Zhu Yi was enjoying their pre-Renaissance almost debauched romance in France, while Cao Jixiang was farming in another place with his back to the sky and his face to the loess.
Sweet potatoes and corn have been harvested once.
Cao Jixiang observed and recorded in the farmland every day, but it was difficult for him.
A eunuch did not think carefully about the tricks of serving the emperor, but was forced to become an agricultural recorder. Although he was a eunuch, he was also a senior cadre of the Ming Dynasty. He could lower his body and walk barefoot in the corn fields. In this regard, he was better than those who The civil servants are much better. If they were asked to inspect the fields, they would cut down the crops and lay them out with red carpets...
The harvest of sweet potatoes was pretty good, but the harvest of corn was very small. There were only a dozen grains of corn on a cob.
After the corn and sweet potatoes were harvested, Cao Jixiang began to make plans to return to Daming.
And the captain he appointed, Zheng Zhiyuan, went out again and brought back a lot of gold nuggets and gold sand. Under the leadership of the savage, he found these washed gold stones and gold sand on the not too fast river, which confirmed that Zheng Zhiyuan’s thoughts.
There are mountains of gold and silver in this place.
When Cao Jixiang saw the half box of gold stones, he was very excited. The surveyors sent out hundreds of people to search, and indeed found a gold mine. This was an unexpected surprise for Cao Jixiang, but Cao Jixiang He also knew in his heart that his first priority now was to transport sweet potato and corn seeds to Daming.
Cao Jixiang, a camper in Jixiang Port, didn't want to give up. This was his hard work for several years, and now he had a new idea.
He wants to leave some people to guard the camp. After he returns to the Ming Dynasty and reports to His Majesty, he will send people over for rotation.
Of course, this is also Cao Jixiang's temporary idea.
If the court disapproves and His Majesty does not agree, he will sell his land and property and come back.
Although Cao Jixiang did not go around like Zhu Yi during these years of voyages, it was still an unforgettable experience for him, and he even fell in love with his own experience.
At sea, you never know what will happen tomorrow.
And he gradually understood Zheng He's mood.
In the dead of night, Cao Jixiang was lying in bed and sitting in front of his desk, always thinking about Zheng He's seven voyages to the West.
On that distant seaside, Zheng He's figure slowly disappeared, but Cao Jixiang's face gradually became clear.
If I could make it to Japan seven times in my life, I would have no regrets.
At night, the candlelight on the table glowed with a turbid light.
Cao Jixiang is sitting in front of the desk, writing his own Sunflower Book. Along the way, so much sadness has been turned into words for future generations to see.
Cao Jixiang was concentrating on writing when a horn suddenly sounded, and then the soldiers in the camp began to put on armor, holding long knives and firearms under the command of Zheng Zhiyuan, to support the camp's two-foot-high simple wall.
The young and strong sailors in the camp also took part in the fight with weapons.
There were constant shouts of killing outside.
But Cao Jixiang was not panicked at all. He stood up slowly, went to the closet, and opened the closet. Inside was a set of armor and a long knife. He put on the armor unhurriedly, and went out with the long knife. opened the door.
In this regard, Cao Jixiang did not panic at all, but was used to this living condition.
In the Ming Dynasty, because of the perfect laws, Zhou rites, hundreds of schools of thought, and even the order that has been passed down for thousands of years, humans can be humans. But here, humans are no longer humans. They are no different from the most primitive animals. .
Every once in a while, this camp will be suddenly attacked by savages. They charge towards the camp with the most primitive weapons, and then the thirteen artillery pieces at the main gate begin to spit out tongues of fire. The well-equipped Ming Dynasty soldiers The army will come to fight again.
For more than half a year, thousands of savages have died around this camp.
When Cao Jixiang went out, he didn't really want to shout and kill. He was just holding the place and letting everyone fight bravely to kill the enemy.
Two strong soldiers followed Cao Jixiang every step of the way...
It's like two species fighting for the territory of survival, but against those sharp-knife artillery, the Han people carried out dimensionality reduction attacks on them...
The largest overseas habitat of the Han people also slowly spread outside from the battles in Jixiang Port.
At first no one paid much attention to this wave of immigration.
At first it was just a group of death row prisoners exiled to a barbarian land.
However, many gold mines were discovered, and gold rushes broke out one after another.
It's just that the large number of sects and vassals allowed the court to arrange princes and princes to be vassal here, and then cities full of Han colors were built one after another.
It's just a history of one race's slow prosperity and rapid progress, and another race's slow decline and demise.
Until this new continent is closely related to each of us...
And all this started from a eunuch who had no little brother…………
The savages attacked quickly and retreated quickly.
The wooden sticks tied with stones in their hands could not have any impact on the soldiers wearing armor, and the bows and arrows in their hands could not shoot far...
After the battle, the savages left hundreds of corpses beside the camp and retreated.
When daybreak comes, the Ming army will go out and chop off all their heads, and then pile them dozens of miles away from the camp to scare other savages...
After seeing that the battle was over, Cao Jixiang handed the long knife in his hand to the soldier beside him and said softly: "They ran away before I took action..."
The two soldiers at the back just nodded obediently. If it were Eunuch Cao's turn, I'm afraid all of our thousands of numbers would have to be handed over here.
Cao Jixiang turned around and left, and Captain Zheng Zhiyuan trotted over.
"Father, there is a threat here, why are you coming out again?"
There are still some blood stains on Zheng Zhiyuan's body, which were spattered on him when he was fighting on the "wall" of the camp.
Cao Jixiang smiled lightly: "I won't worry if I don't come out."
"Father, I heard from Old Man Wu in front of you that you want to leave someone behind to look after the camp when you evacuate." Zheng Zhiyuan said in a low voice.
Cao Jixiang raised his eyebrows: "Why, you want to stay?"
This news was deliberately spread by Cao Jixiang, just to see the reaction of the people below.
"No, father-in-law, I feel that no one should be left here. You also know that the savages around us are becoming more and more displeased with us. Even if those savages pose little threat to us, if there are fewer people left, , we can’t stand such a big camp, but if there are too many people left behind, we won’t be able to explain it when we return to the Ming Dynasty.” Zheng Zhiyuan said quickly.
After listening to Zheng Zhiyuan's words, Cao Jixiang was a little dissatisfied, but he was not a person who couldn't listen to other people's opinions. He glanced at Zheng Zhiyuan thoughtfully and said: "Then I will leave the camp like this for how long I have been planning to build it. Did you give it to the savages?"
"Father, if we can make a comeback, it will be very easy to take back the camp. But if the court does not want us to go to sea again, what will the brothers who stay here do? They will get old, unable to carry the knife, and unable to let go. Sooner or later, Pao will be captured by those savages, and what will happen to them then, father-in-law, think twice before you act."
This sentence touched Cao Jixiang's heart. If he killed one or two people of the same clan in the Ming Dynasty, he would not feel a trace of guilt in his heart. But outside the realm of the Ming Dynasty, outside, these people of the same clan speaking the same language would not feel guilty at all. People are his relatives.
During the voyage, Cao Jixiang also became more and more sentimental. When a person died, he was extremely sad and could not think about food or food for several days. The name and age of the deceased person were also written by him in his Sunflower Book, which made him feel sad. Will be remembered by future generations.
"Anyway, what you said makes sense. This camp is something external to you after all..."
After Zheng Zhiyuan heard this, he felt happy. The father-in-law had given up this idea.
In fact, Zheng Zhiyuan has a bigger concern that he has not expressed. Maybe after their large army leaves, those who stay behind may not be able to persist for a year until they are old and weak.
If all the people who made the voyage were here, they wouldn't miss their hometown so much. But if a large part of them went back and a small number of people stayed, their homesickness would surge out and they could not suppress it.
They don't know how long it will take to return to Ming Dynasty and see their relatives. They don't know how long it will take to see the arrival of large troops and the hope of returning home.
Waiting is always the most painful thing in the world.
Under such circumstances, how could they have the ability to defend the camp.
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The majestic and huge city, the orderly layout of the streets, the bustling people coming and going, and the distinctive shouting and selling. All these prosperity and magnificence, all kinds of liveliness and solemnity constitute the essence of Beijing, the largest city in the world today. Scenery.
A convoy of ten carts, escorted by hundreds of soldiers, slowly approached this huge city destined to record countless glories along the official road.
Shi Biao rode a tall horse and walked at the front of the team.
From time to time, he turned his head and looked at the carriage not far behind his own car, with his wife and children among them.
At the city gate, Zhang Bao was waiting here with several eunuchs from the palace and a group of officials who had received the order.
Zhu Jianshen gave Shi Biao even greater courtesy than when Shi Heng returned to Beijing.
This is what a wise emperor does.
Use the cheapest way to win people's hearts.
Shi Biao's various behaviors made Zhu Jianshen judge that he and Shi Heng were two different people.
Shi Heng is the kind of person who will expand more and more once he holds him in his arms, giving him a ladder to climb along the pole. The ladder is long enough and dares to go to the sky.
But Shi Biao was completely different. The more he supported him, the more he respected and feared him.
That's why he arranged this welcoming ceremony for Shi Biao that was not in line with his grade.
Half an hour later, Shi Biao's motorcade finally arrived at the city gate. When he saw that the leader of the welcoming crowd was Zhang Bao, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, his heart skipped a beat and he was a little frightened. He quickly got off his horse and walked up quickly.
Zhang Bao also had a smile on his face and came up with the eunuchs and officials behind him.
"Eunuch Zhang, it's Shi Biao's fault for waiting for a long time." Shi Biao said with his hands raised as he walked, with a sincere tone and a respectful attitude.
"General Shi's words are serious. It is His Majesty's will that the officials and I come to greet General Shi. Not to mention waiting for an hour, even if we wait for a day, your lords and I will not dare to complain."
After saying this, Shi Biao's heart was like a fawn, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Zhang Bao smiled and said: "General Shi, listen to your Majesty's instructions."
After Shi Biao heard this, he quickly knelt down.
"Shi Biao, the son of Shi Men, was brave and resourceful. He helped the imperial court to stabilize Liaodong, charged into battle, and made extraordinary achievements. He was specially promoted to Captain of Qingchao and awarded the title of General Huaiyuan."
"I, Shi Biao, thank you for your kindness. Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live."
Zhang Bao took two steps forward and helped Shi Biao up.
This made Shi Biao frightened again.
"General Shi, it's been a hard journey. Come into the city quickly and wait for His Majesty to summon you."
"Yes, Eunuch Zhang."
After Zhang Bao finished speaking, he said goodbye and left, and other officials began to come forward and made another round of business nonsense to Shi Biao, which was the normal reception process.
After Shi Biao settled down, he had to fast for three days before he could see His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty...
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