Yang Ren and Zhang Yanfang talked a few more words, and since it was already getting late today, they took a break. After getting up the next day, Yang Ren inspected the North and South cities while helping Zhang Yanfang share some of the affairs of the Shipping Department.
This made Zhang Yanfang feel more relaxed.
Things in the Shibo Division were on track, and nothing major happened for many days after that. However, Zhang Yanfang did not relax his inspections of the northern and southern cities, because as a scholar educated by traditional Confucianism, he stubbornly believed that all businessmen were incompetent.
Anyone who believes this is trying to evade taxes. From a certain perspective, his opinion is not wrong.
A few days later, the Shanghu County Government Office and the Songjiang Government Office jointly submitted a letter requesting the formal establishment of Qingpu County and the document was sent to the capital through the inn.
On the west coast of Nanyang, there is a city built on the seaside. If it were placed in the Central Plains, even a slightly larger county seat would be stronger than this city, but in Nanyang this is already a first-rate city.
Nanyang is rich in products, and most of the local people are lazy; but the people here are very focused and there is no slacker.
At this time, a small ship sailed into the port here. The people stationed at the port suddenly became nervous. It was not until the people on the ship played the corresponding flags that they relaxed a little, but they still stood guard at the door.
After a while, the boat docked, and a man immediately ran off the boat and ran into the city. The city defenders seemed to know this man and let him in without any resistance.
This man ran all the way to the royal city and ran into the royal city without any hindrance.
In the royal city, a person is sitting on the throne and talking to a person sitting next to the throne. It seems that they are the king of this country and his ministers, but the clothes they wear are the same as ordinary people. They are not as good as
The country gentry of the Ming Dynasty.
They were talking about something when the sound of footsteps came from outside. The person sitting on the throne said to the person sitting beside him: "Bo Ke, it seems that Qing Jin is back. Let's go first
I heard what news Qing Jin brought back, whether it is good news or bad news."
The man known as Bo Ke nodded and said: "Your Majesty, it is best to listen to the news from Qing Jin first. The news brought by Qing Jin is different, and our countermeasures are completely different."
The man who was called the king stood up and said with a wry smile: "What kind of king am I? It was just that in the chaos at the beginning, everyone had no one, so I was elected to lead the army to protect everyone."
Bo Ke also stood up and continued: "No matter what, the king is the king."
It seemed that they had discussed this issue many times. The man who was called the King looked helpless, but did not speak again.
At this time, the people who had been running all the way from the boat ran into the palace where they were, with happy faces.
The man called the king and Bo Ke saw his expression, and the man called the king said: "How is it? Has Manaka agreed to form an alliance with us against Majapahit?"
After hearing his words, the man's face darkened and he said, "No, Manlajia rejected the alliance request."
Bo Ke said: "This man from Manlajia doesn't understand the meaning of death! If our three Buddhas are destroyed, won't Majapahit attack Manlajia? Jinqing, you haven't told them this truth."
say clearly?"
Jin Qing said: "Why didn't I say it? But most Manglajia people thought that they were oriole, waiting behind them!"
The full name of this Jinqing is Shi Jinqing, the full name of Boke is Zheng Boke, and the name of the person who is called the king is Liang Daoming.
They were originally from Guangdong, China, and could not escape to Srivijaya to avoid the war in the late Yuan Dynasty. In the 30th year of Hongwu, Majapahit went to war with Srivijaya, captured the capital of Srivijaya, and killed the king of Srivijaya, Mana Zhe Wuli.
Amid the chaos, the Chinese living in Srivijaya supported Liang Daoming as the king of Srivijaya, and used Old Port (today's Palembang) as their capital and border defense town to resist Majapahit's invasion.
But this monarch is not easy to do. He has to think about how to resist Majapahit's invasion every day and how much benefit he has. It is not as easy as the former businessmen. Sometimes they feel that it is better to surrender.
But it doesn’t work! Majapahit is a country of the True God religion, and Srivijaya is a Buddhist country. In this era, except for China and countries deeply influenced by Chinese culture, other countries are very serious about religion.
Majapahit will definitely force them to believe in the True God Religion. If they do not believe, although Majapahit may not kill them, they will definitely not be able to settle here.
And they have lived here for more than thirty years, and they are already half of their hometown. They don't want to leave, and they don't want to believe in the True God Religion, so they can only resist.
Bo Ke sighed: "Alas! There is no way to make a plan!" Then he asked: "Then why was the joy on your face when you came in?"
Shi Jinqing said: "When I came here, I heard that the Ming Dynasty opened the sea!"
Liang Daoming immediately said in surprise: "What! The Ming Dynasty opened the sea!"
Zheng Boke was equally surprised and said: "Really?"
Shi Jinqing said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Brother Zheng."
In this era, the spread of information was extremely slow. Because of the war in Srivijaya, there were few merchants coming. So although well-informed people knew that the sea was going to open in March, but if Shi Jinqing hadn't gone to Manchuria, they might still have been there. I do not know.
Liang Daoming walked around happily and said: "Immediately send someone to the Ming Dynasty Shipping Department station. By the way, which port has the Ming Dynasty opened this time?"
Shi Jinqing said: "It's Shanghu County."
Liang Daoming asked in confusion: "Shanghu County? Where is it? Did it change its name somewhere?"
Shi Jinqing replied: "It is in Songjiang Prefecture at the mouth of the Yangtze River, not far from Suzhou."
Liang Daoming was even more confused: "Why open the sea where?"
Shi Jinqing shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Liang Daoming thought for a while and said, "Ignore him. We must send someone to Shanghu County immediately."
Zheng Boke interrupted at this time: "The Ming Dynasty has always regarded people like you as abandoned people, and Lord Hongwu has imposed a sea ban. If we are willing to go back to farm, the court will not care about us, but it may not be effective for us to ask for help, right?"
Shi Jinqing said: "Brother Zheng, Lord Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty has passed away. The emperor's grandson succeeded him, and the reign name is not yet clear. I heard this from Manlajia."
Liang Daoming said: "This new emperor may not be the same as Lord Hongwu, but we still have to give it a try. More importantly, Manlajia refused to form an alliance. Do we have other options? Regardless of success bsp; "And since the Ming Dynasty Opening the sea means that we no longer need to carry our heads to do business at sea. If we really can't hold Sriwijaya, will we really die here? We will always have to leave."
"If it's time to leave, it would be better to do business in Daming, which is open to the sea, even if it is not our hometown of Guangdong. Although there are many rules and regulations when doing business in Daming, you can always live a peaceful life."
Shi Jinqing and Zheng Boke looked at each other and felt that what Liang Daoming said made sense. So Shi Jinqing said: "Then I will go to Ming Dynasty personally. No matter whether it succeeds or not, I will come back."
Liang Daoming patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's really hard on you."
Shi Jinqing said: "For the sake of our wealth and lives, why bother!"
