Daming Military Empire

Chapter 66
Nanjing was called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times, and it was called Jiqing Road in the Yuan Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing, he changed it to Yingtianfu and established his capital here. It is also called Nanjing, and it is one of the capitals of the Ming Dynasty together with the capital Shuntian Mansion and the central capital Fengyang Mansion.

As the capital city, Nanjing has been one of the largest cities in the world since Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it had a population of 120 million and became the largest capital city in the world.Among them, the Shili Qinhuai River is the most prosperous. It is separated by a river on both sides. On one side is the Jiangnan Gongyuan, the general examination site for the southern region, and on the other side is the gathering place for famous prostitutes in the southern Jiaofang. The most famous ones are Jiuyuan and Zhushi.

That day, Zuixianju, the largest inn on Chenxiang Street in the old courtyard, ushered in a large group of guests, headed by four handsome young men, probably surrounded by more than a hundred guards, who firmly guarded eight large sedan chairs in the middle. I don't know what kind of person is in it.

The shopkeeper on duty at Zuixianju didn't panic. As one of the largest inns in Nanjing, they received many such big shots, not to mention one or two hundred people, he had seen thousands of them.Now there are many rich people in Jiangnan, and they bring hundreds of guards and servants to the banks of the Qinhuai River every now and then. The scale in front of them is still relatively small.

This group of people may have come for the oiran meeting at the end of the month, and they booked a large courtyard as soon as they came in, and the booking lasted for half a month.Although the shopkeeper hasn't seen the master yet, he can roughly guess the identity of this man from the guards of the entourage. Some of the guards are obviously eunuchs who have passed away. The master is either a son of a prince or a prince relatives.

Sure enough, after this group of people moved into the courtyard of Tianzihao, the four leading young men and a eunuch who looked like a housekeeper led a young man and a beautiful and outrageous young girl in the middle of a dozen guards. Crowded down to Zuixianlou for dinner.

But this son is too young, maybe ten years old, and the stunning girl next to him is not comparable to the rouge and vulgar fans on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Could this person really come to see the oiran conference?

Who is this little boy?Of course it is our little emperor Zhu Cijiong. It turned out that he was really bored in Fengyang Mansion. Luo Yangxing happened to come to report. Zhao Zhilong and his group of local wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River were almost checked, but these people are usually busy everywhere. , It is rare to get together, and it is quite difficult to catch them in one fell swoop.

It happened that the end of the month was the annual oiran meeting in Jinling City, and the heads of these wealthy Jiangnan families would usually come to observe it. After all, buying an oiran back is a matter of face, and they always enjoy it.When the time comes, surround the Zuixianju, the venue where this event will be held, and it won't be too easy to arrest people.

As soon as our little emperor Zhu Cijiong heard that there was an Oiran Conference, he immediately became interested. There are too few entertainment activities in ancient times, so it would be a pity not to attend such a grand event.Although he can't do anything yet, it's okay to see the world, so he decided to go to participate in person. He has read Kangxi's private interview on Weifu several times, and he has long wanted to visit Weifu privately.

Even though Zhu Cijiong is only eight years old, his prestige has already been built up. It can be said that he has a golden eloquence. No one dares to object to such a ridiculous thing. He can only call all the masters of Dongchang and Jinyiwei to act as his guards.Regardless of the fact that there are only a hundred or so people, these people are all masters of the best. Of course, it is impossible for all of them to be able to defeat a hundred with one, but it is still possible to block ten or even dozens with one.Coupled with Cao Huachun, Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming, and Qin Mingyue, these peerless masters, I am afraid that even if there is an army of [-], it is impossible to keep our little emperor.

There is no problem in terms of safety. Our little emperor naturally rushed to Nanjing City, and as soon as he moved into Zuixianju, he couldn't wait to go to Zuixianlou for dinner. It wasn't that he was hungry, but I want to see how rich these local tyrants in Jiangnan are.

Zuixianlou is a two-storey restaurant facing the river. It covers an area of ​​several thousand square meters. In front of the building there is a large theater building of hundreds of square meters. This is the venue for the Oiran Conference.Of course, it’s not that time yet, there are no oirans competing for beauty, only some opera troupes are singing local ditties.

Zhu Cijiong and the others entered the Zuixian Tower and were about to find a place to sit down, when the shopkeeper hurried forward and persuaded them.It turns out that this Zuixian building is divided into grades. The first floor is about a few tens of taels of silver per table, while the second floor is a few hundred taels of silver. The shopkeeper has long known that they are distinguished guests. He ran to stop it.

On the ground of Jinling, it is very face-saving. If you sit on the first floor, it means that you are just a small person and cannot be on the stage.Regardless of his young age, this young man is a prince and nobleman. The shopkeeper naturally dare not let him sit on the first floor. It is still very easy to disassemble the small shopkeeper.

Zhu Cijiong heard that there is still such a rule, so naturally he has to go to the second floor. He is here to see the rich, not to see the little people.

As expected, the second floor is much higher grade than the first floor, and there are only a dozen or so tables sparsely placed near the theater building, and the side facing the river is full of flower bonsai, which is arranged like a garden.At this moment, there were only a few tables occupied on the second floor, so Zhu Cijiong found a random table and asked everyone to sit down, then picked up the menu on the table and looked at it.

Good guy, I really don’t know if I don’t look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. A plate of green vegetables cost more than ten taels of silver, and crystal elbows, braised lion heads, and Dongpo pork cost dozens of taels. Jiangnan is really not ordinary. Rich!
He was thinking about what to order, when suddenly hearty laughter rang out from the table next to him: "Hahahaha, Mr. Zheng, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm still used to staying in Jinling City. I've wanted to visit you a long time ago. Haven't had time, ashamed, ashamed."

Zhu Cijiong frowned at the laughter, and asked Luo Yangxing next to him in a low voice, "Who is this, so insane."

Luo Yangxing introduced in a low voice: "His Majesty, he is Chen Zengyu, the son of Marquis Sien Chen Bangfu, who is quite influential in Jinling."

It turned out to be the eldest son of the marquis family, no wonder he was so arrogant, but who was he being so polite to, could it be a duke?Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but looked in the direction of his hands, he couldn't help being dumbfounded at this sight, this one is not the Duke, but a child younger than him!

He couldn't help asking curiously: "Who is that kid?"

Luo Yangxing looked at the child carefully, and couldn't help but blush, he didn't know this child!
He couldn't help but angrily said to the Jin Yiwei master standing behind: "Go and check immediately, the sooner the better."

A Jin Yiwei expert surrendered his hands and rushed downstairs, he came up after a while, and reported in a low voice: "My Majesty, this child is Zheng Sen, the son of Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian."

Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen, isn't that the later Yanping King Zheng Chenggong!
(End of this chapter)