Chapter 6 The History of the Zhang Family
After Fan Tong, the captain of the pier, was released, he quickly ran into the woods with the fisherman. After running a few hundred meters, he dared to look back and look at the situation. He found that the Japanese pirates were not chasing him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fan Tong calmed down and said to the fisherman: "Lao Liu, you go back to Shangcun first and tell your father to take two men to the beach to watch these Japanese pirates. If anything happens, go to the beacon tower and report to me!"
When the fisherman Lao Liu heard that Fan Tong asked him to come, he grinned and asked: "Master Fan, that Japanese pirate is so tall and powerful that we can't defeat him!"
Fan Tong glared and cursed: "Fart, when did I tell you to take action? I just asked you to watch them and don't let them escape!"
Hearing that he didn't have to do it himself, Lao Liu felt relieved, nodded and agreed, then went back to the village to find Ding Zhuang to look at Zhao Zhikuan and his group. Fan Tong ran along the path in the woods and ran back to the beacon tower at the mouth of the Nandu River.
This is his former office location.
Fan Tong was under the management of the Baisha Inspection Department, and his soldiers included two archers and two sword and shield soldiers. Of course, this is recorded in the imperial register of the Ministry of War. In fact, Fan Tong only had two old men under his command, and the remaining two archers were
The shortfall left Shangguan with his salary. In addition to these front-end weapons, there was also a serious shortage of weapons. He only had a broken bow, a leather collar, and even Fan Tong's waist knife, which was inherited from his family.
The two arrows that were shot in the forest just now were shot by Fan Tong. It's not that Fan Tong's skills are not good, but that the string of this broken bow has already decayed. If Fan Tong hadn't temporarily replaced it with a strip of cloth, even the two arrows would have been shot.
No arrows can be shot.
Fan Tong returned to the beacon tower, pushed the door into the house and saw two fearful ghosts who had already run back. They were surprised to see Fan Tong come back alive, but they quickly knelt down and kowtowed and said: "Sir, it's not that we are afraid of death, it's true.
The Japanese pirates have elite weapons and we can't defeat them. We are about to come back and ask for reinforcements to save you!"
Fan Tong didn't care about them at this time. Fan Tong gritted his teeth and reluctantly took off his leather armor. He looked at his wound. Although it was bruised and purple, luckily his bones were fine. Fan Tong secretly sighed in his heart about his good luck. You know, there was nothing wrong with it in the Ming Dynasty.
Antibiotics can only be resisted if there is blood.
Fan Tong found another piece of clean clothes to put on, and sat on the stool holding the Nanyang water bottle and thinking about his thoughts.
"According to the normal procedure, it should be reported to Inspector Wang, but Inspector Wang is a bastard with a dark heart. How can I be blamed for letting him see this treasure?"
"But if you go to Qianhu directly, what if the Japanese pirates tell lies? Zhang Qianhu can fool him easily, but old Qianhu is ruthless and hard to deceive. If he knows that he has lied to him, he will inevitably get a slap in the face!
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Fan Tong thought about it and decided to try his luck in Suo City. As the saying goes, wealth can only be found in danger. If what the old Japanese pirate said is true, then he will be prosperous. Maybe Zhang Qianhu will be happy to reward him with an inspection by then.
Dangdang. Thinking of this, Fan Tong made up his mind and asked two old soldiers to look after the house. He went out to the Nandu River to find a boat and took him to the main island.
Due to the special geographical location of Hainan, the scale of Hainan Guard is relatively large, with eleven internal and external offices. The full name of Haikou Institute is Hainan Guard Haikou Guards Qianhu Institute. The approximate location of the main city of Haikou Institute is in the Qilou Old Street of Haikou in later generations, about 50 kilometers away from Haidian Island.
Less than a mile away, although the Haikou Institute has a higher status than the Outer Six Institutes as the Fifth Inner Institute, it is located at the defensive center of Qiongzhou City, so the city walls are thick and the guards are very tight.
Because of the need to defend against pirates, no city in Hainan has a north gate, so pirates coming from the north have to bypass half of the city. Fan Tong landed on the island and hurried along the city wall to the south gate. After entering the city, he went
Arrive at Qianhu Station and prepare to meet Mr. Zhang from Qianhu.
Fan Tong had a good idea, but how could he, a small headmaster, meet the adults of Qianhu? Fan Tong was stunned at the door of Qianhu. A guard guard drove Fan Tong away with a stick. If not
Fan Tong ran so fast that he still had to eat a few sticks.
Fan Tong cursed in his heart that these guys looked down on others. He was at least a pier leader. How could you, a domestic slave, dare to beat them?
However, Fan Tong thought so in his heart, but did not dare to say it. Since they were not allowed in, he had to think of a way, and of course the best way was to spend money. Fan Tong saw that there was no hope of getting in, so he had to give up his money. Fan Tong held it in his arms for a long time.
, he took out half a piece of broken silver, which was half of his monthly salary. He gritted his teeth and handed the silver over, and then said with a smile: "Brother, I really need to see Mr. Qianhu for something, please let me know.
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Money makes things easier. The servant looked at the money, smiled, put it away, and asked, "What do you want from my master?"
Fan Tong looked at the score and quickly took out the piece of paper written by Zhao Zhikuan, and then said: "This is written by Mr. Zhang, a relative who came back from Nanyang. Please give it to Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang will understand it at a glance!"
The servant had never seen such white paper. Since it was not easy for someone to take out such paper, the servant nodded and took it and said, "In that case, please wait a moment!" After that, he turned around and went in to deliver the message.
Fan Tong stood at the door and stretched his neck to wait for the news. This time, he was not asked to wait any longer. Within five minutes, two strong men like wolves and tigers rushed out of the door. They grabbed Fan Tong and asked, "The letter just now is from you."
Did you bring it?"
Fan Tong was so frightened that before he could say anything, the two strong men had already grabbed Fan Tong at the Qianhu Residence and brought him to Qianhu Zhang Chengde.
Qian Hu Zhang Chengde is in his thirties. Three years ago, his father became old and passed the position of Qian Hu to him. Zhang Chengde finally saved up five thousand taels of silver and sent it to the Ministry of War in the capital for management. Last year, the Ministry of War
Literary talent has come down.
Today, Zhang Chengde was joking with his concubine in the house. A servant outside came in and announced that a relative had sent a letter.
The Zhang family moved from Ningbo more than 200 years ago and has already spread out in Hainan. There are only 200 or less 300 people in the family. Zhang Chengde thought it was the poor relative who came to complain about the autumn wind, and cursed: "Who is here again asking for money?
I can’t even afford to eat, so how can I give them any money? Let them get out!”
The servant who delivered the letter originally wanted to turn around and leave, but when he turned around, Zhang Chengde saw snow-white copy paper. Not to mention that he had never seen this kind of paper, I believe that even the entire Hainan Island may not have it.
Zhang Chengde was stunned. Is there anyone among his relatives who can use this kind of paper? Zhang Chengde became curious and asked his servant to bring the paper over. Little did he know that opening it would frighten Zhang Chengde out of his mind.
As a direct descendant of Zhang Youguang, how could Zhang Chengde not know the internal history of his family? The Zhang family still has this tradition. On July 30th, they worship Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Of course, what they say to the outside world is to worship Ksitigarbha.
, but several core members of the Zhang family knew that the person worshiping was Zhang Shicheng, the great warlord who swept across northern Zhejiang.
Although more than two hundred years have passed since the war at the founding of the People's Republic of China, the topic of Zhang Shicheng is still taboo. It is not that the Zhang family has no enemies in Qiongzhou. If someone knew that Zhang Chengde was secretly worshiping Zhang Shicheng behind his back, he, a thousand-year-old family, would still be
What a shit, it would be nice if no one's head falls to the ground!
At this time, Zhang Chengde no longer thought about teasing with his concubine, stood up and shouted: "Come here, go and arrest the person who sent the message!"
After Zhang Chengde said this and thought about it, he still didn't believe it, so he turned around and went to the back house. He wanted to ask himself what I should do.
Zhang Chengde is also Zhang Guozheng, who lived in Haikou in the previous generation. This old guy is not simple. When he was young, he followed Liu Wei to participate in the Battle of Bozhou, which was one of the three major campaigns of Wanli. Zhang Guozheng accumulated merit and was promoted to guerrilla, and finally served as deputy commander-in-chief.
He returned to his hometown with honor, and at this level he was greater than the Hainan Guard Commander in Qiongzhou City.
Unlike the young master Zhang Chengde, Zhang Guozheng had actually killed people in battle. When he saw his son walking in with a changed appearance, Zhang Guozheng cursed angrily: "How many times have I told you, the superiors should be calm when dealing with chaos?"
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Zhang Chengde was not in a troubled mood at this time. After entering the house, he kicked out all the maids and servants, and then asked in a low voice: "Dad, what happened to our ancestors? Back then, Zhang Gong Shicheng still had
Are descendants still alive?"
Zhang Guozheng frowned and asked, "Why do you ask this?"
Zhang Chengde took out the piece of paper in his hand at this time. Although Zhang Guozheng was very good at cultivating qi, he was still shocked when he saw these eight words.
Seeing his father like this, Zhang Chengde asked: "Dad, what's going on?"
Zhang Guozheng sighed and said after a while: "Originally I didn't want to tell you about this matter. It has been more than two hundred years. I originally wanted to take it to the grave to avoid causing trouble to future generations, but since today
If this happens, then I’ll tell you what happened to my ancestors!”
It turns out that the child that Zhang Youguang brought out was not Zhang Shide's child, but Zhang Shicheng's descendant. After Zhang Shide was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, there were no descendants left. Zhang Shicheng happened to have a child by a concubine. In order to continue the blood of his brothers, Zhang Shicheng
Adopt the child to Zhang Shide.
But no one expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would attack Suzhou in the new year. Zhang Shicheng was defeated and his other brother Zhang Shixin was killed. All the sons of Zhang Shicheng and Zhang Shixin were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Only the youngest son Zhang Shide was rescued by Zhang Youguang and brought to Ningbo.
Zhang Youguang originally wanted to flee to Ningbo and join Fang Guozhen, but he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was in full swing at this time. The second year after Zhang Shicheng was killed, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the famous general Zhu Liangzu to attack eastern Zhejiang. Fang Guozhen did not have the backbone of Zhang Shicheng, so he could not open the city when he saw the situation.
After surrendering to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Youguang also surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Later, in order to prevent the surrendered troops from rebelling, Zhu Yuanzhang split them up and spread them across the country. Zhang Youguang followed the commander Sun An to Hainan Island and became a hereditary household in Haikou.
Zhang Chengde did not expect that he still had royal blood. You must know that Zhang Shicheng was from the founding Zhou Dynasty, but it is not a good thing to have royal blood at this time. This kind of thing can be big or small. If someone knows about it and reports it to the commander, even if he is not
Chapter completed!