"This matter will be explained to the prince of the country, and I also ask Hou Ye to wait for good news, I think I will not disappoint Hou Ye. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The one who spoke was the envoy sent by Zheng Chenggong to congratulate Chen Wen on his canonization of the Marquis, a young man named Zheng Qi, who is said to be of the same clan as Zheng Chenggong, but the Shijing Zheng family is prosperous, starting from Zheng Mian, the ancestor of the founding father, to Zheng Chenggong's generation, which is already the twelfth generation. This young man is just a side branch, this time it is not so much a messenger, but the captain of the guard sent by Zheng Chenggong to protect the envoy of the edict, and the captain of the guard who also works part-time to escort the congratulatory gifts.

However, as soon as Chen Wen's proposal was spoken, the young man immediately realized the prospects, if this matter could be done in his hands, even if it could not be compared with Zheng Tai's fellow people like the God of Wealth, he would never be as unwillish as he is now.

The bright prospect thrilled the young people, and Chen Wen's plan was to use the Longyou merchants from Chuzhou to Quzhou to help trade with Zheng Chenggong on the trade routes from northern Fujian to northern Zhejiang.

This most critical area has been occupied by Chen Wen, and it is a trivial matter to set up a relationship with each other to increase business traffic and increase business tax revenue. Chen Wen's plan was to sell the produce from the Ming occupied areas in Zhejiang to Zheng Chenggong, and then buy the things he needed through Zheng Chenggong's channels, such as machinery and some other manufactured goods and books.

Chen Wen's territory contained minerals, grain, cloth, and other raw materials, and Chen Wen's workshop could make cold weapons, armor, and even firearms, all of which Zheng Chenggong urgently needed. In fact, over the years, Zheng Chenggong's territory has always been confined to the islands off the coast of Fujian and Guangdong, and the production is really unable to supply the army, and these necessary goods for the army are purchased from the merchants of the South Seas through sea trade, tolls in the Taiwan Strait, and silver obtained from the taxes collected by the prefectures and counties on the mainland, and many of the bulk goods are directly purchased from Japan.

Rather than letting Little Japan earn the money of the country's surname, Chen Wen felt that he had the obligation to let the Zheng Group cultivate a good habit of supporting domestic products, especially since these things made in Zhejiang were far more expensive than Japanese products.

In this way, he was able to get a large amount of silver from Zheng Chenggong every year to feed the army, after all, it is really rare to see a king like Ma Jinbao and a crazy character like Chen Jin. As for how this goods are transported, the Ishii Zheng family has been engaged in sea trade for so many years, and it should be difficult for Zheng Chenggong in terms of contacts and routes.

The specific details still have to wait for the news from Zheng Chenggong's side, but Chen Wen is not very anxious about this, after all, this is not a trivial matter.

After chatting with the envoy about the customs of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Wen was already planning to order tea to send the guests, but he saw that the young envoy seemed to be a little hesitant, and then seemed to have made up his mind to say what he wanted.

"I heard that Hou Ye is the son-in-law of the Penglai Qi family?"

This rumor was originally spread on Tiantai Mountain, and the reason was that he used the Mandarin Duck Formation to break the pursuers of the Tibiao Battalion in a battle, and out of ignorance of the Mandarin Duck Formation, some soldiers and local people simply attributed all this to Chen Wen's family inheritance of Qi Jiguang.

This statement was later spread to Jinhua, but with the gradual development of Chen Wen's reform of the army in response to the Qing army, fewer and fewer people spread this rumor, but more and more people praised Chen Wen as a famous general of the new generation.

When the young envoy asked, Chen Wen simply shook his head and smiled without saying a word. Because he always felt that Zheng Chenggong's envoy could not be targeted, this problem must be due to the reason, and it was very likely that the Zheng family wanted to marry him.

All along, Chen Wen did not see himself as a decisive tyrant, he was just doing his best to do what he wanted to do, because he believed that what he was doing was beneficial to China's future. Chen Wen is not psychologically prepared for political marriage, but if the object of the marriage is the Zheng family, then forget it, because Li Dingguo has been disappointed in history, and he must not intend to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Chen Wen's guess was not wrong, but this was not the task that Zheng Chenggong directly gave to Zheng Qi, Zheng Chenggong had already had this intention, but he only consulted with his cousin Zheng Tai and a few other people. Zheng Qi knew that this matter had reached his ears from his relatives, and he had just discussed the major affairs of commerce and trade today, so he planned to explore the situation and give Zheng Chenggong advice after returning to the Zhongzuo Institute.

After sending the messenger away, Chen Wen didn't take this matter to heart, or he didn't have time to take it to heart.

Yesterday, two scholars came from Nanzhili, and now they are living in the post house. These two scholars were introduced by Qian Qianyi, and Chen Wen wanted to meet these two scholars when he heard the name. However, he was entertaining the edict envoy at that time, which was really inconvenient, and he happened to be free today, so he hurriedly sent someone to summon these two scholars.

The two who came, one in his forties, with a weathered face; The other is only in his twenties, and although he is young, he is not the kind of sour talent who reads and reads stupidly.

When the guest and host sat down, Chen Wen picked up the letter from the table, and immediately said to the two: "The shepherd has a good eye and cares about the subordinates. The names of the two gentlemen can be described as thunderous in Zhejiang, and they have been admired for a long time, and it is a blessing to see them today. ”

These two people really deserve Chen Wen's praise, because even in later generations, these two names have been heard of by many people, especially the younger one.

"Don't dare."

"Someone, put a cushion on the chairs of the two gentlemen."

After that, the servants who were waiting in the lobby hurriedly walked out, and after a while, they brought two cushions for the two Confucian scholars to change.

"Thank you An Yuanhou for your compassion."

The two got up and thanked them, and then sat down again after Chen Wen repeatedly said that there was no need for much politeness.

Chen Wen's move was nothing more than seeing that the young Confucian student's left leg seemed to be a little inconvenient, not the kind of inconvenience of having a leg injury or a contusion of muscles and bones, it seemed that the old injury from the past was faintly painful in a wet and cold day. Chen Wen has seen a lot of this situation in the army, and it is the right way for a martial artist to die on the battlefield, but a Confucian scholar is like this, but it strengthens Chen Wen's respect for this young man. However, the young and the young were orderly, and Chen Wen still had to start chatting with the older Confucian first.

"When I went south, I heard about Mr. Yaoxin's talents, and today I see that he is indeed a famous man."

The older Confucian is called Chen Chen, and his name is not very eye-catching, especially there is no way to compare with the younger one. But if you have read "Water Margin", nine times out of ten you will also read another book - "The Legend of the Water Margin", and this Chen Chen is the author of "The Legend of the Water Margin".

Chen Chen, who is a famous novelist in the late Ming Dynasty. His people have read a lot of books since childhood, outside the scriptures and history, barnyard said wild rides, all dabbled, and good at writing poems, quoting allusions, such as a number of family treasures, and the pen end often has a sense of injustice. When he was young, he lived in the wild temple, "the bonlight night reading, the love and the situation, the machine is moved, and the sleep and meal are not wasted for three years", and then traveled to Fujian, Guangzhou, Hunan, "where the four easy star frost", is Huzhou is a very famous talent.

After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Chen "was absolutely determined to advance, escaped to the forest springs, traveled to the wine, the corner scarf and square robe, and traveled between the five lakes and the three mountains", and had organized the Hidden Poetry Society with Gu Yanwu, Guizhuang and others, and used the association to resist the Qing Dynasty in the name of the fact, and his people traveled to various places to deliver news for the anti-Qing rebels. It's just that now, with most of the anti-Qing rebels in Zhejiang being suppressed, only Chen Wen in southwest Zhejiang remains, Qian Qianyi simply let him go to Chen Wen's curtain to do things.

Chen Chen was poor all his life, and later fell to selling divination for a living, "poor and hungry". Originally, he used his talent to participate in the imperial examination to gain fame, but he never participated in the imperial examination of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in his life, and finally starved to death and did not eat Qing Su. If it weren't for the book "The Legend of the Water Margin" written by him in his later years, Chen Wen probably wouldn't even know his name.

Although this Confucian student looks a little angry, Chen Wen does not intend to let him continue with the fate of "dying of poverty and starvation", at least he must find him a job, otherwise he will really starve to death and snicker at only those full relics.

Chen Chen's work Chen Wen was still thinking about it, but the young Confucian student who was traveling with him, he had already thought about what he should do.

There is no other reason, just because of the famous name of this young Confucian student-Lu Liuliang! (To be continued.) )