The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 481

The huge fleet was divided into two groups at the mouth of the Pearl River. Huang Mingdao took most of the warships and merchant ships to Lingao to unload the population and supplies.

Huang Sheng led the white-armed soldiers, a chief musketeer, a general heavy infantry, auxiliary soldiers, and engineers to take a straw boat up the river and land directly at the Guangzhou Fu wharf.

The highest officials from Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian were of course warmly welcomed by the officials of these three provinces. Huang Sheng did not embarrass all the officials, and everything was as usual, and he did not refuse the filial piety he deserved.

Sometimes you have to follow the Romans and do as the Romans do. The officialdom of Ming Dynasty is so corrupt. It is not good for you to be independent if you resist corruption and never touch it.

Therefore, Huang Sheng came to be friendly and would not refuse anyone who came, so the officials of the three provinces were really relieved.

Huang Sheng is really not a corrupt official. The previous governors of Guangdong and Guangxi all took office by land, and no one was stupid to take the sea.

Because traveling across the state and across the government all the way, the Yicheng received from officials at all levels on the road will be a lot of money.

The greedy ones also intend to stay in each state capital for a few days just waiting for gifts from others. Often the paperwork for taking office is issued, and it may take a year or so on the road to actually take office.

Gu Ling'er bought a piece of land facing the street in Guangzhou City to build the "Huaxia Big Bank" Guangzhou branch. The "Guangzhou Grand Theater" and the post office also started construction at the same time. Of course, many shops will be built, and some preparation staff will be left behind. Then go to Zhaoqing and open a semicolon.

The next day, Huang Sheng decided to take a look at the city of Guangzhou. He didn't plan to set up a guard of honor and make the common people jump like dogs. Liu Guozheng arranged for the soldiers to mix in with the common people in advance, and he brought a member of the general flag to follow in casual clothes.

Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was only a medium-sized city with a circumference of about [-] miles. It was far less prosperous than Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Yangzhou and Linqing were not as prosperous.

However, Daming had strict control over the Xiyi and foreigners, and did not want them to come and go freely in Guangzhou, especially the Xiyi women were not allowed to set foot in Guangzhou.

That's why Haojingao became the bottleneck of trade. Xiyi's settlement and purchase were all there, and the delivery of goods had to be carried out there, so that the Portuguese got a lot of money.

Huang Sheng was wearing a scholar's green shirt, the fabric was not made by Huang Sheng deliberately, but he really didn't like silk and liked pure cotton products, and when he sweated a little, the silk would stick to his body, and Huang Sheng felt very uncomfortable.

It's the hot weather in July now, and the heat is unbearable. It's interesting to stroll slowly with a paper fan to see the street view of the ancient city.

People come and go, no less than the scene of Qingming Shanghetu. All living beings are busy with their livelihoods, and the bustling market is the epitome of the life of ordinary people in Shengdou in Ming Dynasty.

If it hadn't been for his own soul to travel to this dynasty, 20 years later in the "Gengyin Tribulation" in Guangzhou, Shang Kexi, the current deputy general of Guanglu Island in Liaodong, Ming Dynasty, would be canonized as Pingnan King by Jiannu, slaughtering this most prosperous place in the southeast, and One accomplice was Geng Jimao, Geng Zhongming's son.

"Guangdong Tongzhi" and other historical materials record: "killed 70 people".This is a bare minimum estimate.Therefore, Huang Sheng named a battleship "Guangzhou" in order not to forget the national humiliation.

If Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, disciples of the Third Liaodong Coal Mine, continued to rebel and become slaves as in history, Huang Sheng would really catch them alive.

While you were enjoying yourself, two plainclothes soldiers came to Liu Guozheng and whispered something in Liu Guozheng's ear. Liu Guozheng immediately came to the head of the family and said, "My lord, not far ahead is the established Guangzhou city selling goods. The market of the population, presumably the adults will definitely go to see it.”

Knowing that the patriarch is anxious and righteous, the subordinates have been recruiting refugees widely. They found this kind of place when they loosened their vigilance, and felt compassion for each of them, and quickly reported to Liu Guozheng to tell the patriarch.

"Oh? Every city in Daming has such a place, it's not surprising, go and have a look."

Huang Sheng visited places where people were trafficked in the capital. Many of them were teenage children who were trained for a few years and then sold to rich families as servants and maids. The prices for smarter ones were not low. There are also those who sell a "skinny horse" and earn hundreds of taels of silver.

"Slender horse" is an insulting word to women, which means that women can be tortured and ravaged at will, just like a weak horse is abused.

Huang Sheng followed Liu Guozheng all the way, and the Qingming Riverside Map became a thousand-mile starving map!It is shocking to describe the haggard, disheveled and dull-eyed people who are on the verge of death.

Seeing a group of well-dressed people coming, a few people rushed up to greet them, and before they could speak, they screamed and fell to the ground one by one.

This group of boys actually dared to go straight to Huang Sheng, how could a martial artist allow these people to get close to the Patriarch, with three punches and two kicks, they would naturally beat them to the ground.

There were a few green-skinned gangsters who wanted to use their fists to argue, but when they found that the people who came were vicious, they immediately nodded and dodged.

Huang Sheng walked silently in the garbage-filled market with a livid face, bursts of indescribably pungent smells, and the "buzzing" sound of flies and mosquitoes was extremely disgusting.

"Hello, I bought the small one. Although the small one is thin, it is hungry. The small one will have strength as long as it eats a little. follow you."

"My lord, let's buy a slave, as long as I give him food, the slave's sons and daughters seem to be dying, woo woo woo..."

"Master, it doesn't matter if you don't buy the small ones, let me give you something to eat..."

"My lord, please do me a favor and take these two children away. The younger one doesn't dare to ask for money, but only wants to give the children a way to survive."

Like the scene of hell on earth, the soldiers of the personal army were furious.

They got used to the wealth and well-being of the Huang family, and saw the nightmare again. Everyone had tears in their eyes, and the sad scenes of the past reappeared in their hearts.

Huang Sheng felt desolate in his heart. It has only been three years since Chongzhen, and there are so many hungry refugees.

"Liu Guozheng, have you seen it? There is a porridge shed there. Go occupy it and let them cook porridge. If the chopsticks are inserted and the porridge is poured, the porridge will be cooked for these people." Huang Sheng saw that several servants were insensitive. He looked angry in his heart, and told Liu Guozheng to do the right thing.

Liu Guozheng was in high spirits, and it was really cool to follow the lord, so he immediately said loudly: "Look at it, lord!"

After a while, the aroma of the porridge came, and the gong for setting out the porridge rang. The refugees helped the old and the young to get the porridge. When they came to the front, no one dared to go forward, because those guards who usually looked up and down were all laughing today. Weird, and took the initiative to get close to refugees.

Liu Guozheng turned his eyes to the sky and said gloomyly: "No one comes to get the porridge, no one dares to eat it? It can be seen how much these ordinary people fear you, they should be killed! Let's boil you to reassure the people."

A guard with a greasy face was drenched in fright. Although they didn't know who was coming, they knew that they couldn't afford to offend him because of their sturdy appearance, so they rushed to a refugee and snatched his broken bowl.

Seeing that it didn't work, he quickly brought a big bowl that they probably used, filled it with a bowl of porridge, and sent it to the refugees, saying: "Master, please do me a favor, hurry up and drink the porridge."

Then he took the initiative to pretend to be porridge and gave it to the second refugee with a smiling face.

The other guards reacted, and immediately nodded and bowed one by one. They took the initiative to provide services to the refugees so enthusiastically that the refugees seemed to see the wolf grandma. What a bunch of bastards.

This shows that these servants will serve refugees!It can be seen that a bad system can turn people into animals!
(End of this chapter)