate ship always prevails, which is like a fast horse on land. So by this time, most of the Dutch and Portuguese ships that had chased after them had been reduced. Zheng Zhilong couldn't swallow this breath, and saw that the enemy only had half of the ships left to chase, so he ordered his ships to turn back and fight again, but this battle still suffered, and when he and his wife supervised the battle, a cannonball hit the side of the ship, and the wife fell into the sea in fright.

Fortunately, Qian Qingjian rescued him, otherwise he would have either waited for his own ships to be sunk a few more, or he could only abandon his wife and flee for his life, in short, the loss would be bigger and bigger.

Now that his wife is in a desperate situation, Zheng Zhilong no longer fights with the enemy for a short time, and orders to continue to drive to Japan at full speed.

After a bloody battle just now, the Dutch-Portuguese fleet behind them was not completely unhindered, with 1,000 enemy wounded and 800 self-inflicted, and many sailors and sailors also died under the charge of pirate gunboats.

Maybe it was because he saw the ruthlessness of the pirates and was afraid of himself, or maybe he was also thinking that it would be dangerous to chase Japan, in short, the fleet of red-haired ghosts turned the bow.

So the sea was calm again, and dozens of dolphins jumped out of the water one after another, their voices chirping.

Others didn't know why, but Qian Qingjian knew that the dolphins were asking about their whereabouts. He then made a dolphin sound, telling them that he was returning to land and looking for his relatives. There will be a chance to play with them again in the future.

The dolphins were all sad, although they also replied to express their understanding, but they were reluctant to follow Zheng Zhilong's flagship and refused to leave for a long time.

"Brother Qian, what are you ......" Zheng Zhilong stood beside him and asked Qian Qingjian why he only watched the dolphins from the side of the boat, and of course the people on the boat couldn't hear his transmission.

Qian Qingjian also felt self-sad, although he didn't get along with these dolphins for a long time, they were very happy with each other, especially the injuries in the sea were also healed by them, and he couldn't bear to leave.

It's just that now he has to meet the countrymen, and he wants to borrow a small boat from Zheng Zhilong to return to Spirit Snake Island, and then he urgently needs to do something to repay his debts, but he can't go to the sea to swim with dolphins anymore.

But of course, he couldn't say this to Zheng Zhilong, so he only said perfunctorily: "Oh, I had already fainted when I fell into the water, but fortunately there were dolphins to save me, otherwise I would not have been able to save Mrs. Zun, but I would not have been able to save my life." ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said: "Zhilong has heard that this kind of guinea fish is known as 'wisdom in the sea', and Brother Qian should be a person of profound blessing when he was rescued by this guinea fish." It's just that the sea breeze on the bow of the ship, Brother Qian also asked to enter the cabin and change clothes quickly, and then how about you and my brother talk about the wine?"

It is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, Qian Qingjian happily followed the two servants into the cabin.

One of the servant women was holding a Zheng Zhilong robe, and the other began to help Qian Qingjian undress, the two servant women regarded Qian Qingjian as a real blind person, even if Qian Qingjian was naked, they did not avoid their eyes, but greedily glanced at Qian Qingjian's body.

Qian Qingjian only didn't know, but only after this change of clothes did he know that in the past few years, unconsciously, he had become a fat man.

Even Zheng Zhilong's clothes felt a little tight when he put them on, and then "looked" at his original clothes, they were already ragged, thinking that they were broken by Fa Fu's body, and he was obsessed with cultivating martial spirits and Heluo Shengong underwater, so he didn't pay attention to the changes in his body shape and clothes.

Speaking of which, it is no wonder that Qian Lao Mo is ignorant of clothes, living underwater, he has always only been accompanied by sea fish, who to wear clothes to? and swimmers do not have a sense of skin, he has been soaked in the sea water for many years, and it is strange that he is not fat.

No wonder the dolphin felt close to me when he saw me, and it was a sea pig with my proper size! Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing to himself, and the two servants were confused, but they didn't dare to ask, what is this blind gentleman laughing at?

Out of the cabin, when they came to the main cabin, Zheng Zhilong and Tagawa, who had changed his clothes, were already sitting at a table, and the table was full of wine and food.

Qian Qingjian let a servant woman take him by the hand and helped him sit down.

"Qiu Ju, you are in charge of Brother Qian's diet. Zheng Zhilong waved his hand away from another servant woman, and arranged for this person named Qiu Ju to assist Qian Qingjian in touching the cups and chopsticks and pouring wine and vegetables.

Qian Qingjian simply accepted it and continued to keep a low profile, not intending to expose his ability to perceive all the scenery around him. At the moment, he just expressed his gratitude, and drank with Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong saw Qian Qingjian take the wine glass that Qiu Ju picked up and drank it, without hesitation, he couldn't help but glance at him again.

It is important to know that people in the rivers and lakes are often cautious when they first arrive at unfamiliar occasions, especially in terms of diet, it is rare for Qian Qingjian to be such a bold person, if this kind of person is either a fool or a daring person, Qian Qingjian is obviously the latter, otherwise how can he rescue his wife from the sea?

During the banquet, Zheng Zhilong expressed his gratitude again, and talked with Qian Qingjian about the current martial arts situation, Qian Qingjian listened more and said less, and gradually confirmed the scene of "Blue Blood Sword" in his memory.

For example, Qian Qingjian's suggestion on the Taiwan Strait issue made Zheng Zhilong feel very refreshed.

Qian Qingjian said that in order to take revenge with one arrow, it is first necessary to block the trade routes on the sea, cut off the lifeblood of the Dutch who occupy Taiwan, and make it impossible for them to communicate and trade with the interior, still less to get in touch with their nests in Europe, and at the same time mobilize the Taiwan people to actively struggle......

Zheng Zhilong, who admired this strategy, threw himself to the ground, and praised Qian Qingjian as the reincarnation of Zhuge and the rebirth of Wolong.

Unbeknownst to him, this strategy was originally developed by him and his son Zheng Chenggong, and relied on this strategy to drive out the Dutch red pigs and bring Taiwan under Chinese rule after seventeen years.

Another example is Qian Qingjian's discussion of the inland situation, saying that the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its strength and is unable to return to heaven; Li Zicheng was born as a thief and it is difficult to become a great weapon; Zhang Xianzhong was brutal and could not die a good death; the wolf son of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was ambitious and waited for an opportunity to move; Wu Sangui forgot his ancestors, forgot his righteousness for profit, and valued women over the nation, and it was better for him to guard Shanhaiguan than to plant a wall grass on the Great Wall......

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this profound insight, and he only felt that Qian Qingjian's detailed understanding of world affairs and profound analysis were as direct as Huang Zhong Dalu, deafening.

"Looking" at the dumbfounded Zheng Zhilong, Qian Qingjian shook his head and sighed, saying in his heart that this person and his son Zheng Chenggong together are also in vain, although they are much stronger than Yuan Chengzhi, who is very talented and talented, but it is not the kind of material to compete for the country, to tell him this, that is, to find some wine to talk about.

After a long day of sailing, the sky was getting late, and the glow on the sea was reflected through the porthole of the cabin, Zheng Zhilong called his subordinates in, and said: "Give the order, all ships, the left is full of rudders." ”

The subordinate took the order out of the cabin, and shouted at the top of his voice: "The commander of the alliance has an order, all ships, the left rudder is full." ”

On the surface of the sea, the reinstatement of the "left full rudder" sounded one after another, and after a while, there were successive "full rudder left" reinstatements.

Qian Qingjian knew that Zheng Zhilong was not going to Japan, but he had to say goodbye and leave, so he smiled and said, "The leader of the general alliance wants to go back?"

"Yes!" Zheng Zhilong personally filled Qian Qingjian with a glass of wine, and sighed: "Listening to your words, Zhilong's mouth is suddenly opened, and the great cause has not been accomplished, how can he hide from Dongying?"

Qian Qingjian said: "In this way, I have to say goodbye to the head of the alliance." ”

Zheng Zhilong was shocked: "Why did Brother Qian say this? Zhilong is about to rely on Brother Qian as his right-hand man, if Brother Qian leaves like this, how can it be different from drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle?"

Qian Qingjian said that if I don't leave, it is difficult to say who is who's right-hand man, but he is not the kind of person who is greedy for power and wealth in the world, and he has no interest in Jiangshan Sheji, so he told the truth: "I have two relatives on Lingsnake Island in Liaodong, and I must go back to reunite with them......

Zheng Zhilong said: "This is easy to do, let's go and pick up your relatives first, and go back to Fujian to share the family." Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "Liaodong is the territory of the Bohai Gang, and it is said that this group of people is quite close to the Jin people, but this is nothing, there is no gang on the sea that dares to argue with me Zheng Zhilong." ”

Without waiting for Qian Qingjian to excuse himself, Zheng Zhilong had already ordered someone to change the rudder again, and a group of pirate ships marched towards Liaodong.

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PS: Before Kangxi succeeded to the throne, the word "Taiwan" was not used, and this article uses this place name in advance for the sake of narrative convenience, which is hereby explained.