open sea

Chapter 788 Transferring
When did the circumstances of your life begin to change?
Yang Zhaolong was holding a letter and sitting on a wooden chair looking at the long coastline, with a piece of fine silk under his bare feet, and the thin cotton blanket with dark patterns on his body was blown on the beach and flew into the distance with the sea breeze.

He turned his head, looked at Li Hualong who was wearing the imperial bullfighting uniform, and said, "The southeast is much better than the north, right?"

Li Hualong didn't speak, although there were huge lobsters and fine wine brought from the middle school in front of the two of them, neither of them was in the mood to feast on it.

After waiting for a while, Li Hualong opened his mouth, and said with a bit of guilt: "There are iron mines in the north."

Yang Zhaolong stayed in the north for a long time without exploring the mines, but just after he took the fleet to travel around the island, Li Hualong found iron ore in the desert in the north of Xinming, and the more he searched, he found a huge mine. The official documents sent to the emperor can be excavated by tens of thousands of people for thousands of years.

It is also because of this official document that Li Hualong put on a bullfighting suit this year, and was awarded the official post of governor of Xinming by the emperor to manage all affairs of Xinming.

With the discovery of the mine, Xinming also appeared only in a small area of ​​the world map, and officially became an independent administrative unit under the Ming Dynasty.

"There are mines, but do you think that can feed 10 people?"

It's okay not to mention the mine, but when Li Hualong mentioned the mine, Yang Zhaolong suddenly changed his face, and the letter in his palm was photographed on the table. He raised his hand and almost pointed at Li Hualong's nose and shouted: "You really don't think I'm a Bozhou person!"

The letters were sent from Bozhou by Yang Yinglong. Two letters, one written in October last year and one written in January this year, were delayed due to the typhoon on the northern coast of Xinming in February, and both were sent to Yang Zhaolong.

Only three months later, the tone of Yang Yinglong's two letters is quite different.

The first letter was very happy. It wrote about all kinds of messy things at home. For example, the business route in the southwest was farther away. The Yang family was able to sell and sell from Burma to Yangzhou. Together by sea and land, they got [-] trees of good building materials in a year, and all went to tribute. Beijing.

The emperor was happy, and awarded him a second-rank hussar general.

The second letter was a scolding. The emperor's edict arrived in Bozhou to grant Yang Yinglong a new official position. According to the expansion of Bozhou's radius ten times, he was allowed to lead the Bozhou army with [-] soldiers, [-] civilian husbands, and [-] military and civilian family members. Go to Xinming and be the biggest consolation governor.

And it was a good talk, saying that the emperor favored Yang's loyalty the most, as long as Yang Yinglong agreed here, all the native officials and clans behind him would be sealed off.

The other native officials also congratulated Mrs. Yang and were envious.

Others don't know what's going on in Xinming, but Yang Yinglong knows it all too well. It sounds good to expand the land under its control ten times, but the green land in the north of Xinming is at most forty miles, and the rest is desert. The emperor asked him to bring 3 people Going to sea, he can't support him, and no one can support him.

The 700-year-old family foundation is about to disappear in the blink of an eye. Yang Yinglong thinks that his younger brother in Xinmingzhou said something stupid in the letter to the emperor, because this is not the first time Yang Yinglong has heard this idea—his brother-in-law Chen Mu thought so before of.

But not Xinming.

Yang Zhaolong was very aggrieved. He didn't know anything. He didn't finish sailing around the island. He passed the rainforest in the northeast to the coast where he could survive in the south. I felt comfortable, but was scolded by my elder brother in a letter.

"I didn't owe you anything, right? If you have to tell me first, Yang has been out at sea for half a year, and every time he goes to a place, he will send someone to send you off-you don't remember me, so there is no need to do that, right?"

Li Hualong felt ashamed at first, but when Yang Zhaolong talked about his personal kindness, he no longer felt ashamed. He cupped his hands to the north and said, "It's the right way for chieftains everywhere to change their land and return to their native land. Sooner or later, it's the last A good opportunity, the chieftain is still the chieftain, and the Yang family is still the Yang family, where can we find such a good thing?"

"This matter is beneficial to the country, and it is definitely not a bad thing for you, Yang family. You might as well think about it in a better way."

Li Hualong's expression softened a little, and he said in a persuasive manner: "This is clearly a reform of the land, but some people in the court say that the emperor is opening up the territory. I will not treat you as citizens of Ming Dynasty."

"There is too little interaction between native officials and the imperial court. Now His Majesty is magnanimous. What if your descendants meet a Majesty who is not so magnanimous in the future? If you don't give anything to an imperial edict, you will be changed to another official. What can you do?"

Li Hualong looked at Yang Zhaolong and nodded unceremoniously with a look of "I have to thank you if it is possible", and said: "The land is still there, although it is not as rich as Bozhou, but there are still mines, not to mention other rewards from the court."

When Yang Zhaolong heard the reward, he leaned back on his chair and curled his lips. The Ming Dynasty had only been established for 200 years, and their Yang family had lived in Bozhou for 700 years. They have received countless rewards for military service and tribute from generation to generation. The Prince's Mansion is not as good as theirs, what do they lack?
Nothing is missing.

What is the meaning of reward?
Li Hualong had a panoramic view of Yang Zhaolong's expression, and said with a chuckle: "Both of your brothers are overseas, and when your brothers succeed you, His Majesty will allow the two eldest sons of Yang's family to take the imperial examination and one of them will return to the country as an official; in the future After the second son is born, the eldest son is still allowed to enter the imperial examination and stay in the capital, and the Yang family will be divided into four branches in your next generation."

Yang Zhaolong's understatement paused, and it took him a long time to realize what this meant in his mind.

It means... Yang is still a native official, but he is no longer a native official.

Native officials are looked down upon by local officials, which can be felt by any native official, especially the Yang family, who is a money bag in the eyes of the Sichuan provincial government. How about taking someone.

But if someone is chosen, he is still willing to be a local official. Which official can compare with the chieftain in wealth and power?
It's nothing more than this power and wealth, which come from bowing their heads.

But with the emperor's reward, everything will be different. In the future, the Yang family will be divided into four branches, two overseas chieftains, and two domestic imperial examinations.

Not only has the confidence to stand up, but also has the power and wealth of the chieftain.

"I know what you are worried about. You don't care about Yang's transfer to overseas, but you care why it is not Xinming Northeast or Xinming Southeast. The mountains and forests in the Northeast are similar to Banzhou, and the situation in the Southeast is better, but I plan to be in the Southeast. Establishing a mansion will make no sense in the Northeast for a while."

"Your Majesty, did you really say that?" Yang Zhaolong ignored Li Zhaolong's pretending to understand, and waved his hand, "From now on, the four branches of the Yang family?"

"Go and ask yourself." Li Hualong said to Yang Zhaolong: "I'm not just here to send you a letter. Your Majesty summoned you to Beijing to hear what you say about Xinmingzhou."

Until Li Hualong finished this sentence, Yang Zhaolong was still thinking...why are there four branches?

Their Yang family will have two governors!
　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)