Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 522
Three thousand Song troops were divided into five teams, guarding the five exits of Dazhai respectively. The Song troops were well equipped. Unprepared, the two sides are too far apart in equipment.

If the opponent's poisonous arrows were not shot in the face, or the stone spears thrown from a high place were just fighting on flat ground, the opponent's poisonous arrows and stone spears would not be able to pierce the armor of the Song army at all.

The five teams were already in place. Following Fan Ning's order, rockets shot into the stockade one after another. The Song army used gunpowder arrows, which were mixed with sulfur powder, which had high calorific value and burned rapidly. Soon, fires broke out everywhere in the village, and the fire spread very quickly with the help of the wind. In just a moment, most of the village was covered in thick smoke, and the flames were blazing.

Fan Ning was watching the battle from a distance, and the tall treetops were replaced by sentries. At this time, the sentries shouted: "The enemy is preparing to break out from the southwest!"

The general commanding the battle, Wei Cheng, ordered loudly: "Quickly order five hundred soldiers from the east and south to assemble at the southwest entrance!"

The aborigines in the stockade fled in panic. Two thousand young and strong soldiers escorted the chief to break through from the southwest entrance. There were [-] soldiers of the Song army guarding here, led by a commander. Seeing the black aboriginals rushing out, the commander immediately Ordered, "Spear formation in the front row, crossbow arrows in the rear!"

Three hundred soldiers lined up, holding up their shields and spears to seal the exit. Behind them, another three hundred soldiers raised their crossbows and fired. The dense crossbow arrows shot like a torrential rain, and the native soldiers running in front fell down one after another. , but the front fell, and the rear rushed up immediately. After more than [-] casualties, the indigenous soldiers finally rushed down the mountain and fought fiercely with the Song army's spear formation. At this time, the crossbowmen behind also put down their crossbows. He rushed up with shield and spear in hand.

Six hundred soldiers of the Song Army sealed the southwest exit firmly, making the native soldiers in a dilemma.

The cottage was completely engulfed in flames, and most of the women and children died in the fire. In the whole cottage, there were only more than [-] indigenous soldiers at the southwest entrance to protect the chief and break through. The Song army began to rush in from all directions, and gradually Native soldiers surrounded.

The brutal killing broke out at this moment
The cottage burned for two full hours before it was gradually extinguished in a sudden heavy rain at dusk, but the entire cottage was completely burnt down, more than [-] people died in the flames, and the soldiers who escaped were basically slaughtered by the Song army This is Fanning's special order, and he still needs to know the specific locations of the other two cottages.

However, after destroying this stronghold, the threat of Ryukyu City is basically eliminated. The other two strongholds are in the south-central region, far away from here. It will inevitably become a new obstacle, and the solution must be to drive them out.

At this time, General Wei Cheng stepped forward to report the battle situation to Fan Ning, "I would like to report to the envoy, 31 brothers were killed in battle, 55 were injured, 100 of the enemy army were beheaded, and countless people were burned to death. It is difficult to count. .

Fan Ning nodded, "The corpses of the soldiers who died in battle were burned on the spot, and the bones were brought back to the county. The natives who died in battle and burned were also dug into deep pits to prevent disease."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

The soldiers of the Song Army had a rest that night, and the army returned to Liuqiu County early the next morning.

Fan Ning only entered Ryukyu County for the first time three days after arriving on Ryukyu Island. In all fairness, although the expansion of Ryukyu Mansion is weak and it is difficult to be self-sufficient, the county town is well built. It drains into a river in the city and finally flows into the sea.

All kinds of houses are also well built, mainly wooden houses, the bottom is elevated, about a foot above the ground, it is probably relatively humid, a way to guard against poisonous snakes, but the buildings are relatively large, and the living conditions of every household are good, and the roads are also poor. It is very spacious, and there are various shops on both sides, but most of the shops are closed, only one grocery store, three restaurants and two brothels are open for business, and the business seems to be good.

The entire county looks clean and tidy, much better than Fan Ning imagined. Fan Ning doesn't know what it looks like normally, but the whole county is filled with a cheerful atmosphere these days. Problem solved.

When the Song army wiped out the aborigines and took over the entire aborigines' lair, the news reached the county last night. The whole county was full of joy, people beat gongs and drums to celebrate, and almost stayed up all night.

Although most of the people were sleeping at home at this time, there were still many people on the street with happy smiles on their faces, and the dissatisfaction and gloom of several years seemed to be swept away overnight.

Fan Ning came to the county government office. At present, the Ryukyu government office is temporarily located in the official office of the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office, and there is no government office on the island.

The county government is located in the middle of the county. Fan Ning listened to the reports of several county government officials, and then discussed with them the arrangements for land reclamation and silver mining.

"My envoy, it's still the beginning of February, so it's too late to arrange farming."

The speaker was Ding Min, the magistrate of the county, who was a Jinshi. He was only 25 and six years old. He had stayed here the longest and knew the situation best.

"Currently, Ryukyu County has reclaimed 150 hectares of fertile land, all of which are rice fields. They can be planted three seasons a year and produce three shi of rice per mu. Calculated in this way, the annual output of rice is 13 shi. It is no problem to feed the people in the city. Before that, it was mainly Safety cannot be guaranteed, and only one season can be planted a year."

Fan Ning waved his hand and said, "I want to know about the agricultural potential. The imperial court has approved the relocation of [-] households to settle in Ryukyu Island within five years. How will they be self-sufficient in food? Like Cheng Ding, I am going to recommend you to Ryukyu Island." The southernmost side is in charge of preparing for the establishment of Liunan County, as the first county magistrate, you have to tell me where you plan to start."

Ding Min felt a surge of excitement, he actually became the county magistrate directly, no longer the county magistrate, he was about to express his opinion, Fan Ning said with a smile: "I understand the determination, let's not talk about Liunan County now, you can talk about the potential of Liuqiu County to develop agriculture. "

Ding Min calmed down, thought for a while, and said, "I would like to inform you, the southwest of the county is a hill five li wide and more than twenty li long. Beyond this hill, there is a plain stretching for nearly a hundred li. If a road is built, there will be as much farming land as you want, and it is very fertile. This is the greatest potential. In addition, 3 hectares of land can be directly opened up in the west of the county this year. By next year, Liuqiu County alone can feed [-] people .”

Fan Ning said with a smile: "I would like to make two urgent suggestions. First, build the road from Liuqiu County to the wharf. This is the most urgent thing. Of course, there should be no delay in growing grain. You can negotiate and arrange it yourself;
Second, County Captain Gao wants to organize a militia. The first task of the militia is to clean up poisonous insects. I found that there are many poisonous snakes here. "

When it came to the mine, Zhang Ying, the magistrate of the county, showed a look of embarrassment: "To tell you the truth, our biggest problem now is the lack of manpower. Now the county has a population of more than 500, and there are only [-] young and strong men. Let alone the army. They are going to suppress bandits, so [-] of these [-] young men will be assigned to farm, and the rest will be used to build roads, which will take half a year at the fastest. What about mining? What about militias? Let me see if you can do it Help us bring in some labor?"

Fan Ning also knew that he was telling the truth. There is no one, and it is useless to think about anything. He nodded and said: "I will contact Kunzhou as soon as possible, and I will introduce [-] Japanese laborers for you to be responsible for mining, road construction and logging. Your young and strong will be responsible for farming.
Let me tell you, 350 hectares of land is still too little. Since you have [-] households, each family will divide two hectares of land, which is [-] hectares of land. Just like Kunzhou, as long as the land is distributed to each family in time, their enthusiasm will increase. It will be mobilized quickly, and the four thousand hectares of fields are guaranteed to be full of rice.
I will apply for another batch of farm cattle for you. I believe that in two years, you will surpass Kunzhou and become the largest grain producer overseas. As long as every household is very wealthy, it will be a breeze to introduce [-] households. . "

Several officials stood up and saluted Fan Ning, "I implore you to introduce Japanese labor for us as soon as possible!"

They are very realistic. With labor, it will be easy to do at any time, but Fan Ning is very big-headed. There are still many things to do when introducing Japanese labor, such as their residence, various medicines, and their wages, etc., which is troublesome. There are so many things!
But since Fan Ning agreed, he was ready to leave for Kunzhou immediately, and settle the labor issue first.

(End of this chapter)