Fu Wenlong didn't want to discuss the issue of loyalty and treachery with him, so let's get straight to the point. Fu Wenlong said: "Ma Xiancheng, the order of the King of Chu said that you should go to the Hongji Coal Mine to take charge, and after a few days of rest, you can go to work with the sailor's boat." ”

Ma Chengzu smiled contemptuously and scolded: "Dreaming, Ma came here to ask for death, so can he still help that traitorous king?" ”

Fu Wenlong already knew what Ma Chengzu was going to say, and said with a smile: "Of course Ma Xiancheng can beg for death, but the thousands of ordinary people in Hongji are suffering. Ma Xiancheng also knows how the local natives treat us Han people, and if no one helps them, they are afraid that they will be killed by the natives. ”

Ma Chengzu is still a good official who has the people in his heart, and when he heard Fu Wenlong say this, he scolded angrily: "Despicable, you are the same as that traitorous king, despicable and shameless." ”

Fu Wenlong* didn't answer at all, took out a pen and paper to write the appointment letter, and said: "No way, there is really a lack of officials, will Ma Xiancheng go or not?" ”

Ma Chengzu's complexion changed several times, but in the end, conscience prevailed over reason, he was deeply educated by Confucianism, and he could watch the Han people die without lending a hand, which was contrary to his belief.

Ma Chengzu stretched out his hand to take the letter of appointment and said, "Okay, I'm doing this for the people, if I can escape in the future, I will definitely run." After saying that, he looked down at the letter of appointment.

What is written above is very simple, Ma Chengzu was appointed as the commander of Hongji County, and all the people, slaves, merchants, and garrisons were subject to Ma Chengzu's control.

Ma Chengzu originally thought that he was going to be a copywriter himself, but he didn't expect to give himself so much power. This is simply a trumpet overseer, and he can be said to be the emperor of the soil in Hongji's place.

Fu Wenlong looked at the stunned Ma Chengzu and said, "Ma Xiancheng knows why I worked hard for the King of Chu, right?" Ma Xian Cheng knew that Fu had to manage the boundaries of a radius of thousands of miles, and the sailors, garrisons, people, and merchants were all determined by Fu's words. At that time, Fu Mou, like Ma Xiancheng, was abducted by the King of Chu, and Fu Mou also scolded the King of Chu, and even now I will scold him, but the King of Chu's mind, this kind of trust and trust in me, really made Fu have nothing to say. ”

On the way here, Ma Chengzu also saw the majesty of the sailor's big ship, the army outside the city of Yong'an Prefecture, and the salt pans on the cape outside, but he didn't expect that these were all managed by Fu Wenlong. I heard Fu Wenlong say just now that he seemed to have been arrested by the King of Chu.

Ma Chengzu was looking at the appointment in his hand, and he found that this King of Chu was not very annoying, at least he appreciated his talent. But in his heart, the idea of loyalty to the monarch is really strong, and it is not a small official position that can be offset now. Ma Chengzu thought about it, arched his hand to Fu Wenlong, and got up to say goodbye.

Fu Wenlong also knew that Ma Chengzu would not accept Zhu Hongsan no matter what he said now, but time would change everything. The fact that Ma Chengzu took the letter of appointment with him when he left just now is proof, after all, that literati can't stand the temptation of this Baili Hou.

Fu Wenlong suddenly thought that if the King of Chu was the emperor, then he would not have to suffer like now. Fu Wenlong thought of this and quickly retracted his thoughts, he was deeply favored by the emperor, and now he is only working for Zhu Hongsan for three years, and he will go to Nanjing to serve the emperor in the future.

On the third day, the warship of the naval division came to pick up Ma Chengzu and go to Hongji. Ma Chengzu is an official in Guangzhou, so he naturally knows what the Ming Dynasty sailors looked like, and this time he saw that these sailor officers and soldiers were obviously different from other sailor officers, and he had an indescribable demeanor.

What Ma Chengzu didn't know was that this army, which was established by Zhu Hongsan himself, already had its own military soul, and the military soul of an army was the most important. As long as the soul of the army lasts forever, even if there is only one person left in the end, it will be a strong army in the organization.

Hongji now has a fixed route with Yongan, and the time has been shortened to two days. So the next day, Ma Chengzu came to Hongji Port, the raw material base of Zhu Hongsan.

The current Hongji Port is not the same as the small fishing village of a few months ago, and now it has formed a large town with a population of seven or eight thousand. A simple cane wall has been erected outside the town, and three fifty-metre trestle bridges have been built over the pier. On the side of the pier are all shops, and all kinds of people are waiting in and out of the shops.

In fact, according to Zhu Hongsan's meaning, there is no need to build in Hongji at all, and if you need people, you can just catch the Vietnamese. This place is a raw material production base, and the main factories are located in Dongguan, Guangzhou.

But Fu Wenlong is the kind of official who either doesn't do it, or does it, he has to make a result. Therefore, after Wang Jinbao captured the first batch of slaves, Fu Wenlong strictly forbade the arrest of slaves, but hired locals to mine with silver and salt. Although the investment has increased, it has brought about an increase in production efficiency and a significant increase in the coal yield of coal mines. At the same time, the local people became rich and brought prosperity to local commerce, and some merchants began to sell some light industrial products to Hongji, which in turn stimulated the growth of the population.

In just three months, the population has grown to more than 7,000. When Fu Wenlong's excerpt was reported to Zhu Hongsan, Zhu Hongsan knew that there was such a prosperous small port in the distant Halong Bay.

Zhu Hongsan had also heard the story of two coal mines in his previous life. For every 10 taels of silver earned by a coal mine owner, another boss gave 9 taels to the workers for every 10 taels he earned. After a few decades, there was no coal in the coal mines, and after the first coal mine boss left, a group of beggars were left behind, and the men had to go out to work, and the women had to sell their bodies. Another coal mine became a prosperous town, because the workers had money in their hands, so the workers had to eat, the women had to wear, and merchants from all over the country came to open shops, and these workers could live better on other jobs when the coal mine was gone.

Zhu Hongsan didn't expect Fu Wenlong to have these two moments, and he simply turned a barren land into a prosperous place, it seems that he was really right to kidnap Fu Wenlong.

Zhu Hongsan immediately ordered all the local governments under him to learn from Fu Wenlong's model. At the same time, Hongji was upgraded to a county and Ma Chengzu was asked to be the county official.

After Ma Chengzu got off the boat, he inquired about the location of the local government office, and came to the county office of Sun Hung Kai County. Now Hongji is in charge of Ma Shaoguang, there are more and more things on Hongji's side, and there are too few officials under Fu Wenlong, so there is no choice but to send Ma Shaoguang, a half-pulled shelf, to manage Hongji.

Ma Shaoguang knew that the magistrate was not good at doing it this time, and it was completely different from what he had talked about before, and he was even more relieved to hear that the king of Chu had sent a new county order.

Ma Shaoguang hurriedly went out of the door, saw Ma Chengzu and said: "Master Ma is finally here, I really can't do this work here." ”

Ma Chengzu also knew the prestige of the Huguang Ma family, and said: "Don't be modest, Lord Ma, you Huguang Ma family have been ministers for generations, can this government affairs still stump you?" ”

"The adults laughed, I used to be young and frivolous, and I thought that the county order was good, but these two months can be regarded as knowing the hardships of the county order."

Seeing Ma Shaoguang deflated, Ma Chengzu was also a little happy in his heart. Ma Chengzu said: "Then please ask Master Ma to introduce the situation to me first." ”

"This is natural."

In the next two days, Ma Shaoguang led Ma Chengzu to visit various places in Hongji, and introduced the local garrison to Ma Chengzu, and on the third day, the liberated Ma Shaoguang hurriedly said goodbye and returned to Yong'an Prefecture.

In the military camp outside Yong'an Prefecture, Zhao Hu finally came out after three days of confinement.

Three days of confinement doesn't seem like much, but it's terrible to spend three days in a place where there's no time, no sunlight, no sound. Man is a social animal, and when he is out of touch with society, he becomes very afraid. Therefore, in the army, all kinds of thorns changed color when they smelled the confinement room, and they could not go to the small black room even if they were whipped a few times.

Zhao Hu's legs were weak after he came out, and his black face became a little pale. Four of his best friends carried him back to his lodgings. Zhu Ren said: "Huzi, you came out, we are unlucky, do you know which camp we are assigned to?" ”

Zhao Hu was about to ask, when he heard someone outside the dormitory shouting, "Who told you not to train?" ”

Saying that, a person came in from outside, wearing a big red army uniform, with two bars and one star on his shoulder, who was the major battalion commander.

When Zhao Hu's four comrades saw the officer coming in, they quickly stood up and shouted, "Report to the chief, let's go pick up our comrades out of the confinement room." ”

Zhao Hu, who was lying on the bed, looked up at the officer, and couldn't help but gasp, this guy is none other than the veteran who was fired by himself in a fight three days ago, but he didn't expect it to be his battalion commander, this time it was really bad luck.

Xu Guansan looked at Zhao Hu on the bed, and said with a smile: "Zhao Hu, I didn't expect that the road was narrow, and you could fall into the hands of your grandfather." What are you doing lying down? Don't get up and yet? Thou shalt make up all that thou hast owed. ”

Zhu Ren was just about to speak, but Zhao Hu pulled Zhu Ren's sleeve and didn't let him speak.

Zhao Hu struggled to stand up and said, "Yes, sir!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Hu could stand up when he came out of the confinement room, Xu Guansan couldn't help but show an appreciative look. But he said: "The four of you, who asked you to pick him up without asking for leave, you are the same as him, five kilometers off-road with full loads, start now, quickly!" Fast! Fast! ”

"Yes, sir!"

The five-kilometer cross-country is a daily training for the military, but the full load is different. A soldier was fully equipped with muskets, a base of ammunition, five grenades, five days' rations, lunch boxes, bedding, etc., about 20 kilograms. In addition, it is noon, the temperature outside is more than 20 degrees, and the five-kilometer cross-country is deadly.

But there is no way, the military order is the biggest in the army, if Zhao Hu and the others do not obey the order, Xu Guansan can completely pull them out and shoot them.

It's noon, the sun is high, and everyone has stopped training. However, there were only five figures on the playground, and they still struggled to run with all the equipment on their backs.

Five kilometers is nothing to Zhao Hu, with his physical fitness, he can run down easily, but now he can run five kilometers after being locked up for three days. At the age of three kilometers, Zhao Hu felt bad, and he plunged headlong into the sand and did not wake up.