"Look, Marquis Lin, the subsidy is not in vain, right?"

"The imperial court never gives rewards."

"Hey, if we don't give you reward, aren't we allowed to have fun on our own?"

After talking and laughing, it was natural that Du Yonghe's head would be preserved in saltpeter. Of course, before that, Chen Kai simply sent someone to take Du Yonghe's head around on the dock for a few times, so as to scare the seamen.

Merchants and ship owners have a better understanding of the current situation.

The damaged Qing warships were towed back to the port. The victorious Ming army showed off their power, their heads were hung high, and the flags were thrown to the ground. When Du Yonghe's head was raised high, the cheers of the Ming army had already swept all the troops away.

The human soul was attracted to it, and a pair of eyes filled with either fear or trust watched all this happening intently.

The former Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. This was an extremely bad incident, but now that his head has been hung on the spear of the Ming army, the earlier evil has been completely transformed into awe of the Ming army. Even if this Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi

He was already a fallen phoenix, and he still died on the way to escape...

The show off here is still going on, and from time to time there are exclamations. The merchants and ship owners who paid the rates in exchange for the tokens are more enthusiastic than in the past few days. Many ship owners even unloaded the cargo directly, and here and tomorrow

The military and other maritime merchants traded here, and it seemed that they had used this place as a cargo distribution center to replace Guangzhou, which was still under the control of the imperial army.

Looking at everything in front of him, a smile appeared on Chen Kai's lips. The Eight Banners Army in Guangzhou was brutal and ruthless, and the Qing government strictly enforced shaving one's hair and changing clothes, which was unpopular and also interfered with the normal trade order and trade.

Security. Historically, the prosperity of Hong Kong was caused by the colonization of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets. As it is today, it is more like the Taiping Rebellion that scared away wealthy merchants in Suzhou and accelerated the prosperity of Shanghai.

After seeing the effectiveness of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, Chen Kai returned to the official office, picked up a brush and wrote a letter, sending someone to Shangchuan Island to express his gratitude to Chen Qice.

Regarding Chen Qice's matter, he wrote a letter to apologize earlier, and Chen Kai began to discuss with him when he wrote back. Chen Qice has not forgotten the friendship of cooperation during the Pearl River Water War the year before, nor has he forgotten Chen Kai's generosity to him after the war. Limited.

The help from him is the limit of what he can do. After all, unlike Chen Kai, he slowly climbed up in the Zheng Group, and his relationship with the Ming court is not very deep. He is a serious Ming army general and governor.

You have a destiny, and even if you go against it, you still have to live up to your expectations.

Chen Kai can naturally understand this, but compared to past friendships, he believes more in current and future cooperation. He believes that only the watering of interests can make this flower of friendship bloom more brilliantly!

For this reason, Chen Kai promised Chen Qice a subsidy because Chen Qice's defense area is already close to part of the western part of the Pearl River Delta. Although the main sea trade route is through the Pearl River Estuary and out to sea, there may be a few

The guy wanted to use this to "avoid taxes." In this name, Chen Kai gave Chen Qice a sum of money, which served as the basis for the current cooperation and also served as a bundle of interests.

Chen Qice's current pursuit of Du Yonghe is, on the one hand, because he adheres to the principle of "thieves must be punished" and is incompatible with the Qing army. On the other hand, it is also due to the continuous cooperation between the two sides. In the final analysis, it is necessary for the Qing army to break through.

The Ming army's island chain in the Guangdong Sea was not a good thing for Chen Kai or him.

This matter is not trivial, and Lian Chengbi will know about it sooner or later, but the problem is that with such a large Qing fleet passing through, even if Lian Chengbi is the governor, Chen Qice cannot ignore it. After all, who knows that those Qing troops are just

Even though I was passing by, I still had the idea of ​​​​falsely trying to conquer Guo!

“I really don’t know if these guys are farsighted or short-sighted if they give up the current life-and-death united front work for the sake of possible interest disputes in the future.”

Looking at the lively scene on the pier in the distance, Chen Kai shook his head and smiled at Lin Cha. But after laughing, he thought about it, such characters have never been less in this end of the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes,

Loyalties and traitors are just excuses for factional fights, and sometimes factions are often just a place where loyalists and traitors live in peace, but no matter what, internal strife is always inevitable.

Chen Kai knew very well that in the days to come, he was afraid that he would encounter more people like this. Even Lian Chengbi estimated that he would have to "get along" with each other on the Guangdong battlefield for some time. However, he was not convinced about this.

He is very worried because he is never afraid of any challenges, whether they come from internal or external sources.

Fortunately, after this battle, there is nothing to worry about, that is, the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver scraped from Du Yonghe's hands when he organized the evacuation from Guangzhou. After this time, he finally felt relieved and rest assured.

You no longer have to worry about someone coming to ask for your debt...

Hong Kong Island will be an important strategic location in Chen Kai's plan, and the construction of infrastructure is still in progress, whether it is military defense or daily necessities. Auxiliary soldiers of the Ming army have to go up the mountain to cut down trees every day.

This was used to expand the port area. Even Chen Kai also sold his houses according to size in later generations, truly interpreting the term "every inch of land is valuable". At this moment, it is just a barren area and he allocated two pieces of land the size of a football.

To build a square and ancillary buildings whose purpose is unclear.

"Well, build a pavilion here, it will probably look like this..."

"Near the pavilion, um, plant kapok trees in this area and this area, planting them intermittently. Um, by the way, there's also that area..."

"Build a building here for office use..."

"..."

The area that Chen Kai wants to build is said to be an office, but it is not in the shape of a government office. It is even far from the shape of a government office. However, after some layout, he established a foothold at the Pearl River Estuary and ran to

Import and export duties are collected here. Although the fees for renting Zheng's tokens are to be handed over to the Zhongzuo Institute, a large number of goods no longer continue to go north to Guangzhou, but are transited here, and the profits are

Basically, it was the Guangdong battlefield that Chen Kai was in charge of.

The inland administrative expenses are borne by Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, while the profits from sea trade belong to Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong. At most, they are responsible for the operating expenses of the navy and administrative personnel as well as the construction expenses of ports and towns. Chen Kai

I feel that the truth is only within the range of cannons. Who made the Ming army strong at sea?

The strength of the Navy is the guarantee of everything. Chen Kai arranged some matters, handed over the defense to Lin Cha, and set off back to Chaozhou. After all, Chaozhou is the focus of all work at this stage. He opened the "

For the time being, the "sub-base" was nothing more than a strategic deterrent and a cash collection counter. However, while sitting on the boat, Chen Kai still wrote a letter to Zheng Chenggong, requesting the dispatch of more naval forces to ensure the safety of this place.
Chapter completed!