The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

Prince Yong's Mansion

Prince Yong's fourth master also received a letter from Fourteen, and Nian Gengyao's letter. A few days after he read the letter, it was fifteen. According to the rules in the palace, everyone gathered for a meal on fifteen.

In fact, it was because Prince Yong was too busy and didn't go home all day. It was Prince Yong and Si Fujin who proposed it, otherwise the children would almost not know Ki-Ama.

At dinner in the evening, a group of women and children sat together, which was very lively, especially on Sifujin's head, there were two very beautiful pearl flowers, which were newly made and very beautiful.

On the head of the side concubine Nianshi, there is also a bead flower, which is also newly made, and it is shining brilliantly under the light.

Li's heart was so sore, she took the opportunity to say: "Look at the bead flowers on Wang Hao's head, they are really beautiful, are they coral beads?"

Only the royal family can wear the true red red pearl.

"This is?" Fourth Master turned his head to look at Si Fujin, the beaded flowers on his head were indeed extremely beautiful, and one could tell at a glance that they were worth a lot.

"This is the pearl that my fourteenth brother entrusted someone to bring back." Si Fujin also took out a string of swastika script bracelets carved with red coral, a total of eighteen pieces, and the craftsmanship is very exotic: "This is fourteenth brother The thing specially brought back for you is said to be from Tianzhu, a true treasure of the Buddha Kingdom."

The fourth master took it over: "After running so far, I still miss you."

He put the bracelet on his hand. Under the light, the bracelet is very spiritual.

"The bead flower on Concubine Nian's head is also very beautiful!" The princess's was sent by the fourteenth master, and the prince also had a gift. Mrs. Li was not familiar with the fourteenth master, so she was so sad that she couldn't say anything, she could only point out Talk about things with Nianshi.

"This is sent by my elder brother, haha... my elder brother went out to sea with the Fourteenth Master, and I didn't miss the spoils." Nian's voice was soft, but his personality was hidden in his personality. jealous.

Li's family background is not high, Han Junqi, his father is a magistrate.

Her natal family is not very powerful, but she looks good and can give birth!

Being able to become a side concubine is thanks to her good stomach.

In addition, Li Shi is indeed charming and charming, but also gentle and gentle. In addition, she was given to the fourth master by the concubine De, so she became the side concubine.

But Li's natal family is not strong, and she is also bitter and mean. This time the Fourteenth Master gave the princess the pearl, and the elder brother gave her the pearl.

There's nothing wrong with Mrs. Li.

Because the concubine hates Li's sharpness and jealousy, so she is not lukewarm to Li, it is better to take care of Song.

Although the Song family is not favored, but there is the eldest daughter of the fourth master, and she doesn't fight, the princess prefers such a woman, she is well-behaved, sensible and not noisy.

"Well, Shisi and Lianggong are really capable." The fourth master smiled: "By the way, for the pearls you sent back, you can make some jewelry carefully. During the Chinese New Year, you can take them to the palace and show them to your mother." .”

The fourth master was speaking to the princess. He always called Concubine De "Niang Niang" in front of outsiders, and only called "Emiang" in front of Concubine De.

"Yes, my concubine plans to make some pearl necklaces, and I heard that Jiufujin plans to make a set of pearl hair noodles!" The princess was happy that this gift from Fourteen was unique.

He only sent the concubines of Fujin from various mansions, all of them are the main wives, and the side concubines have no part, let alone the side wives.

Other women didn't dare to intervene at this time, even Mrs. Li didn't dare to speak, because this was a business matter and she didn't have the qualifications.

Among these women, there is a round young woman, wearing a typical flag dress that is not too extravagant, with only two velvet flowers on her head, and a golden step rocker, without any jewelry on her hand, just holding a handkerchief, sitting In the corner, he looked enviously at the pearl flowers shining on the heads of the princess and side concubine.

Her eyes were full of envy. Behind her were two wet nurses, one of whom was holding a child. The child was probably not yet one year old, and was white and fat.

The Fourteenth Lord didn't know the situation in Beijing yet, so he took Nian Gengyao and the navy to Nanyang again, and arrived at the gathering place of Han survivors.

The Nanyang area is too big, and it is a very general name. This time they went to an archipelago called the String of Pearls.

This archipelago is a connected island. There is a large natural freshwater lake in the middle of the island, surrounded by a circle of islands, like a pearl necklace worn around the neck.

The island in the middle is a gathering place, and the surrounding islands have built defense facilities. The island in the middle has a city and a large field, where rice can be grown, and in this kind of place, rice is basically cropped three or four times a year.

Enough for them to eat.

The surrounding islands are full of villages, which played a defensive role.

There is also some cultivated land on the small island, but not much. Most of them make a living by going out to sea to fish.

Han people, the main island in the middle is called the big island, and the outer one is called the small island.

These were all told by the big merchants, they knew everything without saying anything.

The Fourteenth Master stroked his chin: "It seems that they really hope that the Master will go there?"

Nian Gengyao said: "It's hard for them to live there. It's been better in recent years. Our Royal Navy fleet has gone there a few times, and their life is much better. Otherwise, it's not easy for the big merchants to go to sea, and their relief is not enough. If the relief is not enough, they still need to stand up on their own."

The Fourteenth Master said: "They have been out of the country for so long. Although they are Han survivors, they are the descendants of the motherland. Hundreds of years, right? The most recent one must be hundreds of years, right? They haven't given a penny to the court."

This is blatant tax evasion.

That is to say, in ancient times, if it was in his time, it would have been cleaned up long ago.

Nian Gengyao was amused by Master Fourteen's argument: "Then you want to pay taxes?"

"Can you catch me? It means that the fourteenth master is kind-hearted, so I went to see them." In fact, the fourteenth master was standing on the deck, watching the fleet ride the wind and waves all the way to the periphery of the Pearl Islands, but found that the periphery of the Pearl Islands On a small island in the city, black smoke rose into the sky, and artillery fire rumbled.

"What are they doing?" Master Fourteen was stunned, this didn't look like a welcome ceremony.

"There should be a war." Nian Gengyao said, "Go and see, you wait here."

"I also want to go and see." The fourteenth master has no experience of being on the battlefield.

"No!" Nian Gengyao refused without even thinking about it: "We'll wait for the minister to make a stop."

It is impossible for him to put the fourteenth master on a dangerous battlefield.

"Okay then." Seeing Nian Gengyao's attitude, the Fourteenth Master had no choice but to follow suit.

Nian Gengyao went out, leaving a supply ship and a frigate for Lord Fourteen, and went up to meet him with his flagship, assault ship and a main battleship.

The Fourteenth Lord only heard the roar of artillery fire in the distance, and there was nothing he could do if he was running around in a hurry. He could not be suspected of being involved. The one who was also running around in a hurry was Mei Lechuan. Nian Gengyao asked him to protect the Fourteenth.

"My lord!" Meilechuan looked at the Fourteenth Master anxiously.

The Fourteenth Master gritted his teeth: "You take people, take another main battleship, to support General Nian, remember, even if you lose the battle, you have to bring General Nian back to you."

The situation outside was unknown, and the artillery fire continued for a long time. It was not until a long time later that the fire stopped. The black smoke on the island had disappeared a lot, but Nian Gengyao didn't come back until it was almost sunset.

"What's the matter?" Fourteenth Master asked him quickly.

"It was pirates who slaughtered the villagers on the small island. The villagers rose up to resist. When the two sides were fighting, the Spaniards also came, so the scene was very chaotic for a while." After everything has been arranged, I just came back, and you can go ashore."

"What happened to those survivors of the Han nationality?" The Fourteenth Master felt that it might be troublesome to deal with the aftermath, otherwise Nian Gengyao would have returned long ago.

They sailed here in the morning, and Nian Gengyao went ahead in the morning. At noon, Master Fourteen ate lunch by himself.

Nian Gengyao would usually accompany him to eat, if he couldn't come back in time, he wouldn't miss lunch.

Now it's time to prepare dinner, Nian Gengyao just came back, and he didn't even wash up, which shows how urgent he is.

"A lot of people died, and many were injured. They persisted all night and day. First they fought against the pirates, and then they fought against the Spanish fleet. It was very miserable." It was not easy for Nian Gengyao to say "very miserable".

It should be miserable, otherwise Nian Gengyao wouldn't have said that.

"Go ashore!" Master Fourteen was already mentally prepared.

On the shore, on the beach, it has been washed flat by the sea, and there is no trace of mess.

The Fourteenth Lord landed on a special pier, with coconut trees stretching on the shore, and on the high ground not far away, stretches of wooden houses, which are the so-called villages.

Only ships of the Qing Royal Navy docked on the coast.

There were no local fishing boats, pirate ships, or Spanish galleons.

Not even other ships.

After entering the village, I found that the village is quite nice, with good buildings, but... not many people.

There were only seven or eight women and children, and a dozen or so children. They looked like Han people, but they were tanned, and the children were crying.

"What's going on here? Where are the others?" Master Fourteen only saw two or three of these kittens.

This is not like a village.

"The others died in battle." Nian Gengyao said, "I have already buried them."

This place is very hot. If people are not cremated and buried as soon as possible, the corpse will be destroyed, and it cannot be buried directly. It must be cremated and buried directly. The corpse will pollute the groundwater source, and the loss outweighs the gain.

Sea burial is even more impossible, as it will attract countless bloodthirsty sharks.

So the custom here is to burn the ashes after death and bury the ashes.

Fourteen later realized why the island was billowing with smoke, because it was Nian Gengyao who was burning the corpse. After the burial, he cleaned everything before welcoming him in.

So what Shisi saw was a clean place, even the gunpowder smoke had dissipated, leaving only the aftertaste of sadness.

"Let's make some food for the children first. Also, these people should settle down. Our people are not allowed to disturb the people." Fourteenth Master can only say so.

Nian Gengyao nodded: "I obey."

The army came, and Qiu did not commit any crimes, and even helped to deal with the aftermath. The Han people here are actually related to each other. They were attacked here, and there were support from other islands, and they found that another group of people came to help them. After fighting, it was later known that it was the Royal Navy Fleet of the Qing Dynasty.

Everyone else finished paying their bills, and ran back to notify the matter quickly.

But others didn't know it yet, so they went back to report.

After the Fourteenth Lord arrived here, he asked a surviving old man. The old man was actually only in his forties, but he was very old.

He looked about five or sixty years old, and he spoke Cantonese with a local accent.

This island is called Coconut Grove Island, because it is famous for having a large coconut grove.

The old man's name is A-Gump, this name made Fourteenth Master stunned for a long time: "What's your surname?"

"My surname is Gan. When I was young, everyone called me Forrest Gump. I used to be called Ganda, just like Gan Da, but the old man said it was not good to call him Da, so he changed his nickname to Forrest Gump. I have been called him for a lifetime. .” Uncle A-Gump said embarrassingly: “He’s a rough man, he doesn’t know how to speak.”

"Those people, in fact, mostly go to those islands with mineral deposits. We have food and fresh water here, but there are no valuable things. Pearls are not as round as the other islands. If you come to us, there is no oil and water. People in our village will die." What a disaster!" Uncle A-Gump cried like a child.

"Don't cry, don't cry, this...isn't the master here?" The fourteenth master had experience in comforting the old man, and Kangxi was well behaved by him.

"You are the prince of the Qing Dynasty, will you take care of us?" Uncle A-Gump was a little desperate, because they had nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty.

"Anyway, you are always the adherents of the Central Plains, right? My Qing Dynasty is now stationed in this great river and mountain, and it is considered good for the people under my rule. Although you are not my people, you are also in the same line as my people." In fact, The Fourteenth Master did not dare to promise that he would accept them back to China.

Kangxi's mind is small, this group of people has been out for many years, it is not easy to go back, and they have to be resettled, how can so many people be resettled?

After resettling them, we have to re-divide the land, buy land and land, and give all kinds of care. Otherwise, these survivors have been here for several generations, and they are deeply rooted and used to it. Who would like to leave their hometown again? This is their hometown.

At this time, Nian Gengyao brought someone to bring dinner.

Uncle A-Gump watched the dinner and swallowed.

"Let's use it together." Fourteenth Master gave Uncle A-Gump a pair of chopsticks.

Uncle A-Gump shook his head: "I'm going to see what everyone eats. I used to be the head of the village...Although the people are gone, there are still children."

It seems that Uncle Forrest Gump is the head of Yelin Village, and he has a sense of responsibility.

The things that Nian Gengyao made for the Fourteenth Master were actually not very impressive.

It is stewed cabbage with salty bacon, braised sea eel, tofu with shallots, and bean sprouts with soy sauce.

Seaweed and Shrimp Soup, the staple food is steamed buns made of white noodles. The noodles will be fermented in this place soon. After adding the alkaline noodles, steam the big steamed buns. Because it is convenient to eat, hold the steamed buns in your hand, a pair of chopsticks, four large The bowl is a small bowl, the big bowl is filled with vegetables, and the small bowl is filled with soup.

Uncle Forrest Gump returned to his house, and those women brought their children to his house, because his house is the biggest house in the village, not the best house, the best one is like the little palace newly built this afternoon house.

It was Nian Gengyao's masterpiece.