"My jīng god split symptoms are getting stricter and stricter." After Deng Ming came back to his senses, he reflected on what he had just said, and suspected that he had developed another new personality, which was obviously convinced that he was the Ming clan and could confidently 'entrust' overseas Chinese to Zheng Chenggong from the height of the king. Deng Ming asked himself suspiciously: "If I continue to develop, will I be eliminated by another personality?" Could this be the legendary snatching? ”

"Where the hell is Taiwan?" Deng Ming, Zheng Chenggong, and Zhang Huangyan were very talkative, but he had no idea of the location of Taiwan and Luzon, and it sounded like there was a lot of gold and silver, and it was not very difficult to fight.

Deng Ming smiled, picked up charcoal and paper, and drew on the paper the many provinces and coastlines of China, as well as the movements of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, and then he marked Zhoushan not far from Hangzhou Bay: "This is where Zhang Shangshu's camp is located." ”

Zhang Huangyan saw that Deng Ming's painting was clear and eye-catching, and he praised the head: "The Admiral is familiar with geography and is amazing. ”

Li Laiheng looked at the small piece of land on the map, compared it with Sichuan and Huguang marked by Deng Ming, and said secretly in his heart: "Zhang Huangyan's territory is really small, no wonder the Zhejiang soldiers are so poor, even poorer than our Kuidong Army." ”

Then Deng Ming moved the pen to the location of Fujian, and circled two small circles on the coastline: "This is almost Jinxia and Xia." ”

When Deng Ming was drawing, Zheng Chenggong kept smiling and silent, he guessed in his heart that Deng Ming might not be able to draw accurately, but even if Deng Ming moved Xiamen to Guangdong, Zheng Chenggong did not intend to point it out. Seeing that Deng Ming actually painted a good picture, he also praised him sincerely: "The Admiral has a heart." ”

Li Laiheng looked at the two islands the size of a grain of rice, and muttered secretly: "Zheng Chenggong's territory is not bigger than Zhang Huangyan, how can he be so rich?" Could it be all the sea trade that the third prince just mentioned? ”

"Taiwan is here." The general shape of the island of Taiwan was revealed on paper, and Deng Ming nodded between it and the mainland: "This is the shipping route of Taiwan, and King Zheng Jun just said that he can collect 10 million taels of silver per year." Then Deng Ming casually drew a list of islands in the north of Taiwan, and said to Li Laiheng while drawing: "This is Ryukyu, and further north is Rìben." ”

Zhang Huangyan has been active in the coastal waters, and he doesn't know much about the distribution of islands in the outer sea, and when he saw that Deng Ming's painting was similar to the sea chart in his impression, he was a little surprised and asked Zheng Chenggong for verification: "The Admiral painted it very similarly?" ”

"Pretty much, indeed." Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly, feeling very strange and puzzled: "The young master knows too well about the East China Sea, even the maritime merchants under my command, if they never go to the Rì Ben, they may not be able to understand the position so clearly." The young master must have carefully studied the situation of the countries in the East China Sea, otherwise he would not be able to draw it casually. But in this case, why do you seem to be ignorant of the quantity of maritime trade and Taiwan's output? ”

"Where is Luzon?" Li Laiheng looked interested and continued to ask.

"Luzon is farther away." Deng Ming tried to recall the shape of the Philippines, while slowly drawing an outline, and asked Zheng Chenggong uncertainly: "Probably that's about it, right?" ”

Zheng Chenggong stared at the map for a while, and nodded solemnly.

"The Admiral has seen the map of all nations." Zhang Huangyan suddenly realized.

Zheng Chenggong did not comply, because he was quite familiar with the map of the world, and knew that it was not entirely accurate - the people who paid tribute to the map of the Ming court were not painters, and the people at that time did not know as much about geography as Deng Ming, who had seen the map of the world. Over the years, Zheng Chenggong has asked many Chinese businessmen in Luzon about the local hydrology, and the topographic map he drew has also revised some fallacies on the map of the world, but this is Zheng Chenggong's most confidential information, and he has never shown it to others. Now Deng Ming is just a casual drawing, but the shape is indeed quite accurate.

"It's a big island." Li Laiheng, as a complete layman, was very happy to see it.

"There are bigger ones." The shape of Indonesia was scribbled, but he remembered the shape of Australia very well, and soon the continent also appeared in the far south.

Zhang Huangyan had also become a layman at this time, and exclaimed: "What a big land, how many countries are there here?" ”

"There are none, they should all be savage natives." Deng Ming lowered his head to draw a picture and replied in his mouth.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong's heart was turbulent, and he thought silently: "I have never heard of such a big island, even the Taixi people don't seem to mention it." ”

Li Laiheng thought that this big island was the nest of the Dutch and Spaniards, but when he heard that it was not, he hurriedly asked: "Where are the Netherlands and Franky?" ”

"This is Tianzhu, well, the Tianzhu subcontinent." Deng Ming drew India, and then had to spread out a new piece of paper and connect it: "Here is ...... Well, I heard that it was called Africa, or maybe it was some other name, but I forgot it. Here it is, well, the Big Food Peninsula, the Red Sea...... Eastern Mediterranean...... At the end of the Mediterranean, this is the Franc machine...... Atlantic, France...... Well, this is the Netherlands. ”

Finally completed the map of half of the world, Deng Ming looked at it again, felt that some places were not quite right, and shook his head: "I don't draw very accurately, but that's probably what it looks like." ”

Deng Ming, who was still unsatisfied, hastily drew the Americas on the other side of the Atlantic: "This is the whole world." ”

After briefly popularizing world geography, Deng Ming threw down his pen, and as soon as he looked up, he found that Zheng Chenggong was looking intently at the sketch of this world map, and Deng Ming's face turned red: "The drawing is too sloppy, and the shape and size are not quite right." ”

"How much manpower and financial resources have been spent, and it will take at least 50 years of work and thousands of ...... Tens of thousands of people understand clearly, right? Zheng Chenggong sighed, stretched out his hand and grabbed the two pieces of paper in front of him, looked at them carefully for a while, and was still reluctant, and suddenly raised his head and said to Deng Ming: "Admiral, give these two pictures to the last general." ”

For a person like Zheng Chenggong, who is full of dreams of sailing, the map of the world is like the laws of physics to Newton and Einstein, full of great allure.

"There are a lot of places where the painting is inaccurate," Deng Ming hurriedly said, "I don't remember very clearly." ”

"It's okay." Zheng Chenggong felt that it was normal to be inaccurate, and he successively sent several groups of reconnaissance ships to investigate the geography of Taiwan, and the topographic maps drawn were also very different, and drawing maps, especially the coastline, was a very difficult task in this era. Zheng Chenggong grabbed the two pictures in his hands, and at the same time quickly glanced at Zhang Huangyan and Li Laiheng, and jǐng Tizhi sè flashed - he was very satisfied to find that these two people did not reveal the intention of robbing the treasure with him.

But Deng Ming wanted to take it back: "If King Zheng Jun likes it, I'll go back and draw another one, this one does have a lot of omissions." ”

Zheng Chenggong's heart suddenly ignited a wave of hope again: "Where has the Admiral seen the original map?" Where is the original image now? ”

Deng Ming realized that he seemed to have done something very out of the ordinary, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I saw it a long time ago, and I don't know where it has gone." ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed lightly, he secretly thought in his heart that this kind of diagram must be the most confidential information of the royal family, most of which was made by the Ming Dynasty when it was still like rì Zhongtian, and it took decades or even hundreds of years to create it at any cost. This picture was able to reach the hands of the Tang King, and it was very lucky for the Young Tang King to have the opportunity to see it, but now most of it has been left behind in the troubled times.

The matter of the world map came to an end, and then Deng Ming told Zheng Chenggong that he and Li Laiheng and Zhang Huangyan had already discussed it and would retreat tomorrow night: "If King Zheng Jun comes a few days late, maybe we will leave, what a blessing." King Zheng happened to be walking with Zhang Shangshu and left the Yangtze River to go to sea together. ”

With Zheng Chenggong's boat, Zhang Huangyan can return to Zhoushan much faster, and it will be much safer.

Hearing that he was going to put Lang Tingzuo back, Zheng Chenggong was a little reluctant, but he listened to Deng Ming's story and understood Deng Ming's intentions: "The Admiral's strategy was learned from Hong Chengchou's thief, right?" ”

"Exactly." Just as Hong Chengchou had ordered the Qing army to evacuate Chenzhou, Deng Ming also planned to relieve the military pressure on Nanjing to facilitate the infighting of the Qing army.

If Lang Tingzuo is not allowed to go back, Jiang Guozhu and Guan are loyal to them, and they may put the blame on Lang Tingzuo; If he is allowed to go back but does not retreat, Lang Tingzuo may also appease the people, and finally the court issued an order to arrest Jiang Guozhu and Guan Xiaozhong. Zheng Chenggong thought for a while and understood that no matter which faction was unlucky in the end, as long as it was resolved peacefully, then there would not be much loss to the Manchus; Only by allowing them to engage in infighting can the Qing court pay a greater price, whether it is the casualties caused by the bloody conflict or the political costs that need to be paid for the aftermath.

Shut down

Zheng Chenggong said: "In this case, I have no objection, just don't sue Yu Xin and a few of them, lest they know that Lang Tingzuo is in the camp and spoil the governor's big business." ”

In addition to these, Deng Ming also hoped that Zheng Chenggong could give Zhang Huangyan's Zhejiang army more support, in addition to money and food, there were also training and immigration problems - transferring the refugees who fled to Zhoushan to Taiwan could not only reduce the logistical pressure of the Zhejiang army, but also speed up the development of Taiwan's strength. Zheng Chenggong said that there was no problem with this, and that he planned to march on Taiwan next year, while trying to help the Zhejiang army in Zhoushan so that they could maintain pressure on the Qing army along the coast.

These things were talked about for a long time, and Li Laiheng once again fell into a situation where he had nothing to say. Finally waited for the other three people to come to an end, Li Laiheng pointed to the square table in front of him, and suddenly said: "After the business is over, Admiral, Zheng Junwang, Zhang Shangshu, how about we play two laps?" ”

Sichuan people are good at mahjong, and Li Laiheng is also quite affected.

In addition to the reason of hobbies, Li Laiheng also secretly held back his strength to settle accounts with Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan. This time, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan sent troops to the southeast, and the first sentence at the beginning of the article was "Since Li thief advocated rebellion...... Li Laiheng was very dissatisfied with this. But now everyone is a friend and not an enemy, and Li Laiheng, who has always regarded the card field as a battlefield, can only use playing cards to seek justice.

Before Zheng Chenggong could speak, Deng Ming shook his head and objected: "After talking about it for a long time, I'm hungry, so let's eat first." ”

"When we're done eating, let's play two laps." Li Laiheng still refuses to give up.

"The king of Yanping County has just arrived, and he will leave in the evening......" Deng Ming still felt that it was inappropriate.

But Zheng Chenggong was in a good mood today, so he agreed with a smile: "Okay, it's rare that Linguo Gong is interested, let's eat first, and when we finish eating, we must have a few laps." ”

"Sure enough, it's a gambler," Seeing that Zheng Chenggong agreed so happily, Li Laiheng's guard in his heart became even heavier: "I can't be careless for a while, don't be fair and don't get it back, but give him money." ”

Deng Ming can't drink, so he doesn't know how good or bad wine is. However, Zhang Huangyan was a famous man in the southeast, he was bold and bold, and he was very interested in wine, and after arriving in Nanjing, he immediately picked out several jars of fine wine from the seized materials.

After sitting down in the camp with the generals, Zhang Huangyan smiled at Zheng Chenggong and said: "I have Qingzhou to do, and King Zheng will come to appreciate it." ”

"It doesn't hurt if you pour a cup, but Zhang Shangshu's taste never dares to compliment, saying that he is engaged in Qingzhou, but I am afraid that he is the plain superintendent." Zheng Chenggong replied with a laugh.

Zhang Huangyan didn't argue with Zheng Chenggong, so he asked the guard to fetch a jar of wine. After opening the seal, the aroma of wine overflowed instantly, and all the generals in the camp salivated when they smelled it, even a person like Deng Ming, who was not good at drinking, also felt that the aroma was refreshing, as if he was already drunk just by smelling it.

"How?" Zhang Huangyan looked at Zheng Chenggong proudly.

"Zhang Shangshu really knows how to pick wine." Zheng Chenggong secretly admired it in his heart, but said: "I have to taste it to know." ”

Because it was still under the city of Nanjing, after the wine was hot, everyone here only got a glass. Zheng Chenggong picked up the wine glass and put it in front of his nose and sniffed it for a while, before slowly drinking it into his mouth. After drinking, he looked at the empty wine glass, and praised it unsatisfactorily: "Sure enough, it is Qingzhou engaged." ”

Since these two people started talking just now, Deng Ming was confused, the aroma of the wine smelled like rice wine, and when Zheng Chenggong said this, Deng Ming was even more confused: "Isn't this rice wine?" Could it be Shandong wine? ”

Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong were stunned when they heard this, and even Li Laiheng was full of embarrassment, although the latter did not know the origin of the word, but he saw the big words "Qingzhou engaged" at the door of the restaurant many times, and knew that it was synonymous with fine wine.

But Deng Ming is not good at drinking, so he never paid attention to it, seeing Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan stunned for a moment, and began to talk about it left and right, Deng Ming asked again.

"This," the atmosphere in the camp suddenly became very awkward, Zheng Chenggong couldn't stand Deng Ming's repeated questions, so he had to reply in a hurry: "It's indeed rice wine." ”

"Why is it called Qingzhou?"

"Ugh." Zheng Chenggong sighed.

Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he was a student of Guozijian, and like Zhang Huangyan, he belonged to the scholar class, and the language used by the upper class was somewhat different from that of the lower class. It's like giving a gift, and people might say, "This is the best pork head, so put it away." And the scholars should say, "A little heart, please smile." ”

At that time, people believed that the aroma of good wine could reach the navel, and the navel was homophonic with Qi, and Qi was under the rule of Qingzhou, so the wine was called Qingzhou; And the poor wine fragrance is insufficient, and it is scattered in the diaphragm, and the diaphragm is the same as the sound of the beard, and the beard is the plain administration, so it is called the plain superintendent.

Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan both think that Deng Ming is a clan, but as a top-level nobleman, he can't understand the elegant conversation of the upper class. Originally, the two of them wanted to cover up for Deng Ming, but they couldn't stand him to get to the bottom of it, so Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to tell the truth, and at the same time secretly sighed in his heart that the young master was embarrassed and ugly this time.

However, Deng Ming didn't feel this way, but smiled and said, "It's really interesting." ”

Zheng Chenggong didn't eat this meal happily, and complained in his heart why Zhang Huangyan had to take out the wine: "Did the young master have a hard time before?" Could it be that he was incognito, so he never interacted with scholars? ”

After eating, Li Laiheng brought up the old words again, pulling Deng Ming, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan to play mahjong. Deng Ming felt that this was also a good opportunity for everyone to connect with each other. After the four of them sat down, they all took out some bright silver ingots and put them on the table, and behind them were a large number of guards and officers, their horns resembling the cheerleaders of later generations, ready to cheer for their respective top bosses. This time, the order of the four people at the table is Deng Ming, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan and Li Laiheng in counterclockwise.

"What are the rules of the place?" Li Laiheng was calm, and looked at Zheng Chenggong opposite with blazing eyes.

"Well......" Zheng Chenggong didn't think much about it, so he proposed to use the rules of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Huangyan naturally agreed, and Deng Ming did not object. After briefly explaining the rules, Zheng Chenggong grabbed the dice and threw them, and the game began.

Li Laiheng was nervous in his heart: "Zheng Chenggong is really a good means, I wanted to capture the old people, thinking that he would be humble, and finally use the rules of Sichuan, but he was the first to do it." ”

For Deng Ming, since this is a good opportunity to contact feelings, he is supplemented by playing cards and chatting, and soon talked about Taiwan and Luzon. Zhang Huangyan was quite concerned about these matters and expressed his opinions from time to time, only Li Laiheng was engrossed, carefully figuring out the card types in the hands of Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan.

Soon Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan were both lifted by Li Laiheng, and when he pinched the dice in his hand, Li Laiheng was proud: "Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan are just like that." Well, they're all distracted, and it's my day. ”

Li Laiheng, who regarded the card field as a battlefield, won consecutive battles, and even five Zhuang in one breath, and saw that the silver in front of the three people was piled up in front of Li Laiheng.

The officers who broke into the camp cheerfully applauded again and again, but the face behind Zheng Chenggong was getting worse and worse.

"Taiwan's trees are suitable for shipbuilding, it's hard to say now, you have to wait for ......" Zheng Chenggong picked up the card, absentmindedly touched it in his hand, and continued to talk to Deng Ming in his mouth.

Knock, knock, knock, Li Laiheng on the other side began to knock impatiently on the table.

Zheng Chenggong heard the sound and hurriedly threw the cards in his hand out, and after seeing the turned over cards, Yu Xin behind him sighed with a frustrated face. After hearing this, Zheng Chenggong glanced at it and said with a smile: "Well, it's a mistake." ”

"King Zheng Jun ordered." As Li Laiheng pushed the card, there was another cheer behind him.

...... "If the sea trade is so rich, can I also send Erlang to try it?" When it was Zhang Huangyan's turn to play cards, he was asking Zheng Chenggong about the route.

"Zhang Shangshu, you ordered."

......, "Go and fetch another hundred taels of silver." Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan commanded successively.

...... "You can't hit this one!" He had already taken out the silver twice in a row, and seeing that there were not many chips left in front of Zheng Chenggong, Yu Xin couldn't help but start to speak. Seeing the triumphant expression of the cheerleaders behind Li Laiheng, the lungs of the people on the Min army's side were about to explode.

"Watching chess without speaking, watching chess without speaking." Li Laiheng, who was sitting behind the silver mountain, immediately spoke.

Soon, this one ended again, and seeing Li Laiheng stretching out his hand to take the money away again, Yu Xin, who dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, glared at Hu Shuai, and was unhappy in his heart: "Lin Guogong, you are also a commander of one party, why do you like to take advantage of people's danger so much?" ”

The final result was naturally that all three families lost, Li Laiheng won alone, and in the cheers of the soldiers who broke into the camp, Hu Shuai triumphantly swept away all the ingots.

Deng Ming looked at the sky outside the tent, it was already afternoon, and it was almost time to return from the camp.