A good family reunion turns into a farce.

Yi Lanzhu quickly realized how clever Zheng Haizhu, a businesswoman of the Ming Kingdom, was, and retreated outside the house as soon as possible to avoid embarrassment.

She then stood up with her mother-in-law's hand and saluted Abahai to say goodbye.

When she got to the horse climbing the plow, Yi Lanzhu was silent for a while, and couldn't help it, and complained to Zheng Haizhu: "The front hand just took our good clothes, and the back hand scolded the Ming man in front of me for being a bad old man. Who are they? ”

Zheng Haizhu softly reassured: "Don't care, madam, a child doesn't talk nonsense, or is jealous that Mrs. is doing well in the west." ”

Yilanzhu was picked up by Zheng Haizhu, took a few deep breaths on her side, and said with a hint of triumph: "That's right, look at that Abahai, you are the eldest concubine, and she is not as good as the housekeeper of our Li Mansion." ”

When Yilanzhu married far away, Nurhachi's eldest concubine was Fuchagundai, that is, the good sister of Yilanzhu's mother, and now the Fucha family, who is now in her fifties, is old and decrepit, and lives in the house of her son Mang Gurtai, and the concubine's favor was taken away by Abahai in her prime.

The Jianzhou Jurchens were expensive to the west, and several large beyles lived in the east of Nurhachi's harem.

Not long after the horse climbed the plough and walked east, Mang Gurtai met Yilanzhu and his party in the night and brought them back to his yard.

Fucha, who had already shown his old appearance, hugged Yilanzhu in his arms when he saw it, suddenly pushed it away gently, took a closer look, and said "It's really like your Eniang when you were young", and hugged her again and cried.

Zheng Haizhu and Mu Zaohua carried down the last box full of gifts from the plow and respectfully presented it to Mang Gurtai.

Due to the change in Nurhachi's attitude during the day, Mang Gurtai was not completely as fierce as a coat to Zheng Haizhu at the moment, but only said angrily: "According to the instructions of the Great Khan, tomorrow my guards will take you to the Zhenghuangqi Yamen to find a pen post." And your two maids served Gege to worship, and they were not allowed to leave a single step. ”

Zheng Haizhu bowed his head in response. She understood that this was a surveillance of their people from the Ming Kingdom, and that the scope of their activities was limited to the greatest extent in case they spied on anything.

However, with Nurhachi's fox-like cunning character, he would never have made a show of it in advance before he set out on the expedition, as the Ming court had launched the Battle of Sarhu a few years later. Historically, the day before the Jianzhou Jurchens attacked Fushun City, Nurhachi issued the "Seven Hatreds of Heaven and Ming" in Hetuala. At this time, even cutting trees to build siege equipment was falsely claimed by the Jurchens as building stables and raising horses to prevent news from leaking.

Therefore, it is of little significance to limit the scope of Zheng Haizhu's activities.

Moreover, Zheng Haizhu, as a person who knows the historical process, has to take a trip to Hetuara this time, not to collect the military plan she already knows, but to give herself an experience of "going to the Jianzhou Jurchen nest on the spot", so that Zhang Quan and Mao Wenlong can believe that she has three points of truth and seven points of false report.

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A good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Mang Gurtai's personal soldiers came to escort Zheng Haizhu to the banners and yamen south of the Great Yamen of the Khan Palace.

The Eight Banners Yamen is also very crudely built, and the bricks at the base of the wall are inconsistent in size and size, and it is not easy to build them together in love with each other. The upper part of the wall is made of yellow mud and the top is covered with straw, and there are no tiles.

But the rows of armed racks in front of each yamen are, in Zheng Haizhu's view, a huge highlight.

Armor, long knives, shun knives, foot bows, heavy arrows.

The most impressive thing is the foot bow and heavy arrows.

Jianzhou Jurchen was born as a hunter in the mountains and forests, in order to shoot large Mengbeasts or wild boars and other tough prey, they used not a small bow and light arrows like the Mongols, but a large bow with a length close to the height of an adult man, and the length of the arrow was also up to three feet, the arrow was as sharp as a chisel, and the armor-piercing ability was very strong.

Zheng Haizhu saw such a shooting weapon, and roughly understood that before he had a siege weapon such as a cannon, Nurhachi attacked Fushun City, using "deception", deceiving the city gate and shooting at close range. In the later battle of Sarhu, no matter how many ways the Ming army came, Nurhachi's tactics were to look at a Ming army, deceive themselves to a nearby place, and use hunting to strangle the opponent in the wilderness.

Their horseback riding skills certainly don't say, but a lot of the time it's dismounting. However, no matter how inferior their skills in building houses and weaving are, their kung fu in making iron bows is very good, and the cold weapons they make are very powerful.

Fortunately, similar to the military situation seen yesterday in the royal city and Mang Gurta's house, Zheng Haizhu still did not find any shadow of fire in front of the various banners and yamen today.

Entering the Zhenghuangqi Yamen, a small man wearing animal skin and shoulders greeted him.

"The girl's surname is Zheng? Below is the pen post style here, which has been decreed by the Great Khan, and the pen is spoken by the girl. ”

The Jurchens called the pen post style is similar to the Chinese word for "clerk, scribe".

Zheng Haizhu clasped his fists and saluted: "May I ask what to call the honorable driver?" ”

"My surname is Tong, my name is fixed, I am a true qi person, and I am a person who is honest and honest."

It's rare to meet a Chinese speaker in that pen style, so naturally you have to drag the text to have a good time.

Zheng Haizhu chewed his name, with a sincere expression of praise on his face: "Ah, what a good name, the mountains and seas are endless, and only by cultivating the heart can you see it at ease." With such an ethereal artistic conception, dare to ask Mr. Zushang, but he is a scholar in Liaodong? ”

When Tong Yangding heard this, his heart was like ironing a small stove on a cold day. The pen post style was originally a low-level staff, and he usually could enter and exit the Eight Banners Yamen, and in the eyes of the big and small generals, it was almost the same as the coat in Niu Lu.

Tong Yangding, who has always been treated rudely, is really excited to be able to speak civilized language with a delicate Han person today, and he is also complimented by elegant-sounding sentences.

The two thin mouse's mustaches on his upper lip seemed to fly.

As soon as the person is happy, the conversation box opens.

"Miss Zheng praised falsely. The first father and the first father have not been in school, has been in Liaodong to do mountain goods and pearl trading, to my generation, several cousins also inherited the family business, only sent me to read a few years of sage books, originally thought of in Fushun candidates, but was favored by the Great Khan, recruited as a pen post style, was originally with Erdeni Baksh to create Manchu, let's count half a reader. ”

Bakshi, which means "doctor, person who can write" in Mongolian, and Erdeni was the leader of Nurhachi's order to create the Manchu language based on the Mongolian language.

Zheng Haizhu continued to interpret the reverence in his eyes: "It turned out to be Dr. Tong." Then Dr. Tong's uncles and brothers are still on the side of Mingguo? ”

"In, in, there are several big gatherings over there every year, and the horse markets in Fushun and Kaiyuan are very lively."

"Oh, that's a coincidence," Zheng Haizhu said with a smile, "Actually, I'm also a businessman, where is Mr. Tong's house?" I'll visit next year to see if there's anything I can buy and ship to the south. ”

Tong Yangding was defenseless, clasped his hands and said, "That's good." Our Tong family is located in Ma Gendan, south of Fushun, and now the head of the family is a cousin, called Tong Yangxing, I will write a letter to the girl, and ask my cousin to entertain her. Oh, Miss Zheng looks like a person who does big things. ”

As he spoke, Tong Yangding eagerly turned to the eucalyptus paper and picked up the pen to write.

Zheng Haizhu looked at his enthusiastic and happy appearance, pressed down a trace of unbearability, and said in his heart: Ma Gendan, Tong Yangxing, remember, it will not be your cousin who will treat me well, but we will treat your cousin well.

Tong Yangding quickly finished writing the letterhead of the introduction and handed it to Zheng Haizhu.

Zheng Haizhu took it, praised the word first, and then asked if it was birch paper.

Tong Yangding said: "The paper of the Ming Kingdom is too expensive, I can't afford to use it, this is made of the grass and daylilies near the old city into pulp, and the people are called mulberry paper. ”

Zheng Haizhu is secretly happy, what I want is your "only one".

She then sat opposite Tong Yangding and said politely: "Mr. Tong, let's start drawing a map." Before I draw the picture, I will tell my husband some new names, and I would like him to write them down. Outside the Ming Kingdom, there are seven vast seas, which the Taixi people call the seven oceans. ”

"Seven-Ocean."

Tong Yangdinggong neatly memorized Chinese characters on mulberry paper, and wrote a few Manchu characters on the side like earthworms and entwined branches.

Zheng Haizhu leaned over with a curious face: "This is the Manchu text created by Mr. Tong and Erdeni?" It's hard to watch. ”

Tong Yangding said: "In fact, if you can speak Mongolian and Manchu, it is not difficult to learn." For example, this seven, the Manchu pronunciation of 'Nadan' is taken from the Mongolian half of the pronunciation...... The same is true for this big character, and the Manchu calligraphy is the same. ”

Zheng Haizhu showed a look of understanding: "I see, yes, I am familiar with the pronunciation corresponding to the Manchu text, I can read it when I see it, and then understand the meaning according to the words I read?" This is very different from the French style of Chinese characters. ”

Tong Yang's jaw is fixed.

Zheng Haizhu said: "Continue to talk about the seven oceans. The largest is divided into two oceans, north and south, named the Pacific Ocean, because the sailors hate its dangerous waves and deep waves, praying for smooth and clear exchanges. ”

Tong Yangxing wrote down in both Manchu and Chinese characters.

Zheng Haizhu picked out the words "South, North, Hate, Ming", and once again asked the Manchu alphabet in a pretended inquiry.

Tong Yangding informed them one by one.

In this way, all day long, Zheng Haizhu learned more than two dozen Manchu texts that she wanted to frame for Nurhachi.

Actually, it's not a sham, it's just a spoiler in advance.