Although he has been in Nanyang for more than seven years, Su Yue still can't get used to the hot and humid summer in Myanmar. In particular, the underwear on his body was soaked with sweat, and then dried by the temperature, and the feeling of stickiness and heat hanging on his body really made him want to throw everything away and jump into the river to soak it.

Still, officials like them, who have undergone initial health and epidemic prevention education in the country, are well aware of the threat they would have from such a move. The rivers in these areas of the South China Sea are much dirtier than those in China, and the dirtiness here does not mean the impurities such as sediment in the river water, but all kinds of microorganisms and insect eggs that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Don't say that drinking unboiled river water can make them sick, even bathing directly in untreated river water can make them sick. Many immigrants from China and colonizers from Europe have taught them too many lessons. It is only the natives who live by the river who seem to have developed some kind of resistance, and are able to bathe and drink directly in the water without falling ill.

Therefore, now the officials of the Ming Dynasty, every time they open up a new colony, the first few things to complete are the defense and security of the colony, the communication between the colony and the outside world, the clean water facilities of the colony, and then the accommodation and survival of the immigrants.

As a newly built city, the place where Su Yue lived was not yet luxurious enough to prepare a swimming pool for him to use to cool off. As for the ice used to spend the summer, well, the governor's residence of the new city will not be recorded in the list provided until the next year.

As a result, he had just been promoted by the imperial court to the deputy minister of the prime minister's yamen, and he had to once again review the precious memories of how he spent the summer of that year when he first arrived in Nanyang. And as an official representing the Ming Dynasty, he still had to maintain his appearance, and he could not simply learn from the locals to wear a sleeveless cardigan shirt and a fat sarong underneath, as those merchants and immigrants from the country did.

Therefore, only now when there is a rainstorm at noon every day and the weather becomes fresh and ventilated, Su Yue will feel more comfortable. It was only at this time that Su Yue felt that it was indeed wise for Hong Chengchou to end the Burma War in February and March, instead of thinking about completely eliminating the Donghu Dynasty.

Otherwise, this war will basically destroy the Donghu Dynasty, and it will also greatly damage the vitality of the Ming army. Once the deterrence of the Ming army's force is lost, it is difficult to say what these allies who followed the Ming army to war with the Donghu Dynasty will have in mind.

Under the ventilated wooden pergola on the second floor, Su Yue leaned on a bamboo recliner, his eyes slightly squinted at the golden pagoda located by the Swallow Lake in the distance, and by the way, he enjoyed the coolness brought by the breeze blowing around him from time to time, and there was an indescribable comfort in his heart for a while.

At the edge of his chaise longue, four Burmese girls aged 15 or 6 knelt on the teak floor, waiting for him. A girl peeled him a fruit called rambutan; From time to time, a girl handed him a coconut with a reed pipe, or occasionally picked up a towel from a nearby basin to wipe his mouth. One girl fanned him with a banana fan; Another girl was seriously knocking on his leg.

Although the appearance of these little girls can only be regarded as ordinary, but looking at their actions of serving people, they are all trained by big families, plus it is the age of infinite youth, Su Yue feels that just for the current enjoyment, his years in Nanyang are worth it.

Just as he entered a state of sleep, he was quickly awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps. Su Yue soon heard the footsteps of the comer, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart, "Although this teak floor is cool and comfortable, people don't pay attention to it when they walk on the wooden floor, and this sound is too scary." ”

Before Su Yue's complaint in his heart was over, he heard the owner of the footsteps shouting at him, "Uncle, everyone from the governor's mansion has arrived, and the governor asked me to ask you to go over and announce the final negotiation agreement." ”

"Hey, you can't be more steady, what does the furry look like." Su Yue got up and taught his nephew Su Youdao, who had come to report, a lesson. He took the cold towel handed over by the maid beside him, wiped his face a few times, and cleared his drowsy brain, and then said casually: "I don't know what the governor is anxious about, can't you wait for me to finish my nap before holding this meeting." ”

Su Youdao immediately nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes." No matter how you look at it, in this incident in Myanmar, you have made the greatest contributions, uncle. But why did the governor of Burma fall to him Wang Jiayin, I think the surname Wang is weak-hearted, so I want to understand this matter as soon as possible, so that my uncle can leave as soon as possible, so as not to hinder him from making money..."

"Shut up. You're really not big or small, and you can shout the name of the Governor? Do you know that he is your boss now, and if you offend him, who will protect you when I leave? This Myanmar is full of swamps and forests, and if you want to disappear a handful of people, who can find them? ”

Su Youdao shuddered suddenly, shrunk his neck, and said with a pale face: "No, it's not so exaggerated." Everyone is a colleague, Wang Jia... If the governor treats his colleagues like this, isn't he afraid of the court's punishment? ”

After handing the towel to the maid, Su Yue knocked on his nephew's head and said, "This is overseas, far away from the Tiangao Emperor." Do you know how many immigrants and officials in overseas colonies die each year? The Imperial Court only needs the colonies to provide resources and taxes, so that they will not find out how these people died. So you, don't think that you can rely on my power to run rampant in Myanmar, otherwise I may not be able to find the body if I want to collect it from you. ”

After scaring his nephew, Su Yue walked towards the staircase. And Su Youdao was finally much more honest now, and it wasn't until he went down the stairs that he said to his uncle: "Since Governor Wang is so difficult to get along with, can't my uncle arrange me to a safer place?" ”

Su Yue stopped, turned his head and looked his nephew up and down for a long time, until he lowered his head and shrunk his neck, and then coldly reprimanded: "Are you confused, if you want to be safe, you don't want to do something in the country, is there any place in the South Seas that will be more stable than the country?"

Besides, since you are going to come overseas to wander around, not to seek wealth or to seek officials, is there still money and official positions waiting for you to pick up in this stable place?

Even you, the director of the Yangon Preparatory Office of the Myanmar Railway, are also the ones I finally snatched back for you, otherwise where would you be the turn? ”

Although he was reprimanded by his uncle again and again, Su Youdao still stubbornly complained to his uncle: "But the first part of the Burma Railway to be built was from Mujie in Yunnan to the middle and upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River.

The Irrawaddy River runs through the entire country of Myanmar from north to south, and most of the area is navigable. As long as the railway can be built to the river, Yunnan's products can be shipped down the river and then transported in Yangon.

God knows where to start building this railway to Yangon, and now there are no railway planning drawings or funds, only a signboard for the preparatory office, and my nephew really doesn't know what future lies here..."

Su Yue looked at his nephew and shook his head again and again, and said with hatred: "Are you stupid, what do you need to build a railway?" Isn't it just land, steel and timber, which needs to be transported from the country, and you can leave it alone.

But isn't this land and timber everywhere in Myanmar? Do you know what the price of teak in domestic shipyards has risen, and these Burmese people are still using teak as a material for making furniture and flooring, and the slightest flaw is used as firewood.

Now that the road map of the railway near Yangon has not been released, isn't it up to you to acquire land everywhere? Are you afraid that you won't be able to make money by requisitioning those teak-heavy forests, and then hiring some people to cut down the mature trees and transport them back to China? In addition, although there are many swamps in the estuary of the lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River, if you can drain the water and build embankments to clear the roots of the trees on the land, it will be a good paddy field.

Others still have to spend money to buy land, and if you go to requisition some swampy wasteland in the name of the railway preparation office, will anyone dare to oppose it? Isn't it a lucrative business to lease these swampy wastelands rent-free to the settlers for a few more years, and when they have developed the land, you can reclaim some of it..."

Under the education of his uncle, Su Youdao finally had some brains, but he was still a little frightened by the clever and reckless method taught by his uncle, as a good citizen educated in China, so he couldn't help but ask: "Is it really okay to do this?" Will those Burmese people jump out and make trouble? ”

Su Yue grinned, looked at his nephew mockingly, and said, "You don't plan to put all the profits in your own pocket, do you?" Forty percent to the Interior Office, twenty percent to the Governor's Palace, and one percent to the army, and the rest is yours. However, this kind of business, even if you leave 30%, it will be enough for you to retire and return to China for 10 years. ”

Su Youdao's brain at this time was enlightened, and he hurriedly added: "Of course, you should also leave twenty percent for your uncle, and the little nephew can be satisfied with one achievement." If there is no uncle, how can there be a little nephew today. ”

Su Yue smiled, patted his nephew on the shoulder and said, "Sure enough, I'm smarter, I shouldn't have wanted you for my brother's sake, but the rules are the rules, it's enough for you to leave me one achievement." Don't think about it, this is also for your own good, I won't take it if someone else takes it, and when you do it, someone should be red-eyed. Okay, hurry up and keep up, don't let the Governor keep them waiting..."

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