When Kuang Lu started to take action, Chen Kai had already returned to Hong Kong. After returning, Chen Kai had been writing things and handed over all the general affairs to the officials and government officials to prepare. During this period, he sent people to Xiachuan Island

After reading the letter, Lin didn't do anything else. Even after checking the title of what Chen Kai wrote, Lin didn't know whether to say whether Chen Kai was confident or was playing with things.

The three-day appointment had not yet arrived, and Chen Kai, who was far away in Hong Kong, had no way of knowing what the outcome would be. However, adhering to the concept of being prepared, Chen Kai still took the boat and headed west to a place on the other side of the Lingding Ocean called Lingding Ocean.

It is a small island in Haojing. However, the Europeans who occupied this island called it "Macau". It is said that when these Europeans first arrived here, they landed at a port with a Mazu temple.

"This is Mr. Fraser."

"This is the representative of the Zheng family in Fujian, the prefect Chen Kai and Chen."

The general manager was very smart and did not mention what the Governor of Macau said, because the Ming Dynasty did not recognize the so-called sovereignty of the Portuguese in Macau. It only recognized the Portuguese doing business and living here, but administrative aspects were under the jurisdiction of the Xiangshan County Government.

Yes, they even have to pay rent every year, let alone what the Governor can say.

The main reason why the Ming court did not send troops to blast away the Portuguese as it did several times before was because the Ming court's military pressure in Liaodong prompted a sharp increase in their demand for red barbarian artillery, and the Portuguese in Macau

The established Bugalao Cannon Foundry was the most famous and even the best cannon foundry in the Far East at that time. There was no other cannon foundry, and it just met the appetite of the Ming court.

Fei Suza just took over as the governor of Macau this year, but at this time, the Portuguese king had not yet established an overseas committee to assist in the management of overseas colonies. The governor was just a soldier, and power was mainly concentrated in the hands of the council.

Chen Kai claimed to be the representative of the Zheng family in southern Fujian. Macau had also heard of Chen Kai's name. They knew that Chen Kai was an important staff member of Zheng Chenggong and an administrative official with a formal official position in the Ming court, so they did not dare to be rude.

Soon, Chen Kai was introduced to the council chamber. However, like the Governor of Macau, the Macau Council was not recognized by the Ming court. Chen Kai only said that he wanted to discuss some matters with the people in charge of the Macau Portuguese people.

, facing the Zheng family, the other party did not worry about this aspect.

"I am here to make a notice. In the past two months, our army will pass a large number of ships in the waters around the Pearl River and Lingdingyang. Our ships, regardless of size, will fly flags embroidered with the word Zheng. The country's surname is He

I hope that if your personnel and ships see such a ship passing by recently, they will not approach it to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

The Zheng family competed with the Dutch, a coachman on the sea, for supremacy in the China Sea. The Zheng family relied on the Ming court, while the Dutch bribed Fujian and Guangdong pirates. The two sides clashed many times. It was not until the end of the Liaoluo Bay naval battle that the Zheng family barely established itself as the hegemon.

status, but the Dutch in southern Taiwan still cannot completely expel them.

However, for the Portuguese, these two families are not easy to mess with, and there is really no need to have any unnecessary misunderstandings with them.

Of course, it is true that the Zheng family is not having an easy life now. The leader of the group, Zheng Zhilong, was taken captive to Beijing by the Qing army and placed under house arrest. The group split and there seems to be signs of reunification recently, but apart from Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Cai seem to be both

There is a better chance. In today's Ming and Qing wars, it is difficult for the Zheng family to get support from the Ming court, so if they can get some business benefits here, they will be very happy.

Next, a gentleman on the Macau Council offered to send warships to help the Ming army, but Chen Kai politely declined. In Chen Kai's words, on the China Sea, the Zheng Group has enough strength to do what they want to do.

They are deeply grateful for their friends' generosity and will naturally raise it when needed; but if anyone dares to offend the Zheng Group's authority in the China Sea, the thousands of large and small ships and their huge reputation among Nanyang Chinese merchants will also

No joke.

After completing the normal diplomatic note process, Chen Kai leased ten ships to the Macau Council, and at the same time stated that he would convey to Zheng Chenggong the intention of Macau to establish trade channels in exchange, and left here. But his body

Although he wore official uniform, he still attracted the attention of local households and the people living on the boat.

"Send someone to find some leaders of the Dan people to come see me."

Back in Hong Kong, the reply from Xiachuan Island was still not delivered. However, the ships that Zhou Rui's fleet had lagged earlier finally arrived. Chen Kai re-inventoryed the goods, and in the next few days, he went to the side

While writing something, I was also conducting the final training for the officials and government officials who were accompanying me. As for the training content, many of the things were actually something that as officials and government officials, they had dabbled in similar things in the local area, so it was not too difficult.

In the past few months, Lin Cha built a large number of temporary camps on Hong Kong Island along the line of what would become Victoria Harbor. Each camp is now hung with a sign with different words. Tents, bedding, dining utensils and other civilian supplies

The supplies were barely in place. After several months of hard work, Chen Kai was indeed a little nervous when the final moment was about to come. And what accentuated his nervousness was the surrounding items he asked his general manager to find in Macau.

But none of the leaders of the Dan people came.

"Forget it if you don't want to get involved. It was just a temporary idea and they were not included in it."

In ancient times, the Dan people lived on boats all their lives and were not allowed to live ashore, making them equal to untouchables. However, when Tong Yangjia was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he went to the Qing court to abolish the Hepu Pearl Tribute, which was kind to the Dan people who made a living by fishing for pearls. Even if it is not said,

It is understandable that the leader of the Dan people did not want to offend the Guangdong officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for Chen Kai, a Fujian civil servant, so Chen Kai did not take it too seriously. Fortunately, Butcher Zhang did not come, and Butcher Li passed by.

.A few days later, as a larger fleet slowly sailed in, Chen Kai was shocked, but his confidence was as high as ever.

"Uncle Hong, why are you here?"

Hong Xu brought a fleet of no less than two hundred large and small ships. Except for a small number of warships equipped with artillery, the others were merchant ships and armed merchant ships. This was beyond Chen Kai's plan, but Hong Xu's answer was,

But it was what he had expected the moment he saw this uncle.

"Guo Xing was afraid that there wouldn't be enough ships for joining the army, so he asked me to come over and help join the army."

"What about the country's surname?"

Due to the acquisition of Chaozhou, Zheng Chenggong's fleet was more powerful than in history. However, the Zheng Group fell apart, and many ships fell into the hands of the Qing army. In addition, they were not well maintained and could no longer be used. Zheng Chenggong successively

Lin Cha and Zhou Rui's fleets were handed over to Chen Kai, and now Hong Xu's merchant fleet has been sent. What's left is Lin Xishan's Louchuan Town. Even after several expansions, it seems too thin.

"The Xiamen side has been taken, and Chen Zhongjing is commanding the navy of the old Ding Yuanbo; last month, the four generals Yang Chaodong, Wang Sheng, Yang Quan, and Cai Xin under the command of Yongshengbo also led the land army and the navy.

Come to join the national surname; plus Lin Zhongding's Louchuan Town, it is enough to deal with the surrounding threats. In fact, if it weren't for Yong Shengbo who still had many ships and sergeants in his hands, and there was news that Yong Shengbo planned to go north to Lu

If the king asks for help, Guo Xing plans to send more ships."

Zheng Chenggong's helping hand naturally made Chen Kai very excited, which showed that his efforts were not in vain, and the arrival of Hong Xu's fleet increased his chances of winning by several percent. However, Zheng Chenggong had broken with Zheng Cai, and he also changed

There is too much history. Facing the more powerful Zheng Chenggong, Chen Kai cannot be sure for a while whether Zheng Cai and Lu Supervisor will abandon their old grudges and join forces to fight against him.

Seeing that Chen Kai's brows seemed to be a little worried, Hong Xu smiled happily and said: "It's still Guo who knows that he can join the army. This time, he specifically asked me to tell him. He said that if he was in a situation like this, he would not be able to deal with it.
Chapter completed!