Borrow the day to change the day

Just a few days before Zhong Jinwei and others closed the door and secretly set up Jiaozhi in the Wenhua Hall, far away in Weixian County, Daming Prefecture, Zhili, a person, about forty, was walking hurriedly on the street.

"Old Hu, long time no see, where have you been these days?" A person on the road greeted this busy middle-aged man.

Lao Hu's name was Hu Hengxin, and when he saw that he was being greeted by an acquaintance, he had a copious smile on his face, and he replied casually, "It's just a visit to relatives."

After finishing speaking, regardless of whether the other party stopped and wanted to chat again, he rushed to his home.

The man was a little surprised when he saw it, wondering why Hu Hengxin was in such a hurry?In the end, he shook his head and went about his own business.

Not long after, Hu Hengxin returned to his door.His house is just an ordinary house, the gate is open, and the outer layer of the wall is peeled off, exposing the yellow mud inside.

As soon as he entered his house, he turned around and covered the chaimen.

"Father, you're back?" There happened to be a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy chopping firewood in the yard, and he greeted Hu Hengxin when he saw him.

Hu Hengxin ignored his son's greeting and asked directly, "Where's your mother?"

"In the back room."

"Look at the door, if someone comes in, stop it, and let me know loudly." Hu Hengxin ordered, and hurried to the inner room.

As soon as he opened the door, a woman inside heard the movement and was walking out.Seeing Hu Hengxin entering the room, he hurriedly said, "Father, how is your inquiry?"

After asking, seeing the smile on Hu Hengxin's face, he asked in surprise, "Is it true?"

Hu Hengxin nodded with a constant smile on his face, then turned around and closed the door, and fastened the bolt.

Then he threw his luggage on the kang, took a bowl of tea handed over by his wife, and drank it in a few sips.

Hu Hengxin let out a sigh of relief, then sat on the kang, looked at his daughter-in-law who was waiting in front of him, and said, "I went to Fucheng first, and saw with my own eyes those soldiers who were discharged from the army due to injuries. They all said that the current emperor is wise, and the Marquis of Zhongxing It was the gods who descended to earth, with ingenious calculations, and repeated defeats. They also helped the court set up various research institutes in the capital, including the Ship Research Institute. It is said that two people made great contributions to the research institutes, and they were both made earls."

His daughter-in-law immediately brightened her eyes and continued to ask: "What about the situation in Jiangnan?"

"Then I went to the south of the Yangtze River and visited Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Yingtianfu. Indeed, as the rumors said, the Red Barbarians rebelled and were quelled by the Marquis of Zhongxing, and then began to build ships vigorously. Now the government has posted a notice to recruit experienced people from all over the country. The old shipbuilder who is very good can still enter the research institute of the local government and the capital." Hu Hengxin replied in one breath.

His daughter-in-law suddenly became a little worried about gains and losses, and asked a little hesitantly: "Then do you want to dedicate the ancestral blueprint to the imperial court?"

When I first heard the rumors, I was a little moved.To be sure, Hu Hengxin even went on a long trip to verify the veracity of the rumors.

Now that he has the definite news, Hu Hengxin has already considered it clearly on the way back, so he asked resolutely: "Why don't you offer it? Our ancestors kept these blueprints secretly, just thinking that one day they could be seen again. Besides, this time the court is Seriously, I have made up my mind to rebuild the Daming Navy. If I can get a reward for this, not to mention the Earl, I can even enter the Jingshi Research Institute, which will be of great benefit to our family and our children."

His daughter-in-law listened to his description of the possible benefits in return, thinking about the prosperous life in the future, thinking that she would not have to worry about her son's marriage in the future, the smile on her face couldn't be restrained.

The Hu family used to be prosperous, but because Hu Hengxin repeatedly failed the exams, the family situation gradually declined.As the son grows up, the couple are very worried. They need a lot of money for studying and getting a wife, and they don't know where to raise money.

After hearing about those things a few days ago, Hu Hengxin thought about it, and explained the existence of the ancestral blueprint to his wife.

As soon as the two got together, they decided to see if it was as the rumors said, because this would be their chance to change their family fortune and destiny.

"Go, guard the door, and don't allow anyone to come in." Hu Hengxin ordered, then stood up from the kang, watched his wife stand at the door that had been bolted, and then turned and walked to the wardrobe.

He poked his whole body into the closet, fiddled with it for a long time, and pulled out a scroll from a mezzanine.

Then he walked back to the kang, unscrewed one end of the scroll, pulled out a roll of paper, and spread it on the kang.

His daughter-in-law was standing by the door, stretching her neck to look at the kang, but unfortunately she couldn't see it.But she didn't dare to leave the door, for fear that someone would break in suddenly and snatch her treasures away.

Hu Hengxin flipped through them one by one, looked at the yellowed drawings, and sighed softly: "It has been more than 200 years, and it will finally see the sun again. The spirit of the ancestors is in the sky. If you know that there will be such a day, you will not be in vain. It’s a big risk to hide these blueprints.”

When his wife saw that he had spread out the blueprints, she sighed over there, and couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and urged in a low voice: "Father, if there is no problem, put it away quickly, put it away!"

Hu Hengxin was reminded by his wife, so he stopped sighing, rolled up the drawing again, and hid it back in the scroll.

The two of them reunited at the top of the kang, made some calculations in a low voice, and decided not to delay, and immediately packed up their things and headed to the capital.

The next day, I packed some easy-to-carry items, locked the door with an iron general, and left with my wife and son.

When acquaintances ask each other, they only answer that they are going to the capital to visit relatives.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen and Zhong Jinwei and related personnel secretly discussed and agreed on the matter of Jiaozhi.Led by Dongchang, with Jinyiwei as the main force, elite factory guards were dispatched to establish a joint office of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and they went to Hainan and Guangxi to start promoting the negotiated plan.

Just when Zhong Jinwei and Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, Song Yingxing suddenly asked to see him urgently.

Out of curiosity, Emperor Chongzhen ordered to meet him.

As soon as Song Yingxing entered the Wenhua Palace, he saw his benefactor, Zhongxing Hou, and before he had time to greet him, he blushed and played to Emperor Chongzhen with excitement: "Your Majesty, there are people from the people who presented the blueprints of the treasure ships from the Yongle period. There are [-] treasure ship blueprints!"

Zhong Jinwei had already been popularized by Zheng Zhilong about ships before, and he knew that the Ming Dynasty only had [-] warships, and the blueprints of large ships had long been lost.Now I suddenly heard the blueprint of the treasure ship with six thousand materials, and I was stunned for a while.

Emperor Chongzhen also stood up abruptly from his throne, stared at Song Yingxing for confirmation and asked, "The blueprint of the six thousand treasure ship?"

"Exactly!" Song Yingxing nodded repeatedly, then took out a scroll from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.

The servant on one side immediately took the scroll from Song Yingxing and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen.

With an excited and apprehensive heart, Emperor Chongzhen pulled out a roll of blueprints from the scroll, unfolded it and read it.

Looking at it, his brows frowned.