Cai Shiying and Lin Qilong blocked the city gate, originally to improve the morale of the Qing army and let the Qing soldiers desperately defend the city, but they did not expect Yangzhou City to be broken by the Ming army in just five days. As a result of blocking the door, the salt merchants, grain merchants and other big merchants in Yangzhou City could not escape, and all of them were cheap for Zheng Chenggong.

Regarding Cai Shiying's "gift to the Ming Army", Zheng Chenggong was naturally unceremonious and accepted it all. The Ming army looted these officials and merchants in Yangzhou City, confiscating tens of millions of taels of silver, as well as all kinds of priceless treasures, countless gold and jade, mountains of high-quality silk, silk, tea, and ceramics, as well as grain that the Ming army could not eat for several years. Those salt merchants who used to be rich and rival the country were all copied by Zheng Chenggong at this time.

The prefect of Yangzhou is also very rich, and the saying of 100,000 snowflakes of silver in the prefect of the Qing Dynasty in three years is not in vain, especially in a rich place like Yangzhou. Not to mention the silver that those salt merchants and grain merchants "tribute", let's just say that the officials below "pay tribute" to the silver for a year.

After the city was broken, the prefect of Yangzhou committed suicide and set fire to his mansion. However, the Ming army that entered the city put out the fire in time, and a large amount of gold and silver treasures were preserved.

And the families of those officials such as the Salt Transportation Department and the Salt Division Governor, Deputy Envoy, and Governor are also very rich, and the grades of these salt officials are not high, but they are the fattest official positions. Because Yangzhou is the entrance to the Jiangbei Canal, many salt and iron officials are stationed in Yangzhou. As a result, these officials also had no time to run away because Cai Shiying blocked the city gate, and they all fell into the hands of Zheng Chenggong.

"These salt merchants and grain merchants are all rich and rival countries, and the big and small officials here are all rich and rich!" Zheng Chenggong smiled and watched as the soldiers moved out boxes of gold and silver treasures.

"Father, what should you do with these salt merchants and officials?" Zheng Cong asked.

Zheng Chenggong looked at those guys with money rat tails, fat intestines, and fat like Roshan in disgust, and waved his hand lightly. made a "chop" gesture: "They are all doing things for the Tartars, what's the use of keeping these fat guys?" And you can't do things, you can only waste food in vain! All slashed! ”

On the streets of Yangzhou, hundreds of large and small salt merchants and officials were escorted out of the south gate by the Ming army.

Maybe it was because they felt that their end was coming, these guys who were usually powerful and blessed and lived a life of spending and drinking were crying at this time, but no one took pity on them, and the people around them just looked at them with wooden eyes, as if it was none of their business to be killed.

These salt merchants and officials were escorted outside the south gate of the city, and rows of Ming soldiers raised their swords. The light of the knife flickered, blood splashed everywhere, and the fat heads like pigs' heads rolled to the ground.

Salt merchants and officials were killed, and their families were unlucky. In order to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, all the men in the families of these salt merchants and officials were killed, the ordinary slaves were sent to Dongfan Island as slaves, and the women were taken away, distributed, and rewarded to the soldiers and generals who had made meritorious contributions in battle.

Later, Zhang Huangyan learned about Zheng Chenggong's killing in Yangzhou. Some dissatisfied, he thought that Zheng Chenggong could not kill people indiscriminately like this, and many salt merchants were forced to work for the Qing court, and their crimes would not lead to death. But the head has already landed. Zhang Huangyan said that it was useless.

Just when Zheng Chenggong was full of ambition and prepared for the decisive battle with Aobai, and regained Jiangnan after annihilating the main force of the Qing army in one fell swoop, the news that Zheng Zhilong's family was killed came.

"Father! Brother! Zheng Chenggong shouted. Spit out a mouthful of blood and faint from crying.

"Lord Wang!" The generals shouted.

"Father!" Zheng Cong stepped forward and hugged Zheng Chenggong, who fell to the ground.

"Shibo!" Wang Xinyu also came up to support Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong was carried to the bed. It took a long time before I slowly woke up.

"Get out, all of you! Cong'er and Wang Yu, you stay. Zheng Chenggong struggled to sit up from the hospital bed, beckoning the people next to him to avoid it first.

When everyone retreated, leaving only Zheng Cong and Wang Xinyu inside, Zheng Chenggong sighed and said: "My father didn't listen to my hard advice back then, insisted on surrendering to the Tartars, and betrayed the first emperor, but today he ended up like this, he is to blame, and he deserves it!" But having said that, he is the father who gave birth to me and raised me after all, alas! ”

"Shibo should rest well, and his illness will get better soon." Wang Xinyu, who knows a little bit of history, knows very well that Zheng Chenggong may really not live long. For Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping, he is not only a relative who came to this world, but also a pillar of the anti-Qing Dynasty! Thinking that Zheng Chenggong might really not be able to hold on, Wang Xinyu shed tears.

"Yu'er, this king is fine! This king can't die! Aobai's army is about to cross the river to Jiangnan! This king is going to fight to the death with Aobai! Zheng Chenggong said with a smile.

"Father!" Zheng Cong was infected by Wang Xinyu and also shed tears.

Zheng Chenggong gently touched Zheng Cong's hair: "Cong'er, your unsuccessful brother only knows how to make small moves behind the king's back all day long, he thinks I don't know!" Hum! It's hard for him to be great in the future! But he is the son of the world after all. When this battle with Aobai is over, maybe I should also recuperate, and then you and your brother-in-law will assist your unsuccessful brother! As long as the Tartar does not run away for a day, the father will not be at ease for a day! ”

"Please rest assured! The child will definitely assist the eldest brother! Zheng Jing cried.

Zheng Chenggong turned his head to look at Wang Xinyu again: "Yu'er, although Yun'er is not the king's own daughter, the king has always treated her as his own daughter. Although you are also a member of my Zheng family's army, you conquered Qiongzhou, rescued you thousands of miles, and also got a fief, and became the king of the county yourself. I also know that my uncompetitive son has always been angry with you, but we have been against the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, why do we always fail? It's that our own people are not united! I only hope that you can give up your past suspicions, help my uncompetitive son, and jointly complete the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty! ”

"Shibo, you can definitely lead the army into the Forbidden City in person!" Wang Xinyu said.

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said: "Yu'er, this king's own body knows by himself, it seems that I can't see that day!" However, this king will definitely annihilate the main force of Aobai, seize Jiangning, and lay a foundation for you and Lord Zhang! ”

At this time, the Aobai army had crossed the Yangtze River, all the way to the east, and was murderous to the south of the Yangtze River.

Zheng Chenggong rested for a night, and the next morning he ordered the abandonment of Yangzhou City, and the whole army crossed the river and withdrew to Jiangnan. Prepare for the arrival of the Aobai army. What is coming will be a decisive battle between the Ming army and the Qing army, and it will be a decisive battle of fate. If this battle is won, even if Zheng Chenggong does not hold on in the end, it will be able to shake the Manchu rule in Jiangnan. Even if Zheng Chenggong had three strengths and two weaknesses, and was finally forced to withdraw his troops from the Jiangning area, Jiangnan and the Qing court would be separated from each other, and after the main force of the Qing army was annihilated, he was no longer able to really control Jiangnan.

Just when the Fujian army, the Zhejiang army and the Qiongzhou army were preparing for a decisive battle, an incident happened in Guangdong.

Pingnan Palace. Shang Kexi, who was blind in one eye and had a broken leg, was mentioning the matter of taking the initiative to cut the feudal domain: "The thieves invaded Jiangnan, if there is a change in Jiangnan, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be affected!" The court is now short of silver, but it still has to support us useless vassal kings, and this king really can't bear it. ”

Shang Kexi is a hardcore traitor, and everything is considered for the Qing court. Prior to this, he had offered to cut the feudal domain many times. As a result, the Qing court really reduced the number of troops and expenses for Shang Kexi and other vassal kings.

Because of the cutting of the feudal domain. There are many contradictions between Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi.

Shang Kexi was a loyal lackey of the Qing court, even if he didn't have a soldier on hand, the Qing court would not cook his dog. But Wu Sangui is different, in fact, the Qing court has never been at ease with Wu Sangui. As long as Wu Sangui has no soldiers at hand. It will soon be made into a dog meat pot by the Qing court.

Hearing Shang Kexi say that he wanted to cut the feudal domain again, Hong Chengchou disagreed: "Lord Wang, now that Qiongzhou is in the hands of Haikou, you have to take the initiative to reduce your troops." In that case, the court will not only not understand your hard work, but will feel that you are passively avoiding war, and are unwilling to go all out to exterminate the Qiongzhou pirates. ”

Shang Zhixin, the son of the king of Pingnan, disagreed with the cutting of the domain: "Father." If you want to cut the domain, you should also cut Wu Sangui! Why do we need to cut the feudal domain? Our Shang family is loyal to the imperial court, but Wu Sangui has bad intentions, and he returned from a big defeat half a year ago, and he can't even catch a puppet emperor! If the court doesn't cut them, what are they doing with them! ”

Shang Kexi said angrily: "How about Wu Sangui is his business!" He has two hearts for the court, but our Shang family is a loyal servant of the court! What does he have to do with us? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The prince is not in a hurry to cut the domain, the official has already played the imperial court, saying that the elite of the Qiongzhou Haikou is exhausted, and it is harming Jiangnan, I hope that the imperial court can allocate silver taels, let us take advantage of the situation to send troops to attack Qiongzhou!" ”

"Yes, father, in the past year and a half, Wu Liuqi has built a lot of warships, and the Guangdong Navy Division has been restored, so we can take advantage of the elite of the Haikou to attack Qiongzhou!" Shang Zhixin arched his hand.

A year and a half ago, after Wang Xinyu's Nanyang Navy destroyed the Qing Army's Guangdong Naval Division, Wu Liuqi adopted various methods such as buying ships, salvaging sunken ships and dismantling them into planks, and then purchasing dried wood from Annan, and purchased many warships on his own. But even then, the number of warships was insufficient. In order to make up for the lack of the number of warships, Wu Liuqi also built many inferior warships by himself.

The wood that had just been cut down had not been dried, and it was reasonable that the ship could not be built, but Wu Liuqi, who was eager for meritorious service, couldn't take care of so much, and couldn't get so much wood that had been dried, so Wu Liuqi asked the craftsmen to directly use the wood that had just been cut down to build a batch of inferior ships.

After the inferior ships are launched, they will fall apart and sink into the sea after being used a few times, but Wu Liuqi doesn't care, anyway, the task of those ships is to send soldiers to Qiongzhou Island, as long as they can land, those ships will complete their mission, and they can be dismantled and burned as firewood, anyway, it's not a pity.

When a few people were talking about things, someone outside came to report: "Princess Heshuo has arrived!" ”

This eldest princess is Kong Sizhen, the daughter of Kong Youde. After Hong Chengchou's 800 miles of twists and turns were rushed from Guangzhou to the capital within five days, the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai immediately sent her adopted daughter Kong Sizhen, with a group of elite Han Eight Banners, and a group of old subordinates of the original Kong Youde out of Beijing to rush to Guangzhou.

Kong Sizhen did not dare to slack off, led 1,000 Han and Eight Banners and 2,000 elite veterans, day and night, and rushed from Beijing to Guangzhou in only one month.

Hearing that Kong Sizhen had arrived, Hong Chengchou and Shang Zhixin hurriedly stood up and went out to greet him, and even Shang Kexi dragged a lame leg and limped out of the study to greet Kong Sizhen in person.

"How could Gege come in person?" Hong Chengchou asked.

Kong Sizhen replied: "Hong Jingluo, the Empress Dowager knows that the elite of the Qiongzhou Haikou has been exhausted, and the imperial court attaches great importance to the large-scale invasion of Jiangnan by uniting the Fujian Haikou and Zhejiang Haikou. The imperial court has sent Lord Ao to personally lead the elite to meet the pirates. But now that the elite of Qiongzhou Haikou have gone to Jiangnan, we should send troops to Qiongzhou as soon as possible! ”

Shang Zhixin deliberately made a bitter face: "Gege, we don't have enough funds and insufficient troops, how can we send troops?" ”

Kong Sizhen said: "I came with troops this time for this matter!" The matter of funds has been settled by the imperial court, and the queen mother ordered me to bring three million taels of silver to Guangdong. In addition, Bengege also has to go back to Guangxi, let the army of the king of Dingnan in Guangxi go out, cooperate with the king of Pingnan, as well as the Guangdong Eight Banners and the Guangdong Green Camp! We have several armies together, waiting for the opportunity to cross the sea, and we will be able to break the Qiongzhou Haikou nest in one fell swoop! ”

When Kong Sizhen spoke, he secretly threw a wink at Shang Zhixin.

Shang Zhixin only felt a chill, and goosebumps all over his body. Although this Kong Sizhen looks good, he is too strong. When he was in Beijing, Kong Sizhen secretly went to Shang Zhixin several times.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Shang Zhixin was exhausted, but Kong Sizhen still didn't let him go, sucking and licking.

After several fierce battles, Shang Zhixin was squeezed dry again and again. Thinking of such an energetic enhanced version of Pan Jinlian Kong Sizhen, Shang Zhixin was afraid.

In fact, the prototype of Aunt Qiong Yao's Huanzhu Gege is Kong Sizhen, such a super Pan Jinlian, who was written as an innocent, lively, pure and kind little girl.

Kong Sizhen first exchanged a few words with a few people, and then drove directly to Shang Zhixin's mansion. These are all irrelevant words, omitted here, anyway, the content is similar to the later news broadcasts, everyone thinks about it for themselves.

Shang Zhixin lived in the original Geng Jimao's Jingnan Palace, since the Geng family moved to Fujian, a luxurious and luxurious Jingnan Mansion was cheapened by the Shang family in vain and became Shang Zhixin's mansion.

"Damn! Here comes this slut again! Shang Zhixin broke out in a cold sweat.

Regarding Kong Sizhen's combat effectiveness, Shang Zhixin was apprehensive. But when the eldest princess Heshuo came to her house, where did Shang Zhixin dare to slack off, so he could only follow honestly.

Entering the Shang Mansion, Kong Sizhen first played the prestige of Princess Heshuo, and then blasted all his cronies and Shang Zhixin's cronies open, and then said that he wanted to go to Shang Zhixin's study to take a look.

Shang Zhixin was already covered in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to take Kong Sizhen to the study.

After approaching the study, Kong Sizhen immediately grabbed Shang Zhixin's hand and pulled him over...... (To be continued.) )