The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 153 Xianxia Novels
A few days later, Xu Zhonglin came to Wang Wenlong and said that she already had ideas for a new work.

Wang Wenlong asked him to tell him, and Xu Zhonglin said happily: "Your character Wan Zhenfa reminded me why not also write a thoughtful bully?"

"I plan to write about a miracle doctor who has a vicious mind and can cure all strange diseases. For example, if someone cuts off a hand, he will cut off someone else's hand and put it on, and he will cut out a piece of flesh from someone else's body. Give him another piece of cake."

"This guy is rich and powerful and has many minions. He goes around kidnapping other people's men and women to provide them with body parts..."

Nowadays, with the death of Wei Tianjue, the scandalous things he did to Gao Yin during his lifetime are gradually becoming known. Wang Wenlong knew as soon as he heard that the character of Xu Zhonglin, a famous murderous doctor, was inspired by Gao Yin's evil deeds in Fujian.

But the more Xu Zhonglin talked about Wang Wenlong, the more familiar he became. After a long time, he suddenly realized, isn't this the famous murderer Huang Fuliang in "Seven Swords and Thirteen Heroes"?
"Seven Swords and Thirteen Heroes" was written in the late Qing Dynasty as a masterpiece of the old school of martial arts novels. It is praised for its extraordinary imagination.

Many fairy tale settings of later generations first appeared in it, such as flying with a sword, refining weapons and making pills, etc.

Moreover, the author Tang Yunzhou has an amazing imagination. In the Qing Dynasty, he had already imagined a miracle doctor who caused diseases by transplanting human organs: "Sai Huatuo" Huang Fuliang. This person was designed as a terrifying villain who raised a group of "medicine men" to harvest and cut animals. , once poisoned the protagonist.

But after all, Tang Yunzhou was born in the late Qing Dynasty, and had already had the opportunity to come into contact with modern Western medicine at that time. Xu Zhonglin lived in the Ming Dynasty, and he was able to come up with the setting of a murderous miracle doctor. His imagination was even more unconstrained.

In addition to the murderous miracle doctor, Xu Zhonglin also talked about many characters, each of which has its highlights.

Wang Wenlong nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "How did you get all these ideas?"

Xu Zhonglin smiled and said: "On weekdays, I make more tea and have more dreams. When I am free, I read the Taoist scriptures, and all the monsters from the three mountains and five mountains come into my mind."

Wang Wenlong couldn't help but admire him. He also thought that "The Romance of the Gods" also had many settings that incorporated Buddhism and Taoism, and finally understood that Xu Zhonglin's real ability lay in his strong setting ability and wild imagination.

At this time, people did not understand the power of "The Romance of the Gods", but Wang Wenlong knew that Xu Zhonglin's work directly "conferred the gods on behalf of heaven", forcibly creating a genealogy of gods, such as explaining the teachings, intercepting religions, and various sects of gods. Liuyuan was regarded as the background story of the immortal in later generations, even causing many people to forget the original origin of the immortal.

In the eyes of many people in later generations, the God of Wealth is Zhao Gongming, the God of Thunder is Wen Zhong, Emperor Dongyue is Huang Feihu, and a Huang Feihu mount was built in front of the statue of Emperor Dongyue to look for sacred oxen, and the four King Kong in front of the Buddhist temple are The four generals of the Demon Family - in fact, these gods did not look like this at all before the Ming Dynasty.

Various characters are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Many ways to invite gods in the countryside will directly invite the gods in "The Romance of the Gods". In fact, these things are all original works of Xu Zhonglin.

Xu Zhonglin talked eloquently, and everyone in the editorial department also leaned over to marvel at his grand imagination.

Wang Wenlong made a suggestion: "How about we compile these into a sword fairy novel?"

Xu Zhonglin asked doubtfully: "Sword Immortal?"

Wang Wenlong explained: "The knights in "Liancheng Jue" are more powerful than those in "Water Margin", and the knights described by Mr. Zhong Lin are unmatched by the characters in "Liancheng Jue". It is better to create a group of A half-human, half-immortal kind of chivalrous person.”

"In that world, knights can become immortals by learning martial arts, and travel to the North Sea to Mu Cangwu. Among them, some brilliant people can burn mountains and boil seas. Don't get entangled in the small disputes in the world and just let them go and fight with them. The ancient mythical beasts fight, slay the phoenix, kill the unicorn, slay the dragon, and get the dragon beads!"

What Wang Wenlong describes is actually the concept of Xianxia in later generations, directly pulling Xu Zhonglin's thinking into the world of "Shu Mountain".

Xu Zhonglin's eyes lit up as he listened. The world of Xianxia had more room for him to develop than martial arts novels. The more he listened, the more he nodded.

"Okay, okay! This is a good idea!"

Wang Wenlong was quite curious and didn't know what Xu Zhonglin could write.

...In the city of Fuzhou, a group of people drove by in a mighty manner. Although they did not play any cards, everyone present looked at them with suspicion.

Anyone who knows people in Fuzhou knows that this is the team of Li Dan's family.

Emperor Weng Yi came to greet him from a distance.

"Brother, it's hard work coming from afar."

Li Dan smiled and nodded: "Everyone is fine."

Weng Yihuang sighed, "I didn't do well to let the second girl suffer what happened this year..."

Li Dan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know about this. Let's talk about it when we get back."

Li Dan did not come back alone this time. As the largest maritime merchant in Fujian, he always had dozens of people with him, and they were not all his close followers. Some things were difficult to tell outsiders.

Weng Yihuang nodded, smiled and went to greet Zhang Hong and other brothers he hadn't seen for a long time.

It took more than half a year for Li Dan to go to sea this time. It was actually because the ocean surface in Ming Dynasty was changing rapidly.

The roots of change are still in Europe.

After Spain annexed Portugal, it monopolized maritime trade for a time, but the good times did not last long. Nine years ago, seven of Spain's northern provinces, led by the Netherlands, revolted and announced the abolition of the Spanish King's right to rule the Dutch provinces.

Two years ago these seven provinces united again and formally declared the establishment of the Dutch Republic.

This republic is somewhat different from the republic in the later sense, because the ruling of the Netherlands is basically hereditary, and it has always been the Prince of Orange. Until the era before Wang Wenlong's time travel, the king of the Netherlands still belonged to this family.

However, now that the Netherlands has become independent, it has begun to confront Spain on the sea. At this time, the Netherlands has successively established fourteen companies focusing on East India trade. They are fighting with the Spanish, which directly affects the trade distribution of East Asian routes.

Li Dan was among them, and he already felt that the risks on the East Asian sea were increasing day by day, which directly caused him to stay at sea for more than half a year this time.

For most of the year, he tried his best to adjust his layout and prepare to fight the coming risks.

After returning to Fujian, Li Dan first came to Fuzhou.

Li Dan's hometown is Quanzhou, but the development of Quanzhou will not be truly complete until Zheng Zhilong manages it as the home of the Zheng family. At this time, Fujian has to deal with official matters, and Fuzhou is a more convenient place to stay.

Back at the mansion, Li Dan first settled some local affairs, and then called Li Guoxian to him in the afternoon.

"I have already heard about Gao Yin. It is a precarious time now. It is not easy to cause trouble, and some things have to be endured. You are also 16 years old. If you get married earlier, the corresponding rumors will naturally dissipate. Now it is impossible to marry you into a wealthy family. I know a sea master named Chen Zhongji, who can do well at a young age..."

Li Guoxian was told what he was most worried about. Before his father could finish speaking, he blushed and said, "Dad, I don't want to get married yet..."

(End of this chapter)