Guangzhou Dongcheng was built on the basis of ancient Yuecheng during the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty. After the Dongcheng was built, it was connected with the county office as the center, connecting the north and south city gates and the east and west channels. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was relatively peaceful and regarded foreign trade tax as the main source of wealth. Therefore, the Maritime Bureau was established on the north bank of the Pearl River in the south of the city. After the establishment of the Maritime Bureau, the area on the north bank of the Pearl River prospered. A few years later, this place became the southern city of Guangzhou, and then merged it with the Dongcheng into Guangzhou. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia who guarded Guangzhou, expanded the city and connected the original east, west, and south into one, and expanded the Guangzhou city north to the Yuexiu Mountain area, which formed the scale of today's Guangzhou city.

Guangzhou is the only trade port in Lingnan region, with extremely developed trade, so Yangcheng is rich and famous all over the world. After the fall of the Nandu, a large number of people who were unwilling to be dismissed to escape to Lingnan with the Ming Dynasty officials. Their arrival caused the population of Guangzhou to increase rapidly, resulting in the rise of housing prices in the city several times. Refugees were unable to gain a place to settle in the city, so they could only live along the Guangzhou city walls, forming a shanty town of more than ten miles long.

The Gengyin disaster in the fourth year of Yongli (the seventh year of Shunzhi) made Yangcheng a hell overnight, and the people in the city disappeared overnight, along with the ten-mile shack outside the city.

The Han army, who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Guangzhou people, and their families, became the new owners of Guangzhou City. In order to enrich the population in the city and restore Guangzhou's prosperity, so as to collect commercial taxes from it to support the troops of the vassal, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao moved tens of thousands of people from nearby prefectures and counties one after another. In addition to the family members of the Eight Banners of Manzhou who had just moved this year, Guangzhou's vitality has gradually begun to recover, with a population of 100,000.

With more people, there are many people doing business. Vendors from all over the world have taken a fancy to this treasure land in Guangzhou, especially the newly built city, which attracts their attention. Although the King of Pingnan and King of Jingnan have earned harsh taxes, they cannot resist the profits. Those vendors are all traveling around the world, their hearts are bright and they know who can make money.

The money of the high-ranking officials in this world is the best to make, followed by those nouveau riche. Obviously, the Manzhou people from Beijing are the nouveau riche in their eyes. No matter how fierce the Manzhou soldiers are, they always have to spend money. Their wives, children, food, clothing, housing and transportation should not be bought, and they should not be bought well, otherwise they would kill so many Han people. What should they do if they rob so much money? They would keep it in the coffin.

Since learning that the court was going to set up Mancheng in Guangzhou, the merchants in Guangzhou had started activities. Those with backstage directly connected with the government and even hung up with the general's mansion in the city. Those who did not have backstage also tried every means to get a piece of the pie. Starting from the beginning of the year, merchants in Guangzhou City sent a large number of people to various places to buy goods, either by cars or by boat, and did not sell them, but by waiting for the people of Manzhou to earn their money. Otherwise, those poor in Guangzhou City would not be able to digest so much goods.

Sure enough, when Manzhou people from Beijing arrived in Guangzhou, they drove the consumption in the city. The Manzhou women were willing to spend money. They rarely bargained for good things, which made the merchants in Guangzhou make a lot of money. Only one thing made them very taboo. That is, many of the people in Manzhou used to check out were unwoven gold and silver jewelry, and the blood stains on them were rust, and they couldn't even be wiped off. God knows how those Manzhou women kept this ominous thing at hand.

After the central area of ​​the city was expanded into the city, the original residents were moved by the government to the Guidemen area in the south. Most of them were poor and had no ability to rebuild houses. Fortunately, they could move into the houses where the owner died a few years ago. Those who were slow to move had to build shanty towns. The government did not have no subsidies, but this subsidy was very small, and it was impossible for these "demolition households" to buy houses or build houses again.

For a time, the city walls of Guide Gate seemed to be like a few years ago, and rows of huts appeared like mushrooms after a rain. Outside Guide Gate is the Pearl River. Every day, ships docked on the river, men went to help carry the cargo and sell the coolies to earn some hard money, while women did some handicrafts at home to make a living. Those with craftsmanship naturally found ways to turn the craftsmanship back, which was better than selling the coolies to make money.

The big merchants in the city naturally looked down on the poor people in Guidemen. They were not willing to make these small money, but the small vendors were happy to sell streets and alleys, and some set up street stalls in crowded places. There were too many people in this area, and all kinds of business appeared one after another. Every day, there were teams singing Guangdong operas set up the stage. Today, there were two, one in the east and the other in the west, and each side sang their own, without interfering with each other. One sang "Tian Ji Sending a Child" and the other sang "Bi Tian Birthday". The actors on the stage were wearing red colors, and the Cantonese sang and made people listen to it very pleasant. The locals in Guangdong operas sounded really nice, but the Han army and Manzhou people from the north did not like to listen. For no other reason, they couldn't understand.

Wang Si was carrying loads in this shanty town. He was not a peddler, but a load of loads. He walked around the morning and picked three heads and earned more than ten copper coins. If he could pick up a few in the afternoon, the food of the whole family today would be settled. If he was lucky, he would save a few more money.

"Here you get the head, wait a moment."

Just after the intersection, Wang Si heard someone calling him from behind. When he turned around, he saw a woman holding a four or five-year-old child waving to him.

Wang Si smiled and carried the load over, put it down and asked, "Who is going to get rid of the heads of the eldest sister?"

"Check my boy."

The woman pulled the child beside her and signaled him to sit on the stool that Wang Si took off.

"He?"

Wang Si looked at the child's hair and smiled and said, "This hair is not long, so let's stay for a while."

The woman shook her head and said, "No, she is 7 years old. If she doesn't pick it, it will be bad if she asks the government to know."

"Seven years old?"

Wang Si was a little surprised. When he looked at the child again, he didn't look like he was seven years old. He thought to himself that he might not have much food and his body was not good enough, so he looked small.

The government has strict orders for getting rid of the head. If the Han children are seven years old and don’t get rid of the head and braids, something big will happen. If they are not done well, they will lose their heads.

Wang Si put down his burden and asked the baby to sit down. He took out his knife and wanted to start. However, a few green camp soldiers ran to the intersection in front of him. They seemed to be chased by ghosts, and they ran towards this side in a panic.

Wang Si was startled. He didn't dare to stop the army master of the Green Camp. He hurriedly pulled the doll and was about to dodge aside. Unexpectedly, a tall horse ran out from behind the Green Camp masters. The knight on the horse slashed the back of the Green Camp soldiers who were behind with one knife, and then shouted loudly: "The Ming soldiers have entered the city, and the Ming soldiers have entered the city!"
Chapter completed!