Daming Yinghua

Chapter 142 I Leave Her
Zheng Haizhu opened the hatch and walked onto the deck.

Wu Bangde followed her to the stern: "The sailor said that this Aya is from the Tieshan side. She fled to southern Liaoning and was brought to Dengzhou by Liu Baihu's younger brother. Everyone in their village knows that Liu's daughter-in-law can no longer It was born, and this one was brought back to carry on the family line.”

"Pass a fart." Zheng Haizhu muttered softly.

She turned around and motioned for the sailor named Da Zhu to come over.

"Brother Dazhu," Zheng Haizhu asked the other two sailors and the fireman, "Are they all your relatives?"

"Well, if you go back to the girl, the two are my cousins. The spring plague was gone that year, and I took them on the boat. The one who cooks for you is my uncle."

"Okay, Dazhu, you are a bodhisattva with a heart. You treat your family well, and you treat poor strangers well. The concubine Tian will bless you all with a smooth and safe life on the water. I will take the poor Li Chao girl down below. She is willing to follow me. .”

Da Zhu first bowed his back and listened, and when he heard the last sentence, he immediately raised his head and flattered Zheng Haizhu: "Hey, that, well, Boss Zheng's family is the heart of a bodhisattva. The boss's business will definitely make a fortune."

In Dazhu's heart, a stone fell to the ground.

At any rate, Liu Baihu collected protection fees for Xunhai Dao. This time, he was moved with compassion and let the woman he took to give birth to his son go. If the Zheng Dong family in front of him insisted on sending her back, his Wang Dazhu family From now on, there is no need to live in the private ports around Denglai.

It's great now, I heard that this woman surnamed Zheng has some backers, she took the initiative to accept people, and tied her to a grasshopper on a rope.

Zheng Haizhu pursed her lips and smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and penetrated his thoughts: "Okay, we are both good people, and we will live a long life. However, I don't care about following your auspicious words about whether or not to make a fortune." Say it out of your mouth. Let your family members keep their mouths tight later, if you say it out, Liu Baihu can't do anything to me, and he will definitely take your anger out on you."

"That's necessary, Zheng Dong's family can rest assured, rest assured."

"Well, do you still have straw mattresses on board? Drag them to my cabin and let Aya sleep next to my couch."

"Yes, yes, I'll do it now."

……

At dusk, the boat sailed to a private port called Yuanji Island.

The cargo ships that have bribed the Liao Coastal Defense Road will spend the night in shelter from the wind and replenish some fresh water.

Zheng Haizhu took out the "officially licensed smuggling flag" worth 100 taels of silver, handed it to Dazhu, and hoisted it on the flagpole.

Looking at the several large and small seagoing ships in the port, they have all hung up their flags honestly.

When the sun was setting on the sea level, a military ship of the Dengzhou Navy appeared in the waves, cruising around the harbor, selected a big blessing boat and several smaller bird boats, and interrogated a few words. Drive away slowly.

Apparently they came to count the flags and confirm that each ship had paid tolls.

Wu Bangde supported the strings of the boat, saw the demeanor of the Dengzhou Navy, and sneered: "It is a strict military discipline."

Zheng Haizhu gathered up the sable fur, and said calmly: "Your adoptive father cherishes his feathers. He would rather sell the house and land than extort businessmen and tarnish Qi Shaobao's reputation. I don't know how much I respect his old man. But you also Don't look down on people like the Dengzhou Navy. The imperial court owes them money every year. Right now, the Japanese situation is not as urgent as the border troubles in the north and the rebellion of the refugees. Do they drink northwest wind? They are also people with small families."

Wu Bangde did not refute, but only sighed lightly.

Zheng Haizhu looked at his nose that was flushed by the sea breeze, and said, "Wait for me here for a while, and then went back to the warehouse.

After a while, she brought a jug of wine and two glasses, filled them up, and handed a glass to Wu Bangde: "Warm yourself up, it's too cold on the deck, but it's not convenient to talk below."

Wu Bangde took a sip and praised: "This wine is not bad."

Zheng Haizhu said: "Really? That's good, it's called 'Autumn Lubai', and the store says it's one of the best wines in Shandong. I can't taste the good or bad anyway, so I'll buy the expensive ones. My people in Songjiang sold an antique. In exchange for a lot of money, not only can you try to build artillery, but you can even ask the instructor's salary for a year or two."

Wu Bangde nodded, picked up the wine glass and touched the one in the woman's hand: "You really only want to make firearms."

Zheng Haizhu turned her head and looked at the faint lights on the surrounding cargo ships: "I have more than one mind, selling goods, digging coal, currying favor with civil servants, making friends with generals, educating children, and hoping that my fellow villagers will manage Taiwan well, haha, I have so many thoughts Yes. However, to sum it up, there are only two things, making money and defending the country.”

She took a small sip of "Autumn Dew White" and added: "It's not very ambitious to talk about defending the family and the country. It's just a word from the mouth of the old man whose chest patch is embroidered with animals. I just don't want to One day, myself, as well as Da Ming, who is a scholar, farmer, businessman and businessman, will live like a pig like a dog."

Wu Bangde was silent for a moment, and then said again: "You took that Aya, in fact, you are not soft-hearted."

Zheng Haizhu said: "Change your words, in fact, it's not just because of soft-heartedness."

Wu Bangde smiled: "Whether you are soft-hearted or hard-hearted, you are moved. You are moved by her Ye Hejuzhen's background."

Zheng Haizhu tucked her neck into the mink collar, and said slowly: "Yes, I do feel a little pity for her. But the bigger reason for keeping her is that she, the Jurchen, is Hai The Jurchens of Xiyehe. Mao Wenlong told me that Nurhaci, the head wolf of the Jianzhou Jurchens, bit the Haixi Jurchens with a bit more ruthlessness than biting our Daming. I heard from Aya today After learning about the origin, it is indeed the case. When we arrive in Liaodong, I want her to take us to explore the Yehe tribe."

Wu Bangde thought about it, and said: "Okay, at least she speaks Jurchen, and you said that her family has been a horse dealer for generations and knows horses. We can pretend to be a good merchant who went to buy horses with her."

Zheng Haizhu discussed with Wu Bangde all the way, and after meeting Mao Wenlong in Liaodong, he wanted to use the pretext of selling, receiving, and recruiting people to go to the land of Liaodong, accumulate some maps of terrain and key points, and bring them back to Qi Jin and Qin Liangyu. Wu Bangde was very much in favor of the two guest armies who were likely to be conscripted by the imperial court to Liao.

Therefore, when the idea of ​​spying is mentioned, Wu Bangde will actively participate in the planning.

Zheng Haizhu pondered for a moment, and then said: "Bond, there is one more thing. That Fushun guard, Li Yongfang, you want to kill him this time, and I agree with both hands and feet. But this man, before we send him to hell , you have to make good use of it.”

Wu Bangde heard Zheng Haizhu's tone of changing his mind a little, put down his wine glass, and looked at her gently: "If you don't kill this person, keep it for the New Year, what do you want to use?"

(End of this chapter)