When Zheng Haizhu came out of the county government office, Hua Da, a young man from Liaoning who drove her car, found someone else beside her - Xu Yilong.
Last year, Zheng Haizhu successfully took Xu Xinsu, his eldest son, away from Fujian. When he returned to Jiangnan, he happened to hear that Lu Xiang, after passing the imperial examination, failed to win the gold medal in the examination, and stayed in the Nanjing art circle, preparing to compete for Jinshi again in three years.
This is consistent with the fate of Lu Xiangsheng in history. He did not achieve Jinshi status until the early years of the Apocalypse.
In accordance with his promise to Xu Xinsu, Zheng Haizhu sent Xu Yilong to Nanjing to learn craftsmanship from Lu Xiangsheng, hoping that this descendant of the pirates who landed ashore would fulfill his father's wish and take the imperial examination to become a scholar.
A few months later, Lu Xiangsheng wrote a letter, bluntly stating that Xu Yilong was neither an official nor a scholar. Zheng Haizhu rushed to Nanjing for an interview and saw that the relationship between master and apprentice was warm and harmonious.
The words of advice "Sister, you always need a few helpers around you".
Zheng Haizhu did not hesitate and brought Xu Yilong back to Songjiang. He first asked him to replace Zheng Zhilong, who went to Japan to get married, and take charge of the connection between the Hangzhou headquarters of Haoming Trading Company and Songjiang Trading Road.
But this time, as soon as she arrived in Chongming, Zheng Haizhu encountered a challenge from a local snake, but it was also an opportunity, which made her make timely adjustments to her employment position - letting Xu Yilong come to Chongming Island.
Xu Yilong stepped forward quickly and said with an accusatory look on his face: "Auntie, I arrived a day late because I had to collect copper at Wusong Wharf yesterday."
Zheng Haizhu's firearms factory needs copper to imitate large and small artillery. Huang Zunsu was willing to find suppliers for her from the resources of Donglin's disciples, but Zheng Haizhu clearly refused. For one thing, it was enough for her to make friends with Huang Zunsu, and she did not want to do it early.
I know too many Donglin sects. Secondly, whether it is the information Zheng Zhilong brought back from Macao or the practical complaints made by Sun Yuanhua and the craftsmen, the quality of the copper produced in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is not satisfactory, and it is recommended to use copper imported from overseas.
Now in the last year of the Wanli Dynasty, official trade between China and Japan still has no direct flights. The copper purchased by Zheng Haizhu was first brought to Taiwan from Hirado by Yan Siqi, and then traveled northward and transported it to Songjiang in the name of Fujian merchants.
Even so, it is easier than going inland.
At this time, Zheng Haizhu waved his hand and said warmly: "I guess the copper has arrived. This is good news. How can I blame you for being slow."
Xu Yilong's expression became more relaxed, and he looked meaningfully at Hua Da, who was holding the whip, and said with a smile: "These Liaodong brothers that Agu recruited are so smart. I went to Zhuangzi this morning, and Mr. Wu said that you should come to the county government to do something. I thought
I came to pick up Auntie, and just now I asked Mrs. Zheng if this brother was from Zhuangzi, and he acted as if he had never heard of this Zhuangzi."
Hua Da looked stunned, scratched his head and said, "Madam and Young Master, please forgive me. Manager Wu told us to work as a coachman for Madam and not to talk to strangers."
Xu Yilong praised: "That's right. From now on, when my aunt goes out for a walk, she will be followed by a few more loyal men."
After getting on the bullock cart, Zheng Haizhu closed her eyes and rested her mind.
Even if you don't have to nod and bow your head after chatting with two bureaucrats for a long time, you are still very tired.
Xu Yilong already treated Zheng Haizhu like an elder, so he had to endure his curiosity and did not dare to immediately inquire why Zheng Haizhu let him come to the island.
It was only five or six miles from Chongming County to Zheng Haizhu's Zhuangzi, which is located in the east of Nansha. When passing a seawall, Zheng Haizhu opened his eyes slightly and saw that Xu Yilong was also looking at the faint broken tiles and ruins deep in the wormwood.
"Ichiryu, that was the Biwa Camp a hundred years ago."
"Oh," Xu Yilong's face suddenly looked strange, he was silent, and finally laughed at himself softly, "after all, my father was also considered a Japanese pirate when he was at sea."
Zheng Haizhu said calmly: "Your father regards himself as a pirate, so he hopes that you will return to the Ming Dynasty to serve as an official. I have never given birth to a child, but if you have a junior like Shoukuan who is better than his own son, I can understand you.
It’s my father’s painstaking efforts. However, being an official is divided into civil and military positions. If you don’t like to be civilized, you can also take a military position.”
Xu Yilong immediately became more energetic: "Yes, Auntie, my father won't let me be a soldier in Mr. Yu's camp. If I want to be a warrior, I might be harmed by the civil servants in the court someday. But I will follow you, Auntie.
Seeing Mr. Huang and Mr. Lu from Songjiang Prefecture, they are either already civil servants or will be civil servants.
Not a bad person."
Zheng Haizhu nodded: "Not only is he not a villain, your Master Lu is also a man of both civil and military skills. Isn't it more interesting for you to learn the Lu family's sword skills from him than to read the Four Books and Five Classics?"
Xu Yilong said: "That's natural. Now I'm looking forward to brother Yiguan returning to Ming Dynasty soon and competing with him. When we were in Xiamen, he defeated me several times with Yan's sword skills."
Zheng Haizhu joked: "When I was playing red hair in Xiamen, I saw that you and Yiguan were very close to each other. From now on, let's be a couple."
Now Xu Yilong, who didn't even know where his wife was flying, actually became serious: "Auntie, I think so too, because I'm afraid that brother Yiguan will look down on our Xu family. He fell in love with Yan Xuanfu's daughter and said he wanted to marry her.
Yan Xuanfu is an in-law, so he is anxious to have a baby with that Japanese woman."
Zheng Haizhu laughed and said, "I didn't even know he had this idea, and I never heard Brother Yan talk about it. He is the closest to you, but he tells you all his thoughts."
Xu Yilong smacked his lips, feeling that it made sense, and couldn't help but feel pleased in his eyes.
Zheng Haizhu's expression calmed down.
"Yilong, your father handed you over to me, and you kept calling me "Auntie." I have to be as concerned about your future as I am about my nephew Shoukuan. I want to find an official position for you.
If you are not good at writing, we will practice martial arts. How about Agu asking you and an officer to lead a camp on Chongming Island and become generals?"
When Xu Yilong heard this, he was first surprised and then happy, and nodded repeatedly.
Since he was a child, he has been familiar with the heroic scenes of sailors fighting in the sky and at sea against the enemy. After arriving in Xiamen with his father, he was not willing to do business, let alone literature. He only wanted to join Yu Zigao's navy. But his father was worried about Yu.
Zi Gao was worried about the intact Xu family and had to find a reason to send him, the legitimate son of the Xu family, out of Fujian.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When he arrived in Nanjing, he became a teacher to Lu Xiangsheng, who was only two or three years older than him. If the future Jade-faced God of War had not taught him sword skills at the same time, he would not have been able to bear Lu Xiangsheng's initiative to speak.
Let him go back to Songjiang.
Fortunately, Aunt Zheng was considerate and understood the young man's martial spirit better than his own father. She took him around for only half a year before returning him to his original vision.
【In view of the general environment,
"Agu, Chongming County allows us to raise troops?" Xu Yilong couldn't help but ask doubtfully after getting excited.
Zheng Haizhu then told him the ins and outs of the incident in detail.
Finally, he cheered him up and said: "I have an imperial edict, and Chongming is the gateway to the East China Sea. From Jiubian to Fujian and Guangdong, and then to Sichuan, Shu, and Yunnan, there are many soldiers and military households living together in the same place. They can support their families.
Why can't I support a battalion soldier like Ding, who has fought for the Ming Dynasty and worked hard for the Ming Dynasty? If we say that she is a woman, isn't Qin Liangyu of Shili also a woman? If so, would it be possible?
When it comes to dancing with spears and clubs, are all the civil servants in charge of the imperial court capable of wielding swords like you, Master Lu?"
Xu Yilong was very excited when he heard this, clasped his hands and said: "Yes, Agu is here on Chongming Island, so she should lead an army of the Zheng family. Yilong is willing to lead the troops for Agu! There is also a brother of an official. Agu, a brother of an official are waiting for me.
What a beautiful fight! After he comes back from Japan, Agu will let him go to the island too!"
"Well, that's how it should be. You all ran through the big docks and went through big battles at a young age. If I don't rely on you to lead the troops, who else can I rely on? Mr. Wu will eventually go back to help me control the north.
To make a living."
With his future as expected, Xu Yilong felt suddenly enlightened and full of energy, and he talked endlessly to Zheng Haizhu about watching Yu Zigao train troops in Xiamen and select new recruits.