For the vast Ming Dynasty, where was the key to the New World?

At sea, Chen Mu stubbornly believed that the future of the Ming Dynasty was at sea.

The rough seas and the ships loaded with artillery could bring grain, gold and silver across the ocean to the Ming Dynasty.

This can not only save the life of the Ming Dynasty in Zhang Juzheng's fierce medicine, but also allow the Oriental Giant to step into a change that has not been seen in a thousand years, so that he will not be left too far behind when he is neck and neck.

Rise to the sea, decline against the sea, forbid the sea and die, open the sea is strong.

More than 200 years later, Chen Mu didn't know what kind of mood Lin Zexu was in when he said this.

He only knew that when Lin Zexu opened his eyes to see the world, it was already too late.

Without any suspense, Zhang Yongshou and Bai Yuanjie wanted to organize a fleet and hit it off for their ocean-going business, but the time did not give them the opportunity to carefully negotiate the affairs of the fleet.

The Guangdong Metropolitan Yamen sent someone to come, and the three fast horses went straight to the Qingyuan Wei Qingcheng Thousand Households, and the rider led by the rider showed the waist card of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division outside the Hundred Households Yamen, and asked loudly: "Where is Chen Mu, the general flag of the Qingcheng Thousand Households?" ”

The three people who walked out of the yamen were stunned for a moment, and Chen Mu stepped forward and said, "Under Chen Mu, I don't know what happened to Your Excellency?" ”

Zhang Yongshou turned his head and whispered to Bai Yuanjie: "I have seen the entourage of Governor Wu Kaifu. ”

Bai Yuanjie nodded, stepped forward and took two steps, stood still beside Chen Mu, and said, "In the next thousand households Bai Jingchen, under the supervision of the door, there must be something important to show you." Erlang, salute. ”

The first half of the sentence is for the person who came, and the second half of the sentence is for Chen Mu.

Whether it is the opening of the mansion or the governor, it is all one person, the governor Wu Guifang.

After that, Bai Yuanjie had bowed down and bowed, and Chen Mu had the same example.

The rider couldn't look down on a small flag like Chen Mu, but he was quite respectful to Bai Qianhu, with a little smile on his face, and said: "Qianhu is very polite, we errand runners don't know what to do, the boss wants to see Chen Zongqi, just one word, fast." ”

"Mr. Chen, please get on the horse, set off now, and arrive tomorrow."

From Qingyuan to Guangzhou, a one-day journey, this rider is not going to let people sleep.

Bai Yuanjie just wanted to say something, but was stopped by the rider's words, "Thousands of households stay, the old man only sees Chen Zongqi alone." ”

The three of them looked at each other, no matter who they were, they couldn't imagine how Governor Wu Guifang would summon Chen Mu, the general banner, alone.

It was himself, who was calm in his heart, and answered, letting Qi Zhengyan and Long Junxiong lead the horse out, and said goodbye to Bai and Zhang, and turned over on the horse.

Chen Mu didn't know what was going on, but he was quite calm in his heart.

It shouldn't be a bad thing to think about it, otherwise you can just send someone to get it, so why bother to summon it.

Looking at the back of Chen Mu and the rider galloping away, Zhang Yongshou touched his nose, "Fortune and misfortune are not something we can decide, let him go." ”

Bai Yuanjie paused, ordered a flag army and asked him to go to Fenghuang Street in Qingcheng to recruit Bai Qi, and then said to Zhang Yongshou: "Let Bai Qi follow, is it a blessing or a curse, hurry up and report back, there is a little response." ”

None of them thought about the promotion, and they were just apprehensive.

Such a trivial matter as being promoted to a thousand households did not attract the attention of the governor and governor, and no one could figure out the reason for this summons.

Qingyuan aside, Chen Mu's road to Guangcheng was smooth.

Heyuan Wengyuan fought a big battle, and the crossing of the army frightened the bandits in the mountains and forests far away, and the road was unimpeded for a year and a half.

What's more, the Fujian Gang made trouble, and the incident of burning down Chenghai County and killing the officials and people also had a deep impact, and the only people who could be seen on the road were the homeless people who had lost their family business.

The five fast horses were all young warriors with swords and swords, and no one dared to stop them under the whip of the fast horses, and their feet were fast, and their thighs were not comfortable.

Chen Zongqi has never ridden a horse like this, Qingyuan to Guangcheng four post stations, every time he changes horses at the post station and continues to gallop, even when the night has come, he has to run with the stars and the moon, and he has to rest for less than half an hour in total.

At noon the next day, when they saw the outline of Guangcheng, Chen Mudu was about to faint.

"Chen Zongqi will rest in the post house, and when the governor is called, he will be summoned again."

After speaking, the rider of the Guangdong Capital Division left, leaving Chen Mu with the two widows at the door of the post house in the cold wind.

It's not that Wu Guifang is in a hurry, doesn't it mean that a word should be fast?

It turned out that the governor was not in a hurry, but he should be in a hurry, hurry over, wait for the summons, how long to wait for the summons?

No one told Chen Mu, and Chen Ye was also happy, and fell asleep in the bed of the post house.

Chen Mu was called up by Qi Zhengyan early the next morning, and Long Junxiong was still leaning against the door to nap, standing and falling asleep.

"Let him go into the house and sleep, you can just come with me."

Guangcheng is still prosperous, the streets and alleys are lined up with shops, and the people are as calm as if there has never been a bloody and wristless battle in the source of the river no more than 200 miles away.

But maybe people know, they just don't care.

Baiyun Mountain enters the city, bypasses the nine-eyed well, there are six banyan pagodas next to Guangxiao Temple, nearly 20 zhang high, can be seen outside the city.

Walk through the Guangxiao Temple, pass through the front of the courtyard, look to the west is the Nanhai County Yamen, and the Nanhai County Yamen is facing the Governor's Yamen.

Standing in front of the governor's yamen, Chen Mu, who had always been calm in his heart, suddenly became nervous for no reason, and the superintendent who delivered the message urged twice, and Chen Mu tidied up his clothes and walked into the yamen.

It is said that it is a yamen, but the pavilions and pavilions are far from being comparable to Qingyuan, and it is even more so when he walks into the corridor.

Waiting, it's half an hour.

The people who entered and exited the inner hall changed twice, and no one paid attention to Chen Mu, the little military attache wearing armor, but people were surprised how a person like him could enter the inner hall.

Chen Mu smiled back at everyone who cast a puzzled look, and was a little apprehensive at first, but then he directly focused on the Yuan blue and white ornaments on the shelves in the inner hall, and of course, the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall were indispensable.

"Mr. Chen, the boss told you to go in."

Chen Mu came back to his senses, took two deep breaths, and walked into the room with his head held high.

The situation was not quite what he thought, and there were already several people sitting upright in the hall.

Chen Muren spoke lightly, and the person who knew the most about Guangdong officials was only the general Wang Rulong, not to mention everyone in the room, obviously the two people in front of the hall were civil officials, and the two civil and military officials under the hall were also higher than Wang Rulong's official rank.

I can't recognize the official robe, Chen Ye can see the age, the two civil officials in red official robes sitting in the hall and the civil and military generals sitting at the bottom are all old men with white hair and more than half a hundred years old, but one of the junior officials sitting at the end is also upright and nearly forty years old, just by glancing at the afterglow, Chen Mu found the key problem.

There are six chairs in the hall, the left and right sides sit the old man of the civil and military generals, and the last seat sits the middle-aged blue-robed little civil official, and the three chairs in the middle, I am afraid that none of them are reserved for him.

"Chen Mu, the general banner of the Thousand Households of Qingyuan Weiqing City, has seen you, my lord."

After thinking about the wording for a long time, I didn't know how to describe the five-person group, so I simply called the adults.

"Although his position is humble, he has the ability to cultivate, and he doesn't know the rules very well." The civil official on the right side of the hall shook his head slightly at the civil official on the left, glanced at Chen Mucai and introduced to the civil official on the left: "This is Zhang Ziwen, the new governor of Liangguang, not an adult. ”

After that, he looked at the first two civilian and military generals who were over sixty years old and said: "These two are Xiong Yuancheng, the governor of Guangdong, and Yu Zhifu, the chief soldier, and they are not adults. ”

"That's Xiangshan County Ling Zhou Binxi, not an adult. Qu Yi flattered Shangguan every time, I'm afraid you said the wrong thing. ”

Frowning and saying, the old man leaned back slightly, turned his head and picked up the chapter book on the tea case and opened it, raising his head and staring at Chen Mu with burning eyes, "Old man Wu Guifang, if it weren't for the military department's military exploits to return to Guangdong, the old man didn't know that someone in Weng Yuan had taken three copies of the first merit and one miraculous feat, and the soldiers had taken nine times the first rank!" ”

Therefore, Wu Guifang, the governor of Liangguang, raised his hand to hand out the chapter book, and squinted his cloudy old eyes to look at Chen Mu.

"Mr. Chen, how did you get these four merits?"

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Those present: Wu Guifang, the late Governor of Liangguang, Zhang Han, the Governor of Liangguang, Xiong Huan, the Governor of Guangdong, Yu Dayou, the Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong, and Zhou Xing, the Commander of Xiangshan County.