Zheng Chenggong's reply was quickly sent out, but it is still unknown when exactly it will be delivered to Li Dingguo. But what is certain is that neither Zheng Chenggong nor Chen Kai will be involved in the Battle of Zhaoqing.

, and during this period, they will also act in accordance with the plan agreed upon earlier and strengthen the soft and hard strength of this army step by step.

After leaving Zheng Chenggong's mansion, the next day, Chen Kai announced that he was going to return to Chaozhou. Zheng Chenggong hosted a banquet to say goodbye, and after some mutual encouragement of "encouraging each other with you," Chen Kai took his newlywed wife to the official palace where he came.

Boat.

On the boat, Chen Kai carefully planned the previous plan, and Zheng Xiyuan was also waiting beside him. He was grinding ink with his bare hands and adding fragrance to his red sleeves. Even on the boat, there was a unique style.

Chen Kai vaguely knew that his mother-in-law had repeatedly told Zheng Xiyuan to conceive a child as soon as possible to expand the branches of the Chen family and extend the heirs. Having children would better consolidate the family status and make the couple

It is more harmonious. This is the mother-in-law's personal experience, and she naturally passes it on to her daughter without any hesitation.

"Husband, it's time to rest. Staying up late is not good for your health."

Chen Kai didn't feel the need to make fun of the strange talk about cultivating immortals. Instead, at Zheng Xiyuan's urging, Chen Kai showed a vulgar "you know" expression, which made Zheng Xiyuan's skin crawl.

"Husband, forget it today. We are still on the boat..."

On the boat, Chen Kai laughed when he heard this. He was about to discuss the issue of sound insulation, but then thought about it, but then joked: "Early to bed and early to rise are good for good health. This truth is true. But, madam, you

It’s probably too much to think about.”

"Tch, my husband is teasing me again."

After Zheng Xiyuan said that, she ignored her and got into bed without saying a word. She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. However, Chen Kai didn't coax her as he usually did. He simply blew out the lamp and lay aside.

, and no longer spoke.

There was silence in the cabin, only the sound of breathing could be heard. Zheng Xiyuan pretended for a while, but there was still no movement from Chen Kai. He simply pouted, turned around and looked at Chen Kai, but what he saw was a

An unexpected smile appeared before her eyes through the moonlight coming in through the window.

………………

After returning to Chaozhou Fucheng, the governor's wife naturally moved into the back house of the governor's office. A few days later, Chen Kai reviewed the official documents about the stay, and also waited for the three thousand Quanzhou soldiers that Zheng Chenggong had agreed to arrive, as well as those large and small.

With the warship, Chen Kai mobilized Du Hui's Zhongchong Town, Li Jianjie's Huqi Town and Jiang Mei'ao's Guangdong General Production Battalion to board the ship and set off again.

The fleet is heading west, and in Hong Kong, sea-going ships are bustling. Due to the implementation of the Ming army's rate system in the Pearl River Estuary, there are many people who have paid their rates and continue north to Guangzhou, or south to Nanyang, but there are also many maritime merchants.

, ship owners chose to trade directly on Hong Kong Island. Moreover, this proportion continues to expand as time goes by.

The island's ancillary facilities are becoming more and more complete, and along the port, an increasingly prosperous town is rising. New houses are being built every day, some are for people to live in, some are used to store goods, and some are used to store goods.

The stables for raising livestock just need to be built more remote.

The island is getting noisier day by day. The only thing that is not beautiful is the Kowloon Peninsula opposite. The Qing army has built more and more camps. They are densely packed and look more and more unpleasant when viewed from the other side of the sea.

In the hospital for injuries and illnesses in the military camp, due to the absolute superiority of the Ming Navy at sea, the Qing Navy had to shrink. Even the Guangdong Sea pirates did not dare to go to the Pearl River Estuary to stroke the tiger's beard.

Although we have been busy for a while, there have been very few wounded soldiers recently. On the contrary, the two dozen ambulance soldiers seem to be more than the wounded.

Nie Niang is the captain of the rescue center. She has brought out all these twenty rescue soldiers with her own hands and feet. She also knows the situation in the injured hospital best.

Among the wounded who were living in the sick ward, two were in the hospital. These soldiers who were pretending to be sick were the most lazy. Nie Niang was thinking about how to kick them out so as not to waste time.

You're wasting everyone's energy here.

However, the boss of these two soldiers was the one responsible for port security. Every time he met her, he couldn't help but talk nonsense, as if he couldn't live without taking advantage of her words. Moreover, he seemed to be talking to someone in the town.

The little widow fought fiercely, and she would go to the little widow's house whenever she could. From the bottom of her heart, Nie Niang really didn't want to see his face, let alone have any interaction with him, even on official matters.

things.

Since she couldn't use her boss's relationship, she had to think of a solution on her own. As she was thinking about it, she gradually walked to the ward, but several voices inside immediately swept away her thoughts.

"Captain Nie of yours is quite pretty if you look closely. It's just that she's a bit darker and not as fair-skinned as those girls."

"Bah, what the team leader is, she's just a crazy woman. If you care about her, you can marry her. It will save people from saying that we ambulance soldiers are in charge of women."

"Hey, brother, your resentment is not small."

"Nonsense, let a woman take charge of it. It's a disgrace for a man!"

"..."

This was not the first time that Nie Yiniang had heard similar conversations. These self-proclaimed good men were naturally dissatisfied with working under a woman. She even knew better that these male ambulance soldiers were originally recruited.

Most of the people who joined the army were unqualified and were handed over to her. Now they are showing off their power, which is ridiculous.

"What's the use of being dissatisfied here? You have the ability to get her into bed, but you can't show off your power?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Between men and men, especially such villains, the least they can do is to talk about what happened on the bed. The more they talk inside, the more outrageous they are. Outside, Nie Niang frowns slightly, her patience gradually weakening.

As she approached the zero point, she soon heard someone speaking on her behalf.

"Don't talk nonsense. I have heard that in the Pearl River Battle that year, Xu Long, the commander of the Tatar Chaozhou Navy, was stabbed to death by Captain Nie. The weapon was not a knife, but a wooden thorn that collapsed from the ship.

, inserted directly into Xu Long's throat. That woman is a murderer without blinking an eye."

The person who spoke was a really wounded old soldier, a subordinate of Lin Cha, the Marquis of Fu Ming Dynasty. Lin Cha’s subordinates did not participate in that battle. The main force in the decisive battle was Chen Qice’s men and these Guangzhou volunteers, but the battle

Later, Lin Cha's troops followed up, wiped out the remaining rebel troops, and escorted the people to Hong Kong Island, but some of them knew more or less.

It is extremely rare to be able to speak a fair word for her, even if it is to use a slightly derogatory title such as "that woman". But when Nie Niang listened carefully, those who earlier thought it was embarrassing to work under her

The ambulancemen sneered at this.

"I have heard about this. The Tatar marshal in that battle was the man named Sheng. I heard that he was the famous man in front of the old thief Shang Kexi. He was a serious vassal marshal. That Xu Long, but

He's just a Chaozhou bandit, a lost dog who was driven away by Mr. Guo Xingye and Mr. Chen. How can he be considered capable after killing such a thing?"

"Hey, those who are incompetent have actually been in battle."

"Are you talking about the defense battle of Zhongzuo Institute? Come on, in that battle the Biao Battalion went up to the wall to help defend, but she didn't go up. She was arranged to take care of the wounded soldiers under the city, and she did her current job. Otherwise, she

How did you get this captain!"

The ambulance soldier dismissed this, but another soldier who was in the hospital laughed at the old soldier and said: "Brother Wang, don't fall in love with that woman."

As soon as the words came out, there was another burst of laughter. The more Nie Niang listened outside, the more annoyed she became. She made a pair of seemingly small fists and was about to push the door in and give these guys a good memory. But just

At this moment, several shouts of "The Governor is here" sounded outside, but it was like thunder that shocked her on the spot.

"Governor? Which governor?"

"You don't even know this. I've heard that a boat heading west from us a while ago was an angel's boat. The emperor issued an edict to confer the surname of Guo as the Duke of Zhang, and promoted Chen Daotai to the governor.

This must be Mr. Chen!"

"Oh my God, Mr. Chen is here, go out and take a look!"

With that said, the crowd rushed out in cheers, but as soon as they went out, they saw Nie Yiniang standing outside the door, holding her fists in a daze, and they felt embarrassed for a moment.

Telling dirty jokes is not a big deal if the person involved hears them. The only big deal is getting into a fight with the person's man, brother or mistress. They are all in the army, and the last thing they fear is fighting. However, Nie

Yi Niang is a widow, and the reputation of bullying widows is not good, not to mention that the widow is now an enemy in the army and the immediate boss of most of this group of people. The law in the army is strict, and the superiors are treated lightly, so that the supervisor or prisoner

If the camp knew about it, the result would be to hit the camp with a plank at the least, or to wander the camp with arrows at the worst.

Looking at each other awkwardly, someone quickly and thoughtfully reminded the crowd, "Go quickly, go quickly, we'll be late and we won't see Governor Chen." These people fled the place as if they were running away, leaving only

After getting off Nie Niang's side, she still stood there in a daze.

"He is already the governor."

He sighed softly. Somehow, the melancholy overwhelmed the anger earlier. Only the fists were still clenched tightly, refusing to let go despite any words.

………………

The last time Chen Kai came here, he didn't check the injury hospital. It was not the most critical place here. His thoughts were all on the pier and Honghua Pavilion.

This time, Chen Kai entered the camp, but did not come to the injury hospital to take a look. He only listened to Lin Cha briefly introduce the coastal defense situation at the Pearl River Estuary in recent times, and then mentioned this time.

journey.

"This is the order of the country's surname. Marquis Lin can take it and read it."

After receiving the letter, Lin Cha's familiar handwriting caught Zheng Chenggong's eyes. When he raised his eyes again, Lin Cha immediately expressed to Chen Kai his attitude of obeying orders and immediately sent people to make preparations.

"Time waits for no one, let's get started."

This time I came to Hong Kong just as a transit point for the army. The soldiers were still resting, and Chen Kai had already issued an order in advance to change the navy's establishment with the Guangdong General Standard Battalion under Jiang Mei'ao, and the new designation was

This is the Pearl River Estuary Patrol Fleet. As the name suggests, Jiang Mei'ao's naval force will replace Lin Cha's left naval force to defend this place.

"Jingcheng, this is a matter in Macau. I think you need to pay attention to it."

Lin Cha handed over a report, which he was about to send to Chaozhou and the Zhongzuo Institute. Chen Kai arrived just in time and handed it directly into Chen Kai's hands.

After reading it carefully, Chen Kai asked Lin Cha for a detailed understanding. After thinking about it for a long time, he made a decision: "Things have priorities, and this matter is not a matter of urgency. I will send someone back to China.

Zuo Suo, please ask Guo Xing to send more ships over to maintain our strength at the Pearl River Estuary. Let's leave it like this for now."

After having a detailed discussion with Lin Cha, Chen Kai took all the time to understand the recent trends in the surrounding areas in order to know himself and the enemy. In addition, Chen Kai also sent someone to Shangchuan Island to deliver a letter, asking Chen Qice to come here to discuss important matters.

Soon, Chen Kai re-clarified the situation around him. After the second defense battle of Lufeng Bastion last year, the Qing government sent additional troops to Jin Li in Fujian, and also sent two townsmen to Guangdong.

The northern green battalion assisted in the defense. One was appointed as the Huizhou Commander-in-Chief, and the other was appointed as the Xin'an Commander-in-Chief. The establishment of Dongguan Town was cancelled, which was clearly used to guard the troops in Hong Kong.

After understanding the surrounding situation, Chen Qice quickly arrived here. Before the necessary exchanges, Chen Qice naturally congratulated Chen Kai on his promotion to governor, but also mentioned another matter.
To be continued...