The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, the waves are sweeping away the heroes, the success or failure is empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times...

Only by standing on the edge of the Yangtze River can we know the majesty and greatness of this river.

Ye Xun is not a poet, he didn't have so many feelings, when he first arrived in Yangzhou, he also came across the river, but he didn't have so many feelings at that time.

And the reason why he has so many feelings here is because the place where he stands at his feet was once the site of the treasure ship factory that carried Zheng He to the West seven times.

Time flies, the world changes, the treasure shipyard has long lost its former glory, although it is now also shipbuilding, but it is built some small ships, as far as the eye can see, the shipyard is overgrown with weeds, and there are ruins everywhere, which invisibly makes people's mood depressed a lot.

Tian Siqing stood beside Ye Xun and sighed slightly: "I remember that my father brought me here when I was a child, and it was not so desolate at that time, but now... Alas! ”

Tian Siqing is already in his forties, when he was a child, it had to be more than 30 years ago, and more than 30 years ago was still the Wanli Dynasty, Ye Xun remembered that the treasure shipyard seemed to have begun to decline after Jiajing, and when Tian Siqing saw it, it should have been going downhill, but it was not like today.

Tian Siqing is a very ideal person, he likes the sea, but he does not want to be a pirate like his father, so he escaped from his father very early, and later found someone he liked in Yangzhou and gave birth to a son.

Old man Tian is also persistent enough, in order to force his son to submit, he actually put him in prison with his own hands, and Tian Siqing's wife and children were detained by him and his wife.

It's a pity that Tian Si Qingzhi is not here, and he didn't give in to his father until Ye Xun took him out of prison.

If the old does not go, the new will not come, and only after breaking and standing will there be a better new life.

"Brother Tian, I hope you can rebuild the treasure shipyard, and we will work together to build a great Ming sailor who is invincible in the world."

This is Ye Xun's sincere words, without a strong navy, how can we protect the Ming Dynasty's thousands of miles of sea frontier.

Tian Siqing nodded, suddenly smiled mysteriously, and said, "Father-in-law, do you know what I studied in prison?" ”

Ye Xun subconsciously shook his head, when he went, Tian Siqing was reading a book of Spring and Autumn Period, could it be that this guy also studied the Golden Bottle Plum?

"Father-in-law, please come with me"

After Tian Siqing finished speaking, he turned around and took Ye Xun to Ye Xun's carriage, and then took out a stack of paper from his arms like a trick.

The wind was strong by the river, and Tian Siqing was obviously afraid that the paper would be blown away by the wind, so he came to Ye Xun's carriage to leeward.

In the carriage, Ye Xun watched Tian Siqing swing the papers in his hand one by one, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

What kind of ordinary paper is this, it's clearly a bunch of shipbuilding drawings!

"Brother Tian, this, this is the blueprint of the treasure ship? Where did the stuff come from? ”

Although Ye Xun doesn't know anything about shipbuilding, he can guess that if it is an ordinary shipbuilding drawing, Tian Siqing is disdainful of it at all.

Tian Siqing: "Hey, hey! Smiled, said: "Sometimes it's really boring to stay in prison, so I will go out and go around, a few months ago I met an unfilial son in the casino, lost all the family property, and then put the things on the ancestors, these are the things that his ancestors regarded as treasures, but the people in the casino don't recognize it!" I almost didn't break his leg for this, and I found it in time and exchanged it for fifty taels of silver."

How can there be such a thing?

Ye Xun feels like he's listening to a story, this is amazing! The drawings and logbooks left by Zheng He were burned, but he didn't want the people to keep them.

"Where is that guy? Has Brother Tian ever been to his house? ”

Ye Xun's meaning is obvious, drawings alone are not enough, it would be better if there were any more nautical charts and the like.

Tian Siqing spread his hands and said: "I went to go, but this guy doesn't know much about his ancestors, he only knows that his ancestors went to Nanyang with the Three Treasure Eunuchs, and he should be a steward, otherwise there would be no such thing."

is similar to Ye Xun's conjecture, history is like this, if you don't experience it yourself, it is difficult to find out how much truth is hidden under the fog of history.

With Ye Xun's order, Governor Yao Yizhi personally supervised, countless craftsmen poured into the treasure shipyard and began to tidy up and repair the dock site.

Speaking of the workers who worked, we have to say one more thing, that is, the prisoners that Lu Chun captured when he pacified the Huai'an Civil Rebellion.

These people were originally ordinary people, and they were only instigated by the White Lotus Sect because they were not given timely relief after the disaster, and they were not the most heinous people.

Ye Xun advocated for himself, so that these people could atone for their sins in the form of labor, instead of being killed as real traitors.

So far, Ye Xun has cleaned up the Jiangnan officials, except for the military generals, there is only one Yangzhou prefect, according to Ye Xun's words to Yao Yizhi, it is to let them wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions, no one is perfect!

Ye Xun's move immediately won the unanimous support of Yao Yizhi and other corrupt officials, and he began to go all out to cooperate with the orders issued by Ye Xun, and the reconstruction of the treasure shipyard was only one of them.

As the commander of the southern navy, Tian Siqing will personally supervise the construction of the treasure ship and strive to make the southern navy combat effective at an early date.

According to Ye Xun's vision, the Ming Navy is divided into two fleets, the north and the south, so that the north and the south echo and jointly defend the Ming Dynasty's 10,000-mile sea frontier.

A few days later, at dusk, Ye Xun came to the Wei Mansion with a bunch of gifts.

Xu Hongji also showed great welcome to Ye Xun's arrival, opened the middle door, and the little grandfather Xu Wenjue personally welcomed him outside the door, and Xu Hongji himself also stood outside the hall, which was enough to give Ye Xun face.

Tong Kui is still holding Ye Xun, although the training of the peripheral army in Nanjing has begun, but the reform of the army is not a trivial matter, whether it is a soldier or a general, from a hereditary to a recruitment system, there is still a lot of work to be done.

And in order to prevent these veteran generals in Jiangnan from making trouble, they can only be wronged for the time being.

Far away, Ye Xun smiled all over his face, hugged his fists and said: "Xu Guogong, our family is polite, mundane things are annoying, I can't meet in time, I still hope that the old Guogong Haihan!" ”

Xu Hongji also smiled and said: "I have heard the name of Father-in-law Ye for a long time, and Father-in-law Ye can come to the Humble House in his busy schedule, which really makes the Humble House shine!" Hurry inside please! ”

An old man and a young man, two vain guys, walked into the hall touting each other.

The banquet had already been prepared, and Xu Wenjue gave an order, and the colorful maids quickly brought up the sumptuous wine and food like flowing water.

Before the food and drinks are useless, you have to drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat.

After taking a sip of the tea bowl and praising it, Ye Xun suddenly said: "According to Commander Tong's explanation, when the people of Huai'an changed, Wei Guogong ordered him to stand still, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"Ahem..."

After listening to Ye Xun's whimsical words, Old Duke Xu suddenly coughed violently...

(End of chapter)