Three Wu Jiali

The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties is near, and the official ship has turned from the canal into the Yangtze River.

Yangling walked up to the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. Under the bright sunshine, the river water came slowly, with green grass and red flowers on both sides, and a lot of business.

Suddenly, a flute sound came. The flute sound sometimes flew lightly, like a bird singing and a flower blooming, sometimes low and gentle, like a lover's whisper, the ethereal flute sound was melodious and beautiful, as if it was circling in my ears, and it really felt like it was wandering around for three days.

Yang Ling looked at the sound of the flute and saw a scholar in white robe standing behind the bow of the boat, his sleeves swaying in the wind, lowering his eyebrows and whistling his lips. Although he couldn't see his eyebrows and eyes clearly, the river breeze blew by, his sleeves flew, and his graceful posture was extraordinary.

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and couldn't help but smile: "This MOFF...Miss Cheng is also tactful. She has disguised herself as a man, so she has saved me a lot of gossip. Liu Biao!"

Liu Biao came over and clasped his fists and said, "Sir."

Yang Ling said: "At least one hour, it's time to enter Jinling City. When you arrive at the inland river, you can send someone to escort the girl Cheng's boat to surpass her. Let her go first, let us slow down and then enter the city."

Liu Biao responded, Gao Wenxin looked back with a wonderful look, glanced at the "Young Master" on the bow of the boat, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but feel a little sunny.

When Yang Ling saw her disdainful expression, she knew in her heart that she had received a true ladies from a family since she was young. If she had not become a maid in an innocent disaster, women like her and Dailouer would be the same as those of her in the sky and the ground, and she would never look down on women like Dailouer in her heart.

Although the power of Tai Doctor Gao is far less than that of Mo Qinghe, Mo Qinghe is rich in the world and powerful in the court and the country, and he is incomparable to the situation, let alone Dai Louer, who is more humble in his identities.

Forget it, as soon as you enter the city, you have to go your separate ways and you will never have a chance to meet each other again. Whether Wen Xin despises her or not, he is too lazy to preach and correct her.

In fact, in addition to outstanding appearance, most famous brothel prostitutes like Dailouer have a skill, either good at poetry, painting, music, or clever debate. Some people have even learned military writing and combat strategies.

Her level is not as good as many talented men who passed the imperial examination. As the most humble prostitute, she has such talent. If Yang Ling had not always suspected that she had heard of Mo Qinghe's evil deeds, and even participated in it in order to please him. With his character, he would not have made up his mind to only agree to escort her to Jinling, and at least he would have asked to arrange her residence. After all, she is a woman now, and it would be inconvenient to show up in public.

Yang Ling sighed, walked to the side of the boat, and supported the boat gang warmed by the sun. Suddenly, he saw seven artificially dug straight broad rivers leading straight into the Yangtze River, and the seven rivers were not too far away from each other.

Yang Ling couldn't help but ask a little strangely: "Where are those seven rivers? Why did seven rivers come out in such a close place?"

Liu Biao didn't know the reason, so he waved to the pilot ship sent by Hangzhou Prefecture. After hearing the question, the shipworker hurriedly said respectfully: "Report to the master. It's not a river, but a pond. The large wood behind it is the Longjiang Shipyard. The treasure ship that we went to sea in the Ming Dynasty was built here."

Yang Ling was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Stop the boat, stop the boat, hurry up and dock, I want to go to the dock to take a look."

When the disembarker was busy contacting the big ship in front. The three ships slowly stopped by the river and lowered their pedals. Yang Ling hurriedly stepped onto the embankment. Liu Biao and more than twenty monks came off the ship. Yang Ling called the boatman just now and asked, "Are you familiar with this place? How far is there? Can you take my official to take a look?"

The boatman said: "The young man often travels to the boat. Although he has never been inside, I heard that he will walk along this pond. However, the dock is just a yard. Adults want to take a look. I will accompany you to see it."

At this time, a young man in white robe insisted on walking the folding fan two meters away, bowed and said, "Sir, do you want to stop here?"

Yang Ling took a look and was stunned. He had just decided that the person playing the flute at the bow of the boat behind him must be Dai Louer disguised himself. His figure was very similar, but now he was close to him. After a closer look, the young man had a white jade crown strap on his head, his eyebrows were clear and picturesque, he was wearing a silver-white man's light shirt, and a green lotus jade pendant hanging by his waist, and there was no decoration.

Although he has red lips and white teeth, he is handsome, but his eyebrows are bright and his eyes are so beautiful that he is not a little bit of aphrodisiac? He is obviously a man.

Yang Ling suddenly thought of Dailouer saying that she was moving to a distance, so it was not convenient for even the male servant to take him. Why is there a young man on the boat? Could it be that they...

He looked at the man suspiciously and bowed, "Did the young master get off the boat behind? I don't know the name of Gao..."

The young man opened his eyes widened suddenly, looked at him in surprise, then smiled at the ground, and couldn't help laughing: "Caomin's surname is Cheng. Thanks to the care of his master, he agreed to take me to Jinling with him. Why did the adults have been going for more than a day... Is it so much forbidden to forget about the noble people?"

Yang Ling suddenly smiled and felt charming. If a man had really become a shemale, he suddenly realized that Dai Louer was so powerful. This was definitely not a disguise technique. Once she recognized her identity, she looked at her eyebrows, eyes, and facial features. Although she was delicate and handsome, she still looked like Dai Louer.

But she just changed her dress and cleverly decorated her eyebrows and lips. Her expression and temperament could no longer show any feminine taste. Even though her face had not changed, she seemed completely different. Even her voice became neutral, and she even saw herself.

When Yang Ling heard her speak in a man's tone, she laughed in surprise: "It turned out to be Mr. Cheng, with a sluggish eye. You put on... uh, I changed into this dress and took a look at it. Haha. Yes, I was a little tired of sailing along the way. I heard that the place ahead was where Zheng He built a treasure ship when he was voyage to the West in the past, so I wanted to go and have a look."

Dai Louer bets on him with a pair of bright eyes of autumn water, and she looked at Yang Ling deeply and said, "Do you also like to set sail and live on the sea?"

Before Yang Ling could answer, her eyes looked at the lush jungle and said, "Caomin knew a little about Zheng He's treasure ship. Can you guide him?"

Yang Ling really doesn't want to be with her, but with his life experience, he has not yet developed the kind of attitude that is arrogant, arrogant, and does not care about other people's face.

Since Dai Louer took the initiative to ask, he was inconvenient to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll just go see it, so... If the young master is frustrated by the boat, why not travel with me?"

Dai Louer opened the folding fan in his hand and then closed his eyebrows, raised his eyebrows and said happily: "I am so honorable to be able to travel with you, so please."

Yang Ling nodded and looked helplessly at Liu Biao and Zheng Baihu. These confidants knew Dai Louer's identity. When they saw the adults looking at them, they immediately turned their faces unfaithfully. They looked at the sky and the earth, but they didn't look at his eyes.

Yang Ling had originally hoped that they would be separated by themselves and Dailouer without any trace. When he saw their virtue, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, and walked over and walked side by side with Dailouer on a dirt ridge beside the pond.

Dailouer and Yang Ling walked side by side. They were not able to see their female posture at all. When they first met, they were completely invisible. A person's behavior and behavior could make such a big change. Although Yangling knew that she must have some training in the brothel, she was still surprised.

Dailouer said as he walked: "Sir, Eunuch Zheng went to the West seven times in the past, and visited Guli, Liushan, Malin, Lassa, Tianfang and other countries. His deeds are as clear as our Jiangnan people."

Yang Ling nodded and saw the big trees on both sides hugging each other straight and towering. They should have grown for at least decades, but the endless dense forests were neatly and orderly, as if they were planted manually. I couldn't help but wonder: Did the trees planting also exist in ancient times?

When Dai Louer saw his gaze, he immediately understood: "Those trees were planted by the imperial court during the Hongwu period. He thought that trees for a hundred years would be used as shipbuilding materials in the future and could be used as shipbuilding materials, but now they are just allowed to grow. No one has any questions. I heard that Longjiang Shipyard now only makes small boats with two masts and four masts, and the imperial court only needs a limited number of ships. Those hereditary ship workers have no choice but to live along the river. Most of them are seeking survival..."

Yang Ling couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that my Ming water military power was the best in the world in the past. But now..., alas! When I was in Haining, I saw those Japanese pirates riding in some dilapidated ships and robbing thousands of miles away. If we had a powerful navy, how could they be arrogant?"

Seeing him with regret, Dailouer couldn't help but smile and said, "Now there are naval masters in the Ming Dynasty, but... they are just used to appease the seaside and chase and suppress the merchants and fishermen in violation of the offshore. The boat can only patrol offshore and cannot withstand the storm at sea."

Yang Ling remembered Wu Jiyuan's attitude towards sea trade. It seemed that the gentry and people in the Jiangnan area were open and had advanced consciousness, and most of them agreed with the opening of the sea ban.

If I suggest business to the emperor after returning to Beijing, I guess there is a lot of resistance to the DPRK and China. If all classes in the Jiangnan area agree with the opening of the maritime ban, they can strengthen their persuasion.

Most of the places where Dailouer came into contact with celebrities from Jiangnan, so she must have some understanding of this. If you know more about it, you will have a more sense of confidence to convince the emperor.

However, he saw Dailouer speaking carefully. He clearly disagreed with the ability of the Ming Navy, but he did not dare to speak out. Only by expressing his attitude first would she speak out directly.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling said: "Yes, if you trade at sea, you can enrich the people and strengthen the country. At the same time, you can know the situation of foreign countries at any time, and you will not block the eyes and ears of the court.

As in this way, our Ming people are locked on land and foreigners are cruising on the sea. When foreigners have the ability to cross thousands of miles, the long sea border of the Ming Dynasty will change from a natural barrier to a smooth road. The northern border is full of invasions by the Tatars every year and cannot be defended. The long coastline is more than several times that of the nine border defenses. If an enemy comes from the sea, no matter how many troops are arranged, it will be impossible to prevent it."

Dai Louer smiled and said, "You are far-sighted and knowledgeable. If you want a country to be prosperous and strong, you must not ignore the ocean. Wealth is taken from the sea. Danger also comes from the sea."

Yang Ling stopped in surprise and looked at her and said, "Okay, you said it well. You hit the ground." He talked for a long time and said that's all that. Unexpectedly, this woman was concise and to the point.

Dailouer smiled and said, "This is not what Caomin said. Caomin is a woman...how can she have such insight? This is what Zheng and Eunuch Zheng said in the past."

Yang Ling heard that Zheng He had such insights a hundred years ago and had such a long-term vision, so this eunuch of the Three Treasures admired him very much. Although this man was a eunuch, just with this knowledge, how many erudite scholars could match him?

After passing through the dense forest, I saw several docks at the connection of the ponds. Each dock ranged from ten to thirty feet in width, and was 160 to 70 feet in length. There was no ship in the dock, and there were sluices, wooden bridges, and stone cities on the dock. However, it seemed that weeds were everywhere, and there was no desolate figure.

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "This is the Longjiang Shipyard? The place where the hundred-meter treasure ship was built? Has it been removed here? Why is there no one?"

After hearing this, Zheng Baihu hurriedly led a few people to search everywhere. After a while, he found an old man with a gray hair from the dock. He was squatting there and fishing with a fishing rod. Zheng Baihu was overjoyed and quickly called him up.

The old man thought he hadn't seen an official come here for a long time. When he saw Yang Ling's huddle, he must have been a huge official. He was so scared that he forgot to leave the fishing rod and hurriedly came up.

Yang Ling frowned and said, "Old man, are you from the shipyard? Let me ask you, has this shipyard been laid off? Why are there no man-made ships and no craftsmen seen?"

The old man nodded and said, "Sir, Xiaodi is the foreman of Suofang. Herald shipbuilding craftsmen have not been laid off in our shipyard. However, the Ministry of Works has not ordered a shipbuilding site for nearly two years. The craftsmen have no shipbuilding and no wages to get, but their wives and children have to support them.

So... when there is no work to do, the ferry is ferrying, and the servants are helping the servants, and women and children grow vegetables and put sheep in the forest, but we dare not stack this shipyard casually. So the small land takes turns to watch with the cable house, gang house, pine house, woodworking house, and helm house. Today, the small land is on duty. Sir, are you..."

From his tone, the shipyard was quite fine. Even cables and bangfans had special workshops, which showed that the scale was really not small. But looking at the desolate appearance of the shipyard now, it was full of weeds everywhere, and fishing in the dock. There was nowhere to be able to make a three-treasure giant ship sailing thousands of miles away.

Seeing the foreman hunching humbly, his clothes were old and tattered, and his toes were exposed, Yang Ling couldn't bear to blame him anymore. He sighed and looked at the huge shipyard with regret. His interest disappeared, and his mood was in vain.

The foreman didn't know what his origin was, and he didn't dare to respond when he saw that he was stunned. He stood aside obediently. Yang Ling wanted to go to the stone city again, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and turned around and said, "It's okay, I passed by here, but I just came over to take a look, and then I left."

Yang Ling led the people back, silently, with a somewhat solemn expression. Dailouer looked at him quietly, thinking about his attitude, and gradually got a clue.

She tentatively said: "In fact, some Japanese pirates on the coast are just rebelling, which is not enough to shake the root of the Ming Dynasty. The small countries in the world do not have the strength to invade our Ming Dynasty. Why are the worries of the adults coming?"

Although Dailouer is knowledgeable, she can't see so far. She didn't know that the small foreign countries in her eyes were not worth worrying about. After more than ten years, she began to continue and unyieldingly want to open up the Chinese market.

When they tried their best to gain commercial exchanges with this country of the Celestial Empire, the timely strong ships and guns were born with them, so that these small countries could dominate the sea and thus began to dominate the world.

This truth will take hundreds of years before China can understand from a series of lessons that have lost power and humiliated the country. Now, except for Yang Ling from later generations, who will know what a painful lesson it is and how much it will cost?

Longjiang Shipyard, a huge sea ship that built more than a hundred years ago, has now become a ruin. In another hundred years, will the vibrant Central Plains world also enter a wilderness?

Yang Ling had known that the ban on the sea directly reduced China's water power sharply, indirectly causing the development of the country's science and economy to sluggish. However, when he saw today's scene, he realized how serious the situation was.

In a few years, not only the shipyard declined, but I am afraid that even a useful craftsman can't be found. These hereditary craftsmen do not have special schools. Their skills are passed down from father to son, and their son to grandchildren from generation to generation. If there is no ship to build, if you can't even eat enough to learn to build a ship, someone will teach you. Will anyone learn it?

Think about the history we know. If it weren’t for the current ban on sea and shipbuilding in the court, China could continue to dominate the Far East waters, then it would always be able to ensure advancedness in contact and collision. It would not have been hundreds of years later that it would have spent a huge amount of silver to buy a Western ironclad ship and was sunk by the East.

If China's navy is strong enough to actively explore overseas trade and colonization, will it still be the turn of those countries that are not as big as Southern Zhili in a few hundred years? Will it be embarrassing to welcome foreign naval ships to attack with simple and clumsy land?

Now it is not only the court that is complacent and conservative. In addition to some visionary businessmen and gentry along the coast, most of the people do not advocate expansion of foreign countries. This power is actually quite powerful. Even if they are emperors, it is probably difficult to change this situation. Moreover, they have not even contacted much of the government.

I know the result of historical development. Sadly, even though I know, I may only watch all the lessons and disasters repeat themselves, and the tragic scene of the weak country and blood flowing in the river still inevitably appears. Can I let it avoid it?

Yang Ling thought while walking. His mood became heavier and he couldn't raise his energy to watch the scenery and talk and laugh with Dailouer.

Dai Louer only thought that he was still worried about the disaster of the Japanese pirates along the coast, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him had drifted to hundreds of years later. She sighed and said, "As the saying goes, "Eat the mountains and eat the mountains and the sea. It is impossible to force the coastal people to isolate the sea from the sea."

The court refused to allow it. For huge profits, wealthy businessmen must have formed groups to trade with the Gentiles. However, merchants from overseas countries have military power to protect them, and the sea is extremely unsafe. These maritime merchants traded with the Gentiles and could not protect themselves without force. The establishment of force was a fear of being surrounded and suppressed by the court.

As a result... the more the court banned the sea and suppressed the sea, the more maritime merchants were trapped inside and outside the sea to become pirates. The cause and effect of this is simply a dead knot that cannot be solved, no wonder the adults were in a dilemma."

Yang Ling shook his head and said, "It's not the case. If there was no sea ban, merchant ban, and if we did not detain the navy in the bay and open the sea, could this knot be opened?"

Dai Louer was stunned and blurted out: "How is that possible?"

Yang Ling raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Why can't it? Since this knot is tied up by a person, someone can open it. And this knot will be opened sooner or later. It just needs to wait until the day someone forces it to open. I wonder how many people will suffer. Yang eats the king's fortune and shares the worries for the king. Why can't we try to open it earlier?"

Dai Louer returned to her boat, and her figure and gait returned to her womanly appearance.

She walked into the cabin and sat down, sighing softly. A beautiful maid in red dress brought a cup of tea, gently hit her shoulders, and smiled and said, "How can you sigh for yourself, you are the most beautiful lady in Jiangnan, you don't want to dress up as a man, so how can you fascinate him for you? I see that the lady is handsome and handsome, and the young man is promising, and she is a little dizzy."

Dailouer shook her head, her eyes a little confused: "If he was willing to be confused by me, he would have been confused for a long time. Will he wait until today? Silly girl, if I were dressed in women's clothes, it would be strange if he would not reject me thousands of miles away. Chu Ling, your Taoism is still far from that."

At this moment, another pretty maid in red clothes walked into the hall angrily and said, "Miss, this imperial envoy is really rude. He just ordered someone to escort us first as soon as he entered the city. If the lady hadn't helped him, would he have gone so smoothly in Jiangnan? It would be so ungrateful."

Dailouer smiled bitterly and sighed, "Forget it, it's already a rare gentleman who doesn't take advantage of the situation and robbery. Alas, with his identity, I'm willing to avoid suspicion and let me come with his official ship, and what I do is to do is to be kind and righteous. If someone else is changed, even if he can't swallow me in one bite, he doesn't know how far he has to hide in front of others to show his innocence."

Her eyes turned, she thought for a while and said, "Chu Yan, instructed the boatman to go to the city first after entering the city, and... When I thanked the imperial envoy, I said there was no need to bother him to send someone to see him off."

The pretty maid named Chu Yan said in surprise: "Miss. Don't you want to... want... to ask the maid where the land headquarters is?"
To be continued...