On the Qiantang River, the waves are magnificent, and the sky in the distance is already turning white.

A large fleet is slowly sailing towards Hangzhou Bay.

On the flagship, Shi Lang was wearing a dark red cloak, standing on the bow deck, overlooking both sides of the bank.

"Pioneer, it's not easy for us to defend Hangzhou Bay." A battalion general who had been following Shi Lang for a long time said with some worry.

"If it's simple, what do you want us to do? The Supervisor is watching us. Why do you think I was only given a deputy general soldier? Whether or not we have a general soldier depends on how we perform." Shi Lang observed while holding a telescope.

The situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, he said.

"What if the Tatar navy doesn't come?" the camp general asked.

Shi Lang chuckled, put away the telescope, turned around and tapped the young general on the head twice, and said, "Don't come? If you don't come, I will fight back to Zhenjiang!"

At night, Shi Lang returned to the port in the south of Fenghuang Mountain from Prince Lu's Mansion. After sending Lu Zhenfei a letter from Prince Lu, he broke camp and set sail overnight. He planned to move to the Haining Guard in Jiaxing Prefecture on the north side of Hangzhou Bay. If the Qing army

If the navy does not come, then he will take the initiative to attack, march north along the coast, fight all the way to Chongming, and then go upstream from the mouth of the Yangtze River to harass Zhenjiang and threaten Nanjing.

In this way, not only can it distract the Qing army from going south to attack Hangzhou, but it can also complete the task assigned to him by Lu Zhenfei, which is to support Jiangyin! If Jiangyin cannot be saved, try to evacuate as much as possible with the Jiangyin rebels and Xiong Rulin's troops.

"Aren't our thirty ships too small to cover Hangzhou Bay? Even if we go north, they will still look weak." The young lieutenant thought in his mind that this flagship is now a lucky ship. In addition to this,

, they are all Haicang ships, eagle ships, fire dragon ships, etc., both in terms of quantity and tonnage, they all appear to be somewhat insufficient.

"Let's take a look when we get to Hainingwei. By the way, tell the brothers to be more serious from now on. We are now the Ming Dynasty Navy, and we need to look like an official army." Shi Lang said seriously with a sullen face.

Although he was given an official position, King Lu did not give him a penny. If he wanted to expand the navy, he had to find a way on his own.

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Early in the morning, Zheng Hongkui came to Lu Zhenfei's tent staring at the dark circles under his eyes.

"Master Lu, what do you want from me?" Zheng Hongkui asked vaguely, yawning. He didn't sleep all night last night. He was just dazed for a while when it was slightly light, and was woken up by someone sent by Lu Zhenfei.

"Commander Zheng, last night the Supervisor of the State sent an order to build a new Jinghai Division based on the remnants of the original Yangtze River Navy and the defeated troops in Zhenjiang. It will still be up to you to bear the seal of General Zhennan, serve as the commander-in-chief, and promote the Jinghai Division.

"Lu Zhenfei waved Zhu Changzi's autograph in his hand, and put the King Lu token on the table, and said to Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui's originally dizzy head suddenly came to his senses, he took the letter and read it.

In the handwriting, he also ordered Lu Zhenfei to be the governor of coastal and river defenses and open a government to handle affairs. He also allocated one million taels of silver from the palace treasury, and ordered the shipyards in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places to start work at full capacity, build new warships, recruit soldiers, and strengthen the navy.<

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Looking at this handwriting, Zheng Hongkui was shocked. With an allocation of one million taels, how rich the King of Lu was... Oh no, how much he valued the navy. He couldn't understand.

Since the Yongle period when the imperial court sent the Sanbao eunuchs to the Western Seas seven times, the navy has gradually declined, and the coastal defense has been in a state of decay, with no one paying attention. It was not until the Jiajing period that the southeast coast was repeatedly ravaged by Japanese pirates, so the navy had some

It started to improve, but then ships entered the harbor and weapons and weapons were put into storage.

Many warships were unable to maintain due to lack of money, causing the harbor to wither and become unusable.

The naval officers and soldiers are even more lax in their armament and are seriously short of personnel.

The boats under Zheng Hongkui sometimes had to rely on money from the Zheng family to survive.

"Is this... is this serious?" Zheng Hongkui stared blankly in disbelief and asked.

Lu Zhenfei stepped forward, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Of course it's true. I'm surprised? I was also surprised all night long. After thinking about it, I couldn't help but marvel at the foresight of the supervisor."

"To be honest with you, sir, this is the first time that our old Zheng has been leading the army for so many years, and this is the first time that the imperial court has been so generous to the navy." Zheng Hongkui couldn't help but sigh.

"No, it's the supervision of the country. The cabinet and the Ministry of War did not give a single cent to the governor and the commander-in-chief." Lu Zhenfei put away his smile and said to Zheng Hongkui seriously.

"Hehehe, the supervisor is so grand, we old Zheng, a rough man, can't be stingy. Let's donate a thousand taels ourselves to show our loyalty!" Zheng Hongkui said with a smile.

"I will definitely go to the imperial court to commend the commander-in-chief for his pure heart." Lu Zhenfei said, cupping his hands towards Hangzhou City.

While the two were talking, the sound of soldiers reporting came from outside the tent.

"Report! A group of soldiers and horses came outside the camp, saying they were escorting payers."

Lu Zhenfei and Zheng Hongkui looked at each other and hurried to the camp gate to greet him personally.

Outside the camp gate, Li Bao and the palace guards escorted more than a dozen fully loaded carts and were waiting.

After a while, Lu Zhenfei and Zheng Hongkui hurried out one after the other.

"Oh, Eunuch Li, I'm so sorry for waiting for so long!" Zheng Hongkui saluted with a hurried smile.

"It's okay, General Zheng, please hurry up and send someone to hand it over. I believe you should know what the money on it is used for. The supervisor has explained it, and every penny must be put to practical use." Li Bao said expressionlessly.

Talk.

Zheng Hongkui didn't expect that King Lu would be so quick in giving money. According to past practice, it would be unreasonable if it didn't take ten days and a half.

So, he turned to look at Lu Zhenfei.

"The Governor will open the Coastal Defense Governor's Palace in Fenghuang Mountain. From now on, it will be opened to handle affairs. General Zheng will take charge of it!"

"I will obey my orders!"

Li Bao watched the two civil and military men in front of him singing and working in harmony, and couldn't help but think to himself that Zheng Hongkui seemed to have changed his gender. It seemed that he had figured out who he was selling this piece of meat to.

After handing over all the procedures, Li Bao left in a hurry. The palace was busy with errands, and he was indispensable as an errand boy.

Lu Zhenfei and Zheng Hongkui were surprised and happy. They had never seen such efficiency in doing things. One million taels of silver were given to King Lu as he asked.

With the money in hand, the two of them dived into the military tent and discussed expanding the army and building ships.

......

Outside Genshan Gate, a blood-stained Ye Bushao was riding towards the city gate to seize the road.

On the city were the defenders of the Fang camp. They recognized their own Ye Bu Shu and hurriedly prepared to put down the hanging basket.

It can be seen that that night, he stood on his horse, bowed and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow towards the city. Then he fell from the horse.

When everyone took a look, there were three sharp arrows stuck in Na Ye Bu Shen's back. It was obvious that he was dying.

In grief, the general on duty hurriedly took down the arrow that had been shot at the top of the city, and found that it was tied with a piece of rag that looked like it had been cut from the skirt of his clothes, and the blood stained on it had solidified.

Unfold the general in detail and carefully identify the handwriting on it.

Soon, he lost his composure and hurriedly ran towards the city with the rag in hand. As he went down the city, he shouted that all his men should board the city and prepare to defend against the enemy!

After a while, Zhu Changzi got the news. Fang Ying refused to accept him at night and desperately returned the military information. They found out that the Qing army had broken through Deqing. Ren Daxun, the prefect of Huzhou, was shown his head to the public by the Qing army.

The main force of the Eight Banners has already moved towards Hangzhou, and tomorrow it will reach Tangqi, which is less than fifty miles away from Hangzhou.

Suddenly, the entire city of Hangzhou began to become noisy, with people everywhere returning home in a panic. The tense atmosphere spread throughout the city.

Restaurants, restaurants, brothels and brothels along the East River have all closed their doors.

The boats, awnings, and vendors on the Zhonghe River all dispersed.

Next to the big willow tree in front of the bun shop, the shopkeeper handed a bun to the young beggar huddled by the tree and hurriedly closed the shop.

In Wang Ji's blacksmith shop not far away, the young eunuch was dozing off and the old blacksmith was forging a sword.
Chapter completed!