"Do you mean that An Yuanhou intends to communicate with our army?"

"That's right, you can confirm that An Yuanhou means that."

In the fifth year of Yongli, the three battles and three victories in Cizhao, Qianshan and Xiaoyingling not only allowed Zheng Chenggong to successfully recover the four counties in Zhangnan, but also led to the Haicheng County garrison at the beginning of last year, allowing him to surround Zhangzhou. Since then, due to the existence of the Ming army in Zhejiang and the successive stages of the southwestern Zhejiang War, the Zhangzhou garrison, which had not received reinforcements for half a year, also chose to surrender, which made Zheng Chenggong take the Zhangzhou Plain, known as the southern Fujian barn, and further launched a siege against Quanzhou.

However, with the outbreak of the battle between the Fujian and Tong'an in Jingnan, although Zheng Chenggong was not as badly injured as in the Battle of Fengchao Mountain in history, even senior officers such as the Later Admiral Huangshan, Chen Feng, Chen Feng, Liao Jing, Guo Ting, and Hong Chengchong, the guards of the Right Town, were killed in fierce battles, but the battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties claimed to have won a lot of victories, he still lost a lot of combat experience in the past two years and has gradually been trained to become an elite veteran.

The southern part of Zhangzhou began to be regained at the end of last year, and this year it even regained the city. The food and human resources of this mansion gave Zheng Chenggong a considerable supplement, but compared with his army, it was still too small to reach the level of self-sufficiency.

Now both armies have returned to the occupied area to rest, and have accumulated more power to pounce on each other again. However, compared with the Qing army, which has lost less than one palace, Zheng Chenggong's occupied area is too small. Even with the speed of sea trade to supplement its accumulated power, it cannot quickly overwhelm the opponent and achieve a strength ratio overturn.

Zheng Chenggong knew that the Qing army suffered a considerable loss, not only the Fujian green camps of Fujian Extraordinary Balance and the Right General Battalion, but also the Jingnan Vanguard's vassal soldiers suffered a lot. However, the Qing Dynasty now occupied 788 or 800 of China, or even 800 of the 100 areas. It would be no benefit for him to continue like this.

He had already had the idea of ​​trading with Chen Wen, but because Wenzhou was still under the hands of the Qing army, Chen Wen did not go to sea for the time being. But he did not expect that Chen Wen had thought of it first and proposed the idea of ​​transporting through the commercial route from northern Fujian to Zhejiang, which made him feel surprised.

"How did you answer An Yuanhou?"

"If you return to the Duke, Bei Zhi said that you would report An Yuanhou's suggestion to the Duke, that's all."

"Um."

Chen Wen's plan is very good. Although he did not leave Wenzhou, Songyang Duan in Chuzhou was not conducive to the transportation of grain and other materials, but the small clan's finished products were completely smuggled and smuggled to the sea. Moreover, with the current military power of the Ming army in Zhejiang, it would be easy to recover Wenzhou.

The trade between the Ming army in Zhejiang who went deep into the inland and the Ming army in Fujian who had strong maritime trade capabilities was of great benefit to both sides. Zheng Qi also expressed great agreement at that time, but his experience in trade negotiations was still weak, and he was a little too flirting and said too much. He also regretted it afterwards, but fortunately, only him and Chen Wen were present at that time. Even if he said less than a half of the sentence, Zheng Chenggong would not know, and naturally it would not affect his evaluation of him.

Seeing Zheng Chenggong breathing a sigh of relief, Zheng Qi was also secretly grateful. However, as soon as he relaxed, he immediately remembered another thing, and took advantage of the rare opportunity to meet alone at this moment to contribute to this good impression.

"Reported to the Duke of the State, I have tried to test Anyuan Hou and investigated it in private in Jinhua. It seems that Anyuan Hou is not the son-in-law of the Penglai Qi family, and now he has no marriage or a wife, maybe..."

However, before the words were finished, Zheng Chenggong's smiling face, which was originally happy that Chen Wen was also inclined to trade transactions, was immediately replaced by anger. He slapped the table and immediately shouted at Zheng Qi, "Who asked you what you asked about?!"

Hearing this, Zheng Qi was stunned on the spot. This matter was not a secret among relatives. After all, Zheng Chenggong also needed to choose the right person, but he did not expect that this time was far from that time.

Seeing Zheng Qi standing there and unable to speak, Zheng Chenggong waved him back and then sent someone to recruit Zheng Tai, the God of Wealth of Zheng's group.

"Since that Anyuan Hou seems to be very interested in the trade between the two sides, it seems that I am going to go to Zhejiang in person."

Zheng Tai is Zheng Chenggong's cousin, but he has already given out the fifth session. He has already begun to estrange himself in blood, but Zheng Tai still has a certain identity. He is also Zheng Zhilong's godson. As a maritime trade talent that Zheng Zhilong, the former leader of the Zheng Group, tried hard to cultivate, Zheng Tai was already a marquis when Zheng Chenggong of Longwu was just a loyal and filial piety.

Unlike other members of the Zheng Group, Zheng Tai served as a household official for a long time, managing the finance and foreign trade of the Zheng Chenggong army. Whenever Zheng Chenggong went to war, Zheng Tai was usually responsible for staying in Zhongzuo Suo or Kinmen. It can be said that he is the second person in the Zheng Group's current successor to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Tai's financial affairs are of great importance to Zheng Chenggong and will not be moved lightly. However, if he can reach a trade agreement with Chen Wen and use the money from the sea trade to buy the supplies they need directly from Zhejiang, it will be much better than buying from Japan. In addition, Chen Wen's identity is there, and the cooperation between the two sides should be long-term. Naturally, Zheng Tai, the core figure, can only be relieved if he has completely settled the matter. And this was also what they had agreed before, for another major event in the original plan.

"Brother, I think we'll discuss with someone else first. Let's not go there for the time being," he said.

"Um?"

No matter how Zheng Qi, Zheng Tai and Zheng Chenggong have been together for many years, and they know his temper and nature very well. He also has rich experience. He heard Zheng Chenggong emphasize that the Zheng family is not convenient for the time being, and in a flash, he figured out why the change in this situation is.

Before the Battle of Tong'an, Zheng Chenggong recaptured Zhangzhou and besieged Quanzhou. The Qing army in Fujian had no strength to fight back. If it were a marriage, it would be a good thing for both parties. But now, the Ming army in Fujian, which suffered heavy losses, could only stalemate the Qing army, and even was at a slight disadvantage. Even though Zheng Chenggong was already in the Duke of the State and Chen Wen was still a marquis, Chen Wen still held the strategic initiative in southwest Zhejiang. This is how Zheng Chenggong, who has always regarded himself, was willing to give up this face.

Moreover, in terms of actual interests, the strategic road of the Ming army in Fujian to the north has been blocked by Qing troops such as Geng Jimao, Yang Minggao, and Ma Degong, and it is impossible to shake it. Chen Wen would never leave the Qing army in Hangzhou, western Quzhou and Wenzhou to ignore it, and naturally he would not go south to Fujian and work together to annihilate the powerful army of Jingnanfan. Since there is only trade left, it is a matter of whether Zheng Tai will go or not.
Chapter completed!