The voyage at sea is very uneventful, and even the scenery you see every day is not different. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info in general, is quite boring. When Zheng Sen set off, he left some of his books to his younger brother, so now he can't find a book to read, so he only uses a brush dipped in water to practice calligraphy on the board of the boat every day to kill time.

There is no wind and waves on the sea, and on this sea, there are no pirates who dare to come and rob the Zheng family's ship, so Zheng Zhiyu often comes to see Zheng Sen when he is fine, and by the way, he can have a good relationship with the family's possible future heirs. On this day, when Zheng Zhiyu came to Zheng Sen's cabin, he saw Zheng Sen, who was just seven years old, bending over to write on the floor with a brush.

"Arsen really worked hard." Zheng Zhiyu was full of praise, "It's much better than that kid in my family." That kid in my family is only a month younger than Ah Sen, but he knows that he is chopping with a wooden knife all day long, playing around stupidly, and he looks like he is not a weapon, and he is afraid that he will only be able to follow me at sea in the future. ”

"Uncle has won the prize." Zheng Sen put away the brush, stood up, bowed to Zheng Zhiyu and said, "The little nephew just has nothing to do, just chat to pass the time." Besides, the foundation of our Zheng family did not rely on reading and writing, and my younger brother is like this, but it is also the right path for our family. Besides, the ancients said well, 'Fame is only taken from the horse, and it is really a heroic husband', and in the future, the younger brother will definitely be a heroic husband like his uncle. In fact, my grandfather had already promised that when I was ten years old, he would give me a good knife. ”

As the saying goes, everyone carries a sedan chair, and a father, even if he will belittle his son in front of others, he is still very happy to hear people praise him. Zheng Sen's words were naturally very pleasant to Zheng Zhiyu's ears, so he grinned and said, "Ah Sen is really good at talking. What kind of hero am I, big brother is a hero, I'm just an errand runner. But if that kid can be an errand runner for Asen like me in the future, it will be his creation. Alas, the people below really don't look good, and they don't bring some paper for Assen. Li San! Go find Mr. Cheng and ask him to bring some paper, and by the way, his inkstone, pen and ink, etc., all of which will be borrowed for me. ”

Li San, who was following behind Zheng Zhiyu, agreed, turned around and ran out.

"Uncle, I don't know if my brother can study." Zheng Sen asked again.

"Read a fart, didn't read it. But this time when I go back, it's time to find a gentleman to teach him. Well, I have to find a wooden board for that gentleman, this leather monkey, who will not be beaten to death, will definitely not study hard. Looking at Zheng Sen and thinking about his own leather monkey, Zheng Zhihe suddenly felt that he should also find a teacher for his son.

Zheng Zhihe has never read any books, although he can't say that he doesn't know words completely, but, to be honest, his education level is not too different from that of Lord Wei later. However, under the influence of the Chinese's idea of "everything is inferior only to read high", after having a little money, I naturally want my son to read well.

"Don't you have a family at home?" Zheng Sen asked again.

"Ethnography? What is that? Obviously, Zheng Zhiyu, who is not highly educated, has never cared about this kind of thing.

"Uncle, that's right, I read in the book that since ancient times, those families have built a school for the children of the family to study. This is called poetry and book heirloom. Don't I have a family anymore? Zheng Sen explained.

"Doesn't think so?" Zheng Zhiyu shook his head, "Anyway, I haven't heard of it." However, there is no shortage of this money in the family, if you really don't have it, you can do one. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhihe couldn't help but think in his heart: "If you have to find someone to ask, if you really don't have it, then you have to hurry up and ask the eldest brother to propose, by the way, what else to ask?" When he arrived, he took his nephew directly to see his eldest brother and asked him face to face. The eldest brother knew that I would never think of this matter, and he would definitely ask me how I remembered it, so I said that Zheng Sen's nephew remembered it, and then praised him again in front of the eldest brother. No matter what, you can make the eldest brother happy. ”

Zheng Zhiyu was sure that the eldest brother would be very enthusiastic about such a thing as running a clan study. Because of the idea that "everything is inferior, only reading is high", Zheng Zhilong also has it. Although he is now a military attaché, Zheng Zhihe can see that the eldest brother very much hopes that the family will have a scholar or even a civil official in the future.

Not only Zheng Zhiyi knows this, Zheng Sen also knows this, because he knows that in the original history, Zheng Zhilong has always let Zheng Sen study, and when he was successfully admitted to a show, Zheng Zhilong even tried his best to carry forward the spirit of hot face and cold buttocks, and he paid money and flattered, and finally found a very famous teacher for Zheng Sen - Qian Qianyi. To be honest, Shui Tailiang has always looked down on Zheng Zhilong, thinking that he is a military general, a bandit, and even sarcastically mocking him as a little white face. But considering that Zheng Zhilong has money and soldiers, he is very useful, so he reluctantly accepted Zheng Sen as a student.

And ethnology is also very much needed by Zheng Sen, because the second generation of the Zheng family will study here. Zheng Sen has the opportunity to pull up his future team here. At the same time, Zheng Sen also knew that Zheng Zhiyu would never hide himself when he mentioned the matter of ethnology to his father. Although Zheng Zhiyu's status in the family is not too high, judging from some previous dealings, this person is not a stupid person, and he will not do such a stupid thing.

"If not, my uncle could have mentioned it to my father. If I want to come to this money, my father should still be willing to pay. In addition, when my uncle came to my nephew, did I have anything to explain? Zheng Sen said.

"Haha, didn't you ask me about Dayuan (Taiwan)? The Lords are about to arrive, and you can already see them, so I'm going to tell you to go up to the deck and have a look. Zheng Zhiyu replied.

The two of them went to the deck together, and by this time a line of land had been faintly exposed in the direction of the bow of the ship.

"This is Dayuan Island? It seems to be huge. Zheng Sen said this deliberately.

"Yes, this is Dayuan Island, it's very big, probably about the same size as Kyushu Island." Zheng Zhiyu said on the side.

"So big? Is there anyone on this island? Zheng Sen asked with a frown.

"It's huge, and there's not many people on the island except for the savages. Recently the Dutch have built several forts on the island as places to do business with us. I can dock a big ship, too. Zheng Zhiyu replied.

"Is the land here barren?" Zheng Sen asked deliberately again.

"We also have one or two docks on the island, and the land on this island is quite fertile, and you can grow twice or even three times a year, so if you talk about farming, it's also a good place." Zheng Zhiyu smiled and said, "There are just not so many manpower." ”

"It's a shame that such a big island is deserted here. If you can immigrate and reclaim, I am afraid that it is enough to become a prince on your own, and it is not impossible to even build a country by yourself. But it's so barren! Moreover, this island is on the route from Daming to Japan, and the Dutch have a stronghold in this place, but it is also a trouble. Zheng Sen sighed.

The fleet bypassed Dayuan Island, and in the southern part of Dayuan Island, there was a stronghold of the Zheng family, but the ship did not stop there, but went around directly and headed towards Anping.

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There were no storms on the way from Japan to Anping, but after entering today's Taiwan Strait, the winds and waves began to grow, although Zheng Sen took a fortune boat with 500 materials, which was already a big ship at that time, but in terms of displacement, in fact, it was only a few hundred tons, and it naturally tossed badly in the wind and waves. Many of the less experienced sailors got sick and vomited. Zheng Sen, who went to sea for the first time, was naturally no exception, and almost vomited out all his bitter gall.

The fleet continued to sail through such storms for a day, and finally approached their destination, Anping (today's Anhai Town), Quanzhou. And when the ship docked, he didn't eat a mouthful of food or drink a sip of water for the whole day (and then spit it out. Zheng Sen could barely stand up.

When the ship had landed, a carriage was brought by servants and waited on the wharf. Zheng Sen supported his body and stepped off the springboard, Zheng Zhiyu asked the little guy who followed him to help him, but was gently pushed away by Zheng Sen.

"I can hold on, I don't need to be helped." Zheng Sen said.

It is not too far from the dock to Zheng Zhilong's house in Anping Town, but the time for the two pillars of incense has arrived. Along the way, Zheng Sen beat his spirit, looked out from the carriage window, only to see a big house with blue tiles and white walls on the right side of the bluestone road, the carriage turned along the road, and saw a three-room beast head gate, the gate was closed, and no one entered or exited, the door was hung with a gilded plaque, and the road was: "Five Tiger Guerrilla General's Mansion", and there were two rows of soldiers in red robes standing lazily in front of the door. Zheng Sen looked at it and shook his head slightly. Today's Zheng Zhilong is just a guerrilla general, and it may not be a good thing to make such a pomp and circumstance for his residence.

It's just that the carriage didn't enter the main gate, but turned to the corner gate next to it, which is where you enter and exit every day. The carriage stopped here, and Zheng Sen got out of the carriage and followed a few servants into the corner gate.

According to the rules, Zheng Sen should go to see his father and several other elders now, but as soon as he entered the corner gate, a servant with a brocade coat and a beautiful face greeted him and said, "But the eldest young master has arrived." The master heard that the eldest young master had been tired all the way, and he had just encountered wind and waves at sea, and he was afraid that he would be seasick, so he was not busy meeting the elders today. The courtyard of the eldest young master has also been arranged, and the eldest young master only needs to follow the villain to rest for one night, and it is not too late to meet again tomorrow. ”

Zheng Sen was about to agree, but suddenly thought of something, so he said: "This eldest brother, the kid hasn't seen his father for several years, he misses it day and night, and he just wants to fly to his father's knees every day, and now he finally got here, but how can he wait until tomorrow, so I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight." Please also ask the eldest brother to make it convenient, and then go and tell the eldest master. ”

When the man heard this, he hurriedly bent down and said, "The villain is just a slave, and he deserves to be called so by the eldest young master." Please also ask the eldest young master to sit here for a while, and the little one will ask the eldest master and talk back. As he spoke, he saluted Zheng Sen again and retreated