Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 160 Xiangjiang Village Port

In the 14th year of Yongle, it was a summer, and a teenager surrounded an island at the mouth of the Pearl River.

Xiangjiang Island is just a small island, not even as big as Zhoushan Island.

But its geographical location and development prospects are very huge.

Zhu Zhanchang went to Xiangjiang once in modern times. At that time, he just finished his high school exam and his parents took him out for a trip.

It was the first time that a child in a small mountain city saw an international metropolis, with many high-rise buildings, busy traffic, roads and bridges in Hong Kong movies, and Asir in TVB dramas, all of which made him feel novel.

The modern Xiangjiang Island is the world's top international metropolis, with a busy port and a detached economic status.

It's a pity that it's just a desolate small fishing village now, desolate and barren, you can see it all at a glance.

The fishermen in the fishing village saw the sudden arrival of the big boat, and they took out their swords, some of which were agricultural equipment.

Thought it was pirates and pirates, but after seeing the flying flag of the Ming Dynasty, they put down their weapons.

The old man of Xiangjiang Village is named Liu Nan. He is a 50-year-old extremely emaciated old man who was tortured by the sea wind.

In the fleet, Liu Shifang, a household official from Guangzhou Prefecture, went up to talk with the village elder Liu Nan.

After coming and going, it is still the family, and the ancestors are all from Chaozhou.

Liu Nan stepped forward to salute Zhu Zhanchang: "The old man in the fishing village has never seen such a big battle, and I hope His Highness is not surprised."

"Do you recognize the Daming flag?"

"I know that there is a Daming flag in the Jiulong Water Village on the other side. I have seen it many times."

"Kowloon Water Village?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanchang was a little puzzled, Liu Shifang stepped forward to explain: "His Royal Highness, the coastal defense facilities in the area of ​​Shuizhai are not up to the scale of the garrison, and many of them are not regular military households, many are fishermen and farmers, local With a strong clan concept, it is easy to form small-scale water villages, and the Guangzhou government grants them certain authority and also stipulates that they must protect the local residents.”

This is a special place that combines local folk customs. Zhu Zhanchang of Kowloon Water Village does not understand it, but Kowloon Walled City is famous, and this water village will develop into Kowloon City Walled later.

Without the Kowloon Walled City, the inspiration for Hong Kong films would be less than half.

Xiangjiang Village is a good port. Zhu Zhanchang called Zhang San: "Zhang San, where are the people from the shipyard."

Several shipyard craftsmen followed, and Zhu Zhanchang boarded the big boat again and pointed to the land on the other side of Hong Kong Island, about two kilometers away, and said, "I think there can be a port on the other side."

The craftsmen were shocked: "Your Highness, how did you see it."

"The place looks really good, but it can only be confirmed after an on-site inspection."

The craftsmen all expressed their approval of Zhu Zhanchang.

How did you know?Do you know if you will come back in the future?

In the future, the Victoria Harbour will be called Wanggang Port of Pearl River County.

There's no reason our ports have foreigners' names hanging on them.

"Let's do it, when I get to Guangzhou House, I will order to build a port here, and you will bring people here."

"Understood, Your Highness."

Everyone still does not understand why Zhu Zhanchang is so determined to develop Xiangjiang Island.

The gateway port of the marine age has a superior geographical location. Even if it is not deliberately developed, the geographical location determines that it will develop naturally.

Moreover, since there are few natives in Xiangjiang Island now, this fishing village is full of [-] or [-] households, and there are a few small villages in other places, but there are only [-] households, so it is easy to resettle and plan.

If the port is built into the Guangzhou government, it will be a headache just to divide the interests with local officials and local clans.

Zhu Zhanchang's consideration is very simple. It is a natural and good port with no entanglement. In the future, high-rise buildings will be built on the ground, and thousands of sails will be exhausted, and thousands of boats will compete for flow.

It can be expected that because there will only be one port in the first batch of opening the sea ban, it will inevitably lead to competition from various places. The coastline of Guangzhou Prefecture is long, and there are not only one or two places that can be used as ports.

The first port must be at the right time and place, and it is equivalent to doing a unique business.
Of course, Zhu Zhanchang had his own way to deal with them.

"The port needs soldiers, and there are a large number of soldiers, to guard the port's shipping, and also to combat smuggling and leakage, Yang Song."

"Subordinates are here."

"I will give you a team of 2000 people to set up a guard on Xiangjiang Island after I become a feudal lord in Guangzhou. I will also manage the Kowloon Water Village. Are you confident that you will do well?"

"It will live up to His Highness's expectations."

People from Xiangjiang Village watched the group of dignitaries pointing and painting in this place.

"Old Villager, who are these people?"

"Tsk tsk, you have opened your eyes today. This is the grandson of the fifth emperor today. This old man has seen this time in his life as a descendant of the royal family."

"Grandson, hurry up and bring your daughter, what if the grandson takes a fancy to it?"

"You don't even look at what your daughter looks like, and you still want to be seen by others."

"What's the matter, it's better than you, a widow, just thinking about seducing a man, bah."

……

The noisy village names were all watching, and the Jiulong Water Village on the other side also sent people over. Because they saw the Daming army flag, the Jiulong Water Village came to see what was going on, and they were afraid of pirates and Japanese pirates.

The man who was sent over looked at the steamboat man in front of him and was dumbfounded. What kind of iron wall is this? The ten artillery pieces on both sides are powerful enough.

"I don't know which department you belong to?" The man said with a military salute.

"Pearl River County Prince's Mansion."

"Prince Pearl River? Never heard of it."

"The news will come down in a few days. I think your military salute should also be a member of the military."

"In Xia Jiulong Water Village, Xiaoqi Mabu."

People in the army still recognized that the opponent's grade was much higher than his.

"Go back first. The Prince of Zhujiang County controls the strength of Guangzhou's troops, and you will all be his soldiers in the future."

The man returned in anger, and was sent away by soldiers only on the periphery. Any of these banned troops was of a higher rank than him, and he didn't even see the face of the Prince of Pearl River.

Zhu Zhanchang settled here today with a swipe of a pen. Civil and military officials still felt that it was inappropriate, at least they had to discuss with local officials, so when they re-boarded the ship to rest, many people came to persuade Zhu Zhanchang.

Among them is Chen Youshan.

As one of the two people brought by Zhu Zhanchang, Chen Youshan came out to persuade Zhu Zhanchang at this time, and the reason was the same, that is, he had to respect, at least on the surface, the officials and elites of the Guangzhou government. The outside meaning is that he is afraid that Zhu Zhanchang will offend people.

In the officialdom, it is better to be friends, but to be offended is sad.

As a civil servant without foundation, he knows the hardships of the officialdom the most, and he is also the most cautious.

But he forgot that Zhu Zhanchang was different from him. Even if he was not domineering, he had to be domineering on purpose. He happened to look at the officialdom of the Guangzhou government. Which ones were obedient, which ones were disobedient, which ones were able to handle affairs, and which ones were arrogant. The official position does not work.

Against all odds, Zhu Zhanchang didn't intend to listen to their advice, but looked to the other side of the sea.

There is Omen.

　You know where Xiangjiang and Aomen are. In order to avoid being banned, you know
　　
　
(End of this chapter)