Daming Junior Scholar

"But it's different now. Those who came were not the commanders of the guards, nor the idiot generals of Daming. It was He Jia'an who came. You all know how powerful He Jia'an was. In the battle of Tuen Mun Island, that Franji and Tens of thousands of Japanese people were killed by him, and they are not afraid of even two fleets, so how can they be afraid of us?"

"Then according to Brother Chen's intention, when He Jia'an arrives, we will obediently raise our hands and surrender, and hand over all the boats in our hands to him."

As if unable to listen to Chen Yuanda's flattery of He Jia'an, Xu Jinwei couldn't help but sting.

"I have to hand it over to you. The boat is our lifeblood, and one is indispensable." Li Yuanhong, who had been not very good with Xu Jinwei, followed immediately.

"I can't hand it over, and I can't beat it, what should I do?"

Xu Jinwei's words immediately aroused the sympathy of others, and when everyone was chattering, Chen Yuanda suddenly interjected: "In my opinion, you don't need to be too pessimistic now, He Jiaan was indeed powerful back then, but he used It's an indirect plan to let the Franji and the Japanese fight first. According to the old man, as long as everyone works together, we are not afraid of what he will do. When He Jiaan's fleet arrives, we will also go out to see his strength , if it is powerful, we will stop for a while, if it is still those broken ships..."

After a pause, Chen Yuanda suddenly slammed his fist heavily on the table, and said fiercely, "Sink them all down."

Returning to Guangzhou after two years, the size of the crowd received this time was several times larger than the last time.

The last time he came to Guangzhou, He Jia'an was only holding the title of commander of the Beijing camp. No matter how he looked at him, he was like a big soldier. Even if he brought a dozen warships, no one paid special attention to him.

This time it was different. When the time for He Jiaan’s arrival in Guangzhou was confirmed, one hour earlier, the wharf was already crowded with excited people. A large part of them were fishermen from Guangzhou. We are grateful to He Jiaan for his suggestion of opening the sea. , I came here to thank him.

Amidst the cheers, the fleet led by He Jiaan finally appeared on the distant sea. When the fleet approached, the hearts of the common people thumped in unison. These three years have passed, how is Master He's fleet better than before? How about some ruins?

On the other hand, Chen Yuanda, who was among the welcoming crowd, saw this fleet of more than a dozen dilapidated warships, and finally a stone fell from his heart. Such a few broken ships came here for private purposes, what a joke, just such a few ships, I am afraid that they will be wiped out by their own fleet if they meet each other.

Amidst the cheers of the people, the fleet finally arrived at the pier and stopped. When He Jiaan's armor appeared on the deck, the crowd's voice immediately reached its peak, and they began to welcome the arrival of this Guangzhou hero. arrival.

Naturally, He Jiaan was at the front of the team, followed closely behind by Tang family teenagers headed by Tang Lin. After Tang Hao and Tang Mian were lost, the number was reduced to eleven. Today is the same. Qiqi put on the military uniform, each of them looked extremely energetic, but it could be seen from their eyes that they might not be prepared for today's scene, and each of them seemed a little flustered, looking at the people frantically swarming up , I don't know what to do.

Fortunately, Wu Ting, the envoy of Guangzhou, had already prepared for this situation, and arranged for his own soldiers to be mixed in the crowd. When He Jiaan got off the boat, the soldiers had already separated him from the people. However, apart from those country gentry, it is almost impossible to take a close look at what He Jiaan looks like.

Just like that, He Jiaan got out of the pier after being squeezed all the way, and finally got into the sedan chair prepared by Guangzhou Mansion. The sedan chair went straight all the way, and when He Jiaan got off the sedan chair, he was already in a quiet mountain villa.

And standing in front of him, apart from Wu Ting, the envoy of the Guangdong Commander, was Xue Tao, the commander of the Guangzhou Vanguard who fought side by side with him back then, and also the uncle of his general Xue Yi.

It wasn't until this time that several people met Li again, and came to the gazebo in the villa together. After sitting down, Wu Ting, the landlord, spoke first, looked at He Jiaan with a wry smile and said, "Brother He found me a A big problem."

"How can Brother Angkor say that? No one in the world knows. How well-informed was the city ship company back then, and the money he earned every year was several million taels. How can it be said that I caused trouble for Brother Angkor? Woolen cloth."

"Hehe." Wu Ting shook his head with a wry smile: "Brother He, we Ming people don't talk dark words. I must have figured out what the situation in Guangzhou Mansion was like when you came last time. If you want to talk about the sea trade in Guangzhou It has always been, and it has been repeatedly prohibited. It's not that I don't want to collect taxes. I really can't collect them. You have also seen it. With the few broken ships in the guard, let alone going to sea for smuggling, I am afraid that even if you see smuggled merchant ships , and can only turn around and run away, without enough strength, how can we make them willingly send tax money?"

"So, I'm here." He Jiaan answered with a smile.

"You?" Wu Ting was stunned for a moment, and then asked back: "Brother He, tell me the truth, what did you do after staying in Paju for more than a year? Why did you bring those few pieces of paper?" Broken boat, I remember that you took away the few boats of Franji last time, even if there is only one left, it can be used as a facade, right?"

"Hehe, brother, don't worry, there must be a boat, but it's just that you can't show up yet. You first reveal the details of those families to me, and I'll meet them first."

Chapter 1300

After a few days of getting in touch, everyone suddenly discovered the fact that our Master He didn't come to Guangzhou to collect personal information, but more like to promote his perfume. Apart from eating, drinking, and going to brothels every day, It is to spare no effort to sell his latest perfume this year to these businessmen.

I have to admit that these perfumes do have their charm and business opportunities, but the price given by Mr. He is too high, and these prices may not be very easy to sell in Guangzhou.

However, for Master He's sake, there are still quite a few businessmen who donate generously, and they can't afford too much. If you buy three or four bottles, it's not a big problem. Just leave an impression in front of adults.

In Lianxiangyuan this day, it was very lively. I am afraid that all the girls in Lianxiangyuan came out dressed up, staring at the direction of the gate, and when they saw someone coming in, they immediately chirped together. Shouted loudly: "Welcome Sir He."

The person walking in the middle of the crowd was none other than He Jiaan, a famous man in Guangzhou. He probably didn't expect such a big crowd to greet him, but he was shocked, and then The expression on his face blossomed into a smile, he pointed at Chen Yuanda beside him and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen is too polite, how can I delay the business of Lianxiangyuan because of me alone, please leave quickly."

I thought I was hypocritical enough, but compared with these officials, I was as pure as a little white rabbit, and hypocrisy, the bigger the official, the more skilled it is.

Chen Yuanda cursed secretly in his heart, but laughed on his face, waved his hands and said, "Master He, don't think that these are all arranged by the old man. In fact, Master He is the pride of all Guangzhou people. Everyone just heard that Master He is here. I just want to come out and see Master He's demeanor."

"Oh, it's so, He is really ashamed."

He Jiaan smiled and didn't feel ashamed in the slightest. He walked slowly through the crowd, and he didn't know how many people took advantage of them. When he entered the most famous water pavilion in Lianxiangyuan, he was shocked and felt The coolness here, couldn't help being surprised and said: "Mr. Chen is indeed a wonderful person. It is really amazing to find such a cool place in such a hot Guangzhou mansion."

Chen Yuanda smiled: "Master He doesn't know, this water pavilion is built on the lake, and the bamboo tubes around it are inserted into the water, so that the water pavilion can be kept cool all the time. If Master He really likes it, you might as well stay here for more A few days."

"Hehe, isn't that too intrusive?" Looking at the serious expression on He Jiaan's face, Chen Yuanda knew that he must have moved his thoughts, and quickly waved his hand: "What did Master He say? It's important, how can it be more important than Mr. He, Mr. He don't want to mention the word trouble again, just stay here."

The smile on He Jiaan's face was even wider, and he nodded: "Then I should be ashamed of myself."

With a wave of Chen Yuanda's hand, he gave He Jiaan the water pavilion that earned hundreds of taels of silver every day. Call a stare.

Today's protagonist is of course He Jiaan, but the few accompanying guests seemed to be left out in the cold. He Dali peeked at He Jiaan's expression, snorted disdainfully in his heart, lightly poked Li Yuanhong next to him, and lowered his voice. He whispered in his ear: "This He Jia'an is really shameless, his eyes almost got into the woman's clothes, in my opinion, are we talking too highly of him?"

Li Yuanhong deeply agreed with what He Dali said, snorted in the same way, winked and said: "Be patient, as long as we find out his details, we don't have to suffer so much. If He Jiaan really brought him If you destroy those broken ships, just destroy him."

While the two were discussing in low voices, the singing and dancing over there finally ended, and the leading oiran slowly sat next to He Jiaan, and smiled and handed the wine glass to He Jiaan, aiming at He Jiaan with big watery eyes , with a shy smile on his face: "This glass of wine from my slave is to Mr. He. I hope Mr. He will have smooth sailing and a prosperous official career from now on."

"Okay, then I will borrow a good word from the young lady." After He Jiaan took the wine glass with a smile, he immediately drank it down.

With Hua Kui's deliberate ingratiation, the atmosphere in the waterside pavilion suddenly became lively. He Jia'an was not polite, and drank the wine into his stomach one after another. Not honestly leaning on the body of the oiran beside him, his eyes are full of obscenity.

Chen Yuanda felt that the time was almost up. If he continued to drink like this, He Jiaan would be drunk in a while, so he hurried to He Jiaan's side, pretending to be curious and asked: "How many boats did Mr. He bring when he came back to Guangzhou, old man?" I heard that the scale of those smuggling caravans is very large."

"Oh?" He Jiaan turned around with his red eyes squinted, hiccupped first, and then said with a smile: "Smuggling or not, a fool would give the money to the court. What did Mr. Chen just say, Do you also know the smuggling caravan? If you do, introduce it to me some other day. I want to sell my perfume abroad, to the Francois, to the Siamese, to... …people."

Before he finished speaking, He Jia'an's body was already tilted, and he fell directly on the body of the oiran, and then he snored loudly.

The oiran was also stunned, blinked at Chen Yuanda, and asked cautiously: "Mr. Wai, what should I do?"

Chen Yuanda was still reminiscing what He Jiaan said just now, and didn't know whether what he said was true or not. Could it be that this long-awaited hero also wanted to join the smuggling army?

If someone had told him this before, Chen Yuanda would definitely not have believed it, but after so many days, Chen Yuanda finally realized that our Master He doesn't seem to be a decent official, he just has the courage to fight.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yuanda waved his hand and said, "What are you doing in a daze, just wait for Mr. He to rest, and the rest will leave immediately."

Just when Chen Yuanda was about to leave with the others, Tang Lin, who was waiting outside, walked in, glanced coldly at the water pavilion, and pointed at the oiran who was holding He Jiaan: "You, immediately go out."

"Ah?" The oiran was taken aback for a moment, and quickly explained: "It was the servants of the slave family who asked the slave family to stay and serve Mr. He."

As soon as the words fell, Tang Lin pulled out half of the waist knife directly, and the bright light of the knife was reflected on the face of the oiran, and he said coldly: "If you don't leave, the last general's knife will not recognize anyone."

This is more effective than any words, not to mention Chen Yuanwai's words, I'm afraid I don't have my own life to blame, the oiran quickly put He Jia'an down, and ran out of the water pavilion in a hurry.

Chapter 1301 Someone is coming

"Sir, you have suffered too much."

Tang Lin looked at He Jiaan, whose face was pale with vomiting, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. When he came, he was repeatedly instructed by his wives, saying that he couldn't let He Jiaan suffer in Guangzhou, even if there was a war, he had to stay there honestly. On the newly built "Zheng He Ship", as for the kind of hand-to-hand combat, it is impossible to even think about it.

After arriving here, Tang Lin was extremely surprised to find that all the wives had thought about that, but only this one hadn't been considered. Looking at He Jiaan's haggard look these days, Tang Lin couldn't stand it any longer.

"How can I not suffer." After vomiting, he felt better in his stomach, and He Jiaan fell down on the soft bed tiredly, listening to the faint sound of running water under his feet, he suddenly laughed: "Tang Lin, guess that old Chen Yuanda Can you sleep tonight?"

"I don't think I can fall asleep. Didn't you see that after the last sentence, the old man's eyes flashed out. If you didn't lie down and pretend to be asleep, I think he would deliberately pull you on board tonight. gone."

"Hehe, the old man wouldn't be so stupid. He was still behind when we were fighting wits and bravery with him. Forget it, leave him alone, let's rest." Indeed, I drank too much wine today, and my head was a little dizzy He Jiaan waved his hands and lay down, but Tang Lin was a little excited, and couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he leaned against the door and looked out boredly, not knowing what was going on in his mind.