The people of Qingmo Mountain saw that Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan's brothers had different eyes, and hurriedly explained that the girl Dong Milk Tea was met by him on the edge of Surabaya, and he was rushing to the canal at that time.

On the south bank of Surabaya, the people of Qingmo Mountain are tired of walking, resting under a big locust tree on the side of the road, he still has two wheat cakes in his arms, he is about to eat two mouthfuls to satisfy his hunger and then hurry, he saw an old couple with a seventeen or eight-year-old girl also went to rest under the tree, the old man and the old woman are nearly sixty years old, and they are so hungry that they can't walk, they gasp for breath when they sit down under the root of the tree, and they can't say anything. As long as he arrived at the canal, so many passing merchants, with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, would not starve to death, so he took out two wheat cakes, and the four people shared the food, and the old man ate half a wheat cake before he had the strength to speak, and after thanking him, he asked where the people of Qingmoshan went?

The people of Qingmo Mountain said that they went to the capital and was robbed, but he had the art to do it, so he didn't have to do anything-

The old man asked again: "Do you have a wife?" ”

Qingmoshan said: "I haven't married a wife yet." ”

The old man pointed to the girl and said to Qingmo Mountain: "Take my daughter's wife you." ”

The people of Qingmo Mountain saw that the girl was unkempt, but her eyes were quite beautiful, and she was a little tempted, but she still said politely: "I am penniless and have an uncertain future, and I don't want to make love suffer." ”

The old man spoke very concisely, presumably having read poetry books: "I am trapped here, and if you don't give wheat cakes and die, this woman entrusts you with you, and my wife and I can also go to other places to make a living with peace of mind." ”

The old couple begged the Qingmoshan people to marry their daughter, and the Qingmoshan people had to take the girl on the road, out of two or three miles, seeing that the girl was just crying, impatient, and sent the girl back to the original place, but there was no trace of the old couple under the big locust tree, and the Qingmoshan people looked around and didn't see anyone, the old couple was so hungry that their hands and feet were weak, so after a while, where could they go, there was only one possibility: the old couple knew that a family of three had no way to live together, and they didn't want to drag their daughter down, so they committed suicide in Surabaya-

The girl Dong Milk Tea obviously realized this, stumbled to the bank of the river, sure enough, a cloth shoe was left on the stone wall on the bank, it was her father's, Dong Milk Tea looked at the river and cried, the river bank here is steep, the water is turbulent, and the person will soon be washed away as soon as he falls into the water, the people of Qingmo Mountain do not have the strength and money to collect the corpse, so they have to comfort the girl, the two of them followed each other to the west, stayed overnight in the ruined temple and broke the temple, walked for three days, and finally arrived in Jining, the girl was so thin that it looked like she was going to be blown down by the wind at any time but did not fall, and the people of Qingmo Mountain were sick, hungry and tired and fell down first-

"To the west is my auspicious land, there will be nobles to rescue, sure enough." The Qingmo Mountain man ended his account with this sentence, sick, hungry and weak, and he was already out of breath after such a big call.

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan both sighed, the severity of the disaster in the six counties of Shandong, the misery of the people is really shocking, the old couple entrusted their daughter to a person who met in Pingshui and sought death by themselves, how sad it is, the old couple should think, a person who is willing to give up wheat cakes for them to eat at that time may be trustworthy, but what can they do if they are not trusted!

The girl Dong Milk Tea was crying, and Mu Zhenzhen was whispering to comfort her.

The people of Qingmo Mountain begged the Zhang brothers to take him to Jingshi by the way, and Zhang Dai said: "It's not easy for Jingshi to live, you better go back to Shanyin, and I will give you a few taels of silver for the travel expenses." ”

Zhang Yuan suddenly thought that he might need such a person who can pretend to be a god and a ghost, the art of divination is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, he can use the mouth of the people of Qingmo Mountain to say some prophecies, it is difficult to save the country, and all means must be used, so he said to Zhang Dai: "Big brother, let the mountain people follow us into Beijing, there is not much distance, and it is even farther back to Shanyin." ”

Zhang Yuan asked the people of Qingmo Mountain to recuperate in the inn next to this medicine shop, and when the canal was clear, he asked someone to call him to leave together, and the people of Qingmo Mountain thanked him repeatedly.

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On the second day of the lunar month, the channel ahead was unblocked, and thousands of ships blocked in Jining began to move, Zhang Yuan asked Wang Dazhui to enter the city to take Qingmoshan people and Dong Milk Tea on the boat together, and the Qingmoshan people took three doses of Xiao Chai Hu Tang, after the high fever subsided, the illness was generally cured, on the boat, Wuling finally couldn't help but be curious, and asked how old Qingmoshan people were this year? Because when I was on the cross street before, I saw the people of Qingmoshan with beards and dignified, and they seemed to be in their forties, but now they look like they are only twenty or thirty years old-

Qingmo Mountain told the truth, he is twenty-six years old this year, the reason why he wants to pretend to be old is because he is too young to tell fortunes and fortunes that no one believes, and the three locks of beard are actually glued on, in this world, the vast majority of people only look good.

This incident made Wu Ling laugh for a day.

The wife Dong Milk Tea picked up by the Qingmo Mountain people has simply changed a person after bathing on the boat, although she is skinny, but she is very delicate, her skin is also white, and she no longer looks unkempt.

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The ship went all the way to the north, the seventh day of the first month to Liaocheng and another day of congestion, said that the Linqing banknote pass was repaired, and when the ninth day of the first month passed the Linqing banknote pass in the evening, Wen Zhenmeng met an acquaintance friend, it was Chen Qiyou, the son of Zhucheng, Qingzhou Mansion, Shandong, three years ago, he met Wen Zhenmeng in Beijing when he was in the examination, and he was a general friend, Chen Qiyou took an old servant to take a merchant ship and also entered Beijing to take the exam-

Wen Zhen Meng saw that Fan Wenruo's boat could live a few more people, so he invited Chen Qiyou's master and servant to live together, Zhang Yuan came to Chen Qiyou to learn about the drought in Shandong, Chen Qiyou couldn't stop crying, saying that the people of his hometown Qingzhou Mansion were displaced, the starving dead were in the wilderness, the flat villages were blocks, and the children were sold like cattle and sheep, and the people of Qilu had never accumulated in advance, and the abundance of a year was full, and the apologies of a year were famine, the land of Qingzhou, barren and salty, the rain of ten days was sick and water, and the sun of ten days was sick and drought, since the beginning of spring this year, there was a heavy rain first, and then a great drought, one-third of the wheat planted, not a point, the sowing of a hundred grains, not a single grain, and locusts everywhere, not only the pastoral vegetables and vegetables were all eaten, even the weeds were gone, the roots and shoots were not left, and it was impossible to dig wild vegetables——

Zhang Yuan asked: "Didn't Shandong officials carry out famine relief and disaster relief?" ”

Chen Qiyou said: "The governor of Shandong, the right capital of the imperial history of Qian Shi, has been on the court in July to say that the six counties of the Eastern Province have not rained from January to June, the fields are withered, thousands of miles are like burning, and the cultivators and peddlers have swarmed, and they have asked the imperial court to quickly relieve the grain and provide relief, but there has been no reply so far. ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Emperor Wanli, who is in the world, no longer regards the world as his old Zhu family, regardless of whether the people live or die." ”

I only heard Chen Qiyou say again: "If the edict of disaster relief and exemption from land endowment is not issued, the suffering of the people will be aggravated, because seven out of ten people will die or flee, and three out of ten will not survive those who levy grain and tenants, and these three tenths will bear ten taxes, which is equivalent to one ding to bear three taxes, and these only remaining people will eventually be forced to die or forced to become thieves." He also took out the long scroll of "Picture of the Hungry People" drawn by him from the book, and each picture was decorated with a five-character quatrain, as well as a narrative—

Ruan Dacheng crossed the boat to see the "Hungry People", and after seeing two pictures, he hurried back to his boat, he couldn't see this tragic situation, Zhang Yuan, Huang Zunsu, Ni Yuanlu and others saw this "Hungry People" in their hearts, and they couldn't be willing to eat and drink, and they made an appointment to Beijing to jointly sign a letter to Fu Que, imploring the emperor to issue an edict for disaster relief as soon as possible, so as to save the people of Shandong from hanging upside down.

These days, on tax law and people's livelihood, they have a more personal understanding of Zhang Yuan's "the rise and fall of the country is responsible", and the Han Society group needs such a sense of mission to take the common people in the world as its own responsibility, which is also what Zhang Yuan has always been to guide, eating, drinking and having fun is indispensable, but when it is time to do the right thing, you must be able to top.

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On the twentieth day of the lunar month, the boat arrived in Tianjin Wei, and the senior brother Xu Guangqi was the person Zhang Yuan must see, and Xu Guangqi also needed Xu Guangqi's guidance and support for disaster relief, so he arrived at the confluence of the Lu River and the Wei River in the afternoon, Zhang Yuan asked the boatman to moor the boat on the left bank, and he and Jinnige and Xu Zhuanxun went ashore to ask the local people where Xu Hanlin's farm was?

As Xu Guangqi said in his letter, as long as he went ashore at the confluence of the two rivers and inquired a little, he could know the location of his Xu farm, Zhang Yuan hired a carriage, and went there with Jinnige and Xu Zhuanxun, and Wuling and Wang Dazhuan followed on foot.

Plain wilderness, snow-capped, the Beijing-Tianjin area has also had several heavy snows since the beginning of winter, the climate is colder than in previous years, the driving horse snorted and spewed out white gas, the coachman pulled the sheepskin jacket and shrunk into a ball, the carriage went west for about six or seven miles, the coachman raised his whip and pointed to a small mountain not far away: "There is Xu Hanlin's farm under the mountain, Xu Hanlin is in Jinmen Tuntian, planting southern rice, and all kinds of herbs, Xu Hanlin's water diversion equipment is very rare, the surrounding farmers often have people to see, Xu Hanlin does not have the slightest official shelf, personally taught the farmers how to plant and divert water, but the villain really didn't understand that Xu Hanlin was a good Beijing official, but he came here to farm! ”

Zhang Yuan had heard Mr. Jiao say that Senior Brother Xu resigned from illness and lived in Jinmen, Wanli forty-one years of the Zhu Chou Department will take the exam, Xu Guangqi served as the same examiner of the Spring and Autumn Room, at that time Wei Guangwei was also the same examiner of the Spring and Autumn Room, Xu Guangqi selected three people from Wei Guangwei's dethroned examination papers, these three people finally won the Jinshi, and the reputation of the official is also good, Wei Guangwei was jealous of Xu Guangqi, and released rumors that Xu Guangqi accepted bribes from candidates, and even attacked Xu Guangqi for superstitious belief in God, disloyalty and unfilial piety. Resigned from the official and went to Tianjin to recuperate while farming, compiled the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", built water conservancy, experimented with the promotion of rice in the south, and relieved the pressure of Caoyun in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhang Yuan said: "My Ming Dynasty is that there are too few officials like Xu Hanlin, otherwise even if there is a natural disaster, it will be able to bear it." ”

The coachman said: "This son is right, Xu Hanlin is a good official, the poor people near Jinmen often get Xu Hanlin to help, this year the Beijing division went to Tianjin to Wei The harvest is not good, wow, the son is sad." ”

The carriage rolled the ice and snow to the gate of the Xu manor, Wuling went to throw the thorn, before it was tea time, several people hurriedly greeted him from the manor path, the Confucian who walked in front was about fifty years old, medium in stature, with bright eyebrows, clear eyes, and clear and well-proportioned nasolabial folds on both sides of the nose, showing that this person was determined and had a regular life-

"Senior Brother Jiezi, Brother Fool has been waiting for you for a long time."

It was Xu Guangqi who came quickly, and he bowed his hand a few feet away, and he was happy.

Zhang Yuan said, "Zhang Yuan has seen Senior Brother Xu. ”

Xu Guangqi is fifty-four years old this year, the same age as Zhang Yuan's father Zhang Ruiyang, but because of Jiao Hong's relationship, the two are equal and commensurate with each other-

Jinnige crossed early: "God bless peace, the Nanjing Jesuit Jinnige has seen Brother Paul." ”

Xu Zhuanxun also stepped forward to greet him, Xu Zhuanxun is a native of Shanghai and also surnamed Xu, but he is not related to Xu Guangqi.

Seeing Zhang Yuan and the three people, Xu Guangqi was very happy, and asked that there were still twenty-three people who were walking with Zhang Yuan, and now they were parked at the mouth of the Sancha River, and immediately ordered the servants to prepare cars and sedan chairs, and asked Wuling to lead the way to invite those people to the dinner.

Xu Guangqi introduced the thirty-year-old Confucian next to Zhang Yuan and the others: "This is my fellow villager Sun Yuanhua, whose name is Chuyang-"

This lying silkworm eyebrows, Danfeng eyes, and dignified Confucian immediately bowed down and said: "Below is Teacher Xu's student, Shanghai Sun Yuanhua, who has seen Zhang Jieyuan, Father Jin, and Xu Juren. ”

Zhang Yuan was very happy, he knew that he was likely to see Sun Yuanhua here in Senior Brother Xu, Sun Yuanhua studied Baguwen under Xu Guangqi when he was a teenager, and was deeply influenced by Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi took Zhang Yuan's hand, invited Jinnige, Xu Zhuanxun, and Sun Yuanhua to sit down in the front hall of the manor, roast the fire and drink tea, Xu Guangqi said: "I heard that the hungry people in Shandong are thieves, blocking the canal, and I haven't seen the arrival of the junior brother in the middle of this month. ”

Zhang Yuan immediately told Xu Guangqi about the disaster in Shandong, and Xu Guangqi's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said: "I will enter Beijing with you, and the disaster relief for the hungry people cannot be delayed." ”

Jinnige was afraid that Xu Guangqi would not have time to take care of him, so he hurriedly took out a letter and presented it: "This is a letter written by Cardinal Bellamin of Rome to the Daming Saints, and I will hand it over to Brother Paul. ”

Of course, Xu Guangqi couldn't read Portuguese, so he respectfully read the letter translated by Jinnige and said: "Lord bless peace, I wish Father Bellamin the form of Kangtai and Dehua Yulong." "And I blessed the Kinni Court.

Jinnige told Xu Guangqi about the detention of Father Wang Fengsu in Nanjing and was fortunately rescued by Zhang Yuan, Xu Guangqi frowned and said: "Because of Ligong's efforts, the spread of the Holy Religion in the Ming Dynasty has been quite good in recent years, but since Ligong went to the Kingdom of Heaven, Father Pang and others only saw the gratifying results of the mission, but did not pay attention to the hidden crisis behind it, and the opposition to Catholicism is very huge. Said to Zhang Yuan: "Senior brother sees things very clearly, and the words that advised Wang Fengsu are very right, but I am afraid that Shen Shilang will not give up, I will enter Beijing to have a long talk with Father Pang and Father Xiong, and I must deal with it carefully, otherwise, the Holy Sect will suffer a major setback in Daming." ”

After more than half an hour, Zhang Dai, Wen Zhenmeng, Huang Zunsu and others arrived at the manor, only Fan Wenruo, Zhou Menong, Qi Biaojia did not come because of the cold, after the greetings, Xu Guangqi led everyone to visit his manor, Xu Guangqi has been operating here for nearly three years, there are 2,000 acres of farmland, here was originally wasteland, Xu Guangqi led the servants and hired farmers to reclaim out to plant rice, sweet potatoes, corn and herbs, and also planted grapes, because the Catholic Mass needs red wine, which used to be transported from Macao to Beijing, Xu Guangqi wants to brew his own wine, This is a very exploratory and practical person -

The weather is cold and snow-covered, of course you can't see anything, but Xu Guangqi in accordance with the "Taixi Water Law" made the dragon tail car, Yuheng car, Hengsheng car and the irrigation and drainage channels in the field have opened everyone's eyes, Xu Guangqi pointed to a deep well on the side of the mountain and said: "This well is also in accordance with the "Taixi Water Law" in the method of finding water sources to determine the location, in previous years this area can not find water, drought is not insurmountable, although the natural disaster is fierce, it can still be alleviated by manpower. Xu Guangqi is very confident.

That night, Xu Guangqi invited all the people to the banquet, all the chickens, ducks and fish meat are all produced in the manor, and the rice is also the August white late rice introduced by Songjiang, but the rice grains are shorter, not as fragrant as those grown in the south of the Yangtze River, but this is already commendable, the rice is transported to the north through the Grand Canal for thousands of miles, the rice price is expensive, and the poor people north of the Yellow River cannot afford to eat rice at all, and only eat wheat, barley, buckwheat, millet and various beans -

The people of Hanshe learned a lot of Taixi science and technology concepts from Zhang Yuan, and saw the practice here in Xu Guangqi, which was worth the trip.

Before the second drum, Zhang Dai, Wen Zhenmeng and others returned to the canal boat to rest, Zhang Yuan and Jinnige and Xu Zhuanxun stayed in Xu's manor for the night, Xu Guangqi and Zhang Yuan had a long fireside night talk, Sun Yuanhua listened, Xu Guangqi was good at observing, he could see that Zhang Yuan was very respected among those lifters, it can be said that he had prestige, this respect was not admiration for wealth and power, Zhang Yuan was only eighteen years old, and they were all lifters like them, and the head of the Han Society was not an official position-

Xu Guangqi had a correspondence with Zhang Yuan at the end of last year, and Zhang Yuan's long letter replied to him about science, morality, wealth, current affairs, and external troubles.

Xu Guangqi said: "The rich people must use their own industry, and the strong country must use regular soldiers, and should overcome the harm of natural disasters with manpower, and improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming army to resist foreign captives." "Xu Guangqi admired Zhang Yuan's analysis of the situation in Liaodong in his last letter, because according to the Di Bao not long ago, Xue Sancai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, reported that Nurhachi had founded the Eight Banners System, and his power was large and ambitious-

Zhang Yuan agreed with Senior Brother Xu's idea of enriching the people and strengthening the country, but the biggest crisis at present is the eastern captives and natural disasters, it is good to promote rice in the north, but it is impossible to grow it in the arid land, and it costs a lot of money to build the relevant water conservancy, the imperial court will not pay this money, and the northern gentry do not have this vision, but sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes can be implemented in the arid land, which can alleviate the famine, and the rich people can be slowed down, so that the people can be fed in the continuous drought year is the top priority-

Xu Guangqi heard Zhang Yuan say this, that is, he took out the "Sweet Potato Shu" he wrote and showed it to Zhang Yuan, which is a summary of Xu Guangqi's experience in planting sweet potatoes in Jinmen Tuntian, and has a detailed discussion on the hidden seeds, cultivation, farming time, soil, cultivation, fertilization, pruning, harvesting, and eating of sweet potatoes in the arid land of the north. ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "Mr. Xu consults widely on Boxun, and when he encounters a person, he asks everywhere, writes about everything, and must pay attention to intensive research, and he will not be exhausted. ”

Xu Guangqi waved his hand and said to Zhang Yuan: "The knowledge of the junior brother is above the foolish brother, many things the foolish brother has considered, but it is not clear. ”

The two talked about Western studies, to Zhang Yuan's surprise is that Xu Guangqi's philosophical basic concept is actually the mathematical principles of natural philosophy, Xu Guangqi admires the most is the mathematical component in Western studies, Xu Guangqi believes that nature itself is "reasonable, righteous, lawful, and numerous", which can be recognized and expressed in mathematics, which is the same line from Galileo to Newton through a series of experiments to obtain the necessary data and summarize them into a mathematical model, which is the mainstream of modern science, Xu Guangqi's ideas cannot be taught to him by missionaries, Even Matteo Ricci is still preaching the doctrine of the Nine Heavens in the European Middle Ages, which is obviously Xu Guangqi's own genius discovery of groping and summarizing, according to Xu Guangqi's path, the Ming Dynasty should be able to give birth to science in the modern sense, but unfortunately Xu Guangqi came to power too late, and the Ming Dynasty soon perished -

"Senior Brother Xu's illness is cured?" Zhang Yuan asked.

It was already midnight, Xu Guangqi rubbed his neck and replied: "Foolish brother is a neck problem, dizziness and headache, his left arm is still numb, and taking medicine does not work. ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Isn't this cervical spondylosis, a white-collar occupational disease." "I taught Senior Brother Xu a set of self-treatment for cervical spondylosis, which is very simple and has the effect of auxiliary treatment.

Xu Guangqi did it a few times, and really felt a little more relaxed, and said happily: "Senior brother even understands medical skills!" ”

Wise and versatile, it is close to the demon, Zhang Yuan said: "This is a strict figure-out of the family, the case is laborious, and it is most likely to get this cervical spine disease, so it is best to do such a case every half an hour of reading and writing, although it cannot be cured, but it can relieve the pain." ”

Xu Guangqi nodded and said: "Foolish brother is too stupid to read when he was young, and he sits all day, and his junior brother is young and knows that self-love is the best." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Senior brother, time is running out, senior brother should return to Beijing to take up his post, only by being an official can he benefit the people to the greatest extent, otherwise how can this sweet potato, potato, rice, and even the Taixi New Calendar and Water Law be promoted." "I thought, what I want to fight for is this decade, Senior Brother Xu only entered the cabinet in the early years of Chongzhen more than ten years later, and by that time it was too late to promote drought-resistant crops, train new troops, and build Western firearms.

- Xu Guangqi resigned due to illness, not degraded, as long as he returned to Yanjing to report to the Ministry of Officials that he was cured, he could be reinstated, Xu Guangqi's original official was reviewed by the Hanlin Academy, from the seventh grade, he was a historian, and he lectured in the inner study hall, which was to give lectures to eunuchs, and it was difficult for people like Xu Guangqi who could not drill the camp to be promoted, and he had been admitted to the Jinshi for ten years, and he was only from the seventh grade, of course, during this period, Senior Brother Xu went home to guard the system for nearly three years because of his father's funeral, and he has not been promoted for ten years-

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly: "The party competition between the DPRK and China is fierce, and the foolish brothers have been dismissed from their posts to farm in Jinmen, and some people have attacked me for encroaching on people's land in Jinmen." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Senior Brother Xu is not in the court, wouldn't it be even more slanderous, for the sake of the ideal of strengthening the country and enriching the people, Senior Brother can't be held back by the slander of some shameless villains, and he must fight against it, and he can't just care about his name and let the villain run rampant." ”

Xu Guangqi said angrily: "Okay, I will report to the Ministry of Officials when I enter Beijing this time." ”

It was late at night, Xu Guangqi asked the servant to take Zhang Yuan to rest, but when he turned around, he asked the doorman Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, you have heard all the conversations just now, what do you think of me, Senior Brother Zhang?" ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "Zhang Jieyuan is a rare genius, and he should be able to help the teacher. ”

"Definitely." Xu Guangqi said: "He is more round and sharp than me, and I should be his help." ”

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Before noon the next day, Xu Guangqi packed his luggage and went to Beijing with Zhang Yuan, Sun Yuanhua went with him, Sun Yuanhua was a person in the previous subject, and he had been following Xu Guangqi to study Western studies after failing the list, and he would also participate in next year's Spring Festival-

On Zhang Yuan's boat, Xu Guangqi saw the clairvoyant mirror made by the Hanshe Mirror Workshop, and was greatly admired, and then saw the "Aesop's Fables" and "The Law of Pushing the Calendar" co-translated by Zhang Yuan, Wen Zhenmeng and Jinnige.

Sun Yuanhua was very interested in the flintlock pistol, and after obtaining Zhang Yuan's consent, he disassembled one of the flintlock pistols one by one on the ship and studied them carefully, and soon understood the principle, and reassembled the flintlock pistol, and said to Zhang Yuan that he recognized the officials of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War, and the Arsenal Division was a department responsible for the research and development, manufacturing, storage and replacement of ordnance, and Sun Yuanhua wanted to send this new type of flintlock pistol to the Arsenal Division to see if it could be copied in batches, Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, so he gave the flintlock pistol to Sun Yuanhua, and he kept the other one for himself-

More than 300 miles from Tianjin Wei to the Beijing waterway, Zhang Yuan, Xu Guangqi and a group of six boats rushed to the capital as soon as possible and said to sail at night, because it was against the water, the boat was not fast, the twenty-fourth day of the month of the month the prince went to the sky this morning only passed through the Tongzhou Port, in the afternoon, the Chaoyang Gate was in sight, and the Yanjing City arrived.

The crowd stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the majestic capital, laughing and laughing, Zhang Yuan was also excited in his heart: "Yanjing, Yanjing, Zhang Yuanye." ”

There is a pine forest on the left bank of the canal, there is a Dongyue temple in the shade of the pine forest, the palace is outstanding, several women in court attire and a group of palace attendants are coming out of the temple, ready to get on the car and return to the city, one of the small attendants raised his eyes and saw Zhang Yuan standing in the bow of the boat, and exclaimed: "Zhang Gongzi!" ”

(To be continued)