Daming Yinghua

Chapter 190
Zheng Haizhu falsely raised his right hand and led the Chongming county magistrate back, apologizing, "Let the second master hear these terrible things. They are all Liao people who have been in bitter water for a long time. Please take care of the second master."

The Chongming county magistrate was full of righteousness and dignity.

"What is Madam Zheng talking about! We scholars, the original intention of entering school and becoming an official is not to share the worries of long live, and to make a life for the people? If you have difficulties in the future, Madam, just come to me."

As he spoke, his pace quickened a bit.

He thought to himself, these Liao people are suffering, but listening to a few words and feeling a little fortunate to be in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River is enough, and patience has really become the object of complaints by mud-legged people.

Fortunately, this woman surnamed Zheng had a good look, she knew how to stop the noise of the Liao people, and sent him out respectfully.

After the county magistrate left, Wu Bangde, who had gone to deliver ginseng and mink fur to the homes of several parents and officials in Chongming, also came back.

Zheng Haizhu asked him to gather the Liao people in front of the largest thatched hut.

A hundred or so Liao people, the number of people in two classes of later middle schools, stood in front of them, far from being a "black crowd" ostentation.

But a single spark can start a prairie fire.

Most of them are single, just like the big brother who moved and cried.After all, it has always been more difficult for old and young women and children to survive and escape in a miserable and abused environment. Even if it is possible, the family will have the belief of staying rooted and leaving the hope of life to the youngest men.

……

When she said the word "exquisite", she suddenly realized that Wu Bangde's clothes today seemed to still have a faint fresh scent of sweet potato.

Zheng Haizhu said honestly: "No one is perfect, and Zaohua is indeed worthy of use. Her cleverness and determination, nothing to say, can be calmer than before, that's good."

During the voyage from Wusongkou to Chongming, Zheng Haizhu listened to Wu Bangde's report and observed at the same time.

I guess it was because I wiped my mouth with my sleeve several times when I had two meals today. The careful Director Wu of the Intelligence Bureau really couldn't stand it anymore.

Traveling to this point, she asked herself that there was no love, but it was impossible for her desire to disappear.

But this kind of imagination is just a fleeting self-mockery.The only thing that can keep a daughter awake at night is the concern for her elderly parents.

Zheng Haizhu can imagine that in the context of being a representative of sudden death in modern society, I am afraid that I have been burned to ashes for several weeks, and there are still people who will analyze this woman's failed life from various angles and sigh.

Zheng Haizhu didn't have the slightest feeling of being called long live by the mountain.

Moreover, this group of immigrants is different from the group of trackers three years ago. They arrived at Chongming Island, which is not as prosperous and mature as Songjiang.Only when there are women in the immigrant group can a decent community be managed in a short period of time, with a sense of security on the outside, it is easier to attract local poor women to marry in.

The young man is not tall or strong, but looking at the hardened stubble and protruding Adam's apple, Zheng Haizhu estimated that he must be seventeen or eighteen years old.The girl next to her is about twelve or thirteen years old, and her facial features are very similar to those of the younger generation.

Zheng Haizhu was a little embarrassed.

Zheng Haizhu knows very well that to win the trust of the scholar-official class like Zhang Quan, Shang Zhouzuo, and the Zhang brothers, he relies on the insight from the perspective of God; he has deep friendship with Jianghai heroes and battlefield warriors like Yan Siqi and Ma Xianglin, and he is taking advantage of the white moonlight bonus Or the opportunity of a bandit's nest being in trouble; Zheng Zhilong, Wu Bangde and others maintain a bond with themselves because of their joint entrepreneurial experience.

"They are brother and sister, they both escaped from Huajiatun outside Kuandian Pass. The older brother is called Hua Da, and the younger sister is called Hua Er." Wu Bangde said to Zheng Haizhu.

When she opened her mouth, she spoke clearly.

Zheng Haizhu pretended to be calm and took the sweat towel, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I'm not as good as you."

"Dad, Mom, are you all right?"

She glanced at those faces and confirmed again that the eyes of most of the middle-aged men looking at her were different from the eyes when she saw Huang Zunsu in official robes at the pier before.

Zheng Haizhu estimated: "After the busy farming season, a family of [-] or [-] women and dolls will get three taels of silver every day, and a month's worth of dry rice will cost a hundred taels."

Wu Bangde still had a peaceful expression: "I will."

But for these farmers from the bottom of the world, all the above are useless.

"According to Madam, this is the roller for ginning cottonseed."

When Wu Bangde showed that he was celibate and not married to sacrifice to his lover in heaven, Zheng Haizhu didn't think about it, and regarded the other party as his partner in pure desire.Anyway, everyone is planning to be celibate for the rest of their lives.

In the crowd, the girl Hua Er and her elder brother murmured: "I have already said that I have the rank of an official, how can I still call her a female Bodhisattva?"

"She saw that the candle became much thicker than usual, and she also saw a head of the Confucian Mansion walking towards the backyard. You think, the steward of Yanshenggong's mansion is the same as the long history of the Wang's mansion. At this time, they are rushing How could you hide when you showed your face in front? As a result, the candle was filled with gunpowder, and the master wanted to run away after changing the candle."

Zheng Haizhu said sincerely: "An official went to Japan to marry a wife. Shoukuan is in charge of the Zhenjiang trading company. After a while, he will start a family. The trackers recruited by the canal are quite capable of doing things, but they have to keep an eye on the cannons as they grow up. factory. You, you have to help me in Chongming for two years."

Zheng Haizhu then made a gesture to ask everyone to be silent, and continued: "Dear folks, don't forget that the reason you can come here to farm the fields is because the imperial court treated me as a meritorious official and gave me a six-rank order. You have all seen how the General Judge of Songjiang Mansion, as well as the Eldest and Second Elders in the county are well settled today. That being the case, I will take the big fellows with me to protect the peace of this place. Now is At the beginning of February, it is the spring plowing season in the south of the Yangtze River. These few days, you go to the fields in time for farming. After you have been busy for a while, each household will send out people to participate in the drill. This place is near the sea, and the sea bandits are making trouble. .”

Wu Bangde knew it well, and discussed with Zheng Haizhu about determining the leader of the Liaomin squad, asking instructors from the Qi's Army in Zhenjiang to practice, and picking a few clever ones to enter the intelligence station system.

As he spoke, he handed over a red and blue looped sweat towel: "It's clean, it's in the Han's handkerchief you gave to the magistrates today."

Hua Da looked at his sister, and said in a daze, "Why can't we shout? Those masters in official uniforms, don't we also want to call Qingtian?"

She was not a sloppy person at first, but she has been running around all these years, and in some small matters, she is even worse than a man, such as wearing a veil all the time.

All the Liao people bowed their hands in thanks, saying "the female Bodhisattva's great grace" one after another.

I don't know how they survived these six years.

"Oh? How did you find out?" Zheng Haizhu rolled up the handkerchief and asked calmly.

Zheng Haizhu rushed to the flower and said: "When the loom is transported from Songjiang, you can put your mother's roller on it, and it will work."

Mom and Dad never used worldly standards of success to put pressure on themselves.What they often babble about is nothing more than: "Eat less takeaway, sleep more."

But the purpose of recruiting people to Chongming is not to stay at the level of charity.While I sincerely sympathize with the Liao people, I want to establish authority in front of them.

Zheng Haizhu's heart twitched suddenly, but Hua Er didn't cry like that fellow Liao people just now, but looked around, pointed to a young man and said, "He still has a kite kidnapper, his father can make kites now!" .”

At dusk, Zheng Haizhu sat on the stone in front of the hut, looked up at the magnificent sunset over the sea in the distance, and missed her parents in another time and space.

Counting from the 42nd year of Wanli, it has been six years since my soul entered this world.

Zheng Haizhu rubbed his eyes before taking the porridge bowl, and wrote lightly: "It's nothing, the island is windy and there is a lot of sand."

He asked again, "How much rice did you use to cook porridge today?"

Zheng Haizhu smiled kindly: "Oh, I said it looks familiar. It's the handle of the cotton gin. We also gin the cotton like this here in Songjiang. Boy, why are you carrying this on a long journey?"

Zheng Haizhu does not shy away from examining the erotic part of her modern soul.

Hua Er didn't explain any more to his brother, but just stroked the wooden handle in his hand, and talked to the mother in the sky silently: "Mother, my brother and I came here alive...what is this called, oh, it's called Chongming Island. "

In the days that followed, Wu Bangde was really the man who was always close to him in terms of distance.

Zheng Haizhu said in his heart, who is the girl who wants to marry, haven't you counted yet?

The skinny Hua Er has bright eyes.

After all, even at the end of the Ming Dynasty in this world, the gradually civilized atmosphere will produce many literary works that dare to express desires. Why does she, a modern woman, force herself to stifle her nature?

Zheng Haizhu stared at him: "Don't call me a female Bodhisattva, those rich and noble families in Songjiang City who come out to give porridge are the female Bodhisattvas. Call me Mrs. Zheng."

But in this first batch of "Sparks", Wu Bangde also recruited ten families with female relatives and children.According to what Zheng Haizhu told him, men who can bring women and children out when fleeing are not only conscientious men, but also have better survival skills and mental levels than those of the same sex, so they can be used as key training targets.

Wu Bangde sat down, took a bite of steamed buns and said: "These days, they are all on boats and don't work. They don't have much physical strength, and they have steamed buns, so this porridge is enough for half a stone."

Zheng Haizhu nodded, glanced at something like a wooden handle in the girl's hand, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

When Zheng Haizhu was feeling a little lost, Wu Bangde continued to say in a calm tone: "Zhenjiang Main Station, Liaodong side, and the trading company in Yanzhou on the Canal, our intelligence agents are all tied up, and they will not be abandoned. Li Daniu Needless to say, Zaohua has never been stupid again. In the twelfth lunar month, King Lu and His Royal Highness went to worship Confucius, and Wen Xiangjiao wanted to assassinate and retaliate, which was Zaohua's first discovery."

"Oh... Ma'am, don't blame me, don't blame me." The Liao man rubbed his head and said awkwardly.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu walked up to a family of Liao people.

Graduated from the History and Geography Institute of 985 College for eight years, with a deposit of 33. He is unmarried and has an unstable job. He lives by receiving manuscripts from time to time. Died suddenly at the age of [-] years, three months and eight days.

Zheng Haizhu walked back to the front of the crowd and said loudly: "Fellow folks, I used to stay in Liaodong, and we transported the big iron cannons that were used to fight the Tartars in Fushun. The people of the Ming Dynasty have suffered at the hands of the Tartars. Of course I know. Right now, I don’t have the ability to take over Houjin’s lair, so I can only discuss it with Mr. Wu to get more folks out of the fire pit. Let’s live a good life here and continue the incense.”

The boy was not in a hurry to show off, he just looked at Hua Er innocently, on the hemp rope around his waist, there was indeed a wooden pole wrapped around a kite string.

Wu Bangde's tone suddenly softened: "Miss Zheng, there are some things that I, a rough man, can't talk to Zaohua. You have to find time to ask her if she wants to get married. She turned [-] last year. If you want to marry someone, let's give her a dowry and let the matchmaker find a good family."

Historically, farmers who have not been driven to a dead end are still afraid of officials and soldiers, and will not be afraid of a woman who is just giving life.

After sitting on a boat for ten days, how did you do it?
In fact, this smell is not unfamiliar.Zheng Haizhu remembered that when she first dealt with Ma Xianglin in the bandit den, she had smelled this masculine smell of soapy water.

Hua Er nodded vigorously.

It is said that if a woman is afraid of being scolded as an old woman after the age of 30, she should die, because if this is the case, people around her will comment: "Look at who, he was only in his thirties and died young."

Wu Bangde came over, handed Zheng Haizhu porridge and steamed buns, and asked while looking at her face.

The more Zheng Haizhu could not be as powerful as Qin Liangyu and lead them into battle, the more she had to emphasize her official identity, otherwise, the more Liao people she recruited, the more she would be unable to suppress her.

"Buy it, you have to buy it even if it's expensive," Zheng Haizhu said without hesitation, "There is also salt. Later, you say hello to the second master, and say that we will try to cook some salt by ourselves, after all, it depends on the sea. But absolutely If you don’t transport it to the county town for sale, you won’t steal the business from the gentlemen.”

"This is used by my mother. I keep this and feel that my mother is still there, teaching me by hand."

She is generally satisfied with the personnel structure of the Liao people.

"Success, success, we all listen to the female Bodhisattva." An old-looking Liao citizen in the front row responded.

Wu Bangde said: "The fields haven't been harvested yet, and it should be better by the end of the year. By the way, when I followed the guard to give gifts today, I saw a rice store beside the county government office. When I asked, it turned out that it was opened by a relative of the county magistrate's family. Each stone costs one penny more than Songjiang."

"what happened?"

But the other party is an ancient man after all, don't scare him, it's a pity to lose such a powerful arm in his career.

Zheng Haizhu turned his gaze to the south of the beach.She remembered that in later generations, there would be many homestays there.Once, she ran into a kind company and took an extra 1000 yuan in manuscript fees, so she brought her parents to Chongming Island to stay in a homestay for two days. Her parents were in high spirits and even danced a ballroom dance in the sunset.

Even princes and nobles, in her eyes, I am afraid that they are not worthy of carrying shoes for you Mr. Wu.

But she finally swallowed what she wanted to say, and said: "Okay, when the matter in Chongming is settled, I will go to Yanzhou to meet the young highness and the others, to see the people you are transporting to the coal mine, and ask Zaohua by the way. This matter."

After Zheng Haizhu finished his porridge, he was about to get up to see how the Liao people were settled, when he saw a mule cart parked not far away.

The handlebar had barely stopped the car when a woman in homemade clothes jumped out of the car and rushed over.

(End of this chapter)