Chapter VI Determines the Time

"What's wrong with your hair?!" After the uncle asked, he saw that Ah Yu didn't speak, so he could only sigh.

Zhao Wushu sat on the big boat and went back to the island that had just left not long after he and everyone else.

This will Zhao Wuxian can only act like a normal child snuggled up to Uncle Biao, and the speed of the boat is naturally not as fast as it was at the beginning.......

When they saw the scene on the island, everyone was obviously prepared, but it was a little strange when they saw the tombstones. It wasn't just these people who went out to sea to inspect it, but many ships on the sea followed.

It took half a day for everyone to go to several other islands, some looking for people, and some collecting corpses. Zhao Wuxian also saw the famous Putuo Mountain, which seems to be the Liuheng Town of Zhoushan Island. The largest island, Zhoushan Island, seems to have encountered no problems, and the people on the island saw someone coming, and all gathered to inquire about the situation.

It seems that there is a reason why several islands around Zhoushan Island were not disturbed, and several dangerous places on the island were guarded by Qing Dynasty soldiers, and Zhao Wushu also saw a few forts, although only backward bronze cannons. Unlike the fishing villages I had just seen, the island was like a town, and judging from the clothes of the people, life was quite rich, and Zhao Wuxian saw a few foreign businessmen in the crowd, and people did not shy away from them. After doing it for a long time, these foreigners are old residents who have lived on the island for many years.

Through everyone's conversation, Zhao Wuxian also understood the general situation. First of all, the time he was in could be determined, probably in the eighties of the nineteenth century, and Zhao Wuxian had just heard the words Francis, probably referring to Francis's fleet attacking Chinese villages all over the coast. Francis is a transliterated word that is supposed to refer to the Kingdom of France. In 1980, the French fleet, Zhao Wuxian, instantly remembered one of the few Qing Dynasty victories in history -- the Sino-French War.

A few old fishermen also talked about the Mawei Battle in Fujian, and judging from the tone of their conversations, the historical Battle of Mawei had just ended. Then the time can be roughly determined, the end of the Battle of Mawei in August 1884 in history, and now it is around the end of 1884.

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Two days later, Zhao Wuxian was sent back to his "home" by the uncle.

After accepting the care of all the "family members", Zhao Wuxian finally sorted out his head.

His family is a business family, his father Chen Yanyou, more than fifty years this year, runs an ancestral medical hall and several pawnshops, is a famous big business owner in this area, said to be a businessman, in fact, it is a famous old Chinese medicine doctor in this area, and there are people who have been imperial doctors in the previous dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a poetry and book heirloom. 's mother, Wu Youshan, whose mother's family is a scholarly family, just saw Zhao Wuxian who was sent back, hugged him in his arms and kissed him again and again, which made Zhao Wuxian, who had not yet come back, blush. There are also three brothers in the family, and judging from the furniture of the house, etc., they are still quite wealthy.

Zhao Wuxian, no, from now on, I can't say Zhao Wuxian anymore, but Chen Zeyu, who was born in Wuxing County, Zhejiang.

According to Zhao Wuxian's image, Wu Xing is probably in the modern Huzhou generation. This is who he is now, he is just an ordinary little kid born in modern times, Chen Zeyu, that's all.

I don't know what happened to my original mother, I live in a single-parent family, fortunately my mother's job is superior enough, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing. There is also an older sister and a younger brother in the family. Now the only thing I can comfort is that my mother is accompanied by my eldest sister and younger brother, otherwise I don't know if I can forgive myself.

Let's go back to reality.

Chen Zeyu, nicknamed Hanyin, male, was born in the third year of Guangxu, that is, in 1877, and is now 7 years old.

Chen Zeyu is not the original name, this little guy is ranked in the family to his generation, the original name is Chen Qiyu, Ju said that he was weak when he was a child, and his mother Wu found a fortune teller to take care of him, saying that Chen Qiyu was short of water in the five elements, and his father Chen Yanyou changed his name to Chen Zeyu.

A few days ago, when Ozawa and his uncle's family went to Daijia Island to play, they were attacked by a French Navy warship, and everyone on the island was killed.

Later, it was my aunt's brother who sent me back, my distant uncle, and I pity my aunt's family all died, and my father cried bitterly when he knew, but for the sake of seeing his young son survive, the complexity of his feelings can be imagined.

Presumably, this charitable father thought that his aunt's family was sacrificing his life to send his son....

Well, this is the situation of "me", facing the loving parents around me, maybe starting to be a simple child at this time is the best reward for them.

Let's talk about a few brothers in the family, Chen Zeyu's family is really a lot, unlike most only children in modern times, there are four in the family, all boys.

He is only the third, and the eldest is called Chen Qiye, who is 7 years older than him, and now he is 14 years old, which is already half an adult.

The second brother Chen Qimei, yes, is Chen Qimei, I don't know if it's the one in history, but it seems that Jiang Zhongzheng's big brother seems to be really from Huzhou, Zhejiang. Chen Qimei is three years older than herself, and now she is in private school. The third is himself, and the fourth is only half a year younger than himself, called Chen Qicai, and the only little guy who can call his brother, who looks pink and pink.

Chen Zeyu didn't know that he was more pink in the eyes of others, indeed, just by his looks, Chen Zeyu was really the most beautiful among the brothers, with big eyes, thick eyebrows, round brains, tiger heads, and tiger brains, very cute.

The family lives in the old mansion of the Chen family connected to the Chen family's medical hall, and the servants at home say that they are subordinates, but in fact, except for a few bought maids, most of them are still buddies in the father's medical hall, that is, apprentices, and most of them will stay on their father's side to help in the future. The Chen family's old mansion is very large, and there are many facilities related to the medical hall, and there are several warehouses for storing medicinal materials alone.

During this time, the Sino-French War was bustling, and many of Wu Xing's children who ran from their hometown to the coast to beg for a living came back for refuge. This was followed by many refugees of the Ningbo generation. My family lives in Wuxing City, but I can also feel the tension of the current situation, because the population on the street has skyrocketed, and many petty thieves have also increased. For the safety of the industry, my father didn't know where to buy some foreigners' fast guns and equip his own subordinates, which made Chen Zeyu extremely curious.

To be honest, although I have been dealing with the military all my life, it is the first time I have seen real firearms.

In the next few days, her mother Wu Youshan took Chen Zeyu with her all day long, as if she was afraid that she would lose it again. When I first came back, my mother took me to see my grandfather.

My grandfather's surname is Wu, his name is Wu Shouming, and he lives in Nanxun, a small town not far from Wuxingcheng. Poetry and books are not the same, Chen's father's study is small compared to the collection of books here, the fat old man is very interesting, and he is very good to himself, I heard my mother say that his nickname Hanyin was obtained by his grandfather. In fact, I also let myself write in the future, but according to custom, ordinary people only officially take words when they become adults.

In addition, the problem of short hair has been solved. At first, my parents just thought that they had an accident and broke their hair, and they didn't ask in detail, so my father found someone to spend money to buy a fake braid. Usually Chen Zeyu wears this thing when he goes out, and from Chen Zeyu's usual observation, it seems that many people in this area wear this kind of fake braid. According to the regulations, the Qing Dynasty had to shave all their hair from the top of their heads to the front, but Chen Zeyu saw that many people were just like himself, rolling directly from their foreheads to the back of their heads, and then using silk threads to tie up a fake braid in the back. My mother told me that these were fake foreign devils, braids that were put on in the mainland for the convenience of walking.

Brother Zhao chuckled psychologically, and later learned that Chen Zeyu had not shaved his forehead in the school of the Huzhou church since he was a child, but it made him have a false alarm.

In fact, it was late at that time, and the braided policy of the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years had already declined with the country. At this time, there are also a lot of non-governmental compradors who cut off their braids, and the local government can't even do anything with these people, because these fake foreign devils are really doing things in the eyes of the "Uncle Sheep" in their eyes, don't make the "Uncle Sheep" angry, and it will be a bad thing for the British and French troops to enter Beijing again.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed......

Usually when he is alone, Chen Zeyu likes to run to his father's study, not that there are any treasures in it, but Chen Zeyu is not used to writing traditional characters, in fact, there are dictionaries in this era. It's just that the binding and typesetting are different, Chen Zeyu came here to learn traditional Chinese characters whenever he had time, which corresponded to his past simplified Chinese characters one by one. After all, he is an adult in his heart, and in just half a month, Chen Zeyu can already use the words of this era to write poems and articles very casually.

Father Chen Yanyou saw that his third son liked to study, and he was also very happy, often praised Chen Zeyu in front of several brothers, and rewarded many candies, which made Chen Zeyu cry and laugh. The two elder brothers are just that, but the youngest brother Chen Qicai is hot-eyed, and he looks at himself every time, Chen Zeyu gave it to him in private, and let the little guy shout that the third brother is really good.

In March, the state government posted a notice in the city that the Qing army won the war with the French army in Vietnam.

Wuxing City is full of lanterns, firecrackers are ringing out, and those whose family members are killed along the coast also burn paper to worship the Buddha, burn incense and pray.

When Chen Zeyu heard the news, he was studying in a private school in the city with his two brothers, and he just smiled when he heard the news, if he remembered correctly, the outcome of this battle would lead to the collapse of the French cabinet, and I believe that the Qing political axe can take a good breath.

At the end of the month, there was another great victory in the sinking and wounding of several French ships in Taiwan, and it is said that the lone ship of the commander of the French Far East Fleet was also hit on the spot.

It was not until April that the news of the peace between China and France finally came, and the two sides signed an armistice agreement in Paris, the Paris Agreement. The Qing Dynasty ordered the withdrawal of the garrison in North Vietnam, and the corresponding France also lifted the blockade of Taiwan and the southeast coast, and the Sino-French war was stopped.

It should be said that objectively speaking, the Qing Dynasty had no way to abandon Vietnam, and the sea and land were completely blocked by the other side, even if it could directly crush this second-rate European army by land, it would be passive to the French naval attack fleet after all. The Qing State also lost more than it gained by dragging on in time, not to mention that the Russians on the northern border were not honest at this time, and the Qing court could only take advantage of the victory to seek peace in the end.

The war ended, and the displaced people stranded in the interior of Zhejiang also returned to their hometowns, and peace was restored in Wuxingcheng.

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