At this time, at the mouth of the Qiantang River, with the help of the tide, the fleet in front was traveling at a very fast speed. These Guangzhou ships were probably around a hundred tons. According to the standards of the Ming Dynasty, they were all ships with a material of three hundred tons. This is
A standard-sized sea-going vessel at that time.
According to the standards of this era, Yang Fan's two 1,500-ton ships should have cost more than 4,500 tons. They were simply giants. Because after Zheng He's treasure ships disappeared, there were basically no ships on the entire coast of the Ming Dynasty that cost more than 1,000 tons.
"The eldest son, the young master, and the second lady. There are two big boats following us." A general came to Mao Chenglu and reported anxiously.
Mao Chenglu, the adopted son of Mao Wenlong, served successively as the right-wing guerrilla of the Pidao Army, the Neiding Staff General, and the Deputy Chief of the Dongjiang Army. He once commanded Mao Wenlong's family army composed of adopted sons and grandsons and Jurchens for a long time. He ranked first among Wenlong's sons and was known as Mao.
big.
What I call him is Mao Wenlong's concubine Mao Chengdou. Mao Wenlong's biological son. His mother, Wen, was Mao Wenlong's concubine and was born in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619). He is Mao Wenlong's only biological son.
Mao Wenlong was poor in his early years, married very late, and his first wife, Mrs. Zhang, had nothing to do.
Later, he married several concubines. Among them, Mrs. Wen gave birth to a son for him, this young master, Mao Chengdou, who is nine years old this year. This time, Mao Da escorted his property back to his hometown in Hangzhou, and at the same time sent his second wife, Mrs. Wen, and their son.
Leave it to Mao Wenlong's wife Zhang to take care of her.
Mao Wenlong has already felt that the pressure from Donglin is increasing, and his own safety is somewhat threatened. Moreover, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and his son has reached the age of studying, so there are naturally more great scholars in Hangzhou than in Liaodong.
Therefore, for the safety of the heir, the second wife and son were sent back by the way.
"Why are you panicking? We've already entered the Qiantang River estuary. Are there pirates?" Mao Chenglu scolded.
Wen held Mao Chengdou's little hand and looked back nervously. He saw a huge white sailboat riding the wind and waves as fast as lightning. The bow of the boat plowed the sea surface, causing huge waves. With the help of the tide of the Qiantang River, it traveled at high speeds.
Coming.
Suddenly there was a panic on the ship. This big ship looked malicious.
At this time, Mao Da was also shocked when he saw the boat.
This is not a Ming Dynasty ship, and it is too big.
The ship is all white, with three tall masts and soft white sails hanging on it. There is also a foremast that stretches forward pulling a jib.
What's even more weird is that there is actually a tall round chimney in the middle of the ship, which is emitting billowing black smoke.
"My eldest son, this seems to be a Western sail. It can't be the fleet of the Zheng family." Mao Fu said in panic. He was a servant of the Mao family.
Mao Wenlong himself had few descendants, but his family was very large. His family was originally from Shanxi, and later went to Hangzhou to work as a salt merchant and made a lot of money. After the family multiplied in Hangzhou, it had a large population and a large industry.
However, Mao Wenlong's father died early and his family fell into decline.
In his early years, he set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and made his way through the world.
There are two types of people in this world who rely on their eyesight to make a living, one is an antique dealer, and the other is a fortune teller. These people are very good at observing words and emotions, figuring out people's hearts, good at communicating with people, and have very delicate minds.
Although Mao Wenlong was in poverty, his mother came from a prominent family in Zhejiang.
So his uncle was very powerful. Mao Wenlong's uncle Shen Guangzuo was the head of the Ministry of War at the time, and was soon promoted to Shandong Chief Envoy (equivalent to ***).
His eldest uncle Mao Dechun worked under Li Chengliang as a hereditary Liaodong Haizhou Wei Baihu. His aunt took pity on him. He was over thirty and did not even have a wife. He was single and had no heirs.
He achieved nothing, just setting up a stall and telling fortunes, just like a street kid. He discussed with his mother to let him be adopted as a son to his uncle Mao Dechun, and he was hereditary to Haizhou Wei Baihu, and he became an official from then on.
And his mother also wrote to her brother, asking Shen Guangzuo, who had just been promoted to the post of Chief Envoy of Shandong, to say hello to Li Chengliang. She asked Li Chengliang to take care of Mao Wenlong, who was going to Liaodong as an official. Li Chengliang also gave him face and directly promoted him to a thousand households. It can be said that he Debut is the pinnacle. It is not something ordinary people can compare to.
There were more than 100 people in his family in Liaodong, all in Anshan. Later, Nurhachi became a coward in his later years and killed Han people indiscriminately. There were basically no members of the Mao family in Liaodong.
Yes. But there are still many clans in Hangzhou.
His father, Mao Wei, gave up business and became a Confucian scholar. He accepted donations as a supervisor and married the Shen family. The Shen family is a prominent family in Hangzhou and is known as "the first family in Hangzhou, with Shen as the top". Mao Wei and the Shen family raised four sons together, the third The son died in infancy, leaving behind him the eldest son Mao Wenlong, the second son Mao Zhonglong, and the fourth son Mao Yunlong.
At this time, both brothers were following Mao Wenlong to make a fortune and secretly ran a smuggling business for him.
Because he was hopeless, he did not find his wife Zhang until he became an official. However, Zhang did not have a child, so he took two concubines in Liaodong. Among them, Wen gave birth to Mao Chengdou. This was his only flesh and blood.
In order to build up his personal power, he adopted many adopted sons and grandsons in Liaodong. There was Mao Chenglu, the eldest son. Geng Zhongming, also known as Mao Youjie. Shang Kexi, also known as Mao Yongxi. Kong Youde, also known as Mao Yongshi. They were all Mao Wenlong. adopted descendants.
The deputy commander-in-chief Chen Jisheng and the staff general Shen Shikui both had their daughters as concubines for Mao Wenlong. They were in-laws, and their two younger brothers did business for him and took charge of smuggling matters. He weaved a dense network of power in Liaodong.
He met three noble people one after another in his later life. When Yang Hao was conducting military campaigns in Liaodong, Mao Wenlong was given the title of Dusi because of his military exploits against the Hou Jin army. Xiong Tingbi admired Mao Wenlong very much and actually granted him the position of Dusi.
After Yuan Yingtai became the manager of Liaodong, he actually looked down upon Mao Wenlong. Although he was given the title of guerrilla, he was still unwilling to reuse him. However, Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, was very interested in Mao Wenlong because Mao Wenlong's uncle Shen Guangzuo once again asked him to He recommended Mao Wenlong. This time he gave him the real power and jurisdiction of Liaodong Dusi.
The Dusi is not a small official. What Yang Fan has done so far is just the emperor's promise that if the Tumut and Ordos tribes are eliminated, the Suiyuan Capital Command and Envoys Division will be established in the newly established Suiyuan Province, and Yang Fan will be appointed as the head of the department. The provincial military affairs commander-in-chief holds the position of commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief is referred to as the commander-in-chief.
In the blink of an eye, this big boat rushed over. It was parallel to Mao Da's boat, and then began to slow down and keep running parallel.
The Mao family's servants suddenly fell into chaos. Wen picked up her son and ran back to the cabin. A large number of musketeers ran out of the cabin. One tiger cannon at the bow and one at the stern was also loaded urgently.
Several other boats behind also approached quickly, trying to assist Mao Da's boat.
Yang Fan was on the bridge, looking at the chaos on the ship. He said, "Let them stop the ship, we want to check it out.
Mao Da looked at the huge and scary ship next to him. He opened the gun window, and huge red cannons stretched out from the window. He was almost frightened to death.
This is the sea. If it is sunk, everyone will have to feed the fish.
"Listen to the ships below. Uncle Dingyuan, General Zhengxi, and the commander of Jinyiwei know that Mr. Yang has an order. You will stop the ship immediately and undergo inspection. If you resist, you will be killed without mercy."
When he heard that it was an official from the Ming Dynasty, Mao Da felt relieved. It would be better if it was not pirates or people from the Zheng family. They crossed the border and took over the smuggling of slaves and North Korea. Not content with that, they also reached out to Japan.
Fighting for food from the family bowl, the two sides are already at loggerheads.
However, when he heard that the person coming was Jin Yiwei, he immediately frowned again.
/
Please remember the domain name of this book: .Novel about Strange People of the Republic of China