Daming: Distribution of Lingnan, you develop the Pearl River Delta?

Chapter 3: Resolving the crisis and reaching Lingnan

Judging from the shocked expressions of Zhu Biao and Xu Da, they obviously did not know that Zhu Yuanzhang actually had such an oral edict.

However, it is difficult to say whether oral instructions are true or false.

It is also possible that Zhu Di became angry out of shame and deliberately sent Zhu Feng to an army.

So, how will Zhu Xi react next?

Xu Da's eyes immediately turned to Zhu Ping.

There is a bit of a test in his eyes... If Zhu Ping can successfully pass this level, it means that he is a talented person. He promised to make Lingnan the richest in the entire Ming Dynasty within three years. Place may not be an empty talk!
Under Xu Da's expectant gaze, Zhu Ping laughed loudly and said loudly: "Fourth brother, go back and tell your father that you will not accept the fate of the foreign king. Besides, these people are my personal guards of the King of Qin, and they are not soldiers of the imperial court." , they don’t have to listen to Father’s orders. Let’s go!”

"You!" Zhu Di was so angry that he shouted, "You dare!"

"If anyone dares to stop you from escorting me to the feudal vassal, I will kill you without mercy!" Zhu Xi said domineeringly.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the guards of King Qin also felt that King Qin had grown taller now.

They are all bloody men.

However, because of King Qin's absurdity, they have been laughed at by all parties since they followed King Qin to Jinling. Now that King Qin is finally fighting for face, how can these guards, who have been holding back their anger for a long time, let go of such behavior? A chance for them to clear their name?

As a result, their voices were very loud and neat.

Seeing such a formation, how could Zhu Di dare to come to stop it alone?

And the soldiers and horses behind him all belonged to the prince.

Zhu Biao was not with Zhu Yuanzhang, and he heard the oral order not to let Zhu Fang lead troops to conquer the vassal, so he did not dare to move!
Just like that, Zhu Feng left with his bodyguard in a swaggering manner.

Outside the snowy Jinling City, looking at the large group of carriages and horses going away, Xu Da turned his head at this time, but showed a mysterious smile, and muttered "What a good one, I will be outside, and I will not accept your life, haha ..." Then he hurried back.

Half a month later, Lingnan, Guangzhou Prefecture, Panyu County.

At this time, Zhu Xi came to the government office.

The county magistrate Xiang Hai personally led his team to welcome him.

However, Zhu Xiang's face looked a little unsightly as he walked in the mud.

Can you believe it?

Although, Panyu is only a county.

But at least it is also the seat of Guangzhou Prefecture!

It's considered the capital.

As a result, the roads in the capital city were all dirt roads.

That's fine.

Looking at this government office again, Zhu Ping almost collapsed.

Have you seen any government offices in the Ming Dynasty that were surrounded by fences?

No wonder people are so afraid of Lingnan!

this place……

From the current point of view, it is indeed not a human being.

Zhu Xi looked at Xiang Hai and said, "Xiang Zhixian, the entire Lingnan is now my king's fiefdom, but look at the muddy roads in this city, do you think I have lost my identity as the king?"

As soon as Xiang Hai heard this, sweat broke out on his face and he replied: "To answer His Majesty the King of Qin, it has been rainy in Panyu recently, and the roads are not like this in normal times."

"Then what you mean is that this road is usually very dry, but it only becomes so when it rains?" Zhu Feng said coldly: "Then from now on, as long as it rains, will I not be able to travel?"

"Your Highness is dissatisfied with the road. If you have any instructions, please give us your Highness the King of Qin!" Xiang Hai didn't know what Prince Zhu Xi was losing his temper, so he had to ask Zhu Xi to explain clearly.

Zhu Xi immediately said: "I want to build a road! The road here is completely unreachable."

"Feel sorry."

Xiang Hai immediately shook his head and said, "Your Highness, there is no money in the treasury to build roads."

so poor?
We don’t even have money to build a road!
Zhu Xi was speechless.

However, when he saw that the official robes worn by Xianghai, the county magistrate, were all old, and that the few yamen under him were also wearing patched public uniforms, Zhu Xi believed him.

Fortunately, as a prince and the King of Qin, Zhu Ping still had some money.

This money is still on the way...

He was sent directly from the capital to Lingnan to become the king.

Zhu Ping's previous fiefdom was in Chang'an.

This is the richest place in the entire Kanto!
Therefore, Zhu Ping is very rich.

It's just that the money is now on its way to Lingnan under the escort of King Qin's bodyguards, and it is expected to take several months.

Zhu Xiangke couldn't wait that long, so he said, "The county government has no money, so don't the local wealthy businessmen have any money either?"

"Your Highness, look at how many wealthy businessmen there are in our place!" Xiang Hai was speechless.

Rich businessman?

As long as there are one or two, he, the county magistrate, will not be in such a miserable state.

Xiang Hai also told Zhu Xi the truth: "His Royal Highness King Qin may not know something, although the local area belongs to Ming Dynasty, but... the imperial court has always ignored this side, but only collects taxes every year. The year before last was 300 taels of silver, and last year it was 280 taels. As long as it doesn’t fall below this number every year, it doesn’t matter whether we live or die at all.”

Zhu Cang was stunned and asked: "Such a big county pays so little tax in a year?"

Xiang Hai said with a sad face: "This is at least 280 taels per year, and I still try my best to make up for it..."

All right!Zhu Xi was convinced.

He was also sure that he had indeed been assigned.

Just such a place, it's like a bird doesn't shit and a chicken doesn't lay eggs.

"How many people are there in the entire Panyu County?" Zhu Xi pondered for a moment before speaking again.

Xiang Hai replied: "The statistics collected five years ago show that there are 320 households in total, with a total population of 63 and [-] people."

In such a poor place, there are quite a lot of people.

Zhu Xi asked: "How are the people's livelihood?"

"If you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains; if you rely on the sea, you will eat the sea." Xiang Hai's answer is also very realistic.

So real.

If you have no one to rely on, won't you starve to death?

Not right!

The climate in Lingnan is very suitable for farming!
However, Zhu Xi didn't see many paddy fields along the way.

How is this going?

"Why don't the people grow rice?" Zhu Ping asked.

"You can plant it, and it can be harvested three times a year, but no one cares about this place in Lingnan, and no businessmen are willing to visit. People grow rice just to make ends meet, because in Lingnan, rice can't be sold at a good price at all!" Xiang Hai explained.

Zhu Xi understood.

It is precisely because the court does not care here and no businessmen will come to Lingnan, a place with poor mountains and rivers, so the people grow enough food to feed their family, and there is no way to sell it.

Naturally, the rice is no longer valuable.

It was still the early Ming Dynasty, and Lingnan was a place that had not been valued by the central dynasty in all dynasties, so it was naturally infinitely backward.

But precisely because of this, although the people here are poor, they will not starve to death. However, when the officials who were assigned here saw that the local people had no money to make money at all, and the folk customs were quite tough, Most of them can't be greedy.

Troubles come out of poor mountains and bad waters.

How tough are the folk customs here?
Zhu Xi had learned on the road that the entire Lingnan had the same village society. The villages, large and small, were like tribes. They basically acted on their own. Even the government offices dared to confront each other, and there were still conflicts between the villages. There are frequent fights.

And every time a fight breaks out, it's a large-scale brawl with a lot of casualties.

For example, Zhu Xi heard on the road that last month, people from two villages fought over the issue of water sources. As a result, both sides mobilized thousands of people, including children. The fight was fierce and ended in casualties. Thousands…

Such a thing is simply lawless!

But in Lingnan, no one can control it.

In fact, Xiang Hai said that there are no wealthy businessmen in Panyu, which should be true.

But the rich, for sure!

Those villages are filled with wealthy families.

After chatting with Xiang Hai, and combining it with the information Zhu Ping learned on his own, Zhu Ping soon came up with a plan...

Village society must be eradicated!
Otherwise, no matter what he wants to do here in the future, it may not work.

Because as long as those villages do not cooperate, then the government decree will definitely not be passed.

This is why Zhu Xi wanted to build a road, but the county magistrate Xiang Hai said there was nothing he could do.

But for now, the road still needs to be repaired.

Xiang Hai had no choice, but Zhu Xi did.

Because Zhu Ping is rich.

He asked Xiang Haima to issue a notice to repair the county roads, and promised to pay very generous wages. Each person would be paid three taels of silver per month.

Two or three!

This is an income that people in Lingnan rarely earn in a year.

Even Xiang Hai was very shocked and said, "Your Highness, isn't the salary paid too high?"

"Just go ahead and remember to add one item to the list. We will pay you wages in a month." Zhu Xi sent Xiang Hai to do some work.

But in the evening, Xiang Hai came back with some dejection and told Zhu Ping: "Your Highness, the notice has been sent out, but less than 20 people came to apply for the whole day."

"What's going on?" Zhu Xi frowned.

Xiang Hai didn't reply.

However, Zhu Xi guessed it, and said in a deep voice: "It's those village heads, don't let people come to apply for it?"

"Also, many people can't believe that such a good thing can happen." Xiang Hai muttered quietly.

In this place, it seems that the government has little credibility!
Zhu Ming expressed that he understood, and then said: "Nothing, there is some silver here, you can take it to buy some food, let those people start repairing the road first, the road must be paved with bluestone, first give me the road in front of the Yamen It’s fixed!”

Xiang Hai took the money and retreated.

The next day, Xiang Hai, the county magistrate who had nothing to do, personally led these workers to start repairing the road. The bluestone Zhu Xi wanted could be mined in the nearby valley, so it was not difficult, but there were not enough manpower, so the progress was slow. Very slowly.

In a whole day, the front of the Yamen was spread about two meters.

But Zhu Xi got two points!
Zhu Xi smiled.

"The novice gift package given by the system can finally be opened!"

(End of this chapter)