Daming: I help my wife be the empress

"His Royal Highness has sharp eyesight. This city of Hui was indeed designed and presided over by a craftsman in the construction industry in the south of the Yangtze River."

Aimee Zhu was surprised again when she heard this, and said: "A master craftsman is second only to the great master craftsman. Sister Huiyan is really capable of hiring a master craftsman to Yingzhou."

Zhu Huiyan smiled modestly, but didn't say much about it.

Huicheng is divided into a well shape by two vertical and two horizontal streets, and Huiwang Mansion and the main yamen are in the middle area of ​​the well shape.

In the other eight areas, there is a workshop area mainly for workshops, a vegetable market for selling melons, fruits, vegetables, and fish, and a commercial area for department stores, and other areas for residential buildings.

Aimee Zhu saw that there were not too few people in each street, and some streets were even quite prosperous, so she couldn't help asking curiously: "Sister Huiyan, what is the registered population of King Hui? What is the actual population?"

Zhu Huiyan said: "The registered population is 13, and the actual population is about 750."

"So much?" Aimee Zhu was surprised again.

Since Mingyue arrived in Yingzhou, she has traveled all the way to Tang Wangling, Huaiwangling, Hengwangling, Yiwangling, Luwangling, Zhouwanglingling, and has a good understanding of the situation of each kinglingling.

In terms of population, among the first six kingdoms, the Tang kingdom has the largest registered population, with only a little over 10 people.

After that came Zhou Wangling, with more than [-] people.

The seemingly powerful King of Lu has a registered population of just over 7, and many of them were forcibly "immigrated" from North Korea and Japan.

As for Huai Wang Ling, Heng Wang Ling, and Yi Wang Ling, there are only [-] people less, and the registered population is only [-] people.

As for the actual population of the king's land, it mainly refers to those who came to make money but did not register in the king's land.This kind of floating population did not exceed [-] in the first six kingdoms.

But in King Hui's territory, there are about [-] floating population, which can't help but surprise Zhu Yu.

Zhu Huiyan explained with a smile: "There are two reasons why King Hui has such a large population.

First, Huiwangling has always implemented a gentle naturalization policy towards the aborigines, which has made many natives naturalized and became Huiwangling's people.

If His Highness went to look at the secret population book of Prince Hui, he would find that there were more than [-] people on the book, all of whom were naturalized natives.

Second, it is because Hui Wangling discovered several gold mines one after another in the past few years, and I deliberately spread the news to Nanyang and even Daming, which attracted many gold diggers.

After a few years, some of these gold diggers became citizens in King Hui's territory.Although most gold diggers are still migrants, they have also brought popularity and business opportunities to Huiwangling. "

Aunt Zhu said: "Speaking of gold mines, there are also gold mines found in Zhou Wangling's side, but the number of gold diggers attracted is far less than that of my sister's - Zhou Wangling is closer to Nanyang and Daming than Hui Wangling Woolen cloth.

As for the gold diggers who are willing to register in Zhou Wangling, there are even fewer.In the final analysis, it is better for sister Huiyan to have such a large population. "

While talking, Aimee Zhu paid attention to the passers-by on the street, and found that there were indeed many aborigines, even some blond-haired and blue-eyed Westerners.

It can be seen that Hui Wangling is inclusive of all rivers and rivers in terms of absorbing the population.

There is one thing that Auntie Zhu didn't mention, and that is that Zhou Wangling is actually developing quite well.

The reason why its population is smaller than that of Huiwangling is that the initial development funds are less than that of Huiwangling, and the second is that the King of Zhou has certain requirements for the registered population, and not everyone is accepted.

After wandering around the city, Zhu Huiyan took Aimee Zhu to visit some places outside the city.

In addition to the logging factories, gold mines, and iron mines that are related to the development of Huiwangling, there are also some natural beauty.

It took three days for Auntie Zhu to visit all the "attractions" around Huicheng.

On this day, when she was resting in the temporary residence of Prince Hui's Mansion, Zhu Huiyan brought a stack of account books to find her.

"Sister Huiyan is here to ask me to pay the bill?" Aimee Zhu asked with a smile.

"Of course." Zhu Huiyan said seriously: "Speaking of which, since the discovery of the gold mine, Huiwangling has quickly started to make a profit.

It's just that most of the profits were invested in new construction projects, and it was only in the past two years that they really made money.

Even if Her Highness the Princess doesn't come, King Hui should send a boat of dividends to Nanjing this year.

Now that the princess is here, of course I have to report this account. "

"Okay, since sister Huiyan wants to pay the bill, I'll listen." After speaking, someone called Chen Yonghua and He Ming over.

These two plus the four sisters of the Ming family, even though they are not as good as professional accountants, they are not fooled.

She is not afraid of being cheated.

As far as she knew, Miss Huang had arranged Jinyiwei South Town Fusi in each of the kingdoms, and she had enough understanding of the development of each kingdom.Whether Zhu Huiyan is cheating or not, she will know when she asks Sister Huang later.

After Zhu Huiyan finished reporting, Auntie Zhu found out that the first dividend that King Hui was going to give her was as high as more than 200 million silver dollars!
It should be known that what she and Sister Huang invested in Hui Wangling together was only 105 million silver dollars.

Now it has doubled and returned to the capital at once.

Even if the more than 100 million yuan earned is spread over the long period of seven years, the average annual income is more than 20 yuan.

It can be seen that expanding overseas can indeed make huge profits.

As far as Auntie Zhu knew, there were quite a lot of gold mines in the southeast of Yingzhou, and the largest gold mine was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

The entire capital of Yingzhou now turns in more than ten million taels of wealth to the Ming court every year.

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After staying in King Hui for half a month, Aunt Zhu and the others set sail again.

She is going to visit Xuanzhou, which is just across the strait, to the southeast of Yingzhou first.Then go to Phoenix Island in the east, that is, Fengzhou and Huangzhou.

Xuanzhou, Fengzhou, and Huangzhou, in recent years, the Ming court has successively set up thousands of households in it, and it is under the jurisdiction of the capital of Yingzhou.

Therefore, Aimee Zhu is not afraid that no one will welcome her when she goes to these three places.

After that, she planned to take the South Pacific waterway to South America, and then go to North America along the west coast of South America, to see the two princes and see the scenery of North America by the way.

But Concubine Zhu, after learning that Concubine Zhu had left King Hui, she stopped paying attention.

In recent days, she has been discussing with ministers about setting up provinces in Siam and Nanzhang.

In the end, it was decided to set Nanzhang and Siam as one province, named "Cangnan Province", and the provincial government was tentatively designated as Vientiane, the capital of the original Nanzhang country.

The reason why Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam, was not chosen is because Ayutthaya is close to the seaport. Even if it loses its status as a political center, it can still maintain prosperity by relying on sea trade.

And Vientiane is located in the south of Nanzhang Kingdom, close to Siam, and has waterways extending in all directions, so it is suitable as the political center for controlling Cangnan Province.

It was also in this year that some small countries in the South Seas bordering the South China Sea, photographed by the Ming Dynasty, also chose to surrender.

In this way, the South China Sea became the inland sea of ​​the Ming Empire.

Second more.

Good night~