At the evening of the same day when Zhu Cijiu led his army to Xingchenggang, Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhennan, organized a family dinner in a side hall of the Nanyang Governor's Office. It is said that since he became the Nanyang Governor's Office, the emperor seemed to intend to let him develop in Nanyang. It turned out that several provinces under his jurisdiction in Nanzhili were gradually taken over by relevant yamen of the imperial court, and the power of the two provinces and four vassal states in the southeastern Peninsula was gradually transferred to him.

Zheng Zhilong naturally did not dare to have any objection. As far as his personal interests and hobbies are concerned, he still prefers life by the sea. It is better to drive a boat to sea to cast a few nets than to sit there and watch a show, so he simply took all his family to the Nanyang Governor's Office and became a full-time Nanyang Governor.

After finally Zheng Chenggong followed the emperor to Nanyang, he naturally wanted to call his family together and get together.

This is a real family dinner. There are not many people in the huge side hall. There are only five people eating in the middle. On his left are the brothers Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, sitting on his right are the princess Tianchuan and the prince Zheng Chenggong. The two beautiful young women serving on the side are not outsiders, namely the wife Wang and Zhang of Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao.

After the servant finished serving the dishes, Zheng Zhilong immediately said to Wang and Zhang, who were beside him: "Sister-in-law, come and fill us with wine."

When Wang and Zhang heard this, they immediately took the wine pots obediently and filled them with them one by one. The fragrance of wine immediately filled the entire side hall, and the family naturally drank aged tribute wine.

Zheng Zhilong stood up excitedly and raised his glass and said, "Our family is rarely reunited. Come and have a drink."

Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Tianchuan, Zheng Chenggong quickly stood up, raised his glass and touched it gently, and then drank it all in one go.

After drinking, Tianchuan didn't care about the scorching heat in his mouth. He picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in Zheng Chenggong's bowl. He said kindly: "Sen'er, this is your favorite steamed sea bass. How do you taste it?"

Zheng Chenggong looked at the fish in the bowl awkwardly, then looked up at his father and two uncles. There are some specialties in moving chopsticks at this meal. According to etiquette, the oldest person here should be the first to use chopsticks. In terms of etiquette, Xu Guangqi taught the most delicate ones, so Zheng Chenggong naturally remembers it very clearly.

Zheng Zhilong has nothing to do with it. Although he was from an official family, he went out to fight as soon as he became an adult. He was a pirate for a while, so he never cared about this etiquette. When outsiders were there, he might even pretend. If there is something to be polite about the family, he also picked up a piece of bass and put it in Zheng Chenggong's bowl. He said kindly: "Sen'er, try it quickly. This is a seven-star real bass that has been passed by Japan. It is specially prepared for you, or is it made by your mother in the cooking."

Zheng Chenggong is a veritable treasure in the Zheng family. Not only is he the emperor's brother and the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong, he has also grown up very popular since childhood. He is still handsome and extremely handsome. It would be strange if his parents and uncle don't regard him as a treasure.

Seeing that all the elders were staring at him earnestly and did not move their chopsticks, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to pick up two pieces of fish from the bowl, stuff them into his mouth, and nodded while chewing. Then everyone then picked up the chopsticks with a smile and started eating.

Before he could eat a few bites, Zheng Zhilong asked curiously: "Sen'er, why didn't the emperor call everyone to deploy the next strategy today, but instead asked us to have a good rest?"

Zheng Chenggong heard this, put down his chopsticks and replied seriously: "Return to the father, the emperor said before getting off the boat that haste will not be achieved. The strategy for the Mughal Empire cannot be deployed in a short while, and it may take several hours, so he asked everyone to have a good rest so that they would not be in a bad spirit during the meeting and would make things worse."

Zheng Zhihu heard this and thought, "Hastyness in everything will not be achieved? Is it necessary to push back the war with the Mughal Empire?"

The emperor did not mean this, Zheng Chenggong quickly explained: "Second uncle, no, the emperor told me on the way that the day when the Mughal Empire attacked Goa was the time for war."

Zheng Zhihu was puzzled, but Zheng Zhibao said with a shy face: "Sen'er, look, the emperor is so kind to you. Can you say a few words in front of the emperor and ask the third uncle for a fleet commander or something? Uncle San also wants to serve the country and make achievements!"

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he did not answer, but instead looked at Zheng Zhilong awkwardly.

Zheng Zhilong pointed at Zheng Zhibao with chopsticks and said with a stern face: "Lao San, how many times have you told you? Just keep the Ming Dynasty's Royal Western Trade honestly. Don't think about leading troops to fight anymore. Don't mention this to Sen'er anymore. I didn't let him go to Emperor Guan to say it."

Zheng Zhibao was the youngest of the Zheng family. When he was a child, he was also the one who loved thousands of people. He was not afraid of Zheng Zhilong. Seeing Zheng Zhilong's attitude, he was dissatisfied and said: "Brother, you are all the princes. Don't always point chopsticks at others? Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming can both be the commander of the fleet. Why can't I be?"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he put down his chopsticks awkwardly and sighed: "Third brother, it's not that the elder brother looked down on you. It's because our Zheng family has received too much favor. Do you understand that the master is so powerful? It's too powerful that the master is more dangerous than the master is so powerful. Even if the emperor doesn't want to deal with us, someone will slander the emperor. If the emperor believes in the slander, our Zheng family will be over. Do you know?"

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, he said dissatisfiedly: "What does it mean to be too powerful? Our Zheng family has only managed 300,000 people in total, but the Qin family has 400,000 people in charge. They are even more powerful than ours. Why didn't anyone come into their slander?"

This pig brain, Zheng Zhilong is so angry, he said with a grudge: "Don't you know that brother, I still have the military and political power of two provinces and four vassal states? There is also Xiaoqi Zuoemon. My father-in-law is old and will probably pass the throne to Xiaoqi Zuoemon in a few years. Yang Geng and Chen Hui were also my personal guards. In this way, our Zheng family has a total of 500,000 troops, five vassal states, and two provinces. Do you think the power is not strong enough! Also, can we compare the Qin family? They are royal relatives. If the queen gave birth to a crown prince, it would be even more amazing. Do you think it is our Zheng family and the emperor or the Qin family and the emperor?"

When Zheng Zhibao heard this, he thought about it carefully and found that this was the case. He couldn't help but change his face, and cold sweat appeared, and even Zheng Zhihu's face showed a look of worry.

Seeing this, Takawa quickly made things happen and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about these things when the family eats. Come on, eat the food soon, it will be no longer delicious when it is cold."

Zheng Chenggong also said with a very demeanor: "Yes, yes, second uncle and third uncle, this bass is delicious, you can try it too."

The mother and son's smooth scene seemed to have no effect. Even Zheng Zhilong put down his chopsticks and sighed worriedly.

Seeing their appearance, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but frown and ponder. Soon, he pretended to be naive and said, "Father, second uncle, third uncle, you don't have to worry. The emperor is very nostalgic and especially valued people who are loyal to the emperor. As long as our Zheng family is always loyal to the emperor and always loyal to the Ming Dynasty, there will be no problem."

Sure enough, when the three of them heard this, their faces slowly calmed down. Zheng Chenggong changed the topic again and said, "Father, you said that Koki Saemon is going to inherit the throne, so have his princess chosen? And there are also concubines, how many have they chosen?"

Speaking of his youngest son, Zheng Zhilong immediately became energetic. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you still have to worry about this? Princess, your grandfather has already chosen him, and he has chosen more than a dozen concubines. But you, who is not interested in a girl, and when will you get married?"

Zheng Chenggong didn't expect that this accident would lead the fire to him. He couldn't help but blush when he heard this, "Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, just embarrassed to speak.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere of the family banquet finally returned to normal.
Chapter completed!