Chapter 92: Set Sail
In the world, no matter what you face, your mindset will always determine everything. Facing life with a good attitude will always allow you to see the sunshine of happiness.
Tang Ming's mentality at the moment is very good, after admitting frankly to Chen Jialan, he feels more relaxed than ever, he is in a good mood when he is relaxed, he is in a good mood, and he always feels very smooth when he starts things. Early in the morning, Zheng He sent someone to tell Tang Ming that all the supplies had been loaded onto the ship.
"It's time to leave for the fiefdom!" Tang Ming looked up at the blue sky, feeling quite emotional.
During the time he lived in Zheng's mansion, he had feelings for the people and things here, especially the intimate care of the old housekeeper, who was as careful as a loving father taking care of his own children. Therefore, Tang Ming specially called the old housekeeper before leaving, and walked around every corner of the mansion together.
Walking and chatting, from the bits and pieces of life to the mutual cherishment, in the end, the old housekeeper still shed a few old tears emotionally. He was reluctant to let Tang Ming leave, in this mansion, Zheng He rarely came back, except for him, the old housekeeper, there were only servants left.
Sometimes I want to talk to someone about my heart, but there is no one who nags and nags. Since Tang Ming came to live in the mansion, the Zheng Mansion has obviously been much more lively than before. In addition, Tang Ming is Zheng He's righteous son, and the old housekeeper really treats him as a loyal young master.
"Young master, the old slave knows that he can't keep you, but if you have free time in the future, you must remember to come to the house more often. The old slave originally wanted to follow the young master to go overseas, but the master in the house was often absent, and it was impossible for no one to control the people in the house. The old slave couldn't pull away, and he hoped that the young master would take care of himself. ”
The old butler's words were full of worried advice, and he chattered and talked so much that tears flowed down his face in a moment.
Touching the scene, the old housekeeper's true feelings flowed out, which suddenly made Tang Ming's cold heart for a long time instantly full of warmth. There is no feast in the world, and when it is time to leave, you still have to leave. said goodbye to the old housekeeper, and first arranged for Fang Xiaoru's family and Chen Jialan's master and servant to take the carriage of the Zheng Mansion to get on the boat.
Tang Ming called Zhu Yong to go straight to the military camp outside the city, temporarily borrowed a thousand sergeants from Zhang Yu, and escorted the prisoners under his name with him, and went to the largest pier of the treasure shipyard to board the ship and prepare to set sail.
For Tang Ming's distilled liquor, Zhang Yu, who was obsessed with it, naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity to extort bamboo, and asked Tang Ming to take five altars of distilled liquor, so he was satisfied with the transfer of a thousand people for his use.
It's all his own people, let alone a few jars of wine, even if it's dozens of jars, Tang Ming won't bother with Zhang Yu. It's just that now he can't just take this wine away and give it away, but the queen has sent a few henchmen to keep an eye on the Zheng Mansion, and now even if he wants to take a few more jars of wine out, he still has to get the queen's consent.
With 1,000 men and horses marching towards the Criminal Department, more than 2,000 people have to verify their identities alone, which is not a small workload. Fortunately, there are many people who can handle things, and as long as they are literate, all the soldiers brought in are sent out to verify the identity of the prisoners.
Those who were illiterate were escorted to the docks in batches after their identities had been verified. The workload was so large that Tang Ming was busy until late afternoon. Although things were going well, Tang Ming still felt very unhappy.
For no other reason, two-thirds of the more than 2,400 prisoners were women, children, and children, and only one-third of the actual prime-age labor force was available. And most of these people are the families of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they have always been goods who come to eat and stretch out their hands for clothes.
Expecting them to have something special, Tang Ming might as well take a piece of tofu and kill his head, understanding that these guys are the masters of wasting food when they reach their fiefdoms, and they don't have much money for him to use, if they add these people to increase his burden.
Tang Ming didn't dare to imagine that if he arrived in the fiefdom and began to devote himself to work, that scene would definitely be enough for him to worry about. And he also thought of a more serious problem, that is, these are all prisoners, and they were all officials in the past, how to discipline them so as not to cause a big mess for themselves.
We have to think of a thoughtful way to do this, otherwise these guys will regret it if they make a mess.
The good mood of the day ended here, and Tang Ming depressedly escorted the last batch of prisoners to the dock. Zheng He is worthy of being an expert in navigation, and the scale of Tang Ming's voyage this time is not small, from personnel to materials, he used three treasure ships and dozens of large sea ships.
With such a large scale, Zheng He was stunned to prepare everything for Tang Ming in less than five days, and Tang Ming was also impressed by the high efficiency of his work. What made Tang Ming even happier was that Zheng He had really trained more than 300 sailors for him.
also followed a henchman by his side since he was a child, and obeyed Tang Ming's orders. This man was a master of sailing, not only experienced but also a master of training sailors and seafaring talents.
With such a talent to command his own fleet, the defense force at sea will be greatly increased, and Tang Ming will no longer need to worry about the defense at sea, and he can free his hands and feet to concentrate on the construction of the fiefdom.
The fleet raised its sails one after another amid the neat slogans of the sailors, and Tang Ming, who was standing on the deck of the treasure ship, waved goodbye to Zheng He.
Looking at the fleet that was gradually moving away, Zheng He had a lot of emotion in his heart, and he didn't know whether Tang Ming's sudden departure was good or bad. The court is now unpredictable, the emperor's temper is becoming more and more unpredictable, and even the master Yao Guangxiao seems to be too lazy to go to the early court recently.
The intention of fading out of officialdom is becoming more and more obvious, if even Yao Guangxiao withdraws from the court, there will be no one in the court to deal with him. Li Xing's power is growing again, and it seems that he Zheng He has also been squeezed out of the center of power, and when he goes to sea, he doesn't know what the court will become.
"Ugh......." A long sigh couldn't exhaust the worries in Zheng He's heart at the moment, he cleaned up his mood, returned to the treasure shipyard step by step, and continued to devote himself to his shipbuilding career.
Zheng He's figure had just disappeared on the embankment, and a figure appeared out of nowhere where Zheng He was standing just now. The person quickly glanced at the direction in which Zheng He had disappeared, and then turned to face the sea, looking at the empty sea level.
The corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a sinister smile, and he muttered to himself: "Fang Xiaoru, Tang Ming, if you offend the sect leader, you want to escape so easily, hum...... Wait and see! Do you think the Sect Master only has eyeliner on land? Hehe, nearly 100 sea ships, among which there are even three treasure ships, these will all be my Qi Ren's! ”
"Hahaha......." In a burst of maniacal laughter, the middle-aged man who claimed to be Qi Ren quickly disappeared into the vast night.