"Lower the sail!"
"Turn the helm!"
"Eunuch Qi, we have seen the reception boat!"
"Please let me know if it's anchored?"
"fall!"
Following an orderly operation, the Dafu ship of the Weaving Bureau and several escort ships entered Fujian Yuegang one after another.
Zheng Haizhu watched intently.
Although she had seen Yan Siqi's ship enter and set sail on Daishan Island before, the merchant ship Li Dan allowed Yan Siqi to take out of Hirado Port was not the same size as the Ming Dynasty official ship used by Liu Shimin.
Fan Polu, who was traveling far away for the first time, was even more excited and felt that his eyesight was not enough.
"Sister Azhu, this Moon Harbor is so big. It's bigger than the dock in our hometown of Ningbo, let alone Wusongkou in Shanghai County."
Zheng Haizhu looked at the sight of thousands of sails in front of him and the seven busy piers surrounding the crescent-shaped seawall.
After a while, she turned her head to Fan Polu and said with emotion: "Don't look down on your hometown of Ningbo. You feel now that it has been abandoned and turned into a few small docks, but do you know that during the time of Emperor Taizu, we were the three major tribute cities of the Ming Dynasty? The shipping department has Ningbo. The battles at Ningbo Port back then were certainly not inferior to those at Yuegang. However, later the Japanese envoys' tribute disputes also occurred in your hometown. In anger, Master Jiajing surrendered Ningbo Port to It has been sealed, and the Fuzhou Shipping Department and the Guangzhou Shipping Department were also sealed. Fortunately, now, Yuegang is open to sea again."
Fan Polu was smart and eager to learn, and asked in detail: "Then why, instead of reopening Fuzhou, why did it change to Yuegang in Zhangzhou?"
Zheng Haizhu smiled, turned half of his body, and raised his face to face the moist sea breeze.
"Polu, look at this wind, is it just right for pushing a large sailing ship into the harbor? In the winter of the Ming Dynasty, the northwest wind blows more often on the seaside north of Fuzhou, and the northeast wind blows only on the sea far away from the land. But in Zhangzhou Due to the different terrain in the Quan area, even near the coast, the wind blows from the northeast, which is conducive to the entry of large ships. Lord Longqing is wise, since the customs has been reopened, the port must be fully utilized and the long winter should not be wasted. "
As she spoke, she raised her fingers again, as if she wanted to touch the wonderful shape of the winter wind.
After Ma Xianglin ordered his dental soldiers and imperial guards to protect Liu Shimin, he turned to the deck and heard the conversation between Zheng Haizhu and Fan Polu.
The young general stopped suddenly and did not come forward to disturb him.
He just looked at the seemingly ordinary figure standing in the wind quietly, but his heart surged slightly, and then he felt relieved again.
He was not the kind of person who was self-righteous and looked down upon women. He could not attribute Miss Zheng's eloquent remarks to his young female companion, dismissively, to the fact that he was just familiar with his hometown in Zhangzhou.
To be knowledgeable means to be knowledgeable, which can be seen from the things this woman pays attention to every day.
During this period of getting along with each other, Ma Xianglin constantly realized that whether she was a lady in the Xiaojiabiyu family or a Hua Mulan-style female general like her mother, Miss Zheng was very different from them.
Neither rich nor noble, no martial arts, but Miss Zheng has a big heart.
Ma Xianglin then thought about it very seriously. Even if he didn't worry that the senior and Liu Shimin would use Miss Zheng to hold him hostage, would he really be willing to confine this woman to the back house?
If she continues to want to fly across the vast sea and sky after she becomes a woman, will she happily agree to it, and will she have the ability and desire to flap her wings with her?
If you can't help each other, why bother to reveal your feelings recklessly.
Before you think clearly about the reasons and the future, you should just deal with it indifferently.
Ma Xianglin adjusted his Songjiang reed cotton robe.
Well, Yuegang is a really nice place. The wind has subsided and the chill has faded, allowing him to wear his favorite single piece of clothing again.
General Ma recovered his reverie, coughed slightly, and said to Zheng Haizhu who turned around and saw him: "Miss Zheng, come ashore."
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Before Liu Shimin arrived in Yuegang, the eunuchs in charge of Nanjing Weaving and Hangzhou Weaving had already completed their mission of selling goods for the emperor in Yuegang respectively.
As the Suzhou Weaving Admiral, Liu Shimin's status was not under that of the Hangzhou Admiral. Therefore, the Fujian Chief Envoy and the Inspection Envoy, the Fantai Master and the Nitai Master, did not dare to go back in advance to celebrate the New Year, but stayed in Haicheng County to welcome the new year. Eunuch Liu.
When Liu Shimin led everyone ashore, it was already the sixth day of the first lunar month.
At the reception banquet, after three rounds of drinking, Liu Shimin sincerely asked Fantai and Zhetai to return to Fuzhou as soon as possible, and the Zhangzhou prefect to return to Zhangzhou as soon as possible in time for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Fan Tai, Ji Tai and the prefect were all veterans of the officialdom. They had each sent a thousand taels of money order to Liu Shimin as a new year's gift, and they also understood that Liu Shimin had some behind-the-scenes operations when he arrived in Yuegang.
If the important officials of the province and state do not know how to stay in small counties, they will make all aspects shrink.
The three of them then laughed and thanked their father-in-law for his sympathy, and then with serious faces told the magistrate of Haicheng County and the deputy envoy of the patrol to follow the instructions of Eunuch Liu.
Ma Xianglin was a military general, and no matter how good his personal relationship with Liu Shimin was, he could not attend the dinner table where civil servants were socializing.
But he still paid special attention to the actions of Cai Feng, deputy envoy of the patrol, during the reception and send-off besides the banquet.
The Deputy Envoy of Patrol Sea Road is subordinate to the Yamen of the Inspector General and is a subordinate of Zhe Tai. He patrols the coastline of the province all year round.
Ships in Yuegang come and go frequently. In order to prevent smuggling or robbery by pirates, it is not surprising that the deputy envoy of the patrol is stationed in Haicheng County.
However, perhaps out of the sensitivity of professional soldiers, Ma Xianglin discovered that Inspector Cai had something wrong in his eyes when he saw Zheng Haizhu in the entourage.
After the banquet, Ma Xianglin returned to the official post in Haicheng County. He saw Zheng Haizhu still in the front yard under the light of a lantern, checking whether the satin cotton cloth was water-stained with an official from the Weaving Bureau, so he waved her to the corridor. Narrative.
"Miss Zheng, have you ever seen Inspector Cai before?"
"That patrolman? Well, I've never seen him before."
"He stared at you. Although several Taiwanese elders saw you, they looked at you more and asked Eunuch Liu if you were a female official in the palace. But Cai Xunshou was different. The strange thing was that he didn't find it strange at all. , and there was absolutely no disrespectful expression of offense, just as if I knew you."
"Ah?" Zheng Haizhu was stunned.
She recalled the situation during the day. Because she tried her best to behave like an ancient person, she always lowered her head and looked at the road. It was true that she could not observe the officials who came to greet them as carefully as Ma Xianglin.
Zheng Haizhu had a rough understanding of the Ming Dynasty's actual duties as a sea patrol. He vaguely remembered that Tan Lun, who recommended Qi Jiguang to the court during the Jiajing period, had served as a sea patrol in Fujian.
"Miss Zheng, Longxi County is not far from Haicheng County. Cai Xunshou, who often patrols the sea areas, has seen you in Longxi County?"
Ma Xianglin seems very determined to activate Zheng Haizhu's memories.
What he said made Zheng Haizhu feel a little scared.
Could it be that this Mr. Cai had some connection with the family of Miss Zheng, the family of his soul?
It can't be such a coincidence.
God knows that if you give me a golden finger like a time traveler, the quality of the gold is enough.
What if a few more old friends from Fujian show up, and I, the fake Miss Zheng, become a gangster?
Zheng Haizhu could only deny it: "General Ma, we ordinary people in Longxi County have no chance of dealing with the dignified patrol."
"Oh, that's right. Maybe we warriors are used to being surrounded by soldiers, so we are too suspicious."
Ma Xianglin bowed his hands and said goodbye. He looked up and saw that the bright moon was already in the sky. Then he turned around and said warmly: "Miss Zheng, please rest early. You and Eunuch Liu will go to see Fan Shang tomorrow."
