"Father, my son is back from Luzon!"

As soon as Zheng Sen entered the door, he said excitedly, as early as three days ago, on the way back from Luzon, the messenger of the Zheng family had already passed the news that the imperial court had sent the king of Anguo County to negotiate with his Zheng family.

Liu Hongchuan, the king of Anguo County, is his eldest brother, although he has known each other for a short time, he is like-minded, and the conditions offered by Liu Hongjian on behalf of the imperial court are indeed towards his Zheng family.

Not only can he be exempted from blame, but he can also keep the Zheng family's army, but it is just to hand over money and other things outside his body, in Zheng Sen's heart, he really can't think of any reason for his father Zheng Zhilong to refuse.

Thinking of the relationship between the Zheng family and the imperial court, Zheng Sen always sighed, and now that his eldest brother took the lead to help him solve this problem, Zheng Sen was almost like an arrow in his heart when he heard the news.

"Fusong, my father is talking to your elders about important matters, so you should go to find your mother first." Zheng Zhilong was also happy when he saw that his son had led the team to go to sea alone for the first time, but he didn't want to stop halfway before the big thing was discussed.

"Father is discussing the negotiation with the imperial court with the elders, and now my son is also the supervisor of the Zheng family's golden words, and he is counted as an intermediate general, and he has the right to know the results of the discussion." Zheng Sen bowed.

Going into battle as a father and son soldier, this is a business matter, and what Zheng Sen said is also very solemn.

The difference between the Zheng family's water division and the Ming Dynasty is Zheng Zhilong's originality, which is divided into five flags: gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

Each department has a staff officer who is the head of the flag, responsible for the deployment of all ships and soldiers under it, and has a superintendent army, a superintendent of transportation and guards, and a left and right strategist.

If the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty and even the merchant ships of the South Seas wanted to trade with each other, they needed to spend money to get the permission of the Zheng family, and hang the five-element flag of the Zheng family on the bow of the ship to be able to travel unhindered in the South Seas.

Supervise and supervise the 2,000 soldiers of the Navy Division and dozens of warships, and are responsible for patrolling in the designated area to ensure the safety of merchant ships that have paid silver, and to punish smugglers who have not paid money.

As for how to punish it, of course, it is to steal all the light!

"Yes, big brother, Fusong is also grown up now, let him listen to it too." Zheng Zhifeng smiled at Zheng Sen and said.

He is the staff officer of Jinziqi, and he has always been very fond of this nephew who is familiar with Confucian classics and has no children under his knees.

"The big thing has been decided, if the king of Anguo County knows the current affairs, my Zheng family and the court well water do not violate the river water, and I will still be responsible for the safety of the court along the coast.

If not, the more than 200,000 soldiers of my Zheng family will swear not to bow to the imperial court! Zheng Zhilong announced in the court.

Why did my father decide that? Didn't the imperial court already offer such good conditions? Zheng Sen said hurriedly.

Zheng Zhilong snorted coldly and did not answer, and Zheng Caidu, who was sitting on the side, muttered to his cousin the reason.

After listening to the explanation, Zheng Sen still didn't understand the reason for this, wasn't it because of some family wealth?

Zheng Sen has been free of food and clothing since he was born, and he really can't understand what things outside of his body such as money mean to these elders.

"Fourth uncle, are even you so short-sighted?" Seeing that no one in the room raised objections, Zheng Sen was heartbroken and rushed to Zheng Zhifeng, the fourth uncle who loved him the most and had the most knowledge.

Long before leaving for Luzon, Zheng Sen had a chat with Zheng Zhifeng, who was biased towards the Zheng family, but seeing the situation, the fourth uncle also acquiesced to his father's decision, which made Zheng Sen anxious.

Zheng Sen had seen the sharp firearms in Liu Hongchuan's hands, and he knew better the current strength of the Ming army, coupled with his eldest brother Liu Hongchuan's undefeated record since he commanded the army, he couldn't understand what the Zheng family could choose to fight.

"Fusong, do you know how my Zheng family was able to stand out from the many pirates around the coast of the Ming Dynasty and develop to the point where they are now looking down on the South Seas?" Zheng Zhifeng did not answer Zheng Sen's question, but threw out a new question.

"Unity, the more we encounter a strong enemy, the more united my Zheng family will be!

It is precisely by relying on this strength that the Zheng family sailor can defeat the fierce opponent again and again, even if he is as strong as those Dutchmen, he has never won the battle with my Zheng family several times. Zheng Zhifeng said meaningfully.

He obviously knew why his brother chose to refuse to surrender, but he knew that his brother had always been the same, and most of the generals were only the first to look at his brother.

Since the decision is irreversible, everything should be focused on the survival of the Zheng family, even if he disagrees in his heart, he will not pull the Zheng family's hind legs.

On the contrary, if Zheng Zhilong sent him to play as a striker, he would still rush forward without hesitation.

This is the Zheng family, this is the Zheng family sailor who has been crisscrossing the South Seas for 20 years without a single defeat.

"......"

"Presumptuous! Retire! Zheng Sen also wanted to dissuade him, but he was directly interrupted by Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Sen is the eldest son of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong has high hopes for him, and it is precisely because of this that he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to send him to Nanjing Guozi to study Confucianism.

It's just that he regrets it now.

A few years ago, although his son had never participated in the imperial examination, he always admired him when he saw him.

But since he studied Confucianism with Qian University, every time I see him, I always have a great truth of loyalty and patriotism, and I hope that he can take the Zheng family to truly join the imperial court.

The son opposes Lao Tzu, this is simply unreasonable!

When Zheng Sen heard his father's anger, he knew that he couldn't change anything by himself, so he bowed down to his father and wanted to retreat.

"Wait, go back and pack up, and go to Hirado by boat with your fourth uncle in five days." Zheng Zhilong frowned and said in a deep voice.

In the end, it is his own son, under the uncertainty of the future of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong still hopes to settle his wife and children first.

Although the Zheng family has many strongholds in various parts of Nanyang, only one can really be counted as a colony, and the other strongholds are at most counted as trading strongholds, and there are not many Chen soldiers.

However, to the north of Luzon is the Dutch of Taiwan, and to the south is close to the islands of Philipina, Ma Dayin, Silaisha, and Horn Island, which are under the control of the Grand Francs, so it is a place of chaos.

On the contrary, Hirado of the Eastern Ying Wa Kingdom was another base camp of the Zheng family, and Hirado was not a colony, but even the Tokugawa shogunate did not dare to act rashly.

On the road to the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate, it was precisely because of the strong financial support of Li Dan, Yan Siqi, and Zheng Zhilong that they were able to stand out from the so-called Warring States of Toei and defeat their fierce enemies one by one.

Li Dan is Zheng Zhilong's father-in-law, because Zheng Zhilong is very good at things, Yan Siqi also values him very much, after the death of the two, Zheng Zhilong has inherited the army of the two and the huge family business, and has always had close trade contacts with the Tokugawa family.

In return, the Tokugawa clan issued a decree to lock the country in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and only allowed the ships of the Zheng family to trade with the Wa kingdom.

Even Dutch merchant ships that wanted to trade had to pay protection money to the Zheng family and hang the Zheng family's flag, which made the Zheng family play a pivotal role in Japan.

Zheng Zhilong understood that the future of the struggle with the Ming court was uncertain, and he would be able to exert his greatest combat power only after placing his wife and children and the wives and children of his subordinates properly, and without worries.

At this time, Zheng Sen was just a small supervisor and supervisor in the Zheng family's naval division, and he had just begun to command the troops, so it was not enough to change anything, so he had to leave the council hall angrily after saluting.

Liu Hongjian did not let Zheng Zhilong wait too long, and on the fifth day when Zheng Zhifeng rushed to Dongying with hundreds of warships and the wives and children of most of the Zheng family's generals, the white pole soldiers under Qin Liangyu, the governor of the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, had already marched into the territory of Fujian Province.

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PS: Luzon, the largest island in present-day northern Philippines, Philipina, Mardayin, Silaisa, Cape Island, present-day southern islands of the Philippines.

PS: Li Dan, Yan Siqi, a big pirate in the late Ming Dynasty, it is rumored that Zheng Zhilong was a thief born when he was young, and he had a PY deal with his father-in-law Li Dan.

PS: The Tokugawa shogunate, that is, the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu successively defeated the descendants of the old master Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga, unified the Wa Kingdom, and made the Wa Kingdom enter the Edo period from the Warring States period, and lasted until 1867.

PS: In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1639, the Wa State completed the policy of closing the country.