Jiao Fang smelled the business opportunities here, and after returning to Guangzhou Mansion, he asked his son Jiao Yang to find Teng Daoquan, a businessman in charge of selling Xie Yuanfang: "Mr. Teng, Jiao is looking for you on the orders of his father, not for anything else, but please sell us ten sets of houses in Xie Yuanfang, and we will buy them at a price of one percent." ”

Teng Daoquan was a staff member of Wang Hong, the governor of Liangguang, and was specially ordered by Wang Hong to be responsible for the development of this Xie Yuanfang as a businessman, so he naturally knew very well who Jiao Yang's father was, so he couldn't help waving his hand and said:

"Please also bring a word to the elder of the pavilion, it's not that the small ones are not sold, they don't dare to sell, it is the Lord of Taiwan who has issued an order to restrict the purchase by His Majesty's will, and those who are not registered in Guangzhou Prefecture need to live in a tax payment certificate for more than two years, or those who are registered in Guangzhou, but they also have to be guaranteed by a joint insurance to buy! And each household can only buy one set! If it is a clan that has not been divided, then each house can only buy one set, otherwise it will never be able to buy or buy more! ”

"This rule is a rule, but love is love, and your family can't refute your father's face", Jiao Yang was saying when there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, Jiao Yang couldn't help but look back, and saw Wang Hong, the governor of Liangguang, walking over with a team of officers and soldiers, and this team of officers and soldiers was also holding an official and a squire.

Seeing this, Jiao Yang had no choice but to turn around, bow to Wang Hong, and said with a smile: "I've seen Lord Maker!" The Lord of Taiwan has always been an official and a knight, Xiaosheng has not seen the Lord of Taiwan for three years, and now when he sees it, it is really more majestic than back then, no wonder my father has also said that the Lord of Taiwan is not a person who has lived abroad for a long time, and it is unknown that he will be the third prince in the future! ”

Wang Hong knew what this Jiao Yang and himself were almost for, so he only asked: "Lord Ling Zun has been fine recently, but that day, in front of His Majesty's Imperial Palace, it was not very convenient for the official to talk to Ling Zun, so he didn't ask him about his old man's body." ”

"My father is good, but I almost collided with Your Majesty because of Uncle Jiu's matter, and I have been worried, Your Majesty is quite serious to Lord Taiwan, and when the time comes, I hope that Lord Zhengtai will persuade my father in front of Your Majesty", Jiao Yang continued to say with a smile.

"Ling Zun is Jane's minister in the emperor's heart, where is the need for the official to say more, Jiao Gongzi, the official knows what you are here for today, the official first said in front, this Xie Yuanfang's house is not allowed to be speculated, the purchase restriction is a strict order, the violator will be directly executed, you will see later!"

Wang Hong turned around and shouted: "Bring the general judge Chang Yu and Shi Bangqing up!" ”

In a moment, the two were brought up.

Seeing this, Wang Hong first said: "This official has already issued a strict order prohibiting collusion between the government and the people, and those who attempt to violate the purchase restriction order and speculate on the residence of Xie Yuanfang will be directly beheaded once it is verified!" To warn them of hurting the people and harming the people! But you dare to do it knowingly! How can this official be spared! ”

After speaking, Wang Hong ordered: "Cut!" ”

"My lord, Shangguan spares his life!"

Before the two of them spoke, there was a click!

Guangzhou Futong sentenced Chang Yu and Shi Bangqing to be killed on the spot!

The onlookers couldn't help but clap their hands and applaud: "Good! ”

As a common person, he naturally knows that this is good for himself, after all, he is also planning to buy a house in Xie Yuanfang to live in, if he allows these powerful officials and gentry to speculate, he and the people will naturally not be able to afford it and then they can only move away.

Jiao Yang couldn't help but shudder when he saw this, he didn't expect that Wang Hong, the governor of Liangguang in front of him, would kill the officials and people of the first court without saying a word, and he couldn't help but be afraid for a while, thinking that it was good that he hadn't had time to buy it yet.

And the businessman Teng Daoquan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that it was good that he didn't agree to this old son of Jiaoge.

Wang Hong is an official who has experienced the war, but his face did not change, he only glanced at Jiao Yang, and said: "Jiao Gongzi, you have seen it, this Guangzhou general sentenced Chang Yu to falsely report the amount of compensation for demolition and relocation, and before His Majesty could settle accounts with him, he colluded with the squire to try to fly the house of Xie Yuanfang under the name of this Shiju people, and His Majesty approved it without asking!" The squire who colludes with officials is guilty of the same crime and beheaded together! And although this Chang Yu was once an official of the imperial court, he could not escape death! Jiao Gongzi, is there anything else you want to say now? ”

"Your Majesty is wise! Wang Gong's law enforcement is like a mountain! Xiaosheng is respectful, Xiaosheng is leaving! ”

Jiao Yang is gone.

And this time.

The patrol pressed Yu Shi Liang Zhi also let the officers and soldiers arrest the two and came to his own approach.

"Tai Dian, Lauri Zheng of Sanhe Village, you falsely reported the compensation for the demolition and relocation of the people, and now the evidence is conclusive, can you admit guilt?"

Liang Zhi asked.

The two didn't expect that the people had just gotten the demolition money, and when they had just taken the opportunity to make a windfall, the patrol royal history suddenly engaged in an anti-corruption storm, and killed no less than ten corrupt officials and township officials who took advantage of the demolition and false declarations, and even confiscated their family property, and now they don't dare to quibble, so they have to nod and admit their guilt.

"Just confess your sins! It is ordered that now is the time to crack down on corruption, and those who are found to be corrupt can be immediately executed! When the time comes, report to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple! ”

With a wave of his hand, the official Tai Dian, and the township official Lao Li were both beheaded.

……

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but snort after knowing these two things: "This Jiao Fang will really look for opportunities to make money, if I hadn't issued an order to restrict purchases, it would really have made him and those gentry take advantage of the loopholes and ruined the court's plans!"

In the future, this kind of attempt to seize the people's houses to enrich themselves or even rent them to the people at a high price, and try to exploit the people without working and doing business, must be dealt with strictly! And the officials who are greedy for public funds from Tai Dian also need to be dealt with strictly!

From these two things, it can also be seen that scholars, Xu officials, and Li Zheng are all the three evils of the Ming Dynasty, and if they are not strictly controlled, they will cause endless harm in the future. ”

Zhu Houzhao said.

"Wait for you to understand!" Xia Yan and Wang Hong replied.

Under the strict punishment law, the Xie Yuanfang of the Guangzhou Mansion of Liangguang was successfully implemented.

The people also successfully got a large amount of demolition money, and bought a large number of houses in Xie Yuanfang, which made these people officially change from rural residents to urban residents, and the urbanization of the Ming Dynasty began to accelerate the pace.

The accelerated pace of urbanization means that the pace of commercialization and industrialization is accelerating, and the functions of the government are also changing.

……

"Now, we have turned all the public debt into the people's houses, schools and hospitals, which is tantamount to subsidizing the people with the public debt, but in fact the public debt has not become more valuable in our hands; Therefore, if we want the people to continue to believe in buying public bonds, we must also let the value of this public bond continue to rise;

And if you want to continue to rise, you must make the Imperial Sea Trade Corporation profitable as soon as possible, not to mention, you two Cantonese officials have to repay the loan owed to the Royal Bank! Who is behind this Royal Bank, I don't need to say. ”

Zhu Houzhao said this with a smile, Xia Yan and Wang Hong both knew in their hearts that behind this royal bank was not only the property of His Majesty the Emperor, but also the nobles and bureaucrats at the top of the Ming Dynasty.

And Xia Yan and Wang Hong also know that the only solution at the moment is to go outside to grab more wealth, a sea city will make Liangguang profit countless every year, if you take Goa City and control the route to the Indian Ocean in your hands, naturally any problem can be solved.

Xia Yan replied to Zhu Houzhao first:

"Chen understands that now the Ming Expeditionary Fleet has been formed, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers have all completed training, and the reorganization has been completed, and a third-class battleship and three fourth-class battleships have arrived at Xiangshan Military Port from Quanzhou!

Nearly 300 iron-core copper-tired cannons have all been installed!

In terms of firearms, 500 Zhengde Type II muskets and 1,500 Zhengde Type 3 muskets have all been produced and tested, and they are all new goods made in the Haojing Ordnance and Ordnance Branch!

Only three days later, set off, Wang Honghui personally led the expedition, the governor of Guangdong, Ma Qing has organized a hundred merchant ships to provide grain and grass support, and Haicheng Port has also strengthened its vigilance! ”

Zhu Houzhao knew that Xia Yan said that the Zhengde two-type musket is a kind of front-loading musket, since nitric acid was mass-produced under the auspices of Qiu Ju, the Ordnance Bureau used silver nitrate and ethanol as raw materials to master the technology of preparing thunder mercury, so that the primer no longer needs to hit the flint, but can be directly fired with a needle, so the shooting operation is much simpler, and the trigger can be used to use the needle puncture primer to burst out of the projectile and shoot the bullet, and therefore instead of the Zhengde type flintlock pistol to become the main equipment of the Ming army.

The Zhengde three-type is the rear loading rifle of the newly installed Ming army, a kind of firing gun that can rotate and pull the breech of the bolt to load the bullet, the operation is simpler, and more conducive to combat, after all, the soldier does not need to fire the bullet after the barrel has to pick up the barrel to load, and give the enemy a chance.

However, this kind of rear-loading gun has poor air tightness, so it has not completely replaced the Zhengde II musket.

But in any case, the current Franc machine is still in the arquebus era, and his own Ming firing pistol is directly ahead of its two or three eras, not to mention the artillery, the new cannon casting technology, so that the Ming artillery can already destroy targets miles away, and it is no longer live ammunition.

In short, in terms of equipment, Daming is not weaker than the Franc machine, and even far stronger than the Franc machine.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao is also full of expectations for this expeditionary fleet, and he expects that this fleet can make a good start for the war in which the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to attack the Western colonizers.

Three days later, Wang Hong set sail with the Ming expeditionary fleet.

Zhu Houzhao personally bid farewell to this fleet.

Dozens of warships of this fleet swept over Manraka and sailed straight for Goa City.

Wang Hong knew that the purpose of this invasion of Goa was to occupy Goa, not just to drive away and punish the Francophiles who invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty like the last Battle of Tuen Mun.

In addition, he also needed to provide more wealth to the Ming and Liangguang by occupying Goa City, otherwise, he could guess what would happen if his Liangguang officials could not afford to repay the loans from the Royal Bank.