My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 632
"Wontons! Meat wontons with thin skin and big filling~"

"Come and take a look at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, glutinous rice cake, and all kinds of pastries~"

"Fried oil ghost, every penny is a penny, cheap and affordable~"

Various hawking sounds are heard on the pier. Although they are all spoken in Ming Dynasty Mandarin, they are mixed with accents from various places. All the vendors are dressed as Ming people. Even the pedestrians on the pier are mainly Ming people. If you don’t know, , I thought I had arrived at a seaport in the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, this is the Manlajia Port, thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty. It was originally under the control of the Manlajia Kingdom, but since Zheng He defeated the Manlajia rebels, the Ming Dynasty took control of the harbor here.

"Look Zhanhe, almost most of this port is made up of Han people. Some moved here from the old port, and some moved directly from other parts of the Ming Dynasty. There are also some natives, but most of them have Han ancestry..."

As Zhang Zhong walked, he introduced Zhu Zhanhe to the situation in Manlajia Port. After all, it was his first time to go to sea. Although he had often heard about the situation in Nanyang before, it was far less realistic than seeing it with his own eyes.

"How many Han people are there in the entire port?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked Zhang Zhong while looking around with interest.

"According to last year's statistics, the permanent population of the entire port has exceeded 3 people. If the floating population of the port is added, it can even reach 5 people."

Zhang Zhong replied without thinking that he was very familiar with this place and had even been stationed here often before.

"so much!"

Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise when he heard that there were 5 to 10,000 people in the entire port. You must know that the population in this era was sparse. Many ports in the Ming Dynasty only had tens of thousands of people. Even Quanzhou, Guangzhou or The well-known large ports in Suzhou can only support 10+ or ​​tens of [-] people.

In comparison, Manchuria was just a port in Nanyang. It was beyond Zhu Zhanhe's expectation that there were so many Han people living there.

"At first, there were not so many people in Manchuria, but later tens of thousands of people moved from the old port. After the opening of the sea, many businessmen came here to do business. Many people also settled here for convenience. In addition, there were many people on the southern coast. Many people also venture out to sea to seek a way out, so more and more people will settle here in Managa."

Zhang Zhong explained with a smile.

Malaka is the most important port in Nanyang, and its location is even better than the old port. Therefore, it attracts so many people to do business. It is no exaggeration to say that Malaka is the economic and transportation center of the entire Nanyang, and it is also the hub for goods from various countries. Exchange distribution center, so the development of the port is also rapid.

"Then who is in charge of the port now?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked curiously again, with so many Han people living in this port, it would not be under the control of the local natives, right?
"Since Zheng Neigong defeated the Manchurian rebels, the port was actually managed by the Ming Dynasty. But later the prince went to Tianzhu, supported the Shi family in Oldport, and even moved the Han people in Oldport to Manchuria. , so the port was later handed over to the Shi family for management. As for the people behind the Shi family, hehe~"

Zhang Zhong said with a proud smile at the end, it was obvious that the person behind the Shi family was Zhu Gaoxu.

In other words, this port is nominally managed by the Shi family, and the Shi family is the special envoy of the Ming Dynasty, so this port should also be managed by the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Shi family was also the governor conferred by Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaoxu also invested a lot of manpower and material resources in Old Port. Even many of the officials here were appointed by the Han Palace, so the real owner of Manlajia was actually Zhu Gaoxu.

"I see, this is probably Yang Changshi's handiwork!" Zhu Zhanhe nodded with satisfaction and smiled.

Although Zhu Gaoxu has changed a lot, he certainly does not have such a long-term vision. This is more like Yang Shiqi's handiwork.

"Zhan He, you really guessed it right. This was indeed planned by Yang Changshi behind the scenes. When the prince first went to Tianzhu, Yang Changshi saw the importance of Manlajia, so he has been working hard over the years, and slowly We have this place firmly in our hands.”

Zhang Zhong also smiled and nodded.

Manlajia nominally belonged to both the Ming Dynasty and the Han Palace, but in fact the Ming Dynasty had no control over it, so Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of it.

The two chatted while walking. After walking around the pier, they also went to the city behind. They saw that there were many shops on the streets here, and the cries of people of all kinds could be heard endlessly. Persians, big cannibals, Tianzhu people, etc. all came here. Talking awkwardly in Chinese to solicit business.

"Why do we rarely see local natives?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the various people on the street and found that businessmen from all over the world were very common, but the local natives were rare. The few he saw occasionally were mostly dressed as servants with the Han people. You can tell he's a servant just by looking at him.

"Businessmen from various countries are from outside and will not have much influence on the governance of the port, but the same cannot be said for the natives."

Zhang Zhong didn't say it clearly, but his words had profound meaning.

Zhu Zhanhe understood as soon as he heard it. It seemed that the Han people's rule of Manlajia Port was not peaceful. There must have been many conflicts with the local natives.

In fact, this is normal. After all, Manchuria was originally a big country in Southeast Asia. When the Han people came to seize their city, they were definitely not willing to do so. However, it is obvious that in this world, the fists have the final say, and the fists of the local natives have the final say. Obviously not as good as the fists of the Han people.

"I'm afraid they won't be willing to accept the natives being driven out, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe thought for a while and asked again.

He wanted to take over all aspects of Tianzhu's affairs, so he had to be well aware of all the territories under the name of the Han Palace.

"It is certain that he is not willing to accept it. The king of Manlajia launched a rebellion two years ago, but was defeated by us. He himself also died in the rebellion. Later, we supported several people among them. Forces, instigating them to kill each other, now their main force is in an area north of Manlajia Port, it is estimated that it will not take long before their threat can be completely eliminated."

Zhang Zhong replied calmly.

In fact, this is also the norm in places such as Nanyang and Tianzhu. The arrival of the Han people will definitely crowd out the living space of the natives, so the war broke out. Facing these backward natives, the Ming army was almost in a state of crushing them, so the natives disappeared, and the living space of the Han people expanded.

"How are the natives in Tianzhu? Do they have any conflicts with the Han people who migrated there?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly thought of Tianzhu. Compared with Manchuria, Tianzhu was the core of Zhu Gaoxu's rule, and more Han people migrated there. If there were many conflicts with the local natives, it would definitely affect their future rule.

(End of this chapter)