At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 349: The Fire of Ryukyu Civilization and Recognition of Ancestors

In the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, February 20th, Ryukyu Island, Ping'an Town.

"My maidservant, Xu Lu, I will definitely kill you when Nai Gong returns to the Han Dynasty." Meng Zao cursed at the port of Ping'an Town to the Han Dynasty who was not interested in the waves. Greetings again.

"Brother, stop scolding us. If you scold us again, we won't be able to go back." Meng Jiao's younger brother Zhang Zhong said helplessly.

"You know, but you can just scold him to make him angry." Meng Jiao said.

The reason why Meng Jiao and others cursed Xu Lu had a lot to do with Xu Lu's lack of behavior.

When Meng Zao led a group of people from Chang'an City to Kuaiji County, he originally wanted to go to Spice Island.

But they also encountered the problem of how to get there. At this time, the South China Sea Navy issued a policy. The Nanhai Navy could take them to the Han military stronghold on the Spice Island Route, but they had to sign a contract to build a stronghold on the Spice Island Route for the court within 5 years. In return, the imperial court not only gave them a monthly salary of thousands of dollars, but also allowed them to bring 200 kilograms of personal belongings back to Dahan.

Meng Zai and the others had nothing, so they were naturally attracted by this policy. The first batch of 1000 people signed a contract with the court, but when they arrived at their destination, Meng Zai was greatly disappointed. There was no spice anywhere, only boundless wilderness and savages.

Meng Jiao was unconvinced and led people to question Ping'an Town's military commander Wu Yan, why they didn't go to Spice Island.

After introducing the two doctors, Li Yundao said: "This time we brought 1000 stones of rice, 500 farm tools, 500 weapons, 100 pieces of silk, 2000 pieces of linen, 1 bricks, 1000 kilograms of sugar, and 2000 kilograms of iron ingots. There are 5 cattle with a total value of 100 million yuan, and there are prisoners who need to be settled. "

At this time, Meng Zai saw a sea ship and said excitedly: "The Han fleet is coming."

Therefore, Zhang Zhong is extremely satisfied with his current life. Although Daliang is rich, he does not have an inch of land. Although Ryukyu is remote, he has his own land, wife, and family. It doesn't matter if Ping An Town is desolate. He can work hard to build Ping An Town to be as good as the Central Plains.

But Meng Jiao's younger brothers were not as angry as he was, and there was even a hint of joy in their hearts.

In Ryukyu, they are no longer low-level hooligans, but talented people who have mastered various skills such as planting, carpentry, and stone masonry (that is, table, chair and bench skills).

Wu Yan saluted with great joy and said, "Finally we have two miracle doctors."

They went from short and poor to tall, rich and handsome in an instant. Compared with the savage youths who only know how to hunt, Zhang Zhong and the others are high-tech talents with multiple skills. They live in the city and have a large house that is safe and sheltered from the wind and rain. The Ryukyu girls around them all admired them and were proud to marry into Ping'an Town.

Of course, Meng Jiao was angry because he felt that Xu Lu had taken away his opportunity to get ahead and make a fortune.

"A large coal mine has been discovered around Ping'an Town. Next time, you can think of a way to bring some blacksmiths who know how to build blast furnaces, so that Ping'an Town can manufacture iron tools. It's best to bring some more shipbuilding masters here, so that Ping'an Town can We have the ability to build small fishing boats, but it is too wasteful to see that the fish are all around us but we can’t catch them.”

Wu Yan said excitedly: "How can we and other rough guys understand this? With you coming to my safe town, we finally don't have to worry about the plague. I am here to assure the two miracle doctors that we will do whatever you say. Whoever dares to disobey is the public servant." kill him."

The two young men said: "I am young and inexperienced, so I don't dare to be a miracle doctor. I can only say that I will do my best to keep the people of Ping'an Town away from diseases."

They are no longer landless hooligans in Ryukyu. Ryukyu has plenty of land. You can enclose as much land as you want, as long as you can plant it.

After the signing was correct, Li Yun took out an account book and said, "You sign it."

Li Yun said helplessly: "Now the imperial court is attacking in all directions, including Liaodong, Hexi, Central Guizhou, Nanzhong, and even the Spice Island. Which one is not important? No one needs investment?"

After all the goods were moved off the transport ship, Pinganbao moved the goods they had hoarded locally onto the transport ship. These goods included 5000 skins, most of which were sika deer skins.

Wu Yanyou said angrily: "Ryukyu Island is the most critical stronghold on the spice route, and its strategic value is extremely high. There are only thousands of Han people now. Don't the princes of the imperial court have any foresight?"

Li Yun nodded to express his understanding.

This was an extremely exciting thing for Zhang Zhong. He finally became a landlord and lived a prosperous life. The Zhang family now has more than a dozen people. He is the head of the family. It is more or less a small family in the mainland of the Han Dynasty.

They didn't have the ambition to get ahead like Meng Jiao, but they just couldn't survive in their hometown and had to leave. As a result, they came to Ryukyu by accident. After a change of environment, they suddenly felt that the world was so vast.

At this time, Meng Zhao and the others re-read the contract and found that it was really the Spice Island route stronghold, not the Spice Island.

Soon the transport ship slowly approached the wooden dock of Ping'an Town.

In Wu Yan's opinion, not only the economic value of Ryukyu, but also the military value of Ryukyu is worthy of the court's investment. If Ryukyu is occupied by other countries, the thousands of miles of coastline of the Han Dynasty will not be safe, and the court will spend hundreds of thousands to guard this important coastline. line of defense.

But at this time, they had arrived in Ping'an Town, and it was impossible to go back. They could only stay in the small Ping'an Town and could not go back after 5 years. Meng Ju cursed Xu Lu for deceiving them.

Meng Zao and the others carried the goods Li Yun mentioned one by one, and Wu Yan even counted them one by one.

"The imperial court has attached great importance to you. In less than a year, thousands of people have been transported to colonize it. The supplies are also at the highest level. The imperial court on Spice Island can earn hundreds of thousands of gold a year, but only a few thousand people have been relocated. .

Ping An Fort is so desolate that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is isolated from the rest of the world. The arrival of the fleet can bring them new people and goods, as well as new news from the Han Dynasty. Therefore, every time the fleet arrives, Ping An Everyone in the town was excited.

Also transported were 200 pieces of iron wood and 500 pieces of fragrant wood. These were either high-end wood for furniture or wood for shipbuilding, which could be sold at high prices in Kuaiji County.

Captain Li Yun pulled the two young men and said to Wu Yan: "You haven't been applying for a doctor. They are both top students in medical school and disciples of the Queen. They have rich surgical experience and can handle 90% of the world's diseases." It will all be cured.”

Zhang Zhong was so poor that he couldn't even marry a wife in Daliang, but he married three in a row in Ryukyu. Now all three of his wives are pregnant. His offspring will soon be born in this world. He also has thousands of acres of land. , brought his brother-in-law and father-in-law to cultivate the fields. This year's autumn harvest, their family received more than 300 shi of grain. Ping'an Town does not charge taxes, and all of this grain belongs to them.

"Diseases enter through the mouth. If you want to avoid getting sick, you must focus on prevention. If you don't drink raw water, you can reduce most of the diseases. If you deal with sewage and feces well, various plagues will not come. It is also important to drive away mosquitoes and flies. It can reduce the number of diseases by another 30%, and 99% of the above-mentioned diseases will not occur. "

This is considered the biggest specialty of Ryukyu Island. There are tens of thousands of sika deer in the area. They are also one of the sources of food for Ryukyu people. And they are also the most precious specialty of Ryukyu. Furs can be sold at high prices in Dahan. It is the specialty of fur that greatly reduces the cost of the imperial court's development of Ryukyu.

In their hometown, Meng Jiao and other young men were living in poverty, and their land was annexed by local powerful men. They became complete gangsters. As long as they had land in their hands, they would not join Meng Jiao and go out to conquer the world.

And Wu Yan didn't care. It would be better to vent in a place where the sky and the earth are not working, and it would be more beneficial to his physical and mental health.

There are not many people in Ping'an Fort and Zhang Zhong who think like this. Most ordinary people don't have much ambition. All they want is a life of wives and children, and Ping'an Town completely satisfies their ideas. Now that they have After getting what they wanted, why would they take the risk to get the Spice Island.

Li Yundao: "The key is that they don't want to come, so you should find a way to train yourself."

There is a shortage of doctors in Ping An Town. More than a dozen people have died unexpectedly on this land due to various diseases, so the doctor's arrival makes him so excited.

After discovering the fleet from Dahan, everyone in Ping'an Town gathered around the pier excitedly, waiting for the fleet to dock.

Although everyone who came to Pingan Town was skilled in carpentry, it was obvious that their skills were not enough to make fishing boats. However, the fishery resources around Ryukyu were extremely rich, and it was a pity that they could not catch them just by looking at them.

But this word game did not convince Meng Zhao and the others. He just wanted to go to Spice Island, not a stronghold on the Spice Island route.

Wu Yan said calmly: "The contract you signed was to build the Spice Island route. Ping'an Town is a stronghold of the Spice Island route. I didn't deceive you. You thought the destination was the Spice Island."

Wu Yan wrote his name, and then said with a smile: "Don't bring any food in the future. Ping An Bao can already be self-sufficient. It is better to bring more iron tools in the future, even bricks. There are too many hurricanes in Ryukyu." , ordinary straw straw houses cannot bear it.”

Since the construction of Ping'an Town, the imperial court has invested 1 million yuan. From this point of view, you should be happy. The imperial court's investment in Ryukyu and Spice Island are on the same level, both are at the marquis level. When you think about it, you Is it more comfortable?

"When you lay the foundation, there will be people willing to come to Ryukyu, and then Ryukyu will be prosperous."

This has to be said that today's Ping'an Town has begun to take shape. From the outside, Ping'an Town has complete infrastructure, with a city wall more than two feet high, brand-new houses, thousands of people living inside, and surrounding areas Wanye people often come here to trade, and the prosperity of Ping'an Town has surpassed 90% of the towns in the Han Dynasty.

Wu Yan said angrily: "How can we lay a good foundation without a population?"

Li Yundao said: "Take your time, there are more and more transport ships from the Han Dynasty, Ryukyu will become lively sooner or later."

Finally, Li Yun thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask the superiors, but I can't guarantee whether I can get someone."

"Thank you very much!"

Li Yun finally took out the imperial edict and handed it to him and said: "You are lucky. This time the court is extremely generous. Even without military merit, there are 22 people who have been knighted. You are one of them, and you have been ennobled as Ryukyu Baron."

"Hurry up and burn incense for your ancestors. Today's big men are no better than they were during the founding of the People's Republic of China. Even if you are a captain, it is difficult to get a title. This time you are just smoking from your ancestral grave."

Wu Yan took the imperial edict and took a look at it. It probably meant that Wu Yan worked hard and made great achievements in guarding Ryukyu, so he was specially named Baron of Ryukyu. After reading it, he said disapprovingly: "In Ryukyu, the position of baron is useless. The court might as well get something real."

Li Yundao said: "It will be more useful if you return to the Han Dynasty. Now you are Baron of Ryukyu after all. The county magistrate will bow his hands and salute you when he sees you."

"We have to wait!" Wu Yan, the Ryukyu Baron, is not that easy to get. He will be stationed on Ryukyu Island for four years.

He understood that this baron was a reward for hard work, and the court wanted to use this title to allow him to develop Ryukyu with peace of mind.

After chatting about the official duties, Wu Yan smiled and said: "Let the brothers rest here for a day. We have a lot of goods prepared in the warehouse, and the savage girl in Ping'an Town is also good."

Li Yun smiled and said: "We are different from you. You can have three wives and four concubines here. It would be a mistake for us to do such a thing."

For a reclamation point like Ryukyu, if you want to expand the population, assimilating the locals is naturally the best choice. Therefore, although the Han army is very strict on the issue of men and women in the Han Dynasty, it encourages the soldiers in the reclamation point. For them to do so, it is best to settle down locally.

For every wife they married, the Han court would also reward them with 10 shi of grain, 10 bolts of cloth, 2 kilograms of sugar and high-grade items, worth about yuan.

The imperial court gave them money to get wives. Few people could refuse such a good thing, so people in Ping'an Town generally got married.

The arrival of Li Yun and others made Ping'an Fort lively. All the residents took out their own brewed rice wine and treasured delicacies to have a lively bonfire dinner.

There are not many people in Ping'an Fort. The Han Dynasty left 200 soldiers here and transported 1100 immigrants. These immigrants and soldiers generally got married in Ping'an Town, and some even married more than one wife. The entire Ping'an Town is not considered a floating population, probably There are 3000 people. Such a population can become a lower county in Han Dynasty.

It can be seen that Wu Yan developed well in Ryukyu. He himself married eight wives for the country. These eight wives were all the daughters of the leaders of the surrounding barbarian tribes.

Relying on this relationship, Ping'an Town has an extremely good relationship with the surrounding Ryukyu people. They can be said to be firm allies, and these eight tribes have received the support of the Han Dynasty. They have evolved from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, and their strength has greatly increased for a while. The small Ryukyu Island began to continuously expand its power, while also ensuring the safety of Ping'an Town.

That is to say, with such a marriage relationship, Ping'an Town can maintain its current peaceful situation without having to face the siege of tens of thousands of Ryukyu people.

At the dinner, Wu Yan brought his father-in-law to Li Yun.

"Lao Xinxin pays homage to the Han general"

Li Yun looked stunned.

Wu Yan said: "This is my father-in-law. Is there any way for him to get a Han title? Without an identity, it will be difficult to integrate with the Han Dynasty."

His idea is simple. He doesn't want to stay in Ping'an Town forever. After this period, he will take his wife back to Dahan.

But his wife’s natal family must not be ignored, but if his father-in-law is just a Ryukyu savage, then who knows what the next Ryukyu Army Sima will do to his father-in-law, so he wants to give his father-in-law a guarantee of identity , if they become the nobles of the Han Dynasty, they will be one of their own, and the next Ryukyu Army Sima will not dare to take too drastic action against them.

Li Yun nodded clearly, this was one of Wu Yan's eight father-in-laws.

He thought for a while and said: "Ryukyu is close to the ancient Yue Kingdom. The monarchs of the Baiyue Land all claim to be descendants of the Yue King Gou Jian. At that time, the Yue Kingdom's navy was extremely powerful. It also established capitals in Langya County and Langya County. Yue people can appear in it." In Langya County, which is thousands of miles away, people from Yue must have been to Ryukyu. I believe that you may be a descendant of King Gou Jian of Yue."

Xin still looked confused.

But Wu Yan kicked him and said, "Didn't you, old man, tell me that your tribe has always spread its own legend of the Central Plains?"

"Yes, yes, our ancestors came to Ryukyu on a sea ship. To this day, tribes still say that there is a very powerful country across the sea, which is our ancestors."

Li Yun clapped his hands and said: "Those are the descendants of the Yue people. The Yue people are also Han people. My father-in-law is a subject of my Han Dynasty. Now that you have returned to the Han Dynasty, you are brothers returning home. I will definitely report this to the court and let the emperor reward you. Accept you back home.”

After thinking about it, Li Yundao said: "Most of the descendants of King Goujian of Yue have the surname Ouyang. Please call your name Ouyang Xin."

With the continuous expansion of the Han Dynasty and the needs of the Han Dynasty's national integration policy, scholars within the Han Dynasty have begun to constantly look for history books, and I, the Han Dynasty, are looking for the country of brothers.

The history books of the Han Dynasty can be said to be all-encompassing. The forces within the known civilization can be found by readers who have blood connections with the Han Dynasty. Finally, in the past few years, it has become a trend among the Han Dynasty to recognize ancestors and return to the clan.

The northern Huns, Wuheng people, Xianbei people, and even the Dingling people who obviously have white blood all claim that they have Central Plains blood in their blood.

Most of the Baiyue lands in the south claim to have the blood of King Goujian of Yue, King Fucha of Wu, and even the Xiong family of King Chu.

The Dian Kingdom in the south was even more frightened after the Yelang Kingdom was destroyed. The next year, it sent an envoy to Chang'an City to request recognition of its ancestors and return to the clan, saying that he was a descendant of the Chu royal family and a blood brother of the Han Dynasty. .

In addition to the king of Dian in Nanzhong, there were many tribal leaders who believed that they were descendants of Chi You and brothers of the Han Dynasty.

As long as these tribal leaders bring it up, there will be many scholars with history books to help them find information. The Han Dynasty has a history of 3000 years and countless collections. You can always find it if you search.

Therefore, in the past two years, more and more leaders of the Han and Siyi tribes have come to Chang'an City to recognize their ancestors, and many of these tribal leaders have never wanted to leave after coming to Chang'an City. This has provided Chang'an City with a lot of gossip. . The Han Dynasty also has the atmosphere of having all nations coming to court more and more.

Therefore, Li Yun was very familiar with these routines. Since the Han Dynasty could not transport enough people to develop Ryukyu Island, it was obviously the most beneficial policy for the Han Dynasty to civilize the savages on Ryukyu Island into Han people.

Wu Yan's father-in-law said happily: "I will be called Ouyang Xin from now on."

Although it has only been more than a year since the Han people officially landed on Ryukyu Island, Ouyang Xin has already become a spiritual Han Chinese.

Everything about the big man is so perfect to Ouyang Xin.

The power of the Han people was so powerful that in just one year, a brand new city had already stood on the seaside. Although this city was simple, it could only be called Yi in the mainland of the Han Dynasty. But for the Ryukyu people who were still in the barbaric era, this city was already a wonder.

Ping'an Town is like a beacon of civilization, attracting the attention of the entire Ryukyu people.

Every item of food, cloth, salt, and ironware in this city is what Ryukyu people long for.

To Ryukyu people, Ping An Town is so tall, sheltered from wind and rain, and full of delicacies. Everything makes them feel crazy. In the eyes of Ryukyu people, Ping An Town is no different from the Kingdom of God.

Warriors from various tribes on the entire Ryukyu Island went to Ping'an Town to trade. Warriors who had no trading chips sold their labor to contribute to the construction of Ping'an Town.

It is precisely because of the addition of these savage warriors that Ping An Town can be established so quickly when there are no more than a thousand people.

Of course, this kind of cooperation was mutually beneficial. The Ryukyu people contributed their own labor, but they also received food, ironware, cloth and other commodities from the Han Dynasty that the Ryukyu people could not produce at all.

Moreover, Han's planting technology is also rapidly spreading among the Ryukyu tribes.

In the past, they could only hunt. Tens of thousands of Ryukyu people were involved in this small Ryukyu island, and even developed a culture of hunting their own kind.

But now Wu Yan began to send Han people to his father-in-law and other allied tribes. The Han people taught them how to farm, reclaimed land and gave up fishing and hunting, sold them fishing nets, increased their food sources, and taught them how to build strong houses that could withstand typhoons. .

Now around Pingan Town, scattered villages have begun to appear in a radius of hundreds of miles. This is the fire of civilization.

Even if these savages practice slash-and-burn farming, it is a huge development in productivity. This year, many tribes have never starved to death after harvesting food.

This kind of thing is an unprecedented miracle for the Ryukyu people (it is also a miracle for the Han people). It is precisely because of such changes this year that Ouyang Xin must firmly become a Han Chinese.

Hunger and death surrounded the Ryukyu people like a shadow, and no one could avoid it.

Ouyang Xin's grandfather, father, and mother all starved to death, and he never wanted to experience such a thing again.

But now the Han people have a way to solve their hunger, bringing the light of civilization to the Ryukyu people and allowing them to see a new world.

This brand new world has ample food, strong houses that can protect them from wind and rain, and city walls that can protect them. This brand new world is placed in front of them, and they participated in its construction.

With such a bright world, the Ryukyu people naturally abandoned the world that left them hungry and dead without any regrets.

(End of this chapter)