Madura, the gap with Zhao Shuo's thinking is too big. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info thought that there was gold here, even if the people's lives were poor, but there should be no problem with food and clothing.

However, after Zhao Shuo arrived, he immediately realized that he had made a big mistake.

Madura is the richest place in Zhuluo, but in Zhao Shuo's eyes, this kind of wealth is really not worth seeing.

The local officials of Chola had already received instructions that Chola had taken refuge in Zhao Shuo, and the news that Zhao Shuo was going to Madura in the near future reached their ears early in the morning.

Therefore, after Zhao Shuo arrived at the dock, the local officials were ready to greet him.

Both sides of the wharf were covered with officials, and the officials stood on the wharf, kowtowing to Zhao Shuo and others.

For this kind of grand welcome, Zhao Shuo has long been accustomed to it. However, in addition to the officials, there were these officials, and there were no people, which made Zhao Shuo really a little surprised.

Accompanied by Chen Yong and Yelupu Suwan, Zhao Shuo got off the boat and came to the dock.

"Junior minister Sakya to meet the prince!"

Zhao Shuo's eyes lit up and he looked at the official in front of him. This is an official who can speak Song, which is beyond his expectations.

"You're a newly transferred official!" Zhao Shuo asked.

"Lord Wangming!" Sagarya Road. "The minister has indeed just arrived, and he still has the blessing of the prince."

"Thanks to me?" Zhao Shuo chuckled.

"The prince promotes the Song language, but there are not many people who can speak Song in Zhu Luo, and language is not something that can be learned overnight." Sakya said with a smile. "The minister was originally a businessman, his ancestors went out to do business, and he learned a little Song by chance, and learned that the prince was coming to Madura, and the officials here did not understand the Song language, and the Hou Ye was very anxious, so he recruited officials everywhere, and the minister went to take the exam, because he knew the Song language, so he was directly appointed as the local minister to welcome the prince, so the minister has such treatment, and they all rely on the prince!"

Sakeya's long-winded explanation, although the matter was explained clearly, it made Zhao Shuo feel inexplicably disgusted.

"What about the people here? Could it be that Madura, the largest port in Chola, is this tragic phenomenon? Zhao Shuo stared at Sakya.

"The people don't understand etiquette, and the language barrier makes the ministers worried that they will offend the prince, so they ......" Sakya lowered her head, although she didn't say it all, but it was explained clearly.

"The people are our food and clothing parents, don't do this kind of thing in the future." After finishing speaking, Zhao Shuo raised his hand and helped Sakya up. "They say there's a gold mine here, do you know where it is?"

Sakya was helped up by Zhao Shuo and was surprised, but after hearing Zhao Shuo's question, he hurriedly smiled. "Yes, yes, it's not far from here, it's in the mountains over there."

Sakoya said, pointing into the distance.

"Let's go, take me there!" Zhao Shuo said.

"Lord Wang, do you want to ......" Chen Yong walked over at this time, looking worried.

Zhu Luo had just surrendered, and it was really dangerous for Zhao Shuo to go to the so-called gold mine land alone. According to Chen Yong's idea, he had to bring a team of elite soldiers.

"Are you dangerous here?" Zhao Shuo looked at Sakya.

"No, no...... no," Sakya waved his hand. Although there is poverty here, there will never be anyone who is unfavorable to the prince, and the minister dares to vouch for this. ”

"What is your head, if the prince has a mistake, it will be ......" Sakya assured, which was a joke in Chen Yong's opinion.

What is Sakya, a local petty official, his life and death are not even comparable to a soldier around him in Chen Yong's eyes.

Such a person guarantees Zhao Shuo's safety? If there was an accident, he would have buried Zhao Shuo, and the entire area controlled by Zhao Shuo would also have heavy losses. After all, if there was no Zhao Shuo, no one knew what would have become of the area controlled by King Song.

After all, the various factions are complicated, and no one can control them except Zhao Shuo.

"Hey~!" Zhao Shuo stopped Chen Yong. "A person's life is a life, there is no distinction between high and low, I believe in him, if you are worried, take a few people with you."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Shuo looked at the officials and officials on both sides. "Let them all go back, go their own way, and wait for the next reform."

Except for Sakya, it was difficult for others to communicate with these people at all, and after Sakya muttered a lot to these people, these officials and soldiers saluted Zhao Shuo one after another, and then said goodbye and left.

Chen Yong found more than a dozen elite soldiers, carried muskets on their backs, and brought plenty of ammunition to form an escort team.

Fluttershy stays at the harbor, and Jerop goes with her. Zhao Shuo had no choice but to agree.

Under the leadership of Sakeya, the group walked mightily towards the deep mountains in the distance. As we marched along, people appeared from time to time, dressed in tatters, with dark skin, and looking rather poor.

The vendor who did business, Zhao Shuo basically didn't see it. Occasionally you can see a few pieces of heaven and earth, and the locals are hard at work.

"Is this land owned by the people or by the landlords?" Zhao Shuo asked casually.

"How can the people have land!" Sakya sighed and said casually.

As soon as the words came out, Sakya realized that he seemed to have lost some of his temper just now, and hurriedly said again. "These people rent the land of the landlord's family and pay the rent at the autumn harvest."

"Don't these people have the rest of their livelihood?" Zhao Shuo said again.

"Plant some land, do some odd jobs, and still live, if you do something else, I'm afraid you will starve to death a long time ago." Sagarya Road.

Sakya said this with a hint of sadness.

Zhao Shuo couldn't help but glance at Sakeya. "You businessmen, you don't seem to be easy to mess with."

"King, no, Lord Hou is not bad, Zhu Luo is close to the coast, and for commerce, it has developed a little. Like inland countries, even if they want to develop business, they can't develop it, firstly, no one trusts anyone, and secondly, we really don't have any good things to sell. Sakya looked up slightly. My grandfather went out to sea, learned your language, brought a boatload of things, and our family has eaten until now, my grandfather has always thought that Song should be a language that can make a fortune, so it has been passed down in our family. It's just that later, Chola's commerce was suppressed, and it was too dangerous to go to sea, so merchants began to turn to farming, which was also a helpless thing! ”

"Don't worry, business will develop again in the future!" Zhao Shuo said lightly, and then pointed into the distance. "Is that where the gold mines are?"

"Lord Wang has good eyesight, the gold mine is indeed there!" Sakya looked in the direction of Zhao Shuo's finger and gave an affirmative answer.