There were about 2,000 people at the site, mainly building forts and ports, and a few miles behind Xu Shishi, nearly 5,000 people were expanding the new city.

The Ming army occupied the local old city and renamed it Da Luo Fu, which was the second government established by the Ming army after the old port house.

After the completion of Da Luo Mansion, plus the Da Luo Port here, the Ming army is very close to the Kingdom of Malacca.

There were also several groups of people working at the scene, including the Yue people who came from Jiaozhi, the people of the Angkor Dynasty, and the local natives.

The Ming army was a Yue and managed the Angkor people and the local natives.

Among them, the Yue and Angkor people can communicate and speak similar words.

When the natives choose some of the natives of the old port as small leaders, they can also communicate.

Because the old port area has been occupied by the Chinese for a long time, the locals can speak some Chinese.

Xu Shishi knew that the imperial court had established academies in Jiugang and Daluo, and all local children had to go to school and learn Chinese, and stipulated that after twenty years, the entire peninsula could not speak the local dialect and other languages in official and formal settings.

"Here, it will always belong to our Daming in the future." Xu Shishi thought silently.

"100 households, 100 households." At that moment, someone shouted in the distance behind him.

Xu Shi turned around and saw that it was the general flag of a subordinate surnamed Ma.

This guy was the Ming army of the expedition to Jiaozhi, there was no mother-in-law at that time, and then he married a Yue people's little lady, and then he didn't plan to go back, and now he is with his mother-in-law, stationed in Daluo, and the family has divided thirty acres of land, paid taxes, and the days are quite good.

But now there is a lot of training in the army, and sometimes he has to go to sea, so when he is busy with farming, Xu Shishi will also go to help, and the relationship between the two is very iron.

"Pony." Xu Shishi turned around and walked over.

Ma Zongqi trotted over and grinned: "My mother-in-law has given birth again, can Baihu accompany me to find Mr. Zhu and choose a good name." ”

Ma Zongqi has no culture, he doesn't know a few big characters, Xu Shishi is slightly better, but he doesn't know much, but Xu Shishi and Mr. Zhu are more familiar, so Ma Zongqi came to ask him.

"Let's go, I'll take you." Xu Shishi took Ma Zongqi back to Daluofu City.

Da Luofu City is probably in the north of Luogan County in later generations, the original city walls are all earthen cities, after the Ming army occupied it, it began to expand, adding pieces of bluestone, and the circumference is expanded to about ten miles, which is not a small city.

However, the local population is too small, and construction is slow.

The two of them went all the way, and they could also see many family members and locals farming and planting sugarcane.

In addition to being self-sufficient in grain, the local government can also pay taxes to the Saigon envoys, and the sugar cane grown to make brown sugar (brown sugar) is sold around.

Not long after, they came to a corner in the east of Daluo City, the city wall here has not been repaired, and it looks relatively desolate, but there are several rows of houses that have not been built for a long time, and they are still relatively atmospheric, and the outer walls are newly painted.

Outside the door is a continuous farmland, and there are family members doing farm work, and when they see them coming, they look at it from a distance and continue to work.

There are a few children running and playing in the field, all of them are Akito.

Two of the children ran in front of them, laughing and running.

The younger ones are probably only three or four years old, and they may be careless, plop, and fall.

"Ahh Xu Shi hurried over and helped him up.

After the child got up, he first straightened his clothes, and then respectfully learned to clench his fists with adults: "Thank you, General." ”

"Haha, you're welcome, you're welcome, are your father and uncle there?"

"Yes." With that, he turned around and pointed to the walled courtyard gate behind him.

Xu Shishi nodded to him with a smile and strode away.

Ma Zongqi should be the first time to come, and while walking, he looked at it and said strangely: "There are still scholars who are willing to come here, for my Ming Dynasty, is this a place of panic?" Hee-hee. ”

Xu Shishi didn't want to say it, but thinking about it, there are quite a few people in the army who know: "Do you know who they are?" ”

"Who is it?" Ma Zongqi said strangely.

"The surname is Zhu." Xu Shishi whispered.

Ma Zongqi was stunned, and suddenly realized, his face changed greatly: "They -—— live here-—— just like that-—— they don't even have guards——"

He stammered, clearly in disbelief.

"There are military households guarding us all around, what do you want guards?"

"Your Majesty is benevolent, I heard that after the completion of Daluo Mansion, he may want to let his descendants come out as civil officials."

"Your Majesty is not afraid?" Ma Zongqi asked in surprise.

"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not afraid of it. Can this still make waves? ”

After a while, they came to the door and knocked first.

"Is Mr. Zhu here?" Xu Shishi asked loudly.

The door of the courtyard soon opened, and there was a very beautiful woman sticking out of it.

Xu Shishi heard that she was the former queen Ma Enhui.

"Mr. is here, Xu Baihu is here again." Ma Enhui said with a smile.

"I've seen the sister-in-law of the Zhu family." Xu Shishi is older than Zhu Yunwen, but he still calls the other party his sister-in-law.

After entering, I saw Zhu Yunxi and his younger brother Zhu Yunxi playing Go in the courtyard.

The two were smiling, and although they were wrestling, they still looked amiable.

Seeing Xu Shishi coming in, Zhu Yunwen smiled at him and nodded.

Mr. Xu first met Mr. Da Zhu, and then Mr. Erzhu, and then said:

"Mr. Zhu, this is my subordinate general banner pony, his mother-in-law gave birth to three children, I want to ask Mr. Zhu to give him a name."

"Congratulations to Mr. Pony." Zhu Yunwen laughed and stopped first.

Turning around, he walked back and forth in the courtyard a few times, and then said slowly: "Now this is also my Ming territory, there are quite a lot of Han people, Ma Zongqi is a garrison military household, when protecting the family and the country, guarding the Han people, let's call Ma Weihan." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhu, thank you, Mr. Zhu." Mr. Ma said happily.

"Let's kill a chicken today, why don't Xu Baihu eat here before leaving?" Ma Enhui said with a smile.

"No, no, excuse me." Of course Xu Baihu didn't dare, he took Ma Zongqi and thanked him again, and then turned around and left.

Not long after Xu Baihu left, their fourth brother Zhu Yunxi returned.

"What is Zhang Fu looking for you?" Zhu Yunxi asked strangely.

Zhu Yunxi sat down and drank a sip of water first, and then smiled bitterly: "Zhang Fu brought the will of the imperial court to build Daluo Mansion here, which is divided into six counties. ”

"Gao-Your Majesty asked the three of us, who would like to come out to be the county commander, and among the three, two can come out."

"What?" Zhu Yunxi was dumbfounded, with a look of disbelief.

Zhu Yunwen also looked dazed, but quickly shook his head: "If you are willing, you can come out and do it." ”

After that, he sighed: "I can't even govern a country, how can I govern a county." ”

The two younger brothers looked at each other.

Zhu Yunxi asked again: "What else did Zhang Fu say?" ”

"Our old Zhu family can be an official or a military officer here for generations, but the highest civil official cannot exceed four ranks, and the military general cannot exceed 1,000 households."

"Can you go back to Daming?" Zhu Yunxi asked suddenly.

"No, either transfer to other islands in the South Seas, and never return to Daming."

Zhu Yunxi's expression was dejected.

Zhu Yunwen said: "Now this is also the Ming Dynasty." ”

The three brothers were noncommittal.

As soon as Xu Shishi returned to his camp, a confidant came to report, and the commander Fang Yanping looked for him, and he would go to the guard command envoy yamen for a meeting at the morning and tomorrow morning.

Xu Shi answered, probably to talk about going home.

They had a temporary bunker for each of their 100 households, surrounded by grain fields and sugar cane fields.

Xu Shishi went to the east of the fort, where there was his house.

When I got home, I saw a dark-skinned mother-in-law busy working in the farmland in front of her house.

This is the mother-in-law he was looking for in the local area, a native of Sumatra.

Xu Shishi is overseas all the year round and also needs to solve related problems.

The imperial court also often sent single ladies from Yue and Angkor, who were willing to take home.

He didn't take a fancy to the Vietnamese Angkor, but to a Sumatran native, and he was also frightened at that time.

The native couldn't communicate with him in language, and both of them used gestures.

After a long time, there is a tacit understanding, usually he pats the other party's back, and Tuniang knows to turn around and lie down.

Xu Shi also started as a tool man, and after a long time, he still has some feelings.

The other party is very gentle and knows how to take care of him.

Once he was sick, and the other party was also busy.

But Xu Shishi didn't want to bring her back to Daming, mainly because he was afraid that the villagers would make fun of him.

"Mo, I'm leaving." Xu Shishi walked up to her and gestured to her, pointing overseas.

The woman smiled and nodded, thinking that he was going to patrol the sea again, training at sea.

"Not coming back." Xu Shi gestured again, but the woman still smiled at him, and pointed to the field, meaning that this year's harvest was good.

Xu Shi was annoyed and disturbed, and he was speechless that day.

Early the next morning, he came to the command yamen as promised, and found that there were many people inside, almost all of them officers and sergeants who were preparing to retire like him.

Among them, the sergeants are all old military families over the age of 40, and some of them came out with their sons that year, so there are many fathers and sons together.

Fang Yanping warmly beckoned everyone to sit down on the spot, and there were more than 100 people sitting on the scene, and then they were all talking to each other.

These military families come from several provinces across the country, but they have become good brothers after so long overseas and in the old port.

Xu Shishi also sat next to a few Suzhou villagers, all of whom were Zhenhaiwei's old brothers.

There is an old Xu Tou, who is in the same village as him, he is forty-two years old, and he is definitely going to retire, he is too old to run.

"Brother, be quiet, Commander Fang has something to say." A thousand households shouted at this time.

The scene slowly fell silent.

Fang Yanping walked to the front, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "Ben will receive the holy decree, first on behalf of His Majesty, thank you brothers for being stationed in the open sea for many years, guarding the eight directions for the Ming Empire, promoting overseas prestige, and making great contributions." ”

"Your Majesty said, thank you very much, brothers, I wish you all a smooth journey."

After saying that, Fang Yanping clasped his hands into fists and gave a simple salute to everyone.

The crowd was suddenly moved, and some people immediately shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." ”

"Hooray." Many people were crying out at the same time, because they were leaving the barracks for many years.

Then Fang Yanping said, according to the latest Ming law, military households, whether hereditary or not hereditary (mainly depends on the rank and whether they rebel against the pro-army), are chosen by the military households.

The crowd listened intently.

Before the rebellion war, the soldiers and horses who participated in His Majesty were not treated the same as those who followed His Majesty after the rebellion war.

Among the avant-garde of the old port was the Ming army that originally conquered Annam, which was classified as following His Majesty before the rebellion.

The former Zheng He's sailor was classified as following His Majesty after the rebellion.

Xu Shi and Lao Xu Tou turned their heads and glanced at each other, scolding Tao Degui in their hearts, special mother, you wouldn't have surrendered Your Majesty earlier?

(End of chapter)