After August 15, Li Guodong took his brothers away from Kinmen Island. The five generals, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Cai, Shi Daxuan and Hong Xu, whom he borrowed from Zheng Zhilong, did not go with Li Guodong. They would go to Nanzhili by water. The two sides agreed to meet in Huai'an in a month and a half. Zheng Zhilong gave Li Guodong two little maids, He Xiang and Mo Zhu, to Huai'an, also took a boat to Huai'an.

Li Guodong himself brought fifty-two brothers and seventy-two war horses. The twenty tall Arab horses were carrying cloth bags filled with sweet potatoes. The other goods he brought back were twenty flintlock short guns and ten pairs of telescopes, all of which were purchased from Yuegang.

Hexiang and Mo Zhu came to the pier and reluctantly said goodbye to Li Guodong. The two girls had already cried.

"Okay, Hexiang and Mo Zhu, don't you cry, won't it be only a month and a half? We will meet again soon." Li Guodong comforted them.

The ferry that Li Guodong and others rode ashore in Quanzhou. After the boat got on the shore, Han Dashan and He Xing, especially He Xing, turned back and looked at Kinmen Island on the other side.

"What's wrong? Are you happy?" Li Guodong asked with a smile.

His brothers lived on Kinmen Island these days, but they ate delicacies every day. Although they could not be treated like Li Guodong, and there were two little girls who were sleeping, Zheng Zhilong also arranged a few women for them, but they only had to collect money, and they were Japanese girls from Japan.

"Brother, how dare you! Our northern people are still suffering, we have to go back quickly." He Xing smiled embarrassedly.

"Look at you, everyone has gained more than a circle! Don't be hollowed out by alcohol and sex, how can you kill Jiannu?"

"Brother, we have only relaxed for three months, so it won't be enough for three months." Han Dashan said anxiously.

"Okay, just kidding, brothers, hurry up!" Li Guodong shouted.

On the way back, Li Guodong will leave Fujian from Xianxia Pass. Because you can pass through Wuyi Mountain, the production of rock tea, Li Guodong plans to buy a batch of rock tea to go back.

Along the way, passing Quanzhou, Putian and Fuzhou, Li Guodong and others had no intention of traveling around the mountains and rivers along the way, and they all hurriedly passed by. During the day, without a man and a pair of horses, they walked for an hour and rested for half an hour to restore their horsepower and eat something. They set off before dawn every morning and stayed in the hotel until dark. In this way, they could travel 100 miles a day with one horse.

There were soldiers checking the road guide at the gate of the city, and they also needed road guides when staying in the inn. Li Guodong did not have road guides, but he had the waist sign of the general, which was enough.

After arriving in Fuzhou, Li Guodong hired two boats, and his brothers and war horses boarded the boat and went upstream along the Min River. It was more than 400 miles from Fuzhou to Yanping County. If you ride a horse on land, it would take four days and four nights. It only takes two days and two nights to arrive on the boat.

The large ship could only reach Yanping County. The river from Yanping to Jianning Mansion was too shallow, so the large ship could not pass through. So Li Guodong and others changed to six small boats and continued to go upstream. The small boat did not leave at night, so they stopped on the shore and went ashore to set up a tent to sleep. After walking for three days and three nights, they finally arrived at Jianning Mansion.

You can buy black tea in Jianning Fucheng. However, Li Guodong did not buy it in Fucheng, but continued to go north to Chong'an County, the production of rock tea, and the price would be cheaper.

"We finally arrived at Chong'an County! We left Kinmen and walked for ten days, but we haven't left Fujian yet." He Xing raised his head and felt a little excited when he saw the county town in front of him, because he had heard Li Guodong say that when he arrived in Chong'an, he could have a good meal. The specialty of the river here tasted delicious, and with the mountain delicacies in the mountains, it was simply perfect. He had passed by Quanzhou, Putian, Fuzhou and Jianning before, and he had not even entered the palace.

Li Guodong smiled and said, "Here, I will make an exception tonight. Brothers can drink some wine."

After showing the waist sign to the soldiers guarding the gate, the group entered the county town and settled in an inn in the city.

After settling down, Li Guodong took his brothers to a well-known local restaurant for dinner. The waiter first served everyone good tea. After a while, steaming steamed stream fish, fried pork with golden bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, pork belly stewed with medicinal duck and other delicious dishes were served on the table.

The next morning, Li Guodong bought a batch of rock tea and continued on his way in the afternoon.

I embarked on the road to Fujian, and from here to Xianxia Pass, there was no boat to ride, so I could only lead the horse to walk on the mountain road. The Shu road was more difficult than the Shu road, and the Fujian road was even more difficult than the Shu road. There were mountains and ridges all the way. If you walk this way, you can't ride a horse, but you can only lead the horse, otherwise the horse would be ruined once you walk.

Looking at such a dangerous terrain, Li Guodong thought to himself: If Zheng Zhilong had betrayed Emperor Longwu, there would be a terrain like Fujian, and a man would be a pass and ten thousand men would not be able to open it! The Qing army would not have any loss to enter Fujian. On this terrain, the cavalry would have no way to spread. Not to mention sprinting on horseback, if a horse would be riding for a long time, the horse would be ruined. With this terrain, infantry easily killed the cavalry.

After passing Xianxia Pass, he entered Zhejiang. After arriving in Zhejiang, the mountain gradually slowed down and then entered the Jinqu Basin. After arriving at the flat ground, Li Guodong and others accelerated their march, and each group could travel 200 miles a day! However, it took two days to reach the Qiantang River.

I found the boat to cross the river and stayed for one night in the Hangzhou branch of Dadewang in Hangzhou City. The next morning, Li Guodong raised a piece of goods from the business and left Hangzhou. The branch manager Zhao Xiancheng also followed him, and more than fifty people headed straight for Suzhou.

Suzhou is the old nest of the Donglin Party, why does the Donglin Party desperately reduce and exempt commercial taxes? It is because Suzhou's main industry is silk textiles. The silk industry has caused many big merchants in Suzhou. After earning money, these merchants felt the importance of power and status, so they vigorously promoted the education of their families and Suzhou, hoping that their spokespersons would appear in the court.

Due to the strong support of merchants, the Donglin Party naturally became the spokesperson for merchants after its growth. The Donglin Party members proposed to reduce or even exempt commercial taxes and increase agricultural taxes, which led to a sudden reduction in taxes in the Ming Dynasty and the farmers were overwhelmed and rebelled.

From Fujian to Zhejiang, although Fujian is a little poor, it has sweet potatoes, so the people can survive. When they arrive in Zhejiang, even ordinary farmers will not live too badly. After all, it is a hometown of fish and rice. Zhejiang has high rice yields, as well as aquatic products in rivers and lakes. Tea trees, mulberry trees, cotton and vegetables are planted on the hillsides, and cotton and vegetables are growing on dry land. It is a prosperous scene.

When Li Guodong came to Suzhou, he visited the local textile factory and prepared a batch of textile machines based on the scale. Li Guodong didn't know the structure of the Jenny machine, but he had heard of it that the spindles were arranged vertically and driven by a spinning wheel, so that the efficiency could be increased by eight times. After going back, you can find out this thing.
Chapter completed!