Although it is spring in March, the land of the north is warm and cold. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the water surface of the boat, and the gusts of river wind hit, blowing people all over the body cold.

Zhao Min only stood at the bow of the boat for a moment, then he couldn't bear the cold, turned around and went back to the cabin.

The Jimo people left Lingong early on the morning of the 17th, and the convoy left the city in a mighty way, and after ten miles away from the city, it was divided into two teams. One was led by Meng Hou and led most of the personnel back to Jimo. The other group was Zhao Min, Shao Qi, Wei Ying, Zhang Han and others, and a hundred guards, after parting ways, they traveled several miles south along the Yongshui River and boarded a merchant ship that had been waiting here for a long time. This ship was connected through Yue Ji's relationship, as early as when he was in the future. In order to hide people's eyes, Zhao Min ordered to wait on the outskirts of the city, and only boarded the ship when the surrounding area was sparsely populated.

From Linjing to Dongping, the most convenient way is to take a boat, go upriver along the Yongshui, go around the northern foot of the Taishan Mountains after reaching Mount Tai, turn into Wenshui, you can go down the water, at most a few days of effort, you can go straight to the big nozawa.

Of course, going to Onozawa is not Zhao Min's real goal, and visiting Zheng Da can only be regarded as incidental. His real goal was to go to Renchengguo in the east after reaching Dongpingguo, from where he would enter Surabaya and explore along Surabaya in order to complete his mission of "exploration". As for how to explain to the people around him when the time comes, Zhao Min is not worried at all. Shao Qi, Zhang Han and others are obedient to themselves, but it is a bit brain-consuming how to explain to Mr. Meng and others after returning to Jimo.

The spring cold was precipitous, and Zhao Min only stayed at the bow of the boat for a while before losing interest. Although it is a good scenery in early spring when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the difference in the scenery along the coast does not change much after all, and it is the same thing to see too much. In the following days, Zhao Min basically stayed in the cabin, except for the occasional ship docking for supplies, the rest of the time he ate and lived on the ship, reading books every day, practicing flying knives, and he was also comfortable. Originally, he was a semi-otaku in his previous life, and once he didn't have a job, he spent most of his time at home, so he didn't feel bored.

It is worth mentioning that when passing through Fushan, Zhao Min pretended to stop the boat for fun, and privately instructed Shao Qi to bring more than a dozen henchmen to take advantage of the night to go to the secret place where the tribute was buried in the early stage, take out the 45 million tribute buried here, and transport it back to the ship unknowingly, pretending to be the goods purchased from the shore, mixed with the goods originally transported by the merchant ship. He originally wanted to take it back on the return trip, but thinking that he would have to explore Surabaya at that time, it was difficult to say whether he would be able to pass through here, so he simply took out the tribute in advance. Anyway, now that Beihai has been under his command, and what happened at the beginning is no longer pursued by others, and the problem is also pushed to the head of the dead ghost Lu Xu, and now this huge amount of money can be used with confidence.

The boat on the river is as fast as a galloping horse. In just three days, the merchant ship had sailed into the territory of Dongping Kingdom. Dongping belongs to the Yanzhou Thorn History Department, historically Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou, as well as Sili and Jingbei basically constituted the essence of the Central Plains Dynasty, more than 60% of the population of the entire Great Xia Kingdom and more than seventy percent of the arable land are concentrated in this area. Among them, Yan, Henan, and Ji people are even more dense, the founding emperor of Great Xia, the princes and kings of Xia Gaozu Zhao Qi are basically concentrated in these three states, so there are many counties in the name of the country densely distributed nearby, such as Lu State, Pei State, Ren Chengguo, Peng Chengguo, Langya State, etc., Dongping State is also one of them.

Located in the southwest of Dongping Province, spanning the three counties of Dongping, Sanyang and Jiyin, Onozawa is the largest inland lake in the three prefectures. When the merchant ship on which the group was traveling reached the entrance to Onozawa, the water became shallower as the water widened. Because this merchant ship belonged to a large-scale river ship, in order to prevent the bottom of the ship from running aground, in the case of unclear hydrology, Zhao Min had to order the boatman to anchor and wait here, leaving half of the guards to guard the ship, and he took the rest of the people to abandon the boat and go ashore and sail to the side of Onozawa.

The place where everyone abandoned the boat and landed on the shore is probably located in Shouzhang County. Zhao Min raised his eyes and looked around, but saw that the surrounding water and sky were the same color, extremely vast, with waterways on all sides and reeds swinging. Zhao Min remembered that this vicinity seemed to be the famous Shuibo Liangshan in the later Song Dynasty, and perhaps the 800 miles of Liangshan that Song Heizi relied on was composed of this large waterway and reeds in front of him!

According to Meng Hou, Zheng Da traveled far and wide after leaving his post and met him when he passed through Beihai. Because Meng Hou had learned a lot of things, and he was not like a scholar who was overly brainwashed by the sage doctrine, he was imprisoned and rigid, so the two intersected inexorably. When Zheng Da said goodbye, he envied Menghou's secluded life, so he left a message saying that he would find a place to live in seclusion on the shore of Onozawa, and he could come to visit if he was interested. The scope of this statement is very vague, and the radius of Onozawa is no less than 300 miles, and with the addition of the additional word "side", the scope of the search has more than doubled. With the poor traffic conditions and backward communications conditions in these years, it may not be possible to search down the area of hundreds of miles inch by inch by two legs.

Fortunately, if you don't know, you can ask. There are many woodcutters, cultivators, and fishermen in the mountains and fields on the banks of Onozawa, and they are also very enthusiastic about people. Thinking about it, the transportation situation in this era was not developed, and most of the people lived a self-sufficient life, if the literate scholars still had the possibility of traveling to study in all directions, most of the ordinary people never went out of their own counties in their lives; In this case, most of the people's knowledge and thoughts are confined to their own township or even their own village, and almost all their energy is concentrated here, so they are naturally very familiar with the surrounding personnel; If the inquiry is more distant, such as asking who the Son of Heaven is now, I am afraid that less than half of them can answer. This is in stark contrast to the people of later generations, who can talk about national affairs and the world situation, but they have to ask who their neighbors are. I'm afraid not many people can talk about it.

Relying on the mouth under his nose, he really easily learned the location of this Master Zheng Dazheng. His retreat was in a fishing village on the West Coast of Ohno Jersey, just seven or eight miles from the eastern county of Fan. Come to think of it, if you really want to live in seclusion in a remote place where no one lives, how to solve the problem of food and clothing? You can't really cultivate immortals and open the valley, and you can't eat the fireworks in the world, right?

Zhao Min and his entourage came to the fishing village where Zheng Da was located, left the guards outside the village, and only brought Shao Qi and Zhang Han into the village. After being pointed out, Zhao Min found the courtyard where the legendary Zheng Da lived. Although it is a seclusion, after all, he has been a high-ranking official with 2,000 stones, and the courtyard where he lives is very different from the surrounding area at a glance. But seeing the blue tiles and white walls, the high houses and wide houses, although they can't be compared with the mansions, but compared with the surrounding low-rent houses, I don't know how many times stronger, even if the thatched hut where Meng Hou lived when he went to invite him out of the mountain, he could only sigh in front of it.

Zhao Min asked Shao Qi to report in front of the hospital. As a prince, it is naturally impossible for him to have such a thing as a famous thorn, but this does not affect the effect of registration. Soon, Menzi led Zhao Min and the three of them into the hospital and came to the main hall. Seeing this scene, Zhao Min couldn't help but slander in his heart, it seems that this Master Zheng is doing really well, not only has a big house and a high bedroom, but also has subordinates to serve, it seems that this old man is not so indifferent to fame and fortune as he imagined!

Zhao Min waited in the main hall for a while, and a person slowly turned out of the back room. But he was quite tall, about seven feet, and looked to be no more than fifty years old, with a white face and a long beard, a high nose and thin lips; On the head of a cyan scarf, dressed in a dark coat, with a big coat on the outside, it seems that he should have just gotten up not long ago, and his face is still a little ruddy.

This person must be the world-famous master of etiquette, Zheng Da Zheng Quezhi. At this time, Zheng Dazheng looked Zhao Min up and down, I am afraid that he is still a little confused by the four princes who suddenly signed up. But in the face of Zheng Da, whether it is fame or age, Zhao Min is difficult to match, of course, it is impossible to sit still. At that moment, he stepped forward and said: "Zhao Min, the fourth son of the emperor, took the liberty to visit, and he also looked at the Gonghaihan of Que." As he spoke, he held the letter written by Meng Hou in both hands and handed it to Zheng Da.

Zheng Da nodded, walked back to the main seat and sat down, opened the letter and read it, and then slowly said in an orderly manner: "What Xun Zhixin said, I know. I don't know what the ambitions of the four princes are? ”

Zhao Min was stunned. How do you say that? Of course, he had read Meng Hou's letter, which was nothing more than telling about the situation after the incident, talking about the situation of the country, and telling about his feelings of longing. Then it was explained that Bai Zhao Min was the current lord of Beihai, and he wanted to invite Que Zhigong to go out of the mountain and revive the prosperity of etiquette and music. It can be said that it is simple and clear, which is the meaning of solicitation. Why did you turn your head and ask about your ambition? Moreover, this old man is still called "Four Princes" instead of "King of the North Sea", which means that he is now talking in the form of ordinary elders, rather than civilians looking up to Shangguan, what kind of trouble is this?

The head turned around, but when the elder asked, he couldn't help but answer, so Zhao Min continued to sacrifice the words that fooled Meng Hou in the ravine: "Min's wish, establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!" After speaking, he peeked at Zheng Da's expression, but saw that he was half-squinting, his expression seemed to be smiling, as if he was nodding slightly, and as if he was just about to fall asleep, anyway, he couldn't see any clues from his face.

Fortunately, Zhao Min also had some prejudices about this big master of etiquette in his heart, and he was dispensable for inviting him out of the mountain, so he didn't have much hope for the old man to agree. The main target of this trip out is Surabaya, and this side is just incidental, so I made up my mind that if the old man wants to shirk, he will be polite and polite, turn around and leave, and never drag the mud and water. After going back, he told Meng Hou that the old man didn't want to go out of the mountain, and anyway, he couldn't go all the way to Dongping to verify.

Just thinking about it, Zheng Da suddenly spoke: "The four princes have a grand wish, and the old man admires it." However, the old and decayed twilight is still in the light, and I am afraid that I am powerless. Ashamed of the hospitality of the four princes, ashamed of being ashamed! ”

Ha! You refuse! That's what you refuse! Zhao Min was secretly happy in his heart, and was about to pretend to regret it, but the old man spoke again: "However, the way of etiquette is not to be wasted, the king of Beihai has lofty ambitions, and the newly established country is waiting to be revived. ”

What? What kind of sudden turn of the gods is this? Old man, you can't finish it in one breath? It's tiring to pant so much! Zhao Min looked at Zheng Da shaking his head there alone, so he had to withdraw the words from his mouth and wait for the following.

Sure enough, the old man sighed for a while, and then continued: "Although the old man is old, fortunately, the sons and nephews in the family are all influenced by Zhou Li, and they have some ability to recognize etiquette and lovers. Especially the old and young grandchildren, since they were young, they have studied the Zhou rites since they were young, and they have learned the true inheritance of the old decay, and what they have learned is not under the decay, so they can go with the king of the North Sea and educate the world on their behalf. ”

Oh, it turned out that he recommended his children and grandchildren to come out to take over, and the old guy is not without fame and fortune! But that's fine, his grandson must not be very old, and young people are always easy to communicate; Besides, the young man is not famous, and he will definitely not drag 2580000 like his grandfather, and it is relatively easy to subdue. Okay, anyway, my purpose is just to find someone who is familiar with Lile, and I don't have to worry too much about who it is, I agree to this deal! Immediately arched his hand and said: "Que Zhigong is righteous, Min has thanked me here." I don't know where Ling Sun is? Can you see it? ”

Zheng Da twisted his beard with one hand with a smile and said, "The young grandson is in the back hall, waiting for the old man to come and see him." After saying that, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Su'er, come out and see the King of the North Sea!" ”

Zhao Min pouted secretly in his heart. This old man was ready to sell his grandson from the beginning, right? Isn't this all waiting in the back room? I guess no matter what I said about my ambition just now, the result will be the same. But the name is really ...... Rabbits? Why don't you call it Rabbit Master! Of course, there is no such stalk in this era, and others don't understand the meaning when they say it.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the sound of broken footsteps from the back hall, turned my head to take a look, and saw a slender figure turning out of the back hall, walking in front of Zhao Min with a shallow blessing, and then a cold voice sounded: "Slave Zheng Suo, I have seen the king of Beihai." ”

Zhao Min was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a while. "How...... What a woman! ”