Chapter 1705, one person comes, one hundred people return
At the Government House of Hong Kong, because there were many things that needed to be handed over at work, Jiang Liang did not leave immediately. It would take a few days to complete the handover, so he still stayed at the Government House.
At this time, the entire Governor's Mansion was busy. Jiang Liang's dozens of concubines were busy packing their things and preparing to return to Daming with Jiang Liang.
Dozens of children were extremely noisy, and the whole Governor's Mansion was so noisy that there was no peace at all.
There were just too many children. The key was that the oldest one was only seven or eight years old. The younger one was still learning to talk and was taken care of by the servants and servants of Jiang Liang's house.
Jiang Liang kept walking around the governor's mansion.
This is the most important place in my life. I have lived here for several years. Now that I have to leave, I still feel a lot of reluctance.
Here he reached the pinnacle of his life, becoming the governor of Hong Kong and the local emperor here.
Here, he took in dozens of concubines. Some of these concubines were given by nobles from various European countries, and some were the daughters of European nobles. There were even some European ladies, and some beautiful female slaves he bought with his own money. .
It can be said that he enjoyed every day here and lived a comfortable life like a native emperor.
Here, he gave birth to dozens of children, large and small, boys and girls, in baskets. Many of them had trouble remembering their names and were tired of picking them.
Here, he met with ministers sent by the kings of Spain, France, and England, as well as ancient European nobles, and discussed how to safeguard the interests of the Ming Empire here.
Here, Jiang Liang achieved the most glorious moment of his life.
Standing at the Governor's Mansion, overlooking the entire prosperous Hong Kong, the sea breeze blowing in the face, the countless ships moored at the port pier, and then recalling the scene when I left the Ming Dynasty...
Back then, I was just an ordinary person, and my ancestors had been poor farmers for generations.
Later, by chance, he became a crew member of the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, and followed Du Mingen to explore the Golden Continent. He accidentally discovered that he had a talent for languages, and then came to Europe and traveled to various European countries.
Later he became the Ming Dynasty's minister in Europe, and accompanied Du Ming'en to fight against England and occupy Hong Kong. With this series of life opportunities, he became the governor of Hong Kong.
He still remembered that this place was still a small fishing boat at that time, and there was no place for larger boats to park. However, it seemed like overnight, the place became bustling and lively.
High-rise buildings have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, roads have become wider, and the city has become prosperous and lively. The Governor's Palace was also built under his leadership.
Now I have to go back to Daming soon, which is extremely unpleasant.
But looking at the children everywhere in the mansion and the slender concubines who are busy packing things, it seems that it is worth it.
I came here alone, and now I finally have to go back to Ming Dynasty, but I have to take hundreds of people back with me.
Look at the large boxes filled with gold, silver and jewelry. The boxes are piled up in every room.
During these years in Europe, as the Governor of Hong Kong, Jiang Liang naturally made a lot of money.
This is not corruption, nor is it abuse of power for personal gain.
As one of the first people to go to sea and one of the first Ming people to arrive in Europe, he was very aware of the huge profits from sea trade.
Like countless people who go to sea, Jiang Liang also has his own trading company and his own merchant ship. He is just engaged in formal and legitimate maritime trade. He has also accumulated a huge family fortune over the years.
If you sell the Ming Dynasty's goods to Hong Kong and sell them to European merchants, you can easily double the profits. Then you can transport European goods and slaves to the Golden Continent and sell them, and you can double the profits again.
That is to say, there are many large and small commercial banks here, and those large commercial banks have huge backgrounds and occupy a large share of market trade.
Otherwise, Jiang Liang, the governor of Hong Kong, could earn even more. The annual tax revenue here exceeds 20 million taels. You can imagine how huge the wealth is here.
Jiang Liang also accumulated a huge family fortune of one million taels by just acquiring commodities and a fleet of ships.
Now that I am going back, I naturally want to take most of my wealth back with me. Box after box, big and small, is piled up in every room.
Valley
"My dear, can we not go back and just live in Hong Kong forever?"
Just when Jiang Liang was overlooking Hong Kong in a daze, several of his concubines came over, each with tears in their eyes and reluctant to leave. They really couldn't bear to leave Hong Kong.
I left Hong Kong all of a sudden and headed to the distant east. I may never come back again. I can occasionally meet my parents here in Hong Kong. But this time in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid I will never see them again.
Therefore, during these days, Jiang Liang's concubines often went back to their parents' homes to say goodbye to their parents.
"Yes, dear, it's so comfortable to live here in Hong Kong. Why go through all the trouble to go back to Ming Dynasty?"
"The children are reluctant to let go, and many of them are still very young. I'm afraid they won't be able to bear the bumpy journey."
The other concubines also followed suit.
"What do you know? Women are women. They don't know anything. They only need to marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog."
Jiang Liang looked at the women in front of him. They were all his favorite concubines, but he still scolded them with a straight face.
I don’t want to go back to Daming either, but can I not go back?
A transfer order from the imperial court is an imperial edict. You can't go back unless you go back.
Now I can go back to my hometown in glory, and I can still be a leisurely official when I go back. When the children grow up and I get old, I can go back to my hometown, return to my roots after falling leaves, and go back to my hometown to retire in peace and contentment.
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Hong Kong is nice here, but the imperial court has its own laws and regulations. If you allow yourself to stay here for so many years, it is already against the rules. It is impossible for you to continue to stay here.
If you resist the imperial decree, and now there is a telegram, and this telegram is sent to the Hong Kong garrison, the first person to be captured will be yourself.
If you give yourself another big label of disobeying the imperial order and wanting to split the land and divide the territory and rebel, then you will kill the nine tribes and you will die without knowing how.
On this point, Ming Dynasty now attaches great importance to it.
The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, and there were many overseas places that were far away from the Ming Dynasty. In order to strengthen the control and jurisdiction over these places, they appointed floating officials to manage them.
Liuguan, Liuguan, itinerant official.
It is absolutely impossible for you to stay in one place for a long time. I am afraid that if you stay here for a long time, you will become a local emperor, and then you will have to proclaim yourself king and emperor, resist the imperial court and so on.
Therefore, there is also a system for local feudal officials to return to Beijing regularly to report on their duties, and it also stipulates that officials in a place will move regularly.
Those from the Golden Continent will be transferred to the Western Regions, those from the Western Regions will be transferred to Australia, and those from Australia will be transferred to the Golden Continent. Or, those from the mainland will be transferred to overseas, and those from overseas will be transferred back to the mainland.
No matter where you stay in one place, it will be your turn.
For those officials who disobey the court's orders, the consequences will be tragic. Once the order comes, you must obey it and do not dare to resist in any way, otherwise it will be regarded as treason and a serious crime that will implicate the nine tribes.
"Pack everything up as soon as possible. Let's go back to Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and let this Governor's Mansion come out."
Jiang Liang scolded his concubines.
These concubines are all natives of Europe, from various countries, and none of them know the rules of the Ming Dynasty. Europe is not a big country, but there are many countries. This is largely because the European countries are completely different from the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty emphasized unification, but European countries are different. Each region and each country is actually very divided. Although it was unified in history, it soon fell apart. And even a small country like England was divided internally.
It was torn apart, a small island was divided into several parts, let alone other countries.
They cannot understand the great unification of the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot understand why such a huge empire as the Ming Dynasty can always remain unified.
A few days later, we were still at Longwan Pier.
The new Governor of Hong Kong, Tang Bohu, held a grand farewell ceremony here for Jiang Liang, who was about to leave.
Two large ships were moored at the dock. Jiang Liang's gold and silver coins were moved to the ship at night. At this moment, under the greetings of thousands of people at the port, Jiang Liang took dozens of his
A concubine, dozens of children, and hundreds of people from the whole family boarded the ship back to the Ming Dynasty, and returned to the Ming Dynasty in a mighty manner.
