The ship to Fuzhou left the port, and in addition to the one Zhao Jiaren was on, there was also an identical warship as an escort. Li Hongjun and Liu Meng, two cadres in the first class, personally went to the port to see them off, and saw Zhao Jiaren's ship go away, Li Hongjun stopped Liu Meng, who was about to leave, and asked: "Brother Liu, if you destroy the Pu family, do you want to lead the troops?" ”

Liu Meng stood on the dock with his hands behind his back and replied calmly: "You asked about what the principal asked last time, right?" ”

"Yes. It seems that the principal not only has a naval army, but also wants to have an army. Li Hongjun recounted his thoughts, "I just want to wait for the Pu family to get a job in Rentong Express after I destroy it." It's good in Fuzhou and Quanzhou. The principal said that he would give us dividends when the time came, and my family had already come out, so I would settle them down, study for those who should study, and learn for those who should learn crafts. I don't want to live this day of fighting and killing again. ”

After listening to Li Hongjun's statement, Liu Meng smiled and said, "Do you think you are the only one who thinks so?" Everyone can see clearly that as long as the principal destroys the Pu family, the entire Fujian Road and Sea will be ours. Over the years, we have made mosquito coils and woven cotton cloth, how much have we earned. I see it as a glass mirror, and it's also a big deal. ”

Li Hongjun was speechless. The reason why he chose to follow Zhao Jiaren was very simple, Li Hongjun could not find other jobs with higher income. He doesn't regret his choice back then, but now Li Hongjun is no longer alone. Like many brothers who defected to Zhao Jiaren back then, he not only brought his wife and children out, but also brought his relatives in the countryside out together. At this time, it is no longer the livelihood of the family, but the livelihood of the whole family.

From Liu Meng's answers, it can be seen that Li Hongjun's thoughts seem to be no different from others. The future promised by Zhao Jiaren to everyone is based on the premise of eliminating the Pu family, and once the Pu family is eliminated, they can get their own rewards according to their merits. And Li Hongjun hopes that more people will be willing to follow Zhao Jiaren to continue to move forward, and he will arrange his future life safely and steadily.

Seeing that Li Hongjun was silent, Liu Meng suddenly smiled and said: "Squad Leader Li, although I don't want to toss anymore, the children seem to like tossing very much, and those sons and daughters of my family seem to want to continue to work with the principal." They're willing to do it, and I'm willing to let them try it. If you want to get rich, you still have to follow the principal. ”

Nodding silently, Li Hongjun didn't want to say anything more. He suddenly felt that he had figured out the joint, as long as the children had a future, Li Hongjun could enjoy the benefits he had won. Quanzhou Zhizhou is already an unimaginable high point for the thirty-year-old Li Hongjun, but for the twenty-year-old lord Zhao Jiaren, this seems to be just a starting point. Li Hongjun expects Zhao Jiaren to continue to fly high, and Li Hongjun's family can also develop under the protection of Zhao Jiaren's wings.

Zhao Jiaren didn't know that he had received the sincere blessing of his subordinates. On the first day of April, a southerly wind had already picked up over the sea. The ship hung up its sails, and almost every piece of hard sail was full of the wind, and it made rapid progress towards Fuzhou in the north. The bow of the ship splits the sea, and you can even feel the splashing waves on the deck. The rigging was all stressed, and it was all tense, and the ship creaked.

For a veteran of the seas like Zhao Jiaren, such a boat is just commonplace. Sitting in the aft building, he carefully considered how to communicate with the trust to mention the prison. The old foxes in the court asked Fujian Road's financial responsibility to pay Zhao Jiaren the silver, which was very particular. Fujian produces silver, and because of the problem of silver tax, silver miners have rioted many times. If he wants to give Zhao Jiaren copper coins, he can also directly exchange copper coins for silver......

If you think about it carefully, the easiest way is for Zhao Jiaren, the governor of Quanzhou, to directly intercept the copper coins obtained from Quanzhou's taxes and exchange them for silver to pay Zhao Jiaren Shipyard. The side effect of the treasury directly going to the private treasury is very great, if someone in the court impeaches Zhao Jiaren, there is no room for him to be so ugly and accommodating. If you don't, how can you be sure of your benefits?

Thinking about this question, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but think of gold and silver. Gold and silver mines also exist in Asia, and they are all in Japan. The famous Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Island Gold and Silver Mine can now be developed. The problem is that we first have to use Jeju Island as a springboard. Before the Pu family was settled, Zhao Jiaren simply had no way to send a large number of sea forces to the north. To take Jeju Island, it is necessary to set up a lumber yard on the empty Liaodong Peninsula and cut down oak trees there. Oak trees are oak trees, and if oak shipbuilding in North America is 100 points, oak trees can score 99 points. There are many questions involved, will his subordinates lead the team to the north? Does he have so much manpower?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but have a headache, Zhao Jiaren finally chose his mother's suggestion, he didn't want to, he went wherever he went. The threshold now is not to go north, but to the Pujia in the south. This threshold cannot be crossed, let alone the distant future.

In the evening of the next day, the ship arrived in Fuzhou. When helping the old lady to get off the boat, Mrs. Zhao asked puzzledly, "Do you want to get off the boat to rest?" ”

Because she was a little seasick along the way, Zhao Jiaren's wife no longer had the usual Qingming. However, after staying on land for less than half an hour, she suddenly asked Zhao Jiaren in a completely conscious state: "When did we arrive in Fuzhou?" ”

Zhao Jiaren was about to carry the old lady to the residence, but Mrs. Zhao pushed him away, "I'm not even fifty years old, so I don't need you to support me so much." With that, she walked steadily towards the city. Zhao Jiaren obediently followed behind, and he had no right to speak at this time.

At this time, the school became larger, and many large tiled houses were built. There was already a vacant room, and someone rushed to clean it. Mrs. Zhao didn't ask questions, she went to sleep after eating. She started the next day. At noon on the third day, the blind date officially began.

There is a West Lake in Lin'an, and a small West Lake in Fuzhou. Rent a two-story boat on Xiaoxi Lake, and the two families get together. Zhao Jiaren, the governor of Quanzhou, and Qin Huchen, the prisoner of Fujian Road, both wore official robes, but they no longer used the rhetoric of officialdom. Qin Huchen is in his 40s, about 10 years younger than Zhao Jiaren's father, Zhao Zhizhuo. He is white and clean, quite elegant, and completely Confucian. Mrs. Zhao had made it clear before that this Qin family girl was the eldest daughter, Zhao Jiaren was the youngest son in the family, and the Qin family girl was the same year as Zhao Jiaren.

Qin Tidian's wife is about the same age as Qin Tidian, and she is still a dignified beauty at the age of 40. She sat beside Mrs. Zhao and spoke affectionately, looking at Zhao Jiaren with a scrutinizing gaze from time to time. This gaze made Zhao Jiaren feel a lot of psychological pressure, and for a while he felt like he was defending his doctoral dissertation. At that time, I was stared at by a group of academic seniors with the eyes of looking at the prey, and I was uncomfortable.

Sitting next to Zhao Jiaren is Qin Tidian, Qin Tidian's official rank is from the fifth grade, which is not bad at this age. Zhao Jiaren is the fifth grade, although the real strength of the Great Song Dynasty is errands, but a junior who is twenty years younger than him has a higher official rank than him, and it can be seen that Qin Tidian is a little embarrassed. Especially when he said some encouraging nonsense in the posture of an elder, Qin Tidian simply laughed at himself, "I was encouraged by my elders when I was young, and it would be good for me to be motivated." Now that it's time to encourage the younger generation, I find that I still have to be motivated. Hehe. ”

Mrs. Qin didn't seem to care about this at all, just watching how Zhao Jiaren would react. Zhao Jiaren scratched his head, not knowing what to say at all. Judging from the time of transfer, he and Qin Tidian were grinding at the same time. Zhao Jiaren's official is the first of the five grades, and Qin Tidian's official is the sixth of the five grades. As long as there are no problems, he will always be higher and higher than Qin Tidian's official rank. And Zhao Jiaren is still a straight bachelor, but Qin Tidian is not. From any point of view, it should be Zhao Jiaren to encourage Qin Tidian. But at this moment, Zhao Jiaren can't mention a word related to this at all.

"This time we are here for a blind date, and letting you wear official uniforms is just for convenience. Are you still reassuring about this? Mrs. Zhao said with a smile.

These words can be regarded as relieving everyone, Qin Tidian laughed, "It's the same." Mrs. Zhao, you really owe you to have such a good son. San Lang killed and captured thousands of Mongol troops in Ezhou, and the imperial court was shaken. Before I came out, someone mentioned that I wanted Jiaren to be the governor of Yangzhou. ”

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Qin glared at Qin Tidian. Zhao Jiaren was a little incomprehensible after seeing it, he actually liked to listen to this. However, as soon as he saw the old lady's expression, Zhao Jiaren felt a little understood. I saw Zhao Jiaren's wife say with an unhappy face: "I also know that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. However, Saburo has already served the country, so I just want him to live a safe and stable life in the future, and it is enough to fight and kill once. ”

Qin Tidian's face was a little embarrassed, he simply turned his head to his wife and said, "Do you want to ask Zhuzhu to come on the boat?" ”

In the Song Dynasty, men and women had to meet directly, but this did not mean that the two would be pulled together directly. The man who wants to be the boss at the blind date must first accept an interview with the woman's parents, and when the woman's parents feel that the man is fine, they will call their daughter out. Qin Tidian asked, and Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth and said, "What is San Lang wearing?" ”

Zhao Jiaren was wearing a thin stabbing sword. Theoretically, the civil servants do not wear swords. However, there was great external pressure in the Southern Song Dynasty, and many civil officials were proficient in arching horses. Zhao Jiaren has experience in leading troops to fight, and it is not very strange that he wears a sword. It's just that the shape of the thin stabbing sword is completely different from the sword of the Song Dynasty at this time. The sword of the Song Dynasty was flat, and Zhao Jiaren's thin stabbed sword had a cylindrical shape with the thickness of the thumb of the scabbard. Because there is no bowl-shaped gauntlet, only a straight handle with a curved handle. This sword should be called the 'Cane Sword'.

"It's a sword." Zhao Jiaren held the hilt of the sword in his hand and replied respectfully.

"This sword is rare." Qin Huchen asked with a curious expression.

The man showed such an expression, of course, to see the freshness, Zhao Jiaren handed over the sword, Qin Huchen took it and pulled out half of it, and a surprised expression appeared on his face. When he completely pulled out the entire sword, Qin Huchen frowned slightly. The sword is made of steel, and the body of the sword is triangular, and only the tip of the sword is three inches flat. And the weight of the sword is only a little more than a pound, and it feels light in your hand.

"This ...... Can you go into battle and kill enemies? Qin Huchen asked puzzled. In his opinion, the sword was more like a child's toy.

"Stabbed to death and slashed. This sword is not used for chopping, but for stabbing. Zhao Jiaren gave a simple explanation.

"Saburo, I've also read a few lines of poetry. If you can control the invasion of the mausoleum, how can you kill more? When you open your mouth, you are talking about killing, what is the difference between you and those barbarians? "Madam Qin's voice is gentle and good, but the content of these words is not gentle at all.

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Zhao and Qin Tidian both changed their faces. They looked at Madam Qin in surprise, completely unable to understand why she asked this. Zhao Jiaren was also quite surprised, the Great Song Dynasty has never lacked 'pacifism' rhetoric, but such anti-war words are not common. For a moment, the atmosphere on the ship became a little weird.