Under the dim light, Zhang Yanling was sitting on a chair in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, holding several letters in his hand and reading them carefully one by one.
These are letters written by wives and concubines at home. Xu Wanyi, Tan Ruqing and others each wrote a letter and asked Zhang Yin to bring it over. Zhang Yanling looked at these letters and felt longing in his heart. He couldn't bear it for a long time.
Self-restraint.
"Husband, Yi'er can read now. I'm teaching him how to recognize the word daddy. When you return in triumph, he may be able to write your name."
"The plum blossoms in the back garden bloomed brilliantly last winter. When we were admiring the plum blossoms in the plum grove, the garden was filled with fragrant snow and everyone was happy. Unfortunately, the only one missing is my husband. We all missed you that day.
Drunk..."
"Husband, you don't have to worry about your family. With me, Xu Wanyi, your Zhang family will take good care of you. Although I am a female child, I can still share the wind and rain with my husband and work side by side. My husband is loyal to the Ming Dynasty outside the home.
I will take responsibility for things myself."
"..."
"Sir, Jishitang has opened a semicolon. It's in Nanjing. The business of Jishitang in Beijing has always been very good, but it's always in the capital, and the people in the south can't use our medicine. You know that my ambition is to save the world's common people.
I was suffering from illness, so after discussing with the princess, I opened a shop in Nanjing. Not only for business, but mainly so that our medicines can relieve more people from their illnesses."
"... Xiaozhu and I prepared some medicine packets based on ancient prescriptions. Xiaozhu said that due to Nanyang miasma fever, snakes and insects are poisonous, and people are prone to getting sick. She spent half a month searching for ancient prescriptions, prepared medicine packets, and sewed several
Husband, please take it with you when you go out and sit or sleep to avoid the suffering of Nanyang miasma. Xiaozhu is very attentive and her medical skills have improved rapidly. We talk about medicine together.
It’s not that you’re lonely. It’s just that… we all miss you and miss you. We have all received the rare medicinal materials from Southeast Asia that you brought back. Thank you very much, husband. My husband is away on an expedition and is still thinking about what Ruqing and Xiaozhu are happy about.
Ruqing and Xiaozhu thanked their husbands for their thoughtfulness and wished them good health, an early victory, a triumphant return, and reunion with us."
"...My husband, I haven't read a book, my handwriting is not good, and I can't write letters well. Don't laugh at me. I don't know what to say to my husband. My husband is on an expedition to Nanyang. I heard that there are people thousands of miles away.
The place is really far away.
I have absolute confidence in my husband to defeat the enemy. Wherever my husband goes, he will definitely beat the enemy to pieces. But the thought of my husband being left alone makes Axiu feel extremely uncomfortable. If Axiu is by your side, at least
for you
Wash the clothes, make the bed and fold the quilt. Let you eat three meals a day happily, sleep on a clean bed at night, and wear clean clothes. But it can't be done. Axiu feels very guilty towards her husband. She has been married to her husband for four years.
, I didn’t even give birth to a baby for my husband.
A man and a half woman, Axiu feels very sad that they haven't been able to take care of their husband. My husband, don't worry, Axiu will take good care of them, make sure they have good food, clothing, sleep, and no illness or disaster. I hope that my husband is also safe.
Come back early."
"...Brother, we are all very good. My father is in Nanjing, and Uncle Zhao and I are taking care of the affairs of Wild Dog Ridge together, and everything is going smoothly. I smelted new stainless steel, and my father was very surprised when he came back. According to my
After adjusting the formula, better refined steel was smelted and the Dragon Roar Cannon was cast. Hehe, this is all my fault.
Lao, please praise me a few times. There is nothing else to say, and you think I am talkative after I talk too much. In short, I miss you very much, please come back soon. It’s so good to stay at home, why go out to fight?
?Anyway, I don’t understand what national affairs are. I just hope that my eldest brother can come back soon and we will never be separated again..."
Zhang Yanling read these letters with tears rolling down her eyes. There were no complaints or resentments in the letters from the wives and concubines. They talked about trivial matters at home, and the words they spoke were ordinary words. But Zhang Yanling felt a deep sense of longing from them.
My heart is full of apologies.
Just as Youtang didn't understand in his letter, why did he leave his wife and children and go thousands of miles away to fight here? But he failed these people's deep feelings and made them feel the painful longing? This may not only be the case for Youtang.
Tang's doubts are also the doubts in the hearts of others. Perhaps they don't quite understand why they have to ask for trouble, ignore the separation and ignore the friendship.
So, why? What do you do for yourself?
For glory and wealth? For fame and wealth? Of course not, what I have now is enough. I am already the Duke of the country among the nobles, and I am extremely favored. I am still the emperor's uncle. As long as I don't mess with others, I will be safe and sound.
If you are stable and do not cause trouble to others, no one can try to bring you down. You have glory, wealth, a loving wife and concubines, military power, and strength.
I am not doing it for fame, wealth and power, nor do I have any ulterior ambitions. What I do is just three words: unwillingness. I am no longer unwilling to accept the future fate that I wanted to change in the first place, but now I am unwilling to do so.
It is for the future of the entire Ming Dynasty, or the future of the people living on that land.
.Zhang Yanling is a person who traveled through time in later generations, and knows what will happen in that land in the future. It has suffered hundreds of years of humiliation, being enslaved and massacred, discriminated against, bullied, and divided and exploited. Later, even if it worked hard to catch up, it was hard work.
But the cost is huge. And the outcome is uncertain. Internal and external enemies are counterattacking wildly, and the outcome is uncertain, and the outcome is unpredictable.
When I suddenly realized that maybe I can reverse the suffering in the future now, I can hold up the body of the Ming Dynasty that has fallen into the abyss, and by seizing the opportunity of the great voyage, I can let advanced science and technology and the industrial revolution sprout and grow in the Eastern land. Then
, all of that may be avoidable. Even if you don't crush your opponent, at least you won't be unable to fight back, and you'll be on equal terms.
Of course, maybe it is my naivety, thinking that seizing the opportunity of the Age of Discovery is an opportunity to avoid everything that will happen in the future. Maybe this will not help at all. But, who knows? Who knows what will happen? When the rudder of the giant ship of history grasps the
When it was in my own hands, I knew that if I didn't do anything, the ship would be smashed by the wind and waves, so why didn't I turn the rudder?
If this is a turning point in history, and this hand is in your own hands, how can you not give it a try? No one can resist this temptation. In public and private, you should give it a try.
Maybe, this is the mission of the time traveler. Maybe this is also a joke of fate. Maybe the torrent of history is simply unshakable, and no one can reverse the established route. Maybe, in fact, there is no need to think so much. Come on,
If you think of it, just do it, it's that simple.
These secrets and complicated thoughts in Zhang Yanling's heart naturally cannot be explained clearly to anyone, because no one will understand what he is talking about. He can only carry their deep feelings and continue to do his big things with an apologetic mood, while maintaining
silence.
Zhang Yanling sat under the lamp and read these letters several times. Her thoughts were ups and downs, and it took a long time to calm down.
Suddenly, Zhang Yanling discovered something. There was no letter from Qingyi among these letters. He did not let Zhang Yin see Zhu Qingyi, because the matter between him and Zhu Qingyi was a secret after all. Although there was no need to hide it from Zhang Yin, there was no guarantee that anyone would.
Staring at him, Zhang Yin may not know the seriousness of the problem.
But Zhu Qingyi must know that she wrote a letter and brought something home. He also brought gifts to her and her youngest son Zhang Chi. Everyone in the family must have known about it and would have informed her. Qingyi did not write like the others.
The letter came, which is very strange.
But when I thought about it again, I felt relieved.
She had been away from home for more than half a year, and Zhu Qingyi had left Ningxia and stayed in the capital for a full year and a half. After she left the capital, she would probably go back to Prince Zhenqing's Mansion in Ningxia. Then there would be no way to know about her.
Zhang Yanling sighed, and suddenly realized that he owed too many love debts. He had incurred countless romantic debts. These women fell in love with him, and he did not know how to repay this affection. Like Qingyi, until now, he
But he couldn't even give her a title.
Zhang Yanling sighed for a while, folded all the letters and put them away. Looking at the piles of gifts from home piled on the long table and on the ground, she stood up and prepared to look at them one by one.
There were footsteps on the stairs. Zhang Yanling looked up and saw Catherine, wearing a long skirt and her blond hair hanging around her shoulders, walking down the stairs step by step.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Are you awake? I was just going to go upstairs to call you, but you were sleeping soundly."
Catherine smiled slightly and nodded: "I don't know what happened today. I feel very sleepy. Before you came back, I went to bed. I am very tired. Maybe I stayed up late and studied too much recently."
Zhang Yanling smiled without revealing anything. Catherine was an extremely smart woman. She knew about the letters and items Zhang Yanling's wives and concubines had brought from the Ming Dynasty. She knew she shouldn't disturb Zhang Yanling at this time. So when Zhang Yanling came back, she pretended to be asleep.
.
She was actually awake when Zhang Yanling went to her room, but she understood that Zhang Yanling needed time alone.
She had been upstairs paying attention to Zhang Yanling, who was sitting in the hall reading a letter and sighing. Until he put the letter away and calmed down after his mood recovered.
"Oh, so many gifts, are all brought by your family?" Catherine pretended to be surprised and looked at the piles of packages and smiled.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Yes, you are here just in time to help me and let's take a look at some good things. Otherwise I will have to work until midnight."
Catherine came over with a smile, looked into Zhang Yanling's eyes and smiled charmingly: "I guess the Duke must want to drink something now. I'll get the wine."
Zhang Yanling chuckled and cupped her hands and said, "Thank you very much. You are so considerate. I really want to drink now. I'm done."