After saying this, Zhang Yanfang had nothing to report to Yun. (.) As for Yang Ren, because it was getting late today, he and Zhang Yanfang glanced at each other, and the two stood up at the same time and said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late today, so the ministers will retire first, and then report to Your Majesty tomorrow." ”

Yun was also a little tired at this time, and said, "It's really not early, the two Aiqing should step down." Yang Ren and Zhang Yanfang immediately saluted and retired.

Yun stood up and moved his muscles and bones, and said to Wang Xi, "Take me to a resting place." ”

Wang Xi bowed down and agreed, and then took Yun to the largest courtyard behind the Yamen of the City Division. Just now, the official of the City Department had already told him about the place where Yun was placed, and he also went to see it while Yun was discussing things with Zhang Yanfang, so at this time, he took Yun to the courtyard with a familiar car.

At this time, in that courtyard, Xiyi and Li Sha'er were sitting in the main hall, chatting while waiting for Yun to come over. Xiyi and her sister Xiyao because Li Sha'er is not high, although they don't act in line with the rules of the palace on weekdays, they are still 'keeping to themselves', so they have a good relationship with her, they speak very softly when they meet, and they don't beat her from time to time with something, and Xiyi has no heart, so they can still talk.

"How do I think, there is nothing special about this side of Guangzhou, except that it is hotter than the area around the capital." Xiyi said.

"Sister Xue, whether it is Guang or the capital, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the local people are also Han people. Although the place south of Wuling had a miasma earlier, the Han people have taken root here for so many years, and it has long been the same as in other places. ”

"But if my sister can take a look around the city of Guangzhou, she should be able to see the difference between the people here and the capital."

"Cantonese people are extremely delicious and can eat, and the dishes are different from other places, but they are unique. Famous dishes include white chopped chicken, mandarin duck crab, lettuce lobster, Chaoshan rice rolls, etc., all of which are very delicious. ”

"Hiroshi's variety of sweets is also very good. There are many varieties, colorful, exquisite shapes and novel tastes, and they are unique. ”

"Guangren also loves tea very much. The first thing I do when I wake up every morning is to either make a pot of tea at my own house or go to the teahouse I frequented for a cup of tea, and I must drink tea anyway. Among them, the kung fu tea in Chaoshan is not more complicated than that in the palace, but it is unique, and my sister must try it when she arrives in Guangzhou City. ”

"And ......," Li Sha'er introduced many characteristics about Guang.

"Hey, listening to you say that, Guang is still very distinctive. Especially what you just mentioned, most of them are eaten by Cantonese people, which shows that the food here is indeed unique. To make you say, my sister is a little hungry. Xiyi smiled.

"My sister herself said she was hungry. Speaking of which, it's almost dark now, why hasn't the emperor come back yet," Li Sha'er also said.

"Xiao Dezi, you go to the front yard and ask Wang Xi, Your Majesty is discussing things with the ministers, when will you be able to come" Xiyi heard Li Sha'er's words, and ordered a little eunuch beside him.

The eunuch, who was called Xiao Dezi, agreed, and was about to turn around and go out to find Wang Xi; But at this moment, a man's laughter came from outside the door: "There is no need to send someone to find me, I have already come." ”

"Your Majesty." Xiyi and Li Sha'er hurriedly stood up, bowed to Yun and said, "The concubine has seen Your Majesty. ”

Yun waved his hand to make most of the subordinates retreat, leaving only the three of them and the palace maid and eunuch who were close to him, and then ordered Wang Xi to pass the meal, and then said with a smile: "What did you two talk about here just now?"

"Your Majesty, what about the characteristics of the concubine and Sister Li. Sister Li knows Guang very well, and told her concubines a lot about the difference here. Especially the food of Guangzhou, the concubines were hungry when they heard it. Xiyi smiled.

Yun sat down in his seat, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Canton's food is indeed unique, but you shouldn't be so surprised." There is a cook in the palace who can make Cantonese dim sum, and I have eaten a lot of dim sum made by him on weekdays, and you have also eaten it, so you should not be surprised by this. ”

"Alas, there is an imperial chef in the palace who can make Cantonese dim sum" Xiyi's eyes widened and said, "I never knew it yet." ”

"You, you, don't pay much attention to it on weekdays." Yun smiled: "But it's nothing, now we are in Guangzhou, a small place in Bao'an City, and the sea is not long, and the food is not too much; When you arrive in Guangzhou City, you can eat whatever you want. ”

"Your Majesty counts when he speaks." Xiyi said.

"I must be the talker." Yes.

While the two were talking, suddenly a eunuch guarding the door shouted: "Your Majesty, the messenger from the west has sent a letter, Your Majesty can see it now."

Without waiting for Yun's instructions, Xiyi and Li Sha'er had already stopped talking, Huang Lu walked to the door, opened the door and closed it, and handed it to Yundao: "Your Majesty, it's from outside the door." ”

Yun opened the song and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Li Jinglong still has some ability, and the 250,000 Hanyi army that has arrived in the west has made him manage it in an orderly manner. It's ......, but it's okay. ”

"The 150,000 troops in the south have also arrived in Lin'an Mansion and can be dispatched to attack Annan at any time."

"Since this is the case, Zhang Wen and Zhu Zanyi and others have also arrived in Nanningfu, so they ordered to fight a dozen of the land border cities bordering Annan and Daming, test them, and transfer all the troops of the Annan people to the north."

As he spoke, Yun picked up a pencil and wrote something on a piece of paper, and then handed it to Wang Xidao: "You go back and use the brush to copy these words onto the fold, so that I can read it and stamp it back." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi took the fold and agreed. But he thought: 'Your Majesty always seems to think that Li Jinglong is not a general, what the hell is going on, he has never fought before, Your Majesty has also admitted several times that he is not very good at fighting, just from his performance on weekdays, it can be seen that Li Jinglong is not good at fighting, it is strange. ’

"Your Majesty, it's time to officially start the war with the Annans," Xiyi suddenly asked.

"Well, I have already ordered the Lu Division, who has already come to the border, to fight with the Annanites, so let's test it for the time being." Yes.

"Is the concubine's brother going to war too?" asked Xiyi. Not only her, but Li Sha'er also looked at Yun a little nervously.

"Actually, your two brothers have already fought!" Yun Yu was astonishing: "The sailors and Annan's sailors fought earlier than the land divisions, and they fought with Annan as early as September. ”

"Ahh Your Majesty, why haven't I heard anything like this before," Xiyi said excitedly.

"They didn't have any definite news at sea before, and I was afraid that you would be worried, so I didn't say anything; Now that Ran and Li Jiqian have returned, they can naturally say it. ”

"Not only did they come back, but they also took some credit. Li Jiqian, as the commander of Beihaiwei, also served as a commander of a thousand households, and made great contributions to the total annihilation of the Annan Naval Division, and he could already be promoted to a commander. However, this is only the appetizer of this war, and it is inconvenient for me to promote him alone. ”

"Ran also has a lot of credit, and if he makes some contributions when he uses the water division in a few days, he can also be promoted to commander."

Li Sha'er patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Although the scale of the Annan sailors is very small, it is not bad, keeping up with the latest trend in the world, that is, the style of the ships of the Ming Dynasty, and the defeat of the Ming sailors is certain, but it can cause some losses to the Daming sailors, if her brother is too unlucky to be killed. Now it's time to relax.

Xiyi was the same, patting her chest. And she pestered Yun to ask her brother how he was doing, and Yun answered one by one. It wasn't until the kitchen of the Yamen of the City Bo Division brought the dinner prepared tonight that Xiyi stopped her inquiry and sat down to eat.

After dinner, Yun picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Min'er. These days, he sent a letter almost every day, asking the people who operated the small boats to buy vegetables and vegetables to send them to the local post house, and to the palace with the song fold on the way to the capital.

He wrote about the scenery of the Pearl River Estuary and the situation of Bao'an City, and wrote some words on a piece of paper for Miaojin, Xiyao, and Baoqin, and then sealed them intact and sent them to the local post house on the yellow road.

The next day, Yun changed into a pair of clothes from the scholars, imitated the practice of the Shanghai City Ship Division, and walked around the Bao'an City Ship Division. The city is indeed thriving, and it is very gratifying. It's just that Mr. Yun felt that the eyes of the shopkeepers in some of the shops passing by were looking at them very fiercely. He later asked Zhang Yanfang and knew that these shopkeepers were all people who believed in the Heavenly Sect.

Yun suddenly wanted to expel them all from the city. But in this way, the business will be half yellow, and the merchants in Siam and other places will be very happy to be second-class dealers, and earn away the tariffs of the Ming Dynasty, so they can only put their minds down.

On the third day, he walked around the neighborhood to see the surrounding guards, and took a boat to Victoria Bay in what would become Hong Kong. Yun also personally instructed the Admiral of the South China Sea Navy on the spot: "Set up a station here and open up a port for the ships of the Navy to anchor." ”

On the fourth day, Yun set off and left Bao'an City to go to Guangzhou City.

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"Minister Guangbu political envoy Yang Ren has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" At the gate closest to the dock in Guangzhou City, Yang Ren once again said to Yun Xingli.

"Yang Qing, what are you doing, haven't you seen me once in Bao'an City," Yun asked.

"Your Majesty, that's in Bao'an City, this is Guangzhou City, is the seat of Guangzhou Province, and Bao'an, the minister is the head of the Guang civil official, and it is not good to see Your Majesty without a foreman. Therefore, the minister will meet again. However, the officials who were brought to Bao'an by the minister last time did not come to see him today, so please forgive your majesty. Yang Ren said.

"That's it, as a political envoy of Guang, it's really not good if you don't come out. You did a good job of not letting those who had ever visited me come to you, and I would not rebuke you. Yun said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Yang Ren finished speaking, he stood up from the ground and stepped aside.

Guangzhou City is different from Bao'an, there are many civil and military officials in the city, from the political envoys of the right cloth who are gradually fazing, the envoys who are being examined to the deputy envoys and servants of the various provinces, all of them are officials of the fourth grade or above, and Yun has to say a few words.

In this way, everyone was busy at the city gate for a long time, and a group of people surrounded the emperor to the place where he stayed.

Guangzhou, as a large city in the southeast, is naturally different from Bao'an, which has just been built, and has a place to receive distinguished guests, which is used as the palace of Yun. However, the location of this 'temporary palace' is northern, and it is allowed to get on a carriage and go to the palace in the north of the city.

When he arrived at the palace, Yun saw that it was still early, and left Yang Ren and the envoys and commanders to ask about Guang's situation.

"Your Majesty, in the whole province of Guangzhou, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the number of households is 675,599, and the population is 3,07,932, almost nine people for every two households."

"Although there is no careful count of the number of people in the whole province, there are about 700,000 households and a population of nearly 3.2 million."

"Guangzhou has been an important town in the south since ancient times, and it is also governed by Guangzhou Province, although the population is not large, but after His Majesty opened the sea to set up Bao'an City, it has become a very rich place." Yang Ren said.

"Isn't my city division located in Bao'an, how did it get in touch with Guangzhou City," Yun asked with some puzzlement.

"Your Majesty, although the city is in Bao'an, but Guangzhou is the confluence of the east and west rivers, the transportation is convenient, the nearby place is the most important grain production place in Guangzhou, and the population of Guangzhou accounts for almost half of the province, so the merchants of Guangzhou buy goods from the city of Guangzhou, all pass through Guangzhou, making it very rich here." Yang Rendao.

He then went on to talk about many good changes in the city of Guangzhou. Not only him, but also the Inspector. Hearing this, Yun smiled, but didn't say anything to let them go down.

After they all went down, Yunhe Wang Xi smiled and said, "I can see from his face that Guangzhou City is not only a good thing, there must be some problems, and the problems are not light. ”

"It's just that today is the first day I came to Guangzhou City, so I won't talk about these things for the time being. But tomorrow, I will definitely ask Yang Ren. ”

Wang Xi lowered his head and pondered, although he seemed to be listening to Yun's words, he would not react at all, let alone speak. Whenever Yun talks to him about such political affairs, he has this expression.

Yoon also knows that he is like this, but she will still talk to him. He really couldn't find more people to talk to, so he could only tell Wang Xi.

The next day, Yun summoned a few of them again, came up and asked directly: "Guangzhou can't just have a good side, there will be some problems." I didn't look happy with your face yesterday. Let's tell you the truth, even if you have some mistakes, as long as the purpose is good, and you govern Guangdong well, I will not blame you. ”

After listening to Yun's words, the three of them looked at each other, and finally Yang Ren said, "I can't hide anything from Your Majesty." Indeed, as His Majesty said, Guangzhou has some Siem Reap diseases. ”

Qingyi Literature.