Chen Duzhu was originally not qualified to participate in a family meeting at this level, because he was a distant branch of the side clan, and Chen Dujing and others had already come out of the five suits, strictly speaking, they were not relatives.

But Chen Duzhu is the contact person of the gentry class outside the Chen family, and he is very friendly with the gentry of Jinghu, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou, and he is also cooking the sea salt business with the Zhongshan Palace.

In the past few months, Chen Duzhu and Xu Yanda, Wei Jiuzhen and others have spared no effort to promote Nan'an Hou, and it is also in these places that Xu Zixian successfully made a name for himself, punished Yan Qi, and beheaded more than 20,000 people to build a Jingguan, and the gentry everywhere combined their previous impressions to have an excellent impression of Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian, and thought that this was the best representative of the clan guarding the southeast.

During this period of time, the two governments received a lot of similar feedback, the gentry represent the official gentry class, the officials and the gentry are actually one, the incumbent is called the official, and the non-incumbent is the gentry. Many officials have already suggested that the two governments appoint Xu Zixian, the king of Zhongshan, as the envoy of the four roads of Jinghu and Fujian and Zhejiang, or to appease the envoys, so that the Nan'an army can enter the mountainous areas of Jinghu and western Zhejiang to suppress bandits.

Many of the gentry of Jingnan went to Tanzhou, and the rest hid in the cities of Quanzhou, Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Hengzhou, and Shaozhou.

The small and medium-sized gentry either hid in the county seat, or formed a village in the mountains to recruit troops to protect themselves.

In fact, the situation in Jingnan is not far from collapse, and the officials and gentry are not all stupid, and some people have long asserted that Jingnan is like a big haystack soaked in tung oil, as long as someone takes a torch, the entire seven states of Jingnan, one army, one prison, and thirty-seven counties will all be on fire, and once the fire is lit, it will not be extinguished, and it will burn itself and everything else, and the destruction will be completed, and the thousands of miles will be barren, and the bones will be covered in the wilderness, so that it will end.

Xu Zixian has already entered the eyes of officials and gentry from all walks of life, and in the eyes of many people, he is not only the first person to protect Fujian, but also the best candidate to quell the bandit turmoil in Jingnan and Jingbei and western Zhejiang.

Li Mingyu saw that Chen Dujing and the others did not speak again, so he said boldly: "In my opinion, Mingda gives his uncles such a feeling, it should be that he is building a family from scratch, and his officials are subordinate, the generals lead the army, and the financial income is all the income from his own business. Although the king of Qi is virtuous, his subordinates, military salaries, and officials are all subordinate to the imperial court. Without the support of the imperial court, His Royal Highness the King of Qi would not be able to spread it, and he would not be able to do anything happy. And if Mingda is willing, he will take his subordinates to Beijing by boat tomorrow to meet the Son of Heaven, and his subordinates will definitely follow, which is the biggest difference and difference. ”

When Chen Dujing heard the end, he shouted with a straight face: "What nonsense, you also learned badly from the boss's bastard thing." ”

Li Mingyu is a delicate son-in-law, Chen Dujing generally treats each other with courtesy, and today's reprimand is of course because of Li Mingyu's last two sentences, which really lack respect for the Great Wei court and the Son of Heaven.

It's just that although he was scolding, Chen Dujing had a smile on his face, it was really because Li Mingyu's words were not wrong, and it made a lot of sense, and even the confusion in Chen Dujing's heart was solved.

Chen Zhengzhizheng and Chen Wenjun entered the door, heard their father's words, turned their heads and squeezed their eyes, and whispered to Chen Wenjun: "Look, this is the father-in-law who loves his son-in-law, scolds his son-in-law and makes his son a target." ”

Chen Wenjun almost couldn't help laughing, at this time, Chen Duguang stroked the messy beard on his chin, and there was a smile in his eyes that couldn't be hidden, and he said loudly: "It's very clear that Mingda has its own people, and if he gets a name, it's easier to govern the place well." If the two governments really handed over the two roads of Zhejiang, Guangzhou, Jinghu and Jinghu to Mingda for pacification, the entire south could be pacified, which would be a good thing for the Great Wei and the imperial court. Our Changwen Marquis Mansion, this time it is really a good family business. ”

Chen Duzhong was also very excited, and said: "Mingda and our Wen Jun got married and gave birth to a son, with his morality, talent, and status, why can't his son be selected to be educated in the palace?" If ten years later, Wen Jun's son gave Jing Zhaoyin in the palace, and our Chen family will also have half a son. ”

This can be regarded as saying the highest excitement of everyone, to put it bluntly, the clan is now talentless, or in other words, all the brilliance of the clan is on Xu Zixian alone.

At the age of his early twenties, he has already done such a big business, and his wife Chen Wenjun is also a well-known civil official and marquis family on Fujian Road, and even in the whole territory of the Great Wei Dynasty, such a marriage must make everyone unable to find fault, and the son born to Xu Zixian and Chen Wenjun must be the most powerful candidate for the East Palace in the future.

The Son of Heaven and King Zhao always wanted to use Xu Ziwei's son as an alternative, and the Son of Heaven wanted to use the Northern Expedition to increase his prestige and prestige, and then deal with some disobedient officials, including Zuo Prime Minister Han Zhong.

And King Zhao has been running Fujian, consolidating the rear, accumulating manpower, material and financial resources, and the most important thing is that the father and son are virtuous and create the prestige of the first clan.

All this, except for the unclear outcome of the Northern Expedition, the rest of the business has been smashed by Xu Zixian.

What virtuous king? The pirates are coming, and the virtuous king who hides in Fuzhou and doesn't dare to come out?

Nan'an Hou is just a corner of the place, thousands of government troops, dare to face the battle head-on, behead the thief Yan Qi, behead more than 20,000 levels, plus the previous Zhu Chen Yutai, exterminate the Qishan thieves and other achievements, said that it is the first martial arts of the clan, no one dares to doubt this.

Courage, courage, and the way of managing the Eastern Domain, Xu Zixian handed over the answer sheet that made everyone speechless.

Coupled with the marriage with the Marquis of Changwen, once a son is born, of course, he is the best candidate to be adopted into the East Palace!

This is what Chen Du said, the Chen family was originally just a marriage with a powerful prince, but he didn't think that Chen Dujing's grandson was likely to be the next son of Great Wei!

Of course, this is only the most ideal situation, Chen Wenjun married in the past, whether he could get pregnant in a short period of time, whether he gave birth to a son or a daughter, or the Son of Heaven resisted public opinion and cheekily took King Zhao's two grandsons to Beijing, which is an unpredictable thing.

Chen Dujing waved his hand and said with a smile: "These words are too early, let's just be happy for Mingda......"

At this time, everyone saw Chen Wenjun follow Chen Zhengzhi into the flower hall, and everyone showed a smile on their faces, even Chen Duli, who had the highest official position and had always been the most reserved, nodded to Chen Wenjun...... Chen Duguang said even louder: "According to the system, the princess is equivalent to a product, and we should have greeted the princess according to the official system, but we have not yet greeted it in person, so we can only lack this gift first, and when the princess returns to the door in the future, we will officially visit the shrine." ”

Everyone agreed, replied yes in a hurry, and bowed their hands to Chen Wenjun.

The people here, except for Chen Dujing, who is a second-rank prince, the rest of the people are only fourth- or fifth-rank officials, most of them are seventh-rank and eighth-ranked, and some are only honorable and have no real position, in fact, they are just ordinary gentry.

According to the Great Wei system, lower-level officials need to pay homage to their bosses above the third order, and there is no big worship story in this dynasty, according to the rules of the previous dynasty, it is the people present, except for Chen Dujing, the rest should kneel.

Chen Wenjun's face was red, and he was ashamed, but he could only bow back and return the salute to these elders.

"I called you here to meet your elders." Chen Dujing looked at his little daughter with loving eyes and said, "You are favored by your father at home, and you can ignore world affairs." When you arrive at the Zhongshan Palace, you are the princess, not only Mingda's wife, but also his virtuous helper. Treat people and things, be generous and decent, give words and speak, and take the overall situation into account. In this way, you can be a good princess, do you remember, child? ”

Chen Dujing said again: "You have to keep in mind and don't take it lightly. The wife is not virtuous, so that the record of bad things in the middle of the hero's entrepreneurship, I don't know how many in the history books. ”

Chen Wenjun half-squatted down and bowed, and said, "Please rest assured, father, my daughter will definitely assist King Zhongshan to be a virtuous king." ”

"Okay, very." Chen Dujing said with a smile: "There is a letter from Mingda, and the harvest of the Eastern Domain is almost over, and in a few days, he will come to Fuzhou to welcome you to the Eastern Domain." ”

At this time, Chen Wenjun couldn't say anything anyway, she could only bow her head, people saw her white face and neck with a ruddy color, at this time, immersed in excitement, as well as people in the fantasy of future fame and fortune, only to realize what a beautiful girl in front of her, Chen Wenjun's beauty is not bright and beautiful, but beautiful and dignified, with good facial features, at first glance I only feel beautiful, and when I look carefully, I feel flawless, with impeccable inner beauty.

"Mingda is really a blessing," Chen Duguang said with a smile: "Worship the king, it is much more beautiful than the title of the gold list." Marrying a beautiful lady like Wen Jun again, there are no regrets in life! ”

……

"The edict has arrived."

"See the tip of the ship."

"Haha, it's coming, I'm really waiting to die in a hurry."

It was Li Yi, Kong He, Fu Qian and others who spoke, they were all wearing formal Great Wei official robes, or five grades, or six grades, seven grades, everyone had a heartfelt smile on their faces, Li Yi was even more tears in his eyes, he originally wanted to hide it, but then he wiped his tears repeatedly, and he couldn't hide it at all, so he simply had to go.

Of course, Kong He, Fu Qian, Fang Shaoqun, Chen Zuocai and others are also extremely happy, not only for Xu Zixian, but also for the Eastern Domain to achieve faster development and a larger pattern, and for themselves, it also means a higher official position and more ability to glorify their ancestors.

This is human nature, and it is also something that Xu Zixian often emphasized.

More than 10,000 people gathered on the shore, a large number of officials, officials and civilians, salt works clerks and workers, dock workers and fishermen, and sailors moored in the harbor.

Everyone waited eagerly, and everyone had a smile on their faces that could not be concealed.

People were talking, laughing, and the weather was very hot, so Li Yi ordered some officials to take them to the nearby stream to fetch water, and carry buckets to the crowd to replenish the water for the old people and children.

The one who came to deliver the edict was Li Han, a scholar of the Guanwen Temple University and a bachelor of Hanlin.

At sea, the sailboat was not slow after eating the wind, and Li Han could see the water at the tip of the ship quickly parting, and the waves crashing against the wooden hull.

Some seagulls followed the boat, flying around on the top of the mast, and sometimes the sailors would throw some small fish or dry food for the seagulls to eat, and the birds would never leave.

The big fish on both sides of the boat were always following, and when they reached the offshore area, the big fish jumped a few times on the surface of the water, then dived below the surface and quickly disappeared without a trace.

Li Han was born from a serious northern scholar clan, and he had never seen the sea since he was a child. If it weren't for the edict sent by the envoy this time, I am afraid that I would not have had this opportunity to appreciate and appreciate the miracle created by the joint efforts of heaven and earth.

Along the way, Li Han felt a lot. A serious northern scholar and doctor, depending on his military merits, must kill Donghu as the first, followed by the northern captives, Xiqiang, then the northern rogues, and then the pirates.

But after boarding the ship from Jinhai, Li Han sailed on the vast sea, from the northern sea to the southern sea, the closer to the south, the more prosperous the trade on the seaside, he saw countless ports, merchant ships, countless sailors with goods driving sailing ships to the vast sea.

Several times, Li Han's ship mistakenly thought that it had encountered pirates, and the sailors were panicked and didn't know what to do.

Later, some merchant ships came over, and the merchants greeted the envoy and mentioned the events along the way, and everyone felt deeply.

Before Wang Zhi attached to the rise of the Nan'an Naval Division, even in the coastal waters of the Great Wei, pirates were repeatedly banned, once encountered, they would be bankrupt at least or broken at worst, and there was no way to escape from the vast sea.

At this time, Li Han knew that he was trapped in the experience of the north, and he took things in the south and the sea too seriously and despised them, this kind of sentiment was shared by scholars and doctors in the north, not only limited to him as a bachelor of Hanlin, including the Son of Heaven, in fact, he didn't care too much about the affairs of the south, even if it was Han Zhong, the left minister, the most worried was that Fuzhou was broken and the clan was killed, so that the Great Wei had no face, and many merchant ships and trades in the south, so many people who begged for a living at sea were often ignored.

Li Han was deeply worried, he was a gentleman, a gentry from a farming family, and his family had always been known for its loyalty. When the Son of Heaven was frustrated and many officials and gentry refused to serve as Hanlin scholars, Li Han was resolutely summoned to the court, and his character endowment can be seen from this incident.

At this moment, Li Hanming knew that it was too late for the imperial court to pass through the sea, but he still couldn't help but feel worried.

The sea needs a strong sailor, and it is a division controlled by the imperial court, not a private army of the Hou Mansion like it is now.

When the Fu ship arrived near the port, the Hanlin scholar who came out of Beijing was even more shocked.

The huge masonry port, which was built on a large scale and covered an extremely large area, could be seen everywhere along the shore with brick and stone houses, some of which were several stories high, which was a wonder that Li Han had never seen before.

The rumored desert island where development has failed, it seems that someone here turns a stone into gold, and with a finger, everything is turned upside down.

Li Han set out from Jinhai, passing through Dengzhou, Jiangling, and Mingzhou, and saw a lot along the way, but Jinhai was already ruined and not large-scale at all, if it wasn't for Wang Zhi's fleet to support it, there would be no decent fleet in the north at all. Even if the merchant ships traded at sea were mostly from Wang Zhiyang's fleet, the industrial and commercial and foreign trade in the north had been sluggish for a long time.

Jiangling, Mingzhou, and Quanzhou are unusually developed, and the contrast between north and south has a particularly strong impact on people.

The northern ports are dilapidated and unpopular, the color is gray, and the sea seems to be gray and black.

When I arrived in Gangneung, the tone changed significantly, the whole market was huge, full of ships and crowded crowds, people had happy smiles on their faces, laborers and sailors only cared about earning their share, there were some worried looks on the faces of merchants, but it was not too obvious, only the captain and other responsible personnel, there would always be some worries when driving the ship to the sea adventure, fortunately, from Gangneung to Mingzhou and Quanzhou, although people were worried about pirates along the way, they obviously felt that Nan'an Houfu defeated the two Luzon thieves, which brought a greater impact to people, It has made many people bolder a lot.

The prosperity of Jiangling and Mingzhou had already opened Li Han's eyes, and when he arrived in Quanzhou, he was speechless when he saw the situation.

The prosperity of Quanzhou was completely subversive for people like Li Han in the north, and the fleet, where there was no edge at a glance, countless workers were carrying goods, and there were all kinds of goods that could be thought of or unexpected, which was completely beyond Li Han's imagination.

So many people, so many ships, everywhere, the port of Quanzhou stretches for more than 100 miles, the most ships, the most dense flow of people also have three main ports, there are more than a dozen lighthouses on the periphery, passing through from overseas, you can see the light of the lighthouse from afar, sail closer, the whole port area is still brightly lit even in the middle of the night, because there are a large number of ship owners waiting to load the ship out of the port, making money can not be delayed, the officials and people of Quanzhou have long been accustomed to such a rhythm of life.

In the port, Li Han also saw the largest number of foreigners in his life.

The white-robed Tianfang people, the black-skinned and white-robed Mughals, as well as the black, thin and short Cham people, Zhenla people, and Annamite people, the people in these places are not very easy to distinguish.

The other Sriwijaya people, full of thorns and people, are almost the same black and thin short.

The white-skinned and short people are the Bohai people or the Wa people, and the difference between them is that many of the Wa people have a lot of hair, while the Bohai people have much less hair.

Of course, the easiest thing to distinguish is the hairstyle, and the unique hairstyle of the Japanese people is the best to distinguish.

Tall, fair-skinned, unusually dressed in short robes, with natural yellow hair in the area are the Tessians, or Europas, who have only appeared in recent decades, and they are at war with the Celestials, who have been fighting for centuries, and in recent decades, the Europa have gradually gained the upper hand, causing the Celestials to retreat.

When the local officials in Quanzhou introduced him, Li Han was almost dumbfounded. He was familiar with the history of the scriptures and the history of the previous dynasties, including the notes and biographies of the literati of the previous dynasties, and almost did not read any books, but at this moment, he knew what it was to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles.

The wind and waves on the sea, the ports along the way, the black and oppressive merchant ships, and the strange people from countless countries, how can these scenes be described in books as brilliant as one-ten-thousandth?

And when Li Han looked at the merchants on the dock, communicating with those foreign merchants with generals, and even without words, he could make a deal with his hands, he felt that a window was pushed open in front of him, and an unprecedented feeling came to his heart.

It was as if the whole empire had been split in half with a knife, half conservative, closed, hurt and bullied, and despite being supplied with the power of the whole country, it was still in tatters and had to settle the trouble with a military adventure.

The other half is enterprising, prosperous, and the whole society is open and dynamic. If it were not for the heavy taxation, the influence of pirates and bandits from the interior, and the exploitation of corrupt officials, which invisibly hurt the vitality of commerce, the whole South would have been more developed and prosperous.