When Zhu Jishi's carriage drove into the city gate of Hanoi, the market in the city under martial law was extremely depressed. Most of the shops are closed, and only a small number of Chinese businessmen who have recognized their ancestors are still open for business. The Vietnamese in the city had been concentrated in a concentration camp fenced with barbed wire 30 miles outside the city. Just waiting to move south, the same concentration camps are being built in large numbers in various parts of the northern region, and a project to resettle millions of people is in full swing. Of course, such a migration will certainly be met with the fiercest resistance! However, as many as 150,000 Ming troops are enough to crush all the resistance of the Yue people!

At the same time, millions of Hakka people in Guangxi will cross the mountains in the north and enter Beiqi in a steady stream, building Hakka tulou like fortresses...... Before the Great Migration was completed, commerce and agriculture in Beiqi would be in a depression, and few big businessmen would set their sights on such a chaotic land, but there were exceptions.

At a ferry port on the north bank of the Red River, a group of people dressed as merchants stood on the pier, looking at the silhouette of the city of Hanoi on the other side of the river. The leader is a man less than thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and small eyes, a high nose and a square face, and two big mustaches. Clementina has some relationships with Hu Guangyong and Hu Xueyan. A charming woman of seventeen or eighteen years old, shaking a tooth carved fan, smiled and groaned: "Master, this Annan is in chaos, is there really any business to do?" Don't come for nothing. ”

Hu Xueyan smiled: "What's the point of coming for nothing? It would be a pity if you missed the opportunity to make a fortune. Luo Si, how well do you speak French? ”

The woman named Luo Si hummed obediently: "Master, I am already very fluent in French." Mrs. Henry said yes. ”

Mrs. Henry was the governess that Hu Xueyan hired for his concubine named Luo Cuihuan. It's French. Responsible for teaching Luo Cuihuan to speak French.

Hu Xueyan nodded: "That's good, when you see Maria Guifei Niangniang, your French words will come in handy." ”

"Maria Chaise ...... Is it a Yanma? Luo Cuihuan felt bad as soon as he spoke, and quickly stuck out his tongue playfully.

Hu Xueyan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's good that you can't talk nonsense, this time you are going to see Maria Guifei Niangniang, I, Hu Guangyong, can have today's situation, all thanks to the support of this noble concubine." If you want to make a big deal on the Vietnamese this time, you still can't do without her help. ”

Maria, who met in Lanfang more than a year ago. Clementina is indeed the noble person of Hu Xueyan's life—a noble person who is more expensive than Wang Youling and Zuo Zongtang who met in another time and space. Because help Maria. Clementina transported dozens of oceanic horses. So I got the identity of an HSBC comprador from Maria. With this golden signboard, his Bukang Bank can be successfully opened and operated, and this Bukang Bank is engaged in the business of capital exchange, in fact, relying on HSBC's exchange network to do "retail". Absorb small-value remittance services from all over the Grand Duchy of Lan Fong, remit money to Anqing through HSBC, and then use the branch of Bukang Bank in Anhui to transfer these small-value remittances to the recipients.

For example, there are many small banks and small money banks that rely on HSBC to carry out business in Nanyang and Daming. In fact, it's really not a big situation, and he can't make a lot of money, and the ambitious Hu Xueyan is of course unwilling, so he is looking for an opportunity to make a windfall. And he ran away from the chaotic Beiqi for a deal that hurt nature and reason.

Hu Xueyan unfolded the paper fan and said leisurely: "Luo Si." Do you know what's best here in Vietnam? ”

Luo Cuihuan muttered: "Nothing is good here, it's hot, poor and very messy. What's there to do? ”

With a snap, Hu Xueyan's fan gently patted Luo Si's head: "There are good things everywhere, the key is whether we as businessmen can find out." If there were really no good things here in Vietnam, our emperor Lao Tzu would not raise soldiers. ”

"What does the emperor like?" Luo Si rubbed his head.

"I don't know what to do." Hu Xueyan smiled, "But I have a good deal." ”

"What kind of deal?"

"Woman, the woman here in Beiqi!"

Luo Si was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Hu Xueyan blankly, "Master, do you want to ...... Trafficking in women? As he spoke, he looked around, as if he was afraid that someone would come to arrest Hu Xueyan.

Hu Xueyan glared at Luo Si angrily: "It's not abduction, it's really not!" Be...... Well, it's a matchmaker, yes, it's a matchmaker! It is to be a matchmaker for the bitter men who can't marry wives in Nanyang, so that they can marry women here in Beiqi. This is a good deed, do you know the way? ”

"It is a good thing to know the Tao."

Hu Xueyan, who had already incarnated as Hu Dashan, nodded and said, "Luo Si, you must explain this truth clearly to Maria Guifei Niangniang." This business is to accumulate virtue and do good, and my main purpose is not to make money, but to do good. Seeing those compatriots who can't marry wives, I'm really anxious, now that I have such an opportunity to contribute to my compatriots, how can I not grasp it? ”

Luo Si sighed: "But what does this deal have to do with Maria's mother?" ”

Hu Xueyan smiled: "Of course it has a relationship, in our Daming, no matter what business is inseparable from the relationship." ”

……

Hanoi, West Lake.

Hanoi actually has the West Lake, or a scenic spot, there are a lot of small family style ancient buildings around the West Lake, there are several painting boats on the West Lake, the same is not magnificent. Emperor Zhu is now sitting on a painting boat with no grandeur, accompanying the newly acquired beauty Zheng Shi to the lake to relax. Because Zheng Shi's father died, it was in early April, and the news just came.

Zheng Shi was wearing a white filial piety dress, no makeup on her face, and a faint tear stain, which made her look even more pitiful. Zheng Kang, Duke of Pakon of Siam, was also on the boat, with a sad expression on his face. I don't know if it is because of his belief in Buddhism, and the Bangkok royal family is quite harmonious. The relationship between the brothers is excellent, and fratricidal things never seem to have happened. Rama III is a good brother, and he did not favor his son in the choice of the heir to the throne, but chose his younger brother Rama IV - Rama IV was originally the heir to the throne, and at the age of 12 he was the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but at the age of 20 he officially became a monk, and Rama II died only two weeks later, and the throne fell into the hands of his brother Rama III. If such a thing had happened in some other eastern country, Rama IV's life would not have been saved, let alone ascending to the throne 27 years later.

"Our new King, Your Majesty, is a very learned man, particularly knowledgeable about Western affairs, fluent in Latin and English, and rich in astronomy. And he often mentioned His Majesty to others, and considered His Majesty to be the greatest scientist of his time......"

Duke Pakang is introducing himself to Zhu Jishi, King Rama IV, who is 47 years old, has been a monk for 27 years, and was an abbot not long ago. This Rama IV, Zhu Jishi actually knows the Tao, because he saw a Hong Kong movie called "Anna and the King" in later generations, and the Siamese king played by Chow Yun-fat is Rama IV. This king was indeed very knowledgeable about the West, and it can be said that the reform of the Kingdom of Siam began with him. It was not easy for this small Southeast Asian country with a population of only a few million to maintain its independence in an era when Western colonizers were rampant.

"Duke, can I invite King Rama IV to visit Daming?" Zhu Jishi pondered, "I look forward to meeting him in Yingtianfu to discuss the possibility of cooperation between the Ming and Siam in person. In addition, I also plan to send Duke Luo Zenan as a representative to Bangkok to mourn His Majesty King III. ”

"Thank you very much for Your Majesty's hospitality, I believe that His Majesty the Fourth King will definitely be willing to come to Yingtian." Duke Pakon clasped his hands together and said, "His Majesty the Fourth King still mentioned in his letter to me that he hopes to send some students to study abroad, and I think your Jese Academy and Jese University can accept students from Siam." (To be continued......)