Shopkeeper Cui stood in front of Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong, wearing a Ming costume, just now he saw that it was Zheng Chenggong who brought the guests and knew that they had a special identity, but he didn't dare to slack off. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Shi Li said, speaking fluent Chinese, "The little one has met two distinguished guests. ”

"My surname is Zhou, you can call me Zhou Gongzi, call this second son or second young master Ducheng!" Zhou Renyuan pointed at Zhu Cihong.

"I've seen two Zhou Gongzi." Shopkeeper Cui gave another salute.

"Shopkeeper Cui, please sit down, don't be nervous." Zhou Renyuan motioned for him to sit down, "The two of us are tea merchants in Suzhou, and we want to transport tea to North Korea for business. ”

"So the two of you are asking this! The old man will talk to the two of them," the shopkeeper Cui cleared his throat, "Now the business in North Korea is very difficult to do, especially the materials of the Ming Dynasty are extremely difficult to transport to North Korea, I advise the two of you not to transport them to North Korea, it is safer to transport them to Luzon or RB." ”

"Oh? Why is that? Zhu Cihong said strangely.

"Don't hide it from the two, since the Ding Mao Rebellion (1627) and the Bingchen Rebellion (1636), our country has been broken by the Qing women twice, and it has become a vassal state of the Qing slaves and separated from the Ming Dynasty." Shopkeeper Cui said, and infinite sadness welled up in his eyes. "It's a pity that our country's strength is weak, and the Ming Dynasty is unable to support, how many people in our country, women and children have been plundered and ruined by Qing slaves, it's really miserable!" Shopkeeper Cui cried bitterly.

Zhou Renyuan and Zhu Cihong are also bleak in their hearts, North Korea has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea has been loyal to the Ming Dynasty since Li Chenggui founded the country, and the Confucian culture is orthodox in North Korea, and North Korea has always regarded itself as "Little China".

At the founding ceremony of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Korean envoys did not kneel, which can be regarded as hard and tough. Korea was twice attacked by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and had to be called a vassal, and the king of Korea, Li Liang, also wrote a letter to Chongzhen to express his helpless situation, and Chongzhen also wrote back to express his understanding to them.

The national strength of the suzerainty is not strong, and the vassal country of North Korea cannot be blamed!

"Shopkeeper Cui, don't be sad, one day, North Korea will still be able to return to the arms of my Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Cihong persuaded.

"I hope there will be such a day!" Shopkeeper Cui wiped his tears, "The old decay is out of shape!" Excuse me! However, I, North Korea, from the imperial court to the common people, always hope that the army of the Celestial Empire can save Korea from fire and water! ”

"What? The North Korean people still don't forget the Ming Dynasty? Zhou Renyuan asked.

"Where is that?" The shopkeeper Cui said loudly: "Without Daming, can there be me in North Korea?" I think that when Emperor Daming Shenzong was in power, hundreds of thousands of Japanese invaded our North Korea, if it weren't for the great army of the Celestial Empire to show their might and defeat the Japanese invaders, where would there be the current North Korea. The Korean people also built the Xuanlie's Shrine in Seoul, and the Martyrs' Shrine commemorated the soldiers of the Celestial Empire who sacrificed their lives for the DPRK, and we will never forget the great kindness of the Celestial Empire to the DPRK for generations. ”

"What is the attitude of the princes and ministers of North Korea towards me Daming?" Zhou Renyuan continued to ask.

"Now my court ministers are divided into two factions, one is the Luo Party headed by the Prime Minister Jin Zidian, who forgets his sect and is close to the Qing slaves, and the other is the original party headed by Zuo Yizheng Yuan Dou Pyo, who has always been interested in the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately he is not in power. There is also our son Li Wei perennial in the Qing slave Shengjing (now Shenyang) as a proton, it is said that he also has the intention of attaching himself to the Qing slave, but our king's favored second son Fenglin Dajun Li Hao is close to the Ming Dynasty. Shopkeeper Cui said.

"That's right!" Zhou Renyuan felt tricky for a while, but he didn't expect that in this small country of North Korea, the struggle between the pro-Ming faction and the pro-Qing faction would be so fierce, and the pro-Qing faction would have the upper hand. "Then just now you said that it is very difficult for Daming's materials to be transported to North Korea for trading, is this the reason why the Luo Party deliberately blocked it?"

"Not really!" The shopkeeper Cui replied, "After all, we are short of supplies in North Korea, where is there such a large amount of resources as the Ming Dynasty, it is the hateful Qing slave who had a clause prohibiting us from trading with the Ming Dynasty when my king succumbed, and set up an inspection department in our country to inspect the goods in the port, once it is found that it is from the Ming Dynasty, the merchant is beheaded and the goods are confiscated." At this time, almost no North Korean merchants dared to engage in trade with the Ming Dynasty, and they could only transfer to the RB country to change ships. ”

"Huang Taiji still knows the trade blockade? Hmph--" Zhou Renyuan said angrily in his heart. After thinking about it, he asked, "I don't know if Mr. Choi can get on the line with the former party officials who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty in North Korea." ”

Shopkeeper Cui was startled, and hurriedly said, "I don't know what Gongzi Zhou means by this?" ”

"Seeing that Mr. Cui is honest and sincere, and his heart is towards Daming, I will tell you the truth, my real identity is King Yongming, the county king of Daming, and this is His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming." Zhou Renyuan said to Shopkeeper Cui with a smile.

Zhu Cihong tugged at Zhou Renyuan's sleeve in confusion, and his eyes were asking how to reveal his identity to the North Koreans.

When the shopkeeper Cui heard this, he quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "I don't know if it's the prince and His Royal Highness, forgive me!" Forgiveness! ”

Zhou Renyuan helped up the shopkeeper Cui and said gently, "Mr. Cui, please get up!" He who does not know is not guilty! ”

Shopkeeper Cui stood up tremblingly, he never thought in his life that it was like a dream to see the prince and prince of Daming in his own teahouse in Fuzhou.

"Alright, Mr. Cui, you can now answer my question just now!" Zhou Renyuan said.

"Yes! Be! Shopkeeper Choi wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Less than the two highnesses, the old man has a distant nephew named Choi Hyun who is a chief soldier in Jeolla Province and is a member of the original party. ”

"Can you reach him, then?" Zhou Renyuan said in surprise.

"The old man often sent some goods to him in Fuzhou through merchant ships coming and going from RB countries, and the relationship is still acceptable, and a few days ago there was a letter asking me to prepare some silk to be shipped to Jeolla Province." Shopkeeper Cui replied.

"Good! Very good! Zhou Renyuan stood up suddenly, "Please send a letter to your nephew for my Ming Dynasty, that is, my Emperor Ming has not forgotten the people of North Korea, and ask them to fight the Luo Party and control the power of the dynasty no matter what." We, the Ming Dynasty, will one day wait for the internal troubles to calm down, and we will save the Korean country. This news would best reach the original party leader, Yuan Doubi, or even your king. ”

"Old decay - old decay for the Korean people to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Your Royal Highness! Shopkeeper Cui cried excitedly. The old man will definitely send the news back to North Korea! ”

"Mr. Cui, if one day the Ming court can't take care of North Korea, but my Ming King Yongming will not give up North Korea, I promise you with my personality!" Zhou Renyuan suddenly said to the shopkeeper Cui in Korean.

Shopkeeper Cui was stunned for a moment, this Ming prince still knows the language of his own country? Immediately, he also said in Korean: "Old decay, believe in the king!" He nodded firmly.

Zhu Cihong stupidly watched them muttering something he didn't understand, and asked, "Fourth uncle, what are you talking about?" ”

Zhou Renyuan smiled "hehe" and whispered in Zhu Cihong's ear, "I just said Korean, ask about the situation at the shopkeeper Cui's house." ”

"Fourth uncle, do you still speak Korean?" Zhu Cihong was surprised.

"When I was in Hengzhou, I happened to meet a North Korean doing business there, and I was curious to learn from him for a few days." Zhou Renyuan replied with a smile, but said in his heart, I am also an interpreting expert in later life, and I don't know much about domestic dialects except Hokkien, and other dialects are no different from the locals, and I am proficient in English, Russian, Korean, and Japanese in foreign languages.

"Prince, with Shopkeeper Cui's loyalty to Daming, do you want to reward Shopkeeper Cui with something?" Zhou Renyuan proposed.

Shopkeeper Cui hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't dare!" Can't! Where do you dare to be old? ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "What the fourth uncle said is true, it's a pity that the prince didn't bring anything good out when he went out on patrol!" ”

"It's okay, I have a proposal, the prince will leave a copy of the ink treasure for the shopkeeper Cui! Is that good? Zhou Renyuan said.

"Good! Good! Fourth Uncle, this proposal is good!" Zhu Cihong nodded again and again.

Shopkeeper Cui happily hurriedly went to prepare pen and ink. When Zhu Cihong saw the shopkeeper Cui leaving, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Zhou Renyuan shook his head at him and said, "The question that the prince wants to ask, let's go back and talk about it!" Zhu Cihong had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

After a while, Shopkeeper Cui hurriedly brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, "Fourth uncle, what should I write?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Just write about every photo of the liver and gallbladder, and the curling reflects the cold moon." Zhou Renyuan said.

The shopkeeper Cui was surprised and delighted, and said, "This is the poem of my famous Korean minister and literary master Xu Yun!" ”

Zhou Renyuan nodded and replied, "Exactly!" This poem is enough to express the deep friendship between my Ming Dynasty and North Korea. ”

It is precisely like this, Lord Xu traveled in the Ming Dynasty in his early years, and this poem is also his work with the Ming Dynasty and North Korea in his heart, which is the most appropriate. The old man admires His Royal Highness the prince so much! Shopkeeper Cui bent down and bowed deeply to Zhou Renyuan.

As soon as Zhu Cihong listened to their explanation of these two poems, he suddenly felt that this poem was imprinting this scene, settled his mind, and wrote freely "Every photo of the liver and gallbladder, curling reflects the cold moon"!

The shopkeeper Cui stood on the side, thinking that he must take this ink treasure of the Ming prince as his own heirloom and pass it on to his children and grandchildren.