Although the company commander specifically instructed the Governor to pay more attention to the Nguyen father and son, the Governor did not deliberately treat the father and son favorably, because he did not want to damage his reputation or let other prisoners gossip.

After achieving the goal of dismounting, Governor Zhang ordered the prisoners to be dispersed to the barracks and lived, so that after they had dinner with the existing laborers, all of them were locked up in the barracks to rest and wait for the next morning's work.

The food on the plantation was not good, and the prisoners had to eat their own crops, gruel made from rice, and some stewed vegetable leaves, so that they could only slaughter the fat pigs raised on the plantation and eat a meat meal during the New Year's holidays.

After dinner, the prisoners ...... Oh no, now they should be called laborers, and the new laborers listened to the complaints of the old laborers about their tiring work, lying on the hard beds, with confusion about their future life, smelling the strong smell of sweat and feet in the barracks, and slowly falling asleep.

It is only in their dreams that they can return to the life they had when they were still on the mainland, enjoying the delicious food and the service of their subordinates.

At seven o'clock the next day, the soldiers beat gongs and drums and ordered the laborers who were still sleeping in the barracks to get up, and the laborers reflexively got up from their beds when they heard the noise, and the new laborers did not dare to slack off, and they also got up after the others, and followed the others out of the barracks, and lined up on the school field outside the barracks.

The laborers did not have the idea of washing, or the overseers did not intend to give them this time to do useless things, and after the laborers had assembled, the soldiers took the list one by one, and made sure that everyone was ready, and then took them to eat the gruel cooked with rice and sweet potatoes as a caloric support for the morning's labor.

After breakfast, the gate was slowly opened, and under the escort of soldiers armed with rifles, the laborers with tools walked out of the fence with chaotic steps and came to work in the fields outside the wall, not all of them needed to go out to work, and some of them were assigned to pigsty and stables to feed livestock, and the pigs, chickens and ducks they kept in captivity were the existence that could help them improve their food, so they were very attentive.

And the horses in the stables are even more precious, once something happens to the plantation, someone needs to rush out on a fast horse and report to the city of Baifeng, if the horses are raised to lose weight or something else happens, the laborers in charge will be hanged.

Even so, the laborers preferred to be assigned here, because the fields outside were occasionally raided by hordes of natives to kill the laborers, and it was dirtier and more tiring than it was, but at least safe.

After a morning of work, the workers were given an hour's rest time to eat lunch and replenish their strength, and through this effort, the newcomers also took the initiative to talk to the old workers, hoping to learn more about the conditions and rules of the plantation, and prevent accidentally violating any taboos.

The old laborers did not refuse, and after such a conversation, most of the newcomers had a deeper understanding of the plantation, and Ruan Mei also took the opportunity to inquire about the origin of some of the old laborers.

The laborers in this plantation are not all exiled prisoners from the mainland, but also local criminals and bought foreign slaves from Yingzhou Dusi, and the funny thing is that even in this enslaved plantation, there is still a chain of discrimination between the laborers, the Han people discriminate against laborers of other races, and those foreign slaves are at the bottom of the chain of discrimination, and everyone jokingly calls them barbarians.

……

While the prisoners who were successfully escorted to the plantation became hard laborers, the prisoners who escaped from the chaos did not suffer well.

The 23 prisoners who escaped from the chaos were unfamiliar with the place and did not have any lighting equipment, so they could only run around in the dark.

That night, eleven of the twenty-three people died because of poisonous snakes, natives, or other causes, and five unlucky people fell into the hands of the natives, but although they fell into the hands of the natives, the natives did not kill them directly as they imagined, but after being knocked unconscious, they were captured back into their tribe.

Chen Yuanliang is one of them.

Before he was exiled to Yingzhou, he was also a member of the household department, after the East Window incident

He was exiled here, he was reluctant to be imprisoned in the plantation and died here for the rest of his life, and a large number of immigrants were accommodated in the Yingzhou Prefecture, and there was no household registration system, as long as he escaped incognito, no one would catch him.

Therefore, when he saw the natives attacking, he decisively took advantage of the chaos to escape, and was about to escape, but he was unlucky to meet the retreating natives head-on, and was captured alive after being knocked unconscious by the natives.

When Chen Yuanliang woke up, he found himself tied to a tree with several other prisoners, in the middle of a native tribe, the tribe was extremely dirty and messy, and human household garbage and leftover food scraps could be seen everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yuanliang only felt a tumbling stomach and almost wanted to vomit.

The other prisoners also came to their senses, and when they found themselves in their environment, they all cried out in horror, and their cries soon attracted the attention of the other natives, who were smeared with all kinds of paint, so that people could not see their true faces, and the fierce natives gathered around them, and muttered something to them.

At this moment, a man surrounded by everyone walked through the crowd and walked in front of Chen Yuanliang, Chen Yuanliang fixed his eyes and saw that this man was actually wearing their Han silk robe, and behind him was followed by a long-haired man who looked obviously Han.

"Welcome to my tribe." The man, speaking Chinese with a strange accent, said to Chen Yuanliang and the others, "I am the leader of this tribe, you can call me Hong, this is the name that Mr. Sun chose for me."

After speaking, the Han people behind him bowed slightly to a few people and introduced themselves: "I am Mr. Sun as the leader said, the leader is not as barbaric and rude as other natives, I was entrusted by the leader to leave behind to educate the people.

All the gentlemen have been exiled here by the imperial court, and it is better to stay here and educate the natives with you than to be thrown into the plantation and toiled all their lives as slaves on the plantation."

Chen Yuanliang and a few others looked at each other, and one of them swallowed his saliva and said, "But they cannibalize people, so barbaric, how can they obey the king?"

"Definitely." Mr. Sun waved his hand and said, "After the persuasion below, the natives of my clan no longer eat people, but if you don't want to stay, go outside, the natives outside will still eat people."

Speaking of the latter, there was obviously a bit of threat in his words.

Chen Yuanliang and the others heard the threat in his words, and they all swallowed their saliva, what choice did they have now? I could only agree to come down and express my willingness to stay.

Then the chief ordered them to be loosened and laid down, and cordially greeted some of them, and ordered them to prepare food and shelter, so that some of the gentlemen could rest.

After Chen Yuanliang and the others were taken away, the leader looked at Mr. Sun and said, "Mr. Sun, with more of your clansmen joining, I think my plan to unify the nearby tribes will soon be realized."

"It's too early to say that." Mr. Sun waved his hand and said, "In addition to knowledge, the benefits of armaments are equally important, my Great Xia is to use sharp firearms to expel the Tartars and sweep the world, if the leader can obtain the Great Xia firearms, it can be successful."

"As long as I can get enough firearms to arm the clansmen, I can sweep through the other tribes and become the only king of this area, just like the heroes in those stories that Mr. said."

Speaking of becoming king, the chief's face was full of yearning, he and his people had to constantly migrate into the interior due to the colonial expansion of the Xia people, and in order to resist the Xia people, he decided to learn the system of the Xia people.

Therefore, he took Mr. Sun and his mother, who happened to pass by, into abduction, and forced Mr. Sun to submit to him by threatening his mother, and taught himself Chinese to change some backward rules of the ethnic group.

At the same time, he also asked Mr. Sun to tell them the story of the Han people, and under his narration, the leader also knew some heroes in Chinese history, and he greatly admired Cao Cao, the hero of the Three Kingdoms, and was determined to become the unification of the native people of Yingzhou Island, become the king of all the native people, and establish a native country that belonged to him.

For the leader of this wild king, forced

Although Mr. Sun's face was full of fanaticism, he was very disdainful in his heart, if it weren't for his old mother's inconvenient legs and feet to run, he would have run away with his old mother a long time ago, where would he stay to accompany this barbarian.

"Damn barbarian, when my Great Xia official army is killed, you all have to finish playing!" He secretly spat and scolded in his heart.

……

Capital.

"Bong

Day carries the emperor

The edict said: I have obtained the order of inheriting the heavens, Qin Ruo has been trained before, supplemented by the construction of the domain, and the edict of the ancient sage king is also the order of the Ming pro-sage. The prince Su Chen'an, expensive and frugal, handsome and learned, talented, very happy, hereditary replacement of the prince of Qin, given Shang Fang sword, on behalf of me to inspect the western frontier, all lawless ministers, can be cut first and then played, to clear the rule of officials.

Announce to the world, and make the salty envoy known.

Greatly.

June 25, 20th year of Wu'an."

The holy decree was issued, and the second prince Su Chen'an, who had just turned sixteen, had a solemn face, shouted long live in his mouth, took the holy decree in the hands of the eunuch, and after he stood up, he looked at the worried queen mother on the side, smiled slightly, and said: "The queen mother, it is the child's wish to be able to tour the west on behalf of his father, the father is the co-lord of the world, and he cannot leave Beijing at will, the eldest brother is the crown prince, and he also needs to assist his father in handling state affairs, and the child is now sixteen years old and can afford this responsibility."

"Anyway, you're still too young, and your father is really right, so isn't he unavailable?" Empress Zheng was a little angry and said.

The eunuchs and palace maids who did not retire on the side were a little embarrassed when they heard this, and the eunuch who delivered the decree saluted and said, "Yu Niangniang, Your Majesty did not only let His Royal Highness King Qin travel alone, but also the King of Huainan will also tour the west together."

"King Huainan?" Empress Zheng frowned slightly, and said, "Isn't King Huainan on duty in the Governor's Mansion, if he makes a tour to the west, what will happen to the Governor's Mansion?"

"The slave and maid do not know." The eunuch replied respectfully, "The slave and maid have only come to deliver the decree, please allow the slave and maid to retire for the time being."

"Stand down." The queen waved her hand, her brows were still frowning, thinking about the intention of Su Yan's move, if it was said that the second prince was the king of Qin and let him tour the west in order to train him, then what was the necessity of letting Su Ci, the king of Huainan, go forward together, was it to prepare to let Su Ci be the main and Su Chenan to be the auxiliary?

The same question also came from Su Ci's mouth, he personally entered the palace to meet the emperor, and asked Su Yan what the task of letting him tour the west with him was, in the face of Su Ci's question, Su Yan replied indifferently:

"Chen'an, this kid is still young, I don't feel at ease to let him go alone, Su Fu is in Japan, and Dingyuan is the person in charge of the Governor's Mansion, so I can only let you go into battle, and you have been in Beijing for so many years, don't you often shout that you want to go out, this is just what you want, let you go and see the customs and customs of the west."

"That's true, but what is the minister going to do?" Su Ci asked.

"Just look at Chen'an." Su Yan waved his hand and said, "Although he is still young, he has always had an idea in his heart."

After speaking, Su Yan added: "You set off on the first day of the seventh month, stay there when you arrive in Xijing, and go to the northwest provinces to inspect more, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are so close to Beijing that there are people who dare to protect and endanger the people, I don't believe that the remote northwest can still rule the Qingming like the officials played."

Speaking of the back, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

Su Ci nodded in response and said, "Understood."

Regardless of whether Su Ci really understood it or not, five days later, on the first day of the seventh month, the chariots of the King of Qin and the King of Huainan drove away from Jiangning, passed through the gate of the inner city to the bustling Xiaguan Port, from where they boarded a boat to cross the Yangtze River, landed at Pukou on the other side of the Yangtze River, and continued to Xijing.

Starting from Pukou for nearly half a month, the car drove away from the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, and entered the territory of Henan, Henan, as a representative of the Central Plains, has always been the most densely populated area in all dynasties, after the development of the Great Xia Kingdom in the past 20 years, the population of Henan has also recovered a lot from the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In the countryside between the prefecture capitals, the number of villages has gradually increased, and when you walk on the wide, flat official road, you can see the dense farmland as far as the eye can see, and you can see many farmers with farming tools carefully tending to the crops in the fields

Looking forward to the upcoming harvest.

Qin King Su Chen'an came to Henan for the first time, he curiously opened the curtain of the carriage, peeking into the outside world, everything outside he can only understand in books and the teachings of the master, not intuitive, now it seems that the outside world is far more colorful than the book, the ancients read thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.

Su Chen'an began to look forward to what would happen after arriving in Xijing, Xijing is located in Qindi, echoing his title, if this is placed in the previous dynasty, then Xijing is where his fief is located, but this dynasty has canceled the rules of the prince's outer seal, and they all have to stay around the capital, and the opportunity to go out is only rare.