Chapter 32: The Treasure Island Canon
Since the area north of the Yangtze River is controlled by Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng, we can only choose to take the sea route when we go north.
I stood on the bow of the boat, looking out at the endless sea, and my heart was full of thoughts.
Frankly speaking, I don't know what the consequences of going to Shengjing will be.
You can be killed, or you can come back alive.
Seeing that I was worried, Chen Yuanyuan came over to chat with me and asked me about the time before I crossed.
So, I told her about my college experience, and she listened with curiosity and asked me to sing her pop songs.
Seeing that she was so interested, the buddy was cheeky and sang Zhao Lei's "Chengdu" to her, she was fascinated by it, and said that when she returned to Fuzhou, she must let me teach her.
Just as we were talking, dozens of small boats suddenly appeared in the distance.
I thought that these small boats were coastal fishermen, but I didn't expect Zhang Zhao to hurriedly call Guan Ning Eighteen Cavalry out of the cabin.
"General Zhang, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, we may have encountered pirates."
After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he stretched out his bow and arrows to the eighteen horsemen of Guanning, preparing to face the battle.
"General Zhang doesn't need to panic, before leaving Fuzhou, Zheng Chenggong gave me a flag of Zheng Zhilong, he said that when encountering pirates and pirates, as long as he took out the flag of the Zheng family, the pirates would not dare to mess around!"
With that, I asked Chen Yuanyuan to go to the cabin and take out the flag.
Then he stood on the deck and waved at the people in the boat.
But the fuck up, the people in the boat rowed towards us as if they didn't see it.
I'm wondering, isn't Zheng Zhilong a pirate leader who crisscrosses the world, why doesn't it work now?
At this moment, I saw that the people sitting in the small boat were not pirates and pirates at all, but a group of foreigners with yellow hair and blue eyes.
Seeing that the boat was getting closer and closer to us, Zhang Zhao was about to let Guan Ning's eighteen horsemen release arrows, but I stopped him.
If I'm not mistaken, the people in the boat should have been the Dutch colonists who seized the bay of the treasure island.
The Dutch colonists were actually no different from pirates, and the history books record that they often killed people and extorted goods on the southeast coast of our country, while in the interior of the treasure island, they brutally suppressed the local people.
The main reason why I stopped Zhang Zhao was that I felt that we did not have enough manpower, and we were not good at water combat, so I was worried that we would suffer losses if we started fighting.
And the Dutch can't just want to grab some money, we just give him some money, anyway, Lao Tzu is going to attack Yangwan later, and now the money that Lao Tzu gave out will be recovered sooner or later.
As I expected, a group of Dutchmen surrounded us, and then boarded our ship with great fanfare, and there were as many as 100 of them.
Fortunately, my buddy came over and knew a little English, so I simply greeted them and asked them what they were going to do.
Just then, an old Dutch ghost with gray hair walked out of the crowd.
He wears a European-style military uniform with a knight's sword at his waist, and looks like a typical European colonist.
But he had a string of Buddhist beads around his neck, which looked nondescript.
The old Dutch ghost said in broken Chinese: "Zheng Zhilong's flag is useless to us Dutch. We are civilized people, as long as you pay the toll, we will not kill anyone! ”
I'm grass, these Dutch devils are embarrassed to say that they are civilized people, and I really want to say a word of FUCK to him.
But the strong dragon couldn't suppress the head snake, buddy, I put up with it, so I asked, "How much does the toll cost?" ”
"Fifty taels of silver!" Saying that, the old ghost gave me a gesture, and I was afraid that I wouldn't understand.
My day! Fifty taels is not much for me, but for those fishermen who go out to sea to fish, they can't earn fifty taels a year, which shows how greedy these Dutch colonists were.
I immediately handed over the money, thinking in my heart, Lao Tzu is making you crazy now, and Lao Tzu will make you kneel and call grandpa.
Seeing that the money was received, the Dutch devils did not trouble us, so they disembarked one after another.
However, just as the white-haired old ghost was about to jump off the boat, a golden book suddenly fell out of his clothes.
Out of kindness, I ran over and picked it up, and I was ready to give it to him, so that he could get out of here.
When I picked up the book and looked at it, I was stupid, and the cover of the book read "Xuanhua Sutra" in three big characters.
"How did the Dazzling Hua Jing end up in the hands of the Dutch? Do they know the secrets? I took the scriptures and said secretly in my heart.
"Amitabha!" The old ghost folded his hands, saluted me, and then said, "I am a believer in Buddhism, please give me the scriptures!" ”
I'm grass, you people who still believe in Buddhism, and people who believe in Buddhism will block the road and rob them?
I said in a tentative tone: "Lord Yang, I am also a believer in Buddhism, can I use money to buy this sutra of yours?" ”
"You can't buy it for any amount of money!" As he spoke, he snatched the scripture book from it, and then said proudly: "This book was given to me by a friend when I passed through Riyadh, and it is not a matter of money!" ”
Forehead......
Riyadh?
If I'm not mistaken, Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country.
Muslim countries believe in Islam and read the Quran, so how can there be Buddhist texts?
And this "Xuanhua Sutra" is a treasure of the Ming royal family, and I can understand that it was lost to Yunnan, but it is really incomprehensible to cross the ocean to Saudi Arabia.
Seeing this, I hurriedly asked, "Did the friend who gave you the book tell you what Buddhist mysteries are in this book?" ”
"Why do you ask so much?" He glared at me and rebuked, "If you talk too much, be careful that I cut your tongue!" ”
After saying that, the old ghost jumped off the boat with the scriptures, and Lao Tzu was angry to death, but he was helpless.
Damn it! From the guards of Bauhinia City in Beijing to rob the "Xuanhua Sutra", to Wu Sangui to ask for books, then to Tibetan lamas to rob books, and then to Dolgon to ask for books, and now the Dutch are also going to forcibly seize this scripture.
No matter how stupid I am, I can feel that this "Xuanhua Sutra" is definitely a treasure.
It's just a shame I don't know what's in the book.
But fortunately, all the scriptures have not fallen into the hands of someone, and after I recover Taiwan, I should be able to get the book in the hands of the Dutch devils, and the situation is not too bad.
……
After the Dutch devils left, we continued north.
After a month of drifting on the sea, he finally arrived at Ninghaiwei, which was controlled by the Manchus, which is now the city of Dalian.
After arriving in Ninghai, we followed the messengers of the Manchurian Tatars straight to Shengjing, which is today's Shenyang.
On the way to Shengjing, I saw many Han Chinese along the way, detained by Manchu soldiers transporting military rations.
They walked barefoot in the snow in ragged clothes, and some women even carried their babies on their backs.
The soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were extremely savage with whips to whip these innocent people, and some of the old and frail people were really unable to walk, so they were brutally killed by the Tartars, and the scene was really miserable.
To tell the truth, seeing the Han people being slaughtered by the Tartars, I felt extremely uncomfortable, so much so that I cried several times.
Although I crossed over to Chongzhen's upper body, as an emperor, I deeply feel the responsibility on my shoulders, not only to recapture the country, but more importantly, to let these people regain the dignity of the Han nation.
Seeing that I was sad and weeping, Chen Yuanyuan kept comforting me, saying that the situation of these Han people is only temporary now, and in the future we will definitely cross the Shanhai Pass and slash those barbaric Tartars.
Although Chen Yuanyuan's words are good, it is really not easy to cross the Shanhai Pass to conquer the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And I'm in the land of Tartar now, and I don't know if I'm dead or alive when I get to Shengjing.
But since I have chosen this bumpy path, I have long put life and death aside.
……
After arriving in Shengjing, the Manchu messenger did not let us go directly to the palace to meet the Tartar Emperor, but arranged for us to be in a dilapidated inn outside the imperial city.
In fact, it stands to reason that the head of state should not have arranged such a bad arrangement for me when he was on a foreign visit.
They did it all because they wanted to humiliate me.
Lying on the cold bed, I felt for the first time how important it is for a country to be strong and prosperous, and I also understood what it means to be backward and be beaten.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, and then someone said in a rough voice: "Uncle Gesang, the little monk has found out that the person who stole the "Xuanhua Sutra" in Yunnan and killed the master is related to Dorgon. Presumably, the scriptures are likely to have fallen into the hands of the Tartars, please be sure to take me into the palace tomorrow, I must bring the scriptures back to Tibet, and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the living Buddhas of the past dynasties! ”
Forehead......
When I heard this, I sat up.
I looked through the window, and it was the Tibetan lama who was not killed last time.
Listening to his tone, this "Xuanhua Sutra" seems to be a bit old, otherwise he would not say that it is to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the living Buddhas of the past dynasties.
It's just that I think a little differently, the living Buddhas in Tibet believe in the Tibetan Yellow Religion, even if they want to cultivate immortals, they can't use the Buddhist scriptures of our Han people.
What the is this going on?