After Zheng Hongkui came to Lingao, he has been in a state of high mental tension. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info First, as an "accomplice" in the Zheng family's murder case, his conscience was condemned; Second, I don't know how the Qiongzhou camp will deal with myself and my family, and I am uneasy; Thirdly, Fu Song, who was saved by his relenting heart, was gone!

The reason why the Qiongzhou battalion slaughtered the Zheng family was that fools knew that it was to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. The Zheng family has been operating in Fujian for many years, and if they leave their bloodline and gather the old troops to confront the Qiongzhou battalion, it will also be a trouble for the Qiongzhou battalion. At that time, he kept the only bloodline of his eldest brother, but in fact, Zheng Hongkui didn't think about how to place this nephew, under the surveillance of the Qiongzhou battalion, it was difficult to protect himself, how could he keep Fusong?

However, what bothered him the most was not these, but on the way from Fujian to Qiongzhou, Fusong was gone. If it is a fall into the sea and looking for a short view, it is okay, in case it is discovered and taken away by the Qiongzhou battalion, then he will fall into a situation from which he will never recover, and his family will be implicated, so he will bear the notoriety of the Zheng family's traitor, and it will be useless, and in the end, he will not keep his family safe.

While he was thinking wildly, the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion called him to protect the actual surveillance, saying that the general was going to summon him. Zheng Hongkui was panicked, did the matter be revealed?

Before leaving, he reluctantly said goodbye to his wife and children, and made a decision in his heart, in case things reached the worst, he would resist all the responsibilities alone, and he would also protect his family.

When I arrived at the South Park Chamber, I realized that this was not the case at all. Xia Nan told him with a smile: "Brother Zheng, give you a fat job, go to Geranza to replace Putmans, and be a tax officer in the Qiongzhou camp." ”

It turned out that it was not Fusong's matter that was exposed, and Zheng Hongkui breathed a sigh of relief. Letting go of the burden in his heart, his mind immediately returned to a shrewd state, and he cheered up and asked, "Dare to ask the general, what kind of regulations is this tax officer?" Isn't the big man the world of red hair? ”

Xia Nan briefly explained the ins and outs of the previous situation, and then told him: "In short, it is imperative to drive the red hair out of the big office, and the port on the Fujian side is only the most suitable for the port of Geranza, and the candidate for the town is only the most suitable for you, it depends on whether you are willing or not." ”

As a "traitor" to the Zheng family, the lives of his family are in the hands of the other party, Zheng Hongkui has no choice, and bows down and says: "Dare not obey your fate." ”

Xia Nan nodded with satisfaction: "How to let merchant ships enter the port is my business, you just need to collect taxes." As for how to classify the goods, how much different categories of goods are charged, I will let the following people draw up a list for you, you will give me feedback after you get there, you can adjust it according to the actual situation, anyway, adhere to a principle: goods with high profits are heavily taxed, and those with low profits are charged less, and the minimum can not be lower than the standard of ten taxes. ”

"Where do the people who take the inventory and collect taxes come from?"

"You can poach people in Fujian businesses and pay double or triple the salary, as long as you can recruit enough people."

Zheng Hongkui asked tentatively: "Can the family members of the contemptible people accompany them?" ”

Xia Nan shook his head again and again: "The big man is not as good as Qiongzhou Mansion, except for the castle of Gerancha, there are wilderness everywhere, not insects and beasts, or natives, how can Mrs. Zun and Gongzi condescend to go to the place of poor mountains and bad waters?" It's better to stay in Qiongzhou Mansion, I will send someone to take good care of it, you can rest assured. ”

In the face of Xia Nan's "kindness", Zheng Hongkui can only accept it, but this arrangement is also expected by him, if he does not leave his family members as hostages, how can Xia Nan rest assured that he will hand over such an important errand to a general? In any case, the life of the family is saved, and the future will be slowly planned.

He bowed his hand: "Everything is subject to the general's arrangement, and the contemptible person must do his best to do a good job, but there is only a small request." ”

Xia Nan waved his hand generously: "Even if you open your mouth, you can do everything you can." I thought to myself, as long as I didn't bring my family to office, everything else was easy to discuss.

Zheng Hongkui said with a miserable face: "The general and the eldest brother are fighting each other, becoming the king and defeating the king, and I have nothing to say about the fate of the eldest brother." But I am the only one left among the Zheng brothers, and I want to restore the original name of the Zhizi generation, leave a thought, and ask the general to fulfill it. ”

Xia Nanqi said: "Zheng Hongkui is not your real name? So what's your real name? ”

"Hongkui's real name is Zhifeng, because he was arrogant when he was young, and he didn't want to rely on his eldest brother Mengyin, so he changed his name Hongkui after being admitted to the martial arts of the imperial court......"

Xia Nan suddenly realized, no wonder several of Zheng Zhilong's brothers are Zhizi, but Zheng Hongkui's name is incompatible with Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao and others, it sounds awkward, and the feeling is that this guy was still a rebellious teenager when he was young. Dragons, tigers, leopards, and phoenixes, this is in line with the naming habits of Chinese people.

The speaker has no intention of listening, and Xia Nan heard a lot of information from his words: Zheng Hongkui, or Zheng Zhifeng, is unwilling to fight his eldest brother for the rest of his life, and wants to get ahead, so he changed his name out of this mentality; In addition to showing that Zheng Zhifeng's ability is relatively strong -- although the difficulty of the martial arts in the Ming Dynasty is not as difficult as the imperial examination, it is not easy to be able to raise people in the examination -- it also shows that he is very keen on fame and fortune, and this alone is easy to control.

Xia Nan didn't have any opinion on the name change, he had killed the whole family, and he didn't allow people to change back to their original names to commemorate their families, it was too unreasonable, he nodded: "It's just a trivial matter, it's accurate." ”

"General Xie."

The site selection of the port in Fujian and the person in charge have been selected, and the next step is to arrange the "catch the ship". The so-called rushing of ships is to forcibly drive all the merchant ships to the two ports of Geranza and Bofu to pay taxes.

In terms of fleet combat effectiveness at sea, the Qiongzhou battalion has no rivals, but in order to control such a wide sea area from the Taiwan Strait to the Qiongzhou Strait, it is far from enough to rely on the existing number of warships, and the number of small and medium-sized warships, especially the Wuxiang-class patrol ships used for coastal patrols.

Xia Nan asked Sun Yuanhua: "Mr. Sun, can the shipyard's production capacity be expanded?" ”

Sun Yuanhua was responsible for the production of all military products and the allocation of resources, and after a year, he knew the situation of the shipyard, steel factory, arsenal, and quilt factory well, and replied without thinking: "With the existing shipyard, the production capacity can no longer be expanded, but the construction of large ships can be stopped and replaced with small ships." If you want to increase the number of ships to be built, you can only increase the dockyard. However, if the whole body is involved, the shipwrights will not be enough, and if they intend to use Bofu as a commercial port for tax collection, it is not appropriate to dig docks again......"

Xia Nan lowered his head and fell into deep thought, Sun Yuanhua said it was not unreasonable. Simply expanding the dockyard and recruiting new shipwrights is not a big problem, but in the future, Bofu Port will be used for both military and commercial purposes, more and more merchant ships will be anchored in the port, merchants and sailors will need to go ashore for accommodation, supplies, and consumption, and institutions for inspection and tax collection will also be established, and these future shops and facilities will need to occupy more land, and the excavation of docks will conflict with this development trend - after all, the dock must be close to the water, and it will not be possible to go inland.