Chapter 56 Xiangguo

Even today's Annam is not the Vietnam of later generations. There is only the northern region of Vietnam. As for the southern region, it was only developed in the Qing Dynasty and became a famous grain-producing area.

Therefore, although most areas in Nanyang are not deserted today, they are definitely not the important grain-producing areas that Zhu Qizhen had in mind for future generations.

Therefore, if you can get four million shi of food, you may have already exhausted all your efforts. This is a huge squandering of the influence of the Ming Dynasty.

I want more, but I may not be able to.

Mayor Zhu Qi sighed and said, "So, transporting grain from Nanyang is no longer possible?"

Li Shimian said: "Your Majesty, why worry about food? Although this year's food delivery is later than in previous years, there are still two to three million dan, and there is still food shipped from Nanjing."

"The food harvest in the south has been abundant. After all, why worry about food shortage? If your Majesty is really worried, I am willing to take these ship owners to Nanjing."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, you are not saying that storms on the sea are unpredictable."

Li Shimian said: "That's true. It's just that from Tianjin to Nanjing, most of them are in the north and don't go through the South China Sea. Moreover, they can sail along the coast. If there is a storm, they can still stop on the coast."

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's hard work, sir."

When Zhu Qizhen is worried about Beijing's food supply again.

King Xiang also built a lot of construction projects in Luchuan City.

Although King Xiang lived a very hard life in Luchuan City and was not used to it, he always thought of Luchuan, a small piece of flat land centered on Luchuan City, and even dozens of chieftains centered on Luchuan City.

This could give Luchuan the foundation for the founding of the country, and now it belongs to him.

There was an endless sense of excitement in his heart.

The place where Luchuan River is located is a long and narrow alluvial plain, which was alluvialized by drinking water. This river that gave life to this slender basin was Luchuan River. It was also known as Ruili River in later generations.

King Xiang was standing on the top of the Luchuan city. He was very dissatisfied with the simple city of Luchuan. He was thinking about how to get more money from Yunnan Province during the reconstruction.

As for the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his hand, he can't touch it. He is far away in the south of the world, and everything has to be done by himself.

During this period of time, the Chief Manager of King Xiang has been disappearing and disappearing, and he doesn't know what to do. Now he comes here to find King Xiang for some unknown reason.

When King Xiang saw this, he immediately knew that the chief steward had something to say. He asked the left and right to step back, and the two of them leaned on the railing at the top of the city and watched. King Xiang said, "Tell me, what news do you have?"

The chief steward said: "There is good news and bad news. Which of these two news does the prince want to hear first?"

King Xiang said: "Bad news."

The general manager said: "Awa has voted for Burma. Most of the chieftains in the southwest of Luchuan have voted for Burma. Except for Mubang, Mengyang and other chieftains who are relatively close to Luchuan, the rest are waiting and watching. Congratulations, Your Majesty, except for Mujiafen

To the prince, apart from one or two chieftains in Yunnan, the prince has become a bare figure."

King Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "It's as expected."

King Xiang's Luchuan is very different from Sijia's Luchuan. In addition to his own troops, Sijia can also summon countless foreign chieftains. But now, King Xiang, apart from the local Lucchuan, I am afraid there is not one

The chieftain can't command anymore.

Even if he can command, it is only for the sake of Ming Dynasty.

"The bad news hasn't been finished yet." The chief steward said, "Some people said that they saw the prince's brother-in-law in Burma."

Although King Xiang occupied Luchuan, the influence of Sijia was not so easy to dispel. In fact, the Marquis of Baoding wanted to uproot Sijia at the beginning.

But King Xiang stopped him.

Nonsense, it can be said that the local talents in Luchuan are all related to Sijia. If we really want to go on a killing spree, there will be no one available in the entire Luchuan.

King Xiang is now racking his brains for talents. Although he has brought some people over from Xiangyang, it is far from enough. After all, King Xiang also knows it very well in Xiangyang.

If you don't dare to hand over talents on a large scale, you are getting yourself into trouble.

But after the feudal state was decided, anyone with a discerning eye would feel that it was not a feudal state at all, it was simply a distribution. Naturally, no one was willing to suffer this hardship with King Xiang.

The talents in the hands of King Xiang are quite lacking. Although there are not many local talents in Luchuan, they can still be put to some use.

Therefore, King Xiang asked the Marquis of Baoding for the right to deal with Luchuan. Naturally, he killed a group of people and recruited a group of people. Some of the people who opposed Si Renfa's war with the Ming Dynasty during the period of Si Renfa were all

was comforted.

Even King Xiang married a homesick daughter as his partial concubine.

That's why the chief manager said that Si Renfa's escaped son was the brother-in-law of King Xiang.

King Xiang's face was slightly cold and he said: "What kind of brother-in-law is he? Si Shi is not my royal concubine." Even so, King Xiang took this news very seriously.

Because in the political structure of King Xiang's rule over Luchuan, homesickness is a very important part, but now that someone can compete with King Xiang about homesickness, King Xiang has no choice but not to worry.

The chief steward said: "Your Majesty, there is another piece of good news."

King Xiang said: "What good news?"

The general manager said: "Fang Ying is tempted and is willing to serve as the commander of the capital of Xiangguo."

King Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Okay, now that Fang Ying is here, I feel relieved."

In this battle of Pingluchuan, King Xiang was just a decoration from beginning to end and did not speak once. However, King Xiang was not without gains. His biggest gain was that he knew that it is easy to win a thousand armies but hard to find a general.

Although King Xiang prided himself on being very high, he felt that he could definitely learn how to march and fight. After all, his grandfather was Emperor Taizong.

But he knew very well that since he had never been in contact with the army before, he must find a capable general to help him. In this battle, there were many generals who showed their prominence, such as Fang Jin, Guo Deng, Mao Rui, and others.

But King Xiang fell in love with Fang Ying.

In other words, he didn't like Fang Ying, but he had no choice.

For example, Fang Jin, Guo Deng, Mao Rui and others were all rewarded by the emperor, and Fang Jin was given a title. How could he win them over?

King Xiang looked around and found that Fang Ying was the only one with good abilities. Otherwise, she would not have been entrusted with such an important task by the Marquis of Baoding. It was just bad luck.

That's why he has no merit, he is the only one that King Xiang can win over.

King Xiang asked: "But I don't know, Chief Manager, how you persuaded Fang Ying."

The chief manager sighed and said, "Fang Ying is a filial son."

King Xiang immediately sighed softly and said, "It's a pity for Fang Zheng."

In front of Fang Zheng's tomb.

The two brothers Fang Jin and Fang Ying knelt in front, paid tribute, and placed a helmet in front of the tomb. Fang Jin said: "Dad, you also know that if you want to send the head of a thief to the capital, you can't stop me.

I have kept this, it is the helmet of Si Thief, I have avenged you."

Fang Ying also kowtowed and said, "Dad, the eldest brother has become a noble, and our Fang family has become a noble."

Although this is a good thing, when I think about this title, I am afraid that most of it was paid for by my father's life, and both brothers lost their voices in pain.

I cried bitterly for a while.

The two brothers just left the cemetery.

Fang Jin suddenly asked: "I heard that you will serve as the commander of the capital of Xiangguo and be responsible for organizing the three guards of Xiangguo."

Fang Ying gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, brother, someone has to take care of dad here. We can't all leave."

Fang Jin also knew that if Fang Zheng's tomb was moved thousands of miles away, what would the bones look like by then, which would be extremely unfilial. Fang Jin said: "Why didn't I stay? Now the imperial court also wants to stay.

Several generals are guarding Yunnan."

Fang Ying said: "Have you ever thought about the Mu family?"

Fang Jin suddenly stopped talking.

The centipede insect is dead but not stiff. It is the Mu family. This time in the Battle of Luchuan, the Mu family suffered heavy losses, but even so, the potential power of the Mu family in Yunnan cannot be underestimated.

If the imperial court wants to appease Yunnan, the Mu family is determined not to move, and with the relationship between the Fang family and the Mu family, Fang Jin will not be able to reap the benefits.

Fang Ying said: "Don't worry, even if I get to the vassal state, I won't be without a fight. Burma is restless. You are in the north and I am in the south. Maybe I will be granted the title of marquis before my brother."
Chapter completed!