Zheng Haizhu preliminarily completed the communication with Juniper, and did not rush back to Beijing, but took his bodyguard team leader, Huang Zude, the general banner of Jinyiwei, and Chang Zhongxin, the son of the Jin Shang, to continue to the east, along the Great Wall, and inspect half of Jizhen between Jizhou and Shanhaiguan.

After visiting the field, she felt more and more that Daning Town outside the gate really shouldn't be abandoned.

The distance from Daning to Shanhaiguan is about the same as the distance from Jizhou to Shanhaiguan, about 400 miles away, and it is about 6 or 700 miles away from the Longmen Station temporarily garrisoned by Ma Xianglin in Xuanda Town, which forms a triangle.

When he was still in Chahanhot, after Zheng Haizhu's recommendation, Ma Xianglin had agreed that if the Long Live Lord and the imperial court agreed to restore Daning Town and send the Sichuan army, Huang Zude could go to Daning to be his guest, and be responsible for docking trade routes, ticket numbers and other matters with Chang Zhongxin.

Huang Zude became more and more meticulous, and the book that did not leave his hand had been recorded in the third book.

According to what Mrs. said, if the tea and horse road in Eastern Mongolia is opened in the future, not only will there be Shanxi merchants who are willing to take the safe road in Guannei and gather from the west to Jizhen and then go out of the city, but also the merchants from Songjiang and Fujian in the south can directly take the sea route to Tianjin Port, and then change from Tianjin Port to several inland rivers until Xifengkou is out of the city and go to Daning and Chahar.

"Zude, sea ships can transport tea, silk and porcelain, and even more can transport grain and military uniforms, so when I return to Beijing to report to the Lord Banzai, the three things that should be explained clearly are all related to the grain and rice being served, first, the wasteland near the Daning to Daling River, if rice and sweet potatoes are planted, how many people must be moved out of the fields; second, when the land was not yet produced, what was the asking price of the private grain merchants in Jizhen and Xuanfu; Third, Shandong now produces grain and cotton, and the supply to Liaodong is enough, so if you take a sea ship from Nanzhili, transport grain, rice and cotton clothes to Jizhen and then transfer to Daning, how is the route, and it takes a lot of time. This third point is particularly important. ”

Huang Zude nodded and said, "My subordinates understand." The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, and in the future, this place is only afraid that our Ming and Tartars will have to fight hard, and we can't all expect to ask the merchants in the north to buy it with silver. ”

Zheng Haizhu sighed: "So we still have to open the sea route, the sea ship saves time than the canal, and it is loaded more, in addition to food and clothing, it can also transport artillery." ”

After researching all the way and arriving at Shanhaiguan, Zheng Haizhu waited for Xu San, who came to meet.

As the general manager of the northern line of Haoming Trading Company, Xu San connected with the people of the Du family and went to see the Du family's private port in Shanhaiguan, preparing for the future of some of the trading company's tea silk goods exclusively for the Du family.

At the same time, Xu San also brought news that relieved Zheng Haizhu - Mu Zaohua should have successfully entered Hetuara City.

"Madam, after separating from you, I went all the way to Fushun City. Mang Gurtai They robbed things and people, walked slowly, and had to detour from the north, so when it came to the New Year, Zhenglan Qi returned to the old nest. The message sent back by our intelligence officer outside the gate said that the old chief of Nurhachi rewarded a Han girl who saved the life of little Belle, and also gave her clothes and fields. That is to say, jujube flowers do not have ...... What's ......?"

When Xu San said the end, he was somewhat at a loss for words.

Zheng Haizhu did not shy away from direct analysis and praise: "The jujube flowers are good, they were not quickly accepted by Mang Gurtai and the like, not only can they hang this blue flag master, but also live alone, and the room for showing their skills is wide." Xu San, there will be more work under your hands in the future, and I want to send her the things that should be sent. ”

Xu Sanying.

Zaohua's infiltration into Hetuara as a spy has the highest level of confidentiality, and even Li Daniu and Chen Sanni, who can directly report to Zheng Haizhu, also thought that Zaohua had died of the epidemic.

Yes, Zheng Haizhu, who is very cautious, will never listen to Xu San's report in the post house, even if he says near the private harbor covered by the sound of the waves, Huang Zude and the other two Jinyi guards are also far away by Zheng Haizhu.

At this time, after talking about important things, Zheng Haizhu and Xu San left the coast and took Huang Zude and them back to the post house.

didn't go far, and the male voice from the shack on the side of the road stopped Zheng Haizhu suddenly.

The man inside actually spoke the same Italian language as the missionary named Jinnige in Beijing?

Zheng Haizhu looked sideways at the shack and saw a blonde Westerner in a black robe being pushed out by two Chinese women.

"Get out, old lady sells herself, it's about you foreign monkeys!"

"Hehe, little miscellaneous hair, if that foreign bodhisattva of yours is really as smart as you brag, can you bring my man back to life from the ground?"

The two women had dirty hair and were thin, and in the early spring and February season, only a thin shabby gray jacket was wrapped, but the opening was very pungent.

The Italian-speaking man, pinching the cross around his neck, his face full of helplessness, switched to a thick and vague Chinese accent and said: "If you join the association, you can be more than if you have a husband, more, An, please join the association, the people of the Ming Dynasty." ”

The woman became more and more polite: "The old lady said, if you pay money to sleep with us, you will enter the house." If not, roll as far as you want. ”

When the missionary saw that the two women were indeed unable to eat oil and salt, he sighed and left in a huff.

Turning around, I saw a woman in a windrobe standing ten paces away, looking solemnly, and there were several male attendants around her.

Thinking that he had met a wealthy woman who was honored as "Grandma" by the Ming people, the missionary couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow his hand and prepare to introduce himself.

didn't want the other party to open his mouth, but first pointed out his identity: "Foot, it's from the Jesuits, right?" ”

"Huh?" The missionary was surprised, "Grandma, but, parishioners? ”

Zheng Haizhu smiled faintly and gave a small silver ingot: "I'm not a parishioner, I've just seen you preach." It's not easy for you, it's cold here, a little silver, please smil, and buy a thick robe at the clothing shop in the city. ”

After all, he has a friendship with Xu Guangqi's family, and Matteo Ricci has also benefited himself from Western learning, and Zheng Haizhu politely expressed his gratitude to this Jesuit missionary who met strangely.

The young missionary ran for a day, I don't know how many white eyes and abuse he received, at this moment he was suddenly courteous, moved and surprised, after the surprise was over, he did not forget his mission, after receiving the silver and thanking him, he still had to persistently preach the doctrine to Zheng Haizhu, Zheng Haizhu flattened the corners of his mouth, made a gesture, Huang Zude came to block the missionary, and did not let him get close again.

Zheng Haizhu walked up to the two women who were stunned in front of the shack, took off her wind robe, added two more small ingots, and offered them with both hands.

"You, what are you doing to give us two things for nothing?" One of them, slightly older, asked warily.

Zheng Haizhu said frankly: "This sister, I heard the few words you just said to the Westerners, I have a good friend, just like you." ”

"Good friends?" Another younger one heard this, opened his mouth, looked Zheng Haizhu up and down, and said, "You, aren't you a woman?" Do you have a relationship with people like us? ”

Before the words fell, her companion had already taken the robe and silver, stared at Zheng Haizhu and said, "Oh, I understand, you are also doing this business, but, just looking at your arrogant appearance, you are doing the business of those officials and gentlemen, right?" ”

Zheng Haizhu didn't have time to support his forehead, and the other party was already a little enthusiastic and said: "It's all peers, go into the house and sit down, and drink a bowl of hot tea." ”

The younger one pointed to the harbor: "Sister-in-law, the ship is coming, we have to go and grab customers." ”

Zheng Haizhu looked in the direction of her finger, and saw that on the sea that had only frozen a few days ago, there was indeed a tall masted sailing ship slowly entering the ship.

Soon, she saw something even more indescribable.

In the shacks, large and small, many women came out and ran to the port.

Like countless silent gray doves.