"Mr. Boss, looking at this day, it looks like it's going to snow again."

Ma Dezhong, who was looking at a map of Shandong, snorted and carefully put the map away. "Have you tested the wind?"

"It's about a force 5 wind, but the speed of the ship is still about twenty miles per hour."

"Your Highness's ship research institute is still a bit useful, this ship is much better than the ships we used when we went to the Western Ocean, if it was this kind of ship at that time, we could be on the road for at least half a year."

Facing the cold wind, Ma Dezhong boarded the deck, and several craftsmen from the research institute were directing the crew to adjust the angle of the soft sail according to the wind speed, and then record the speed of the ship to find the most windy angle.

Only one of them was a craftsman over thirty years old, and the others were young people in their twenties.

But Ma Dezhong did not dare to slack off on them, and he has always respected this kind of capable person very much. "Master Yao, it's cold and windy, and you're suffering."

Director Yao of the Ministry of Engineering rubbed his hands and smiled: "It's all for the sake of eating, compared to the crew, we enjoy a lot of happiness." ”

Ma Dezhong nodded and said, "Arriving in Jiaozhou today, you can have a good rest in Jiaozhou for a while." I will return to my hometown to visit relatives in Jiaozhou, and the task of the trial voyage will be handed over to this Chu Yuming to help you. ”

Director Yao said with a smile: "When you come to Jiaozhou, you will have to rest for a few days before going to sea for a sea trial, and it is said that you will stay in Shandong for a month?" ”

"There is no time to investigate the case. In short, you can go to sea at will for half a month, but after half a month, you must stay on the shore and be on standby. ”

"Okay, then I've got it in my mind."

This is a new type of sea ship just developed by the Daming Ship Research Institute, different from the previous hard sails, the new ship is not only soft and hard sails, but also after the transformation of the new hull of the Fu ship, the reverse water is also sharper.

Originally, when the wind was headwind, the ship had to go zigzag so that it could sail, and the speed was very slow.

But now, they only changed the suspension of the sails, added a few soft sails, sailed against the wind, and could travel twenty miles in an hour.

Although he had not yet tried the tailwind state, but with the current speed, he believed that it was possible to travel forty or fifty miles in an hour in the tailwind state.

After returning to the command cabin at the bow of the ship from the deck, Ma Dezhong put away some military regulations in the command cabin, such as military regulations and logbooks.

He's going to be away from the ship for a while, and the Institute and most of his subordinates will still be on board, and these things will have to be locked up.

When he packed up his things, he saw that the people of the brocade guard had already gotten up and ran to the stern of the boat one by one to pee.

Those fellow villagers had already gotten up, and they didn't go to grab a place with Jinyiwei, but waited for Jinyiwei's people to be convenient, and then went over.

They had a woman who was inconvenient on the boat and could only avoid the crowds.

Several people were also convenient, and they leaned against the railing, looking at the continent not far away.

Ma Dezhong followed their gaze and looked over, but he did not have the intimacy of facing his hometown in his heart.

Shandong is his hometown, but it is also sad. If it weren't for the fact that his parents were still buried here, he would never have thought of coming back.

All the memories of my hometown are probably only the two graves under the hillside.

He hadn't been back for fifteen years since he left his hometown at the age of nine, until he was forced to join the pirates and later the navy.

For him, the house rewarded by His Royal Highness at Xiamaqiao is his home.

Ma Dezhong doesn't have much intimacy with these four people, but with the friendship of helping each other in the same boat, Ma Dezhong will not put on a general posture in front of them.

He walked towards the four of them, and Lin San and the four saw Ma Dezhong walking straight over, and hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted. "Take the total sir."

Ma Dezhong said with a smile: "It's just a small handful, and it doesn't deserve to be called an adult." This ship is much bigger than my official position. ”

That being said, the four of them won't take it seriously. Although many people on this ship have higher official positions than him, he is the captain of this ship, and anyone will give him some face.

Ma Dezhong said: "When we arrive in Jiaozhou today, we will part ways. This time I said goodbye, and I don't know when I will see you. Once again, I wish the four of them success and do something great in the Northland. ”

Tang Sai'er opened his mouth and said: "Ma Jiang's hometown is Tai'an Mansion, this time I went back to my hometown to visit relatives, if I encounter mountain bandits, I can report the name of Liu Jun in Tai'an Mansion, which should still have some effect." ”

Ma Dezhong said with a smile: "Thank you Lin Niangzi here, but I will take the two guards back to my hometown together, if I really encounter a mountain bandit who is not long-eyed, it will also depend on whether they have my musket sharp." ”

Tang Sai'er also said that she knew that Ma Dezhong and his party rode through the countryside on horseback, and they had no luggage, so basically no bandits dared to do anything to them.

It's just that as a pro-army of the Taisun, and he lives in the farm of His Royal Highness the Taisun, he is obviously the most trusted general of His Royal Highness the Taisun.

In the future, they will go to the north, and if they can leave some relationships in the capital, there will be someone who can say a word for them in the future.

Ma Dezhong knew that they were going to go to the Northland in the future, and after going overseas once, Ma Dezhong's horizons were also broadened a lot, and he knew that there were many good places overseas.

If they are lucky, they will go to a place with a big gold mine, and they may be able to become a big force in the future.

So both sides have some tacit thoughts of wanting to leave a trace of incense with each other.

A few people chatted for a while, and saw the chamberlain Chen Xuan coming over, this was Zhu Zhanji's close eunuch, they didn't dare to be sloppy, and saluted one by one. "I've seen eunuchs."

Chen Xuan waved his hand and said, "I am a small long-term follower, and I don't dare to be called a eunuch." This time I just came out with the big guys to see the world, everyone, please take it, we always have something to say when looking for a horse. ”

Lin San and the four hurriedly retreated and gave up their position here. After they left, Ma Dezhong hugged his fists at Chen Xuan and said, "I don't know what Lord Zhongguan has to tell his subordinates?" ”

Chen Xuan is about the same age as Ma Dezhong, and said with a smile: "You and I don't need to be so polite, I am a person close to His Highness, and you have been rewarded by His Royal Highness for the house and his wife's pro-army, speaking of which you and I are almost the same." ”

Ma Dezhong said with a smile: "How can my subordinates compare with the lieutenants, I can have today, it is all thanks to the blessing of His Highness." ”

Chen Xuan nodded, tightened his hood, and whispered with the wind behind his back: "I heard that your family is going back to Yanzhou Mansion to visit relatives?" ”

Ma Dezhong sighed and said: "The so-called visiting relatives is just Guangtang's words, my parents are dead, that is, there are several relatives, and they are also enemies who once robbed my family of a few acres of land. This time I returned to my hometown just to go to the grave of my deceased parents and tell them that their son is alive and well, and he will give the Ma family branches and leaves in the future. ”

Of course, Chen Xuan knew Ma Dezhong's family background, and they were all close to His Highness, so he said bluntly: "Your Highness has a lot of opportunities, but he has mentioned the Kong family in Yanzhou Mansion several times. You are from Yanzhou Mansion, and after returning to your hometown, pay attention to inquire if there is anything wrong with the Kong family. ”

Ma Dezhong was shocked: "But the Yan Shenggong Kong family? ”

Chen Xuan said disdainfully: "Your Majesty has removed their Yansheng Gong name, Confucius is Confucius, and the Confucian family is Confucius, so you can't mix them up." ”

Because of his reckless background, although Ma Dezhong is rude, he admires scholars very much. He sighed lightly: "After this Kong family is a saint, it will not discredit the ancestors!" ”

Chen Xuan smiled: "It's just that you should pay attention when you return to your hometown, Your Highness didn't mention this matter, everything is my own opinion." As a person close to His Highness, he always has to take the initiative to solve His Highness's worries. Do you think that's the reason? ”

Ma Dezhong clenched his fists and said: "My subordinates understand, I will definitely pay more attention to this aspect when I return to my hometown this time." ”

Chen Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, if there is any news, when we return to Jiaozhou, we will sum it up together." ”

Although the words were taken, Ma Dezhong always couldn't believe it. This Confucian Mansion has been a holy monument in his heart since he was a child, so it will not be eaten by moths!

In the morning, the sky was still very overcast, and I thought it was going to snow heavily, but when the boat entered Jiaozhou Bay, the sun actually came out.

Although the wind is stronger now, the boat is no longer directly against the wind, and the boat is faster.

In the afternoon, the boat arrived at the mouth of the Dagu River in Jiaozhou, where sea boats could not enter.

The group changed river boats here, and the low-level officials went to the county seat of Jiaozhou, and the sea boat would carry the high-ranking officials to Jiaodong to anchor, and the two sides acted separately.

This time, the investigation team was complicated, not only the Jinyi Guard, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Department, but also the investigation team sent by the Navy and the investigation team of the internal prison.

Therefore, here at the mouth of the Dagu River, there are also a large number of officials who greet everyone. After a long toss, everyone saluted each other, took seven ships, and then went to Jiaozhou together.

Tang Sai'er and the others were naturally not concerned, which also allowed them to have leisure to observe the surrounding environment.

Seeing the many riverboats coming and going in the Dagu River, many of which were full of grain, they became suspicious.

When they went to the capital, they naturally did not have the right to take the imperial ships, so they could only walk to the canal and then enter the capital through the canal.

They thought that there was no food in the whole of Shandong, but now it seems that there should be no food in Qingzhou Mansion.

But the matter was not investigated clearly, and they did not dare to speculate.

And Ma Dezhong took a group of his subordinates and sat on a welcoming ship sent by the Jiaodong Water Village of the Second Fleet, and was also warmly welcomed by them.

Today, the four fleets of the Ming Dynasty, although they are nominally equal, but the first fleet is automatically half a level higher because it is His Royal Highness's pro-army.

Although Ma Dezhong is only a general, he is famous, and was personally awarded the title of hero by His Royal Highness Taisun, and the story of the three of them fighting wits and courage and capturing the Dongying royal family has long been spread throughout the country with the publication of books specially printed by the imperial court.

He, a small boss, can live in His Highness's farm and bathe in the emperor's grace. Don't want to be a thousand presidents, even some guards, and they are also envious of him, and they can't wait to change positions with him.

Heroes like him have been vigorously promoted by the imperial court, and it is not surprising that he will definitely be able to ascend to the throne in the future, and enjoy endless wealth and glory.

Therefore, he escorted the investigation team to Shandong, and by the way, he returned to his hometown to visit relatives, and the Second Fleet was also thoughtful and did not dare to wait slowly.

He was greeted by a thousand presidents of Jiaodong Water Village, whose name was Zheng Bao, who was a local of Jiaodong.

He has admired Ma Dezhong, a big hero, for a long time, and not only did he not have the slightest arrogance when he met, but he also held Ma Dezhong high, which made Ma Dezhong ashamed.

"Since I learned that Brother Ma was going back to his hometown to visit relatives, passing through my Jiaodong Water Village, the brothers in Water Village were all looking forward to it. It's just that now I have to escort all the adults first, and when my brother returns from visiting relatives, I must go to Shuizhai for a few days. ”

"Well said, well said. They are all two eyes and one nose, and Ma is ashamed to receive this kindness. ”

Today's Jiaozhou is the main city, but the water village was built in Jiaodong, which is Qingdao in later generations. However, Qingdao in later generations is now only a small county town, under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou here is under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture.

Zheng Bao took out a document, handed it to him and said: "This is an official letter with the transfer envoy, with this official letter, you can borrow eleven horses and stay in the major post stations." ”

"Thank you, Ma."

"You're welcome, that's the way it should be. One day, Zheng is fortunate enough to go to the capital, and he has to count on Brother Ma to take care of him. ”

Ma Dezhong immediately packed the ticket and said: "Certainly, definitely." When you arrive in the capital, you can definitely go to your brother, and let your brother do a bit of landlord friendship. ”

After some entertainment, the relationship between the two sides seems to be much more harmonious, the river boat is narrow, and dozens of people can only be squeezed together.

Seeing the grain ships that surpassed from time to time, Ma Dezhong thought of the main task of coming to Shandong this time, and immediately asked: "I see that there are constant grain carriers in this river, has it always been like this?" ”

Zheng Baoqi said: "Of course, how much grain has been transported by the imperial court in the past three years or so has all entered the inland through the Dagu River, and then entered the Jiaolai Canal and sent to the hinterland. ”

is not a professional, Ma Dezhong didn't dare to ask more, diverted the topic, and only talked to the other party about his military career and all the experiences of going to the West with his grandson.

On this trip to the Western Ocean, only the Second Fleet did not send troops, mainly because Zhu Zhanji arranged for the Second Fleet to explore the northern islands all the time.

Moreover, the construction of a city on Ezo Island north of Dongying also consumed most of Yixin's energy, and the Second Fleet had heavy military affairs, so it did not send people to follow Zhu Zhanji to the Western Ocean.

Now they have gone tens of thousands of miles along the small islands in the north of Dongying, found hundreds of small islands, and reached the junction of the Central Continent and the Beiyang Ocean in the northern, that is, the Bering Strait in later generations.

Now, Yixin is raising people, horses and grain and grass in Jiaodong Water Village, and when the weather is a little warmer, it will carry out another exploration operation.

However, of course, the commander-in-chief of the fleet like him would not come to greet them in person, on the contrary, several main generals would go to meet him.

The fleet arrived in the south of Jiaozhou, and the group entered the county seat under the personal greeting of Sun Yaozu, the local county commander.

That night, Sun Yaozu entertained the officials in the best restaurant in the county, and in the face of the menacing crowd, he, the county master, did not sweat a sweat in the cold.

1,000 heavily armed naval soldiers arrived in Jiaozhou yesterday, and the people of the whole city were terrified, even if they were not corrupt or bribed, they did not dare to face the fierce Jinyi guards.

Full of wine and food, a thousand soldiers, under the leadership of Feng Xiaonian and the naval garrison Wu Shun, sealed the accounts of the Jiaozhou Internal Supervision and Transfer Division.

Although those internal eunuchs were not afraid of Jinyiwei, they did not dare to resist at all in the face of His Majesty's handwritten letter taken out by Chen Xuan, and obediently stayed in the room one by one, waiting for the accounts to be checked.

In Jiaodong Shuizhai, the Jiaodong headquarters of the Transshipment Division, where all the sea vessels are unloaded, is also the transshipment center of the entire southern part of the Shandong Peninsula.

Here, it was the deputy governor of the First Fleet of the Navy, Baoding Hou Meng Ying, who personally stepped out and took out Zhu Di's holy decree.

Yi Xin, the governor of the Second Fleet, immediately led his troops to seal the Internal Supervision and Transfer Division, and did not dare to be sloppy.

Seeing the holy decree, Yi Xin's heart was actually more terrified than anyone else, as the commander of the Second Fleet, such a large-scale corruption had occurred in his territory, even if he was not involved, he was also guilty of using people to ignore it.

"Baodinghou, this time I want you to mediate a lot, this time I really suffered a disaster."

Meng Ying is a veteran marquis, and Yixin still made meritorious contributions to the Eastern Expedition three years ago and was awarded the title of Zhonglian Bo. So in front of Meng Ying, Yixin did not have the slightest confidence.

Meng Ying said with a smile: "When you come, Your Highness will explain." The second fleet controls Dongying's gold and silver, even if there are people below who are corrupt, it has nothing to do with Zhonglianbo, because if you want silver, it is easier to start from Dongying's silver mountain. ”

Yi Xin Da'an, and said: "That's true, in the Treasure Island north of Zhonglian Island, where the production of gold and silver has increased greatly, in Xiabucai, by the grace of His Highness, he can get five points alone, with these gold and silver, there is really no need to deduct a little deadly food from the mouths of the victims." ”

Of course, Meng Ying knew about this, and this was also what he was most jealous of Yixin. Yi Xin, who mastered the Second Fleet, controlled the entire sea area north of the Ming Dynasty, and even Korea and Dongying were in his sphere of influence.

Iwami Ginzan in Toei's own country was controlled by Ji Tsuna, and now he is his overlord in Toei.

As for the isolated island that was originally called Sado Island and is now renamed Treasure Island, no one thought that the gold and silver on that island would be no less than the output of Iwami Ginzan, and the annual output of gold and silver was enough to reach 500,000 taels.

The entire naval fleet can score five points, and Yixin can get five points alone, which is one percent. It is equivalent to Yixin not doing anything, and there are more than 20,000 taels of silver a year.

With this income, Yixin built the lavish Zhonglian Bo Mansion on Zhonglian Island, much larger than many of their Hou Mansions.

Of course, this chair is not so easy to get, and if you want to take this silver, you have to fight with your life.

The emperor and the grandson were anxious for the Ming Dynasty to develop Dongzhou, and Yixin was responsible for opening up the waterway and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

This time he can become the person in charge of the investigation team, of course Meng Ying will not let go of this opportunity to slaughter a fat sheep, even if it is Yixin's life money, he doesn't want more, five thousand taels of silver will not make him break his muscles and bones, he should still have to pay.

Therefore, Meng Ying comforted him a little, and said: "However, the magazine is very dissatisfied with your vigorous construction of the Zhonglian Uncle's Mansion, a Earl's Mansion is even more luxurious than the Duke's Palace, what is the matter?" Moreover, your residence is in Laizhou, but you spend most of your time on Zhonglian Island, which makes the emperor and His Royal Highness very dissatisfied.

What's more, in addition to such a big case now, although I don't know how deeply the Navy is involved in it, you can't get away with the crime of ignoring it. Now, you have been invited to cooperate with the investigation team to investigate this matter, and then follow me to the capital to take the initiative to ask for guilt! ”

This is Meng Ying's alarmist, as long as Yixin is not directly involved in corruption, Zhu Zhanji still expects him to arrive in the Americas as soon as possible and open up the shipping route to the Americas, how can he be punished for this.

However, Zhu Zhanji has been out for three years, and Yixin has not seen Zhu Zhanji for three years, so naturally he doesn't know what he thinks now.

After listening to Meng Ying's alarmist words, he only felt that the sky was about to fall, and he couldn't find out what Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji were thinking about this matter, so he could only ask Meng Ying for advice.

Seeing him ask, Meng Ying smiled more and more gently, he knew that this trip was worth it.

And Ma Dezhong, who originally thought that he had no nostalgia for his hometown, when he landed on the shore, saw that this county town was no different from his hometown, and heard the voice that was definitely a local accent although there were some differences, he didn't know why, and he became a little panicked.

He didn't sleep well for a night, and his mind was always thinking about many things that he had forgotten when he was young.

The big jujube tree at the door of the former residence, he still remembers that whenever his mother was about to ripen, she would always move the spinning wheel under the jujube tree to watch the jujubes, and then when the jujubes were ripe, he went to Yanzhou County with his father to sell jujubes.

He also remembered that once on the street, a merchant carrying a burden asked him for a date, and he reluctantly gave it, but the other party gave him a candy man.

It was the first time he had eaten sugar, and that sweetness really had to be sweet in his heart.

and his mother was sick, but because of the military disaster, the doctors were taken away by the army, and his mother eventually coughed up blood and died.

And his father, who borrowed money from a clan prince in order to bury his mother, and the disdainful smile on the other party's face, all that had been forgotten, suddenly filled his head.

Until dawn, he seemed to sleep in a daze.

But I dreamed that my father beat dozens of people from the neighboring village in order to fight for water.

In retaliation, the neighboring village sent someone to assassinate his father.

At this time, the people seemed to forget that there was water in the field that his father had fought for, and instead took possession of his family's land and his house under the pretext of burying his father.

He was completely awake, and he couldn't tell if it was a dream or his own memories.

"Head, you're awake......"

"Well, I can't sleep. If you sleep a little longer, there are still hundreds of miles to catch up today. ”

The misfortune in the army gave Ma Dezhong a group of trustworthy brothers. With his status, of course, it is impossible to go back to his hometown to visit relatives and bring a group of guards.

They were all brothers who took a vacation with him and then accompanied him back to his hometown to move his grave, so he never thought of himself as the boss.

He glanced out the window, and could feel the sky getting brighter through a layer of paper. He couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply stopped sleeping, got up and got dressed, and went out into the courtyard.

An old man who was cleaning the yard in the restaurant saw him get up and laughed softly: "Housheng, I got up so early." ”

Hearing his voice, Ma Dezhong didn't know why he suddenly had a feeling of being moved.

He suddenly understood.

No matter how bad this place is, no matter how bad the impression left on him, but this is also his root!

Because of his roots, he has a sense of belonging, and he is not a lonely ghost.

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