Liu Baihu, who was on duty, was sitting behind his shack with broken silver, basking in the sun, and his daughter-in-law went to the city to buy some good goods in a few days.

His eldest daughter suddenly came to him and called out, "Daddy, Aya and a woman on horseback have returned."

Liu Baihu got up in surprise and turned to the front of the house, Zheng Haizhu was getting off the horse, handing the reins to Xu San, who was sweating all over in order to find her, and then pulled the woman who was shrunk behind her.

"Master Liu, I really didn't expect that this is your daughter's roll. Today my horse was frightened when he heard the sound of firearms, and it was Aya who saved me."

Liu Baihu was stunned for a moment, and slapped his thigh: "Are those sailors trying to shoot birds?" Oops, I should have reminded the Zheng Dong family. There are some big ships in the harbor, and when they go to Korea, they are easy to encounter Japanese people to rob them, and the sailors will practice firearms when they are in the harbor."

Liu Baihu's daughter-in-law also walked over from the backyard, glanced at the sable worn by Zheng Haizhu, and stared at the Songjiang flare cloth jacket on Aya's body.

Liu Baihu reprimanded: "Silly mother-in-law, don't hurry up and give a gift to Zheng Dong's family."

Only then did the daughter-in-law of the Liu family realize that the broken silver she was holding in her hand was given by the goddess of wealth in front of her.

She hurriedly pulled a girl with one hand, squatted deeply, and thanked her one by one.

Liu Baihu saw that although Zheng Haizhu said kindly, "Sister-in-law is polite", his eyes wandered between the two women.

He coughed dryly, touched his nose, and said, "Zheng Dong's family, Aya is from the Li Dynasty, and my brother in Liaodong saw that she was pitiful, so he sent her to my family and made me a concubine. When a husband and wife eat a mouthful, they can't starve her."

Zheng Haizhu said quietly, "Oh, it's from North Korea. It's really good to ride a horse, if it weren't for her, I would have even taken the horse into a deep ditch. Xu San, when you go back to the city, go to the shop to buy a few pairs of cotton shoes and bring them tomorrow. At this time, don't freeze your toes when you wear straw sandals."

Xu San stammered.

Liu Baihu and his wife and two daughters were wearing cotton boots, but Aya had straw sandals braided with jute on his feet.

Liu Baihu is an old slippery head, how can he not hear the meaning of Zheng Haizhu's words, he can't help but scold in his heart: You can't marry a little aunt, Lao Tzu's family affairs, it's your turn to talk nonsense.

Only he has learned from Cheng Jiang's general office that Zheng Haizhu and Mao Wenlong are doing business together, but it is still secondary, the key is that the relationship with the Lu clan in the Yanzhou fiefdom also seems to be unusual, and he can't afford to offend.

Liu Baihu smiled awkwardly and said to Zheng Haizhu, "Zheng Dongjia has relaxed the Bodhisattva's heart, although Aya is here to be a concubine, she is also my woman. What's more, she has it in her belly, how can we freeze and starve her."

When Zheng Haizhu heard this, she was secretly taken aback and went to look at Aya's abdomen.

A skinny person, I really can't tell that I'm pregnant.

This pregnant woman did not hesitate to come forward to save people at an emergency moment.

Zheng Haizhu glanced at Liu Baihu's two daughters a few more times.

The eldest one looks like a sixteen or seventeen big girl, and the second child has also developed with a strip, at their age, there is no younger brother under their heads, and it is estimated that the daughter-in-law of the Liu family will not be able to give birth.

For the North Korean Aya, Liu Baihu's so-called "take-in" seems to be just a fertility tool to give birth to a son.

He didn't treat her as a human being, and he didn't plan to keep her fed and clothed.

Zheng Haizhu endured her disgust and said in a harmonious voice, "Master Liu, sister-in-law Liu, Aya's kindness, I wrote it down today. When the boat returns, I will come to see her again next spring."

Liu Baihu responded, and then bluffed his face and scolded Aya: "Why don't you take off your jacket and return it to Zheng Dong's family."

Zheng Haizhu waved his hand, his face even colder: "What else to return, what I gave to Aya, isn't my life worth a jacket?"

She bit the word "Aya" a little harder, turned around and patted the poor woman on the shoulder: "I will definitely come to see you again."

……

On this day, Wu Bangde, who was in the Dengzhou City Post Station, saw Zheng Haizhu coming back, and hurriedly called the post chief.

The post chief came and diligently handed over a letter, saying that it had arrived a few days ago, sent from Songjiang Mansion, and the official mail route was taken, and the post station was very cautious and must be handed over to me.

Zheng Hai

Zhu opened it and saw that it was written by Huang Zunsu, saying that the piano of "Turquoise Meaning" was invited away by a Hui merchant for 80,000 taels of silver.

In just a few lines, Zheng Haizhu was ecstatic.

When she set off from Songjiang, she told Huang Zunsu and others that she planned to rush to Dengzhou during the light snow season and sail before the frozen port.

I think it was Huang Zunsu who knew that she would use Liu Shimin's small survey to live in the official post all the way, so he tried to send the letter to the Dengzhou post station.

Matsue's comrades-in-arms are so powerful!

Eighty thousand taels!

At that time, Emperor Longqing bought rouge gouache and head flower silk for the entire harem, but he only asked the household department for 100,000 taels, but he didn't get it done.

Although Huang Zunsu's letter was written very concisely, only talking about the results, and not describing the process in half a sentence, Zheng Haizhu could certainly imagine that even if it was the piano used by Su Dongpo, it could be exchanged for such a large sum of money in just two months, from Huang Zunsu to Wang Yuesheng and then to Lu Xiangsheng, it must have taken great pains.

On this night, at the banquet of Zhu Yipai, the general of Zhenguo, the prefect of Dengzhou, Zheng Haizhu was in good spirits when he was rich, and he energetically introduced to Tao Langxian the artillery casting plan that he was asking for the approval of the imperial court through several masters.

As Zhang Yaofang said, Tao Lang Xianguo is not a person who eats a vegetarian meal.

It's just that with his current official position, he can't interfere in Dengliao's coastal defense, suppress the cold weapons recruited by the Wenxiang Sect, and he is not as exposed to Western studies as Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, so he is not familiar with firearms attack and defense.

However, as soon as Zheng Haizhu heard Zheng Haizhu talk about the naval battle experience of the Spanish naval guns, and the Franky people in the Hao Realm had begun to arm Macao with cannons and prepare to deal with the invasion of the Dutch, Tao Lang immediately thought of playing to the imperial court, and the governor of Shandong would come forward and lead the Dengzhou prefect and Denglai Haiphong Road to jointly renovate Dengzhou Water City and add forts.

Zheng Haizhu took advantage of the situation and put forward specific suggestions such as relying on Danya Mountain to arrange crossfire, and the hollow fort in the style of a newly cast fortress outside the breakwater.

Tao Langxian originally heard Zhu Yipai say that a merchant woman from the south of the Yangtze River had a major role in smashing the Wenxiang Sect's hijacking plan, and he was still a little puzzled, but he met a real person during the dinner and listened to the gentleman's conversation, so he believed that the other party did have two brushes, so he said happily: "Miss Zheng, if this official really asks for money from the imperial court, he will definitely ask your firearms shop to buy cannons."

Zheng Haizhu said with a smile: "The grass people have promised Wang Yushi that the first few doors will not be able to accept money. Thanks to the green eyes of the Tao prefect, we will allocate a few tiled houses for our own artillery instructors and artillery crews to live in, and give us a few taels of silver to use, and it will be done."

Tao Lang first agreed, and then asked Zheng Haizhu about the return date of the miners sent to Zhu Yi, about March and April after the Liaohai freeze next year, and then assured Zhu Yipai that he would arrange the contact at the end of Dengzhou.

……

Early the next morning, Zheng Haizhu and his entourage, bidding farewell to Zhu Yipai and his wife, loaded the goods in Jindaotun Private Port, and set sail north.

In the Liaohai Sea in winter, the waves are not alarming, and the white figure of the seagull passes by from time to time on the blue water.

Not long after, the sailors said that the big island they had just passed through was Changshan Island, and even if the wind was not smooth, the ship would be able to arrive at the mouth of Arthur at noon the day after tomorrow.

This made Zheng Haizhu experience on the spot, and it is no wonder that the Ming Dynasty administratively placed Liaodong under the jurisdiction of Shandong.

In the era when there was no steam power, the voyage between Deng and Liao could be so short by relying on sails alone.

So what is Gui Daming?

If you insist on passing through the two parts of Dongjiang Town (Phi Island) and Lushun, garrison strong troops like Zhejiang soldiers or Sichuan troops in Lushun, maintain the supply of military supplies from Dengzhou and Laizhou, and at the same time help the Liao generals represented by Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town. As long as Jiannu led troops to the wealthy western Liaoning, and southern Liaoning sent people to attack their old nest Hetuala, burn supplies, and seize Dingkou, how could Jiannu still fight westward in one go?

From Fushun to Qinghe, from Kaiyuan to Tieling, from Liaoyang to Shenyang, the vast Liaodong jurisdiction of the Huanghuang Empire was thus encroached upon by the slave military tribes that came out of the deep mountains and old forests, encroaching on fortresses and barriers everywhere, ravaging the cities and villages everywhere.

During this period, all kinds of annoying details such as using the wrong person, running to the wrong place, fighting in the nest, pulling back legs, killing good generals, and ruining the three views, the serial dramas of later generations can shoot 100 episodes, and the slots of each episode are not the same.

Zheng Haizhu exhaled a breath of turbid air at the bow of the boat, closed her eyes, and pondered in the sun and sea breeze the great event that will take place in Fushun next April.

Suddenly, under the deck, the cry of Mu Zaohua came.

"Wu Gongzi, Li Daniu, why is there someone hidden in the warehouse!"

Zheng Haizhu opened his eyes suddenly, walked to the side of the cabin, and looked over.

But when he saw Wu Bangde and the three of them, a thin woman appeared by the wooden ladder.

The woman looked up.

Zheng Haizhu was taken aback: "Aya, why are you?"