At the beginning of April of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the ship of Zheng Sen and others arrived in Wuchang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The wharf of Wuchang is at the foot of Snake Mountain, from the wharf, raise your head, you can see the Yellow Crane Tower, which is known as one of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. Zheng Sen found that the Yellow Crane Tower at this time was very different from the Yellow Crane Tower that Zheng Sen was familiar with in later generations. First of all, the Yellow Crane Tower at this time was not located on the top of Snake Mountain like later generations, and the Yellow Crane Tower of this era was closer to the riverside, almost by the river.

"How in this position?" Zheng Sen thought to himself. Zheng Sen remembered that it was still in the mid-eighties of the twentieth century, when this famous building was repeatedly built and destroyed in history (only in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was destroyed 7 times, rebuilt and repaired 10 times. ), just completed another new build. And on the Turtle Mountain on the other side of the Yangtze River, a towering TV tower has also been erected.

Zheng Sen didn't know that in fact, the location of the Yellow Crane Tower in his original time and space was actually the result of relocation. And its original site, that is, the location of the Yellow Crane Tower in front of Zheng Sen, built the Yangtze River Bridge to make the "moat a thoroughfare".

In addition to the difference between the location and Zheng Sen's memory, the difference in shape is also very large. Now the Yellow Crane Tower in front of Zheng Sen is only three floors, and the location is much lower than the Yellow Crane Tower in later generations, plus the decoration is also much worse, not to mention anything else, just the yellow glazed tiles used in later generations are not the Yellow Crane Tower of this era dare to use indiscriminately. So it seems that the Yellow Crane Tower in front of you is much more inconspicuous, at least compared with the glazed tower of Nanjing's Dabao'en Temple, it is much more inconspicuous. However, compared to the ordinary houses around, it still feels like it stands out from the crowd.

Zheng Sen knew that the original Yellow Crane Tower seemed to be a restaurant, but now it has become a Lu Zuguan. Because according to legend, Lu Dongbin was feathered here and ascended to immortality. Captain Cha knew that Zheng Sen was interested in famous places everywhere, so he said: "Young General, although this Yellow Crane Tower is now a Taoist temple, I heard that the food in this Taoist temple is good, and there are many people who come to eat it every day. ”

"Don't be in a hurry today, in two days, after finishing the business, I will invite you to come to this Yellow Crane Tower for a fast meal." Zheng Sen said with a smile.

Captain Cha knew that the Zheng family was rich and Zheng Sen was also generous, so he said: "But I want to thank the young general for his grace." To be honest, it's not the first time I've been to Wuchang, and it's not the first time I've seen this Yellow Crane Tower, but I haven't seen it once. ”

The group got off the boat and found a fairly clean inn next to Baotong Temple, and then spent money to invite all the people who lived in it out and chartered the entire inn. Generally speaking, according to the bridge in the TV, there will definitely be people who refuse to move out, and then have a conflict with Zheng Sen's people or something. But in fact, after Zheng Fu took out the silver, the people who lived in the store were happy to take the money and leave.

Early the next morning, Zheng Sen took Zheng Fu and a few people to Zuo Liangyu's mansion. Zheng Fu called a carriage, Zheng Sen and Zheng Fu got into the carriage, and several servants followed behind with gifts, and arrived at Zuo Liangyu's mansion after a while.

Zuo Liangyu's mansion in Wuchang is not small, it is said that it used to be the private residence of a wealthy businessman, and later "took the initiative" to give it to Zuo Liangyu. After Zuo Liangyu got this house, he renovated it, for example, the original black lacquered courtyard gate was demolished and replaced with a three-room vermilion lacquer gate. The gate is made magnificent, wider and higher than the governor's yamen of Wuchang. At the door of the gate, there were two huge stone lions, and at the door stood more than a dozen military men wearing red robes and waist swords hanging from their waists. All of these military men are good, and they also have a fierce look on their faces, and they look very majestic.

Zheng Sen looked at those soldiers, and then smiled at Zheng Fu and said, "How do these people compare with the model army?" ”

"The model army has fought with Dongxuan, and Dongxuan has been beaten to the point of urine. These people are just looking like goods, not to mention anything else, just the lazy appearance when they are standing, compared with the sentinels of the model army, it is really heaven and earth. Moreover, our model army trains all day long, in addition to eating and sleeping, and even reads at night. How many days do they? Besides, what do we have to eat as a model army? What do they have to eat? Can this be compared? Coupled with muskets and artillery, I think our model army can fight such eight! ”

Zheng Sen just smiled when he heard it, he knew that now Zuo Liangyu had not yet experienced the later battle of Zhuxian Town, and there were still some veterans under him, and his combat effectiveness was even better in the Ming army. And these people at the door are used to put up the façade, judging from their nutritional status, most of them are also Zuo Liangyu's family members, and their combat effectiveness should be good. However, if it is compared with an army that has transcended its time, such as the Model Army, it is still far behind. If it is a one-on-one battle with cold weapons, the model army may not have much advantage, but if it is a battle with Zuo Liangyu's family with muskets and cannons, Zheng Sen feels that it is really not bragging to fight eight at a time. If it were replaced by an ordinary soldier who fought Zuo Liangyu...... "Even if you don't use firearms, you should be able to fight eight at a time...... No, no, no, at least it should be able to hit ten, right? Zheng Sen thought modestly.

The soldiers guarding the door of Zuo Liangyu's mansion, although they didn't hear what Zheng Sen was saying, they saw Zheng Sen and others pointing there. If they had seen Zheng Sen's clothes and the square scarf on his head a year earlier, most of these soldiers would have pretended not to see it, but now it is different, a bearded soldier stared at Zheng Sen and said, "What are you doing there?" ”

When Zheng Fu heard this, he greeted him and said, "This big brother, we were sent by Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian, to ask to see Lord Zuo. ”

The bearded man raised his head, glanced at Zheng Fu indifferently, and said, "What kind of evidence do you have?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zheng Fu said as he took out a greeting note with Zheng Zhilong's name written on it and sent it up. "This is my family's post, gift list, my family has something to send my son-in-law to meet Lord Zuo. In addition, there is a letter written by the son-in-law of Lord Hou Sui. ”

The bearded man took the letter and looked at it pretendedly. Zheng Fuyou gave him a small piece of silver. The bearded man took the silver in his hand and said, "It's unfortunate that you came, the big marshal is now going to suppress the bandits, and he is not in the mansion." Only the eldest prince is in the house. I'll go and report to you, if the eldest prince can't see you, I can't say. ”

"It's so hard for this big brother." Zheng Fu nodded with a smile on his face.

The bearded man turned to the others and said, "Look at it, I'll report it and I'll be back." Then he went in through the little door on the west side.

When the bearded man entered, Zheng Fu retreated to Zheng Sen's side and said, "Isn't it just a general soldier, and the gatekeeper under his command is still very majestic." If you look at the gatekeepers in front of the big handsome, they are much kinder to people than they are. ”

Zheng Sen just smiled when he heard this. He also knew in his heart that if it weren't for his own influence, if it weren't for the fact that his father now has read more books than in history and likes to pretend to be a cultural person, he is afraid that the situation in front of his father's door will not be any different from here.

The soldier came out after a short while, and he shouted to Zheng Fu, "I have already handed over the gift list and the letter to the butler, and you can wait here." ”

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Zuo Mengeng sat on the chair, shaking a Japanese folding fan. While listening to the housekeeper Wang He report the gift list to him.

"Two good Western ivory handle handguns, two strings of good southern beads, a box of Japanese folding fans, and five Japanese knives ......"

"This Zheng family is so generous, it seems that their family is very rich?" After Wang He finished reporting the gift list, Zuo Mengeng stood up and said, "By the way, the people of the Zheng family still found Hou Sui's son to write a letter?" ”

"Yes, young master, there is such a letter." Wang He bent down and hung his hand.

"Hou Fangyu's eyes are above the top, and he hates it the most. However, although Hou Sui is in trouble now, he was kind to my father back then. We can't interfere with his unfortunate things, and we can't help them. However, we still have to give a little bit of his face. Go and invite this man in...... By the way, what's the name of the one from the Zheng family? ”

"Back to Gongzi's words, the young master from the Zheng family heard that he is the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, called Zheng Sen, and the word is Damu. Zheng Zhilong started as a haikou and became a general soldier, and it is said that he made a lot of money by doing sea trade. ”

Zuo Mengeng snapped the folding fan in his hand and said, "I remember." At the beginning, my father also mentioned this Zheng Sen to me, and I heard that he was also a genius or something. He came in to study when he was a teenager, and he was still a child, and he didn't know how much money his father spent. Speaking of the word "talent", it seems to be a bit of a gritted tooth.

Wang He knew that Zuo Dashuai encountered a mutiny and was killed by the rebels. The only thing left is this son, so Zuo Dashuai is naturally very spoiled by this son. However, in the early years, the status of military generals was low, and the sons of military generals were naturally nothing. So Zuo Dashuai also wanted his son to learn literature, however, Young Master Zuo was not a piece of reading material at all, and the tutors invited by Zuo Dashuai, in order to get more money, praised Zuo Mengeng like a flower. Zuo Dashuai himself has never read a book, and he doesn't even know many words, so he naturally doesn't know how well his son has learned, and how he believes how others blow it. (In fact, Zuo Liangyu is not an easy person to coax, but most people have a problem that they are easy to believe in those things they like to believe) As for Zuo Gongzi himself, he regarded himself as a prodigy genius. Later, Zuo Dashuai took the young master to meet Hou Sui, and it is said that at that time, Zuo Gongzi met Hou Fangyu, who was much younger than him, and then ...... Since then, Zuo Gongzi has especially hated "talents".

However, these things are not the responsibility of Wang He, a housekeeper, so Wang He bowed down and said, "The little one went to bring the Zheng family son in." ”

"Well, you can go, just bring him right here." Zuo Menggeng said.