The little emperor sent six secret edicts in succession, all of which required Marquis Phu Quy to travel overland along the Annam coastline to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and then take a sea ship to Fireworks Island (now Phu Quy Island.)
The reason is very simple. Master Xiao Jia must "light up" along the way.
This smells like espionage.
Could it be that the little emperor really coveted Annan?
However, for this kind of matter, sending one secret edict is enough, and there is no need to send six letters in a row like this.
After verifying the special code he had agreed with the little emperor and confirming that the secret decrees were true, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) always felt strange.
But what exactly is the fault, and I can’t say why.
At this moment, Ouyang Yuwei opened the door and rushed in, throwing herself directly into Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi)'s arms.
"No big girl, no small girl. What does a big girl look like? How will she get married in the future?"
"Who said I'm going to get married? Besides, I've let you hug me, so I have to marry you in the future. There's no other way... Although you're lazy and greedy, and you're still a big playboy, it's all like this.
This girl will save you the trouble of marrying you."
"It's like this no matter what...what happened to me? Besides, I have a wife, more than one..."
"Sister Baochai has already said that when dealing with good men... if you have a fiancée, rob it, if you get married, break it up, if it doesn't work, steal it... and there are plots..."
"Your sister Baochai would never be able to say these words. You must have made them up, right?"
"No, it seems that you, the Great Lover, don't know women very well...I won't go into details anymore. Today, I found a Fanbang man who can smoke and smoke in Guangzhou City. I stole his bag.
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Ouyang Yuwei took a purse from her waist and handed it to Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), and continued, "There are some big wrinkled tree leaves in it, which is what the Fanbang people use to smoke clouds..."
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) opened her purse and saw that it was tobacco. She almost shed tears.
My cigar, my cigarette.
A cigarette after a meal makes you feel like a god.
After traveling to the Qing Dynasty, I forgot about my biggest bad habit.
This tobacco was only introduced to China in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. It had not yet become popular, so it was really hard to find a cigarette.
Quickly, he rolled up a cannon barrel, lit it, and took a puff, almost knocking himself out...
I haven't felt this way for a long time.
The surprised Ouyang Yuwei suddenly shouted to the empty beams: "Come out! If you don't come out, don't blame me for being rude!"
There was a wave of energy on the beam, and a grim young man jumped down from the beam.
Ouyang Yuwei quickly took out her dagger to protect Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi).
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) smiled and said: "Senior Brother, are you Metersbonwe? You don't take the ordinary path! You've been transmitting messages (telegrams) thousands of miles for a day and a half, and you just arrived now?"
Chen Jinnan rolled his eyes at Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), "I received your message from thousands of miles away. Our fleet is still on the sea one hundred and fifty miles away from Xiamen. I will come over at night after the ship docks. It's too slow.
, don’t pass me the message next time.”
It is more than 600 kilometers from Xiamen to Guangzhou, which is more than 1,200 miles. However, in the early Qing Dynasty, there were no cars, let alone high-speed rail. It took one and a half days to arrive by land, which was a breeze.
Before Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) could say anything, Chen Jinnan looked directly at Ouyang Yuwei and said, "Where did you get this from? You are a top-notch personal bodyguard!"
Seeing that the person coming was an acquaintance of Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), Ouyang Yuwei put away her dagger and rolled her eyes at Chen Jinnan, "What do you want to do? This girl is Baoyu's chosen concubine in the future... Look at it this way
Man, very rude!”
As for the "first concubine", Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) coughed and almost choked on the cigarette.
"That's interesting...how did you know I was hiding on the rafters?"
"It's just a feeling."
"It's interesting, junior brother... Oh, no, second brother, I want this girl. Become my disciple for three years, and I will give you the best female guard in the world."
"Who are you? With such a loud tone, you are not afraid of flashing your tongue!" Ouyang Yuwei curled her mouth into a splay.
"He is the notorious Chen Jinnan." Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) said angrily.
"Oh my god! This girl is going to faint! He is that...Chen Jinnan who has never seen Chen Jinnan in his life, so it is useless to be a hero? My dear...I...can I become his disciple?"
Ouyang Yuwei looked at Chen Jinnan for a while, then turned around and asked.
"Can."
After getting Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi)'s approval, Ouyang Yuwei stretched out her little hand in front of Chen Jinnan and said, "Bring it here!"
"What to bring?"
"It's a apprenticeship ceremony. You like to have a beloved disciple. You are still a quirky little girl. Why don't you give me some greeting gifts?"
"You..." This made Chen Jinnan angry, and shouted at Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi): "Who raises what kind of bird, what kind of man raises what kind of woman... As greedy as you are for money, I still have such an apprentice."
I won’t accept it anymore.”
After saying that, Chen Jinnan turned around and walked out of the house.
At the signal of Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), Ouyang Yuwei quickly followed, shouting as he trotted: "Master, no more apprenticeship ceremony, no more. But you have to give some gold and silver to the disciple. The disciple is very poor recently."
of……"
Chen Jinnan's shouting came from outside the door... Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) smiled.
The French man's purse contained tobacco on the top and seeds on the bottom.
What a good thing.
Looking back at the Indian plains on the map, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) smiled.
A "big plan" was born in his mind...
Ten days passed before the exiled Jia family's fleet arrived in Guangzhou.
By this time, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) had almost purchased soybeans and mung beans from Guangzhou Prefecture and surrounding prefectures.
Seeing sack after sack of beans being loaded onto the ship, Yao Qisheng smiled and said to Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) who was personally "supervising the work": "Is the Marquis afraid that there will be no food on Happy Island?"
"Of course not...these beans are used to grow bean sprouts. When sailing on the sea, the most important food is not rice and meat, but vegetables and vitamin supplements, so that people will not get sick."
"Well, what kind of food?"
"Ah... it's a nutrient and also a medicine."
"Write it down, write it down..."
Yao Qisheng immediately ordered the servants around him to write it down immediately.
A good memory is not as good as a bad writing. What a good habit!
When Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) saw that "Yao Qisheng" around him was working so hard, he couldn't help but be a little confused...
Two Yao Qisheng appeared, and I don’t know who is real and who is fake... But sometimes people are really just "symbols", especially officials. As long as this "symbol" does things seriously...
It would be great if Daiyu was here, and could use "mind reading" to accurately read what kind of ghost the other party is...
The next day, the Jia family fleet was about to sail to Xingfu Island. Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) went to the cabin to say goodbye and made key arrangements and instructions for the "work" of his two apprentices, Nian Tuyao and Xue Pan.
Then I went ashore and talked with my senior brother Chen Jinnan for a whole night.
By the time they came out of the room, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
The troops were divided into two groups. Sumalagu's fleet and the Jia family's fleet merged into a large fleet and set off for Xingfu Island; Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) and Yao Qisheng set off for Firework Island by land.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) said to his elder brother Chen Jinnan: "The safety of Aunt Suma and the more than 800 people in the Jia family is left to my dear brother."
"Okay, from today on, I will be in a cabin alone. No one is allowed in except Nian Tuyao and Xue Pan."
"Okay, then I...I'll feel relieved."
After the fleet left the port, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) also ordered the fleet of horse-drawn carriages that were ready to go: "I am a first-class marquis, and I have a carriage to myself. Except for Ming Yan, anyone who approaches without authorization will be killed!"
So weird.
The carriage team advanced all the way west, passed through Guangxi, and arrived at the small town of Dongxing.
Dongxing Town, later Dongxing City, was the only town in the Qing Dynasty that was connected to Annan by water and land.
At that time, Dongxing was a small town with chaos and chaos.
To the south is a fishermen's settlement where the smell of fish wafts everywhere; to the west are the desperate people who fled here from Annan to make a living; and to the north is a bit more complicated, with everyone there, including whites and blacks who come here to look for opportunities. ; To the east is the seat of the town, which is a little more peaceful.
Wu Aniu, a young soldier from the smelting institute, ran five miles out early to greet him with a charming smile on his face.
For a ninth-grade military attaché like him, seeing a fourth-grade magistrate on a regular basis would be like burning incense for his ancestors.
This time I was able to see the first-class marquis "in the sky", and I was simply overjoyed.
Seeing Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) get off the carriage, he had a cold look on his face and didn't say a word.
Wu Aniu didn't care either. The "Little God of War of the Qing Dynasty" always had his airs.
Mingyan said from the side: "Master Hou occasionally feels cold and feels a little unwell. Wu Canjun, go and prepare a few upper rooms. Master Hou and Ambassador Yao need to rest. Also, is there a place like that nearby..."
"What Master Qianhu said is...I understand, I understand. I understand, I will make arrangements now to ensure that I can serve you comfortably."
Mingyan's "military rank" is fifth-grade Qianhu, which is also "in the sky" for Wu A'niu, but he speaks very "kindly" to Wu A'niu.
After a few words, we got closer and started to call each other brothers.
Without Mingyan saying too much, Wu Aniu asked his followers to take Mingyan to an unknown alley, where there were many beautiful girls.
Seeing Mingyan's face gone, Wu Aniu thought to himself: "I heard that Mr. Xiao Jia is also a romantic figure. I wonder if Miss Xiaojun can cure him... After doing this, I, Wu Aniu, He is also a rich man with millions of dollars, and he will never work again, because he is not tired enough... It is still noon, and there are still several hours until evening, so just wait!"
Night is gradually approaching and the temperature is getting cooler.
There was no moon tonight. Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) changed into night clothes and jumped out of the window like a civet cat, heading straight to Wu Aniu's residence.
Attached to the roof beam, he was surprised to find that there was another "Baoyu" sitting in this inner room.
