Ji Qingwen persuaded a few times, but Zhou Xiuying just didn't agree, which made Ji Qingwen a little unhappy, but seeing that Zhou Xiuying had changed from a little girl who was submissive to Xu Hongru to a mature woman with a bit of assertiveness, she was also happy for her.

So Ji Qingwen stopped persuading, changed his words, and said: "It's a good thing that Miss Xiuying wants to go out for a walk, so I won't force it." However, in a month or two, I may have to go to Beijing to do a big thing. At that time, if Miss Xiuying is in the Jingshi, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb because I am a stranger. ”

Zhou Xiuying was amused by Ji Qingwen and said: "Although Ji Gongzi can rest assured at this point, I will definitely draw a knife to help when I see injustice, not to mention Ji Gongzi who has saved my life several times?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Xiuying suddenly remembered that "when the road is uneven, draw a sword to help", these eight words were also taught to him by Xu Hongru, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad, so he suddenly stood up and said: "Okay, Ji Gongzi, I am still a prisoner of the imperial court, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to stay here, it is better to leave first." ”

Ji Qingwen was startled and said, "What? Miss Xiuying, is this going to leave? Now that it's dark, and you're injured again, you're afraid you'll be in danger when you go out now. ”

Zhou Xiuying smiled: "Ji Gongzi doesn't understand. It's because I was pointed at the acupoint, and my legs and feet are not dexterous at the moment, so I have to hide from the officers and soldiers in the night to get out! Ji Gongzi is doing the right way, and of course Master Ji doesn't know about such ghost tricks as me. ”

After that, Zhou Xiuying bowed her hand to Ji Qingwen, and was about to pick up the curtain and leave the tent.

Seeing that Zhou Xiuying was about to leave, Ji Qingwen was really reluctant, and hurriedly said, "Is Miss Xiuying really going to leave now?" ”

Zhou Xiuying pursed her lips and said, "Ji Gongzi, the mountains are high and the waters are long, we will have a meeting again in the future, so let's leave it today!" ”

Seeing her resolute attitude, Ji Qingwen finally stopped holding on, but took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve, handed them to Zhou Xiuying, and said, "Miss Xiuying, if you want to go out to see the world, I won't stop you." This is a silver ticket, one thousand taels, issued by the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, a total of five is five thousand taels of silver, with the ticket that is, you keep it. ”

Zhou Xiuying was stunned for a moment, then inspected the silver tickets one by one with the lights on, and sighed: "Ji Gongzi is really generous. Before my father got into trouble, I wanted to scrape together a few thousand taels of silver to recruit troops, but I don't know how much effort it would take. I didn't expect Ji Gongzi to give me so much silver with a light word......"

Ji Qingwen shook his head and smiled: "I don't have any other skills and strengths, that is, I have money." It's a pity that in the past few years, I have been engaged in the business of weaving mills, and with a little money, I went to recruit and raise soldiers, and built a dock...... I don't have the leisure and spare money to start my own bank, otherwise why should I wronged Miss Xiuying to use the silver ticket issued by the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce? ”

After sending Zhou Xiuying away, Ji Qingwen swept away the leftovers on the table that still had some temperature, and lay down stupidly.

But when he lay down, his heart seemed to be empty, and he couldn't sleep anymore after tossing and turning.

"Is this what love tastes like?" Ji Qingwen asked himself.

But with the wisdom of a 21st century code farmer otaku, he can't understand such a problem.

However, Ji Qingwen turned around and was relieved again - no matter what kind of love he doesn't like to invite, the Ming Dynasty is not good in every way, and it is not good in every way, there is one good thing, that is, there is no "Marriage Law" to govern it, as long as Lao Tzu has enough money, the three wives and four concubines can marry as many as they want? It is not enough for Lao Tzu to have a peerless Liu Ru in his house, sooner or later he will have to admit Zhou Xiuying into his room......

As soon as he thought of this, Ji Qingwen suddenly showed a lewd smile on his face, and Harazi also flowed down from the corners of his cracked mouth, soaking a large piece of the pillow behind his head......

The next day, because he was going to leave, Ji Qingwen got up early in the morning, reorganized his Ming Wu army, and prepared to take Zheng Zhilong's sea ship and return to Suzhou by sea.

The officers and soldiers of Shen Liangzuo's Jingshi Battalion, who were stationed with the Ming Wu Army, were stationed outside Songjiang Dianshan Port every day, so they also had to act with Ji Qingwen.

Qin Xiangzhen, who led the white pole soldiers, felt strange, and hurriedly ran over and asked, "Lord Ji?" What's wrong? Are you going back just after winning the battle? I haven't talked about the reward yet! ”

Ji Qingwen said: "How to reward meritorious deeds in this big battle, it is not his turn to be the master, Liu Kongzhao is the master, it is necessary to consult the saint to determine, it is useless to stay here, it is better to go back first." If Miss Qin is not at ease, it is not a big deal if she wants to stay here for a while. I'll leave some food and grass supplies for Miss Qin. ”

Qin Xiangzhen muttered, "Lord Ji is gone, why am I staying here?" Look at the wine bags and rice bags of other officers and soldiers playing monkey shows? But I'm afraid that I'm leaving, then Liu Kongzhao will set me behind my back and deduct my credit and reward. ”

Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "Miss Qin, please rest assured about this." I won't let him be alone in this matter, and I will also speak in front of the emperor when the time comes. If Liu Kongzhao really dared to take the risk of accepting the reward, then his sincerity would probably come to an end. ”

Qin Xiangzhen's heart was overjoyed when he said this, and he covered his mouth and smiled: "Lord Ji really has the ability and courage, I don't think there is a man in the Central Plains who can compare to you." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, his heart itched, and he said, "Miss Qin, don't praise me like this, I will be proud." Okay, let's say goodbye, there will be a period in the future, in the future, Miss Qin is free, you can come to Suzhou to have a look, I will definitely do the friendship of the landlord. ”

Qin Xiangzhen nodded with a smile, but said: "I am going to Suzhou, Lord Ji can also go to Sichuan Shiqi here when he is free, and I still have a favor to ask Lord Ji for help at that time." ”

Ji Qingwen knew that the tribute brocade produced by the Suzhou Weaving Yamen under his jurisdiction was sold very well in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and even Thailand and Myanmar, and thought that Qin Xiangzhen's so-called "help" was to ask him to distribute more silk for the toast Qin family to sell, so he agreed: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." It's all a trivial matter, and I'll make arrangements for it then. ”

didn't know that the "busy" in Qin Xiangzhen's mouth did not refer to making money, but it was another big thing, so Ji Qingwen agreed on the spot at that time......

It was the middle of September, the southeast wind was still quite strong, Zheng Zhilong's clipper arrived in the evening, and it took only one day to arrive at the port of Dianshan in Songjiang.

The maritime merchants in Dianshan Port, when they heard that it was the weaving admiral Ji, came back, and immediately commanded the sea ships under their banner, let the road and berths be opened, and let Zheng Zhilong's clipper carrying Ji Qingwen's entire army calmly stop at the best position on the dock.

As soon as the ship docked, there were dock workers brought by Ji Qingwen from the northwest, who worked overtime to carry down the ship's materials and baggage overnight, and vacated several half-empty large warehouses for the soldiers of the Ming Wu Army to rest.

The sergeants rested for a day and two nights in the port of Dianshan.

Ji Qingwen also took this opportunity to meet and have a meal with several veteran maritime merchants, and then asked the German missionary John Tang to check the account books of the dock operation this month, and it was not until the next morning that he ordered the whole army to leave the camp and set off for Suzhou.

When Ji Qingwen's Ming army first set out from Suzhou, it was exactly an integer of 1,000 people, but after quelling the White Lotus Rebellion, only 989 people returned, and another 11 people died in the fierce battle with Xu Hongru.

In this regard, after Ji Qingwen gave a generous pension as usual, he gave a sum of money to the army and took a big vacation, so that they could take the money and go out to spend and relax.

As for Ji Qingwen himself, he hid Liu Ru at home, the leader of the flower country, and the concubine Xing'er brought out from Xi'an, Shaanxi, so naturally he was not idle, and he talked to them about the old before he stopped.

In this way, Ji Qingwen wandered in Gentle Township for less than two days, and several major events happened, pulling him back to the bleak reality.