My Daming New Empire

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In particular, the cost of building the city belongs to him owed to the court.The construction of the city cost 15 taels of silver, and he had to pay for these expenses. Up to now, he still owes the court 5 taels of silver.

But no matter how he counted, he has now become the most powerful group of people in the world.

"Husband, it's already half a month late, why hasn't the food from Nanyang arrived yet?"

Ji Gang frowned and asked his wife Tian to put on a robe for him, and sighed: "Not only has the food not arrived, but even Daming's messenger ship has been missing for half a month. Although it is the north wind, it is not so ah!"

"But what happened in Daming territory?"

"The grandson is now in your country, what can happen? Wait a few more days, and the communication ship of the Second Fleet will show up."

"But the grain reserves are less than [-] shi. Even if we save some, it won't last for a few days."

This small area of ​​Ming Dynasty in the southern circle of Izumo country has almost no flat land except for the hillside covered with pine trees.

Originally, there were few people here, but now, there are more than [-] miners alone, and their families, the population has exceeded [-].

There is no local production, and all materials have to be shipped from Nanyang and Daming, and they are extremely dependent on Daming's supply.

Everything else is fine. If there is no food, the mine will stop working.

Ji Gang didn't worry at all, and said: "I'll go to the water village later. The navy should have enough food, so I'll borrow some first."

After leaving the room, a few Japanese girls kneeling on the porch quickly helped Ji Gang get the boots. Without Ji Gang's hands, the boots were put on for him, the waist knife was put on him, the money bag, the bullet bag, the musket, They were all hung in their proper positions by a few girls.

After coming to Dongying for several years, Ji Gang has become accustomed to Dongying women's clothing that almost breaks through the bottom line. Not only does his body let him do whatever he wants, but he also seems to have no self-esteem.

Although he couldn't do such disgusting things as letting them be human chamber pots and lick their ass after defecation, he was completely corrupted by the serving of both sexes here.

Although Dongying women are a little shorter and smaller, they are really comfortable in serving people.

In the front yard, 16-year-old Dalang and his younger brothers were skating on roller shoes on the concrete floor in the front yard.

Since the spread of roller shoes more than three years ago, they have become children's favorite toys.

Even in the army, there are some messengers who have learned to wear roller shoes, and wearing roller shoes to pass orders is more than twice as fast as walking.

When the children came out after seeing him, their original noisy voices immediately became much quieter.Ji Gang ignored them and walked along the corner gate to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

When the guards guarding here saw Ji Gang coming out, they bowed and saluted one by one, and several guests also came up to welcome him.

"My lord, early this morning, a messenger ship arrived from the water village. There must be news."

Ji Gang nodded and said, "I'm going to the water village to meet Commander Sun for a drink. There are no disputes in the mine today, right?"

"Everything is peaceful in the mine, but the food can't be delayed any longer."

Pang Ying, the deputy city lord and chief executive of the silver mine, walked into the front hall in a hurry, saw Ji Gang, and immediately said loudly: "My lord, my subordinates have something urgent to report. You should step back for now."

Ji Gang waved his hand, and several guests retreated first, leaving only Ji Gang and Pang Ying.

Pang Ying is a cruel official, and has never been used to these literati. He doesn't take it seriously when Ji Gang is now arty, recruiting a group of scholars, and raising people to be guest ministers. He has never had a good look at them.

Ji Gang didn't take it seriously, even the emperor wanted to form a cabinet, obviously this literati also had some role.

Pang Ying and the others walked away before saying in a low voice: "I just received the news that the emperor abandoned the crown prince and appointed His Highness the grandson as the supervisor of the country. Now the news has spread throughout Daming."

"This statement is true!" Ji Gang couldn't help opening his mouth, but realized that Pang Ying would never talk nonsense about such a thing, and was immediately overjoyed. "Since His Royal Highness is in charge of the country, I should go back to Daming to congratulate His Royal Highness."

Pang Ying shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, don't get excited. Now that His Majesty has not left, you are going back to Daming. If you let His Majesty know, I'm afraid you won't be able to make it. It is only reasonable to go back to Daming to congratulate His Highness after His Majesty's expedition. .”

Ji Gang nodded and asked, "Since His Highness the Grandson supervises the country, what about the Crown Prince?"

"It is said that on the first day of February, His Royal Highness vomited blood twice, and he is still being treated in the Royal Hospital. When he is discharged from the hospital, he will go to Tangchi Farm to recuperate."

Ji Gang pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "His Highness Taisun's method should be successfully taken over, so what happened to the recent food outage?"

Pang Ying turned her head and took a look outside, then said in a low voice: "That's why I'm going to tell my lord without everyone else. According to the report from the navy courier, there was serious corruption in this inner prison, and hundreds of thousands of shi of grain were stolen. Ma Qi resells, and now the Nanyang grain ship is being checked, so it will be delayed for a while before the grain is delivered.

My lord had a close relationship with Ma Qi before, and this matter might involve my lord, so I need to plan quickly. "

But Ji Gang smiled and shook his head and said: "Ever since Ma Qi wanted to plan for the post of governor of Osaka, but His Royal Highness refused, I knew that Ma Qi was not suitable for a close friendship. Although I have had grain transactions with him these years, they were all business matters. I would rather spend more money than have a personal relationship with him. Your Highness knows the details, so don’t worry about it.”

He thought for a while and then said: "You go to the Shanming family and the Jingji family today, and tell them the news about Taisun Jianguo. I will go alone to attract attention. If I take them with me, it will not be considered conspicuous."

Although it is very comfortable to be the emperor here in Dongying, it is not Daming after all, and there is no atmosphere that allows them to feel integrated.

The men here are groveling, and the women here are flattering, and they are raised high, but they walk like brocade clothes at night.

If the crown prince supervised the country, they would never dare to return to Daming. Who knows if the crown prince would be bewitched by Confucian scholars, so they would have their heads beheaded.

His Highness the Grandson will definitely not!

Pang Ying said with a smile: "The beauty from Japan prepared by my subordinates for His Highness is now thirteen years old, so I can present it to His Highness this time."

He manages mines with tens of thousands of people, and found a stunning beauty in one of them. Although the little girl was only ten years old at the time, he bought it for ten taels of silver, and asked her to train her carefully.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't like antiques, gold and silver, and luxury, so he only likes women.All of his subordinates naturally fell in love with them.

But Ji Gang said: "This time I will go back first, and you will come back in summer. In addition, prepare a copy of all the detailed information on the mine. I am afraid that when I go back this time, His Highness will ask."

Pang Ying was not afraid that Ji Gang would be greedy for the credit that belonged to him. Now Ji Gang has no chance of promotion. As a foreign minister, he has already established his position, and all he does is to keep his current position.

But Pang Ying is different, he also wants to be a local king like Ji Gang, so that the family can continue.

He wanted to go back to Daming, and also wanted to inquire about Zhuang Jing, but he didn't know how he was doing in Nanyang.

Nanzhou, to the east city.

This is the Brisbane of later generations, and it is also the place with the mildest climate in South Africa.

At the beginning, a simple supply point was built here, but after three years of development, it has become a small market town.

When His Highness Taisun left, he left behind five hundred navies, three second-class warships, and two order ships.

In addition to the [-] navy, there were [-] Japanese pirates led by Zhuang Jing.

The navy usually does not go out to supply points, and the farthest they go is tens of kilometers to hunt.

But in the past three years, Zhuang Jing led these pirates not only to get a clear picture of the surrounding environment, slaughtered five disobedient tribes, but also recruited these tribes to develop gold mines on a small scale.

This matter was very difficult at the beginning, because His Royal Highness did not leave much resources, and they did not have anything to win over the natives.

But less than a year after Taisun left, the first batch of supplies arrived.In addition to food and spices, there are also various cloth and tools.

Zhuang Jing is quite smart, he learned some local dialects in one year, and also taught hundreds of native children how to speak Daming dialect.

These children learn to speak relatively quickly, and after a year, they are already able to communicate with Daming people in a simple way.