Ji Tang

Chapter 1445 Something shiny!

While Chang'an was running wild and Li Tai and Li Ke were running out of Chang'an, Ji Song was very leisurely. He did not stay in Mingzhou, but came to Yizhou.

The first one was to pick up his wife and children, and the second one was to see what was going on in Yizhou now, and planned to tell Ji Run some things to save him from making mistakes.

Jilong Port, when Ji Song set foot on this treasure island, a figure had already rushed towards him.

"Good brother, I miss you so much!"

Ji Song, who felt uncomfortable with the stranglehold on his back, hurriedly struggled away and kicked the opponent angrily.

"You're such a bastard with bad teeth. You just have to deal with the body odor all over your body. It's so smelly that I almost vomited."

Ji Song fanned and let out a big breath. This guy had completely let go when he came here. When Changan still had time to spray some perfume on himself to cover up, he was completely ignoring it now.

"Hehe, there's nothing I can do about it. It's too hot here. I'll sweat even if I move a little bit. I might as well just forget about it and just stay here."

"Are you so ruthless that you just quit your job? Without you, I would not be able to be a reliable official in the court. Tell me, what do you think?"

Ji Song quickly pushed him away, wary of him getting close at any time, and said directly: "I just don't want to be an official anymore, what's wrong? With you bastards who specialize in causing trouble, if you still stay in that position, sooner or later someone will be killed by you. It’s so frustrating. Just don’t care about anything now. Don’t come to me if you have anything to do in the future. It’s useless to come to me.”

After saying that, he said impatiently: "Go, go, I'm here to pick up my wife and children. You can cool off over there and stay there. I'll be upset when I see you."

After saying that, she walked towards You Ning. There was a lady beside her, who was the wife of Xue Wanche, Mrs. Du.

"I've met uncle!"

"Husband!"

"father!"

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After seeing the ceremony, Mrs. Du grabbed Xue Wanche and cursed: "I've told you so many times to take more baths and take more baths, but you just don't listen. You don't think you're a human being. You've totally embarrassed me."

"Oh my god, what evil did I do in my previous life to marry you!"

Xue Wanche looked embarrassed and said sarcastically: "Aren't you in a hurry when you go out? Just wash it when you get back. Isn't it enough to just wash it when you get back?"

You Ning helped from the side and said: "Forget it, you don't know what his virtues are? If you want to discipline him, go back and discipline him to save him some face!"

"Hmph, I'll deal with you when I get back!" Du Shi also came to her senses and glared at this guy fiercely.

"Uncle, don't be offended. This guy has become more and more lazy since he came here. He is either drinking or sleeping. I, I am at my wits end!"

Xue Wanche looked a little confused and said in a deep voice: "Okay, if you have anything to say, go back and tell me!"

Ji Song was thoughtful, and after looking at his helpless wife, he knew there was something going on. But this is not the place to talk. Let’s ask again when we get back.

"My child meets his father!"

"My daughter-in-law has met her father!"

Ji Run and Li Yu stepped forward to establish a relationship. Ji Song quickly helped him up and said with a smile, "It's my fault that dad is incompetent and asked you two to catch the child and suffer here."

"Especially Yu'er, you are a member of the royal family, but you come here with my son, but it's your father who can't help you."

When Li Yu heard this, she quickly waved her hands and said, "What did dad say? As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, marry a dog, follow the dog; if you marry a monkey, you will run all over the mountain. Now that I have said it, it is business for your husband to come here, and the emperor and father even praised him. Where is your husband!"

"Okay, let's go back and talk if you have anything to say!" You Ning said as soon as he saw that it was not over yet.

"Okay, let's wait until we get back. Listen to your mother!"

After saying that, he got on the accompanying war horse. Although there was a carriage, he didn't want to sit on it. He just wanted to see the changes along the way.

The port is not very busy, but this is to be expected. After all, it is a newly built port. Most of the docks are for supplies. After they are finished, they go to other places, either going north or south.

Exiting the port, there is a wide road, big enough for three carriages to go parallel.

There are tall trees planted along the way. Judging from the branches, they must have been transplanted. I'm afraid it took a lot of effort.

There are paddy fields on both sides of the road, and the rice in the water is growing very well. If nothing else happens, it will be another good harvest season. The fields are intertwined with roads, and the water conservancy facilities are also extremely complete.

There were farmers tending the fields, and from a distance, several plump fish jumped out of the water and splashed with water.

"When I first came here, most of it was still overgrown with weeds, so I led people to open up wasteland everywhere. As you said, I have food in my hands and don't panic. The climate here is humid and hot, and three crops a year are not a problem. Here After one year of planting, the harvest in Guanzhong is still white.”

Speaking of this, Ji Run's face was full of pride and said: "In the past two years, apart from building ports and cities, I have done nothing else. I just led everyone to open up wasteland. Now I have to say that the food in the granary is enough for the entire island." The people have eaten and drank for three years.”

"But it doesn't matter if there is too much food, it won't be sold at a high price!"

At this point, Ji Run said with distress: "In order to solve this problem, Ha'er had to buy private grain, so that the price of grain would not drop too much. But this would treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. Finally, Yu'er came up with a way, that is Plant mulberry trees!”

"As long as we wait until the mulberry trees grow, we will raise silkworms, reel silk, and weave cloth. If that doesn't work, we will plant fruits. Anyway, it is not far from the mainland. The fruits picked today can be sent to Guangzhou Port tomorrow, within three days. It can be sent to Mingzhou.”

Ji Song listened without saying a word. Ji Run's move was not wrong. Opening up wasteland and cultivating land would help the people here settle down quickly. Once people's hearts were settled, the rest would be easy to talk about.

There is no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty now. Even Guanzhong, which has always been short of food, can be self-sufficient for the time being, but I am afraid that it will not last long before food shortages occur. Although people are migrating out every year, there are even restrictions on their settlement. But it will still attract an endless stream of people to come to Chang'an.

The population structure of Chang'an has changed greatly in recent years. One percent of the population in Cheng'an is foreigners. Although they have not settled down, they are considered permanent residents. In addition to the merchants who come to Guanzhong and Chang'an every day, there are so many foreign vassals, and the population of Chang'an City is still increasing day by day!
The four small towns were built to divert the population, but they only addressed the symptoms rather than the root cause.

This is the attraction of an empire's economic, political, and commercial center, which is difficult to reverse. We can't prevent people from other places from entering Chang'an, right?
What happened? If you can't go to the capital of your own country, then what kind of capital is it?

"Actually, besides farming, you can also do other things."

"For example, you mentioned planting mulberry trees and fruit trees. There is also planting sugar cane."

Ji Run was stunned, suddenly slapped his forehead, and said angrily: "Why didn't you think of that, kid? Yes, you can grow sugar cane to make sugar!"

"It's not like the kid doesn't know how to do it!"

This seemed to open up his mind, and he said as he walked: "The climate here is hot, and it is indeed a good place to grow sugar cane. When the time comes to make cane sugar, it will definitely be a big income. There is also sun salt, and various seafood."

Hearing the words, Ji Song trembled suddenly, patted him and said, "Are you drifting off? Your father just sent your brother away, and I don't want to send you to the sea again!"

"You can move salt? Salt and iron, salt and iron, that's the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty. Can you try to move it?" "I won't even be able to protect you then!"

Ji Run heard the words and said sarcastically: "Isn't this just flattering? Besides, I'm just saying, kid, don't take it to your heart!"

"Hmph, you'd better be like this. I don't even dare to touch that thing. Now that your father-in-law is the emperor, he will be lawless. Then your father-in-law will be the first one to take action on you!"

Ji Run was dumbfounded and said in disbelief: "No way... right?"

"Do you believe it? You can try it and see if you can do it Taishan?"

Ji Song said angrily: "You kid, please be more thoughtful. Without you, he would be able to help your son ascend to the position of prince. He is of royal blood. Who do you think you are?"

Ji Run: "."
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Then everyone started to enter the city. Ji Song was satisfied with the construction of the city. This was not the Central Plains and there were not so many rules. The sea is not a continent. The city is not big, but strong enough and easy to defend.

Once an enemy comes to attack, you have to wait for reinforcements, and there is no certain time that they will not be able to wait. Therefore, defense has become the top priority. As long as reinforcements can be delayed, the enemy will naturally retreat.

Therefore, there is no need to build a large city in Yizhou.

Small but strong, numerous and easy to defend is the future trend of Yizhou.

Arriving at the mansion, Ji Song rolled his eyes when he saw the luxurious mansion. He had been frugal all his life, but none of his children could save. This would have been a long time ago for an ordinary nobleman.

Ji Run and Li Yu were a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look at Ji Song. Of course You Ning knew why, and he tapped their foreheads angrily: "You guys!"

Seeing Ji Song entering the mansion, Li Yu was a little worried and said, "Do you think dad will be angry?"

"Don't worry, dad will just nag you a few words and everything will be fine." Although Ji Run was comforting his wife, his tone of voice was a bit lacking in confidence!

After being led to his residence by his servants, he sent the others away.

During this period of time, he was running around at sea and never had a good night's sleep. Now that he was back, he wanted to have a good night's sleep before saying anything.

"Go on, as long as I'm not awake yet, no one is allowed to disturb me!"

Therefore, Li Jue, who had just learned the news, wanted to come to ask for help and ask why he was abandoned. But he was caught by his sister and slipped out. As for Xue Wanche, he was being taught a lesson by his mother-in-law.

This sleep can be described as sleeping in darkness, with no light from the sun or the moon. He slept from night to night after washing, then slept from night to morning, and didn't wake up until the evening of the next day!
"Ah Shutan!"

He sat up suddenly because of his laziness, and immediately felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw that his wife was fanning him by the side!

When he saw his husband waking up, he ordered people to arrange food and said: "This place is no better than the Central Plains. There are so many mosquitoes, and they are so big that one bite will make a big bag."

"Come on, drink some water first!"

Ji Song was not polite, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a sigh of relief: "You don't know that during this period, you have never slept well at sea, but it is also very happy. I have wanted to do this for a long time, but I never had the chance. It’s finally a dream come true!”

You Ning rolled his eyes. Of course he knew her husband's dream, which was to sail this big ship with a young brother, sail across the sea, rob whoever he wanted, and go wherever he wanted.

When you have nothing to do, you can look for treasures, explore secrets, and say that this is the life people should live!
When she came back this time, she found that although her husband was tired, he was in good spirits. The last time she saw him was in the same spirit as when he got married. The same high spirits, the same pride, the same fascinating.
"You, now you got what you wanted, what? Do you still want to go? But remember to bring me with you the next time you go. Then you can grab things in front, and I will count the supplies on the boat. How about that?" "

"Uh"

Ji Song was stunned, and that kind of picture could not help but appear in his mind. He immediately shook his head and drove him out, sighing: "I won't go, once in this life is enough, and it will become very boring after a long time."

After speaking, he said mysteriously: "My husband, I have a good thing to show you."

"La la la la!"

"Take a look, what is this?"

You Ning was dumbfounded as he watched her husband pull something out from under the pillow like a magic trick. When he saw the object in full, his eyes widened.

"This is this"

She covered her mouth with a look of disbelief!

I saw a pink gem the size of a child's fist appeared in front of my eyes, shining brightly under the sunset, as if it was glowing.

It is crystal clear, without a trace of impurities, and it does not seem like something from this world.

"How's it going? This is what I took a risk to get from your husband. I almost gave it to you."

Ji Song almost spilled the beans, but when he saw that his wife didn't recover, he breathed a sigh of relief. He almost died trying to get this thing, and he didn't want his wife to worry.

"However, you have to put this thing away. If someone sees you going, don't cry then!" Ji Song warned.

"Don't worry, no one can take this thing away. This is the family heirloom that will be passed down to my eldest grandson and granddaughter-in-law from now on."

She snatched it up and held it in her hands, her eyes started to shine with a look of obsession.

Sure enough, from ancient times to the present, women have never had the slightest resistance to these things.

Seeing his already obsessed wife, he didn't bother him, shook his head and left the room. But before he took a few steps, he saw a pair of resentful eyes looking at him.

"Hey, what about that? Good evening!"

Li Jue looked at the person in front of him and wished he could take a bite right away, but after thinking about it, he held back because it was really disrespectful.

"Hello sir, did you enjoy your trip?" Li Jue said through gritted teeth.

Ji Song rolled his eyes and sighed: "Hey, forget it. This trip was in vain. Not only did I not get anything good, I almost died!"

After saying that, he said fearfully: "It's a good thing you didn't catch up, otherwise I would have been so upset. It doesn't matter if something happens to me, but if something happens to you, I will never redeem myself!"

"Okay, sir, I don't blame you for this. Go ahead and play with your nephew if you have nothing to do!"

After saying that, Shi Shiran left, leaving only Li Jue messy in the wind!

"Ah, you are shameless. It was obviously you who left me, so why did I fail to catch up? Sir, can you still be so shameless?"

Ji Song took out his ears and was indifferent to the wailing of someone in the courtyard. He thought to himself: Are you going to fight with me? Your grandfather and I can only drink the water that washes my feet, is it just you? Stay where it's cool!

(End of this chapter)