Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Since Ming Zheng fell out with Geng Jingzhong, he naturally stopped being polite. From the end of May to mid-July of this year, the Taiwan Strait was flooded with warships and grain ships from Chengtianfu. , It was not until the beginning of the typhoon that the entire transport fleet came to an end temporarily. So far, Zheng Jun has gathered tens of thousands of troops in Jinxia and other places.

In addition to the continuous transfer of soldiers and food from Taiwan, Zhu Jin also continuously sent secret spies to join forces.Since the three generations of the Zheng family have been operating in southern Fujian and northern Guangdong for many years, their influence and contacts are still there, and Geng Jingzhong is perverted, so Wang Fanxi, son of Fujian Admiral Wang Jingong stationed in Quanzhou, Qinghai Chenggong Huang Fangdu who occupies Zhangzhou, and Chaozhou General Liu Jinzhong After waiting, they voted for Zheng Jun one after another, and the situation was extremely favorable to the Ming Zheng regime for a while.

Seeing that Ming Zheng's momentum was gradually rising, the remorseful Geng Jingzhong couldn't sit still anymore. For this reason, he sent envoys to make representations to Zhu Jin, hoping that Ming Zheng could return the important city of Quanzhou to himself. How could Zhu Jin do this? He agreed, so Geng Jingzhong decided to take back Quanzhou by force, and a big battle was imminent

"Sister Ziling, has grandma woke up yet?"

Although the Boys' Battalion has been transferred to formal training, Zheng Kezang's identity is not only the commander-in-chief of the Boys' Scouts who looks like a joke to outsiders, it is impossible to hang out with it all day long, so as not to give him trouble. Zhu Jin or some people who are concerned about his growth feel like playing with things and losing their minds.

"My lord, the old lady is chanting sutras," the female officer in her twenties answered with a sullen face, although she was beautiful and beautiful. The evil grandson's mother and son have always had a knot in their hearts, so the female attendants naturally didn't dare to smile at Zheng Kezang. "The eldest son's filial piety, the slaves will definitely tell the old lady later, so that the eldest son will not be delayed to go back to study."

"Then I'll trouble Sister Ziling." Zheng Kezang curled his lips secretly. To be honest, coming to Beiyuan Bieyuan every morning and evening is the duty of Zheng Kezang as the eldest grandson after Zhu Jin left Taiwan. Whether Mrs. Dong, who has always been dissatisfied with him, will appreciate it is beyond his control. Anyway, as long as he comes, others cannot attack him for being unfilial in terms of etiquette. "In addition, please tell sister Ziling to tell Grandmother that Qin'er will come to pay respects at night."

This is Zheng Kezang's daily itinerary now: In addition to going to Dong Guotai's morning and evening to set provinces, he gets up early in the morning to practice martial arts, and then he studies and reads with Mr. Lu throughout the morning, and only in the afternoon is his free time. He will rush to the boy camp to train with him, and of course he will have regular meals with his mother, Chen Zhaoniang.

"Qin She?" Zheng Kezang had just come out of the other courtyard in the North Garden, and he saw Zheng Keshuang getting out of the car at a glance. The elder brother was standing in front of him, he stopped in his tracks all of a sudden, and crashed into Zheng Kezang's arms. "Oh, Qin She is getting fat again."

Zheng Kezang hugged the child and gave it a big lift. Fortunately, although it was still a bit difficult, he was able to lift him up. However, Zheng Kezang, whose feet were off the ground, suddenly burst into tears: "Put it down, mother, mother, brother, he bullied you!" I."

Zheng Kezang put down the kid who was kicking around, dumbfounded, pinched the other's face with one hand, took out the oiled paper bag from his arms with the other hand, peeled it off slightly and shook it at Zheng Keshuang: "Little villain, why don't you talk about it?" Look, brother, how I bullied you."

"Sugar?" Zheng Keshuang's eyes lit up, and this sweet thing quickly overwhelmed the alienation between him and Zheng Kezang, so he took the initiative to hug Zheng Kezang back. "Hello, big brother, give Qin'er some sweets"

The waiter from the other courtyard who came to inquire and the maid who escorted Zheng Keshuang watched this scene dumbfounded, but their identities prevented them from saying anything more, so they had to let Zheng Kezang lead Zheng Keshuang to sit aside.

"Eat slowly." Looking at Zheng Kezang who was licking the candy, Zheng Kezang narrowed his eyes slightly. As an online writer who made full use of Du Niang in later generations, Zheng Kezang naturally knew that the coup d'état six or seven years later was not The intention of this child who is gluttonous for desserts right now.

"It's also a poor man who was used by ambitious people." Zheng Kezang sighed secretly. This may be the reason why the other party finally agreed to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He was also held hostage and placed under house arrest. At least he seemed to be able to go to Beijing. It's a pity that he got out of the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den after getting rid of the grasp of the powerful officials. Thinking of this, Zheng Kezang felt pity in his heart, so he raised his voice and said with a pun. "Don't worry, there is big brother here, no one can blame you"

After parting from Zheng Keshuang who was reluctant to leave, Zheng Kezang, who was riding a horse, fell into deep thought involuntarily when he returned to the yard where he lived.The cause of the meditation can also be said to be a flash of inspiration, and the content of the thought is the candy he just gave Zheng Keshuang to eat.Sugar is not a new thing in Taiwan. As early as the period when the Dutch occupied the top positions, sugar cane and sucrose were an extremely important income of the Dutch East India Company.But in the hands of Zhu Jin, in order to provide enough food and fodder for the army, Chen Yonghua proposed to change a large area of ​​sugarcane forest into farmland. Although this made up for the shortage of Zheng Jun's military rations, it also caused Ming Zheng's foreign trade. is missing an export item that can be exchanged for a large amount of income.

"Taiwan sugar, a little bit of blood and tears"---Even during the Japanese occupation period, the sugar industry was an important source of profit for Taiwan.However, it is obviously impossible to persuade Chen Yonghua to change course now, especially now that the army is marching west and is in urgent need of food and fodder.Therefore, what Zheng Kezang can do now is to improve the output and quality of sucrose under the condition of the existing sugarcane planting area.

"Jin Nineteen," Zheng Kezang returned to his room, and called his servant over before Master Lu, the scripture master, arrived. "Go find some sugar craftsmen, after class, you bring them to see Yu"

"What? The eldest son wants a Tangliao?" After hearing Zheng Kezang's request, Chen Yonghua was a little displeased. In his opinion, the other party seemed to be a little bit mad, and he was putting on a well-behaved sage who cultivated himself, governed the family, ruled the country and the world. If you don’t read it, you’ll be setting up a boy’s camp for a while, and then you’ll be using the Tangliao to experiment with a new type of sugar extraction. It’s really putting the cart before the horse. "Don't mention this matter, Eldest Young Master, otherwise the minister will not be able to explain to the king."

"Mr. Chen's mind, Yu can also guess a little bit. He just thinks that Yu's actions are inappropriate, but the old man doesn't know. Recently, Yu occasionally read Xu Wending's "Nongzhengquan", which is very helpful." Zheng Kezang Giving up going to the boy camp to practice closely with the future direct descendants to grind their teeth with Chen Yonghua, he must be trying to achieve what he wants in one go. "If you don't know farming, you don't know people's livelihood, and if you don't know how people's livelihood is governed, you can be regarded as the unity of knowledge and action."

"Mr. Xuanhu? Mr. Yangming?" Chen Yonghua raised his eyebrows. These two people are amazing, they are both great masters, but it seems so funny and unbelievable to say it from Zheng Kezang, a 12-year-old boy. , so Chen Yonghua's attitude was extremely firm. "Eldest Young Master, I have already said that this matter is absolutely impossible, but Eldest Young Master has given up on this idea."

"Old stubborn, it's Zhuge Liang in Taiwan. I think Jiang Wei is the only one who is going to die."

Zheng Kezang, who was kicked out by Chen Yonghua, was quite aggrieved, but no matter what he said, he couldn't change Chen Yonghua's decision. Without Chen Yonghua's support, the 12-year-old Zheng Kezang seemed helpless, what should he do?Do you just give up?Time doesn't wait, he doesn't have much time to wait for Chen Yonghua to change his mind, so he can only use flexible methods to detour.

"Let's go, go to Funinghou (Note: When I didn't know which book to read before, I glanced at it and said that Zheng Chenggong's sons had the title of Duke of Hou. I checked the information for a whole day and still couldn't find it. If someone knows , please feel free to enlighten me) the government.”

Zhu Chenggong has ten sons. Except for the eldest son Zhu Jin, who inherited the title of the Great General of the Ming Dynasty and the king of Yanping County, all of them were named marquises. Among them, Funinghou was the title of the second son Zheng Cong.However, although Zheng Cong has "Cong" in his name, he is extremely greedy. He doesn't see any wisdom at all. Zhu Jin suppressed him to death when he was in Taiwan. , just used by Zheng Kezang.

"It's really Qinshe, which is really rare." Sure enough, Zheng Cong was a little surprised when he heard that Zheng Kezang came to see him, and hurriedly asked people to welcome the Yuanzi in. "Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, your second uncle only has this little salary, it's not good to eat enough, so I only have some snacks and fruits for you, don't think uncle is unreasonable."

"Where, the second uncle is being polite." As soon as we met, Zheng Cong complained that he was short of money, which made Zheng Kezang feel that his plan had a great possibility of success, so he further fueled the fire. "Second uncle is a majestic marquis. If you want to let outsiders listen to the fact that you can eat and wear clothes just now, wouldn't you be blaming your father for treating your compatriots harshly?"

Zheng Cong has always been in awe of Zhu Jin, the majestic elder brother, so when he heard what Zheng Kezang said, he couldn't help but froze, and then smiled: "Qin She was joking, you, my uncle and nephew Who is an outsider, besides, the army is marching westward, and the expenses are tight, and the second uncle is indeed not well-off, so it is not serious to complain."

"Hehe," Zheng Kezang laughed softly, and then sat upright like a little adult. "Don't worry, Second Uncle, I won't tell my father." Zheng Cong breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard Zheng Kezang say calmly. "Is there a Tangliao under the name of the second uncle? Which one is for the nephew to play with."

"Qin She, don't be joking." Zheng Cong almost jumped up from his seat. "Tangliao is exclusively owned by the Ministry of Industry, how could the second uncle have it." However, Zheng Kezang did not listen to his explanation, and just stared at him with big eyes. With a sound. "Qinshe, Second Uncle really doesn't have Tangliao in his hands."

"Forget it then," Zheng Kezang stood up from the chair, turned around and left, while sighing in a casual tone. "I originally planned to send a windfall to Second Uncle, but unfortunately, forget it, forget it, ask Third Uncle to ask."

"Slow, slow," Zheng Cong jumped up and grabbed Zheng Kezang. "Qin She, what windfall, let's make it clear before we leave."

"It's nothing, I have nothing to do. I looked through a few books, and suddenly I found an article about sugar production. There are various methods of making rock sugar and snow sugar. I originally planned to use the sugar house of my second uncle's house to demonstrate it. The secret method mentioned in it is It’s not true, but it’s a pity that the second uncle’s house doesn’t have a sugar house, so”

Although the south of the Ming Dynasty had begun to produce white sugar one after another, on the one hand, the quality was poor and still needs to be improved. On the other hand, the so-called rock sugar was unheard of. At the time, Zheng Cong's eyes flashed golden light.

For this reason, Zheng Cong hurriedly changed his words: "There are Tangliao, of course there are Tangliao, Qinshe, don't worry, Second Uncle will find a way to buy one right away."

"Buy now?" Zheng Kezang looked at Zheng Cong with a half-smile. "Second Uncle isn't afraid that Yu's secret method is fake?"

"Fake?" Zheng Cong was dumbfounded, yes, what if it's fake.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work," Zheng Kezang said quietly. "Extracting sugar itself is a small profit business."

"Yes, yes." Zheng Cong woke up like a dream. "Can't make top-grade snow sugar, can't we make ordinary snow sugar?"

"Is it a franchise of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Second uncle has his own way!"

"Well, before the sugar period, I want to see Tangliao and its people."

The Zheng Kezang who was sent away, the flattered Zheng Cong thought about it for a long time, and suddenly woke up: "This little bastard, why does he look like a little adult, he is only 12 years old this year, it's amazing, it's amazing, hey, we Zheng There's another spirit in the family."

Zheng Cong walked back and forth in the hall a few times in fear, but soon he shook his head again: "Who cares who will be the lord of Taiwan, as long as he has money in hand, it's no big deal to invest in the Qing Dynasty."