Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 183 Surrender without a fight
In Fuzhou Prefecture, Tang Ning led a new army of more than [-] troops. Together with the main force of the Nan'ao Navy, a total of more than [-] people went up the Minjiang River and landed on the east bank of the Minjiang River on March [-]th, approaching the south gate of Fuzhou.

The letter of surrender was immediately delivered to Zheng Zhiwan, the city lord of Fuzhou Prefecture. Not far from him stood a middle-aged man with a short beard, his expression neither humble nor overbearing.

"General Zheng, Zheng Zhilong's situation is over. Fuzhou is already an isolated city. Zheng Zhilong occupies Quanzhou far away, and the water far away cannot quench his thirst. It is really unwise for you to continue to resist."

"Now, our army of tens of thousands of soldiers has arrived in Fuzhou, with hundreds of artillery pieces. With one order, the entire city of Fuzhou will be reduced to ruins in an instant."

"The general and Zheng Hongkui are brothers. Zheng Hongkui led more than [-] elite soldiers to defend Zhao'an. Under our new army's magical soldiers, he couldn't defend for half a day."

"Now, he is captured by my lord and reduced to a prisoner."

"My family misses the people of the city, and can't bear to commit more crimes. I hope the general will also remember the people in the city. This will be a great merit."

"I hope the general will make a decision early, and don't regret it too late..."

Zheng Zhiwan held the letter of surrender in his hand, and kept pacing back and forth, without refuting what the middle-aged man said just now, obviously considering the gains and losses.

After a while, he stopped and asked, "Sir, you promised me to join the Yuegang Chamber of Commerce, and promised me [-]% of the shares in Yuegang Ocean Trading Company, but what does Mr. Tang mean?"

The middle-aged man said with a serious expression: "Of course, my adults also said that the general is not suitable for leading the army, but suitable for business."

"But if you vote for our new army, you can't treat the general badly. A [-]% stake in Yuegang Ocean Trading Company will surely make the general rich in his life without any problem."

Zheng Zhi smiled and said: "It is said that Mr. Tang is as good as a god. Hearing it today, he really deserves his reputation."

"As Master Tang said, I don't like fighting and killing. I just want to be a wealthy small businessman with peace of mind. I will be content with food and drink for the rest of my life."

Zheng Zhiwan is very clear about his position. He knows that although he is Zheng Zhilong's brother, in the core circle of the Zheng Group, he is much inferior to Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao, and even Zheng Cai and other younger generations.

If Tangning wanted to promise him a high official, he would feel uneasy, because he had seen too many things like this.

Just like the Jiang Shiying rebels who joined their Zheng family last year, Zheng Zhilong found a reason to execute him after his forces were almost absorbed by the Zheng family.

If Zheng Zhiwan led more than [-] Fuzhou defenders to surrender to Tangning, if these surrendered troops were still in his hands, there would only be two consequences.

The first is to be regarded as a vanguard army to fight, just like the Qing army treated the surrendered troops in the north.

Another is that like Jiang Shiying, the army under him was disintegrated and then abandoned.

Both of these results were not what Zheng Zhiwan wanted. He thought he was not a general, and if he was really going to be sent as a vanguard, he didn't know when he would die in battle.

The second type is even worse, living in anxiety all day long.

Therefore, the [-]% stake in Yuegang Ocean Trading Company promised by Tangning was the biggest attraction for him.

Because he believed that as long as he did not pose a threat to the new army, Tang Ning would not break his promise.

Although Yuegang has just been controlled by Tang Ning, the Yuegang Ocean Trading Company has not yet been established.

But Zheng Zhiwan believes that even if the development of Yuegang Ocean Trading Company is not as good as Chaozhou Ocean Trading Company and other companies, the difference will not be too great.

After all, the foundation of Yuegang is here, and it has many natural advantages.

Therefore, Zheng Zhiwan was sure, and immediately replied: "In this case, I will write a book and hope that Mr. Tang can hand it over to Mr. Tang."

The middle-aged man nodded quickly and said, "It should be so."

But I was thinking in my heart, "Your Excellency is really clever, this person is really greedy for money and cowardly."

In the afternoon of that day, the four gates of Fuzhou Fucheng were opened wide, and Zheng Zhiwan led more than a hundred officials from all over the Fuzhou city out of the city.

For this reason, Zheng Zhiwan also deliberately took off his shirt and changed into a businessman's attire, as if expressing that he only wanted to be a peaceful businessman in the future.

After accepting Zheng Zhiwan's general seal, Tangning immediately led the army into the city.

After entering the city, Zheng Zhiwan immediately handed over the Zheng family's wealth in Fuzhou to Tang Ning.

Although he is greedy for money, he is not stupid. He knows what to take and what not to take.

And he knew that the new army had a mysterious force lurking in Fucheng, just like that middle-aged man, who knew many things in Fucheng like the back of his hand.

He believed that these things would definitely not be hidden from Tangning's eyes. It would be bad if he waited for Tangning to bring it up, so it would be better to learn more about it himself.

Tangning was very satisfied with Zheng Zhiwan's understanding of current affairs, so she didn't pursue the property that he secretly collected.

The defenders in the city had already been gathered in the barracks by Zheng Zhiwan, and were successfully received by Wu Liuqi who arrived later.

The defense of Fuzhou's prefectural city was then taken over by the new army. Tang Ning ordered all officials to perform their duties and tried their best to appease the people in the city.

In this way, Fuzhou Mansion was smoothly handed over to the new army. Eunuch Liu and his party who were still halfway were shocked when they learned of this.

Zheng Zhilong, who heard the news a day later, was speechless, not knowing whether to be angry or grateful.

He didn't expect that there would be such a cowardly and fearful member of the Zheng family, who offered the city to surrender without the slightest resistance, which is really shameful.

Speaking of which, shouldn't we be glad that we didn't send troops back to help Fuzhou Prefecture, otherwise we would just feed the dogs with all our hearts.

Zheng Zhilong was exhausted physically and mentally, the city of Fuzhou was lost, and the entire Fuzhou government might not be able to keep it either.

Most importantly, the loss of Fuzhou Prefecture will have immeasurable impact on the whole of Fujian.

For him, Zheng Zhilong, Fuzhou Mansion is undoubtedly what Shuntian Mansion is to Daming, and Yingtian Mansion is to the Hongguang court. This is a sign of doom.

In addition, nearly half of the wealth earned by Zheng Zhilong's half-life struggle is in Fuzhou Prefecture. In addition, Yuegang, Nan'an, and Jinmen were plundered by the new army. Zheng Zhilong's wealth, which is incomparable to the enemy, has already lost eighty-nine out of ten. .

The piercing pain pierced his heart, Zheng Zhilong seemed to have aged dozens of years all of a sudden, and his whole body seemed to have lost all vitality.

The series of blows these days were really too many, like a heavy hammer hitting him, even King Min Hai, who had seen countless storms and waves, was almost unable to hold on.

He doesn't even know what the Zheng family's future should be. Should they continue to fight the new army to the end?
But now the military strength comparison between the Zheng army and the new army has shifted more and more towards the new army. Even the Zheng army in its heyday was no match for the new army.

In the current situation, if you continue to resist, you may be lingering on your last breath.

Eunuch Liu has already gone to Fuzhou. If Tangning is really persuaded to stop the army and Tangning proposes harsh conditions, will he accept it?
Tangning probably wouldn't give the Zheng family another chance to breathe. Given Tangning's wolfish ambitions, she definitely wanted to take over the whole of Fujian and wipe out the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong thought a lot quietly in the room alone, with a lot of thoughts.

(End of this chapter)