Chapter 155, The Origin of Species (3)
"Miss Li, why do you have to go to Fujian. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Gu Jiang was taken aback.
"A few days ago, a sister in Fujian Province invited me to come over and relax, and by the way, I arranged a banquet for her to celebrate her achievements and teach some sisters to sing some tunes. I heard that Mr. Mizhi was about to buy a boat to go to Fujian. So I went to Mr. Miyuki and begged him to take me with me. Li Xiangjun said with a salute.
"With Miss Xiangjun as a companion, there is a lot less loneliness along the way." Fang Yizhi said with a smile, "Since the last time I sent Damu back to Fujian, I haven't heard Miss Xiangjun sing. However, I heard a lot of new songs from Miss Xiangjun. Now I heard that the girls over there in the old hall are waiting every day for Miss Xiangjun to have new tunes coming out. If you want to learn music from Miss Xiangjun, I'm afraid you can surround the city of Nanjing. I don't know if there is anyone in Fujian who has such a big face, and can work for our Xiangjun girls to teach them to sing. ā
Li Xiangjun lowered his head slightly and said, "It's just a sister I met in the past." ā
Fang Yizhi listened, just smiled, and didn't say anything more. During this period of time, Li Xiangjun has new tunes popping up from time to time, and many of them only have lyrics without lyrics. And the tunes of these tunes are generally very unique, and obviously not like the flavor of the Ming Dynasty. Li Xiangjun never said that she composed this song, and if someone asked who it was, she always didn't say it. As for the author of this song, Fang Yizhi certainly has speculation. However, he is not a person who likes to gossip, so he didn't ask much. As for Gu Jiang, he didn't care about these even more.
Their current ship is just an ordinary river boat, and they can't go to sea, so when they arrive in Songjiang, they have to change to a sea boat. But for a few people who have been on the boat for several days, this is a ready-made opportunity for everyone to go ashore and relax.
"Miss Li, it will take a few days to contact the sea boat, and we took this opportunity to visit a few friends, I don't know if Miss Li is interested in going with us." When it was time to get off the boat, Fang Yizhi said to Li Xiangjun.
"How easy is it to contact a sea vessel?" Li Xiangjun asked, "The little woman heard that Zheng Damu's family is engaged in maritime business, and there are ships going back and forth between Fujian and Songjiang every day. Someone from the family lives in Songjiang and is responsible for coordinating these transactions. Moreover, the little woman also heard that Zheng Damu Gongzi studied Gewu and was deeply aware of feng shui, so he built some fast boats, and the speed of the boats was several times that of ordinary sea boats. From Songjiang to the sea, it will take only two or three days at most to reach Fujian. It's faster than a stagecoach. Because the news of doing business comes faster and easier to make money, Zheng Gongzi's family has built several such boats, going back and forth to various large harbors, I heard that in Songjiang, there is a boat here all the year round to standby, since the two sons and Damu Gongzi are friends, why not just go to them directly, whether it is to send the clipper to send the two sons, or arrange for the two sons to follow the merchant ship, isn't it more convenient than finding the ship yourself? ā
Fang Yizhi listened to it and couldn't help but smile and said: "Ning Ren and I are also friends with Da Mu, and we have correspondence with Da Mu every month. But I don't know any of that. But I don't know who Miss Li heard about it from. ā
Li Xiangjun listened, pursed his lips and smiled: "The two sons and Da Mu are gentlemen's friends, and they are also knowledgeable in their correspondence on weekdays, and they will definitely not talk about doing business." However, Zhou Gongzi, who was 'Bo Fu', had business dealings with Zheng Gongzi's family, so he knew these things. The little woman heard it from Zhou Gongzi. ā
Fang Yizhi and Zhou Bofu are very familiar with each other, and they know that they have a lot of mulberry fields at home, and the silk business is not small. Now Li Xiangjun is using him as an excuse, which is also very appropriate. So he didn't say anything more, just looked at Li Xiangjun and smiled.
Li Xiangjun seemed to be a little embarrassed by his laughter, so he lowered his head slightly and said, "I don't know who the two sons are going to visit in Songjiang this time." ā
Fang Yizhi knew that this was Li Xiangjun's "Wang Gu talked about him left and right", but he didn't break it, but just smiled and said: "There are a lot of famous people in Songjiang, but the one I want to visit most is not at home, and although Mr. Chen Wozi is at home, he is studying in the system, and it is inconvenient for us to disturb it, so we can only visit Mr. Xu Yangong." ā
Li Xiangjun said in surprise: "Chen Wozi and Xu Yangong are both famous people in Songjiang, but they are not the people Mizhi wants to visit the most, I really don't know what kind of person Mizhi wants to visit the most." ā
Fang Yizhi said with a smile: "This person is not a celebrity, but he is a little similar to Damu, but he is a prodigy." It is the son of Mr. Xia Yizhong, a famous man in Songjiang, named Xia Wanchun. Why did Da Mu never mention this person to Miss Li in his letters? ā
"It turned out to be him. I've heard that this kid is said to be supertalented, and Zheng Gongzi thinks he is inferior. Zheng Gongzi also said that this person will become a great weapon in the future, but it is really worth seeing. It's just that this child is only eight years old now, and where is he when he is not at home? Li Xiangjun nodded.
Originally, there were quite loopholes in Li Xiangjun's words, but Fang Yizhi didn't intend to expose them, but just smiled and said: "Last year, Mr. Xia Yizhong and Mr. Chen Wozi won the Jinshi together, and Mr. Xia had to be awarded Changle Zhi County. So he took his son with him for a long time. Only Mr. Wozi was originally awarded the manager of Huizhou Mansion, but unfortunately he met Ding Wei before he could take office, and now he has returned home to study, so he is still in Songjiang. Does Miss Li have any thoughts now? ā
Li Xiangjun said: "But it depends on Mr. Mizhi's arrangement." ā
"Then let's find a place to live first, and then according to Miss Li's idea, we will find the person in charge of the Damu family in Songjiang, arrange the boat first, and then we will visit Mr. Chen Wozi, but I don't know what arrangements Miss Li has." Fang Yizhi said.
"The little girl also has a few sisters in Songjiang." Li Xiangjun replied.
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Now it is Zheng Cai who is in charge of the business on Songjiang's side, and when he heard that Zheng Sen's friend was visiting, he hurriedly put down what he was doing and came out. After hearing Fang Yizhi mention that he wanted to borrow the Zheng family's boat to go to Fujian in order to visit Zheng Sen, Zheng Cai smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I actually just got a reply from Ah Sen here two days ago, Ah Sen knows that the two are coming, I don't know how happy I am, two days ago, I just took a boat here to pick up the two gentlemen in Nanjing, unlike the two gentlemen who have arrived here now." Come to think of it, the ship must have been missed. However, the two clippers that were going to carry the two gentlemen were left here. If you want to use it, you can get on board at any time. But now Asen is not in Quanzhou, but on Dayuan Island. ā
"Dayuan Island? What is that place? Fang Yizhi asked.
"It is a large island opposite Fujian, about 200 miles away from Fujian. In the past, there were only some indigenous savages on the island, and it was not inhabited. Later, it became a hiding place for pirates and the like. Later, after the imperial court swept away the pirates, some Taixiyi people came to this island one after another, and a few years ago, the Dutch started a war against our dynasty, and they used this island as a base. Later, after we defeated the Dutch, the Dutch had nothing to do with the city on this island. Most people only know that the Dutch naval battle is a must, but they don't know that the Dutch defend the city is a must, although we won them at sea, but the Dutch city is really not able to take it. So my Zheng family also landed on this island, built a walled port, and immigrated to the island, so that we could spy on the Dutch nearby, and prepare for the future capture of the Dutch city. Later, the Dutch confessed their mistake to our DPRK and helped us to block the sea route of Dongg. The emperor saw that the Dutch were obedient and knew that they could correct their mistakes, so he forgave them and allowed them to trade with our court. The northern port of the walled city that my family built on Dayuan Island became a port for trade with the Dutch. Ah Sen has a lot of dealings with those Tessie people, and now he is in North Harbor, on the one hand, he helps his third uncle deal with some affairs, and on the other hand, he also studies and writes Tessie knowledge with those Tessie people. ā
"I see." Gu Jiang said, "A few days ago, I heard that this Dutchman was approved by the emperor and built a walled city in Jinghai for trade. happened to encounter Jianshen breaking through, and the Dutch defended the city, and tens of thousands of Jianshen lost their soldiers, but they just couldn't attack it. It seems that the Dutchman is indeed good at defending the city. If I can learn the Dutch's method of defending the city, it will be of great benefit to deal with Jianzhi and Liukou in the future. ā
Gu Jiang has always been very concerned about military strategy or something.
"The stronghold of Jinghai is managed by my Ming and the Dutch. My family has also learned some of this method of building and defending the city, and today's Beigang City was built in the style of the Dutch. In fact, I was towards Sun Yuanhua, and the gun city that I built at the beginning was also the method of defending the city that Taixi learned. Although I still nominally hold the title of general, I don't know much about the war. Asen knows these things much better than I know, and he got a lot of Tessie's knowledge from the Tessie people. There are some things that I don't know very well, but it's more convenient to talk to Assen when the two of you get to Dayuan Island. ā
"How far is this ship to the Lord?" Gu Jiang asked again.
"It's about 2,000 miles, but our ship is fast, and if it goes well, it can be reached in two days and two nights. Even if it's a little slower, it can be reached in about three days. Zheng Cai replied.
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The two said goodbye, and Gu Jiang suddenly said, "Oops, I forgot something just now." ā
"What's the matter?" Fang Yizhi hurriedly asked.
"We forgot that we were accompanied by Miss Li Xiangjun, who was going to Quanzhou. Now we don't go to Quanzhou, we go directly to Dayuan Island. What can I do? Gu Jiang said anxiously.
"Hahahaha." Fang Yizhi laughed, "Don't worry about this, Miss Li is naturally willing to go to Dayuan Island to have a look." ā