Three days later, the Zhoushan Military Port unfurled its flag, and the swearing-in meeting was full of excitement, and the audience was not only the senior generals of the Jingwu Army stationed in Zhejiang, but also Yang Tinglin and other civil and military officials in Zhejiang.

Military bands beat the rhythm, war drums rumbled in the distance, and navy soldiers in brand-new uniforms lined up in neat columns to board the ships.

The Jinghai Fleet has a total of 10 warships of more than 800 materials, equipped with 22 Hongyi cannons of various calibers; There are about 30 Fu ships of about 400 materials, and nearly 100 warships of various types such as bird ships, junk ships, and sand boats.

With the Jinghai Fleet firing thousands of cannons, the shock of the scene pushed the swearing-in meeting to a climax, and the Chinese soldiers in the city who watched the ceremony could not help but look sideways, and these people had never had a warship equipped with dozens of guns in their lives.

"Anchor!"

Shen Shou, the chief soldier of the Jinghai Fleet, shouted the order, and the command flag in his hand flew and changed, and hundreds of warships slowly moved.

The Jinghai Fleet did not go directly to Quanzhou, Fujian, but went around the waters of Zhejiang and took some pirate gangs to practice first.

Shen Shouchong led several main warships to strike a fierce blow at a group of pirates that were rampant in the southern waters of Zhejiang, sinking a total of more than ten warships, and by the way, detaining several merchant ships under the protection of the Zheng family.

Most of these merchant ships were spices destined for Japan, and it was clear that this was a fleet that traded with the Japanese, and the warships that were wiped out in the name of the Haikou were all under the orders of the Zheng family.

Shen Shouchong clearly conveyed a message to Zheng Zhilong, the Jinghai Fleet is not the Zhejiang Navy Division of the past, if he dares to risk the disapproval of the world to act against it, he will usher in unprecedented revenge.

In November, there are already sparse snowflakes in the sky.

On this day, Wu Zhong sent an urgent letter from Zhejiang, holding it in front of Zhu Cihong with both hands: "Your Highness, Zhejiang Express!" ”

Zhu Cihong was excited when he saw him coming, and asked instead: "The Jinghai fleet has encountered the Zheng family's sailors?" ”

Wu Zhong shook his head and replied: "Before I encountered it, General Shen reported that he had detained more than a dozen merchant ships flying the Zheng family order flag, and the results of these few days were only enough to make Zheng Zhilong crazy." ”

The Jinghai Fleet intercepted nearly 100 cargo ships sent by Zheng Zhilong to Japan, and roughly estimated that the merchants suffered losses as a result, totaling millions of taels of silver, and the Zheng family, who had always been responsible for safe trade on the sea, would inevitably arouse strong dissatisfaction among Western merchants.

Because according to the agreement between the Zheng family and the Western merchants, the Western merchants could only trade with Zheng Zhilong, not directly with the Japanese, and if they wanted to obtain Japanese goods, gold and silver, they could only change hands through Zheng Zhilong, a middleman.

Zhu Cihong laughed: "It's good to go crazy, send an order to Shen Shouchong, don't be tough when you meet the Zheng family's sailors, and lead them to the open sea, the farther away the better!" ”

Zhu Cihong was not sure that the Zheng family naval division would be annihilated by naval warfare, and finally the Zheng family forces were wiped out in Fujian and Guangdong, what he wanted to do was to keep the main force of his naval division away from the coastal land and create conditions for the landing of the Jingwu army.

"Is there a reply to the official letter sent to the Fujian Governor's Yamen?" Zhu Cihong suddenly asked about this matter.

Wu Zhong shook his head and said, "No news!" ”

Zhu Cihong did not believe that the governor of Fujian, Huang Daozhou, would be willing to submit to Zheng Zhilong's forces, making Fujian monolithic.

During the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong supported the Tang King Zhu Yujian (the one who was locked up in the Fengyang high wall by Chongzhen) to ascend the throne in Fuzhou and became the emperor of Longwu.

Emperor Longwu and Huang Daozhou both advocated the Northern Expedition, but they were always overshadowed by the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong refused the Northern Expedition, Huang Daozhou had to recruit troops by himself, found some fellow villagers, classmates, and students, recruited more than 1,000 people, many of whom did not even have a weapon, so they went out of Xianxia Pass and fought a decisive battle with the Qing army.

Even Emperor Longwu was pitted by the Zheng family, and arrived in Yanping from Fuzhou with thousands of Ming soldiers, but was captured by the Qing army and died of hunger strike.

.......

Quanzhou Anping, Zheng family.

Hearing that the crown prince sent troops to Fujian, Zheng Zhilong was initially in a state of confusion and couldn't believe it.

After repeated confirmations, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly convened the Zheng family and his cronies, and even the eldest son Zheng Fusong, who was ordered to go outside, was recruited to study how to deal with the challenges faced by the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong was surprised to find that although the Zheng family sailors were powerful enough to monopolize the shipping along the southeast coast, they still underestimated the prince's sea power.

The pirates secretly supported by the Zheng family were defeated by a single blow, and even Yang Qi, one of the eighteen Zhi of the year, was beheaded in the naval battle.

Zheng Zhilong was angry for a while, and sighed: "This prince acts against common sense, it's really unguardable!" Let's talk about it, how to deal with the imperial court's several armies surrounding my Fujian? ”

"What to do? Fight back! They dare to detain the merchant ships under the protection of my Zheng family, the impact is too great, and they must be retaliated against! ”

"Yes, if my Zheng family does not retaliate tenfold against the imperial court, it will definitely make the reputation of my Zheng family greatly reduced on the southeast coast, and even those pirates who have shown their allegiance to my Zheng family will rebel en masse."

"With one blow, completely destroy the imperial court's sailors on the sea, my Zheng family will use the strongest means to declare to everyone that those who dare to challenge the authority of the Zheng family on the sea will definitely not end well!"

"That's right! Hit them! The court counts as a ball! ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't express his position lightly, but just quietly listened to the arguments between his subordinates and his nephews.

His fourth brother Zheng Hongkui was a little worried, and said: "If we start fighting, we will definitely gamble on the fate of my Zheng family, why don't we obey the arrangement and go to Dongfan?" ”

"How much less money do you have to go every year.......

Zheng Zhibao suddenly jumped out and shouted: "Fourth brother, you are afraid of a bird!" Those officers and soldiers are actually strong outsiders and middle cadres, so why don't we take the opportunity to beat them all over the place? Let them be revealed? ”

Zheng Hongkui ridiculed: "Strong outside? Where did you hear the grapevine? Let me ask you, seeing that it is about to reach the month of green and yellow, without the grain assistance of Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces, what should we do to fight this war? ”

Zheng Zhibao shouted: "That's not simple, Fujian has a population of one million, and each family can find a bucket of rice, and it can add up to a battle for them!" ”

"Nonsense! When you are in the grass, what will you do? My Zheng family is rich all over the world, and I have official clothes, if I do that, wouldn't it make the world laugh off my big teeth? ”

"Fourth brother, the imperial court has regarded our Zheng family as a thief, and you still want to be a loyal minister to the Zhu family?"

The chaotic discussion in the hall made Zheng Zhilong upset, so he scolded sharply: "Why is it getting farther and farther!" Didn't anyone come up with an idea? ”

At this time, Zheng Fusong, who had been silent, got up and suggested: "Father, there is a suggestion under the mark." ”

Zheng Zhilong raised his eyes and was quite surprised, the eldest son, who had always been accustomed to silence and only listened quietly when encountering things, and did not argue a word, actually spoke.

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "Song'er, tell me, how to deal with the move of the imperial court's three-way army to besiege Fu and plunder merchant ships?" ”