The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 285 Looking to the South China Sea
The guests at the wedding banquet lasted for three days, and naturally there were good songs and dances on the stage, and the Beijing Normal University blew up a whirlwind of ballroom dancing again.

Too many official ladies have already begun to resist foot wraps. They justify their arguments, and the beloved daughter of the British government is now a big wit and the wife of Mrs. Huang doesn't bind her feet anymore.

The old women of the official family used to trick their daughters into binding their feet to scare them. If they have big feet, they will not be able to find a good husband and marry a good husband.

Now such a statement will be refuted speechlessly, because what young talent can compare with the great talent Huang Sheng?

Seeing that this trend continues, the problem of Ming women's small feet will be solved, and this extremely disgraceful page in the history of Chinese civilization will be turned over.

Huang Sheng does not discriminate against women. He allows his own women to show up and work, and also provides jobs within their ability to the women taken in by the Huang family, so that they can be self-reliant. In the long run, the status of women will gradually improve.

In the most prosperous area of ​​Wang Gongchang Commercial Street, the large-scale comprehensive entertainment center "Wonderland on Earth" invested by Huang's family has completed its final decoration.

Li Juan, who was rescued from Wanghaidun, was in charge of the management here. The chief housekeeper of the capital’s residence was Laifeng who was the first to serve Huang Sheng. We had to use a large number of well-educated spiritual women.

This new form of entertainment, which has a ballroom, a sauna, a billiard hall, a snack restaurant, and a small theater, is an eye-opener for dignitaries, landlords and wealthy businessmen.

They inquired about when the place would be open for business, and only later did they find out that it was not enough to have money to play here, and they had to become members, otherwise they would not be allowed to enter at all, and they also found out how to become a member.

After the real-name registration, you will get a half-palm-sized cupronickel card with strange symbols on it. When you come to the 'Wonderland on Earth', just show this card, and the boy at the reception desk will check the records and immediately know who is here.

This card is too dark, some people can get it without spending a tael of silver, some people can get it for 500 taels of silver, and some people can't get it no matter how much silver they spend.

Because Daming has rascals with a bad reputation and officials with a bad reputation, the Huang family does not allow them to come to their own territory to pollute the environment. Who would dare to be unconvinced and try bravely?The Huang family and the British government promise to kill you in no more than one breath!

Doing business in this way is very arrogant and somewhat inconsistent with the shopping mall mantra that harmony makes money, so it’s okay!Huang Sheng never believed that a group of harmony can make money, the necessary persistence is still needed, and no one can touch the bottom line.

The newlywed Huang Sheng invited Wu Xiang, who came from Liaodong to have a wedding banquet, to take a sauna bath in the 'Wonderland on Earth'. This kid also made an appointment with Li Wenyou and several sea trade partners who were busy setting up a new store that was about to open. A few officials and merchants dressed as scholars came here, and they were not familiar with them.

It is not easy for these wealthy merchants to make a move. Every family of Mr. Huang has come to congratulate him with a lot of money. Now they have all received free membership cards from 'Wonderland on Earth'. They have come to play a few times, and the consumption here is even worth it Tongue, it's too wasteful, it's a waste of money!
Several people wore cotton bathrobes and steamed in the sauna room. The servant had just replaced the hot pebbles. Wu Xiang scooped up a little water with a wooden spoon and sprinkled it on the pebbles. , I suddenly felt that the temperature in the sauna room was much higher.

Wu Xiang enjoyed this feeling very much, and said with a pleasant smile: "Master Huang, I don't know how you came up with such a whimsical idea to come up with such a bathing method. I am reluctant to leave after several visits."

Li Wenyou said to a stranger: "Brother Ye, what do you think of Mr. Huang's 'Fairyland on Earth'? Can it be compared to Fuzhou's 'Xiaoyao Tower'? "

This Mr. Ye, whose name is Xiuzi Chengjing, is the second son of Ye Xianggao, the leader of the Donglin Party, who served twice as the chief minister of the Ming cabinet, and a native of Fuqing, Fujian.

This Ye Xianggao chief assistant is the leader of Chen Kui's mining tax. He actually thinks that wealthy coal bosses should not pay taxes, which shows how fucked up his ruling philosophy is.

From this we can see how ridiculous the so-called "Eastern forest is prosperous, and the court is prosperous" recorded in the history books, it is not as good as the eunuchs of the villains in the Manchu dynasty governing the country!
Ye Chengjing and Li Wenyou have been good friends for many years, and the two of them are also family friends. They have been doing business in southern goods for the past few years. Thirty percent of the southern goods sold by Jingshi come from the Ye family's business. There are five shops.

Ye Cheng sincerely said: "How can such a good place be compared to brothels in a small town in Fuzhou? Mr. Huang is a leader in management, and the students admire him so much."

Huang Sheng knew that Wu Xiang brought Mr. Ye and the others here to discuss something, so he took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Ye, the Huang family has some sea boats going south, if you have any inconvenience, the Huang family can help. "

Ye Chengjing hurriedly got up and saluted: "The students came to the capital to ask for the help of adults. Now the South China Sea is not peaceful, and the pirate Zheng Yiguan is extremely greedy. The trade routes of Daliuqiu, Luzon, and Dayue are almost cut off!"

No wonder this Mr. Ye sent more than 5000 taels of congratulations on behalf of the Ye family. Sure enough, there was something that the Huang family needed to do. His family should be afraid of being robbed by Zheng Yiguan, and he wanted the Huang family to send warships to Nanyang.

Huang Sheng was proud of himself, for a long time the Huang family had been the coachman at sea in Daming.Picking up Nanyang's orders is challenging, and it's worth putting in some effort.

Huang Shengdao: "Young Master Ye can tell you about the South China Sea in detail. It is my duty to seek the country's thieves and protect the people of Ming Dynasty."

Seeing Mr. Huang's expression of willingness to make a move, Ye Cheng felt relieved a lot. His family also lobbied many adults to use the imperial navy's warships to go to Nanyang, but the adults who wanted to make money but didn't want to cause trouble were immediately dismissed. Scared.

For more than a year, apart from being exhausted by the Liaodong war, Daming was counted as pirates in the South China Sea. Ye Chengjing is from Fujian and knows Zheng Yiguan very well. He told everyone about the fortune of this South China sea giant. history.

After Zheng Yiguan established himself, he recruited Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai and other generals from southern Fujian.

He divided his subordinates into eighteen pioneers and became "Eighteen Zhi", and changed their name to "Zhilong" instead of "Yiguan".Zheng Zhilong continued to develop his great cause, and his power continued to grow, becoming one of the largest armed groups in the sea at this time.

They murdered, robbed and dominated the South China Sea, which touched the interests of the bureaucratic capital. Unfortunately, the Fujian Navy, the imperial court representing them, was defeated by Zheng Yiguan, and stayed in the port and did not dare to fight.

Xu Xinsu, Li Guozhu's partner, was already the fifth-rank general of the Fujian Navy of the Ming Dynasty. He joined forces with the Dutch fleet of the East India Company to attack Zheng Yiguan, but they were all repelled by Zheng Yiguan who was in full swing.

The Dutch East India Company is a national institution, representing the government. The Daming Navy is the national army. Zheng Yiguan is a pirate unanimously recognized. Not all of his subordinates are Han Chinese. Japan, Korea, Luzon, Dai Viet and other countries Everyone has it.

It is just and fair for the armies of the two countries to cooperate to fight pirates. This has nothing to do with the nation and the nation. It is as simple as officers and soldiers catching robbers.

Fujian has Yu Zigao, the son of Yu Dayou, who is as famous as Qi Jiguang, as the chief officer of the navy, but it's a pity that the tiger gave birth to a dog!

Yu Zigao was afraid of the life and death of the Zheng family's navy, which was famous for its naval battles, and dared not lead the attack in person.

Governor Zhu Yifeng of Fujian urged Yu Zigao to destroy Zheng Zhilong within a time limit. The commander-in-chief himself did not go to sea, but sent Ma Sheng from thousands of households, and Yang Shijue from hundreds of households led [-] warships to the port to suppress and arrest them. Both of them died in battle.

Yu Zigao had no choice but to send his deputy Chen Xifan to lead the big pirates Yang Lu and Yang Ce who had surrendered to the imperial court to fight. This time there were nearly a hundred warships and more than [-] soldiers.

But as soon as the battle was fought, the cowardly lieutenant Chen Xifan ran away first.With General Hong Yingji and Zhang Xuan fighting hard, Yang Lu and Yang Ce were also afraid of Zheng Zhilong's mighty power and dared not step forward.

Seeing that the situation was critical, the Ming army's general Hong Yingji and his warship had been surrounded by Zheng Yiguan's fleet, so he ignited the gunpowder and died with the pirates. Zhang Xuanxuan jumped into the sea with the firecracker and died.

(End of this chapter)