Zhong Jinwei waited at the manor in Zhanjiang for about three days, and the two brothers Zheng Zhilong rushed over from Guangzhou.
As soon as Zheng Zhilong saw Zhong Jinwei, he said excitedly: "My lord, when can we leave for Jiaozhi?"
When Zhong Jinwei saw him like this, he knew that Zheng Zhilong must have remembered that the Dutch had cheated on his huge fleet. Now that he had the opportunity to take revenge legitimately, he was naturally excited.
He smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you need to listen to the specific situation first before talking about it."
When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was a little embarrassed. He was already a veteran, but he was still so excited. So he obeyed Zhong Jinwei's instructions, and Liu Xingzuo introduced him to the previously agreed plan.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Zheng Zhilong's lack of determination. You must know that the previous fleet was the capital that Zheng Zhilong had worked hard for half his life and exhausted all means. However, he did not expect that he was tricked by the Dutch and pirates, and even almost
Leave your life at sea.
How could Zheng Zhilong not remember this revenge and not think about one day being able to take revenge on the Dutch by himself?
It's just that after he was tricked, he has been unable to control himself and has been controlled by the court ever since. Although by chance and his own efforts, he was still able to get along in the court. But he never had the opportunity to lead the fleet alone and sail across the sea.
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Now that Duke Xingguo had given him such an opportunity, he was of course overjoyed and extremely happy.
However, he is worthy of being a veteran. After listening to Liu Xingzuo's plan, he made some appropriate modifications based on some of his own experiences.
After the discussion was over, it was already evening and it was almost getting dark.
But Zheng Zhilong didn't care about the weather and directly asked Zhong Jinwei for instructions: "My lord, the fleet's supplies have been replenished when we were in Guangzhou. Without further delay, will we head south to Jiaozhi and proceed as planned?"
Zhong Jinwei originally thought that it would be getting late, so he asked the Zheng Zhilong brothers to wait until early tomorrow morning before setting off. But now he proposed to set off overnight, and Zhong Jinwei had no objection.
He looked at Zheng Zhilong and promised him: "Okay, be careful along the way and wait for the news of your success."
"I will say goodbye, general." Seeing that the Duke agreed to his request, Zheng Zhilong clasped his fists and said.
After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu walked out of the lobby with their heads held high.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Zheng Zhilong's momentum when he walked out, and remembered how he followed him along the way, and couldn't help but praise: "This is the true nature of Fei Huang!"
If it were an ordinary Jin Yiwei who came from a decent background, he might have some objections to the Duke's words. But Liu Xingzuo did not, because he himself had the experience of serving the Jianqi, which was almost the same as Zheng Zhilong's experience of being a pirate.
Therefore, Liu Xingzuo echoed Zhong Jinwei: "He has been roaming the sea for many years, and now he takes the initiative to make a sneak attack. He will definitely return in triumph."
From this day on, Zhong Jinwei's focus shifted to the affairs of Jiaozhi. Regarding the war situation in Jiaozhi, clippers were sent to the manor every few days.
As Zhong Jinwei expected, the battle situation in Jiaozhi was because the Dutch suddenly appeared on the battlefield and broke the deadlock because they provided firearms.
But there is a lot of rain in Jiaozhi, and the air is always humid. Therefore, the matchlock guns provided by the Dutch are very restricted. This gives the Zheng family in the north a chance to catch their breath. Although they cannot defeat the Ruan family in the south, they cannot beat the Ruan family in the south.
As for the complete failure.
As the battle lines between the two sides gradually moved to the north, the Zheng family in the north began to become anxious. He suffered from firearms, and he was even more eager to possess the Ming Dynasty's flintlock.
For this reason, he summoned the Ming merchant every two days and asked him to provide the flintlock gun as soon as possible. The price was negotiable. Even the food could be delivered first, but he only asked that the flintlock gun arrive early.
Before this situation occurred, Zhong Jinwei had already sent people to rush the delivery of flintlock guns and asked them to speed up and rush to Guangzhou.
No one dared to be careless about Duke Xingguo's orders. The flintlock guns were escorted day and night, and finally arrived in Guangzhou on the date scheduled by Zhong Jinwei, and were handed over to the Municipal Shipping Department.
Zhong Jinwei calculated the time and when he felt it was about the same, he sent a batch of flintlock guns to Jiaozhi, and then waited for the situation in Jiaozhi to change.
During this waiting process, the first batch of grain from Nanyang arrived in Guangzhou on a sea ship with three bows and three hundred tons.
These grains come from the Nanyang area that Zheng Zhilong is associated with, which is surprising but also makes sense.
The power of the people Zheng Zhilong knew would not be much different. And since Zheng Zhilong was the one who conveyed the message, he was more trustworthy, so the speed of transporting food would be much higher than other double insurances.
After receiving the first batch of grain, Zhong Jinwei ordered the two scheduled granaries in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to immediately send grain to Liaodong. The grain obtained in Guangzhou was transferred to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In this way, the speed was almost doubled.
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Naturally, those Nanyang people were not disappointed and got the promised firearms. Although they were relatively small, they could greatly enhance their military strength. Therefore, before leaving, they made a promise that more food would be shipped soon.
Once you start doing this, things will become smoother later on. Only then did Zhong Jinwei really breathe a sigh of relief, finally seeing the food.
Within a few days, the grain that the Zheng family in the north of Jiaozhi exchanged for flintlock guns had arrived in the Ming Dynasty. The amount of grain was large. The grain was transported by relay according to the old rules.
From then on, food from Southeast Asia began to flow continuously to the Ming Dynasty from a trickle to a steady stream in the next few years.
As the Ming Dynasty's weapons continued to flow in, the situation in Southeast Asia began to become strange and unpredictable.
Many forces in Southeast Asia always want to take advantage of others when they have force in their hands; or they have confidence in their hearts and no longer want to be controlled by others.
A few days ago, he was as docile as a sheep, but in the blink of an eye he could turn into a wolf-dog, which would come up and bite him fiercely. The two forces that were once as close as brothers, suddenly could face each other with swords and guns overnight.
Among the forces in Southeast Asia, overall, the Western Barbarians had the upper hand at the beginning, but as time slowly passed, the power of pirates began to rise. Some pirates even went ashore to capture castles and began to dominate the country.
In the next few years, Southeast Asia was in chaos. But the Ming Dynasty hid aside and quietly made fortune on the battlefield.
Of course, these are all things for later.
Less than half a month after the news of the changes in the situation in Jiaozhi came, Zheng Zhilong came with the news.
In the early morning, he used a fireship raid to successfully ignite the Dutch warships with two bows. Then the warships with three bows came out in unison. In less than half a quarter of an hour, even the Cochin people on the shore did not react.
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Not only that, Zheng Zhilong also asked the Ruan family in the south of Jiaozhi that the enemies of the Ming Dynasty would be killed no matter how far away they were. He asked the Ruan family to hand over the Dutch on the shore to him, otherwise they would become enemies of the Ming Dynasty.