MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1762 new kingdom
Chapter 1762 The New Kingdom
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard the word Huang Jinzhou.
The emperor went there, but there has been no news of the emperor for a long time.
Although occasionally there will be some fleets returning from the Golden Continent, after all, the Golden Continent covers an area of tens of thousands of miles, and even if they bring back news, it may not be accurate. What's more, most of the fleet didn't even know where the emperor was.
But Xu Jing is completely different. Xu Jing's status is second to none in Huangjinzhou, and he will definitely have news.
Although Zhu Houzhao is occasionally unreliable, he is still very filial. At this time, he has the opportunity to know the news of his father, so he said excitedly: "Hurry up, call him here."
"Your Majesty, the slaves also know this, so they hurried to report to His Majesty, but after Xu Jing arrived in Beijing, he went to see his mentor first. I'm afraid that at this time, the master and the apprentice are still talking about the old days. I think Xu Jing will come soon. It's coming too."
Zhu Houzhao was not annoyed that Xu Jing didn't come to the palace for an audience immediately, but he was always impatient, so he kept his hands behind his back, looking restless, and occasionally babbled, and didn't know what to read.
Xu Jing came back and arrived at Tianjin Port with a fleet.
In the past two years, he explored the waters around the Golden Continent and discovered dozens of islands. When he realized that all the way to the west of the Golden Continent was Frangji and the west coast of Kunlun Continent, Xu Jing suddenly choked up.
This means...the world has a boundary, and there is an end to exploration.
The blank world that used to be, now mostly appears on the map, and my life's work has also come to an end.
His feet are a little lame, which is the sequelae left by the arrows that shot him to the ankle when the fleet was attacked by the local natives of the Golden Continent!
And the original handsome face is now replaced by a thin, dark and sallow face.
Going to sea, for Xu Jing, has become a routine.
But every time he returns to the voyage, his heart... still throbs.
Back to the capital, Xu Jing lost his way.
Every time he arrives at Fangfu, he can see that the scale of Fangfu is constantly expanding.
Countless pavilions and terraces rose from the ground.
Fang Jifan greeted him every time, and then looked at the visitor with a dazed expression.
Because...every time...Xu Jing changes too much.
"Men..." Xu Jing called out and made a long bow.
Fang Jifan sighed in his heart, this is the person he treats as his son, this difference has been several years, and it will still be several years after several years, and now things are different, which is really emotional, and it makes Fang Jifan feel distressed.
"Come, come in and talk."
Fang Jifan is always strict with his disciples, it can even be described as harsh.
The disciples he does not tolerate have the slightest flaws, so it is difficult for the disciples to see that the teacher will treat them with a good face. Except for Wang Shouren, most of the other disciples, when they see Fang Jifan, are always a little trembling, like a frightened bird, afraid that they will not know when It also made the teacher dissatisfied.
But Fang Jifan sighed, and then said a sentence that entered the inside.
These were ordinary words, but Xu Jing suddenly burst into tears!
He choked up uncontrollably, and finally, he found that his calloused hands were being held by his teacher. Xu Jing felt warm, and hurriedly followed his teacher into the hall.
Zhu Xiurong heard that Xu Jing was back, and went to the teahouse to pour tea in person. She knew that Xu Jing was from Southern Zhili, so she deliberately poured the sparrow from Jiangnan!
Xu Jing hurriedly took the teacup with sincerity and trepidation, stood up and bowed again, made a big salute, and then sat down cautiously.
Fang Jifan said: "How about Huangjinzhou?"
This is Fang Jifan's biggest concern.
The distance between Huangjinzhou and Daming is thousands of miles, and Fang Jifan's entire family was sent there. This is of course Fang Jifan's integrity, and he will never allow any relatives of the same clan to use the name of Fang Jifan to dominate Daming Opportunity. At the same time... also take this opportunity to manage the Golden Continent and forge ahead for the survival of the nation.
Fang Jifan once told the world clearly that the old Fang family would never give up Huangjinzhou unless the Fang family shed the last drop of blood. If any nation wants to step into the Golden Continent, it needs to step over the corpses of the Fang family's millions of people, and they must be neat and tidy, and there must be no one missing.
Xu Jingdao: "Master is sitting there, and there is nothing wrong for the time being, but there is still a shortage of talents in all aspects. Qilu's fiefdom is near five large lakes, and the enclosure is hundreds of thousands of miles away. Brother Zhengqing, now, he has practiced for two years. The soldiers and horses of the guards are there. The Fang family mainly gathers in three towns, one of which is near the port. The countless materials imported all went to that port. As for other places, although there are ports, but after all, the nearby sea area is not peaceful, and the princes of other clans have to rely on Qilu port to import goods from Ming Dynasty. to meet demand."
Xu Jing paused for a moment. He knew everything about Huang Jinzhou.
"Secondly, there is the new Linzi City near the Five Great Lakes. However, in Huangjinzhou, people have become accustomed to calling it Linzi. This city occupies the most fertile land, and the nearby Great Lakes really support people. Back then , Shigong was there, recruiting immigrants from the Fang family to open up, and all those who opened up wasteland were allowed to hold thousands of acres of land for their own use."
When they arrive at Huangjinzhou, they will donate thousands of acres of land, and the land there is the most fertile. Once it is opened up, its grain production will be more fertile than the land in the south of the Yangtze River.
Come to think of it...it's pretty exciting.
You must know that during this period, in the relatively affluent Jiangnan area, the land per capita of a family was only ten mu, which was a hundredfold difference.
If you have a thousand acres of fertile land, before the Xishan Bank rent-free, you are enough to become a landlord in the south of the Yangtze River.
Fang Jifan couldn't help sighing, and began to think in his heart, why not use this as a selling point to fool... no, recruit more immigrants to go to Golden Island?
It seems that the only thing that attracts the people of Ming Dynasty is the land.
Xu Jing continued: "Nowadays, the newly reclaimed land in Linzi is as many as hundreds of millions of mu, which can be described as connected. However... due to limited manpower, there is a great demand for farming cattle. Besides, farming The method is a bit rough, and the yield per mu is not as good as that produced by intensive cultivation in Jiangnan. If it can be half of Jiangnan's yield per mu, it will be considered good."
Fang Jifan was delighted: "If you are a teacher with a thousand mu of land, you don't want to cultivate it intensively. Intensive cultivation is a thing for the poor. Just like the poor family, the money is always calculated carefully. I wish I could divide a copper coin into two halves and spend it. People, don't care."
Xu Jing said with emotion: "What my teacher said is very true. A teacher is like an immigrant. If you have enough land, you don't care about those..."
Fang Jifan corrected him: "The teacher is the poor one. If you don't take charge of the teacher, you don't know how poor the teacher is. Well, you continue to talk."
Fang Jifan seemed very sincere.
Xu Jing: "..."
After a while, Xu Jing continued: "Most of these grains are transported to another city. This city is called Xinqufu. Because this city is located at the confluence of several rivers and is close to the largest South Lake, the transportation is very convenient. , the first railway in Huangjinzhou, the plan proposed by Shigong started to be built from here. There are a lot of craftsmen in this city. Because of the large demand for agriculture, the requirements for farm tools are extremely high. Think about it, Shigong. The immigrants have a lot of land, so they naturally hope to use animals to replace manpower, and use the best farm tools to save energy. This is not like the Ming Dynasty. Farmers in the Ming Dynasty only have so much land. It is not worthwhile to buy expensive new agricultural tools for farming cattle. But in Qilu, such demand is huge. Immigrants have sold grain or other agricultural products, and they only want to buy the best agricultural tools, so There is a great demand for smelting and ironware. Fortunately, a large number of coal mines have been discovered nearby..."
"Men..." Xu Jing couldn't help sighing: "Speaking of it, this Golden Continent is indeed a place chosen by heaven. Not only is it fertile and wild, it is also extremely rich in minerals. These coal mines are mostly in shallow layers, and the cost of excavation is very low. And it doesn't take much effort. And the surrounding area is mostly plains, there are no rugged mountain roads, but it is not like my Ming Dynasty, some minerals are easy to dig out, but it is difficult to transport them out."
"New Qufu was built just now relying on the inexhaustible mineral resources nearby, and because of the huge demand, after absorbing a lot of craftsmen and engineering knowledge from Ming Dynasty, many workshops have been built. Constantly supply the Golden Continent."
Fang Jifan asked in surprise: "Supply the entire Golden Continent?"
Speaking of this, Xu Jing sighed again: "Master, I don't know something. Although Huang Jinzhou has countless countries, but... most of the clans have brought thousands of families, but after all, the scale is not large. The clan of the clan is actually inferior to the nearby native tribes. The clans are used to enjoying themselves, and they are willing to overcome obstacles there. Some are afraid of being attacked by the natives, and some cannot attract immigrants. There, they couldn't bear it anymore, so they simply ran to Linzi, Qingdao, or Qufu with their families. In their view, these three places were populated places, and they recruited a large number of soldiers and horses. Industry and commerce began to prosper, and you can enjoy almost what you can enjoy in Daming, you can also enjoy it there, it is safe and comfortable, and of course it is much better than in your own feudal country, where you can't be guaranteed day and night."
"There are still some clans that don't know how to run a business. Even if they are sitting in a good place, they are nothing more than ruined in the end. Many of them are completely unruly. They are very harsh towards merchants passing through the border. , there will be no merchants to communicate with each other, and after only a few years of work, it will decline."
(end of this chapter)
