"Let's take it one step at a time. Let's not talk about that, why are you here? Xu Pengju: Do they know? ”

"They don't know! I'm here this time in a micro-service. As soon as I arrived in Nanjing, I went straight to you. ”

Luo Zhi's face changed and said, "Something happened again?" ”

"It's okay, I'm here to meet the friends you mentioned."

"See my friends? Those friends? ”

"The last time we talked about the Jiaolai River on the boat, you said that you have a friend who is very interested in water conservancy."

"Oh, you're talking about Zheng Ruozeng." Luo Zhi smiled: "It is also an accident that this person is interested in water conservancy. ”

"Oh?"

"I'll tell you." Luo Zhi said with great interest: "Zheng Ruozeng is a native of Kunshan, the word is Bolu, and the number is Kaiyang. His family was originally not southerners, but northerners. The Zheng family of Kunshan was in the Song Dynasty with the imperial court to the south and lived in Kunshan. The Zheng family has been a doctor for generations, but Zheng Ruozeng's ancestor is called Zheng Wenkang, but he is a Jinshi in the year of Wuchen in the Ming Dynasty and awarded Dali Temple.

When Kaiyang was young, he studied under the Kunshan Confucian Wei School, and often studied with Gui Youguang. Later, the two married the two daughters of Wei Zhen, the younger brother of Wei Xiao, and became brothers-in-law again. At the age of thirty-three, Kaiyang was admitted to Xiucai, and was later recommended to study in the Guozijian and became a tribute student. After failing in his career, he returned to his hometown and devoted himself to studying.

However, he had great ambitions, and he had a thorough view of astronomy and geography, mountains and seas. When the southeastern coastal areas were frequently invaded by the Japanese invaders, the official army was defeated in the Imperial War. At this time, the imperial court sent Hu Zongxian as the commander-in-chief of the suppression of the Japanese, this public recruited people of insight, because Zheng Ruozeng was usually good at talking about military affairs, since the occurrence of the Japanese trouble, he drew some coastal maps, published by the Suzhou government, that is, at this time, he had a very detailed understanding of the southern rivers and seaways. After the peace, he became interested in water conservancy. ”

"Take me to meet him."

"How could you let a southern warp go to see him? I'll tell him to come. ”

"Don't!" Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "Visit in person, be so sincere." ”

Luo Zhi nodded and said, "Are you in a hurry?" ”

"How?"

"If you're not in a hurry, let's go again tomorrow, and I'll say hello to him first, saying that I'm going to visit him in the evening, so that he won't be away for a drink. Besides, Jiao'er has already cooked. ”

"It's good!"

Luo Xin was not in a hurry, he was idle now, so he ate at Luo Zhi's place, and the two of them chatted while eating.

The next day, Luo Zhi went to work in Yamen, and Luo Xin took Lu Daqing and Wan Daquan to wander around the streets of Nanjing, and saw that Nanjing had completely restored its prosperity and there was no trace left by the previous rebellion, and his heart was also satisfied.

I had a simple meal outside at noon, and around dusk, I came to Luo Zhi's house again. Luo Zhi had already returned, and he was sitting in the hall waiting in the hall after changing into civilian clothes, and when he saw Luo Xin, he stood up and said:

"No, do you want to take a break? Sipping tea? ”

"No, let's go."

"Good!"

Luo Xin and Luo Xin immediately walked out of the house, and the two of them did not take a sedan chair, because Zheng Ruozeng's home was not very far from Luo Zhi's home. The two of them bought some appetizers and a jar of wine by the way, and walked for about three quarters of an hour, and then came to a door, Luo Zhi waved his hand to call the door, and Luo Xin also waved his hand towards Lu Daqing and Wan Daquan, and the two of them left, hiding around, and no one knew where the two of them were.

Soon, there was a sound of the door opening, and Zheng Ruozeng's figure appeared in the door, looking at Luo Zhidao:

"Why are you here?"

Luo Zhi gestured to the wine jar he was holding in his hand and said, "Isn't this to buy wine?" ”

"Come to me for dinner, what's polite!"

Zheng Ruozeng pretended to be displeased, and then looked at Luo Xin, then opened his mouth wide and looked at Luo Xin in shock.

"Greatly...... My lord? ”

"Brother Zheng, I'm here for dinner!" Speaking of this, Luo Xin raised the appetizer in his hand.

"Your Excellency, please!"

Luo Xin walked in and heard Zheng Ruozeng whispering to Luo Zhi from behind:

"Okay, you Luo Zhi, make a surprise attack."

"Isn't this afraid that you will say it with a big mouth during the day?"

"You're the big mouth."

Luo Xin, who was walking in front, couldn't help but smile, and when he entered the hall, Zheng Ruo had introduced his wife to Luo Xin, and after the two sides met, Zheng went down to prepare a meal.

In fact, during the day, Luo Zhi informed Zheng Ruozeng that he had come to visit at night, and Zheng had almost prepared the meal. Cut some of the cooked food that Luo Xin bought, and brought it up, and the three of them sat around, with three rounds of wine and five flavors of food. Zheng Ruozeng asked:

"Adults come to the Humble House, but what advice do you have?"

To be honest, when he saw Luo Xin coming to his house, he was still a little frightened in his heart. After all, he is just a sesame official, and the reason why he can still maintain his demeanor is because of Luo Zhi's recommendation, and on the other hand, it is also his experience. He also used to talk to Hu Zongxian, used to be Hu Zongxian's staff, and saw the world. It's just that he later felt that Hu Zongxian had no ambitions, some flies and dogs, and his reputation in the southeast was very bad, so he left Hu Zongxian.

"Mr. Dacai, I have seen your plan for the sea, and I admire it very much, and I have wanted to come to meet you for a long time, but I have been busy with mundane things."

Zheng Ruo once heard Luo Xin mention the plan of the sea, and his spirit was lifted, which was something he was proud of, so his eyes lit up and said:

"Have you really seen it?"

"Of course it's true." Luo Xin nodded with a smile: "Listen to my uncle, since you compiled the sea map, you have been very interested in water conservancy?" ”

Zheng Ruozeng's eyes showed a hint of disappointment, but then he regrouped and nodded:

"I really know a lot about the rivers and seaways in the south, especially in the southeast. But, with all due respect, now that the Woko have been exterminated, there is no need for adults to keep their eyes on it anymore. ”

"Oh?"

Luo was slightly confident, he didn't know if this sentence was because Zheng Ruozeng refused to help him, or if he had greater ambitions? But after thinking about it for a while, he felt that Zheng Ruozeng was likely to have greater ambitions, and a person who understood the sea must have a different heart than someone who was always on land. So he smiled and said:

"So where should I set my sights?"

Zheng Ruozeng looked in the direction of the ocean, his eyes seemed to look through the space, looking into the depths of the ocean, his eyes were full of yearning, and there was a full time for three breaths, Zheng Ruozeng retracted his gaze, looked at Luo Xin and said:

"My lord, did you build one, have you been to see it recently?"

"Hmm!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "How can you not go and take a look?" ”

Zheng Ruozeng couldn't help laughing at himself, Luo Xin, as the founder of the City Ship Division, since he came to the south, how could he not go to see the City Ship Division he created?

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