The windward building is located on the west street in the city of Fuzhou, several locust trees are planted in front of the building, and there are some plum trees in the front yard and the back yard. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info This season is the day when plum blossoms bloom, Zhou Renyuan and his party can still smell the plum fragrance in the wing room on the second floor, Zhou Renyuan, Zhu Cihong and Zheng Chenggong are now in the room, and the rest of the people have been sent to the next room to drink tea.

"I didn't expect there to be such a poetic teahouse in Fuzhou." Zhou Renyuan said.

"The owner of this teahouse is a North Korean, surnamed Cui, it is said that he is a big family in North Korea, thinking that the Qing soldiers attacked North Korea twice, and they felt that North Korea was not safe, so he moved his family across the ocean to Fuzhou two years ago and opened this tea house." Zheng Chenggong introduced.

"Oh? Is it North Korean? Zhou Renyuan's eyes lit up.

"What? Brother Zhou has an interest in doing business in North Korea? Zheng Chenggong asked. On the way here, Zhou Renyuan introduced his surname as Zhou, who was in the tea business and was from Suzhou. The surname Zhou is the surname of Suzhou, and there will be no flaws.

"I'm interested, I'm interested in countries other than Daming. Hehe--" Zhou Renyuan said with a smile.

"Then I'll invite Boss Cui here?" Zheng Chenggong said busily.

"No hurry, no hurry!" Zhou Renyuan took a sip of tea and said repeatedly, "Not bad, not bad, the location of this teahouse is good, and the tea is good!" ”

"I invited Brother Zhou to drink tea, of course it is the best tea, this is Da Hong Pao from Wuyi Mountain." Zheng Chenggong said with a smile.

Zhu Cihong also hurriedly tasted it, suddenly felt refreshed, and said, "You can't drink such good tea in the palace." ”

"What? This little brother has drunk tea in the palace? Zheng Chenggong said.

"Oh! My second brother means such a good tea, even if it is the Biluo spring tea that we paid tribute to the palace in Suzhou, it can't compare! Zhou Renyuan hurriedly rounded the field and glanced at Zhu Cihong. Zhu Cihong's face turned red, stretched out his tongue, and lowered his head.

"Oh! So that's what happened! Zheng Chenggong was relieved, he suspected at the beginning that they were the children of a high-ranking official of the imperial court, but now when he heard Zhou Renyuan talk about tea, he believed that they were a family of merchants.

"That's right! Brother Zhou, are you coming to Fuzhou to do tea business? If you want to do a tea business, it's up to me. I will say to my father, and give you an order and arrows, and not collect your taxes. Zheng Chenggong said.

"What kind of line is this, you can't afford to pay taxes! Otherwise, how would the major general explain to the chief soldier? Once this hole is broken, how can the chief soldier convince the public? Zhou Renyuan hurriedly said.

Zheng Chenggong thought about it for a while, it is such a reason, this week's son does not see money, does not take advantage, and thinks about himself and his father, which is really different from other businessmen. I was a little closer to Zhou Renyuan in my heart. smiled at the moment, "Brother Zhou is benevolent and thoughtful, and the little brother is inexplicably grateful!" ”

"Hey-I think that our Zhou family in HN Kaifeng is also a first-class rich family, thousands of acres of fertile land, countless houses, who knows that the sky is dry, thieves are everywhere, and the Qing slaves often knock on the side, the soldiers are not stopped, mourning the four fields, my grandfather had to order the family to move south, and put some fields in Suzhou, and those of us who were younger generations also had to come out to do some business to maintain expenses, young general, you see, my second brother has not yet reached the year of the weak crown and will go with me, it is really difficult!" Zhou Renyuan sighed.

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he slapped the table suddenly, "The man should be the representative of Wu Hook and collect the fourteen states of Guanshan!" If I become the commander one day, I will definitely sweep away the thieves in the world, smash the Yellow Dragon, let those Qing slaves go back to their hometown, and give me a bright future! ”

Zhou Renyuan gave a thumbs up and praised, "The young general is so ambitious!" Zhou replaced wine with tea and toasted the major general. ”

The two picked up the tea bowl and touched a cup, "The court now has elite soldiers, but unfortunately, the people's hearts are not aligned." Fighting a war depends on soldiers and food. I heard that the imperial court can't even pay military salaries now, how can soldiers fight without food? Not to mention exterminating the thieves and killing the slaves! But those who have money only care about themselves, where to care about the court. My old man also said a few years ago that as long as the court needs it, he will donate tens of thousands of taels to the court if he smashes the pot and sells iron! Zhou Renyuan guided the topic step by step.

Zheng Chenggong's face turned red, he didn't know what Zhou Renyuan was referring to, but when he thought of the Zheng family's sailors, he was secretly ashamed when he thought that the Zheng family's sailors were making money every day, but none of them were paid to the imperial court. He once persuaded Zheng Zhilong to give a piece of the pie to the court, after all, he was okay with such a face. But Zheng Zhilong reprimanded him and said, "This family business will be left to you in the future." Without a large amount of money, how can you maintain the expenses of hundreds of thousands of troops, and how can you divide one side. Court? Does the imperial court dare to tear up his face with the Zheng family's sailors? When Lao Tzu dies, the family business will be passed on to you, and you will spend how you like! Zheng Chenggong was also helpless.

Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong said embarrassedly, "Ling Zun is noble, loyal and patriotic, and the younger brother admires it." ”

"Young General, if you have the opportunity, you can personally lead an army to exterminate the thieves and defeat the slaves, are you willing?" Zhou Renyuan asked suddenly.

"Does that need to be said? What I have admired the most since I was a child is Yue Fei and Yue Wumu, which boy doesn't want to make a career and go down in history? Zheng Chenggong said angrily.

"Excellent! The major general is ambitious and admired by his brother! Zhou Renyuan high-fived.

"Is there any way for Brother Zhou to let me lead my troops to the front line? But with my father's permission. Zheng Chenggong said suspiciously.

Zhou Renyuan smiled, "Young General, please forgive a few days, our Zhou family still has some ways in the imperial court." Rest assured, Lord Chief, he will agree. ”

Zheng Chenggong left the Windward Building full of suspicion, and tonight he had to accompany his father to attend the dinner party to welcome Qincha. He thought all the way, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it was, this week brother is not like a tea business, first, he is not in a hurry to visit his father, ask for an arrow, and second, he does not ask how the tea business in Fuzhou is now, where are the businessmen who do business, do not know what business competitors there are, it is too difficult to investigate by himself, and ask himself Isn't it the most convenient and fast? But he didn't even mention a word. Who are they?

On the second floor of the Windward Building, Zhou Renyuan asked Zhu Cihong with a smile, "Prince, what do you think of Zheng Sen?" ”

"The newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, has great ambitions, is bold, and is a talent!" Zhu Cihong replied.

"Their Zheng family is all talented, if they can be used by the court, it is a blessing for the court. It's a pity that Zheng Zhilong, who is in charge, has a problem, and his vision is still short-sighted. Man's greatest failure is not to know the ideals of the heart of those closest to him. Zhou Renyuan said.

"Oh? How so? It was the first time Zhu Cihong had heard such a novel statement.

Taking Zheng Zhilong as an example, in his heart, he felt that no matter what the world became, he had soldiers and money in his own hands, and he just needed to manage his own one-third of an acre. But his most beloved son Zheng Sen's ideal is self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world, his vision is on the entire Ming Dynasty, in his heart the Ming Dynasty is orthodox, and maintaining the Ming Dynasty is the royal way. Zhou Renyuan explained.

"It would be great if General Zheng Shao could be used by the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Cihong sighed sincerely.

Zhou Renyuan smiled, and said silently in his heart, "It also depends on who uses it, like the current imperial court uses Zheng Chenggong, maybe Zheng Chenggong will die before he can get out of school!" ”

"Childe, Shopkeeper Cui is here!" Mo Zhu said outside the door.