Nancheng, Fengshan Water Gate, all the Tatars who tried to seize the gate were wiped out, and Chen Hongfan and Ma Shiying were also closely guarded.

Fang Guoan was sitting on the ground, instructing the soldiers to clean up the corpse, while the doctor from Huimin Pharmacy was treating his open wound.

The waterway is full of boats.

Lu Zhenfei was standing on the shore, talking to a young man.

Outside the city wall, there were continuous shouts and shouts, and 30,000 rebel troops had landed one after another and were forming their troops.

Zhu Changzi rushed over on horseback, and Lu Zhenfei pulled the young man forward to salute.

"See, you are really timely!" Zhu Changzi said with a smile.

"It is the duty of a minister to supervise the country and praise the country." Lu Zhenfei solemnly bowed his hands and saluted.

King Lu had great trust in him, and he would give him as much money and official positions as he asked. He could not live up to this kindness no matter what.

After Lu Zhenfei became a director, he began to recruit soldiers on a large scale and recruited many fishermen who made a living on the river. These people were very good at water and were good at driving boats. They were the soldiers urgently needed by the navy. He mixed new recruits with veterans to

Bring the old with the new and quickly improve your combat effectiveness.

Zheng Hongkui was responsible for purchasing and building warships. Because of his connections with the Zheng family, he ordered 30 No. 2 Fuzhou main warships from the Zheng family's shipyard in Fujian for the Jinghai Navy.

Including the other Haicang ships, Cangshan ships, Wuwei ships and other warships of various sizes, there are a total of two hundred ships.

Such a large order made Zheng Zhilong so happy that he couldn't sleep all night after receiving the news.

It's just that Zheng Hongkui was so anxious that the Zheng family's shipyard couldn't take one bite, so he looked for cooperation with shipyards in Guangdong and Guangxi. Together with the Fuzhou Shipyard in Fujian, it would not be a problem to start building a hundred ships at once.

After calculating the various expenses for two hundred warships, Zheng Zhilong reported the price of 400,000 taels of silver to the mission sent by the Governor-General of Coastal Defense. However, before the mission set off, Zheng Hongkui secretly told them that the most they could pay was

Three hundred thousand taels, not even a penny more.

The mission offered a fixed price of 300,000 yuan, and Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to agree. At 300,000 yuan, he could only earn less than 100,000 taels at most.

It can be said that after Lu Zhenfei became governor of coastal defense, not even a quarter of an hour was wasted.

The young man standing next to Lu Zhenfei was wearing a short coat and carrying a bamboo hat on his back. He looked like a fisherman who lived on the water all year round.

Lu Zhenfei hurriedly introduced Zhu Changzi: "King Lu, this is Qian Sufan, the former general of the Yishi Army. His courtesy name is Xijiu. He is the leader of the Yishi and the younger brother of Qian Sule, a former member of the Ministry of Punishment."
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"The common people pay homage to the prisoner!" Although Qian Sufan was dressed as a fisherman, his demeanor was completely bookish.

"Get up, it's been a hard journey." Zhu Changzi consoled him.

Qian Sufan briefly introduced the situation of the 30,000 troops under his command to Zhu Changzi, which made Zhu Changzi feel even more happy.

Since the Qian family had strong support from Yu Ying, the prefect of Shaoxing, in raising troops, some of their troops were integrated from the original Beiwa regiment training along the coast.

Although these local regiments are not regular soldiers of the imperial court, they still train regularly and are at least better than the guards.

There were about three thousand of these troops. They were in Qian Sufan's army at this time. Their commander was named Zheng Zunqian, who was a member of Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. His father was Si Qianshi, the former Zhejiang Chief Minister.

After Yu Ying, the prefect of Shaoxing, initiated the army, he used his father's appeal to secretly contact various leagues in Shaoxing to train, and persuaded all families to join forces and work hard for the king.

His father, Zheng Zhiyin, had fled north to Nanjing and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty before that.

After hearing about Zheng Zunqian, Fang Guoan, who was standing not far away, said carelessly: "His father surrendered to the enemy, is this person reliable?"

Zhu Changzi frowned. He was actually a little worried about this problem, but it was hard for him to ask.

Now when Fang Guoan asked, he looked at Qian Sufan.

"The people are willing to vouch for their heads in order to supervise the country. Zheng Zunqian's loyalty to the emperor and his country can be learned from heaven and earth." Qian Sufan knelt down and swore loudly. He and Zheng Zunqian walked together all the way. The two were similar in age and had similar interests. They could be said to be confidants.

Rarely seen.

Zheng Zunqian was a student, and he was supposed to take part in the imperial examination and be named on the gold list. Unfortunately, the autumn examination in the 17th year of Chongzhen became a dream.

One morning when I got up early to study and prepare for the exam, the servant rushed to his father's study in a panic, as if something big happened.

The curious Zheng Zunqian sneaked over. When he heard the news that the emperor had died for his country, it was like a bolt from the blue, and his mind went blank.

The Analects of Confucius in his hand fell to the ground. At that moment, he was confused and angry.

After his father Zheng Zhiyin later heard about the fall of Nanjing, he finally couldn't sit still and wanted to take him to Nanjing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. That night, Zheng Zunqian broke down and cried bitterly.

Seeing his son's firm refusal, Zheng Zhiyin fled north alone overnight.

Zheng Zunqian, after crying bitterly for three days, burned his house to the ground, and then began running around alone to contact the rebels.

At this moment, a sentinel boat sailed in the waterway, and a young man wearing a sash came quickly.

When Xia Yunyi saw someone coming, he quickly reported to King Lu: "Jianguo, Zheng Zhengzunqianchen has sent people to find him."

The attentive Xia Yunyi guessed that King Lu would be interested in Zheng Zunqian, so he secretly sent someone to find him in advance.

Zhu Changzi nodded towards Xia Yunyi with great satisfaction.

"Yuyao student Zheng Zunqian pays homage to the Supervisor!"

The young man in front of me has beautiful features, a thin figure, and sharp edges on his face. Although he is young, his hair is already graying visible to the naked eye.

"Get flat."

"Thank you, Supervisor!"

When Zheng Zunqian stood up, Zhu Changzi discovered that his eyebrows were even a little white, and the skin on his face was already weather-beaten, rough and black.

"The young man's head has turned gray..." Zhu Changzi looked at the young man in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

Zheng Zunqian did not answer, but silently raised his hands and saluted as a response.

Qian Sufan on the side quickly answered: "Go back to the prison country. After he left home, he grew old overnight."

After saying that, Qian Sule felt a little sad.

Zhu Changzi sighed silently in his heart and said to Zheng Zunqian: "Can a scholar lead an army to kill the enemy?"

"I'm not afraid of death." Zheng Zunqian replied briefly.

"Tonight, we will take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack on the Qing army in the east of the city, trying to defeat the enemy with one blow. I will appoint you as Chief Envoy of Zhejiang, Si Qianshi, to patrol the Hangzhou Army Preparation Road. You will lead three thousand of your own troops as the vanguard, led by Qian Sufan.

The army was held back."

"Yes!" Zheng Zunqian bowed his hands and bowed. He was not polite and resigned directly. He turned around and left in a hurry, boarding a sentinel boat and heading out of the city.

"Hey, this young man really cherishes words like gold." Xia Yunyi couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

When Qian Sufan saw that King Lu had no further arrangements, he also prepared to leave the city to organize his army for battle.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhu Changzi called out to him.

"Xi Jiu, please send a message to Zheng Zunqian on behalf of my king. Only by keeping him useful can we do more for the Ming Dynasty."
Chapter completed!