My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 23 The ones who hinder you are always your own people

Qiongzhou Mansion, also known as Hainan in later generations, is the fiefdom of Zhu Gaoyu.

When the old man chose the land for Zhu Gaoyu, many people were curious about where Zhu Gaoyu would be sealed.

Zhu Gaoyu is the empress's most beloved son. When it comes to such a big matter of choosing a fief, the old man can't do it alone, so he must ask his wife's thoughts.

The empress would also definitely consult her youngest son.

Many people secretly speculated that Zhu Gaoyu would be sent to those rich places.

Some people even thought badly, if His Royal Highness the King of Yue took a fancy to Nanchang, would His Majesty kick King Ning back to his hometown in Fengyang to farm, and redistribute Nanchang to His Royal Highness Yue.

However, after Zhu Gaoyu's fief was settled, everyone was dumbfounded when he learned of the location.

Qiongzhou.

People who have lived in the Central Plains all year round have the impression of Qiongzhou as a remote and smoky place.

The court's punishment for exile was in these areas, and Qiongzhou was second only to Nuer Gandusi.

They couldn't figure it out with their feet, how could His Majesty choose such a place for His Highness King Yue?
Could it be that His Royal Highness the King of Yue fell out of favor?

This is not possible either.

With the empress here, no matter how angry your majesty is, he will not send the king of Yue here.

Later, as the news spread, everyone understood.

It was not His Royal Highness Yue who offended His Majesty, but His Highness Yue himself asked for it and strongly suggested it.

Your Majesty and Empress Persuasion have been persuading for a long time, but they couldn't persuade them anymore, so they agreed.

Choosing Qiongzhou Prefecture, Zhu Gaoyu made a final choice after deliberation.

His main development direction in the future is in the Southeast Asian waters. He needs to build an outpost as a springboard across the entire Southeast Asian waters.

Even if the Australian mainland is found in the future, Qiongzhou can also be used as a transit point to transport refugees and immigrants from Ming Dynasty to the Australian mainland.

More importantly, the climate here is pleasant and suitable for the growth of various crops.

In the future, if you come up with all kinds of weird food, you can also use the special terrain here as an excuse to perfunctory the past.

Moreover, it is rich in fruits, which will be his main source of income in the future, and the terrain can develop ocean trade, which is simply a golden bag.

There is no need to worry about food, as he has a golden finger of space, as long as he accumulates enough black and yellow energy, he can open up more fields.

When the fields reached a certain amount, let alone millions of people, he could support the entire Ming Dynasty.

It can make money without worrying about food issues, and can also develop ocean trade and build its own naval base. Except for the population, which is a bit troublesome, this is simply a tailor-made fiefdom for him.

"Your Highness, you are back."

The fleet had just docked when a middle-aged man in butler uniform ran over in surprise and greeted him with a big gift.

This person's name is Haisheng, and he is the manager of Zhu Gaoyu's fiefdom, that is, his chief steward.

He was originally a Jinshi in the year of Hongwu, but because he offended the superior, he was not promoted for many years, and he was depressed and had to resign and return to his hometown.

By chance, Zhu Gaoyu met the other party.

After chatting with him, I feel that this person is not bad. He is not as pedantic as a scholar, but his thinking is very quick.

Of course, the only shortcoming is that he is too straightforward and can't see dirty things.

Appreciating it, Zhu Gaoyu sincerely invited the other party to become his housekeeper and help him manage the fiefdom.

Haisheng also lived up to expectations, and managed things in an orderly manner.

There are some things that Zhu Gaoyu only needs to explain a little bit, and the other party can handle them properly.

"Well, I'm back."

Zhu Gaoyu greeted with a smile, looked at the almost constructed port and the city in the distance, and said with relief in his eyes: "Lao Hai, I've worked hard for you in the past two years when I'm not here."

Haisheng smiled modestly and looked at the fleet that was unloading.

"Your Highness, are all these things going to be stored in the warehouse?"

Zhu Gaoyu looked back and waved his hand.

"Leave [-]% of the gold, silver and gold and silver utensils, and I will take the remaining two layers back. In terms of goods, keep all the seeds, and don't move the rest."
The two walked to a ship unloading cargo one after the other. Zhu Gaoyu pointed to the things that the soldiers had unloaded and said, "I have all the seeds for those cargoes. We have a very good climate here, and most of them can be planted. You can arrange someone to start planting them later."

Haisheng, who was behind him, listened carefully while quickly recording what Zhu Gaoyu explained.

It's not that Zhu Gaoyu doesn't want to keep more things, but after all, he is on behalf of the imperial court to go to sea for trade. If he keeps more here, the old man will be happy when he goes back, and he will be fine if he doesn't chop him with a knife.

Zhu Gaoyu doesn't like spices like pepper at all.

As the Ceylon incident spread throughout the southeast sea, Zhu Gaoyu harvested more and more Xuanhuang Qi every day, and now it reached 15 a day.

During the period of HNA, Zhu Gaoyu opened up two more fields, and now there are 4 fields in his illusory space.

Two of them are fixed for growing grain, and the other two are for growing various spices and various melons and fruits.

He is not afraid of spoiling the things he plants.

Zhu Gaoyu had tried it from the very beginning.

The food produced in the space field can be stored in the empty space without deterioration, while the real items, except seeds, will rot within a few days.

It's not that Zhu Gaoyu never thought of storing things and then reselling them with the fleet.

But I don't know what's going on in this space. Except for all kinds of edible melons, fruits, grains and seeds, everything else will turn into nothingness.

Because of this, Zhu Gaoyu, who planned to make a fortune by relying on this wireless storage space, completely failed his plan and had to honestly transport it by boat.

After arranging the cargo issue, Zhu Gaoyu and Haisheng took the same car and headed for the city.

"How about recruiting refugees?"

As soon as the car started moving, Zhu Gaoyu asked him the question he was most concerned about.

In the future, no matter whether it is to conquer the seas of Southeast Asia or to open up the future territory of Australia, it will require a huge manpower.

At this time, Qiongzhou was sparsely populated and could not support Zhu Gaoyu's future development plan, so he could only immigrate from the main road.

It is not easy to get a fixed population, so Zhu Gaoyu focused on the victims of the disaster and the refugees without household registration.

When he went out to sea, he handed over this matter to Haisheng.

Haisheng, who was still flipping through the notebook in his hand, sighed when Zhu Gaoyu asked about immigration, with a sad expression on his face.

"Since you left, students have only recruited less than 5 people, and most of them are old and weak."

"so little!"

Knowing that Haisheng had only recruited more than 5 people for nearly two years, and most of them were old and weak, Zhu Gaoyu frowned.

More than 5 people sound like a lot, but compared with Zhu Gaoyu's future plans, this number of people is not even a drop in the bucket.

"Students are not doing their job well, please be punished by His Highness."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoyu was really dissatisfied as expected, Haisheng apologized with shame on his face.

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hands impatiently, "If you can't recruit people, there must be something wrong. With your ability, I believe you have tried your best. Get up and tell me what's going on."

Zhu Gaoyu's attitude of absolute belief made Haisheng even more ashamed.

His Highness believed in him so much that he handed over the entire Qiongzhou Mansion to him to manage, but he did not complete His Highness's explanation, which made him ashamed and felt that he had failed Zhu Gaoyu's trust in him.

"Returning to Your Highness, we can't recruit people, and there is indeed a problem."

Zhu Gaoyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Haisheng, "In detail..."

Haisheng didn't speak, but looked at the twin maids who were silently serving beside him.

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand, and the two maids hurried out.

When there were only two people left in the carriage, Haisheng said slowly, "We couldn't recruit people. It's not because we didn't treat people well, nor did the refugees not feel moved. It's because someone in the imperial court stopped us from doing all this. They didn't allow our people to take away the refugees for various reasons."

"Who?"

A coldness flashed in Zhu Gaoyu's eyes.

Haisheng seemed to have already investigated, pursed his lips, looked around again, leaned forward and said two words in Zhu Gaoyu's ear.

Hearing these two words, Zhu Gaoyu's slightly frowning brows tightened a bit.

After a long silence, he let out a sigh, and looked in the direction of Jinling, "You really are not as simple as you imagined, it seems that you have figured out a thing or two about my idea."

(End of this chapter)