Wenzhou City.

Sun Lin was already Yang Wencong's supervisor, and Ge Ruifang cried and threw herself into his arms.

Yang Qianqing knelt down in front of his father.

The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 dollars. The high-ranking officials are also the people of the last days, and they miss their distant relatives day and night.

From the loss of Zhenjiang in May to the present half a year, Yang Wencong and Sun Lin have been on the move. They first went to Suzhou Mansion and beheaded Huang Jianai, the Shaoqing of Nanjing Honglu Temple who was sent by Jianyu to pacify Suzhou, and robbed Suzhou Pass of 200,000 taels of silver. Yang Wencong left Suzhou only slightly earlier than the Jianyu cavalry, leaving them with the shadow of the ship.

Later, Yang Wencong went to Hangzhou and participated in the support of the Lu Domain. Bolo's cavalry routed the Ming army in Hangzhou as easily as a tourist, and the Lu clan had no choice but to surrender. Yang Wencong withdrew across the Qiantang River again.

Shou Xiang had also sent a ship to find Yang Wencong before, but at that time, his whereabouts were erratic, so he was in contact, and he had to look for it again when he sent a ship next time. It wasn't until he recently stabilized in the state that a reliable connection was established.

The princes of the Guizhou Party, Yue Qijie committed suicide and martyrdom in Nanjing, and Ma Shiying was exiled in the rivers and lakes after the collapse of the Lu Fan regime, and he was contributing his last strength to the great cause of resistance. He Tengjiao worked hard in Huguang and tried his best to set up the loyal battalion and the loyal military battalion. The internal contradictions of Li Chuang's rest of the department are no better than those of Nanming, and it is common for them to use knives and weapons to fight each other.

Only Yang Wencong and Tian Yang are left in the southeast. Yang Wencong's relationship with Tang Wang in Zhenjiang is good, and Tang Wang's accession to the throne is actually a good thing for Yang Wencong.

After Tian Yang retreated south, he first stopped in Zhejiang. Li Shilian's old mistake was committed again, and in order to compete for the source of salary, he pulled out a knife and cut Zheng Zunqian in front of Lu Jianguo. Zhang Guozhu couldn't hold it anymore and led his troops to surrender to Hangzhou. Tian Yang had to retreat to Fujian, Li Shilian was transferred to Huizhou, Guangdong, Zhang Pengyi was transferred to Quzhou, and Huaiyang withdrew south. Emperor Longwu sent Tian Yang to join forces with Yang Wencong, although he was also a governor, in fact, Tian Yang had to rely on Yang Wencong's help.

Yang Wencong set up a banquet in the best restaurant in Wenzhou. Sun Lin and Ge Ruifang were newlywed, and Yang Qianqing hurriedly went to Chuzhou to meet his mother, and there were only two people at the banquet, Shou Xuan and Long You.

"Please," Yang Wencong took off his cloud-shaped shawl, a warm hat made of mink, "The country is difficult, it's simpler, please don't mind." ”

An old copper blowing pot, shabu-shabu is mainly seafood. With Yang Wencong's pomp and circumstance in Nanjing in the past, it is hard to imagine that he will eat so simply.

"It's okay, as long as the wine is good." People who drink don't care about the dishes. The wine is rice wine boiled with shredded ginger and wolfberry, which is enjoyed in winter.

Shou ordered to pour wine for Yang Wencong, "First glass, congratulations to Brother Long You's promotion to governor." ”

"Second cup, I wish Brother Long You to make further progress and enter the cabinet as soon as possible."

"Third Cup ......"

"The third cup might as well wish me to kill a few more Jiannu." Yang Wencong lifted the cup and drank it all.

Shou Xiang smiled, "Exactly, I wish Brother Long a victory on the battlefield." ”

Yang Wencong handed over a piece of paper, "What I promised you in Nanjing, this is the last part." ”

Shou Xuan opened it and saw that it was a list, "Wu Youxing, Bo Yu ......"

Seeing only these two names, Shou Ling put down the list and saluted Yang Wencong.

Wu Youxing has "Treatise on the Plague".

Bo Yu was the first person to build a telescope in China, and he was also an astronomical expert, and many chapters in Li Zhizao's "Hun Gai Tongxian Tu" were written by Bo Yu. Even Bo Yu has a deep knowledge of music. This is a genius, but it is a pity that he was delayed by the imperial examination in China.

Yang Wencong put down his wine glass, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I, the governor, don't do it." The scope of jurisdiction is not as good as that of the town. In the ten counties of Chuzhou, the Son of Heaven gave me five counties of Longquan, Suichang, Songyang, Qingyuan, and Yunhe, and five counties of Lishui, Qingtian, Jinyun, Xuanping, and Jingning were assigned to Liu Kongzhao, a minister. The salary of the whole prefecture is 158,000, and the salary of the five counties is not more than 80,000. At most, 60,000 can be taken out, and I and Tanaka Cheng's entire army will rely on these five counties. It's the governor, but it's actually half a prefect. ”

The only thing that Longwu Tianzi does not lack is an official hat, and he has this kind of governor everywhere who can only manage one or two state capitals, especially on the front line.

"Didn't you also take 40,000 yuan of food and salary from Wenzhou? With the addition of 40,000, 100,000 food and salary can support 4 or 5,000 soldiers, which is not a lot. The core strength of Yang Wencong and Tian Yang was only more than 1,000 Guizhou soldiers, and when they retreated south, they collected some stragglers of the Ming army and recruited some more people in Zhejiang. According to the assistance of half of the state capital and Wenzhou, it should be sufficient.

"This kind of good thing will not happen in the future," Yang Wencong was a little depressed, "Lu Ruoteng gave the Son of Heaven a sparse message, and I regard him as an official who attaches hanging warts." The Son of Heaven asked me not to touch Wenzhou's food and salary anymore. ”

"Brother Long You," Shou Xuan persuaded, "you have to press me, there is no use for more soldiers." It is much better to have more than 1,000 people who can fight and walk than those who will be defeated at the sight of the enemy. ”

Not only to be able to fight, but also to be able to walk. Don't be afraid to defeat the battle, as long as you are there, there is always a chance to make a comeback. The problem of the Ming army is that it will not retreat, it will collapse as soon as it retreats, and it will fall apart as it runs. The so-called leftover is the king, Zuo Liangyu is not good at fighting, but he can run, and in the end he became the largest military town in Nanming. Running away is actually a stunt.

Yang Wencong was suddenly stunned, "I don't want to run away." From the Yangtze River all the way back to the Oujiang River, where will you go if you retreat, the Pearl River? ”

Shou Xiang thought that the Pearl River was actually quite good, and the Qinjiang River was not bad. But when he saw Yang Wencong's somewhat empty expression, his heart was cold, and there was nothing. Just touched a glass with Yang Wencong.

"I know you've been collecting immigrants lately." Yang Wencong drank a cup alone, "If you move more people away, you will have less strength if you have fewer people." Tang Qing will stay to help you, and you don't have to come back. ”

Shou Xian naturally agreed, Yang Qianqing's combat effectiveness was very average, but he was more obedient.

"You know that I have a lot of wives and concubines," Yang Wencong looked up his family and smiled rarely, "Recently, they have been displaced with me and have suffered a lot. I want to arrange for them to take their mothers and young sons and daughters to a safe place. ”

Hearing the string song and knowing the elegant meaning, Shou Xiang immediately said: "Taiwan or Nanyang?" Brother Long You, you can choose any place, I will definitely arrange your family. ”

Yang Wencong picked up his wine glass, "I have been traveling for many years, and I still have some savings, so I ask the lord of the country to help me set up a manor in Taiwan, so that the people can serve the old lady and live for the rest of my life." ”

"There is no problem, please rest assured, Brother Longyou." Shou Xuan suddenly felt that Yang Wencong was now arranging the future.

Yang Wen shook his head and continued, "I have read your previous letter, and I can't do it to invest in your bank. Although I am not short of this money for the time being, the war is urgent, and I may be able to use the money at some point. ”

Shou order does not hide his disappointment, Yang Wencong can't pay for it, do you want to beg Zheng Zhilong?

Yang Wencong saw the displeasure on Shou Xuan's face, so he said, "I can lend you 50,000 taels of silver, but you must pay it back when you plough in spring next year." ”

"How do you borrow the law?"

Yang Wencong said: "I know that what you lack now is not silver, but food. The current grain price in Chuzhou is the lowest in eastern Zhejiang, and there is still a slight margin for one penny of rice. You take this money and see how much you can buy in Chuzhou, and next year you will return 30,000 stone of grain from Nanyang. ”

Shou Xuan's brows stretched out for a moment, as long as he lasted until next year, he would have a way to fill this hole.

Shou Xuan said, "I still lack some boats, can Brother Long You help me Zhang Luo?" I'll pay. ”

Yang Wencong had already considered this issue in advance, "Do you know He Junyao, the chief soldier of the Jinghai battalion in Wenzhou, and Wang Zhiren, the chief soldier of Dinghai?" ”

"I had a relationship in Nanjing."

Wu Zhikui organized the oath of the six general soldiers in the southeast in Nanjing, and Wang Zhiren and He Junyao were present. The end of the Ming Dynasty was an era when military ministers "raised their whips to look forward to He Huihe, and abused the scribes like orphans". Unless there is a Wenchen like Yang Wencong who has a son who directly leads the troops, he has no status in the generals. If you want to do something, it is much more difficult to find a military general than to find a civil servant.

The trend of gentrification of military generals in the Ming Dynasty was very obvious, and military households were one of the main sources of imperial examinations. Many families will make arrangements, one son will inherit the position of military general, and the other sons will be admitted to the rank of scholar and promoted to become civil officials. Coupled with the marriage between military generals for many years, a very terrifying local class of civil and military has been formed. The core of his family is not the imperial examination that depends on luck, but the hereditary military general. In the Ming Dynasty, civil officials and military generals were never antagonistic classes like the later generations of online demonization and propaganda, on the contrary, they were deeply connected with each other. Civil officials are also usually inclined to make up for their sons to become military generals to ensure that the family is not replaced.

"It's easier to get to know each other," Yang Wencong said, "I'll help you write a letter and contact them, it should be helpful to you." ”

He Junyao and Wang Zhiren are very short of food, and if they can earn a sum of money, it will be a subsidy.

Yang Wencong and Liu Kongzhao did not scrape the land in Chuzhou, but came to Wenzhou to loot. Lu Ruoteng once scolded this, "The price of rice in Chuzhou is less than one penny, and the price of rice in Wenzhou is five yuan, and Feng Nim has been suspended ......"

Shou Xu sympathized with the governor of eastern Zhejiang, who could not manage the territory of a prefecture, but he had to thank Yang Wencong, it was Yang Wencong's looting of Wenzhou that gave Chuzhou a certain amount of spare power. Shou Xiang directly purchased grain at twice the market price, and 2 coins of silver. Along the Oujiang River, 20,000 stone of grain gathered in Wenzhou Port. Yang Wencong sent his eldest son Yang Dingqing, who was in charge of the army, to personally escort him, and no one dared to do anything on the road.

The remaining 10,000 taels were used as a reward for He Junyao and Wang Zhiren to go on the ship.

Listening to the ability to make money, He Junyao is very motivated. He cobbled together the camp and coastal civilian ships, and assembled 21 ships that could go to sea.

Yang Wencong sent his family here. There are more than 30 people in one family, with the old lady as the head. Among the four wives and concubines, Ma Wanrong and Li Tuona took the children on the boat. Worried that if everyone left, leaving Yang Wencong with no one to take care of, Fang Zhisheng and Zhu Yuye insisted on staying. Ge Ruifang didn't leave, she finally reunited with Sun Lin, and she didn't want to be separated for a moment.

Yang Wencong's behavior of entrusting his family has no impact in eastern Zhejiang. He Junyao also came to the door, his family is bigger, the whole family has as many as 100 people, two sons are both civil and military, He Junyao let the second son He Guangzuo serve the old man in the family on the boat.

One article and one martial arts, two high-ranking officials in eastern Zhejiang took the lead, and this became an undercurrent. Officials and businessmen came to Wenzhou, and more and more people wanted to buy a manor in Nanyang. Later, Shou Xiang simply made a batch of leaflets to attract investment. The price of land in Jincheng is slightly higher, and the land in Houjiang is cheap, so many people choose to buy a property in Houjiang as a family backway. In the first half of the month in Wenzhou, more than 15,000 taels of silver were raised, which was not without supplement.

When setting sail, Wenzhou Wharf was crying.

Yang Qianqing kowtowed to his father five times on the bow of the boat.

Yang Wencong's eyes were filled with tears, but there was a glimmer of hope in his sadness.

Say goodbye today, and I don't know when I will see you again.

I can't bear to look at it anymore.

Bidding farewell to Yang Wencong, the fleet sailed close to the coast. The winding coastline of Wentaiyong Sanfu makes it difficult to travel offshore, but sticking to the coast can take advantage of the offshore and onshore winds caused by the temperature difference between the mainland and the ocean, which is more risky than the offshore wind.

Shou Xiang separated from the fleet in Ningbo Mansion, and Murong Parrot guided the fleet to Daishan Island. Shou became the captain of the dhow and went to Shaoxing with the Qinjiang.

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