Lu Si excitedly jumped onto an inferior horse and headed to the Leizhou Prefecture's dock.
At the dock, all kinds of dried fish, rice, potatoes, and sweet potatoes were transported to the shore.
Ferghana horses were sent to the shore one after another.
The soldiers in plate armor also followed suit.
Zhu Ci Xin and Ma Zhanshan jumped off the boat.
In the face of Zhu Ci, who looked very much like Emperor Chongzhen, Governor Lu Si jumped down from his horse and knelt on the ground.
"This humble subject greets Your Majesty. Ten thousand years of Ming Dynasty, ten thousand years of Your Majesty!”
Zhu Ciyao helped Lu Si up.
"How is the situation in the Leizhou Prefecture?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The Leizhou Prefecture is still safe for the time being!”
Zhu Ci pointed at the pier.
"The bazaar should be renovated. Qiongzhou Island and Leizhou Prefecture still have to carry out economic exchanges! In addition, the Leizhou Prefecture had to unify the currency!”
"Your Majesty, a unified currency?"
Zhu Ci waved his hand, and the soldiers carried over two boxes of silver coins and copper coins.
"This is our newest currency. It's much more formal and convenient than silver and copper coins!”
Lu Si nodded and patted Zhai Ying's shoulder.
"Hurry up and draft a notice. All the citizens of Leizhou Prefecture will immediately go to the designated location and exchange silver and copper for the new currency of Great Ming!”
For a time, the Leizhou Prefecture was bustling with activity.
The commoners exchanged for high-quality silver coins and copper coins.
At the nearby pier, merchants sent by Qiongzhou Island were filled with goods manufactured in the town center of Qiongzhou Island.
Even the Minister of Commerce in the town center opened the Ming Empire Bank in Leizhou Prefecture.
The commoners were very curious. What was a bank?
When Zhu Ci Xin personally deposited a box of silver coins here.
For a time, there were countless commoners who saved money. With Emperor Zhu Ciyao's guarantee, the commoners were not afraid of losing their money.
Governor Lu Si watched as the Leizhou Prefecture became lively, and his entire body trembled with excitement.
"Your Majesty, you are really the lucky star of the Ming Empire! With your arrival, the economy of our Leizhou Prefecture has suddenly become active!”
Zhu Ci Xin was very calm.
"How many people does the Leizhou Prefecture have?"
"Your Majesty, there are 150,000 households in the Leizhou Prefecture, about 500,000 people! However, the landowners and tycoons occupied 80% of the wealth and land!”
"Then what are they doing?"
"Many landowners, tycoons, and evil gentry have begun to secretly collude with Slave Jian to recruit servants. I reckon that once Slave Jian arrives, he will surrender to Slave Jian and join forces with Slave Jian to suppress the commoners!”
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ci's entire body trembled with anger.
"Didn't they stand up and join the resistance against Slave Jian?”
"Yes, very little!" Lui Si sighed heavily.
Zhu Ci Xin was so angry that his entire body was trembling. This time, he had to give them a heavy blow.
"In Leizhou Prefecture, do you have any evidence against the landowners, tycoons, and evil gentry who have letters with Slave Jian?”
"Evidence? Your Majesty, come to my mansion and take a look!”
Lu Si brought Zhu Ciyan to the governor's residence.
There were more than ten baskets of letters inside, all of which were written to the Jiannu Tartars by the tycoons and evil gentry of Leizhou Prefecture.
Zhu Ci Xin picked up the letter and read it. Many of the contents were similar.
All of them expressed the same meaning. They said that as long as Slave Jian's army arrived, they would gather their servants and capture all the officials of Leizhou Prefecture and those who were willing to become slaves.
"These guys are Slave Jian's subjects? They were thinking too much. Slave Jian was only a master and a slave. They were at most slaves!”
Lu Si's heart was heavy." Your Majesty, that's true. However, there are more than 3,000 rich and evil people in Leizhou Prefecture. There are more than 10,000 people!”
Zhu Ci's expression was serious, and his eyes were firm.
"Kill, all traitors, kill them!"
Lui Si's eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets.
"Your Majesty, are you sure?"
"For those who betrayed the Great Ming Empire, do we have to support them?”
Governor Lu was a little flustered.
"More than 10,000 people, and they have recruited a large number of poor people as servants. I'm afraid they won't be easy to deal with!”
Zhu Ciao pointed at the 5,000 heavy cavalry of the southern army behind him.
"I have brought 5,000 heavy cavalry and 1,300 infantrymen from Puzhen Kingdom. Dealing with these traitors will be a piece of cake!”
Zhu Cizao handed all the letters to the soldiers. The soldiers followed the addresses of the letters and attacked the homes of the landowners, tycoons, and evil gentry who colluded with Slave Jian.
In the counties under the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture, when the commoners heard that the landlord and rich people who colluded with Slave Jian would be punished, many commoners took out kitchen knives and carrying poles and joined the attack on the people who betrayed Ming Dynasty.
The rich and evil gentry who colluded with Slave Jian panicked.
They did not expect that so many troops would suddenly appear in the Leizhou Prefecture.
The soldiers didn't take the money and confronted them with letters.
Those who colluded with Slave Jian were all killed on the spot.
"Traitors all end up like this!”，Pu Zhenguo pointed at the executed traitor.
Governor Lu Si was worried that the Leizhou Prefecture would fall into chaos, but not only did it not fall into chaos, the morale of the people increased greatly.
Zhu Ci Xin didn't have a good impression of these traitors because Leizhou Prefecture was still far away from Slave Jian. There were Guangzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture in between, yet they had already started to collude with Slave Jian. He really didn't know how many people from other places had already contacted Slave Jian.
"Your Majesty, with this operation, we will definitely be able to intimidate the surrenders! In addition, the Guangzhou Prefecture was guarded by the Tang Emperor's younger brother, while the Fuzhou Prefecture was personally guarded by the Tang Emperor! You should send someone to issue an imperial edict! Because according to the information we received, the Tang King has already proclaimed himself emperor and changed his name to Longwu.”
Zhu Ci Xin knew about Emperor Long Wu. He was considered a man. At least when Zheng Zhilong was overpowered, he resolutely led a thousand men to the Northern Expedition and died a heroic death.
There was also the old minister Huang Daozhou, who led his disciples and thousands of farmers around him to the northern expedition with a shoulder pole. In the end, he also died heroically for the country.
Zhu Ci Xin had to save them. These people who had deep love for Da Ming should not die in battle, but should witness the moment Da Ming stood up again with him.
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