Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

In the seventh year of Kaiyuan, it has been seven years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The people who were severely wounded by the Great Qi lived a normal life. The weather has been good in recent years, and every household has surplus food, and those with a little spare money can still send their children to school.

From the fifth year of Kaiyuan, the first women's academy established by the imperial court was established in the capital. After that, many private women's academies sprung up in various places, all of which were run by the maids or nuns of the former Daqi Palace. After becoming a civil servant, he never returned to the palace. At first, he hid in hiding, for fear of being known by others. But in the past five years, everyone was waiting and watching, and found that the current emperor did not settle accounts after the fall, so the older court ladies began to show their identities. housekeeping skills to earn a living.

Haicheng is a prosperous city, because of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty Navy, the maritime trade is particularly developed, and Haicheng is like a transportation hub between Ming Dynasty and the countries on the other side of the ocean.

Yunyao didn't expect to see her old friend in Haicheng. This old man didn't refer to the concubines of the Daqi Palace in the past, but the maids and mothers, and they were the first ladies and mothers of Sima Yan's Fenglai Palace. They were close friends. Those who served Sima Yan packed up their bags and fled away one after another on that day, but kowtowed in front of Fenglai Palace before leaving.

Today, Yunyao took Yanfeng, accompanied by Wei Huanling, to play and inspect shops. For Yanfeng, it was his way of leisure after studying, but there are many other ways for him to relax, such as going to the beach to go fishing , or go to the army to train with the soldiers, this way of shopping is not common.

Yanfeng ran to the front bookstore to see the newly released books. Yunyao and Wei Huanling looked at the silk and satin shop, and were about to go in to see if there were any new fabrics. Next, the quality of other fabrics is not bad. You can’t do business behind closed doors. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you continue to innovate.

Glancing around, he was about to enter the store. At the entrance of the store ten steps away, there were an old man and a young man. The old man was around 45 years old, and the young man was around 25 or six years old. They saw Yun Yao's eyes and looked over. The next moment, he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop.

Yun Yao frowned, Wei Huanling turned around and saw that she hadn't followed, followed her line of sight, and suddenly said in surprise, "Nurse Tong, Hui Xiang."

"Mother." Nanny Tong and Hui Xiang called them like this almost subconsciously, and the passers-by were shocked by this change. After all, Nanny Tong and Hui Xiang had different identities now, and the two followed the crowd. Haicheng opened a women's academy, which specializes in teaching women the rules and etiquette of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and etiquette. After two years, it has been quite effective and is highly respected by the world.

Yun Yao said indifferently: "Get up, I am no longer your master, there is no need to be like this."

Hui Xiang helped Mammy Tong stand up tremblingly. At this time, Yanfeng came back with a large stack of books, and Xiaosi, Xiaowu, and Xiaoliu held more books in their hands. Seeing Yanfeng, Nanny Tong He Huixiang's legs were weak again, and he knelt down almost immediately.

Yan Feng was startled, what's going on?He is already ten years old this year, and the memories before the age of three, except for his father who has always been in his heart, are no longer worthy of his memory, so when he sees Tong Nanny and Hui Xiang, he doesn't recognize them at all. come out.

"Mom, who are they?" Yan Feng stood beside Yun Yao holding the book.

Passers-by looked at their group curiously, Yun Yao frowned, and sighed: "It's different now, you don't have to."

Hui Xiang supported Nanny Tong to stand up, both of them kept their heads down, not daring to look at Yunyao and Yanfeng at all.

"Okay, you guys do what you want, I have something else to do." Yunyao glanced at them, then walked towards the silk shop, Yanfeng hurriedly followed, still asking Yunyao about Nanny Tong and Huixiang Yunyao briefly said about the servants of Fenglai Palace before, Yanfeng stopped asking. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is still a vague impression, but the palace servants of Fenglai Palace used to flow too much, No one stayed by their mother and child's side to serve them for a long time, so it was not worth keeping in his memory.

Nanny Tong and Hui Xiang hurriedly left this place after Yunyao left, and they didn't relax until the next street.They had known for a long time that their former master had come to Haicheng, but they were just hoping that they would not meet him. Several years had passed and they hadn't met him. Today, they finally met him.

Haicheng is the hometown of Nanny Tong. At the beginning, she entered the palace as a draft girl, but in the harem where people can't blink, she was framed and her face was disfigured. The court lady continued to make a living in the palace. She was able to live in the palace for more than 30 years because she was cautious, neither flattering the concubines too much, nor belittling the palace people.The day before the Ming emperor invaded the capital, a dozen or so sisters fled the palace together. After leaving the palace and Beijing, they lived together for a period of time and finally returned to their hometowns.Huixiang is her goddaughter, so she brought Huixiang back to Haicheng. In the second year after returning to Haicheng, Madam Tong chose a man for Huixiang to marry. Now Huixiang has a son and a daughter, and the son-in-law is filial. , a family of five lives quite well.

"Mother, mother, no, Madam Yan, will she remember us?" Huixiang is only 25 or six years old, and the past in the palace is unforgettable, and those who stand at the pinnacle of power can easily destroy their current family.

Nanny Tong patted Huixiang's hand, and walked out of the past memories in her mind, "Don't be afraid, Mrs. Yan is not a narrow-minded person, if not, Mom won't let Xiaohu and Xiaoxiang lose their parents." My old life is paid to my wife and young master.

Entering the silk shop here, Wei Huanling and Yunyao each picked up a fancy cloth and talked at the same time.

"Sister, I didn't expect Tong Nanny and Huixiang to be in Haicheng, have they been in Haicheng?" After thinking for a while, Wei Huanling said again: "Could it be that they opened the Xiangxuehai Girls' Academy in Haicheng Is it?"

The piece of cloth in her hand is made of cotton and linen, which looks wrinkled and old. Cotton and linen products are not very expensive fabrics in this era, and basically belong to the clothing materials of middle and lower class people. above for comparison.

"You haven't known about it in Haicheng for a long time, and I don't even know about it." Yun Yao smiled, and the two of them changed the subject of the conversation and talked about other things.

Yanfeng, who is holding a stack of books, has already picked out some scenes about Tong Nanny and Hui Xiang from his memory. It is Hui Xiang who feeds him, and Tong Nanny is reporting to his mother on the sidelines, saying He couldn't remember what it was about.

In February, the spring breeze comes up from the river, and the wind in Haicheng comes from the sea, and the air has been dry for many years.

In the middle of the afternoon, Yunyao and his group returned to Haicheng's mansion, but they didn't expect someone in the mansion to come back before them!

Yan Feng's eyes lit up, and Sa Yazi ran to the front hall, "Father, you are back!" As soon as he stepped into the hall in the first step, Yan Feng became mute in the next step.

The front hall is not just Ba Xiong, there is also a blond foreigner, Alan Alfred, a third-class earl of the empire on which the sun never sets, but due to the concentration of royal power, the earl is obviously not like the earls in history. As powerful as that, now it is more of a status obedience.

"Uncle Alan, are you looking for Aunt Wei again?" Yan Feng ran to Ba Xiong and hugged Ba Xiong's arm, tilting his head to look at Alan Alfred.

Allen laughed, and winked at Yanfeng, "It's still my little grandpa who understands my heart!" Allen speaks Chinese very well, and he also spoke Chinese very well before, and there was no problem with his spoken English at all, but since he After getting acquainted with Wei Huanling, in order to pursue beauty, he worked hard on Chinese, and his ability to understand Chinese gradually improved.

Yunyao and Wei Huanling walked to the back, and when they heard the changed tone, Wei Huanling's face twitched. She didn't know how to offend this neurotic figure. She said that she was not interested in marrying a foreigner. Growing up in a different environment, the language and living habits are completely different. She felt that she couldn't live with Alan at all, but this guy was very persistent. In other words, she had never seen such a thick-skinned person.

The next moment Alan appeared in front of Yunyao and Wei Huanling, he gave a very gentlemanly courtesy to the two ladies, then came to Wei Huanling wagging his tail like a puppy, and said with a smile on his face: "Ling, you are back, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Yun Yao smiled and said, "Welcome Earl Allen." She would not be ignorant, and after exchanging pleasantries, she left space for Allen and Wei Huanling.

The reason why Yunyao and the others knew Alan was that they were attracted by the extermination of the Margoli pirates. Among the captured foreigners was a nobleman from the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, who was sent by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets to negotiate. The first person was Ai Lun. They first handed over the credentials to Daming. After meeting the emperor, the emperor had an ambiguous attitude and asked the foreigners to go directly to Haicheng to negotiate with Wu Chenghou.

There are always some Han Chinese scholars who have the idea of ​​heaven/chao Shangguo, and think that foreigners are uncivilized land. In order to show the magnanimity of Ming Dynasty, they should put peace as the most important thing and let foreigners go directly.Pei Yi secretly scolded this group of pedantic idiots in his heart, and said calmly on his face: "I have nothing to say about your opinions, but Marquis Wu Cheng has already played. The navy donated 500 million silver taels for military expenses, and he immediately released the dozen or so foreigners."

When they heard 500 million, these elders shut up one after another. They didn't dare to play lip service with Wu Chenghou. But I can't say no to that big bastard who never went to school!

In the end, Allen brought the negotiating team to Haicheng to negotiate with Ba Xiong. Originally, Ba Xiong didn't expect the dozen or so Margoli pirates to have any special identities, and wanted to enslave them for more than ten years before releasing them. The people who did not fall into the empire came to redeem people, and he guessed that there were some people who were not simple, so don't blame him for being a lion!In the end, the dozen or so foreigners were exchanged by Ba Xiong for 20 gold.

It was not until the redeemer that Alan told Ba Xiong the identity of one of them. He turned out to be the son of a first-class duke in the Empire on which the sun never sets. The 20 taels of gold was paid by the duke himself. The others are all affiliated, directly donated.

Frankly speaking, being friends with Alan is a very enjoyable thing. Wei Huanling doesn't hate him. After she went in and met Ba Xiong, she took Alan away and went to a restaurant outside to invite him to dinner.

The wind is warm, the sky is getting late, and the tired bird is returning home. There are fewer pedestrians on the street, but it is still lively.

Wei Huanling and Alan went to the restaurant chatting and laughing. Over the years, she has devoted all her energy to doing business. She has also traveled to the other side of the ocean with sea boats. She has traveled a lot and seen a lot of the world. Now, the whole person is quite different from before.

Opposite the restaurant, in the dark place, two people appeared, both of them were in black uniforms, one had a serious face, and the other was rather aggrieved.

"General." The young general was filled with righteous indignation. The general has always been obsessed with this woman, and he has never married a wife and took a concubine for many years. The woman whom he has missed for many years suddenly married another woman.

Xu Xiangguang glanced at his subordinate, and stood aside quietly, with a shadow looming on his face.

About an hour later, Wei Huanling and Alan left the restaurant, and the two went directly to Wei Huanling's house. She has been in Haicheng for the past few years, and she has a lot of money, so she can afford the house and the servants.

This house only has three entrances, so it is not considered luxurious, but it is enough for Wei Huanling to live alone. Occasionally, Yunyao and Ba Xiong are busy with business, and Yanfeng will come here to sleep in their spare time. Naturally, there is Yanfeng's yard in the house Well, Alan, the guest, lives in the courtyard where the guests are entertained, and everyone in the house is used to it. This blond, blue-eyed foreigner is quite interesting.

As soon as the gate of the house was closed, Xu Xiangguang said for a long time: "Let's go back to the inn." He invited His Majesty to come to Haicheng for a long vacation, and he didn't know how he was feeling now?Feeling sorry for yourself?Still not reconciled?It's all right, but since she's doing well, there's no need for him to show up again and add unnecessary trouble to her.

For the next half month, Xu Xiangguang watched Wei Huanling in the dark, watching her busy, seeing her become a businesswoman standing alone, watching her deal with people from all walks of life freely, until Wei Huanling was about to leave Haicheng on a Shanghai ship For a while, the person traveling with him was naturally Allen.

The young general felt sorry for the general, but as an outsider, he had no room to comment on emotional matters. Xu Xiangguang stood on the pier and watched the merchant ship drifting away, just like when she left the capital a few years ago.

"Let's go, it's time to go back to Beijing."

In the afternoon, the two of them boarded a merchant ship bound for the capital. The ship was rickety and slow, and finally returned to the capital after 20 days.

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Ba Xiong led a new army to exercise, passed by the pier, and saw Xu Xiangguang inadvertently. When he confirmed that it was indeed Xu Xiangguang, Xu Xiangguang had already entered the merchant ship.

Back at the mansion in the evening, when Ba Xiong said this to Yun Yao, Yun Yao was quite surprised and said: "General Xu, why did he come to Haicheng? Is it with His Majesty's secret order?"

Ba Xiong shook his head: "I don't know, he's only accompanied by one person, it doesn't seem like he's working for His Majesty."

"Could it be that you came to see the phantom?" Yun Yao asked in surprise, "But I haven't heard the phantom talk about General Xu. If the phantom meets General Xu, it will definitely not hide it."

"I don't know what these two people are struggling with. The best time has passed." Yun Yao sighed and shook her head, but emotional matters have always been one or the other, and no one can make decisions for the parties.

Yanfeng ran in from the door and grabbed Ba Xiong's arm, "Father, it's almost June, and I want to go to the army to train with you!" In spring and autumn, he will stay at home to study. , the hot weather is the time for him to play to his heart's content. Before he was young, his parents would not allow him to stay in the army for a long time. Now he is over ten years old and his body is basically grown. It shouldn't be a problem, right?

Yunyao glared at him, Yanfeng scratched his head and obediently stopped talking, Yunyao said helplessly, "It's fine, but remember that you are still growing up, and you can't do high-intensity training like soldiers in the army."

Ba Xiong glanced at Yanfeng silently. The father and son had a heart-to-heart conversation, and Yun Yao pursed her lips. Don't think she didn't know what they were doing behind her back.

As soon as Yanfeng's birthday was over, he paid his bills and followed Ba Xiong to station the army.

Under the bursting sun, the sea was calm, as if the water had been tanned lazily by the sun. Under the shade of the trees in the afternoon, a group of young people in hard-wearing sprawled on the ground for a morning break.

Yan Feng was also among them, and he followed a group of big brothers to make up the number. Others did a hundred push-ups, and he did fifty or forty. In short, he completed the tasks assigned to him by Ba Xiong without missing a step. Well, these big brothers in the army are embarrassed to be lazy when they see him so hardworking. With him as a small reference, the enthusiasm of soldiers in training will be much stronger.

Half a month after Yanfeng entered the army, Ba Xiong was going to lead a large army to explore the deep sea again, and Yanfeng followed along. This was the first time he encountered Yuanhang, so naturally he should not miss it.

Several islands in Lihai are all under the control of the navy, but only five islands have been developed, and the other islands are still in a wild state. When a large group of sea ships passes these islands, the leader of each ship will hold binoculars one by one. Observing the situation of the islands, except for the developed islands where people are allowed to live, other islands do not allow any human beings to live on them.

Now Ba Xiong is starting to look beyond Lihai, that is, to the waters outside of Ming Dynasty. This will inevitably lead to conflicts with other countries. In the past, they used to be kings and hegemons in their own waters, but when they go outside, it is the theory of force. The world is over.

The night was dark and the wind was high to kill people. After sailing for a month, the ship finally encountered a scene of fighting again. One was obviously a pirate, and the other was obviously a national armed navy. The Chinese Navy and the Freeman Pirates were taken aback, and both sides offered a lot of money to ask Ba Xiong for help. Since they are the Ming Navy, they must not help the pirates, so there is no doubt that the Freeman Pirates were captured alive. The members of the Freeman Pirates After handing it over to the Moro Kingdom Navy, Ba Xiong took more than half of the money in the pirate's lair and returned.

Mark all the passing islands along the way, and their navy will walk here from time to time in the future, maybe they can make a fortune again!

"Did you run off the boat just now?" Ba Xiong slapped Yan Feng's small shoulder with a slap. He didn't use much strength, and looked at Yan Feng with fierce eyes.

Yanfeng stood up straight, his eyes dodging left and right, he had finally encountered such a passionate scene, why couldn't he take part in it?

"Father, he is a man. I have learned it for so long, so I should practice it." The little eyes dodged, and the mouth tried to argue for himself.

Ba Xiong laughed, and hugged Yanfeng up, "I saw that you did a good job, but after you go back, don't let your mother and Wang Sheng know, neither of us can please you."

Yan Feng sticks out his tongue and nods again and again, he won't be boring himself!

Within a month of returning to the voyage, the fleet discovered many islands that they hadn’t noticed before. After landing on the islands, it was especially discovered that there was a gold mine on a certain island. Blinding everyone's eyes, Ba Xiong immediately decided that he and most of the people would stay on this island, and the others hurried back to Haicheng and called some people, intending to take the island as their own.

The lieutenant rushed back to Haicheng with a small number of people and three boats. Yunyao came to inquire, only to find out that her man and son were having fun outside, and were fascinated by gold, so they never came back.

When the vice-admiral and the other generals of the navy said this, everyone was shocked. They hurriedly organized their manpower, leaving half of them to garrison in Haicheng, and the others went to that island. Let's talk about mining.

In this way, Yunyao didn't see the proud father and son until the mid-autumn festival in August. Yanfeng went out this time, and was tanned a few times. The whole is a little black baby. Shake your head straight.

"Okay, I won't talk about you anymore, but I have to make up for the missed homework." Yun Yao would be like an annoying dean, and the father and son could not refute.

Ba Xiong grinned flatteringly, Yun Yao turned his eyes away, and said just now: "Your Majesty's letter has arrived. Obviously, His Majesty already knows about the gold mine, and I want you to quickly organize a fleet to send gold to Beijing."

Ba Xiong had no objection. Neither he nor the other generals of the navy had any objection. Anyway, the navy's military expenditures will be complete again, and the rest will belong to the treasury.

With the example of this gold mine, the strength of the navy was aroused like never before. They were enthusiastic about patrolling the sea area. In the next few years, they discovered some gold and silver mines one after another, which made other military branches of Ming Dynasty envious.

Thirteen years have passed, and the Haicheng Navy has become one of the most powerful sea tyrants in the surrounding countries. No matter who faces the Ming Dynasty Navy, they must be prepared to be torn off. Ba Xiong has also achieved his goal of becoming a sea tyrant.

After Yanfeng left Beijing when he was five years old, Yunyao and Ba Xiong never returned to the capital. Yunyao was over 40 years old, Ba Xiong was about 50 years old, and His Majesty the Emperor was over 50 years old. The more nostalgic the more, the easier it is to be bewitched by others, so the emperor issued an edict to let Yun Yao and Ba Xiong enter the capital.

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