Jiang Zhonglou stretched out his finger, but felt uneasy in his heart.
There may be a one in 10,000 chance that Ah Feng is from the same clan as the He family in Gaoxi Village...
Because Aunt Mei once said that Afeng's ancestors were from the mainland, even from the north, so he was tall...
If Afeng comes in person, his blood might seep into the He family's faucet stick...
But this Afeng himself is a fake, so there is no way he has the blood of the He family, and it is impossible for the blood to seep into the faucet stick...
Grandpa He Min grabbed another handful of incense ash, cleaned up Niu Qianqian's blood, raised the faucet stick in front of Jiang Zhonglou and said: "Come on, Mr. He, if you are truly a descendant of the He family, I will tell you the origin of the He family.
story!"
Jiang Zhonglou had no choice but to put his finger into the dragon's mouth, and pricked the belly of his finger on the sharp dragon's tooth...
A drop of blood fell into the black dragon's mouth, and quickly seeped into the dragon's mouth and disappeared!
"What?"
"this..."
Everyone stared blankly at the dragon-headed stick.
I saw that Jiang Zhonglou's second drop of blood fell into the dragon's mouth again, seeped in instantly, and disappeared without a trace!
"Mr. He, you are really one of our family!" He Min shouted excitedly.
"Yes, he does have the same roots as us, he is from the He family!" Grandpa He Min also smiled.
Jiang Zhonglou looked confused.
He didn't understand at all why his own blood could seep into the faucet stick...
Could it be that his life experience is related to the He family in Gaoxi Village?
"Can you tell Afeng the story of your He family?" Niu Shuangshuang said.
"Of course you can, but you two please go out for a walk. The stories of our He family can only be told to the people of the He family!" Grandpa He Min said unceremoniously.
"Aren't you afraid that A Feng will tell us the story of the He family after he's finished?" Niu Shuangshuang said angrily.
"That's his business. As long as he's not afraid of punishment from the ancestors of the He family, he can tell anyone." Grandpa He Min smiled slightly.
"This..." Niu Shuang was speechless.
"Let's go out!" Niu Xixi pulled Niu Shuang out.
In the He family ancestral hall, only Jiang Zhonglou and He Min's ancestors and grandsons were left.
"Mr. He, sit down!" Grandpa He Min sat back on the wicker chair and said, "Amin, pour some tea."
"yes!"
He Min moved a chair for Jiang Zhonglou, took a purple clay teapot from the stove on one side, poured three cups of tea and put it on the table.
The three of them sat around drinking tea.
Jiang Chonglou took a sip of tea and asked: "Old man, are the ancestors of our He family really from Fusang?"
"Yes, this story, but the child has no mother, it's a long story..."
Grandpa He Min also took a sip of tea, and then said: "All of this starts with Zheng Zhilong, the father of Zheng Chenggong!"
"Zheng Zhilong?"
Jiang Chonglou knew little about Zheng Chenggong's history, and naturally knew nothing about his father, Zheng Zhilong, as this was the first time he heard about it.
"This Zheng Zhilong is from Zhangzhou in the late Ming Dynasty. He was born into a family of officials. He is literate and has extraordinary abilities..."
Grandpa He Min said: "During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the West. It is said that he was looking for the exiled Emperor Jianwen...
Later, Emperor Jianwen was never found, so Emperor Yongle issued the most stringent order prohibiting the sea, secluding the country and not even leaving the sea, lest Emperor Jianwen, who was in exile overseas, come back to seize the throne...
As a result, the sea area is empty, and huge profits can be made by smuggling goods from the sea. Many people on the seaside take risks and quietly go out to sea to traffic goods and smuggle goods for profit...
Zheng Zhilong also built a fleet and went to sea to engage in smuggling and trafficking...
However, after the sea ban was issued, the sea area was empty, and many groups of pirates appeared, including Japanese pirates, red-haired ghosts, and of course people from our side...
Pirates are ruthless and elusive, plundering merchant ships...
Many smuggling fleets that went to sea worked hard to traffic goods in the vast sea, but were robbed by pirates and lost all their money...
In order to protect themselves, the smuggling fleet also hired warriors and formed warships to escort...
Zheng Zhilong was a master of swordsmanship, a righteous man, and proficient in several languages. His fleet developed rapidly and became the largest maritime power in Southeast Asia. No pirate dared to rob...
During the Tianqi period, there was a famine in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and the people were in dire straits. Zheng Zhilong recruited nearly 100,000 people to follow him across the sea to Taiwan, where they cultivated wasteland and went to sea to do business...
At its peak, Zheng Zhilong had more than 700 merchant ships and warships, and more than 100,000 people under his rule. His power spread all over Taiwan, Fusang and other Southeast Asian countries. He was extremely rich and powerful. He was like a maritime overlord and a prince...
He even monopolized some waterways. If other merchant ships passed through these waterways, they would have to pay Zheng Zhilong escort fees...
If a ship fails to pay escort fees, Zheng Zhilong's warships will subdue the merchant ship and seize all the goods on board...
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty slandered Zheng Zhilong as a pirate."
"this..."
Jiang Zhonglou discovered that Zheng Zhilong's behavior was similar to that of the Triads in Hong Kong Island.
Anyone who does business on my territory must pay protection fees. If you don't pay, I'll make you look good...
But as long as you pay the protection fee, I will ensure that you can do business safely and not be bullied by others...
Although this is also bullying, it also makes sense.
If you don't pay the protection fee, there will be random people coming to harass you and make trouble every three days, and you won't be able to do business...
As long as you pay the protection fee, someone will protect you. If someone makes trouble and harasses you again, someone will naturally help you to stand up. You can just go about your business with peace of mind...
Let’s talk about Zheng Zhilong, if he hadn’t defeated the pirates and cleared the waterway, other merchant ships would have been robbed frequently, and the losses would have been much greater than the intersection escort fee!
In order to resist pirates from plundering the waterway, Zheng Zhilong had to maintain many warships and countless warriors. The money spent per year was astronomical, so it was reasonable to charge some escort fees from passing merchant ships...
The reason why this situation occurs is, ultimately, because official management is not strong enough.
In the early days of Hong Kong Island, there was a mixed bag of good and bad, and the official power was weak, so they had to turn a blind eye to the underground forces...
In the Ming Dynasty, "nothing was allowed to enter the sea", and there was a vacuum of power in the sea area. Naturally, tycoons like Zheng Zhilong appeared...
But the court said that Zheng Zhilong was a pirate, which was indeed too much.
"Later, Zheng Zhilong's power grew stronger and stronger, and his battleships defeated countless Japanese pirates and red-haired ghosts, becoming a generation of maritime heroes..."
Grandpa He Min took a sip of tea and continued: "Zheng Zhilong has more than 100,000 people in Taiwan. He is like a prince and has connections with the royal courts of overseas countries...
In Fusang, Zheng Zhilong is a well-known legend and a distinguished guest...
The shogun awarded Zheng Zhilong an official position, gave him a mansion, and introduced an aristocratic woman, He Chuansong, to marry Zheng Zhilong...
After Zheng Zhilong and He Chuansong got married, they gave birth to two sons. The eldest son was named Zheng Sen, who later became the national surname Zheng Chenggong. The second son was named Zheng Hong. Fusang's name was He Chuanhong, who was the monk Tixi who later founded Hongmen.
."
"What? You mean...Monk Tixi and Zheng Chenggong are brothers? Both of them...have Fusang blood?"