Chapter 82: Unreserved Land (Part 2)

After the three of them changed into official uniforms and met Zhao Xing again, Zhang Wan signaled Wu Yuan to speak with her eyes - it was not that he didn't want to speak, but because he was a rough man, ashamed of himself and afraid that his words would be indecent, so he instructed the literati Wu Yuan to come forward.

"Is it a scholar who is also a bachelor who is demoted to the Changhua Army, so I sent my brother forward?" Wu Yuan asked carefully.

"No," Zhao Xing first explained the origin of the name "Dongpo Layman" and continued: "The family teacher is in trouble and farms and lives. The students are poor and cannot support them, so they plan to go overseas and get some breaths to improve their family teacher's life!"

Wu Yuan sighed: "Bachelor is a bachelor. Why can't I meet such a disciple? Alas, what are the requirements, you say!"

Zhang Wan spoke more despicable: "Grandma, why don't we have such a companion? Well, what Wu Yuan said is what the three of us said, how can I help you?"

Zhang Xing looked at the government office and shook his head gently: "This house is not well built, neither ventilated nor cool. Students know a construction method that can keep the house warm all year round - nothing else, with copper pipes buried in the walls so that water surrounds it!"

"Okay!" The three of them cheered in unison: "I can't stand the heat. You will do us a big favor first, and we will be in line with each other!"

"There is another request for the student to build a dock and warehouse in Tengqiao Town..."

"It's up to you," Zhang Wan replied boldly: "Here, 'English military envoys are also knowledgeable about the affairs of Guo County'. I can make the decision on local affairs. The Changhua Army's '853 households' cannot use so much land. You just need to paddle the land. Haha, with your dock, I will no longer have any worries about food being cut off in the future. This is also a contribution to the country!"

Wu Yuan and Liu Zhuo nodded frequently, Wu Yuan replied: "That is a useful thing, even if you continue to serve as an official, you may not be able to provoke the sting!"

There are only 853 households in the entire Changhua Army? Zhao Xing was hit by this data. He was still depressed. Zhang Wan came over and hugged him affectionately and asked in a low voice: "You just said that you can bury copper pipes in the wall. Can you..."

"No problem", the other party was pleased, and Zhao Xing was also pleased: "My workers who built the docks also wanted to build a temporary place for me, by the way, by the way. But, if you build an official yard? It's not good, why not build another private residence? How about it?"

A few heads are put together, and then you can't talk to others...

After this visit, Zhao Xing drew a piece of land on this remote island that could not be seen at all.

"My next stop is Jiaozhi." Before the merchant ship sailed again, Zhao Xing reminded Cheng Yuan, a son of the Cheng clan who was left behind: "This will be the base for us to go south. I hope you can manage it well... This way, the officials of the court will rotate every three years, and we will also compare the term of the court officials. If you work here for three years, you can go home.

After arriving in Jiaozhi, I will exchange porcelain for grain, transport grain to you, and transport rice seeds. Rice seeds are not used for planting. You distribute rice seeds to the Li people, and whether they plant them. Then, hire people from the mainland to build wharfs and warehouses - the people sent by Pu Daguanren will return and land. Three years later, you can build this wharf and factory area and go home, and I will send someone else to replace you."

After explaining these words, Zhao Xing immediately ordered the ship to anchor. After leaving the shore, Pu Yian looked at the two or three lonely figures on the shore in surprise and asked, "Why are you relieved? Don't you explain in detail to him?"

"This is just a supply point. All I have to do is build a house and level the land... simple work! If he can't even do this, he will let him go home in three years... and then we have enough time to start over. As long as he can gather all his people and lay the foundation for us, I will be very satisfied."

Pu Yian thought about it and felt relieved.

Hainan Island is across the sea from Jiaozhi, and the ship has already arrived in Jiaozhi after a day.

Jiaozhi was later Vietnam. After Zhao Kuangyin seized the throne, Vietnam had the same official title as Zhao Kuangyin. Li Gongyun, an immigrant from Fujian, also drove away Li Zhuangzong and established the Vietnamese Li Dynasty. After Li Gongyun usurped the throne, he submitted a letter to Emperor Zhenzong of Song requesting the enthronement. Emperor Zhenzong was embarrassed to admit his independent status - not a vassal state. Therefore, world history recognized that the history of Vietnam's independence and founding began here.

After Li Gongyun ascended the throne, he claimed to be the Yue Dynasty and moved the capital to Daluo City. Because he was an immigrant from Fujian and had unique feelings for Chinese culture, the politics, economy and cultural systems he implemented were imitated by China. He built palaces in Chinese style and vigorously advocated Chinese characters. The "Capital Edict" in 1010 was written in Chinese characters.

After the Li family became stronger, they also actively expanded to the outside world. During the first half of the Li Dynasty, they fought against the Song Dynasty, Zhenla and Champa many times. They invaded the Song Dynasty in the north, occupied the city in the south, plundered Ailao in the west, dominated the southern border, and repeatedly invaded Qinzhou and other places to kill and loot, occupying a large area of ​​territory.

Vietnam can be said to be a Fujian immigrant country for hundreds of years. The current king is from Fujian. The king of the Chen Dynasty, who succeeded him, was also from Fujian...

When Zhao Xing entered Hong Kong, the people of Dayue were celebrating the whole country. There was no obstacle to prophecy in this country and the people of Song. Now, they even use Chinese characters in their writing. Zhao Xing picked up a well-dressed Vietnamese and asked: "Why are the whole country celebrating? The king's wedding? The new lord ascended the throne?..."

The man saw Zhao Xing dressed in a tribute dress and bowed respectfully: "Are you a Song Dynasty person? I am also a Song Dynasty person, named Wang Yuanyu, from Huzhou. The country of Yue is extremely happy because the Song Dynasty returned to the five border provinces."

Five border provinces?

Zhao Xing suddenly remembered a news he saw in the newspaper. Because of the repeated invasion of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty joined forces with Chameng and Khmer to attack the Li Dynasty Dayue. The Vietnamese were defeated, and the rulers of the Li Dynasty ceded the five border provinces to China.

Oh, this group of Vietnamese people deserve to be a country of immigrants in Fujian. They seem to fully understand the arrogance of the group of corrupt scholars. As long as they are submissive and pay tribute frequently, this kind of humble attitude of low-submission and small will immediately gain great benefits. The corrupt scholars with a celestial mentality in their minds do not know how to thank them for their pilgrimage. When their minds are hot, countless soldiers sprinkled blood to seize the five border provinces, which were rewarded as favors and rewarded to Vietnam.

He spent thousands of taels of silver to win a war, and the land obtained was used as a symbol of benevolence and righteousness by corrupt scholars and given to Vietnam. In the five border provinces, the rice in Chameng ripened twice a year. It was the import of these rice seeds that allowed the Song Dynasty to alleviate the food crisis; in addition, the returned land also produced rubies, jade, copper ores, and especially a precious iron ore vein.

The best iron ore on the earth is Indian iron ore, which can be used to create extremely sharp swords. Among the four famous knives in the world, three types of swords are made of Indian iron ore. Vietnamese iron ore belongs to the same vein as Indian iron ore, and their iron ore is second only to Indian iron ore.

Four hundred years later, a Fujian man discovered this vein. He earned huge income from mining iron ore and was named a marquis by the local king. Then, his family controlled the vein and mined it continuously until the 21st century.

Now, Vietnam is jubilant. They have recaptured the five border provinces without a single soldier. Of course, the whole country has to celebrate. The Song people on the ship do not know the situation, and some Song people said with emotion: "It's time, the south is now at peace, and our taxes should be reduced."

Zhao Xing looked depressed: "Just a perverted mangy dog. If he doesn't return him to the five border provinces, can he still jump?"

Perhaps Zhao Xing did not understand the situation. The five border provinces belonged to Vietnam. For the Song Dynasty, it took a lot of money and energy to govern them. In addition, in remote places in the south, no officials were willing to work in this hostile territory. They could not collect taxes from that land, but also had to station a huge army. The central government would continue to subsidize them, which was a heavy burden for the Song court...

But, isn’t it possible to change the governance method?

But if the Song Dynasty had feudalism and allowed the existence of "feudal separatism", wouldn't it be better to enfeoff this piece of land to war heroes?

The sailors on the boat could not understand Zhao Xing's depression at all. They happily got off the boat one after another. Pu Yian was also calling Zhao Xing to go with him to meet his companion. Wang Yuanyu had not left yet. He felt deeply the same when he heard Zhao Xing's curse just now.

After looking at Zhao Xing's big ship, he grabbed Zhao Xing's sleeve and asked, "Where did the Gangshou come from? Is it from Song? I am also from Song. I have only moved here for ten years. I am a little Lu Du, but I have never tried it. Recently, I saw a juren from my hometown. It was particularly friendly. It was better for us to sit in front... Wang Fuzi Temple."

Wang Fuzi Temple. Wang Fuzi has a famous son, which is Wang Bo, a talented man in the Tang Dynasty who wrote "Preface to the Pavilion of Tengwang". During the war in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo's father Wang Fuchou lived in seclusion in Vietnam and opened a school to teach locals to read and read. In order to commemorate him, the Vietnamese built Wang Fuzi Temple. This temple still exists in the 21st century, but Vietnam still has this custom in the Qing Dynasty. When a famous talent from my hometown comes, the Vietnamese will take him to Wang Fuzi Temple to talk about poetry and essays.

Zhao Xing didn't know that there was this custom, so Pu Yian was urging him tightly. He bowed to Wang Yuanyu: "This scholar has received it with great affection, but my ship of goods still needs to be placed. I am looking for someone to support him."

"If the goods from Song State are not sold to anyone who the Song people are selling, what goods are pulled on your ship, the boy is rich and is doing some business. Why not follow me to the temple and talk to me, maybe I can eat your goods."
Chapter completed!