The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 43: Over-driving children is not a good idea

The waves were rising and falling, and with a slight north wind blowing, the fleet was sailing very fast. After more than a month of running-in, they finally began to work in perfect coordination.

When the fleet was sailing near Hexian, a merchant ship belonging to the Hakka people of Jiaying Prefecture sneaked into the fleet.

Mo Zibu met his father, Ou Tianci, and his sister, Ou Hui, who was betrothed to someone by his younger brother.

Sixty-five-year-old Ou Tianci was wearing the vermilion court robes of a first-rank military officer of the Ming Dynasty, with a large lion patch embroidered on his chest.

Although Ha Tien had respected the Nguyen family as their patriarch for decades at this time, he also accepted the position of general of Ha Tien Town in the Nguyen family's Guangnan Kingdom.

But internally, he still acted as an official of the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, when Chen Shangchuan was alive, he gave the position of General of Leizhou among the three generals of Gao, Lei and Lian to the Zhai family when he proposed to marry Zhai Shichen, the daughter of Zhai Jiu, to his son Chen Dading.

Therefore, the Ou family made the court dress of the first-rank general of the Ming Dynasty with a lion patch according to the style of Chen Shangchuan's official uniform.

This also shows that the relationship between the Ou family and the Chen family is very close.

Chen Shangchuan's son Chen Dading married Lu Jiu's daughter.

Ou Jiu's son Ou Tianci married Chen Shangchuan's daughter.

Chen Dading is Ou Tianci's brother-in-law, and Ou Tianci is also Chen Dading's brother-in-law.

This is also the reason why Mo Zibu can get so much support from the Chen family.

Because the deceased second-generation leader of the Chen family, Chen Dading, was both Mo Zibu's uncle and Mo Zibu's uncle.

The relationship between the two sides is really too close.

Mo Zibu was a little embarrassed. This body was actually quite resistant to his father, and as a time traveler, he naturally couldn't get close to Ou Tianci.

Just as he was thinking about how to greet this father, a figure in green tights suddenly appeared behind Ou Tianci.

She came very quickly, and with a familiarity of muscle memory, she accurately pinched Mo Zibu's ear with her right hand, and then twisted it even more skillfully.

"Ouch, ouch, it hurts, it hurts. Sister, please stop!"

In an instant, a sense of familiarity from the soul made Mo Zibu suddenly familiar with all of this.

When he was a child, he was often bullied by his sister Lu Yu.

"You still feel pain, right? Where do you get the courage to be my matchmaker? I need you to be my matchmaker."

Ou Hui's face turned red with anger, but although his tone was fierce, he quickly loosened his hand that was pinching Mo Zibu's ear.

But before Mo Zibu could say anything, she became tearful again, "I knew that my status as a widow had embarrassed you. You were thinking of kicking me out of the house without any reason, right?"

Mo Zibu touched his ears, which were warm as if they had just been taken out of a pot of brine, and looked at Ou Hui with some confusion.

Because in his impression, his sister is not the kind of person who would say such things.

Looking more closely, he saw that all the little pearls had fallen down, but his eyes were still giving him a meaningful look.

Before Mo Zibu could understand, Ou Tianci's voice rang out first.

"You're such a grown-up girl, why are you still crying? Even though your brother is naughty, he still cares about you. I'll help you carefully check Li Xianwen later."

Well, although Mo Zibu is the youngest son, he has actually not been very favored since he was a child.

Only Ou Hui, although she is twenty-one years old and not Ou Tianci's youngest daughter, Ou Tianci loves her the most.

After hearing Ou Hui cry like that, Ou Tianci's anger towards Mo Zibu actually subsided a lot.

Mo Zi Bu rushed out of Hue City, burned to death the son of the powerful official Zhang Fuluan, and hacked to death the sister of Nguyen Phuoc Thuan, the Nguyen King. They all became frivolous and naughty.

"No, my daughter wants to see for herself whether this brother Abu has a conscience." Ou Hui took the opportunity to act coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, but you mustn't talk for a while." Ou Tianci's beard trembled with laughter. He no longer looked like the Lord of the River Immortals; he was simply a daughter slave. Mo Zibu suddenly felt that he shouldn't have introduced Li Xianwen to Ou Hui. With Mo Tianci's daughter slave attitude, if he treated Li Xianwen even slightly poorly in the future, Ou Hui would definitely file a complaint with the Nine Heavens Palace!

"I heard that you announced in public that you changed your surname back to Mo?" Ou Tianci had a fatherly smile on his face the previous second, but when he turned around to face Mo Zibu, his expression turned completely cold.

Mo Zibu quickly bowed and replied, "I overstepped my bounds, but I was in danger at the time and needed to change back to my ancestral surname to show my resolve. If I hadn't said this, no one would have believed my words about not returning to the River Fairy."

"We can also force Li Xianwen to change back to his original surname, revealing his true identity as the descendant of Li Chuang, and cutting off his escape route, right?"

Lu Tianci snorted coldly, but his expression became better. He continued:

"You've really grown. Your parents taught you a thousand times but you didn't remember. But after being tricked by an outsider once, you actually learned something."

Seeing Ou Tianci like this, Mo Zibu remembered this body before. It was as timid as a mouse in front of its father, but full of hatred behind its back.

Just imagine how painful it would be for a son of average appearance to be forced by his father to learn martial arts, literature, politics, business, etc. from a young age, and be beaten with a stick if he doesn't learn well.

This is like in later generations, a child with no musical talent is forced by his parents to sign up for a bunch of piano and violin classes.

A child who has no talent for mathematics has to take two Olympiad math classes every weekend, and if he doesn't learn well, he will be scolded or even beaten.

It’s painful to think about it.

If there is a good relationship between such a father and son, then there must be something fishy going on.

But now, Mo Zibu was old enough to be a parent before he traveled through time. Although he could not agree with Ou Tianci's actions, he could understand them to some extent.

For the Hexian and Jiading Chen families, if they separate, both will suffer, but if they unite, both will benefit.

With the decline of the Chen family and the prosperity of Ha Tien, Chen Dali, the son of Chen Dading and nephew of Chen Tianci, who had originally planned to unify the Chen and Mo families, had lost the public support for integrating the two families.

Only Mo Zibu is the most suitable candidate, so Ou Tianci must train him to become a great leader.

Only in this way can everyone in the Lu and Chen families be convinced and can they resist the continuous encroachment of Guangnan Kingdom.

It could even change the awkward situation where Ha Tien is sandwiched between the two major countries of Siam and Quang Nam with no strategic depth or room for maneuver.

Historically, Ha Tien completely declined when the union of Nguyen and Chen failed, and Ha Tien completely lost the room to maneuver.

When the Siamese soldiers arrive, they can directly attack Ha Tien City from the west.

Nguyen Hue went south and directly reached the outskirts of Ha Tien City.

How could a port country that relies on trade withstand such turmoil?

Even if Ngo Tien Ci had not become confused and taken the initiative to attack Taksin when he was almost eighty years old, Ha Tien would not have been able to hold on.

So, Mo Zibu knelt down on his knees and kowtowed to Mo Tianci.

"I used to be rebellious. I couldn't understand the burden I was carrying, nor could I comprehend the significance of the blood of the two families, Ou and Chen. That's why I was so stubborn and rebellious.

But during the three years in Hue, the thing my son heard most was that we Minh Xiang people were slaves of a conquered country and were stray dogs that the Nguyen family took in out of pity.

Therefore, although he could have avoided killing anyone, he chose to kill Zhang Fuyue and Ruan Shiyuan!

Because only by blocking all the retreat routes can I have the determination to face all the difficulties head on and build a new Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for us, the survivors of our lost homeland!

After listening to this, Ou Tianci was speechless for a long time, but he couldn't help but burst into tears, and he let out a long cry to the sky.

“My son has grown up!

Father, Master Taishan, your wishes, the hopes of all the Ming survivors, finally have a glimmer of hope that they can be realized."

Sister Mo Hui also burst into tears. She pulled Mo Zibu up from the ground and said, "Brother, you have to work hard. I don't want to add another word in the middle of your name."

(End of this chapter)