Zheng Haizhu came out of the county office, and the young man of Liaomin who drove her was big by her side, but there was one more person - Xu Yilong.

Last year, Zheng Haizhu successfully took Xu Xinsu, the eldest son, out of Fujian, and when he returned to Jiangnan, he happened to hear that after Lu Xiang was promoted to the entrance examination, he did not have the title of the gold list in the examination, and stayed in the Nanjing art circle, preparing to fight again in three years.

This is consistent with the fate trajectory of Lu Xiangsheng in history, he did not enter the rank until the early years of the Apocalypse.

Zheng Haizhu sent Xu Yilong to Nanjing in accordance with his promise to Xu Xinsu, and followed Lu Xiangsheng to learn the art of making, hoping that this descendant of the ashore Haikou could fulfill his wish and embark on the road of winning the imperial examination.

A few months later, Lu Xiangsheng wrote a letter, bluntly saying that Xu Yilong was neither an official nor a scholar. Zheng Haizhu rushed to Nanjing for an interview, and saw that the relationship between the master and apprentice was mild and harmonious, Xu Yilong just said frankly that he wanted to explore the rivers and lakes, and Lu Xiangsheng also admittedly persuaded "Sister, you always need a few more helpers by your side".

Zheng Haizhu did not hesitate, and brought Xu Yilong back to Songjiang, first let him replace Zheng Zhilong, who went to Japan to get married, and manage the docking of the Hangzhou headquarters of Haoming Trading Company and Songjiang Trade Road.

But this time, as soon as she arrived in Chongming, Zheng Haizhu encountered the challenge of the local snake, but it was also an opportunity, which made her make timely adjustments to the employment position - let Xu Yilong come to Chongming Island.

I saw Xu Yilong hurriedly step forward and said with a look of guilt on his face: "Auntie, I was a day late because I was going to collect copper at Wusong Wharf yesterday."

Zheng Haizhu's firearms factory imitates large and small artillery and requires copper. Huang Zunsu was willing to find a supplier for her from the resources of Donglin's protégé, but Zheng Haizhu clearly refused. First, it was enough for her to make friends with Huang Zunsu, and she didn't want to know too much of the Donglin faction early. Second, whether it is the information that Zheng Zhilong brought back from Macao before, or the practical complaints of Sun Yuanhua and the craftsmen, the copper produced in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is of unsatisfactory quality, so it is recommended to use copper imported from overseas.

Now, in the last year of the Wanli Dynasty, the official trade between China and Japan has not yet been directly sailed, and the copper bought by Zheng Haizhu was first brought to Taiwan by Yan Siqi from Pingdo, and then traveled north to Songjiang in the name of Fujian merchants and sea sellers. Rao is so, and it is easier than going inland.

At this time, Zheng Haizhu waved his hand and said gently: "I estimate that the copper has arrived, this is good news, how can I blame you for coming slowly."

Xu Yilong's expression was a little more relaxed, and he looked at Hua Da who was holding the whip meaningfully, and said with a smile: "These Liaodong brothers recruited by my aunt are so alert. I went to Zhuangzi this morning, and Wu Gongzi said that you came to the county government to do business, and I thought about rushing to pick up my aunt, so I asked if this brother was from Mrs. Zheng's Zhuangzi, and he was like he had never heard of this Zhuangzi."

Hua Da's face was full of confusion, scratched his head and said, "Madame and Gongzi forgive their sins, it was Steward Wu who told us to be a coachman for Madame, and don't talk to strangers."

Xu Yilong approvingly: "That's right, in the future, my aunt will come out to walk, and a few more loyal subordinates will follow."

Sitting on the ox cart, Zheng Haizhu closed his eyes first.

After chatting with the two officials for a long time, even if it is no longer a situation where there is no need to nod and bow, people are very tired.

Xu Yilong had completely the mentality of looking at Zheng Haizhu as an elder, so he had to endure his curiosity and didn't dare to ask immediately why Zheng Haizhu asked him to come to the island.

Chongming County to Zheng Haizhu is located in Zhuangzi in the east of Nansha, but only five or six miles of road. When passing by a sea pond, Zheng Haizhu opened his eyes slightly, and saw that Xu Yilong really also set his eyes on the faint broken ruins in the depths of Artemisia grass.

"Yilong, that was the camp of the preparation of the Japanese more than a hundred years ago."

"Oh," Xu Yilong's face suddenly turned a little strange, and he was silent, and finally laughed at himself softly, "Counting, when my father was at sea, he was also a widow."

Zheng Haizhu said: "Your father sees himself as a pirate, and he expects you to return to Daming to be an official, I have never given birth to a child, but there is a younger generation like Shoukuan who is better than his own son, I can understand your father's hard work." However, to be an official, you can be a civil and military officer, and if you don't like to follow literature, you can also be a martial artist."

Xu Yilong came to his senses: "Yes, auntie, my father didn't let me be a battalion soldier of Master Yu, saying that if I was a martial artist, I might be harmed by those civil officials in the court one day. But I followed you, aunt, and saw Master Huang of Songjiang Mansion, as well as Master Lu, they are either already civil officials, or they are going to be civil officials

Not wicked."

Zheng Haizhu nodded: "Not only is he not a wicked person, but your Master Lu is also a person who is both civil and military, is it more interesting for you to follow him to learn the Lu family's sword technique than to read the Four Books and Five Classics?"

Xu Yilong said: "That's natural, I'm looking forward to Brother Yiguan returning to Daming soon and competing with him. When I was in Xiamen, he beat me several times with Yan's knife technique."

Zheng Haizhu quipped: "When I was playing red hair in Xiamen, I saw that you and Yiguan were quite in love, and you will be a son and daughter in the future."

Now Xu Yilong, who doesn't even know where his daughter-in-law is flying, actually became serious: "Auntie, I think so too, I'm afraid that the Yiguan brothers won't look down on our Xu family. He fell in love with Yan Xuanfu's daughter and said that he wanted to be in-laws with Yan Xuanfu, so he was anxious to have a baby with the Japanese mother-in-law."

Zheng Haizhu laughed and said, "I didn't know he had this idea, and I didn't hear Brother Yan talk about it. He is the closest to you, but he tells you everything."

Xu Yilong smacked and touched, feeling reasonable, and his eyes couldn't help but be happy.

Zheng Haizhu's expression calmed down.

"Yilong, your father handed you over to me, and you also screamed with an aunt, I have to be as concerned about your future as I am about your nephew. I'm thinking about getting you an official body, but if you can't do it, we'll do martial arts. How about Auntie let you and an official lead a battalion and be a general on Chongming Island in this Chongming Island?"

When Xu Yilong heard this, he was first surprised and then delighted, and nodded again and again.

Since he was a child, he was familiar with the brave pictures of the sailors fighting the sky and the sea and the enemy, and after he arrived in Xiamen with his father, not to mention the literature, he was not very willing to do business, and he only wanted to enter Yu Zhigao's sailors. Helplessly, his father was worried that Yu Zhigao would have to find an excuse to send him, the son of the Xu family, out of Fujian.

When he arrived in Nanjing, he worshipped Lu Xiangsheng, who was only two or three years older than him, as a teacher, if it weren't for the future jade-faced god of war to teach him to study swordsmanship at the same time, he couldn't bear Lu Xiangsheng to take the initiative to ask him to go back to Songjiang.

Fortunately, Aunt Zheng was empathetic, and she understood the martial spirit of young people better than her father, and after only half a year of taking him around, she sent him back to the original vision.

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"Auntie, Chongming County allows us to raise soldiers?" After Xu Yilong was excited, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

Zheng Haizhu then explained the cause and effect of the incident to him.

At the end, he cheered him up and said, "I have a destiny with me, and Chongming is the gateway to the East China Sea. From Jiubian to Fujian and Guangdong, and then to Sichuan, Shu and Yunnan, there are many battalions and military households living in the same place. They can support a battalion like a family, why can't I raise a battalion like a family member? If you talk about a woman's body, isn't Qin Liangyu also a woman? If you say that you can't dance with guns and sticks, will the civil officials who lead the troops in the imperial court all play with big knives like your Master Lu?"

Xu Yilong was full of joy when he heard this, and said with his palms together: "Yes, Auntie is here on Chongming Island, so she should bring a Zheng family army, and Yilong is willing to lead troops for Auntie!" There is also an official brother. Auntie, how beautiful the Yiguan brothers are in Liuluo Bay! When he came back from Japan, his aunt let him go to the island too!"

"Well, since it should be so, you all ran through the big dock at a young age and went through a big battle, who else can you rely on if Auntie doesn't rely on you to lead the troops? Wu Gongzi, after all, he will go back to help me take care of the business in the north."

The future was as he wished, Xu Yilong only felt that his heart was suddenly bright, full of energy, and he talked to Zheng Haizhu a lot of ways to watch Yu Zhigao drill the battalion and select new recruits in Xiamen.