Zheng Zhilong hurriedly asked, "I wonder what General Li has to ask?"

Li Guodong replied without hesitation: "A brother will finally rescue the people on the shore of Hongze Lake, set up grain to resettle the people, and resolve the problems of the court, but he was repeatedly harassed by water bandits. We are not good at water wars. Although we repeatedly repel the bandits, we cannot find the bandits' nests. If this problem is not eliminated, we will not even sleep well."

"How many people are there in that water bandit?"

“There are about two thousand people.”

"But without the order from the court to dispatch troops, Zheng did not dare to dispatch troops without authorization. However, Zheng had a way to borrow several generals who were good at water warfare to help General Li wipe out the water bandits." Zheng Zhilong replied.

"Then I'll thank Zheng Junmen!" Li Guodong bowed and thanked.

Zheng Zhilong said: "If you can successfully cast the cannon, I will lend you five brave generals including Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Cai, Shi Daxuan and Hong Xu, and then ask them to bring fifty personal soldiers to help you in the name of taking family servants on a trip."

When Li Guodong heard that there was Shi Daxuan on the list, he was overjoyed. Shi Daxuan was Shi Lang's father, but he was a good general who was good at water warfare, and his level of water warfare was second only to Zheng Zhilong. So Li Guodong thanked: "Thank you for your help from Zheng Junmen!"

"General Li, when can we start casting cannons?"

"Then let's go to your blacksmith shop in Zhengjunmen first."

"No hurry, General Li is here for the first time. Tonight, Zheng set up a banquet to welcome General Li! We will go to the blacksmith shop to have a look tomorrow morning."

At this moment, a child about eight or nine years old came in outside. Li Guodong turned his head when he heard the movement behind him and happened to see the little boy. He saw that the boy had red lips, white teeth, beautiful eyebrows, and very adorable.

"Jiang Zheng Sen." Zheng Zhilong pulled the little boy over and introduced to Li Guodong.

"So it's Mr. Zheng!" Li Guodong stretched out his hand, patted the little boy on the shoulder, and said to Zheng Zhilong, "The noble man has a good appearance and will definitely become a great man in the future!"

"Exceeded!"

That night, the General Manager of Kinmen was held in the Kinmen Palace. Li Guodong was invited by Zheng Zhilong to sit down at the main table in the hall. The group of brothers he brought were arranged on the secondary table outside the hall, accompanied by the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family army to drink.

Han Dashan and others were struggling on the boat for four days and four nights, and almost didn't eat anything. When they got off the boat, they were so hungry that they had already put their stomachs on their backs. They were hungry and tired, and they drank some sweet potato and rice porridge and slept until now. After all, they were all a group of martial arts practitioners. After waking up, they were so energetic that they were rude. They sat down at the table and saw a table of delicacies. Han Dashan and others pretended to be polite with the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family who were accompanying him, and then started to move their chopsticks.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "General Li, your brothers are indeed rare soldiers! People who have never left the sea have been bumping in the sea for four days and four nights, and they have spit out bile. After recovering for an afternoon, they are alive again."

"Each of them has killed the head of Jiannu." Li Guodong replied.

"What is Jiannu?" asked the young Zheng Sen.

Li Guodong said: "Jiannu is a group of alien invaders who harmed our Ming people! They killed innocent people, robbed people's property, raped yin and robbed them, and committed all kinds of evil! In short, they are a group of bad people. I just kill Jiannu!"

Zheng Sen, you turned to Zheng Zhilong and said, "Dad, when I grow up, I will kill Jiannu like Uncle Li!"

After using up the banquet, a group of Zheng brothers and the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family who were accompanying him were drunk. Li Guodong, who was tested for alcohol, was still very sober. He staggered into the bedroom Zheng Zhilong prepared for him.

Li Guodong was a distinguished guest. Two pretty maids about fourteen or fifteen years old had already stood at the door of his bedroom. Seeing Li Guodong coming in, the two maids were generous and blessed, so they stepped forward to help Li Guodong walk into the bedroom. Then two women helped Li Guodong take off their clothes. When the two pairs of soft and boneless pairs were holding and rubbing them and untiing their belts, Li Guodong only felt that some part of him was shameless and started to bounce off his clothes.

In fact, these two maids were called by Zheng Zhilong to serve Li Guodong, and they could use them as they wanted. Richness is comparable to the country, and it seems that the adjective is wrong. To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen is far from richer than Zheng Zhilong! To be honest, it is an insult to Zheng Zhilong for having no money! It is not human nature to raise a few pretty little maids for a wealthy businessman like Zheng Zhilong? Since it is a distinguished guest like Li Guodong, it is normal to ask two maids to serve him.

A maid brought in facial wash water, took a clean towel, and helped Li Guodong wipe his face. Then another maid brought in foot wash water and helped Li Guodong rub his feet.

This is what a man should live. Li Guodong thought to himself. But he is not as rich as Zheng Zhilong, and he needs to spend all his money on the knife. Even a maid at home is reluctant to buy it. Today, Zheng Zhilong called two maids to serve him, and Li Guodong doesn't need to be useless.

The next morning, Li Guodong woke up. The two little maids had already gotten up. They called face wash and brushing supplies, served Li Guodong to wash, and put on his clothes.

Li Guodong followed Zheng Zhilong to the core science and technology center of Zhengjiajun, in a valley behind the town. Before he could enter the valley, he heard a "ding-ding-dang" ironclad sound coming from the front.

"This is the blacksmith shop, please check it out." Zheng Zhilong even changed his name to Li Guodong.

Li Guodong walked past a row of blacksmith shops and saw that the Zheng family army's blacksmith shop was very large in scale. The entire valley was filled with blacksmith shops. Iron ore was transported here and sent to the blast furnace, and iron was trained. After that, someone poured the iron into the trough. After the iron was cooled and solidified, it turned into thick iron sheets. Then the iron sheet was sent to the blacksmith, and heated and turned red. An iron sheet was forged in the hands of the first blacksmith, then put it in the water to quench. Then a blacksmith picked up the iron sheet with pliers, sent it into the furnace for heating and turning red, and forged.

Such an iron piece was forged in turn by a row of blacksmiths, and then turned into a knife head.

"This is the Miao Dao. We are a long knife that imitates the methods of Japanese people. Each knife is made into fine steel, cutting iron like mud, and blowing hair and breaking the blade." Zheng Zhilong introduced.

Li Guodong nodded slightly and said, "Brother Zheng, I can directly train the iron and build it with the iron again. This can save a lot of time and create more treasure knives in a short time. Moreover, when practicing the iron, I can also directly cast the cannon. But we must first improve the blast furnace."

"Okay! Brother, tell me, what should we prepare?"

Li Guodong next asked someone to prepare refractory bricks, and the Zheng family craftsmen didn't have to burn other bricks. There were two abandoned blast furnaces here. After they were removed, the refractory bricks were found.
Chapter completed!