When he received the news, Chen Kai was still waiting for a new batch of goods, but after much calculation, Chen Kai still planned to ask Zheng Chenggong for more ships. But when he really arrived at Zhao'an County, this thought

He put it away immediately.

"A few days ago, Zheng Cai led his troops to go to sea, and his whereabouts are unknown. However, he had a long secret discussion with Zheng Lian before setting off. Afterwards, Zheng Lian also said something like his brother valued the country's surname after drinking."

Zheng Zhiwan and Zheng Zhipeng had already mentioned this matter to Zheng Chenggong, and now it was just a matter of the two conspirators, Chen Kai and Shi Lang, gathering together to explain it in detail again.

In Zheng Zhipeng's words, Zheng Cai's expedition was accompanied by not many troops. The names of his generals such as Jiang Mei'ao, Cai Xing, and Zhang Yunfei were quite impressive even to Chen Kai. Today's Zhongzuo Institute basically has

It is Zheng Lian's army, and the person in charge is naturally Zheng Lian. In the eyes of Zheng Zhiwan and Zheng Zhipeng, it is the best time for their Ishii Zheng family to retake Xiamen, which has been "forcibly occupied" by the Gaopu Zheng family for many years!

"The general will think that a strong attack is the last resort, so he should make a plan."

Now that Zheng Chenggong had summoned him and Shi Lang, Chen Kai had already understood that Zheng Chenggong was actually tempted by this. Xiamen was the base camp that the Zheng Group carefully managed back then, and it was the real sea trade center on the Fujian Sea.

When ships cross the Yangtze River, most of the goods from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Damuan, Nanyang countries and Western Europe are transited here. It can even be said that if Xiamen can be captured, more than 100% of the goods can be obtained every year.

Profits from trade can easily rise to the level of one million taels of silver, which is simply not something that Chaozhou Prefecture can compare with.

In the end, what Zheng Chenggong is worried about is Zheng Cai. The Zheng Lian brothers are strong. With the help of Chen Kai, Zheng Chenggong now dominates the east of Guangdong. He has nearly 20,000 tiger soldiers under his command, but compared to the brothers' army of no less than 40,000

, but there is still a big gap. Because of this, Shi Lang proposed a design and gave practical strategies.

"This is a good plan. But if I want to take it well, I won't be blamed for killing my brother."

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong was worried, Zheng Zhiwan quickly advised: "If we don't kill him, we are afraid that his generals will love their master and will not be able to be used by his nephew. At the beginning of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and Emperor Taizong were not brothers."

What's more, Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian just came from the common spectrum, so what does it matter!"

During the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin killed his brothers and killed his younger brothers, so that the rule of Zhenguan and the glory of the Tang Dynasty could be achieved. Zheng Zhiwan compared this to his attempt to conquer Xiamen, and Zheng Chenggong also showed his heart. However, the sentence "Commons are not allowed to be killed"

"Brother's name" was heard in Chen Kai's ears, but he suddenly remembered that during the Battle of Jingnan, Emperor Jianwen seemed to have said to Geng Bingwen, "Don't let me be known as the person who killed my uncle."

"It turns out that Zheng Chenggong had already decided to kill Zheng Lian at this time!"

In front of Chen Kai, the matter was settled so simply. At this moment, he was just like a bystander, sitting there, observing the expressions of the other four people, all the calculations were in his mind

weigh repeatedly.

"It actually worked?"

After the general discussion was completed, the next step was nothing more than details. It was only then that Zheng Chenggong suddenly remembered Chen Kai, who seemed to have entered an invisible state, and asked for his opinions.

Facing Zheng Chenggong's consulting gaze, Chen Kai shook his head with a wry smile, and continued: "Since the country's surname has been decided, it is useless for me to say anything more. But even so, I still have a saying

To put it bluntly, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Guangzhou are about to die at the hands of captors, but the princes are here to discuss internal strife, so I have nothing to say."

Chen Kai knew very well that the reason why all this could be reached so smoothly was ultimately due to the Zheng Group's fundamental demands for maritime trade as a maritime business group, and maritime trade was their fundamental interest. More importantly, Chen Kai

Kai suddenly discovered that the Zhu Zheng Guiyi strategy he had proposed earlier to win Zheng Chenggong's trust based on Zheng Chenggong's early development trajectory had completely blocked all his counterargument angles.

After that, Chen Kai bowed his hands and turned to leave. Before Shi Lang moved, Zheng Zhiwan suddenly shouted and accused Chen Kai of not planning for the boss, but instead spending a lot of energy and resources on outsiders.

, with an expression filled with righteous indignation, as if Chen Kai spent all his private money on this plan, rather than the public funds of Zheng Chenggong Group.

"You want to say that the official is eating everything inside and outside, right?"

"you!"

Zheng Zhiwan never thought that Chen Kai would talk like this to him, an elder of the Zheng family, but before he could speak, Zheng Chenggong immediately made peace with him. In this way, Zheng Zhiwan did not intend to continue to entangle with Chen Kai. He and Zheng Zhipeng came here just to

Prompting Zheng Chenggong to send troops to capture Xiamen, this would also be of great benefit to them in terms of maritime trade interests.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that whether Du Yonghe dies or not has nothing to do with me, Chen Kai. What I do is the hundreds of thousands of people there. Yes, my abilities are limited, but I will try my best. This

At least, Guo Xing can understand."

Chen Kai's impassioned speech was met with disdain from Shi Lang, Zheng Zhipeng and Zheng Zhiwan. Only Zheng Chenggong nodded solemnly and said that he would send an additional fleet of Min'an Marquis Zhou Rui to the side.

assist.

Today's Zheng Chenggong is far more powerful than in history. Zheng Chenggong agrees with Chen Kai's plan. Even if he is attacked by east and west, he is willing to support Chen Kai in carrying out the plan. This trust is a sign of trust in Chen Kai.

It's something that no one else has. It doesn't exist now, and it may not happen again in the future.

Zheng Chenggong tried to comfort him, and Chen Kai did not leave immediately, but he still sat there, as if invisible. Shi Lang saw this all in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his mind, so much so that he was talking to Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhiwan, and Zheng Zhipeng.

While the three of them were completing the plan, they all seemed a little distracted.

Gradually, the plan to seize Xiamen became more and more detailed, and it seemed that everything was under control. But at this moment, Shi Lang suddenly proposed that if Zheng Cai could not be subdued quickly, he would encounter the Qing army in Fujian or Huizhou.

Attack, or a flanking attack between the two sides, and what kind of defense Chaozhou should have.

This issue is crucial, because Chaozhou has now become the most important area occupied by Zheng Chenggong. The taxes, soldiers, and production here have a great impact on the survival of Zheng Chenggong's troops. It is not like it was only occupied by Zheng Chenggong at that time in history.

Parts of the southern part of Chaozhou were only used for military recruitment, and the military recruitment was so barefoot that people were not afraid of wearing shoes.

"The general believes that it is better to maintain the rule of Chaozhou with today's defense. But if it cannot be sustained, then we would rather temporarily abandon some areas of Chaozhou, or even the whole of Chaozhou, but also preserve those areas that have already existed.
Chapter completed!