Qiongzhou Mansion, which was Hainan in later generations, was Zhu Gaoyu's fief.

When the old man chose a fief for Zhu Gaoyu, many people were curious about where Zhu Gaoyu would be sealed.

Zhu Gaoyu is the queen's favorite son, and in such a big matter as choosing a fief, the old man can't do it alone, and he must ask his daughter-in-law what she thinks.

The queen will definitely consult her youngest son's opinion.

Many people secretly speculated that Zhu Gaoyu would be sealed to those rich places.

There are even people who think badly, if His Royal Highness King Yue takes a fancy to Nanchang, will His Majesty kick King Ning back to Fengyang's hometown to farm and redistribute Nanchang to His Royal Highness King Yue.

However, after Zhu Gaoyu's fief was decided, everyone was dumbfounded when he learned the location.

Qiongzhou.

People who live in the Central Plains all the year round have the impression of Qiongzhou that it is a remote and smoky place.

The imperial court's punishment for exile was in these areas, and Qiongzhou was second only to Nu'er Gandusi.

They couldn't figure it out with their feet, how could His Majesty choose such a place for His Royal Highness King Yue?

Could it be that His Royal Highness King Yue has fallen out of favor?

That's impossible.

With the queen mother here, Your Majesty is angry again, and he will not send King Yue here.

Later, as the news broke, everyone understood.

It is not His Royal Highness that has offended His Majesty, but His Royal Highness Yue Wang himself has asked for it, and it is strongly recommended.

His Majesty and the Queen Mother persuaded for a long time, but they couldn't persuade anymore, so they agreed.

Choosing Qiongzhou Mansion, Zhu Gaoyu made the choice after careful consideration.

In the future, his main direction of development is in the waters of Southeast Asia, and he needs to build an outpost that will serve as a springboard across the entire Southeast Asian seas.

In the future, even if the Australian mainland is found, Qiongzhou can also be used as a transit point to transport the displaced people and immigrants of the Ming Dynasty to the Australian mainland.

What's more, the climate here is pleasant, which is suitable for the growth of various crops.

In the future, you can take out all kinds of strange food, and you can also use the special terrain here as an excuse to perfunctory past.

Moreover, it is rich in fruits, which is his main source of income in the future, and the terrain can develop maritime trade, which is simply a golden bag.

There is no need to worry about food, he has a golden finger of space, as long as he saves enough Xuanhuang Qi, he can open up more fields.

When the fields reach a certain number, let alone millions of people, he can feed the entire Ming Dynasty.

Not only can you make money, but you don't have to worry about food, you can develop maritime trade, build your own naval base, except for the population, a little troublesome, this is simply a fiefdom tailored to him.

"Your Highness, you're back."

The fleet had just docked, and a middle-aged man in a housekeeper suit ran over in surprise and greeted him with a big salute.

This person's name is Haisheng, and he is the manager of Zhu Gaoyu's fiefdom, that is, his chief steward.

was originally a Hongwu Jinshi, but because he offended Shangguan, he had not been promoted for many years, and he was depressed, so he had to resign and return to his hometown.

By chance, Zhu Gaoyu met the other party.

After talking, I think this person is good, he doesn't have the pedantry of a scholar, but his thinking is very quick.

Of course, the only drawback is that he is too straight to see dirty things.

Under Zhu Gaoyu's appreciation, he sincerely invited the other party to become his butler and help him take care of the fiefdom.

Haisheng also lived up to expectations and did things in an orderly manner.

There are some things that Zhu Gaoyu just explains, and the other party can handle them properly.

"Well, I'm back."

Zhu Gaoyu said hello with a smile, looked at the port that was almost under construction, and the city in the distance, and said with relief in his eyes: "Lao Hai, I have worked hard for you in the past two years that I am away." ”

Haisheng smiled modestly and looked at the fleet that was unloading.

"Your Highness, do you have to store all these things in the warehouse?"

Zhu Gaoyu glanced back and waved his hand.

"Eighty percent of the gold, silver, and gold and silver utensils are left, and I will take back the remaining two layers, and all the seeds in terms of goods will be left, and the rest will not be touched." (All the silver, gold and gold and silver items contained in it, the protagonist left eighty percent, and the goods were not touched for the time being.) ）

The two walked to a ship that was unloading one after the other, Zhu Gaoyu pointed to the things that the soldiers had moved down and said: "I have all the seeds for those goods, the climate here is very good, most of them can be planted, you go back and arrange for people to start planting." ”

Haisheng, who was behind him, listened carefully while quickly recording what Zhu Gaoyu explained.

It's not that Zhu Gaoyu doesn't want to keep more things, but after all, he is going to the sea to trade on behalf of the imperial court, if he stays too much here, don't say that the old man will be happy when he goes back, and it will be good if he doesn't cut him with a knife.

Like pepper or something, Zhu Gaoyu doesn't look down on it at all.

As the affairs of Ceylon spread throughout the southeast sea, Zhu Gaoyu harvested more and more Xuanhuang Qi every day, and now it has reached 15 per day.

During this period of HNA, Zhu Gaoyu opened up two more fields, and now he has 4 fields in his illusory space.

Two of them are fixed for growing grain, and the other two are for planting various spices and fruits.

He is not afraid of spoiling the things he planted.

Zhu Gaoyu tried it at the beginning.

The food produced in the space field can be stored in the void space and will not deteriorate, while the real items will rot after a few days, except for seeds.

Zhu Gaoyu didn't think about storing things and then following the fleet to resell.

But I don't know what's going on in this space, except for all kinds of edible melons, fruits, grains and seeds, the others will turn into nothingness.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoyu, who planned to rely on this wireless storage space and prepare to make a fortune, completely failed in his plan and could only be honestly transported by boat.

After arranging the cargo problem, Zhu Gaoyu and Haisheng took a car to the city.

"How's the situation with the recruitment of displaced people?"

As soon as the car started, Zhu Gaoyu asked him what he was most concerned about.

In the future, whether it is to conquer the seas of Southeast Asia or to open up the territory of the future of the Australian continent, a huge number of people will be needed.

At this time, Qiongzhou was sparsely populated and could not support Zhu Gaoyu's future development plan, so he could only immigrate from the main road.

It is difficult to fix the population, so Zhu Gaoyu set his sights on those victims of the disaster and the displaced people who do not have a hukou.

When he went to sea, he handed over this matter to Haisheng.

Haisheng, who was still looking at the notebook in his hand, heard Zhu Gaoyu ask about immigration, sighed, and his face showed sadness.

"Since you left, fewer than 50,000 students have been recruited, and most of them are old and weak."

"So little!"

Knowing that Haisheng had only recruited more than 50,000 people for more than a year and nearly two years, and most of them were still old and weak, Zhu Gaoyu's brows furrowed suddenly.

More than 50,000 people sounds like a lot, but compared with Zhu Gaoyu's future plans, this is not even a drop in the bucket.

"The student is ineffective, please punish His Highness."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoyu was really a little dissatisfied as expected, Haisheng hurriedly pleaded guilty with a look of shame.

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand impatiently, "If you can't recruit someone, there must be something wrong, with your ability, I believe you have done your best, get up and talk about what's going on." ”

Zhu Gaoyu's attitude of absolute belief made Haisheng even more ashamed in his heart.

His Royal Highness believed in him so much that he handed over the entire Qiongzhou Mansion to him to manage, but he did not complete His Highness's explanation, which made him feel ashamed in his heart and felt that he had betrayed Zhu Gaoyu's trust in him.

"Back to Your Highness, we can't recruit people, there is indeed a problem here."

Zhu Gaoyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Haisheng, "...... in detail"

Haisheng didn't speak, but looked at the twin maids who were silently serving beside him.

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand, and the two maids hurriedly walked out.

When there were only two people left in the carriage, Haisheng slowly spoke: "We can't recruit people, it's not that we give us bad treatment, it's not that those homeless people are not moved, but someone in the court has taken action to prevent us from doing all this, and we are not allowed to take away the homeless people for various reasons." ”

"Who?"

A touch of coldness flashed in Zhu Gaoyu's eyes.

Haisheng seemed to have already investigated, pursed his lips, looked left and right again, leaned closer to Zhu Gaoyu's ear and said two words.

Hearing these two words, Zhu Gaoyu's slightly frowning brows tightened a little.

After being silent for a long time, he sighed lightly and looked in the direction of Jinling, "You are really not as simple as you imagined, it seems that you have already figured out my thoughts." ”