Zhang Huangyan's errand was completed very smoothly, and it took almost no effort to facilitate the marriage, speaking of which, it seems that it doesn't matter whether there is Zhang Huangyan or not, both sides are taking what they need, but there is a lack of such a person to match the bridge, and now that the task is completed, Zhang Huangyan is also going back to Beijing.

The news of the Zheng family's marriage has long been spread all over the city, and everyone is happy to say that in addition to the match made in heaven for talented women and talents, what makes the people more interested is the dowry of the Zheng family this time.

The Zheng family is second to none in Fuzhou City, it is not easy to say that the rich can rival the country, Zheng Zhilong is crisscrossing the southeast coast, and he has all the **** white roads, even if Zhang Huangyan does not mention the dowry of one million taels, he can't marry his daughter is shabby, this is a matter of face.

Time was tight, Zheng Zhilong ordered his men to send a fast ship, immediately notified the sailors stationed on the islands to assemble at the port of Fuzhou, and immediately called all the shipbuilders to prepare for the overhaul of the warship, and the supplies were quickly piled up on the dock.

In order to purchase a dowry of one million taels within three days, the shops of the whole city have taken action, and all kinds of silk silk baskets waiting for them are sent to Zheng Mansion in a car, and a piece of rare treasures is also gathered from everywhere, fortunately, Zheng Zhilong's warships have traveled all over Southeast Asia over the years, and they have also plundered Western merchant ships for a time, and there are not a few rare things obtained, such as a pair of night pearls with large eggs, exquisite coral tree eight beads, twenty pairs of jade bracelets, ten superb Dongying knives, two pure gold Buddhism, In addition, the most satisfying thing for Zheng Zhilong is the armor that was snatched from a Dutch merchant ship in the Mala64 Strait eight years ago, made of pure gold, weighing thirty-eight pounds, although it has been placed in the warehouse for many years, it is still golden, for this armor. Zheng Zhilong killed all the accomplices who boarded the Dutch merchant ship together at that time, scuttled the Dutch ship, leaving no trace at all, for this dowry, Zheng Zhilong reluctantly cut his love, and this armor alone was only converted into silver at the price of gold. At least 600,000 taels of silver.

The horse team that transferred the dowry from Zheng's mansion to the Sailor Wharf was non-stop for three days, one cart after another, which caused the people of the whole city to be dumbfounded, saying that the Zheng family was rich, but they didn't know that they could become like this, and Prime Minister Wang Cheng was really blessed, not to mention marrying a ****** like a flower, but also marrying a treasure trove.

Looking at the half-foot-thick gift list, it took the five bookkeepers a whole day to calculate the approximation. This batch of dowries is at least about two million taels, far exceeding the figure mentioned by Zhang Huangyan.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this figure, he didn't feel distressed, but he didn't think he was generous enough, the matter of the Zheng family's marriage had already spread all over the southeast coast, and it caused the bandit leaders nearby to hear about it, of course. They weren't here to steal things, and no one dared to think so. The Zheng family's fleet is not to say that it is to deal with a group of pirates, even if it is to defeat a few small countries in the southeast.

But whoever is a **** person, face is much more important than silver, Zheng Zhilong is the boss of the bosses, naturally he can't lose face in front of these little pirate leaders, except for face. Zheng Zhilong also wanted to take some opportunity to tell these bandits that Lao Tzu wanted to clear his name, but did he see that the Zheng family is now linked to the dynasty as a family, and it is not only to offend Zheng who dares to go against the Zheng family. It offended the imperial court even more.

Zheng Zhilong must have an account in his heart if he can spend so much money, he calculates very clearly, if he takes out two million, he has to make up for twenty million, or even more.

Prime Minister Wang Cheng held a letter in his arms, 'The mainland is the mother, dominate the Quartet', which is equivalent to the imperial court acknowledging the fact that Zheng Zhilong is operating the southeast sea frontier, and it is not limited to this, in the prime minister's letter, it is said that as long as the Ming warship can reach the place, all the places will be handed over to Zheng Shi to operate.

How big the sea is, Zheng Zhilong doesn't know, how much wealth there is on the sea, he knows, a lot, so much that he can't earn it in this life, the prime minister gave him not only sea power, relying on the support of the mainland court, Zheng Zhilong dared to sail the Ming warship to England.

In recent years, Zheng Zhilong has been recruited by the imperial court, and gradually changed from black to white, and his business is rarely based on simple plunder, many times he uses strong forces to coerce others, and collects some protection fees and customs duties, which is so low-key, Zheng Zhilong's annual income is also around five or six million taels, and the national tax of the Chongzhen Dynasty is only 20 million taels a year, so you can imagine how much money there is on the sea.

Due to Zheng Zhilong's retreat to the second line, the Western sea bandits gradually became a climate, and the Dutch took the opportunity to invade the territory of other countries, enslave the local residents, and loot the wealth, as well as the English, Portuguese, and Spaniards, they established a huge military fortress and commercial base on countless islands in the southeast, and transported at least 5,000 ships of wealth from these places every year. The easiest way to do this was to use force as a supplement to support a strong maritime trade, which was what the Westerners did, and they did it with great success.

However, the Ming Dynasty closed the country, and there were only two open ports in total, which were far from meeting the vast needs of maritime trade, although Zheng Zhilong privately established his Zheng family's private port, but this was also a salary for the water, and he couldn't be busy at all, and he was worried all day long, thanks to the fact that the court had no time to look east in the past few years, if it was the peace of the world, it would be impossible for anyone to tolerate Zheng Zhilong to do these things.

Seeing that the Central Plains is rising together, the world will inevitably be unified in a few years, who will win in this competition Zheng Zhilong is very concerned, but his ambition has never been in the Central Plains, only to develop sailors, trying to open up thousands of miles of sea frontiers, and establish an unprecedented maritime trade empire.

Now Prime Minister Wang Cheng has given him this power, which can hit Zheng Zhilong's weakness, what is lacking, from now on, the Zheng family sailor can appear on the sea border in a grand manner, and it is also the same as the Westerners' general expeditions, silver, and women take endless children.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong doesn't care about how much dowry is spent, compared with future benefits and fame, it is a drop in the bucket.

At the same time, the sailors are also in full swing of assembly, and there are no less than 500 large and small warships in the Quanzhou Sailor Wharf, lined up along the coastline, covering the sky and the sun, which is really a mighty and majestic.

In the past two days, the weather has also been beautiful, the sea is calm, and before the time limit has been reached, the entire sailor has been assembled.

Zheng Zhilong organized these 600 warships into five battalions, which were led by five sailors and thousands of households. Each battalion had 120 large and small warships, and 4,000 sailors experienced in naval warfare.

The entire naval division transferred to the Yangtze River had a total of 30,000 troops, a total of 200 shuttle boats, 80 eagle boats, 30 red dragon boats, and 50 Cangshan boats for rapid attacks. There are 30 Haicang ships, 50 three-masted gunboats, 50 centipede ships, 90 transport and supply ships, and a total of 20 Fu ships and Fengzhou ships that are 15 zhang long. The action is slow, the combat ability in the Yangtze River is not as good as a few small boats, and the cost is also high, Zheng Zhilong has a total of 80 such warships.

From Quanzhou to the coast north to Nanjing, if the wind is good, it will only take three or two days, just in case, the large warship will set off first. The Qianhu official at the head was none other than Shi Lang, the young sailor general.

Zheng Zhilong specially instructed the generals who went north to stop all warships at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Zheng Sen was not seen on board, and he would never enter the Yangtze River defense line.

Of course, such a large-scale sailor Zheng Zhilong would not believe in Prime Minister Wang so lightly, the Zheng family's sailor could only be led by the Zheng family's people, and once the sailor entered the fort defense line of the Ming army on the Yangtze River, it would not be so easy to withdraw.

Zheng Zhilong had already inquired about the establishment of 10 large forts along the Nanjing River alone, and a total of 200 huge artillery pieces were placed on the river. Even if the sailor can fight well and fight the east and west, in the face of such a strong fortress, he still has palpitations, and the Yangtze River is not the sea. The fleet has no way to gallop across the country, and its strength has been sharply reduced.

And Zheng Zhilong's sailors will not help Prime Minister Wang Cheng fight, only as a deterrent force to help him defend Nanjing, he is not stupid, to build these 600 warships, it will take five to ten years, and the cost of warships alone is more than 20 million taels.

If you really want to fight, you have to wait until Prime Minister Wang Cheng has the upper hand in the process of fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains.

As soon as the fleet left, the Zheng family's side also moved, the bride Zheng Jiasi was radiant, cried goodbye to her parents, and took a sedan chair to Quanzhou Wharf, which will land in Zhenjiang Mansion in Nanzhi on the third day of the fifth month as planned, and then welcomed into Nanjing City by the people who came to pick up relatives from Prime Minister Wang Cheng.

Zheng Jiasi since ten years ago from Fusang to Daming, has never left his father, this walk is thousands of miles, and I don't know when and what month to go back to his mother's house, when he went out, he cried so much that even the reckless man Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but burst into tears, fortunately, there are sons Zheng Sen and brother Zheng Hongkui in Nanjing, with them, they can also alleviate the pain of homesickness for a while.

The huge wedding fleet was noisy with gongs and drums, and firecrackers along the coast were endless, until Zheng Zhilong could no longer see it.

The fleet gradually moved away, and Zheng Jiasi, who was sitting quietly in the cabin, lifted the corner of the red hijab, slowly got up, and looked at the Quanzhou coastline from the small window of the cabin, with tears in his eyes.

The sound of the piano in the cabin was melodious, and the maid could also see the mood of the young lady, and her fingers were plucked, which added to the sadness.

The stunning beauty is hidden under the big red hijab, and only the leisurely voice comes from it, "Go up to the west building alone without a word, the moon is like a hook, the lonely sycamore, and the deep courtyard locks the Qingqiu; Cut constantly, the reason is still messy, it is sorrowful, don't be a taste in my heart"

Another maid hurriedly said, "Miss, on the big day, don't think so much, you are the prime minister's wife when you go to Nanjing, why don't you think about your uncle."

No one can see Zheng Jia's face, according to the rules, the red hijab has to wait for the bridegroom to take it off on the wedding night, and from the time she leaves the house, her face cannot be seen by others.

Zheng Jiasi said, "Say him, say what about him, I haven't even seen men, women are like this?" Fate is never in your own hands, and it depends on luck whether you marry well or not."

The maid giggled, "Miss, don't worry, the person chosen by the master must not be wrong, besides, this dowry alone is unmatched, and the uncle will definitely be good to the young lady."

Although I don't know the man I will marry in the future, Zheng Jiasi from the day she learned that she was going to marry, as if in her heart she had regarded Wang Lanping as her final destination, the kind of mood that wants to see and is afraid to see is difficult and clear, a few times when I dreamed at night, Wang Lanping, who had never met, broke into her dream uninvited, in the dream he is an amorous and righteous person, a man who stands up to the sky, can leap over the West Mountain, can chant the wind and make the moon, and will also hug himself to walk in the sunset, sometimes funny, sometimes melancholy, Sometimes it is majestic, sometimes it is overflowing with love.

Unconsciously, Wang Lanping in Zheng Jiasi's dream has penetrated into her heart, and her lover is in her eyes, and she will get on the boat, thinking that she will meet in a few days, she is not anxious and a little scared and shy.

Zheng Jiasi did not continue to talk to the maid, but recited the affectionate poems affectionately to relieve her panicked heart.

"I live at the head of the Yangtze River, you live at the end of the Yangtze River, **** Sijun does not see you, and drinks the water of the Yangtze River; When will this water stop, when will this hatred be, I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my love."

The maid giggled when she heard this, and the young lady was missing her lover.

The sea is long, the wind is beautiful, and the gentle southeast wind slowly sends the jubilant fleet to Nanjing.

**

Nanjing Hanlin Academy.

The officials of the Hanlin Academy can be regarded as majestic today, and they have never dealt with political affairs, but today this major matter of diplomatic relations has fallen on their heads, and it is finally useful.

Since ancient times, this Hanlin Academy is equivalent to the emperor's private secretary team, there are officials without power, there is no real name, it is a fictitious position that ordinary people can't reach, often the Jinshi who has just ascended the emperor's list will be sent to the Hanlin Academy for further study for a few years, called Shu Jishi, less than one year, more than three years and five years is also a common thing, and then assigned to the capital or local officials by the Ministry of Officials, but more people have been nesting in the Hanlin Academy all their lives, eating and waiting for death.

Because the officials of the Hanlin Yuan did not have any power, they said that they lived on a small amount of money, and the Hanlin Yuan was also nicknamed the 'Qingshui Yamen' by hundreds of officials in the world.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister's Mansion sent an order, then the Hanlin Academy was fully responsible for receiving and dealing with the envoys sent by the pseudo-Shun, for a time, everyone in the Hanlin Academy of Nuoda was excited, and Prime Minister Wang Cheng's administration has never been according to common sense, and even the newly admitted Jinshi were directly awarded to the actual position, and this is a signal that the Prime Minister is submitting a signal to the people of the world, and the Prime Minister wants to reform the Hanlin Academy, so that they can come to the front of the stage from behind the scenes.

As soon as the order arrived, Wang Ding, the highest official of the Hanlin Academy, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered someone to clean up a hall where the calves were stacked, and temporarily changed this into the main hall to receive the pseudo-obedient envoys.

Scholar Wang had never dealt with this kind of thing, and for fear that he would not do a good job, he was busy with more than a dozen people, including Hanlin editors, historians, and attendants, to go to the vast history books overnight to read the classics to see if there were any precedents to follow. (To be continued.) )