Liu Shimin sat on a wooden board.
It was unloaded from the imperial ship.
Yan Siqi did not let the boat sink, but just ran aground on the rocks, which is really a great contribution.
Eighty percent of the wooden boards are still good, all the rivets can be used, and the bamboo sails are undamaged.
After Liu Shimin saw Cai Feng's actions with his own eyes, he had planted the seeds of doubt and fear in his heart about the Ming navy ships in the nearby waters. He was afraid that Bengang was unreliable, so he decided to simply dismantle the leaky ship of the imperial court. After making a new boat, he sent people directly back to Yuegang and asked the prefect of Zhangzhou to pick him up.
The Siraya tribe has been fishing and hunting for generations and is very skilled in boat building. Grandma Wen sent young men to help. In two or three days, the big boat on the seaside was like a crab that had been cut into eight pieces. All the important parts were spread out. On the beach.
Under the clear light of the full moon, Liu Shimin stared at the wooden board he was sitting on.
Thick, dense, not even a single insect scar, it’s a beautiful piece of material.
But so what?
The most important bottom tank did not need to be hit by an enemy ship before it leaked.
Just like the current imperial court, all the things on the surface are glamorous, but the inside is already rotten.
It is time for this country to be returned from the hands of the descendants of Lao Si.
Liu Shimin curled his lips, raised his head, and saw a man and woman walking in the moonlight.
They are a well-matched couple, but the man is in love with the concubine, Liu Shimin thought to himself.
When the two of them arrived, Liu Shimin said: "Azhu, I have something to ask you, Xianglin, please sit down and listen together."
Ma Xianglin brought a piece of intact ship side, rubbed the surface to make sure there were no burrs or protruding tenons, then placed it on the beach and sat side by side with Zheng Haizhu.
Liu Shimin was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "Girl, our family and you have been through adversities together. Come on, let me know. Do you want to marry Yan Siqi?"
Zheng Haizhu opened his mouth, said "Ah" softly, and widened his eyes: "Why do you ask me this? I have already combed my hair."
"Hey," Liu Shimin waved his hand, "are all the Buddhist disciples in the Monk Temple and Nunnery really? Our family is not trying to run against you, but we don't care about these pretense. When you wanted to fight for your own property in the clan, you had to bring it with you My nephew is wandering around, so maybe he has no choice but to groom himself, right?"
After Liu Shimin finished speaking, he calmly lowered his eyesight, and sure enough, he saw Ma Xianglin's thumb tapping the knuckle of his index finger on his right fist.
Those were the little moves this kid would make when holding a gun in a confrontation.
Liu Shimin raised his eyelids again and met Zheng Haizhu's gaze.
That look was just calm, but it also contained a hint of suggestion, as if he had a sudden inspiration.
"Father-in-law," Zheng Haizhu said sincerely, "Brother Yan is not my sweetheart, but a relative. I have no father, no mother, no brother, no sister-in-law, and the clan has turned against me. I have to take care of my nephew to make a living. Fortunately, I still have someone who has known me since childhood. My fellow countryman, you protected me well back then, but now you don’t let me suffer, and you are as close to me as my brother by direct blood. If my father-in-law admires my eldest brother’s heroic spirit, and wants to be his elder brother, he would have to find another beautiful woman. But today, I have another one. I sincerely ask my father-in-law to think about something related to my eldest brother."
Liu Shimin stared at the woman without any evasion.
What he likes about this girl is that at least every time she faces him, Liu Shimin, she shows her trump card first.
Unlike Ma Xianglin, he can hide his thoughts.
No matter whether this girl is really honest and straightforward, or she understands people's hearts better than Ma Xianglin, at least she doesn't regard Liu Shimin as a fool.
Liu Shimin then pouted and smiled: "What's the matter, tell me."
"My father-in-law, can you please tell me that just like General Qin, Feng Xianglin's mother, I can make my eldest brother Yan the chieftain of Taiwan?"
A silence filled the space between the three of them, and the only sound that could be heard was the roar of the waves.
After several lines of waves came in and receded, Liu Shimin suddenly turned to Ma Xianglin and said, "Boy, did you tell A-Zhu about our family's wishes first?"
Ma Xianglin was still immersed in relief when he was suddenly asked by Liu Shimin and quickly calmed down his lips: "Xianglin just went to invite Ah Zhu to come over. My father-in-law is kind-hearted and is afraid of breaking up the couple. How could Xianglin not know this?" "
Liu Shimin laughed, turned to Zheng Haizhu and said: "Girl, let me tell you the truth, I just wanted to explore your thoughts. Since you only regard Yan Zhuangshi as your brother, and you also want to seek a better future for him, next That will be easy to handle. Our family is also planning to ask the imperial court to recruit him and guard the island."
Zheng Haizhu was ecstatic in her heart, but her face was still cautious with some anticipation, and she asked: "Father-in-law, what is General Ma saying about being afraid of breaking up the couple? Father-in-law, he wants to..."
"I'm not the only one who thinks this. The old chief Wen also has this idea. She wants to give her granddaughter to Yan Siqi."
"Should I be betrothed to my granddaughter, or should I marry my eldest brother?" Zheng Haizhu stared at her and asked.
They have made money together and escaped their lives together. Now, Zheng Haizhu seems to have really integrated into this brother-sister relationship, saying "my big brother" smoothly.
She is a modern person and has no nonsense about the supremacy of husband's power.
She just thought that from the perspective of managing the treasure island, gaining the trust of the court, and obtaining coastal defense support to resist foreign enemies, Yan Siqi, who had a majestic temperament, could not become a matrilineal primitive tribe like Grandma Wen's ordinary tourist husband. The foreign little son-in-law.
"Of course it's not a marriage," Liu Shimin said with certainty. "At this point, our family will make it clear to the Wen family. At present, the Wen family's people and wealth are Akun's dowry, but Yan Siqi's own team , and those given to him by the court in the future, must all have the surname 'Yan'. Also, the children born cannot all be surnamed Wen. If the son does not live up to his expectations, the daughter can inherit the title of marquis, but the one who takes the throne must have the surname Yan, and must also have the surname Yan. It will be sealed by the imperial court."
Zheng Haizhu asked: "Aunt Wen agreed to all of this?"
"Agreed. Come to think of it, girl, you are really a good lobbyist. Have you told the old lady about the territorial map? The old lady is a transparent person. She has figured it out in the past few days. If you don't join the Ming Dynasty, what will happen next? Sooner or later, the island will fall into the trap of Frankie, Hongyi and even the Japanese country in the north."
Zheng Haizhu finally showed a look of relief and said sincerely: "My father-in-law is even more understanding. My eldest brother is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. He is brave and righteous. He is familiar with the sea. He has done business with foreigners and has never lost a fight. Now he is guarding Who else can be on this big island besides him? My eldest brother will definitely be able to keep the peace of the Ming Dynasty’s borders just like General Qin."
Liu Shimin smiled and looked at Ma Xianglin: "Listen to this lobbyist's mouth, what a coincidence, he also praised your daughter-in-law."
Zheng Haizhu did not focus on the style of this tall hat, but said with deep meaning: "Father, judging from our actual sailing on this trip, although this island is close to Yuegang, it is not far from Songjiang."
Liu Shimin was still smiling: "Okay, girl, we understand what you mean. I think so. When we return to the capital, we will talk about the two things together, and the Holy Master and the Supervisor of Ceremonies will definitely understand."
Ma Xianglin was on the side, and of course he understood.
Although Yuegang is now the number one emperor Nanku, Fujian's territory is almost divided between the various forces in the DPRK and China. Liu Shimin was the weaving eunuch of Suzhou who was only two years old. Suzhou was just a stone's throw away from Songjiang, and the new prefect of Songjiang, Zhuang Yumin, was obedient. Liu Shimin naturally wanted to build the Songjiang camp into a second moon port.
Now that Yan Siqi is operating on the island and forming bonds of friendship and interests with such people, Liu Shimin can bypass Yuegang and sail directly from Songjiang to Taiwan to help the emperor do business.
Obviously, Ah Zhu had this intention just now, and she was determined to promote the expansion of Songjiang Port.
However, Ah Zhu's purpose was to enrich the Han family, Songjiang family, and the national treasury, and she thought that Eunuch Liu also had the same idea.
How could she have expected that Liu Shimin would value her suggestions so much in order to make it easier for the group in the shadows to transfer gold and silver.
Ma Xianglin couldn't help but feel sad when he thought about this.
If the day comes when the truth comes out, how will a woman like Ah Zhu, who is demanding about honesty, treat him, a person who knew the whole story from the beginning.
Will you still consider him a friend?
And mother...
Mother held her father's coffin and warned him not to bear grudge against the court because of the actions of a wicked person, her words still rang in her ears.
But he, Ma Xianglin, can’t do it!
Many nights after that, he saw his father in his dreams. When he was riding his horse to catch up, his father suddenly turned into a wisp of smoke.
After waking up, he hated the distant capital and the people in the Forbidden Palace, until Liu Shimin, who also came out of the Forbidden Palace, told him that there was actually only one person he should hate, named Zhu.
He also told him that the person who should cooperate was also named Zhu.
Of course not the fat King of Fortune Zhu Changxun who was living in Luoyang.
The moonlight became brighter, and Zheng Haizhu's face seemed to be smeared with a layer of mutton fat, which complemented the expression of her excited story.
She was telling Eunuch Liu about a new way of drinking tea. She said that instead of steaming or frying the tea leaves, they should knead the tea leaves, cover them for a while, then bake them over a fire, and then add cow and goat milk to make the tea, just like in the Western Regions in the past. Hongyi and Frankie people will definitely like the milk tea they drink because of its strong taste.
She is really a girl as full of life as the hibiscus flower in Jinguan City.
Ma Xianglin thought.
The real joy of getting along before him made his heavy worries dissipate a little.
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