It's been three years! Dongmenqing finally saw Quanzhou again.

However, this time he did not see the city gate of Quanzhou on land, but saw the magnificent scenery of Quanzhou Bay from the sea. Quanzhou Bay is located in the east of Quanzhou Prefecture, north of the Luoyang River, west of the Jinjiang River, is a semi-enclosed bay, the coastline is nearly 300 miles, there are many good harbors in the bay, the most famous of which is the Thornton Port - that is, Quanzhou Port.

This port is not only the economic center of Fujian Province, but also used to be the world's 'sex' trading town! In the Song and Yuan dynasties, Quanzhou's overseas trade was prosperous, and the cargo throughput was unparalleled in the world, and it was known as the world's first port. However, after the sea ban, it gradually weakened, normal foreign trade could not be carried out, and the economic vitality gradually shifted to the more remote Yuegang, but the trade of Yuegang was 'smuggling' after all, and the scale could not be compared with the legal trade in Quanzhou's heyday.

The East 'Gate' Qingxing Chongchong brought a fleet of two three-masted galleons and five two-masted galleons, and 300 close guards wanted to return home. The East Gate had already bought off the officers and troops of Pinghaiwei and Yongningwei, so the fleet of the East Gate Qing actually drove into Quanzhou Bay with a swagger. He was greeted by Dong 'Men' Qing and his maternal brother Dong 'Men' Kang. I haven't seen him for three years, and Dong'men' Kang, who was still a teenager, has seen a lot of calm. Dongmen' Qing was the closest to him among the brothers, and the joy in his heart was indescribable to see him, and he said to Li Rongjiu and others on the boat with a smile on his face: "If someone else comes to welcome me, I will only have nine points of joy when I go home this time, and when I see Ah Kang, this joy will be twelve points!" ”

When the east 'gate' came, Xie Susu also avoided the suspicion of inside and outside, but it was not the case with the east 'gate' Kang, as soon as he got on the ship, the owner 'gate' Qing pulled him into the cabin to see his sister-in-law, and said to Xie Susu: "You don't need to see Akang outside." After the uncle and sister-in-law saw the ceremony, Xie Susu looked at the East 'Gate' Kang, and said in her heart: "It looks like Qinglang, but it looks older than Qinglang." ”

After meeting Xie Susu, Dongmenqing pulled him to see Dai Tianchou again. Dai Tianchou is alone in a cabin, the whole voyage does not go out of the cabin 'door' half a step, he is also a simple person in Shuangyu, whether it is Qing Huaxiang's dignitaries such as Yang Zhi is loyal to the resignation, or the East 'Gate' Qing's relatives such as the East 'Gate' Du Lin Wenzhen, it is easy to see him, the East 'Gate' Qing is to be introduced, and generally asked Dai Tianchou first, but this time he directly brought the East 'Gate' Kang to knock on the 'door', while saying to him: "Brother, I met a Zhuge Liang-like fairy figure at sea, you must meet it." ”

Dai Tianchou was not prepared, opened the 'door' and saw the east 'gate' Kang, couldn't help but be stunned, the east 'door' Kang saw Dai Tianchou, he was also stunned, Dai Tianchou frowned, and asked the east 'gate' Qing: "Qingguan, you are ......

Dongmen' Qing smiled: "This is my younger brother Akang, I often mention it to my husband!" As he spoke, he affectionately pulled the east 'door' and entered the 'door'.

Dai Tianchou looked at the East 'Gate' Qing, and then at the East 'Gate' Kang, and then smiled: "I see." "The East 'Gate' Kang is also safe.

The East 'Gate' Qing let the East 'Gate' Kang be like himself, and saluted Dai Tian, and was about to speak, when Chen Ajin, who was in charge of the ship's navigation, walked in and said, "Chief Ship Master, aren't we going to the Thornton Harbor?" "East Gate" Qingqi said: "Come in, why don't you enter?" Chen Ajin said: "But the pilot said that he would stop at Shihu Village and not enter Thornton Port." ”

Dongmen' Kang said: "It was ordered by my father." He said that Quanzhou is, after all, a key prefecture in the southeast, which is different from a remote place like Yuegang. Brother, your ship ......"

Dong 'Gate' Qing corrected: "What my ship! It's our East Gate's ship! ”

"Yes." Dongmen' Kang rarely disobeyed Dongmen's opinions on Dongmen's Qing, so he changed his words and said: "The quality of our ship is complicated, and if we go in like this, it will cause a commotion, and it will not be good for those scholars who do not like us to see." ”

The east 'gate' Qingda was displeased, saying: "What kind of quality is complicated, what is causing trouble? I think your joints aren't ready! ”

Dong'men Kang said: "Xu Dong and Wang Zhi's big ships never enter the port of Thornton. ”

The east 'gate' Qingshu said: "Am I Xu Longtou?" Am I Wang Wufeng? They are out-of-towners! I am Quanzhou East 'Gate' Qing! Quanzhou's own children are back, what is there to worry about! ”

That being said, since the East Gate family has arranged for his fleet to go to Shihu, if he is desperate and forcibly breaks into the port of Thornton, he is afraid that it will really lead to *** 'chaos', and the East 'Gate' Qing is not clear about what kind of person the Quanzhou prefect and Jinjiang County Commander are this time, in case these two guys have not yet completed the East 'Gate' family, or they happen to be high-ranking and upright, and they actually regard the fleet of the East 'Gate' Qing as an invasion of foreign widows, it will be difficult to clean up. Therefore, although the East Gate celebration was unhappy, he still asked Chen Ajin to go to Shihu according to the words of the pilot.

The topography of Quanzhou Bay four or five hundred years ago is quite different from today, if Quanzhou Bay at that time is regarded as a tiger's mouth, the two small peninsulas in the north and south stretching out to seal Quanzhou Bay are like two fangs, and Shihu Village is on this tusk in the south, which is actually the 'gate' household that controls the bay and the sharp blade of the port. Now that the fleet has entered the bay, it is only necessary to make a U-turn and turn a corner.

This Shihu village is the hometown of the Dongmen clan, the land is barren, the residents are unable to support themselves in farming, and most of them supplement their families with fishing. After the East 'Gate' tyrant gained power in Quanzhou that year, he listened to Li Yanzhi's persuasion and occupied a *** place to build an ancestral house in the seaside circle, because he occupied a non-'hairy' land, so it did not cause many disputes. This piece of ancestral house of the East 'Gate' family is built looking at the bay, directly leading to the harbor, and at this time, there are more facilities for stopping ships, which can be used as a wharf.

At that time, although there were dozens of houses in the East Gate's family here, most of them were rough and rammed stone houses and earthen houses, but they had been renovated at this time, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange, and said with a smile: "Didn't the old man raise a few small houses, and the family couldn't live in them, so he was placed here?" ”

"Brother, you're really good at laughing." Dongmen' Kang said: "Our family has had a lot of worse times in the past two years. Dad didn't have the heart anymore, and he didn't add another aunt in three years. ”

East Gate' Qing pointed to the ancestral house and said: "The situation is not good, and there is still money to 'spend' here?" ”

Dongmen' Kang said: "This is for your brother." No matter how poor our family is, we can't save this money. I personally supervised the renovation work, brother, do you see if it is agreeable......" He was originally pointing to the house to speak, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him was a little wrong, and when he looked at the east 'gate', he saw his face angry, as if he was going to eat people, and he stopped talking before he finished speaking.

Dongmenqing held back for a long time before he exhaled a breath from the sky, but he was not relaxing, but emitting a more somber anger: "Okay, good! It turns out that the old man didn't plan to let me go back to Quanzhou City at all! What are you afraid of causing a hustle, it turns out that it is not that the joints of the prefect and the county have not been opened, but that the old man has not passed the level! With that, he walked to the boat.

In the past three years, he has been drifting on the sea, and in the first few months he still had a grudge against the East Gate, but then he suffered hardships, so he was homesick day and night. This time, he married the daughter of the world's famous 'door', carrying a ship full of rare treasures, and returned to Quanzhou in such a beautiful way, which is the clothes he has been dreaming of returning to his hometown for three years! Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the 'door' of the house, I was coldly blocked out by the east 'gate'! How do you keep him from getting angry?

Dongmen' Kang shouted: "Brother! "Hold him down. But he was shaken free by the East Gate' Qingyi, and said: "Akang, this is my business with the old man, don't worry about it!" I'm going to sail into the harbor of Thornton!" If the prefect and the county dare to stop me, I will lead people into the city! The old man wouldn't let me in the 'door', and I kicked him down! Enter the 'door' by yourself! In the future, the head of the family of the East 'Gate' family is not the East 'Gate' tyrant, and the East 'Gate' is celebrated! He jumped on the boat and said to Chen Ajin, who was arranging for the sailors to anchor: "Don't go ashore!" Walk! I'll lead the way! "He grew up in Quanzhou and knew the twists and turns of the waterways in the bay.

Dongmen' Kang jumped up in three steps and followed in two, and said to the sailors: "*** you! No need to stop! The sailors looked at each other, but they did not listen to him. East Gate Kang approached East Gate Qing again, and whispered: "Brother, it doesn't matter how you make trouble yourself, but now with your sister-in-law, it's a big fuss, and you can make a fuss about the events of the year, so that your sister-in-law can hear it, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Xie Susu was tidying up things in the cabin at this time, and when she heard the noise, she asked Mo'er to come out to inquire, the reason for the falling out between the East 'Gate' Ba and the East 'Gate' Qing was not too embarrassed to mention in front of the newlywed wife, so when the East 'Gate' Qing saw Mo'er, his anger was restrained by two points, and he didn't shout anymore, but said: "That incident is that I am sorry for him, and when I return home, he wants me to make amends!" I'm his son after all! But now that I'm newly married, he won't even let me in the 'door' of the house, I can't swallow this breath! ”

Dongmen' Kang said: "Brother, don't think like that. This is our ancestral home, and my father was born here, so when you come here, you will be considered home. You did bring more people, and they couldn't be settled when they all went into the city. It's better to settle here first, and then take your sister-in-law into the city when you settle down. I personally arranged the house here, if you are not satisfied with the redecoration, it is okay to build a few more high-rise buildings, and it is not that there is no money. The city of Quanzhou is so crowded, and the scenery is far worse than here. There's nothing wrong with staying here. ”

Dongmen' Qing just sneered when he heard it! If he can build a few high-rise buildings, why not start in Hirado? Why not start in Penghu? The reason why we attach importance to Quanzhou is not because of that breath!

Dai Tianchou came over and asked what was going on, and the East Gate Qing said coldly: "The old man won't let me enter the city, let me settle here!" ”

Dai Tianchou sighed and said, "That's 'very' good." Pointing to the ancestral house, he said: "The scenery of this place is very good, and there is Shenzhen and Hong Kong, from the perspective of the Quanzhou government, you will probably think that this place is remote and not worth a beating, but from the perspective of the sea situation, this place is really important." Overseas ships entering the bay and ships entering the bay can be seen here. A castle should have been built here, but unfortunately the imperial court was decaying and the coastal defense was slack, which turned this place into an ownerless tidal flat. ”

"This is not an ownerless tidal flat, this place belongs to our East Gate, and the fishermen and villagers in the vicinity know it." ”

Dai Tianchou smiled: "Really? If this is the ancestral business of the East Gate family, then what you are doing here will be justified. Wonderful, wonderful! In my opinion, Qingguan, you might as well build a manor villa here. In the manor, a number of city towers can be built according to the topography, and then a wharf can be set up as a port. Here is backed by Quanwan, the ocean is connected, Penghu can come from morning to night, and can also set sail directly to Luzon and Japan, without passing through Yuegang and Shuangyu. Wonderful, wonderful! ”

East 'Gate' Qingben was very angry, East 'Gate' Kang's words just made him barely suppress his anger, but Dai Tianchou's words made him think of Lu Haice, and when he threw those narrow thoughts of competing with his father to Java, he climbed the tower and observed the terrain by the railing, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was really wonderful, looking back at the East 'Gate' Kang smiled: "Our ancestors have great vision, and they have settled in such a piece of feng shui treasure!" ”

Dongmen' Kang glanced at Dai Tianchou and said, "Then brother, are you willing to stay?" ”

The east 'gate' Qing said, "Stop!" Now that I'm not powerful enough, the old man won't let me enter the city! But I'm not uncommon now! In two years, I'm going to let him enter Shihu City and beg me to recognize him!" ”

At this time, Xie Susu had already walked over and asked what was wrong, and Dongmenqing smiled: "It's nothing, Ah Kang and I remembered some of the past." He pointed to the house and said, "Su Su, come and see, that is the ancestral house of our East Gate family." Our ancestral hall is also here! I want to build a big estate here with land and sea, where horses can run and moor boats, do you think it's okay? ”