After returning to the inn, Zhengyao did not stay for too long. He called Man'er Xing'er, put Zhou Bing in a wheelchair, and left Yuanlai Inn.

In fact, I didn't stay much in Yangzhou. Now that I have confirmed that the "Pearl of the Sea" is in Macau, Zhengyao naturally has no time to wait. He went out and called a carriage and rushed to the ferry head at a rapid speed.

Zhengyao has planned that from Yangzhou to Macau, he must first go to Guangzhou Prefecture, because there is no direct train from Yangzhou to Macau. If you take the land route from Yangzhou to Guangzhou Prefecture, there are many mountain roads and the road is rugged and difficult to walk.

In other words, it is much more convenient to take the waterway. Moreover, the docks in Guangzhou Prefecture are also large, and there are many merchant ships and passenger ships, so it is more convenient.

After making up their minds, the group hurried to Yangzhou Wharf.

From Yangzhou to Guangzhou, the distance is about 3,000 miles. At the speed of a boat, it takes about seven ri to arrive in Guangzhou. Fortunately, Zhengyao did not have the habit of seasickness, so there was nothing unusual along the way.

After seven miles, Zhengyao and his group finally arrived at Guangzhou Prefecture.

Guangzhou Prefecture was established in the Ming Dynasty and was the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture, Panyu and Nanhai County.

In the Ming Dynasty, the province, prefecture and county system were divided into three levels, and the road was abolished. In the first year of Hongwu, Guangzhou Road was changed to Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong and other departments were established in the second year of Hongwu. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Guangdong Chengxuan Government Affairs Department was changed to Guangdong Chengxuan Government Affairs Department.

Guangzhou is all the capital. The name of Guangdong Province was determined by the Ming Dynasty. The basic jurisdiction of Guangdong Province was also roughly determined. By the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, the construction was still generally the same. It shows that after the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou was the center of

The economic zone has been basically formed and has a promoting effect on the economic, social and cultural development of Guangdong Province.

"Guangzhou Prefecture is indeed a big trading city. Such a prosperous scene is much better than Yangzhou Prefecture." Yuan Haiyun sighed over and over again when he walked from the wharf. He didn't know it and thought he had never seen it before.

What about the world!

Of course, the capital is different from here. Guangzhou Prefecture is a coastal city, with merchants from the south and the north, such as Persian and Philippines. These foreigners from Ireland have everything, so naturally some inland cities cannot

Comparative.

Zhengyao couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, Haiyun. You have said it more than ten times along the way. Now it's getting late, and I think we still need to find a place to stay and go to Zhujiang when Ming Ri is going to Mingjiang.

Take a boat on the mouth and go straight to the Moxiong O!"

It is almost evening now. There are no ships on the dock, and it is very dangerous to drive ships at night. Generally speaking, ship trading companies will not do this.

After saying that, Zhengyao leaned over and said lightly to Zhou Bing: "My sister Bing, do you feel okay?"

After all, Zhou Bing is a patient. After these seven rips and overwhelming things on the boat, it is a lie.

Zhou Bing was lying in a wheelchair and couldn't move. He had to open his mouth and squeeze out a smile with difficulty and said, "Brother, I'm fine. We'll be on the way, and it's almost dark."

"Yes. OK! Man'er Xing'er. Let's continue walking!" As he said that, Zhengyao grabbed the wheelchair and gently pushed it into the city.

When he reached the gate of Guangzhou, the gate was about to close. Fortunately, Zhengyao reacted quickly and exchanged greetings with the city gate guards. He was able to enter the city safely.

Walking into the city, the ancient buildings stand majestic. Just like a giant god standing in front of him looking down at the mortals, it is very grand. It makes people feel awe-inspiring. The road is lined with a variety of shops, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea,

The brothel inn and theater were dazzling; the crowds came and went, and were dressed brightly, all of which showed the prosperity of this big city.

For Zhengyao, it was his first time to come to Guangzhou. Although he has never seen any prosperous scenes, when he saw the Guangzhou City in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh. He could even sigh. It is said that as a capital city, beijing may not be able to compare with Guangzhou at that time!

Everyone had a lot of knowledge and eyes wide open. While enjoying the beautiful scenery, they did not forget to rush on the road. After about a quarter of an hour, Zhengyao found a decent inn in the city, so the group walked in.

"Fengxiang Inn".

The name of this inn is interesting. In Zhengyao's impression, Fengxiang is also a city. It seems that the owner of this inn should be a Fengxiang person.

"Waiter, prepare two rooms for me, so I need more beds. I will have a few good dishes after I finish!"

As soon as he entered the inn, Yuan Haiyun grinned and suddenly a ingot of gold was placed on the counter, posing as a rich man.

In response to this, Zhengyao couldn't help but shook his head: The 200 taels of gold rewarded by Haiyun, Chen Tianfu, seemed to be really useful.

At the moment, the silver on his body had already been spent, so he did not show off in Yangzhou. Now that Chen Tianfu gave two hundred taels of gold, Yuan Haiyun naturally had the capital and his pocket was bulging. , so what is shown is the attitude of a rich man.

However, Zhengyao also understood that Yuan Haiyun did this on purpose. Because when he got off the boat, he was inexplicably despised by those merchants. Others were wearing gold and silver, swaggering. In their opinion, Zhengyao and others were just one. The poor man and he was dragging a patient, so even the drivers who pulled the cart looked down on them and did not do their business.

It is also because of this that Zhengyao and his group had to walk from the pier to the city gate, which almost delayed their time entering the city.

So Yuan Haiyun has gained some knowledge. If he didn't look like a rich man, no one would pay attention to him.

Sure enough, when Yuan Haiyun put a ingot of five taels of gold on the counter, not only the waiter, but even the shopkeeper could nod and bow.

The shopkeeper then smiled and said, "Okay! Uncle Quan, take a few distinguished guests to the Tianzi room!"

"Okay!"

At this time, the middle-aged waiter who was bent up immediately walked up and reached out to signal Zhengyao to follow him upstairs.

Zhengyao nodded and then said to Zhou Bing: "My sister Bing, you can find a seat with Man'er Xing'er and the others first. After we have everything done, we will come down to have dinner with you."

"Yeah, go!" Zhou Bing blinked and said softly.

At the same time, Man'er and Xing'er also nodded and pushed Zhou Bing to the dining table.

Seeing this, Zhengyao breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed the waiter named Uncle Quan to the upstairs with Yuan Haiyun.

After putting some luggage and clothes on, Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun went downstairs, arrived at the dining room, and sat down with Zhou Bing. At this time, the food was ready.

Guangzhou’s dishes are mainly sweet. For people like Zhengyao who are used to spicy food, they are not very adaptable to it. However, if they ask him to go to Sichuan restaurant for a while, they may not be able to find it. Yao just needs to get it.

"Hey, have you heard that those blue-eyed foreigners are causing trouble in Haojing'ao again, and this time it seems that the trouble is very serious!"

"Oh? Really fake? But these foreigners are really hateful. They are so fussy every now and then. I really don't know what they are doing!"

"For what? You still want to gain a place in the land of my Ming Dynasty? I heard from my friend who was fishing there that those foreigners often kill, kill, loot there, and they are completely a group of bandits!"

"It's outrageous! Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of Guangzhou Haidao, doesn't know what he is doing!"

...

...

Just when Zhengyao and his friends were having a happy meal, talking and laughing, they saw a large table of people opposite him, and they complained a lot. It seemed that something really was going to happen.

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"Haojingao? Foreign devils? Are they talking about those Portuguese?" Hearing this, Yuan Haiyun couldn't help but put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked Zhengyao.

Zhengyao also stopped the bowls and chopsticks in his hand and pouted, "It should be. But I don't understand why the officials of Guangzhou Prefecture ignore this and let these Portuguese make trouble like this?"

Of course, this question was a waste of time to ask Yuan Haiyun. Then Zhengyao stood up and walked towards the table opposite with a wine glass.

"A few brothers, I just heard that you were talking about a bit heavy, and my words seemed very angry. I really want to know what the foreign devils you mentioned are. Since they are so arrogant, why don't the government care?

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Zhengyao looked like he didn't know anything and said to the big men. After saying that, he drank the wine filled with wine glass in his hand in one sip, which seemed very generous.

There were five big men sitting at this table, but they were not very tall, only about 1.7 meters tall, and they were only about 30 years old. Seeing that Zhengyao, a stranger, walked over and was asking questions, they were stunned.

After a while.

But then one of the scarred faces stood up and said, "This little brother is so affectionate! Drinking is so generous, Zhang likes it! Zhang also toast you!"

The Scarfaced man surnamed Zhang was also very happy, but he did not directly answer Zhengyao's question, but drank a bowl of wine, and then said: "I saw that this little brother is a foreigner, and he is here in Guangzhou for the first time.

of!"

Zhengyao nodded and said, "Well, I'm from the capital. I came here just to look for a doctor. I don't know much about many of the situations here. I hope Brother Zhang won't blame me!"

The man surnamed Zhang said again: "So that's it. It's not a problem! In fact, it's nothing. The dispute between the foreigners and the local fishermen is no longer surprising. These foreigners seem to be some Portuguese, and they have been in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

!I remember it seems that it was the 32nd year of Jiajing, that is, three years ago, when Guangzhou Haidao Deputy Envoy Wang Bai accepted bribes, and the Portuguese entered Haojingao with justification. As for the government, it was just a bird of a feather. As long as he had money, he would care about you

How are the people?”

Speaking of this, the man surnamed Zhang couldn't help but feel angry. Obviously, the government in this place is also very powerful. It seems that officials everywhere are actually a virtue.

"It turns out that there are another group of traitors here to make bad things!" Zhengyao couldn't help but feel angry, but he didn't say anything.

But Zhengyao understood that the most urgent task was to get the pearl of the sea from these Portuguese people. As for the issue of residence in Macau, that was the next thing to do. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!