Chapter 109: Jurchen Raiders

"It is said that this Jiangnan is good, and it is ...... I see, in addition to being hotter here, it is much worse than the capital," said Zhu Yijun.

"Temple...... What Jun'er said was, "Zhang Fan almost missed his mouth, but this "Jun'er" is still Zhu Yijun using his identity as the prince and oppressing Zhang Fan to say this, "Jun'er looks at nothing good here, it's better to go back to the capital quickly, your parents must be very worried about you,"

"Needless to say, teacher, I got my father's consent when I came out this time, and there is absolutely no reason to go back immediately," Zhu Yijun was young, but he understood what Zhang Fan meant, and categorically refused, "Besides, I always have to maintain my identity at home on weekdays, although I should have been like this, my father and mother were happy to see it, but I was always tired, and I must have a good time when I came out this time,"

Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Zhang Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In the past few days, Zhu Yijun has not arrived, Zhang Fan has always had a burden in his heart, naturally it is about Zhu Yijun, in recent days, he has always been restless, always eyelids, always worried that something will happen, never superstitious, he even found the most famous fortune teller in Yangzhou City, but the problem was not solved, but the fortune teller old man was scared half to death, and finally, Zhang Fan, who really couldn't calm down, still ran to Daming Temple, and found the abbot Xiangci to have a cup of tea and talk, which solved the knot in his heart, After all, now that things are like this, there is no way for Zhang Fan to worry so blindly.

But fortunately, Zhu Yijun finally arrived safely, he didn't travel along the way, but was in a hurry to find Zhang Fan, so the road was also very fast, but he also brought a person, a person Zhang Fan didn't expect to come.

Because Longqing was not worried about Zhu Yijun going south alone, but he was afraid that there would be more guards and attract the attention of others, so Longqing deliberately selected more than ten good hands loyal to him to accompany Zhu Yijun on the road, but Zhu Yijun is also a stubborn person, he deliberately brought his newly made friend of the same age Nurhachi this time, when Zhang Fan saw that this Jurchen boy who was very old at the beginning now wanted to be a personal guard around Zhu Yijun, Zhang Fan's brain was indeed a little unable to turn.

When Zhang Fan asked the whole story, he couldn't help but sigh that providence made people, but now as long as he thought of this in his world, the famous Qing Taizu Nurhachi and the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty have become childhood friends, Zhang Fan really wanted to laugh, and now he saw Zhu Yijun and Nurhachi together, Zhang Fan smiled, making everyone think that Zhang Fan knew that the two boys in front of him had a habit of dragon yang, and the two children who were the parties were inexplicable.

"I said, too...... Jun'er," Zhang Fan was still a little unaccustomed to this title, "Why do you admire this Jurchen Nurhachi so much," Zhang Fan wanted to find out what Zhu Yijun was thinking.

"This ......" Zhu Yijun listened to Zhang Fan's question, put his right hand against his chin and pondered for a while, and said, "He is very good,"

"But there are many people around Jun'er who are more skilled than her," Zhang Fan said.

"That's different, those people are different from Nurhachi," Zhu Yijun said, "They are either from generation to generation, or to fight for fame, although I say this disrespectful to the ancestors, but I still have to say 'learn to become a martial artist, goods in the emperor's family', they are all with a purpose, and Nurhachi is different, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, not for fame and fortune, but an instinct, they have practiced a skill for their own survival, this is what I appreciate the most,"

Zhang Fan originally just wanted to ask Zhu Yijun for a reason, but he didn't expect Zhu Yijun to say such a thing, but he thought about it carefully, but it was not unreasonable, the environment in which the Jurchen people live determines their way of life, just like other foreign races, although in the minds of the Han people, these people are always called uneducated "barbarians", but Zhang Fan also has to admit that in this era when cold weapons dominate the battlefield, Their rape physique and skillful bow and horse skills that they have cultivated since childhood are the best tools to survive in this era.

It's just that Zhang Fan didn't expect that Zhu Yijun understood this truth at a young age, so it became clear that Zhang Fan appreciated Nurhachi so much for Zhu Yijun, but Zhang Fan thought about it left and right, and felt that there was nothing wrong with this, he even guessed a little ahead, thinking that maybe in the future, Nurhachi would become a capable general of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Fan had some plans.

"Jun'er, since you admire him so much, I have some plans," Zhang Fan said to Zhu Yijun.

"Teacher, please speak," Zhu Yijun said.

"Now Nurhachi is just like Jun'er, but he is only ten years old," Zhang Fan said, "I want him to be able to leave His Highness's side and go to study after following His Highness for two years,"

"This ......" Zhu Yijun listened to Zhang Fan's words and was a little hesitant.

"Jun'er, I know that you have finally found a friend who can be regarded as a confidant, and I can talk to you without caring about your identity," Zhang Fan thought that Zhu Yijun disagreed, and said to him, "It's just that since Jun'er is a friend and a person who can make friends, then naturally he has to think about him. But Jun'er doesn't feel a little thin of him, I want him to learn, and when I first met Nurhachi, I found that this son was very calm at a young age, if he was well educated, the art of war, he would definitely become a member of my Ming Dynasty in the future, and the book of sages should not be read, Jun'er, no matter how you appreciate him, he is always a foreigner, and his father and grandfather were all killed by my Ming soldiers, if he really has no hatred, I don't believe it, The book of sages may seem a little boring and tight to Jun'er, but for him, it is undoubtedly the best way to make him forget hatred, "Zhang Fan, as a person from a champion background, his understanding of books is no longer an obsession, but an attitude of spectators, and he naturally knows that Chinese etiquette and sages are the best tools for assimilation.

"I understand what the teacher meant," Zhu Yijun said after listening to Zhang Fan's words, "I promised the teacher,"

"That's great," Zhang Fan was also very happy when he saw him agree, "Don't talk about this, since Jun'er is here, if you don't want to return to the capital, I don't know what to do,"

As soon as he heard Zhang Fan talk about this, Zhu Yijun immediately rose up: "Well, I got my father's consent this time, so naturally I want to take a good look here, and I can also take a look at the various states of all beings,"

Zhang Fan listened to his words, and despised Zhu Yijun a little in his heart, saying that he was looking at the various states of all beings, which meant that as a prince, he wanted to understand the people's feelings, but Zhang Fan didn't know his thoughts, he just wanted to have a good time, Zhang Fan looked at Zhu Yijun's excited figure, and couldn't help but think of his cautious prince majesty in the palace, and felt that this was probably Zhu Yijun's truest appearance.

"It's just that Jun'er didn't come at the right time, the summer in Jiangnan is hot, and it's the hottest time," Zhang Fan said.

"What the teacher said is," Zhu Yijun took a sip of the iced sour plum soup in front of him, and felt very comfortable that it instantly made him feel a little comfortable, "It's really different here from the capital, and it's too hot," Zhu Yijun, who has lived in the north since he was a child, is naturally not used to the summer weather in the south of the Yangtze River.

"If Jun'er really feels hot, there is a Daming Temple outside Yangzhou City, which is a good place to escape the heat," Zhang Fan said, and his underlying meaning was to ask Zhu Yijun not to disturb him.

"If you don't go, what is there to go to the monk's temple," Zhu Yijun didn't hear what Zhang Fan meant, but he didn't like the temple even more.

"What can I do about this," Zhang Fan was very difficult to do, "This kid is here, it must not be a bad thing,"

For a long time, Zhang Fan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, he took out a brocade bag he was carrying, and under Zhu Yijun's curious gaze, he took out the jade seal of the quasi-heirloom country and put it on the table in front of Zhu Yijun.

"Teacher, what is this," Zhu Yijun asked, looking at the thing in front of him.

Zhang Fan then told him the legend of the origin of this jade seal very diligently, Zhu Yijun was shocked after hearing it, he was in the royal family, it was not that he had not heard of the rumors of the jade seal, he also knew that his ancestor, the legendary Hongwu Emperor regretted that there was a jade seal of the country, if it was......

"Teacher, you ...... Can you be sure," Zhu Yijun became excited as he spoke, "This is really the ...... But why didn't the teacher repay the father?"

"Alas, since the disappearance of the jade seal in the Later Tang Dynasty, there have been many jade seals in all dynasties and generations, just my Ming Dynasty has been open for more than a hundred years, and on average, there will be a jade seal in the next ten years, but in the end they are all identified as fakes," Zhang Fan said helplessly, "Although all the characteristics of the party I met are equivalent to the appearance of the jade seal recorded in the history of the country, whether it is official or wild, but I still don't dare to report it like this, after all, those people under your father are also afraid of their predecessors,"

"That's right," Zhu Yijun said, he had also heard a lot of rumors about counterfeit jade seals, and now when he heard Zhang Fan say this, the eagerness in his eyes faded.

"But Jun'er doesn't have to worry," Zhang Fan said, "The master in my family said that the carving of this thing is at least a thousand years old, and the text on it is obviously engraved by imitating the jade seal of the country, which can be seen that it must be something used by the emperor's family, and the authenticity of this jade seal is very large,"

"What the teacher said," Zhu Yijun said, "Anyway, this is also a good thing,"

"Since this thing is a matter of the emperor's family, now that Jun'er is here, this thing will be handed over to Jun'er for safekeeping," Zhang Fan said, he wanted to find something for Zhu Yijun to do, so as not to hinder his work when he was extremely bored.

"Since the teacher said so, Jun'er will take over this matter," Zhu Yijun didn't know Zhang Fan's intentions at all, and happily agreed, and then he carefully put the jade seal into the original brocade bag and put it close to his body, as if he was protecting something precious to life.

After this matter was done, Zhu Yijun said again: "What are the teacher's plans for next?"

"When I came this time, I thoroughly checked the customs and taxes, and in a few days, those merchant ships that went to sea will come back," Zhang Fan said, "and now is the time to start work."

"Although the teacher let it go," Zhu Yijun also said a little angrily, "These moths, eating the king's fortune, but not being loyal to the king, should really be punished severely,"

Zhang Fan listened to his words, and couldn't help but say in his heart: "I'm afraid you don't know that when the time comes, I will have to take the forty percent of silver, and I will have to take it if I don't take it."