Chastity Layman

  Chapter 775 Secret

  Fuqingfang, also known as Fuqingwu, or Fuqing Manor.

   This is an enclave under the rule of the governor of Fuzhou. This lively place with a population of more than 50,000 people is not registered in the yamen, like a black hole.

  Before the Qin family came, here was a group of poor and ferocious exiles seeking to resettle the Fanyi. They could neither register their household registration nor collect a penny of taxes, nor could they even collect service.

  For a long time, the Fuzhou Yamen regarded these islanders as the same as those Dan people drifting on the coast and sea, and the government did not treat them as human beings at all.

After the Qin family came, these Fanyi, who were a headache to look at and hated to hear, turned out to be moneymakers. The Qin family named it Fuqing in the place formerly known as Guolao Mountain, built a wharf and port, opened manors and workshops, The processing of camphor incense, the planting of commercial villages, and various handmade commodity workshops have been started, which are very impressive.

  Originally, the Fuzhou Yamen also thought about bringing Fuqing under its jurisdiction. At first, they wanted to set up a township here, and later they wanted to simply set up a county, and planned to send officials to manage it, but the Qin family went directly to the Fuzhou Yamen to meet the previous governor.

  No one knew what they talked about, but afterwards, the governor never mentioned the matter of setting up townships and counties to send officials.

  Fuqing is registered as a commercial settlement in the state government archives, and according to the regulations of the imperial court, commercial settlements are encouraged. For merchants who hire people or use slaves to open up wasteland, they are allowed to be permanent workers, with tax exemption for the first three years and tax reduction for another three years.

   New handicraft workshops, etc., are also free of land use, and tax exemption for the first three and a half years.

The Qin family is very generous. Although the imperial court has various incentive policies, the Qin family should give a lot of money. They also donate a large amount of money and food every year. Even in the event of floods and droughts, they also volunteered to donate food.

He also donated a lot to the regiment training and joint defense in the prefecture. With these, although Fuzhou has changed its governor, it has completely given the right of self-government to Fuqing, and kept its promise. Not a single official was sent here make trouble.

  Fuqing is completely managed by the Qin family.

  There are almost 40,000 Liuqiu Fanmin, plus the tens of thousands brought by the Qin family, this place is more lively than ordinary county towns.

  But the Qin family is well-managed.

  The port wharf is very lively, but there are only some shops and workshops here, twelve miles away from the wharf, and there is a city at the upper reaches of the Longjiang Estuary.

  It’s called Fuqingwu, but it’s actually no different from a city.

   Even the inside and outside are double, plus the closed compartment.

  The inner city is where the stewards, craftsmen, and guards live, while the outer city is the shop, workshop area, warehouse area, etc. Outside the outer city, there are also large areas of houses, but they are planned for the dormitory areas, canteens, etc. of those foreigners.

  There is a 500-strong business group guarding Fuqing. In addition, several joint defense teams have been formed from slaves, workshop workers, and shop assistants. The security of the entire area is still very good.

  Qin Lang visited Fuqingwu, which is not too big but very lively, and before entering the city, he also visited the villages on both sides of the Longjiang River.

  Currently, more than 1,600 hectares of land have been reclaimed, most of which were purchased directly from Liu Qiuren.

  The more than 160,000 mu of land can now bring almost 500,000 shi of grain to Fuqingwu a year, which is not only fully capable of supplying more than 50,000 people in Fuqing, but also has a lot of surplus.

Originally, Liuqiu people have been here for more than 20 years, and it was difficult to fill their stomachs, but when the Qin family came, they brought with them advanced farming techniques from the Central Plains, a lot of advanced iron farm tools, and a lot of cattle and horses to plow the fields. , also used the rice seeds of Lin Yiguo here, two seasons a year.

  Combined with the use of composting technology, the yield per mu has exceeded three stones per year in two seasons, more than three times the output of Liu Qiuren in the past.

  There are many islands here, and the fishery resources are also good. The Qin family still herds cattle, horses and sheep here, and also engages in the sideline business of fishing and drying salt.

Looking through the ledger, Qin Lang found that the real moneymakers were actually workshops and trade, especially camphor incense processing workshops were the most profitable. Shipyards and shiprepair yards have yet to recover their costs. Agriculture seems to be good, but the income is not high. .

  Other workshops, such as clothing, shoemaking, fishing nets, pottery and woodware, etc., mainly supply local and other places in Fuzhou. The scale is small and the efficiency is not high.

  The salt factory is small in scale and mainly self-supplied.

  The previous trade with Liuqiu was profitable, but it has stopped for half a year this year.

   "Ah Lang, Fan Ren is here."

  Qin Lang raised his head from the ledger, nodded, and closed the ledger.

   There were thirty or so people who came in. They couldn't tell from their clothes, but they looked like a group of rich landlords, wearing silk shirts, and wearing haircuts.

  But basically all kinds of tattoos are tattooed on the face.

  In terms of appearance alone, there is not much difference between them and people from the Central Plains. They are similar in appearance to people from Lingnan. They are not tall and dark.

   After these people came in, they respectfully bowed their heads.

"sit!"

   "Tea!"

  Fuqing is a major property of the Qin family, and a lot of hard work has been put into it. The prosperity it is today is actually inseparable from these people.

  In recent years, most of the Fan people have been working in the Qin family, either farming or working, or raising cattle and horses for fishing. They all do things with wages, and their lives are more comfortable.

  The Qin family has the management system of the Qin family, such as building a special dormitory and providing board and lodging for the Fan people. These benefits have actually broken the living form of the tribal villages of the Fan people in a disguised form.

Fans sold the land they couldn't fill their stomachs to the Qin family at a high price, moved into the Qin family's dormitory, ate a canteen, accepted collective management, and enjoyed convenience and comfort, but also broke the traditional life of the past , especially the leaders of the former tribal villages, the control over the Fan people is not as good as before.

  But as a leader, he will not give up the power in his hand easily.

  Some leaders accepted the employment of the Qin family and became foremen or stewards, while some refused to hire them.

   But no matter what, these leaders are living a good life.

  The chief steward of the Qin family introduced these leaders to Qin Lang one by one, which tribe they came from, what their names were, etc.

   "Huans Island Hammer, meet Saburo."

   When it was Huans Island's turn, he didn't wait for the management to introduce him, so he took the initiative to report his name and saluted respectfully.

  Qin Lang smiled slightly, "I know you, the son of Laowang Huansibu on Liuqiu Island, are you still used to living here? Do you want to return to Liuqiu Island again?"

Huanjue Daomaichi has read a lot of books over the years, and knows the allusion of being reluctant to miss Shu, so he quickly replied, "This place is very good, especially since the Qin family came here, it has made our Liuqiu fans have a good life." day."

   "But Liuqiu is your hometown after all, so you don't want to go back?"

  Huans Island Hammer hesitated for a moment, but said, "This is good, this is good."

"Hahaha!"

Qin Lang smiled and said, "I'm patrolling the southeast of the province this time. I passed by here, so I came here to have a look. I also plan to go to Liuqiu Island on the other side to have a look. I heard that some Fanwangs over there are a little too greedy. They wanton We refused to raise the price of camphor incense, and they actually closed our shop and detained our people."

   "I plan to go and have a look. I still lack some guides who are familiar with the island. I originally wanted to pick some of you. Since I am happy here, then forget it."

   "Dao Zai is willing to serve Duke Wei!" Dao Zai heard this, and hurriedly shouted.

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  Qin Lang left Huan Sidao alone.

  This is the office room of the chief steward, and Shimazuke used to come and go frequently, but sitting here today makes him feel very self-confident.

  He knelt on the mat, his whole body was tense, and he didn't dare to relax.

   "Drink tea!"

   "Thank you Mr. Qin."

  Qin Lang chuckled, "A certain man is no longer my husband, so I'm done. This is the fifth time I've quit my job. Do you know the reason?"

  Island Hammer hurriedly shook his head.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. I was ordered by the saint to patrol the southeast of the province this time. I started from Shanhaiguan at the northernmost point. There, a certain person heard that the Goguryeo people dared to rob my merchant ships on the Bohai Seaway of the Tang Dynasty, so a certain person led troops. Annihilated more than a thousand soldiers and horses on the long island of the Goguryeo people. The interrogation revealed that these people were robbed under the order of the Lord of Beisha City, so a certain soldier simply led troops to take down Beisha City."

"Do you know where Beisha City is? It's at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in the north. It's built on a big mountain. The city is ten miles in circumference. It's extremely dangerous. There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, but a certain one can make it with just a thousand people in one night." After breaking through this city, the tens of thousands of people in Beisha City were all captured and sold as slaves by me..."

   Huan Sidaozui listened to Qin Lang's slow talk in shock, but understood the astonishment behind it. When the Sui army attacked Liuqiu, he was still young, but he also saw the battle with his own eyes. The strength of the Sui army was deeply imprinted in his mind, but the tens of thousands of Sui troops led by Zhang Zhenzhou and Chen Ling did not enter the land of no one. They also stubbornly resisted and killed many Sui troops.

   But now Qin Lang said that he only had a thousand people, and it was unimaginable that he could break through a ten-mile mountain city guarded by ten thousand people in one night.

   Could it be that the Qin family likes to brag about how great their patriarch is.

  The name of the Qin family's two generations of war gods is well-deserved.

   "Those Fan Wangs on Liuqiu Island are not as good as each generation. Compared with your Huansi family back then, they are far worse."

   "I'm going to teach these greedy guys a lesson."

   Huansi Island Hammer didn't dare to talk nonsense, but was faintly excited.

   "I heard that the tens of thousands of Liuqiu people in Fuqing come from more than a dozen tribes on the island, and you Huansi Island is now the most prestigious one here?"

   "Dare not dare."

"I know you. I heard your name when I was in Chang'an. Before my Qin family came, you were the leader of the largest tribe among the dozen or so tribes here. You fought bravely and had excellent strategies. After my Qin family came , You took the initiative to bring the tribe to join us, sell us land, and cooperate with us, you are a smart person."

  Shimatsu sat there obediently.

"But I also know that you don't just show it. In the past few years, while you have helped the Qin family manage these Fan people, you have also organized an incense meeting. Every year, in the name of offering incense to ancestors, Fan people join the association. Pay membership fees, build incense boats, and select many young and strong people to row incense boats to the island every year, called ancestor worship, in fact, to practice martial arts in battle, and even secretly smuggle prohibited things, build armor, etc. "

Huan Sidaomai was so startled that his whole body was covered in sweat, and he knelt down on the ground, almost lying on the ground. He didn't expect that Qin Lang had mastered all his secrets. All along, he thought that he did it by himself. secret.

"Huansi Island Hammer, I know that you intend to return to Liuqiu, and even regain the territory of your own tribe. However, you are in Datang now, and what you have done is treason, heinous, and punishable. Nine clans, do you know?"

  Huansi Island Cutter trembled like chaff, "Please spare your life, Duke Wei!"

  (end of this chapter)