Chapter seven hundred and twenty fourth calm for a while
In Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong had just received news that his two 200-material warships were sunk and several large and small ships were injured.
"How did you do it?" Zheng Zhilong scolded dissatisfiedly: "If you block the river surface, you can actually make people sink the ship!"
Zheng Cai explained helplessly: "We have nothing to do. Li Yan's subordinates were very humble. The shells that were shot were burned red. When they destroyed the side string and fell into the inner warehouse, they were still red. Such a big projectile, we had no tools and no way at all."
Zheng Cai said and gestured, and the four-inch shells were larger than six inches under his gesture. He continued, "It's not just one, it's more than twenty. The shells came all at once. The sailors were either killed or injured, and they could only watch the cabin burned."
"Who asked you to provoke them!" Zheng Zhilong cursed hatefully. Then he ordered: "Send the order and the fleet that blocked the river surface is sailing on the south bank. As long as Li Yan's men do not enter the river, don't provoke it."
His subordinates took the order one after another. He thought for a while, and then ordered: "Send more ships to Hongkui to completely disrupt me from the northern Fujian coast! Send people to various places and tell the wealthy families in various counties that if they still want to save their way to make money at sea, don't sell Li Yan any food and grass! I see that he has no soldiers and no horses, so how can he fight with me!"
"Brother," Zheng Cai immediately advised: "If you transfer the ships again, it will affect Nanyang's business."
Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and shouted, "The business is there, I can't escape! But if Daliang takes over Fujian and Guangdong, can we still have goods to trade?!"
Although Zheng Cai did not agree much, he would not say much. He had absolute confidence in his own navy. Didn’t it be defeated by them, whether it was the navy of the Ming Dynasty or the Dutch gunboats? As long as their fleet was still there, even if Daliang really occupied Fujian and Guangdong, they could continue to raid and destroy the coast. The hundreds of Japanese pirates back then could make the Ming Dynasty unable to sleep or eat, not to mention that they had 100,000 people. As long as Li Yan was not crazy, Daliang’s conditions for recruiting their brothers would not be too low.
The aides immediately began to write documents and were about to send them to the generals. <>At this time, Zheng Sen hurriedly rushed in and saw that there were many people in the hall, so he had to salute and greet him without asking directly. The generals and staff members present also nodded to the young commander.
After waiting for a while, after everyone left, Zheng Sen asked anxiously: "Father, where is the governor?"
"How can I know?" Zheng Zhilong said indifferently.
"Didn't the father-in-chief send a ship to pick up the prison country?" Zheng Sen frowned and questioned.
Zheng Zhilong scolded, "How did you speak?! My troops in Fuqing were also defeated, how could I know the situation of others?!"
"By the way," Zheng Zhilong suddenly reacted and asked, "Didn't you let you guard against the river? Why did you run back?! If Zuo Menggeng ran over, how could I talk to Li Yan?! Go back quickly and show me the upper reaches of the Minjiang River. You can't let an enemy down!"
Zheng Sen didn't say anything, just felt lost. Judging from the current situation, the state of regent must be in danger. He was also very disappointed. He originally wanted to turn the tide and restore the Ming Dynasty to his name, but he had not yet shown his talents. The emperors and the state of regent were successively trapped in the enemy. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty's energy was indeed exhausted.
Seeing that his son was lost, Zheng Zhilong explained with a stern face: "Isn't it just a governor? The Zhu family has many descendants, and there is no shortage of this one. It's not a pity that the Ming Dynasty has been in power for three hundred years. You can see the current situation. Changing dynasties is inevitable."
"Has my father and Daliang agreed?" Zheng Sen asked weakly.
Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "There will be a result soon. I will add troops to your third uncle and see how long Li Yan can last."
"If the King of Gui is established in Guangdong again, what does the father-supervisor mean?" Zheng Sen asked in a low voice.
Zheng Zhilong said disdainfully: "No matter what king he is, the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, it will be useless if anyone becomes emperor. <>You don't have to keep the word loyal, it's time to give your family some effort."
"The boy knows." Zheng Sen replied weakly: "The boy is going back now."
Zheng Zhilong softened and ordered: "Since you are back, go and see your mother and son. Home is the most important thing."
"The boy has been taught." Zheng Sen whispered, then stood up and left silently.
Zheng Zhilong shook his head, dissatisfied with his son's depression. But soon, he became calm again and began to consider negotiations with Li Yan. Now he was still restrained and just put the attack scope on the coast of northern Fujian. If Li Yan really did not agree to his conditions, he would have to harass the entire coast. If this was consumed, Li Yan would also have a headache.
Although Guangdong has not received news of Zhu Changfan being captured, the fall of northern Fujian and the officials and workers in the court have lost contact, which is naturally in danger. The ministers who are still loyal to the Ming Dynasty are naturally worried about the country and have begun to prepare for a new king. Of course, there are also speculators among them. Those who want to fight for famous officials in Zhongxing, but most of them are loyal and upright people. In the current situation, it can only be determined by Li Yan's mood to live in Li Yan's mood. The real speculators have long since packed up their belongings and took their families north to Daliang to compete with them.
Although these people went to Daliang and could not get any good official positions, those who have good reputations in the prefectures and counties may still be appointed as officials of the prefectures. Although Li Yan tried his best to train officials, how could he train tens of thousands of officials needed by various prefectures and counties within two or three years? Therefore, many prefectures and counties still allow the original officials to continue to serve. Those who can adapt to the rules of the new dynasty will naturally be left behind, and those who are ignorant and have difficulty in changing their bad habits will be quickly eliminated.
The banner masters and nobles of the Qing Dynasty were still enjoying each other's feelings and sex. As long as they did not fight with the Han people, their lives would be very enjoyable. Only Dorgon, who had always advocated peace talks with Li Yan, was more distressed.
This distress is not only because his political views are not accepted, but also because of his children. He has many wives and concubines, but he only has one daughter, and he was born to a Korean concubine. There was no movement at all for other Mongolian and Manchu concubines.<>So at this time he was considering that a North Korean woman could give birth to a son for him, so he wanted to ask North Korea for a few more beautiful girls.
Chapter completed!