Nanjing, Zheng Family Courtyard.

The eunuch who came from the capital came to promulgate the edict to Zheng Zhilong, and the emperor appointed Taiwan General Zheng Zhilong as the general of Taiwan to guard against maritime defense and military affairs. In addition, the Zheng generals and school officials who were proposed by Zhennan Hou to submit a memorial to the Marquis of Zhen, were all promoted and promoted.

"Congratulations to General Zheng, I will respect you as the Admiral in the future and call you the military gate." The eunuch who was delivering the order said with a smile. Zheng Zhilong concealed his excitement and quickly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and stuffed it to him.

The eunuch glanced at him, "What is this?"

Zheng Zhilong quickly explained, "This is the newly opened Sihai Bank's silver note. The coupon is 1,000 taels, which is more convenient than the bank's bank's bank's bank. It is paid on the bank's bank without any name. Not only can it be cashed in Nanjing, but the Sihai Bank has 108 branches in the two fourteen provinces of Beijing and 14 cities in the world. The slightly larger cities have their branches. The banknotes can be cashed in any branch of Sihai Bank's bank's bank's bank at any time."

When the middle-aged eunuch heard this, he was very surprised. He looked down at the colorful paper in his hand and smiled. "Hey, we often stay in the capital, but we are a little lonely and ignorant. We don't know that there is such a convenient bank now. Which wealthy businessman in Sihai was run by this Sihai Bank, I have never heard of it before."

Zheng Zhilong said, "The Sihai Bank and Jiangnan Money House are both the same owner."

When the eunuch heard this, he quickly said, and stopped saying anything more. He had some thoughts in his heart, but they were all extinguished. Jiangnan Money House is now very famous. Their prizes are known to the world. The first prizes issued in the latest issue were actually 100,000 taels of silver. Who doesn’t know this money coupon, who doesn’t know that the money coupon is the Jiangnan Money House issued, and who doesn’t know that this money coupon is the property of the emperor’s adopted son Zhennan Hou.

Now that I heard that Sihai Bank is also from Zhennan Hou, the eunuch dared not have any ideas. Now, this Zhennan Hou is so popular that no one can match the Ming Dynasty. If you want to beat the marquis Qiufeng, you are trying to die.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong sent another exquisite box. When the eunuch opened it, it turned out to be a box of pearls. Just one look, he knew that this box of pearls was more valuable than a thousand taels of silver. The eunuch smiled and accepted it with satisfaction.

Seeing the satisfied eunuch away, Zheng Zhilong sat in the hall, excited.

"Navy Admiral!" Zheng Zhilong muttered over and over again, "Hahaha. Now I am the Navy Admiral."

Zheng Zhibao was also chuckling, "Brother, I am the deputy general, deputy general."

Zheng Cai also laughed, "I am a general."

The people from the Zheng Group in the room were all smiling from ear to ear. Even the tough guys standing by the door were grinning. They were all rewarded and became the 100-year-old general and the 100-year-old general.

Everyone laughed for a long time and finally got a little better.

"This Zhennan Hou really keeps his word. The reward was just a few days ago, and the list recommended by the elder brother was awarded all. None of them changed." Zheng Zhibao said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong pinched his chin and nodded repeatedly. Through this incident, Zheng Zhilong saw more clearly the energy of the emperor's adopted son.

"Zhennan Hou has such great courage."

Originally, Zheng Zhilong thought that if he planned to submit the recommended list, he was satisfied that half of the reward would be given in the end, and even one-third of the reward would be enough. However, Liu Jun would not have cut it to reward all the people on the list without any reduction. There were more than a thousand, from the deputy general to the 100th general, more than a thousand.

"We have to thank Marquis."

"Of course." Zheng Zhilong nodded. When he thought that he was not only a general officer, but also an admiral, he was very excited. He thought that he was only over thirty years old. At the beginning, he was just an ordinary civilian, but later, for the sake of his livelihood, he became a pirate. He never thought that Zheng Yiguan would be today.

One day, he not only became the most powerful maritime merchant in the Southeast Sea, but also became a high-ranking official, general officer, and admiral, and even did not dare to think about it. He even asked for official positions and rewards from his old brothers.

On that day, Zheng Zhilong took his brothers to pay homage to Liu Jun and came to thank him.

In order to express his gratitude, Zheng Zhilong generously sent Liu Jun twenty boxes of gold.

Each box of 5,000 taels of gold is a total of 100,000 taels of gold. At this time, the exchange of gold and silver is almost one to thirteen. Zheng Zhilong's gift is worth 1.3 million taels of silver.

When Liu Jun saw this gift, he couldn't help but be amazed. No wonder Zheng Zhilong became the Minhai King in just over ten years, and his courage is quite impressive.

"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Zheng."

When Liu Jun was not at all pretentious in the face of this gift, he accepted it with a smile. Zheng was rich, and he also did a big thing for Zheng. If he didn't dare, Zheng would be uneasy. After accepting this gift, the relationship between the two sides would go further in the future.

"Brother Zheng, I don't know what happened to borrowing a boat from Brother Zheng last time?" Liu Jun asked with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong replied, "I have arranged this matter and will transfer people to the next day, and a group of ships will be transferred. Just as I was about to report to the Marquis, I have already transferred five thousand sailors, of which three thousand are young and strong, and the other two thousand are older, but have rich experience. Because I know that the Marquis' gunners are quite powerful, the people who call this time have no gunners, and most of them are sailors of crew."

Five thousand sailors were enough to support Liu Jun's North Sea Fleet. Liu Jun's North Sea Fleet planned to have 500 ships of all sizes, including the main warships, three-masted gunboats and bird boats. These were the main gunboats and combat ships. Liu Jun ordered ten three-masted gunboats and twenty bird boats.

These ships require experienced old crew sailors, while other rushing boats and sand boats are mainly used to transport troops and grain. Therefore, they need a little less crew and do not need too many experienced crew members. Liu Jun can send people or recruit some crew members by himself, and it is enough to match some crew members drawn by the Zheng family.

There were five thousand people, which could indeed support Liu Jun's North Sea Fleet. Even if there were two thousand of them who were experienced but not suitable for combat, Liu Jun was quite satisfied. In fact, Liu Jun was not relieved to let Zheng Zhilong transfer too many people over. In that case, there would be hidden dangers in the control of the fleet. Now, there were five thousand people, two thousand of which were non-combat, and Liu Jun was very satisfied.

In terms of ships, Zheng Zhilong transferred two three-masted gunboats, ten large green-headed gunboats, and dozens of other sand ships, lucky ships, etc.

The big green head is also called the bird boat. It is famous for its green color because its hull is mostly decorated with green. It is about ten feet long, two feet wide, one foot high, one foot high, eight feet drain, and a cannon in front and back.

Liu Jun was not picky about these temporary ships and first took them to adapt to them. According to Liu Jun's inquiry during this period, Europe, Spain, the Netherlands, Britain and other countries started to build giant ships, and many gunboats even had more than 100 cannons, several decks, and displacement of thousands of tons. Both in scale and power were far superior to those of the Ming Dynasty warships.

The Spanish invincible fleet, a fleet of dozens of warships, and the crew of the entire fleet and soldiers reached more than 60,000.

"When will the ships and sailors arrive in Nanjing?" Liu Jun asked.

"You will arrive in three days." Zheng Zhilong replied.

"How many ships have you transferred?"

"Thirty ships, three thousand warriors."

Hearing this number, Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, we have newly established Maritime Manufacturing and Customs, but the merchants in Jiangnan seem to ignore it. There are not many honest people who apply for invoices and to enter Hong Kong for approval and tax payment."

Zheng Zhilong's heart moved, and he heard a murderous intent from these words. "Is the Marquis going to take action against them?"

"Why would the monkey be honest if you don't kill a few chickens? Brother Zheng, you are now the admiral of the navy. It is your duty to defend the sea and to prevent theft. From now on, all the smugglers will be smugglers at sea without the court customs. Smugglers must be severely punished and they must know that the court's laws cannot be underestimated."

"I understand." Zheng Zhilong heard Liu Jun's cruelty from these murderous words and did not dare to object.

"Admiral Zheng, send your speedboat to find all the smuggling ships. Then we go hunting together on the sea, and the harvested prey is divided into three parts, one for each of you and me, and then one for the court. How about it?"

"I obey the orders of the marquis." Although I have been granted the title of admiral's military service for the coastal defense, Zheng Zhilong is still very respectful in front of the emperor's adopted son who inspected Jiangnan's military service and held the Shangfang sword in his hand.

Three days later, Zheng Zhilong's three thousand men arrived, and dozens of ships and thousands of sailors transferred to Liu Jun also arrived. Liu Jun brought two battalions of men on board and led the ship to sea with Zheng Zhilong. A fleet of dozens of large and small sea ships carried more than 10,000 troops to sail to sea, attracting Nanjing officials, civilians and people to watch.

"Where is the Marquis going?"

"I heard that I want to regain Liaodong!"

"Nonsense, how is this possible?"

"How is it impossible? You didn't see Admiral Xiong and Admiral Zheng also went there. The three admirals led their troops to sea on a boat and mobilized a large number of troops. They were not going to fight Liaodong, but were they going to fish?"

"As soon as Zhennan Hou came out, Liaodong will be restored." Someone shouted.

On the Yangtze River, a three-masted gunboat was used as Liu Jun's flagship, and the flag of the nine-headed bird was hung high on the mast. This warship with more than 40 cannons was not an old ship, but a new main warship in Zheng Zhilong's army that had not been launched for a long time. He specially transferred it to Liu Jun to make a flagship.

Now, on the flagship named Zhenhai by Liu Jun, Admiral Cao Jiang Xiong Wencan and Admiral Marine Defense Military Service Zheng Zhilong both stood on the deck with Liu Jun.

"Brother Zheng, is the information accurate?" Liu Jun asked as he felt Jiang Feng coming to his face.

"Please rest assured, my people have made it clear that in Chongming, Suzhou, there is a fleet of maritime merchants going to sea in Chongming, Suzhou. This fleet is large, with twelve large maritime merchants, and the goods to go to sea are worth millions. They are all famous maritime merchants in Susong. They are going to Taiwan to trade with the Dutch."

Liu Jun snorted coldly, "I don't take me Liu Jun seriously when I commit a crime against the wind. Since that's the case, I'll take them into surgery this time!" (To be continued...)
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