The urgently needed food has been found, and Chengzuo has no time to wait. After immediately consulting with Haoda, more than 200 empty ships were mobilized to go to Qiongzhou Mansion.

The three-day voyage gave Cheng Zuo a lot of feelings, although there is still war in the South China Sea. But it has become much more peaceful, and pirates used to be everywhere here, but now it is rare to see one.

Dolphins are the spirits of the sea and the closest species of marine life to humans. Seeing them swimming in the ocean in groups, Cheng Zuo's heart was also relieved.

Qiongzhou Mansion is also the contemporary Hainan Island, located in the subtropical region, with four seasons like spring. The three-day voyage was soon approaching.

Walking along the coastline, lush trees echo the azure waters. It is such a beautiful scenery that can only be seen in a dream, and the unpolluted ocean is so beautiful.

Qiongzhou is known as the end of the earth, and it has always been a place of exile for officials. This should have been a barren land, but when two hundred warships docked at the dock of Qiongzhou Mansion, Chengzuo saw a different imaginary scene.

"This is the Qiongzhou Mansion known as the end of the world?" Cheng Zuo looked at Xiao Hai beside him in amazement.

"General, this is indeed Qiongzhou Mansion." Faced with Cheng Zuo's astonishment, Xiao Hai seemed to take it for granted.

There are very few people from the Ming Dynasty in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea since the founding of the country. It also isolated the Qiongzhou Mansion, and the prefect here became the local emperor. The real emperor is far away, without any control.

Cheng Zuo realized that his imagination was completely wrong, he put away the stunned look on his face, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is in charge of this Qiongzhou Mansion now?" ”

Xiao Hai seemed to be very familiar with Qiongzhou Mansion, and said without thinking about it: "General, this Qiongzhou Mansion has always been in charge of the Chen family. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, taxes still needed to be paid here. But later, I don't know if the court forgot about this place, or thought that this was the end of the world and was too poor, in short, the Qiongzhou Mansion didn't even have to pay taxes later. ”

Cheng Zuo's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this, he touched his chin with one hand, and said with a smile: "That means that this time we can justifiably ask for food!" ”

Xiao Hai agreed: "The general is indeed like this, according to the understanding of his subordinates, this Qiongzhou Mansion should have not paid taxes for more than 30 years." This time, the general led a large army to come, and presumably the prefect of Qiongzhou will definitely know each other. ”

Cheng Zuo shook his head and said, "That being said, this Qiongzhou Mansion has been out of the control of the imperial court for many years. We must not be careless, and the necessary coercion must be sufficient. What we hold in our hands is our own, and the army is not just here for decoration. ”

After a pause, Cheng Zuo suddenly ordered: "Everyone obeys the order, except for those who stay on the warship, all go ashore." The Qiongzhou Mansion must be quickly controlled, and the things that General Ben wants will be taken by himself, and there is no need to fake it to others. ”

"Yes, General!" More than a dozen generals, including Xiao Hai, responded in unison.

Soon, the 20,000 soldiers of the Dongjiang Army began to go ashore one after another, and the soldiers went straight to the capital of Qiongzhou in several ways.

The prestige of the Dongjiang Army has long been famous all over the world, with its strong military appearance and force, as well as those flags of the Dongjiang Army flying high. All of them made the officers and soldiers in the Qiongzhou Mansion tremble and dare not put up any resistance.

Chen Ding, the current prefect of Qiongzhou Mansion, when he learned in the palace like a palace that a group of Dongjiang troops from nowhere rushed to Qiongzhou Mansion viciously. He began to panic, the Qiongzhou Mansion had always been peaceful, and there had never been any major battles.

The sudden change made the fat prefect panic. Fortunately, his dog-headed master came up with an idea for him, and asked him to immediately send someone to inquire about the whole story.

Only then did Chen Ding calm down and directly let the master go in person. The master was very reluctant, but he didn't expect to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.

But in the face of Chen Ding's threatening eyes, he still had to take someone there. After more than a dozen checkpoints, the master finally met Chengzuo.

Knowing that it was the prefect's master who came, Chengzuo reluctantly gave a little kindness, and then said that he was only ordered to come to collect the taxes owed by the Qiongzhou Mansion before.

Thirty years of taxation is definitely not a small amount. But when the master heard about it, he directly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a hippie smile: "I see, if the general just came to collect taxes, there is no need to make such a big move." ”

Cheng Zuo was very surprised when he heard this, but he didn't show it on his face, and said quietly: "So you have enough food to make up for the taxes you owe before?" ”

The master was very calm, nodded slightly, and said: "Please go to the mansion with me, and the prefect will definitely give the general a satisfactory answer." ”

Cheng Zuo turned his head to look at Xiao Hai, who nodded slightly to him, indicating that he could. Since Xiaohai, who is familiar with the local area, said so, Cheng Zuo had nothing to hesitate, and agreed to the master's invitation on the spot.

Under the strong force of the Dongjiang Army, the towns of Qiongzhou have long been completely open. The defense of Fucheng directly replaced the Dongjiang Army, and Chengzuo came all the way and was very satisfied.

Knowing that the commander of the Dongjiang Army had arrived, Chen Ding had already waited outside the palace to greet him. Under the strong pressure, Chen Ding had no temper at all, and politely discussed with Cheng Zuo.

After ensuring the safety of his personal and property, Chen Ding actually directly ordered to let go of the entire granary of Qiongzhou Mansion. Regardless of the Dongjiang Army, such a generous prefect made Chengzuo feel a little embarrassed.

And Chengzuo knows that the most important thing in Qiongzhou Mansion is grain, and the rice here matures three times a year. When Chengzuo was curious, accompanied by Chen Ding, he witnessed the three crops of rice. He let out a wail in his heart, this is the famine everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and this neglected place has a lot of grain rotting in the ground every year.

Exactly like other people who have just come to Qiongzhou Mansion, Chengzuo has also completely become a 'hillbilly'. The locals looked at the Dongjiang army who were frantically grabbing food with the eyes of fools.

The rice here is as worthless as the weeds in the fields. The rats entered the granary, and the full man did not know that the hungry man was hungry, which was the emotion of the Dongjiang soldiers.

Two hundred empty ships were completely filled in less than two days. Looking at the grain that was still being transported on the dock, Chengzuo hated why he didn't bring more boats over.

Chen Ding, who had a hippie smile, saw the strong strength of the Dongjiang Army, and he took the initiative to find Chengzuo. Nothing to do, he lent the only thirty or so boats in Qiongzhou Mansion to Chengzuo to transport grain, and then hoped that he could help him solve some problems?