After fifteen, the Zheng family was busy again, because the marriage of the eldest son Zheng Sen was just around the corner. This is an extremely important event for the Zheng family www.biquge.info because according to tradition, it means that the second-generation leadership core of the Zheng family has grown up. And the Zheng family, as a local tyrant, is naturally ready to make a big deal, not only to show off his wealth (of course, Zheng Zhilong must have such a meaning), but also to show Zheng Sen's status to the clan and other people who are close to the Zheng family. Although Zheng Zhilong is not a vassal king, Zheng Sen is naturally not a prince.

Since the date was set, the Zheng family sent invitations everywhere, and most of the gentry in Fujian received invitations. Governor Zhang Kentang naturally also received the invitation.

"Helin, what do you think should be done with this matter?" Zhang Kentang handed this invitation to his guest Li Yushandao.

If it is according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the general soldier or something, in front of the governor, can be said to be not a fart. The marriage of the son of a general soldier is even more nothing. If the son of the chief soldier had been married, the chief soldier should have sent an invitation to the governor himself, and the governor could have asked him to wait in the concierge for two or three hours, and then send a servant to accept the invitation, and then he could have thrown the invitation aside and ignored it.

Now, though, things seem to be a little different. If the wind and rain are going on today, the generals are gradually becoming warlords. Especially after the recent series of defeats, everyone knows that the imperial court has no power to control these generals, and the generals are becoming more and more domineering. It is not new for some local military generals (such as Zuo Liangyu and others) to bully localities, so that local civil officials often have to look at their faces to live.

Compared with Zuo Liangyu and others, Zheng Zhilong's performance is actually quite good, at least, he will not have nothing to do and send troops to rob everywhere or something, and even now, some common gifts and money are still not missing.

"Your Excellency, you'd better congratulate you on this matter in person." Li Yushan said, "You don't have to care about the gift, one word is enough." But people still have to go. Otherwise, in this Fujian now, there is nothing unrelated to the Zheng family in all kinds of livelihood trading, if it is ......"

Zhang Kentang naturally knew the status of the Zheng family in Fujian, and generally speaking, there was a so-called talisman in the officialdom of various places, which listed the list of families in various places that could not be easily offended. In the latest version of Fujian's talismans, the Zheng family is at the forefront. There are also some officials who are not very accustomed to the changes in the current situation, and they offended the Zheng family, and as a result, they soon became unquiet because of various things, and there were civil uprisings under their rule, and they were accused of corruption and corruption...... In short, I didn't get any good fruit to eat. For example, last year, there was a new county order, and because he reached out to the rice merchants who were attached to the Zheng family, he caused the rice merchants to stop. city, which in turn led to a popular uprising. The mob stormed into the yamen and beat the magistrate severely. And those errand guards in the yamen actually ran away one by one, and none of them even came out to help. When the fight was over, the county order ordered to arrest people, but he couldn't even find an obedient officer. reported to Shangguan, Shangguan only blamed him for being troublesome, and finally had to resign and leave by himself. After this incident, everyone in Fujian naturally knows that the Zheng family, a local snake, is not something that ordinary people can afford to provoke.

"Well, so be it. I'll prepare a word, and for other things, you can arrange it for me. Oh yes, Zheng Zhilong's son-in-law is going to marry the young lady of the Dong family. The Dong family is also a scholarly family, and her father is also a second-class jinshi, and he is also in the same vein as Sven...... You can help me prepare a congratulatory gift and send it to Dong's house in Yongning. Zhang Kentang said. If the situation is chaotic today, he also has a lot of things that he must rely on Zheng Zhilong's strength.

"Brother Duan, your brother Damu sent an invitation here, but he is going to get married. There are still some official things for my father, and I can't go to congratulate him in person. You might go on your own? Xia Yunyi put down the invitation and smiled at his son. Now he has been in the fourth year of his tenure as the county magistrate of Changle County, and according to the rules, his term of office will expire in one more year. In the past few years, Xia Yunyi has spent some effort in governing the local area. He personally went to the fields, supervised the cultivation of wasteland, and promoted the overseas varieties sent by Zheng Sen, with remarkable results. In the past few years, although Changle has not been able to say that he has no roads, no mistakes, and no closing of his house at night, at least, the people in Changle County still have food to eat, and their lives are still very stable. If it weren't for all the bad news in the Di newspaper, as well as the homeless people who appeared from time to time, (fortunately, these homeless people were quickly taken away by the Zheng family) just looking at this Changle County, it would still seem like a peaceful season.

"Daddy, Damu is getting married? He's in Anping now? Xia Wanchun, who was reading a book, said in surprise.

"Exactly, it's time for him to marry. How about it, I asked Uncle Wu to accompany you, can you go? Xia Yunyi asked.

"Why can't you go? It's not far from Changle to Anping, it's only a few days to take a sea boat, you can see Zheng Damu, at most seasickness, but what is it? Xia Wanchun asked rhetorically.

"Not bad! These days, you're afraid that you've accumulated a lot of questions in his books. But Brother Duan, you are going to congratulate you, if people are very busy, don't ......" Xia Yunyi hurriedly admonished again.

Yongning, Dong family.

It has only been a few days since the Zheng family came to greet her, and Mrs. Dong Chen is helping her daughter to make a female worker to marry, and at the same time, she is also seizing the time to chat with her daughter and teach her the rules of being a daughter-in-law.

"Ah You, what about the truth, you all know that your husband is also a talented man who is knowledgeable. There's nothing I'm worried about. Chen put away a piece of Xia Silk that had just been embroidered, and said to his daughter Dong You, "It's just that you are a girl, but you have always been strong, and sometimes you don't know how to be flexible." I'm worried about you. That day, I heard from your father that your husband was not only a talent, but also a hero. said that you will be able to get a phoenix crown in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Chen stopped and looked at his daughter, who blushed and lowered her head.

"I have also heard that your husband is very knowledgeable, and everyone thinks that he will be a great Confucian scholar in the future. But he himself said to others, 'If the ancient sages, Confucius or Mencius, who is bent on becoming a scholar?' Mencius said, 'In today's world, who else can I be?', and Confucius traveled around the world, all of which were heroes who wanted to bring peace to the world. If there is chaos today, what people in the world need more is not a pedant, but a hero who can dominate the world. I want to do it, and I am only willing to be a hero who opens peace for all generations, but I don't want to be an old pedant looking for chapters and sentences. It's just You. Chen added, "There is an old saying, you should also know. That is, 'since ancient times, heroes have no good kind'. If you are a hero with this heart, there will always be a reverse scale. Your father met him a few times, and every time he came back, he praised me for being a gentle and courteous gentleman. But you have to remember that no matter how gentle and polite he is, you have to know the proportions yourself......"

"Mother, you've said it several times." Dong You couldn't help but sneer.

It's only two days until the day of the welcome. Yongning is almost a hundred miles away from Anping by land, and there are many mountain roads, if you take the land route, you are afraid that it will take two days on the road. Fortunately, both of these places are close to the sea, so you can take the sea route. However, it took a long detour by sea, and it would take two days to get on the road in the end, so Zheng Sen had to take a boat to Yongning today.

The Zheng family prepared a large fleet of more than 20 ships and was responsible for sending Zheng Sen to Yongning. Early this morning, Zheng Sen boarded the "Endeavour" moored on the Anping Wharf in red and hanging colors. This time, the newly renovated "Endeavour" will be used for the wedding ship of the Zheng family.

Soon, the Endeavour raised its sails and left the Anping Pier, followed by her sister ship and several other frigates, followed by a fortune ship carrying various gifts.