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A slender white swan with three fat and clumsy black ducks slowly sailed into a shallow sea, several lonely islands in the distance shone in the sun, the tropical wind blew slightly, and the cumulonimbus clouds on the big 6 gradually faded away.

The fleet that intruded into the sea area was soon observed by the beacon sentry on the 6th ground, and the beacon smoke of a certain meaning soared into the sky.

Soon, a 500-material sloop schooner that had been completely eliminated in the Zheng Army's naval division emerged from the fleet's sight. However, when it approached, the schooner confirmed the identity of the comer through the shape of the ship and the top-secret contact flag. So, the patrol boat greeted and sailed off into the distance, and as for these frequent guests, it was clear that they did not need additional water diversion services.

After passing through the inspection area of the patrol boats, the port and the adjacent estuary impact plain appeared in the field of vision of the visitors for the first time. At this time, the rumbling cannon sounded, but there was no splash, apparently the welcome salute of the harbor battery after confirming the identity of the other party. In this regard, the escort notification ship, which has strict military etiquette requirements, gave a reciprocal response.

The sound of the salute alarmed someone who was resting in the cabin, and when he slowly walked to the deck and carefully looked at this overseas territory with the telescope handed over by Liu Xiang, the familiar and unfamiliar scene suddenly made him sigh with emotion: "I really didn't expect it, I haven't seen it for a few years, and this place has changed a lot."

Yes, a new harbour has emerged on the mudflats of the former estuary, fields and plantations in the distance are connected by gravel roads, and in the distance there are faintly walled villages, but the mangroves and coconut groves still retain their original appearance.

"Lord Zhuge , I'm afraid I haven't been back for five or six years."

"yes, five, six years." Zhuge Maple Ye, who has become a pedestrian in the Tongzheng Yuan, looked at the land he had struggled for with emotion. "I didn't expect this to be the way it is now."

"This is also thanks to the foundation laid by Lord Tian and Lord Zhuge back then." Of course, Liu Xiang is not touting the Shangguan in front of him, the so-called civil and military separation, Liu Xiang does not need to tout the Tongzheng Yuan that can't be beaten with the eight poles of the Navy Division, it is really his brother who has been in Xibo Ni, he knows a lot about the blue wisps of the road back then, and admires the original pioneers of Zhuge Maple Leaf. "Otherwise, how could it be a climate in just a few years."

"You can't say that," Zhuge Maple said humbly. "The key is that the king attaches great importance to it."

Does Zheng Kezhang attach importance to Xibo mud? Of course. Not to mention anything else, there is an endless stream of immigrants every year, ranging from as little as three or four hundred, to eight or nine hundred, although many times these immigrants are only Li Miao of Qiongzhou and exiles from Da 6, but they accumulate a lot, and there is a thriving scene now.

What immigrants are too few? It is true to say this, you must know that in another time and space, the peak of the Chinese colonization of Nanyang in addition to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties needs to wait until the population of the Kangqian period exploded, and now Zheng Kezhang even the people of Henan have to plunder to enrich the interior, how can there be more spare power to send overseas.

In addition, the Zheng clan now operates five overseas territories at the same time: Seogwipo, Ezo, Cam Ranh, Se Bo Ni, and Labuan, with the center of gravity in Seogwipo in the north and Geumranh in the south.

Of course, Zhuge Maple Leaf also has water, if there are no generations of leaders of overseas territories to manage seriously, how can such a situation be broken out with the support of domestic dragonflies alone?

"My lord," Liu Xiang said before he could say anything more to Zhuge Maple Leaf, and the lookout post reported. "The port customs sent a ship."

Liu Xiang is a military ship, and the escort is military supplies, which originally had nothing to do with the customs, but who let there be 300 Shanha immigrants on the ship, so it is normal for the customs to come and ask for relevant documents.

"Then drop anchor." Liu Xiang ordered. "Waiting for customs clearance, and another notice will be given, and the duty of each ship will be changed from four shifts to three shifts, and one spare shift will take turns to go ashore to rest." Before the words fell, the cheers had already sounded, and although the direct voyage was not long, it was more comfortable to be able to go ashore than to be confined to a small cabin. "Remember," Liu Xiang yelled. "If anyone dares to make trouble on the shore, when he comes back, Lao Tzu will hang him on the mast"

While speaking, the small boat of the customs has slowly approached, but after helping, in addition to checking the text, the customs officer who came up also humbly asked Zhuge Maple Ye not to enter the port and disembark for the time being, saying that he had sent someone to inform the Duhufu quickly, and the Duhufu would then come to greet the envoy Yunyun.

Because it represents Zheng Kezang's face, Zhuge Maple Leaf has no choice but to wait for the other party's arrangement according to his eagerness to revisit his hometown.

Speaking of which, the names of the Ming and Zheng Metropolitan Protectorate and Dadu Protectorate are similar to the highest ruling institutions in the frontier of the Han and Tang dynasties, but more of them have their own characteristics.

First of all, as the chief official, the capital protector of the five grades and the large capital protector from the fourth rank were sent by the governor of the Yamen of the foreign countries.

Secondly, its competent unit is the Colonization Bureau, a second-level institution of the Governor's Yamen.

Thirdly, under the Metropolitan Protector and the Metropolitan Protector, there is a Changshi in charge of government affairs, a Sima in charge of military affairs, and a Metropolitan Supervisor sent by the Supervision Yuan to take charge of specific functions, of which the Changshi is selected and transferred by the Ministry of Officials, and Sima is dispatched by the Ministry of War.

Finally, the judicial power of the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Metropolitan Protectorate was not transferred to the Grand Court as in the mainland, but was handled by the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Metropolitan Protector himself, which was roughly equivalent to military management.

In addition, under the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Metropolitan Protectorate, there are also prefectures equivalent to the level of Zhongzhou and county in the inland provinces as intermediate management agencies. According to the size of the county and the jurisdiction of the county is divided into five counties, such as large counties, upper counties, middle counties, lower counties, and small counties, and the county is set up with a general manager, and the office is set up according to the domestic state and county, and the office room is also set up to manage taxes, household registration, public security and other affairs.

In addition to the prefectures directly administered by the Prefecture and the Daito Prefecture, there are also separate prefectures. The Tu County is also divided into five classes according to the size of the area, and the Tu County Governor confers the rank of Chief Officer, Tu General General, Tu Staff General, Tu Guerrilla, and Tu Garrison respectively to show that they are different from the counties directly under their jurisdiction and show their superiority to each other

After waiting for about half a day, just as the bored Zhuge Maple Leaf recalled the setting of the Duhu Mansion that he knew, the fort suddenly fired a salute again, presumably the people from the Duhufu had arrived, and the salute was to inform Zhuge that the [Baisha Island] he was riding could enter the port

Compared with the ceremony to welcome the emperor's envoys, the Xibo Ni officials and the people of the port bowed to Zhuge Maple Leaf who held the edict, of course, Zheng Kezang's will could not be taken as an announcement, and the specific things had to be left in Yongbao to be declared.

"Lord Zhuge and Lord Liu have had a hard time all the way, and we have already prepared thin wine." On behalf of all the people in the Metropolitan Mansion, Duhu Yin Zhendong invited Zhuge Maple Ye and Liu Xiang to the wine shop in the port for a reception. "Don't shirk it, two adults."

"The deputy commander of the ship has been on vacation, and according to military law, the ship cannot be without the chief officer, so the lower officer will not go to ask for mercy." Liu Xiang pushed it, he didn't want to deal with these politicians. "By the way, Lord Duhu, when I first entered the port, the lower officials didn't see the [Fuxing], and I don't know when Lord Liu Ling and Lord Liu will be able to return to the ship."

"I remember, Liu Fentong and Lord Liu are brothers." Sima Liang Bolong had a strange smile on his face. "Liu Ling and Lord Liu have gone to the Coconut City Office, but they can come back in three or two days, and if Liu Fentong is not in a hurry, he can come back in about two or three days."

"Two or three days, it doesn't matter, after I finish my things here, I have to wait for Commander Huang who went to Wuyue Island to come over and meet, and I was originally going to stop for a few days." As long as he waited for two or three days, Liu Xiang was not disappointed. "But a few adults, in addition to the jute, wood, and spices transported from the north, are there any other things that you want to bring back to China?"

Liu Xiang escorted a military transport ship, but returning from an empty warehouse was a great waste of valuable capacity, so the sailor stipulated that he must bring enough local products back to China after the return trip, so as to earn a little profit to make up for the lack of military spending of the sailor. Therefore, if the goods in the colony were insufficient, Liu Xiang would have to pass through Ni, Siam and other places on his return journey in order to buy and ship hardwood and rice back to sell. Of course, individuals are not allowed to carry and smuggle people, this is Zheng Kezang's iron law, find one and dispose of one, there is no other word, as for carrying some letters and personal property for colonial officials, it is not illegal.

"If Lord Liu doesn't mention it, I'll have to speak." Several officials from the Xibo Nidu Prefecture immediately said they had something to haul. "I'll leave it to Lord Liu in a minute."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's all your own family, what to say or not." Liu Xiang replied with a smile, if it weren't for his brother's ability not to be put in small shoes in Xiboni, with his character, he would never do private things for these people, but how to say this, people have to bow their heads under the eaves. "Okay, okay, I'm not going to the banquet."

Since Liu Xiang repeatedly shirked, it was not easy for the people present to force him to go, after all, Zheng Jun's military discipline has been very tight in recent years, and although the Duhufu is a colonization system, the relationship with the navy is still very close, and it is not good to break the other party's rules.

Liu Ling didn't go, but the guest of honor Zhuge Maple Ye didn't escape, so he beat his personal servant back to the boat to salute, and he himself took a light two-wheeled carriage with everyone from the Duhu Mansion to the port restaurant.

Speaking of which, whether it is a four-wheeled carriage or a two-wheeled light mule carriage, it was all made by Zheng Kezhang for export at the beginning, but Zheng Kezhang never expected that the carriage was not sold well in the foreign trade market in East Asia, and when it was turned to domestic sales, it was too vibrating and unpopular because the roads in most cities in China were stone steps.

When the group disappeared, the servant who got Zhuge hinted at found Liu Xiang who was lying on the rocking bed with his feet cocked and pretending to sleep: "Lord Liu, the Duhufu invites you, why don't you go?" ”

Liu Xiang replied lazily: "Aren't your adults afraid that I don't want to say it?" ”

Zhuge 's servant shrewdly cross-examined the island: "If the adults don't want to say, why do you want to bring something in front of the adults in my family." ”

"Clever." Liu Xiang laughed. "Then what do you think they want me to send back for them?"

"It won't be a letter from home."

"That's nature." Liu Xiang didn't wait for anyone to guess, so he revealed the answer himself. "There aren't many other specialties of Xibo Mud, but there is one that your master must know." Zhuge 's servant looked at Liu Xiang and only listened to Liu Xiang spit out two words. "Gold!"

Zhuge 's servant's eyes were all the same, but Liu Xiang waved his hand: "Don't guess, this official didn't say that someone in Xibo Ni embezzled public money." How much gold people have dug up, how much gold sand they have dug up, people will also use it in the construction of the capital protection house, if not, how can your family see today's scene. ”

Liu Xiang sneered when he said this: "It's just that the gold is the favorite of the Taixiyi people, as long as you go to Malacca, Coconut City, and Ngani, as soon as you turn your hands, ten times on the books will become twenty times, and when the time comes, ten times will be public, ten times private, and it will be very fat." ”

The servant asked in a cold tone, "This matter should be very secret, how did you know about it, Lord Liu?" ”

"My brother is in command of his own fleet in Xiboni." Liu Xiang's face became stern. "However, I can only talk about this, if your family goes back to report it, I won't admit it."

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