The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wang Jiangjing's great victory was a major event that happened only last month.

In May, Zhang Jing, the Minister of War in Nanjing and the Governor of the Japanese Suppression Department, ordered General Lu Bor to lead a waterway army to attack more than 4,000 Japanese pirates who invaded Jiaxing. There were two battles between Bay and Japanese pirates.

After the defeat of the Japanese pirates, they could only retreat to the seaside. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yu Dayou led Yongshun Xuanwei Division Peng Yinan and local soldiers who were also from Huguang to pursue them along the way. Finally, with the combined efforts of the Baojing Army who caught up, they completely defeated the Japanese pirates in Wangjiangjing.

Of the more than 4,000 Japanese pirates who arrived, less than 1,000 escaped, making it the biggest victory since the invasion of the southeast.

Originally, it was impossible for people like Lao Kan to know such news.

But doesn’t he know Wei Guangde?

There is no one better informed than Weisuo.

The year before last, Emperor Jiajing, in order to strengthen the suppression of Japanese pirates in the south, ordered Zhang Jing, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, to be the governor-general of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, and Huguang armies to specifically handle the campaign against Japanese invaders.

To this end, Zhang Jing mobilized elite troops from Huguang and other places to join the war along the coast.

However, the Japanese pirates were similar to the Mongolian Tatars. They used boats to make sneak attacks from the north and the south, making it difficult for the officers and soldiers to guard against them. They were a bit like the prairie cavalry that came and went like the wind.

This time, a powerful Japanese pirate team was finally captured in Jiaxing, and with the cooperation of all the armies, they finally won a great victory.

Wei Guangde read the news from the Weisuotang Newspaper a few days ago. It was not easy to achieve such an impressive result. The Nanjing Military Department not only rushed 800 miles to Beijing, but also conveyed the news of victory to the southern provinces, hoping to use this to stimulate Boost the morale of the local guards.

Later, when he was studying in the government, Wei Guangde spread the news about the victory in the Japanese suppression, which made the students in the room excited.

The young students of this era are full of blood, but their bodies are soft.

The Japanese pirate rebellion started in the 31st year of Jiajing. After setting up the Japanese governor in the second year, it finally achieved results two years later. I wonder if the emperor who cultivated immortality in Beijing saw such good news. I will be so excited that I take a few more elixirs to cheer me up.

Half a month later, six large ships gradually left the pier, first went down the river, entered the lake mouth, then turned into Poyang Lake, and then entered the Gan River. The target was naturally Nanchang Fucheng.

The six large ships are all sand ships, and they were all transferred to Jiujiang Guards in the past two years. They are young and in good condition.

Four of the large ships are naturally for the residence of the scholars, and the other two large ships at the front and rear are warships, which are fully equipped and deployed to ensure the safety of the fleet.

There was no talking all the way, and the fleet entered the Ganjiang River a few days later, and arrived at the dock outside Nanchang within a few days.

Standing on the bow of the boat, with the sparkling river water at his feet, Wei Guangde smiled at Lao Kan beside him and said: 'Finally, we didn't miss the time, and we arrived in Nanchang today. ’

"Well, if the fleet is delayed for two days, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will get tanned."

Lao Kan was naturally talking about the two brothers Zeng Yuanshu and Zeng Yuanrui who were waiting for them on the dock.

After deciding on the itinerary, it was natural to arrange for people to be sent to Zeng Yuanshu in Nanchang Prefecture quickly.

There are a lot of people traveling with us this time. If we don’t find someone to arrange an inn in advance, we might not be able to stay together.

It was already July, which was considered autumn.

However, the climate in Jiangxi has changed greatly in the past two years. At this time, the weather is still as hot as April and May, which seems to indicate that this winter will be super cold again.

I don’t know why, but most people have this view when it comes to the weather these days.

It seems to have been like this in the past few years. Once August enters, the weather is still like summer, which often heralds the coldness of winter.

The fleet docked and everyone disembarked one by one.

Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to give some rewards to the sergeants of several large ships. These people took good care of the scholars and students along the way. Regardless of whether it was an order from the mountain or not, Wei Guangde felt that he should still give them some benefits.

After getting off the boat, I met the Zeng Yuanshu brothers and met with each other, and everyone exchanged pleasantries again.

Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanrui were more familiar with each other than Zeng Yuanshu. After all, this eldest brother was on good terms with his cousin. Wei Guangde was often treated like a child by Zeng Yuanshu, so Wei Guangde was more willing to communicate with Zeng Yuanrui.

"You didn't do well in this college exam."

Wei Guangde teased Zeng Yuanrui.

Zeng Yuanrui passed the government examination last year and became a child student, but he was similar to his elder brother and failed the college examination twice in a row.

"Hey, I don't have enough knowledge and I have bad luck."

At this time, Zeng Yuanrui was much more mature, so he didn't say much and just pretended to sigh.

"hehe."

Wei Guangde has always said that he was lucky enough to pass the college examination. Maybe the sentence in the article was right for the examiner's temper.

The meaning behind Zeng Yuanrui's words was that he humbly admitted that his grades were not good enough, and that his luck was not as good as yours, which was mostly a joke.

There was a large group of people, more than 20 people rushing to take the exam, and many people came with their servants, which was more than 40 people.

With so many people gathering together, it would be difficult to avoid attracting the attention of the officers and soldiers near the dock. However, right now it is the provincial examination. Most of the people in the crowd are dressed as students, while those outside are servants. With their uniforms, others naturally understood what they were doing, and no one came forward to check their ID cards.

"Now that everyone is here, let's go into the city. Our accommodation has been arranged."

Zeng Yuanshu looked around and found no one, so he smiled and said to them: "It's better to stay in that inn and rent the small building in the backyard directly. According to the number of people who are coming as mentioned in your letter, It's just enough to live in. I told the shopkeeper that we will have a waiter waiting at the entrance of the hospital these days. No matter what you want, just ask them to do it."

Zeng Yuanshu told everyone about his arrangements, and then waved to the distance. There was a group of carriages leaning there. It was obvious that Zeng Yuanshu had contacted the carriage dealer in advance to prepare the carriages.

It can only be said that there are really a lot of people coming this time. If they don't contact them in advance, they will definitely not find enough cars for them to use if they look again.

When he heard that it was that inn, Wei Guangde naturally had no objection. He had been living there before, and he had participated in the college examination and the provincial examination, and the conditions were still very good.

When the steward of the convoy next to him saw Zeng Yuanshu waving his hand, he immediately asked the coachmen to move, and a dozen carriages were driven over.

It's good to have people here. Not only have people arranged accommodation in advance, but transportation has also been prepared.

Two or three scholars crowded into a cart, and the servants put their luggage behind the carriage. Then several people piled into a cart and followed behind. The group of carriages and horses left the dock and headed for Nanchang City.

Approaching the city gate, Wei Guangde opened the car curtain and saw the towering city wall of Nanchang City and the dark city gate. Wei Guangde felt a little emotional.

Back then, I came here to take the provincial examination with high morale, but ended up leaving in despair. What about this year?