The prosperity of Nanhai City does not look like the land of Lingnan at all.

Although it is far from Huainan Jiangdu and Jiangning in the south of the Yangtze River, Nanhai City can make every Central Plains person who comes here think that it is still in the Central Plains. And it can make every slang barbarian who comes to this city, and even the Hu merchants from overseas marvel and praise.

Li Jing has the title of the pacification envoy of the three scriptures of Lingnan, making him a well-deserved king of Lingnan. There are soldiers from the 72nd Battalion of the newly established Nanya of the Lingnan Sandao, and Li Jing's confidence is very strong.

After the rebellion was quelled, the Ning clan was uprooted, the Feng clan and the Chen clan were also suppressed, and Li Jing became the one who stamped his feet in Lingnan and made waves in the South China Sea.

Nanhai City not only has the Nanhai City Shipping Division, but also the Royal Nanhai Fleet as its base camp, and the Royal Shipbuilding Bureau has set up a branch here, and several shipbuilding-related workshops are being established.

Li Jing sent an invitation to the chiefs from all walks of life to join the alliance, and few people who received it dared to slack off, after all, Li Jing had let people pass the word, if he didn't come, he would be regarded as disloyal to the court and had bad intentions, and he would bring troops to quell the chaos when he turned back.

And those who are willing to come will be given official ranks by the imperial court, and they will also mediate the grievances of the various tribes and families for them, and draw a line for them, which is very tempting.

Chiefs from all over the country are coming.

Nanhai City is becoming more and more lively day by day, although the Nanhai Port Wharf, although it is not in the city, but here has been built along the wharf ten miles of commercial streets, very lively.

It is known as the sea market, all kinds of Nanzhu ivory in Lingnan, all kinds of spices in Kunlun Sea, frosting sugar in Tianzhu, orchid slaves from Persia and Rome, Persian carpets and other things, as well as all kinds of exquisite goods from the Central Plains, which is simply dazzling.

Not to mention those restaurants, restaurants, and tea shops along the street, they don't want to leave after tasting them. In addition, there are many Qinglou Chu Pavilions, which are from all over the world, such as Persian Ji, Roman women, Silla maids, etc., all kinds of skin colors, all kinds of appearances, all kinds of costumes, all kinds of dresses, it is even more ecstatic.

There are even very distinctive gambling houses here, and even legal transactions that have obtained Li Jing's special business license, whether you are a common person in the market, or a Hu businessman, you can try your luck here, maybe you can get rich overnight if you are lucky, of course, there are people who lose everything overnight.

Where have the slang barbarians in the mountains seen such a world, some of them have been to Nanhai City before, but they are not so lively.

I see everything in my eyes, everything is a strange and good thing, and I want to buy it.

All kinds of delicacies, even if you eat them for a year, it is estimated that they will not be repeated, not to mention that there are so many beauties, and there are so many exciting gambling games.

Li Jing's marshal mansion is in Nanhai City.

It was a very luxurious house, but it was not repaired by Li Jing, this was only repaired by the former Taishou, Nanhai as an important Lingnan port, here in the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was already very rich, every official who came to serve in the South China Sea, stayed for a few years, and could make a lot of money.

As the so-called hand pork is held, even if you don't cut a piece down, but after passing your hands, you can get full of hand oil, and after a few years, it is very easy to run any 10,000 pieces. The yamen has money, and in addition to putting it in their own pockets, the officials will of course also repair the yamen that they will stay for a few years.

So one term after another, this yamen actually occupied a very wide area. Before the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Taishou simply spent a lot of money and used a lot of manpower to build the Yamen into a Yacheng, side by side with the original Nanhai City.

So there were two cities in the South China Sea, and now, the rise of the dock and the sea market street has made the local people call the South China Sea three cities.

These three cities have three masters.

The owner of Yacheng is naturally the one who appeased Li Jing, and the owner of the outer city, known locally as Guo Chengen, is known as Guo Gonggong.

Guo Chengen is the city envoy of the Nanhai City Shipping Division.

Although it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is under the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the envoys of each city are managed by the eunuchs sent by the Inner Service Province, and they are not subordinate to the local yamen.

The reason why the city shipping department was under the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the eunuch served as the city shipping envoy, was that the city shipping department had to not only levy tariffs on ships that came to trade, but even on exported ship goods.

At the same time, the city was also required to procure a certain amount of foreign goods on behalf of the court and manage the goods that merchants paid tribute to the emperor.

At the same time, the city envoy was also responsible for transporting local money, grain, and taxes for the imperial court, and had the responsibility of supervising local officials.

Because of this, the envoys of the city were all eunuchs and were not subject to the control of the local government.

Because the Yamen of Nanhai City is in the outer city, people call Guo Chengen, the envoy of the city, the lord of the outer city, because he is not controlled by Li Jing in the South China Sea, and even can supervise Li Jing.

And that sea market, although there is no city gate, but the people are used to calling it a port city.

The lord of the port city was Niu Chaoen, the trade envoy of the royal South China Sea caravan, who was also a eunuch. Niu Chaoen was the leader of the royal Nanhai caravan, managing and running the Nanhai caravan for the emperor and in charge of foreign trade. Not only that, but he was also in charge of the dockyards and workshops of the South China Sea Branch of the Royal Shipbuilding Board.

Even the entire wharf ten miles port city is actually almost the property of the royal caravan.

He has more than 100 large and small ships under his command, and there are 5,000 guards in the fleet alone, except for the guards who follow the ships are often in the sea, and in the port city of Nanhai, there are often more than 1,000 guards.

It is said that it is an escort, but the guards of the royal caravan have all retired from the Beiya Forbidden Army, and some of them are even transferred from the original organization, and their training and equipment are no worse than those in the original Forbidden Army.

There is such a force, so this Niu Chaoen's father-in-law has become the actual third-in-command of Nanhai City.

He was in charge of trade and also had the duties of monitoring Li Jing and Guo Chengen.

Especially the force under his command can be regarded as a sharp knife that the emperor directly inserted in Lingnan.

Today, in Li Jing's marshal mansion, the three Nanhai city lords rarely got together.

"Recently, the chieftains of the various Xitong have arrived one after another, most of these barbarians have never seen much of the world, if you offend the two of you, please forgive me." Li Jing held tea.

"What did Wei Gong say, the three of us are all working for Your Majesty, Wei Gong is the handsome man, one of us is in charge of the city and customs, and the other is responsible for sea trade, each performing its own duties." Guo Chengen laughed.

The two eunuchs are only five grades, but Li Jing, the prince of the country, does not dare to underestimate them.

In comparison, these two people are still the emperor's private individuals, and their relationship with the emperor is even closer than their own.

"Niu Gong, can you organize some commercial goods and have a trade exchange with these Xitong barbarians, it is best to let them taste some sweetness."

"It's no problem, I don't have anything else in my hand, but you say all kinds of commercial goods, what do you want, whether it's overseas or Central Plains, Wei Gong, just open your mouth and make a list, and I'll transfer it to you."

And Guo Chengen also said, "The things in the hands of these barbarians actually have some good things, and I can buy some for the palace at that time." ”

"Gong Guo, in the past, the slang bureaucrats had to pay tribute to the emperor every year, and I plan to stop them paying tribute this year."

Guo Chengen frowned, the land of Lingnan, whether it is a chief or a merchant, the tribute to the emperor must be managed by his hands. Now Li Jing bypassed him and directly said that he didn't want the barbarians to pay tribute.

"Gong Wei, why didn't you discuss this matter with our family in advance?"

"Guo Gong, this is also His Majesty's previous will, no longer force the natives of Lingnan to pay tribute, and in the future, taxes will be collected normally."

"What Wei Gong said is right, but if there are indigenous barbarians who are willing to pay tribute, you and I can't stop their sincere loyalty."

Li Jing could only smile bitterly, and no longer insisted on this matter.

"In short, this time I summoned all the barbarian leaders to come to the alliance, hoping that the two fathers-in-law can help."

"Don't worry, we are clear, we won't hold you back, it's all for the saints." Niu Chaoen said with a smile.

Li Jing thanked the two of them, indeed, as long as the two of them didn't drag their feet, it was enough.

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