Daming Yinghua

Chapter 183 Seeing the old friend again
Yan Siqi frowned slightly.

Last night, he and his brothers Yang Tiansheng and Liu Xiang sipped celebration wine around the fire, and talked freely about the blueprint for managing Taiwan. Liu Xiang did say that planting sugar is not as fast as growing tobacco, and encouraged him to be like Westerners driving out the natives of Nanyang. Drive Taiwanese aborigines and Fujian immigrants to plant this poppy that can be used as opium.

But Liu Xiang also said that this product is irritating and addictive. If you smoke it for a long time, it will damage the liver and kidney qi. Brothers and your own children and nephews, it is best not to use it.

Yan Siqi then stared at Zheng Haizhu and said, "Oh? Liu Shimin told you about the emperor's bad health from eating opium?"

There are many kinds of poppies, and the aphrodisiac medicines often presented by imperial physicians and Honglu Temple officials in the Ming Dynasty may not be made from poppies that can be used as opium.

But Zheng Haizhu believes that drug control is not a textual research.At present, Yan Siqi controls Taiwan seven or eight years earlier than in history, and has the capital to build infrastructure and develop power. This is the butterfly wing of her Zheng Haizhu, so she must not allow opium to infiltrate China early.

She then said sternly: "Eunuch Liu is the most tight-lipped man, how could he mention the matter of the harem to me. It's just that the emperor has refused to rule for many years. There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. Many scholars in the north have heard of it. Common herbal medicines All of them are three-point poisonous, not to mention opium poppy is such a strong drug? When it is boiled into a decoction, half of it can be excreted through feces and urine, which can make people lose their mind after taking it for a long time. If it is directly inhaled into the chest and lungs, the consequences will be disastrous. The scholars have also said that this substance is more harmful than arsenic. The poison of arsenic is obvious, but the poison of opium will take some time to teach people to see clearly. If you have doubts, you can first check the reactions of those Java recruits. Maybe Liu Xiang just doesn't know the truth, he is your general, you must not let him fall into it. Such a right-hand man is like your right arm, how can you afford to miss it?"

Zheng Haizhu understands that most of the time, Yan Siqi, a hero-level man who roams the rivers and lakes, listens to his brothers more. He is not good enough to really pretend to be a confidante, and complains anxiously about Liu Xiang's ignorance and ignorance, and rapes this person in front of Yan Siqi eyedrops.

Besides, how do you know whether Liu Xiang is pretending to be stupid or really stupid? In the official history, this person is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Zheng Haizhu then changed the subject again, and added in a casual manner: "Brother, you can't smoke, sister-in-law is capable and virtuous, you Fuzetai Island must be full of children and grandchildren, you'd better drink less alcohol , think about my sister-in-law and children, and take care of your health."

Yan Siqi originally had the temperament of Lianzi and her husband. At this moment, when she heard Zheng Haizhu mentioning her family in meditation, the scene of Wen Akun holding her daughter to see him off during the expedition appeared in front of her eyes, and her eyes could not help showing tenderness.

Seeing that Zheng Haizhu didn't blame Liu Xiang for being foolish, but worried about the safety of his relatives, he turned to comfort him and said: "Azhu, I know that you have been traveling in the mainland for many years, dealing with literati and priests, and you have gained a lot of experience." For a rough martial artist like me. Don't worry, I won't touch it until I don't know how deep it is. Brother Liu, he also wants to make his family richer as soon as possible..."

At this time, Zheng Haizhu had sorted out his thoughts.

"Brother, Taiwan is rich in land, rice must be the main food, and sugarcane sugar can only be exported to the vassal states. Otherwise, there will be a famine in Fujian, and the imperial court wants to buy grain from you. You can't pay it. The officials representing various factions impeached you, and framed you as the cause of the civil uprising. You and your brothers have stated the stakes in this section, and everyone will count. As for the imported opium, on your territory, it should only be controlled by doctors. Take the prescriptions of the ancestors as medicine, and you must not inhale them. But there is a place outside the Ming Dynasty that can offer the method of inhaling."

"Where?" Yan Siqi asked curiously.

"Jianzhou Jurchen," Zheng Haizhu said lightly, "Last year the old chieftain suffered a defeat in Fushun. Jiannu was frightened by the power of artillery. This year, he dared not take the risk of making a comeback. General Mao, the others and I estimated that Nurhachi would go to fight Ye Hebu, first unify the Jurchens in the Northeast, and then plan to conquer the Ming Dynasty. Opium should not be used to inhale your own team, let alone your own people, it should be used to attract the invaders."

Yan Siqi's eyes flickered, as if suddenly enlightened.

Shu Er pondered again: "Didn't you say that although the Jurchen Ministry is brave, the people under it are often starved and starved. If you are so poor, you can still afford opium?"

Zheng Haizhu twisted the opium ointment in his hand and said: "The purity of this product is different, and the selling price is also very different. I think about it later, how could I get the best ointment from Westerners and only sell it to slaves?" Chieftain and those Baylor nobles. Let’s see if their foot bows and iron hooves are powerful, or the fruits of this flower of hell are powerful.”

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A month later, the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, Indian Ocean, indeed sent an envoy authorized by the governor to negotiate with the Fujian authorities.

On this day, Zheng Haizhu, who had returned to Xiamen, was sitting in Xu Xinsu's residence, and was planning and negotiating terms with Yu Zigao, a non-staff aide beside him. Xu Yilong and Zheng Zhilong, two young men who had gotten along well. People, hurried into the yard.

"Father, Junmen arrived in Xiamen ahead of schedule, and Zongbing Yu has rushed back from Jinmen to meet him. It's not Wang Junmen, but his surname is Shang." Xu Yilong reported to his father Xu Xinsu.

Junmen is the honorific title for "Governor".

Xu Xinsu was taken aback.

Isn't the current governor of Fujian Wang Shichang, and he hasn't suffered a defeat. What is the court doing now?
But seeing Zheng Zhilong, he said to Zheng Haizhu with a smile on his face: "Sister Azhu, there is a son next to Shangjunmen, who is your old friend."

"Third son!"

Outside the Xiamen guardhouse, when Zheng Haizhu and Zhang Yanke met each other, when they called out the title without any formality, Xu Xinsu, who came with her, thought out that the word "old friend" really wasn't that boy Zheng Zhilong. from.

Not addressing Mr. Zhang, but addressing him by the elders of the other party's family, which already shows that the relationship between the two is unusual, and the other party even clasped his fists in return with a relaxed face, and teased: "Master Zheng, I haven't seen you for two years. Fighting from the north to the south, if I still get stuck in those few Xuande furnaces and can't get out, I will really be ashamed of the hadith of the Zhu Zhechi. I was motivated, and I recommended myself to Uncle Shang as a staff member."

Zheng Haizhu recommended to Xu Xinsu with a smile: "This is the third son of the Zhang family who is well-known in Shanyin, Zhejiang. His ancestors were the number one scholar. When Fushun was fighting against the Tartars, he paid for the guns of the Qi family army. Two people in the city The female gunner who calculates the angle of elevation is from Songjiang Academy, which was donated by the third son and his brother."

Xu Xinsu was so thoughtful and sensitive. Hearing Zheng Haizhu's words, he immediately realized that the young man in front of him, who looked only in his early twenties and didn't have a Confucian scarf around his head, was from a well-known family in Zhejiang. There are frequent contacts, his son Xu Yilong wants to follow Zheng Haizhu to Zhejiang to go straight to school, so he has to make more friends with Zhang Sangong and break into their circle.

The father's love is like a mountain, and everything is for the eldest son, Xu Xinsu immediately showed [-]% enthusiasm, speaking the raw Hokkien Mandarin, and greeted Zhang Yanke, who spoke Shaoxing Mandarin.

And Zheng Haizhu, when he came in a hurry, had been wondering why the court suddenly changed the governor to negotiate.

In the original history, Shang Zhouzuo did not become governor of Fujian so early.

Could it be that after Ming Heliao Luowan naval battle was fought in advance, some people in the court were worried that Wang Shichang, an old-fashioned advocate of maritime prohibition, would take advantage of the mighty victory of the great victory to directly give the Dutch the sea trade gate where the money was sent. close?
Regardless of whether it is for this reason or not, Shang Zhouzuo, who is only in his forties, came to Fujian. In Zheng Haizhu's view, it is good news.

The merchant is also a prominent family in Shanyin, and he has a deep relationship with the Zhang family. Shang Zhouzuo is not superstitious about sea bans, but advocates strengthening naval defense, and this gentleman will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the future, commonly known as "Tianguan".

In addition to promoting the importance of artillery and heavy matchlock guns to him, Zheng Haizhu was also thinking about another talent he had a close relationship with, Lu Xiangsheng, who was about to pass the Jinshi.

(End of this chapter)