Hokkaido is no longer the same as before, and the wild land of the past has now changed a lot.

Today's Hokkaido is not only an important transit port for the Ming Dynasty to the Xinming Dynasty, but also an important base for the Ming Dynasty's East China Navy. In addition to the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan in recent years, Hokkaido, which is closer to eastern Japan, has become the location for the Ming Dynasty's trade and goods transit.

With the development of Hokkaido, more and more Ming people have settled in Hokkaido in recent years. In addition, many Japanese people have crossed the narrow strait to Hokkaido.

Compared with the Japanese mainland, ordinary Japanese people have not had a good life, and under the contradiction between the Japanese shogunate and local forces, a lot of pressure is directly pressed on ordinary Japanese people. Some Japanese businessmen who cannot survive or are flexible in their minds have started to enter Hokkaido to cooperate with the Mei people a few years ago.

Although these Japanese merchants are far less powerful and well-off, and they do not need to be compared with the current Ming Dynasty commercial banks, the so-called "close to the water" will lead to the moon, and Hokkaido is so close to Japan. Working with the Ming Dynasty merchants to be second-department dealers can still make them profit.

As for ordinary Japanese, settlement, fishing, work, land reclamation, horse raising, etc. in Hokkaido can also make up for the scarce population of Hokkaido, thus making Hokkaido more and more rapid.

When he arrived at the port, Pan Mengyuan looked at the familiar and unfamiliar surroundings, and felt extremely emotional.

Pan Mengyuan was originally from a navy, and with his previous status as Governor Shinming, although he does not have a real position, he is still a big boss. His arrival was naturally warmly welcomed by Hokkaido, and the commander of the squadron stationed in Hokkaido was also an old subordinate of Pan Mengyuan, so he was naturally very entertaining.

After arriving in Hokkaido, it was only a few days before he arrived in the local area. When he returned to this place again, Pan Mengyuan naturally wanted to take a good look at the current Hokkaido, so he decided to stay here for a while and let the soldiers accompanying the ship rest in Hokkaido.

In the past two days, Pan Mengyuan, accompanied by local officials, learned about the current situation in Hokkaido, and felt the rapid development of Hokkaido. At the same time, he also asked about Japan's attitude towards Hokkaido. Although Japan has not ruled Hokkaido, the local daimyo actually had an impact on Hokkaido. It was not until the Ming Dynasty directly occupied Hokkaido and put pressure on the Japanese shogunate to form a fact that Hokkaido became the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In recent years, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan has increased year by year, but it also affected Japan's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty. The Tokugawa shogunate implemented a policy of closing the country, and now the country's door has been opened under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty. Although the upper class of the shogunate can gain benefits from the Ming Dynasty, it actually has adverse aspects to the shogunate's rule.

You should know that Japan's regime structure is different from that of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese Emperor is just a symbol. The shogunate who truly holds power is the shogunate. But the shogunate did not truly unify the entire Japan. After experiencing the long-term "Warring States Period" era, although the shogunate controlled the most elite area of ​​Japan and mastered the most powerful army of Japan, daimyos from all over the country still had considerable influence on their own territory, and even competed with the shogunate to some extent.

The shogunate benefited from the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, and the same was true for local daimyos. Some daimyos even privately increased their cooperation with the Ming Dynasty in order to gain benefits, resulting in their strength being much stronger than before, which were something the shogunate did not want to see.

Nowadays, there are a large number of Japanese people in Hokkaido, and these Japanese people come from all over Japan. In addition, living in Hokkaido, both conditions and other conditions are much better than in Japan. This atmosphere has gradually affected all parts of Japan and has also brought in ruling instability to the shogunate, including local daimyos.

Therefore, Japan has restricted the Japanese from privately traveling to Hokkaido and even immigrating to Hokkaido. However, due to the strength of the Ming Dynasty, Japan's restrictions were not explicitly announced, but were only implemented internally.

As for Hokkaido, although the construction of Hokkaido has developed rapidly due to the influx of many Japanese people, the Ming Dynasty did not agree or take the initiative to immigrate Japanese people, but just let it go. Therefore, since last year, the number of Japanese people pouring in Hokkaido has decreased sharply, but the population from the Ming Dynasty has been growing.

This situation aroused Pan Mengyuan's interest. He specially asked local officials for a long time and got a yellow household registration book from Hokkaido to read.

Originally, Pan Mengyuan planned to stay in Hokkaido for seven or eight days, but on the third day he arrived in Hokkaido, a letter from the capital forced him to continue his journey back.

In this way, Pan Mengyuan boarded the warship again in the morning of the fourth day. The warship Yang Fan set sail and headed towards the west.

A few days later, the warship finally returned to the Ming Dynasty, where he had bid farewell to many years. Pan Mengyuan came ashore from Tianjin and then went directly to Beijing. When he arrived at the capital, the people sent by Zhu Yicheng had been waiting for a long time. Before the dusty Pan Mengyuan could rest, he was taken to the palace.

"I haven't seen you for many years, Pan Qing's style is still the same." When he arrived at the side hall, Pan Mengyuan did not approach Zhu Yicheng, but was not waiting for him in the hall. Instead, he stood outside the hall gate and looked at him with a smile.

"Your Majesty!" After so many years, Pan Mengyuan finally saw Zhu Yicheng again. Compared to when he left Nanjing for Xinming, Zhu Yicheng is now thirty years old, with short beards on his lips and sharp and bright eyes. He stood there smiling and looked at himself. Seeing this, Pan Mengyuan was excited, and he knelt down at Zhu Yicheng as soon as he lifted his robe.

"My minister Pan Mengyuan, please come to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yicheng didn't stop him either. He smiled and waited for Pan Mengyuan to kowtow before he stepped forward, reached out and pulled him up from the ground, looking at the hero who had expanded territory for the Ming Dynasty, his expression full of smiles.

"Thank you for your hard work all the way back to Beijing. You had just arrived at the capital, so you should have returned to the mansion to rest for two days before I summoned you into the palace. However, I haven't seen you for many years, so I was really thinking about it in my heart, so I sent an eunuch to summon you to see you."

After hearing this, Pan Mengyuan's heart was filled with warmth, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Holding Pan Mengyuan's hand, Zhu Yicheng and him entered the side hall. The emperor treated his ministers so sincerely, which can be said to be a supreme honor for Pan Mengyuan.
Chapter completed!