Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1283 The Warring States Period in Zhangzhou Bay

Jinjiang County School is usually very quiet, but now it accommodates hundreds of people from the Zheng family, and it has become extremely noisy.The sound of adults talking, the sound of children crying and laughing.In the hall, from time to time smoke from life and cooking comes out.

The family members of the Zheng family, shopkeepers, and generals of the Zheng Group who escaped with Zheng Zhiwan by chance have been living here since they fled to Jinjiang County.Zheng's group has great influence in Jinjiang and Nan'an counties, and many people have bought and owned properties. As a result, those with wealth and power soon went to live with relatives and friends or in their own villages.The people in the county school gradually dispersed.However, the clansmen from faraway tribes, family members of middle and lower level personnel, lost servants, buddies and personal soldiers who escaped from Anping City have nowhere to go.Hardly waiting here for the day to return to Anping.

In the hall just behind the county school, hundreds of people gathered in the hall, side rooms and yard, many of them were black soldiers with dark complexion, and many of them were Japanese samurai with swords.

After Tong Tailang and his gang escaped from Kinmen Island with Zheng Sen, they did not dare to stay on the shore for long. After all, Tong Tailang was a foreigner and was not very familiar with the coastal geography, so he took Zheng Sen and fled to a place where he had been to many times. , the most familiar route of Jinjiang County.

Along the way, Tong Tailang took in many stragglers and fled all the way to Jinjiang.Many Congjin buildings have gathered in Jinjiang County.The members of the Zheng family who escaped peacefully.

However, Zheng Zhiwan, who had the highest status in the city, seemed to have no interest in the heirs of the Zheng family. He didn't even pay a formal visit. He just sent his servants to bring some money, rice and clothes, and he never heard from him again.

Except for Zheng Zhiwan, the Zheng Group seemed to have forgotten about them, and no one came to ask Tongtaro and his party.Such indifference made Tongtaro very surprised: the head of the family has died, and the young master left behind is the natural heir, why no one came to support him?At first he thought it was because other people didn't know that Zheng Sen had pulled out the tiger's mouth, so he sent people around to look for the escaped Shibazhi members, especially Zheng's "One Family", but so far, there is no one Come.

The stragglers gathered in the county school all regard the young master as life-saving straw-they are all lower classes and don't have much savings. Once the Zheng family is over, they will become unemployed and have nothing to do. Of course, they all hope that the young master can inherit the family master's legacy Regardless of the position, at least I have a feeling of "sharing weal and woe".

Although Tong Tailang didn't know much about the power struggle within the Zheng Group, he also knew that after the commander-in-chief Zheng Zhilong disappeared, it would be very difficult to gather the members of the Zheng family together.

Formally speaking, there is no problem for Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Sen, to inherit the father's throne.But Zheng Sen was only seven years old this year, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that he would not be able to lead the Zheng family through the crisis.

For Zheng Sen to ascend the throne, he must have a strong assistant to control the situation.

It stands to reason that this is a good opportunity to bring the emperor to order the princes, assist the young master's powerful ministers to usurp power, and do things like domineering. There are many examples in China and Japan.Zheng Sen should be a favorite, but he didn't expect that no one cared about him at all.

Even Zheng Zhilong's brother didn't show that he wanted to help his nephew.Only Zheng Zhifeng sent someone to send money and rice, saying that Anping, Kinmen, and Xiamen had all been reduced to rubble, and they could not be resettled for a while, so they could only be wronged to continue living in the county school.Then there is no more text.Totaro is a foreigner after all, so he can't do anything about it.

These days, only Matos, who had escaped from death, came here with dozens of remnants of the Black Guard, but this non-Portuguese mixed race couldn't come up with any suggestions.

The only person Tong Taro can talk to now is Qian Taichong.

This Qian Taichong was originally an ordinary copywriter under Zheng Zhipeng's command. It is said that he was originally from Cantonese and was recommended to make a living.Now that the master died in battle, he became a vagrant.

Tong Taro thinks that Qian Taichong is a very mysterious person. Although he is a scholar, he has dark skin, a strong figure, and calluses on his hands and feet. I found that there were still many scars on his body, as if he had been on the battlefield.

But Qian Taichong almost never talked about his past, and often sat alone in a daze.It wasn't until a few days ago that Tong Tailang wanted to invite an envoy to be a lobbyist at Zheng Zhifeng's place, so he had a relationship with Qian Taichong.

Tong Tailang believes that Zheng Zhifeng is Zheng Sen's uncle and one of the powerful factions of the Zheng family, so it is most appropriate for him to come forward to assist the young master.So I have been trying to convince him.But he is a Japanese warrior after all, and it is really difficult to be a lobbyist, so he fell in love with this taciturn scholar.

Qian Taichong went away without saying a word, and he came back a few days later——except for a few hundred taels of silver, he still got nothing.

"He is unwilling to send someone to meet the young master?!" Tong Tailang was extremely disappointed.

"Just say that Jinmen Island is currently in ruins, and there are many corpses that have not been cleared and buried. The young master moved there, and the daily life is very inconvenient. Please also ask the young master to rest in Jinjiang for a while."

"Bastard!" Tong Tailang scolded, "The master's bones are not cold, they have already treated the young master like this!"

It makes sense for Tong Tailang to be so angry, because yesterday he sent an envoy to Zheng Zhiwan's place, asking him to clean up a farm of the Zheng family in Jinjiang County, and let Zheng Sen and his party move in——Hundreds of No. It is inconvenient for people to live in county schools.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhiwan, who had already accepted all Zheng's farms in Jinjiang County, refused on the grounds that "the bandits and bandits have not been cleared, and it is not safe to live outside the city".

"It seems that we can only find brothers Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai..." Tong Tailang was at a loss.

"Isn't looking for them the skin of a tiger?" Qian Taichong said.

Tong Taro was taken aback. So far this scholar has not expressed any specific opinions. Now that he is willing to express his own opinions, he couldn't help but feel refreshed, and hurriedly said: "What about the master's opinion?"

"I don't have a good idea, but even my uncles and nephews don't want to stand out, let alone they are outsiders." Qian Taichong said a little lonely, "The two brothers of the Zheng family were originally independent forces, and later they defected to the general. The general’s power, now that the general is dead, and they have occupied Xiamen Island, they probably plan to do their own business, so why support the young master?”

Totaro was deeply disappointed.

"Xiamen Island has become the world of brothers Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai, right?!"

"There are seven heroes of the Warring States Period in Zhangzhou Bay now." Qian Taichong said disdainfully, "Everyone is making their own calculations, but it has nothing to do with the young master."

While Zheng Sen and others were sitting in Jinjiang County, the Shibazhi members who were not killed or captured were fighting fiercely over the body of Zheng's group.

The most powerful Zheng Zhifeng seized Kinmen Island, Zheng Zhibao occupied Little Kinmen Island, and Zheng Lian and Zheng Cai brothers occupied Xiamen Island.Although Zheng Zhiwan was quick to escape from Anping, when he heard that the thieves had withdrawn from Anping, he immediately armed the farmer on his farm, and "recovered" Anping with great fanfare with his own soldiers and servants.

The rest of the Zheng family will either take refuge in a certain force, or occupy a small island in Zhangzhou Bay. Some of them are weak and uncertain of the wind direction, so they will lean on the shore or enter the Jiulong River and Shijing River to wait and see what happens.Such a huge Zheng Group seems to be falling apart.

Although the Zheng Group has been established under Zheng Zhilong's hands, its internal cohesion is still weak, and it is basically maintained by Zheng Zhilong's personal prestige.Right now, the Zheng Group has suffered an unprecedented blow, and the leader and a large number of backbones have died in battle. The shortcomings of weak cohesion were immediately exposed.

In this sea where there are boats and someone is the grass head king, the name of Zheng Zhilong's son-in-law is useless. He has no direct control power under his name. Once Zheng Zhilong died, the remaining troops, ships and property were quickly divided among the group's top survivors Lost.Except for Zheng Zhilong's black guards and Japanese guards, no one took him seriously.

As for the generals and treasurers, they are weak and can only rely on one side, and it is even more impossible to pin their future on a seven-year-old child.

"It's a pity that I don't have any soldiers anymore." Although Totaro only experienced one end of the troubled times of the Warring States Period, he knew the importance of force, but this disastrous defeat to the Black Guards and Japanese Guards suffered heavy losses, including those killed, captured, and separated. , almost completely lost.

"The people gathered here are probably willing to follow the young master." Qian Taicong said abruptly.

"How many people can there be?" Tong Taro said, "my subordinates and Matos's are no less than 200 people in total." Tong Taro suddenly understood what Qian Taichong meant, and asked:

"You mean..."

"It doesn't matter if there are few people, as long as you dare to fight, you are better than the mob." Qian Taichong's eyes flashed, "Besides, we don't necessarily need to fight."

Although the Zheng Group has almost split, they are still of the same clan.In the current situation there will be no rivalry among clans, but various forms of struggle over leadership will be inevitable.At such a moment, the number of personal soldiers is indeed a key issue, but it is by no means the main issue.

Tong Tailang realized that this scholar had a clear plan and was a "counselor". He was short of someone who could give an idea, so he hurriedly said, "Mr. Qian, please teach me!"

Qian Taichong smiled: "General Tong, you are from Dongying, why do you want to keep the young master on the throne? What does the survival of the Zheng family have to do with you?"

"This is the entrustment of the general at the end of his life." Tong Tailang said in a loud voice, "We were forced to leave Japan and have been serving under the general's command for these years. We have no worries about food and clothing, and a good life. Shouldn't we repay you with gratitude?"

"Hehe, well said!" Qian Taichong nodded, "Then I will help you."

(End of this chapter)