Wang Kefan was about to return to Huguang, and before leaving Guangdong, he made a special trip to Hong Kong, accompanied by Zhang Jiayu and Liang Zhiren in addition to Li Si and others.

Zhang Jiayu had 10,000 volunteers under him, selected 2,000 elites to go to Huguang, and 8,000 people needed to be resettled, and the severance pay given by the imperial court was very small, Wang Kefan took out 30,000 taels of silver and sent them to Tuntian in the north of Hong Kong to garrison.

The so-called north of Hong Kong, that is, from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north, this area is still very desolate, 8,000 volunteers have the official documents of the imperial court, plus Chen Zhaoan is the Xin'an County Order, Zhang Jiayu is the head snake of Dongguan, with their efforts, 8,000 volunteers forcibly seized and occupied a lot of land in this area, and then settled down to open up the wasteland, and implemented semi-military management.

Thirty thousand taels of silver sounds like a lot, and it is not much to spread over the heads of 8,000 people, and the conditions for these volunteers to start a business are very difficult, but fortunately, the weather in the Lingnan area is hot, and the crops are ripe quickly, and when the first crops are harvested, they will be able to gain a firm foothold.

Zhang Jiayu handed over the command of these 8,000 people to his younger brother, and in addition to work, he gave them basic training, and trained them in Guò Tuntian, these 8,000 volunteers could not only be self-sufficient, but also able to defend Hong Kong, and also provide Zhang Jiayu with reserve soldiers.

The volunteers set up several farms, and Wang Kefan visited the northernmost one and named the farm: Shenzhen.

After leaving "Shenzhen", Wang Kefan and others took a boat to Hong Kong Island......

"Whoosh-smack!"

With a terrible sound of the wind, the leather whip sprang out like a poisonous snake, and slammed it on the back of an Annan laborer, who immediately let out a terrible scream, and fell to the ground, convulsed under the severe pain, and a bloody ridge swollen on his bare back. Drops of blood seeped out, shocking.

The surrounding Annan laborers seemed to see nothing, numbly and mechanically carrying stones, more than a dozen Chinese laborers patrolled back and forth with leather whips, and hundreds of Annan laborers showed a look of fear, and the pace under their feet quickened a little.

This is a quarry on the island of Hong Kong, where hundreds of Annam laborers are braving the scorching sun to work, and they will only have food to eat tonight if they have completed the required amount of work.

On the seashore in the distance, a huge Ming warship was parked. Surrounded by everyone, Wang Kefan stood at the bow of the boat, holding a telescope to look in the direction of the quarry, and asked Li Si, Luo Jingshou and others around him from time to time about something.

Annam is Vietnam, in order to start construction of Hong Kong as much as possible. Luo Jingshou and others took matters into their own hands and went to Annan to arrest more than 1,000 laborers. Unexpectedly, Wang Kefan suddenly came to Hong Kong. These Annan laborers were discovered.

Luo Jingshou and Li Si were both anxious, and according to Wang Kefan's order, they wanted to go to Luzon and other places to arrest laborers, but they changed it to Annan privately, and I don't know if Wang Kefan would be angry because of this.

"Don't arrest the Annan people in the future, it will be known by the imperial court. It's going to get you in trouble. Wang Kefan did not reprimand them, but only said lightly, Annan is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and he cannot openly plunder the population.

Li Si and Luo Jing hurriedly bowed down and agreed. Suddenly realizing that there was a loophole in Wang Kefan's words, the two couldn't help but glance at each other - if they are known by the court, they will cause trouble, if they are not known by the court, will it be fine?

Then hide it from the court! Annan is much closer than Luzon, and the same capture of a boatload of laborers can save at least half of the cost and time.

"Wang Junmen, I'm actually very careful, I only find some small fishing villages to start with every time......

Luo Jingshou felt uneasy, wanted to hear Wang Kefan's clear statement, and talked about the relevant details, just getting up, Li Si pulled his sleeve violently and pulled him to the side.

Wang Kefan's face was expressionless, holding a telescope and looking around, ignoring them.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Luo Jing tried his best to lower his voice, but his tone was very impulsive, if it weren't for Wang Kefan and the others here, he would be angry with Li Si.

"Wang Junmen's meaning is already very clear, and if you say more, it will be bad!" Li Si often deals with people in the officialdom and knows the proportions of it.

"What do you mean?" Although Luo Jingshou was recruited, he was still a pirate in his bones and didn't understand these officialdom tricks.

"That's the ......," Li Si muttered, explaining to him.

As Wang Kefan, he definitely cannot openly support going to Annan to arrest laborers, and leaving a gap in his words leaves room for his subordinates to operate.

Want to go to Annam to catch laborers? Yes, but you can't make things too big, you must control the scale. That is to say, in the early stage of Hong Kong's construction, Annan's laborers could be used, but as the labor gap increased, it was still necessary to go to Luzon to arrest the natives, and Annan's laborers could only occupy a small head so as not to cause trouble.

If there are too many Annan laborers arrested, once the court blames it, it will be Li Si and Luo Jing who will bear this black cauldron, Wang Kefan does not encourage and support this matter, but he does not oppose it, and Li Si and Luo Jing grasp the proportions themselves, do a good job of being commended, and mess up the board......

"Oh, that's what happened!" Luo Jing suddenly realized, he had just joined the officialdom, and he was most interested in these twists and turns, he looked at Li Si, his eyes were a little more admired, and then he turned his head to look at Wang Kefan, and there was a little more awe in his eyes.

Wang Kefan was chatting with Liang Zhiren and Zhang Jiayu.

Liang Zhiren recently received an appointment as the commander-in-chief of Chaozhou, stationed in the eastern part of Guangdong, in case the Fujian Qing army entered Guangdong, and the shape of Fujian is now very complicated.

Suddenly, Wang Kefan changed his words and saluted Liang Zhiren with a fist.

"I have something to ask for, please General Liang Yucheng."

"If there is something in the military gate, why should you be so polite? It's really a killer! Liang Zhiren was overjoyed and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Hehe, this is my private matter, I shouldn't have troubled General Liang, hey, forget it, don't mention it!" Wang Kefan waved his hand.

"Hey, Wang Junmen's business, that is, the last thing to do with himself, please tell Junmen directly!" Liang Zhiren has a big package, he almost pats his chest, after Ding Kuichu is finished, he is trying to find a new backer, Wang Kefan entrusted him with personal affairs, it is a good opportunity to build a relationship.

"That's right, I have an enemy in Chaozhou Mansion and want to ask General Liang to get rid of him."

"Who is it?"

"This person's name is Wu Liuqi, nicknamed Wu Gou, Haoqiang in Haiyang County, about forty years old...... "Wang Kefan wants to borrow a knife to kill people and get rid of the traitor Wu Liuqi."

In Jin Yong's novel, Wu Liuqi is a positive character, in Cao Ying's heart in Han, on the surface he is the commander of the Manchu Dynasty, but in private he is the helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society...... But in real history, Wu Liuqi is an out-and-out traitor!

There were countless traitors in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and before they were exposed, Wang Kefan couldn't control so much. However, Wu Liuqi opened the door in history to open the door and welcome the Qing army into Guangdong, which was a standard leading party, and after the Gongyi battalion left Guangdong, the Qing army in Fujian was always a threat, and if he did it again, it would cause great danger.

Wu Liuqi is still a small person, but Chaozhou borders Fujian, and Wu Liuqi will soon emerge in the war and be promoted and reused, so it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible.

"Hmph, if Wu Liuqi dares to offend Wang Junmen, I will definitely cut off his head, pickle it in lime and send it to Huguang!" Liang Zhiren was still a little worried at first, he didn't know who Wang Kefan was going to deal with, he heard that Wu Liuqi was just a strong man in Haiyang County, and he was immediately relieved, he was now a dignified Chaozhou general soldier, and killing a little Wu Liuqi was as simple as crushing an ant.

"Good! I hate this person to the core, and I have been obsessed with it for many years, if General Liang can get out of this evil breath for me, the wharf on Hong Kong Island will be counted as your 10% share. "The strength of the 8,000 volunteers is limited, but Liang Zhiren is a powerful warlord in Guangdong, and Wang Kefan simply dragged him into the gang.

"Thank you for your support! In that case, I will take three thousand taels of silver into the shares! Hong Kong Island is basically still a wasteland, Liang Zhiren didn't think there was any "money" here, he had the heart to have a relationship with Wang Kefan, so he generously took out 3,000 taels of silver, and he should give Wang Kefan a salute......

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Wang Kefan stayed in Hong Kong for two days, conducted on-the-spot inspections of the whole island, and made plans for future development; before leaving, he left Li Si 100,000 taels of silver, which in addition to being used as funds for Hong Kong's development, he also had to purchase a batch of grain and materials to transport to Jinggangshan and other places.

The Xiaoice River period, which plagued the last years of the Ming Dynasty, was coming to an end, and grain production was increasing year by year, but the Huguang front was in the midst of war, and local grain could not meet the needs of the Gongyi camp, and grain had to be transferred from Guangdong. As for the Longwu Imperial Court, there were too many places to spend money, and only symbolically gave Gongyi Battalion a month's military salary, a total of more than 10,000 taels of silver, which could not be counted on.

He also asked Luo Jing for a group of shipbuilders, in the battle of Ganzhou, the appearance of the Guangdong warship was obviously superior to the inland sailor, Wang Kefan was ready to imitate the Guangdong fast crab and long boat, to establish his own sailor.

In return, he gave Luo Jingshou two telescopes, which Luo Jingshou was overjoyed about, and the telescopes are a weapon of water warfare, especially very useful on the sea......

Wang Kefan then returned to Guangzhou and bid farewell to Emperor Longwu.

The war in Huguang is imminent, and there are too many things on Emperor Longwu's side, at least until the end of the year Enke is over, and Wang Kefan can only leave first.

Emperor Longwu made a request to keep Hua Xiaoyue in the imperial court.

"Hua Tianshi has unpredictable skills, which can solve my worries and puzzles."

"Your Majesty should rule the country with the art of a saint, and stay away from the art of immortals and ghosts...... Moreover, Hua Tianshi has had important matters recently, and he has to visit Wudang Mountain and Longhu Mountain and other places, and he can't serve His Majesty. Wang Kefan rejected him sternly, leaving Hua Xiaoyue in the court, sooner or later, he would not talk about it, and he couldn't control the scene. Without the guidance of Wang Kefan, a traverser, Hua Xiaoyue is not much different from an ordinary magic stick.

The mystery must be maintained!

"I don't know what the Flower Heavenly Master has?" Emperor Longwu's curiosity was indeed aroused.

"Hua Tianshi watches the sky at night, Jiangxi is afraid of great changes within a year, and it is necessary to retreat to prosper my Ming national fortune!" (To be continued......)