After the ceremony, Chang Yu sat down, drank a sip of tea and saw that Zheng Sen was still standing straight, so he motioned for him to sit down, but Zheng Sen didn't dare, no matter how awesome his father was, he was also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and this person in front of him was the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty except for the emperor, not to mention that he was just a prisoner at this time, to put it bluntly, his qualifications were too shallow and his qualifications were too low, even if people let you sit, but if you sit, you really take yourself seriously, and you are rude and don't understand the rules.

Zheng Sen didn't want to give Chang Yu a feeling of no tutor and ignorance, after all, his family was born as a pirate and he was afraid that others would look down on him, although he was very rich, but this year he was really not as rich as the later generations.

This is the main reason why Zheng Zhilong had to entrust his son to Nanjing Guozijian to go to university.

The ancients paid attention to these rules, but Chang Yu was different, he mingled with soldiers in the army, and he was usually called a brother and a brother with his relatives, ignoring some etiquette and rules at will.

So he beckoned Zheng Sen to sit down one after another, but this kid felt that Chang Yu was testing him, so he would rather die than sit down, and Chang Yu, who was angry, slapped the table: "Is it difficult to let this governor stand with you, how can the dignified son of Zheng Yiguan look like a bear!" ”

This time, Zheng Sen didn't dare to disobey again, and quickly sat down next to him, Chang Yu sighed: "You and I are the same age, and there is no one else here, why bother twisting and pinching so much red tape."

"Yes, yes, what the Governor taught him a lesson" Zheng Sen hurriedly nodded in response, and he already began to feel amazing in his heart, this person is really so casual? As soon as the thought came to mind, Chang Yu sighed: "Ben Du is teaching you a lesson...... Well, let's get down to business, how is your father? ”

Zheng Zhilong was just forty years old at this time, of course it was very good, Chang Yu asked if the road was smooth, whether he had encountered a typhoon or something, Zheng Sen answered one by one, seeing that Chang Yu was really easy-going, he slowly relaxed and was not as nervous as he was just now.

So Chang Yu saw that the topic turned to the main topic, and asked about big sweet potatoes and big potatoes, and Zheng Sen's spirit also came up: "There are a total of two hundred and thirteen ships, of which thirty are grain and grass have been sent to the city, and the rest are waiting in Tongzhou...... Potatoes are nearly 300,000 catties, and sweet potatoes are also equivalent."

Chang Yu Yixi: "Then how much land is enough for these to be planted as seeds?" Zheng Senluo has pondered: "In terms of potatoes, if it is a spring seed, it can be cut into pieces, three or four hundred catties per mu is enough, but the autumn seed needs to be sown as a whole and at least five or six hundred catties per mu, as for the sweet potato, it is to be seeded with seedlings, and the seedlings can be cut and replanted after a long period of time, so it is enough for thousands of acres!" ”

That is to say, this batch of planting is enough to plant about 2,000 mu, and the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is about the same, with an average of 35,000 catties per mu, which means that tens of millions of catties can be harvested after two or three months, which is enough to solve the famine in Gyeonggi.

But how many people have to starve to death in the past two or three months!

Or some people say, why can't we use this batch of goods for disaster relief first, and then sow the seeds that are sent later.

The reason is very simple, these 600,000 catties of potatoes and sweet potatoes are a drop in the bucket for the current famine, and it will take at least two or three months for the next batch to be purchased and transported from Fujian and Yunnan to the capital, and the sowing period will have already been missed at that time, which will lead to more people starving to death!

"It is said that the sweet potato needs to be raised first, and the seedling time is almost a month?" Chang Yu frowned, thinking that he would have to delay for more than a month just for fear of missing the sowing time, but Zheng Sen looked relaxed: "We have raised the seedlings on the way here, and we can sow them at any time" It turned out that Zheng Sen knew that Chang Yu purchased this batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes as seeds, and the sweet potato seedlings had been raised on the navigation road, which was ready to be used at this time, Chang Yu was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and Lian Kua helped him a lot, no, it was a big favor to the court.

Chang Yu praised Zheng Sen very happily, and then told the little eunuch a good news: this batch of goods is free of charge!

That's right, from the time Zheng Zhilong decided to take Chang Yu's line, this batch of goods became a meeting gift, a meeting gift for Chang Yu, note that it was a meeting gift for Chang Yu, not for the imperial court.

Chang Yu was suddenly happy like a second fool from a landlord's family, and his smiling eyes and mouth couldn't close his mouth: "How embarrassing this is, it's difficult to admit it, Zheng Zongbing is actually too polite."

Chang Yu has never been the kind of person who only goes in and can't leave, in his opinion, whether it is doing business or making friends, you have to have contacts to achieve a long-term win-win situation, so he immediately asked Zheng Sen: "Do you have anything to ask for?" ”。

Zheng Sen shook his head with a straight face: "I don't want anything, I really don't hide that I came to Beijing this time to send a message to the governor on my father's order, and secondly, I came to Nanjing."

Chang Yu nodded with a sigh: "You are in Nanjing Guozijian, right?"

"Exactly," Zheng Sen hurriedly replied.

"That'...... How about getting to Beiyonglai? Chang Yu picked up the teacup and smiled faintly, Zheng Sen quickly stood up and bowed and said, "I want to do what I want."

Everyone knows that Peking University is better than Nanjing University, and Peking University's career path is faster and more convenient.

"Don't worry" Chang Yu motioned for him to sit down: "Your father gave this governor such a big favor, this governor can't be shabby him, first ask you if you want to be from the text or the army, if you want to transfer you to Beiyong from the text governor first, find a teacher for you to worship, first enter the Hanlin Academy to be a Jishi (equivalent to the government talent pool) and sit up slowly, if you want to join the army, the governor will also send you a good future."

Zheng Sen couldn't sit still again: "Before I came, my father had already explained, but it was up to the Lord Overseer to decide."

Chang Yu nodded slightly, he guessed that the Zheng family wanted Zheng Sen to be a civil servant, after all, a pirate was born with an inferiority complex in his heart, and he always felt that others looked down on him, so he wanted to get a civil official to come out and shine on the lintel to vent his anger, so he was bent on cultivating a career path, you must know that even Zheng Sen's fifth uncle Zheng Zhibao also spent money to enter the Guozijian after defecting to Chengcheng, just to paste gold, which shows how strong the inferiority complex and self-esteem of the Zheng family are.

And if you want to join the army, Zheng Zhilong himself is the chief soldier of the water division, Zheng Zhibao is the deputy chief soldier of the water division, and the sailors are driven by his family, and most of the generals and soldiers of the water division are pirates back then, so being a soldier in his own family will be ridiculed by others, and he will still be a pirate.

That's why Zheng Zhilong wants to give Chang Yu such a big gift, he just wants to take the line of the little eunuch and plan the future of the Zheng family, not only to be the boss in a corner of the country, but also to have someone in the court, and it is more stable to have generals in the army, after all, the backers of the year, Cai Shanji and Xiong Wencan, are dead.

If you want to join the army, the little eunuch now holds the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and it is the time to fight heroes in troubled times, as long as there are military merits, it is not a matter of being promoted to knighthood in the future, then Li Yan is now a pillar country because of his dead heart, and Huang Degong, Tang Tong has been knighted......

Therefore, in this world, there is no love for no reason and benefits for no reason, it is all a transaction.

Zheng Zhilong and the little eunuch are both human spirits, and they know the meaning when they hear the sound of the piano, and he is very willing to do this kind of transaction, after all, he wants to be friends with such a wealthy and powerful person now!

for he lacks money and bread.

And Zheng Zhilong: I have it all!

In this way, Chang Yu thought for a while: "You won't move troops before winter, you first go to Beiyong (Beijing Guozijian) to study, and by the way, help Bendu do something, and then you will go with Bendu to fight after the autumn, and then you can decide whether to join the army or join the army."

Zheng Sen was overjoyed, especially when he heard Chang Yu's sentence: "Help Bendu do something" The meaning of the promotion is too obvious, you must know how many people now squeeze their heads and want to worship him and help him do things.

"This governor wants to invite a teacher for you to worship under him first, you can be a person who is interested, by the way, your teacher in Nanjing is not Qian Qianyi, and your name Zheng Sen is also taken by him." Chang Yu frowned suddenly, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in history, Zheng Chenggong went to Nanjing Guozijian to study and worship Qian Qianyi, that is, Liu Ruyi's husband as a teacher, Qian Qianyi named him Sen, and Damu Biaozi, so later generations called him Zheng Sen and Damu from this.

Zheng Sen hurriedly nodded yes, secretly shocked in his heart, Dongchang is really powerful, and anything can be found out.

"This name is gloomy and unpleasant, it might as well be called success, how good it means to be successful!" Chang Yu seemed to be smiling, Zheng Sen was stunned but then couldn't hide his joy, maybe he felt that Chang Yu was hinting at him, so he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Student......"

Don't don't, Chang Yu hurriedly got up: "This governor is not as old as you, and it is even more difficult for you to be your teacher, although Qian Qianyi has good knowledge but character, hehe, go back and help you find a great Confucian again, how about Gu Yanwu...... Forget it, even though he is famous, he is only a prisoner now......"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Gu can do it!" You must know that although Gu Yanwu's career is not smooth now, his reputation as a great Confucian has long been all over the world, and at this time, Huang Zongxi and Wang Fuzi, who are known as the three masters of the late Ming Dynasty, have not yet passed the test, they are both twenty-year-old hairy guys, and they are not too famous, not as rebellious as Gu Yanwu.

"No, no, no" Chang Yu waved his hand: "If you really worship him for knowledge, it doesn't matter, but what is the use of you trying to worship him" said and disturbed his head: "Ming'er Bendu will go to Li Banghua to probe you out, if this little old man is unwilling, he will find Shi Bangzhao, otherwise Fan Jingwen and Ni Yuanlu will also be fine, and they will always get you a decent one."

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Chenggong was excited, these are cabinet bosses, casually worship under one person's door, and in the future, he will go up from Shidu, so he thanked Chang Yu again and again.

You think that's it?

Sending charcoal in the snow is far more thankful than icing on the cake, Zheng Zhilong sent such a big gift, Chang Yu reciprocated with a spring, so he let people pass the word, I didn't see other guests tonight, I simply got a few drinks and dishes and called Wu Mengming together, and the three of them chatted while eating in the lobby.

Zheng Chenggong's heart was agitated, Dad, do you know who the child is drinking with now, the head of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, you have never had this treatment!

It's amazing, this little eunuch must be rumored to be magical, Zheng Chenggong feels like a dream.