The "Yan Siqi" in Mao Wenlong's mouth, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, is not less famous than him.

Yan Siqi was originally a small tailor on the coast of Fujian, who was humiliated and killed a gentry servant, jumped onto a sea ship to escape the arrest of the government, and arrived in Hirado, Japan.

At that time, Hirado was a large port in the Far East, and many Chinese gathered, who were maritime merchants in the open, and were secretly sea bandits, and mixed the underworld and the white way. Yan Siqi was full of martial arts, shrewd and capable, and soon became the backbone of the Chinese Li Dan Maritime Group, wandering between the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, the Ming government, the Dutch and other forces.

Later, due to the deterioration of the attitude of the Tokugawa shogunate towards some Chinese merchants, Yan Siqi led his men to plot an incident, and after being discovered by the Japanese, they fled from Hirado, Japan on a large ship overnight, and went all the way to the south, landing in Bengang in the east of the Penghu Islands, settling down and developing, and continuing to engage in maritime trade.

Bengang is today's northern region of Taiwan, so Yan Siqi is respected by later generations as the "King of Taiwan".

More than a year ago, when Zheng Haizhu traveled to the small seaside county town of Zhangzhou, Fujian, he counted the year, and naturally carefully inquired about the character of Yan Siqi.

At that time, whether it was the neighborhood, or her only relative, her nephew Zheng Shoukuan, they all expressed their wonder about her question, saying that of course there was such a person, who made good clothes and loved to fight unevenly, and his whereabouts were unknown a few years ago, and the government searched for a while, why don't you remember?

Zheng Haizhu had to explain that after accidentally falling off a cliff at the beach, he was destined to pick it up, but he lost many memories of the past.

Where did she think that the ancient girl Zheng who her soul was wearing turned out to have something to do with Yan Siqi, and it seems that although this matter is not known to Miss Zheng's relatives and neighbors, it is not a secret to Mao Wenlong.

What's going on in between?

When Mao Wenlong saw Zheng Haizhu's complexion, the desire to manipulate from male instinct in his heart succeeded, and turned into a smug color: "Did Miss Zheng listen to it without a head?" Oh, that's right. ”

Zheng Haizhu thought about it, smacked out the meaning of Mao Wenlong's words, and immediately made a look that was half ignorant and half annoyed, and said: "General Mao, the person you are talking about was originally from Haicheng County, working as a tailor in our Longxi County, and fled a few years ago. But what does he have to do with me! I have combed myself in my hometown, how can a self-combing girl have a marriage contract with him! Why is the general so interested in being old? ”

Mao Wenlong was about to talk to Pan, when he caught a glimpse of the young man in brocade surnamed Li also walking out of the warehouse and about to climb onto the deck, he suddenly stopped the conversation and said lightly: "Let's talk about it on the island." ”

After a pause, he added: "Miss Zheng put her heart in her stomach, Lao Tzu is dignified and guarded, what are you doing to bully your little girl?" This time it's really a coincidence, and it's to bring you happiness. Lao Tzu will tell you the truth, if Brother Yan can fall in love with Lao Tzu's daughter, Lao Tzu will wake up with a smile in his dream. ”

After he said that, he stepped forward to intercept the young man in brocade and greeted him with a big grin: "Brother Li, take two cakes for this girl, you may have to call her sister-in-law in the future, don't be hungry." ”

The young man's face was full of displeasure, he glanced at Wenlong, looked up and asked a sailor who was climbing on the mast: "Can you get to Daishan at noon tomorrow?" ”

……

"Boom la la ......"

The heavy iron anchor was thrown into the sea, making a splash.

The chains on the deck were dragged and slid for a while before they suddenly stalled and stopped.

Zheng Haizhu stood on the side of the ship, his eyes following the suspended anchor chain and gradually moving to the water.

Both the time of anchoring and the dark blue of the water indicate that the water here is very deep.

Zheng Haizhu looked at the stone wall in front of him, where the sea water meets the rocks, the grass above the waterline is lush with wildflowers, and below the waterline there are faintly seashells with white flowers.

Look at the huge reef not far from the rock wall, which is very smooth above the water.

It seems that this season, the sun is blazing at noon, but it is the time of high tide.

"One, two, three...... Boom"

Amid the neat trumpets of a few shirtless men on the shore, a wide springboard fell down at an angle and landed on the deck of the bird boat.

The young man in brocade surnamed Li was the first to step on the springboard, waving his hand at the front as he walked, "Big brother! ”

The demeanor is very affectionate, and the cold arrogance and disdain on the ship before are like two people.

Mao Wenlong estimated the width of the new springboard in front of him, leaned over and said to Zheng Haizhu: "Girl, the board is so wide, the rope on your wrist has been untied, you should not be able to fall down if you walk by yourself, right?" In front of the bridegroom, I don't dare to carry you. ”

Zheng Haizhu didn't have the heart to pay attention to this ridicule, and stepped onto the springboard with an expressionless face.

In order to reduce the fear of imbalance caused by the shaking of the board, she trotted all the way over, failed to brake in time due to inertia, and was firmly caught on her toes by a pebble at the finish line, and crashed into the arms of the oncoming man.

The man was tall and burly, but he reacted quickly, and with a timely push, his palm accurately grabbed Zheng Haizhu's right shoulder and held her steadily.

The person who shot was Yan Siqi.

Seeing this, Mao Wenlong, who was walking behind, laughed loudly and said, "Brother Yan, I will send you a daughter-in-law, do you recognize her?" ”

Yan Siqi just walked down the stone steps, and looked at the people on the boat who seemed to have a woman, and was already surprised, at this moment after listening to Mao Wenlong's words, and then fixed his eyes to see the woman's face, after a few breaths, there was a sudden throbbing in his heart, and a little disbelief flashed in his eyes.

It's just because of many years of crawling in the black and white rivers and lakes that the young boy in the fishing village in Fujian has already become the leader who is in charge of the sea trade and does not show his anger easily.

He calmed down and said, "Are you ...... Miss Azhu? ”

……

"Miss, the bath water is ready."

At the threshold of the stone house, a woman in a narrow-sleeved shirt and wide-legged trousers, folded her hands at the hem of her clothes, bowed slightly, and spoke to Zheng Haizhu gently and respectfully.

The woman's name is Shi Yuelan, and she is the wife of Tang Ayuan, the manager of the Daishan Private Salt Farm, and she is human-faced and smart.

Today, Yuelan was paying the salt workers, and Tang Ayuan suddenly came in a hurry, saying that Yan Dangjia ordered her to take care of a female guest.

On the way, the couple had heard the rude remarks of several sailors, and the female guest was a former good friend of the Yan family.

When he arrived at Yan's house, Yan Dangjia was entertaining a group of male guests who looked like military masters to eat and drink, but he left the table without hesitation, and led Yuelan to the side courtyard in the east.

Yuelan was quite apprehensive and looked at Zheng Haizhu.

Unexpectedly, this noble female guest who had already heard the news of the wind and rain was a simple woman who was not a few years younger than herself and was also wearing inferior clothes.

His face was darker, but his eyebrows were delicate and good-looking, and his speech was very kind.

Yuelan's nervousness dissipated, and she looked at the dishes on the table, and knew that Miss Zheng had already eaten a snack, so she went to boil the bath water for her.