Chapter 342: Godsister
Guangzhou.
Political Envoy Division.
"Li Kuoji, what is he doing?"
Li Shuyuan, the political envoy of the right cloth, looked at the prayer post in his hand and said suspiciously.
Because Wu Zhongwei, the political envoy of Zuobu, is still imprisoned by Yang Xin, he is currently presiding over the political envoy department of Guangdong.
As for Wu Zhongwei's handling, there is still no news about this, although Wang Zunde has already played it, and even in the siege of a group of civil officials, he had to play it in the way of impeachment of Yang Xin, but after his impeachment entered the palace, there was no follow-up, not to say about disposing of Wu Zhongwei, nor to let Yang Xin release.
In short, it is to stay.
No one knows how long it will last.
Anyway, if the celebrant does not transfer it to the cabinet, the cabinet will not be able to vote on it.
Fortunately, there is also a right-hand political envoy, and Li Shuyuan can still preside over the work, so Wu Zhongwei's arrest did not have any impact on Guangdong's government affairs.
"Let him in!"
Li Shuyuan thought for a while and said.
This person is still worthy of courtesy, after all, his brother is the official of the Ministry of Literature and Selection.
This official sounds very uncourageous, but he is in charge of the promotion and selection of the subordinate officials in the world, and he really holds great power.
Soon his old servant brought Li Chongwen in, but to Li Shuyuan's surprise, Li Chongwen was also followed by a red-haired ghost guy with a small box in his hand, which made him immediately smile a little more on his face.
"Who's this?"
Li Shuyuan said with a smile.
Li Chongwen hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and at the same time motioned for the ghost guy behind him to salute.
"Back to Uncle Fang's words, this is Gao Wenlu of Macau, they want to ask Uncle Fang to play His Majesty for them, saying that Yang Xin is rampant, they can't live anymore, begging Your Majesty to give them a way to live, this is their gift to thank Uncle Fang."
Li Chongwen said.
At the same time, one of his interpreters said a few words to the ghost.
The latter immediately stepped forward, and then presented the small box, the old servant quickly took it, put it on the table and opened it, Li Shuyuan looked at a few gems and a bunch of pearls inside, and immediately smiled like a spring breeze.
"They have a heart, they don't need to ask for this matter, the old man will also play Your Majesty, that Yang Xin is just nonsense."
Li Shuyuan stroked his beard and said.
Li Chongwen gestured to the translator, and the translator immediately said to the ghost guy in Dutch: "Mr. Kobenloe, Your Excellency said that he welcomes your arrival very much, and as for allowing you to live in Hong Kong, he has already reported to His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty the Emperor has allowed him to dispose of it with full authority. ”
"Thank you so much, Your Excellency, if we can live in Hong Kong, then we will give him another 10,000 silver ducat."
The ghost guy said excitedly.
"Master, he said that he thanked the master first, and then he will give you 10,000 taels after the matter is completed."
The translator said.
"They're quite sensible."
Li Shuyuan said with a smile.
"Your Excellency said that he is solely responsible for this matter."
Translate and reply to the ghost.
"But we want to be able to sign a written agreement."
The ghost guy said.
"Master, he said that he wanted you to write him something, these are all made up by them, he is afraid that their people will suspect him after he goes back, and they take money very seriously."
The translator said.
"One copy in your language and one copy in our language, so that our agreement can be completed."
The ghost guy said.
"He said it would be best for you to affix your official seal so that there would be no doubt, and that they would also issue a petition for you to pass on to Your Majesty."
The translator said.
"That's right."
Li Shuyuan groaned.
"Uncle Fang, they just want a credential, and they don't understand it, you are romantic, write some mysterious things casually, and then stamp the official seal, even if they find someone to read it, it is a little bit of text, it is impossible to understand what you wrote, and besides, this is just a trivial matter, even if someone says irresponsible things, you are appeasing them, telling them not to think nonsense, and honestly waiting for no trouble."
Li Chongwen said.
"That's just as well."
Li Shuyuan was immediately relieved.
It was really nothing to worry about, and then he looked at the gems again, and in the light of the gems, any request of these people was reasonable.
Immediately after that, he asked people to prepare pen and ink, and then quickly wrote a heroic essay full of quotations from the classics, telling the people of Macao not to think nonsense, the Ming Emperor is a saint, and he will not let them not live, in short, unless the erudite person, the general Xiucai may not understand, with Li Bu's political envoy's literary style This is a trivial matter.
Then I took the official seal and stamped it very simply.
And at this time, the ghost guy also took out a document that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it over.
"What does this mean?"
Li Shuyuan looked blankly.
The quill pen was still very beautiful, and it was stamped with fire paint next to it, and of course he wouldn't know the meaning of these messy things.
"Back to the master, this is the petition of the Yi people, this is the signature of Yi Mu, the meaning of the petition is to implore His Majesty the Emperor to withdraw Yang Xin and re-let the deputy envoy of Haidao manage Macao, and in the future, they are willing to pay an extra 10,000 taels of assistance every year to help our court fight Jiannu, and they are also willing to donate fifty Hongyi cannons to Your Majesty."
The interpreter stepped forward and said.
"Count them a little faithful."
Li Shuyuan said with a smile.
"Your Excellency said that your country's merchant ships can go to Hong Kong Island now."
The translator said to the ghost.
A hoax was done.
At this time, a hundred kilometers away in Yali, Xin'an County, another person also said the name of this place.
"Hong Kong Island?"
Xin'an Zhixian looked at Yang Dudu in amazement.
He is also one of Yang Dudu's residences here, after all, Yang Dudu arrested the deputy envoy of Haidao, and the deputy envoy of Xin'an County and Haidao are stationed in Nantou City.
Yang Dudu arrested the deputy envoy of the sea road, and naturally he also had to take over the sea road yamen.
"Yes, Hong Kong Island, by the way, why is it called that?"
Yang Dudu said.
Behind him, the little beauty who sang that night stood shyly.
This poor little beauty was defiled by him that night, the poor family is a Qing man, only selling art and nothing else, but he was forcibly taken to the General Military Mansion, and then fell into the clutches of the devil, how many literati and scholars in Guangzhou sighed that from then on, a pure and holy white lotus, let this demon to occupy.
Of course, this is pure slander.
Yang Dudu obviously recognized her as his godsister.
"Back to the governor's words, this name is called out by those smugglers, Dongguan in the north is the origin of Guan incense, our most famous daughter of the Ming Dynasty is trading in Liaobu, but those smugglers in order to avoid paying taxes, are transported to the coast by land, and then transported here by small boats to load those sea ships, and after a long time, this place will be called Hong Kong.
It's just that the governor has some trouble buying it.
After all, the governor is a Beijing Jinyi guard, and it is not in line with the rules of the imperial court to buy an industry here. ”
The magistrate said with a smile.
Yang Dudu suddenly came to the door and wanted to buy Hong Kong Island, which belongs to Xin'an County.
It's not worth mentioning to sell it to him, it's a desert island at all, and there were smugglers there to pick up and transport agarwood in the past, but after Yang Dudu's fleet blockaded the Pearl River estuary, no one dared to do anything under the noses of this fleet.
In short, there are no residents in Xin'an County, and there is no one who owns land and real estate there. He doesn't care about giving outsiders a nationality, but it's a pity that Yang Dudu can't do it, Yang Dudu is a military member, he is a Beijing Jinyi guard, and he himself has no right to change his nationality, so Yang Xin can't buy the land here.
"I know what you mean, come, Wan'er!"
Yang Dudu said.
The little beauty hurriedly stepped forward.
"This is the godsister recognized by the governor of Bendu in Guangzhou, originally a happy membership, but has been redeemed by the governor of Bendu as a good name, she is willing to come to Xin'an to settle down, but she has no relatives and no reason, so she can only be independent as a female household, this should not violate the imperial court system, right? After settling down, she was willing to pay 10,000 taels to buy Hong Kong Island, and then hire a group of workers to go over to reclaim the wasteland and farm, according to the Taizu system, the new wasteland will never be able to pay, and she as a female household, she does not need to pay taxes, but out of gratitude to the people of Xin'an for accepting her as a hard-working woman, she is willing to pay 1,000 taels a year for relief of orphans and widows. ”
Yang Dudu put his arms around his godsister's waist and said.
"There is Lao County."
He said with his sister saluting.
The county honor, who had heard her heavenly singing, couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard her obviously hoarse voice at this moment.
But......
"Don't worry, the governor will do it for Miss Wan'er!"
Zhixian said without hesitation.
"This is the naturalization document issued by the Guangzhou government, hurry up and do it, the day after tomorrow the governor will do the rest, in the future, my godsister will be from Xin'an County, don't treat my godsister badly, who dares to be disrespectful to my godsister, be careful Yang invites him to go to the edict to drink tea!"
Yang Dudu said.
It can be seen that he still loves his godsister very much.
"Governor, please rest assured, Miss Wan'er's business is the matter of the lower officials!"
Zhixian said without hesitation.
Yang Dudu nodded with satisfaction, and then hugged his godsister and turned away, he didn't know that at this time his Hong Kong Island was already being robbed, Yang Dudu, who was in a good mood, went out, like a Shanghai beach boss with a courtesan in his arms, walked out of the county government surrounded by his subordinates, and walked into a four-wheeled sedan carriage. Yang Huan outside closed the door for his uncle and aunt, and the coachman in front flicked his whip, and the two horses with more ears than their hearts immediately moved forward with the coquettish smile of the godsister in the carriage and went straight out of the city.
Then arrive at Gushu Pier.
Here, Yang Dudu continued to hold his godsister and boarded a warship.
Pushed by the low tide waters, the battleship turned to Tuen Mun and docked at the historic Victoria Harbour as the sun set that afternoon.
"You guys, come and pick us up the day after tomorrow!"
Yang Dudu said to his minions.
Yang Huan hurriedly saluted, then re-boarded the battleship with his subordinates, hoisted the sails and hurried to Tuen Mun.
"Come, future Lord of Hong Kong, let's go to the curtain together, shall we? Here you can scream as loud as you want without worrying about being heard. ”
Yang Dudu, who was behind them, picked up his godsister and said.