Smuggling Daming

In the next few days, Zhou Zhong will not only accompany his wife and daughter, but also accompany his mother, Queen Mother Zhang whom he just met. Her husband and daughter passed away one by one, but she survived them all. Now that she can recognize her son who has been missing for many years again, she naturally has endless things to say.

In fact, Zhou Zhong is still emotionally repulsed by the Queen Mother Zhang. After all, he is not the original Zhou Zhong, and he does not value the blood and family relationship in this life. In his heart, his only relatives are Aunt Wang and Bracelet, Duo'er, together with Jinxuan and their wives and daughters, Zhou Zhong still couldn't accept this honorable mother who suddenly appeared.

But it doesn't matter if you can't accept it in your heart. This doesn't hinder the relationship between Zhou Zhong and Queen Mother Zhang. After all, feelings can be cultivated. Every day, I will talk about homework with Queen Mother Zhang for a while, and then tease Jin Xuanhuai together. The daughter in the palace, and sometimes Queen Mother Zhang would even urge Jinxuan and Lingyun to give birth to a son quickly, so that the Ming Dynasty would be stable. As a result, both Jinxuan and Lingyun were extremely shy.

However, although Jinxuan and Lingyun were shy in front of Queen Mother Zhang, they were not at all shy at night. The two took turns to squeeze Zhou Zhong. Once Zhou Zhong came and went for a few months, now that Xiao Biesheng is newly married, it is natural that they are like glue. She also wanted to conceive a son earlier, after all, this child was likely to be the future emperor of Ming Dynasty.This also made Zhou Zhong painful and happy. The only sequelae was that he was terribly sleepy every day during the day, and his legs and feet were a little weak.He had to ask the kitchen to make more tonics, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to hold on.

In addition to accompanying his family, Zhou Zhong spent the rest of his time discussing with Zhengde the matter of relocating the victims to Nanyang. After Zhou Zhong's persuasion last time, Zhengde finally agreed to this matter, but this is after all related to the foundation of Ming Dynasty's rule. The two of them have been seriously studying the details of this matter these days.

"Brother Huang, we must be cautious about the relocation of the victims. We can't force those victims, but lure them for profit. This requires good publicity in advance, such as letting the government send people to spread the wealth of Nanyang, and Every relocated victim can get a food subsidy from the imperial court, and the food will be distributed to the victims anyway. Now it is just in exchange for the victims to go to Nanyang voluntarily." Zhou Zhong looked at the memorial of the disaster in Henan Province, and opened his mouth to study the map of Nanyang Zhengde said.

"Well, I also know about these things. The emotions of the victims are inherently unstable, so naturally they can't be forced, but now I am a little worried. How many victims can be accommodated in such a small place as the Port of Malacca. You know, there are 10 people this time. Affected by the disaster, although there may not be many people who are willing to go to Nanyang in the end, there are still tens of thousands or even 10,000+. At that time, so many people will flood into Malacca City at once, how to arrange these victims, and where to mobilize so many people Food?" Zhengde said with a sad face.

Zhengde is the emperor, although he is not very dedicated as an emperor.But he also has a good understanding of government affairs, such as from his point of view.Relocating victims is a big project that costs money. It is a trivial matter to lure these victims to move to Nanyang, but how will these victims be arranged after they move out, where will they live, and where will the food they consume every day come from?These are all issues that he needs to consider, and they are all big issues. If something goes wrong, it will cause unrest among the victims.

But Zhou Zhong laughed when he heard Zhengde's words, and he said after a while: "Brother Huang, you think too much, and you also underestimate the digestion ability of Malacca City. After the first Portuguese massacre, the population of Malacca was reduced by half. Although the houses in the city were damaged, they could be accommodated with simple repairs. Moreover, the weather in Malacca was hot, so it was okay to sleep in the open air. Some tents will never leave the victims without a place to live."

Zhou Zhong paused at this point, and then said: "In addition, when it comes to arrangements, it is not a problem. The Malacca port has just been accepted by us, and it is time for manpower, and I plan to mobilize merchants to build ships at the port. factories, lumber factories, ironware factories, etc., all of which require a lot of manpower. If the victims cannot be digested, then the land around the Malacca Port will be distributed to them. It’s fertile, as long as you put in the effort to cultivate it, coupled with the local climate, you can grow rice continuously throughout the year, and I believe it won’t be long before my Daming will have another grain producing area.”

Hearing Zhou Zhong's words, Zhengde nodded again and again, and finally continued to ask: "The problem of resettling these victims has been solved, but the daily food consumption of these victims is not a small amount. It has to be transported thousands of miles to Malacca, and the shipping fee alone is a considerable expense..."

Before Zhengde finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Zhong: "Brother Huang, why did you forget that Nanyang itself is a large grain storehouse, and there is no need for us to transfer grain from the country? As long as we take the money to occupy the city, It is easy to buy a lot of cheap food in Chenla and other places. If it is not enough, then I will send warships to various parts of Southeast Asia to grab it. Anyway, those natives are lazy and greedy. It's such a waste."

Originally, when Zhengde heard Zhou Zhong say that he would occupy land and other places to buy grain, he immediately felt enlightened. As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, he only wanted to solve problems within Daming, but forgot to seek solutions from other countries. .However, when he heard Zhou Zhong say that he was going to send a large army to rob food, he couldn't help crying and laughing. If people knew that the navy of Ming Dynasty was going to rob those aliens for a little food, I'm afraid he, the emperor, would lose face. He was thrown away by Zhou Zhong, so he naturally reprimanded Zhou Zhong for absolutely not doing this, and Zhou Zhong agreed with a smile.

But what Zhengde didn't know was that although Zhou Zhong agreed on the surface, he was thinking in his heart where he should go to rob if the food was really not enough. Anyway, the sailor in his hand is idle now, so he might as well let it out Let them do some activities, so that they can train soldiers and get food and property. It is really a two-way thing, which is what Europeans of later generations did.

Zhengde and Queen Mother Zhang lived in Shuangyu Port for about half a month, and then they had to return to Beijing. After all, in their identities, it was not easy to come out for a trip. I heard that it was Li Dongyang who was persuaded by Queen Mother Zhang herself Waiting for someone, let them come out, now they have to go back.

Few people know about the news that Zhengde came to Shuangyu Port, even Yu Wenyuan, the prefect of Ningbo, knew nothing, so he left quietly. No one knew that in this half month, Shuangyu Port actually Living with such two big men, I don’t even know that Zhou Zhong’s current identity is no longer a simple admiral, but the only younger brother of the Ming Emperor. However, for some reason, Zhou Zhong's identity has not been made public. Apart from Zhengde and Queen Mother Zhang, only Zhou Zhong and Jinxuan know about it. As for Xie Lingyun, although she is also related to Zhang The queen mother got along for a while, but she didn't know the real identity of the queen mother Zhang, but she seemed to have guessed something from the queen mother Zhang, and never took the initiative to ask Zhou Zhong about the queen mother Zhang.

Zhengde came quietly, and finally left quietly. When they left, only Zhou Zhong and Jinxuan stood at the pier to see off their daughter Xia Xia. Xia Xia was her daughter's nickname because she was born in Xia Tian and her first name was Kangtai. Chong felt that this name looked like a kind of cold medicine for later generations, but he could only pinch his nose to recognize it, because it was the name chosen by Queen Mother Zhang herself. The old man lost two daughters in a row, and all he wanted was to make this eldest grandson Women's health and Antai have grown up, so even Zhengde dare not object.

Sending away Zhengde and Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhou Zhong's life returned to the original track. His identity is kept secret. Everyone only knows that he is the Admiral of the Four Seas of Ming Dynasty. He holds a party's military and political power in his hands. The war against human beings has pushed his reputation to the peak. No matter what the purpose is, countless people come to visit him every day.

For these people who came to visit, Zhou Zhong pushed out all the people except for a few important people after meeting them. The time saved was all used to spend time with his family. Knowing how to cherish family affection better, especially the birth of his daughter made him feel a heavy burden on him, and at the same time he felt a little guilty. After all, when his daughter was born, he was thousands of miles away, so now he can only use this method Make up for Jinxuan's mother and daughter.

In addition to Jinxuan and their mother and daughter, Zhou Zhong also felt guilty towards Aunt Wang, Biao'er and Duo'er. Although Zhou Hai did many evil things, he was after all the father of Biao'er and Duo'er, as well as Aunt Wang's husband. But now Zhou Zhong couldn't tell them the news that Zhou Hai didn't die. Even Zhou Hai's death had his share of the credit, and as long as he arrived in the capital, Zhou Hai would definitely die. For Bracelet and Duoer.

Fortunately, Zhuan'er and Duo'er didn't know about this matter. Those Jin Yiwei in Wushan would definitely not disclose any news about Zhou Hai. But they were given a gag order by Zhou Zhong, and they were left to work in the port of Malacca, so there was no way they could come back for the time being. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)