Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The Zheng army plundered Quanzhou for two days before withdrawing safely when the reinforcements from the north and the south were approaching. More than [-] households were looted. The result of the two cross-sea raids in the south and the north has completely shocked the entire Fujian Province. Dong Guoxing, who was newly appointed as the governor of Fujian, took the blame for the inaction of the navy admiral Wan Zhengse as a matter of course. .

"Wanjunmen, Haini has finally stopped for more than half a year, and now it is ready to move again. I don't know what the rules are for this armymen."

"Master Dong should ask Master Zhao about this matter." Wan Zhengse didn't accept the move, but used his strength to kick the ball to the feet of Zhao Lai, who was transferred from the admiral of Guizhou to the admiral of Fujian Lushi. "How to divide and guard the flood on the road is the business of the Lu division. The navy division can't easily overstep it. The imperial court has its own system."

"Lord Wan, if it wasn't for your incompetence as a sailor, how could you make Haini come from the sea?" Zhao Laixin was naturally unwilling to be pulled out by Wan Zhengse as a shield before he had clarified his ideas, so he said tit for tat. "As long as the navy can block the sea rebellion, if there is another sea rebellion coming to attack the land, the responsibility will be entirely on me."

"Is Master Zhao's words interesting?" Wan Zhengse looked at him coldly. "All the sailors were ruined in Dongning by Shi Lang. It would take two or three years to recover their vitality. Could it be that if the sailors don't practice well for a day, Mr. Zhao can't stop the sea from going against them? It’s really like this, brother must read you a copy.”

"You!" Zhao Lai was so angry that his teeth were itchy, but what the other party said made sense, the navy's vitality could not be counted on, but it would be difficult to guard everywhere in the thousands of miles of sea with this little force in hand. "Nowadays there are [-] officers and soldiers in Fujian. Don't look at the number, but should the coastal prefectures and counties be guarded? Should the provincial capital be guarded? In this way, there are only a hundred or ten people scattered in the coastal towns and forts. But the whole division came, so it’s no wonder that they won’t be defeated if they fight more and less officials.”

"Master Zhao, I'm not here to listen to your complaints," General Tong Guoyao of Fuzhou is the grandson of Tong Yangxing, the first big traitor who surrendered to Houjin, the cousin of power eunuch Tong Guowei and Kangxi's biological mother Empress Xiao Kangzhang, the shortest-lived in Chinese history Empress Xiao Yiren's cousin, he is also a fierce general with a prominent family background, he has made many achievements in the battle against Wu Sangui's army, so he has accumulated meritorious service and became a general of Fuzhou. At this moment, he shook his head at Zhao Lai. "Please tell me the truth, my lord."

Looking at the several pairs of eyes that were fixed on him, Zhao Lai groaned secretly. Although Guizhou is a little poorer and has a little more Yi seedlings, it is better than getting along with Zheng Jun, who has the advantage of the sea. Why was he transferred to this ghost place? Isn't this killing people?

However, the slander belongs to the slander, but with so many people staring at it, even if there is no other way, they have to find a way: "It's not that there are no rules, but it's a bit painful, I'm afraid that adults will not bear it."

"It's good to have a charter." Wu Xingzuo said calmly. "Let's talk about it first, how do you know if you don't want to part with it if you haven't heard it before?"

The few people present nodded, so Zhao Lai opened his mouth desperately: "First of all, the scope of the sealing order must be expanded. The original thirty miles is not enough, so all the people in the fifty miles along the coast will be moved away. The purpose is nothing more than to plunder the population, without this temptation, would they still come?"

"Move to the coast for fifty miles?" Wu Xingzuo clicked his tongue. Before moving the boundary for thirty miles, the whole province lost a lot, and now it will be another twenty miles. Among other things, the financial expenditure is enough. The governor is making a fuss, but now he is no longer the governor, so it is hard for him to say this, and he can only put forward his opinion in a roundabout way. "What if the traitors from all over the place refuse to move out, and cause chaos, and even lead to a sea adversity, what should we do?"

"Kill!" Zhao Lai, who couldn't deal with Zheng Jun's harassment from the sea, but consciously suppressed the resistance of a few ordinary people, was not a problem, said murderously. "Kill them all." Anyway, there is no Zheng Jun at the moment, and Zhao Lai is not afraid that the cowhide will be blown. "It would be even better if traitors dare to hook up with Haini. It's just a matter of fighting to the death, and let Haini taste the power of the army and land division."

Wan Zhengse and Wu Xingzuo, who knew the strength of Zheng Jun, trembled when Hai Ni tasted the strength of the army and land division, but they did not dare to accuse Zhao Lai of being arrogant, and seeing Tong Guoyao nodding his beard, they knew clearly The vast majority of generals in the army thought that even Wu Sangui had been wiped out, let alone Zheng Jun, whose land combat ability was much inferior to Wu Jun's.

Wu Xingzuo and Wan Zhengse didn't express their views, and Tong Guoyao insisted on his identity as the royal family, so only Dong Guoxing clapped his hands and laughed: "Zhao Junmen is so courageous, but it is a good regulation to draw salary from the bottom of the pot. Let's do it like this. I will ask for an order immediately." Expansion!"

Anyway, my officials were not given by the people, and their life and death had nothing to do with me as a fake Manchurian, so when Dong Guoxing opened his mouth, Wu Xingzuo immediately agreed: "This is very good, I should join Mr. , Your Majesty is a sage, and he cares about the sufferings of the people, so when the time comes, this errand must be done."

Wan Zhengse looked at the actions of several people coldly. Anyway, it has nothing to do with him. Before the navy is rebuilt, he will never stand out. However, Zhao Lai actually has other suggestions besides expanding the border: "We must Mobilize the men and women to build more boundary walls, and set up beacon towers at critical positions, so that the officers and troops can be quickly mobilized to reinforce the war zone."

"This money?" It's no problem to mobilize husbands and servants, but building a boundary wall requires money. Although Wu Xingzuo used Junxing to reimburse a lot of holes in the treasury, it was too obvious. He was afraid that Kangxi would see through it, but Dong Guoxing's expression clearly said that everyone should eat together if there is meat, so he thought about it for a while, and finally nodded. "Then please Mr. Dong bring a note on the booklet."

"Okay!" Dong Guoxing, who got his wish, nodded heavily. "By the way, the compensation for the people who were ordered to relocate should also be recorded, otherwise, Fujian Province will not be able to fill such a big hole."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." This is another benefit, Wu Xingzuo tacitly agreed, and naturally everyone is happy

Everyone in Fuzhou City was laughing, and Zheng Kezang was also laughing. Looking at the short British man in front of him, he made a bold promise: "Mr. Burleigh, if the composting method you mentioned can solve the saltpeter supply in our domain, I won’t be in the wrong of Gujue, let’s not talk about mere lords at that time, even if I give it to a lord or even a world lord, there will be no problem.”

The ecstatic Burleigh immediately knelt down on one leg in front of Zheng Kezang: "Your Majesty the Great King, I, Burleigh of the Seacomb family, would like to offer my loyalty to His Majesty and help His Majesty become the most powerful in East Asia. the monarch."

"Then I will trouble you, sir." Zheng Kezang thought for a while. "First give the house and receive the salary as the eighth grade"

Burleigh retreated happily, and Cai Qian, the officer of the Armament Department, congratulated him: "Congratulations and congratulations, my lord. I didn't expect that the money will be rewarded now. If the problem of saltpeter can really be solved, don't worry about it." Not to mention, you can save a lot of money, and maybe you can sell it to the outside world.”

"True, false." Lin Weirong, the secretary of the Department of Commerce and Industry who was in charge of escorting Burleigh, is still at a loss. "This field is sprinkled with cow and horse urine, and after a year or so, it will be able to grow nitrate. This is unbelievable. Could this barbarian be cheating?"

"I know that the composting method exists. As this person said, the king of England and Guili obtained saltpeter through the composting method." Zheng Kezang explained. "He didn't lie to anyone on this point, but whether he cheated on techniques depends on the results after one year." Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang took care of Cai Qian. "This barbarian is vague. He is either a liar or a broom. However, I heard a rumor before that this nitrate field likes heat and hates humidity, so it must not be rained." Of course Zheng Kezang did not know the essence of composting, but The largest saltpeter mine in the world is in the desert of Chile, and the largest saltpeter mine in China in the previous life was in the desert of Xinjiang. The existence of these two is enough to tell Zheng Kezang the necessary factors for the survival of saltpeter. "In addition, this matter is the highest military aircraft, and the Military Weapons Division must keep it a secret."

"I understand." Cai Qian promised, and Lin Weirong on the other side also swore.

"Don't be too nervous, let's just pretend it doesn't matter." Zheng Kezang looked at Lin Weirong as he said. "Is it settled with the British, Guilian, and Yi to ask the famous domestic scholar Newton to come to Dongning to give lectures?"

Lin Weirong was also very interested in the so-called great scholars from foreign countries, and communicated with the British several times in the spirit of studying in Siyi. However, the Penghu business house was only the property of the British East India Company, so it was impossible to immediately decide whether a great scientist was a great scientist or not. Able to visit: "The British Guilian people were very surprised to hear that Benfan proposed to invite Newton to give lectures. Therefore, the great Confucian is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy (Royal Society) in British Guizhou. The owner of the museum dare not make a decision. It will take years to respond."

"Is that the same response from the French side about inviting the great Confucianists from the French Academy to give lectures?"

"Yes." Lin Weirong smiled wryly. "It's all the rhetoric that the matter needs to be reported to the domestic court for adjudication. Even if we can finally send people to come and travel 20 miles by sea, at least we will have the answer in the second half of next year or the year after."

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Zheng Kezang sighed, and then motioned for the two to retreat. After the two left, Lin Heng, the Secretary of Military Affairs, walked in. "Lin Qing is free of courtesy." Lin Heng stood still, and Zheng Kezang threw the booklet in his hand onto the stage. "Tell me, what's going on, the Military Law Department will punish severely, how did the Military Affairs Department arrange for promotion."

"This is the suggestion of the Military Academy. It is said that Master Ma Yingma appreciates troublesome soldiers, so he sent a recommendation to the Military Affairs Department through the Military Academy." Lin Heng said frankly. "As for the time when the Military Legal Department said that it would be punished, the minister's report had already been sent to Anping City, but it was difficult to recover."

"Then what Yiqing means, is there any need for this little soldier to be promoted?"

"My lord, this person was born in the army, and I think he should set an example." Lin Heng's attitude was also very clear. "Punishments from the Military Law Department are punishments, and rewards from ministers are rewards. As for promotion, it is up to the Lord to decide."

"Cuju kicked to Gu's feet." Zheng Kezang chuckled. "That's fine, just do as Qing wants. The left is only a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunwu. When he finishes his sentence, he can be promoted. However, those women who were robbed can't be rewarded to them. They are really dazzled by selfish desires." It's gone!" Lin Heng was stunned, obviously Zheng Kezang's attitude was still inclined to the side of the military law department, but he was moved by his own surrender, so he heard what Zheng Kezang said at this time. "This person still has a way of sneaking around. If he uses it well, there may be some prospects. In this way, don't worry too much, let Maying do it."

"I understand"