"Basong, Su Dongli, the matters for you two to become subjects of the Ming Dynasty have been settled. From today on, you are the subjects of the Ming Dynasty." Zhang Yanfang took out two household registration certificates and the household registration certificate issued to the semu people in the country who believed nothing.
The documents are almost the same except for the color.
At this time, two people were sitting opposite him. Neither of them was very fair, but one of them was very thin, and the other was very tall, and his appearance was somewhat different from that of the native people of the Ming Dynasty.
These two people are the businessmen who wanted to become subjects of the Ming Dynasty a few days ago, Basong from Siam and Su Dongli from Sinhalese. The taller one is Basong, and the thin one is Su Dongli. Their application for naturalization
Zhang Yanfang reported it to Yunxi, and after Yunxi gave his request, Zhang Yanfang completed it as quickly as possible and handed over the household registration certificate to the two of them.
Zhang Yanfang originally thought that Su Dongli's family background would not meet Yun Hei's financial requirements, but he did not expect that Su Dongli would collect the financial requirements to immigrate his family to Daming, and Zhang Yanfang went through the naturalization procedures for him.
At this time, both of them stretched out their hands to take their household registration certificates from Zhang Yanfang, carefully looked at the blue cardboard cover, and asked in fluent Chinese: "With this,
Can we walk freely on the land of the Ming Dynasty like the merchants of the Ming Dynasty?" "This looks different from the road guide of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. Do the officials in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty recognize this object?"
Although their questions are different, their meanings are the same. They still have some doubts about whether they really became Ming merchants with this item in their hands.
"Of course the officials in the Ming Dynasty will recognize this thing. With this, you will become the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Yanfang explained: "But you can't walk freely on the land of Ming Dynasty with this. According to His Majesty's decree, you must now choose a county as your registered residence, and you can only walk freely in the state capital where this county is located.
.Only the children you give birth to in the future will be able to get the same guidance as the merchants of the Ming Dynasty when they grow up, and can walk freely on the land of the Ming Dynasty."
"The place where the household registration is located does not have to be Dongguan County, right?" Basong asked immediately. Su Dongli also showed a worried look on his face. The Bao'an Shipping Company is in Dongguan County. If they are required to register their household registration in Dongguan County,
And they are still allowed to live in Bosi, Baoan City, which is no different from not being naturalized.
"Of course it's not just Dongguan County. And even if you have your household registration in Dongguan County, you can move freely in Guangzhou Prefecture. However, after discussing with the Chief Envoy of Guangdong, I hope that both of you will keep your household registration in Guangzhou Prefecture."
Zhang Yanfang said.
"Then I will register my household registration in Panyu County." The two of them said in unison.
"Well, I will immediately write a document to the Chief Envoy of Guangdong, the Government Office of Guangzhou and the County Office of Panyu County, so that you two can register your household registration in Panyu County." Zhang Yanfang said without surprise. Panyu County is
Fuguo County in Guangzhou Prefecture is adjacent to the Pearl River in the south. It has convenient transportation and is the boundary of the provincial capital. It is normal for the two of them to wish to register their household registration here.
But Basong immediately asked: "Although our household registration is in Panyu County, can we live in Dongguan County and run our own business?"
Although Guangzhou is a good place, it is not easy for these foreign businessmen with no backing to gain a foothold in such a place. There are many large merchants in Guangzhou, and when it comes to money, even if it is financial strength, the two of them
Basong, who was even better, did not dare to claim that he would be among the top in Guangzhou. It was possible that he would be squeezed out by the businessmen in Guangzhou and that his family's wealth would be wiped out.
But Dongguan is different. The entire Dongguan County was very backward before the establishment of Baoan City Shipping Division. Not only could it not be compared with Guangzhou City, it was also far behind Sanshui, Shunde, Xinhui and other places to the west of Guangzhou. In the county,
Not to mention big businessmen like Basong, there are no 'medium' businessmen like Su Dongli, and they are very poor. Even if the Baoan City Shipping Department was established, because the time was still short, there were still no big businessmen in Dongguan County. And because of the City Shipping Department
With the company located here, local people are more inclined to run restaurants, inns and the like to make money, rather than taking risks and trafficking goods. This makes it more difficult for wealthy businessmen to appear in Dongguan County.
This gave Basson an opportunity. He could completely fill this gap and make money by doing some business that the locals had not yet started to do.
Although Zhang Yanfang was a civil servant, he could understand what the merchants were thinking in the past few years. So after thinking about it for a while, he understood Basong's idea and said: "Although the merchants of the Ming Dynasty still have their registered residence, they still have their registered residence.
In addition to not being allowed to buy fields in other counties and having children take the imperial examination in other counties, you can do business in any place with a merchant's road guide, as long as you do not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you violate the laws, your family property will be confiscated and sent back to your place of origin, and you will not be allowed to do business in the future.
Go out on business."
"You two will be citizens of the Ming Dynasty from now on. Although you can't leave Guangzhou for the time being, you are just like ordinary merchants. You are not allowed to buy fields and have your children take the imperial examination in places other than where you are registered. The rest are allowed; so you
Even if your household registration is in Panyu County, you can still do business in Dongguan County."
"Then I'll be relieved." Basong said, "I'll be doing business in Dongguan."
"What about you," Zhang Yanfang turned to Su Dongli: "Are you in Panyu County, or do you also want to come to Dongguan County to do business?"
"Here," Su Dongli fell into a huge hesitation, and said after a while: "I'd better go to Panyu County to have a look first. I think if it doesn't work, I will go to Dongguan County. Anyway, the business of Bao'an Shipping Company will not stop.
If you keep doing it, you can survive even if you don’t have any other money for a while.”
"In this case, you can now take your family members out of the inns and shops in Bosi, Bao'an City, and arrange to live in the surrounding towns. If you want to go to other prefectures and counties in Guangzhou Prefecture, you can. Although your household registration
It hasn't landed somewhere yet, but it must be in Guangzhou Prefecture, so you can walk freely in Guangzhou Prefecture," Zhang Yanfang said.
He then exchanged a few more words with the two of them, and finally said: "I have nothing to do, please step back."
Just when Basong was about to salute according to the usual etiquette, he suddenly remembered something and bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Tiju, for informing me. I will take my leave now."
Su Dongli next to him was also stunned, and then he followed Basong's actions and bowed to salute.
Zhang Yanfang originally planned to send them away the same way he treated them in the past, but when he saw their actions, he realized that their identities were different from before!
Basong and Su Dongli were originally merchants from Waifan. Although in theory all the people of Waifan, regardless of whether they were scholars, farmers, industry or merchants, were subjects of the Ming Emperor, and they, officials of the Ming Dynasty, could also manage the agriculture, industry and commerce of Waifan; in practice, they
The management of Fan merchants is very loose. As long as Fan merchants do not cause trouble and are not caught for tax evasion and tax evasion, Zhang Yanfang and other officials of the Shipping Department will not care whether they abide by etiquette.
But now that they have become merchants of the Ming Dynasty, things are different. Even if the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are richer than them, they still respect the officials of the Ship Bureau very much; the officials of the Ship Bureau also have more management and requirements for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.
Be stricter.
Zhang Yanfang then said again very seriously: "You two, please step back."
"Yes, Sir Jiji." The two of them bowed again and left the room.
After they all left, Zhang Yanfang smiled softly, took out the writing paper and started writing.
After Basong came out of the Shibosi Yamen, he sighed: "From today on, my status will be different. From now on, I have to respect every official of the Baoan Shibosi. Are there any Ming Dynasty festivals recently? Everyone has to offer their gifts."
A gift.”
"There are no festivals in the Ming Dynasty after the Double Ninth Festival until more than three months before the Winter Solstice. If you want to give gifts, you have to wait until the Winter Solstice." Su Dongli was thinking about something and agreed casually.
"Then wait until the winter solstice and give a big gift to every official of Bao'an City's Shipping Department." Basong said.
After saying this, he asked Su Dongli: "What are you going to do these days?"
"I plan to go to Guangzhou to see how prosperous the city is. If the Ming Dynasty did not allow me to settle in the capital, I would have wanted to visit the capital," Su Dongli said.
"Guangzhou City! I will also visit it in the future. But now I will not go to Guangzhou. Instead, I will go to Dongguan County to have a look and buy some places to use as shops for future business." Basong said.
"How about I also go to Dongguan County to have a look? Forget it, let's stop by Dongguan County and have a look when I come back from Guangzhou." Su Dongli said.
"After I've seen it in Dongguan County, I'll go to Guangzhou City. I'm also curious about how prosperous it is there," Basong said.
"If I'm still in Guangzhou City by then, remember to call me and let's walk around Guangzhou City together." Su Dongli said with an unknown meaning suddenly flashing across his face.
But Basson didn't pay attention and said: "Of course I will."
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"Father, the Ming army has begun to attack Dongxing City." Hu Xi walked into a palace and said loudly.
Hu Jisao was sitting in the palace at this time, holding a book and reading. When he heard Hu Yan's words, he did not say anything about the matter immediately, but frowned and said: "You are the king of Dayu now. In this case, you will
If you have the appearance of a king, how can you just blather when something happens?"
Hu Yan immediately stood up straight and agreed: "I know, father." Hu Jishen had been teaching him how to behave like a king, and he had been studying hard, but he still couldn't bear it when the Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack.
He suppressed his inner excitement or fear and spoke to Hu Ji Yao without the appearance of a monarch.
