Chapter 1740: The land watered with honey
Fang Wenjing took the usual visit to Pier C, and after handing over to others, he started a boring work.
These days, there are small merchant ships entering and leaving here, most of which come from nearby ports, so he is only responsible for the guidance.
So, the work is quite easy.
But at noon, his companion Fang Laoliu suddenly shouted: "Wen Jing, Wen Jing, look, look."
Fang Wenjing was shocked and subconsciously took the telescope hanging around her neck and looked up.
Then I saw that on the sea, the one slowly entering the harbor was a... no, many large ships.
The size of this large ship is much larger than the large ship it usually guides. The huge hull spreads away the waves, and in the telescope, it looks like a mountain slowly coming.
Fortunately... he felt relieved when he saw the flag on the ship.
This is the ship of the Ming Dynasty, of course... it is not just a banner.
The structure of this hull is also somewhat similar to that of the Ming ships.
So he hurriedly said, "Tele them to this pier, but the hull is too wide, I'll go and pull them."
Fang Wenjing is still very experienced.
Finally, I moved the big ship to the dock.
This is a natural harbor with enough water depth and almost no reefs, enough for large ships to be parked.
Immediately afterwards, someone got off the boat.
Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan took the lead.
As soon as he landed on the dock, Zhu Houzhao said, "When people come, people come, and prepare to erect the monument. Here you should write: Emperor Wentian and inherit the civil and military virtues, Zhu Houzhao has come here!"
Liu Jin held a bamboo piece and took a charcoal note to write it down.
Fang Jifan was quite excited.
He has become accustomed to being the air of Zhu Houzhao.
When the King of Scums on Earth entered the harbor, Fang Jifan looked at this port from afar and found that the scale here was much larger than he had imagined. More than a hundred ships of all sizes in the harbor were mostly merchant ships, which also showed the prosperity here.
Fang Wenjing trotted and saluted, "I don't know what to do..."
Fang Jifan said, "I'm blind. This is the emperor. I am the Duke of Zhenguo Fang Jifan. Didn't you see the banner? But I asked more, that is, I have a better temperament recently, and I have eaten meat and chanted Buddha's name recently. If it were the past, I wouldn't beat you to death."
When Fang Wenjing heard this, he was stunned. He first glanced at Zhu Houzhao, then trembled and quickly bowed: "The villain has seen Your Majesty."
Turning to look at Fang Jifan, he was even more surprised. He said carefully: "See... I've seen my uncle."
But at this time, Zhu Houzhao turned around and glanced at Fang Jifan with a strange look.
Fang Jifan was also dumbfounded.
This is really a dog who comes to catch up with relatives.
Fang Wenjing hurriedly said, "Uncle, I am Fang's family in the Southern Sect, and I am called Fang Wenjing, and I will talk about generations..."
"Okay, okay, I know, the emperor is here, what are you talking about?"
Fang Jifan waved his hand impatiently and looked at Fang Wenjing up and down. He thought to himself that Fang Jifan was the only one who was upright and had a righteous person. He reluctantly recognized your relative. Otherwise, would you be worthy of Fang?
Zhu Houzhao said, "You are leading the way. I am very easy-going. There is no need to let people take over the crowd. Let's go into the city first. This place is called Xin Qingdao. I wonder why?"
Fang Wenjing felt that his uncle was here, and suddenly felt that his back was a little straighter. He thought that with his uncle, he was a family five hundred years ago, even if he said the wrong thing, he would definitely make a comeback for himself.
My uncle is a good person, and the elders in the clan sects everywhere say this.
He hurriedly said, "Go back to Your Majesty, this place is the place where the Qilu vassal state is located, so... they all look for the prefectures and counties of the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission. In this way, the immigrants feel intimate, and they feel like they have returned to their hometown."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and then said, "The climate here is very pleasant. Are there thieves here?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao's face was full of expectation.
Fang Wenjing was stunned and then said, "At first, there were many natives who attacked our people who had developed and reclaimed land. The old prince and General Zhengqing swept through several times, and gradually became stable. The Spanish were a big trouble before, but now it is less and less popular. The old prince has drawn several cities and expanded hundreds of miles of land. However... After Qilu, there were many horse thieves, and there were also many natives. Those Spanish thieves often heard that they would kill their lives for money. In Qilu, it is different, not just General Zhengqing
The most important thing to suppress the thieves is... There are so many people here. Just talking about the Fang clan, there are 100,000 households and hundreds of thousands of people. Every year, there are tens of thousands of new people. There are also other immigrants and criminals, and there are millions of people. It is amazing to place them in this Golden Continent. There are villages everywhere. In the villages, men have short guns, bows and arrows, and horses cultivated. When they find thieves, men from a village will carry guns and horses. When nearby villages will protect each other when they hear the news. They are all from one family and protect them from coming and going."
He then said, "Because of this, everyone says that Qilu is very safe and can make a living. Therefore, many people who moved to the Golden Continent have brought their families to join us."
He said, and raised his hand and pointed to the southeast of the port: "That place is called Prince Town, Your Majesty, don't you know, there are hundreds of clan princes living in there, and other clan relatives are also in Xinlinzi. These princes feel unsafe in their fiefdoms, so they come here to buy land and settle down with a large group of families. Their pomp was very big. The court paid their salary and the more or less income from the fiefdoms, all of which were spent here. With the people supported by these hundreds or thousands of clans, there were thousands of people in New Qingdao alone. The best silk, the most recent clothing, and the best porcelain burned were all delivered there."
Zhu Houzhao heard that there were not many thieves here first, and his spirit suddenly fell down and his mood plummeted. He seemed to feel like he hating the local people not being able to do anything.
But then he heard that his relatives were so unscrupulous. His father had granted their fiefdom, and was essentially hoping that these relatives could guard Xinzhou. But he didn't expect that when these dogs came to this Golden Island, they were still living a life of scattered life and waiting to die. It would be fine if they didn't care about the fiefdom, but they actually came to someone else's fiefdom and became an apartment man, and they were still drunk and dreaming.
Zhu Houzhao wanted to scold people.
Fang Jifan also said with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, if this continues, this is not a blessing for the country. If the clans ignore these fiefs, they will sooner or later be occupied by thieves and natives, and will sooner or later cause disasters in the future."
Zhu Houzhao said, "Wait, I will turn back and clean up them."
The group had crossed the pier and entered the port.
The people from the Port Department noticed the big news and had been waiting here for a long time.
When they heard that the emperor was coming, they were all shocked. When they heard that their relatives Fang Jifan came, they were all very happy again.
In terms of this, except for the one named Liu, everyone is a relative. Anyone with the one named Fang in Qilu has gradually nurtured a mentality that I am also the protagonist of Qilu. If you brag, you will mention Fang Jifan. I have long forgotten that they were stuffed onto the boat like cans. The whole family cried, or hid in the cabin and gritted their teeth and scolded the dog.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "I'll go around as I want, and you'll retreat."
Although the Port Department retreated, they dared not be negligent. They were busy and rushed to report to Shangguan.
Zhu Houzhao still let Fang Wenjing lead the way. He hated the crowd of people around him, and always felt uncomfortable all over. He only called seven or eight carriages, took Fang Jifan, Liu Jin, and dozens of entourages, and was anxious to enter the city first.
So Fang Wenjing led the way.
After leaving the port, I saw a railway track.
On the rails, small steam trucks are operated, which are specially connected to the city to transport cargo and there is no passenger transport.
The land here is flat, so few roads are repaired, and most people entering and leaving use carriages.
Along the way, there are houses, along the road, surrounded by fenced yards, one after another. Some houses have signs hanging outside, mostly grocery shops or doctors are opening a clinic.
There are many lands here.
It can even be said that... the population of millions may be only a fertile state prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. However, such state prefectures often occupy more than half of the land, and there are very few plains that can be used for habitat.
But here, the land occupied by a million people is not only dozens of times that of the state capital, but also thousands of miles of fertile land, and the land is neat, just like the Fang family.
It was the first time Fang Jifan landed here. He looked left and right and was dazed. Although the mansions were messy, most of them were just wooden houses, and even some houses, you could tell at a glance that the owner's family was not well-off, but the living conditions were far beyond the reach of the wealthy people in Jiangnan.
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