After the Shangma Village case, Li Yuntian fulfilled his duties, and Yang Yu's family members were transferred to Duohai City in Jiaozhi, which made Yang Yu, who had been approved by the imperial court to make a judgment in the prison, feel very relieved.

Before Yang Yu's family set off to take the ship of the Ming army sailor to Duohai City, Yang Yu was fortunate to see his family, thinking that after parting, the two sides would never see each other again, so the family was crying in prison, Yang Yu secretly felt remorse in his heart, if he usually acted a little more restrained, he would not end up like today.

Mrs. Yang was full of guilt for Yang Yu in her heart, if it weren't for her father Yan Zhong who involved Yang Yu, Yang Yu would not have ended up in today's situation, Yan Zhong was exiled to Liaodong because of his meritorious service, although the place he went to was not as good as Duohai City, but compared to Yang Yu, he was at least alive, which was enough to make him feel lucky.

Yang Yu had already seen a lot at this time, and he had already lost the hatred he had at the beginning, no matter how Yan Zhong was just a guard dog he raised, it was his connivance that caused Yan Zhong to cause trouble this time, so the root of the matter was still on him.

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Li Zixi rushed back to Jilong Town from Jianning City, and he had already done the aftermath of Jianning City, so he came to report to Li Yuntian.

Due to the warm climate of Xiaoliuqiu Island, Li Yuntian, like many people in the Ming Army, ushered in a snowless wax moon for the first time, which made everyone feel a little weird for a while, and the town also had a lot less atmosphere for the New Year.

When Li Zixi came back, he brought a small gift to Li Yuntian, and Zhang Laohan asked him to give Li Yuntian ten pairs of cloth shoes made by Zhang Laohan's wife to show his gratitude to Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, is naturally richer than Zhang Laohan's family, Zhang Laohan thought about giving Li Yuntian a gift to thank him, and at the same time, this is also a human exchange, so after thinking about it, he decided to let his wife make unparalleled cloth shoes by himself.

The reason why he thought of sending cloth shoes was because Zhang Laohan heard that Li Yuntian often had to be busy with official business in other places, and although the official boots looked very magnificent, they were not suitable for long journeys, so he thought of sending cloth shoes, which was also ingenious.

Li Yuntian smiled and accepted the ten pairs of cloth shoes, the shoes fit very well, the boat is very comfortable, it seems that Zhang Laohan knows the size of the shoes he is wearing from Li Zixi, although he helps Zhang Laohan and does not ask for anything in return, but Zhang Laohan can think of him in his heart, which really makes him happy.

"Lord Wang, King Aru has arrived at Chicken Coop Harbor, waiting for the summons of the prince." Just as Li Yuntian was trying on cloth shoes in the room, Wu Ziyan walked in quickly, bowed his hand to him and said in a deep voice.

"Let's go, let's meet Aru." Li Yuntian felt that the cloth shoes were very comfortable to wear, so he simply didn't change his official boots and walked out of the door.

Aru is the elected leader of more than 20 indigenous villages on Xiaoliuqiu Island, and his area of activity is located in the central and western regions of Xiaoliuqiu Island, with a number of 20,000 or 30,000 people.

After the marine troops of the Ming army entered the sphere of influence of Aru and other indigenous peoples, they sent people to contact them, conveyed to them the holy decree of the Ming orthodox emperor to recover Xiaoliuqiu Island, and preached the royal way to them.

In order to show goodwill, Li Yuntian asked the Ming army sailor who went to contact Alu to bring a batch of gifts as a meeting gift, which made Alu very happy, and specially took the Ming army's sailor to Jilong Town to meet Li Yuntian.

Aru had actually heard of Li Yuntian's reputation a long time ago, and there were originally Japanese robbers in his town, and they often bullied them, and those Japanese robbers talked about Li Yuntian, so Alu knew that Li Yuntian was the prince of the Ming Dynasty with great military achievements, both civil and military, and he could be described as the royal prince of the Ming Dynasty, so he admired it in his heart, after all, the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world today.

In addition, Aru was also very grateful to Li Yuntian for leading the army to drive away those Japanese robbers who bullied them, so that they could finally live a stable life in the future.

"Aru has seen the prince!" In the living room in the front yard, Li Yuntian saw Alu in a traditional festival costume, and knelt down at him after seeing Li Yuntian coming, and said in a somewhat stiff Hokkien language.

Alu is in his thirties, his mother tongue is the local native language of Xiaoliuqiu Island, because the people in Fujian and Zhejiang fled to Xiaoliuqiu Island for refuge, coupled with the rampant Japanese Kou, so he can also speak Japanese and Hokkien languages, but he is not very proficient.

"Hurry up, please." Li Yuntian stepped forward and enthusiastically helped Aru, he knew that Aru must have learned the relevant etiquette before he came to see him, so he would kneel down and salute after seeing him.

After all, this king of Alu is just self-proclaimed, and the Ming court did not admit it, and they are just a combination of more than 20 villages, so they must be civilians in front of Li Yuntian.

"Over the years, the Japanese have been rampant, and you have worked the island." After Aru sat down, Li Yuntian asked someone to bring the best West Lake Longjing, and smiled and motioned to Alu to taste, "But it will be good in the future, His Majesty the Emperor is going to set up a prefecture and county on Xiaoliuqiu Island, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty will invest a lot of financial and material resources to run Xiaoliuqiu." ”

"Lord Wang, I don't know how the villain can help the prince?" Aru knew that what Li Yuntian gave him must be the best tea, so he asked after taking a sip, a look of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Aru already knew that the Ming Dynasty was going to vigorously develop the Little Ryukyu Island, which was a great thing for him, one was that the Ming Dynasty was the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and he was proud to be the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the other was that if the Ming Dynasty garrisoned on the Little Ryukyu Island, those hateful pirates would not dare to come and harass them again, and give them a peaceful life.

Speaking of which, Aru was able to become the leader of the more than 20 indigenous villages precisely because he was able to deal with the rampant Japanese who often burned and looted in their villages, so that the indigenous people could not unite against them.

Aru had already clashed with the Wako many times, and the two sides fought inseparably several times, and then the Wako seemed to realize that Aru was not easy to deal with, and his behavior was somewhat restrained, and Aru paid the price of more than 1,000 casualties, which was a huge loss for their village alliance of only 20,000 or 30,000 people.

According to Li Yuntian's instructions, the Ming army sailors not only brought Aru a greeting gift, but also helped them repair their houses and treat the sick, which quickly won the favor of the indigenous people, making it easier for them to accept and submit.

"You know better about the shape of Xiaoliuqiu Island than this king, and this king wants you to send someone to assist the Ming Dynasty in setting up towns in the central and western regions, and you can all move to live in towns at that time." Li Yuntian also picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put down the teacup and said to Aru.

"Lord Wang, who is in charge of that town?" Hearing that Li Yuntian was going to build a town, Aru suddenly became interested, and looked at Li Yuntian with interest, he had never left Xiaoliuqiu Island, but he had heard that the town of Daming was made of bricks and stones, which was very beautiful and sturdy.

"The town is naturally managed by the officials of the imperial court, and the appointment and dismissal of all officials are the responsibility of the Ming Jiangwutang, which is done to better govern the town."

Li Yuntian heard that Alu was more concerned about the dominance of the town than interested in the town, so he said to him with a smile, "If you are not willing to enter the city, this king will set up a Xuanfu Division in the area where your village is located, and you will manage it, and the court will give you a lot of money every year, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Aru immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Li Yuntian with a smile.

Although he welcomed Li Yuntian's arrival, he was worried that Li Yuntian would deprive him of the rights at hand after he came, and now he heard that Li Yuntian was going to give him an official and officially become an official of the Ming Dynasty, and he naturally felt happy in his heart.

"However, this king has one condition." Li Yuntian knew that he had said what Alu was thinking, so he smiled and said, "You can serve as the Xuanfu Envoy of the Xuanfu Division for ten years, but after ten years, this king will send someone to replace you in the management of the Xuanfu Division, and the replacement candidate will be selected from the children of your Xuanfu Division who have passed the assessment of the martial arts hall, like our court officials of the Ming Dynasty, there is a term of office, and this king is tentatively set at four years, and he will decide whether he will be promoted according to his governance results." ”

The Xuanfu Division in Li Yuntian's mouth is different from those Xuanfu Divisions established by the Ming Dynasty, it is not Alu's private territory and is still under the jurisdiction of the local government of the Ming Dynasty, similar to the autonomous region of ethnic minorities, and its officials must be appointed by its superior yamen, that is, Jiangwutang, so as to avoid becoming an independent kingdom like those Xuanfu Divisions of the Ming Dynasty, which is not beneficial to the local development.

"This ......" Aru was slightly stunned when he heard this, he never expected Li Yuntian to make such a request, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so that his position as the leader would be deprived.

"The whole world is not the king's land, the coast of the land is not the king's minister, the leader of Aru, if it were you, would people have the same rights in your territory as you?"

Li Yuntian saw Alu's hesitant expression and knew what he was worried about, so he said with a smile, "This king can promise you that in ten years, the best achiever will be selected from your descendants to take your place, and whether he can sit in this position depends on his ability!" ”

"In addition, this king can tell you the news that this king is going to build a large port on the central and western coasts of Xiaoliuqiu, so as to strengthen the connection with the inland, and then there will be a prosperous trading port there, and if you can do business there, you will definitely be profitable, and if you change this king, you will definitely buy some land first, and it will definitely come in handy in the coming year."

As he spoke, Li Yuntian turned his words and said meaningfully to Alu, "Leader Alu, the south of the Ming Dynasty is full of flowers, don't you want to go there to see it, and want to live in Xiaoliuqiu Island for the rest of your life?" ”

"Xie Wang Ye mentioned that the villain is willing to give up the position of Xuanfu envoy in ten years." After listening to Li Yuntian's words, Aru was stunned, and then his eyes showed a trace of scorching light, and he arched his hand to Li Yuntian and said.

And it is precisely because of his dealings with the Naxi Wakou and the fleeing Ming people that Aru knows that the Ming Dynasty is as beautiful as heaven compared to Xiaoliuqiu Island, and the gentleman who taught him to read and write is a Ming person, so he has been influenced by the Ming culture since he was a child, and he wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty to see it when he was very young.

However, due to the holy decree of Ming Taizu to move to the mainland, those who stayed on Xiaoliuqiu Island were also regarded as Japanese by the Ming government, and people like Alu who looked different from the Ming people would be arrested into the government as soon as they landed, so his wish was in vain.