The fact that the fleet went to sea was well known in the Central Plains, but the southern region was relatively closed to this news.

In recent years, the communication between the north and the south was not smooth, there were almost no contacts between the people, and there were only normal official exchanges, and there was actually an administrative unit above these state capitals, even if the communication between the north and the south was mostly under the responsibility of the governor of Lingnan Province.

It can be said that the imperial court is still a little unconcerned about the south after all.

Of course, it is not for nothing that I don't care, one is because the climate here is quite different from the Central Plains, and the other is that the number of people here is still too small in comparison.

At this time, the people of the Central Plains and other places had not been vigorously promoted to develop southward, so the entire Lingnan Province added up to a total of 257 counties, with only more than 357,000 registered households, and a total population of only more than 642,000 people, with an average household size of only 2.62, which was the lowest average population in the entire Ten Datang Provinces.

There are 231 counties in Jiannan Province, which is the same size, with 638,000 registered households, nearly twice that of Lingnan Province, and more than 2,856,000 registered households, with an average of 4.9 households.

Even in Longyou Road, where all data are at the end of the crane, there are only 56 counties, 55,000 households, and 198,000 people, with an average of only 999 households in each county, but the average number of households and population is also 4.2.

Although the environment and climate in Lingnan are relatively harsh and the overall terrain is relatively complex, they have maintained such a status quo after so many years of continuous development, and it has to be said that even the imperial court is about to run out of patience.

Of course, the tail of the data crane is not the only one, the land is vast and sparsely populated, which means that the imperial court must set up a county at a suitable distance to govern, and the area of a county cannot be divided into hundreds of miles for this reason, right?

This is even more detrimental to the rule of the imperial court, but with so many counties, the number of officials needed is also the largest in the entire Tang Dynasty, even if there are only three high-ranking officials in each county, there are more than 1,000 people in 257 counties, and each county has no tens or hundreds of people who can't manage it at all.

Therefore, what really disappointed the imperial court was that after so many years, the imperial court had never seen the money from Lingnan, but most of the time it still needed the imperial court to allocate subsidies from the treasury.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the imperial court has not made up its mind to develop this place.

If the imperial court can make up its mind to move the people from the narrow countryside to the south for development, the current shortage of land in the Tang Dynasty will definitely be greatly alleviated, and the economic situation in Lingnan and other regions will also change.

However, as the exile of the Tang Dynasty, there are too many officials who have made mistakes here.

Even if some people were later reinstated, more officials still stayed here, and no matter what they did, they couldn't go back, and unless they resigned, what incentive was there to develop?

By the locals?

Some locals have this idea, but their strength does not allow it, even a beggar wants China to beat the US imperialists and rule the world, but what is the use? At most, I think about it in my heart, and then YY can get it.

This is roughly the case in Lingnan now!

The fleet suddenly came out, which frightened the officials of Jiaozhou, and they went to Wuqu to inquire about the situation, and after learning that this was the southbound fleet returning to Tang, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they didn't come to find trouble, of course, in the face of Li Yuanjing, who was carrying 12,000 soldiers on the ship, these magistrates naturally didn't dare to show too much.

So, have a good treat!

Li Yuanjing waved his hand and motioned for the woman who came to accompany him to go down, he didn't like this kind of reception very much, but these Jiaozhou magistrates were not happy with each other, Li Yuanjing could see that most of the women present were women from good families.

"Who is the current governor of Jiaozhou?" Li Yuanjing's face was a little unkind.

Is Jiaozhou poor?

On the surface, it looks really poor, but don't look deeper, although the contact time is not long, Li Yuanjing knows very well that as long as he nods, he will definitely be more nourishing here than living in Chang'an.

"Back to His Royal Highness, for the king of Guangning County, the king of the county first came to Jiaozhou, and he felt a little unwell, so he couldn't come to wash the dust for His Royal Highness, and I hope His Highness will forgive his sins!" A middle-aged man stood up and said, looking quite confident.

Speaking this person is Jiaozhou Governor Shi Shibian, from this surname alone, you can guess the origin of this goods, it can almost be said that in Jiaozhou, Shi Bi is the king here.

Of course, Li Yuanjing naturally didn't know that because of the wings instigated by his butterfly, Li Daoxing, the king of Guangning County, who originally came to Jiaozhou to serve as the governor of Zhenguan for nine years, that is, three years later, actually took office four years ahead of schedule and last year.

And in the same way, in the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Daoxing died on the way to take office, and he didn't really go to Jiaozhou to hang up, and this time it benefited from the medical research vigorously promoted by Li Yuanjing, so although Li Daoxing was infected on the way, he still saved his life by relying on more advanced medical methods than in history.

Of course, another reason may be that Li Daoxing is now three years younger than in history, four years younger when he came, and his physical fitness is better than in history.

Speaking of this Li Daoxing, I have to say that the famous Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, Li Daoxing is Li Daozong's younger brother, but the difference between the two brothers is still quite big, in the face of unknown dangers, Li Daozong will always choose to go head-on, it is said that Li Daoxing was scared and trembling when he learned that he was going to Jiaozhou.

If it weren't for the fact that Lu Zushang first agreed to Li Shimin in person in the second year of Zhenguan, but later returned, Li Shimin first sent Lu Zushang's brother-in-law Zhou Fan to persuade him, and then asked Fang Xuanling to persuade him, but he still said that he could not move the goods to Jiaozhou, and as a result, Li Shimin directly ordered the goods to be beheaded.

Although Li Shimin regretted it, what was the use of eggs?

"Really?" Li Yuanjing frowned slightly.

It is not for nothing that most officials are reluctant to come to Lingnan, there is a lot of miasma, there is a lot of humidity, and after coming here, they must drink alcohol every day to resist the dampness, and they dare not come at all, and it is one thing whether they can even go or not.

Li Yuanjing naturally knew that Jiaozhou was actually a land of right and wrong, and if Li Daoxing came today, he wouldn't feel anything.

But looking at the current scene, Li Yuanjing always felt that there might be something abnormal in it.

"It just so happens that the medical officer on the ship who went south this time has made a breakthrough in the environment here, and he also has a lot of experience in treating these regional diseases." Li Yuanjing smiled slightly, and ordered behind him: "Ma Zhou, send ten experienced medical officers, and then send a government of soldiers and horses to protect you, and go to see how Uncle Wang's condition is for this king?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the humble post has invited a famous medical officer within a radius of 100 miles to treat the king of the county, but the effect has been very small for more than half a year......"