Qian Qianyi, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, was chatting happily with the boss of the boat, and a young woman in palace clothes came out of the cabin, holding a child more than a year old, who was "Hedongjun" Liu Ruyi.

"Master, but in Zhoushan?"

"Ah, madam, it was in Zhoushan that I arrived, and now I am waiting to enter the port!"

When Liu Ru was out of the cabin, he happened to see the battleship of the Guangdong Navy Division passing in front of him, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master, where is this big ship?" ”

"Hehe, this majestic warship is owned by the Guangdong Naval Division!"

"I didn't expect the King of Chu to create a great business in Guangdong!"

Qian Qianyi was very unhappy to hear his wife say this, and it was really unpleasant to praise another man in front of one man!

"What do women know! Don't go back yet! ”

Liu Ru saw that Qian Lao's hair was angry, and he hurriedly retreated into the cabin with the child in his arms.

Qian Qianyi had nowhere to send out an evil fire, and said to the boat boss: "Boat family, you send a sailor to the front to report, just say that the father-in-law of the king of Chu is here!" ”

Hearing this old man say this, the boat boss hurriedly bowed down, he knew that there was such a big man on the ship!

Li Zhi in the big tent in Dinghai heard a report from outside: "Lord Taiwan, there is a person outside Hong Kong who claims that the father-in-law of the King of Chu wants to enter Hong Kong in advance, please show it!" ”

The father-in-law of the King of Chu? Isn't King Chu's father-in-law Ma Jiyuan? Didn't he work for the king of Chu in Leizhou? How did this come out with another father-in-law?

"Among the people, you go out to take a look, it's our lord's cheap father-in-law who is here to fight the autumn breeze!"

Chen Zilong also knew that Zhu Hongsan was very lustful, and when he heard Li Zhi say this, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Master Taiwan, I'll go out and have a look!" ”

The name of the king of Chu is very good, Zhoushan is the world of the king of Chu, and officials everywhere heard that the father-in-law of the king of Chu drove to naturally welcome him in every way.

By the time Chen Zilong came out to greet him, Qian Qianyi had already gone ashore. Chen Zilong was an official in the Hongguang Dynasty, so he naturally recognized Lord Qian and couldn't help but be angry.

Chen Zilong stepped forward and asked, "Is this Lord Qian too cold in water?" ”

Hearing the young man in front of him reveal his scars, Qian Qianyi's face was flushed, and he arched his hand and said, "Criminal Minister Qian Qianyi, please take refuge in Guangdong!" ”

Seeing Qian Qianyi's virtue, Chen Zilong couldn't delve into his mistakes. If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, the face of the princess of Chu will still be given.

Chen Zilong stepped forward to salute and said, "It turned out to be Qian Shangshu, come with me to meet the Governor!" ”

"Your Excellency? The Governor? ”

"It's Li Zhili, Nanzhili and Governor of Zhejiang, Lord Li!"

Qian Qianyi had never heard of Li Zhi's name at all, too, in the past, Old Man Qian was a member of the Central Committee, and he had heard the name of a district Taoist there. But now there is no way, he is the governor, and the senior official of the second rank is at the same level as himself, and he is now a second minister, so he can't do it if he doesn't bow his head!

Qian Qianyi followed Chen Zilong to the big tent and knelt down and kowtowed.

"The criminal minister Qian Qianyi meets the Governor!"

Li Zhi was very disdainful of Qian Qianyi's personality, and now when he saw that the king of Chu could succeed, he rushed to take refuge, and he didn't have the integrity of a scholar at all.

"Lord Qian, please get up, what are your sins have been assessed by the King of Chu, I am here to serve the King of Chu, you are the father-in-law of the King of Chu, so I don't embarrass you, there will be a ship to Guangdong in three days, you go with the boat!"

"Thank you, Governor!" Qian Qianyi, who was a second minister, dared to take it in front of the red people of the King of Chu, got up and came out to follow a small official to arrange his own family residence.

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but sigh when he went out: "People can't do wrong things in this life, and if they do something wrong, they have to repay it for a lifetime!" ”

He followed the little official at the door to a shack in the camp of the homeless camp, and the little official said: "This is your residence, and the camp gives porridge twice a day, and you must keep the time, otherwise you will not complain about us if you have no food to eat!" ”

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, Qian Qianyi arched his hand and said: "Thank you, my lord, this is a little heart, please accept it!" After speaking, he took out ten taels of silver from his cuff and handed it to the little official.

The little official weighed ten taels of silver and said, "Look at your knowledge, give you a benefit, every day in the front kitchen is a homeless person who gives strength to cook a dry meal, you can go there to eat, just say that the official let it." “

After the little official finished speaking, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but feel angry, where did he suffer from this kind of anger! But it can't be helped!

Qian Qianyi looked at the displaced people around him, he was not bad, at least he had an independent shack, and he didn't have to show up with Hedongjun.

At this time, the cloud card sounded, and it was noon. Qian Qianyi hurriedly instructed his family to come to the front with the rice jar sent down.

The family went and came back soon, and the food was still good, white rice and sweet potato rice, at least it could make people full. The dish is boiled cabbage in salt water, without a single oil star, and the meals are all available in unlimited quantities, which is probably for the displaced people who are expanding the port.

Lao Qian didn't want to eat this boiled cabbage, and he left the house with a ham with him.

Qian Fa, a family member who was cooking, said: "Master, I saw that the soldiers ate better than our landlords, there are fish and meat, and there is enough rice." In this way, those Qiu Ba are still not satisfied, saying that they braised pork every day, and they eat like a pig's head! It's infuriating! ”

Lao Qian didn't believe what Qian Fa said, the king of Chu was rich, but he couldn't give the soldiers such a good meal, he should be going out to fight and give these Qiu Ba a good meal.

Lao Qian was about to tell his family to prepare a meal, when Chen Zilong came.

Chen Zilong held a food box in one hand and an oiled paper bag in the other. saw that Qian Qianyi was preparing to eat this kind of homeless meal. stepped forward and said, "Lord Qian, this is a dereliction of duty, I forgot to tell you to go down and prepare meals for Lord Qian's family." ”

After speaking, he opened the food box and put down the oiled paper bag. It turned out that inside the food box was a large bowl of braised pork and two fish in tomato sauce, and the bottom box was two bowls of rice. Inside the oiled paper bag is a roast chicken.

"Lord Qian, there is really nothing good to eat on the desert island, and our Governor also eats this kind of army meal. The king of Chu, Chitose, had an order that the generals who led the troops must eat the same meals as ordinary soldiers. ”

Qian Qianyi looked at the food, he liked light food, and he really didn't have much appetite for such a braised pork with thick oil and red sauce. But Chen Zilong's kindness couldn't help but give face, and he made a show and ate a few chopsticks and tomato sauce fish, but he didn't expect this strange fish to be very delicious, and Qian Qianyi ate a big bowl of rice with that sweet and sour sauce.

"Lord Chen, how do you make this fish? It's delicious! ”

"Oh, the practice of this fish was handed down by King Chitose of Chu, this kind of sea fish has been steamed, and the fish bones inside have been softened, so any kind of sea fish can be made into eggplant sauce fish."

"Why is it called tomato fish? Is it made of eggplant? ”

"I have never seen a Western vegetable called tomato, but I heard that it is grown in large quantities in Guangdong!"

Qian Qianyi nodded, asked his family to take out his treasured rice wine, and began to drink it with Chen Zilong.

"Lord Chen, I heard from my family that your ordinary soldiers eat so well, but you want to go out to fight?"

"That's not it, the king of Chu has an order, the army eats three meals a day, and each meal must have one meat and one vegetable, and the staple food tube is full."

"It's a lot of money to raise an army like this!"

"I don't know the specifics very well, but the more than 10,000 garrisons in Dinghai spend ten taels of silver per month on food."

Ten taels of silver is enough for an ordinary farmer's family of three for a year, but I didn't expect this King of Chu to be really rich, and the monthly food expenses will cost 100,000 taels of silver.

"Lord Chen, isn't it a waste to raise an army like this, no one can afford to raise such an army!"

Qian Qianyi has decided to take refuge in his unlucky son-in-law, and now he has begun to speak on the side of his son-in-law.

"Don't worry, Lord Qian, the King of Chu said that if you invest, you will be rewarded. The army of Dinghai looks expensive, but its combat effectiveness is very strong. When Lord Qian was at home, hadn't you heard that in the first battle of Jiangyin, our 3,000 people wiped out more than 50,000 Qing troops? ”

"What? Three thousand versus fifty thousand? Qian Qianyi was completely frightened, he knew the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Eight Banners, known as invincible, but he didn't expect to be wiped out so much by the foodie army in front of him!

Chen Zilong was a little bragging, it was the navy that made a big contribution in the Jiangyin campaign, and half of the Qing army fell under naval fire. In addition, the siege of the city is a new annex army, and there is still a certain distance from the authentic Manchu Eight Banners.

"Lord Qian doesn't know yet, this time the Manchu Qing Bellenikan battle, Gongshun King Kong Youde was beheaded outside the city! This is the first big victory of the Ming Dynasty since Yuan Inspector killed the old slave with one shot! ”

Qian Qianyi nodded, if the battle is really like what Chen Zilong said, it will be a big victory.

"Lord Chen, since the fighting power of the Guangdong soldiers is so strong, why don't you recover Nanjing?"

Chen Zilong was also very depressed when he mentioned this, it was entirely possible to take Nanjing with the strength of the army sent by Zhili to Nan, but the king of Chu had been suppressing Li Zhi's actions. I didn't understand it before, but I understood it after Li Zhi's explanation in the morning. Now hearing Qian Qianyi ask, Chen Zilong, who is still a little fritter in officialdom, blushed a little.

"This is because the king of Chu has a military order, this army costs too much, and there is no money in Guangdong, so he is not ready to counterattack Nanjing."

Qian Qianyi is an old man, and when he saw Chen Zilong like this, he knew that there was something inside, and after a little thought, he immediately understood that this was the king of Chu who wanted to eliminate the opposition of the king of Lu and the king of Tang through the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but secretly slander in his heart, "This Zhu Hongsan is really ruthless, and in order to eradicate his opponent, he did not hesitate to let the Manchu Qing go south." In this way, the people of Jiangxi and Fujian have suffered from seedlings! ”

Although he thought so in his heart, Lao Qian had already decided to go to Guangdong, so he had to think about his unlucky son-in-law. Judging from Zhu Hongsan's side, this move is not a good move, and the trick of killing people with a knife is played by Zhu Hongsan very slippery.

Chen Zilong accompanied Qian Qianyi to drink for a while, and got up to say goodbye. Lao Qian got up to see them off, and agreed that Chen Zilong would take them south to Guangdong three days later.

Qian Qianyi was very happy to hear that he could go south so quickly, so that he didn't have to mix in this group of homeless people. Back at the shack, a few family members shared the braised pork and chicken, and the rest of the tomato fish was given to Liu Ru to taste.