Chapter 272: The Natives of Eastern Tibet
Chen Di was polite to save some face for Guo Zhiyuan, but Shen Yourong was not so polite, and sneered: "Lord Guo, are I a three-year-old child?" Don't say that the imperial court will never allow you to build such a huge city in Dongfan, even if the imperial court allows it, you will never be able to do it, Shen was ordered to build a Huyu water village that day, and it was also a waste of Shen's life savings to build it, you want to build such a huge city, it is more difficult than Shen to build a Huyu water village on that day, and Dongfu is sparsely populated, and the indigenous people of Dongbo live on the high mountains, you are built a giant city and no one lives, isn't it an empty city? So what's the use of building a city? ……”
Guo Zhiyuan wanted such an effect, looked at Shen Yourong and Chen Di and said with a smile: "Then the official will make a bet with General Shen and Mr. Yizhai, if the official can't do it, the official will be at the disposal of General Shen and Mr. Yizhai, if the official is lucky, how about asking General Shen and Mr. Yizhai to stay and help the official?" ……”
Chen Di had a very good impression of Guo Zhiyuan, and when he saw that he was confident, he was also arrogant, and arched his hand: "If Lord Guo's move is successful, it can be called a great cause, as long as Lord Guo can let the old man see a glimmer of hope for success, the old man will not hesitate to smear his liver and brain!" ……”
Shen Yourong was not as easy to fool as Chen Di, glanced at Guo Zhiyuan, and said coldly: "You have a good calculation, and you want Shen to work for you with a few empty words?" Don't say anything else, you tell Shen first, where does the silver tael needed to build the city come from? ……”
Guo Zhiyuan also knew that if he didn't know anything about it, he would definitely not be able to win the trust of Shen Yourong and Chen Erren, so he smiled slightly and said: "General Shen's appointment as a sailor also has the responsibility of anti-smuggling at sea, he must know that this sea trade business is very profitable, and there are millions of taels of sea trade in Haichengyue Port alone. ……”
Shen Yourong's face changed when he heard this, and he sneered: "I said, what is your plan, it turned out to be such an idea, the forbidden sea is a national policy set by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, how can it be changed because of your words?!" It's just whimsical, it's impossible! ……”
Guo Zhiyuan had expected Shen Yourong to react like this, and said with a smile: "How do you know it's impossible if you haven't tried it?" In the past, Emperor Chengzu (referring to Zhu Di) made Zheng He go to the West, so that I would be prosperous in the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty, and it was beneficial for my Ming Dynasty to open the sea and ban on sea trade, didn't General Shen want me to be strong and prosperous? ……”
This is exactly what Shen Yourong said, of course he hopes that Daming will be strong, and he also vaguely feels that Daming's maritime ban policy restricts the development of Daming, especially now that Daming's national strength is declining and the treasury is empty, if the sea can be opened and the sea trade ban can be opened, maybe Daming can recover a little vitality and reappear in the prosperous world!
Shen Yourong's face was cloudy, and he thought for a while and said: "Even if what you say is reasonable, if you can really get the imperial court to allow Dongfan to open the sea and ban sea trade, Shen will make a bet with you and let you drive it!" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, he had coveted Shen Yourong for a long time, and it was cool to let his idol become his general, so he laughed and said: "With the help of General Shen and Mr. Yizhai, why worry about the big thing!" Ha ha! ……”
Shen Yourong poured a basin of cold water on Guo Zhiyuan and said: "You don't be happy too early, in Shen's opinion, this matter is difficult to achieve after all, don't say that the court, even the governor is not easy to explain, you had better make plans early, so as not to burden Shen to follow you to eat and hang......"
When it comes to Xu Xueju, Guo Zhiyuan also put away his smile, the thing he is most worried about now is that Xu Xueju made a stumbling block for him, he seems to have made a great contribution to quelling the rebellion, but he also committed a big taboo in officialdom, without the order of his superiors, the greater the credit, the more people will be hated, at this time, Xu Xueju and Shen Yi are afraid that they have already regarded him as a thorn in the flesh, and they will definitely try to erase his credit, especially his occupation of Dongfan is not in accordance with the rules, Xu Xueju and others will definitely seize this matter and make a big fuss!
So now Guo Zhiyuan must gather with Xu Xueju to grab time, and let the court make a final decision on this matter before they do, Guo Zhiyuan already has a plan, but he can't leave now, he must wait for Shen Junrong to arrive with the new army and arrange the follow-up matters before he can leave with confidence.
Guo Zhiyuan was thinking about it, when the guard in charge of the guard in front suddenly exclaimed: "A large group of people are coming!" Everyone was taken aback, according to the previous investigation, there was no rest of the forces entrenched in addition to the remnants of the rebels near the Dayuan, and now the remnants of the rebels have been cleared, it should be relatively safe, so this time they came out without too many guards, and now a large group of people suddenly appeared, if the other party is coming with hostility, it is too late for them to withdraw to the stronghold, then it is dangerous!
Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly looked in the direction of the guard's finger, and saw a large group of short, dark-skinned men walking down from the opposite mountain, although these people were short in stature but their bodies were quite strong, with a headdress made of feathers on their heads, and a spear in their hands, like the natives here, Guo Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to occupy Dongfan, and naturally he had to deal with the natives here, but he didn't know if the natives here were good to talk to.
Chen Di on the side laughed, and said happily: "It doesn't matter, the leader of the person is old and old, he is a chief of this place, the first inhabitants of this place call him the Great Maitreya, this person is very kind, that day the old man I followed General Shen to defeat the Japanese at sea, and once landed to rest and recuperate, this person once brought the first inhabitants of his tribe to labor the army, there should be no malice......"
Shen Yourong also remembered such a reminder to Chen Di, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "The first residents of this place admired my Ming Dynasty, and they were quite grateful to our royal division for sweeping away the Japanese and protecting their peace......
Hearing Shen Yourong and the others say this, the stone in Guo Zhiyuan's heart also fell to the ground completely, he was afraid that the natives here would not be easy to deal with, which would inevitably cause obstacles for him to occupy Dongfan (Taiwan), and now he heard that the natives here are so friendly, he is naturally overjoyed.
At this time, those Dongfan natives also found Guo Zhiyuan and their team, and waved at them excitedly, Guo Zhiyuan had the heart to make friends with these natives, and quickly led the team to meet them, Chen Di had dealt with these natives, and naturally walked in the forefront, the indigenous leader was a white-bearded old man, that is, Chen Di said that the great Maitreya, was very happy to see Chen Di, and gave him a warm hug when he came up, and said in blunt Chinese: "Old friend, we meet again!" Thank you for driving out the jackals for us once again......"