Zhu Hongsan had nothing to do in the next few days, and he had arranged all the major issues, and he didn't care about the remaining details, which was the business of bureaucrats at all levels.

So Zhu Hongsan has been having a crazy time with all his wives in the mansion these days.

On the first day of October, it was the day when the first batch of departure personnel set off. Today, Zhu Hongsan will go to the dock to see him off. The first batch of departures were Tong Yangjia and Ma Jiyuan.

The main reason is that Tong Yangjia has the most people. After all, he has to go to mine, so he brought more than 1,000 craftsmen of all kinds. Ma Jiyuan only went to Leizhou Prefecture to grow sugarcane, so he brought less than 100 people, just some technicians.

As for other personnel, Feng Ziyong and Xu Dali have to wait for a few days. There are too many things in Dongguan, and it will take several days to hand over. Peng Ershu and his team will have to wait for half a month before they can set off because there are not enough ships.

After Li Zhi returned, he sent twenty large sea boats, and the other sea boats were all in other water camps, and it would take some time to transfer them. So today there were only twenty ships and more than two thousand people.

The troops sent to Qiongzhou Prefecture were led by Zhou Yu, and they had to be divided into two batches before they could all be transported to Qiongzhou.

Qiongzhou Prefecture is more than one thousand miles away from the estuary of the Pearl River. It is really not a good thing to travel by boat in this era. Tong Yangjia and his team have to wander on the sea for about seven days.

Zhu Hongsanyi had arrived at the Dongguan Wharf early, and now there are ten trest bridges built in the development zone wharf. This morning, three ships were patrolling the sea route.

There were crowds of people on the pier, and people of all kinds were waiting for the flow.

Zhu Hongsan came to the dock, and Tong Yangjia and Ma Jiyuan stood on the dock early and waited. Seeing Zhu Hongsan coming, the two stepped forward and bowed to him: "Lord."

Zhu Hongsan reached out to help the two of them and said, "Thank you two gentlemen to go here for thousands of miles."

Ma Jiyuan said: "After Jiyuan leaves, I hope the lord will strictly demand himself and not indulge himself."

Zhu Hongsan laughed dryly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ma, I will definitely be a wise king."

Tong Yangjia said, "Lord, please rest assured that Tong will definitely transport the first batch of iron ore in two months."

Zhu Hongsan said: "You two gentlemen should not be ruthless when you go to the local area. It is best for local natives to surrender. If you don't let go, you will have everything you have to bear with me."

Tong Yangjia said to Ma Mingyuan beside him: "I hope Ma Changshi will do a good job in logistics support. When the iron ore is opened, I will definitely trouble Mr. Ma Er."

Ma Mingyuan bowed and said, "Mr. Tong, don't worry, iron ore is the source of all industries, and Mingyuan still knows the importance of it. Dongguan will definitely supply Qiongzhou with all its strength."

Tong Yangjia nodded. What he feared most was that Ma Laoer made things difficult for himself for his own sake. Now he said in front of the King of Chu that he would make a certificate in the future.

Zhu Hongsan knew the filthiness of these counselors under his command, so he didn't point it out. He said, "It's time, sirs, please get on the boat. Here we go to Qianli and take care of you."

Ma Tong and the other two did not speak, bowed their hands and set off on the boat.

The first batch of ships were light-loaded, and heavy machinery had to wait until these ships came back before they could board the ship in the second batch.

Seeing the twenty sea boats set off one after another, Zhu Hongsan said to Ma Mingyuan beside him: "Sir, do you think they will be able to go well?"

Ma Mingyuan smiled and said, "The lord is worried. Both of them are officially appointed officials from the court. My elder brother has been a local official for more than ten years and has rich experience. Mr. Tong is full of wisdom and has elite soldiers around him to protect him. There should be no problem. Just wait for good news."

I hope so, Zhu Hongsan saw that the fleet disappeared and returned to Zhujiazhuang with Ma Mingyuan. In the next month, Zhu Hongsan sent away several waves of people, and the last ones were Fu Wenlong and Peng Ershu, who were the largest in number.

When Fu Wenlong saw that Zhu Hongsan did not say hello at all, he snorted with his nose and said hello. Peng Ershu did not dare to treat the King of Chu like this. When he saw the King of Chu step forward, he quickly bowed.

Zhu Hongsan didn't take it to heart. He realized that the literati of the Ming Dynasty were all mean. The more he was scolded by the emperor, the happier he became. The beating them was just right.

Zhu Hongsan called Ma Shaoguang and said, "Boyu, do you know that when you go to Sizhou, Mr. Fu is the main thing? If Mr. Fu is a little unhappy, come back."

Ma Shaoguang quickly promised to listen to Fu Wenlong when he went.

Fu Wenlong's expression was a little relieved when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this. He said to Zhu Hongsan: "King of Chu, I will help you for three years. Don't forget your promise in three years."

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, I will definitely be free in three years. If the teacher does not leave, the provincial governor can also discuss it."

Peng Ershu, who heard it, brows jumped straight, and he gave him a governor for three years. The King of Chu really dared to speak loudly. However, he did not dare to compare with Fu Wenlong. No matter whether he was in his identity, official position or status, he was more than several times stronger than Peng Ershu.

Zhu Hongsan turned his head and said to Peng Ershu: "Mr. Peng must also work hard, and what he said will be useful to Mr. Peng."

Of course, Peng Ershu did not dare to show off like Fu Wenlong, and quickly said modestly: "It is the honor of the nobles to do things for the King of Chu."

This sentence made Fu Wenlong hate Peng Ershu very much.

After Zhu Hongsan said goodbye to the last group of personnel, everyone boarded the ship and set off. But now all the dispatched personnel have set off. The factories outside Zhujiazhuang and Zhuangzi have lost half of their people, and they feel much more peaceful.

Zhu Hongsan came back and said to Ma Mingyuan: "Mr. Ma, we will continue to recruit refugees in the next step. Because many workers have gone to Qiongzhou and Leizhou Lianzhou, several workshops have been shut down."

Ma Mingyuan nodded and said, "The weather is particularly cold this year, and it started snowing yesterday. It seems that large numbers of refugees from the north are going south again. Fortunately, the lord asked to plant sweet potatoes and corn on a large scale, otherwise I don't know how many people will die in winter."

Zhu Hongsan said: "While giving refugees food, they must work. Mr. Ma has a charter and a work-for-relief. We don't raise idle people, and it's better for refugees to do work than to make trouble when they are full. Now Xu Dali has arrived in Zhaoqing. Mr. Ma sees all the refugees who are not suitable for workers go to Zhaoqing to farm."

Ma Mingyuan said: "This is not enough. A few days ago, Brother Feng wrote a letter that there were more than 200,000 refugees outside Guangzhou. Let us find a way to solve this problem. What should we do? Please make an announcement."

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "It's really not possible to hire a ship to send them all to Qiongzhou to start a mine. Tong Yangjia has been in Qiongzhou for a month, and it should be a big deal. They should also lack people."

Ma Mingyuan thought for a while and said, "This is also a solution."

Zhu Hongsan continued: "There are less than 20,000 people in the military camp now, and three regiments have been sent to each mansion to 10,000 people. Mr. Ma saw that he was picking out 20,000 people among the refugees and sending them to the military camp."

This way, there will be 50,000 new troops, which should be almost the same.

Because the north is cold this year, and Zuo Liangyu is in Huguang, a large number of refugees travel south. Now there are one million refugees gathered in various counties in Guangzhou Prefecture, and in other prefectures in Guangdong, there are almost more than five million refugees in Guangdong.

Feng Jiantai, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Governor of Guangdong, has issued Xiaguan defense, and all refugees from all prefectures are concentrated in Zhaoqing. After the order is issued, the official roads are crowded with people going south to Zhaoqing.

Ma Mingyuan spent the money like flowing water. Fortunately, there were a lot of potatoes this year. Although this thing is not delicious, it is indeed very hungry. With the help of potatoes, there was no large-scale starvation in Guangdong.

So now Zhu Hongsan has sufficient manpower, but the raw materials are insufficient. Under Feng Ruoshu's order, pig iron in Guangdong was concentrated in Dongguan. The former Guangdong iron smelting bases in Shunde and Foshan were all private iron smelting workshops, and the craftsmen were escorted to Dongguan by the unscrupulous Feng Ruoshu, who continued to work hard for Zhu Hongsan's new owner.

In this way, Zhu Hongsan's factory will have to be shut down for ten days a month because there is not enough raw materials. Zhu Hongsan has already sent two letters to Tong Yangjia and Fu Wenlong.

It’s okay for Fu Wenlong to deal with it, but without coal and charcoal, it’s impossible to do anything without iron ore. Zhu Hongsan knew that the road with Nanzhili is still smooth now, and it’s almost December, and the Hongguang court will be over in May next year. If the traffic between the north and the south is cut off by then, there will be no iron ore at all, and it will be useless if you jump into the sea.

Now there are nearly 200,000 people who follow Zhu Hongsan to have sex, and Zhu Hongsan can't afford to die. There is no way Zhu Hongsan gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I'll send a letter to Tong Yangjia and ask him why there is no news about the iron ore matter."
Chapter completed!