Chen Duguang stood with Chen Dujing in the distance, Chen Zhengzhi accompanied Xu Zixian to greet everyone one by one, Chen Duguang said to Chen Dujing: "The son-in-law recognized by the eldest brother is really a dragon and phoenix among people...... Oh, they were originally dragon seeds. ”

"There are a lot of people in the clan who are not promising." Chen Dujing was extremely satisfied, his face was full of smiles, but his mouth said: "The dragon gave birth to nine sons, the appearance is different, Mingda is not bad now, but in the end, he is still young, it depends on how he talks about it in the future." ”

Chen Duguang said: "Mingda is going to Beijing to take the job exam, I don't know if it can be as expected." ”

Chen Dujing said: "We can't do anything about this matter, my Changwen Chen family can't stretch out my hand to the Beijing Division, it's not easy to be a Beijing official." ”

Chen Duguang understood, nodded, and said no more.

It is impossible for any big family not to push their children to Beijing.

If there are children of a family who serve as high-ranking officials in Beijing, they will definitely give a great return to the local family, much greater than those who are local officials.

However, in recent years, the Chen family intends to let people out of the family in Beijing, whether it is to return to Fujian Road or other roads, but they can not stay in Beijing.

This is the grasp and control of the situation by the established family.

The Great Wei River is declining, the Beijing officials no longer have an advantage, and the risk is getting bigger and bigger, the imperial court political struggle is gradually out of control, in order to fight for power and profit, damage the country is also not hesitating, staying in Beijing, will only drag the Changwen Marquis Mansion into troubled waters.

The clan brother Chen Duming is already a Jiying Palace, and then he is a straight bachelor, but he can also be a squire of a certain department, and then he is a book, and his qualifications can also be high-ranking officials, whether he is waiting to enter the Guanwen Palace, transfer to the book, wait to enter the two mansions, or release the pacification envoy to have a chance.

However, the Chen family judged the situation and resolutely asked Chen Duming to take leave to return to Fujian, preparing to stay in Fujian for a year or two to see the style.

Although the officialdom did not advance or retreat, no one in the middle and high-level of this decisive clan objected, and Chen Duming himself gladly said that he would soon return to Fujian from Beijing.

The atmosphere of the Beijing division is getting worse and worse, the internal strife is almost white-hot, it is inevitable to become a dangerous place, and the fame and fortune of people of insight are not too heavy, of course, it is good to avoid it.

"Mingda is different from us...... Chen Dujing said: "What we are trembling about may not be difficult for him. ”

"Peace is a blessing." Chen Duguang shook his head and sighed, and said: "Eventful autumn, eventful autumn." ”

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Xu Zixian came down one by one, and everyone was an official everywhere, of course, he would inevitably invite him to come to the door in the future. Xu Zixian agreed to come down, and in front of Li Mingyu of Fujian Qingzhi County and Chen Zhengbin of Penghu Zhixian County, both of them returned the salute with a smile.

Xu Zixian said: "The last time I met Brother Li, I didn't know that there was such a relationship. ”

Li Mingyu smiled: "At that time, I knew what it was like!" ”

Chen Zhengbin also smiled: "With burning eyes and staring at the third sister, I will say that he is not a good person." ”

Among the three, Xu Zixian is the youngest, Chen Zhengbin is about thirty, and Li Mingyu is also twenty-seven or eighteen, but the age difference is not too much, and they have become relatives again, and they talk a lot freely.

Xu Zixian said to Chen Zhengbin: "How is Penghu?" ”

Xu Zi first knew that the Great Wei had already set up a county in Penghu after crossing over, which was different from the situation in his memory.

Penghu is on the outer islands of Fujian, far away from the coast of Fujian, more than 200 years ago it was a place where fishermen went to fish by chance to avoid storms, there are eight large islands, dozens of small islands, and more than half of them are unsuitable for human habitation.

After the establishment of Taizu, he decided to set up a county in Penghu, at that time many people felt that it was meaningless, and later Taizu was unexpected, saying that it was Penghu, the Eastern Domain was in hand, and the imperial court was garrisoned by the water division to prevent pirates.

It was indeed the case in the heyday of the Great Wei Naval Division, through Fujian, Penghu, and the Eastern Domain, the sea area was firmly controlled like a chain, the main force of the Naval Division was stationed in Penghu, and a small number of Naval Divisions were stationed in the South Port of the Eastern Domain.

After Chengzong, the sailors were abolished, the five pirates at sea rose, and Penghu and the Eastern Domain were harassed, which had become a dangerous place for soldiers.

Chen Zhengbin said with a bitter face: "It's not like that? At present, there are only about 20 warships and more than 3,000 officers and men left in the naval division, and they have to protect the Eastern Domain, Penghu, Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other places, and they are overstretched, and they cannot guard against pirates at all. The population of Penghu reached more than 50,000 people at the most, including one county seat, three towns, and more than 300 villages, and now there are only more than 30,000 people left, and there are very few maritime merchants, most of them are fishermen and people who farm the land. ”

"How's the city defense?" Xu Zixian reminded: "The county government is a small matter, and the Penghu city defense is a big thing. ”

"The city defense is so-so." Chen Zhengbin didn't know why Xu Zixian paid so much attention to Penghu, but he still said patiently: "Penghu was originally set up in a village, Taizu changed the county governance at the end of the year, at that time opened up more than 40,000 acres of land, for thousands of people to cultivate, usually the people fish and farm for a living, after the army arrived, burned wasteland and cultivated fields on the islands, and repaired the county seat on Penghu Island, 210 steps on Wednesday, the city is three feet three feet three inches high, four corner towers, two city gates, and there are more than 3,000 households in the city, more than 12,000 people. The rammed earth of the city wall was covered with bricks, and more than 200 large ships were mobilized to transport bricks and stones, and they were repaired very firmly, and now they stand majestically, and when the island is strong, when the wind arrives, the people of the village get shelter from the wind in the city......"

"Penghu's specialties are flax, mung beans, soybeans, and goats?"

Penghu people grow beans, hemp, are more than a hundred years of tradition, the strange thing is that the islanders like to herd sheep, may be the reason for the sparse land, there are outsiders to Penghu, is very surprised by the flocks of goats on those big islands, according to the statistics of Fujian Road 30 years ago, the scale of Penghu sheep should be more than 200,000, which is the most dense place in the whole southern sheep.

This is also related to the eating habits of the world, the rich and noble people still like to eat mutton, not pork, and the people began to accept the eating of pork, but also because before the Great Wei, did not know that pigs had to be castrated, and the pigs that were not castrated grew up to be very angry, and the meat was very unpalatable, that is, the poorest people could accept this kind of meat with a bad smell. After knowing castration, the population of pork eaters began to gradually expand, and now the status of pork has been above mutton.

And the most delicious meat is of course mutton, which is also very expensive.

"That's right!" Chen Zhengbin smiled: "Of course, there are fish!" ”

"That's it." Xu Zixian smiled: "I forgot about the fish, the fish and the sheep, make up a fresh word......"

There are a lot of fishermen in Penghu, and many fishermen from Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Fuzhou will also go out to the deep sea to fish, after all, there are many boats in the coastal area, and there is a lack of fishing information.

Or hundreds of years ago, coastal fishermen often go to Penghu to fish for shelter, there are many fish there, and it is common to not be able to drag them up under a net, and the islanders will pickle and dry the fish they have hit, fill the whole ship and sell it, and eat the sea by the sea, but that's the case.

Li Mingyu said at this time: "I now know why Mingda succeeded, how can ordinary sect disciples have the leisure to ask these things about the military, government and people's livelihood!" ”

"Yes." Chen Zhengbin said with a smile: "Just now I thought it was Shangguan asking me, and I was going to sweat." ”

Chen Duzhong, who was only thirty-five or sixteen, walked over and said with a smile: "I heard it all, and I wonder why Mingda didn't ask about our Eastern Domain?" ”

Xu Zi first shook his head, and then said with a smile: "Uncle Jiu said that he was joking, I just heard that the Qishan thieves would occasionally commit Penghu, so I asked a few more words, I'm afraid that the Qishan thieves over there in the Eastern Domain will not be able to get by......"

"What do we have over there?" Chen Duzhong said: "More than 10,000 people, scattered everywhere, fishing and farming, harvesting some soybeans and the like barely satisfying. Only occasionally, there will be maritime merchants anchored to replenish water and food, and there are usually no outsiders in sight, what are pirates doing? Speaking of which, the Eastern Domain also has good things, and sand gold mining will definitely make a lot of money, but it is just that it is necessary to explore well and mobilize more than 10,000 people to build roads and open mines, how can the imperial court have this mind now? Occasionally, some of them will be paid directly to the Jingshi, and they will be transported by the sailors, so that the pirates will not come to rob such a pitiful gold. ”

The Eastern Domain is the later generation of Taiwan, the Great Wei Dynasty and the opposition are called the Eastern Domain, most of them are undeveloped Tibetan land, the wild people of the Tibetan Dynasty do not accept the king, it is difficult to subdue them, the people of the Great Wei Dynasty who moved to the Eastern Domain are only more than 10,000 people, less than 2,000 households, and some farmland villages and towns have been opened up in the southern coastal areas, and they live by fishing and farming, and the production is thin, and the livelihood is very difficult. Most of the foreign merchants are here to replenish water or buy some local products such as dried soybeans and fish, replenish the water and leave.

A small number of cargo ships will receive the leather goods stored in the hands of the indigenous Shengfan, Shajin, the island is sparsely populated, the primitive ecological protection is good, there are large deer herds, deer skins are particularly popular in the north of the Great Wei, a skin is said to be sold for more than fifteen yuan, in short supply, but the wild nature of the Shengfan is difficult to tame, this kind of business is intermittent, and it has nothing to do with the people of the Great Wei or the government, at least the imperial court is impossible to receive taxes from the hands of the Shengfan.

Because it is a wild place, the number of households is very small, so the imperial court did not set up a county in the Eastern Domain, only set up the Eastern Domain, there are more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and set up a person to defend the village.

"Who told me to be a martial artist?" Chen Duzhong laughed at himself and said, "In our Changwen Chen family, I am really a rare outlier. ”

"Uncle Nine doesn't have to be like this." Xu Zixian said with a flat face: "The troubled times are coming, maybe the military profession is more popular than the civilian profession, and everyone will rely on you in the future." ”

"Mingda also thinks that troubled times are coming?" Li Mingyu said: "Now that people are panicking, is it possible that Mingda, as a clan, is also a general idea?" ”

"Brother Li is a great talent." Xu Zixian said lightly: "From the center to the locality, from the government to military affairs, to financial endowment, and then talk about people's hearts, I am afraid that there are very few people who feel optimistic." ”

Li Mingyu is a genuine Jinshi in the end, and he serves the imperial history in the palace in Beijing, and he often sees the Son of Heaven, emotionally speaking, how can people who read the book of sages and have been in the court of the Great Wei Dynasty have no feelings for the Son of Heaven and the Great Wei? Of course I don't want to admit it.

But intellectually speaking, he knew that what Xu Zixian said was right, and under this contradictory psychology, Li Mingyu sighed and stopped talking.

Chen Zhengzhi only spoke at this time: "Mingda, how is the injury on your leg?" ”

"Skin trauma has long been out of the way." Xu Zixian smiled: "Thank you, big brother, for your concern." ”

"Please come into the flower hall and drink." Chen Zhengzhi said: "Mingda has to prepare to go to Beijing after the year, and when he comes to the invitation ceremony, we don't want to embarrass him, and we will not return home without getting drunk today." ”

Of course, this is a significant code, that is, to pour Xu Zixian wine, and the civil and military officials in a courtyard wearing cyan or red official robes laughed when they heard this.