On the morning of the sixth day of the second month of the eighth year of the Apocalypse

In the courtyard of a family in Nagasaki, Japan, Zheng Zhilong is sitting on a tatami mat, and a beautiful young woman wearing a traditional Japanese kimono is holding a baby and sitting next to Zheng Zhilong, this young woman is his wife Tagawa Matsu, that is, Tagawa Clan, and in front of them, Zheng Sen, who is just four years old this year, is happily flipping through the things that Zheng Zhilong brought.

Suddenly, Zheng Sen shouted happily, and hurriedly raised a knife from the box and asked Zheng Zhilong, "Father, is this for me?" ”

Zheng Zhilong glanced at it and nodded with a smile: "Of course, these are for your mother and yours, do you like it?" ”

"Of course, I love it so much!" Zheng Sen grabbed the knife and smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit.

"If you like it." Seeing Zheng Sen's happy appearance, Zheng Zhilong smiled and nodded, touched the short beard that was somewhat sparse under his chin, and his face was full of relief.

Seeing his husband's happy appearance, Tagawa asked with a smile: "Husband, you have been in Nagasaki for more than ten days this time, do you want to stay in Nagasaki in the future?" If that's the case, Dalang and I will be very happy. ”

"Not really." Zheng Zhilong shook his head: "The reason why I stayed here for so long this time is because I just defeated an enemy who often troubles me, and there is no way for Daming to find trouble for me in the short term, so I can stay here for a while longer, and I will still have to go back to Bengang in a few days." ”

"Father, it turns out that you won the battle, no wonder you are so happy these days, can you tell me which enemy you defeated?" Zheng Sen, who was playing with a knife on the side, clapped his hands happily when he heard his father say this.

"Absolutely." Zheng Zhilong was obviously in a good mood, he touched Zheng Sen's little head and smiled: "Speaking of which, you should also know that I defeated the army of the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty who captured you a few months ago, this time I wounded several of their ships and killed many of their officers and soldiers, I think now they should know how powerful I am." ”

"Oh...... I know, it turned out to be the marquis of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Although Zheng Sen was not yet five years old, his memory was obviously very good, and he remembered the events of a few months ago at once, but after being happy, he said a little hesitantly: "Father, I remember that Hou Ye is very powerful, his boats are very big and drive very fast, last time Uncle Ishii Jiro and I were caught by their boat and put it back, but Uncle Shi and they can't come back." Speaking of this, Zheng Sen lowered his head a little sadly.

"Humph!" Zheng Zhilong snorted lightly, and when he thought that Shi Daxuan was still suffering, he couldn't get angry.

Shi Daxuan, as his most trusted brother and subordinate, is both brave and resourceful, in his plan he planned to let Shi Daxuan assist his eldest son Zheng Sen, but now he was caught working as a coolie in the mine, which also made his plan fail.

Originally, Zheng Zhilong hadn't thought of how to get Shi Daxuan out, but since defeating the Second Fleet led by Liu Xiang, his mind couldn't help but start to liven, since he let Yang Feng know his strength a few days ago, can he let him hand over Shi Daxuan now?

Tian Chuan also persuaded: "Husband, although you are brave, but after all, the Ming Dynasty is outnumbered, and I heard Ishii Jiro say, now the Ming Dynasty has begun to redevelop the water division, especially after their Jiang Ning Marquis came to Fujian, it is to vigorously rebuild the Fujian naval division, their warships are bigger, stronger and faster than ours, although you defeated them this time, but after all, the Ming Dynasty is large and wide, and a temporary defeat may arouse their anger even more, you should be careful." ”

Hearing Tian Chuan's family say the same about himself, Zheng Zhilong was a little unhappy, "What do you know as a woman, the hatred between me and Da Ming has long been gone, if I don't go against them, will they let me go?" Your words are pure woman's kindness! ”

Tian Chuan said hurriedly: "But the Hou Ye of the Ming Dynasty didn't even let go of Da Lang, a little child, why can't he let you go?" ”

"That's why I can't figure it out." Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong also felt puzzled, in the traditional thinking of the Han people, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is the most correct way to treat the enemy, if he is Yang Feng, even if he doesn't kill him after catching Da Lang, at least he has to ask him for enough benefits, how can he let him back so easily, this is really unreasonable.

How did Zheng Zhilong know that the reason why Yang Feng put Zheng Sen back was because in another time and space, his son was a famous person in history, and he made great contributions to the unification and territorial integrity of China, although Yang Feng and Zheng Zhilong belonged to mortal enemies, but this did not affect his respect for the sages, this was the reason why he let Zheng Sen go, and Zheng Zhilong naturally didn't understand if he wanted to break his head.

"That's it...... Don't talk about that. Zheng Zhilong waved his hand impatiently, and said solemnly to Tian Chuan: "The hatred between me and Daming has long been irreconcilable, you don't have to bother." As for Sen'er, since the Marquis of Jiang Ninghou said last time that he wouldn't let him be stupid, then let him stay by your side, with my understanding of Yang Feng, he is a person who will repay his eyes, this time his fleet has suffered such a big loss in my hands, he will definitely not give up, so Da Lang still stays here and is safer with you, but you have to take care of Da Lang and raise Nanaemon alone, it is really hard for you. ”

Tagawa shook his head: "I'm not hard, as your wife, it's my duty to give birth to offspring and raise children for my husband, but I'm really worried about you." Speaking of this, Tagawa's eyes turned red.

Zheng Zhilong sighed lightly, he was about to say something about the pit, and suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside, and soon Ishii Jiro's voice sounded outside: "Lord Qi, there is an urgent report from the people on the dock, and the Daming Sailor has begun to patrol the waters near Nagasaki again, and this time they are larger and have more ships, and many ships have been detained by them." ”

"What?"

"Nani?"

The two exclamations rang out almost at the same time, and even Tagawa couldn't help but exclaim in his native language.

Zheng Zhilong's face immediately darkened: "How many boats are coming?" ”

Jiro Ishii said: "According to the information from the ships that were returned, there are at least more than fifty warships, and ten of them are large warships that we have never seen before!" ”

"This can't be?

Zheng Zhilong blurted out, with a look of disbelief.

"According to the information that came, Liu Xiang, a slut, has been severely injured by me, even if he doesn't die, he has to shed his skin, besides, their second fleet has been heavily damaged by me, and there is no way to repair it without two to three months of effort, how can the first fleet alone organize such a large patrol scale, not to mention that there are ten large warships. Could it be that Yang Fengfeng couldn't do tricks? ”

"It's true, my lord." Jiro Ishii gritted his teeth and said, "If only one or two people say this, it may be a lie, but now that all the people who escaped say so, it can't be false." My lord, if the fleet of the Ming Kingdom is still only wandering around the periphery of Nagasaki, if they let them know that you are also here, my lord, with their hatred for you, I am afraid that they will immediately rush towards Nagasaki. ”

"Husband!"

Hearing this, Tian Chuan's face quickly turned pale, and he grabbed Zheng Zhilong's hand and said urgently: "Husband, this place is too dangerous, you better get out of here quickly." Go back to Bengang, or if you let the Ming people know that you are here, they will immediately kill you at all costs. ”

Although Zheng Zhilong also had some power in Nagasaki, he was an outsider after all, so he only brought five ships, only two of which were armed. If they really ran into the Ming fleet, they really had no choice but to surrender.

"No...... You can't just go back. Zheng Zhilong shook his head: "Since the fleet of the Ming Kingdom is patrolling nearby, then I can't just go back." These men are now like mad dogs searching for ships passing by, and if I leave like this, it will be easy for them to find out, and if they know my whereabouts, I will not be able to escape even if I put on my wings, and I will have to think of another way to leave for the sake of the future. ”

"Something else? Could it be that the husband wants to leave from somewhere else? Tagawa's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said in surprise: "But apart from Nagasaki, where else can the husband leave?" ”

Tagawa was right, Tokugawa Hidetada, the second shogun of the current ruler of Japan, ordered eight years ago, in 1616, that all foreign ships could only enter and leave Nagasaki freely, and no other places were allowed to enter, which is why Tagawa was so surprised.

"You're still too narrow-minded." Zheng Zhilong sneered: "If I, Zheng Zhilong, want to leave, no one will be able to stop me......"

The next morning, an ordinary cargo ship slowly sailed out of the port of Nagasaki and headed west, and the ship was stopped by a fleet more than 20 nautical miles.

"Where are you going? What to do? What cargo was on board and who were on it? The head of the Bai general manager asked a series of questions like a cannon.

"This military master, we are all merchants from Nanyang, this time we have transported some special products from Nanyang to sell them for a long time, and we have brought some lacquerware and Japanese specialties back to Nanyang." The captain of the boat secretly stuffed a piece of silver into the hand of the general manager while accompanying the smiling face, but the methods that were tried in the past did not work today.

"Don't come to this set, let the boss know that the tiger skin on my body will have to be stripped off, do you want Lao Tzu to go home and eat himself?" Mr. Bai not only refused the money of the ship boss, but taught him a lesson with a straight face. While cursing people, he directed the officers and soldiers to search everywhere.

At the stern of the ship, Zheng Zhilong, disguised as an ordinary sailor, ignored what happened on the ship, but looked at the fleet not far from him, with a shocked look in his eyes.