readx; It was only at this time that Zhu Youzhen knew that he was on Zheng Zhilong's boat, and he couldn't help but be shocked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The second daughter hurriedly told him that now that the ship had been assigned to the Qi family's army, Zhu Youzhen was a little relieved, but he still said with palpitations: "Where is Zheng Zhilong now?" Where are the governor and General Qi? ”

"Zheng Zhilong's sailor has set anchor and returned home this afternoon." Li Zhenyan hurriedly replied, "He planted a big heel in Dengzhou, kicked and broke His Highness's leg, and offended the people of the whole city, how can he have the face to stay here more?" The two adults have now returned to the city, one is to receive the five warships of the Zheng family, and some adjustments have to be made in the defense and troop arrangements; Second, there is no obstacle to the relationship between His Royal Highness and Meifeng, although His Royal Highness is traveling in micro-clothes, and it is not appropriate to make a big show, but the Qi family still has to make some preparations. ”

Zhu You was both happy and worried when he heard it, and he was happy that the most important purpose of this trip had been achieved, and he could finally form a family with Meifeng; What worries him is that he always feels that Zheng Zhilong's generation of heroes just admit defeat like this, withdraw in disgrace, and obediently send five warships, which seems to be a little wrong.

But now he can't think about it so far, this "black fragrance" problem must be clarified first. After careful questioning, I learned that although the ship had been assigned to the Qi family's army, it only withdrew the soldiers of the Zheng family who were fighting, and the sailors were still Zheng Zhilong's original team. Now dozens of Qi family soldiers have been stationed on the ship, and more than a dozen sailors are waiting in the bilge. This black incense was kept in the hands of the boatswain, of course, Zheng Zhilong instructed Zhu Youzhen to take it.

"Go and call the boatswain, I have something to ask!" Zhu Youzhen said hurriedly.

"Lord Wang, your injury is so serious, it's better to rest for one night first..."Qi Meifeng couldn't bear to persuade.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and sighed: "How do you know that this thing is also called opium, which is a kind of drug!" After a small amount of inhalation, it can indeed relieve pain, but this thing does not cure the disease, but only interferes with the nervous system. After the strength of the medicine has passed, it hurts and hurts. ”

"It's good to be able to relieve for a while!" Qi Meifeng was puzzled.

"The problem is that this thing is addictive!" Zhu Youzhen said hatefully, "Once you become addicted, you will have a strong dependence on it." No matter how big a hero you are, if you can't smoke every day, you will be tired, yawning and snotty, and even crying out and suffering from the earth. Over time, the more you suck in, the more you breathe, the more you suck This drug is more vicious than the poison that kills the addict, depletes his wealth and destroys his family! ”

The second daughter was horrified when she heard this, and Qi Meifeng raised her eyebrows and said: "Why is Zheng Zhilong so vicious, hurting the prince's legs, and harming the prince's life?" I'm going to get that boatswain!" ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly persuaded: "The boatswain may not know this, he just obeys orders." Zhenyan, you should go and bring the boatswain, I have something else to ask him, and be polite to people. ”

Although Li Zhenyan was inexplicable, she still took the order and left, and soon brought a stout man. This man was dark-skinned, shirtless, and had no shoes underfoot, and looked like a sailor who had been at sea for a long time. When he saw Zhu Youzhen, he knelt down and saluted: "Villain Xu Laosi, please say hello to the master!" ”

Because Zhu Youzhen spit out the opium just now, the effect of the medicine gradually subsided at this time, and the pain in his leg gradually worsened. He gritted his teeth and forced a smile at the same time: "You are the boatswain of this ship?" Don't be restrained, Meifeng, move him a chair and sit down to talk. ”

Xu Laosi was very grateful, so he sat respectfully on the chair. Zhu Youzhen asked: "The black incense that I smoked just now, I think it is very effective, how many more do you have?" ”

Xu Laosi said happily: "When Master Zheng left, he left more than five catties for the villain, and now they are all in the bilge." ”

"Take it all, I'll use it later." Zhu Youzhen pretended to be impatient.

"Wang..."Qi Meifeng just spit out half a word anxiously, and Zhu Youzhen hurriedly glanced at her, which means: Don't interject!

Qi Meifeng came to her senses, quickly lowered her head, and pretended to be Zhu Youjian's torn clothes during the ball game.

"Okay!" Xu Laosi didn't notice it, "I'll get it for you right away..."

"Don't be busy yet, I still have something to ask you." Zhu Youzhen stopped him and said, "These black incense, do you know where Master Zheng got them?" ”

Xu Laosi saw that Zhu Youzhen's attitude was kind, he was no longer too nervous, and he had the intention to show off, so he made a gesture and said: "Master doesn't know, this thing is not produced in my country, but from overseas. The villain's family has been boating for generations, and I heard the elders say that since the Tang and Song dynasties, the Fanguo countries of the West and the South Seas have planted a plant called 'poppy'. Drying and grinding its juice into powder is this black fragrance.

"In the past, this thing was in the hands of the big food merchants, and it was worth a thousand gold; Now Master Zheng's fleet has repeatedly gone to the South Seas, and he has also bought some from the locals, but it is much cheaper. It's just that the South Seas are not very peaceful now, and the Francos occupy Greater Luzon, and they don't allow our Ming ships to cross the sea to trade, and they will kill them when they see them. Master Zheng didn't want to clash with them, so he could only secretly send a small fleet over to do some piecemeal business. ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent after hearing this, and combined with his limited historical knowledge, he already had a general understanding of the international situation near China's southeastern sea frontier: to the east were Korea and Japan. Among them, North Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but due to the repeated defeats of the Jurchens and the usurpation of the throne in Korea, the imperial court's control over Korea has declined sharply.

Although Japan invaded Korea in the Wanli period, it was defeated by the Ming army and driven back to the island, and began to implement the strategy of closing the country to the outside world; But in recent years, for some reason, the Japanese have begun to run rampant again. Historically, the rampant Japanese invasion meant that Japan was internally restless, and once the internal strife subsided, it would inevitably expand outward, and I am afraid that it is now at that tipping point.

And to the southeast, it is Zheng Zhilong's sailor. Zheng Zhilong is nominally a Ming official, but in fact he is entrenched in Fujian and Taiwan Island, and he is already a ** force that cannot be ignored. Moreover, he started from Japan and is inextricably linked with many Japanese daimyos, so once the situation changes, it is difficult to say who he is.

Further south, there are the Spaniards, who are known as the "Francos". In fact, "Franc Machine" is the name of the Portuguese, but the Ming people could not distinguish the difference between Portugal and Spain, so they also called Spain "Franc Machine". Today, Spain occupies part of the island of Luzon, which later became the Philippines.

Luzon Island and Taiwan Island face each other across the Bass Strait, and the distance is only 200 miles. That is to say, as one of the Western powers, people have come to the door of the Ming Dynasty!