Daming Yinghua

While speaking, Qi Jin had already stepped into the pavilion.

He is in his sixtieth year, his beard and hair are all white, but his face is black and red, and he is tall and arms long, as burly as a mountain, he looks like a general.

Zheng Haizhu looked around, and felt that the old general's eyes locked him like the two hooks in the previous naval battle.

"You must be Miss Zheng," Qi Jin said with a smile, "I have to apologize to the lady for getting your nephew drunk yesterday. Cough, it's the first time for the boy to drink flower wine. You are so honest. The maids let him Drink it, and he will get bored."

Then he turned to Gu Shouqian and Han Ximeng and said, "Don't worry, both of you, the old man also ordered the oiran to accompany that steward Peng properly."

Uh……

Everyone fell into embarrassment for a moment.

When meeting Qi Jin this time, Zheng Haizhu asked his nephew Zheng Shoukuan and the housekeeper of the Han family, Lao Peng, to come to the outpost first, and at the same time to present the greeting card, he also sent the silver as a meeting gift first.After all, it is inconvenient to give money during the official meeting, otherwise it will be like rewarding people in singing, disrespecting the old general.

Zheng Haizhu and the others arrived in Zhenjiang just today.The ideal meeting scene is that the two sides start from the great and glorious historical theme of the Anti-Japanese War, and talk about Han Ximeng's embroidery scrolls, Lu Xiangsheng's experience in firearms, and Fan Polu's top products.

Unexpectedly, Old General Qi had a unique style of painting, so he brought up the matter of entertaining the housekeeper of the Han family and Zheng Shoukuan to drink flower wine.

In the face of three women from good families, these words are too inappropriate.

Fan Polu, a 15-year-old girl, immediately bowed her head in embarrassment when she heard this.

Although Han Ximeng is a prostitute, he still finds it harsh. He was stunned, and even his husband Gu Shouqian's complexion was not very good-looking.

Scholars of Lu Xiangsheng's age are no strangers to Qinlou and Chuguan, but they don't know how to deal with the current situation.

Only Zheng Haizhu, who was familiar with the venues or dinners of later generations, keenly felt that Qi Jin's actions were not rough, but actually had some indescribable emotions in them.

How should I put it, it is a bit like those big brothers who have made great contributions in the group, because political struggles are sidelined, and the salary is not enough, so they often behave strangely at the meeting.

The imperial court of the Ming Empire became more and more indifferent to the military generals who guarded the border gates and bloody battlefields.It is also understandable that the warriors are angry with the civil official group, and they can't help but spread it on the family members of the gentry or the scholars who are related to the civil official group.

Even with the recommendation letter from Ma Xianglin, who is also a military general, even if the 1000 taels of silver at the front station have been sent to the backyard of Qi's mansion, Qi Jin may not have changed from a proud general to a nodding and bowing businessman.

Or, the old Qi is just a sheep acting like a big boss, trying to test the reaction of the group of juniors in front of him?
Zheng Haizhu's thoughts fluctuated for a moment, but he didn't have the emotion of disgust and contempt.

In this time and space, no matter what, she would not feel disgusted or despised an old general who took the lead in the battle against aggression and swore to serve the country to the death.

The old general should have the stubborn temper of the old general. If he gave some money, he would rush to lick his hair. That's not the man of the Qi family.

It doesn't matter, old man, you are like a rose with thorns, ah no, a cactus with thorns, I won't be at a loss.

Zheng Haizhu then also cupped his hands and smiled: "Qi Zongbing is polite. Back then, Qi Shaobao gave the boss the ostentation of a fairy girl. We, the children of a small family like us, can't afford it. I can't afford it. My family is young. His parents are gone, he can only follow me, he has only been running around for two years, without any big scenes, if he was in a panic yesterday, please take care of Mr. Qi."

"Boss" refers to Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time.Qi Jiguang, Qi Jin's adoptive father, had the support of Zhang Juzheng in the court, so he could go out and fight everywhere with peace of mind.Qi Jiguang once sent more than a dozen stunning beauties to Zhang Juzheng. After the incident was made public, Zhang Juzheng was impeached by the censor.

Qi Jin raised his white eyebrows slightly.

He started a nasty conversation by himself, and brought up the affair back then to Convenience.

On that face, there was no embarrassment or embarrassment, and there was no reciprocal tit-for-tat.

But I realized: Old man, this round is really not very interesting.

Is it over?
Well, this girl is different from the rustling vigor of those newborn calves in the army who are not afraid of tigers.

It is another kind of brain melon and heart gallbladder.

Qi Jin then showed his face, and spit to himself heartily: "The old man's wine has just sobered up, if you talk in a muddle, a few friends will take care of you."

After saying that, he patted the shoulder of the young man beside him, and introduced to everyone: "This is the adopted son of the old man, Wu Bangde. Ade's grandfather is also a well-known figure in our Qi family army."

Wu Bangde was full of culture, and bowed deeply: "Grandfather's name is taboo, but the bottom is loyal."

Wu Weizhong... sounds too familiar.

Zheng Haizhu said with a look of respect: "May I ask, but Wu Jinwu who made great achievements in the Battle of Pyongyang?"

Wu Bangde's eyes lit up immediately: "Exactly! You are so knowledgeable, you know the battle of Pyongyang?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "I don't know, but I have a senior uncle named Mao Wenlong who has been stationed in Liaoyang for many years. When I came to see me last year, I talked about the respect for Qi Shaobao's team. My great Ming athlete went to fight against the Japanese. Fortunately, Li Rusong’s commander-in-chief was aided by General Wu from Jizhou, and won a big victory. General Wu was brave and resolute, but he was wounded in the chest by a Japanese gun. He still shouted and led his troops to conquer the fortress. .”

No matter how much knowledge Zheng Haizhu has accumulated as a traverser, it is impossible for him to recite so many key members of Qi's army like a prostitute.

So the story of "Wu Weizhong" was indeed told by Mao Wenlong on the boat back from Daishan Island last year.

Because it is completely obtained from this world, the narrative and lyricism do not need to be arranged, and they are very natural.

Don't talk about Wu Bangde, even Qi Jin, when he heard these words, threw away the part of relying on the old to sell the old, recalled the past, sighed softly, and looked up at the gray sky: "Old Wu, the younger generations remember You have a lot of people, wow."

Then he said to Zheng Haizhu: "You said just now, what is your uncle's name? What kind of dragon is Mao?"

"Mao Wenlong, he has never stayed in Jizhen, he went directly to Liaoyang from the south of the Yangtze River, and now he is guarding a nearby fort, and he has fought several battles with ***."

Qi Jin's eyes were bright: "Which side is the ****? The one on the west or the one on the east?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "The girl in the east, Jianzhou Jurchen."

Qi Jin sneered: "Oh, those hunters in wild boar skins."

Han Ximeng, who only listened to the silence, said, "If the Jianzhou Jurchen were just ordinary hunters, they wouldn't be getting better every year."

Gu Shouqian nodded and said, "That's right, where is the problem of ringworm and scabies?"

Lu Xiangsheng also added: "I heard that the Jurchen chief Nurhachi, whose ancestors were appointed by our Ming Dynasty to guard the border, he knows more or less the tactics and training methods of our Ming army. It is indeed not to be underestimated."

Qi Jin was taken aback for a moment, feeling the young people's rebuttal to him.

The old general was not annoyed, but applauded secretly.

Little bastards, it's not bad, you have some insight.

Qi Jin praised "Well said", then stared at Gu Shouqian and said, "It can be seen that Mr. Gu only looks after his virtuous wife. Not bad, very good, quite good. His adoptive father was also famous in the army for being afraid of my righteousness. Mother. Going further, Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang, the king of the Tang Dynasty, returned to the inner house and obeyed his wife even more. This is what a man looks like."

Gu Shouqian was really sullen at first with Qi Jin's offensive words, but now hearing his words and comparing himself with Qi Jiguang and Guo Ziyi, his anger died down.

Qi Jin then ordered his subordinates to put the prepared wine and Zhenjiang special dishes on the stone table.

"Come on, friends, let's talk while eating."

He has fully recovered his dignified elder appearance and sincere friendship as a master. He toasted two cups to the Gu family and Zheng Haizhu, thanking them for their gift, and then greeted Wu Bangde, who seemed introverted, to discuss military firearms with Lu Xiangsheng. And the Imperial Examination System, he still didn't forget to put a cake for Fan Polu with a kind face, and praised her for her good name.

On the contrary, I didn't talk much with Zheng Haizhu.

Zheng Haizhu was not in a hurry, the first drink at the top of the mountain, how could it be possible to talk about business when he came up.

……

When returning to the inn at night, Lao Peng greeted him cautiously, and reported bluntly, "Miss Zheng, Shou Kuan's wine wakes up in the afternoon."

Zheng Haizhu said kindly, "Lao Peng's trip was the hardest," and went to Shoukuan's room.

She bought new loquats on Zhenjiang Street, sat down and peeled them patiently, put them on a plate, and made a plate full for her nephew to eat.

Zheng Shoukuan didn't dare to look at his aunt, and blushed as he ate.

Zheng Haizhu said calmly, "My aunt didn't blame you. Do you remember my aunt's friend, Miss Ru Jiu'er? She is also in the same group as those women who gave you wine last night. They were in that kind of banquet. Come on, it’s very rare, toast the wine to the guests, if the guests don’t drink, the host will go to the mother to complain, and the mother may beat them.”

Hearing this, Zheng Shoukuan was taken aback for a moment, his mouth chewing on the loquat stopped moving, then he quickly swallowed the pulp, looked at his aunt and said, "Those military masters deliberately refused to drink, and then, after that, some women came up and twisted those loquats. sister's arm. The mother-in-law laughed and scolded, but I saw a sister, when she turned around, she wiped her tears."

After a pause, he continued: "Later, I drank so much that I vomited twice, and a sister kindly taught me to spill the wine in the glass on her veil, so as not to drink it down."

Zheng Haizhu felt a pain in his heart.Most women in this era are too poor.

It’s always easy for spectators to talk. You, a modern person, go back to the ancient times. Why don’t you smash the brothel in the golden three chapters, go to the man who has three wives and four concubines, and go to the Golden Temple to point at the emperor’s nose and recite the Three People’s Principles .

How can it be so easy, Qi Jiguang and Hai Rui are still taking concubines.Rigong had to die alone, and rescued from a little baby like Liu Tutou's daughter in Songjiang.

Zheng Haizhu patted Zheng Shoukuan on the head, and said softly: "My aunt is not angry, but my aunt just loves you. You are not a baby anymore, but it is better to drink less alcohol, which will not only cause trouble, but also hurt your health. Men in the army It's not bad, but it's really straightforward, it's my aunt who didn't think about it, next time, I can't let you run the errands first."

Zheng Haizhu waited for Zheng Shoukuan to fill his throat with loquat, and then brought him the stomach-nourishing light porridge from the station clerk. After watching him finish eating, he didn't complain about his stomach discomfort, so he went back to his room in peace.

……

In the next two days, Qi Jin sent Wu Bangde and two scribes and aides in the general's mansion to accompany a few people to visit the famous places in Zhenjiang.

On the third day, the staff took the Gu couple and others to the theater, and Wu Bangde invited Zheng Haizhu to the General Military Mansion to talk.

The General Military Mansion in Zhenjiang used a corner of the original Confucian Temple, with a small yard and several smaller rooms, which was completely different from the grand commander's mansion Zheng Haizhu imagined.

As soon as I entered Qi Jin's hall, I saw that at the east end of Gongan, there were six screens of "Anti-Japanese Chronicle Picture" embroidered by Han Ximeng.

Qi Jin ordered Wu Bangde to watch the tea in person, then stared at Zheng Haizhu, and said straight to the point: "Girl, these days, the easiest thing is to make money, and the hardest thing is to make money. I heard that the 1000 taels you sent are from you and The old man worked hard to earn money by sailing a sea boat. Tell me, why did you give it to the old man for nothing?"

"Isn't it a joke to come here empty-handed just to make friends with Zongbing Qi?"

"Hehe, why do you make friends with an old man like me who is dying?"

"Old man, you are not at the end of your life, you are at the age of fighting. General Ma is a friend who has been with me through thick and thin. He is also a military commander himself, and he is very proud. But after he returned to Songjiang from Zhenjiang to train cavalry for the imperial court, he told me When I think of you, I respect you very much. Of course, I will come to pay a visit without presumptuousness. After my fellow villager Yan Dage has received the canonization of the imperial court and can land on the mainland in a fair manner, I will accompany him to see you. Like-minded people, don’t you just Should it be twisted into a rope?"

Qi Jin sneered: "The Dibao saw it, it's called Yan Siqi, isn't it, that pirate, if he was placed in the hands of Lord Jiajing, he would be a Japanese pirate."

Zheng Haizhu said sternly: "Brother Yan is not a pirate, let alone a Japanese pirate. He is a sea merchant, kind and chivalrous. In order to save the lives of the Han people, his own life was almost lost in the hands of the Frankies. If Qi Shaobao is still alive, he will take care of it." Are such people called Japanese pirates?"

Qi Jin's face sank, but he caught a glimpse of his adopted son Wu Bangde nodding, so he put away his displeasure, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Girl, even if your brother from the same town has walked away like a straight face
The Yangguan road that I want to walk, what can I do with the old man?He makes his popular Taiwanese toast, and I sit on my Zhenjiang cold bench. "

"Old man, old man, Mr. Qi, you won't be sitting on the bench for a few years. Even a noble lady like my eldest lady knows that Nurhachi will be a disaster, and it will repeat the disaster of the Jin army going south 500 years ago. Don’t you feel worried about a general like the old man? In addition to these Jianzhou Jurchens, there are also Frankies and Hongyi people who are also eyeing up. By the way, the old man just mentioned the Japanese pirates, so let’s talk about the Japanese country itself. Those real Japanese sailors were all recruited by the Japanese country one after another. They were no longer private soldiers, but the army raised by the shogunate. The Japanese country originally did not know how to make firearms. Cannons, big and small, are all built, so they are willing to grow flowers, feed fish, eat vegetarian food and chant scriptures in that tiny place?"

When Zheng Haizhu said this, he turned to Wu Bangde: "Wu Gongzi's grandfather participated in the bloody battle in Pyongyang, so he knows the ambitions of those generals and daimyos in Japan."

Wu Bangde frowned, and said to Qi Jin, "Father, my son also feels that the imperial court will employ us again soon."