Ji Qingwen passed through the capital, and trained the city government more and more deeply, and when he heard Zheng Zhilong's slight panic, he revealed his true colors, and knew that although this sea merchant was powerful, he was not an invulnerable person.

So Ji Qingwen immediately put an unfathomable smile on his face and said, "That's, that's, what kind of person is Ship Master Zheng, how dare I not accept your kindness?" ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at his expression and listened to his words, realizing that Ji Qingwen had listened to the stupid words he had just said, and immediately said: "My lord, this is a small casual nonsense, please don't take it to heart." ”

Ji Qingwen laughed loudly: "That's nature, if I take everything and every word to heart, won't I be blocked?" However, there is a saying called 'drinking and spitting out the truth', and sometimes what you say casually is the truth! ”

He saw that Zheng Zhilong's face was suddenly full of embarrassment, so he immediately smiled and said, "This is also my casual remark, and I ask Ship Master Zheng not to take it to heart." ”

This time, Zheng Zhilong learned to be obedient, and hurriedly repeated it a few times: "How dare you, how dare you." "I won't say a word more.

Ji Qingwen looked at him with such a sincere and frightened look, and he was indescribably proud in his heart, so he took the hot railway: "But there is one more thing, I have always taken it to heart, I don't know if you have taken it to heart......

"What's the matter?" Zheng Zhilong hurriedly asked, his tone full of nervousness and alertness.

Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "I promised you, I have asked the emperor to approve the will to give your son Zheng Chenggong a seal, or is it the holy decree written by the saint today!" ”

That's great news.

When Zheng Zhilong heard the news, he was so excited that he even forgot to smile on his face, and asked with wide eyes, "Lord Ji, is this true?" Is it really true? ”

Ji Qingwen nodded and said: "That's natural, the emperor's imperial pen decree is by my side, this thing is a big crime of the nine clans, I can't afford it." ”

Although Ji Qingwen is sometimes frivolous and exaggerated, there is nothing he promises to do and what he says, and he does not honor or admit it, which is much better than those ordinary and serious old men who are full of official authority.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong, who had a lot of contact with Ji Qingwen, already believed his words, and immediately became overjoyed: "Ouch, my lord asked for this holy decree for my Zheng family, then it is our great benefactor!" ”

Li Yan on the side added fuel and vinegar and said: "This matter is not easy to do. In order to get such a holy decree for you, Brother Ji even took out his military exploits under the order of King Qin this time! Otherwise, if he went to Beijing like this, how could he be a fifth-grade official when he went and still a fifth-grade official when he came back? ”

Li Yan's words were also reasonable, and Zheng Zhilong couldn't help nodding when he heard it, and said: "My lord's great kindness, my Zheng family can't repay it." What do you want, if you have any requirements in the future, I Zheng Zhilong will definitely do the work of dogs and horses! ”

Ji Qingwen wanted this sentence, and today I finally heard Zheng Zhilong say it himself.

However, after Ji Qingwen traveled to the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important things he knew was to put a long line on everything and catch a big fish - this is the case for Emperor Chongzhen, this is the case for civil and military officials, this is the case for Huang Taiji, this is true for Xu Hongru, this is true for Tang Ruowang, this is true for Liu Ru is Zhou Xiuying, and the same is true for Zheng Zhilong.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Why does Ship Master Zheng need to be like this, I have always said: 'If I have a comfortable life, everyone will have a comfortable life'. Your Zheng big shipowner's family has a big business, and you don't lack anything, so you lack a serious background, and I, Ji Qingwen, happen to have spare strength, so I naturally want to help the big shipowner. ”

This is Ji Qingwen's mantra, Zheng Zhilong has heard it I don't know how many times, and it is not until today that she really understands the meaning of it, so she can't help but nod.

But I heard Ji Qingwen say again: "I think it's important to do the emperor's affairs first, and after reading out the holy decree, you can rest assured, right?" In this way, I see that there are many people in the harbor, and there is no place for talking, so I will simply go to your ship and deliver the message. ”

So everyone followed Zheng Zhilong and boarded his extremely conspicuous and dazzling big ship.

According to the opinions of Li Yan and Li Yuanyin, Zheng Zhilong lowered the flag on the mast, swept the deck, set up the incense case candlestick, and ordered the whole ship sailors to line up to bow down, and then Ji Qingwen read the holy decree.

The decree is written very simply and very clearly, that is, Zheng Zhilong's son, Zheng Chenggong, who is now only five years old, will be the envoy of Jinyi Weizhen, and he will be given a tribute to the birth of a prince, and he can go to Nanjing to study at any time.

Zheng Zhilong was originally full of calculations, and the emperor was just casually pointing to a guard that didn't, and he was named Zheng Chenggong as the thousands of households in this guard, but he didn't expect that as soon as the emperor Chrysostom opened, he would be the pacification envoy of Jinyi Wei - such an official position was both noble and decent, which really made Zheng Zhilong overjoyed.

I saw that he was a dignified seamer, prostrate on the deck that was as clean as new, kowtow vigorously and thankfully, shouting "Holy Longen".

When this major event related to the future of the Zheng family was settled, Zheng Zhilong was naturally overjoyed, and with a pat on his chest, he gave the order to go down, and the sailors of the whole ship had a banquet for three days to celebrate, and invited several familiar maritime merchants anchored in the harbor to come on board to celebrate this great event.

When eating and drinking, Zheng Zhilong inevitably touted Ji Qingwen's kindness.

Penglai was not a commercial port, and the sea ships anchored here were not allowed to engage in trade, and could only transport some military supplies for the imperial court to earn some commissions for needles and threads.

Therefore, these maritime merchants put down their original business and went to Penglai Port to send their own ships and do the affairs of the imperial court, originally wanting to have a good relationship with the Ming court.

Therefore, they were envious and jealous of Zheng Zhilong, and now that they heard that Ji Qingwen helped him do this big thing, they naturally looked at Ji Qingwen with green eyes, and persuaded him to drink hard, hoping that Ji Qingwen would also ask for such a will for himself or his children.

Ji Qingwen was also interested in getting acquainted with maritime merchants other than Zheng Zhilong, so he took the trouble to talk to them, telling them that the emperor was considering lifting the sea ban and canceling the exploration trade, and asked them to be prepared.

The importance of this news is more important to the maritime merchants than the dead old lady.

So they surrounded Ji Qingwen again and asked for advice on the joints.

However, although Emperor Chongzhen agreed in principle to open the sea ban, what kind of opening law was not fully implemented after all, and it was still remanded on the desk case of Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen can't say too much, only saying that the opening of the sea ban is the trend of historical development, and hopes that they will come to their newly built Songjiang Fu wharf port to carry out trade, and make their own contribution to the prosperity of the "Maritime Silk Road".

The maritime merchants were half-understood by Ji Qingwen, but they also heard and figured out the meaning of his words, and they all had some numbers in their hearts.

In this way, after Ji Qingwen and others drank on Zheng Zhilong's ship for three days, they carried all the baggage, grain, grass, equipment, etc. onto the ship, set sail and anchor, and went to Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili.

It was the middle of winter, and the northwest wind blowing from the Manchurian hometown of Daxinganling was blowing strongly, and Zheng Zhilong, who was already much faster than an ordinary sea ship, was now riding a tailwind, and in the blink of an eye, it only sailed for two days, and docked at the wharf called Dianshan Port in Songjiang Prefecture.

Ji Qingwen and his entourage left Suzhou on October 20 and returned to Songjiang on December 20, exactly two months.

At that time, it was Chen Wenzhao, his right-hand man, who led 500 disciples to set off from Suzhou, but now only 482 people have returned from 500 children, and Chen Wenzhao, who led the army, only has a jar of ashes to return to his hometown.

This made Ji Qingwen a little sad, but when he saw the scene of Dianshan Port in Songjiang Prefecture, he was quite relieved - he saw that the port was densely packed with ships from all over the world, and even Zheng Zhilong's ship came, but he couldn't find a space to berth for a while, until Ji Qingwen's identity was lifted, and a ship from the Netherlands decided to set sail early, which freed up a vacant seat for Zheng Zhilong to dock.