Daming: Distribution of Lingnan, you develop the Pearl River Delta?

Chapter 211 Heading to the Penghu Islands
Penghu Island.

This island is not small.

The area is about the same size as the current Panyu Prefecture and the planned Fucheng area.

Moreover, it is still a virgin land that has never been developed.

But now, development is already underway.

The person currently in charge here is Luo Min, the governor of Penghu under Zhu Ping!
Yes, he was the former Xin'an County Magistrate.

Today's Luo Min is much more mature than before.

He has been able to stand on his own.

On this day, Zhu Yu's fleet came to the waters near Penghu Island and began to land on the island.

As you can see, the port has already started construction.

However, it's not done yet.

The main reason is that the only deep-water port in the vicinity is actually in the north.

Some are not convenient.

Luo Min came with officials to greet him, and he could see many people busy at the port.

In addition, there are many wooden houses located on cliffs, and there are also many dangerous buildings.

The common people are unkempt.

Some children didn't even have shoes and were running around.

One word: poor!

How could Queen Ma, who was used to living in Panyu Mansion, see this?
"Pang'er, why do the people here look so poor?" Queen Ma asked.

Luo Min replied: "To answer the Queen's question, at this time, Baixin was separated from the Ming Dynasty by a sea. The remote areas were not civilized. In addition, pirates were raging and they were shot many times, so the situation became like this."

"Oh……"

When Queen Ma heard this, she was a little silent.

Zhu Mingze said: "Mother, please don't worry. When I come, there will be heaven here... Well, don't get me wrong, empress. What I mean is that their good days are coming."

"Chen'er, was Lingnan in the same situation back then?" Queen Ma asked again.

"Yes."

Zhu Fang smiled and said, "Maybe it was even worse than here. At that time, the people were under the jurisdiction of the villages, and the chieftains and landlords were exploiting them. Children from poor families had no shoes to wear all year round."

Confucius said that harsh government is fiercer than a tiger.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty in the fourteenth century.

Later, in the [-]th century world, Zhu Feng also saw many poor countries and regions, where children were wearing rags and even had no shoes to wear.

This was still the case in that era of extremely abundant material resources.

What's more, what about now?
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, my second brother is very capable!"

Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Queen mother, just wait and see! I believe that within half a year, this place will be turned upside down and its appearance will be completely changed."

"Well, when the time comes, I will come back and have a look. If you really have such ability, Ming'er, then why don't we, the Ming Dynasty, worry about prosperity?" Queen Ma said as she got on the bullock cart.

Here, there are not even carriages.

Cars are also not easy to drive.

Because the road is still being built!
On the oxcart, Luo Min kept making reports to Zhu Biao: "According to His Highness's instructions, while building roads, we will also build hydropower stations and power plants first. The other two wind power stations have been built, and they have been built in the past two days." It can be put into use. With electricity, our construction progress will be increased by more than ten times in the future!"

"Can electricity improve the progress of construction?" Suddenly, Chang Caiyu came over and sat next to Zhu Xi naturally.

She looked interested in Luo Min's words.

"Second brother, let me hear how you develop a place. It shouldn't hinder you, right?" Chang Caiyu asked.

"will not."

Zhu Xi shook his head.

He had ignored Chang Caiyu for so long.

However, as soon as he came back, Zhu Biao took her and followed him all the way.

It seems that he is not giving up yet.

Zhu Xi had no choice but to let them.

Or else, drive them away?
This is Zhu Biao's fiefdom!
"After electricity is supplied, many machines transported from Panyu Prefecture can be used. In addition, with electric lighting, construction can also be done at night... The most important thing is that those uneducated people can see that the electric lights are bright at night , they will feel that His Highness the King of Qin is omnipotent, and it will be convenient for them to educate them and cooperate with our work." Luo Min explained.

Just a simple switch on electricity can bring so many benefits.

Chang Caiyu's eyes sparkled after hearing this.

She used to think that electricity only has a lighting function.

Unexpectedly, there are so many uses for electricity.

Can make such a great contribution to the construction.

It seemed that Chang Caiyu was very interested in electricity, so it was no wonder that she sat over and listened.

Chang Caiyu asked curiously: "What about after the road is built? What will be built?"

"Princess Huihai, the next step is to build factories and residential areas, such as those dilapidated buildings, all of which need to be demolished, and then move the people into residential areas. Of course, we will still use loans to allocate houses to them, and all future All young adults must work, and children must receive education.”

Luo Min introduced: "So, we have to build a school..."

"How much does it cost to build these things?" Chang Caiyu asked again.

"With the monthly salary of 30 migrant workers, plus various materials, food, etc., the monthly expenditure is close to one million silver." Luo Min replied: "More investment will be made in the future to build Penghu The government estimates it will cost about 2000 million silver."

"so much……"

Chang Caiyu was shocked and said: "In the whole world, only your Highness, King Qin, can accomplish such a great feat!"

"Sister-in-law is so impressed..."

Zhu Fang asked Luo Min: "Isn't pirates very rampant recently? I heard that the coastal areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian are suffering greatly! You have been in Penghu for more than half a month, have you seen any pirates?"

"Returning to Your Highness, I have seen them, but they were all driven away by our patrol ships, and even a group of Japanese people were once captured." Luo Min responded.

"How to deal with it?" Zhu Xi asked.

"Behead all!"

Luo Min's answer was very decisive.

Zhu Xi nodded and said: "We have to behead people in public to teach the people. I remember telling you some principles of governing the place. Do you remember? For a place like this, both kindness and power must be given, and both are indispensable! If you dare not If you kill, no one will be afraid; of course, if you kill too much, others will turn against you."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely remember His Highness's teachings!" Luo Min responded quickly.

"Good job."

Zhu Fang smiled and said: "If you can successfully build Penghu, I will let you be the provincial governor of Gaoshan Island in the future!"

(End of this chapter)