Chen Duguang stood with Chen Dujing in the distance, and Chen Zhengzhi accompanied Xu Zixian to greet everyone one by one. Chen Duguang said to Chen Dujing: "The son-in-law recognized by the eldest brother is really a dragon and a phoenix among people... Oh, he was originally the descendant of the dragon seed."

"There are many people who are unpromising in the royal family." Chen Dujing was extremely satisfied, with a smile on his face, but said in his mouth: "Longsheng Jiuzi, his promising prospects are different. Mingda is not bad now, but he is still young, it depends on what he will say in the future."

Chen Duguang said: "Mingda is going to go to the capital to take the post exam, I don't know if he will be successful."

Chen Dujing said: "We are worried about this and there is no way. My Changwen Chen family cannot reach out to the capital. It is not easy to be a Beijing official."

Chen Duguang understood and nodded, saying no more.

No major family of aristocratic families can not push their children to the capital with all their efforts.

If a family child is a senior official in Beijing, he will definitely give great rewards to the local family, much larger than those who are officials in the local area.

However, in recent years, the Chen family has intended to send people from the family in the capital, whether they are back to Fujian Road or other routes, but they just want to stay in Beijing.

This is the grasp and control of the situation by the old aristocratic families.

The Great Wei River is declining, and the Beijing officials no longer have advantages, and the risks are getting greater and greater. The court's political struggles are gradually showing signs of losing control. In order to fight for power and profit, it is also willing to harm the country. Staying in the capital will only drag Changwen Hou's Mansion into the muddy waters.

The clan’s brother Chen Duming is already a compiler of Jiying Hall, and then he is a direct scholar. He is also a minister of a certain department, and then he is a minister of the school. He can also be a senior official. Whether he is waiting to be a bachelor of Guanwen Hall, transfer to the Secretariat, waiting to be a minister of the two palaces, or exile and pacifying envoys.

But the Chen family judged the situation and resolutely ordered Chen Duming to take a leave to return to Fujian, preparing to stay in Fujian for a year or two before seeing the scenery.

Although the officialdom will retreat if it does not advance, no one in the middle and senior officials of this clan oppose this decision. Chen Duming himself readily said that he would soon return to Fujian from the capital.

The atmosphere in the capital is getting worse and worse, and internal struggles are almost intensified. It is inevitable that people with knowledgeable people will have a sense of fame and fortune, so of course it is auspicious to avoid it.

"Mingda is different from us..." Chen Dujing said: "What we are trembling with is not necessarily a difficult task for him."

"Peace is a blessing." Chen Duguang shook his head and sighed, saying, "There is a lot of trouble, and the lot of trouble."

...

Xu Zixian greeted him one by one. Everyone was officials everywhere, so of course he couldn't help but invite him to visit him in the future. Xu Zixian agreed and went to the magistrate of Minqing Li Mingyu and Penghu magistrate Chen Zhengbin. Both of them returned the tutor with a smile.

Xu Zixian said: "When I met Brother Li last time, I never knew there was such a relationship."

Li Mingyu smiled and said, "I knew at that time, how am I to understand Ming's ambition!"

Chen Zhengbin also smiled and said, "I stared at the third sister, and I said he was not a good person."

Among the three, Xu Zixian is the youngest, Chen Zhengbin is about thirty years old, and Li Mingyu is also about 27 or 28 years old, but the difference between years is not too big, and he becomes a relative, so he speaks more casually.

Xu Zixian said to Chen Zhengbin: "What is the place in Penghu?"

Xu Zi first traveled through time and realized that the Great Wei had already established a county in Penghu, which was different from the situation he remembered.

Penghu is located on the outer island of Fujian, far away from the coast of Fujian. More than 200 years ago, it was a place where fishermen accidentally went to fish and avoid storms. There are eight large islands and dozens of people in small islands, more than half of which are not suitable for living.

After Taizu established his country, he decided to set up a county in Penghu. At that time, many people thought it was meaningless. Later, Taizu dismissed the public and said that it was Penghu and the Dongfan in hand, and the imperial court's naval commander stationed to prevent pirates.

This was true when the Great Wei Navy was in its prime. Through Fujian, Penghu, and Dongfan, the sea area was firmly controlled like a chain. The main force of the Navy was stationed in Penghu, and a small number of Navy were stationed in the South Port of Dongfan. Later, the navy officers and soldiers, including their families, maritime merchants, fishermen, and the number of people who moved to Penghu and Dongfan gradually increased. The Dongfan set up another military camp, which was considered to have completed the Fujian coastal defense pattern.

After the Chengzong, the navy was abandoned, five pirates emerged on the sea, and the Penghu and the Dongfan were always harassing, which had become a dangerous place for military strategists.

Chen Zhengbin said bitterly, "It's not like that? The navy now has only 20 warships and more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. He wants to protect Dongfan, Penghu, Quanzhou and Fuzhou. He is short of a pirate. The population of Penghu is at most 50,000, with more than 300 people in the county, three towns and three villages. Now there are only more than 30,000 people left. There are very few maritime merchants, most of which are fishermen and the people of Guizhou who farm. The place is poor, and my county government is about to collapse and I have no money to repair it."

"How about the city defense?" Xu Zixian reminded: "County government office is a small matter, and Penghu city defense is a big matter."

"The city is so careless." Chen Zhengbin didn't know why Xu Zi was so concerned about Penghu, but he said patiently: "Penghu was originally a village, and Taizu was renamed the county seat at that time. At that time, more than 40,000 acres of land were opened for farming for thousands of people. The people usually fished and farmed for a living. Later, a large army arrived and burned wasteland on the islands and built the county town on Penghu Island. It was 210 steps around the circumference. The city was three feet three feet three inches high, four corner buildings and two city gates. There were more than 3,000 households and more than 12,000 people in the city. The city walls were rammed earth and bricks were built. At that time, more than 200 large ships were mobilized to transport bricks and stones. The construction was very firm and it was still standing tall. There were many strong winds on the island. When the strong wind came, the villagers were sheltered from the city..."

"Penghu's specialties are flax, mung beans, soybeans, and goats?"

Penghu people grow beans and hemp, which are traditions for more than a hundred years. What’s strange is that islanders like to herd sheep, which may be because of the vast land and sparse population. Some people from other places came to Penghu, which was very shocked by the flocks of goats on the large island. According to statistics from Fujian Road thirty years ago, Penghu sheep should be more than 200,000, which is the most densely populated place in the entire southern region.

This is also related to the eating habits of the times. Rich people still like to eat mutton and not pork. However, the people in Guizhou began to accept eating pork. It was also because before the Great Wei Dynasty, they didn’t know that pigs were castrated. Pigs that were not castrated grew up were very slutty and the meat was very unpalatable. That is, the poorest people could accept this kind of slutty and unpleasant meat. After knowing that castration, the people who eat pork began to gradually expand, and now the status of pork is above mutton.

The most delicious meat that is recognized as mutton is of course, and the price is also quite expensive.

"By the way!" Chen Zhengbin smiled and said, "Of course there are still fish!"

"This is it." Xu Zixian smiled and said, "I forgot the fish, fish and sheep, put together the word "new"...

There are a lot of fishermen in Penghu, and many fishermen in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Fuzhou can also go out to the deep sea to fish. After all, there are many boats in the offshore area, so there is a lack of fishing news. Without large groups of fish, the fight will be twice the result with half the effort.

It was still hundreds of years ago that coastal fishermen often went to Penghu to fish and shelter the wind. There were many fish there, and it was common for them to be unable to drag them up in one net. The islanders marinated the fish and dried them, filled the whole boat to sell them, and ate them by the sea, but that's the case.

Li Mingyu said at this time: "I now know why Mingda succeeded. The common legitimate family members have no time to ask about these military, political and people's livelihood!"

"Yes." Chen Zhengbin smiled and said, "I thought it was Shangguan who asked me, which made me sweat."

Chen Duzhong, who was only thirty-five or sixty, came over and said with a smile: "I heard it all, and I wonder why Mingda didn't ask about our Dongfan?"

Xu Zi bowed first, and then smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu was joking. I just heard that the thieves in Qishan would accidentally invade Penghu. Then I asked a few more questions. I am afraid that the thieves in Dongfan will not be able to get through..."

"What are we there?" Chen Duzhong said: "More than 10,000 people live in various places, fishing and farming, harvesting some soybeans and other things to feed. Only by chance will there be maritime merchants who will mobilize to replenish water and feed. Usually, there are no outsiders. What are the pirates doing? To be honest, there are also good things in the East Bible, so sand gold mining will definitely make a big profit. It is just that you need to explore and mobilize more than 10,000 people to build roads and mines. How can the court have this idea now? Occasionally, some of them will be paid directly to the capital and transported by the navy. The pirates will not come to grab such a little pitiful gold."

The Dongfan was later Taiwan. The Great Wei Dynasty was called the Great Island of the Dongfan Island. Most of them were undeveloped foreign lands. The wild people born in the wild were not submissive, and it was difficult to subdue them. The people of the Great Wei who moved to the Dongfan were only more than 10,000 people and less than 2,000 households. Some farmland and villages were opened up in the southern coastal areas, making a living by fishing and farming. The production was poor and the livelihood was difficult. Most of the foreign merchants were replenishing water here or buying local products such as dried soybeans and croakers, and then leaving after replenishing water.

A small number of cargo ships will collect furs stored in the hands of natives. Sand gold. The island is vast and sparsely populated, and has good primitive ecology. There are large herds of deer. The deer skin is particularly popular in the northern part of the Great Wei Dynasty. A piece of skin is at least 15 stakes, and the supply is in short supply. However, the wild and difficult to tame. This kind of business is intermittent and has nothing to do with the people of the Great Wei Dynasty or the government. At least the court cannot receive taxes from the Great Wei Dynasty.

Because it was a wild land and the number of households was very small, the imperial court did not set up a county in the Dongfan period, and only established a large village in the Dongfan period. There were more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and one guard was set up in the Zhizhai. Chen Duzhong was the one who served this position, the sixth rank, and his position was not low, but it was undoubtedly a chore.

"Who told me to be a Wu Jinshi exam?" Chen Duzhong laughed at himself and said, "In our Changwen Chen family, I am really a rare alien."

"Uncle Jiu doesn't have to do this." Xu Zixian said with a plain expression: "The troubled times are coming, and military positions may be much more popular than civil positions. In the future, everyone will rely on you."

"Mingda also thinks that troubled times are coming?" Li Mingyu said: "Now people are panic. Is it because Mingda is a royal family? "

"Brother Li is a great talent." Xu Zixian said lightly: "From the center to the local government, from the government to the military affairs, then to the financial affairs, and then to the people's hearts, I am afraid that there are very few people who think they are optimistic."

After all, Li Mingyu is a genuine Jinshi and is a censor in the palace in the capital. It is often seen that the emperor is. In terms of emotion, how can people who read the books of sages and have been in the court of the Great Wei Dynasty have no feelings for the emperor and the Great Wei Dynasty? Of course they are unwilling to admit it.

But rationally speaking, he knew that what Xu Zixian said was right. Under this contradictory mentality, Li Mingyu sighed and stopped talking.

Chen Zhengzhi said at this time: "Mingda, what's the injury on your leg?"

"Skin trauma is no longer a problem." Xu Zixian smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern for me, brother."

"Please go to the flower hall to drink." Chen Zhengzhi said: "Mingda will prepare to go to Beijing after the New Year. When we come to offer the ceremony, we should not make things difficult for him. Today we must not return without getting drunk."
Chapter completed!