If there are many overseas governors of Qi, which occupies the most extensive territory, it is the Qianzhou Governorate District, which includes the vast South African region, the former Portuguese Mozambique, the former Portuguese Angola, and Hailing Island (now Madagascar), covering an area of more than 2 million square kilometers, spanning two oceans, and its strategic position is also extremely critical.

But if there is one governor whose domain is the most populous, it is the Viceroy of Annam.

As the nearest viceroyalty to the mainland, it can easily receive a large number of Qin immigrants, which has a natural advantage compared to other parts of the Qi State.

By the 16th year of Taiping (1720), the population of the entire Governorate of Annam was 1.6 million. If we add the hundreds of thousands of Annamite, Khmer, Gia Lai, and Cham people in the territory, the number is more than 2 million.

In order to prevent the overseas governor's territory from becoming large and out of the control of the central government, the cabinet government of Qi divided the Governor of Annam into two pieces in the 23rd year of Taiping (1725), the former Huaying Kingdom (now Phu An, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam), the Nam Phong Kingdom (now Bang Ma Thuot, Kun Song, Vietnam, in 1705, it was divided between the Champong Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom), Lin'an (now Vung Tau City, Vietnam), Shun Duc (now Ba Di City, Vietnam), Nam Binh (now Cam Ranh City, Vietnam), Hung Yen (now Nha Trang City, Vietnam), Coastal areas such as Vinh Binh (present-day Tuy Hoa, Vietnam) and Xinsheng Island (present-day Phu Quoc Island) were still part of the Governorate of Annam.

Hung Chau (present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai Province, Binh Duong, Long An, Tien Giang Province, etc.) and the Golden Ou Peninsula (present-day Mekong Delta) were incorporated into the Governorate of Runzhou.

It can be seen that the Governorate of Annam included all the strategic points and important ports in the region, while Runzhou included most of the densely populated areas and grain-producing areas under its rule, so that the two formed a pattern of not being subordinate to each other, but controlling each other.

In fact, as early as seventy or eighty years ago, the Qi State had no intention of seeking territory in the Annam region and establishing overseas colonies.

Because, it has been inherited for thousands of years, although it was not finally included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, but it was deeply influenced by Chinese culture, promoted Confucianism, spread Han customs, and even the history books, Zhiluo (local chronicles), laws, and royal records of the region were written in Chinese, and the upper ruling class also took speaking Chinese as a noble status symbol, and boasted of being Little China in the south.

In addition, the humid and hot environment of Annam, which has always been a "land of smoke miasma", as well as the fierce folk customs that do not accept the "kingization", all made the Central Plains Dynasty have to withdraw from the region and let it stand on its own feet in a short time after invading Annam. Hanzhou was first established, and his body had not yet grown, so he did not dare to touch the place.

At the beginning, the state of Qi only occupied a small island in the southwest, Xinsheng Island, as a transit point for immigrants from the mainland to and from the mainland of Hanzhou. In the face of the Annam Zheng and Nguyen clans, who were still fighting for life and death in the region, Qi State was confined to the weakness of its own strength, and always maintained due respect, and did not get involved in the civil war between them.

However, during the First Sino-Dutch War in 1639, the arrogant King of Quang Nam, Nguyen Phuc Lan, was seduced by the Dutch East India Company and sent more than 2,000 troops to attack Xinsheng Island.

As a result, it was defeated in a battle by the island's armed village soldiers and the strong defensive forces composed of immigrants, killing and wounding more than 1,400 prisoners, and even the commander Nguyen Thieu Long was captured alive, which made Quang Nam lose face.

Subsequently, the annoyed and angry Quang Nam sent more than 4,000 elites from the north to attack Xinsheng Island.

However, more than 1,000 musketeers were gathered on the well-prepared Xinsheng Island, and under the cover of dozens of artillery pieces, it was no surprise that they inflicted heavy losses on the invading enemy troops, and the commander of the Quang Nam National Army, Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, and more than 10 generals and 2,300 soldiers were captured, killed and wounded more than 1,400, and almost the entire army was destroyed.

The people of Qi who were sent away were a little annoyed, and your Guangnan country is endless? With this idle effort, why don't you go north, destroy the Zheng family, and unify Annan, but provoke us again and again!

It's really easy to bully us when we are Hanzhou!

After the end of the war with the Dutch East India Company, Qi mobilized a large number of ships and began to retaliate against Quang Nam, raiding its coastal areas, destroying their towns and villages, plundering their property and women, and plundering the entire Quang Nam Kingdom into endless panic.

A few years later, in view of the continuous military pressure exerted by the Zheng clan in the north on Quang Nam, in order to avoid a long-term two-front war, Quang Nam had to give in and was forced to negotiate peace with Han Zhou at that time.

After the establishment of the foundation of the Qi State, with the continuous growth of strength, on the basis of consolidating and strengthening the two migrant transit and supply points of Xinsheng Island and Nanping, they began to actively intervene in the situation in the Annam area.

If the north is strong, then the south of Quang will control the Zheng clan, and if the south wins, the city will be occupied to attack the Nguyen clan, so that the two sides of Annam can never achieve reunification and maintain the existing balance of power.

In order to further weaken the strength of the Trangh and Nguyen clans of Annam, in addition to supporting and arming the Occupy Crown Kingdom, the Qi State even personally went into battle and carried out military strikes against them, successively defeating the capital of Quang Nam, Phu Xuan (present-day Hue, Vietnam) and the capital of Annam, Thang Long (present-day Hanoi), not only forcing the two families to cede land and pay compensation, but also making them agree to open the domestic market.

Now, decades have passed, and the power of Qi in the Annam region has become stronger and stronger, as if it has become the dominant force in the left and right regions, while the Ruan and Zheng families have become weaker and weaker, not only politically reduced to the vassal of Qi, but also economically controlled by the commercial capital of Qi, becoming a dumping market for Qi's goods.

Nanping, as the government residence of the Antam Viceroyalty and the headquarters of the Navy's Annam Fleet, gathered a large number of colonial officials and naval officers and sailors, coupled with countless merchants who traveled from south to north, making the city extremely prosperous and noisy.

Fan Agui and the others had dinner, and it was already the beginning of the lanterns, and several wide streets were lit up one after another, lined with colorful banners on both sides of the road, and the whole city was dressed up in a particularly bright and colorful manner.

In his cognitive world, the urban layout of my Daqin should generally include the official yamen, street shops, noisy vegetable markets, as well as military camps and city walls, which may be a little messy and dirty, but they are lively enough. At night, it is dark everywhere, and there are few pedestrians.

But what kind of city is Nanping City in front of you?

High-rise buildings and noisy streets are lined with shops filled with a wide variety of goods. The streets, the houses, are neatly planned, the city is very clean, and there is not even a trace of horse manure and human urine on the streets.

It's really strange, don't all the horses pulling the carts excrete?

Originally, I went out of the restaurant and wanted to find a secluded place to pee, but under the light of the street lamp, there was nothing to hide.

Moreover, it is all dark, why are there so many people wandering around the streets, and they are not afraid of being taken by the officers who patrol the streets to admonish and interrogate?

Hey, what is the woman doing with all the flowers?

Why are you smiling at me?

"Agui, what are you doing?" Fan Xingbao stretched out his hand and patted Fan Agui, and asked angrily: "What, do you want to go to the brothel to play tricks?" ”

"Huh?" Fan Agui was stunned, then his face turned red, and he muttered, "How can I have this thought?" I'm just ......, I'm just ...... Glanced at her. …… I don't have that mind! ”

"Hey, hey......" Fan Xingbao laughed, "You'd better not have that mind." These women, looking at their appearances, are mostly Annamite people, who have been tricked into coming over to do this skin and meat business. At the end of the day, I don't know how many people I will receive, but if I am not careful, I will get sick and it will be too late to cry! ”

"Fourth brother, I'm ...... I don't have that mind. Fan Agui saw that several brothers were looking at him with disdain, and he was a little anxious, "When I came, my father and mother also explained, don't cause chaos along the way." When you arrive in the country of Qi, everything must be ordered by the third uncle. I really just took a look at it, I really didn't have that mind! ”

"Okay, okay, I know that you are loyal and honest, and you don't have any thoughts!" Fan Xingbao shook his head and said, and then he was going to take a few brothers of the same clan towards the direction of the dock.

Their noise in the street had already attracted the attention of the police patrolling the streets, and two skinny policemen had their batons drawn from their waists and looked sideways.

Under the light of the street lamp, after discovering that it was several men with Han faces, he hesitated for a moment, then stopped, and watched their backs leave.

"In the future, when you go to Qi country, you can save 100 yuan by working hard for a few years, and if you want to marry a daughter-in-law, you can sell a beautiful Japanese woman, or a Korean woman. Of course, if you want to save money, you can also get a native woman, and it is no problem to have children, but it is most likely impossible to let the family teach each other husband and children. ”

"Why can't you marry a Han woman?"

"Absolutely. That requires you to save some more money, without a bride price of one or two hundred yuan, who will easily marry your daughter to you? This is also something that can't be helped, our Qi country is a country of immigrants, and for so many years, there have always been more men and fewer women. If there are fewer women, won't it be particularly expensive? Therefore, in our Qi country, if you marry a daughter-in-law, you have to give a large amount of bride price to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the amount is much more than in Qin! ”

"Huh? …… My obedient, marrying a daughter-in-law in Qi country, will cost a few hundred yuan? In our Jiang Jiagou, a few bags of white noodles, a few pieces of cane sugar, and a few simple pieces of jewelry can marry a beautiful daughter-in-law! ”

"Hahaha...... don't you want to think about how many people there are in your Qin State, how many people are in our Qi Kingdom, and in the process of immigration for so many years, the gap between men and women has always been very large, but it has made it more difficult for people to marry daughters-in-law! So, before I brought you to Qi country, I reminded you, it's best to say that a daughter-in-law will come with her, and after you arrive in Qi country, you can also save a lot of bride price, right? ”

"Isn't it because we're poor that we can't talk about daughters-in-law? Look, when I make money in Qi State, I will definitely return to Qin State in style and marry our most beautiful mother-in-law in Jiangjiagou. ”

"Well, that's a good idea. But have you thought about it, how much does it cost you to return to Qin from Qi State, and then marry a daughter-in-law and bring her back to Qi State? Oh, with this kung fu, it is better to spend a high price and marry a local daughter-in-law in the country of Qi. ”

“…… Well, it seems to be too. You said, there is a shortage of women in your Qi country, why don't you get more from outside when you emigrate? Now, it is difficult to marry a daughter-in-law! ”

"Whew! Do you think that our Qi country has not thought of a way for this? When you arrive in our Qi country, you will know that in addition to our Han women, there are many native women, Indian women, Persian women, and even Western women from Europe, all kinds of things. As long as you want, you can marry home! ”

"Huh? …… What do those Yi Pozi look like? ”

"Blonde hair, blue eyes, high nose and deep eyes, well, and fair skin, which is completely different from our Han women."

"Fourth brother, aren't you talking about being like a monster?"

"Hahaha...... how can you look like a monster? It's a little weird, but looking at it, it's a bit exotic. ”

After more than 90 years of development, the population of Qi is nearly 30 million (excluding local aborigines), and it is definitely one of the most populous countries in the world, except for Qin.

Moreover, as a country of immigrants, the population structure is extremely young, with an average age of only 27.5 years, a relatively abundant labor force, and the fertility rate has remained high as the material standard of living has improved.

However, there is a very embarrassing problem in the internal structure of the population of Qi State, that is, the imbalance between men and women.

Gain, in the decades-long immigration process, the proportion of male immigrants is too high, so that the proportion of men and women in the country has been in a state of imbalance.

According to the census data of Taiping in 16 years, the ratio of men to women in Qi has remained at about 112:100. It is important to know that there is almost no phenomenon of drowning or discarding female babies in Qi State, and some overseas trading companies are still carrying out a certain scale of female slave trade, and then resell them to the vast number of men who have a demand for "daughters-in-law" in China.

There is no way, there are too many historical debts, and if you have to put it aside fifty or sixty years ago, the imbalance between men and women is even more exaggerated, and the data of 135:100 has been there. Those new immigrants who want to marry a daughter-in-law often wait for seven or eight years at the longest. Moreover, the more remote the area, the more imbalanced the ratio of men to women.

After decades of hard work, the Qi government has bought a large number of young women from Japan, Korea, Annam, Siam, Myanmar, India, Persia, and Europe through various channels, and married many bachelors in China, and finally greatly reduced the ratio of men and women.

In fact, with the dominance of Qi in the Nanyang region and the strength of the Han people, it is not difficult for a bachelor to marry a native woman.

But a man with a little money in his pocket, who doesn't want to find a "serious" woman as a wife?

The natives are stupid, not only dark-skinned, but also thin and small, like a female monkey.

When you're hungry and thirsty, it's okay to tease you a few times. But if you want to marry and go home, it will be a joke.

That's right, as the state of Qi grows stronger and stronger, even ordinary people think a little highly of themselves. The Central Plains Dynasty, which used to be the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, has gradually disappeared, so how can the wild monkeys on Nanyang Island still be worthy of the identity of the people of our great country!

Isn't that just a bunch of talking "tools"?

In the Qi State, in order to solve the problem of the difficulty of marrying a daughter-in-law for a large number of bachelors, some "well-intentioned people" specially introduced a large number of young women from traditional oriental civilization circles such as Qin, Japan, Korea, and Annam, matched them to domestic men, and then charged a lot of "introduction fees".

It is reported that this kind of activity has become a special and lucrative huge industry.

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