On the Yangtze River, a huge fleet was flowing downstream and heading straight for Nanzhili.

There are more than fifty castle-like two thousand-street ships in the middle of this fleet, and hundreds of wheel boats with cannons cruising back and forth on both sides, which looks scary.

Needless to ask, this fleet must be under the command of King Tang or Emperor Yongsheng Zhuqi, because only he can build such a large tower ship at this moment.

At this time, he had no need to hide the gunboats, guns, etc., so there was no need to hide them. If you want to pull them out, you could try it. He promised to knock them out with the people and the ships.

Of course, no one dared to provoke such a terrifying fleet, neither Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong nor Zuo Liangyu, who holds heavy troops.

When the fleet passed by Wuchang, Zhu Qizhuo even ordered the fleet to minimize the speed. Then he took out his telescope and looked carefully for a while. The defenders in the city could only avoid the arrows and be careful not to let go of one of them.

At this moment, Li Zicheng has already taken over Xi'an and is quickly conquering the entire Shaanxi territory. It is estimated that it will not take long to force the army to Henan and Shanxi. Zhang Xianzhong has also taken over Wuchang and is quickly conquering the entire Huguang territory. It is estimated that it will not take long to use troops to Jiangxi and Guangdong.

As for Chongzhen, Jiannu has invaded again now and is rampant in Shandong and Beizhili. Chongzhen is probably trembling in the Forbidden City.

Now the world is in chaos, and whoever has the biggest fist can be unscrupulous. It's that simple.

Zhu Qizhe originally wanted to stay in Yazhou, so he urged Chen Shiqi, Gao Jitai and others to repair the ancient tea and horse road. Unexpectedly, at this time, Zheng Zhilong rushed back from Nanyang.

There was no choice but to go to Jinling, Nandu.

Because Zheng Chenggong is eighteen now, and his precious daughter Wanfang is sixteen, it is time to talk about marriage. If he doesn't go to Jinling to settle the marriage with Zheng Zhilong this time, who knows when this guy will go to Nanyang again?

These days, it is not as simple as going to Nanyang for a few days and a few months. Once he goes there, it will be at least one or two years, and he doesn't want to wait for another one or two years.

The fleet went downstream and entered the territory of Nanzhili within a few days. However, this time he did not go to Jinling City to meet Zheng Zhilong because he wanted to see this huge fleet. If he made an appointment to meet in Jinling City, he would still have to bring people out to see it. It would be a problem. So he directly set the meeting place in Zhongzhou, which is the one in the middle of the three sandbanks he bought.

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong and his son and Qi Yuangong brothers had already been waiting at Zhongzhou Wharf. As soon as the huge tower ship was approaching, they came up.

As soon as Zhu Qizhuo got off the boat, he smiled and waved, "Brother Zheng, it's been a long time since I saw you. How are you doing lately?"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that the shopkeeper of Hua Yutang was the King of Tang in Nanyang. When his fourth brother Zheng Hongkui told him, his chin was almost shocked.

He is a vassal king, and he is a brother to him. Is he qualified to be a vassal?

He could only bow in embarrassment: "The prince has broken his evil deeds. The prince did not know the prince's identity before and was inappropriate. I hope the prince will forgive him."

Prince?

You should call me the Emperor now!

Of course, this is not the focus today.

Zhu Qizhuo still smiled all over his face, stepped forward and hugged Zheng Zhilong's shoulder affectionately and said, "What kind of decent is not decent? We will be in-laws in the future. The whole family doesn't have to be so dissatisfied."

Uh, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but froze when he heard this.

relatives by marriage?

I haven't agreed yet, okay!

Zheng Chenggong was full of excitement when he heard this. He really liked Xiao Wanfang.

The dock is not a good place to talk. Zhu Qizhuo seemed to be joking and didn't go deeper.

After seeing the ceremony, everyone walked directly to a large mansion next to the dock. This mansion was considered a villa of Qi Yuangong, but now it was "lent" to Zhuqi for use.

As soon as the group entered the lobby, Zhu Qizhuo waved his hand and said, "Yuan Gong, you will take Chenggong to take a walk, I will have a good chat with General Zheng."

When the Qi Yuangong brothers heard this, they hurriedly pulled Zheng Chenggong to another place, but Zheng Zhilong stood there and didn't know what to do.

Did you agree to this marriage or not?

He is really struggling.

If you agree, you will rebel with the Tang King.

This Tang King is indeed very strong at sea. The problem is that the main thing to conquer the world is the strength on land. He doesn’t know how powerful this Tang King is on land. Who knows whether the rebellion can succeed?

However, if you don’t agree, you will turn against others!

He can't get over this face!

He bought almost all the muskets and cannons in his hand. If he turned against him, he would not sell him ammunition. The muskets and cannons in his hand would become fire sticks, and they would useless.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there are more than a hundred tower ships and gunboats. Once they turn against each other, if they take action, they will not be able to do it at all!

He really couldn't imagine the consequences.

What to do?

Zheng Zhilong is really struggling now.

Zhu Qi is not as entangled as Zheng Zhilong because he will definitely be able to take this guy.

He sat down in the main seat of the left head with a smile on his face, then pointed to the main seat of the right head and said kindly: "Come on, Brother Zheng, let's sit down and chat."

Zheng Zhilong dared not be on par with a vassal king. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I dare not, how dare the subordinates be on par with the prince? What kind of morality is that?"

This guy is indeed a hero at sea, very arrogant, but once he got ashore, he seemed to have turned into a bear.

Perhaps, this is why he was easily slaughtered by the Qing court in the end.

You dare not rebel, you dare not be king, you don’t have the courage to compete for the world, so what if you have the strength?

Of course, this may not be a good thing. If this guy wants to compete for the world, it will be troublesome.

Zhu Qizhuo shook his head slightly, pointed to the guest seat with his left hand and said, "I said don't see you anymore. Since you don't want to sit next to me, just sit there."

This is barely OK.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zhilong quickly sat down in the guest seat with his left hand carefully.

Zhu Qidiao then asked with a smile on his face: "Brother Zheng, what do you think of the successful marriage with our Wanfang?"

Uh, uh, uh!

Me, me, me, what should I do?

Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a while, and finally plucked up the courage to grit his teeth and said, "Prince, I heard you want to be in trouble."

Yes, what's wrong?

In the end, you chose Miqing, you fence-skinned man!

If you want to have confidence in the Ming Dynasty, would you choose Micao?

Zhu Qizhu said calmly: "You said, if there is still hope for the Ming Dynasty?"

There is indeed no hope. Zheng Zhilong can still see this, otherwise he would not have chosen to surrender to Mitel in history.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked carefully: "Prince, what are your chances of Jingnan?"

What is the chance of winning?

Zhu Qizhuo still said calmly: "I said 100%, do you believe it?"

Ten percent?

Ten thousand times, you are still sitting here and chatting with me, so why don’t you go to rebel and the Jingnan!

Zheng Zhilong said laughing and cryingly: "Prince, this is not a joke. The official knows that you have many gunboats on the tower ships. If it is a naval battle, you do not have any opponents in the entire Ming Dynasty. However, Jingnan is not on the sea. It has never been said that it is a navy to unify the world. The official said something that should not be said. Is it a bit of a waste of the foundation and the last thing you should have done to build a gunboat? "
Chapter completed!