After ceremoniously issuing / receiving the official document, the general Sha Shen who crossed the sea can be regarded as completing the formalities with the local officials in Qiongzhou. Next, Sha Shen will warmly invite the host to board the battleship and inspect the "Baisha Xinzhai" under construction.

The first time they boarded a warship with white sails, the indigenous officials were also fresh. In the interval between the start of the fleet, Sha Shen enthusiastically took the guests around the boat, and said that he had time to take everyone out to sea to fish Yunyun......

In the 17th century, the port of Kamio was a beach made up of a series of natural bays. The Ming people did not have the machinery to renovate on a large scale like later generations, so the Sheno Port complex is more of a primitive harbor that appeared based on the terrain.

General Sha Shen and Shao Qiang drove all the way, and what they saw were the rows of wooden wharves on the shore and the warehouses and houses on the shore. Among them, there are official and private wharves, fishing boats are constantly coming in and out, and the shore is crowded, bustling and vibrant.

In addition, there are beacons and piers all over the road, and the defense system is very sound. Obviously, this area of Qiongzhou is facing quite serious banditry.

Five ships from afar sailed south along the coast for about three or four miles, and soon, in the white fine sand, a harbor surrounded by wooden piles and lookouts appeared on the shore: Baisha Water Village.

Although the latitude of Hainan is still a bit higher than that of Thailand and Malay further south, the climate here is already a tropical region compared to the mainland.

Since it is tropical, the white sea sand characteristic of the tropical coast appears in front of you: this is also the origin of the name Baisha Water Village.

Sha Zhengming stood at the bow of the boat, staring at the water village in front of him in the style of a movie city for a few moments, but his thoughts were crooked, and then he asked Shao Qiang in a low voice: "I suddenly remembered that the sand in Hainan is also a resource, right?"

"Look what you're going to do."

Shao Qiang smiled: "If you dig sand and decorate your private beach in the north, it will be good." After all, the white sea sand in this year is a pollution-free natural product, which is suitable for petty bourgeoisie like you. ”

"If you say burning CPUs...... The words of the glass ......" Seeing that Sha Zhengming, who was tall and strong, had a bad face, Shao Qiang laughed dryly and turned to the topic: "It can also be operated, but it must be on a scale." ”

Shao Qiang said as he spoke, and automatically switched to the district mayor mode: "Well, the transportation efficiency is too low these days, so the best way is to build a factory on the spot, so as to make use of the local sea sand resources." ”

"I personally don't recommend it, though. With such a primitive scenery as Hainan, is it not good to keep it as a scenic spot and build a hotel in the future to speculate in real estate? Why destroy the environment. As for the sand...... In other places, it is nothing more than a low point of quartz purity, and after it is transported to the glass factory, there will be an additional sorting process, which is what we do in the kiln area. ”

"Oh, that's it!" Sha Zhengming nodded, he figured this out.

Just as the two were muttering in private, the officials also returned to the bow of the boat, because everyone heard the sound of the cannon from the water village: "General Sha, this is General Tang from the water village to greet you." ”

"Hahaha!" Sha Zhengming laughed heartily when he heard this: "Give the order, fire a salute." ”

With the sound of the salute on the bow of the ship, the gate of Baisha Water Village was opened, and several Ming-style hard sailing boats sailed out from inside.

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According to the rules of the first meeting, Tang Yunwen, the general of Baisha Water Village, who greeted him out of the village, was wearing a three-grade military general's official uniform, and seemed to be standing firmly at the bow of the boat at the moment, but in fact, his mood was very complicated.

First of all, unlike the joyful Qiongzhou civil official system, General Tang has some resistance to the arrival of the strong dragon crossing the sea. This is understandable: no matter how you say it, the master will not be happy if he squeezes in on his own territory and has a strong army on the other side, after all, he is a soldier.

It's a pity that no one cares what Tang Shen will think.

Although Tang Yunwen is the highest-ranking military general in the entire Qiongzhou, including the surrounding seas, it seems that there are two or three thousand "male soldiers" under his command, but it is useless. To put it bluntly, in the huge military and political system of the Ming Dynasty, he is actually just a border commander.

Regarding the order issued by the military district headquarters to move the defense, Regiment Commander Tang, the commander in charge of the remote defense area, was powerless to resist. Not to mention the fact that Commander Sha moved to Qiongzhou was a military order promoted by Deputy Commander Cao of the Military Region and signed by Commander He and Governor Liangguangxiong.

In fact, from the beginning to the end, no one has consulted the head of the Tang regiment for advice...... When he himself learned of this, the civil official group in Qiongshan was already urgently planning how to make money from the guests.

Poor Captain Tang was the last high-ranking official in Qiongshan to learn about this.

So Tang Yunwen's mood today is very complicated.

However, from another point of view, that is, Tang Yunwen's heart, this traditional soldier actually had a little unclear expectation for the arrival of Sha Zhengming's fleet.

In the late Ming Dynasty, while the fiscal collapse was accompanied by stronger external pressures. A field frontier regiment like Baisha Shuizhai had to endure in an internal environment of financial austerity on the one hand, and on the other hand, it had to face a large number of pirate groups and colonial hooligans.

In the past two years, however, the situation has suddenly changed.

Along with the crossing forces from a corner of Tainan to the mainland, there is a wave of bandits going south.

When crossing the Zhongshaoping Strait, the pirates went south, and when they crossed the Minhai Sea, the pirates went south, and when they crossed the Guangdong Sea, the last group of hot-blooded pirates in South China who did not want to be dogs also ran away to eat Annam rice in the Beibu Gulf.

In the process of the above two or three years, General Tang Shen, who was stuck in the Qiongzhou Strait, the southward throat passage, through the torture of a group of runners, his understanding of the traversers was actually far beyond the imagination of the latter.

Not to mention that after that, Cao Zongbing's name frequently appeared in the Tang Daily.

This is the fundamental reason why Tang Yunwen is in a complicated mood today. He knew that the comer was not good, he knew that the comer was a feudal town, but he also knew that the comer was rich and rivaled the country, and those "Western French ships" had fast cannons that were enough to pierce gold and crack stones, and "officers and soldiers" who were fed with silver.

is still the same sentence, Tang Yunwen is a soldier after all, and he still wants to see peace in the jurisdiction.

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After a while, the ships of the two sides approached, and Tang Yunwen climbed onto the West French ship along the rope ladder.

Considering that the other party is a cronie of the provincial city boss, and his own family is both lacking in confidence and face, before he couldn't figure out the temper of Guo Jiang Qianglong, the old and sophisticated Tang Yunwen still decided to lower his posture: "Tang Yunwen see the general!" ”

"Master Tang, where do you start?"

After several years of traversal time, the traversal forces have already had an established set of routines for treating all classes and occupations of the indigenous people. In the absence of a clear expression of hostility, a military leader with real power like Tang Yunwen must be mainly trying to win over and infiltrate.

So Sha Zhengming hurriedly took a step forward at this time, stretched out his arm to grab the hands of the head of the soup group, and said with a little disgust: "You and my brothers have a lot of colleagues, and you have to stir the horse spoon in a pot in the future, how can you see the outside like this?" ”

Tang Yunwen raised his head when he heard this, and found that the other party's eyes were clear and his expression was absolutely not hypocritical, so his heart relaxed a lot...... That's right, even if he is a sea tycoon who can wipe out Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi, he should have a heroic habit.

"It's not a difficult one to deal with."

After thinking about it, Tang Shen stretched his waxy yellow skin a lot: "In this way, please also invite General Sha to enter the village to rest for a while." ”

"It's easy to say, I'm going to go to the old brother's village to have a look."

The next moment, a group of civilian and military attachés moved to the shore and dutifully completed the complicated procedures of officialdom.

Unlike those civil officials with their heads in the sky, Sha Zhengming still took a closer look after entering Baisha Water Village. However, what is sighing is that the Baisha Water Village under Tang Yunwen's jurisdiction is no different from the Ming army barracks he has seen in Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

Although the preparations had been made in advance, and the officers and men who caught the eye seemed to be in good spirits, the dilapidated barracks, the old ships, and the thick atmosphere of decay in the air could not be concealed.

After hastily entering the village, everyone has completed another procedure. After that, it was finally the turn of the last inspection project: Baisha Xinzhai.

Baisha Xinzhai is not far from Laozhai, in another harbor outside Lixu.

When the soldiers carried the adults to Xinzhai with poles, they were just in time for the construction scene in full swing.

The bay, which was once desolate and full of rocks and tall grasses, has changed its appearance. Not to mention a few rows of simple houses have been built on the shore, and a traditional wooden trestle has been erected. At this moment, the coast is surrounded by Akito who are working. A brigade of bare-chested, natives with wooden tools, carrying dirt and rocks from one river to another, was repairing the bay.

"There is no one here. A few days ago, after the Qiongzhou Mansion received a letter from the political envoy, it did not dare to delay for a while, and immediately sent it to the citizens of the surrounding counties, and worked hard day and night to have this appearance. ”

Jia Tongzhi, the Qiongzhou Mansion, had an expression of invitation at this moment: "General Sha, are you still satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied, satisfied! Sha would like to thank all of you. This matter must be reported to the chief soldier of my family, and a heart is indispensable! ”

According to the infrastructure standards of the traverser, this construction site under construction will definitely not meet the requirements. Fortunately, at the beginning of now, Sha Zhengming's requirements are not high, the fleet can be stationed, and the personnel can go on and off the dock. So he hastened to encourage the indigenous officials one after another.

There is still a connection in this matter. Qiongzhou is isolated overseas, and now it has crossed the jurisdiction of the forces, and it has not extended so far. In other words, if the traversers want to build a new military port in Qiongzhou, they must go through the local civilian system, and they can't call people to build their own like the Guangzhou New Area...... At least not at first.

That's why there is this scene: when the Qiongzhou civil official group received the official document, it also received 20,000 taels of Cao Datou cash sent by the Guangdong political envoy.

These 20,000 taels of silver are the most fundamental motivation for Jia Tongzhi and his civil officials to quickly mobilize the people to repair the seaport. If you rely on an official document alone, it will be funny, not to mention Xiong Wencan, even if the emperor issued a holy decree, without silver, it is impossible for the poor Qiongzhou Mansion to make such a big move to dig a harbor for anyone.

In fact, the exquisite Cao Datou wrapped in 20,000 pieces of red paper is the first time since the Ming Dynasty that the Qiongzhou Mansion got full real silver from the superior yamen. This time, the whole Qiongzhou Mansion, including the prefect Xu officials, was really shocked!

You must know that in the previous years, in addition to urging taxes and grains, the yamen in Guangzhou have never allocated a penny to the Qiongzhou government, and even if there is, it is a mutual offset, and they want to ask for cash from those yamen in Guangzhou? Hehe, think too much.

Of course, everyone in the world knows who paid for the 20,000 taels of silver. Jia Tongzhi also knows very well who to give credit.