A group of sailors had already lowered the main sail. The little sister already knew that it was difficult to lift the sail rope of the Fuchuan, so she asked: "Do you want to dock for a while?"

"Yes, Miss Second." Huang Laigui smiled and said, "We, Fu No. 1, have not been overhauled for a long time. This time we have to park for about ten days, have a good rest, and wait for the goods to be shipped back to Fuzhou."

"Oh, you can also have a good rest!"

"Yes." Huang Laigui said: "My parents are also in the Dongfan and in the Huaxi Yangjian Courtyard. This time we can meet. In short, it is a blessing for the lord."

"One can work hard together to make life better and better."

The second sister presided over Nan'an Villa for a while, so her words were quite appropriate, which made the deck in front of her happy.

Soon the ship was parked, and the main sail also descended. Then the hull, which was about ten meters long, was dragged to the side of the pier and parked against the dock.

Then they put down the pedal, and the second sister and Xiuniang had already walked to the pedal surrounded by the maids and maids.

A tall figure strode up from under the pedal, and Xu Zixian's face appeared in front of everyone.

"Little sister, Xiu Niang." Xu Zixian said happily: "You have arrived!"

The little girl felt her nose sore, and then her eyes were filled with tears. When she turned her eyes to look beside her, she found that Xiuniang had similar expressions.

"Girls just love to cry." Xu Zi first patted the little girl's head, but it was difficult to embrace Xiuniang in front of everyone, so he had to help the two girls off the deck one by one.

"Is the sea blue? The sky blue." Xu Zixian and two women walked out of the pier and walked along the road above the beach.

The large beach, dozens of meters deep, is covered with yellow and white gravel, behind it is a sapphire-like blue sea, and the sky is also pure blue, without clouds, and without any trace of variegation.

Looking around, there is a pure blue color almost everywhere you see, as pure as gems, magnificent and weird.

This is a scenery that cannot be seen in Fuzhou or Quanzhou. This deep, pure, impurity-free water and sky color can only be seen in Dongfan.

"So beautiful." Xiu Niang's eyes showed confusion, shock and touching expression. She whispered to Xu Zixian: "June, will we live here in the future?"

"Within three to five years," Xu Zixian said calmly: "We may all live on this island for even longer."

"That's great." The younger sister clapped her hands first and said, "Beautiful and safe, it's so reassuring. Brother, if you are not in Nan'an, we can't even sleep well. We have to wake up several times in a night."

Xu Zixian's rise was also quite thrilling. Several major wars broke out in Nan'an. When the war broke out, Xiaomei and Xiuniang had to wait for the outcome of the war in the other courtyard.

The most dangerous thing was during the Jiangtan battle. Xu Zixian also arranged a retreat. If he really couldn't win, he could ask someone to quickly send his younger sister and Xiuniang to Fuzhou Prefecture City. He had already asked the King of Qi to take care of him...

After these things, even young girls can realize the difficulties and dangers of the world. At least in this era, a man's path to success is almost related to blood and life.

In Nan'an without Xu Zixian, it is quite normal for girls to feel a decrease in their sense of security.

"Yes." Xu Zi nodded first and said with a smile: "Before you get married, you will be with me all the time."

"Brother, you are getting more and more shameless now." The little girl flew her cheeks and gave Xu Zi a first glance.

At this moment, the little girl was also very beautiful. Xu Zi first shook her head and cursed with a smile: "Wei Yanke is really lucky."

"By the way." The little sister asked, "Why has there been no news from Brother Zhang?"

"He has served as a vocational department in the martial arts lecture hall of the capital. Now I have submitted a report to both governments and requested to be transferred to the Nanyang Navy to serve as the commander of the camp. This is a very suitable position for him. However, Brother Zhang is very strong himself and said that the water camp navy did not understand everything. He also got the approval of the Shufu. He went to Wang Zhi's side to serve for a while, and then came to the Nanyang Navy after a while."

The transfer of Xu Xingwei to the Nanyang Navy and served as the battalion commander of the navy's military soldiers was also Xu Zi's decision after careful consideration.

With Xu Xingwei's family background, fame, and hidden strength, any battalion commander is more than enough, and he can even be the deputy commander of the army, or the Du Yuhou.

But Xu Zi first considered that Xu Xingwei was not within the Nan'an system. Although the Xu Xingwei family, like the Wei Yi family, had long determined their determination to cooperate with the Nan'an Marquis Mansion. In the development of the East Basilica, the Xu Xingwei family controlled some resources from western Zhejiang and could provide paper, pens, inkstones and other popular sources of literature and inks at sea. His family was also willing to open branches on the island, and assisted in recruiting craftsmen and immigrants. The Xu Xingwei family has been helping with these things. This investment is quite good, but it is far from enough.

Wei Yi is a civil servant, and he can directly control Penghu for Xu Zixian. This contribution is quite considerable. In the eyes of Nan'an military officers, Xu Xingwei has not made any contribution and directly served as a military position at the military level. Even if Xu Zixian strongly promotes it, it will cause emotional dissatisfaction within the military officers and may even rebound.

Xu Xingwei may have considered this, so he did not come directly to work, but instead invited Wang Zhi to practice.

This is actually related to Xu Zixian. Considering that he had some friendship with Wang Zhi, after his main strength entered the East Vanguard, the threat from pirates became huge. At least at this stage, Xu Zixian hoped to get news from Wang Zhi and establish some effective news channels.

When Xu Xingwei arrived at Pingdao, as long as he maintained good relations and obtained certain information, it would be quite good news to the Nan'an Marquis Mansion and could be regarded as making considerable contributions.

"So that's it," the little girl nodded thoughtfully and said, "No wonder Brother Zhang hasn't returned for a long time."

Xu Zixian had only two friends, one was Wei Yi and the other was Xu Xingwei. He often interacted with him. The younger sister was very familiar with them and respected Xu Xingwei very much.

"We have two major events recently." Xu Zixian said to his younger sister: "One is to reclaim land in a crazy way, and it is to consolidate the foundation. The other is to carry out construction and build more buildings, ports, warehouses, and factories. So in the past few months, I hope it will be calm and I will not take the initiative to mess with others."

He knew that the younger sister was worried and was afraid that in recent times, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion had involved some places that should not be involved. This younger sister was meticulous and not old, and seemed much more careful than many adults.

"I'd like to serve my brother." After hearing this, my younger sister felt much more relieved. She smiled sweetly and her expression on her face became relaxed.

"Let me go and have a look."

The beach is a slope. After walking up hundreds of steps, it is a road that runs north and south. It is called a road, which means that it can accommodate two large trucks in parallel.

This is already quite good.

A few months ago, there was only a simple port here, a simple road facing east-west and one car.

Even now, it still has some original appearance.

There are small hilly areas, covered with trees, shrubs, and large tracts of green spread from the port marina and penetrate deep into the plain area.

If you are a painter, you can create the most beautiful pictures here.

On one side of the sea and sky is pure blue, while on the embankment is pure green with primitive style.

A group of people from Nan'an were stunned. The good weather here made everyone feel comfortable, especially when the sea breeze blows, it is much more comfortable than in the stuffy and narrow cabin on the boat.

What Xiaomei and Xiuniang noticed more were large areas of land and large areas of mansions under demolition.

"Then there is a new settlement." Xu Zixian stood on a high place, pointing to his right hand, where there was indeed a large residential area with white walls and black tiles.

Xiuniang then noticed that Xu Zi lifted up the hem of her robe, and even so, the robe was covered with black stains.

Xu Zi first responded to Xiuniang and smiled: "We have opened up land and farmed land and dug the silt fields in the rivers and streams, so we may get sludge everywhere we go. There is nothing we can do about it."

Afterwards, Xu Zi introduced it one by one in the depths of the crowd.

Along the main road, there are large storage areas on both sides, and walking not far to the east-west commercial area. There are dozens of shops opening here.

Residents can also buy any items here, whether they are from Jiangling or Jiangnan goods from Mingzhou, or from northern specialties from the capital, or from Fujian, Jiangxi, or from Guangdong and Guangxi. There are everything here.

Of course, not all goods are supplied in large quantities, and most of the groceries are from Fujian. However, many merchant ships start to dock through the Dongfan and will also send out some goods, resulting in a very rich source of goods on this barren island.

There are more than ten other ships of cargo at the dock where Fu-1 is docked, most of which are their own ships of the Nan'an Hou Mansion. After a period of renovation, they can already go out to sea and sail for a long voyage.

The reason why he was still parked in place was that Xu Zixian was not able to provide a large amount of goods, and the goods he had returned had already gone to sea to Japan and Luzon.

This is just a tentative trade, establishing some fixed trade channels that belong to the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

In addition, there is a lack of a large number of sailors and qualified captains, pilots, sailors, decks, etc.

In the absence of cargo and lack of personnel, these precious cargo ships can only stay in the port, which is a serious waste.

There are two other merchant ships coming from Mingzhou. After knowing about the development of the Dongfan period, some merchant ships no longer traveled from Penghu, but stayed in the Dongfan period. They also provide food and water, and some specialties are also sold.

The cargo volume is not large at present, but Dongfan provides free food and water and safe protection. For merchant ships heading south, there is no loss if they stay here for a while.

This has brought some vitality to the Dongfan. After all, before that, except for a few merchant ships that acquired sand gold, beans, and flax, there were no merchant ships here all year.

Xu Zixian made a big move. The port here has mobilized more than a thousand craftsmen and officials to repair and expand. Because the number of small boats is sufficient, it is very convenient to transport goods and replenish food and water. At least from the perspective of merchant ships, the mooring here is not bad.

After passing through a large storage area, it is a settlement area with a higher terrain and gentler terrain.

Large areas of old mansions have been demolished or are being demolished.

This kind of straw-and-clay house has no value of recycling and is directly discarded.

Several miles away from the north end, several blast furnaces were emitting blue smoke. Xu Zixian pointed there and said, "There are iron factories, brick factories, and wooden factories there."

The little sister and Xiuniang have seen raw brick embryos everywhere. More than a hundred strong men use wooden molds to divide the prepared clay into pieces of mud bricks with brick embryos, then dry them, and finally send them to the blast furnace to burn bricks with fire.

This brick making method has been passed down in China for many years and is still the same in later generations. However, the quality and tools of coal have changed slightly, and there have not been much changes in the core.

One by one, the settlements appeared in the green eyes. Xu Zixian smiled and said, "A farm lived in exactly one hundred households, and a hundred officials were appointed to manage civil affairs, and a hundred criminal officials were appointed to solve the case and interrogate the case, the Jing'an officials were responsible for arresting and collecting traitors, the agricultural officials were responsible for supervising agriculture and sericulture, managing public animal husbandry and farm tools, and the academic officials were responsible for the preparation of the school for each hundred households. The worker officials were responsible for counting working hours and adjusting the affairs of the civil servants and serving the officials in the corvee service..."

There is no shortage of pride and pride in Xu Zixian's words.

The little sister and Xiuniang are not bosses who come to inspect, nor are they distinguished guests.

This is his family, the closest person, even closer to him than King Qi or Wei Yi, Xu Xingwei, which makes him feel happy and makes him willing to share his achievements.

Maybe if the parents are still there, they will give Xu Zixian a similar feeling, but unfortunately, their parents have passed away, and only the two girls in front of them can give Xu Zixian the feeling of their relatives.

Xiuniang's eyes were already shiny, and inside were the reverence colors that Xu Zixian liked.

From a poor peasant girl to a part of all this in front of her, Xiuniang is already quite satisfied and contented.

She did not ask Xu Zi to take her parents over first. Her father was too incompetent and would only cause trouble here. It would be better to stay in Nan'an. Anyway, before she left, she asked someone to give her parents a few dozen guan. This was part of Xiu Niang's private money. She could give her hundreds of guan, but Xiu Niang was worried that she would give her too much and her father would squander it in the gambling house, so it would be better to give her dozens of guan every few months.
Chapter completed!