"We in Japan have always regarded China as our teacher. In the time of your Three Kingdoms, our Yamatai Queen, whose name was Himiko, sent an envoy to King Cao of Wei. During your glorious Tang Dynasty, our Emperor sent a total of twenty envoys to the Tang Dynasty to learn all sorts of amazing knowledge, the most famous of which was Abe Nakamaro, whose Chinese name was Chao Heng. To this day, in Nara, the envoys to the Tang Dynasty are commemorated every year. ”

"In your Song Dynasty, neither your emperor nor our emperor sponsored students studying abroad, but there were many monks like me in the two places who crossed the sea to visit each other and exchange Buddhism and Zen. Many of the famous Zen monasteries in Jiangnan, such as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, were the fascination of many of our Japanese monks at that time. By the way, it was from the Song Dynasty that your country allowed us to take away the seedlings of the tea tree, and the monks planted them alive in Japan, and our common people could afford to eat the tea soup. ”

In the early spring and February of the 48th year of Wanli, the school run by Zheng's aunt and nephew in Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili ushered in the fourth batch of young students.

Today, on the first day of enrollment, Zheng Haizhu arranged for Yao, who was the principal, to teach him a brief history of ancient China for half an hour to the dolls from the families of Songjiang tenant farmers and craftsmen.

After the overview of China's dynasties and its rise and fall, Zheng Haizhu asked Yonghai, a Japanese monk who went north from Fujian, to tell the children about the history of the development of Sino-Japanese relations, and Xu Xinsu's son Xu Yilong served as the translator.

At first, the children were full of good-natured curiosity about this foreign monk, and when they heard him praise Jiangnan and Mingguo, the curiosity in their eyes flashed a little closer.

When I heard Yonghai honestly talk about the founding of the Ming Dynasty not long ago, there were Japanese warriors who invaded Liaohai, Dengzhou and other places, and the faces of the young people were solemn and solemn.

When Yonghai finished speaking, Zheng Haizhu told everyone that Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, has now been switched on and off like Yuegang in Fujian, and in the future, there will be a need for Ming people who can speak to be tooth people, or to act as interpreters for Ming merchants, so the school will let Dongying and Taixi people teach Fanhua.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in our Shoukuan School, you can not only learn calligraphy from Principal Yao, learn piano from Mr. Wang, learn from Master Yonghai and Xu Hanlin's grandmother, learn geometry and arithmetic from other gentlemen, but also go to our firearms factory to learn smelting skills and cannonballs. Therefore do not listen to the rumors that the professors of our school are talking about the purpose of being lackeys for the Tessie missionaries, and to work for them, to catch children and dig out their hearts and livers for them to eat. It's nonsense! We learn Fanhua because we are not only a big country in the world, learn their language, like Xu Guangqi and Xu Hanlin, see and understand that there are also things to learn from countries other than the Ming Dynasty, which is to learn from the master of Yi long skills for self-defense, and master Yi long skills to improve themselves. Next, let the two senior sisters tell you how to defend themselves and improve themselves. ”

Zheng Haizhu beckoned, and when the Ming army was beating Nurhachihou Jin Army in Fushun, the two female students who stood at the head of the city to calculate the elevation angle of the cannon barrel walked into the classroom from outside the door.

After Fushun became famous in the First World War, they continued to practice with the Franky gunner hired by Zheng Haizhu, and were regarded by Sun Yuanhua as a cherished talent for the great cause of Songjiang firearms.

Sun Yuanhua told Zheng Haizhu several times, can you not let the girls marry early, with the imitation of the Hongyi cannon brought back from Fujian, they also have to take apprentices to train local gunners. Zheng Haizhu told each other, and the two female students couldn't ask for it.

Compared with the sense of accomplishment of going out with the army, returning to the south to teach, and having money to get in and out, the concerns of their parents and the rumors of the neighbors cannot form psychological pressure on them at all.

At this moment, the two senior sisters, with a sense of pride in proportionality and decency, told the younger brothers and sisters vividly that the artillery and the combined machine gun, how in Fushun, were more powerful than the thunder god electric mother, and the Jianzhou Tartar had no time to cry his father and mother, so he was in a different place, and even rotted into flesh and blood that was worse than the swill fed to the pigs.

"During the recount, each of us received twenty taels of silver."

Hearing this last sentence, most of the freshmen in the audience let out a "hiss" exclamation.

The poor man's doll has long been in charge, and these children have a good idea of the purchasing power of money, and twenty taels of silver can buy twenty stone of good rice, which is enough for a large family to have two years of rations.

Zheng Haizhu looked at the clear eyes of the children and said loudly: "You must understand that the two senior sisters are brave because of their diligence, so they can earn more money than their parents and your parents." And this silver has a lot of ambition and great virtue, because it has blessed many people like you in Fushun City. Our school, because we don't teach how to write Bagu articles, may not be able to produce big officials, but Principal Yao and all the gentlemen believe that as long as you work hard and are diligent, you will also become talents that can be used by the Ming Dynasty, whether it is in the battlefield or in the market customs. ”

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After the opening ceremony, Yao divided the new students, who had more than 50 students into classes, and sent them to Bei, Qing, Fu, and Jiaoyuan to attend classes.

Zheng Haizhu led the monks Yonghai and Xu Yilong to the piano workshop.

Wang Yuesheng was handling a Zhongni-style piano that had just been removed from the shade room.

"Yuesheng has worked hard." Zheng Haizhu walked over and said warmly.

Wang Yuesheng smiled, which was the usual dilution of peace.

She saluted Yonghai and said slowly: "After the placement of Yueshan Dragon Gum and the tuning of the silk thread, this piano will be completed at its discretion, and you can ask the master to play it." But it didn't dare to look at the back of the neck between the turquoise stones, it was only similar in shape. ”

Yonghai said sincerely: "The two female monarchs can give the humble monk a Ming Guoqin, and the humble monk is grateful. ”

He didn't say any more, because all three of them had a look of concern.

In the summer and autumn of last year, after the situation in Fujian stabilized, Zheng Zhilong crossed east with Xu Xinsu and went to the Hirado Domain to marry the Tagawa clan, who already had a marriage contract.

Zheng Shoukuan went to Dayuan Port in Taiwan, and under the care of Yan Siqi, he established the first trading company to engage in marine insurance business there, which was earlier than the famous Lloyd's in Britain.

Zheng Haizhu, with Xu Yilong and the Japanese monk Yonghai, asked Yu Zhigao to borrow sailors and soldiers, hire people, and transport Dutch artillery and heavy arquebuses to Jiangnan for imitation.

When he went to Songjiang to complete the handover with Sun Yuanhua, Zheng Haizhu went to Yangzhou on the pretext of accompanying Yonghai to visit Daming Temple.

After the "Songshi Interim" shot, Huang Zunsu told Zheng Haizhu that the buyer was a big salt merchant in Yangzhou, and the other business was near Shouzhiyuan.

However, when the mansion of the salt merchant surnamed Jiang was found, the Jiang family was left with only an old man who was a gatekeeper.

Jiang Yanshang and his concubine, who was good at the piano, were all reduced to ashes in the thunder and fire of the summer, along with the pine stone.