Chapter 111: Jinling
Negotiations between Zheng and the Dutch began, and Zheng Zhilong also went west from Chongming.
Since people have arrived in Chongming, how can they not go to Jinling?
Zheng Zhilong is not interested in Qin Huai Bayan outside Jinling City, in fact, he has always vaguely equated Qin Huai Bayan with the Internet celebrity stars of later generations.
The difference is that the Internet celebrities of later generations mostly rely on selling their faces and meat, while the current Qin Huai Bayan relies on the style of Wenqing, is reserved, and is high.
That Liu Ru married Shui Tailiang, Chen Yuanyuan was also taken into the capital by his relative Tian Hongyu last year, Gu Hengbo married Gong Dingyu, Kou Baimen even entered the back house of the famous Baoguo Duke Zhu Guobi in Jinling City, Bian Yujing, Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun, and even Ma Xianglan, who was not in the same era as the above seven people, were also hooked with celebrities and talents, although they all caused a lot of emotional sadness, but it looks so forceful!
It's not something you can do with just a pretty face.
But what Zheng Zhilong values most is a beautiful face, a graceful posture, for poetry and songs, for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there are 10,000 non-dicks!
Therefore, when Zheng Zhilong's internal needs have been satisfied, he is not willing to provoke the famous female branch of the family, trying to cause embarrassment.
Zheng Zhilong is going to visit Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei who stayed in the southern capital. Xu Hongji, who nominally led the entire southern army.
The so-called single tree does not make a forest, Zheng Zhilong does not want to get involved in the Southern Ming Dynasty, but also wants to maintain a good influence in the Southern Ming Dynasty, so it is the right solution to find a few more allies.
At present, Xu Hongji, the grandfather of Wei who nominally led the entire southern army, is the first person to be honored in the southern country, and that is a big candidate.
Wei Guogong has always been in Jinling since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the number one tiger sitting on the ground in Jinling.
The tree has deep roots, and its influence is difficult to estimate after more than 200 years of hard work from generation to generation.
In history, Xu Hongji died at a very good time, and the front foot led the ministers to welcome the blessed king Zhu Changxun in Jiangpu, and the back foot died. Wei Guogong, who followed Zhao Zhilong and surrendered to the Tartars, was his son.
But this does not mean that Xu Hongji himself is a good bird, or that he is a capable person.
Zhu Ming's nobles have long been abolished by the old Zhu family, just like the hundreds of princes and county kings of the Zhu family, young and old.
Xu Hongji attached great importance to Zheng Zhilong's visit, before the victory of the outside world, after the victory of Dai Jiaji, less than half a year, there was a great victory in Zhang Qiuzhen, just look at Emperor Chongzhen's 'desertion' half a word of Zheng Zhilong's 'desertion' did not say much, then you should understand his weight at this time.
Xu Hongji didn't dare to take it big at all. He's a bit mediocre, but just because people can't do it doesn't mean they're stupid.
The majesty of the Wei Mansion is based on the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty is shaking, how can the Wei Mansion be compared with Zheng Zhilong, a local powerful faction who can fight and kill?
It is now the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, not a hundred years ago.
Seeing Xu Hongji come to greet him in person, Zheng Zhilong's eyes were a little happy, and the most embarrassing thing about his visit was that Xu Hongji didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Give him the stinky posture of the grandfather of that country.
In that case, Zheng Zhilong will have to choose someone else to form a gang.
"Early this morning, there were magpies chirping on the branches in the old man's courtyard, but it was Zheng Shuai who came to the door, which was really the glory of the old man." Xu Hongji laughed heartily as he spoke.
"Grandpa Guo is polite. Zheng Mou because of the changes in the South Seas, hurriedly went south, traveled to the mouth of the Yangtze River, entered Chongming to meet Mrs. Shen, and it was only a few days away from Jinling's waterway, how dare not come to visit. β
Zheng Zhilong's posture is also very gentle. This immediately made the smile on Xu Hongji's face more sincere.
After a clichΓ©, the two entered the whole, Xu Hongji was very surprised and curious about Zheng Zhilong's visit, the two families did not have any big dealings, what is Zheng Zhilong going to do?
What the dispute on Dayuan Island is, Xu Hongji doesn't know.
The strength and branches of Wei Guogong's lineage are all in the south of the Yangtze River, and he can't reach Fujian. But as long as he watched Zheng Zhilong fight Zhang Qiuzhen, without waiting for the reward from the imperial court, he galloped all the way to Denglai, and then went south by boat, then he understood that the matter of Nanyang was by no means a trivial matter.
But when it was such an urgent time, he could still come to Jinling to visit, Xu Hongji was very curious.
Zheng Zhilong's face was kind, he came to Jiangnan just to find a political/business ally/partner, and if he wanted to find such a figure in Jiangnan, the Wei Mansion was the inevitable choice.
The first is food. It was not Zheng Zhilong who sold grain to Jiangnan, but Zheng Zhilong who bought grain from Jiangnan.
Is he short of food?
There is certainly no shortage of them.
But Zheng Zhilong knows that with the great changes in the north, the price of grain will only increase and not fall.
This is not to hoard in advance to obtain higher profits, but to use the hand of 'grain' to strengthen his influence to Nanming.
The second is cotton and silk.
As with the principle of grain, the latter two are also open to harvest.
In order to better collect these substances, it is necessary for Zheng Zhilong to find a partner in Jiangnan.
Xu Hongji's eyes were shining, such a big business, it was no wonder that Zheng Zhilong wanted to come to the door in person, and it was also no wonder that the Shen family in Chongming couldn't eat it.
The Xu family saw that the white flowers and silver were pouring towards them, and their attitude towards Zheng Zhilong and his party was more enthusiastic.
At the banquet, Zheng Zhilong was fortunate to meet Bian Yujing, one of the eight Yan. People are indeed very beautiful, and there is an indescribable taste on their bodies, blowing, playing, singing, dancing, and reciting poems and communicating, he is really a talent.
In the 21st century, these up-and-coming people in the Zhangtai Chu Pavilion are all musical instrument masters + singers + dancers, and they are all masters of Chinese culture who can write, paint, and be proficient in poetry.
is much more talented and learned than those traffic stars who have also been praised in later generations.
Zheng Zhilong's heart is not rippling, it is fake, after all, the girls in front of him are covered with a layer of celebrity effect, and they naturally have a special attraction to men. Just look at the late Ming Dynasty traversal in the early days of the online text, there are many protagonists with collecting habits, and they are all emperors, but there are a bunch of famous female branches of Qin Huai in the harem, which makes people look cool and crooked, and they are full of embarrassment when they think about it.
But looking at Jiang Zhe's fascinated face, he wanted to laugh on the one hand, but also extinguished the graceful thoughts in his heart.
There's no need to hurt Jiang Zhe's heart because of a woman like this, right?
"Zheng Shuai is a hero in the world, why not hug the beauty?" Xu Hongji saw that Zheng Zhilong's gaze frequently stopped on Bian Yujing, and said with a smile.
"Hahaha, I'm not an abrupt beauty. It's my subordinate Jiang Yulong, who can be literate and martial, and is really young and talented. It has been worth losing his wife for several years, and there is no one in the room who knows the warmth and cold, which is quite unbeautiful. I want to take this woman as a gift, but I don't know where this Bian girl got rid of her nationality and redeemed herself? β
Zheng Zhilong is really inexperienced in this kind of thing. Isn't such a famous person the pillar of the company? Which mother is willing to take the baby in her hand away? And which company can make a name for itself has no backing behind it?
If you want to do this cleanly, it depends on the Xu family.
Xu Hongji didn't want to hear such words, "Zheng Shuai can not be moved by beauty, he is really a husband." β
At the same time, he took a deep look at Jiang Yulong, who was ecstasy, this young man was so valued by Zheng Zhilong, it can be seen that it is not ordinary. I only saw that he looked like he was addicted to wine and his body and mind were rippling, so he ignored this person, but underestimated the hero.
Thinking of this in his heart, he said in a different way: "Although this Bian family is a female branch of a song, she is very clear and self-conscious. There are countless people in Jinling City who covet it, and they are all regarded by her as turbidity. I love Gao Cai the most in my life, and I once fell in love with Wumei Village, but unfortunately the flowers are lovely, and the flowing water is unintentional. I don't know if this Jiang Yulong can take the heart of a beauty? β
Wu Meicun is Wu Weiye, who is known as the "Three Masters of Jiangzuo" with Qian Qianyi and Gong Dingyu, and is a famous scholar of Confucianism. Xu Hongji didn't look down on Jiang Zhe, he really hadn't heard of Jiang Zhe's name.
Zheng Zhilong immediately heard the meaning of Xu Hongji's words, and boasted to Jiang Zhe with a smile: "Wu Meicun? has a huge name, and he is useless as a scholar in the country. However, Jiang Yulong is proficient in Fang Yu, Xiaochang's military strategy, Wen Taowu's strategy is extraordinary, and he has 100,000 soldiers in his chest, and he is the first-rate person in the world. Today, the country is uneasy, and this generation is also useful. β
Blow, who wouldn't?