"Bassoon, Su Dongli, the matter of the two of you becoming the people of Daming has been completed. From this day on, you are the people of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Yanfang took out two documents that were similar to the household registration certificates issued to people who didn't believe anything in China, except for the color.

At this time, two people sat across from him. These two people are not very white, but one of them is very thin, and the other is very tall, and his appearance is also a little different from the native people of Daming.

These two are the merchants who wanted to become the people of the Ming Dynasty a few days ago, Bassoon from Siam and Sudongli from Sinhala, the tall one is Bassoon, and the thin one is Sudongli. After Zhang Yanfang's request for naturalization was reported to Yun and Yun, Zhang Yanfang completed it as quickly as possible, and handed over the household registration certificate to the two of them.

Zhang Yanfang originally thought that he would not be able to meet the requirements for family wealth with Su Dongli's family background, but he didn't expect Su Dongli to meet the family wealth requirements for immigrating the whole family to Daming, and Zhang Yanfang also went through the naturalization procedures for him.

At this time, both of them stretched out their hands to take their household registration certificates from Zhang Yanfang's hand, carefully looked at the object that used blue hard paper as the cover, and asked in fluent Chinese: "With this, we can walk freely on the land of Daming like the merchants of Daming?" "This looks different from the path of the Ming merchants, do the officials in the interior of the Ming Dynasty recognize this object?"

Although the two of them have different questions, they have the same meaning, and they still have some doubts about whether they really became merchants of the Ming Dynasty by virtue of this item in their hands.

"Of course the government in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty recognizes this thing, with this, you are the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Yanfang explained: "But you can't walk freely in the land of Daming with this. According to His Majesty's will, you must now choose a county as your place of residence, and you can only walk freely within the state capital where this county is located. Only the children you give birth to in the future can get the same guidance as the merchants of Daming when they grow up, and walk freely on the land of Daming. ”

"The place where this household registration is located doesn't have to be Dongguan County, right?" Bassoon immediately asked. Su Dongli also showed a worried look on his face. Bao'an City Bosi is in Dongguan County, if they are required to leave their household registration in Dongguan County, and still let them live in Bao'an City, it is no different from not being naturalized.

"Of course, it doesn't have to be Dongguan County. And even if you have your household registration in Dongguan County, you can still walk freely in Guangzhou Prefecture. However, after discussing with the political envoy of Guangbu, I hope that both of you will be registered in the Guangzhou Prefecture. Zhang Yanfang said.

"Then I will leave my household registration in Panyu County." The two of them said in unison.

"That's good, this official will immediately send a letter to the Guangbu Political Envoy Si Yamen, the Guangzhou Prefecture Yamen, and the Panyu County Yamen, so that the two of you can settle your household registration in Panyu County." Zhang Yanfang said without surprise. Panyu County is the attached Guo County of Guangzhou Prefecture, adjacent to the Pearl River in the south, which is convenient transportation and the boundary of the provincial capital.

However, Bassoon immediately asked: "Although we have settled our household registration in Panyu County, can we live in Dongguan County and run our own business?" ”

Although the city of Guangzhou is a good place, it is not so easy for them, foreign merchants who have no backing, to gain a foothold in such a place. There are many big merchants in Guangzhou, and when it comes to money, even Bassoon, who has better financial resources, does not dare to say that he will definitely be able to rank first in Guangzhou, and he may be unanimously squeezed out by the businessmen in Guangzhou, and it is not impossible for his wealth to be scattered.

But Dongguan is different. The whole Dongguan County was very backward before the establishment of Bao'an City, not only can not be compared with Guangzhou City, but also Sanshui, Shunde, Xinhui and other places in the west of Guangzhou are very far behind, not to mention big businessmen like Bassoon, even 'medium' businessmen like Su Dongli, very poor. Even if the Bao'an City Boshi Division was established, because the time was still short, there were still no big businessmen in Dongguan County. And because the city is located here, the locals are more inclined to run restaurants, inns, etc. to make money, rather than take the risk of trafficking goods. This makes it more difficult for wealthy merchants to appear in Dongguan County.

This gives Bassoon a chance. He could fill that gap and make money by doing some of the things that the locals hadn't started doing yet.

Although Zhang Yanfang is a civil official, he can understand what businessmen are thinking in the past few years. So at this time, he thought about it for a while and understood Bassoon's thoughts, and said: "Although the merchants of the Ming Dynasty still have a place where their household registration is located, except for the fact that they are not allowed to buy land in other counties and their children take the imperial examination in other counties, they can do business in any place with a merchant road guide, as long as they do not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty." Those who violate the law will be repatriated to their place of origin with confiscation of their belongings and will not be allowed to go out to do business in the future. ”

"The two of you will be the people of the Ming Dynasty in the future, although you can't leave Guangzhou Mansion for the time being, but like ordinary merchants, you are only not allowed to buy fields and children to take the imperial examination outside the place where your household registration is located, and the rest can be; Therefore, even if you have your household registration in Panyu County, you can still do business in Dongguan County. ”

"Then I'll be relieved." Bassoon said: "I am doing business in Dongguan. ”

"What about you," Zhang Yanfang turned to Su Dongli: "Are you in Panyu County, or are you also coming to Dongguan County to do business?" ”

"This," Su Dongli fell into a huge hesitation, and only said after a while: "I'd better go to Panyu County to have a look first, and I think that if it doesn't work, I will go to Dongguan County." Anyway, the business in Bao'an City will not stop and will continue to be done, even if there is no other money for a while. ”

"In that case, you can now take your family members out of the inn and shop in Bao'an City, and arrange for them to live in the surrounding towns. If you want to go to the rest of the prefectures and counties in Guangzhou Province now, you can also do so, although your household registration has not yet settled in a certain place, but it must be in Guangzhou Prefecture, so you can walk freely in Guangzhou Prefecture. Zhang Yanfang said.

He then explained a few more words to the two of them, and finally said, "I'm fine, you can step down." ”

Bason just wanted to salute according to the previous etiquette, but suddenly remembered something, bowed down and said, "Thank you for telling me that the grass people are leaving." ”

Su Dongli next to him was also stunned, and then bowed down and saluted in imitation of Bassoon's movements.

Zhang Yanfang originally planned to send them away in the same way he treated them in the past, but when he saw their actions, he also reacted: the identities of the two of them are different from before!

Bassoon and Su Dongli were originally foreign merchants. Although theoretically all the people of the Waifan, whether they are farmers and industrialists, are also the people of the Ming Emperor, they can also manage the agriculture and industry of the Waifan; However, in practice, their management of foreign merchants is very loose, and as long as the merchants do not make trouble, evade taxes and are not caught, Zhang Yanfang and other officials of the city department will not care whether they abide by etiquette.

But now that they have become merchants of the Ming Dynasty, things are different. Even if the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were richer than them, they were very respectful of the officials of the city; The officials of the Municipal Department of Shipping also had stricter management and requirements for the Ming merchants.

Zhang Yanfang then said again very seriously: "You two stand down." ”

"Yes, Lord Tiju." The two of them bowed again and left the room.

When they all left, Zhang Yanfang smiled softly, took out the paper and wrote.

After Basong came out of the yamen of the city ship, he sighed: "From today on, the identity will be different, and in the future, I will have to respect every official of the Bao'an City ship." Are there any recent festivals of the Ming people? Everyone gets a gift. ”

"After the Double Ninth Festival, there is no festival in Daming until more than three months before the winter solstice, if you give gifts, you can only wait until the winter solstice." Su Dongli thought of something in his heart, and agreed casually.

"Then wait until the winter solstice, and give a big gift to every official of Bao'an City." Bassoon said.

After saying this, he asked Su Dongli again, "What are you going to do in the next few days?" ”

"I'm going to go to Guangzhou to see what kind of city it is. If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty not allowing me to settle in the capital, I would have wanted to go to the capital to have a look. Su Dongli said.

"Guangzhou City! I'll check it out in the future. But now I won't go to Guangzhou, but will go to Dongguan County to have a look, buy some places, and use them as shops for future trading. Bassoon said.

"Why don't I go to Dongguan County too? Forget it, when you come back from Guangzhou, you will pass by Dongguan County to have a look. Su Dongli said.

"When I see it in Dongguan County, I will go to Guangzhou City. I'm also curious about how bustling it really is. "Bassoon.

"If I'm still in Guangzhou City at that time, I must remember to call me, and let's go around Guangzhou City together." Su Dongli suddenly said with an unknown meaning on his face.

But Basson didn't pay attention and said, "Of course I will." ”

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"Father, the army of the Ming Kingdom has begun to attack Dongxing City." Hu walked into a palace and said loudly.

Hu Ji was sitting in the hall at this time, holding a book and looking at it. When he heard Hu's words, he didn't say anything about this matter immediately, but frowned and said: "You are now the monarch of Dayu Kingdom, since this is the case, you have to look like a monarch, how can you be babbling when you encounter things." ”

Hu immediately stood up straight and agreed: "Got it, father." "Hu Ji has been teaching him to look like a king, and he has been studying hard, but he can't help but feel excited or scared when he encounters such a thing as the Ming Kingdom sending troops to attack.