"Master, the blue-robed civil servant is named Huang Zunsu. It was he and the slave's second uncle who came up with the idea at the beginning, saying that if they wanted to save me from prison, they would do something ridiculous. The second uncle was eager to kill me.
When I got farther, I was sent to Liaodong to be a concubine for that bad old man Qiao Yiqi."
Outside Wusong Pier, in front of an inconspicuous ox cart beside the reeds, Han Xiying said bitterly.
The person she calls "Master" is also a woman, about thirty years old, with a pancake face, single eyelids, and a fairly well-proportioned facial structure, except for the teeth that are a little chipped, and the cheekbones to the lower jaw are covered with thick powder.
Covered up a lot of pitfalls.
The woman's name is Tong Xiyu, she is the younger sister of Tong Yangxing, the owner of Tongjiazhuang in Fushun, Liaodong. She married the Tong family's business partner in Shandong in her early years. She didn't want the man to die early, so Tong Xiyu had no children, and because of her unruly temperament, she was not welcomed by her husband's family.
She simply turned around and returned to her hometown in the Northeast, Tong's home village, where she helped Tong cultivate his character and secretly communicated with Hou Jin.
Two years ago, the Tatars suffered a defeat in Fushun. Tong Yangxing, who originally thought that Nurhaci would definitely capture Fushun, was afraid that his alliance with the chieftain would be exposed, so he burned Zhuangzi and took dozens of people to defect to Nurhaci.
Nurhaci took a liking to Tong Yangxing, a traitorous family who had traveled around the Ming Dynasty doing business. Without saying a word, he gave one of his granddaughters to Tong Yangxing as his wife, and gave Tong Xiyu land and slaves.
Last year, Nurhachi, who had recovered a little, did not dare to attack Fushun again, which was already guarded by Zou Chuxian, so he went north to attack Ye He's tribe, trying to unify the entire Northeast Jurchen.
No miracle happened to the Yehe tribe in this time and space, and they were wiped out by Nurhaci in one fell swoop. The leader of the Yehe tribe, Buyangu, only surrendered after receiving Nurhaci's promise not to kill, but he was still killed by the old chief who had no credibility.
The victorious troops of the Hou Jin Army regained their arrogance and detoured to a Ming Army fortress near Kaiyuan, and suddenly launched a night attack. They actually made a big deal and killed the guerrilla general Qiao Yiqi who was resting in the fort on the way to Kaiyuan.
He also robbed several female relatives of the Qiao family, including Han Xiying.
Han Xiying had half of her face burned in the war, and she didn't speak Manchu like the women of the Yehe tribe. When Nurhaci returned to the royal city and distributed the spoils and women, not to mention the banner owners, even Niu Lu'er couldn't even look at it.
Fuck her.
Tong Xiyu, who was about to be rewarded with a coat as a fertility tool, came to see the fun and heard that she was crying in Chinese. When she asked curious questions, she immediately asked the Jin Dynasty to become a domestic servant.
In the Asura Hell, Han Xiying met a Han woman who did not look like a devil. She suddenly turned from extreme fear to extreme dependence. She told Tong Xiyu where she came from and expressed her hatred for the Songjiang family and a woman named Zheng Haizhu.
At that time, the Jurchen spies at the border came to find out one after another that the thunder and iron lumps at the head of Fushun City were transported from Songjiang. They heard that the Ming Dynasty was smelting this Vulcan weapon there. The scheming brother and sister Tong Yangxing immediately came to the city.
Nurhaci proposed a bold strategy. Tong Xiyu took his servants who could speak Shandong dialect to Songjiang, and asked the servants to pretend to be recruited laborers and secretly learn the art of making firearms. Han Xiying, who was completely unrecognizable and should not be recognized, could serve as a familiar figure in Songjiang.
A guide of the terrain, he could also teach the spies to understand the Songjiang dialect along the way.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Songjiang, Tong and Han discovered that the artillery factory belonged to Zheng Haizhu.
Neither Nurhaci nor the Tong family knew that Zheng Haizhu played such a big role in the defense of Fushun, but Tong Xiyu still ignited the fire of hatred towards this woman.
Tong Xiyu firmly believed that if this woman had not brought cannons and muskets to the north, Jianzhou Jinlu could have conquered Fushun even without Li Yongfang's internal support. The old Tong family would not have to leave Tongjiazhuang in a hurry, and they might even be able to get more support from Fushun.
More acres of land as a reward.
At this moment, Tong Xiyu watched several sand boats with bamboo sails raised and slowly sailed away from the river. She turned back and stared at Han Xiying and said: "The bitch named Zheng seems to be having a prosperous life in your hometown. Even Songjiang Mansion
The second master came to see her people off."
Han Xiying echoed: "Master is right, this woman relies on her desperate and despicable look to attract these men who have never seen the world and listen to her. However, she was not thinking about it from the beginning.
She joined our Han family as the aunt of my second uncle. When the master saw this Huang Zunsu, it was impossible to say that he had ever thought of accepting her into the house, and how could she like it? What she wants is probably this kind of influence.
It’s so exciting.”
Tong Xiyu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Ah Ying, Master, I don't even look down on being a blessing for the Belles. I feel so comfortable now. Only men listen to me inside and outside the room, and I don't listen to men."
Han Xiying, who was once the daughter of the Songjiang family, has now become accustomed to Tong Xiyu's unrestrained speech. The man Tong Xiyu mentioned outside the room is her Shandong-born boss Li Desheng. I'm afraid her man has not yet
Before he died of illness, he became her concubine. This time he came south and pretended to be a businessman to give the introduction, and it was Li Desheng who came forward to put his name.
Han Xiying was possessed and flattered: "My master is naturally much smarter than the one named Zheng."
Tong Xiyu said sadly: "She loves to show off so much. After we finish the matter, we will drag her to Hetuala to taste the northwest wind of Liaodong."
"What the master is saying is that with the master's ability, it would be difficult to kill her with one knife in Songjiang? But it is too easy for her."
Tong Xiyu held Han Xiying's hand and got on the bullock cart. Facing Han Xiying, who was lowering her head to adjust her skirt, she said softly: "Do you want to go and see your mother's grave? It's clear now."
"Thank you, Master. I won't go. I'm afraid of complications, and I don't want to be distracted."
"Okay, I have long seen that you are a kind-hearted girl. You should think of a way as soon as possible to let Li Desheng's men enter the artillery factory."
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The sand boat traveled up the vast Yangtze River for two hours and anchored at the southern end of Dongsha Island, where the Chongming County Government is located.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zheng Haizhu’s name has been known to Zhejiang officials in recent years. Now she is wearing the order of "Mrs. Anyuan", and the Chongming County Magistrate cannot help but
If you don't care, I will order the county magistrate to greet you at Dongsha Pier.
"Mrs. Zheng," the county magistrate said politely, "when I ordered my nephew to come to inspect the artillery factory, I told you that the number of hoarders brought by the lady was around 150. The precedent in the country was 50 per household.
However, our Chongming and Taicang Songjiang are not comparable. Many of them are sandbanks and salt fields, and the sand fields are not evenly distributed. Madam, let’s see, how about giving each household 30 acres of mature farmland first?”
Zheng Haizhu thanked her hurriedly. She was the imperial wife, and the tenants in the village did not have to pay taxes. Each household had 30 acres of mature farmland. It was not a big problem to initially support these small households.
He winked at Wu Bondang again.
Wu Bangdang understood, and stepped forward and said respectfully to the county magistrate: "Second Master, we brought some earthen rituals from the north. Could you please send a subordinate to lead the way for the common people?"
The county magistrate glanced at the big mules that came with the boat and said in a feint of anger: "Mrs. Zheng's etiquette is too strict."
Then he ordered two servants to come over and warned: "Go to the eldest master's house first."
Wu Bangdang drove his mules and followed them. The county magistrate personally led the way and led Zheng Haizhu and the Liao residents after walking two miles and arriving in front of a thatched house.
"Mrs. Zheng, please look at this place, which has just been transformed from a sandbank into a sandy field in recent years. There are ponds in the fields, but it is no longer salt water, and you can raise geese and ducks. Half a mile eastward, you will find a small pond built during the reign of Emperor Jiajing.
The pier can still be used. I will send a few fishermen over later to teach the households how to go fishing."
Zheng Haizhu politely pointed to the west and said happily: "That small slope is also very good for herding sheep. It's really a good job for the first and second masters to take care of it!"
Behind her, the Liao people were busy with their boats, and their exhausted faces showed surprise.
They originally thought that when they arrived on Chongming Island, they would cut down trees and build a shack by themselves, but they didn't expect that they already had a house and farm tools laid out in front of the door.
But suddenly a man's cry was heard in the crowd.
"What's wrong with this brother?" Zheng Haizhu asked the leaders standing in the front row.
The young man came up to us while crying: "I, when I saw such good fields and the abundant water here, I thought, if the land in my hometown was like this, my parents, daughter-in-law, and children would not be able to bear it.
will die."
"Hey, tsk, tsk," the Chongming County Magistrate showed a look of unbearability and muttered to Zheng Haizhu softly, "All their family members starved to death?"
Zheng Haizhu shook his head: "He didn't starve to death, he was killed by the Tatars. After Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province, abandoned the Six Forts outside the Pass, Nurhaci occupied it. Many people in the Ming Dynasty have been farming there since their ancestors.
Fleeing back. In order to support their troops, the Tatars pressed for more and more grain. Droughts often occurred in the six forts outside the pass and the grain harvest failed. The Tatars thought that the Han people deliberately hid grain and refused to pay. The Tatars made a rule that if the Han people paid less
For one dou of grain, the Jurchen Tatar grain rush officer would kill a whole person."
Hearing this, the Chongming County Magistrate opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time.
