Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 545 Nanyang Foundation
The fleet finally sailed into Luzon Bay. Immigrants stepped onto the deck one after another and looked towards the distant shore. Everyone's face was full of expectations for future life.

A huge warehouse on the pier is being built, and not far from it, another huge warehouse has been built, and soldiers can still be seen faintly building the pier. When the soldiers saw the arrival of the fleet, they stood up and went to The fleet waved and cheered.

The fleet did not stop at the pier, but sailed directly into the river and headed for the county town ten miles away.

The forests on both sides of the river have long been cut down by the Luzon Kingdom, and there are only large tracts of fertile fields, which can be developed into endless farmland.

The fleet traveled less than ten miles, and wooden houses appeared on the river bank. This is the new county seat. Zhang Nan rebuilt a Han County on Luzon Island based on the blueprint of Han County in Kunzhou. The county seat is very large. At least [-] households can be accommodated. The construction speed of the Song Army is really amazing. In less than a month, thousands of wooden houses have stood on the river bank.

The big ship docked on a temporary pier, the soldiers built a few large planks, and the common people began to help the elderly to get off the ship. After seven days of sailing, they finally arrived at this land that they were looking forward to but also feared at the same time. land.

Fortunately, the countless Song soldiers calmed down their tense mood a little. Soon, the children were attracted by another animal they had never seen before, which turned out to be a few elephants, carrying wood under the guidance of several dark-skinned natives.

Fan Ning was also very surprised. There are elephants in Luzon Island, and they are trained to work. How is it possible?Even if there are elephants, they will not be trained so fast, and there are still indigenous people.

At this time, Zhang Nan came up to greet him, bowed and saluted, "See the envoy!"

"Zhang Sima has worked hard."

Fan Ning comforted him, then pointed to the elephant in the distance and asked with a smile, "What's the matter with the elephant?"

"It was a businessman from San Buddha Qi. He trafficked more than a dozen trained elephants and wanted to return to Tokyo to perform and make money. But later he heard that the elephants were not suitable for the cold climate in the capital, so he regretted it. He sold the elephants very cheaply. Sold it to us, and ran back to Sanfoqi to transport spices."

"Are you sure he sold it to us cheaply?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"It's not very cheap. It's a little less. Each elephant costs 170 guan. He bought it for 180 guan. There are also many wild elephants in Luzon Island, and there are more nearby islands. We have all seen them. The key is training. The elephants that have lived here can help people with work, and the businessman left us a few elephant slaves to help us guide the elephants."

Fanning nodded, "Bring in some people who can train elephants. We need more elephants who can work."

"There are many slaves who can train elephants in the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom. They are all from Chenla Kingdom. They can be bought with people and elephants. The humble staff will send people to buy them."

"Don't be in a hurry. I'll go over there and have a look around. First, I'll arrange the people. There are [-] households. Is there enough housing?"

"We have built [-] wooden houses, and if there are not enough, we can live in tents temporarily, and the construction can be completed in a month at most."

Fan Ning smiled and said: "I think some old houses in Luzon can also be used. As long as they are built well, the wood can be used directly, such as the wood of the palace and several palaces. Isn't it faster? .”

"I would like to inform you, we have dismantled the wood from several palaces to build warehouses. The wood from the palace is going to be used to build government offices. In fact, there is enough wood here. We cut down a lot of wood, and we don't think about installing fireplaces or anything. , It is very fast to build, and it is directly stacked with logs. Although it is a waste of wood, the resulting house is very strong. There are often storms here in summer, and if the construction is not strong, it will easily collapse."

Seeing that he had even considered the typhoon, Fan Ning nodded and stopped asking.

More than 1 civilians have already disembarked, and soldiers continue to send their luggage off the big ship. Each piece of luggage has a number plate.

The next step is to remove the housing land. The county has a large area, and [-] housing lands are divided. Each housing land is about two acres, surrounded by simple wooden fences. The government currently only provides basic housing, and each family has only built a wooden house. , but each household’s house area is large enough to build their own house in the future.

Part of the house is built with wooden houses, and the other part is set up with temporary tents. The specific distribution needs to be determined by drawing lots. This is also the first thing that immigrants face when they come to Luzon. Where will his new home be? ?

The lottery was drawn very quickly, and ended within half an hour. Each household was drawn with a lot number, and each household used the lot number to find their new home.

The county town suddenly became lively, with laughter and shouts of surprise everywhere. Fan Ning and Zhang Nan were patrolling the county town. Fan Ning watched the man pacing in his yard, thinking about how to build a house in the future, while the woman was in the room While packing their luggage, the children ran around the room excitedly. This familiar scene reminded him of Tang County back then. As time goes by, Luzon Mansion will eventually become a wealthy overseas territory.

"Zhang Sima, I have already presented to the imperial court to recommend you as the first prefect of Luzon. You must be mentally prepared!"

Zhang Nan nodded silently. He had long realized that Fan Ning would keep himself in Luzon, "The humble official will do his best to build Luzon well and live up to the envoy's great trust."

Fan Ning nodded, "Later, I will introduce nine officials. They are the first batch of officials from the three counties in Luzon. They will assist you in building the new county, and then build a new county based on the experience of the new county. "

"The imperial court plans to build three counties in Luzon Mansion?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "The imperial court makes decisions based on the suggestions of the Overseas Economic and Strategy Office. In fact, I plan to build nine counties in Luzon Prefecture, including three counties in the Luzon River Basin in the south, and Xinbei River Basin in the north. Build two counties, and then build two counties on the east and west coasts, a total of nine counties, with a total of [-] households, and the three counties we are talking about now are the first three counties in the Luzon River Basin."

Only then did Zhang Nan understand Fan Ning's plan, and he asked with a smile, "How does the envoy plan to name the county?"

"I have discussed this with Zhizhengtang, and everyone agreed, so I started it with the name of the immigrants' hometown, and added a new character in front. For example, this first building, most of the immigrants came from Yan'an Prefecture, so I took the word Yan and called it Xinyan. County, understand what I mean!"

"I understand it."

Fan Ning smiled and said: "It is best to use a region to name only the county towns. This big river will flow through three county towns. If you say it is called Xinyanshui, the county towns in the north will definitely have opinions in the future, so this kind of collapsed area It’s better to name it simply, a name that everyone can accept, such as the big river in the north, I named it Xinbei River, and the south river is called Nanhe, so it’s clear at a glance.”

"What you said makes sense, the humble position has been taught."

"Actually, this is also Kunzhou's experience, let's explore slowly! There will be Luzon experience in the future."

"My lord, what about the Japanese labor?" Zhang Nan asked cautiously.

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "In ten days at most, [-] Japanese laborers will arrive. You should resettle the people as soon as possible and distribute the land. Apart from building houses, let them develop other things by themselves, and then you must concentrate on resettling Japanese laborers. , Burning bricks, building cities, building wharves, logging, and building roads, lay a solid foundation for these, and then consider things like mining for gold.”

Zhang Nan felt that his burden was heavy, Fan Ning said with a smile: "Don't worry! This time I brought a hundred students from Quanzhou State University, they will help with the work, and there are thousands of troops to assist, and the matter will definitely be completed properly."

"It makes you laugh!"

Fan Ning patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Let's go! Call the officials together, let's discuss together, and see what to do!"

With Kunzhou as the model, the immigration resettlement, land distribution and city construction of Luzon Prefecture are proceeding in an orderly manner, and the labor camp for [-] laborers is also ready. This time Fanning brought [-] student volunteers and [-] Famous construction craftsmen, providing strong technical support and management support for the construction of Luzon Prefecture.

It took only two days for the land to be allocated. These landless farmers from the north finally got their own land again. The farmers with great enthusiasm quickly plowed the fields and cultivated the seedlings, hoping to plant a season before the rainy season. rice.

Ten days later, the fleet from Japan arrived at the port of Luzon, and brought [-] Japanese laborers and [-] Japanese girls. Xinyan County soon became a large construction site, building roads, building cities, logging, and ports. The neighborhood is extremely lively.

Many businessmen with a keen sense of smell also came here after hearing the news, and bought land on the wharf to build warehouses, preparing to use Luzon Port as a transit point for their goods. Warehouses, shops, restaurants, inns and brothels were erected one after another. It began to appear in Luzon Province.

(End of this chapter)