The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The sun rises in the east, and the sky is full of rosy clouds.

Fengtian Hall,

Hundreds of officials stand in the hall. Except for one less person at the head of the Ministry of Rites, everything else remains unchanged.

The court's agenda remains unchanged. First, it deals with the military affairs of the nine borders, then the people's livelihood in various places, and finally the resignation application.

Officials from various places who ask for retirement will be notified during the resignation application stage.

After the morning court, Yan Chengjin returned to the Censorate to learn the impeachment memorial.

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Hainan,

Li Kang and Xu Jinzhong finally landed. This is a warm island. By October, the capital must be freezing cold.

It's warm here like spring?

After more than a month of sailing, the refugees and the military governors were tortured. At this moment, it feels good to be down to earth.

Everything in sight is lush and green.

Xu Jinzhong smiled for the first time in a long time and asked Li Kang: "Where should we reclaim?"

"Wherever there is wasteland, we will reclaim it."

Xu Jinzhong's face was miserable: "This island is full of wasteland, will we reclaim it all?"

Li Kang nodded: "That's right, that's what Brother Gao said."

Hainan has few residents and lacks iron tools, so there is very little wasteland to reclaim. Yan Chengjin's original intention was to reclaim all the wasteland on the island.

Only rice and corn can be planted, and the rest are not allowed.

"Lord Yan said that rice can be planted three times a year and can be planted in winter. Don't miss the season. When I give the imperial edict to the magistrates of each prefecture, you can use the wasteland on the island at will." Li Kang said.

Xu Jinzhong remembered what Yan Chengjin told him to beware of the chieftains' rebellion and food grabbing. There are many wastelands on the island that belong to the barbarian chieftains, and the imperial edict may not work.

"Which prefecture should we go to first?"

Li Kang didn't know either, so he said: "Wait for me first."

Walked to the bushes nearby and squatted down.

After looking around and seeing no one around, he took out Yan Chengjin's letter.

On the letter, there was a note saying: Open this letter after landing

Li Kang quickly opened the letter: Qiongzhou Prefecture, Haihan

"What does Haihan mean? It sounds like a place name." Li Kang guessed.

There were five small words after seeing the letter:

After reading, eat it

Yes, Li Kang found that he was not wrong, it was "eat it."

"Brother Gao, how do you know there is no fire here?"

Li Kang tore the paper into pieces, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it for a long time before running out of the bushes: "Water... Give me water quickly."

The kind-hearted Xu Jinzhong quickly handed over the water bag: "Why are you choking when you go to the toilet?"

Li Kang took a few sips of water before swallowing the letter.

"Let's go to Qiongzhou Prefecture first."

Xu Jinzhong knew that the land under his feet was the scope of Qiongzhou Prefecture.

It is the hometown of the deceased minister Qiu Jun. There are relatively few chieftains, so it is a good place to settle down in Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Qiongzhou Prefecture is not much different from the poor counties in Northern Zhili, but there are large areas of wasteland here, and there are no canals yet.

The refugees and the Tuntian Guards moved down the farm tools they brought.

This team will cause a sensation wherever they go.

Even a chieftain may not be able to dispatch so many people.

Li Kang sent the imperial edict to Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the magistrate of Qiongzhou Prefecture, Li Tingyu, was ordered to take out the fish scale map.

"My lord, as long as the land is not on the fish scale map, it can be reclaimed, but... some land is privately confined by the chieftains, so you should be careful."

"My lord Li, is there a place like Haihan in Qiongzhou Prefecture?"

"I have never heard of it."

Li Kang was puzzled. Is it not in Qiongzhou Prefecture?

Qiongzhou Prefecture does not provide food and accommodation.

Everything depends on them.

The Tuntianying was good at construction and farming, and quickly opened up a small area in the suburbs of Qiongzhou and set up barracks.

"This area is under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou Prefecture. Let's open up this area tomorrow."

Li Kang looked around and saw at least 10,000 acres of uneven land.

Xu Jinzhong was puzzled: "Lord Li, although this wasteland is moist, it is not a paddy field, and there are no ditches around it. Can it be planted?"

"Brother Gao said that corn can be planted in dry land, not paddy fields."

Xu Jinzhong was skeptical. The name of corn was given temporarily. The Ming Dynasty had never planted it. How did the military supervisor know that it could be planted in dry land?

Iron tools were distributed to refugees and Tuntianying. Except for a few cooks who stayed in the camp, the rest of the people opened up the wasteland.

"This land is difficult to open up. There are big stones under the grass. No wonder the chieftain and the people don't want it." Xu Jinzhong still felt strange, but now he understood.

There is no water source in the station, and you have to walk to a river a few miles away.

Xu Jinzhong ordered his men to try to dig a well near the station.

"Sir! It's the Tusi!"

Xu Jinzhong looked up and saw about a hundred people wearing strange clothes walking towards this side.

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Xu Jinzhong was confused.

"Damn it, draw your swords first, brothers! Draw your swords!"

More than a thousand Tuntian guards drew their swords, the white blades were dazzling, and a piece of broken light was lit.

The Tusi were horrified and stood still, not daring to get close. They looked at the wasteland and turned back.

"Tusi must be guarded against. You guys patrol. The grass and trees here are an eyesore. Be more alert." Xu Jinzhong ordered several guards around him.

Li Kang said: "We have to go to the government office to ask for a clerk who understands Tusi's language."

Xu Jinzhong nodded. It was not clear whether those Tusi were enemies or friends just now. Fortunately, he was smart and drew his sword first.

"However, in Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, there are often cases of collusion between clerks and chieftains, which cannot make people feel at ease."

Xu Jinzhong had been to Guizhou to suppress the rebellion, so he was more cautious.

Even if the clerks and chieftains colluded in person, they could not hear it.

"That's true." Li Kang suddenly thought.

Could the Fu Han that Brother Gao mentioned be a person?

"I must be overthinking. Brother Gao has never been to Hainan, how could he know that there is someone here called Hai Han?"

More than 5,000 people were clearing the land very quickly. In a short time, they cleared an acre of land.

Li Kang took a shovel, put the corn in, and then covered it with soil.

"Is it okay now?"

"Yes!"

Xu Jinzhong was worried. He came thousands of miles to plant corn, and he must not make mistakes. "How long will it take?"

"More than two months, I don't know."

A pit was dug every three feet, and two golden fruits were placed in each pit.

Li Kang counted them one by one, fearing that he would put too much.

There are at least 10,000 hectares of land here, and the corn he brought is not enough to plant.

"Sir, there is the head of the King of Yue on the tree over there." The personal soldiers presented several large coconuts.

Xu Jinzhong looked around. This thing looked like a wooden head, hard. He swung his sword to split one and handed it to Li Kang: "There is no water to drink here. Try this first. When you went to the government office just now, I bought one from the vendor. It tastes very good."

"Hmm." Li Kang took it unceremoniously.

"Are there any more? Bring them all back to the barracks."

The soldiers looked embarrassed: "Yes, yes, the chieftain does not allow us to pick them."

It is probably the head of the King of Yue planted by the chieftain, which was stolen back by them. According to the fish scale atlas, the surrounding area is the wasteland of the court. Li Kang said: "This should be the place where the chieftain privately confined the land as Mr. Li said."

"How many people are there?" Xu Jinzhong asked. If there are not many people, the chieftain can be defeated.

"I don't know. The village doesn't seem to be here."

If the land confined by the chieftain is moved, there will definitely be conflicts. The chieftain does not accept the governance of the court and resists fiercely. There have been constant frictions with various prefectures in Hainan for many years.

Xu Jinzhong inspected the area and ordered his men to build a wall around the camp and several beacon towers with wood.

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