My Daming New Empire

Zhu Zhanji is used to this kind of scene.But what I'm not used to is that there are quite a few people inside, even naked, kneeling down, and all of them have black buttocks raised up.

Zhu Zhanji is fine, knowing that the people here are poor, the weather is hot, and many natives are not used to wearing clothes.

Not to mention now, 500 years later, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the soldiers here are still naked, with only coconut shells blocking the front, and they are still photographed.

After the Americans took it from the Spaniards, they forced everyone to wear clothes, which changed this state.

It's not that they don't like to wear clothes, they are really poor!

They don't like to build houses. Anyway, when typhoons come, they blow them down.

They don't like to plant the land, anyway, just sprinkle some seeds every year, and they won't starve to death.

Clothes are only for women, and wives cannot show them to others, so I don't care.

This is the living habit of most Nanyang natives.

Otherwise, how could the Chinese, as a minority, become the local economic hegemony and control their economy.

Whether it is Luzon, Java, Siam, or Malaysia, the economy of that country is not controlled by hardworking Chinese!

But the people from the Ministry of Rituals refused to obey, and asked the soldiers to drive out these skinny natives.It doesn't matter to them, but there are those female relatives behind!

Zhu Zhanji looked at Xu Chai Lao's somewhat embarrassed face, and said with a smile: "Since these natives don't even have to wear clothes, I will add three feet of cotton cloth to each native who comes to block the indecent sight." thing."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Zhu Zhanji, the great-grandson, came here, of course, he had to express it to the Chinese here.What was originally prepared was to give each ethnic Chinese two catties of salt, one catty of sugar, and half a catty of tea.

Now add three feet of cloth to each of these thousands of natives, and there is not much.

Zhu Zhanji's order was passed on through the eunuch's words, and everyone bowed down again.

([-] words plus change, writing dizziness, too lazy to make up the word count for [-] words. The monthly ticket that is owed in this chapter will be added, and there are a few chapters that will be rewarded and added. I will pay it back slowly...)

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Chapter 10 Captivity

Xu's house is on the north bank of the river. It is the most luxurious house here. It is built with bluestone like a castle, and a moat was dug out from the main river, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Entering the city gate, members of the Xu clan, including the female relatives, knelt down in the school grounds of the outer city, kowtowed three times and greeted them with big salutes.

Such procedures have already been arranged in advance by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and even the gifts that Zhu Zhanji bestowed on everyone were prepared early.

After the ceremony, Zhu Zhanji was taken into the inner city by the servants who arrived in advance, where the Xu clan lived.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not live with them, but was arranged to live in a newly built wooden building.

The wooden building is not big, only three rooms and two floors, but the drawings were provided by the Ministry of Industry, and it was built according to Zhu Zhanji's preferences.The wooden building is located in the garden, separate from the main house.It is convenient for the servants and guards to protect.

After a lot of work, the servant finally settled down.

And that night, people from all walks of life in Luzon gathered together to celebrate Zhu Zhanji's 20th birthday in the most grand way. According to later generations, he was only 19 years old, but in this era, this is his [-]th birthday.

There are no cultural relics or antiques from all walks of life in Luzon. They can only use the simplest way to cast birthday stars, birthday peaches, golden knives, golden swords, and even statues of the Supreme Lord with gold as gifts.

And more, it is to directly donate gold bars.

After a birthday banquet, Zhu Zhanji received tens of thousands of taels of gold. In order to get Daming's support, these native tribes spared no expense this time, just to make Zhu Zhanji happy.

Perhaps, in this lifetime, they will only be lucky enough to meet the great-grandson of Daming, the future Emperor of Ming.

After the hustle and bustle, he returned to the small building where he lived, and his concubines also came out to present Zhu Zhanji's birthday.

Because of the limited space, Zhu Zhanji also put a few girls on the same bed that night. Although the girls were shy, they were unwilling to give up this opportunity to compete for favor.

But on the second day, Zhu Zhanji started his own work.The fleet will stay in Luzon for five days, and Zhu Zhanji will meet with the leaders of various tribes in Luzon in turn.

According to the different situations of each tribe, different countermeasures should be taken, and certain help should be given to them in a limited way.

Provide sickles and plows for the tribes that make a living from farming; provide screens and iron picks for the tribes that mainly pan for gold; provide fishing nets for the tribes that make a living by fishing, etc.

To bring all the tribes under the brilliance of Ming Dynasty is not just a slogan, but also needs to show actual benefits.

Of course, it is also necessary for these tribes to contribute to Daming. For example, the tens of millions of acres of paddy fields in the Luzon Plain that have not been fully developed will be able to provide Daming with a steady stream of food in the future.

Those small tribes would also exchange the gold they worked so hard to screen with Daming for various living supplies.

The diplomatic team and the trade team will conduct negotiations on tribute and trade with the various tribes on Luzon Island according to the pre-plan.

Of course, at this time, it was also the time for the Consultation Department, Jin Yiwei, and the surveying and mapping team of the Young Army to dispatch.

In addition, Xu Chailao was formally appointed as the prefect of Luzon Prefecture, in charge of Luzon's civil and military affairs.

Daming will not garrison troops in Luzon for the time being, but will only arrange an auxiliary team here to help Xu Chailao stabilize the situation.

If someone is disobedient, when Zhu Zhanji and his fleet return, they will naturally help Xu Chai to solve this problem.

Everyone started to get busy, but Zhu Zhanji was fine.Because he only needs to grasp the general direction, all kinds of trivial affairs can't come to him at all.

If he, the great-grandson, had to worry about everything, then what's the use of keeping these subordinates?

There is no large-scale political power on Luzon Island at all. Xu Chai Lao did not encounter strong opposition when he was the governor of Luzon. Those natives still believed that his existence brought a good life to the local people.

Therefore, whether it is the aggressive Visayans in the south or the Tagalogs, they are all proud to join the Ming Dynasty, rather than strongly opposing it.

Although the Green Cult has now expanded to this place, but now the Green Green is more about controlling thoughts, and there is no concept of a country at all.

Although the natives in the southern part of Luzon gradually believed in Lulu, they agreed with Ming's rule more.

In such an environment, Zhu Zhanji has no room to play.

It's impossible for everyone to kneel in front of him with great interest, and he still wants to beat and kill.

The logistics team also got busy. They bought a large number of mature coconuts at the price of two coppers per coconut. After a few days, they bought more than 30 coconuts in Luzon Province alone.

This is because the notification was late, otherwise, 300 million could have been purchased.

But there is no need to worry, because the news of the acquisition of coconuts by the Ming fleet has already spread, and when the fleet arrives in Sulu, there will be a huge supply of coconuts at that time.

Coconut is not as good as bananas and mangoes in taste, but there is one thing that mangoes and bananas can't compare to, and that is the storage period.

The storage period of old coconuts with green skins is basically about one month.Because coconuts are an excellent water store and food storage source, the coconut shell is thick to prevent water from evaporating.

Some coconuts fell to the ground when they were ripe, and remained intact after falling into the sea and floating for two years!

Compared with clean water that needs to be replaced in about ten days, the shelf life of coconut far exceeds that of all fruits and clean water.