Port Cannanoor, Portuguese colony, India.

Twelve warships of the Ming Naval Division and twenty-four armed merchant ships came from the south.

Four Portuguese warships, departing in ashes, took with them 1200 colonial soldiers in the castle.

Unable to fight, Portugal was forced to abandon this colonial point. Vasco da Gama had already died of illness, and the Portuguese and Indian governors had changed two, and the new governors had only been in office for two months, when the Ming soldiers came to attack South India.

The Portuguese and Indian governors had a hard time, and with the occupation of the spice waterways by the Ming sailors, the Portuguese profits in the East declined year by year. The Portuguese aristocracy, however, became more and more extravagant, forcing the Indian governors to bring back more goods, and the governors had no money to build new warships. No matter how awesome da Gama is, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the successor governor is even more concerned with exploitation.

Today, Portugal's colonies in the East are only the port of Naga Patam in the southeast corner of India, the port of Calicut and the port of Cochin in the southwest corner of India, and the port of Goa on the west coast of India.

The armed merchant ships of the Daming maritime merchants also continued to plunder Portuguese merchant ships, so that Portuguese merchant ships did not dare to cross the Bay of Bengal again.

Zhang Gongchen landed with thousands of immigrants and walked all the way to the penal colony.

"Alas, it is difficult to return to the old country, and you will die of old age!" Zhang Gongchen was secretly sad, and his heart was full of remorse.

Zhang Gongchen, the word Yangde, the number Xuzhai, Zhengde 12 years of Jinshi, the head of the household department, the official Lang Zhongjian, the official to the right Senate of the Fujian Political Division.

The so-called head of the household department here is actually to manage the banknotes, and change them every year. Zhang Gongchen was born in the third list of Jinshi, and the ceiling of his career is very low, and he has a lot of oil and water for the first time, and he will inevitably be in the same stream. Since then, he has been opportunistic, bribed Shangguan, and in twelve or thirteen years, he actually achieved the four-grade senatory.

Then, the fire dragon burned the warehouse, and was forced to take the pot and exile overseas.

I don't know where he was escorted, Zhang Gongchen was told that he didn't have to leave anymore. Thousands of immigrants were scattered along the way, and Zhang Gongchen had only more than 200 people left here, and he sat down cross-legged and began to eat dry food.

"The soil here is so fertile, and the crops must be good!"

"If you can settle down, you will also take the Hun family to enjoy the blessings."

"I'm the only one left in the family who starved to death, I don't plan to go back, I don't know if it's good to find my mother-in-law here."

"The official said that if you are willing to settle down, you will send a mother-in-law directly!"

"Hey, do you really believe it? You are just a farmer, and the officials and gentlemen will give you a mother-in-law? ”

“……”

The immigrants have been chatting, and Zhang Gongchen has no common topic with them. He didn't dare to reveal his identity, because these immigrants were all affected by the disaster, and Zhang Gongchen was exiled for corruption, and he would be beaten to death by the victims if he spread it.

Not long after, Huang Xu took dozens of Ding Zhuang to go through the handover procedures with the officers of the Navy Division.

Immediately, Huang Xu came to Zhang Gongchen: "After the end of school, I entered Huang Xu and met Mr. Xuzhai!" ”

Zhang Gongchen hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Wearing a guilty body, I don't dare to call Mr., when did my friend go to school?" ”

Huang Xu said: "Zhengde has been raised for 18 years. ”

Zhang Gongchen was surprised: "My friend is actually a lifter, and he is so young, why don't you continue the imperial examination, but come to this overseas Tianzhu?" ”

Huang Xu explained: "The younger generation is not an official, and after the middle school, he followed his father into business and did not go to Beijing to participate in the examination. ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Zhang Gongchen is really sorry, because Huang Xu is too young.

Huang Xu said with a smile: "Mr. Xuzhai was originally going to the Far East, and the younger generation asked for a favor and wanted an official to help, but I didn't expect to be able to recruit such a talented person as Mr. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Gongchen's forehead sweated, and he called it lucky in his heart. If he is exiled to the extreme east, he will have to shed a layer of skin if he does not die!

Zhang Gongchen hurriedly said, "Thank you friends for taking care of you." ”

"Let's talk as we go." Huang Xu said.

With more than 200 immigrants, Huang Xu continued to hurry, and Huang Xu introduced the "Tianzhu Cotton Club".

Zhang Gongchen was shocked: "A group of businessmen recruited disaster victims as soldiers, and actually destroyed a country. How big is this country? ”

Huang Xu said: "It is bigger than the lake, and the land is fertile. ”

Zhang Gongchen was speechless for an instant, Huguang was one of the largest provinces in the Ming Dynasty, this country was even bigger than Huguang, and the fertile land was not barren.

Huang Xu also introduced the caste system here, saying: "The untouchables in this country are like grass mustard, if there is an invasion by foreign enemies, they are not even qualified to serve the country in the army. I am one of the shareholders of the Tianzhu Cotton Association, and I have been allocated 30,000 acres of fertile land, and I have only brought 100 young people here, and the land is all dependent on the local aborigines. The untouchables here are very easy to catch, I took a hundred young people, and I caught thousands of untouchables in half a month. As long as the untouchables are fed, they don't know how to resist, and they were expected to farm. ”

Zhang Gongchen asked, "Isn't this a serf?" ”

Huang Xu smiled bitterly: "They are really comparable to serfs, I will wake up laughing in my dreams, and I will not be stingy with their benefits." But these pariahs can really make people angry. Nothing but obedience. When it comes to farming, I also want to bring the young and strong people I bring to teach them how to plant. If you learn today, you will forget it tomorrow, and even if you learn it, you will be lazy. If no one whipped it, the blink of an eye would be chaotic, planting and planting and running to bask in the sun and sleep. ”

Zhang Gongchen shook his head again and again: "It's no wonder that the people are so humble." ”

Huang Xu said: "So, the businessmen who came with me don't want to catch untouchables anymore to farm the land. I'd rather pay money and recruit immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, a Ming farmer is estimated to be able to top a hundred untouchables! ”

Walking and walking, I finally came to Huang Xu's manor.

The previous owner of the manor was a small local nobleman, and all the men were sent to see Shiva, and the women stayed to make other arrangements. Not only here, but the landlords of the 30,000 acres of land were all wiped out, and the land was distributed to the shareholders for free - 10,000 taels of shares, which could be divided into 10,000 acres, and if you wanted more, you had to pay for silver.

Hundreds of white women, who were soon brought to the scene.

One of the beautiful girls was sent to Zhang Gongchen, and Huang Xu said: "Mr. is far away overseas and has no one to take care of him. This woman has never been married, so it is better to give it to her husband as a concubine. ”

And this kind of good thing?

A prisoner exiled overseas, who was waiting to live a hard life, who knows what he didn't do, just arrived in the place and had a white beautiful girl as a concubine.

Zhang Gongchen is 40 years old this year, and he has not been close to a woman for more than half a year since he was imprisoned. This woman has a fair complexion, a graceful and attractive figure, and an exotic temperament, which immediately makes Zhang Gongchen hot and dry, and he smiled embarrassedly: "This ...... How does this make. ”

"Sir, don't shirk," Huang Xu said, "you can only start a business when you come overseas." Not only does the husband have beautiful concubines, but these more than 200 immigrants should also have wives for everyone. ”

What kind of benevolence, righteousness and morality have long been thrown aside, Zhang Gongchen arched his hand and said: "Friend...... No, it should be said that the proprietor, the proprietor is really benevolent! ”

Huang Xu smiled, asked more than 200 immigrants to draw lots, and then said: "From now on, you will help me cultivate the land, and each person can get a daughter today." If there is a wife in the family, he may be accepted as a concubine; If there is no wife in the family, he may marry him. According to the order of the lottery, each came to choose. ”

Liu Ergui was lucky, he drew the No. 1 lottery and was called to choose a wife.

"Owner, really...... Let me pick and choose? Liu Ergui felt that he was dreaming, his family had been tenants for several generations, so poor that it was difficult for his wife to marry, and he almost starved to death due to the disaster some time ago, but this time hundreds of women were chosen by him.

Huang Xu smiled: "Pick it." ”

Liu Ergui seemed to be an emperor, excitedly shuttling among hundreds of white women. Picking left and right, this thing pointed to a plump and rich woman and said: "It's her, with big breasts and big buttocks, and it's easy to give birth at a glance." ”

"Hahahaha!" More than 200 immigrants laughed.

Zhang Gongchen muttered to himself: "Idiot! ”

Among these hundreds of white women, there are more than 20 beautiful girls, and there are dozens of beautiful women. Zhang Ergui actually chose a married woman with a big waist and a round waist!

Huang Xu approvingly: "Good vision, this woman used to be a noble lady, and she gave birth to several children who were all healthy, and none of them died young." ”

"Hey, hey, hey." Liu Ergui laughed happily, he not only has a wife, but also a noble lady.

More than 200 immigrants, all of whom have selected their wives, have taken the rest of the women back to the next group of immigrants to choose. In the future, if there are not enough white women, then only Shudra women can be used to fill the number, at least the Shudra class is not as black as the untouchables.

As Huang Xu said, only by settling down can they start a business, and after each of them gets a wife, these immigrants are full of enthusiasm and can't wait to help the owner farm today.

Zhang Gongchen, who was recruited to manage 30,000 acres of land, rode a horse to inspect the territory the next day, and when he came back, he said: "The people of this country are simply tyrannical. With such a fertile land, they don't even build water conservancy, do they always rely on the sky for food? ”

Huang Xu said: "Who knows? ”

Zhang Gongchen said: "Ten miles northwest, there is a river. Canals can be built to divert river water for irrigation. Those untouchables can't farm the land, so they will be escorted to dig ditches, who dares to be lazy and draw to death! ”

Huang Xu was very happy: "Please leave the matter of repairing the canal to Mr." I still have to go to Wangcheng, and it may take two months to come back, and I will ask Mr. to take care of these 30,000 acres of land. ”

Zhang Gongchen said: "I should try my best to plan for the proprietor!" ”