The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Wang Ji and liked him more and more. She smiled and said, "Emperor, how about calling him to be the imperial physician?"

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows. Even though Wang Ji's medical skills were excellent, he did not want to break the rules of the palace and appoint him as a minister.

"Lord Wang, please take the imperial physician exam in the palace."

Wang Ji looked at Yan Chengjin, but insisted, "I don't want to be an imperial physician in the palace."

The smile on Empress Dowager Zhou's face disappeared, and Emperor Hongzhi asked angrily, "Why don't you want to be an official in the palace?"

Wang Ji blushed and knelt on the ground in fear.

Yan Chengjin said, "Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, and good doctors helped all living beings. Traveling in the streets can improve Wang Ji's medical skills, but it is difficult to improve in the palace.

If your majesty wants to see Wang Ji, just call him into the palace."

Zhu Houzhao despised the useless imperial physicians on the side: "I think what Lao Gao said makes sense."

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi also felt that there was not much difference between being in the palace or outside the palace.

The factory guards are all over the country and can know Wang Ji's movements at any time.

"Then it's up to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Ji kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered people to reward some money and send Wang Ji out of the palace.

Yan Chengjin hesitated and whispered: "Your Majesty..."

"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you hesitating like this?"

"It's late at night. Can you let Lord Mou take me back to the mansion..." Yan Chengjin bowed and asked in a low voice beside the imperial couch.

"I'll take you back."

Yan Chengjin was disgusted in his heart. Zhu Houzhao couldn't even beat Wang Shouren. In his eyes, he was just a one-trick pony.

"Nonsense." Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing on the side: "Let Xiao Banban take you back."

"That... Your Majesty, may I ask how the martial arts of Eunuch Xiao compares to Lord Mou..." Yan Chengjin felt it necessary to ask clearly.

Xiao Jing snorted coldly: "Lord Mou may not be our opponent."

Mou Bin was not in the bedroom, and seemed to be patrolling outside. There was no way to compare the strengths and weaknesses. Yan Chengjin always felt that Xiao Jing was suspected of selling melons.

"Okay, I'll have to trouble Eunuch Xiao."

Xiao Jing's face darkened. Who are you looking down on?

Yan Chengjin followed Xiao Jing out of the palace, got on the sedan chair, and went back home. Wang Ji was useless here, so he followed him back home.

...

Hainan,

Wang Shouren boarded the port of Haikou and stood on the shore in a daze.

There was someone in the sea carrying a bamboo basket, seemingly fishing. After diving into the water, he didn't come up for a long time.

"Lord, it's time to go." The entourage beside him reminded carefully.

"Let's go." Wang Shouren turned around and was about to hurry on his way, but suddenly found that he didn't know where the Tuntian Camp was.

For now, it seems that he can only go to the Qiongzhou government office first, and then look for the Tuntian camp.

Walking into the hinterland of Qiongzhou Prefecture, looking around, there is a lush green field.

"The exile island is indeed barren, why do you think this place is fertile?"

Wang Shouren was suspicious.

He saw many farmers hanging fish nets, bamboo baskets, and harpoons in front of their doors.

There were very few farm tools such as hoes, sickles, and shovels.

There were not even any oxen on the road.

I had heard that the people in Hainan made a living by fishing, and it was true. I saw very few cultivated land along the way.

"May I ask where is the Qiongzhou government office?"

The fisherman didn't understand, and he said a lot of gibberish, and Wang Shouren naturally didn't understand.

Afterwards, Wang Shouren found a Han Chinese family and found out the address of the Qiongzhou government office.

The magistrate of Qiongzhou Prefecture saw that the court had sent another imperial envoy, so he quickly sent someone to take them to the Tuntianying.

Wang Shouren rode a horse and followed the yamen runner happily.

He was curious about everything in Hainan, especially what Brother Gao said, Hainan is a rich place.

An hour later, fields of crops appeared in front of him. These crops were full of grains and grew as well as those in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the distance, there were corn stalks as tall as a person.

Wang Shouren had seen them in Liangxiang and knew that these fields of green were corn.

"It grows so well here."

The yamen runner said with joy, "Your Excellency doesn't know that there is a plant called corn in the Tuntianying, and now it is planted in many places."

Behind the cornfield was the camp of the Tuntianying, which was a simple straw hut.

"Brother Bo'an?" Li Kang was overjoyed.

"Brother Kangle!"

Wang Shouren was also a little excited. They were both Jinshi in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, and they worked together in the Hanyuan, so they had a deep friendship.

"Brother Kangle has darkened..."

Li Kang's face drooped, and Bo'an was still so perceptive and then spoke out without restraint. This feeling was really...

Nostalgic.

Xu Jinzhong saw Wang Shouren, and his heart trembled. He was slightly disappointed: "The military supervisor only sent Wang Jiaotou?"

"That's right, I also brought you soldiers from the Tuntian Camp."

Wang Shouren came to Hainan this time and brought some soldiers from the Tuntian Camp.

Xu Jinzhong sighed sadly: "The military supervisor should have sent the Shenji Camp. Wang Jiaotou didn't know that there is a man named Fu Nanshe among the Li people. This man is very powerful."

Li Kang also nodded and said: "We have suffered several losses. I am afraid that this man's martial arts, strategy and wisdom are not inferior to us."

In the eyes of officials in the capital, the Li people are mostly rough.

The sudden appearance of a person like Fu Nanshe surprised them.

"Tell me about it." Wang Shouren said.

Xu Jinzhong began to tell the story.

Since the Li people in Qiongzhou Prefecture were defeated.

He and Li Kang wanted to expand the scope of the Tuntian Camp to outside Qiongzhou Prefecture and reclaim more wasteland.

But after the Li people in Qiongzhou Prefecture were suppressed, the Li people in Hainan felt a crisis.

Under the influence of Fu Nan Snake, the Li people twisted into a ball at an astonishing speed.

Xu Jinzhong had met this man twice, and he would be defeated if he left Qiongzhou Prefecture.

These Li people are very familiar with the terrain of Hainan.

Hiding in the wilderness, as long as he marches, there will be sneak attacks at night. With so many people, no matter how many strategies there are, it will be in vain.

There are only two thousand soldiers in the Tuntian Camp, and the refugees have no fighting power, so they can't be counted on at all.

"The magical thing about this man is that he can train pythons. The Li people say that he is the incarnation of the snake god, and they support him very much. Naturally, we don't believe it."

Li Kang only heard about it, and he didn't see it with his own eyes.

The incarnation of the snake god, like the blood moon in the capital, made the Li people in Hainan extremely convinced of Fu Nan Snake and fearless of death.

Wang Shouren felt it was magical. Before leaving, Brother Gao secretly told him that there was a person in Hainan who was extremely difficult to deal with...

Can Brother Gao tell fortunes?

"A while ago, two thousand stones of corn in the warehouse were looted.

Now that the corn is about to be harvested, I am afraid that the Li people will come to loot it." Xu Jinzhong was worried.

After the corn was planted, the Li people knew that it was a good thing.

Only the Tuntianying mastered the corn planting technology.

The Li people were greedy for this rich treasure land and repeatedly attacked in small groups.

"Don't be afraid." Wang Shouren said lightly.

Xu Jinzhong looked bitter: "Master Wang, do you know how many troops Fu Nanshe has?"

Wang Shouren shook his head blankly.

Li Kang sighed: "One hundred thousand people."

"..." Wang Shouren.

The Tuntianying only had two thousand soldiers, plus the slightly stronger refugees, there were only five thousand people.

Hainan is an isolated island surrounded by the sea.

If they lose, there is no way to withdraw, and they can only fight to the death with the enemy.

Five thousand people against one hundred thousand? Xu Jinzhong had seen Wang Shouren's strength when he was hunting in Hongzhi.

But no matter how powerful he is, one person cannot fight twenty people.

Wang Shouren's face was heavy, and he realized the difficulty.

The difference in military strength was twenty times, and he was not familiar with the terrain of Hainan...

"According to the report from the spies, Fu Nan Snake is in Danzhou, but the specific location has not been explored.

However, if the Li people move in large numbers, the spies will definitely send back the news."

Li Kang was afraid of scaring Wang Shouren, so he comforted him.

At night, Wang Shouren washed his face with clean water, wiped his hands, and prepared to go to bed.

Suddenly, there were shadows outside the tent, and the sound of soldiers' footsteps was a little panic.

Xu Jinzhong rushed into the big tent and said anxiously: "Fu Nan Snake is coming!"

Wang Shouren raised his eyebrows and hurried out of the tent.

The beacon tower not far away was burning, flames flickered on the ground, blurry figures were fighting, and roars broke the silence of the night.