The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 761 Extra Story 01 Let's Buy an Island
On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head. This day represents the coming of spring, and it also reminds people who have been silent for a winter that the new year has begun.

For the students of Jiwei College, the second day of February has a new meaning, that is, the one-month winter vacation is over and the college is about to start.

"Dean, there are a total of 52 new students enrolled this year. Here are the detailed files of the new students. Please take a look-"

The person speaking was a 25-year-old young man. He was wearing a black short-legged headband, a lake-blue quilted robe, and a four-finger-wide inlaid square jade belt around his waist. Wearing purses, jade pendants and other things, and wearing a pair of black leather boots.

Mr. Xiao Lang is well-dressed, and he looks very dignified, with clear eyebrows, a tall and straight figure, and a short beard on his lips. When he speaks, he speaks seriously with a bit of respect, obviously respecting the woman in front of him. look.

"Well, this year is the first enrollment since the establishment of Mingzhou Branch. This place is no better than Beijing, Lishan, or Guangzhou. It is not easy to have more than [-] new students enrolled today."

Xiao Nan was dressed in a crimson Hu suit, sitting cross-legged on a low couch, leaning against a bed, holding a roll of freshman enrollment list in her hand, she looked through it roughly, and found that the children who entered the school were basically from Mingzhou The local aristocratic families, wealthy people, and a few others came from the surrounding counties. She nodded with satisfaction, closed the booklet, and said to Cui Lingshen approvingly: "Silang, you have done a good job. You have only worked hard for two years. So I supported the Mingzhou branch, and I am very pleased."

The young man, that is, Cui Lingshen, who was registered under Cui Huibo's name but actually is Cui Yanbo's concubine, after hearing Xiao Nan's praise, he did not show an expression of ecstasy, he still said calmly: "I also I didn’t do anything, it all depends on Auntie’s careful guidance.”

As he spoke, he twitched the corners of his mouth again, and said with a little pride: "In addition, the reputation of our Jiwei Academy is too great, so I hardly need to do anything, just type the four words 'Jiwei Academy' to show Many old and new aristocratic families in the state rushed to inquire about admission matters... It is Shen alone that Mingzhou College can get on the right track so quickly."

These words seem to be flattering on the surface, but they are actually the truth. Since the Lishan Rebellion that year, the sage has praised Jiwei College, and personally named the college the "No. [-] College in the World".

Afterwards, the queen even sent the prince directly to Jiwei Academy.Of course, the prince is different from ordinary students, he doesn't have to live on campus, and he doesn't have to go to class every day, but even if the prince only goes for one day in ten days, he is still a student of Jiwei College.

With the most noble person in the world as a student, it would be difficult for Jiwei Academy to maintain its reputation, just like the name bestowed by a sage, but within two or three years, it has become the number one institution resounding in the north and south of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Jiwei College can achieve such achievements in a short period of time, in addition to the support of the royal family, it is also inseparable from the full development of the principal Xiao Nan.

Six years ago, Xiao Nan moved to Guangzhou with her husband, Cui Youbo, and his family. The college in the capital was temporarily managed by Cui Lingwen, the dean of the Lishan Branch. Start preparations for the Guangzhou Branch.

Because Xiao Nan knows very well that once the Guangzhou Shipping Department is established, this place is bound to become a large international port, and its prosperity is no less than that of Suzhou, Hangzhou and other counties. According to the law of social development, Guangzhou is becoming more and more prosperous, which will definitely attract More families came to 'gold rush'.

With more families and more people, the issue of education will gradually become the focus.

And Xiao Nan's ambition is to open Jiwei Academy all over the Tang Dynasty, and make herself or the Cui family a famous educator in history. Although Guangzhou at this time is far from as prosperous as later generations, when she realizes its development momentum Finally, it was decided to set up a branch in Guangzhou.

However, in order to show her respect for the family, she discussed it with Cui Youbo in advance, and then Cui Youbo wrote a letter to Cui Ze in the capital, reporting the matter in detail, and finally expressed sincerely that he would wholeheartedly spread the word in the city. In the preparatory work of the shipping company, the wife is too busy to do it alone, so I want to ask the family to recommend one or two capable nephews to come and help.

It is a good thing to open a college, and Cui Ze has seen with his own eyes the various honors and great benefits that Jiwei College has brought to the Cui family, and heard his son introduce the huge potential of Guangzhou in detail, so he agreed to his son's suggestion without even thinking about it.

In fact, he also understands that his son and daughter-in-law are already full-fledged, and the couple want to be famous and have a holy family. Even if he disagrees, Cui Youbo and his wife will continue to act according to their wishes.

Instead of this, it's better to be happy, why bother to make yourself uncomfortable.

Besides, it is really a good thing to open a branch. Even in the most remote place of exile (Lingnan, Lingnan), it should be able to seek benefits for the family. On the other hand, Cui Ze has no reason to refuse.

As for the "recommendation" mentioned in Cui Youbo's letter, Cui Ze delineated the candidate after a little thought. Leaving aside the hundreds of clansmen in Luoyang, they are the ones in the capital. In Kangtang's house, there are two-digit grandchildren who have reached the age of 16.

If the Rong'an Hall next door is added, this number will be doubled.

Although Cui Ze has entered Zhongshu and is one of the five ministers, it is easy to arrange for his descendants to become officials.But the imperial court was not run by the Cui family, and he was not the only prime minister. No matter how capable he was, it was impossible for him to push all his children and grandchildren into official careers.

If you don't want to be an official, then be a celebrity who teaches and educates people.

Cui Ze is confident that with him, the Cui family can still prosper for 20 years.

But what about 20 years later?

The eldest son, Cui Yanbo, is capable but not outstanding. His younger brother, who is more than ten years younger than him, has become a third-rank feudal official, but he is still wandering around several yamen gates in the capital. The lower rank of the third product.According to this speed of promotion, it is estimated that Cui Yanbo will be able to enter the main center when the grass on Cui Ze's grave grows to the height of a person.

The eldest son is not good, Cui Ze can only devote all his heart and soul to the eldest grandson, Cui Lingyuan is indeed better than his father, but he is too young, and it is estimated that it will be three to forty years before he is eligible to enter the council hall.

During this period, there was a power gap period of more than 20 years. What Cui Ze has to do now is to try to cultivate more helpers. Even if he resigns from the high position, there will be people who will support Cui Lingyuan.

Maybe someone asked, why did Cui Ze insist on hanging on a tree? He could definitely push Cui Youbo to the top position.

In fact, the reason is very simple. As a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, the Cui family must have some iron laws that cannot be changed even if they are killed, that is the 'inheritance system'.

No matter how outstanding Cui Youbo is, he is still the youngest son. As long as Cui Yanbo is not so stupid as to anger others, Cui Ze can't deprive him of his right to be the head of the family.

Not to mention that Cui Youbo has passed away, and is no longer a descendant of Rongkangtang, but a branch of his own. In the future, the two branches of Rongkangtang and Rongshoutang will support each other, but they are no longer a family.

The topic is far away, let's get back to the main story. In order to train more assistants for the family, Cui Ze will not let go of the best platform of the Guangzhou branch, so he deliberately put Cui Zhongbo's second son Cui Lingjian, the family His nephew Cui Wenbo sent him to Guangzhou.

These two people are not very old, whether they can do it or not is another matter, at least they know the importance, after arriving in Guangzhou, they fully cooperated with Xiao Nan, and did not despise her even because she is a woman, on the contrary, they respected her even more.

Although Guangzhou at this time is not a barren land, it is not very prosperous. The land is several times cheaper than the capital, Xiao Nan has money in his hand, and he has the order of a first-class wife on his body, so he can do it without any effort. A huge piece of land was taken.

After choosing the school site, Xiao Nan ordered the accompanying artisans to design it according to the style of the Capital Academy, and then recruited labor for construction.

It was at this time that Cui Lingjian and Cui Wenbo arrived in Guangzhou. When they arrived, they only had to make some adjustments before starting to work with their sleeves rolled up.

Cui Wenbo was a little older, so he took over the supervision of the college's construction site.

It was Cui Lingjian's first trip abroad, Xiao Nan didn't give him any independent errands, but ordered him to stay with Cui Youbo, to see how Cui Youbo prepared the city bureau, how he selected subordinate officials, and how he dealt with the prefectures and magistrates in Guangzhou.

Not to mention, Cui Lingjian has been busy working with her uncle for half a year, leaving early and returning late, her fair and tender face was tanned, her somewhat thin body became stronger, and she became more down-to-earth and stable.

After the academy was completed, Cui Lingjian would be able to take charge of dealing with local aristocratic families, recruiting students and other matters in a decent manner without Xiao Nan's orders.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Except for some important matters, she assigned all the specific affairs of the college to Cui Wenbo and Cui Lingjian, and started busying herself with other things.

This matter is related to the Shipbuilding Department.

It is said that before the establishment of the Shibo Division, Guangzhou had already had maritime trade, and Dashi (that is, Arabia) had reached China by sea. The area around the Nanyang Islands) and other places also traded in Guangzhou.

It's just that these are folk activities, and the scale is not very large.

In order to show the majesty of the kingdom of heaven, the local officials welcome these foreign businessmen very much, and they don't even collect taxes.

After Cui Youbo’s Shibo Department was formally established, it carried out detailed regulations on Sino-foreign trade in Guangzhou, such as dividing the city and districts (that is, separating commercial and residential buildings), supporting the Yi people to build temples of their own religion, and setting up fan The director resolved specific disputes, what stipulated the types of taxes and the amount to be collected... etc. After nearly a year of regulation and rectification by him, Guangzhou's maritime trade has developed rapidly.

Maritime trade developed rapidly, and profits poured in, attracting countless businessmen.

Very good, here comes the problem, everyone wants to go to sea to do business, so there must be a means of transportation, the small sea boats in the past will definitely not work, and the big cannibal sea boats will not be easily given up to the Tang people.

Just when the businessmen were impatient, in an unremarkable small fishing village, a thing called 'dock' was officially completed, and the first sea-going ship of Cui's shipyard was also launched for the first time.

Wang You'an, the richest man in the capital, spent huge sums of money to buy this first sea-going ship, and led a caravan of more than [-] people, loaded with boxes of exquisite porcelain and silk, and set sail for a long journey under the eager eyes of many merchants.

Half a year later, Wang Youan's caravan returned smoothly, bringing back piles of precious goods such as ivory, rhino horn, spices and red sapphires.

The successful cases are right in front of our eyes, and those businessmen who are "heavy profits" can't sit still anymore, they have raised funds, ordered sea ships at Cui's shipyard, recruited young men for caravans... Everyone is so busy that they can't wait to The goods can be carried to sea immediately.

Thanks to Xiao Nan, the communication at that time was much faster than in the past. There were kites and pigeons flying in the sky every day. With these smart and cute little animals, the information flow was extremely fast.

Many big families from all over the world have heard the news that going to sea can make a lot of money. These days, no one thinks there is too much money. As long as there is a more important business, even if it is risky, there will be people rushing to do it.

The merchants represented by dignitaries and aristocratic families in the capital and other places have arrived in Guangzhou one after another. Of course, not all of them are preparing to go to sea. Those with bright minds have already started buying land and building shops.

It didn't take two years for restaurants, inns, mansions, etc. to spring up like mushrooms after rain.

Business is booming, merchants are like weaving, and the tax in Guangzhou has been increased by a large amount immediately. In addition to the shipping tax levied by the Shipping Department, Cui Youbo ordered people to transport back to the capital. Said 'Su Chun is really a capable minister'.

But soon the problem came again. The opening of the Maritime Silk Road not only attracted Chinese and foreign merchants, but also attracted a kind of unpleasant creature-pirates, or pirates.

The pirates not only plundered the fleet at sea, but even more daring ones even sneaked into the port and landed on land to rob after hearing that Guangzhou was rich.

Just grab it, but these guys still have no professional ethics. They not only rob money, but also kill people. Some remote fishing villages were even massacred by inhuman pirates.

Cui Youbo was furious. Facing the siege of He Lu's army, he could survive to the end, not to mention these low-level sea thieves.

At that moment, he seconded 300 soldiers from the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion, and by the way, [-] soldiers from his own repertoire. He personally led the team and took a boat to the pirate's lair—a deserted island in the South China Sea.

It happened that Li Rong followed Wang You'an's fleet back from Sri Lanka (now Sumatra Island). Hearing about this, he immediately pulled out his lance and followed Cui Youbo to suppress the bandits.

Facing more than 300 fully armed regular troops, the two to three hundred pirates on the deserted island were beaten to the brim, half of them were killed on the spot, and the rest were either seriously injured or captured. The deserted island was also given by Uncle Cui. A fire burned out.

For these vicious pirates, Cui Youbo didn't show mercy, he directly killed them all, ordered people to cut off their heads, and brought them all back to Guangzhou to hang on poles for public display.

Then Cui Youbo wrote a memorial to the capital to report the matter. The saint was very happy to hear that Cui Youbo went alone to suppress the bandits and killed hundreds of enemies. Cui Xiao, the second daughter of Cui Youbo, is the Lord of Wupin County.

Why only seal the daughter but not the son?
There is also an allusion to this. In the early years, after Cui Youbo made a certain contribution, the emperor wanted to confer a honor on Cui Youbo's eldest son, but Cui Youbo refused.

In Cui Youbo's words, the future of the sons and daughters should be won by themselves. If the children and grandchildren are really unworthy, he will come to ask for the grace of the saint.

At that time, the emperor heard Cui Youbo's words, and felt that Cui Youbo was a capable, loyal, and frank courtier, but he had to reward those who had meritorious service, so he simply rewarded Cui Youbo's wife and daughters.First it was Xiao Nan's First Grade Lady, then Cui Lingxi's County Lord, and now it's Cui Xiao's turn.

For this, Xiao Nan was very satisfied. With his daughter's order, and Cui Youbo, a capable Aye, he would definitely be able to make a better marriage.

What made Xiao Nan even more satisfied was that with the successful case of the Guangzhou Shipping Department, the emperor quickly accepted Cui Youbo's suggestion and opened foreign trade ports in Mingzhou (now Ningbo) and Quanzhou.And Jiwei College also followed in the footsteps of Shibo Division, and successively opened Mingzhou Branch and Quanzhou Branch.

The only dissatisfaction is that Li Rong is also stationed in Guangzhou.

It turns out that Cui Youbo’s memorial, in addition to reporting meritorious service, also made a suggestion, that is, to build a sea guard with a number of 3000 to [-] people. The personnel can be transferred from the sixteen guards, but they must be under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Department. .

The emperor felt very reasonable.

Moreover, from Cui Youbo's several reports, the emperor learned that overseas is a huge world. In the vast areas of the South China Sea and the East China Sea not far from the Tang Dynasty, there are also islands of different sizes, although these places are small. , Very desolate, very insignificant compared to the vast and fertile land of the Tang Dynasty, but what Xiao Nan said is right, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and conquering more islands will also expand the territory.

Since these islands belong to Datang, they are also their own property, how can they allow sea thieves to covet them?
Therefore, the emperor discussed with the important ministers in the meeting hall, and decided to set up the Zhechong Mansion in the South China Sea in Guangzhou, with 500 soldiers, appointed Li Rong as the captain of Zhechong, and was responsible for training sailors.

Li Rong sought this official position by himself. Of course, he doesn't care about being a captain. What he cares about is the vast ocean and the different customs and customs at the other end of the ocean.

After the letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials came out, Li Rong happily went straight to the Shi Ship Department, and almost 'blackmailed' two sea ships by pinching Uncle Cui's neck.

Then, he ran to Cui's house with a mean face, asking Xiao Nan to 'beg for alms'.

"What? Five hundred leather rafts? You pirate!"

As soon as Xiao Nan heard Li Rong's words, he took a photo on the spot. This guy thought she opened a bank and could blackmail her at will?
"Cousin, this statement is wrong." Li Rong raised his index finger and shook it in front of Xiao Nan, "It's not pirates, but to fight pirates. Think about it, most of the soldiers drawn by the sixteen guards are diggers. There are not many landlubbers that are good at water. To train them to fight pirates, at least let them learn to swim in the sea first. This cowhide raft is an important tool for training~”

Xiao Nan's outstretched fingers trembled a little, an important tool?Fuck me, sister is not the captain Zhechong!
Li Rong seemed to think it was not enough, so he said loudly, "By the way, when it comes to tools, there is one more thing I need my cousin to help with... that firearm, and ammunition, hehe, please ask my cousin to help me get some. After all, you Get more familiar with the general supervisor and the armory!"

"..." Xiao Nan was speechless.

After a long time, she nodded slowly, with a strange light in her eyes, and said, "Yes, but you have to exchange things!"

Li Rong raised his eyebrows and said to himself, I knew this would happen. Your wife Qi Guo is a profiteer and never trades at a loss.

A month later, the largest newspaper in the capital city published an advertisement with a very large and attractive title - Do you want to buy an island? !
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