Chapter 38: Mulan in the Letters

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"The sea road is vast, nine deaths and one life, and it will not be successful in two or three years, and the danger on the road is unimaginable to ordinary people. Half a year later, you go to sea again, and arrange your future affairs during this time. "The current ships of the Song Dynasty are not enough to support ocean voyages, so Zhao Zheng needs half a year to build a ship that can sail far away. He had ready-made drawings, and it was not at all a problem to build a ship as advanced as Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe. Even bigger and faster.

Chen Bao heard that Zhao Zheng asked him to arrange the funeral, and said with a wry smile: "I am alone, how can there be any aftermath that needs to be arranged!" ”

Zhao Zheng also sighed: "I remember that there is also a woman named Miaorong in Zuifeng Building who has some friendship for you, I put her in Kongtong Lane after redeeming her, go find her, and leave a queen for the Chen family." After you leave, I will treat her well, without worrying about food and clothing, and I hope that you and I will see you again in a few years. "As long as the fleet sails according to the route given by Zhao Zheng, there is seventy percent certainty that it will be able to return safely, but the people on the ship are not easy to say, anything can happen in three or four years, won't Magellan die in the Philippines? In the end, it was his crew who continued the voyage to complete the feat.

"Now, you have to contact more loyal people yourself, and in addition to the sailors who are hired at a high price, I plan to have some prisoners, be careful on the road, change people's minds, and you will sometimes have to deal with crises from within the crew. If he can return home, I, Zhao Zheng, will each give Wanguan family wealth, and I will also go to the official family to knight him. ”

Chen Bao heard that Zhao Zheng had settled down Miaorong, and he turned around for a while: "The great grace of the national teacher, Chen Bao is unforgettable, and he will definitely retrieve the immortal things for the national teacher." ”

Zhao Zheng hurriedly stopped: "It's not an immortal, it's rubber." During this time, I will exchange my sailing experience with You Xiong, and the experience of this trip to the South Seas will definitely help you. ”

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"Restoration, how do you feel about this trip to Nanyang?" After You Xiong came back yesterday, Zhao Zheng didn't have time to see him, so he waited until today.

After half a year of experience at sea, You Xiong has no weakness in his body, his face is clearly defined, and there is a brave spirit, this trip to the South Seas, not to mention anything else, just dealing with the royal families and nobles of various countries, let him see the big eye: "You Xiong only now knows that the world is big, and the land of Zhao and Song is not enough to include everything in the world." ”

Zhao Zheng nodded, You Xiong not only experienced his talents this time, but also opened his eyes, now he is employing people, You Xiong came back to share a thing or two for him.

"Little Immortal Chief, there is something that You Xiong is not clear, please tell me, why don't you let me go to the sea to find the rubber, but instead call a martial artist, someone who doesn't know how to sail to go." You Xiong didn't call Zhao Zheng a national teacher like others, and the word Xiaoxian Chang made him feel more cordial, so he didn't change his words.

"This is going to die for a lifetime, and some thunder wrists are needed on the way, and it is just right for him to go. But as time goes by, I have many places in Lin'an for you to support. There are some words, Zhao Zheng hid in his stomach and didn't say, the Americas have their own local civilizations fermenting at this time, such as the Mayan civilization, the Indian civilization, this voyage, in addition to daily necessities, there are many valuable porcelain, glass, if someone has a bad heart and takes the opportunity to sail away, Zhao Zheng is helpless. But Chen Bao is different, he still has enemies in the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how difficult it is, he will definitely come back.

You Xiong heard that Zhao Zheng had something for him to do, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Make a thousand miles to take the head of the person, if this thing comes out, there will be no more danger of Hu riding men!"

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After meeting You Xiong, Ma Defang's carriage was already waiting outside, and Zhao Zheng had to enter the palace to deal with the increasingly curious emperor.

And I have to prepare for tomorrow's explanation of alchemy, the so-called alchemy is naturally another name for chemistry, and Zhao Zheng had to do some stealing and changing pillars when promoting science, in line with the thinking of people in this era. After several days of high-intensity exertion, Zhao Zheng's body was already a little overwhelmed, and sure enough, Zhao Zheng fainted during the second day of teaching. Leave a confused and stunned audience.

"The national teacher has been damned!" I don't know who released the news, and it spread throughout the capital. said that Zhao Zheng leaked too many heavenly secrets, and those immortal techniques that should have been known to the gods were leaked by Zhao Zheng, so he suffered from heaven, and he was afraid that he would die early.

This rumor became more and more realistic in the process of circulation, and those commercial houses that imitated the Zaoyang Chamber of Commerce to advertise with hot air balloons quietly removed the hot air balloons, leaving only the solitary Zaoyang Commercial Bank hanging in Lin'an.

Zhao Zheng woke up after an hour of coma, Huang Daochang sat on the edge of his bed to take care of it, and You Xiong was holding a medicine bowl on the side, obviously having just fed Zhao Zheng medicine.

Huang Daochang looked at Zhao Zheng, whose face was pale, and sighed: "Third brother, why are you suffering...... From the first day I met you, it felt like you were in a hurry to do something. Rigidity and softness are the right way, if you want to be fast, you don't have to work so hard every day, it doesn't hurt to open the altar to teach the Tao every day or two, why bother to support it so strongly. ”

Zhao Zheng had just woken up, and his body was still feeling a little tired, and since he suddenly crashed when he was copying books on his mobile phone last month, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but panic. Although it was only a false alarm, this undoubtedly gave Zhao Zheng a warning.

"I know, Master, I'll pay attention."

Huang Daochang got up and shook his head, Zhao Zheng should not be careful, making him feel powerless, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhao Zheng: "This is a letter sent by Xiao Wu the day before yesterday, transferred from Zaoyang, I see that you have been busy these days, I am afraid that you will be distracted, so I will not give it to you." ”

Zhao Zheng turned the envelope and found that it had been opened: "Master, are you peeking at my letter?" ”

When Huang Daochang heard Zhao Zheng say this, his face was a little unbearable, and he coughed dryly twice to cover it up: "Nonsense, Master is just checking for you, what if someone wants to plot against you?" ”

Zhao Zheng took out the letter paper, which was obviously a little wrinkled, and it could be seen that someone often flipped through it: "Master, you don't have to look so carefully when you check it." ”

The zodiac chief pretended not to hear and flashed out: "Master, how can it be regarded as a peek?" You are still young, don't indulge in your children's affairs. ”

Zhao Zheng protested: "Master, I am only nine years old. ”

You Xiong, who was standing on the side, suddenly laughed, who would still treat Zhao Zheng as a child now?

Zhao Zheng saw You Xiong laughing, he was irritable, drove him out, took out the letter and read it carefully.

The envelope contained two letters, one was written by Li Ye and Yan Tianwu to Zhao Zheng, asking him some mathematical questions, and the other was written by Yan Tingwu to Zhao Zheng alone:

"Zhao Zheng, the last time I heard you talk about Mulan's story, I was still disdainful, but I didn't expect that now I would be the Mulan who served in the army for my father."

Yan Tianwu and Zhao Zheng got along for a short time, but this style of writing was greatly influenced by Zhao Zheng, the whole text was written in the vernacular, and the face punctuation marks were learned.

"The Mongolian cavalry has repeatedly divided their troops to attack, except for Monk Chen and Wu Xian, there are no soldiers in the country who dare to fight, and the ancestors' great martial arts are now gone. After my family is a clan, brocade clothes and jade food, silk and satin borrowed from the people, now the enemy is present, my father and brother do not want to protect the family and defend the country, I persuaded my father and brother to lead the army to the expedition several times without success, I was angry and scolded them. It's strange that my father didn't punish me.

Then one day I saw the old housekeeper Uncle Liu crying secretly, I asked him the reason, it turned out that he had to believe that his son died on the battlefield the day before yesterday, and I couldn't help but cry, at that moment I understood that there is nothing more painful than the loss of a loved one.

Although my father didn't like me, he still didn't want him to die, but the national disaster was at hand, and I had to go to this national disaster after Yan Yunsheng's lineage, so I decided to join the army.

Since the last time I found out my identity, although I hope to see you again, but you have a deep view in your heart, and I am afraid that you and I will never see each other again. But there are some things I still want to say to you, I have been regarded as a madman since I was a child, acting without regard for dignity and inferiority, and even avoiding men and women. My father probably felt cold because of this, and he scolded him lightly, and punished him with criminal law. But I don't think I've done anything wrong, and although I often feel out of place, I don't expect God to let me discover the same you.

You don't fit in with the world.

I naturally hope that you can help me in this letter, and you may be able to help me resist the Mongol Tartar invasion in the south.

This expedition, I am by no means for the Jin country is solid, where the Mongolian iron cavalry has passed, the lives are devastated, the mourning is all over the wilderness, and the slaughter of the city is often heard of, I protect the Jin country, not only to protect the gold people, but also to protect the Han people. ”

(Some book friends suggested in the comments that Yan Tianwu should not appear, and Xiaoqing considered it again and again, and made a brief explanation here.) First of all, thank you for your opinion, anyway, the conclusion you came to after reading Xiaoqing's book. But what I want to say is that the appearance of Yan Tianwu is the first character that Zhao Zheng is not under his control in the face of this world, the sudden appearance of this character, I didn't intend to make her likable, Yan Tianwu's encounter has a role in promoting the entire main plot, so please be patient and wait for a few chapters if this woman appears inexplicably. Of course, I hope that the book friends of this character, Xiaoqing of course hopes that you will continue to like it and continue to support this book. And thank you for the tips, you have given me a lot of motivation! )