Chapter 253: Zheng Chenggong's Homecoming for Chinese New Year
In the eighth year of Chongzhen, it was the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Boarding the steam-armored warship "Tianxia", Zheng Fusong embarked on a journey back to his hometown in Fujian.
He brought his mother Tagawa Matsu and his younger brother Zheng Weisong - the younger brother changed his name from the original Japanese name of Tagawa Shichizaemon to Zheng Weisong, returning to a Chinese name and a Chinese surname, cutting off his Japanese identity, even though he has some
He is half Japanese, but now he is a Chinese and wears Ming Dynasty clothes.
In fact, Zheng Fusong's own name has also changed. He lacks wood in the five elements, so his real name is Sen, with the word "Damu". However, he initially completed the transformation of Hirado, won the hearts and minds of the local people, recruited boatmen and fishermen, and turned Hirado into the second largest city in the world.
After becoming a fishing center port and an important commercial port, it began to bring certain economic benefits.
excellent.
Regarding his overall performance, teacher Xu Yuan gave him a 90% excellent rating and high praise.
In order to express his reward, he was given the word "Success" because he successfully rescued his younger brother, successfully managed Hirado, and his success brought benefits, and he also hoped to do a bigger and more successful career in the future, so he was given the word "Success".
, the most appropriate.
"From now on, my name will be Zheng Chenggong!"
Zheng Fusong, no, Zheng Chenggong is very fond of and satisfied with this word, because it sounds loud and has a beautiful meaning.
As for bringing his mother and younger brother back to Anping, Fujian this time, the main purpose is to go home for the New Year, so that Zheng Weisong, who has not seen his father for many years, can meet his biological father and reunite the family.
Because in traditional Chinese culture, there is nothing more important than family reunion.
Although his father, Zheng Zhilong, had little responsibility in rescuing his younger brother and was often disappointed, from his perspective, no matter how much money he gave, it would not be enough to satisfy the Matsuura family, and would only intensify the extortion, and in the end
The best way is to rely on hard power, not just huge wealth.
The Zheng family must find ways to improve their military hard power in order to win respect.
So this time when he goes back, in addition to the New Year reunion, Zheng Chenggong also wants to make some suggestions, such as comprehensively promoting compulsory education, improving technical strength, vigorously studying the Xujiazhuang model, etc., to use the honeysuckle stored in the cellar to cultivate more talents and build more
large ships, and also find ways to enter the steamship era. Only in this way can we catch up with the pace of the great navigation era and bring maximum benefits.
In short, there are at least dozens or hundreds of suggestions that Zheng Chenggong wants to make, and he hopes that his father Zheng Zhilong will adopt them. Even though his father Zheng Zhilong's behavior has become much more conservative and steady in recent years, he is still the smart and capable person who started from scratch.
Zheng Yiguan, who has long sleeves and is good at dancing, will not disappoint anyone in important matters.
Yes, in Zheng Chenggong's mind, his most admired teacher is Xu Yuan, but his father Zheng Zhilong also has a great influence on him. He respects his father very much, because managing a small Pinghu allows him to do things regularly.
Feeling overwhelmed, but Zheng Zhilong, who single-handedly built the Zheng Group, controlled most of Fujian, and established this huge foundation in just a dozen years, would he be a simple person?
Anyone who can accomplish great things must have something special about him.
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The afternoon of the 27th.
Tianxia arrived at Anping Port.
Zheng Chenggong, Tian Chuansong and others got off the ship, while the maids and maids carried large and small boxes of luggage, as well as various New Year gifts, and made more than one trip.
Since the telegram was sent in advance, there were already servants of the Zheng family waiting at the dock. Seeing Zheng Chenggong and others disembarking, they immediately came forward to greet Zheng Chenggong and others with excitement:
"The eldest madam, the eldest young master, the second young master!"
"Ma'am, you've had a hard time traveling."
"I'm finally back. I've been looking forward to your return every day these past few days."
"Hurry and drive the carriage over, and send a few people to help move things." The butler gave instructions and arrangements.
Zheng Chenggong took off a woolen coat, took off the scarf around his neck, exhaled a breath without water mist, and couldn't help but sigh: "It is much warmer than Harbor City. It is warm all year round. As long as the construction is good, here
The development potential is no less than that of Harbor City, and even more advantageous, because business activities in winter are not affected by the climate at all, and most units in Harbor City have to take a month's winter vacation."
It is absolutely possible to turn Anping Port, including the adjacent Xiamen Port, into a new wealth center on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.
In the future, it will not be weaker than the wealth center of Harbor City.
Looking at the port, with less than fifty berths, the labor force is relatively primitive to move and unload cargo. There are not many dock warehouses. The roads used for external transportation are not wide and flat enough. The annual cargo throughput is estimated to be only a few million stone.
It looks like the potential for improvement is huge.
However, on the way to Anhai Town (i.e. Anping City, or Anping Fort, which is a bastion-style town) on the four-wheeled carriage, Zheng Chenggong discovered that the road was very well built, and it was all flat cement roads, especially
It is the Anping Bridge that is more than 100 meters long across the Jinjiang River. It was originally a wooden structure, but now it is a reinforced concrete bridge deck structure with cement piers. It is extremely strong, the width of the bridge deck is two feet, and the traffic capacity is very strong.
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To build such a bridge would cost at least more than 150,000 silver dollars.
Follow the cement road and enter the Anpingbao Zheng Mansion.
Zheng Chenggong was stunned to see everything in this fortress.
The first is the solar photovoltaic panels, which cover most of the sloping roof. Under the sunlight, they emit obsidian-like reflections, which are extremely eye-catching. But the problem is that this kind of solar photovoltaic panels are equipment only available in Xujiazhuang. Outsiders
Although it is not impossible to buy, firstly, they must have a friendly relationship with each other, and secondly, they can only be purchased with gold, which is extremely expensive. I don’t know how much gold was spent on the photovoltaic panels in the Anping Fort in front of me.
Secondly, there are many street light pole devices inside Anping Fort, establishing a lighting system covering the entire fort. There is no need to wait until night. When the power supply is sufficient, the lights in the house will be on, so no matter day or night
, are all very bright scenes.
Finally, there is luxury and magnificence within reach.
Such as the ceramic tiles covering almost every corner of the room.
Whether it is furniture or furnishings or the beams and walls, everything is gilded with silver, inlaid with stones and jade, and I don’t know how much gold foil and silver powder have been used.
A toilet bowl made of almost pure gold.
A giant glass fish tank with a large number of ornamental fish indoors.
There are all kinds of commonly used items and utensils, which are either gold-plated or silver-plated, or have gorgeous and beautiful appearance. They must look like luxury.
After a general tour.
Zheng Chenggong came to the conclusion: It is almost the same. At least in terms of the comfort and convenience of living facilities, his hometown of Anpingbao is similar to Harbor City. The hardware facilities are basically the same, and in some aspects they are even better and more enjoyable.
For example, the specially customized electric massage bed used by his father Zheng Zhilong was purchased through unknown means. It seemed to have some special magical functions that children should not know about.
On the cabinet next to the electric massage bed, there are a lot of small blue pills. I don’t know what they are used for.
Wait wait wait.
Through this circle of observation.
In line.
Zheng Chenggong discovered that his father, Zheng Zhilong, had long been in line with Xujiazhuang in many aspects, and had gone further than he imagined. He had long understood the advancements of Xujiazhuang, and had found ways to obtain and enjoy them.
advanced.
But here comes the problem!
Since his father Zheng Zhilong has fully integrated with Xujiazhuang in daily life, why has there been no change in the wharf of Anping Port, not even an electric crane? It can only rely on primitive manpower to transport.
Well, purchasing a crane may be a bit troublesome. So, can we purchase multiple tire-type flatbed trucks and transport trucks to improve the cargo transportation capacity, instead of continuing to use the old-fashioned wooden wheel-wrapped iron carriages?
In addition, if a lighting system is installed at the port so that the port can operate at night, the cargo throughput can be increased by at least 60 to 70%.
But there is no change.
Anping Port has hardly changed from what it was two or three years ago.
Only in Anping Fort and the Zheng family's residence, Xujiazhuang's advanced things can be seen everywhere in terms of life enjoyment. If these expenses and resources are used in the renovation of Anping Port, it is estimated that the annual cargo throughput of the port will exceed 5,000.
A port worth tens of thousands of stones can be built.
Why did the Zheng family only focus on daily enjoyment instead of focusing on improving and developing productivity, resulting in the Zheng family's development being relatively slow, and they still don't have a single steam ship?
What exactly is the problem?
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In the evening, at a banquet celebrating family reunion.
Father Zheng Zhilong finally ended his affair with his concubine in the 19th room of Xinna. He thought of his first wife, Tagawa Song, and his most valued eldest son. Then he made preparations and appeared in Zheng Chenggong's sight with a happy smile on his face.
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And when this obese man with a face full of fat, a body like a round ball, and weighing no less than three hundred kilograms, appeared in front of him and sat down at the head of the dining table, making the chair rattle under the weight.
I'm sorry that Zheng Chenggong didn't recognize who he was the first time.
Instead, it gave rise to some kind of misunderstanding: Who was this person sitting in the master's position? He was clearly a pig!
"Fu'er, what are you doing? Why don't you bow to your father when you see him?" Until Zheng Zhilong was quite unhappy and spoke to him when he heard this familiar voice.
"My child meets his father!"
Zheng Chenggong felt his scalp numb, so he could only bow to this man, no, to this man.
"We haven't seen each other for more than a year. Fu'er, you have grown taller and more mature. I heard people say what you did in Hirado. Even the Emperor of Japan was so scared that he named you Lord of the Hirado Domain. Yes, very good.
As expected of me, Zheng Zhilong, the dragon begets the dragon, and the phoenix begets the phoenix. I have a successor of the Zheng family. Come and give me a hug from my father."
Zheng Zhilong stretched out his hand, hugged him closely, squeezed him again and again with his potato-like body, and laughed heartily and happily.
"Woo~"
Zheng Chenggong felt that his breathing was not smooth. He also smelled a strong smell of rouge and gouache, mixed with the smell of sweat and greasiness. It felt like he was in hell.
I couldn't help but cry in my heart: My father is not like this, and he should not be like this. In my heart, he is an upright hero. Even if he is far less than the teacher Xu Yuan, he is at least one-tenth as good as the teacher.
one.
But this time when he went home for the New Year, he felt that his assessment was wrong. His current father, Zheng Zhilong, might not be as good as a teacher, not to mention one-tenth, even one-hundredth or one-thousandth. Unless he loses his weight first,
Lose 100 kilograms of weight! Otherwise it will be difficult for him to accept that his father has fallen to this level.
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