Zhu Biao stayed in the Prince of Qin's Mansion for ten days. After that, even if Zhu Ping repeatedly asked him to stay and reminisce, Zhu Biao had to leave.
Taking advantage of the last moment, Han Du and Zhu Xi finalized all the details of the jade business, and handed over the jade planting water, color and other standards related to jade quality to Zhu Xi one by one, and asked his people to After the jade is dug out, it is screened before being sent to the capital.
As for the ready-made jadeite stones, Han Du took them away directly and planned to take them back to the capital for craftsmen to make them before giving them to Lao Zhu and Queen Ma. As long as Lao Zhu and Queen Ma accept it, then everyone in the world will also accept it. With this trend, jade can become popular and become popular in the shortest time.
Zhu Biao, Han Du, and Tang Ding returned to Anping Port. After the navy replenished some fresh water and vegetables and food, they continued sailing.
This time, Han Du took the initiative and said to Zhu Biao, who was standing on the bow of the ship blowing the sea breeze: "Your Highness, let's go to Luzon next. Luzon is closest to us."
"Okay, let's go to Luzon." Zhu Biao originally thought of going to Luzon when he came back, but now that Han Du mentioned it. It doesn't hurt to go take a look now.
Zhu Biao pondered for a moment and then asked: "The governor of Luzon, do you remember Fang Xiaoru?"
"Exactly." Han Du replied with a smile.
The reason why Han Du suggested going to Luzon was because he hadn't seen Fang Xiaoru for a long time and missed him.
And Han Du was also very worried about Fang Xiaoru, fearing that he would mess up in Luzon. Although Fang Xiaoru was taken out to sea once by him, it was just for walking around and looking around, which was completely different from managing a party.
Even though Luzon is known as one of the two pearls of the South Seas, you might think that it is easy to manage. Although Luzon is prosperous, it is even more complicated. How the Governor's Mansion coordinates with the people assigned here, the survivors of the former Song Dynasty and the local natives is a very troublesome matter.
And it was the first time for Fang Xiaoru to take charge of a party, so it was natural that there would be some omissions.
At the beginning, Han Du suggested that Fang Xiaoru go to Jiugang to serve as governor. With Shi Jinqing's assistance, the pressure of governing the place would be much less.
However, Fang Xiaoru insisted on going his own way and refused to give up Han Du's persuasion. He insisted on coming to Luzon, and Han Du had no choice.
Luzon Governor's Palace.
Fang Xiaoru was wearing casual clothes, sitting behind a long desk and writing furiously.
There is no way, even though Luzon is one of the most prosperous in Southeast Asia. But prosperity also means that there will be more important and urgent matters than other places, which require the governor Fang Xiaoru to make decisions.
Luzon has vast land and numerous mineral resources, especially copper mines, which are also accompanied by some silver mines and gold mines. The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to etiquette, and ritual utensils were used whenever worshiping ancestors or during important festivals. The best ritual utensils are not silver or gold, but bronze.
The most abundant thing in Luzon was copper mines. There was an endless stream of maritime merchants coming to Luzon every day to sell copper. Just coordinating these would consume a lot of energy from Fang Xiaoru.
Copper is just one of the many industries in Luzon. Luzon also has grain, sugar, spices and rubber that have just been planted for more than a year.
Although Fang Xiaoru was in control of Luzon's military and political affairs and had great power, when it came to being tired, he was really tired. And he didn't dare to delegate power arbitrarily, for fear that the people below would be malicious and ruin Luzon's good situation.
Therefore, no matter how hard or tiring he is, he can only bear it by himself.
"Report~" A scribe stood at the door and shouted loudly.
"Come in~" Fang Xiaoru said calmly without raising his head.
The scribes have long been accustomed to this. Their governor can be said to be a model official. He has always done everything himself and never tired.
Seeing that the governor had not finished his work, the clerk stood aside and waited quietly.
After Fang Xiaoru finished writing the text in his hand, he put down the brush. He stretched out his hand and handed it to another scribe on the side, and ordered: "Give the order immediately."
"Yes." The clerk took the document and turned around to go out.
Then, Fang Xiaoru turned to look at the clerk in front of him and asked, "What do you have to report?"
"Going back to the Governor, a general named Ma from the Ming Navy wants to see you."
The Ming Navy under Han Du? Fang Xiaoru pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of Han Du, and then he realized that the two of them had not seen each other for almost two years. Time flies, time flies so fast.
Seeing that the governor was dead, the clerk didn't know what to do. He just looked at Fang Xiaoru quietly, waiting for his order.
Fang Xiaoru suddenly came to his senses, and then said quickly: "Please come quickly."
"Yes." The scribe quickly turned around and went out.
After a while, the scribe came in with a thin and short man.
Fang Xiaoru's eyes fell on him from the moment he entered the door. Although this person is not tall and powerful, he is very energetic. The dark face was obviously exposed by the scorching sun on the sea, and the two eyes were like two bright lights, shining with dazzling light.
A kind of scornful aura emanated from this person, which made the scribes leading the way feel a little afraid of him and had the urge to stay away from him.
When Fang Xiaoru went to sea with Han Du, he saw this familiar momentum among the navy. He nodded secretly, he must be from the navy.
"General Ma Huan, please pay homage to Governor Fang." Ma Huan knelt down on one knee towards Fang Xiaoru.
Fang Xiaoru did not make Ma happy, but frowned and asked: "You said you are from the Ming Dynasty Navy, and I have been in the navy for two years. Why haven't I seen you?"
When Ma Huan heard this, he replied in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Governor Fang was with the Marquis and lived on the flagship. Naturally, he has never seen the general. However, the general has seen the governor from a distance."
"Hahaha, since you are from the navy, get up quickly." Fang Xiaoru was trying to deceive Ma Huan just now. After all, when you meet a stranger, you always have to test his true identity.
Now that Ma Huan passed the test, Fang Xiaoru naturally became enthusiastic. After all, we all lived and died together in the past.
"Thank you, Lord Governor." Ma Huan clasped his fists in thanks and stood up suddenly.
Then he clasped his fists towards Fang Xiaoru again and said, "I am here to bring a letter to the Governor at the order of the Marquis."
"Where's the letter?" Fang Xiaoru suddenly became nervous when he heard it was a letter from Han Du.
Ma Huan took out a sealed letter from his hand and presented it with both hands.
Fang Xiaoru quickly stood up from the chair, walked over and took the letter. He tore it casually, took out the paper inside, walked behind the long desk, sat down, and looked at it carefully.
In the letter, Han Du first reminisced with Fang Xiaoru, and then told him that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was touring the sea and would be arriving in Luzon soon, and asked him to be prepared.
Han Du was also worried that if Fang Xiaoru could not govern Luzon well, he just informed him in advance so that he could be prepared.
After a while, Fang Xiaoru raised his head and said to Ma Huan: "General Lao Ma is here to make this trip. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be arriving soon, please ask General Ma to rest and wait."
"Thank you, Lord Governor." Ma Huan smiled and bowed with his fists in hand before retreating.
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Han Du sent someone to inform Fang Xiaoru in advance of the arrival time of his party.
Fang Xiaoru waited at the port in advance, and sent people to keep an eye on it since the sun just came up.
Suddenly, a subordinate ran up to Fang Xiaoru with a face full of joy and said, "Report to your lord, the Ming Navy's Ming Dynasty Golden Dragon Flag and the Crown Prince's King's Order Flag were found at sea. It must be the Crown Prince."
Fang Xiaoru stood up and immediately ordered: "Follow me, the governor, to greet you."
Luzon is much more prosperous than Anping. Due to the large number of merchant ships that come and go every day, Luzon Port has been expanded again and again. By now, Port of Luzon has become as huge a port as the old port.
Even the arrival of the navy did not temporarily clear the merchant ships. Instead, they directly guide the navy to a harbor and let the navy dock.
Han Du stood on the bow of the ship and couldn't help but smile as he looked at the tall gantry cranes lined up in the harbor. I don’t know if Fu Yong built the gantry crane here, but no matter who built it, it means more business for him.
He glanced sideways at Zhu Biao and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Luzon has arrived. This is Luzon Port. Shocking, right?"
Hearing this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but nodded and sighed: "I was really shocked. I originally thought that the capital's port was the largest in the world, but I didn't expect that Luzon Port is more than twice as big as it."
Han Du chuckled and explained: "Although maritime merchants all come from the Ming Dynasty, they do not necessarily all start from the capital. In addition to the capital, there are also many maritime merchants who choose to sail from Taicang Port and Liujiagang. . Some people who sell porcelain simply choose to start from Quanzhou. Therefore, although the port in the capital is not as big as here, it can now meet the demand. "
"But this Luzon Port is different. Luzon is rich in products. Whether it is gold, silver, copper, sugar, or spices, they are all hot commodities in the Ming Dynasty. Almost every maritime merchant who returns to the Ming Dynasty will choose to go here to bring some goods back to sell. .
There are hundreds of thousands of Ming people and survivors of the former Song Dynasty living in Luzon. In recent years, they have made a lot of money by taking advantage of the rising sea trade. When these people have money, they miss the life and various things in the Ming Dynasty. However, most of them cannot leave Luzon, which creates demand. Where there is demand, there is business. In fact, some of the weaker merchants from the Ming Dynasty came to Luzon to do business with these people, bringing all kinds of ordinary things from the Ming Dynasty. "
"Is there such a business?" Zhu Biao was very surprised. He never thought that there would be people who were rare for these things, and he never expected that there would be a maritime merchant association that would specialize in this kind of business.
Han Du nodded and explained with a smile: "Of course, your Highness, don't think that the profits of such a business are low. Sometimes the profits are not low, such as fans. Once the Beginning of Autumn is over, almost all the people of the Ming Dynasty will The fans were put away. At that time, fans were very cheap in Daming, and few people would buy them. But here, the sun is still scorching like dog days. If at this time, cheap fans from Daming could be sold here , Aren’t you still making a lot of money?”
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