The imperial capital to Qiongzhou is thousands of miles away, and the traffic is only horse-drawn carriages and big ships, and you have to transfer.

Along the way, at night, he had to find a place to stop, and he was in a hurry during the day, and the carriage was very slow, even if Zhu Zi was fast, it took a month to reach the destination.

When I came to Qiongzhou, the first feeling was desolation, and the second feeling was that it was deserted.

This can't be helped, in the first year of Yuan Feng, South Vietnam was pacified, and Zhuya County and Daner County were set up on Hainan Island.

After more than 1,000 years, in the first year of Hongwu, the Qiongzhou Prefecture was promoted to the Qiongzhou Prefecture, which governed 13 counties in Danzhou, Yazhou and Wanzhou, and changed the South China Sea Islands to Yazhou jurisdiction. The Qing Dynasty basically followed the Ming system. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Qiongzhou Prefecture led 1 prefecture and 7 counties: Danzhou, Qiongshan County, Chengmai County, Lingao County, Ding'an County, Wenchang County, Huitong County, and Lehui County.

Even after more than a thousand years, the development of Qiongzhou has still not been improved, and it has still not received attention, which is why everyone calls Qiongzhou a wild place.

Approaching autumn, when the autumn air is high and cool, there are gusts of hot wind blowing here.

Qiongshan County, Haikou.

"My lord, do we have to wait every day, from the imperial capital to Qiongzhou, thousands of miles apart, there is no March or May, there is no way to arrive at all."

"Your Majesty's order, I just arrived not long ago, it was the prince who came, and it must be slow and leisurely along the way, we wait like this every day, when will it be a head."

The soldier, dressed in cloth and holding a broken weapon, couldn't help but complain.

Since a few days ago, an order came from the imperial capital, saying that King Tan had changed his title to King Qiong, and he was already on his way here, so let them greet him.

But tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much, I have been waiting for several days, and I haven't even seen a shadow, and I still have to wait here.

"You say, a prince, what to do when you come to our place where birds don't, you are already poor, and you still have a prince."

Another soldier next to him was also Ying He.

"Alas, prince, I hope this prince is a fuel-efficient lamp, we can't afford to build it here."

"Wait, Your Majesty personally gave the order, we are already poor, if we don't even receive the prince, Your Majesty will blame it, we can't afford it."

Sang Zhao also smiled bitterly.

As the highest official in Qiongzhou, he is the commander of Hainan Wei, and in terms of identity, he is a third-grade official, but even those nine-grade officials of the Ming Dynasty are inferior, and even the clothes on his body are sewn and repaired.

Qiongzhou is really poor, and he doesn't understand why a prince would fall in love with Qiongzhou, a place where birds don't.

"I heard that this prince is confronting His Majesty above the court and taking the initiative to ask for the division of Qiongzhou."

"Your Majesty was angry, so he agreed, it is estimated that there are a lot of fuel-efficient lamps, but I heard that this prince cares about the people, and it is for the people that he came forward to confront His Majesty, but he has the courage."

A middle-aged man in an official uniform came from behind.

"Prefect."

When everyone saw the comer, they all bowed slightly.

The person in front of him is the prefect of Qiongzhou, Wang Zhi.

"You are very bold and dare to contradict Your Majesty, if it is really as you said, you care about the people, then this prince will come to Qiongzhou, and he may be able to change Qiongzhou."

Sang Zhao nodded slightly, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He doesn't know this yet, he cares about the people, and confronts His Majesty for this, this is not something that everyone dares to do, the prince enjoys stability in the imperial capital, how can he care about the life and death of these people, it is quite surprising that such a person can come out.

"I hope so, if the purpose of King Qiong's coming is really for the people, then why not let us obey him."

"Qiongzhou has been poor for a long time, relying on us, we can't change anything, we can only pin our hopes on this King Qiong."

Wang Zhi's eyes were a little more expectant.

As the prefect of Qiongzhou, no one knows the situation in Qiongzhou better than him, Qiongzhou is such a big place, the population is only more than 200,000, it is still scattered, many families, survival is a problem, and there are many displaced people.

Many times, he wanted to change this status quo and go to the imperial capital, but it was all gone, there was no response, and Qiongzhou was slowly surprised.

If it weren't for the appearance of the prince this time, no one would remember this place in Qiongzhou, the sense of existence is too low, and no one pays attention to it at all.

"It's not early, let's go back, I won't come so late, I'm waiting tomorrow."

Wang glanced straight at the sea, then at the sky, beckoned to the people around him, and prepared to leave.

"Is there a ship at sea?"

Suddenly, a soldier near the beach pointed to the sea in confusion.

"How is it possible, Your Majesty has ordered the sea to be banned, and no one can go out to sea to fish."

"It's so late, and there shouldn't be anyone on the other side."

Sang Zhaoleng paused, obviously not believing what the soldier said.

But though they didn't believe it, they came to the side of the sea and looked at the sea.

"I'm dazzled? Is there really a ship on the sea? ”

Sang Zhao rubbed his eyes, looking surprised.

It shouldn't be, at this time, how can anyone be at sea.

"No, you read that right, there really is a ship on the sea, and it's still coming to us."

Wang Zhi's eyes looked straight at the sea, wanting to see the people on the boat.

But the sea is still a long distance from the sea, and you can only see the outline of the ship from a distance.

"The prince won't be on that ship, will he?"

The petty officer standing in the back guessed.

Now that the edict of the ban on the sea has come down, the fishermen are not allowed to go to sea, and the possibility of being fishermen is almost zero, so it can only be the people on the other side of the shore, who have to come over.

The people on the other side of the strait should not come at this hour, so who will they be?

"Impossible! How long has it been since the order came down, how could the prince have arrived, from the imperial capital to Qiongzhou, the road is far away, and it must be very slow along the way, it will never be possible to arrive so quickly! ”

Zhang Ren decisively vetoed what the junior official said, guarding here every day, waiting for the arrival of the prince, just to show the people above, never thought that the prince could come so early.

"Wait a minute, maybe."

Wang Zhi interrupted everyone's argument, whether the person who came, whether it was the prince or not, they would know after a while.

There are other people who come, and it is not too late for them to go back, not for a while, if it is the prince, they will leave directly, but it is a big crime, they dare not take this risk, and would rather wait a little longer.

If it was the prince who was waiting for him, they wouldn't have to wait here day and night.

Everyone then fell silent, and looked at the boat on the sea.

Soon, the ship on the sea, getting closer and closer to them, was able to see the whole picture of the ship, this is a merchant ship, not big, but not small, the boat can not move smoothly on the sea at all, can not withstand the baptism of the waves.