1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 229 "Human Traffickers"

"Who is this Wang Zheng? Hanzhou is so eager to get him?" Zheng Zhilong asked curiously when he heard that Zheng Zhibao said that the person Hanzhou asked for had arrived in Quanzhou.

"Wang Zheng was in Chongzhen for four years. On the recommendation of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, he was awarded the Liaohai Supervision Army to assist him in military training. After the Kong Youde rebellion, he and Sun Yuanhua were convicted and sentenced to guards. It was only then that I was able to return home. Now, I’m at home in leisure. I heard news from Guangzhou that Wang Zheng had an affair with Cao Xiong, the commander of Hanzhou, and he must be taken to Hanzhou to repay his favor.” Zheng Zhibao said.

"Where is that Song Yingxing?" Zheng Zhilong nodded, he was rich and prosperous, and he did not forget his former teacher, Cao Xiong still had some affection.

"Song Yingxing is an official promoted by Fujian Tingzhou Prefecture (Ting County, a senior official in Fujian Province). Before he took office, he was an instructor in Fenyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. There are a few books that are unique to miscellaneous studies and utensils. I guess there is nothing there in Hanzhou, so I took a fancy to him and bought them back to help make some utensils."

"Send a letter to the Tingzhou Mansion, saying that our Governor's Mansion wants to transfer this person to take up the post." Zheng Zhilong ordered: "In addition, in the name of the Governor's Mansion, enlist Counselor Wang Zheng's Quanzhou Navy Jiyi."

"Brother wants to send these two people to Hanzhou?" Zheng Zhibao asked.

"Can't we deal with the two sour scholars?" Zheng Zhilong said: "The war in Liaodong was rotten, and the refugees in the north swarmed up, and the officers and soldiers gathered to encircle and suppress them. All the cannons from the cannon foundries of the imperial court's Ministry of Industry supplied these two places. The Portuguese and Spaniards couldn't take care of themselves. There is no spare artillery for sale, and the Dutch will not wait for such a heavy weapon with me."

"And Hanzhou seems to be the only force that can provide artillery to us, and they are far away. Send two acid scholars there, sell them to Hanzhou, and we can help each other from afar in the future. We are pirates, and our reputation is not good. , colleagues in the officialdom laughed at me and waited, it’s not a day or two. Go deal with it, and report to Quanzhou government for drowning in water afterwards.”

"Yes, big brother!" Zheng Zhibao bowed and promised.

In November last year, Han Zhou sent two 18-pound heavy guns to Zheng Zhilong.After trying the cannon, Zheng Zhilong was very satisfied, so he began to search for relevant people in Daming territory according to the list provided by Han Zhou.Because they were in the same officialdom, the first people to get the news were Wang Zheng, who now lives in Jingyang County, Xi'an Prefecture, and Song Yingxing, a school teacher in Fenyi County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and Bo Jue, who was in the office of Zhang Guowei, the governor of Anqing.

Zheng Zhilong, the governor of Fujian, relied on the influence of the prefect of Quanzhou to send a letter to recruit these three people to come to Fujian.Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing were invited to Quanzhou one after another, but Bo Jue couldn't do it because he needed to help governor Zhang Guowei make bronze cannons.

Song Yingxing was very depressed. Last year, when his term in Fenyi expired, he passed the examination and was promoted to Tuiguan in Tingzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, where he was in charge of a prison.Although it is only a small grade eight, after decades of wasting time, his official career has finally taken a step forward.But this year, he has not been in office for a full month, and the Quanzhou government issued a letter asking him to go to the Fujian governor's mansion to meet with Zheng Zhilong to discuss matters related to the Navy's anti-smuggling case.

A military attache who was born as a pirate, he knows how to read and write, and the criminal and prison precedents.With a sense of contempt, I came to Quanzhou, Fujian Dudufu.

But Zheng Zhilong sent himself to Guangdong to act as an agent in the smuggling case.I have a pity that I have just passed the age of knowing the destiny, and I still have to take a sea boat, and the water is bumpy.

However, it didn't take long for Song Yingxing to stop complaining.Because on the boat, he met an old man who was older than himself, Wang Zheng, the former Denglai Liao Marine Supervisor Military Road.

"Mr. Liangfu went to Guangdong, and he was also sent by Zheng Zhilong?" Song Yingxing asked Wang Zheng, clasping his hands.

"Yes." Wang Zheng endured the discomfort of sailing at sea, and said anxiously: "Commander Zheng, ordered me to go to Guangdong to sort out the data on the loss of ships of the Guangdong Navy over the years."

For Zheng Zhilong's dispatch, Wang Zheng was also very puzzled. This kind of thing can be done by just dispatching a scribe. Why did he send his new Ji Yi counselor there?I have pity on my old bones. Is it possible that I am going to die in this sea.

"Why did Chang Geng go here?" Wang Zheng asked.

"Acting in an anti-smuggling case." Song Yingxing said.

Five days later, the ship arrived in Guangzhou.Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing were not welcomed to the official office, but instead lived in a warehouse near the wharf.Everyone in the warehouse obviously knew the identities of the two of them and treated them with great respect. Food and accommodation were the most extravagant.

After a few days of running around at sea, it seems that Zheng Zhilong regrets the age and health of the two of them.The two of Wang and Song are peaceful and peaceful, enjoying themselves to their heart's content.

However, another seven days later, the warehouse manager respectfully sent the two of them aboard a big ship.And repeatedly asked the leader to take more care along the way and not to be negligent.

At this time, Wang and Song were a little confused. Didn't they come to Guangdong to act as an agent?Why send them on board again? Could it be that they are returning to Quanzhou?

"No!" Song Yingxing looked at the coastline in the distance through the side of the boat, and his expression suddenly changed, "Mr. Liangfu, I'm afraid we are not on the way back to Quanzhou at this time. We are going south continuously!"

"Chang Geng, are you sure?" Wang Zheng asked, "Going south, where should I go? Qiongzhou?"

"It's not Qiongzhou either?" Song Yingxing looked at the sun in the sky and then at the coast in the distance, "It seems to be Annan."

"Why did they drag me to Annan?" Wang Zheng asked in surprise.

Song Yingxing shook his head, some sailors and officers on the ship were wearing blue and black military uniforms, completely different from Daming's red mandarin duck jackets.They are not the Great Ming Navy!
"Who are you waiting for?" Song Yingxing glared at Qi Dajiang in the captain's room, "Are you going to kidnap me and other Ming officials?"

"We didn't kidnap you." Qi Dajiang looked at the two old men, standing in front of him aggressively, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty, "We invite you to go over... to help us with things."

"Do something? What do you do? If you want me to wait for a thief, don't even think about it!" Wang Zheng said loudly.

"We are not thieves!" Qi Dajiang said: "We used to be Daming's innocent family, and were officers and soldiers of Daming's navy."

"Hmph, what about now?" Song Yingxing snorted coldly and asked contemptuously.

"We are now the navy of Hanzhou."

"Hanzhou? Where is Hanzhou?" Song Yingxing was taken aback. He still knew a thing or two about Nanyang geography, but Hanzhou was a small island occupied by these pirates.

At this moment, he already understood in his heart that they were sold by Zheng Zhilong, to this sea force or pirate who called himself "Hanzhou".

"Hanzhou is thousands of miles south of Nanyang, and it is a country established by our Ming people." Qi Dajiang said.

"You were originally the people of the Ming Dynasty, and you were once the navy of the Ming Dynasty. Why did you break up the soil and form a country overseas, and the system became the king?" Wang Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"We were also forced!" Qi Dajiang sighed, "Da Ming won't give us a way to live, and won't give the common people a way to live!"

Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing were startled when they heard the words, and then they sighed secretly.The northern part of the Ming Dynasty was corrupted, and tens of millions of people were displaced. Even the peaceful Jiangnan in the past showed signs of instability.Not to mention the muddy quagmire of Liaodong.Over the past few years in the later Jin Dynasty, they entered the customs continuously, plundered and slaughtered the capital, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and other places.The common people really have no way out.

"What are you going to do when you rob us to Hanzhou?" Wang Zheng asked.

"Pass down your knowledge and teach the people of Hanzhou to make various utensils and reclaim more farmland so that the Ming people who have no way out can live like human beings." Qi Dajiang said Qi Tian's words .

"If you wait for Hanzhou, will it endanger the country and people of Ming Dynasty?" Wang Zheng asked.

"We are all Ming people, how can we harm the country and the people of Ming Dynasty?" Qi Dajiang said: "Our Hanzhou has developed well, and in turn, we have to help Daming fight the Empress Jin Tartars." Qi Dajiang said.

Chatting at home, I often heard Qi Tian sigh, saying that the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed by Hou Jin, and all Ming people would be their slaves.Qi Dajiang didn't believe it at all. How could such a huge imperial court be destroyed by the Houjin Tartars outside the pass?They can also take advantage of Daming's weakness from time to time to plunder some property and people.

"You Hanzhou's innocent heart, and your desire to serve the court, I am not very grateful." Wang Zheng said: "If you don't, you will let us go back, and we will definitely play to the Ming court to recruit your Hanzhou to protect you. How good is it to serve the country?"

"Da Ming, it's too bad now. It's useless for us to go back. You should go to Hanzhou with us, it must be the most suitable place for you to do things?" Qi Dajiang looked at the two, are you coaxing the baby?After finally replacing you from Zheng Zhilong's hands, how can you just let you go back to Daming?
The two of Wang and Song suddenly became angry.

"If you don't let me go, I will throw myself into the sea!" Wang Zheng said angrily.

"We won't let you die." Qi Dajiang was startled, and then he said in a harmonious voice: "My lords, you are all talented and learned, but you can't use it in Daming. Do you have any regrets in your heart? When you arrive at our Hanzhou , will definitely allow you to use what you have learned from your body."

"..." Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing felt bitter in their hearts when they heard this.

A sixtieth year, a man who knows his destiny, is either dismissed from office and living in the countryside, or is a low-level official, all of whom are not successful in official career.Don't you just want to show what you have learned in your life?

"Master Wang, our Hanzhou has collected and published many of the books you wrote, and they have greatly promoted the production of our Hanzhou workshop."

"Master Song, the miscellaneous books you wrote last year (Tiangongkaiwu) were collected by Hanzhou for the first time, and used to teach farmers and craftsmen to produce, which also saved a lot of money and served as a Our Hanzhou Baigong is used to guide the strategy. So, two elders, would you like to follow me to Hanzhou to have a look?" Qi Dajiang said earnestly.

Wang and Song had no choice but to let go of all their thoughts for the time being and sit on the boat.

Let's go to Hanzhou to have a look.

(End of this chapter)