Twelve Ming Dynasty naval warships and twenty-four armed merchant ships came from the south in a mighty manner.
Four Portuguese warships left in despair, taking away the 1,200 colonial soldiers in the castle.
Unable to fight, Portugal was forced to abandon the colony. Vasco da Gama had died of illness, and two more Portuguese and Indian governors were replaced. Just two months after the new governor took office, Ming soldiers came to attack South India.
It was difficult for the Portuguese and Indian governors. As the Ming Navy occupied the Spice Route, Portugal's interests in the East declined year by year. The Portuguese nobles became more and more luxurious and enjoyed themselves, forcing the Indian governors to transport more goods. The governors had no money at all.
Build a new battleship. No matter how great Vasco da Gama was, he could not make a living without straw, and his successor governor only cared about exploitation.
Today, the only remaining Portuguese colonies in the east are the Port of Nagapattam in the southeastern corner of India, the Port of Calicut and the Port of Cochin in the southwest corner of India, and the Port of Goa on the west coast of India.
The armed merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty merchants also continued to rob Portuguese merchant ships, so that Portuguese merchant ships did not dare to cross the Bay of Bengal.
Zhang Gongchen landed with thousands of immigrants and walked all the way to the place of exile.
"Alas, it's hard to return to my homeland, and I will die of old age in a foreign country!" Zhang Gongchen secretly felt sad, and his heart was filled with regret.
Zhang Gongchen, whose courtesy name was Yangde and whose name was Xuzhai, was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Zhengde's reign. He was awarded the title of head of the household department, a senior official, a middle eunuch, and a right counselor to the Chief Secretary of Fujian Province.
The so-called head of the household department here is actually responsible for managing banknotes, and they change one every year. Zhang Gongchen was born in the third rank of Jinshi, and his official career ceiling was very low. He was rich in salary and money when he was awarded an official position, and he inevitably fell in with the same trend. From then on, he took advantage of opportunities and currying favor.
After bribing Shangguan for twelve or three years, he actually managed to become a member of the Fourth Rank Council.
Then, the fire dragon burned down the warehouse, and he was forced to take the blame and was exiled overseas.
I don’t know where they were escorted, but Zhang Gongchen was told that he didn’t have to go any further. Thousands of immigrants dispersed along the way, and Zhang Gongchen only had more than 200 people left here. He sat down cross-legged and began to eat dry food.
"The soil here is so fertile, the crops will definitely be harvested well!"
"If I can settle down, I will bring my wife and my family over to enjoy the blessings."
"I'm the only one left at home because of starvation. I don't plan to go back. I don't know if I can find a mother-in-law here."
"The official said that those who are willing to settle down will be given a wife directly!"
"Hey, do you really believe it? You are just a peasant, and the officials are giving you a wife?"
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The immigrants chatted all the time, and Zhang Gongchen had no common topics with them. He did not dare to reveal his identity, because these immigrants were all victims of the disaster, and Zhang Gongchen was exiled for corruption in Changpingcang. If word spread, he would be disgraced by the victims.
Beaten to death.
Not long after waiting, Huang Xu came with dozens of men to handle the handover formalities with the navy officers.
Immediately, Huang Xu came to Zhang Gongchen and said: "Huang Xu, a junior student, has met Mr. Xu Zhai!"
Zhang Gongchen quickly stood up and returned the salute: "I am wearing a sinful body and I dare not call you sir. When will my friend enter school?"
Huang Xu said: "In the 18th year of Zhengde's reign, people were promoted."
Zhang Gongchen was surprised and said: "My friend is actually a civil servant, and he is so young. Why didn't he continue the imperial examination and come to overseas Tianzhu instead?"
Huang Xu explained: "The younger generation did not intend to be an official. After winning the imperial examination, he followed his father in business and never went to Beijing to participate in the examination."
"It's a pity, it's a pity." Zhang Gongchen was really sorry because Huang Xu was too young.
Huang Xu smiled and said: "Mr. Xu Zhai was originally going to the Far East. I asked for a favor and wanted an official to help. I didn't expect that I could recruit such a great talent as Mr. Xuzhai."
Hearing this, Zhang Gongchen sweated on his forehead and said he was lucky. Being sent to Tianzhu made him suffer a lot. If he was exiled to the far east, he would have to shed a layer of his skin even if he didn't die!
Zhang Gongchen said quickly: "Thank you my friend for taking care of me."
"Let's talk as we walk," Huang Xu said.
Taking more than two hundred immigrants with him, Huang Xu introduced the "Tianzhu Cotton Fair" as they continued on their way.
Zhang Gongchen was extremely shocked: "A group of merchants recruited disaster victims as soldiers and actually destroyed a country. How big is this country?"
Huang Xu said: "It is wider than the lake, and the land is fertile."
Zhang Gongchen was speechless for a moment. Huguang was one of the largest provinces in the Ming Dynasty. This country was actually bigger than Huguang, and the fertile land everywhere was not barren.
Huang Xu also introduced the caste system here and said: "The untouchables in this country are like grass and grass. If a foreign enemy invades, they are not even qualified to join the army and serve the country. I am one of the shareholders of the Tianzhu Cotton Association, and I have been allocated 30,000 acres of fertile land.
I only brought a hundred young men here, and the farming was all done by the locals. The untouchables here are very easy to catch. I brought a hundred young men, and I captured thousands of untouchables in half a month. The untouchables only need to be given food.
, didn’t even know how to resist, we originally expected them to farm.”
Zhang Gongchen asked: "Isn't this a serf?"
Huang Xu smiled bitterly: "They are really comparable to serfs. I laugh even in my dreams, and I don't hesitate to give them benefits. But these untouchables can really make people mad. Apart from being obedient, they are basically useless. Just farming, but also
The young men I brought with me taught them how to plant step by step. If they learn it today, they will forget it tomorrow. Even if they learn it, they will be lazy. If no one is whipping them with a whip, they will be messing around in the blink of an eye, planting and drying.
The sun sleeps."
Zhang Gongchen shook his head repeatedly: "Such a scoundrel, no wonder he is so despicable."
Huang Xu said: "So, the merchants who came with me no longer want to arrest untouchables for farming. They would rather pay money to recruit immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. One farmer from the Ming Dynasty can probably support a hundred untouchables!"
After walking, we finally arrived at Huang Xu's manor.
The previous owner of the manor was a local minor noble. All the men were sent to meet Shiva, while the women stayed and had other arrangements. Not only here, but also all the landowners of the 30,000 acres of land were wiped out, and the land was distributed to shareholders for free - 10,000 shares were purchased.
Two can be divided into ten thousand acres. If you want more, you have to spend money to buy it.
Hundreds of white women were quickly brought to the scene.
One of the beautiful girls was sent to Zhang Gongchen. Huang Xu said: "My husband is far away overseas and has no one to take care of me. This girl has never been married, so it is better to give her to my husband as a concubine."
Is there such a good thing?
A prison officer who was exiled overseas was expecting to live a hard life, but unexpectedly he didn't do anything. As soon as he arrived, he found a beautiful white girl as his concubine.
Zhang Gongchen is forty years old this year. He has not had sex with women for more than half a year since he was released from prison. This woman has fair skin, a graceful and attractive figure, and an exotic temperament. Zhang Gongchen immediately felt hot all over. He smiled awkwardly and said: "
This...how does this happen?"
"Sir, please don't refuse," Huang Xu said. "You have to come overseas to settle down and establish a career. Not only do you have a beautiful concubine, but these two hundred immigrants should also have wives."
The benevolence, righteousness and morality have long been thrown aside. Zhang Gongchen raised his hands and said: "Friend... no, I should say the proprietor. The proprietor is so kind!"
Huang Xu smiled, asked more than two hundred immigrants to draw lots, and then lectured: "From now on, you will help me farm the land. Today, each of you can get a daughter. Those who have a wife at home can take her as a concubine;
Those who do not have a wife at home can take her as their wife. Each of them comes to choose according to the order of drawing lots."
Liu Ergui was lucky enough to get lottery No. 1 and was asked to choose his wife.
"My boss, you really...really let me pick at will?" Liu Ergui felt like he was dreaming. His family had been tenant farmers for generations and was so poor that it was difficult to find a wife. Some time ago, they almost starved to death due to a disaster, but this time there were hundreds of them.
The woman is of his choice.
Huang Xu smiled and said: "Take your pick."
Liu Ergui seemed to have become an emperor, excitedly walking among hundreds of white women. Choosing from left to right, this guy pointed at a plump and plump woman and said, "That's her. She has big breasts and a big butt. She will be fertile at first glance."
"Hahahaha!" More than two hundred immigrants laughed.
Zhang Gongchen muttered to himself: "Idiot!"
Among these hundreds of white women, there were more than twenty beautiful girls and dozens of beautiful women. Zhang Ergui actually chose a married woman with a big body and a round waist!
Huang Xu, however, praised: "She has good eyesight. This woman used to be a noble lady. She gave birth to several healthy children, and none of them died in infancy."
"Hehe, hehehe." Liu Ergui burst into laughter. Not only did he have a wife, but she was also a noble lady.
More than 200 immigrants have all finished selecting their wives, and the remaining women are taken back and left for the next batch of immigrants to choose. In the future, if there are not enough white women, they will have to use Shudra women to make up the number, at least Shudras
The class is not as black as the untouchables.
As Huang Xu said, only by settling down can one establish a career. After each got a wife, these immigrants were full of energy and wished they could help their employers farm the land today.
Zhang Gongchen, who was recruited to manage 30,000 acres of land, inspected the land on horseback the next day. When he came back, he said: "The people in this country are really wasting their resources. They don't build water conservancy projects on such fertile land. Are they always relying on the sky for their livelihood?"
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Huang Xu said: "Who knows?"
Zhang Gongchen said: "Ten miles to the northwest, there is a river. Canals can be built to divert water from the river for irrigation. Those untouchables who cannot farm are sent to dig canals. Who dares to be lazy and drain them to death?"
Huang Xu was very happy: "I'll leave it to you to build the canal. I have to go to the royal city. It may take two months to come back. I'll leave it to you to take care of these 30,000 acres of land."
Zhang Gongchen bowed and said: "I should try my best to plan for my boss!"