Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 289
Yongtai 20 years, May, Shanghai County.

Shanghai at that time was under the rule of Songjiang Prefecture. Since it was separated from Huating County at the end of the [-]th century, the "Shanghai County" system has been used here.

Speaking of it, I don’t know when it started. It seems that there is such a saying in the whole country, that is, the impression that “Shanghai was a small fishing village before it was invaded by foreign powers in the middle of the nineteenth century.” unlikely...

According to the "Shanghai Chronicles" compiled by Tang Jin, a scholar during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded that "Songjiang County has an annual capital of 80, and its 16 in Shanghai is very strange. The silk, the clothes covered the world, can be said to be rich."

In addition, there are also in this annals "In the 28th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the five townships in the northeast of Huating were cut off and established as counties in the town with the prosperity of the people and things, and they were attached to Songjiang Prefecture", "For more than a hundred years, the prosperity of the people, the gang of wealth and wealth, Gai Kedang There are several towns in the north of the Yangtze River, but Weiran is a famous town in the southeast", "It belongs to Songjiang Prefecture, and it has been here for 50 years, and it has become more and more prosperous. Those who are called counties in the world, from the Huating down, can not be the first" and other evaluations.

Seeing this, some people may want to say, is Tang Jin all rainbow farts because he is making aspirations for his hometown?
Then I can answer you with certainty: probably not.

First of all, there are eight volumes in this book, most of which are dry goods of various astronomy, geography, customs, and various maps and other materials. In fact, there are not many things that can be regarded as "rainbow farts"; secondly Tang Jin has a good reputation in compiling annals, and he himself often puts some principles and theories in the preface of the volume, such as "both praise and criticism, detailed praise and slight derogation", that is to say, he himself I don't really like the act of doing rainbow farts when I see the local chronicles; moreover, this book was published in the past, and the preface of the chronicles was written by Wang Jia. I'm afraid I won't live to be 81...

Of course, the most important point is that in ancient times, most of the people who were invited or had the aspirations to revise annals and classics, except historians (this question is too long to expand, forget it)...Anyway, those who are engaged in human geography are all They are relatively high-level, and have a more rigorous attitude; generally they don’t write what they don’t understand, or write clearly in the text “I didn’t find out about this, I only know that there are some kinds of theories”; if they don’t write Ming, maybe someone will make marginal notes for them in the future. . .

After all, the matter of Xiuzhi is not about talking about cross talk at the party.

Seeing this, someone must be complaining. You wrote such a long paragraph, so why did you leave it here and wait for us?

Damn, I’m not just making a joke, but I’m also using this little science to draw a conclusion—Shanghai in the Ming Dynasty, even if it’s not as prosperous as those important towns in Suzhou and Hangzhou, is definitely a rich county , by no means a small fishing village.

So what is the situation in Shanghai County where "朙" Yongtai has lived for 20 years?

It's almost the same.

The cotton textile industry and shipping are particularly developed here. In addition, there is also the most famous brothel "Xinghuilou" in Dazhuo that we mentioned in the previous article.

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In the morning, by the sea.

A ship is slowly approaching from the sea.

Looking from a distance, one can see that the sails of this ship are already tattered, and it has basically lost its long-distance sailing ability. At this moment, it can approach the coastline largely due to the rising tide.

"Line up! Brighten up your tricks!" On the coast, a group of soldiers in charge of coastal defense has been waiting here, and the leader of the soldiers shouted loudly to cheer up the soldiers behind him. .

For them, this kind of large ship that does not go to the port but directly goes to the coast is a huge potential threat, because no one knows whether there will be Japanese pirates hidden on this ship, or even... the whole ship is full of Japanese pirates.

This place in Shanghai County has experience in fighting against Japanese pirates. The city wall here was built during the period when Japanese pirates were most rampant during the Jiajing period. Complete, so when the officers and soldiers on duty today saw a large ship of unknown origin on the watchtower about to land on the coast, they immediately sent a signal to the nearest guard post to send troops to come.

As the ship approached, the soldiers became more and more nervous, but their nervousness did not last long, because they quickly saw clearly that the dozen or so people standing on the side of the broken sailboat in front of them were all the same They wear the same military uniform.

Of course, based on this alone, they will not take it lightly. After all, it is not uncommon for the Japanese pirates to kill the officer and soldier Qiao Zhuang and then land in disguise... The real reason for their reassurance is that the person standing at the bow at the moment, they are know...

After a few minutes.

When the person at the bow got off the boat and came to the beach, the leader of the soldier who was leading the team at the beach stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and bowed: "Your subordinate sees the general!"

"Oh? Do you recognize me?" The so-called "General" said while helping him up.

"Where is the general? Among the veterans here, who doesn't know you, General Fan?" The soldier leader replied in a very respectful tone.

"Heh..." General Fan smiled wryly, "Since you recognize him, don't call him 'General' anymore. I am no longer a general."

"No, no matter what your current position is, you will always be our general." The soldier leader said again.

The soldiers around could understand what these two said, because the ins and outs of this incident were basically known to the soldiers in this area.

This "General Fan" was indeed a general, and a famous general with outstanding military exploits. However, because of his outspokenness, hot temper, and relatives, he was slow to be an official, so he was falsely accused by others and was finally demoted. Come to the coastal defense station near Shanghai County to work at the grassroots level.

Seeing this, some people may ask, as a general, even if he offends someone, will he be so downcast?

Damn, in those days, if you offended someone you shouldn't offend in the court, being "down to this point" was considered a relatively good result, and it was even worse...some of them; after all, what generals are not generals To the old Zhu family, you are nothing more than a person with a different surname, and your natal family has been ransacked and beheaded all over the house. Are you a ball?

If it weren't for the fact that General Fan had a good reputation among the soldiers and the common people, he might not even be able to keep his current position as a non-commissioned officer, and it's hard to say whether he will survive.

"Hey... you can scream if you want." General Fan sighed, turned around and directed the soldiers on the boat to carry the wounded off first.

"General, this ship doesn't seem to belong to our army, and why do the brothers on the ship..." Seeing this situation, the soldier leader couldn't help but wonder.

"Huh!" General Fan became angry when he heard this, "It's not a good idea from Mr. Wei, let that surnamed Qiao lead the brothers to chase down the Japanese pirates, look, they went to Wuchuan people , just come back with a boat... and even this boat was snatched from others."

"Surnamed Qiao?" The soldier leader was taken aback when he heard these three words, and then said, "'Ma Qiao'?"

Ladies and gentlemen, don't get me wrong, this "Ma Qiao" is not really called by this name, he is actually a man named Joe, because the level of horse riding is poor and his posture is very weird, so the soldiers called him Such a nickname.

As for this one, although he doesn't have the ability to run and lead troops, he only wants to gain benefits, but because he has "someone above him", his official career is quite smooth, and he once led the frontier army.

Later, due to the gradual exposure of his ability, he couldn't stay with the frontier army any longer, so he was transferred to the navy side, and got the official title of chief arresting officer.

Here, we have to mention that in this parallel universe, because of the decline of Japanese pirates and the postponement of the Warring States Period in Japan, the Daxiong Dynasty, which lasted for more than 300 years, lacked a strong maritime threat for a long time. The navy has also gradually declined, so many guys like Zhuang Maqiao who can't get along in the army will go to the navy to continue working.

Two days ago, this Ma Qiao was ordered by his superiors to lead five ships of soldiers to go to sea to chase a ship of Japanese pirates.

Originally, this matter was supposed to be an action of "grabbing military exploits". As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad the Dazhu Navy is, you are also a regular army with more troops than others. You can destroy a ship on the sea in front of your house. Japanese pirates are also a problem?

Who would have thought that after chasing... it would be like this.

"Isn't it him?" General Fan didn't have any complaints about the soldier's nickname of Ma Qiao, but just replied, "But it doesn't matter now, others have already fed the fish at the bottom of the sea."

"This..." The soldier's face changed when he heard this, "How should I account for such a loss?"

"Boss? They still have the face to explain?" General Fan frowned immediately when he heard the words, "You said that the Coast Guard Commander, one term after another...how many chief inspectors have been changed? Lah? Change the soup but not the medicine!
"There is also a reason for someone to say, who did I lead before, the frontier army! Who are you guys? You asked me to lead? What is the current level of the Dali Navy? There are only a few people, then Xiao Zhao is also the captain, can he be?

"I can't be! Do you know if you don't have the ability?
"If you go any further, you will lose to the Koreans. Eh~ After the Japanese pirates lose to the Koreans, then the Vietnamese, and then no one will lose."

At this point, General Fan already had a tone of hatred for iron and steel, and spread his hands.

"Well..." The soldier leader was also very helpless when he said it, and at the same time, he was afraid that General Fan's blunt words would be used as a small report by some people, so he hurried up a step, "Then the other On the one hand... the brothers who came back from our ship have experienced big battles, if there is another war in the future..."

"Oh! Thank goodness!" General Fan did not wait for the other party to finish speaking, so he cupped his fists and bowed to him, "Only the people on this boat, including me... are lucky enough to come back alive today, all thanks to the help of the nobleman." ’, if it wasn’t for good luck, we happened to meet Sun Shaoxia, we would have died in the sea long ago.”

"Sun Shaoxia?" Hearing these three words, the soldier leader showed doubts again.

It just so happened that at this moment, a young man with small eyes who looked about 20 years old stepped off the boat.

"Hey, that's him." General Fan also pointed at Sun Yixie, and pulled him over to introduce him to the soldier leader, "This Sun Yixie and Sun Shaoxia, who are called 'Dongxie' by the people in the Jianghu, are the brother's brother." The savior."

Sun Yixie was also very polite, and when he came over, he smiled and said to General Fan: "No, no, you are my benefactor. If the ship of the military lords hadn't just passed by the day before yesterday and picked me up from the sea, I would Has sunk with the little wreck."

"Hey~ That's not a big deal, it's just a little effort for us." General Fan said, "But Sun Shaoxia, you offered the trick of 'changing the ship', and you used that strange weapon to help us break through, it really helped us a lot. Otherwise, our crew... I'm afraid we'll all be at sea."

"It turns out to be Sun Yixie and Sun Shaoxia, who have been admiring me for a long time!" The leader of the soldier was not just saying, he had really heard of Brother Sun, so his tone seemed more sincere, "Since the young man has done such a righteous deed, he should go up Report it and reward it."

"Thank you for the kindness of the military master, but..." Sun Yixie declined politely, "It was really an accident that I was wandering at sea this time. I should have returned home a month ago, and the letter had been sent long ago. I want to come home now. People are in a hurry, I have to leave immediately, so I can't stay any longer."

What he said was also true. It is said that he set off from Guangzhou in early March and traveled by water. He should have arrived in Hangzhou long ago. Now that he has been missing at sea for nearly two months, it is impossible for the people of the Sun House to be in a hurry.

To be honest, Brother Sun doesn't really care about rewards from the army, and he doesn't want to join the army to find a job, so the most he can offer is some money... That money doesn't matter to him.

Therefore, although General Fan asked him to stay several times later, Sun Yixie still declined, and the two sides said something like "the mountains and rivers meet each other" and "the great kindness must be repaid", and they said goodbye.

This Shanghai county is not too far from Hangzhou. After Sun Yixie entered the city, he bought horses directly, and set foot on the road back home.

At this time, he still doesn't know that when he returns to Hangzhou this time, what awaits him will be a series of shocking... drastic changes!
(End of this chapter)