Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 662
The two fleets broke up at Nuame Island, and the Southern Continent's fleet turned west and went to the Southern Continent.

Fan Ning's fleet was moored on the sea outside the island for two days. He ordered a thousand escort troops to go to the island to participate in the island war. Two days later, dozens of small boats from the army came back, followed by densely packed canoes.

After a while, the commander Wang Chun boarded the boat and bowed, "We have won a complete victory, and I am here to hand over the order!"

"General Wang has worked hard, how many brothers were injured or killed?"

Fanning didn't worry about winning or losing, he only cared about casualties.

"No one was killed, only three brothers were slightly injured. The opponent's earth bow only had thirty or so steps. Our bows and arrows swept across the opponent, and there was no direct contact combat."

At this time, an old man was brought onto the boat. In fact, he was only in his forties, but he was already an old man to the natives.

Adu introduced: "This is their great chief and Zuai's father."

The chief knelt down and saluted, Fan Ning quickly helped him up, he said something excitedly, Adu translated: "He said, if you hadn't sent troops to help, they would have been wiped out by three tribes, all men would not survive, women It was taken over, and now they are the masters of Noumea Island, and he invites high officials to visit the island."

Fan Ning said happily, "I would like to be a guest on the island."

Fan Ning then ordered the soldiers to send a thousand shi of grain to the residents on the island. When the news spread, the natives on the canoe cheered.

The great chief is called Tulamei. He was originally in awe of Fan Ning and was grateful to Fan Ning for sending troops to help them, but he was also very afraid of the soldiers of the Song Army. They were too powerful, and 100 people could wipe out the entire tribe.

But now that Fan Ning gave a big gift before he even went to the island, Tulami felt a little more respect. The mentality of the aborigines is black and white, either enemies or friends, black and white, very simple.

That night, they held a grand bonfire banquet, entertaining distinguished guests from afar with barbecued prey and fruit wine.

Fan Ning was a little worried that they were cannibals. Adu told Fan Ning that the aborigines on this island did not eat people, but they hunted heads and liked to use the skulls of their enemies as decorations. The more skulls they had, the more It means more brave.

Fan Ning immediately asked to buy land with grain, and Tulami agreed to give them a plain in the southwest as a reward for helping the war. There happened to be a natural deep-water harbor there, and the surrounding plains were about [-] square kilometers.

Nua Mei Island has about [-] square kilometers, and the land given to the Song Army only accounts for one-fiftieth, which is nothing to them at all, but with the Song Army stationed on the island, their tribe can monopolize Nua Mei Island. Worried about other island tribes coming to fight for it, this is also the idea of ​​the great chief Tulame, who has won the unanimous support of the tribal elders, and the powerful fighting power of the Song army has left an indelible impression on them.

Early the next morning, Great Chief Tulame brought Fan Ning to a very remote dilapidated wooden house. Fan Ning didn't need to enter the house, his eyes were full of surprises, and tobacco was planted all around the wooden house.

Tulame took out a small wooden box and opened it. Most of it was silver fragments, which should be the personal wealth left by the owner. Fanning wanted to find some other things, such as plant seeds, but he didn't look at it. When they arrived, only a dozen cigarettes were found.

"My good friend likes to explore since he was a child. When he was 20 years old, he took three companions to the east to find the place where the sun rises. He left for more than ten years. He came back two years ago and said that he was wandering on the sea. After a year, he went to a very distant continent, married a wife and had children there, and then a war broke out, his wife died, he didn't want to stay any longer, and went back to his hometown after all kinds of hardships."

Adu's translation was very good, and Fan Ning nodded. Judging from the description, this aborigine should have arrived in South America, where the Mayans are still the world at this time.

"Besides this, are there any other rare plants?" Fanning asked again.

Tulame scratched his head and said, "He doesn't socialize with anyone after he comes back, and lives here alone. This black roll is what he eats every day. It seems that there are a few more, which are also what he likes to eat."

He brought Fanning to the afternoon, and Fanning saw more than a dozen plates of sunflowers and a basket of peanuts hanging on the back wall of the house at a glance. Fanning was overjoyed, that's right, these two things are also native to South America.

Fanning turned around and ran into the house, searching around. South America is rich in products. It is impossible for this person to bring back only three things, there must be something else.

The effort paid off, and Fanning found a pile of sprouting potatoes at the foot of his bed.

The fleet left Nuamei Island, Fan Ning couldn't close his mouth with a smile. Not only did he get a piece of land and a port, but the key point was that he got four treasures, tobacco, potatoes, sunflowers and peanuts, especially potatoes. With the introduction of the Song Dynasty, the famine will no longer appear.

"Daddy, what is this?" Fan Zhen'er pointed to the potatoes on the table and asked.

Fan Ning asked his son Fan Jing to sit down and introduced them with a smile: "This is a very good food, like beans buried in the soil, so I call it potatoes. In front of the house and behind the house, of course, it can also be planted in the field, and the yield per mu is two thousand catties."

Fan Jing exclaimed, knowing that the yield of wheat per mu is only more than 300 catties, but it actually yields [-] catties per mu, "Then every family will not go hungry."

Fan Ning nodded, "With the corn and these potatoes, the food problem in Da Song will be completely solved."

"Then what about these two?" Fan Zhen'er asked again.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "One is called sunflower, the other is called peanut, both are oily, and they can also be fried and eaten as snacks."

"Daddy, why don't we try frying a dish?" Fan Zhen'er said with a smile.

Fan Ning laughed loudly, "This is a seed, it will be gone after frying, and it can be eaten when it is planted next year."

Fan Zhener blushed, "I was just joking."

Fan Ning took out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and sighed: "This is called a cigarette, just like tea. It is a hobby. If you smoke one after a meal, your whole body will relax, but children can't smoke it. It can get very foul in the mouth, and men over 30 can take a few sips."

Fan Zhen'er curled her lips, "I don't care, Daddy, didn't you say that it's spring in Beidao now? Is it just right to plant them?"

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "You are absolutely right, we will plant it when we reach the North Island."

After passing Nuamei Island, four days later, the fleet finally arrived at Wucheng on the North Island. Mingren, Mingli, Fan Ning's sister Fan Jing, sister-in-law Zhu Qi, third uncle Fan Tieniu, etc., a large group of people rushed to the pier Go up to welcome Fanning's arrival.

The family was very happy to meet in a foreign country, and Fan Zhen'er even held on to my sister-in-law's hand and refused to let go.

Fan Ning pointed to the huge fleet behind him and said, "Leave [-] ships of supplies for Nandao, the rest are ours, and there are hundreds of immigrants, let's make arrangements for them!"

Zhu Qi and Mingli hurriedly took people to receive the immigrants and supplies, but Fan Ning didn't see his second uncle Fan Tiege, so he asked, "Mingren, where is your father?"

"Lu Min took them to several other cities, and they won't be back until two days later."

Fan Ning said to the crowd again: "The imperial court gave me a hundred-day vacation, and it has already been used up for a month. I can stay here for a month at most. Mingren, you send someone to arrange for my father-in-law and the people from South Island. Say a few words to third uncle first, and I'll look for you later."

Mingren nodded and hurried away, Fan Jing took the two children and Jianmeizi and his apprentice into the city in a carriage, Fan Ning took his third uncle Fan Tieniu on board and handed him four items.

Fan Tieniu has grown corn and pumpkins, so he is more experienced. He nodded, "Don't worry! I will lead someone to plant them today. The land here is very fertile. As long as it is not a tropical plant, anything can be grown."

Fan Ning told him a few more words carefully, and Fan Tieniu hugged the big box and left. He may not be an expert in other aspects, but when it comes to farming, there are really few people who can compare with him. I understood immediately.

At this time, Ming Ren had brought back two horses, and smiled at Fan Ning: "This is the first generation of native horses in the North Island. This kind of horse will be called the Southern Iron Horse from now on."

Seeing that the horse was tall and strong, with slender limbs and snow-white hair without a single hair, Fan Ning liked it very much, and asked with a smile, "Why did you come up with such a weird name?"

"You can ask third uncle, he named it, everyone agrees, I can't help it."

Fan Ning laughed, "His name is Iron Bull, and the horse is called Iron Horse. It's really interesting!"

Fan Ning got on the horse and lightly urged the horse. The horse was very agile, and immediately ran out with four hooves, galloping towards the city.

However, Fan Ning did not enter the city, and instead went around the county town to the north. He galloped along the big river and ran up a small hill. Fan Ning reined in his horse. On the vast wilderness, there is a conical volcano in the distance, and the forest on the mountainside stretches to the wilderness, which is magnificent and refreshing.

Fan Ning pointed to the wheat field in the distance with his horsewhip and asked, "How much land has been reclaimed now?"

"Now there are [-] hectares, and [-] hectares have been reclaimed from last year to this year, which is the most in one year."

"Really so many?"

Fan Ning was a little surprised, 500 hectares is [-] million mu, and it has only been three years!

Mingren smiled smugly: "You should ask, how many people are there now?"

"How many?"

"The second uncle brought a group of people last time, and it happened to exceed 5 households. The average family of five is 400 people. To be precise, it is 9000 people. These are settled immigrants, and there are also recruiters. With 2 people and [-] Japanese laborers, can't so many people reclaim [-] hectares of land?"

Fan Ning nodded, "The Japanese laborers have all expired!"

"It's due this year, and we plan to send it back to Japan early next year, and then hire another 3 people. We still need to build a few cities."

"Before sending them back, there is a city that needs to be built."

Fan Ning then talked about the acquisition of land and port on Nuame Island.

Akihito is overjoyed, they really need to build a port and city there, not only for transit and supply needs, but also for the establishment of a letter tower, making it possible to establish a communication line between the South Continent, the North Island and the Song Dynasty. He went to the Southern Continent for a few days and discussed this matter with local officials.

(End of this chapter)