Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 309
When the boat returned to Tang County, Zhu Pei was about to go back.

There happened to be a hundred ships transporting Songming going back to the Song Dynasty, escorted by a thousand soldiers, and Zhu Pei was going to take this fleet back to the Song Dynasty.

Mingren was also traveling with him. The two brothers split into two groups. Mingli stayed in Kunzhou to prepare for the large-scale gold panning, while Mingren needed to clarify the situation with his father, and at the same time recruited two experienced prospecting craftsmen in Song Dynasty. .

In addition, Mingren still needs to go back to the Song Dynasty to purchase a lot of things. For example, he needs to prepare 500 taels of gold and give it to the Kunzhou government as a deposit for prospecting, and he also needs to buy another batch of tea cakes and silk to return to Kunzhou.

They are going to recruit the Kun people to help them pan for gold, but the Kun people basically have no concept of money, so they can't be hired with money. They must take something they are really interested in, and they will regard it as a treasure and be willing to help you do things.

Just as Qun Mu Si used sheep to hire Kun people, Ming Ren and Ming Li discovered that Kun people especially love tea and silk, but these two things are rare in Kunzhou.

On the pier, Fan Ning and Zhu Pei bid farewell. Zhu Pei didn't want to leave Ailang, but under Fan Ning's repeated persuasion, she could only leave Kunzhou and return to Song Dynasty.

"A'Ning, how long do you want to stay in Kunzhou?" Zhu Pei asked with tears in his eyes.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "My term is four years, one year has passed, there are still three years left, and three years have passed in a flash."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhu Pei finally couldn't restrain the sadness in his heart, and threw himself into Fan Ning's arms and cried bitterly.

Embarrassed, Mingren and Mingli hurriedly turned their heads and pretended not to see anything. Several officials at the pier were also stunned. It turned out that this little lady was the fiancée of Governor Fan.
Fan Ning patted her on the back lightly, and said with a smile, "I may return to China next spring to report on my work, and then we can see each other again."

"Really?" Zhu Pei raised his head and asked with tears in his eyes.

"Of course it's true, get on board!"

Zhu Pei nodded, turned around and brought the white horse king over to Fan Ning, "Sister Jian gave it to me, and it will be your mount in the future!"

Fan Ning was stunned, "Will Sister Jian promise to give it to me?"

"Sister Jian has a very good heart, as long as it is my idea, she will not object."

Fan Ning looked up at Jianmeizi in the distance, Jianmeizi snorted, turned and walked towards the boat.

Fan Ning gently stroked Ma Wang, moved in his heart, and said softly to Zhu Pei: "Ape, thank you, and thank you, sister Jian, for me!"

Zhu Pei wiped away his tears, forced a smile, turned to Aya and said, "Aya, let's go!"

Aya decided to follow Zhu Pei to the Song Dynasty and start her new life. She gave Fan Ning a blessing, "Little official, I'm leaving!"

"Have you bid farewell to your adoptive father?"

"I bid him farewell, little official, take care!"

Fanning smiled, "You take care too!"

He watched the two of them get on the boat, Mingren stepped forward and said with a smile: "A-Ning, I won't interrupt your sad thoughts!"

"Let's go! If you keep talking, I will cancel your prospecting rights."

"I'm going! I'm going!"

Mingren hurriedly boarded the boat, walked to the steps, turned around and waved his hands with a smile: "Don't worry! I will ask you to hand over your letter to the uncle, and remind the aunt to go to Zhu's house to propose marriage."

After finishing speaking, he quickly ran onto the boat, and after a while, the boat slowly set sail. Jupe stood on the side of the boat and waved goodbye to Fan Ning, tears streaming down his face again.

Fanning smiled and waved to her. It will be another year.

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Back in the official office, Fan Ning sat in front of his large table, only to feel a blank in his mind, and an empty sense of loss in his heart.

At this time, someone outside the door shouted loudly: "Report to the governor, my subordinate Cao Shi is begging to see you!"

Fan Ning quickly dragged his thoughts back, nodded: "Please come in!"

Cao Shi walked in quickly.

Cao Shi is the eldest grandson of the Cao family, and will become the fourth-generation leader of the Cao family in the future. He is highly valued by the Cao family. This time, the Cao family arranged him to Kunzhou to gain political capital.

Cao Shi was appointed by Emperor Zhao Zhen personally as the magistrate of Zhihan County in Kunzhou Prefecture, and is currently under preparation.

"What's the matter with Lao Cao?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"Beizhi wants to talk to the governor about Han County!"

Seeing Cao Shi's serious face, Fan Ning couldn't help laughing, so he pointed to the chair by the door and said, "There's a chair over there, pull it up and sit down!"

Cao Shi was a little cautious. Seeing that Fan Ning was very casual and not as serious as in the officialdom, he felt a little embarrassed, so he pulled a chair and sat down.

"Well, come to Kunzhou and get used to it!"

Cao Shi nodded, "Sometimes I forget that I am overseas, and I am full of energy every day, and I hate that I have nothing to do."

Fan Ning vaguely guessed that Cao Shi probably came to ask for an errand from him.

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "Why is there nothing to do? There are things to do both in public and in private!"

The private matter Fan Ning mentioned means that the Cao family has obtained the qualification to raise horses and is going to participate in the horse breeding in Kunzhou. to build ports and warehouses.

Cao Shi shook her head and said, "I have nothing to do with Cao's raising horses. I never ask. At most, I can arrange the board and lodging for the clansmen."

Since Cao Shi didn't want to talk more about the Cao family, Fan Ning changed the subject and returned to business.

"Have you ever been to the retention area in Han County?"

"I've already been there, and I just came back the day before yesterday. The terrain there is good, very flat, very close to the bay, very suitable for building a city."

"and then?"

Fan Ning asked with a smile, "Do you have any thoughts on the future of Han County?"

Cao Shi nodded, "That's my question. How big is Han County? How many people are you planning to have? And when will you start building the city?"

Fan Ning said with a faint smile: "According to my plan, the entire Kunzhou will be divided into three counties, two supervisors and one army division, Han County, Tang County and Jin County. The three counties are under the jurisdiction of Kunzhou. Hejun Division is under the jurisdiction of the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office, and the immigrant population is about [-] households, including [-] households in Han County, and [-] households each in Tang County and Jin County. All city construction and population migration will be completed within ten years. It has already started, there is also a military division, and the mine supervisor is going to be established this year."

Speaking of this, Fan Ning got up and walked to the wall. On the wall was a map of Kunzhou drawn by himself. The map was so large that it almost took up one wall, but it was far from being completed, and it was just an outline.

"I probably have a preliminary idea about the jurisdiction of Han County!"

Fan Ning pointed at the entire Kunnan Peninsula with a wooden pole, "I consider not only the area around the bay, but also the Kunnan Peninsula, and this fairy island across the bay."

Cao Shi was taken aback, and quickly asked: "If the entire peninsula is under the jurisdiction of Han County, what about the Kun people?"

"Of course the Kun people are also the people of Han County. They are already citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, and of course they must be under the jurisdiction of the Great Song government. Their children must also be able to read and write, and they must be able to speak Chinese. These are all the responsibilities of you, the county magistrate."

Cao Shi nodded silently, and Fan Ning said again: "The construction of Han County will start in June this year, and it will be implemented after the second batch of Japanese laborers arrive. I need you to come up with a detailed plan, including the layout of the county town, the direction of the streets, and the commercial area. The scope, the construction plan of the wharf, the scope of the village and farmland, how to allocate land, how to resettle immigrants, even including the land where the bricks are borrowed, how many bricks need to be burned to build the city, etc., require a lot of meticulous and arduous preparations, not Tell me you have nothing to do right now."

Fan Ning's criticism made Cao Shi, although he has lofty ambitions, but lack of experience, he did not think that building a county town would require so much preparation, he quickly bowed and said, "This subordinate knows his mistake!"

Fan Ning then asked someone to call a 30-year-old official and introduced him to Cao Shi: "This is Bo, the governor of the Jinglue Mansion, named Yang Zhi, who has participated in the entire planning and establishment of Tang County and has rich experience. Be your deputy, and assist you in properly preparing for the establishment of Han County."

The two quickly bowed and agreed.

At this moment, an official walked into the official room with a solemn expression and whispered something to Fan Ning.

Fan Ning nodded, "Let the horses be prepared outside, I will go right away."

Cao Shi asked with some anxiety: "Governor, what happened?"

"The Japanese laborers were killed, you guys go with me! Then we go directly to Han County."

(End of this chapter)