My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 154: Li Xunhuan, the most popular student in Chenghua in the second year of study in both liberal arts and sciences

In February of the 12th year of Chenghua, when the two warships of the Panda'er couple returned to Ceylon Island, they couldn't help but be very happy when they looked at the large and small Ming ships on the coast.

Panda'er smiled and said: "Brother Wang's progress is quite slow. It has been almost half a year and he is still staying in Ceylon."

Bai Ling said: "They are a formal envoy. They want to visit various countries along the way. They are not going straight to unknown lands in the west like us. Naturally, the speed cannot be fast."

Panda'er nodded and said: "When Tianxin left, he dug a hole for the Tamil Kingdom. I don't know how Brother Wang will handle it."

In fact, it went smoothly.

Ceylon Island is not big, with a length of 432 kilometers from north to south and a width of 224 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of ​​65610 square kilometers, less than half the size of Shanxi.

The Ming army used fleets to transport troops and advanced by land and water. It took only one and a half months to destroy the Sinhala Kingdom.

They were only responsible for fighting, while the Tamil Kingdom's army was responsible for occupying the city and pacifying the people.

From the fifth to the sixteenth century AD, these two small kingdoms, which had fought for 100 years, finally became unified.

While Taimu was busy cleaning up the aftermath and calming down the situation, Wang Zhi and the others were not idle either.

A fortress rose from the ground in the Carmunai area. The terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was also close to the coastline and within the range of naval guns.

This will be the future base on the island of Ceylon, and all trade with the Tamil Kingdom will be conducted here.

Although there are people from the Chamber of Commerce stationed in various places within Tianzhu, there are no Ming troops to guard them. They are all escorted by the Chamber of Commerce themselves.

But this base on Ceylon Island will be protected by a guard station.

Firstly, this guard station can protect the base, and secondly, their cooperation agreement with Tamil includes a clause to ensure the security of the Tamil Kingdom.

Therefore, the garrison is not only justified, but also what the Tamil Kingdom longs for.

The main reason is that the Folangji people are too powerful, and many places in southern Tianzhu have been occupied by the Folangji people.

If the Flemish people wanted to colonize the island of Ceylon, they would not be able to compete with the strength of the Tamil Kingdom.

Fortunately, now that the Ming army is guarding it, the Tamil Kingdom will be impregnable.

When Panda'er and the others saw the Ming Dynasty fleet, the people in the fleet naturally saw them, and many people guessed that it was the fleet of Jin Guogong and his party.

But what got everyone talking a lot was that according to the information they had, the Duke of Jin went to sea with five treasure ships, so why did he only come back with two?
Could it be that something happened and three ships were damaged?

Among the people who stayed behind in the fleet were Wang Zhi's Ouchi masters.

When Panda'er's ship anchored near the Ming fleet, the two Ouchi masters immediately started Qinggong, tapped their toes on the sea, and quickly boarded Panda'er's ship.

When they saw that there were many young women walking back and forth on the boat, they couldn't help but be shocked.

Those women were all wearing Ming Dynasty costumes. Except for their slightly darker skin color, their appearance was no different from that of Ming Dynasty people. Therefore, they did not realize that these were not Ming Dynasty women.

After they jumped on the boat, Panda'er and Bai Ling came over immediately. They quickly clasped their fists in greeting and said, "I've seen the hero Xiong."

Panda'er waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, where is Brother Wang?"

The man on the left said: "The Ambassador is presiding over the construction of the fort a hundred miles to the north. When Xiong Daxia goes there, he can see the Ming Navy's fleet."

Panda'er asked curiously: "Building a fort? With the strength of our Ming army soldiers, why should we build a fort when we are dealing with a mere Sinhalese kingdom?"

The man smiled and said: "Xiong Daxia has misunderstood. The ambassador's fortress is used as a base to garrison Ceylon Island, and it is also a base for future trade with the Tamil Kingdom."

"The war against the Sinhalese has ended long ago, and now the Tamil Kingdom has unified the island of Ceylon."

Panda'er suddenly understood, nodded happily and said: "So that's it, you guys are quite fast. In that case, let's go to the north to meet him."

The two eunuchs responded in unison, and the man on the right asked cautiously: "May I ask Master Xiong, why five warships went out, but only two returned. Are Mr. Li and Master Shen on board?"

Panda'er grinned and said: "None of them have come back. This time we set out to sea, sailing all the way west, crossing thousands of miles of sea, and finally arrived at a new continent that no outsider has ever set foot on."

"The natives there, just like my ancestors from Middle Earth thousands of years ago, are still living a life using stone tools. There are also a large number of ancient high-yielding crops there."

"Tianxin intends to educate the natives and open up that continent into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so he stayed here temporarily and asked us to send back those ancient high-yielding crops first."

Having said this, he turned back and pointed at the Indian women on the boat, and said to the two of them, "Have you seen those women?"

"They are all local natives, and the clothes they wear are all made by the ladies who taught them in those days."

"Now they are also the concubines of the soldiers in Nana, and they will return to the Ming Dynasty with the soldiers."

After hearing what Panda'er said, the two couldn't help but be overjoyed and looked at the Indian women in amazement.

The two of them also heard at this time that when the women communicated with each other, they spoke a language they had never heard before, and they had no doubts about it.

Panda'er finally warned: "You only need to know this news yourself. Don't publicize it to the outside world, especially don't let merchants know, lest they go there rashly and ruin Tianxin's plan."

"When the situation in the New World stabilizes in the future, my Ming Dynasty will have a foundation there, and Tianxin will have its own arrangements."

When the two heard this, they quickly responded solemnly. As Wang Zhi's confidants, they certainly knew what they should do and what they shouldn't do.

After the two left, Panda'er ordered to set sail and sail north along the coastline.

More than two hours later, they successfully arrived in the Kalmunai area, where they saw the navy fleet and a group of Ming army tents on the coast.

After Panda'er and Bai Ling came ashore, they saw an unexpected person here, which gave him a small surprise.

"Dogging bag, why are you here? Could it be that the escort army accompanying Brother Wang on this mission is my brother Lianhua?"

Panda'er punched Song Li on the chest and said happily.

Song Li hadn't seen Panda'er for a while, and he was equally happy to see him now.

After hearing what he said, Song Li nodded and said, "It's the young master. Where are you guys coming from? Why don't you see Brother Shen and Brother Tianxin?"

Panda'er smiled and said: "It's a long story. I'll tell you slowly when I have time. Why do you stay here instead of following Brother Lianhua?"

Song Li said: "The young master is taking the craftsmen and factory workers to build a fort ten miles away from here. Ayin and Fang Xinqi followed him and asked me to sit here and lead the army."

Panda'er joked: "It's okay. You're a doormat. You can lead an army alone. This is a talent that has become a general."

Song Li had a smug look on his face, but he said humbly: "It's all thanks to the cultivation of the young master. In the past few years, I have been allowed to study at the Military Academy for some time. I finally lived up to the trust of the young master."

It stands to reason that he had attended a military academy and was fully qualified to lead an army on his own after coming out. However, he did not choose to take charge of the army, but chose to follow Wang Lianhua's family general.

If you lead an army alone, your position will be fixed. In the Southeast Military Region, you can only stay in the Southeast Military Region and will not be easily transferred.

But Wang Lianhua, the general soldier, has to be mobilized every few years.

The generals under the command of the military region will not be transferred with him, otherwise this policy of mutual transfer of troops will be meaningless.Kejia will not be restricted and can follow at any time.

Although the generals have no military power and are not part of the establishment, there is no problem if the commander lets the generals temporarily lead the army when they are on an expedition.

Panda'er laughed and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Look at how proud you are, if I am willing to go to the military academy to study, I will still be no worse than you."

Song Li shrugged and said, "Then you should go."

Panda'er curled his lips and said: "Forget it, I'm not interested in leading an army, but you are in your thirties now, right? You haven't planned to start a family yet?"

Song Li grinned and said, "What a coincidence. When I return from this mission, I will get married."

Panda'er's eyes lit up and he asked with great interest: "Oh? Which girl is she from?"

A gentle look appeared on Song Li's face, and he smiled and said, "It's Madam's fellow junior sister, Huashan Heroine Lin Yulian."

Panda'er laughed and said, "So you and Brother Lianhua are now brothers-in-law? Congratulations."

After chatting for a while, Panda'er said goodbye to Song Li and headed to the Baozhai base.

Arriving at Debaozhai, I successfully met Wang Zhi and Wang Lianhua.

After learning about Li Tianxin's situation from Panda'er's mouth, the two of them finally made up their minds and considered whether they should go over to support them.

Panda'er discouraged their plan. Now they have not laid a foundation there. There is no problem with food supply for tens of millions of people. But when more people go there, there will be a food shortage problem.

After they increased their food planting and had enough food, it would not be too late to send more people there. The two chose to follow Panda'er's advice.

Because he was anxious to bring high-yield crops back to the Ming Dynasty, Panda left a copy of the seeds for Wang Lianhua and the others, and copied them a copy of Li Tianxin's planting experience before setting off back to the Ming Dynasty.

More than a month later, Panda'er successfully returned to the Ming Dynasty. It was already the end of March in the 12th year of Chenghua, the Spring Festival was over, and Jinshi Jinshi was newly released.

It is worth mentioning that 23-year-old Li Xunhuan took the imperial examination this year, and he took the exam in both arts and sciences.

Perhaps it was destiny that even though he had a close personal relationship with Zhu Jianshen, he still failed to get the top prize in high school and was chosen by Zhu Jianshen as the top pick in both subjects.

This made Lao Li, who did not die early as in the original plot because of Li Tianxin's teachings, but instead became the prime minister, and Da Li, who had been promoted from the local Integrity Department to the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate due to his merits. Quite dumbfounded.

Because when Da Li took the exam, he also got the title of "Third Flower".

So with a stroke of his pen, Zhu Jianshen wrote the couplet in his own handwriting: "Seven Jinshi in one family, father and son in three universities", which was regarded as a supreme honor.

However, after the results were released, Lao Li and Da Li went to the Ministry of Rites to check the examination papers of the top three candidates in liberal arts and sciences. They found that the top three candidates in the list were indeed worthy of their names, and were indeed better than Li Xunhuan.

Although it is not much stronger, there is nothing unfair about the results.

Because today's imperial examination papers are different from those in the past. They no longer rely entirely on the examiner's preference to determine whether they are good or bad, but rather on the scores.

Although the subjective influence of the examiner is not completely eliminated, it is minimized.

Because questions such as policy questions, poems, and essays are somewhat similar to later papers and compositions. How many points can be obtained and how many points will be deducted still depend on the subjective judgment of the examiner.

But it also has a set of standards. Even if the examiner wants to deduct points, he must follow certain rules and cannot deduct points at will.

Mo Yihe Tie Jing was made into the form of fill-in-the-blank questions, true-false questions, and multiple-choice questions in later generations. This does not require the examiner to judge, and it is enough to judge right or wrong according to the standard answers.

Not to mention science, which is all about scores, because mathematics, physics and chemistry are very rigorous subjects and must follow various laws.

For example, same-sex people repel each other and opposite-sex people attract each other. That is an iron law. It can never become same-sex people attract each other and opposite sexes repel each other.

Another example is that one plus one is equal to two, and it can never be equal to three. No matter how eloquent you are, you cannot calculate other results by adding one to one in math problems.

This is the rigor of science. Right is right and wrong is wrong. It is not as flexible as liberal arts. The same article will be different in the eyes of different examiners.

All in all, there is no problem with Li Xunhuan's ranking as the top pick in liberal arts. The top pick and second pick in liberal arts are indeed unique in their own way. The scores of top pick and second pick in science are also higher than his.

However, in fact, there were several Jinshi who had the same score as Li Xunhuan, but because he was the most outstanding-looking among all the Jinshi, he was selected as the third most beautiful person.

In other words, appearance is also a bonus, which makes other Jinshis who have the same score as him but are not as handsome as him, quite speechless.

Therefore, it is certain that the father and son will be the most beautiful, the older Li will be the most beautiful, and the older Li will be the most beautiful.

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However, just when the Panda'er couple returned home and went to the capital to meet Zhu Jianshen, Li Xunhuan was lured away from Zhangjiakou by a letter of challenge.

It turned out that it was the enemy he had made while traveling around the world and doing chivalry over the years, and they asked him to settle their grudges outside Zhangjiakou.

Anyone who can become his enemy is naturally not a righteous person.

In the past, those people were like mice, always avoiding him, but now that they had taken the initiative to show up and end things with him, Li Xunhuan did not want to let go of this opportunity to catch them all, even if he knew that the other party must be relying on them.

It's just that he didn't know whether it was out of confidence in himself or a man's responsibility. At this time, he did not tell others, but chose to go to the meeting alone. Only his cousin Lin Shiyin knew about this.

With the Li family's current network of contacts and connections, Zhuge Shenjun and Bai Xiaosheng's master and apprentice naturally do not dare to attack Wuyi Demon Sword Lin Guozhi's family as in the original plot.

After all, Lin Guozhi had already reformed due to his relationship with Li Xunhuan's family, and even Renyi Villa praised them. Naturally, they could no longer use the reasons in the original plot to murder them.

In fact, the Demon Sword Sect lineage did not commit any evil deeds that were outrageous and resentful.

It was simply because his martial arts was too overbearing and he left no room for action, often injuring people's lives or causing them to become disabled, so he had enmity with many people in the martial arts world.

In the original plot, Zhuge Shenjun and Bai Xiaosheng's master and disciple used this to gather the enemies of the Demon Sword Sect and destroy them by overwhelming them.

But to put it bluntly, martial arts competitions between people in the martial arts world are about life and death. You are lucky if your opponent can hold it back, but if you can't hold it back and cause damage, your own skills are inferior to others, so what can you say?

Using this as an excuse to kill a whole family is completely unreasonable. In the original plot, they were just relying on the martial arts in the south. No one would stand up for the Demon Sword Sect, and they were just using their power to suppress others.

But now that the Demon Sword Sect has the Li family, and even the Great Ming Sword God is their relative, naturally no one dares to touch the Demon Sword Sect.

Without this opportunity, Long Xiaoyun could not find an entry point to harm Li Xunhuan, so he had other thoughts.

He specially found the top masters of the underworld, the "Three Fiends Outside the Pass", and then ran around to connect Li Xunhuan's enemies. Finally, he gathered more than thirty first-class masters, preparing to ambush Li Xunhuan.

Long Xiaoyun was hiding behind the scenes and would not come forward directly. If these people could kill Li Xunhuan, he would have avenged himself.

If these people couldn't kill Li Xunhuan, he would have some backup plans.

When Li Tianxin, Shen Lang and others failed to intervene due to various reasons, Li Xunhuan seemed to have finally followed the same path as the original plot.

But it is different after all. Even if there is no direct intervention, some side effects will make the plot completely different.

(End of this chapter)