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In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Daolin, his master Xuanqing and others went to Ziyangguan after breakfast, and organized people to place the sixteen large statues of gods transported back one by one in the five halls.

The police dog Mulan quickly adapted to the new environment, followed Zhu Daolin closely, did not scream or make trouble, like a sensible child, Zhu Daolin said something to it, and he immediately did it, and the fifth uncle Xuanfang was surprised and said, "This beast is really amazing", and was immediately hostile to Mulan.

Mulan who was walking immediately stopped, staring at Xuanfang Daoist like an enemy, making Xuanfang Daoist laugh a few times, but Xuanfang Daoist was depressed, Zhu Daolin whispered a few words when he saw this, and Mulan continued to follow Zhu Daolin's feet, and never looked at Xuanfang Daoist again.

Mulan's every move and even her demeanor revealed an incomprehensible magical spirituality, not to mention that the Xuanqing Dao Elders were stunned by this, even Zhu Daolin himself felt incredible, thinking that no matter how well the police dog was trained, it would be impossible to be so smart!

The red sun rose from the top of the mountain, and the Ziyang Temple began to get busy.

Hundreds of young craftsmen just moved the three statues of Sanqing gods into the Sanqing Treasure Palace, should be led by the huge convoy of the big shopkeeper slowly arrived, received the report Zhu Daolin to the master a few hello, along the carved cloud beast wide stone steps down to the bottom of the high platform, greeted the refreshed red face of Wu Gonggong, a deep salute: "I don't know that the seniors are coming, otherwise the juniors have already gone to the mountain gate to greet them." ”

Wu Gong smiled openly: "How can the virtuous nephew see the outside like this, in fact, if it wasn't for the colleagues who accompanied the capital yesterday, our family would have come to watch the ceremony, and in the evening, the virtuous nephew of the Ying family and the virtuous nephew of Deyi returned to the city to inform the grand occasion of the Dafa affairs, our family is relieved and deeply regretful!" ”

"No, I came here early in the morning with the nephew and the nephew of the Ying family, not only do I want to pay homage to the statue of the god who fell from the sky, but I also want to ask the nephew to lead our family to visit the newly repaired wharf, I wonder if it is convenient for the nephew?"

"It's an honor for the juniors, and there are just some things to ask the seniors."

Zhu Daolin replied happily, turned to Ying Changpei and Zhang Deyi to greet him, and then saluted the two old housekeepers behind them.

The two old housekeepers hurriedly smiled and returned the salute, it seemed that they had become accustomed to Zhu Daolin, who had never had a fight, and Gonggong Wu saw all this in his eyes, and couldn't help but look up to Zhu Daolin again.

Zhu Daolin discussed with Ying Changpei and Zhang Deyi slightly, took out the key to the warehouse on the side of the mountain and handed it to them, and then walked up to Gonggong Wu and explained apologetically:

"The Taoist temple is moving the sixteen statues of gods into the five halls and erecting them, there is no place to put down in a mess, and I can't see anything at this time, so it is better to accompany the seniors to see the warehouse first, and then go to the dock to walk, and then go to the Ziyang Temple, it is estimated that the above should be done at that time."

"Okay, it's up to the virtuous nephew to decide, haha!" Wu Gonggong agreed and felt that this arrangement was more thoughtful.

Zhu Daolin instructed Yuhu to go up and inform the master and uncle, and walked side by side with Gonggong Wu to the small bridge to the west, Mulan quickly ran to Zhu Daolin's side from behind the stone pier not far away, and immediately frightened Gonggong Wu, and several little eunuchs behind Gonggong Wu screamed in fright, and retreated again and again very embarrassed, and the coachman and hundreds of coolies who followed behind also exclaimed, all frightened by Mulan's tall size and appearance that resembled a wild wolf.

"Seniors don't have to worry, this is a military dog brought back from the overseas Tianshu Pavilion, it seems to be fierce but is actually very tame, without the order of the juniors or no one to attack it, it will not take the initiative to attack people." Zhu Daolin explained that he had explained like this more than a dozen times in the past two days.

Gonggong Wu put his mind at ease and looked at the docile Mulan with great interest: "What a divine dog!" When our family was young, we were in the Huangzhuang in the north of the capital. I have seen two mastiffs paid tribute by the Tibetan people in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border area, which are very fierce, but they are not as powerful as your big dog, huh...... It looks like it's pregnant with a cub in its belly! ”

Zhu Daolin smiled, helped Wu Gonggong to continue walking, and told Wu Gonggong about the situation of the Tianshu Pavilion Police Dog Base as he walked, and Wu Gonggong was stunned for a while, and was greatly admired by the Tianshu Pavilion court and army, and finished talking with deep feeling that the current imperial court has lost its restraint on the army, talking about the hardships and hardships of the current emperor, as well as the arrogance and corruption of the Guanning army and other armies, and fearing the enemy like a tiger, so that Zhu Daolin was also embarrassed when he heard it.

The two walked and chatted, walking, Ying Changpei and Zhang Deyi, who arrived one step earlier, had already commanded hundreds of coolies to move the copper plates out of the warehouse one by one, and Gonggong Wu was very surprised when he saw the heavy copper rod for the first time, and hurriedly ordered the coolies who walked by him with a copper rod to stop, put the copper rod on the ground and let him take a good look.

Wu Gonggong looked at it for more than five minutes, and was satisfied to let the coolie carry the copper rod and continue walking, and then entered the row of wide thatched-roof warehouses at the foot of the mountain with Zhu Daolin, and walked around carefully, his face was full of joy: "Virtuous nephew, what is the total amount of copper transported back this time?" ”

"According to the algorithm of Tianshu Pavilion is 125 tons, for my Ming algorithm is about 210,000 catties, and there will be about 100,000 catties in a few days, because this kind of copper material is also in short supply in Tianshu Pavilion, the younger generation wants to buy more and can't do it, getting more than 300,000 catties is already an old friend to give face, copper is a lot, Tianshu Pavilion over there copper are caused by copper ingots or copper belts, copper rod shape, fineness is between ninety into two to ninety into five, the price is slightly lower, it is absolutely easy to use to cast money, It's just that I'm worried that the seniors won't like it, so the juniors don't dare to buy it back. Zhu Daolin finally found an opportunity to send out a temptation.

Gonggong Wu grabbed Zhu Daolin's arm: "Is there really such a thing?" ”

"That's true, if you need it, the junior will get him back with 1 million catties next time." Zhu Daolin added some more fierce material.

Wu Gonggong's upright white face instantly flushed, his lips moved but he stopped talking, looked around and pulled Zhu Daolin out of the warehouse, said "Go to the dock" and stopped talking, looking preoccupied, until he stepped on the flat dock of Sanhe soil tamping, he was accompanied by Zhao Xunting and Zhu Daolin, the directors who greeted him, carefully inspected the quality of the dock and the two large docks under construction.

After inspecting up and down, Gonggong Wu finally spoke: "Virtuous nephew, do you know how big the treasure ship that the Three Treasure Eunuchs took when they went to the Western Ocean?" ”

Zhu Daolin shook his head slightly: "Some time ago, the younger generation asked a few old craftsmen in the workshop, and they were not very clear, after all, it was more than a hundred years ago, and they had to go back to their grandfather's generation to know, so there are different statements, some say that it is forty or fifty zhang long, nearly twenty zhang wide, and can carry 10,000 people, and some say that it is about 6,000 to 8,000 materials. ”

Wu Gonggong said in detail: "That's right, but I haven't finished speaking, there are indeed large ships with a length of nearly 50 zhang and a width of 20 zhang, but they are not used for navigation, but for mobile shipbuilding workshops and temporary docks, because the water level of the Yangtze River is different in four seasons, the Longjiang Bao Shipyard along the coast and even the dock of the Liujiagang Bao Shipyard near the mouth of the river are affected by the water level, and after the large ships of more than 8,000 materials are built, they must be launched in the flood season when the water level is high, therefore, most of the sea ships above 8,000 materials are handed over to Quanzhou manufacturing. ”

"It's just that in the past hundred years, thousands of treasure ships have either rotted in major ports and the wharves of the naval divisions, or they have been stolen and replaced by the coastal sailors who have colluded with the declining coastal sailors in those places for maritime trade, resulting in thousands of miles of treasure ships on the Yangtze River, alas! It can be described as a hundred years of vicissitudes, and it is endlessly sad, don't say it, don't say it! ”

Zhu Daolin listened to this speech, his heart felt very heavy, and Zhao Xunting on the side also looked gloomy and sighed, and Zhu Daolin, who realized it later, not only saw a lot of objective and fair historical analysis on the Internet, but also learned from Ying Changpei and Zhao Xunting that the shipbuilding industry and overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty were declining in the sad process and bleak ending.

In essence, it was not that the Yongle Emperor and the emperors of the previous dynasties were so happy with their military efforts and consumed the country's huge manpower and material resources, but the huge benefits created by the huge fleet led by the eunuch Zheng He, most of which were collected by the royal treasury and even directly incorporated into the palace.

Among them, the most striking is Liu Building, a staff member of the Nanjing Military Department, who was born into a bureaucratic family and was unanimously praised by the bureaucratic class, the landlord class, and the local powerful lords of the Ming Dynasty, who went so far as to burn all the design and construction materials of the treasure ships in the archives, as well as all the correspondence documents and navigation records of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West.

This is a big crime of killing the head and stealing the family, and in the end it has achieved the reputation of Liu Mansion "Famous Minister", not only do not have to die, but rise steadily, and finally rose to the military department of Shangshu, after his death, he was still under the sad invitation of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and won the honor of the emperor's "posthumously presented Taibao, and the name of Zhongxuan", so there is a spectacle of remembering the history book of "the holy decree, the joy of the dynasty".

Gonggong Wu saw Zhu Daolin staring at the surging river with a deep expression, and quietly asked Zhao Xunting to walk with him, stepped forward to pat Zhu Daolin's hand, and walked along the edge of the wharf:

"Our family has heard that the virtuous nephew wants to build his own big ship, going back and forth between Jinling and the overseas Tianshu Pavilion, but I don't know if the virtuous nephew knows, the batch of precious goods quietly transported by the virtuous nephew has long been remembered, at this moment, I don't know how many clippers are distributed on the large and small waterways at the entrance of the Yangtze River, waiting to see the mysterious fleet of ships transporting goods for the virtuous nephew, if our family is not bad, outside this newly built dock, I am afraid that there are also inexplicable ships to peep closely."

Zhu Daolin was taken aback, and turned to Zhao Xunting after a while: "Brother Meng Shan, can you find an abnormality?" ”

Zhao Xunting nodded helplessly: "Before the festival, there were only one or two fishing boats that could come over to hang around, and in recent days, there have been more and more, and there are only four or five canopy boats coming and going, and the rowers are all young and strong men, and they don't look like fishing." ”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhu Daolin asked with some reproach.

Zhao Xunting explained in a low voice: "Before the virtuous brother came back, the foolish brother told Shun Chen about the doubts in his heart, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he ran to ask for the opinion of the grandfather of the country, and finally told the foolish brother that there is no need to make a noise, and there is no need to tell the virtuous brother, so as not to let the virtuous brother have unnecessary worries, and this kind of matter can be solved by the grandfather of the country and the marquis of Zhang." ”

Zhu Daolin sighed, didn't blame Zhao Xunting, who was sincere and trustworthy, and turned to Gonggong Wu and asked respectfully: "Can the seniors tell the juniors how they got this information?" ”

Wu Gonggong did not hide it: "The major water passes of the Yangtze River are supervised and inspected by eunuchs from the inner court, from Guangzhou in Lingnan to the major seaports in Tanggu in Zhili, which are also under the monitoring of my East Factory. ”

Zhu Daolin knew that there was a big trouble, not only alarmed the local Haoqiang on the southeast coast, but also was targeted by Dongchang, plus Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei who controlled the guards of the water division along the river, he was already under the surveillance of the three parties, although he didn't need any fleet to transport goods, but under the peeping of so many pairs of eyes all the time, how could he live a comfortable life?

Even if Gonggong Wu is a trustworthy collaborator who will stand up for the common good at a critical time, the initiative is in the hands of others, and a powerful opponent hidden in the dark can launch a plot or direct attack on him at any time, how can such a situation be endured? Unless you stay away from this place and never come back.

Zhu Daolin, who bowed his head and pondered, had unconsciously walked more than ten meters in front of Gonggong Wu and Zhao Xunting, and there was no sign of stopping his advance.

Gonggong Wu thought for a moment, waved his hand to signal the little eunuchs who followed to retreat, and whispered a few words to Zhao Xunting, who nodded and left quietly.

Gonggong Wu took a deep breath and walked step by step to Zhu Daolin, who was parked on the edge of the dock, and waited for Zhu Daolin to turn around before he laughed in a low voice: "Virtuous nephew, can you trust the miscellaneous family?" ”

Zhu Daolin's heart trembled, and he immediately gave a sincere salute to Gonggong Wu: "The younger generation has always regarded the seniors as their own elders, and they are not afraid of the seniors blaming the younger generations for being shallow and profound, in the hearts of the younger generations, the eunuchs who are loyal to the royal family and loyal to the Ming Dynasty have such and such problems, but they are far more admirable and trustworthy than the civil officials of the Great Ming Dynasty in terms of character, not to mention that the seniors and the younger generations have a good relationship and share interests, what reason do the younger generations have not to believe in the seniors?" ”

Gonggong Wu was deeply moved, and reached out to pat Zhu Daolin's arm: "You are very good!" I, Wu Jingxian, didn't misunderstand anyone, if only you were really my nephew. ”

Zhu Daolin grinned: "Why not?" The seniors know that the juniors have been overseas for a long time, and they are alone in Daming, and they have no relatives except for a few elders in the master's family, if the seniors don't dislike it, what's the harm in treating the kid as a nephew? If a boy can have an elder like you, it is definitely a blessing from heaven. ”

"Would you really like to?" Gonggong Wu asked in surprise.

Zhu Daolin nodded solemnly: "Uncle is above, nephew has given you a greeting!" ”

Gonggong Wu helped up Zhu Daolin, who was about to kneel, his eyes were flushed and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, good!" Daolin, I have something that has been pressed in my heart, and it is very uncomfortable! It wasn't until I met you that I saw hope. ”

Zhu Daolin looked at Wu Jingxian, whose eyes were moist, puzzled: "Uncle has something to order, as long as the little nephew can do it, there is no ambiguity." ”

Wu Jingxian said in a deep voice: "I want to send Yang Gonggong away as soon as possible and become a garrison eunuch in Nanjing!" ”

Zhu Daolin was surprised: "This ...... I'm afraid my little nephew won't be able to help with this. ”

Wu Jingxian laughed, grabbed Zhu Daolin's hand and said kindly: "You can definitely help, and only you can help me!" ”

"You can be blunt, tiring, you know?" Zhu Daolin was a little anxious.

Wu Jingxian smiled again, and said solemnly after laughing: "I not only cast money for the emperor, but also cast artillery for the emperor to attack the heinous Manchu Tartars, no matter what others think and think, I will be loyal to the emperor!" ”

"Only by casting a batch of artillery for the emperor as soon as possible and sending it over, can I successfully take over as the eunuch of Nanjing after Yang Gonggong leaves, and only when I become a eunuch who has the right to have soldiers and swords and guns, can I be better loyal to the emperor and my Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Daolin was completely shocked, staring blankly at Wu Jingxian and Wu Gonggong, who gritted his teeth, and couldn't say a word.