Lord of Ming Dynasty

And Zhou Porridge is still in charge of the affairs of Taizhou Mansion. Those pirates sent out by Zheng Cai as bait and those maritime merchant families, clans, and fishermen who are facing pirates will be the targets of his cleanup.

Zhang Qiang returned to Linhai County, Taizhou City because the envoys sent by Zheng Chenggong arrived, and he had to receive them. Zheng Cai died, and Zheng Chenggong lost an opponent. In Japan, he consolidated his father's forces, then turned to Taiwan, and finally returned to his original place, Nan'ao Island. After listening carefully to his subordinates' report on the incident between the Jinhua Rebel Army and Zheng Cai, he had an idea.

Integrating his father's business power, he has a financial foundation, and with the allegiance of the forces on the island of Taiwan, he basically has a firm foothold. The Dutch claimed to be their masters and were hostile to them, but the Dutch still did not make up their minds to completely expel them.

After all, Baodao is too big and there are too few Dutch people.

Of course, the Zheng family sent someone to see him, that is Zheng Sen, Zheng Chenggong, who are still very hard-working, after breaking up with his father Zheng Zhilong, he did not go to Longwu right away, until Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai went to Longwu, he did not Realizing that he was late, he wanted to open a gap, and with the help of Emperor Longwu's breeze, he could obtain more capital than Zheng Hongkui. He is now trapped in Nan'ao Island and has a little influence in Jinmen. He is trying to restore his father Worry about the strength of the past.

Zheng Chenggong's strength at this time was not high, but more than 100 ships and a dozen warships.

Zheng Zhilong surrendered and persuaded him many times, but he did not surrender and did not want to be a lackey for the Manchu Qing.

But Zheng Zhilong is the founder of Zheng's Pirates Merchant Group after all. If he is so dishonest, if he doesn't follow his father, those brothers who have been with him through life and death and have received Zheng Zhilong's favor will not follow him.

Even though many people don't want to surrender to the Qing army, it doesn't mean that they want to surrender to Zheng Chenggong. To put it bluntly, Shibazhi is the integration of eighteen big pirate forces. Zheng Zhilong didn't completely suppress those people, so he had to use the identity of a leader Acting, kneading these rebellious pirates into a loose whole, without Zheng Zhilong's ambition and strategy, the fledgling Zheng Chenggong can't completely convince the crowd, he can only integrate those who are not very loyal to his father, but still have some loyalty underlings.

Since Zheng Chenggong worshiped Qian Qianyi as his teacher and became a scholar of Nanjing Guozijian, he has broken away from the Zheng family's pirate forces and is out of tune with others.

So now is also the most difficult period for Zheng Chenggong.

Compared with the pirate sailors of Zheng's pirates and the Ming army in Zhang Qiang's hands, the gap between a child and a big man is no longer at the same level. Even Zheng Chenggong's weak strength can easily defeat them, although After defeating Zheng Cai's pirate forces, Zhang Qiang's sea power was only at the bottom of the ranks and had not yet fully formed its combat effectiveness. Therefore, Zhang Qiang valued Zheng Chenggong's visit this time.

In less than half an hour, Zhu Dayou brought Zheng Chenggong's envoy.

Zhang Qiang stood up and walked to the door to have a look, "Why are you so familiar?"

"Your Majesty Zheng Sen pays his respects to the Governor." The young man knelt down to Zhang Qiang as soon as he came up.

"Zheng Sen?" Isn't this Zheng Chenggong himself?

Zhang Qiang was startled.

In history, Zheng Chenggong was much more respected than his father, Zheng Zhilong. His father was swaying with the wind for his own self-interest. For the overall situation, he was the promoter of sabotage and a betrayer.

Regardless of what Zheng Chenggong’s starting point was, at least the result of what he did was to ensure the country of the Han people in Nanming. But his helpless act of self-preservation made the Treasure Island of later generations belong to the Chinese Han people in name.

If it wasn't for the capricious Shi Lang's betrayal, his Treasure Island would not have been captured by the Qing soldiers in the end.

Longwu once gave him the surname "Zhu" and later generations called him the surname of the country. The Yongli court named him the king of Yanping, the king of the county. Maybe he still has various shortcomings, but he can be regarded as loyal to this country.

At this moment, he has already recruited troops on Nan'ao Island, restored the situation of the Zheng family that was torn apart after Zheng Zhilong's departure, and vowed to defeat the Qing. If Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army hadn't risen strongly, he must still be fighting against the Qing army at this moment.

"Uncle Zhongxiao, please hurry up, this governor can't bear it, you are Uncle Zhongxiao," Zhang Qiang quickly helped him up.

"Tea,"

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Qiang asked: "I don't know if Uncle Zhongxiao is here at this moment, what can I teach you?"

Zheng Chenggong heard the words, "Governor, the purpose of coming here this time is to ask for the success of the Governor, so that I can serve the court again. The Governor knows that because of my father, the emperor is very jealous of my Zheng family. Shen, maybe Uncle Zheng can return to the court, Zheng Cai brothers can return to the court, but the emperor still seems to be reluctant to forgive me, I hope the governor can intercede with the emperor, so that Zheng Sen can serve the court, Zheng Sen's loyalty But there is no distraction."

"This," Zhang Qiangming knew about it and said it himself. Even if Emperor Longwu didn't want to, he still had to show some respect, but Zhang Qiang was also unwilling to do such a thing for someone who had little relationship with him.

Zheng Chenggong got up and came in front of Zhang Qiang, and knelt down on the ground, "Governor, please fulfill Zheng Sen's pure heart. For the foundation of the imperial court, Zheng Sen is willing to go through fire and water."

After he finished speaking, he kowtowed to Zhang Qiang. Although Zhang Qiang didn't dislike kowtowing by the ancients like other time travelers, he understood better than those time travelers that when he goes to the country, he does as the Romans do. If he wants to integrate into a world, he must abide by the rules of the world.

Therefore, except for letting his loyal subordinates and direct-leading troops perform some rituals such as bowing, saluting, and shaking hands that he is accustomed to, he has no requirements for other people, and he is still very lenient. Such a historical figure kowtows like himself, but still feels a little uncomfortable and awkward.

"Uncle Zhongxiao, please hurry up, isn't this a joke for others to see? It's not good for you to spread it. Although I am the governor, I don't have a title. It stands to reason that I should salute you, but you salute me instead. This is inappropriate. Rules, come here, get up quickly." Zhang Qiang went to help Zheng Chenggong with a look of sincerity and fear.

Now, the prestige of his Jinhua Rebel Army has spread to the whole south, and even the north is also very famous. Not everyone can fight and win repeatedly. In less than a year, he wiped out 20 Qing troops. Even if these Qing soldiers actually Most of them are the original Ming soldiers, but there are also many half-Tartars from the north who are determined and powerful, and the Han army flag. At the same time, more than 1 real Tartars were wiped out by Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army.

This is a remarkable achievement in this era.

But this can't be the reason why Zhang Qiangyi and Ling Ran accepted a famous historical figure with a title and a strong performance in the future to kowtow and salute.

But Zheng Chenggong didn't get up, and continued: "My lord, Mr. Sen asks Mr. Sen to help me, so that Mr. Sen can reorganize my father's original foundation. From now on, Mr. Sen will only follow Mr. Sen's lead."

Zhang Qiang sat back in his seat, picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, thought for a while, and asked leisurely: "You are here to ask for help, but how can I help you? I can help a little bit, the others need money, my territory is not enough to spend, I need soldiers, they are all landlubbers on land, and they definitely can’t be sailors on your ship, then you tell me, I can help you with that ?”

Zheng Chenggong knelt there, raised his head, met Zhang Qiang's gaze and said, "I heard that the Lord wiped out Zheng Cai's sea power, and Sen asked the Lord to hand over the rest of Zheng Cai to Sen to appease him. Sen must be very grateful to the Lord. "

Zhang Qiang looked into Zheng Chenggong's eyes, and after a while, he suddenly smiled, "Okay, Zheng Cai's Xiamen and Jinmen can be handled by you, but what can I get?"

Zheng Chenggong clasped his fists, "Governor, I don't want any of Zheng Cai's property. I will send some capable talents to help you train sailors, build ships, and hang your banner in the camp. I will treat you as the master."

Zhang Qiang put down his teacup, "I won't argue with you, since you think so, then I agree, take my warrant, go to Fuzhou to find Mr. Wei, let him cooperate with you to take down Xiamen and Jinmen, from then on there This is your sphere of influence."

Zheng Chenggong kowtowed again, "Thank you sir, Zheng Sen must serve you wholeheartedly."

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "Get up, I hope what you said is true."

Zheng Chenggong raised his hand, "Zheng Sen swears to the sky, if he violates it, let Zheng Sen's heart be pierced with ten thousand arrows, and he will die badly."

Zhang Qiang exchanged some pleasantries with him and sent him away.

At present, Zhang Qiang's elite troops are stationed at some strategic points, which can become the main force to support and determine the outcome of the war between the two sides at any time.

The Qing soldiers were weak and did not dare to attack the Longwu Southern Ming Court, and Zhang Qiang did not want to take too many steps. He needed to digest the territory he had acquired and become a Ming lord.

Since we want to develop people's livelihood and consolidate the territory, we can't develop northward. We have to go southward, to the sea, to do business with other Southern Ming forces, and to increase the fiscal revenue in our territory. The previous fiscal revenue was captured by the Qing army. It's okay for a while, but I can't produce blood, which will inevitably lead to the final body function shrinking and death due to blood loss, and the Jinhua volunteers will die in the end.

Now the livelihood of the people in the territory of the Jinhua Volunteer Army has stabilized slightly, the population continues to grow, and various problems have emerged. While a group of civil affairs officials are needed, the main reason is the lack of money.

Where is the lack of money?

Chapter 143 The End of Zheng Cai [-]

According to the usual practice of the traversers, it is necessary to revitalize commerce and vigorously develop industry.

Zhang Qiang was no exception. He was not as smart as those traversers, so he could only follow their ideas and methods, and imitate cats and tigers. As for whether he looked like him or not, whether he succeeded or not was another matter.

At present, what Zhang Qiang cares about is the income from drying salt. Most of the other incomes are too small, or they can be done by the people themselves. Zhang Qiang currently has no energy to maintain and develop.

So after Zhang Qiang finished his meeting with Zheng Chenggong, he rushed to the coast of Taizhou.

As for how Zheng Chenggong treats him, he doesn't care. Even if he insists, Zheng Chenggong will still come out in the next few years, and he can't control Zheng Chenggong. After all, this guy is too famous and powerful in history.

After some days, even if he didn't fight Zheng Cai, Zheng Chenggong would kill Zheng Cai's younger brother, Zheng Lian, and then cooperate with the outside world to beat Zheng Cai to flee the sea and drift away for several years. In the end, there was really no way, Zheng Cai I had no choice but to return to Xiamen, surrender to Zheng Chenggong, become a rich man, and die of old age on the hospital bed.

It can be seen that Zheng Chenggong is ruthless in his work and conduct, and he can achieve his own hegemony without Lao Tzu. What kind of person is this.

Now Zheng Chenggong came to beg him in a low voice, and he went along with the flow to make a personal favor. When the time came, he would also seek friendship with Zheng Chenggong, so that we could meet again in the future.

This is not to say that Zhang Qiang is afraid of Zheng Chenggong, it's just that his current strength can't touch him, but he can do him bad things. If he can directly kill him with a wave of his hand, what do you think Zhang Qiang will do?

It is said that Zheng Chenggong took Zhang Qiang's warrant, left Taizhou Fucheng, went straight to the coast of Taizhou, and boarded the boat.