The fleet rested in the old port for a few days, leaving behind Jiang Ming, two thousand soldiers, and three warships. Han Du took the remaining warships and began to head north.
Han Du did not return to Daming directly, but took a detour in the direction of Luzon. Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Junyao, has been in Luzon for almost two years, and Han Du also wanted to take this opportunity to meet him. It would be fine if I didn't come to Nanyang. Now that I'm here, if I don't go and meet him, I'm afraid it won't be justified if we meet him in the future.
Han Du came to the island where Mr. Zhao and others were, originally thinking that Zhu Shou would be here. Unexpectedly, he was told by Mr. Zhao that Marquis Junshan had indeed been here for a while, but after the people who had been criticized here by the Ming Dynasty arrived, Zhu Shou took the people to settle on a large island farther south.
Since Zhu Shou is not here, Han Du is not prepared to stay here any longer. After refusing and accepting Mr. Zhao's hospitality, he led the fleet south to find Zhu Shou.
The fleet went down the island, and after passing through a patchwork of islands, they came to a large island.
This is where Zhu Shou is now.
There were people on the island who were always vigilant about the sea. When they saw a fleet of boats heading towards them, the patrolling people were suddenly startled. But when they saw clearly the bright golden dragon flag hanging high on the mast, they immediately cheered happily.
"Hurry and report to the Marquis that the Ming Dynasty Navy is here."
Upon hearing the news about the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, both the soldiers stationed here and the common people who were relegated here raised their heads and showed their joy from the bottom of their hearts.
After getting in touch with Xiyutong Island through the conch number, and learning that Zhu Shou was here, Han Du let the fleet dock.
Zhu Shou came as soon as he got the news. When he saw Han Du getting off the boat, he immediately laughed and stepped forward, hugging Han Du hard several times.
Han Du felt as if he was being strangled by two pythons. When Zhu Shou hugged him, he couldn't breathe at all. If he hadn't let go earlier, Han Du felt like he would be strangled to death here. .
"It's rare that you have the heart to go out to sea to see us."
Before Han Du could speak, a man suddenly stood up from behind Han Du, smiled awkwardly at Zhu Shou, and called softly: "Hello, Uncle Zhu."
"Hua Zhong? Why are you here too?" Zhu Shou asked strangely. Seeing Hua Zhong following Han Du step by step, he patted Hua Zhong on the shoulder again and said with a smile: "Since you are here, do your best. You follow Han Du. You have a better future than following us old guys."
Hua Zhong glanced at Han Du and nodded in agreement.
Although Zhu Shou was a marquis like Huazhong, to put it bluntly, the marquis of Huazhong just took advantage of his father. As a person of his father's generation, Zhu Shou should respect him more.
Han Du took a look around and saw that this place had completely turned into a good harbor with all kinds of facilities. Not only is there a plank road for ships to dock, but there is also a shipyard that can repair ships. There are various houses lined up in the port, and there are many pedestrians. It is a lively scene. It is impossible to tell that this is an overseas island. For those who don’t know, at first glance, they might think this is a major port in the Ming Dynasty.
"Master Hou is really a great talent. I didn't expect that in a short period of time, he would be able to run this place in an orderly and prosperous manner." Han Du was amazed as he watched.
Han Du really didn't expect that Zhu Shou, who had been leading troops in wars all his life, would have this ability.
"What a genius, I didn't do this." Zhu Shou said without hesitation, without any intention of taking credit.
"Who is that?" Han Du couldn't help but wonder. It is not easy to achieve this scene. Such a person is enough to govern a government even in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Shou laughed and said: "Dear brother, thanks to all the efforts, there are hundreds of thousands of people alive. Have you forgotten it?"
Han Du suddenly understood and remembered those people who had been criticized because of the Guo Huan case.
Zhu Shou continued: "The emperor brought nearly 100,000 people who were implicated in the Guo Huan case here. Some of them are quite talented, so I asked them to manage this place."
After hearing this, Han Du couldn't help frowning and asked: "Master Hou, those people are sinners. Is it inappropriate to let them serve as officials to manage this place?"
Zhu Shou sighed after hearing this, spread his hands and acted like a rogue, and said: "I have no choice. I can't control these nearly 100,000 people by myself. Although they are sinners, since they are all here I have made atonement for my sins, and I feel that everyone can survive together and then talk about other things. Besides, I did not appoint them as officials, I just asked them to take care of me for the time being. "
After hearing this, Han Du nodded helplessly. There is no way around this. Although the two thousand soldiers in Zhu Shou's hands can control a hundred thousand people, we can't always manage it like this in a military manner. If a place wants to develop rapidly, it cannot always restrict people.
"By the way, Lord Marquis. Why do you want to move here instead of being with Mr. Zhao and the others?" Han Du has wanted to ask this question for a long time. Ever since Mr. Zhao said that Zhu Shou moved here, Han Du Du wanted to ask Zhu Shou personally what was going on.
Zhu Shou didn't even think about it, and said: "At first, I also wanted to be with those people. After all, they have been operating there for many years, and their life and other things are much better than here. But later I discovered that the entire island Almost all the land in the world has been occupied by those people. Not only will I not gain any benefit from staying there, but I will be restricted by them everywhere."
"Although I have enough strength to suppress them, they are the survivors of the former Song Dynasty after all. Unlike the Fan people, they always have a close relationship with us, and I can't bear to do too much. It just so happened that at that time, the Ming Dynasty General When these criminals were sent, I thought, there are already 100,000 people there, why bother to stay there and watch their faces? Anyway, there are many islands here, so it is better to jump out and find a big island and run it well. So, I Moved here.”
Along the way, Han Du only saw a prosperous scene. He couldn't help but admire: "Now it seems that Mr. Hou really has excellent vision. The development potential here is much greater than that of theirs."
Zhu Shou laughed, quite pleased with himself.
"By the way, Mr. Hou, when we docked just now, we seemed to see that you had a shipyard here. What's going on? We remember that when Mr. Hou went to sea, he didn't bring any craftsmen with him, right?" Han Du asked politely. road.
Hearing this, Zhu Shou explained proudly: "We didn't take any craftsmen to sea at the beginning, but we later discovered that among those sinners, there were actually many carpenters. They couldn't do the work of building ships, but there was still no problem in repairing them. .”
