Three days later, the manager came to Zhu Hongsan and others and took them onto a sea boat in the port.

This sea boat is much more comfortable than a cargo ship, and Zhu Hongsan even has a single room. After the manager made arrangements, he said to Zhu Hongsan: "Master Ma, this boat is sailing to Tanggu. If you go further north, you can't take a boat. Our Zheng family can only send it to Tanggu."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Sir, thank you for your care along the way. Thank you Mr. Zheng for me."

The manager laughed and said, "There is only a small task. The sea boat can set off tomorrow. Mr. Ma, please rest if you have nothing to do."

Zhu Hongsan sent the manager out of the room, and the manager bowed to say goodbye.

Zhu Hongsan went to the bottom to look at his soldiers. They were all in beds. But it was okay, it was much better than squeezing together with cargo ships and cargo.

The passenger ships heading north were basically merchants going to the north. Zhu Hongsan saw two people who were obviously not Han people, and they had a fishy smell on their bodies, which should be Mongolian Tartars. What are they doing? Do they have any contact with the Zheng family?

The next morning I drove the boat and this time I had to walk fifteen days. It was about 2,000 miles from Kinmen to Tanggu. I had to stop twice along the way to replenish freshwater food.

The first stop was in the Zhoushan Islands, where I stayed for one day. The second stop was in Weihaiwei.

After passing through the Yangtze River, the weather turns cooler. It is February. The spring flowers should be in bloom south of the Yangtze River. However, the climate of the small glacier is still affected. The buckets on the boat will still freeze at night.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the weather became colder and colder. Zhu Hongsan's soldiers all came from the south, and the farthest was Henan. So when Zhu Hongsan left, he asked someone to make 200 military coats. At this time, the soldiers were asked to wear it, which was indeed warm.

At this time, it was really boring to take a long-distance trip, and there was no entertainment on the boat. Fortunately, you could get off the boat in a few days.

After suffering, I finally arrived in Tanggu. Now Tanggu is not an international port like later generations, it is just a small town and a small wharf.

Zhu Hongsan asked Qian Lide to go down to find the person who was in contact and ordered Zhu Hongyi to lead the team off the ship.

There was a Tianjin Guard Inspection Office on the dock. When I saw this group of guys who were obviously elite soldiers, I simply didn't look at it and turned around and went back. The ship came from Zheng Zhilong's territory, and the ones above were either pirates or thugs. Can you not cause trouble or not cause trouble?

Zhu Hongsan thought he had to bother to explain, but he didn't expect that the inspection department would turn around and smile and didn't take it seriously.

The two Tartars looked muttering at the side, muttering words that they couldn't understand. Zhu Hongsan turned around and looked at them. The two Tartars saw Zhu Hongsan glaring at him.

Zhu Hongsan thought to himself: "Damn it, if you don't mess with you, you will be offended by me. You will be more beautiful when you leave the city later."

At this time, Qian Lide came back and led a man. The man saw Zhu Hongsan kneeling and said, "Welcome to Tianjin. The horses are ready. Let's live in Tianjin Acropolis tonight."

Zhu Hongsan nodded, and when he left the town, he was so angry that he saw his horse. Half of it was horses, and the other half were donkeys. Qian Lide blushed and said, "Brother, there is really nothing to do. There is also a shortage of horses in the north. This is still easy to find."

Zhu Hongsan was not very angry, after all, he was asking too fast. At this time, a burst of laughter came from the side. Zhu Hongsan looked back and saw that it was the two Mongolian Tartars. They had more than ten people in total, but more than thirty horses.

Zhu Hongsan cursed: "Your mother, laugh at your grandma."

The two Mongolian Tartars understood a little Chinese language, and they understood the first half of the sentence, but they didn't understand the second half. But they knew it was not good things after guessing. They had to argue with Zhu Hongsan when they got off the horse.

Zhu Hongsan said to Zhu Hongyi: "Brother, kill them and steal the horse!"

Zhu Hongyi nodded and made a gesture to his subordinates. More than 20 warriors surrounded him. Seeing that there were many people here, the Mongolians also came over one after another, and a few of them drew their short swords.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Hongsan was unreasonable at all. He saw them approaching and took out a short musket and fired directly.

The two Mongolians in front of them were immediately beaten to death, and more than a dozen people behind were also killed, and the remaining few were captured by Zhu Hongyi.

Zhu Hongsan said to Qian Lide: "Go and ask them what's going on, and they will all be killed after they are finished."

After a while, a few screams came from over there, and Fatty Qian returned and said, "Brother, I know. They are from a Mongolian tribe, I didn't hear the name clearly. I want to go find Zheng Zhilong to buy artillery."

Damn, Zheng Zhilong's artillery was sold to him by the young master. Unexpectedly, they became second-trafficking dealers when they got it. Zhu Hongsan thought of this and asked, "Didn't they say how much money they cost?"

Qian Lide said: "Twenty thousand silver per family is so dark."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and thought, "It's not as bad as we're going to be. The cost of selling artillery to them is only 100 taels of silver. If you make fifty times, it's still profitable for arms. It seems that you can contact the Qing Dynasty in the future to do arms deals."

By this time, Zhu Hongyi had already brought the people to clean up and the horses were also returned to Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan said to Feng Fu, a family member next to Feng Ziyong, and said, "Old Feng, do you recognize the way?"

Feng Fu said: "Son-in-law, I went south from the canal back then, and I don't recognize this section of the road."

Qian Lide said on the side: "We have a guide, and the guy from the Ma Family Shop is here."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Look, it's too cold in the north, I'm so frozen. Get on the horse and go!"

Zhu Hongsan encountered several caravans along the way, forcing them to buy and sell donkeys to exchange for their horses. Some caravans on the way resisted and were killed by Zhu Hongsan. The journey from Tanggu to Tianjin Sanwei had already replaced all the donkeys with horses, most of which were war horses. This really made Qian Lide stunned.

Tianjin is the emperor's ferry. In the second year of Jianwen, the gangster emperor Zhu Di wanted to go south to grab his nephew's country and take a boat to go south from here. The place was renamed Tianjin.

After the second year of Yongle, the three guards gradually increased. Because Tianjin is located on the north-south major passage and is crowded with people, it has now formed a town of tens of thousands of people.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, it even changed Tianjin Wei to Tianjin Prefecture. However, Tianjin in Zhu Hongsan's eyes was really not very good. The North China Plain is still very cold now. It is covered with yellow earth everywhere. In addition, this place was just harmed by the Qing Dynasty a few years ago, and it was a broken appearance.

After entering the city, it was still similar and it was a little popular. After finding the inn, the group started to rest.

The next day, Zhu Hongsan took people to set off as soon as the city gate opened. Now Zhu Hongsan has no idea of ​​the times, and it is the most important thing to arrive in Beijing one day earlier.

Tianjin is more than 500 miles away from Beijing, which took nearly an hour to take the high-speed rail in later generations. Zhu Hongsan and the others have to walk for nearly ten days.

The closer you get to Beijing, the more you find something wrong. When you leave Tianjin, you can see one or two villages. There is no village near Beijing, and all you pass by are wreckage and broken walls.

Ma Quan, a friend of Ma, said: "This is a crime committed by the Qing Dynasty entering the pass in the 11th year of Chongzhen. The population around the capital was basically gone. Those with some money ran away. Those who had no money were either captured and went to Liaodong or were killed by the government army to make contributions."

Zhu Hongsan said: "The world is so destructive, and the Yan King's group is really lucky."

Now there are Zhu Hongsan's confidants around him, so he doesn't have to worry about anything when he speaks.

Everyone didn't look at the surrounding environment and rushed to the road. Finally, they arrived at the capital on the fifth day of the March.

Zhu Hongsan looked at this world's largest metropolis, the first city to reach a population of one million. It is also the most solid city in China.

Zhu Hongsan stood outside the city and looked at the majestic city in the distance. The city that Zhu Di built in fifteen years.

Beijing City has absorbed the experience of developing and sound city construction in the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty. Based on brick and stone city walls, arrow towers, corner towers, urn city towers, enemy towers, gate towers, moats, etc., it forms a plane and three-dimensional comprehensive defense system. It is one of the most perfectly prepared capitals in the history of ancient Chinese urban architecture.

Various defensive facilities have reached the peak of the feudal era. Since Yongle was built, it has never been breached head-on, whether it was the Tumu Fort, the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, or the Eighth National Alliance Army of the Later Eighth Nationals entered Beijing, and the peaceful liberation of Beijing in later generations. It seems that the fortress was never breached outside, but all internal problems arise.

The horses on the side said inappropriately: "Our family, let's go to the city. Mr. Feng's mansion is in Tianshuijing Hutong, Qipan Street, Inner City. We have to enter from Dongbianmen. Chaoyang Gate was the closest, but now the bandits are coming, and Chaoyang Gate will not open."

Zhu Hongsan asked: "Ma Quan, where is the Ma family shop? Have the muskets arrived?"

Ma Quan said: "Everyone has arrived, they are all in the warehouse of Ma's shop. The shop is not far from Feng's mansion. When the second master chose the site, he had to take care of him."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Okay, you go back to the shop first and prepare. We may have to get the musket. Just go to Feng Fu to lead the way."
Chapter completed!