In Luzon, Zhu Zhanji has already laid the nail of Xu Chai Lao.

Compared with a fictitious governor, he directly listed Luzon, an island equivalent to the size of half a province, as the state capital, and gave Xu Chai Lao the title of four-rank prefect with real power, and directly tied him to the big ship of Daming.

In order to return home, in order to transform the position into greater power. Even if Zhu Zhanji does not push it, Xu Chai Lao will work hard to develop Luzon and control Luzon.

In addition, Zhu Zhanji left an intern civilian official in Luzon, a soldier of Yulin Weixue who surveyed and mapped, and the help of Jinyi Wei and the staff of the Information Department.

There is also a new type of musket, an advanced weapon that surpasses several generations of local people, and Xu Chai Lao, who is already long-sleeved and good at dancing, reassures Zhu Zhanji that he can definitely speed up the sinicization of Luzon.

Xu Chai Lao is Zhu Zhanji's agent in Luzon, so Du Ma Han, the eldest son of the Eastern King, is Zhu Zhanji's agent selected in Sulu.

He is the oldest and most respected of the three kings, but Zhu Zhanji knows that his life span is short.

The Western King Mahara Ragar Maedin controlled the archipelago, including the island of Jolo, but these small islands were the weakest because of their limited territory and the fact that the islanders were not at odds with each other.

Although the power of the king of the mountain was not small, occupying the eastern part of the Palawan Islands and Borneo, the power was scattered, and several children were not at odds with each other.

What's more, his power was threatened by the Bo Ni Kingdom and the Majapahit Kingdom, and Zhu Zhanji did not help him with his ideas.

Zhu Zhanji wished that these small Nanyang countries would continue to fight with each other, and the more they fought, the greater the benefits that the Ming Dynasty could gain as an arbiting country.

As for the eastern king's power, it was mainly in the western part of Mindanao, that is, the Zamboanga Peninsula and Basilan Island.

Due to the support of the other two kings, he also had an absolute advantage in the face of the kingdom of Jima Lang, and his influence expanded to the entire western part of Mindanao, and the local indigenous tribes were more supportive of his rule.

On the contrary, the tribes of Jima Thorn Lang fought even more fiercely with each other, and if it were not for the absolute certainty, the king of the East would have unified Mindanao long ago.

When Zhu Zhanji arrived, the three kings were already preparing to go north to the Ming Dynasty together to meet the current Ming Emperor, and wanted to merge Sulu into the Ming Dynasty, in order to get the support of the Ming Dynasty.

The several visits of Zheng He's fleet have already let them know that if there is a little leakage between the Ming fingers, they will not be able to eat.

Not to mention anything else, as long as the Ming can give them a few big ships, they can conquer most of the surrounding tribes.

Not to mention the 4,000-stone warship, they can't even build a 400-stone sea ship, and the largest sea ship used for trade now is still a 400-stone cargo ship bought from Xu Chailao.

And this kind of 400-stone sea ship is also the largest sea ship that Xu Chai Lao can produce.

Because there is no wood suitable for shipbuilding on the islands of the South Seas, these woods have to be purchased from Daming and Cochin.

This gap is by no means a simple difference in the size of the ship, but a gap between heaven and earth in the entire production technology.

Zhu Zhanji first made them countless extravagant promises, but in fact, there was no substantive promise, and finally dissuaded them from the idea of going to Daming to meet Zhu Di this year.

Zhu Zhanji asked them to wait for a year or two, and when he returned, he would take them to Daming together.

The reason why he didn't want them to go now was that he wanted to take advantage of the past two years to let Du Mahan control the forces that now belonged to the East King.

From the contact with Du Ma Han during the period after arriving in Luzon Mansion, Zhu Zhanji was quite satisfied with Du Ma Han, the prince who was determined to be a Ming prince.

Governor Mahan was Chinese New Year's Eve four years old, only eighteen years younger than his father, and he was unanimously admired by everyone in the current Eastern King's sphere of influence.

He was physically strong, brave in battle, and resourceful. Among all the natives that Zhu Zhanji came into contact with, he spoke the best Chinese and knew the most about the history of the Ming Dynasty, and he was a leading talent worth looking forward to.

In particular, this person is ambitious, very knowledgeable about government affairs, and more knowledgeable. Although Zhu Zhanji didn't have much to do with him, he could also see that he was a talent.

Through other channels of understanding him, Zhu Zhanji determined that this is an object worthy of support.

As long as Zhu Zhanji has the support, it is very possible for him to lay down the entire Mindanao in two years.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji will not provide him with a musket, he is not a Ming man after all, and he will have to observe for a long time.

However, weapons such as steel knives and iron spears eliminated by the Ming Dynasty are already relatively advanced weapons in the Nanyang Islands.

Here, in addition to the leadership level talents with Arab scimitars and the iron knives of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers are basically bronze and brass weapons.

Although bronze and brass are more valuable, they are not enough as weapons to kill.

But these small countries in the South Seas have no choice, they have countless gold, copper, and tin mines, but there are no big iron mines and coal mines.

Even with iron ore and coal mines, their steel smelting technology was far from enough to melt steel, and iron tools could only be obtained by importing.

Whether it is a sword, or a spear, or even a kitchen knife, dagger, and sickle for cutting vegetables, they need to be imported.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knew that there were iron and coal mines in Sumatra and Borneo, but he would not tell these people.

Once you have determined the candidates to support, the next step is to send someone to woo you.

The most suitable person for this matter is Huang Yuan, but it is appropriate for Huang Yuan to come forward in the face of his own people. Facing a prince of his "country", Huang Yuan's position is still a little low.

If this Governor Ma Han didn't know that Huang Yuan had a great future, and saw that Daming sent a small official to talk to him, he would still think that Zhu Zhanji looked down on him.

On the side of the inner servant, whether it is Wang Jinghong or Jin Kuo, it is enough. But they are internal servants, and they are not authorized by the emperor like Zheng He, and they have the power to communicate with them, so letting them, the inner servants, come forward, will only make the ministers grasp the handle and walk around.

But the head of the civil official, the old guy Zhu Zhanji, the right Shangshu Jin Chun of the Ministry of Rites, has always been unable to figure it out, he has implemented any orders of Zhu Zhanji very well, and has never dragged his feet, but he always likes to ask clearly, and he has to break the casserole to ask everything to the end.

For example, the Luzon Prefecture was established on Luzon Island, Xu Chailao was appointed as the prefect of Luzon, and then officials were appointed to assist Xu Chailao to support the management framework of the government. Without his help, it would have been impossible to get everything in place in a matter of days.

And Xu Chai Lao got the help of the old guy, and told him all the manpower and material resources he had at hand, and in only two days, he assigned various tasks to the thousands of people under Xu Chai Lao according to different abilities.

Then, more than 20 people were selected from among the accompanying literati to take on the functions of the government office, and after three days of observation and adjustment, everything was straightened out.

If you change this person casually, it is impossible for him to do well, including Zhu Zhanji himself.

Xu Chai Lao's matter was finally concluded from the beginning, Zhu Zhanji persuaded Zhu Di, and Zhu Di didn't care about sealing a real power prefect overseas.

Zhu Di agreed, and there must be no obstacle here for the officials. The official robe is ready-made, and it would be good to engrave one of the official seals.

Of course, Jin Chun will not object to such things that are established facts, so he does things with his heart.

But the matter of encircling Du Ma Han is Zhu Zhanji's personal behavior, and if you want Jin Chun to help, you must tell him all the causes and consequences. And Zhu Zhanji didn't want to leave an impression of scheming in front of him, and supporting a family and provoking a war, Jin Chun, an old stubborn, would not necessarily agree.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji decided to let Xie Jin do it.

Although Xie Jin's official position is not obvious now, if you want to say that the Ming Dynasty is among the more famous celebrities abroad, he must at least rank in the top ten.

He is a famous genius in the Ming Dynasty, and many foreign people don't know who the official is in Shangshu, but they have definitely heard of Xie Jin's name.

And he is also a teacher that Zhu Zhanji has always "respected", and when Zhu Zhanji becomes the emperor in the future, he is the emperor's teacher.

As long as anyone knows his name, he knows that his current official position is not obvious, and Zhu Di deliberately suppressed it and left it to assist Zhu Zhanji in the future.

When Zhu Zhanji ascends the throne, even if it is impossible to directly serve as the Taishi, a book will not be able to run.

When Zhu Zhanji told Xie Jin about this, Xie Jin didn't say a word, and immediately agreed.

Although his character is flawed, he still has ability. It belongs to the type with a relatively low EQ and a very high IQ.

He can't intrigue him, arrange one thing for him to do, and he will definitely not be bad

What's more, he also has a shrewd and capable nephew, a reliable son to help him.

Zhu Zhanji didn't believe that with his fame, he could not do this well.

After coming to Holo Island for two days, Zhu Zhanji has been busy with socializing. Although the so-called princes and officials of the Sulu Kingdom are only the same positions as tribal leaders and tribal elders, they control hundreds of small islands and a large force of nearly two million people.

If you want to control the major forces in the entire South Seas, each one must not be negligent, because the relevant decisions in any place will have a chain reaction that will affect other regions.

Zhu Zhanji did not put on a lofty attitude, although he still put on the shelf of the grandson of the Ming Emperor, but in terms of attitude, he was mainly affinity.

As for the shelves, they were all set up by the internal servants and the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

These natives of Nanyang also recognize this, if they really don't have a little shelf, it is a loss of face for the Ming Dynasty.

For example, dozens of imperial chefs have made more than a dozen tables of delicious dishes with exquisite craftsmanship.

There is no need to show off at all, these delicacies make these natives who have not seen the world feel that they have lived in vain. The exquisite porcelain and exquisite etiquette all make these dirt buns ashamed of themselves.

Everything naturally made them feel the gap.

With the arrival of the fleet, trade began.

The Sulu Kingdom lacked everything, and they relied on salt-making, wine-making, weaving, fishing, pearl diving, and tax revenue from the commercial port as their source of income, and the porcelain, ironware, tea, and silk of the Ming Dynasty were all goods they could not ask for.

The main things they could exchange for were gold and copper ingots, as well as dried fish.

It is also worth mentioning the huge pearls and tortoiseshells that are rare to see in the Ming Dynasty.

Tortoiseshell is also rare in Sulu, but there are many pearls. The three kings presented Zhu Zhanji with a huge pearl weighing seven taels, and what is even more rare is that it is extremely round. In this day and age, it can be described as a priceless treasure.

When Zhu Zhanji was busy entertaining and the trade team was busy trading, Xie Jin also started to act.

However, he did not come forward directly, because he was in the country of Sulu, because his reputation was too loud, and he was also an object of much attention. So he handed over the matter to his nephew Xie Zhenqi to come forward to contact.

Xie Zhen's father is Xie Jin's elder brother Xie Lun, and his mother is Ouyang Wan, Ouyang Xiu's descendant. His father's generation, father, uncle, uncle, a three-jinshi, to him, his books are sparse and complacent, and he does not lose his style.

His literary style is not inferior to his elders, and he is naturally the most important descendant of the Xie family.

He was originally a fly camp dog who looked down on officialdom, and he had a sense of arrogance and wanted to go to the clear stream. But Zhu Zhanji doesn't pay attention to literary brilliance, and even directly says in front of him that no matter how beautiful the article is, it is just a moon in the clouds, a flower in the fog, and it is useless.

After Zhu Zhanji took out geometry, punctuation, and even directly said that he didn't understand statistics, didn't know how to calculate, and couldn't be an official, he also put down his shelves and began to seriously study these knowledge.

He was already smart, and with this research, he discovered the laws of arithmetic, and even began to be fascinated by it.

Now in Ying Tianfu, he can be regarded as the youngest generation who is most active in promoting arithmetic.

If there is something good at the top, it must be done at the bottom.

Xie Zhenqi knew very well that if he wanted to be reused by Zhu Zhanji, he had to act according to his set. Otherwise, in the future, at most, he will be like his father, a professor of the country.

He understands that if he wants to be reused by Zhu Zhanji, the most important point is: pragmatism.

Therefore, he can now let go of his body, understand the people's suffering, and learn to learn from the government. The yield of land per mu in the north and south, water conservancy in various places, drought, customs, human feelings, and special products are what he pays the most attention to, rather than showing off his literary talents as in the past.

Because of Xie Jin's help, he was able to see a lot of information that was difficult for others to access, which also gave him a more comprehensive understanding of Daming's situation than most people.

This time the grandson went to the West, he was going to prepare for next year's Spring Festival, but he took the initiative to give up this Spring Festival, wanting to follow the fleet overseas to see the world and know what the place outside the Ming Dynasty was like.

The exotic scenery of the South Seas did not disappoint him, and the beautiful islands and spectacular seas made his vision and heart much broader than before.

Seeing the hardships of these barbarians' lives, he also truly realized how happy he was to be a Ming man.

Du Mahan, the so-called prince of a foreign country, is just a slightly richer hillbilly in his eyes.

However, he will not express his true emotions, and in front of Du Mahan, he will always be a gentle and calm image.

In Du Mahan's eyes, the grandson of the Ming Dynasty was full of a mysterious and powerful momentum, which made him fearful.

And Confucianism in the Xie Zhen period represents the culture of the Ming Dynasty, and the worship brought by this advanced civilization makes him ashamed of himself.

Under the deliberate friendship of the Xie Zhen period, it was only a short time for him to take the golden knife on his waist as a witness of friendship and give it to the Xie Zhen period.

The interaction between the two of them, who were close in age, did not arouse suspicion among others, and in the eyes of others, their friendship also seemed to represent the friendship between the Ming and the Sulu Kingdom.

In such an atmosphere, Xie Zhenqi invited Du Mahan to be a guest on his ship, and no one doubted it.

At this time, Du Mahan also met the famous Xie Jin, and knew that Taisun wanted to support him and become the overlord of Nanyang.

For him, it's a pie-in-the-sky thing. He didn't think about refusing at all, such a good opportunity, if he missed it, then he wouldn't be stupid? So I just agreed.

After staying on Huoluo Island for a few days, Zhu Zhanji finally calmed down and didn't have so much entertainment.

However, at this time, the caravan was still trading with the Sulu State, and coconuts were still being purchased. There was also a fleet of ships heading east to trade with the kingdom of Guima.

Zhu Zhanji pretended to be bored and wanted to find a beautiful island to play.

Then, Du Mahan immediately recommended a small island located less than five miles off the coast of Zamboanga. Because in addition to the dense coconut groves on this island, there are also delicate pink beaches, and even the locals think that the scenery of this island is unparalleled.

was preempted by Du Mahan, and it was not easy for the King of the West and the King of Dong to dismantle the stage, and they couldn't say with a clear conscience that it was not beautiful, and the King of Dong just wanted to compete, and his lair was a little far away from here.

So just one day of preparation, a large fleet escorted Zhu Zhanji's flagship to Zamboanga, two hundred miles away.

Known as Santa Cruz Island in later generations, this small island has been one of the ten most beautiful islands in the Philippines, with its delicate pink beaches that attract countless people every year.

However, in this era, there is no such thing as tourism at all, and in the entire history of China for thousands of years, there is also a Xu Xiake.

It's a beautiful island, but no one comes here to visit.

It was only four miles away from Zamboanga, the old nest of the East King, and when the fleet arrived in Zamboanga, it completely blocked this part of the sea.

A flat-bottomed sand boat carried Zhu Zhanji, his concubines, and the clans to this safe island, and then drew the land as a boundary, leaving it for men to play while leaving it for women to enjoy the gifts of nature freely.

At this time, Du Ma Hancai met Zhu Zhanji alone in the name of serving Zhu Zhanji as a landlord.

Blue sky, white clouds, coconut groves, sandy beaches, whether it is 600 years ago or 600 years later, this beautiful scenery will never change.

In a large tent in the middle of the coconut grove, Zhu Zhanji met with Du Mahan, who had met many times but had never had the opportunity to chat alone.

The inside of the tent is actually very simple, with only a few rows of mahogany chairs and a few long mahogany tables with various fruits and snacks on them.

However, at this time, a vacant space was cleaned up, and a map of the islands of Southeast Asia was spread out on it.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Grandson......"

Zhu Zhanji stared at Du Mahan, who was kneeling on the beach, and waited deliberately for a while, giving him a certain amount of psychological pressure before saying, "Get up and speak." ”

In front of Zhu Zhanji, Du Mahan did not have the confidence to be a prince at all, and even his father had to kneel in front of the other party, so he was even less qualified to say no.

Although he didn't know why the other party would take a fancy to him, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

"Do you know why I chose to help you?"

"Xiao Wang doesn't know."

"Come and talk."

Governor Mahan came to the long table, and then he saw a map of the islands around Sulu. The map was much more precise than they had drawn themselves, but he wasn't too surprised, in his opinion, the Ming meant to be more talented than them.

It's just that he doesn't understand why Taisun showed him this map.

Zhu Zhanji picked up the pen, circled a large area including the Sulu Islands and Mindanao, and then asked him to get closer. "Da Ming doesn't have much energy to manage the islands in the South Seas, everything depends on you. However, there are too many people who can call the shots, which is not a good thing for Daming, and we prefer to communicate with only one agent for everything. I say that, do you understand? ”

Du Ma Han looked at the map, and this circle included the vast territory of the tribes such as Ji Ma Thorn Lang. He said in disbelief: "Your Highness, why me?" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, looked down at Du Mahan, who was a head shorter than him, and said, "Because I see you pleasing to the eye, it's as simple as that." ”

Hearing this, Du Mahan could feel Zhu Zhanji's strength even more, and this was not a bluff, but a real ability.

In his opinion, the Ming fleet could directly sweep away all the forces in the South Seas, but they didn't want to do it.

Of course Zhu Zhanji would not do this, he also needed these natives to become the coolies of the Ming Dynasty, and these tribes of them would become the dumping ground for the commodities of the Ming Dynasty.

Fighting, killing, and killing will only leave hatred, and waste energy will not achieve long-term benefits.

Du Mahan did not hesitate any longer, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to obey His Highness's orders." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "You accept this map, this is the sphere of influence demarcated for you, no matter how many people you have in the future, you can't cross this boundary." But if anyone in this part does not obey your commands, you can use your sword against him. ”

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Zhu Zhanji said again: "Since you are allowed to come out, it is natural to support you." The Xie Zhen period will tell you well, you can also ask him directly if you have any requirements, and I will help you if you can help. ”

After Du Mahan left, he came by boat that afternoon, bringing all kinds of seafood and fish, as well as all kinds of food, but he never had the opportunity to meet Zhu Zhanji alone.

However, when he saw that the Ming fleet had provided him with five hundred long knives, five hundred spears, and various medicines, all this made him extremely satisfied.

With these weapons, he believes he can sweep the whole of Mindanao.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't care if he can succeed, of course it is best if he can succeed, if he can't succeed, he will have to change another agent.

In this land, there are countless people who want to be the agents of the Ming Dynasty now.