According to the military establishment of the Ming Dynasty, 5,600 people were guards, 1,120 people were 1,000 households, and 112 people were 100 households. In the founding years of the People's Republic of China, the implementation of this compilation was still strict, and by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the establishment in many places had already existed in name only, and this was the case with Weihaiwei.

Here, most of the thousands of households and hundreds of households have become villages, the thousands of households are larger, the hundred households are smaller, Zhaojia Village is one of the larger ones, and Zhao Zhong, the thousand households, is also the head of this village.

Relying on the sea to eat the sea, there are many fishermen in Zhaojia Village, even Zhao Zhong himself, from time to time he will go out to sea to fish, this is also a helpless thing, even Li Yu's commander, can only be regarded as so-so, not to mention him, a thousand households?

It was already night, and Zhao Zhong, who had been busy outside for a day, returned home.

"Third brother, you're back, why are you so stupid? Li Yu and the others have all run away, why are you stunned to catch up? You say, what if you have three longs and two shorts, and call me? ”

As soon as he entered the house, his wife greeted him, first looked at him, and saw that he was unharmed, so he was relieved.

Zhao Zhong was also used to it, and he didn't care, and comforted with a smile: "Third sister, what is there to worry about, it's not a widow who comes, it's the minister of the court, the champion Hou Ye!" It's not that you haven't heard of it, it's the first strange person in the world. ”

"I'm worried when I know it, don't everyone outside call him a plague god? Did he embarrass you, you said you ......"

Zhao's wife shook him again, and then counted down, halfway through her words, she suddenly came back to her senses and looked at her man in disbelief, "Third brother, what do you call me?" Are you alright? How did you see the plague god and feel better? ”

Zhao Zhong is a military household, and Zhao's wife is the same, unlike ordinary military women, her family is thin, only she is the only seedling, and her father is a good and strong one, so he was raised as a man since he was a child, and he has practiced a good fist and feet.

It doesn't hurt to do this alone, there are children of military families on the left and right, and no one pays attention to the rules in those boudoirs, and the mother-in-law at home has some fists and feet to protect herself, but she is at ease when she goes out.

But Zhao's wife's surname is also strong, she crushes her husband to death at home, and she is also a reader, and she doesn't like others to call her sister-in-law brother and sister, but she likes people to call herself the third sister or third sister.

Although there is no shelf for scholars, the Ming Dynasty is a patriarchal society after all, and Zhao Zhong will not be very happy about his wife's strength, although he is helpless. If he is in a bad mood and someone calls his wife the third sister in front of him, he is most likely unwilling to take a break and wants to fight.

However, Zhao's wife knows that there are also a few cases where he is in a good mood to catch up with his own man, and he will also joke and call himself the third sister.

These words, her own man was squeezed by Li Yu and others, went to guard the beacon every day, and often sighed when she went home, she also saw this situation, but she couldn't do anything, but she didn't want to see a notorious plague god today, Zhao Zhong's mood changed drastically, isn't it strange?

"What kind of plague god is not a plague god, it's called Hou Ye!" What surprised her was still behind, only to see Zhao Zhong frowning and scolding her dissatisfiedly, is this still the husband who has always been submissive at home?

She didn't care about getting angry, so she hurriedly reached out to probe her husband's forehead, and then touched herself again, "It's not hot, it's not feverish, third brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

"What's wrong? I'm very good, but you, a woman, have long hair and short knowledge, and you will believe whatever others say, and one day you will cause me trouble. The marquis of the family is the governor of Liaodong personally appointed by the current saint, how can he be called indiscriminately? ”

With a burst of excitement, Zhao Zhong's temper soared, and he couldn't say a word of the scolding of his suspicious wife, he said happily: "You didn't see it today, Hou Ye's attitude is called a kindness, and the people under his command are also Qiu didn't commit any crimes, and said that he disturbed the place, and he wanted to compensate us!" You see, the Ming Dynasty has been founding for so long, is there such a big official who loves the people like a son? ”

"Compensated?" Zhao's wife was even more surprised, "What compensation do you give?" ”

Zhao Zhong snorted from his nostrils, glanced at his wife contemptuously, and said, "Hmph, what compensation, food and accommodation, as long as you borrow a courtyard from a private house, it is one or two silver a day!" ”

"Oh my God! A silver stripe or two? Is there money to spend in the champion Hou? I heard that there were hundreds of ships in that fleet, and there were thousands of people on it, and the large area in the Acropolis must not be able to fit it, so wouldn't it cost a few hundred taels a day? Zhao's wife was shocked, and while chattering, she also calculated the account for the unjust champion Hou.

Finally, he glanced suspiciously in the direction of the Acropolis, and whispered: "Third brother, don't be a lie, right?" I promised to do a good job, but I didn't pay the bill, and as a result, this mushy account fell on our heads? You haven't done this once or twice. ”

"You are a woman, it's really ......" Zhao Zhong looked at his wife with hatred, counted two sentences, and saw that the other party still had doubts on his face, so he decided to break the news and come out: "Okay, I'll tell you about it, don't spread the word outside......"

Zhao's wife rolled her eyes, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Is the old lady that kind of person?" In the township near and far, who doesn't know that my third sister ......"

"Okay, okay, everyone knows that you are a heroic and righteous third sister and a heroine among women, so you don't need to brag about yourself...... Do you still want to listen to me? If you just listen honestly, I won't talk about it. Zhao Zhongda interrupted his wife impatiently, and when he saw that the other party seemed to be about to turn his face, he hurriedly pulled the topic back again.

"Then you can say it." The third sister flattened her mouth, hesitated between being a big woman and listening to her husband's secrets, but in the end curiosity prevailed.

"Our Ming Dynasty's national policy is to ban the sea, you should know, right? Then do you know, where did these ships come from? Zhao Zhong raised his voice lightly, but he sold it first.

"How could the old lady know? Zhao Laosan, you don't talk nonsense, don't provoke the old lady to get angry......" Hu Sanmei rolled up her sleeves, and if she didn't agree with her, she was about to turn her face and start fighting.

"Yes, yes, don't worry, listen to me, listen to me......" Zhao Zhong was startled, and hurriedly said forgiveness, without waiting for his wife to do it, he poured beans into a bamboo tube, and told the news he heard in the morning.

“…… That's it, Hou Ye took ten ships to the Wa Kingdom once, and then he brought back more than three hundred ships, three hundred! It's all gold and silver goods, do you know how much it adds up? ”

"How many?" This news is too magical, but the third sister Bai Yueli also went to the dock, and saw the scene of the sail like a cloud and the boat like a shuttle, but she didn't doubt the real surname of this sentence, and at this time her mind was completely attracted, and she didn't even care about Zhao Zhong selling Guan Zi again.

Zhao Zhong stretched out a slap and said in a deep voice: "More than five million taels!" ”

"Tian ......" Hu Sanmei gasped, in the remote place of Weihaiwei, let alone five million, five hundred taels is an astronomical number, how much is five million taels, she doesn't even have a concept at all, but she knows that it means a lot, a lot.

"But, how do you know about such a big thing?" Hu Sanmei's strength at home is not only because of her brutality, but she is also shrewd, and she soon found the flaw in her husband's words.

"At the beginning, I didn't dare to ask, but that General Jiang was a straightforward man, and after he became acquainted, he drank a few bowls of wine together, and he told me only after the wine was hot."

When Zhao Zhong came back, Hu Sanmei was concerned about his safety, and then she was shocked one after another, and she didn't pay attention to it.

Thinking that she was frightened at home, but her husband still had the heart to go out to drink, she first felt sour, and then her temper surged, and her eyebrows were raised, and she was about to get angry.

"Don't worry, I'm not here for business?" has been a husband and wife for more than ten years, how can Zhao Zhong not know his wife's temper? At this time, seeing that the other party had signs of anger, he hurriedly defended.

"Business? What is the business of telling the old lady? If you listen to it, I'll let you go, or ...... Hmph, my mother has to teach you a lesson today. ”

"Serious things, positive things can't be serious anymore." Zhao Zhong yelled in his heart, he originally wanted to be confused, why did he tell the story of drinking in a daze? This person really can't be too proud, otherwise he will get carried away.

"Third sister, your father...... Oh, didn't Lord Yue-sama go to sea a few years ago? Also went to North Korea. ”

"yes, so what?" The third sister of Hu subconsciously responded, and then glared at her husband vigilantly: "Let me tell you, you don't beat my mother's idea, it's not easy for my father to pull me so big, even if there are some treasures in the family, I can't give you tribute." ”

"Hey, where did you think you went?" Zhao Zhong couldn't cry or laugh, and only said in his heart, no matter how shrewd he is, he is also a woman, and this little family is not curable.

"I inquired with General Jiang and understood, the matter of opening the sea, Hou Ye proposed it once in the capital last winter, and there were many people who opposed it that time, but it didn't work out. However, Hou Ye has made up his mind this time, and he will definitely do this this year and next year......"

"What does that have to do with us?"

"The relationship is big, think about it, Hou Ye's boats will have an income of several million taels when they go back and forth, if we also get one, then if we go on a trip, we have to have a few thousand taels in the account?"

"Are you saying that Weihaiwei is also going to open the sea?"

"Sooner or later, you go outside to inquire, what the champion Hou wants to do is what the emperor has to do, can there be a reason why it can't be done? Now Hou Ye is a port built in Lushun, which is Liaodong and a border town, can it be compared with our Shandong? If Weihaiwei also builds a port, do we still have to worry about it in the future? ”

"That's right, too." Hu Sanmei sighed, Weihaiwei has many hills and few fertile fields, and it is quite sad.

If you can really open the sea, the geographical location here is good, although the production is small, but you can't stand here to be close to everywhere, even if you don't go to sea, just do some business in the port, it is better than guarding those few acres of thin fields.

"However, even if the port is really built, with the surname of Li Yu, it will not be necessary to intensify the looting? Others have worked hard, maybe they will all have to be robbed by him. ”

"Phew!" Zhao Zhong spat at the mouth and said hatefully: "Just him? Let me tell you, he's going to be doomed, and even if he does come back, it's no good for him. ”

"How?"

"Two years ago, there were four brothers, driving a small fishing boat, from Liaodong to our Weihaiwei, do you remember?"

"Remember, the four brothers are weird and pitiful, so they bumped into Li Papi." As she spoke, Third Sister Hu sighed.

"Poor that was also then, and now those four brothers are terrible!" Zhao Zhong raised his thumb and praised: "Two of the four brothers are also in the fleet, and the lowest one is the same as me, it is a thousand households!" The second eldest of them has made a contribution, and he is already a five-rank general of the imperial court, General Wude! Now, these four people are all Hou Ye's cronies, think about it, can Li Yu still have a good one? ”

"And such a coincidence?" Third Sister Hu was also taken aback, and after sighing, she frowned again, "Why is that General Jiang's mouth so big?" I'll tell you everything, isn't he a close confidant of Lord Hou? It's too unobtrusive. ”

"Cut, what do you know about a woman? This is called fate, the friendship between men, you are a woman's family...... Ah, you beat me again, I told you, tomorrow you go with me to see Hou Ye, by the way, you have to call Lord Shangyue, you have to give me a long face when the time comes, don't mess around, Hou Ye is going to entrust me with a heavy responsibility...... Okay, okay, don't kick with your feet, can't I hide yet? ”

"Master Hou still wants to see me? What kind of thing is this for......" The foot that Hu Sanmei had just kicked out stopped in mid-air, not because Zhao Zhong shouted to stop and tell for mercy, she was just frightened by Zhao Zhong's words.

Zhao Zhong sneered: "It's not that the third sister has too much of your reputation, and everyone knows that you are a heroine among women, so someone said it to Hou Ye...... Hou Ye was going to summon me, one was also summoned, and the two were the same, so he took you on board. ”

"Dead ghost, why didn't you say it earlier? Delaying the old lady for so much time, my God, see Master Hou, what clothes should I wear? I don't know where to put the rouge that my second sister-in-law brought me last year, and I have to look for it, really, I don't say it sooner......"

No matter how strong she is, she is still a woman in the end, at first hearing that she was going to see the legendary champion Hou, Hu Sanmei was also panicked, and after turning around twice, she entered the house, accompanied by her muttering voice, there was a sound of turning over boxes and cabinets in the room.

"I haven't seen you so active when I went back to my parents' house, and what the Hou Ye wants to see is not you, but just the ...... he carryed" Seeing his wife's overjoyed look, Zhao Zhong was very apprehensive in his stomach.

"Dead ghost, what are you talking about? I'll tell you, I haven't finished this account today, I have it in my stomach, either you go and cook, or we'll go back and settle it together! ”

Hu Sanmei is not only good at fists and feet, but also bright ears and eyes, although Zhao Zhong's voice is low, she also listens to it in her ears, and at the moment she keeps moving in her hands, and she also says a threatening word in her mouth.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhong immediately changed his smile and said flatteringly: "I'm cooking, cooking, what do you want to eat, third sister?" ”

(To be continued)