"Pao Zi, Pao Zi, what are you thinking about?"
A round, cheerful old face came over and asked with concern. Only then did Zhu Hesheng realize that he was distracted by his thoughts. The wine glass he was holding was tilted, and the wine dripped onto the table. He didn't even know it. All the Dananshan leaders and Guiyu elders in the room were all looking at his stupidity with half-open mouths.
Among them was Aunt Dabo who looked worried...
Zhu Hesheng and the others arrived outside the capital city of Guiyu early this morning. After arriving, they were warmly received by Mr. Yu. They were given a breakfast and a basin of hot water for bathing each person. Then, after everyone had slept all morning and regained their energy, they placed wine in the Yu family's mansion to calm Qizi Zhu Hesheng's shock.
We also got a guaranteed ticket—you don’t need to be afraid when you get to Guiyu. Guiyu is impregnable and you won’t be afraid of the Qing soldiers coming to kill you.
Guiyu was the headquarters of the Ming Army's Inspection Department during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, so the city wall had been built long ago and was reinforced several times later, making it very strong.
Later, the Ming Dynasty fell, and all the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers stationed in Guiyu City ran away. The local tycoon Mr. Yu saw that the city was quite good and empty, so he moved in with his tribesmen.
Because the population of Duyu's family in Guiyu was not small, and they often fought with their neighbors during the Ming Dynasty, so they had certain military experience. Therefore, after occupying the capital of Guiyu, Lao Yu's family became a powerful local tycoon.
However, Mr. Yu is a scholar by background, and he is not particularly good at murder and arson. Therefore, the Guiyu family's ability to gain a foothold during the Ming and Qing Dynasties over the years was not entirely due to the Yu family's ability to fight, but to the old man's body being soft enough.
He started out as the county magistrate of Emperor Shaowu of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Within a few days, Li Chengdong came over. So he defected to the Qing Dynasty and became the county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty.
When Li Chengdong rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he defected to the Ming Dynasty again and became the county magistrate again.
Li Chengdong was defeated, and the Qing soldiers marched into Guangdong again. Zheng Chenggong also took the opportunity to send troops to Chaozhou and reached Jieyang. At this time, Mr. Yu surrendered to Zheng Ming and Manchu Qing at the same time, and became the county magistrate of both dynasties.
Later, Zheng Chenggong left, and Hao Shangjiu, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army in Chaozhou, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, so Mr. Yu became Hao Shangjiu's county magistrate again - both the Qing magistrate and Zheng Ming's magistrate no longer served.
After Hao Shangjiu's downfall, Mr. Yu became the Jieyang County Magistrate in the Qing Dynasty.
In the ninth year of Kangxi's reign, Qiu Hui officially joined the Zheng Ming Group and became the prefect of Chaozhou. Therefore, Mr. Yu, who had long been attached to Qiu Hui, also served as Zheng Ming's Jieyang County Magistrate.
The above are already the "Eight Ministers"!
A scholar who read the books of sages actually became one of the "eight ministers", which is nothing like anyone else.
Moreover, he was not ashamed, but proud of it, and even gave himself a nickname, "Nine Ministers". This means that the role of "Eight Ministers" is not enough, and when you come and go, you are just a county magistrate and county prime minister, and your talents are not recognized! So I still want to meet the Ming Lord again at a young age...
But at this moment, Mr. Yu would never have thought that the Ming Lord he had been thinking about day and night would be sitting next to him thinking about his thoughts!
But Mingzhu only had one thing on his mind, and that was to let Mr. Yu board the pirate ship of Zhu San Taisun himself!
Grandson of Zhu San!
Oh, and there is also the Third Prince Zhu who looks like Guan Gong!
It's one thing to ask Mr. Yu to protect a group of bandits on Danan Mountain, but it's another thing to ask him to protect Prince Zhu and his grandson Zhu San!
To protect the third prince and grandson of Zhu, we would have to go against the Qing Dynasty. Deng Guangming would send troops to attack Guiyu.
So...Zhu Hesheng thought: "I've got the ultimate move!"
"Master Qi," thinking of this, Zhu Hesheng simply put down his wine glass and asked his godfather with a smile on his face, "Do you have any fire here?"
"Fire?" Mr. Yu nodded, "There are some... I just got more than ten kilograms from Dahao Hui a while ago. They are all high-quality fire produced by the London House of Britain. .”
Here in Chaozhou, fire and gunpowder are in short supply and are difficult to obtain! Both Chaozhou Prefecture of the Qing Dynasty and Qiu Hui of Dahao controlled the sales of fire and gunpowder. It would be a great honor for Mr. Yu to get some Indian fire sold by the British East India Company from Qiu Hui.
Mr. Yu thought that Zhu Hesheng wanted to ask him for some fire salt. After thinking about it, he said with a heartbroken face: "Ah Paozi, I'll have someone weigh you three pounds later!"
This godfather is so generous!
Zhu Hesheng smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Master Qi!" He paused and then asked, "Master Qi, do you have any sugar here?"
"White sugar?" Mr. Yu was stunned, "What do you want white sugar for?"
"Yes, Shai Zai, what do you want sugar for?" Zhu Jushan also asked.
"Of course... I ate it!" Zhu Hesheng replied seriously, "Master Qi, Abba, I like sweets very much!"
Like to eat sweets? How old are you? Still eating candy?
Zhu Jushan and Mr. Yu didn't know what to say.
At this time, Aunt Dabo still felt sorry for "Pao'er" and asked Mr. Yu: "Brother Jiuchen, I also want to eat sweets. Can you give me some?"
"Yes, of course I can!" Of course Mr. Yu couldn't refuse Da Bo Ling... He smiled and asked, "Sister Yu Ling, how much do you want?"
"Two kilograms!" Zhu Hesheng spoke for his aunt, "Two kilograms of sucrose... Do you have it?"
"Two kilograms?" Mr. Yu thought to himself: "Isn't it enough to eat that much...?"
"Yes, two kilograms!" Aunt Dabo seems to be doting on "Pao'er" and doesn't care if he eats too much candy!
"Yes, yes..." Mr. Yu nodded repeatedly.
Zhu Hesheng laughed and said, "Master Qi, can you give me three pounds of fire and two pounds of sugar right away? I also want a copper pot. If not, I will give you a stone mill."
What's the meaning?
Mr. Yu was stunned. Do you want to prepare gunpowder? But he didn’t ask for sulfur and charcoal powder! Did he want to boil two pounds of sugar and three pounds of fire together and eat it as a snack?
Will it be poisoned?
Thinking of this, Mr. Yu quickly turned to look at Zhu Jushan - What's wrong with your son? Was he beaten stupid by Xue Zhang and Deng Guangming's people? Do you want to find a doctor to treat you?
Zhu Jushan also frowned, with a depressed look on his face. Just when he was thinking about whether to ask Military Advisor Zhuge to check his son's pulse and prescribe some medicine, a rush of footsteps came from outside the lobby.
Then I saw a young man with fair features and a little short step in quickly, walked up to Mr. Yu, bowed, and then said nervously: "Dad, Deng Guangming has arrived outside the north gate with one or two hundred cavalry! He was very aggressive and said he would go into the city to search..."
"What?" Mr. Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhu Jushan and Zhu Hesheng, "Third brother, Qizai, what did you do?"
"We didn't do anything!" Zhu Hesheng said with a calm look on his face, "Master Qi, we didn't kill officials, we didn't tear down the flag, and we didn't destroy the state or occupy the county."
Mr. Yu glanced at Zhu Jushan again, and Heavenly King Zhu Ye said: "Yes, we didn't do much... we just robbed a prisoner and killed some government soldiers."
"What does this mean in Chaozhou?" Mr. Yu felt relieved now and stood up and said, "I'll go deal with it and come back as soon as I go!"
Zhu Jushan was not at ease, so he stood up and said to the old man: "Brother Jiuchen, let me take a look with you."
"Okay, let's go take a look together!" Mr. Yu glanced at Zhu Hesheng again.
Zhu Hesheng smiled and said: "Master Qi, the fire, sugar and copper pot you promised me..."
Aunt Dabo beside her also looked at Mr. Yu and said in a very soft voice: "Brother Jiuchen..."
"Okay," Mr. Yu said to the short young man, "Uncle, go get three kilograms of fire, two kilograms of sugar, and a copper pot and send them to Zhu's house."
The young man responded and turned around and walked out of the room.
Mr. Yu said to Zhu Hesheng again: "Qizai, you should go back and rest early. I will take care of Deng Guangming's side." He was still a little worried, so he said to Zhuge Sanhe and Da Boling, "Sister Yuling , Sanhezi, take care of Cannon Zhu."
His meaning is very clear...it's just for fun, don't eat it!
After giving the instructions, Mr. Yu and Zhu Jushan left the banquet hall together and headed towards the north gate of Guiyu Capital.
Guiyu Capital is not large in area. Mr. Yu and Zhu Jushan left the Yu family compound together, and after walking for a while, they boarded the tower at the north gate of Guiyu Capital. Outside the north gate of Guiyu Capital is a tributary of Lianjiang River, which is regarded as a natural moat. The suspension bridge over the river has been retracted, firmly blocking Deng Guangming and one or two hundred cavalry on the other side.
Deng Guangming saw Mr. Yu in casual clothes at a glance, but he did not notice Zhu Jushan who was hiding behind several Yu family men on duty in the city, so he asked fiercely and fiercely: "Yu Jiuchen, is Prince Zhu the third prince?" at your home?"
