In the Taiwan Strait, a catamaran clipper with a red and blue Daming sail flag and a white sail and white hull split the waves under the action of crosswind, and galloped at a galloping speed, leaving two white tracks on the sea.

"It's like flying against the surface of the sea!" Li Dingguo on the boat sighed.

Because he received an urgent letter from a messenger from Jiangnan, asking Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, to go to Jiangnan to participate in the unification military conference, Li Dingguo was fortunate to set foot on the catamaran clipper. On board with Li Dingguo was Hao Yongzhong, who made a detour to Burma.

Originally, the Ministry of War asked Li Laiheng to go to Jiangnan to attend a joint military conference, but Li Laiheng had to deal with the internal affairs of Padang, so he asked Hao Shaoqi to come forward for him. Hao Shaoqi is Hao Yongzhong.

"This ship is indeed fast! I've never seen a ship that fast! Hao Yongzhong praised the speed of the ship.

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "This ship is simply a luxury piled up with silver, and it can't carry a few people, can it not be happy?" ”

Yes, since Li Dingguo got on the ship, he found out how extravagant the materials used in this ship are! The mast made of expensive ash rod wood has good elasticity and is not easy to break; Sails made of silk, how expensive is that! The hull is oak, and the bow is covered with copper; The shelves connected between the two hulls are iron wood shelves, which are covered with planks made of a material called balsa wood, and the cabins are also made of balsa wood.

Li Dingguo didn't know what balsa wood was, but he heard from the people of the Qiongzhou Army that this kind of wood was called balsa wood. The wood is light and strong enough to be used to make furniture and cabins. However, this kind of wood is said to be very expensive, and each piece of wood is transported from thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean.

What is the use of such a high-cost, luxurious ship that can't carry a few people? It can only be used as a communication ship. However, in this era of extremely underdeveloped communications, there are such fast communication tools, which are more effective than the expedited 800 miles on land.

Wait for the ship to leave the mouth of the Dajinsha River and enter the sea. Li Dingguo felt as if someone was pushing his back, and the boat accelerated very fast, leaving the yellow coastline far behind him after a while, sailing at high speed on the clear blue sea, leaving two white tracks behind him.

"This is the first time I've come to Jiangnan!" Li Dingguo sighed.

Hao Shaoqi said: "I didn't expect that if I want to go to Jiangnan, I have to go around Myanmar, which is really far away." But fortunately, there is this clipper, otherwise it would not have been there for half a year. ”

Zhang Huangyan presided over the Jiangnan military conference, and Wang Xinyu naturally rushed to Jiangnan early. After he was notified. So he took his own soldiers, left Dongfan Island on a flying clipper boat, and came to Hangzhou to wait.

Qian Qianyi's mansion also moved to Hangzhou, and since Wang Xinyu arrived in Hangzhou, he would inevitably visit the future father-in-law's mansion. After seeing Qian Qianyi, Wang Xinyu was in a very complicated mood. This person is also a character in "The Biography of Erchen", although this person later secretly supported Zhang Huangyan and Zhu Chenggong under the influence of Liu Rus, but Qian Qianyi was greedy for life and afraid of death. Again, this is an undeniable fact. Looking at Qian Qianyi again, it seems that he is a little older.

"Master Qian has a great heart for the Ming Dynasty, and has supported the Ming army over the years, and the king of Yanping can enter the river. It's also the credit of Lord Qian! Wang Xinyu saluted Qian Qianyi.

However, Qian Qianyi didn't say a few words and dozed off. But also, an eighty-one-year-old man, not to mention this age. Even in later generations, it is enough to be Wang Xinyu's grandfather at this age.

"The old man is older, and his energy is not as good as before. Take a break in the afternoon. Childe please go to the back garden to wait, the house has prepared a dinner, and I hope that Childe will appreciate his face. Liu stood up and saluted.

Although Liu Ru is already a, her beauty has not diminished back then. Forty-five-year-old Liu looks like someone in her thirties. It is precisely because of Liu Ruyi's beauty that she has a daughter who is beautiful and fragrant.

Wang Xinyu followed his subordinates through the atrium, came to the backyard, turned a path, and arrived at the small pavilion in front of the rockery.

"Childe will wait here, and the little ones will serve tea and snacks to Childe." A subordinate saluted.

After a while, a subordinate came up with four little maids, carrying tea, snacks and fruits. The little maidens put their plates on the stone table and withdrew. The subordinate said: "Childe, please use it slowly!" There is Zixin serving the son with tea. After saying that, he also stepped back.

A very beautiful woman in a pink shirt, accompanied by two maids, walked up and said a blessing to Wang Xinyu: "The little girl Zixin has seen the son!" ”

The piano was placed outside the pavilion, Zixin sat in front of the piano and played, incense was lit in the pavilion, and two maids made tea and waited.

Wang Xinyu grabbed a piece of osmanthus cake on the plate, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and praised it endlessly: "It's really good, this osmanthus cake melts in the mouth, it is fragrant, sweet but not greasy." ”

At the end of the song, Wang Xinyu smelled a fresh fragrance coming from behind the rockery, and a refreshing fragrance came to his face.

Wang Xinyu raised his head and saw a girl in purple clothes, accompanied by two maids, walking into the small pavilion. The girl was looking at herself timidly, and the two maids were looking around nervously. Who is this girl, not Qian Zhiyu?

"Miss Qian!" Wang Xinyu stepped forward to salute.

Miss Qian hurriedly said a blessing: "The little woman has seen Wang Gongzi." After speaking, she walked up to the woman playing the piano and the two tea-making maids: "Sister Zixin, Yu'er wants to say a few words to her son." ”

Zixin and the two maids who made tea certainly understood what it meant, and the three of them hurriedly retreated, quickly hiding to the side, and they didn't know where they flashed, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Wang Xinyu secretly looked at Qian Zhiyu's shoes that accidentally exposed the outside of his skirt very obscenely, and secretly said in his heart: This foot doesn't seem to be too small! Fortunately, it's not so terrible to have three-inch feet, but it's slightly smaller than the girls of later generations, which is acceptable. Looking at Qian Zhiyu again, I saw that her makeup was elegant, her eyebrows were picturesque, her demeanor was graceful, and she had the color of captivating the country and the city without powder, which really deserved to inherit Liu Ruyi's good genes.

There were only two of his personal maids left, Qian Zhiyu rubbed the corners of his skirt at a loss, and then lowered his head, seeing that his shoes were quietly exposed outside his skirt at some point. Looking at Wang Xinyu's eyes sweeping to his feet, Qian Zhiyu's face turned red, and he lowered his head and pinched his skirt uneasily.

Wang Xinyu didn't know what to say, if it weren't for the death of King Yanping, this Miss Qian would have entered the cave room. However, this is the first time Wang Xinyu has met her alone, and he doesn't know what to say.

In the end, it was Qian Zhiyu who broke the embarrassment. She blushed and plucked up the courage to ask, "Childe, are you still satisfied with these little points in the house?" ”

"Yes, this Jiangnan snack still has a different flavor." Wang Xinyu replied.

"Jiangnan is rich, but half of Jiangnan is still in the hands of the Tartars. My mother often taught Yu'er that the Tartar court was a foreign race, and it accounted for my great country in China. It's a pity that the mother and the little woman are both daughters, and they can only watch the mountains and rivers shatter but can't do anything. Qian Zhiyu said softly.

"Although Ling Tang is a woman, she does not lose her eyebrows! This is very admirable to my son! Wang Xinyu replied. Speaking of Liu Rus, Wang Xinyu still admires it very much in his heart. She is much more backbone than Qian Qianyi. Liu Ru said that he was going to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, so he really jumped down, but he was pulled up by Qian Qianyi. Although Qian Qianyi later defected to the enemy and became a second minister, Liu Ruyi has been secretly supporting the Zhejiang army, and even did not hesitate to scatter his dowry. Later, under the influence of Liu Rushi, Qian Qianyi resigned from his official position and returned to Jiangnan to secretly support Zhang Huangyan and others.

But Wang Xinyu's words seemed to feel a little sarcastic in Miss Qian's ears. She blushed and lowered her head: "Childe." Although his father was greedy for life and afraid of death, he still cherished his homeland. My father is also old, and he doesn't know how many years he has to live. Every time I see my father's white hair, Yu'er's heart hurts......"

Wang Xinyu then remembered. If nothing else, Qian Qianyi has a year to live at most. As soon as Qian Qianyi died, Miss Qian's marriage would be delayed for another three years. Now she is seventeen years old, which is considered a late marriage in this era. Four more years. I'm already twenty-one years old!

Listening to what this woman said again, Wang Xinyu felt that this Miss Qian was really not the kind of ignorant lady, she inherited her mother's perseverance and loyalty. understands the national righteousness, and is also a rare good woman, compared to those little girls who have no discipline in later generations, I don't know how many times better. There is such a good woman who understands righteousness and patriotism, and she has a common language with herself.

"Childe, over the years that the Tartars have occupied Jiangnan, I don't know how many hard-boned scholars have been killed. A few years ago, King Yanping and Lord Zhang's Northern Expedition failed, and the people of Jiangnan looked forward to the autumn water, but they looked forward to the news of the defeat of Wang Shi, and the hearts of my people in Jiangnan were almost cold! Fortunately, there was a son who turned the tide, and the king of Yanping re-entered Jiangnan and defeated the Tartars! Every time Gongzi returned from a big victory, Yu'er was very happy in her heart......" Qian Zhiyu said softly. Maybe it was because he remembered the events of the past few years, as well as the pressure on his family from Zhu Guozhi's son-in-law, two lines of tears rolled down Qian Zhiyu's eyes.

"That Zhu Guozhi's son-in-law is a dog who wants to marry a little girl. In a hurry, the father arranged a marriage for his little daughter. But he still couldn't escape Zhu Guozhi's poisonous hands! The in-laws that my father was looking for were convicted by Zhu Guozhi, and the family was sent to Ningguta. Zhu Guozhi's matchmaker comes to the door every day, but he can't drive away! Fortunately, King Yanping led his army into the river, and the little woman escaped. Speaking of this, Qian Zhiyu was already crying.

"Please rest assured, Miss Qian, in the future, I will definitely not let a junior like Zhu Guozhi bully Miss again!" Wang Xinyu sighed lightly and comforted softly.

"Marry a chicken and a dog with a dog, the little woman had a marriage contract before, just because of an accident, and then promised to marry the son, the little woman is no longer an innocent person, and I hope the son will not dislike it." Qian Zhiyu said softly. In those days, there was a marriage contract, but the marriage contract was dissolved due to various accidents, which was no longer innocent for women. Especially under the rule of the Qing court, foot binding was carried forward by the Qing court, and women's chastity was also amplified by the Qing court. In the Ming Dynasty, it was not so excessive.

But Wang Xinyu doesn't care about this, this Miss Qian hasn't passed the door yet, she is still a delicate yellow flower girl, where is there anything to say about distemper. If it is in the future life, if you can get a beauty nv, it is simply a jackpot.

"Miss, don't worry! As long as the young lady passes the door, she is my Wang Yu's woman, and my Wang Yu naturally wants to protect the young lady! Madame is also a reasonable woman, and she will not embarrass Miss. Wang Xinyu replied.

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Two days later, a catamaran sailed from outside Hangzhou Bay.

The battleship flying the flag of the Nanyang Navy greeted it, although this kind of catamaran clipper was obviously a ship of the Qiongzhou Army, not to mention the Qing court, even Western countries could not copy such a ship, but the loyal Nanyang Navy ships still leaned on to board and inspect.

"It turned out to be King Jin and Nan'an Hou!" The sailor soldier bowed and said, "Please wait for the prince and the marquis, and the boat will be able to sail in a while." ”

After a while, the naval warship issued a pass, and the catamaran sailed into Hangzhou Bay. When he was about to enter the Qiantang River, a small warship came, checked the documents, and then sailed to the port of Hangzhou with a catamaran clipper, and at the same time sent a small boat to report the news first. Although the speed of the catamaran is fast, it is also slow after entering the inner harbor, and the boat that goes to report the news is fast, and can notify the news of the arrival of King Jin before the fast boat arrives at the dock.

The catamaran sail lowered its sails, followed the boat, and slowly sailed into the Qiantang River. When the ship docked at the wharf, Zhang Huangyan, Zheng Cong and others, who got the news, went to the wharf to greet them in person.

"With the arrival of King Jin, we can finally sit together this time and discuss major matters together! This is all thanks to the clipper of the king of the South China Sea! Zhang Huangyan was full of emotion. Although there was cooperation between several Ming armies before, because of the long distance between each other, and there was no unified command, and because each was its own master, the result was that they could not cooperate with each other.

Now a consensus has been reached, but the Ming armies are still scattered all over the place, if there is no catamaran clipper, then it can only be a fantasy to discuss major matters together.

Only then did Li Dingguo recall the wonderful benefits of this catamaran fast sailing boat: "Yes! It's all thanks to this clipper! If it weren't for it, this king would have traveled from Burma, and I don't know how long it would have been to walk! This ship was indeed too fast, and in less than ten days, it sailed thousands of miles and came to Jiangnan. ”

"Lord Wang, Lord Hou, please!" Zhang Huangyan gestured. Through Li Dingguo's loyalty to the Savior, Zhang Huangyan also changed his view of Xiying. Originally, in his eyes, Li Dingguo and others were just thieves in Zhao'an. But now, if Li Dingguo had not supported him in Myanmar and deterred the Burmese, the consequences would have been unimaginable, and perhaps the Burmese would have attacked again.

This time, Li Dingguo came to Jiangnan to discuss the major military operations and strategic plans of the Ming army in the future. At this time, the opinions of all parties were still not unanimous, some people advocated first seizing Jiangning and then the Northern Expedition, some people advocated stabilizing Jiangnan after capturing Jiangning, and some people advocated not attacking Jiangning for the time being, but first recovering the whole of Zhejiang......

It is precisely because of the differences of opinion that it is necessary to sit down and talk about it in order to unify the opinions. (To be continued.) )