Guo Beiyu, the head of the Hangzhou business group, said that he had made the right choice, but when the 15 large cargo ships slowly left the newly built Haikou wharf, his heart was still frightened.

The things carried on this ship are already all the family wealth of nearly half of the Hangzhou business group-

He was on the deck holding the side of the ship, panting, but pretending to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Haikou wharf.

At this moment, the seagull chirped in the air, chasing the white waves set off by the sailboat.

The tall crane in the distance was still spinning, and within two years, the large pier here was beginning to take shape.

But I don't know why, this place is called Haikou Port, not Qiongzhou Port, just like they directly built a new Yazhou Port, but they prefer to name it Sanya Port.

The acquisition of the entire Hainan Island is a matter of course.

At the beginning, after the Hantang Group unexpectedly won Yazhou City, it didn't care about anything else, and started construction directly, and the construction of Sanya New Port and the construction of Tiandu Iron Mine became one of the key projects at that time.

The materials they need are all provided by the Hantang Group, and technical personnel can also be available, but the basic labor force is also lacking by the Hantang Group - it can only be solved locally.

At that time, Hainan was a local government agency in 3 prefectures and 10 counties under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou.

At that time, the prefect Jiang Yihong was not only a local man, but also a maritime merchant family here.

Originally, the locals were not allowed to be the head of a place, but the characteristics of the last days are that everything is contrary to common sense.

Even the commanders of Hainan Wei here are locals, of course, they were still managed in the name of temporary representatives at that time.

Where is the Ming court still having the opportunity to send officials here again.

The war situation on the Ming Continent is now becoming more and more chaotic, and the prefect Jiang Yihong and the commander of Hainan Wei are also frightened all day long.

At that time, they suddenly heard that Yazhou City was occupied by overseas bandits, and they immediately beat their chests, I am finished, there are Tartars inside, and there are pirates outside!

The two of them looked ugly

The wife of the prefect Jiang Yihong advised him not to panic.

The reason is very simple, the pirates have been occupied for many days, if they are powerful, they must have come to fight for the capital city of Qiongzhou, the wealth and big merchants of Hainan are concentrated here, Yazhou City, that is the place at the end of the world, what is the output?!

A sentence woke up the dreamer, yes, pirates, just for money, they robbed enough and left; If the power is big, they would have come to rob the capital city of Qiongzhou a long time ago, and the two thousand soldiers here - they would have been rotten for a long time, if the Li people took the opportunity to make trouble, they would not be the opponents of those people, let alone pirates!

At this time, the "attached" Li people had been incorporated into grassroots organizations such as Tu, Du, and Township, and were subordinate to various prefectures and counties, and paid grain and errands like the Han people.

The prefect Jiang Yihong gritted his teeth and discussed with the commander of Hainan Wei and decided, let you grab it, I don't believe that you can still grab any treasures in Yazhou City, and you will leave if you have grabbed enough!

Together, they reorganized the government soldiers of Qiongzhou Mansion and the surrounding township soldiers, and found the big families in the city to explain the current situation one by one - take the lead in taking out some property, at this time, everyone should not worry about money, there is no stimulation of money, those soldiers can't fight, don't ask them to go out to fight, even if the pirates are coming, it's hard to say whether they can hold the city.

Hainan Island is lonely overseas, I didn't expect the Tartars to come, but the pirates did!

Hainan Wei commanded that his family was also a local merchant, and he bowed his hand to everyone, donating some money, the imperial court has not pulled out money and grain for several years, and now at this time, it is time to use people again, and the previous donation is too little.

It's not a matter of money!

Among those big households, there was a big grain merchant who pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Prefect, although the government is mainly engaged in Siam business, you may have heard of the Han Tang Group in Taiwan, right?" ”

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the commander of Hainan Wei suddenly remembered that there was a group of maritime merchants who were said to have come to their big city in Antarctica and occupied the big city of Relancha in Hongmao!

How can they be pirates, there are goods selling their goods in Qiongzhou City, but they are more expensive-

The big grain merchant thought for a moment and said, "Ordinary pirates, where can they have such neat clothes--as the Lord just said, thousands of people are equally dressed, exactly the same-"

One sentence woke up the dreamer again, yes, which of the pirates is not dressed in tatters, and even the government soldiers are not as good??

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, was indeed a merchant, but he only operated tin goods from Siam to the Ming coast.

Back then, when Zheng He went south, there were many people who stayed in Siam.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Daming's overseas activities were still very frequent.

At that time, in order to promote the national prestige, Ming Chengzu sent Zheng He to lead the fleet to tour the south seven times, taking the Western route.

Siam is located on the sea route from Vietnam to Malaysia, and is a must-stop destination.

At that time, there were already Chinese businessmen living in various parts of Southeast Asia.

Tin is an important output in Siam, and it can be profitable to operate it.

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, immediately asked: "If it is really the Hantang Group, will Ji be released?" ”

The big grain merchant immediately said, "Wait and see—"

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the commander of Hainan Wei glanced at each other, but they couldn't feel it.

They immediately sent out men to investigate seriously.

Later, the news came again, and sure enough, those were all the family members of the Hantang Group, and everyone figured out the reason for the matter, it turned out that there were local officials who did evil first, which annoyed people, and the matter was easy to handle.

Everyone was relieved, Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the commander of Hainan Wei immediately drove the villagers back to their original places, and they ate a lot all day!

Then he sent people to negotiate with them, at this time, the big shopkeeper of Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, said that they are now selling tin to the Hantang Group, and the profits from the operation are far greater than in the Daming coast!

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, went home and discussed with his wife for a long time, it is better to join forces with the Hantang Group, as long as he can let his family still operate tin - Daming's hope is already small, and he has to find a way back.

Keeping the capital city of Qiongzhou is the key.

It is rare that Commander Hainan Wei also thinks so.

In other words, one of the consequences of having locals as local officials is that they don't take locals with them to die!

Because, what they consider at this time is the interests of their own family.

Especially when there is no hope for the future.

After learning in detail about the strength of the Hantang Group, Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the commander of Hainan Wei sent representatives to take refuge in the Hantang Group.

At that time, the Hantang Group was not ready for the refuge of the whole of Hainan, and only issued one condition, which was to temporarily follow the steps and exempt Qiongzhou from various taxes for half a year, and the local administrative expenses would be borne by the Hantang Group!

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the commander of Hainan Wei discussed it again, and for a few years, there was no contact with Ming morning, so this condition should be accepted.

However, these two people did not immediately disclose the news, but dealt with it according to the top-level design.

Because the Hantang Group did not send troops to station, or to receive something, it happened that the two of them left behind.

Ordinary merchants and ordinary people still don't know about this.

It's still like that on the market, but there is no charge for it, and many local officials have also received the official money they have owed for a long time-

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the commander of Hainan Wei didn't even tell their families, for fear of revealing the news.

They summoned all the merchants and reported that it was indeed because of me and other local officials who bullied the merchants of the Han Tang Group and caused them huge losses, that they occupied Yazhou City and wanted to claim for the losses-

At that time, everyone was in a daze, and it seemed that they were going to pay the money again—but as soon as they said that they were going to build a wharf, and that they would pay for the loss, they were happy again, and very well, let them build it.

In the midst of the peace, there were also discordant incidents, and local officials accused them of making peace with pirates in private!

Jiang Yihong, the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and Hainan Wei commanded the two to hurriedly review the crimes of the officials and take them down!

Of course, I don't embarrass them, let them isolate themselves from everyone for the time being, and reflect - how long will it take, let's talk about it.

The rest will be easy.

At that time, the recruiters of Hantang Group were in various states and counties, brazenly recruiting basic labor for the construction of Sanya Xingang and the construction of Tiandu Iron Mine, and no one could stop them.

Fortunately, the wages they paid were still very strong, and many local officials found that recruiting labor from them actually benefited the local government.

Due to various reasons, the construction of Haikou Port was much earlier than the construction of Qiongzhou Fucheng.

This is why Guo Beyu, the head of the Hangzhou business group, never went back after walking around the Qiongzhou Mansion at that time, preferring to stay on a cargo ship.

Everything is still in tatters.

At this time, the north of the Qiongzhou city wall is more than 400 zhang from west to east, and the surrounding area is 1,253 zhang, 2 zhang and 7 feet high, and 1 zhang and 8 feet wide.

The pheasant moat is 1,830 zhang, and the nest shop is 37 zhang in total.

1,287 zhang of the moat, 3 zhang 2 feet deep, 4 zhang 8 feet wide, 380 zhang of the earth city outside the west city, the west, south and north also open three gates, build the enemy building on each other, call it "sub-city".

With such a scale, it is just the level of a "town" of Hantang Group, no wonder Hantang Group wants to build Haikou Port first, how can Hantang Group operate a city of such a size?

It is not as big as Hangzhou City and Nanjing City.

Of course he didn't know the reason here, and of course, he didn't care.

It took less than two days to travel by sea, and this group of cargo ships, under the guidance of the Nakan Yushi, arrived at the Beibu Gulf of Annam.

The Kanyu master said: "Guo Dashang, this place is uninhabited for a hundred miles - it is better to occupy more space!" ”

Guo Beyu, the head of the Hangzhou business group, raised his monocular to look at the coast at this time, and sure enough, as the Kanyu master said, behind a tidal flat, there is a flat coast, and the grass and trees on the coast may be scarce because of the fire, but on the mountains not far from the coast, the grass and trees are vigorous.

He handed the telescope in his hand to the master and said, "I signed a contract with that Zheng official, and I should abide by it, even if it is no man's land, it should not be taken lightly." Look again, is it here? ”

The Kanyu master had been salivating over this object for a long time, and he knew that it was called a telescope, but the price was too expensive for him!

However, he has only completed this business, and he must be able to buy it.

He took it with both hands, pretended to look around, and sure enough, he could see it more clearly than usual!

In fact, he is a person who has an eye for all kinds of terrain, and he also has a compass produced by the Hantang Group, which is extremely accurate, so the direction of the guide will not be bad - this is it!

At this time, the Kanyu master also saw the captain of the cargo ship holding a sextant, looking at his watch and not knowing what he was doing, only to see what he was writing down in his notebook.

He knew it was called a sextant, but he wouldn't use it at all.

Guo Beiyu, the head of the Hangzhou business group, said coldly at this time: "I didn't see any traces of human activity on the shore just now, how did you find this place?" ”

Hearing this, the Kanyu master was a little frightened, and said, "The small one has indeed been tested in a pit, but it is only in a depression, and it can be found now." At the beginning, I also found it in the county town a hundred miles away, and spent a lot of silver taels. ”

"Okay, now you can lead someone up there and dig more to show me."

After the Kanyu master really went ashore in a small boat, he led the sailors to find a position, and after digging back a lot of wet coal, Guo Beiyu, who had been staring at him with a telescope, had a gentle eye and said, "All land!" ”

So, everyone started to get busy.

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