Yan Hong returned to Ye Yan's side and sat down, and took a glass of wine to Ye Yan: "Inspector Ye, what the little woman just sang is a parting poem given to Li Zhiwen by the female lyricist Nie Shengqiong in the Song Dynasty, and the word card is called "Partridge Heaven". ”

"Nie Shengqiong? Li Zhi asked? Ye Yan asked Cao Lin through wine, "Who are these two people, and is there any other story?" ”

Cao Lin smiled: "Inspector Ye, how do I know if you ask me." Miss Yan Hong is very knowledgeable, so I would like to ask her to explain it to us. ”

Yan Hong drank the wine in her hand, and really explained this allusion: "According to the "Green Clay Lotus Story" written by Mei Dingzuo in this dynasty, Li Zhiwen, a subordinate official of the Ministry of Rites in the Song Dynasty, came to the capital to change his official due to the expiration of his term of office, and met Nie Shengqiong, a famous prostitute in Beijing, and loved it very much, and the two were happy. Soon Li Zhiwen was about to leave Beijing, Nie Shengqiong said goodbye to him, drank in the Lotus Building, and sang a poem, the last sentence of which was cloudy: 'There is no plan to stay in the spring, but there is no plan to go with you.' Li Zhiwen was greatly moved, so he stayed for a while. Later, due to the urging of his family, Li Zhiwen had to go home, and received the poem from the lyricist on the way. Li's wife was overjoyed when she saw the words, and helped her husband marry Nie Shengqiong as a concubine, and a pair of lovers eventually became married. ”

After Yan Hong finished speaking, she filled herself with another cup and brought it to Ye Yan: "Inspector Ye, the little woman respects you." ”

Ye Yan didn't know what to do for a while, because he saw it clearly, and there were tears in his red eyes. Cao Lin and a few others were also a little surprised, the red girl sang such a song song, and told such an allusion, and now with tears in her eyes, she wants to pay tribute to Inspector Ye's wine, which, this seems a little wrong.

Ye Yan picked up the wine glass and covered it up: "Yes, listening to Miss Yanhong say this, these two people are really a good story, and I also salute Miss Yanhong." ”

"We all respect, we all respect." Cao Lin also shouted, "In the future, I will often come to listen to Miss Yanhong sing." ”

In late November, Ye Zhan and Xiao Junzhe returned to Yulin Bay, and the first batch of rogue prisoners of war also arrived.

As soon as Xiao Junzhe came back, he submitted an application for transfer to Xu Lang and Leng Tianbing, hoping that he could go down to the company and become a grassroots officer. Xu Lang consulted Zhang Guodong and Zheng Jiang for their opinions, and had a long talk with Xiao Junzhe's parents, and finally approved the application. Xiao Junzhe was appointed captain and company commander of the 6th Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division of the First Army.

There is still more than a month to go before the Chinese New Year, and the most important task of Yulin Bay next year is to take Vietnam. Wang Hua went to the estuary of Heilongjiang to contact Chen Yuhan and Bomu Bogol, but Chen Yuhan was never found. According to the news sent back by Wang Hua, they have been waiting in Heilongjiang for a while, and it is not very clear what exactly happened.

Everything in Yulin Bay is going relatively smoothly. On this day, Xu Lang had just arrived at the General Staff Office in the morning when he saw Zheng Jiang waiting for him.

"Chairman Zheng, is there anything important, I still need you to come early in the morning."

"Go in and say, go in and say." Zheng Jiang pushed Xu Lang into the office, "There's something very troublesome, come and ask you." ”

Xu Lang picked up the teapot on the table and shook it, then put it down and opened the door: "Orderly, go get some hot water." ”

"Don't rush to get water just yet." Zheng Jiang looked a little anxious, "Xiao Junzhe wants to take a concubine." ”

"Junzhe wants to take a concubine?" Xu Lang wasn't in a hurry, "Didn't I say this before, his mother had the idea of taking him a concubine a long time ago." ”

"It's not his mother's problem this time, it's that he himself proposed to take a concubine, and it's not one, and he wants to find two at once."

Zheng Jiang told Xu Lang in detail about the ins and outs of this matter. Xiao Junzhe submitted an application to the Military Commission, asking that he could find two concubines to have children first. Xiao Junzhe made it very clear in his application that loyalty and filial piety cannot be done both in ancient times, and since he has decided to serve the army and be loyal to the country, he can no longer be filial piety in front of his parents. But the parents are old, and they only have one son. There are no eyes on the battlefield, and no one knows when they will sacrifice their lives for the country. The ancients had clouds, and unfilial piety was the greatest, so being able to leave a man and a woman to the Xiao family was the greatest filial piety to his parents.

Xu Lang pondered for a while after listening: "Chairman Zheng, Junzhe's idea can't be said to be completely unreasonable, but I don't think it's appropriate to do it." ”

"Who's to say it's not, I came to you today just to discuss with you what to do." Zheng Jiang said, "You don't know yet, Wang Jian approached me, and he wanted to submit a bill at the crossing conference at the beginning of next year, first to practice monogamy in the military and government system." Starting next year, all military and civilian officials will not be allowed to take concubines, and they can only have one spouse. ”

"You wait, wait." Xu Lang was stunned, "Wang Jian told you about this?" How many wives does Wang Jian have now, four or five, and he told you that he wanted to be monogamous? I don't think it's likely. ”

In fact, it is not Wang Jian's own meaning, it is Tan Jing's Women's Federation. Tan Jing went to him every day and forced him to no avail, anyway, Wang Jian now has enough daughters-in-law, whether he is monogamous or not has nothing to do with him. ”

Zheng Jiang felt that he was a little far away: "Don't talk about this matter first, what about Junzhe's business." If he really takes a concubine now, or two, then I think this bill will be difficult to pass. ”

"Hey, Chairman Zheng." Xu Lang suddenly laughed wickedly, "Then do you want it to pass, or don't you want it to pass." ”

"Xu Lang, let's get down to business." Zheng Jiang said with a smile.

"Okay, get down to business." Xu Lang asked, "That Junzhe's parents agree to disagree with him taking a concubine." ”

"That's the problem." Zheng Jiang was a little distressed, "His parents agreed 100%, and said that as long as he can have a grandson, he will go wherever Junzhe likes in the future, and he will never care about him again." ”

Zheng Jiang was talking, and the orderly pushed the door in: "Sir, you want hot water." ”

"Thank you, it's okay." Xu Lang took the kettle, picked up the teapot on the table and brewed a pot of tea, and said while busy, "Chairman Zheng, this matter is a little difficult to handle. ”

"Nonsense, I'll need to come to you." Zheng Jiang was laughed at by Xu Lang again, "Junzhe has been with you for the longest time, and you know him best, hurry up and think of a good idea." ”

Xu Lang poured a cup of tea and brought it to Zheng Jiang: "Lao Zheng, you misunderstood what I meant, what I said is not Junzhe's business, which is not easy to do." ”

"And what are you talking about?" Zheng Jiang took the teacup and asked.

Xu Lang also poured himself a cup of tea, sat down and said slowly: "We were in a hurry to recruit soldiers before, and we didn't think too much about other issues. Now the scale of the war is getting bigger and bigger, and the casualties are getting bigger. In the past, there were two brothers, Qin Lin and Qin Sen, and this time there were Chen Dong and Chen Nan in Beijing, although they did not all sacrifice this time, but the repercussions were still great. I had an idea, but I never said it. You see if we can set a principle when we recruit in the future, the only son should not be a soldier, the brother is together, the elder brother is a soldier, and the younger brother is at home. It's still the Ming Dynasty, and without a son is equivalent to losing everything. ”

Zheng Jiang knew that what Xu Lang said was the truth, the casualties in the Beijing Battle this time were not small, and there were a group of old people who had no one to support them in Yulin Bay. However, if this is really done, there will be a lot of trouble in conscription, and there will be a shortage of soldiers, and the "Compulsory Military Service Law" has not really been implemented.

"Let's discuss this issue slowly in the future, and you write something and hand it over to the Military Commission." Zheng Jiang didn't want to continue to talk about this question, "What should Junzhe do, do you have an idea?" ”

"I think it's better for him to make up his own mind." Xu Lang took a sip of tea, "According to our current laws and military regulations, there is nothing illegal for him to marry eight at once, so we can't interfere with anything." ”

"But what about Wang Jian and Tan Jing?"

"Hehe, Lao Zheng." Xu Lang smiled, "Do you think their monogamous bill can pass?" The military and civilian officials are almost all from the Ming Dynasty, and they are people of this era, and this bill needs to be approved by the General Assembly, and the General Assembly will never approve it. ”

Zheng Jiang thought about it: "Then you mean we don't care?" ”

"No matter what, it's impossible to care."

"Alright then, that's fine." Zheng Jiang got up to leave, and suddenly remembered something else, "By the way, there is another matter." You have time to go to the committee today to find Wang Jian, and the matter of renting the Leizhou Peninsula with Wang Kezong was originally made by you and Xia Yang, and Wang Jian may go to Guangzhou to find Wang Kezong with Qin Songwang at the end of the month. What he means is that he wants to talk to you before he leaves, and he wants to ask your opinion on some things. ”

"Okay, I'll go find him when I arrange it." Xu Lang knew that the matter of leasing the Leizhou Peninsula was also very important, "If you want to talk about ideas, I really have some ideas. ”

Since Xu Lang came back from Xi'an, he has been thinking about the matter of leasing the Leizhou Peninsula when he has nothing to do. There are two things in this that make Xu Lang very uneasy, one is whether Wang Kezong can lease the Leizhou Peninsula to Yulin Bay; The second is what is Wang Kezong's attitude towards Yulin Bay, and once Yulin Bay and Chongzhen fall out one day in the future, which side will Wang Kezong stand on.

Now Yulin Bay still pays 5,000 taels of rent directly to Chen Mincheng every year, and the ice and charcoal have not fallen, but Xu Lang can clearly feel that Wang Kezong is wary of Yulin Bay. However, the problem is that Yulin Bay can control the entire Hainan Island, in addition to the geographical location of Hainan is a good advantage, Wang Kezong also helped a lot when he was the prefect of Yazhou and Qiongzhou, he would not have imagined that once Yulin Bay and Chongzhen turned their faces, Chongzhen would be like to him.

Xu Lang felt that it was best to find a way to force Wang Kezong to lease the Leizhou Peninsula to Yulin Bay, and tie the rope between the two more firmly. If there is really a situation of turning his face, Wang Kezong will have to stand on the side of Yulin Bay.

Zheng Jiang went back, Xu Lang explained a few words of work and went to Wang Jian's committee. After listening to Xu Lang's account, Wang Jian asked a question: "Xu Lang, what reason do you think can be used to get Wang Kezong to agree to lease the Leizhou Peninsula to us?" ”

Xu Lang said with a smile: "Chairman Wang, you are about to go to Guangzhou, and you still don't know what reason to use?" ”

Wang Jian knocked on the table: "You're kidding me, this matter is your and Xia Yang's idea, what can I do?" ”

"There's nothing you can do, and I can't help it." Xu Lang shrugged his shoulders, "I really didn't come up with a way." Lao Xia originally said that he used Yashan to worship his ancestors, but I don't think it works. Originally, I wanted to use the method of rehousing the prisoners of war, but I also felt that Wang Kezong could not agree. Put the rogues on his turf, and he'll not be able to sleep. ”

"So what the hell do you have a good idea?" Wang Jian was a little anxious, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, then what's the point of me going to Guangzhou, it's better to spend the New Year at home with my wife and children." ”

"Lao Wang, don't worry, listen to me slowly." Xu Lang saw that Wang Jian was really anxious, so he said his thoughts, "If you want Wang Kezong to agree to let us enter the Leizhou Peninsula, we can't use the name of Lend-Lease, we can only think of another way." The Leizhou Peninsula still has some specialties in our later generations, and there is one thing that can be used now, and it will also attract Wang Kezong, pearls. ”

The Leizhou Peninsula is rich in quicksand and southern pearls. In the later generations of Leizhou quicksand - this place known as the first village of Chinese pearls, pearls were unveiled of nobility, and Nanzhu was cultivated, processed and sold according to the assembly-line process, and the annual processing of pearls accounted for ninety percent of the country, exported to more than 50 countries and regions around the world. It is also a barometer of the world's pearl market. From here, the pearl walked out of the circle of emperors and noblewomen and flew into the homes of ordinary people.

Zhanjiang City faces the sea on three sides, with a coastline of 1,556 kilometers and a tidal flat area of 9,908 hectares. The main areas for cultivating pearls are Leizhou and Xuwen and Suixi counties on the Leizhou Peninsula. The seawater pearl is of the best quality and the highest grade of the "South Pearl". Leizhou Peninsula is the main production area of the southern pearl, as early as the Qin period, there are pearl people to catch pearls, the Later Han Dynasty has been rich in pearls, the emperors of all dynasties have sent internal supervisors to the pearl pond to guard, pearl diving to pay tribute to the imperial court.

"Although there have been methods of artificially cultivated pearls since the Song Dynasty, the production of pearls has been very low until now." Xu Lang said, "If we tell Wang Kezong that we can go to the Leizhou Peninsula to cultivate a large number of pearls to pay tribute to the imperial court, and we can do pearl business with Westerners, then it is very likely that he will agree." ”

"You can do it, Xu Lang." Wang Jian was very surprised, "I really didn't know that you could raise pearls." ”

"Don't, don't, Chairman Wang." Xu Lang laughed, "I really don't know how to raise pearls, I only know that the Leizhou Peninsula can raise pearls." ”

"You won't? You don't know how I can tell Wang Kezong, if he really agrees, we will give him something at that time. ”

"My chairman, why are you so dead-eyed." Xu Lang shouted, "Our purpose is not really to raise pearls, won't we be blinded by him?" When we really go to the Leizhou Peninsula, whether there is a pearl king or not, Kezong will not be able to drive us away again. ”8)