The prosperity here almost changes from day to day.
It was originally a relatively large fishing village, but with the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty and the vigorous development of maritime trade, it became more and more prosperous.
Starting from Changle, Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, it takes ten days with a favorable wind to reach Champa Port, while starting from Hong Kong Island, it only takes five days.
In contrast, the trade along Annan's coast is worse.
Even if the Annan coast is closer to the Ming Dynasty in terms of distance, Qiongzhou Island blocks the Annan coast. On the contrary, the coastal location of Champa is better.
The key to this is the influence of wind.
The flow of the monsoon makes it easier for ships to reach Champa port.
At this moment, on the edge of the port.
Several large ships with golden flags gradually sailed into the port from a distance.
The surrounding merchant ships saw it and began to yell at the sailors to turn and avoid it.
Anyone with a little knowledge can recognize that this is the banner of the Ming Dynasty royal family. If it collides with it, it will be a serious crime.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the territory ruled by the vassal states also belongs to the territory ruled by the Ming Dynasty.
Soon the Daming Navy stationed at the port discovered it.
"That's my Ming Dynasty flag. Quick, please inform the commander quickly."
The soldier exclaimed, then let go and ran madly towards the Ming Dynasty Navy garrison.
At this moment, Jin Kaishan was drinking tea with a group of generals. When he heard the news about the soldiers, he immediately got up and issued military orders.
"Pass the military order and immediately dispatch twelve warships to greet them, and place martial law at the nearby pier."
"Everyone, follow me to meet the angel."
The only ones who could use golden flags were the Ming Dynasty royal family. The few ships were obviously not from the imperial palace, and the ostentation was too small.
Generally speaking, only eunuchs responsible for delivering decrees do this.
On the pier, a large number of naval soldiers lined up and ran towards them, while the surrounding merchants and workers gave way.
Some unfamiliar foreign businessmen did not understand the rules and wanted to come forward to watch, but were immediately stopped by acquaintances.
"Do you want to die?"
"Can't you see this? I am in our country, even if His Majesty the King is traveling, I can see it."
"That's your country, and these are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. If you get close to them, you will be treated as an assassin. They may arrest you, or they may kill you directly."
When the foreign businessman heard this, he immediately did not dare to get closer because he saw other people on the pier and did not dare to go there.
He didn't know that this rule was forged with blood. Many people had been arrested before, and those who dared to cause trouble were killed on the spot by Ming soldiers.
The local government in Champa obviously does not care about such matters and does not dare to care about it.
Jin Kaishan rushed to the dock with a group of thousands of households.
Watching the royal ships in the distance slowly approaching under the escort of navy warships.
When the ship docked, soldiers immediately moved ladders to make it easier for people on board to get off the ship.
Jin Kaishan watched carefully and saw that the leading eunuch was wearing the clothes of a young eunuch. His heart was shuddered and he immediately went to greet him. He bowed apologetically and said:
"Jin Kaishan, the commander of the naval force stationed in Champa City, and thousands of families from each of the naval forces, paid homage to the angel."
The leading eunuch replied with a smile: "We are Li Youwei, the young eunuch in charge of Kunning Palace. This time we are here to complete the orders of His Highness the Grand Sun."
Upon hearing that it was his grandson, Jin Kaishan immediately became more respectful.
"I have met Eunuch Li. This is not the place to talk. Please also ask Eunuch Li to move to our naval camp."
Li Youwei nodded, and with four eunuchs and a group of guards, surrounded by thousands of households waiting for you in Jin Kaishan, they headed towards the navy camp.
After everyone left, the soldiers lifted the martial law on the dock.
The liveliness just now has resumed.
The location of the navy camp was still some distance away, and several thousand households behind were discussing it in low voices.
"This eunuch doesn't seem to be here to deliver the message. From what I hear, he plans to stay here."
"It's troublesome. Could it be that the court doesn't trust us?"
"Perhaps there is something else, but this person comes from Kunning Palace, so he represents His Highness Taisun. Even if he does not have a formal official position, do we still dare to disobey his orders?"
"Let's see, this is like having an extra boss at the head of our navy. I'm afraid we have to be careful in the future."
The thousands of households in the navy were obviously very unfriendly to the arrival of Li Youwei, the young prisoner. Just doing things, even if they were not stationed here, it meant that they would not leave in a short time.
In the navy camp.
Jin Kaishan said respectfully: "Please take a seat, Eunuch Li."
Li Youwei glanced at the position at the top that represented the naval commander, shook his head with a smile, walked to the left side of the bottom without sitting down, and then said: "Commander Jin misunderstood, our family is under the order of Taisun."
We are not here to compete with Commander Jin for military power."
After saying that, he glanced at the eunuch beside him. The eunuch immediately took out a booklet from his body and handed it to Jin Kaishan.
After Jin Kaishan took over, Li Youwei said: "This is the appointment letter from the Ministry of Personnel. Please take a good look at it, Commander Jin."
Jin Kaishan opened the appointment letter and saw the top sentence: Li Youwei, the young supervisor in charge of Kunning Palace, was appointed as the naval supervisor stationed in Champa.
Seeing this sentence, Jin Kaishan's heart suddenly jumped.
However, the following content made Jin Kaishan feel more reassured.
It explains the supervisory powers in detail.
Supervise naval soldiers to drill according to military regulations, monitor military regulations and atmosphere, and inspect naval logistics, military pay, corruption and other violations of the law.
They are not allowed to interfere with Navy military operations, are not allowed to interfere with Navy staff, and have no authority to order various departments of the Navy.
The first sentence made Jin Kaishan a little nervous, but the last three sentences made Jin Kaishan feel at ease.
Although there is no war here, it is still a headache for a layman to guide an expert, and this Eunuch Li comes from Taisun's Kunning Palace, which is even more so.
Jin Kaishan returned the appointment letter to Eunuch Li, then slightly handed over his hand and stepped onto the top spot.
Thousands of households felt a little relieved when they saw this.
Obviously, Commander Jin still had the final say in the navy, and the eunuchs did not seize power.
After Jin Kaishan sat down, he talked about Eunuch Li's appointment. After hearing what he said, everyone's hearts really dropped to the ground.
Thousands of households expressed their intention to hold a grand welcome banquet for Eunuch Li, which made everyone applaud.
"Let's not be busy with the banquet for now. Our main purpose of coming here to take office this time is to handle a few things according to the grandson's wishes. This requires the assistance of Commander Jin and all the thousands of households." Li Youwei said with a smile.
Jin Kaishan hurriedly said: "Please give me more details, father-in-law."
No one dared to neglect what the grandson had to do, and the other thousands of households also leaned forward slightly, as if they were all ears.
Li Youwei was very satisfied when he saw this.
When he was in Kunning Palace, he was just a young eunuch in charge, and there was a middle eunuch above him. The head eunuch of Kunning Palace was naturally the eunuch Guo Zhong, the eunuch Bingbi.
Naturally, Guo Zhong was always at his side during the day.
When the grandson is not in Kunning Palace, the chief supervisor is in charge.
As the principal young supervisor, he is responsible for the period from early morning to dawn.
To put it simply, after the grandson goes to bed, he is responsible for the arrangements for the eunuchs and maids of Kunning Palace. From another perspective, it is like working the night shift.
This sounds pretty good, but on weekdays I hardly even have the opportunity to interact with my great-grandson. During the day, he goes to bed, and when I go to work in the evening, my great-grandson also goes to bed.
This is very embarrassing.
As a eunuch, he cannot show his face in front of his grandson, so what chance does he have for promotion?
Li Youwei didn't complain. In fact, it was very good to get this official position. Although there was less contact, the promotion was small, but the risks were also small.
In the group of eunuchs and maids, the young eunuch is already a very high position.
After the reform of the current salary system, Li Youwei has all the extra money he can send back to his family to take care of his relatives and clan.
Sometimes you can even help with things that don't violate the law.
Perhaps due to Li Youwei's conscientious performance, the task of supervising the Champa Navy this time fell to him, and it was the grandson who named him.
This flattered Li Youwei.
Before leaving, Taisun specially summoned him and gave instructions on some arrangements and the main tasks in Champa in the future.
Among them, it is particularly important to mention that you must not despise the navy as a eunuch of Kunning Palace, live in harmony, and do not meddle in matters concerning military power.
Li Youwei naturally kept his Taisun's instructions in mind and did not dare to overstep in the slightest.
That's why after arriving here, he behaved so approachable and approachable, without relying on his grandson or pretending to be powerful.
This also won the favor of many navy generals, including Jin Kaishan.
After thinking about it in his mind, Li Youwei began to describe Taisun's arrangements.
The first is about the Champa Port Governor.
This is the biological father of Empress Na Fei. The navy must provide appropriate help and cannot make it difficult for His Majesty the Grand Sun to do things with Empress Na Fei.
Regarding this matter, Jin Kaishan and others expressed their opinions one after another.
Although the previous support was not strong, the navy had never deliberately targeted the port governor of Champa, and they also knew that His Highness Taisun was involved.
Now that Taisun has spoken, of course he must obey Taisun's arrangements.
The second one is about the issue of opening a base for the Ming Dynasty Ocean Trading Chamber of Commerce.
Nowadays, there are many gangs in Champa. Even in the royal capital of Champa, many gang members gather.
The life of the lower class people in Champa is already very difficult. They are often exploited by the upper caste nobles, and eating is a big problem.
After feeling the benefits of joining a gang, many young and middle-aged people began to join gangs to seek asylum. However, the gangs from the Ming Dynasty did not care about the nobles who occupied the city. They needed more thugs. Of course, they would not refuse these low-level people.
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According to incomplete statistics, there are now more than half a million gang members in the entire Champa City.
For example, almost all of the porters on the dock are from the Cao Gang.
If you don't join the Cao Gang, you have no qualifications to work as a porter on the dock.
The Champa nobles who were originally local gangsters have now been replaced by major gangs.
Some of the Champa nobles also established their own local gangs to compete with the Ming Dynasty's gangs.
Under such a situation, the development of the Daming Ocean Trading Chamber of Commerce was not very smooth.
Anyone who is doing business in Champa is subject to gang restrictions, and the Ocean Trade Chamber of Commerce is not allowed to do things in the name of Taisun. After all, there are too many gray and black businesses involved, which can easily affect the reputation of the Ming Dynasty.
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Zhu Ying felt helpless after receiving the news. She didn't expect that Champa would become like this.
Originally, I just planned to send a message to Champa to ask Jin Kaishan to help Na Fei's father, the governor, but then I thought about it and simply sent a eunuch here to provide some help in other aspects.
As the Ming Dynasty's military, the Navy naturally cannot participate in gang disputes.
In the port area, there is naval suppression, and except for the initial chaos, it has always been relatively peaceful.
"Did Eunuch Li come forward in person?" Jin Kaishan couldn't help but ask.
Li Youwei shook his head: "Although our family cannot act on behalf of His Highness the Grand Sun, we still come from Kunning Palace. We can only avoid suspicion for such matters. The specific contact should be made by Commander Jin."
Jin Kaishan understood that this was to get him involved in the gang.
That is to support a gang to cooperate with the Ocean Traders Association.
The process is not important, what Taisun wants is the result.
In addition to these things, Li Youwei also told Jin Kaishan about the undercover plan.
When the undercover agent is exposed, certain support from Jin Kaishan's navy is needed.
Zhu Yingna was called an undercover agent, but in Jin Kaishan's view, he was an agent placed in a gang.
This is naturally a matter of course.
In addition to asking his subordinates to learn about the situation of the Champa gang, Jin Kaishan naturally hosted a banquet for Li Youwei.
Although Li Youwei could not interfere in military affairs, he had supervisory power over various aspects such as corruption and abuse of power within the navy.
If he really wanted to report to his superiors, Jin Kaishan would not be able to handle it.
The future is long, and apart from normal affairs, the Navy has a lot of potential here in Champa.
Now that Eunuch Li is here, this share cannot be left out.
After having their fill of wine and food, all the navy commanders felt relieved.
"I didn't expect this eunuch to be easy to get along with. I heard before that this eunuch has a very surly personality because he lacks men's affairs. Looking at it now, it doesn't seem like this."
"There is a designation, but you don't know where it comes from. It comes from the grandson. Of course it is different from other eunuchs."
"I tell you two, don't keep your mouth shut about eunuchs. In the capital, these are the most taboo. If anyone is not careful, it will be a pain point for others. If word spreads, you will cause trouble for everything.
I want to call you Eunuch, Eunuch Li."
"That's right, please keep your mouth shut and don't talk behind your back to avoid causing trouble."
A group of drunken Qianhu put their arms around each other, chatting and walking unsteadily.
What they didn't notice was the eunuch eavesdropping in the corner.
After the thousands of households had gone away, the eunuch went back to report to Li Youwei.
Eavesdropping is the most normal thing in the palace. Even when you come to Champa, this skill is engraved in your heart.
After listening to the eunuch's report, Li Youwei showed some satisfaction on his face.
There is no eunuch who does not care about his dignity as a man.
The word eunuch is a deep insult.
Li Youwei went to bed early after drinking some wine. When he was in the palace, he didn't dare to drink. Now that he was out, he wanted to have more fun after all.