Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 431 Chapter 442: Immigration Overseas
Not long after, Li Hao, who was dressed in casual clothes, came to the hall. Ma Zhou waved his hand at the guards and said, "You step back, pass down the order, I want to reminisce with my old friends, and no one is allowed to disturb you, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless." !"

Ma Zhou's words were a bit heavy, which surprised the guards. He was just an old friend. As for this, and the guards were still puzzled. Li Hao looked only seventeen or eighteen years old. How could he become Ma Zhou's friend? old friend?
Although the guards were puzzled, they didn't dare to be negligent, and went away under orders. There were Chen Song and others guarding outside the hall, and I believe no one came in. After sending the guards away, Ma Zhou saluted, "My lord."

"Lord Ma, you've broken me." Li Hao bowed his hands and smiled back, "Master Ma, you are now the dethroned emissary of Jiangnan and Lingnan, with great power in your hands. I'm just a listed prince, how can I be worshiped by you."

Ma Zhou smiled and said: "The prince is the prince, this cannot be faked, even if Ma is in the next life, he will not be able to sit in the position of the prince."

Li Hao laughed and said, "Who said that, Mr. Ma, when you reincarnate in your next life, you should be more accurate and become a prince directly, hahaha."

One of Li Hao's jokes made Ma Zhou laugh too. In fact, this joke was a little cold, but who made the ancients laugh so low? Ma Zhou also laughed, like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years. Ma Zhou spread his hands Said: "Then let's discuss the relationship in a private capacity. Come on, poet mad, please sit down."

"Brother Ma, please sit down too." Li Hao pleaded, calling him Brother Ma, but Ma Zhou seemed to like it very much.

The two sat down, and Ma Zhou said: "Poetry maniac, you shouldn't have left the fief at such a risk. If it spreads to the court, those people will impeach you again."

Li Hao smiled and nodded: "Brother Ma is still worried about me, but don't worry, I've been very cautious and nothing will happen."

"That's good." Ma Zhou nodded reassuringly, and said, "You risked your identity to come to see me this time, you must have something important to do?"

"Brother Ma, who knows me!" Li Hao laughed, "I really have something to ask, and I want to ask Brother Ma to abuse his power."

"This..." Ma Zhou hesitated when he heard this. He is a man of integrity and integrity. He has never abused his power. Li Hao directly said that he would be allowed to abuse his power. He didn't know how to answer. Agree, it's against your heart, don't agree, everyone's relationship is so strong, and Li Hao has saved his life, so he feels embarrassed.

After hesitating for a long time, Ma Zhou shook his head and sighed, "Poetry Maniac, are you here to make things difficult for me?"

Li Hao laughed and said, "Don't worry, you might as well listen to my request."

"Okay, tell me." Ma Zhou spread his hands and asked him to talk, because based on what he knew about Li Hao, Li Hao was not the kind of person who would embarrass his friends. He was very curious about how Li Hao wanted to abuse his power.

Li Hao said leisurely: "I must have seen you when Shi Najie was in Chang'an, and you have also received my letter."

"Got it." Ma Zhou nodded.

Li Haodao: "Is it also decided about relocating the victims to Qiongnan?"

"It's settled." Ma Zhou nodded again and said, "Transfer [-] disaster victims to Qiongnan."

In fact, Li Hao knew all of this, but he still had to go through the motions to ask. The next step is to get to the point, Li Hao grinned and said: "Brother Ma, in the southeast of our Great Tang, there is a big The deserted island is called Liuqiu Island, do you know that?"

"I've heard about it." Ma Zhou said, "Liuqiu is too far away from Datang, and there are occasional storms and waves in the strait, making it inconvenient to pass through, so Datang didn't occupy it."

"Brother Ma is really knowledgeable, you know it all." Li Hao couldn't help praising, and then said, "Brother Ma, Liuqiu has already been taken by me."

"What?" Ma Zhou was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked in doubt, "How did you take Liuqiu?"

Li Haodao: "Opening a seaport and building towns over there, it is now prosperous."

"Ah?" Ma Zhou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked with a frown, "Where are you from?"

Li Haodao: "We got 2 people together, but it's still too little. Liuqiu has everything now, but there is a shortage of people, so... hehe, I want you to get me tens of thousands of people to go to Liuqiu. .”

"This..." Ma Zhou's eyes widened when he heard the words, and he exclaimed, "How is this possible? Where can I find someone for you?"

"You can." Li Hao said with a mean smile, "Did you forget that you are now two deposed envoys, as long as you make a mistake in the number of people when relocating the victims, you can draw tens of thousands of people to Liuqiu, it's not as simple as the old lady eating tofu, you say so." After he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows, and his smile was really cheap.

Ma Zhou finally understood why Li Hao asked him to abuse his power. This is really abuse of power, and it is a bit similar to human trafficking. If the court finds out, it will be a serious crime.

Li Haodao: "Brother Ma, let me tell you the truth, I plan to set off the era of great navigation, and Liuqiu is a very important seaport location, so it must be prosperous there, and in the end, it will still be taken over by Datang Yes, this is not human trafficking."

Ma Zhou asked worriedly, "You don't want them to do hard work, do you?"

"How could it be!" Li Hao raised four fingers and said, "I swear to God, if they go to Liuqiu, their life will be the same as before, no, it's better than before. Over there, there are fields and jobs. There are schools, clinics, everything except gambling houses and brothels, and most importantly, no tax!"

"So good?" Ma Zhou looked at Li Hao in disbelief.

"Of course." Li Hao patted his chest and smiled triumphantly, "Don't you look at who I am, will I collect taxes from them? It's against the law to collect taxes privately. Do I care about the money? , So far, all I have done is to spend money on construction for them, and I have invested nearly a million dollars in it, how about it, I am generous."

Hearing this, Ma Zhou couldn't help thinking about it. Although Li Hao occupied Liuqiu Island, he didn't seem to have done anything out of the ordinary. Even if the court found out, he wouldn't blame Li Hao. Strictly speaking, Li Hao should be praised , because it was Li Hao who built Liuqiu. When Datang took possession of Liuqiu, it was simply a treasure land, saving a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

However, Li Hao immediately added another sentence: "But don't tell others about this matter, and don't play it."

"Why?" Ma Zhou frowned when he heard this, and he was sneaky about doing such a big thing, which made people have to doubt Li Hao's intentions.

Li Hao smacked his lips and said: "You also know that there are too many clowns in the court, and there are really a lot of people who oppose me, especially the eldest grandson Wuji, the emperor listens to him the most, and I have not been favored recently. If they fan the flames and the emperor sends other people to take over Liuqiu, who knows what will happen, I still only believe in myself."

Hearing the words, Ma Zhou couldn't help sighing. He agreed with Li Hao's words very much. In terms of ability, looking at Datang, Li Hao is the number one, and no one dares to be the second. However, Li Hao is now out of favor and wants to do something for Datang How sad it is to be sneaky.

At this thought, Ma Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, Poet Maniac, I'll make an exception and abuse my power for you once, how many people do you want?"

Li Hao slapped his hands up: "Fifty thousand."

"Hiss—so much!" Ma Zhou couldn't help but gasped.

"It's not enough." Li Hao rolled his eyes and said, "This time the emperor will definitely bring back many prisoners of war when he attacks Goguryeo. After you go back, ask the emperor to send all the prisoners of war brought back from Goguryeo. Come to Qiongnan, and I will secretly transfer some of these prisoners of war to Liuqiu to do coolies."

Ma Zhou frowned and said, "But, 5 people, that's not 5000 people, it's easy to be found out."

"It can't be found out." Li Hao said, "It's not that I don't understand the tricks in the officialdom. When you collect the victims of the disaster, you charge a little more, and you charge tens of thousands more than the quota. Those local officials are probably laughing, after all. Help them reduce their burden, and then send 5 people to Liuqiu on the way to send the victims to Qiongnan, and send the rest to Qiongnan. Don't worry, Cui Peng, the governor of Yazhou, has already said hello to him. I'll turn a blind eye."

"You can do it." Ma Zhou couldn't help shaking his head and sighing with a smile, "What's your plan for taking such a risk?"

Li Hao suddenly turned serious, and said, "The picture shows the Age of Discovery."

This is the second time Ma Zhou heard Li Hao say this term, and he couldn't help asking curiously: "What is the age of great navigation?"

Li Hao said solemnly: "In the era of great voyages, our Datang sent a large number of fleets to sea, sailed to other countries for trade, to declare our prestige, to earn gold and silver from abroad, to carry forward our culture of Datang, to show off our culture of Datang. Overbearing power can truly make all nations submit, and let the broad culture of the Chinese nation rule the world."

Ma Zhou was fascinated when he heard the words, and after a long time he couldn't help sighing: "Li Shikuang is Li Shikuang. Your vision is unmatched in the world today. It's not like the group of people above the court. They are short-sighted. In their eyes, Only power."

Li Hao waved his hands and said with a smile: "I can't help boasting, don't you praise me, let's discuss an agenda, and sell those victims as soon as possible... Ah bah, moving to Liuqiu, I will feel relieved as soon as possible."

Ma Zhou nodded and said: "Okay, tomorrow I will order the states and counties to send the disaster victims to Leizhou, and I will also go there to collect ships. How about sending people to Leizhou to meet them?"

"Leizhou is a bit far from Liuqiu." Li Hao frowned, "How about Gaozhou?"

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "Okay, then Gaozhou."

"That's the deal." Li Hao rubbed his stomach, felt his stomach growling, and suddenly grinned and said, "Brother Ma, I'm hungry, treat me to a meal."

Ma Zhou was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled helplessly: "You...you are here to play the autumn wind, well, maybe we haven't seen each other for a long time, let's go to Fumanlou, let's have a drink."

For Li Hao's behavior of eating and drinking, Ma Zhou is not disgusted at all, but feels happy. You know, Ma Zhou is usually very frugal. Although he can't keep up with Wei Zheng, he is not far behind. Ma Zhou has such a temperament to take out a little of his private money to treat guests.

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