May, the 20th year of Yongtai, Shanghai County.
Shanghai at that time was under the rule of Songjiang Prefecture. Since it was separated from Huating County at the end of the 13th century, the place has been using the organizational system of "Shanghai County".
Speaking of which, I don’t know when it started, but there seems to be a saying circulating throughout the country, that is, the impression that "Shanghai was a small fishing village before it was occupied by foreign powers in the mid-19th century." But in fact, if you think about it, you will know that this is Unlikely...
According to the "Shanghai Chronicles" compiled by scholar Tang Jin during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty - "Songjiang County has a capital of 800,000 yuan per year, which is unique in Shanghai. , Kapok silk, clothes and quilts all over the world, can be said to be rich."
In addition, there are other records in this annals: "In the 28th year of the Yuan Dynasty, when the people and things were prosperous, the five townships in the northeast of Huating were divided and established as counties and towns, and they were subordinated to Songjiang Prefecture." It can be said that several cities in the north of the Yangtze River are now famous in the southeast. "It belongs to Songjiang Prefecture. It has been here for one hundred and fifty years and has become more prosperous and prosperous. Among the people in the world who are called counties, starting from Huating, no one can be the first." and other comments .
After seeing this, some people may want to say, is this Tang Jin just a rainbow fart because he is determined for his hometown?
Then I can answer you with certainty: probably not.
First of all, the eight volumes of this book contain mostly dry information on astronomy, geography, customs and customs, as well as various maps and other information. In fact, there are not many things that can be regarded as "rainbow farts"; secondly, Tang Jin has a good reputation in compiling chronicles. He often writes a small preface at the front of the volume, in which he mentions some principles and theories of compiling chronicles, such as "give both praise and blame, praise in detail and criticize in detail", which means that he himself I don’t want to see the behavior of rainbow farts in the local chronicles; moreover, this book was published that year, and the preface to the chronicles was written by Wang Hao. If the content of the book is all kinds of nonsense, this Tang Jin I'm afraid I won't live to be eighty-one...
Of course, the most important point is that in ancient times, most of the people who were invited or had the ambition to compile records and scriptures, except for historians (it’s too long to expand on this question, forget it)...anyway, those who are engaged in human geography are all They are relatively high-level and have a more rigorous attitude; generally they don't write about things they don't understand, or I didn't find out if this is stated in the article. I only know that there are a few ways to say it. If they don't write, they say Maybe someone will add marginalia to them in the future.
After all, this is not about talking about cross talk at a party.
Someone must be complaining when you see this. You wrote such a long paragraph, but why did you leave it here waiting for us?
Damn, I’m not just setting up this joke, I’m also using this little piece of popular science to draw a conclusion—Shanghai in the future, even if it’s not as prosperous as those major towns in Suzhou and Hangzhou, is definitely a wealthy county. , definitely not a small fishing village. .
So what was the situation in Shanghai County in the 20th year of Yongtai?
Pretty much the same.
The textile industry and shipping industry are particularly developed here. In addition, the city also has the most famous brothel "Xinghui Building" in Dashu as we mentioned before.
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Early morning, seaside.
A sea ship is slowly coming from the sea.
Looking from a distance, one can see that the ship's sail is in tatters and has basically lost its ability to sail far. At this moment, it can approach the coastline largely due to the rising tide.
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"Line up! Show off your moves!" On the coast, a group of soldiers responsible for coastal defense were waiting on alert. The leader of the soldiers shouted at the top of his lungs to cheer up the soldiers behind him. .
For them, this kind of large ship that goes directly to the coast without going to the port is a huge potential threat, because no one knows whether there are Japanese pirates hiding on the ship, or even... the whole ship is full of Japanese pirates.
Shanghai County is quite experienced in fighting against Japanese pirates. The city walls here were built during the Jiajing period when Japanese pirates were at their most rampant. The "beacon" and "post road" systems that were launched in Dashu Coast Defense a hundred years ago are still in place today. Complete, so when the officers and soldiers on duty today saw a large ship of unknown origin trying to land on the coast on the watchtower, they immediately sent a signal to the nearest guard station to send troops.
As the ship approached, the soldiers became more and more nervous. However, their nervousness did not last long, because they soon saw clearly that the dozen or so people standing on the side of the broken sailboat in front of them were all the same. They wear the same military uniform.
Of course, based on this alone, they would not take it lightly. After all, it was not impossible for the Japanese pirates to kill the officer Qiao Zhuang and then land in disguise... What really reassured them was that the person standing on the bow of the ship at the moment, they were Known...
A few minutes later.
When the man at the bow of the ship stepped off the ship and came to the beach, the soldier leader who was leading the team came forward, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and bowed: "I see you, general!"
"Oh? Do you recognize me?" The man known as "General" said while helping the other person up.
"What did you say, General? Who among our veterans here doesn't recognize you, General Fan?" the officer and soldier replied in a very respectful tone.
"Ha..." General Fan smiled bitterly, "Since you recognize him, don't call him 'general'. I am no longer a general."
"No, no matter what position you hold now, you will always be our general." The officer said again.
The words of these two people could be understood by the soldiers around them, because most of the soldiers in this area also knew the ins and outs of this matter.
This "General Fan" was indeed a general, and he was a famous general with outstanding military exploits. However, because of his outspoken words, hot temper, and pro-soldier attitude, he was slow to rise to the top. As a result, he was framed and framed, and was eventually demoted. I came to work at the coastal defense station near Shanghai County to work at the grassroots level.
Seeing this, some people may want to ask, as a general, even if he offended someone, would he be in such a state of decline?
Damn, in those days, if you offended someone who shouldn't be offended in the court, being "down to this point" was considered a relatively good result, but what would be even worse... there were many; after all, what kind of general is not a general? To Lao Zhu's family, you are just a person with a foreign surname. Your mother-in-law's family has been raped and executed. Are you a piece of cake?
If it weren't for General Fan's good reputation among soldiers and civilians, he might not even be able to keep his current position as a non-commissioned officer, and it's hard to say whether he would still be alive.
"Oh...you can scream if you want." General Fan sighed, turned around and directed the soldiers on the ship to carry off the wounded first.
"General, this ship doesn't seem to belong to our army, and how could the brothers on the ship..." The soldier leader couldn't help but wonder when he saw this situation.
"Hmph!" When General Fan heard this, he became even more angry. "It was not Master Wei's good idea to let that man named Qiao lead his brothers to chase the Japanese pirates. Look, there were five ships of men. , just one boat came back...and even this boat was stolen from someone else."
"The surname is Qiao?" The officer and soldier were stunned for a moment when they heard these three words, and then asked, "'Ma Qiao'?"
Everyone, don't get me wrong. This "Ma Qiao" is not really called that. He is actually a person named Qiao. Because his riding skills are poor and his posture is weird, the soldiers gave him this name. Such a nickname.
As for this person, although he didn't have the ability to run an army or lead troops and could only reap benefits, but because he had "someone above him", his official career was quite smooth, and he once even led the border troops.
Later, as his abilities were gradually exposed, he could no longer stay in the frontier army, so he was transferred to the navy army and held the title of Chief Inspector.
Here, we have to mention that in this parallel universe, because the power of Japanese pirates has declined and Japan's Warring States Period has been postponed, the Dazao Dynasty, which lasted for more than 300 years, lacked strong maritime threats for a long time. , its navy has also gradually declined, so many guys like Ma Qiao who can't make it in the army will go to the navy to continue working.
Two days ago, this Miao Ma Qiao was ordered to go out to sea with five ships of soldiers to pursue a ship of Japanese pirates.
Originally, this was supposed to be a "war exploits" type operation. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad the Dashu Navy is, you are still a regular army with more troops than others. You can destroy a ship on the sea at your doorstep. Are Japanese pirates a problem?
Who would have thought that after chasing...it would be like this.
"Isn't it him?" General Fan didn't have any objection to the soldier leader's behavior of calling Ma Qiao his nickname. He just replied, "But it doesn't matter now, everyone else is already feeding the fish at the bottom of the sea."
"This..." The officer and soldier's expression changed after hearing this, "How can I explain to my superiors such a loss?"
"The boss? Do they still have the nerve to explain?" General Fan frowned when he heard this, "You said that this coastal defense commander, one term after another... how many chief inspectors have been changed? Have they changed their ways? La? Change the soup but not the medicine!
"Miao Ma Qiao also has a reason to say, who did I lead before, the frontier army! Who are your people? You asked me to lead them? What is the level of the Dashu Navy now? There are just a few people, then Xiao Zhao is also a captain, can he be one?
"I can't be that! You don't have the ability, you know?"
"If we go on, we will lose to the Koreans. Hey~ After the Japanese have lost, we will lose to the Koreans, and then we will lose to the Vietnamese. If we go on, no one will lose."
At this point, General Fan already had a tone of hatred, and spread his hands.
"Well..." The soldier leader was helpless after what he said. At the same time, he was afraid that General Fan's blunt words would be used as a snitch by some people, so he hurriedly handed him to the next step, "Then the other On the other hand... the brothers who came back from our ship are those who have experienced great battles. If there is another war in the future..."
"Oh! Thank God!" General Fan didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and bowed to him with clasped fists. "Only the people on this ship, including me... are lucky enough to come back alive today, all thanks to the help of noble people." 'If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet Sun Shaoxia, we would have died at sea."
"Young Master Sun?" When the soldier heard these three words, he looked confused again.
It just so happened that at this moment, a young man with small eyes, about 20 years old, stepped out of the boat.
"Hey, that's him." General Fan also pointed at Sun Yixie, pulled him over and introduced him to the soldier leader, "This Sun Yixie, Sun Shaoxia, who is known as 'Dong Xie' in the world, is the brother of our brothers. A lifesaver.”
Sun Yixie was also very polite. He walked over and said to General Fan with a smile: "No, no, no, you are my benefactor. If the ship of the military masters hadn't happened to pass by and fished me out of the sea the day before yesterday, I would have It has sunk along with that little broken ship."
"Hey~ that's not a big deal, it's just a simple effort for us." General Fan said, "But Sun Shaoxia, you used that trick of 'changing ships' and used that strange weapon to help us break through, it really helped us a lot." Otherwise, the people on this boat... I'm afraid we'll all end up at sea."
"It turns out to be Sun Yixi, Sun Shaoxia, whom I have admired for a long time!" The soldier leader was not just making up his words. He had really heard of Brother Sun, so his tone seemed more sincere, "Since the young hero has done such a righteous deed, he should go up Report it and reward it."
"Thank you for your kindness, military master, but..." Sun Yixie declined politely, "It is really an accident that I am drifting at sea this time. I was supposed to return home a month ago, and the letter was sent long ago. I wanted to come home now. People are in a hurry, I have to leave immediately and I won’t be able to stay longer.”
What he said is true. It is said that he set out from Guangzhou in early March, taking the waterway, and should have arrived in Hangzhou long ago. Now that he has been missing at sea for nearly two months, it is impossible for the people of Sun Mansion not to be anxious.
To be honest, Brother Sun doesn't really care about the awards from the army. He doesn't want to join the army and get a full-time official position. The most they can do is reward him with some money... That little money doesn't matter to him.
Therefore, although General Fan tried to retain him several times, Sun Yixie still declined. The two parties said something like "meetings in mountains and rivers" and "great kindness must be repaid", and then they parted ways.
This Shanghai County is not too far from Hangzhou. Sun Yixie bought a horse directly after entering the city, and quickly embarked on the road back home.
At this time, he still doesn’t know that when he returns to Hangzhou this time, he will face a series of shocking... drastic changes!
