In Guangzhou in October, it doesn’t feel cold at all.
Wu Huaiyu finally arrived in Guangzhou with his wife, concubines, and children. Forresta, A Liu, and Runniang and Er Pei, whom he had missed on the way, all came to greet him.
"Oh, there is such a big house in this city, is this our home?" Fan Wuniang, the monk's maid, was pleasantly surprised. She thought that the conditions would be very difficult when she came to Guangzhou.
"Of course this place is not as good as the Duke's Palace of Jin in Chang'an," Foresta said with a smile. She was half the owner. She used to be a stay-at-home wife in Chang'an, but later she got her status and followed her to Guangzhou. Here,
The edge is more familiar.
The current residence is located in Zicheng, Guangzhou, covering an area of dozens of acres. It is not as big as the Duke of Jin's Mansion in Chang'an, nor is it as good, but it is still well decorated.
Runniang told everyone on the side that there is actually more than just this house in Guangzhou.
"Guangzhou is a very big city. It originally had Yacheng, Zicheng and Luocheng. Now it is expanding the Zicheng and building two outer cities in the east and west."
Yacheng Zicheng and Luocheng are three-layered cities, while the east and west cities were built outside the city under the leadership of the governor Wu Huaiyi.
The house in Zicheng was occupied by Fresta. Later, Huaiyu took Aliu in Yongzhou and brought him back to Guangzhou for resettlement. Aliu didn't want to live in Fresta's house, so Huaiyu gave her a house in Zicheng.
A house was built in Luocheng.
In addition, Huaiyu naturally has his own envoy's palace in the innermost Yacheng.
There is also a large manor outside the city,
Before Huaiyu and the others arrived, Forresta lived in Zicheng Mansion, while Aliu and his teacher Dugu lived in Luocheng Villa.
As for Runniang and Er Pei, after they arrived, they built a large house near the Inner Harbor of Xi'ao in Xicheng.
A group of women were surprised when they heard this.
I wasn't tired at all on this journey, so I didn't want to sit idle as soon as I entered Guangzhou City. I immediately wanted to go shopping in Guangzhou City, and even asked Huaiyu when he would go to see the sea.
"There's no rush. Let's settle down first and have a good rest before taking a boat to see the ocean."
Considering that Yacheng is smaller, the East and West cities are still under construction and a bit noisy, and Luocheng is relatively chaotic, I finally decided to live in Zicheng.
Of course, Forresta was also very smart and did not really regard this as her own territory. She respectfully asked the eldest lady Fan to come in with other concubines.
Wu Huaiyu sat for a while at his home in Zicheng and then went to Yacheng.
He went straight to the Governor's Mansion in Guangzhou to find his brother Huaiyi.
"I heard that the saint is going to make you the hereditary governor of Jiangzhou? Congratulations!"
In the governor's office, Huaiyi came up with a smile and hugged Huaiyu. He already knew about the appointment as governor.
"This matter has also spread in Guangzhou?"
"Well, it was all published in the newspaper. Which state or county in the world doesn't know about it? To be honest, I was a little shocked when I saw it. I didn't expect that His Majesty not only wanted to enfeoff the clan, but also the ministers with different surnames." Huai
Yi sighed and said,
However, the title of Shifeng Governor has no direct relationship with him. Although he is now a Marquis of Qujiang County, he is only a virtual Marquis. He does not even have a real title of Shifeng or household, let alone a title of Shifeng.
"I am actually opposed to this matter," Wu Huaiyu said bluntly to his brother.
"Why object?"
"Because for the imperial court and the country of Tang Dynasty, this would do more harm than good,"
Huaiyi made him a cup of tea, "But for you, my fourth uncle, and our Wu family, it is a great blessing to have two generations of governorship, right?"
Huaiyu shook his head. On the surface it seemed so, but in reality it was hard to tell.
First of all, Wu Huaiyu felt that Li Shimin was the only emperor of all time, so it was impossible for him to not see such a big disadvantage in this matter, so either he was in a hot head or the emperor was deliberately fishing.
Furthermore, if the Wu family really gets two hereditary governors, it will make them more powerful and easy to attack. At this stage, the Wu family does not urgently need these two hereditary governors. After all, the warrior Xun is now the prime minister of the dynasty, and Wu Huaiyu is also a feudal lord in Lingnan.
big officials,
Not far better than the two governors,
After taking a few sips of tea, Huaiyu stopped talking about the matter and took the initiative to ask about the current situation in Lingnan.
It's been a few months since he left.
"Everything is fine. The barbarians on the other side of the left and right streams in Yong Mansion and the Jizhou states are all under your control. The tricks you arranged before were powerful enough, but now the barbarians are constantly fighting among themselves.
Half of the rebel governors wanted by you have been killed and replaced by the governors below. However, most of these people did not remain proud for long. Many of them had just killed the former governor and replaced them, and they were immediately replaced by other governors.
people attack,
There were some who were defeated, and there were also those who resisted. In short, the Dongman tribes in Zuoxi River were reduced to a pot of porridge, and many of the tribesman chiefs had no choice but to come and seek refuge with the imperial court after their defeat."
Speaking of this, Wu Huaiyi was very excited. He wished he was the governor of Yong Mansion and commanded the battle in Zuoxi River. Wu Huaiyu's trick was really powerful. To capture the thief, he first captured the king, pretended to attack Zuoxi, and then asked Xi Junmai to sneak attack in Youxi.
Huang Jiadong, the leader of the alliance that defeated the rebels,
Huaiyu deliberately besieged the city in Zuoxi for reinforcements. The two battles wiped out a large number of elite forces of the barbarians, leaving Zuoxi completely weakened and leaderless. Then Huaiyu suddenly stopped his march, but issued a proclamation, declaring that only the rebels would be held accountable.
The other governors of the state did not pursue the case, and even if they could help the court to eliminate the rebellious governors, they would immediately replace them and confer them the title of new governors.
This caused the left and right streams to become completely chaotic.
Forced by the intimidation of the imperial army, coupled with their own ambitions, and the fact that the barbarians on the left and right were very scattered, the current exciting situation of fighting among themselves emerged.
"Now that you are back, do you want the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves and completely end the turmoil in the left and right streams?" Huaiyi asked expectantly.
"Why should I send troops to end the turmoil?" Huaiyu laughed loudly, "The current situation in Zuoxi River is very beneficial to the court. Let them fight in a nest first. No matter how they fight, both the barbarians and the barbarians will lose. We just sit on the mountain and watch the fight.
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Not only was Huaiyu not in a hurry to end the turmoil, he also planned to continue to stir up internal strife and make this civil war last longer.
Of course, the marching camp to the south is not in a hurry to disband. It continues to advance slowly along the left and right streams, building forts and garrisoning troops. The left and right streams are like two chains. As long as the main lines of the left and right streams are opened, it will naturally radiate to the entire two stream basins.
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These Xiduo barbarians are fighting, and they can also take advantage of the situation to engage in slave trade with them.
The war between the barbarians in Zuoyouxi will produce a large number of prisoners of war. The barbarian market has always been prosperous because of its trade in human beings. This war will only make the market more prosperous and further weaken the power of the barbarians.
During the civil war between the barbarians, the Tang people did business with them.
"Have Huang Cheng, Gong Xing, Ning Shijing and others established a firm foothold in the three states of Hangxi?"
"With the imperial court at their back and the support of the conquest camp, there is no chance that they will lose their footing. Don't worry, they are like a fish in water now, and they are in trouble."
"Are you obedient?"
"Very obedient." Huaiyi smiled.
Wu Huaiyu nodded, it seems that they are all smart people, and those who understand current affairs are heroes, which saves them trouble.
"Brother, is everything going well in Guangzhou?"
Huaiyi picked up the tea cup, feeling a little helpless, "You have planned everything that can happen to me here. I will just execute it according to your plan."
The main tasks of Huaiyi, the governor of Guangzhou, are the reconstruction of the Sanchong old city of Guangzhou, the expansion of the east and west cities, the dredging and expansion of the inner harbors of Nanhao, east and west, and the construction of the outer harbor.
The Guangzhou Dudu's Mansion is now driven by three powerful carriages, with great power and rapid development. These three carriages are the trade of Guangzhou Port, the iron smelting of Foshan, and the copper smelting of Shaozhou.
"In the three quarters of this year, the number of Hu merchant ships sailing into Guangzhou Port has exceeded the total of last year, and was even twice that of the year before last," Huaiyi was still very excited when talking about this.
Wu Huaiyu knew the number of Hu merchant ships in Guangzhou Port in the past few years. He calculated in his mind and was surprised, "Could it be that there are already 4,000 Hu merchant ships entering Guangzhou Port this year?"
"More than four thousand, almost 4,500 ships."
After receiving the confirmation, Huaiyu was really shocked.
This amount is not ordinary and astonishing.
At the mouth of Fuxu, in the bay of Huangmu, in the southeast of Guangzhou, there is a Boluo tree in the temple, and next to the Boluo River, there is a Tanah Lot Temple, also known as the Boluo Temple, to worship the God of the South China Sea.
Maritime merchants worshiped the God of the Sea here and then went to sea.
Similarly, when Hu Shang's ship arrived in Guangzhou, it also docked at this port.
After decades of expansion during the Sui and Tang dynasties, Fuxu Outer Port was now able to accommodate thousands of large and small ships.
Guangzhou is connected to the Haiyi Road, and the route goes from Guangzhou to the Persian Gulf. This route passes through the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the West Pole. It not only reaches the Persian Gulf, but also reaches the Red Sea and East Africa.
After Wu Huaiyu went south to Lingnan, he also exploited the southeast trade wind, organized merchant ships to sail to the northeast, and opened routes to Japan and the three countries on the Korean Peninsula.
In the past two years, Wu Huaiyu was in charge of Lingnan and implemented a loose policy towards Guangzhou, encouraging and supporting maritime trade, and focusing on the development of Guangzhou's trading port. As a result, the maritime trade of Guangzhou Port has indeed soared.
The number of merchant ships coming to Guangzhou Port is increasing year by year, and the east and west goods are also gathering in Guangzhou Port.
Not to mention that a large number of Hu merchants began to do business and settle in Guangzhou for a long time, and there were also Fanfang in the Hu people gathering area, which was no weaker than the West Market in Chang'an.
"There are indeed many ships coming to Guangzhou Port now, including Nanhai ships, Southwest Yi ships, seaway merchant ships, Fan ships, Nanhai Fan ships, Brahman ships, Western Region ships, Kunlun ships, Kunlun ships, Persian ships and Lion ships, etc.
Now in the newly built Xicheng and Fanfang, the planned gathering area for Hu merchants, there are already more than 30,000 Hu people."
Huaiyu was surprised again by this number, "More than 30,000 people?"
"Well, but the liquidity is high, you also know that many maritime merchants have to wait for the monsoon, so when waiting for the wind, they will anchor at the port, sell and purchase goods, repair the ships, and wait until the monsoon starts before leaving the port.
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Ocean sailing these days does rely more on the monsoon. If you miss the monsoon, you have to wait for more than half a year.
"Although we have been working hard to build Guangzhou into the largest trading port in the Tang Dynasty, we must also strengthen the management of these Hu merchants and feudal lords, set up fanfang, and arrange the Hu merchants together. Although it is beneficial to management, we must also prevent these Hu merchants from gathering together.
Later, he refused to obey the rules,
I would like to make a few suggestions. Fanfang must strictly implement the laws of the Tang Dynasty. No fanfang can have extraterritoriality. Secondly, fanfang who come ashore must not carry weapons..."
Regardless of whether they are rich Persians, black Kunlun, naked Linyi, Jingdian, or dwarf Japanese, they must strictly abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Hu Shangfan people were not allowed to live in the market with other people. They had to live in special fanfangs and were subject to strict supervision and management. They had to register for entry and exit, and even had to declare in advance.
Anyone operating or living in Datang must pay taxes in accordance with the law...
Huaiyi asked his brother, "Are the maritime merchants allowed to be naturalized and settled in the Tang Dynasty? Are they allowed to marry wives and take concubines in the Tang Dynasty? Are they allowed to buy land, build houses and properties in the Tang Dynasty?"
