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Although it is still blowing northerly, it is not a good wind. However, the boat travels in all directions, and the zigzag route can still be driven against the wind.

On the bow of the "Princess", Ren Siqi stood on the bow of the ship, the blue sea and blue sky, hunting the sea breeze, looking back, hundreds of ships lined up in a long queue on the sea, and the pride could not help but burst.

From a first-order death row prisoner when he first crossed over, to now holding high the position of Ningbo General Army. He ruled more than 100,000 people, and held an army of 20,000 in his hands.

Troubled times have arrived, and the South will be in turmoil for the next two decades. The Qing soldiers and the remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty will repeatedly tug at each other in the vast provinces south of the Yangtze River, Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, and heroes from all walks of life have appeared on the stage, writing heroic historical songs that can be sung and cried. Although they all ended in failure, the land of Shenzhou fell into alien rule. But their deeds have been passed down through the ages.

Since they were born in troubled times, they are naturally unwilling to be lonely, how can they be dedicated to beauty?

Just when Ren Siqi's mood was agitated, a sound of footsteps sounded on the deck, and when he looked back, it was the eunuch Lu Fang who came to him.

"General Ren is so elegant!" Lu Fang stood next to Ren Siqi with a smile.

"Hehe," Ren Siqi smiled, "Grandpa Lu, are you still used to it on the boat?" ”

For this "supervising army" sent by the imperial court in his own army, Ren Siqi naturally doesn't pay attention to it, the entire army is full of his own people, what is the use of a dead eunuch?

But since he is a member of the imperial court, Ren Siqi naturally does not want to offend casually, and he still has great respect for Eunuch Lu in terms of face.

Fortunately, Lu Fang is also more sensible and does not dictate military affairs, and the cooperation between the two is quite pleasant.

"Our family is a hard-working person, and we have been running around all these years, and there is nothing we are not used to. Besides, the general's flagship is big and stable, and our family is used to it. Lu Fang said with a smile.

"My father-in-law is a person around the emperor, how can he be a hard-working person?" Ren Siqi shook his head and said.

"The general also knows that the emperor has been on the throne for less than a year, and he lived a life of exile before he ascended the throne.

Lu Fangxu chattered in Ren Siqi about his experience over the years, Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong is the son of the old Fu King Zhu Changxun, Chongzhen 14 years Li Zicheng broke through Luoyang, the old Fu King Zhu Changxun was killed, Zhu Yousong escaped by luck.

Lu Fang was the only eunuch who followed Zhu Yousong, and with Zhu Yousong wandered on the rivers and lakes for two years, until the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Zhu Yousong to attack the title of King Fu.

However, the land of Henan was abused by the Shun army, and Zhu Yousong did not dare to return to Luoyang to join the domain, so he did not leave in Huai'an.

Without the domain, there is no most of the income, and he can only rely on the little money of the imperial court, and Zhu Yousong has lived a very hard life in recent years. As Zhu Yousong's side, Lu Fang's life is not very good.

It wasn't until last year, when King Fu ascended the throne, that Lu Fang flew to the branch to make a phoenix, and he trembled all of a sudden.

Perhaps because of the hardships he had experienced, Lu Fang was not as greedy and invincible as other eunuchs, but was gentle, humble and polite, which surprised Ren Siqi.

The two talked very closely.

Two days later, the fleet crossed the coast of the Songjiang River and reached the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The fleet did not go far into the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the river narrowed abruptly, but it was Chongming Island that divided the lower reaches of the Yangtze River into two.

The river carries a large amount of sediment and slows down when it reaches the estuary, and the sediment is deposited to form a large island.

In terms of area, Chongming Island in the Ming Dynasty was already very large, with a length of 200 miles from east to west, and a width of 40 miles from north to south, with an area of more than ten times that of Daishan Island.

Such a large area of the island is naturally inhabited by many people. On Chongming Island, the most famous figure is Shen Tingyang.

Shen Tingyang is a native of Chongming, and has served as a scholar in the cabinet of the Chongzhen Dynasty. He once proposed to resume shipping and provide grain for Liaodong by sea, which was deeply valued by Emperor Chongzhen. I heard that his subordinates have hundreds of cao boats in their hands, and thousands of cao soldiers in their hands.

"Shen Tingyang, he has resigned!" Lu Fangdao.

"Why?" Ren Siqi was stunned.

"It was last year, not long after the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, didn't he hear that Wu Sangui borrowed the Tartars to suppress the bandits, and the imperial court ordered the collection of grain and grass, and sent Shen Tingyang to lead 300 boats and 20,000 soldiers from the canal to the north to transport grain and grass and reinforcements for Wu Sangui.

Who knew that the ship arrived in Xuzhou, but it was intercepted by Liu Zeqing, the former Shandong commander-in-chief, who robbed all the grain ships and intercepted 20,000 soldiers.

Who knew that Wu Sangui did not borrow troops to suppress bandits at all, but surrendered to the Manchu Qing, but fortunately the grain was not delivered to Beijing. ”

Lu Fangxu babbled.

"But after this incident, Shen Tingyang was stimulated, and he resigned from his official position, and when he heard that he returned to his hometown Chongming."

Listening to Lu Fang's words, Ren Siqi couldn't help but be stunned. There are so many things that are so strange......

Wu Sangui obviously surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Southern Ming court even wishfully thought that he was borrowing troops to avenge Chongzhen, and also sent people to transport grain and grass reinforcements for him.

And Liu Zeqing, as an officer of the Ming Dynasty, dared to brazenly intercept the imperial court's fleet and intercept the imperial court's army, his actions were almost equivalent to rebellion, but the Southern Ming court had nothing to do with him.

However, Shen Tingyang was able to come up with a way to replace river transportation by sea, but he was a cadre, and Ren Siqi decided to go to the island to pay a visit.

instructed the fleet to suspend sailing and dock in Jiading, while Ren Siqi himself ignored Lu Fang's objections and sailed towards Chongming Island in a small boat.

The huge fleet of ships driving on the nearby sea has long attracted the attention of the people of Chongming, and the people of Chongming have settled down when they see the battle flag of the Ming Dynasty on the fleet.

When Ren Siqi sailed by the nearby sea in a small boat, he encountered several Chongming fishing boats, and he did not panic when he saw the boats of the officers and soldiers.

When the ship docked on Chongming Island, someone from the government came to interrogate and asked if he was coming to visit Shen Tingyang, so someone came to lead the way, and took Ren Siqi and others to Chongming County.

Chongming Island was attacked and robbed by the pirate Gu Rong two years ago, and Gu Rong retreated and re-strengthened the county seat of Chongming.

The county seat of Chongming is two feet and five feet high, with two city gates, and there is no moat outside the city. There are more than 20,000 people on Chongming Island and thousands of people in the county.

And Shen Tingyang's home is in Chongming County, and Shen Tingyang, who has been a high-ranking official in Wupinlang, is a household name in the entire Chongming Island. When he learned that Ren Siqi and others were here to visit Shen Tingyang, the county official who led the way was very polite and directly led Ren Siqi and others to the door of Shen Mansion. (To be continued.) )