"Your Highness, speaking of this Alo Islands did not have a name in the past, but a group of scattered islands in the South China Sea, except for the main island of Royer Island, which is slightly larger, there are mountain forests and plants on the island that can still be inhabited, and most of the surrounding islands are barren, and several near Royer Island are even more strange rocks, and there is no grass. Originally, there was nothing to be taken seriously by such an archipelago, but it happened that all the ships going north through the South China Sea had to pass through the Alo Islands, and most of them would choose to rest and replenish on Roye Island, and over time, the relationship between Roye Island and Jiuwei Town was established, and the merchant fleet had goods on Roye Island, and some entered the Li Dynasty from Jiuwei, and then it slowly flourished here. But the good times didn't last long, and the pirates in the South China Sea also took a fancy to the fat of Royer Island, and came here to plunder one after another, and found that occupying Royer Island, they could easily rob the merchant fleet, so they simply occupied the entire Alor Islands, turning this place into a thief island, so that the merchant fleet would now rather take a long route than dare to approach here, so Jiuwei Town gradually declined. ”

Yao had learned about these situations in Wang Xiang's mouth this morning, and after listening to Ji Meishan say it again, and then looking at the appearance of this Jiuwei Town, he had a plan in his heart, so he nodded and said: "Therefore, if we completely drive out the Haikou and announce that the entire South China Sea and this Alor Islands belong to my Xiaonan Kingdom from now on, then those merchant fleets will rest assured to come to Luoye Island to dock again, which can drive the prosperity of Jiuwei Town and the entire Songxi." ”

"What His Highness said is extremely true!" Ji Meishan was a little excited for a while, and kept twisting his hands, and said: "Songxi is a large cotton-producing county, and the demand for the nearest Fujian country has not been large, and it used to be sold from the inland to the north, but later the capital cut off the qualification of the small southern country to trade in the north, although now it can be marketed from the sea to Wangcheng, but it has also been stripped of a lot of profits by the dense forest, if we can have Luoye Island, we can set up a new circulation in Jiuwei——"

"Since you know that this Luoye Island has such great benefits, why do you have to push back and hinder the Alo Islands before? Every time I receive your report, there can be more than a dozen words of 'fear' in two or three pages, and I am also afraid of that, you are really the guardian of a county-" Yao Jin became more and more angry, and couldn't help but roll his eyes at Ji Meishan, who looked aggrieved and embarrassed, "I don't know if you are also so cringed when you are the head of that family at home, and you are not afraid of being laughed at by your wife!"

Speaking of this, the little guy next to Ji Meishan couldn't help but laugh, although the voice was not loud, but there were only a few people in the hall, Yao Jin naturally heard it, and when he looked at the little guy, he saw that Ji Meishan was busy kicking him, but even the kick was also cautious, and he only put the official boots on the little guy's trouser leg, as if he was afraid of kicking and hurting. When the little guy saw Yao Jin looking at him, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness forgives your sins, Your Highness forgives your sins!"

"You have lost the face of your family, and you don't need me to forgive you. Yao Jin reprimanded with a straight face, and said jokingly, "Why did you laugh just now? Could it be that your family was really laughed at by your wife at home?"

The little guy looked at Ji Meishan's embarrassed face, and said with a smile: "If you go back to Your Highness, the Lord and Mrs. have always respected each other and are very affectionate, and they listen to Mrs. in everything at home, and there are no jokes. ”

Yao Jin glanced at Ji Meishan's expression, thinking that his wife was a Hedong lion, and Ji Meishan must have no status at home, so even the little guy brought out from the family dared to say this. She smiled in her heart, but said in a solemn tone: "Your lord is the minister of Xiaonanguo, and he is the head of a county in Songxi County, how can you casually talk about the head of the family? This is the magnanimity of your family, if you are in the southern mansion of the lord of the country, such a slave will be dragged down and killed immediately!"

The little guy was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he trembled and kowtowed to confess: "The villain knows his mistakes, ask His Highness for forgiveness!"

Yao Jin slowly took a sip of tea, and then looked at Ji Meishan slowly and carefully: "You have always been generous and love the people like a son, which is a good thing." But to be the head of the family and the county guard, you must not only have a heart of love for the people, but also know how to combine leniency and severity, and blindly conniving will only make them know how to advance and retreat, and eventually make a big mistake that is irreparable, in fact, this is what really harms them! Lord Ji, do you understand the words of the lord of your country?"

Na Ji Meishan wiped the sweat on his forehead, walked to the little guy and knelt down, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness's teachings, your subordinates must keep them in mind!"

"Alright, let's all go down. Yao Jin waved his hand, and when they all retreated, Lin Yuebai, who had been silent next to him, stepped forward and said softly: "Actually, this Lord Ji is already a good official, although Songxi County is far away, it is much better than the Nanyi County Guard who protects his favorite concubine and ignores the law." ”

"Nanyi County's fault is in Ming, things are there, I checked Qingming and ordered him to be punished, he must know his mistake; ”

"Are you afraid that he will have a weak temperament and will not be able to manage Songxi County?"

"Songxi County has always been stable, and now there is no war, and it is enough for him to take care of it, but the Alor Islands-" Yao Jin paused for a moment and exhaled, "Fortunately, it won't be long." ”

"What won't take long?" Lin Yuebai said puzzledly, "You mean it won't take long to clear out the pirates on the island?"

Yao Jin smiled and nodded: "Naturally, it won't take long to clear Haikou, but what I'm saying is that it won't take too long for Hengzhu to ask Ji Meishan to control the Arrow Islands, and he always has to hand it over, even if he is weaker, it doesn't matter." ”

"If you don't hand it over to Songxi County, who are you going to hand over the Alor Islands to control?" Lin Yuebai said curiously: "You can't let other county guards who are too far away come to control, wouldn't it be easy to have conflicts with Songxi." ”

"No, you don't need to hand it over to any of the county guards of the Little Southern Kingdom. Yao Jin's tone was light, "The Alor Islands did not belong to the Xiaonan Kingdom in the first place, although the Wang Xiang and Xuannu brought it to me now, but I never wanted to really include the Alor Islands in the territory of the Xiaonan Kingdom, it originally belonged to the South China Sea, and the South China Sea has always been the world of Fujian." Originally, I planned to wait for the day when Yang Sakura's child became the crown prince, and I gave him the Alor Islands as a congratulatory gift. But now that I have changed my mind, and when the pirates have been cleared, the merchant ships on Royer Island have resumed docking, and the ships to and from Jiuwei Town have resumed normal traffic, I will return the Arro Islands to the Min Kingdom. ”

Lin Yuebai frowned in confusion and asked, "Why?"

"The bustling Alor Islands don't belong to me, and I can't want them. Besides," Yao Jin put down the tea bowl, turned the wrench in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Besides, I already owe that person a lot, and he has already vigorously promoted the matter of the Arrow Islands, and now he can repay a little bit of it...... Otherwise, when will I be able to pay it off. ”