The north is already cold in winter, but the south is as warm as spring, and the Mekong Province is even closer to the temperature in summer.

The Saigon port has been expanded, and several large sea boats slowly approach the dock, and the flags flying on the masts clearly indicate their identity.

That's right, the largest port in Mekong Province is Saigon Port. This is not the name of the emperor, but the port where Zheng He came to the west and tribute ships were moored when he went to the West. Saigon means "West tribute".

With the springboard, the immigrants took their families and carried their backs, and took their most important family resources to embark on this strange land.

"This is what we have brought, don't rob it!"

"I saw the sign, and I saw you scaring that bear."

"To put it nicely, I still look forward to see the sign, and I don't have a good intention."

The immigrants were a little confused and said it well when they came, but they didn't expect it to be so popular.

"Friends, here, here." A fat face greeted warmly, afraid that people would not be able to hear his dialect accent, with a smile on his face, and he took people to the registration office next to him.

The government officials were busy registering for naturalization in the mattress. The government arranged the official recruitment and spontaneous recruitment. After the registration of the recruitment by others, they would naturally take away.

Population is wealth, power, and this is true in Mekong.

The Maritime Business Association is rich and powerful. The number of people recruited by Li Guozhu has already won a seventh-rank county magistrate. Yan Siqi took action a little later, but he also relied on money to recruit people in Fujian and made a county magistrate for his nephew.

There is also the Southwest Chiefs who are active in the news. With the idea of ​​growing branches and leaves, they have had several pacification envoys in Mekong Province and more than a dozen chiefs sued.

This is just the beginning. Many mainland chieftains don’t know yet, some are still hesitating.

He pulled dozens of people to be platoon leaders and one hundred people to be company commanders... The court's policy of encouraging immigration was similar to a certain historical stage in later generations.

But in actual operation, Mekong Province still has many improvements, and it is impossible for many local emperors to appear.

First of all, the army, whether it is a pacifier or a lawsuit, must provide a certain number of soldiers according to the population ratio.

These soldiers will be trained in a concentrated manner and will be led by Ming generals to expand their territory, occupy more territory, and loot resources.

Then, a certain amount of land was added to the appeasement envoy and the chief lawsuit. To put it bluntly, it was to divide the spoils.

This not only deprives the chieftain of direct command over the army, but also has incentives, so as not to arouse too much opposition or resistance.

After all, the population of the appeaser and the chief lawsuit is not too large, and the armed forces he has drawn are difficult to compete with the local barbarians.

Just giving some strength, you don’t have to care about food, grass, military pay, or disability pension. It’s equivalent to sending people to work and earning benefits for yourself. It’s very good!

As for the county magistrate appointed for recruiting immigrants, the officials under your command must be dispatched by the Ministry of Personnel. You are not the only one who attains the power, and the chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven.

"Return to the county master, these ships are from Qinzhou, Guangxi, and not from Jiangsu and Zhejiang." The servant ran into a restaurant and reported to Li Guozhu.

Li Guozhu was a little regretful, nodded slightly, and said, "It's only these few days. You come to the dock every day to stare at me. I'm in business and can't miss my job."

"Don't worry, the young one is guarding the dock, even sleeping with one eye." The servant quickly bowed and agreed.

Lee Kwok-joo stood up, accompanied by his entourage, left the restaurant, got on a carriage, and drove to the distance.

The Mekong Delta, also known as the Kowloon River Plain, is also the largest plain in Southeast Asia.

Here, there are dense river networks, rivers and canals crisscrossing, endless rice fields, and orchards that are fragrant all year round. If well built, they will become a very rich treasure land.

That's right, the Red River Plain has become the main economic area in Annan, and the Mekong Plain is far from being developed.

At first, this place was just a small fishing village called Priyango, surrounded by swamps. Later, it gradually developed into a major port trading town in Zhenla. Because of the dense water network, this area was called "Shui Zhenla".

A few years ago, the Ming Navy occupied the place and forced Zhen La to retreat westward.

Zhenla, which later became the Kingdom of Cambodia, was already in decline at that time, not only was it unable to compete with the Ming army, but even the refugees of the Yue ethnic group could not resist it.

If history has not changed, this place will become a world of Vietnamese refugees in decades. It was not until the Nguyen Dynasty sent a noble to rule here that it was officially incorporated into the territory of Vietnam.

Now, because of the emperor's intervention, this place has become the Mekong Province of the Ming Dynasty.

Over the years, immigrants and exiled have exceeded 200,000, steadily overwhelming the Vietnamese refugees who came here because of evading the civil war between the Southern and Southern Dynasties.

At the same time, it has also become an important base for the Ming Navy and a transit port for Nanyang maritime merchants.

Despite this, Mekong Province is still in its initial stage of construction. Not only does it require a large population to fill and develop, but it is also an issue that cannot be avoided when dealing with the increasing number of Vietnamese refugees.

Li Guozhu rushed to the Governor's Office by car and came in to pay homage to Governor Dong Yingju. Only then did he realize that the emperor had issued a new decree and asked Mekong Province to comply with it.

Although the formal meeting will not be held until tomorrow, Dong Yingju conveyed the content of the new decree to Li Guozhu to facilitate his suggestions tomorrow.

"Although the Yue refugees surrender to the rule of the government, they are not of our ethnic group. Their hearts must be different. For long-term development and social stability, the Nationality Law is timely."

Dong Yingju has already been very dark and his face is full of vicissitudes. He has devoted all his efforts to the construction and development of Mekong Province.

Li Guozhu listened carefully to Dong Yingju's explanation, and from time to time he said yes, expressing his agreement with the emperor's will.

He solicited people to settle down and reclaim land, so that refugees such as Yue (referring to Annan), Tang (referring to overseas Chinese), Liao, Man and others became citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and enjoyed the same rights as mainland immigrants to open up land and pay taxes.

This policy is not new and unique. Dong Yingju carried out this way when the Mekong Province was first established. However, although it is very beneficial to the construction and development of Mekong Province, he also had hidden worries in his heart.

The use of the Nationality Law to identify and restrict has given fixed norms and conditions to become the people of the Ming Dynasty. It is not something you can just take if you want to, but you still have to rely on it if you don’t want to.

Either solemnly swear to become a nationality of the Ming Dynasty, and fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of the Ming people in the future, and enjoy the treatment of the Ming people; or refuse and consciously get out of the Ming Dynasty's rule in Mekong Province.

The final procedure is not considered to be the final procedure. You have to learn Chinese within two years and first get five years of residence; then pass the naturalization examination within five years to truly obtain the status of a wise person.

Speaking Chinese language and writing Chinese characters is equivalent to abandoning the cultural heritage of the original clan and mostly integrating into the Han clan.
Chapter completed!