Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 544
In order to allow the five thousand households to make a better choice, Fan Ning postponed the decision for one day. After extensive publicity by the officials, the five thousand households basically understood the pros and cons of the three places. Households began to register their choices.

The answer was soon revealed. [-] households chose Luzon households, [-] households still chose Liuqiu Prefecture, and another [-] households chose Liuli County on Xiaoliuqiu Island.

Frankly speaking, this answer made Fan Ning a little disappointed. He hoped that the first batch of people who went to Luzon Island would reach [-] households, and there was still a shortfall of [-] households in the end.

But the most extreme thing did not happen. No one chose to go back, and no one chose to stay in Quanzhou. Going back is unrealistic. Everything that should be sold is sold out. Not to mention that there is nowhere to live when I go back, and I am ridiculed. As for staying, it is even more unrealistic. Unless Quanzhou also provides land, no one is willing to be a tenant farmer.

"My lord, actually I have a suggestion!" the staff member Sun Xuance said to Fan Ning with a smile.

"Please tell me, sir!"

Gongsun Xuance stroked his beard and said, "I'm thinking, why don't we recruit people from Fujian Road and Guangnan Road to Luzon? You said tens of thousands of households may not be able to recruit, but I think there is no problem with one or two thousand households. Many live in The people in the mountains live in poverty, so we can move them out. In addition, the climate in Luzon is hot, and the people on Fujian Road and Guangnan Road are more adaptable, what do you think?"

Fan Ning smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid the local government won't agree. If I say I want to move the people of Quanzhou to Luzon, that boy Su Liang will definitely be the first to jump up."

"Then let the imperial court make an order, and do it voluntarily."

Fan Ning walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. In fact, this is a good way. The people who went to Nanyang in later generations mainly came from Fujian and Guangdong. It will bring a lot of information, and over time, it will become a spontaneous immigration wave.

Fan Ning finally nodded, "Then let the imperial court issue an order to the prefectures of Fujian Road and Guangnan Road. We can try it out and see how many people we can recruit."

At night, Fan Ning returned to the mansion tiredly, and went directly to his inner study. He sat down and closed his eyes for a while to rest. The door opened gently, and his wife Zhu Pei came in with a cup of tea.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" Jupe asked in a low voice.

Fan Ning nodded, took her hand and said apologetically, "I won't have to go after the Luzon Mansion is on the right track. It's just the beginning, and it's more important. I can't go away."

"Husband, I don't mean to blame you. We all know that you are busy, but we just think that you are working very hard, and we are afraid that you will be exhausted."

"My health is fine. I'm not here during this time. How is Sister Qian's health?"

Ouyang Qian has been diagnosed with Xi pulse, and her pregnancy reaction has eased a lot in the past few days. Zhu Pei said with a smile: "After giving birth to one child, the second child will be much better. You can spend good time with her tonight. Tomorrow Let Aya accompany you to Luzon, we can rest assured that she will take care of you, otherwise we will always worry about this and that, "

Fan Ning nodded and asked again, "Is there any news about your second uncle?"

Zhu Pei took out a newspaper from the bookshelf, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I put it here specially, I guess you didn't read it."

"What is it?"

Fan Ning took over the newspaper. It turned out to be the "Letter" ten days ago. The "Letter" keeps pace with the times, and now there are two copies. One is the news of the entertainment section. It contains all kinds of entertainment news of the Song Dynasty, such as ' In the Tokyo Cuju League, Qiyun club vows to win five consecutive championships', the main player of Qiyun club, Huang Ruyi, raised another housewife, and his wife divorced her in anger, and another example is 'Xiangpeng's new red prostitute, Wang Lianer sang "Zisu Wan" with love, and then For example, "Dongpo came up with new words, "Jiangchengzi Mo Yun dragged the rain across the West Building", Wanlou is looking forward to it, etc. '

The other is business news, which is what the people of the Song Dynasty care about the most. The list of the top ten fried dishes in Tokyo, the opening of the Hongqiao branch of He Qingfeng Restaurant, a [-]% discount for the whole site, a price increase of Meiyuan water per barrel, and a full-page Various small advertisements.

Fan Ning saw what he wanted to see at a glance. The second important news on the front page was that the Jingkou Ancient Boat Company changed hands, and the Jiangnan Zhu family specially built Wanshi ships. The third news was also about the Zhu family, Wujiang Wan The machine shop was born, the world's largest silk and satin textile giant.

The seventh article is also about the recruitment advertisement of the textile workshop. Qian's textile workshop is sincerely recruiting [-] young girls, the daily money is [-] cash, and the capital city residence registration is preferred.

Zhu Pei said beside him: "This is the third workshop of the Qian family in Jiangnan. There is one in Hangzhou and one in Changzhou. Hangzhou is a silk workshop, and Changzhou is a silk workshop. Both have [-] looms. This one in Beijing is weaving."

"All three started this year?"

Jupe nodded, "To be precise, it all started in these two months."

Speaking of this, Zhu Pei asked curiously: "I asked my second brother specifically about this a few days ago, and he said that many large workshops have appeared this year, like mushrooms after a spring rain, suddenly popping up everywhere. what's going on?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Actually, it can't be said that the Dagongfang came out suddenly. There used to be silk and brocade courtyards, inner dyeing courtyards, and Wenxiu courtyards in the capital, as well as twisted brocade courtyards, embroidery bureaus, and brocade courtyards in various places. Wait, there are thousands or tens of thousands of looms, but they are all government-run. This year, there are private textile institutes. Everyone is aware that the foreign trade of the Great Song Dynasty will usher in a great development, and they are all rapidly deploying."

"I just feel sorry for those spinners, how can they compete with the big workshop!"

"There is really no way around this. It will happen sooner or later. Now that more and more food is imported, it is no longer profitable to grow food. Many rich and powerful people will turn their attention from the land to the handicraft industry and mining industry. You can go to the big workshop, and you can earn five or six pennies a month, which is no less than what they earn at home weaving by themselves, but it is more difficult."

Jupe sighed, got up and left.

Fan Ning read the newspaper for a while, remembering what Mingren told him today. The Cao family quietly bought five kilns in Jingdezhen, producing millions of pieces of porcelain a year, and planned to sell them all overseas. At the same time, everyone is also buying large ships. The Wanshi large ship has bought as many as [-] ships, and the workshop must have started to do it.

Fan Ning has an intuition that the era of big capital in the Song Dynasty is coming.

Two days later, the fleet was divided into three groups. One fleet went to Xiaoliuqiu Island, one fleet went directly to Liuqiu Prefecture, and the other fleet went south to Luzon Island, and Fan Ning went to Luzon with the boat. On the island, he repeatedly explained the matter of the Japanese laborers to Li Mu, the deputy envoy, and Luo Jiang, the judge. Once the Japanese laborers arrived in Quanzhou, they could rest for a day and continue to transfer to Luzon.

Regardless of Xiaoliuqiu Island or Ryukyu Island, Da Song has been operating on the island for many years, and has a complete and mature resettlement method. In fact, the [-] households who newly went to Ryukyu Island will directly supplement Ryukyu even if they do not establish a new county. The population of the county is also sufficient, and Fanning is not worried at all.

What he is most concerned about is Luzon Mansion. Whether Luzon Mansion can be developed, the first step is particularly important.

In the cabin, Fan Ning and Mingren sat opposite each other, while Aya made tea for their brothers. Mingren took a sip of the tea and praised: "No wonder Ah Ning doesn't like to drink tea outside. With the tea art of the three younger siblings, who cares about going outside?" tea?"

When Aya heard him call her third younger sibling, her pretty face flushed immediately, she rolled her eyes at Mingren and said, "Being a man must be principled, okay? This water has been left for three days, and you can still make good tea?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to him, he is a rough person, he only drinks a bowl of cow tea for two cents, what does he know?"

Mingren rolled his eyes when he heard this, and what he drank was a bowl of tea worth two cents, is he so cheap?
But Aya didn't understand, and asked with a slight smile: "Officer, what is cow tea?"

"It's the tea that cows drink. Just think about how cows drink water in your hometown."

Aya thought about it carefully, and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed. She poured tea for her husband again, and then retreated, not to disturb their conversation.

Akihito sighed and said, "Actually, I found that Japanese ladies are quite attractive. This year, I also want to marry a Japanese concubine, and I will take it with me when I go to sea."

Fan Ning said a little displeased: "What you are drinking now is tea, not wine. Aya is outside, so don't talk nonsense."

Only then did Mingren realize that he had made a slip of the tongue. He stuck out his tongue and dared not speak.

Fan Ning knocked on the table and asked, "I remember you once told me that you planned to buy an island from the King of Luzon as a trade transit. What do you mean?"

Akihito scratched his head and said, "The main thing is to do business with Westerners. When we came, the Westerners didn't come, and when the Westerners came, we weren't there. The local merchants became middlemen. The profit was taken away, and I was thinking, I will be a transit agent myself, buy a wharf, build a large warehouse, and hoard a large amount of goods. When Westerners come, they will directly get goods from my warehouse and get rid of the middlemen. My profit is the least. It will increase by seventy percent."

"Is it so ruthless?"

"The local businessmen are very dark-hearted and dishonest. We have long wanted to get rid of them."

"Then why buy the island yourself, can't you build a warehouse with them?"

Mingren shook his head, "Building a warehouse with them is undoubtedly a tiger's mouth. They never allow it. They have to build a seaport by themselves, and they have to prevent their army from destroying it."

Fan Ning nodded with a smile and said, "This time I'm going to Nanyang, I really want to buy a piece of land in the Three Buddha Qi Kingdom to build a seaport. In the future, there will be a Song Dynasty garrison there to solve your trade problems with Westerners."

(End of this chapter)