The banquet is still a joy for the guests and hosts. It's just that there was no female music to entertain him, and the dishes served didn't eat anything, but the mouths of the big businessmen in Qiongzhou Mansion basically didn't stop for a moment, so that Cai Cheng's stomach was still screaming when he left the restaurant.

The prospects are very broad, and there are many people who are willing to gamble, after all, the payment will not be too much, but if the income is really as it says, then it is a profitable business. If it's profitable, people will flock to it. Leaving the restaurant, Cai Cheng returned directly to the inn, carefully recalled the process of the banquet and the performance of those merchants, and then went out again and went straight to the mansion.

The matter of purchasing grain requires the assistance of the military and the government to a certain extent. Chen Kai has a letter delivered, Cai Cheng is inevitably more attentive, to the palace, Zheng Xingying has already been on duty, listening to him coming, sent someone to invite him to the study, there hurriedly pulled two mouthfuls of food, and hurried over.

"How's the grain purchase?"

"If you go back to Fuzun, those merchants are willing to initiate relationships, and it's hard to say how much they can buy, but from the villain's point of view, most of them are quite sincere."

"That's good, that's good, don't miss the country's surname and the big thing of the army."

Zheng Xingying is the younger brother of Zheng Chenggong, and has been a local administrator under Chen Kai for several years. He is one of the few people of the Zheng family who can enter the administrative mouth, and his ability is obvious to all, and he has served as the prefect of Qiongzhou Prefecture for the past two years, pacifying the people internally and resuming production, and externally resisting the pressure of the civil and official clique in western Guangdong, not giving them the opportunity to erode the rights on the island, and has always done a good job.

This is mainly the sequelae of Fujian's economic war. The collapse of the economy there led to the collapse of the Qing rule, and the Ming army easily seized the province and took over the burden. At this point, Zheng Xingying is very clear, far more clear than Lin Cha and Du Hui, that is because of his identity, his relationship within the Zheng Group, so that he is the first in the whole of Guangdong, and he knows best that the great change was caused by Chen Kai, and the awe in it arises spontaneously.

After last year's struggle, Fujian naturally needs to increase efforts to recover, and he is also assisting from the side, such as transporting grain and grass. And this time, Cai Cheng's arrival, as well as Chen Kai's letter sent a day or two before, also made it clear that it was necessary to reintegrate the economy of the controlled area to radiate greater energy. Since seeing such words, Zheng Xingying has been looking forward to this, and when Cai Cheng arrives, the first thing is to plug the holes in Fujian, but at the same time, he is also preparing for the next big move.

Fu Jun said, wait for these people to bring the food, and then make follow-up actions. However, the preparatory work in the early stage is still indispensable for the Fuzun to worry about. ”

Cai Yuanwai said with a smile, and the official of Fu Jun's order should do his best to complete it. What's more, the official is also full of expectations for what kind of means Fu Jun will come up with. ”

After the banquet, the merchants of Qiongzhou Prefecture launched their relations one after another, and went to the areas controlled by Ruan and Zheng of the Li Dynasty in Annam to buy grain, and even went to the Mo Dynasty, Zhancheng, Zhenla and other places to buy, which seemed to be very motivating.

At about this time, at the Shilu Mine in the west of Qiongzhou Prefecture, the deputy general Cai Yuan also received a letter from Chen Kai. The letter highly praised the Shilu Mine for working overtime at a time when the army was in urgent need of iron resources, and Chen Kai also made a solution to the problem raised by Cai Yuan.

"Fujian Province has recovered, Xingning, Changle, Chengxiang County is in control, and the shortage of iron ore and iron materials will drop significantly in the next few years. In this case, Shiroku should return to copper mining, and the manpower will remain roughly the same, and new machinery will be put into use in the future......"

Chen Kai made it clear that Cai Yuan naturally made changes to the mining in accordance with the instructions. On the ground of Qiongzhou Mansion, the changes at this stage are not very large, and it still maintains a steady development trend. This is also true in Chaozhou, but compared to Qiongzhou, which is adjacent to Fujian, grain is shipped in large sums, and there is nothing to buy around, all relying on local production. However, one thing is excellent, because Chaozhou has promoted mixed agricultural production methods such as rice and fish farming, which has significantly increased yields, and there are additional outputs such as fish, which have not shocked local food prices as much as expected.

During this time, the people of Guangzhou living in Chaozhou began to board ships and return to Guangzhou one after another. In order to allow them to return to their hometown, Chen Kai's fierce conflict with the Governor and the Governor also spread exaggerated on the ground of Chaozhou. The people of Guangzhou are grateful to Dade, and even those Chaozhou people and people from other places who live here cannot help but praise the saying that they are true to their words and are not afraid of power.

The people of Canton began to leave, and according to the previous agreement, the land that had been allotted to them was also recovered. These are all ripe fields that have been cultivated for three or four years, and the government has organized the construction of various water conservancy facilities, so it can be said that as long as the heavens are beautiful, man-made disasters will not occur, and there will be a bumper harvest after planting.

This piece of fat has long been targeted by the local gentry and landlords in Chaozhou. They also had a stronger economy than yeoman farmers, and their land was sold quickly under the auspices of the Teochew government, and they hired more tenants to resume agricultural production while they were in the field.

The Guangzhou people's settlement area in the south of Chaozhou Mansion is now empty. However, there were already quite a few people working on the fields, and they were all hired tenants. Some of them were not local, and they were given houses to live in, but they were paid less or rented more.

On the other side of the canal, next to the village of the locals, a courtyard rises from the ground. In the courtyard, a scholar with patches on the corners of his shirt is shaking his head and leading a group of local children to enlightenment.

According to Chen Kai's arrangement, all the land was sold to those powerful people, but in terms of the money, he had to open schools near those settlements, hire teachers, and leave part of the school land as a college. This is also a welfare policy that benefits the local people.

Land has always been the most important thing for Chinese. When land was sold, the gentry and landlords were rich and powerful, and naturally had the ability to monopolize it, and even if the government deliberately suppressed the annexation, it would often only arouse the resentment and resistance of the gentry and landlords. However, there is one more thing that the Chinese attach great importance to, and that is reading. The big families of the cultivators and heirlooms or the heirlooms of poetry and rites often have family education, and the bureaucratic families are even more so, and ordinary people can only hope that those sour talents who have tried and failed to make a living by making a living, paying the shackles and so on, so as to have a better way out for their children's future.

These newly built schools are provided with school fields, and the tuition fees are greatly reduced. At the same time, some Confucian scholars who had tried their best were also given jobs to support their families, although they were not able to become officials directly, but with this income, they could buy more books and make friends with other scholars, which was also a great thing.

The parents of the students were grateful to Dade for this, and the local Lizheng, the village elders, and even the teachings and teachings of the prefecture and county schools were also deeply grateful, and even the gentry and landlords were also very pleasing to them, because these poor students often did not continue their studies after enlightenment, but found some jobs such as bookkeepers to support their families, which were all potential employees, and were not very likely to threaten the quota of their children's imperial examinations.

Of course, this benevolent government is the most popular among the common people, but it has hardly attracted the attention of the merchants. The reason for this is that the Guangdong Commercial Alliance is not only launched in Qiongzhou, but also in Chaozhou, the area controlled by the Ming army for the longest time, has also been carried out step by step, and the people who can be absorbed are local businessmen who have long-term good cooperation with the government.

The hearts of the people are gradually condensing, and the westbound ships have also sailed into Hong Kong one after another. This is the most important transit point in the Guangdong Sea, but in the eyes of the people of Guangzhou, it is the most critical refuge after they escaped from the city of Guangzhou, and most of them have lived here for a period of time.

When I came back, it was no longer what it used to be. The forts of Tsing Yi Island and Lei Yue Mun stand and sail in, the wharves are fully repaired, and ships are bustling with ships moving goods in and out of the docks. The dock is connected to the town, and the scale is still expanding, and even the housing prices, especially the area near the pier, are rising. In terms of amplitude, it is still normal, at least there is not much profit in this era.

"This, this is the desert island in the beginning?"

The word desert island is a kind of injustice to Hong Kong. However, when they took refuge here, it was mainly a place where incense trees were planted, and there was a wharf, but the scale was small and the population was not large. But after a few years, it seems that it is already a very prosperous place, and even near the town, there are fertile fields for cultivation, but the food is not visible at all, and some are only planting vegetables and vegetables to supply the daily needs of the town's residents and merchants.

The people got off the boat, compared to the hurried escape, and many of their belongings were thrown at the city gate to block the Qing army, but this time they returned, but they brought a lot of belongings accumulated in Chaozhou for several years. All the way from Chaozhou to here, always have to get off the boat to rest, here the people carry down the big burden and small baggage, if it is not for the clothes are mostly clean and tidy, the hair is not messy, I am afraid that it is likely to be regarded as a refugee by the merchants.

The identities of these people gradually became known to the people and merchants on the docks and in the town, and the admiration for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, the ability to save their families in a foreign land, and the return to their homeland today, and the praise of the Qingtian Lord who can really care about the people.

"It's really worthy of Chen Fujun."

"Yes, if there are more dynasties, even if there is one more Chen Fujun, it will not be reduced to the current field."

"This is Emperor Taizu Gao's mercy on the people of the Han family, so he descended a capable minister, and the little old man is also promising when he looks at the Ming Dynasty."

“……”

Ever standing in a different position, one thing can always cause a lot of thoughts. The minds of the people of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and merchants are different, but the optimism for the future occupies the most mainstream, and almost squeezes those pessimistic feelings to nowhere to stand.

Disembarking from the boat, the people were guided by local officials to the vacant camp used by the army. Compared with the camp built with simple trees, the place in front of me is a rammed earth wall, and there are enemy platforms and corner towers on the sides and corners. Walking into it, there is a large school yard first, and then there is a neat barracks, although it is only a bamboo and wood structure, not a blue brick house, but compared to the tent they lived in back then, it is a place to shelter from the wind and store warmth.

On the military platform of the school field, a group of Ming soldiers surrounded a somewhat thin general standing here, and the people came here, listening to the lecture, but someone quickly noticed that this thin senior officer did not seem to be a man at all.

"I remember, that general, it seems to be our brave Nie Yiniang in Guangzhou, the little lady who sneaked in the water battle and assassinated the general of the captive division."

"It seems to be true, my God, this woman can also be a general, isn't it more majestic than that Liang Hongyu?"

"Bah, that Liang Hongyu is a singer after all. Nie Yiniang is a martyr woman who was raised in Guangzhou, her husband and brother were martyred after Zhang Shangshu killed the Tartars, and she was a loyal widow; Later, the Tartars slaughtered the city, and people dared to work hard, and now they should be generals. If you want me to say, what's the matter, it's also a Mulan and Qin Liangyu! ”

“……”

As if a new continent had been discovered, among the people who were still a little cowering, once this strange story spread, the scene became lively.

Standing on the platform, Nie Yiniang only felt funny, but the soldiers of the Ming army standing next to her were so angry that they were angry. Not to mention, although their general is a woman, he is a warrior who dares to fight hand-to-hand with the Tartar soldiers, and he has achieved his current position by relying on military merits.

After a while, the drums beat and the officers ordered silence, and the people gradually suppressed their curiosity, and instead began to wonder what Nie Yiniang would say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Nie Yiniang, the deputy general of the Hong Kong City Guards Association." The woman's crisp voice spread throughout the school, inexplicably arousing the excitement in the hearts of many people present: "Ben will be a local in Guangzhou, just like you. At the beginning, the in-laws and mother-in-law lived near Yongqing Gate, and there may have been parents who knew each other. Today, on behalf of Chen Fujun, the general will receive all the fathers and elders here, and after a tiring journey, he can rest here for a few days before returning to his hometown in Guangzhou. Speaking of which, the fathers and elders are one step ahead of the general. ”

Nie Yiniang's words were very close, and the joy spread quickly here. With excitement, they still entered the main camp area according to the alleys. After a few days, the weak body gradually eased, and the sick also improved greatly, and when they boarded the ship again, they went up the river and went straight to Guangzhou City.

On March 23, the ninth year of Yongli, the first batch of Guangzhou people living in Chaozhou returned home. The fleet slowly sailed into the dock, and the people slowly disembarked under the leadership of the officials.

Everything around you is familiar. There is always an overlap with the memories of the past or years, or tens of years, or decades, and the retrospect when he fled in a hurry. Overlapping, heavy pressure on the tear ducts, uprooted for several years, excited tears gushing out.

"Look, look at the city wall, it's Chen Fujun, it's Chen Fujun!"

One person exclaimed, ten thousand people watched, the people waved their hands, cheering to Chen Kai at the head of the city, Chen Kai waved his hand in return, and then pressed it with both hands, and those people quickly quieted down, looking forward to Chen Kai's voice.

"Gentlemen, four years ago, we fled our homeland under the butcher's knife of the Tartars; Three years ago, the official had promised to let the princes return to their homeland; In the last year, with the help of the tiger power of His Royal Highness the King of Xining and the desperate bloody battles of all the soldiers, he was finally able to recover this important town in the south of the world. Today is the day to return to your homeland. Homecoming! ”

"Home!"

"Chen Fujun, Marquis Wandai, His Royal Highness will live a long life!"

"Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live the emperor, Chen Fujun and the Marquis of Wandai!"

“……”

In the eruption of tears, cheers poured in like a tide. Standing at the head of the city, Chen Kai looked at the sea of joy under the city, and looked sideways, Li Dingguo seemed to have integrated into this joy, and began to look forward to the future to be able to return to his hometown as well, but Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi seemed to have seen some clues, and there was always a little weirdness on their faces.

Closing his gaze and re-devoting it to the ocean that was about to pour into the city, a smile inadvertently appeared on the corner of Chen Kai's mouth, and it was fleeting.

"Soon, hundreds of thousands of my men will enter the city. Inspector Guo, Lian Commander Army, let's see how the two of you fight with me for this Guangzhou city! ”

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