Today, Chen Zilong wanted to discuss the issue of expanding the results of the war with Governor Li Zhi, but he saw Li Zhi frowning when he entered the tent.

Chen Zilong stepped forward and bowed and asked, "Master Taiwan Master, what's wrong?"

Seeing that his right-hand assistant was coming, Li Zhi sighed and handed over the military order of the King of Chu in his hand to Chen Zilong to watch.

After receiving the letter, Chen Zilong read it in one look at the ten lines and said in surprise: "Why is the King of Chu? At present, the war between Nanzhili and Zhejiang is going smoothly. It was the time to counterattack Nanjing in one go. Why did the King of Chu give such a strange order at this stall?"

After Chen Zilong passed the Jinshi, he has always been a local minority official and has not had the experience of a central official, so he thought about the problems on the surface. Li Zhi is different. He is 54 years old this year and has wasted more than ten years on the patrol of the sea. The matter in the officialdom is Men Qing.

When Li Zhi received the military order from the King of Chu, he knew that the King of Chu was using a knife to kill people. With the sword of the Qing Dynasty, he wanted to kill the King of Tang. As for what the order said in the order was not enough, it was an excuse. If he had no money, he could still transport ships of food from Guangdong?

Li Zhi looked at Chen Zilong, who was indignant and felt that this young man was a talented person. He should click on him and not let him follow his old path.

"What do you think of this order from the King of Chu among people?"

"Didn't it mean that the Ministry of Revenue has no money, so let's shrink the war!"

"Hey, you are still young. The annual tax in Dongguan, Guangdong has to be collected by 5 million taels. In addition, the annual taxes from various governments in Guangdong, the annual silver that can be spent in Guangdong is about 10 million taels. The grain we refugees need is transported from Annan. I heard that each stone of rice is less than one tael of silver and salt is the same. Why do you still say that there is no silver?"

Chen Zilong felt a bit strange when he heard Li Zhi say this. The island has 100,000 people and needs a lot of food every day, but all of them are transported from Guangdong. It can ensure that refugees can eat two meals a day, which is better than what some poor families eat every day. In addition, the snow-white salt is open to supply, you should know that this kind of fine salt costs two taels of silver per kilogram in southern Zhili, and when it gets north of the Yellow River, it is even more fine salt. There is nothing unusual about the grain ships from Guangdong these days. Why did the King of Chu say that he has no money?

Chen Zilong asked, "Sir, what is the deep meaning of the King of Chu?"

"Among people, have you not heard that the Tang King of Fujian proclaimed himself emperor? I heard that the Tang King had issued two edicts to the King of Chu to remove the title of the king of Chu!"

One sentence reminds the dreamer that Chen Zilong is also a man of high intelligence. He didn't expect that he just didn't understand the political activities of the senior officials. Today, he heard Li Zhi say this and immediately realized it.

After figuring it out, Chen Zilong couldn't help but angrily said, "Which guy gave the King of Chu? Isn't this a bad idea for the King of Chu? Isn't this self-destructing the Great Wall? As the saying goes, the lips are gone and the teeth are cold. The King of Tang in Fujian was destroyed by the Qing army. Isn't Guangdong exposed to the iron hooves of the Qing army? I met the King of Chu in Huguang. The King of Chu was open-minded and would never make such a decision!"

Li Zhi sneered secretly, "That wine-sex person is open-minded? That stupid king is cruel and killing, and despicable is the real thing!"

Although Li Zhi thought so, he still had to be grateful to Zhu Hongsan. Without Zhu Hongsan's keen eyes, he was still a patrolman in Guangdong with only one thousand soldiers. He could become the governor of eight living quarters like he is now.

"Master of the Taiwan Strait, please give me an order. I want to go to Guangdong to meet King Chu Qiansui. I must convince the King of Chu to revoke this order!"

Seeing Chen Zilong's youthful and energetic spirit, Li Zhi had no choice. Maybe it would be better to let him suffer a loss.

"Okay, there are still a few ships of refugees to be transported to Guangdong the day after tomorrow. You can follow us!"

While Li Zhi and Chen Zilong were discussing the matter, a small boat floated over the Zhoushan Islands. It was said to be a small boat, but this kind of ship that could leave the ocean was not very small, and the boat was pulled by a family. Now, the people in the Dinghaiwei in Zhoushan who were unwilling to shave their heads. In addition to the cross-sea transportation organized by the government army, the people along the coast also spontaneously organized to come to Zhoushan to join the Ming army. So there are many such small boats.

An old man in blue shirt standing on the boat would definitely curse if Zhu Hongsan was here. "What are you, Qian Qianyi, who is old?"

This old man is Qian Qianyi, "The water is too cold". Since the surrender of Nanjing, Old Man Qian thought that the Qing Dynasty could reuse a leader like him, so when the Qing Dynasty asked him to become an official in Beijing, Old Man Qian went there happily.

But unexpectedly, when he arrived in Beijing, the Qing Dynasty only gave him a free time in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. In addition, many people mocked him as the "leader of the two dynasties", Old Man Qian also felt that this official was meaningless, so he resigned on the grounds of poor health.

When he returned to his hometown in Changshu, he saw his hometown that was harmed by the Qing army, Qian Qianyi also regretted the surrender at that time. However, it had already made a big mistake. Qian Qianyi could only drink to relieve his sorrow every day.

His concubine Liu Rushi is a female hero. Seeing Qian Qianyi's despair, he stepped forward and advised: "Master, the eldest lady has taken her family to Guangdong. Why don't we go and join the King of Chu together!"

Qian Qianyi shook his head and said, "I didn't deal with that Zhu Hongsan and I were in the court back then. He even set fire to our house. If I went to Guangdong, could he spare me?"

"Master, I think the King of Chu is talented as Liu Bei. In addition, you are still the leader of the Shilin after all. Nearly half of the local officials in the southern provinces are your disciples, disciples, and friends. I think the King of Chu should make a choice. What's more, I heard that Yuting has given birth to a son for the King of Chu. If Yuting talks, I think the King of Chu will not be difficult for the Lord."

After Liu Rushi said that Qian Qianyi also thought this was a solution. Now there are five or six major states in the south, and the Tang King of Fujian is even more directly called himself emperor. The bastard King of Chu also called himself a state of governor, but his blood is estranged. I heard that officials from various prefectures and counties in Guangdong Province are not very convinced. If you go by yourself, you can help him. But you really can't help me.

Seeing Qian Qianyi's hesitation look, Liu Rushi already knew that he had decided to go to Guangdong, but he was unable to get over the face and wanted to get a step forward.

Liu Rushi thought for a while and said, "Master, Yuting has just given birth to a son. Should you, a grandfather, go see your grandson? After all, Yuting is your legitimate daughter!"

"Yes, my grandfather should go and see grandson, Hedongjun, you can prepare for it, we will set off in a few days!" Seeing that Old Man Qian had a step down, Liu Rushi smiled and made arrangements.

The Qian family has nothing to do now. When Chen left, everything he could take away. Qian Qianyi only took a few of his confidant family members and hired a boat to search for the whereabouts of the Ming army along the Yangtze River.

Now the entire Yangtze River estuary to the coast of Zhejiang is the world of Guangdong Navy, and countless ships are rushing to Zhoushan every day. Qian Qianyi and his party can easily find out about the Ming army in Chongming County, and then hire a large sea boat to go south to Zhoushan.

When he arrived outside the Zhoushan Islands, Qian Qianyi stood on the bow of the boat and saw a large number of sea boats waiting to enter Dinghai Port. Dinghai was originally just a military port, with not so many berths. In addition, Guangdong's grain transport ships have to enter the port these days, so a large number of ships coming to flee were parked outside the port.

Qian Qianyi saw the Navy ship carrying the Ming army flag passing by him. The warship was like a castle, and the side of the ship was three times higher than the ship he was riding on, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a majestic warship!"

"Master, you haven't seen the largest one yet! I went abroad today and was not in the port. I heard that the big ship had 2,400 materials. My mother, maybe the ship that the Sanbao eunuch went to Nanyang was not as big as that!"

Qian Qianyi looked back and saw that the person who spoke was the boss of the ship he hired.

"This ship owner, are these ships all the navy of the King of Chu in Guangdong?"

"Yes, these are all from the Guangdong Navy. Half a year ago, fighting with the Tatar Navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the river water was dyed red. I heard that thousands of warships of the Tatar Navy were wiped out!"

Although Qian Qianyi had no rights in the Qing Dynasty, he still knew some basic news. At that time, the warships were reported to have lost 120 warships and more than 2,000 sailors were killed. Eighteen large Ming army ships and countless small boats were wiped out. It was different from what the boss of this ship said!

"Cruiseman, I heard that the military navy also suffered a lot of losses. Is it true?"

"Well, I was on the edge of the Yangtze River at that time, and many boats were seen. The Ming army had only five large boats, and they did not contact the Tartar Navy at all. They bombarded with cannons outside. The sound of cannons was deafening, and I still had tinnitus in my ears three days later!"

"Shipman, do you mean that the army has not lost a single ship?"

"Yes, Master, look!" The ship boss said, pointing to the warship passing by.

"Master, you see it. There are three rows of windows on both sides of the side of the ship. They are gun windows, and there is a cannon in each window!"

Qian Qianyi looked at the dense cannon windows and asked, "Are these all artillery guns? Are there nearly thirty artillery guns?"

"This is just one side, there are thirty gates on that side. I heard that this is just a third-level warship of the Guangdong Navy, and a full one-level warship with a full one hundred cannons. But I have never seen it before. This is what I heard from those navy sailors brag about! Those sailors were originally pirates from Nanyang and Guangdong. I heard that they were subdued by the King of Chu and became sailors. Each of them had a full ten taels of silver a month."

No matter how much money Qian Qianyi was, he was only interested in the strength of the King of Chu. After all, it was related to his own wealth and life.

"Boatman, how many Guangdong navy are there like this?"

"I don't know, I can see about a dozen ships. I heard from those sailors that they have a fleet of this size in Annan, Nanyang. I heard that they had won a battle in Luzon some time ago and occupied Luzon."
Chapter completed!