Li Han slept on the boat for many days, and of course his cabin was the largest. Even so, he felt narrow and cramped. In addition, the hull was shaking left and right, so he couldn't sleep well for more than ten days.

After getting ashore, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion arranged for him to rest in the original military camp. This place was originally the official hall of the Dongfan Defense Envoy, and the entire row of houses were inns, which were specially used to entertain officials who came to the island to work, and the conditions were quite generous.

When it was dawn in the morning, Li Han stood up according to his habit of staying in the capital.

However, the island was silent. The office hours of Dongfan were too late, and no officials appeared at all, and there were no people in the entire official office area.

After Li Han finished washing, no one came to serve him, so he decided to go out for breakfast.

When I arrived outside, I saw someone walking around. During the day, I found that Nan'an was originally the center of the official office, surrounded by residential houses, and the outside was the planning and setting of restaurants and shops.

But there is no city wall... Li Han reads classics and history well, which is a compulsory homework for every Hanlin Academy. Once he enters the Hanlin Academy, the first thing he does is to help compile the history of the previous dynasties, and read stories of the past dynasties well, including long-form writings, characters, behavioral figures, notes, etc.

So Li Han remembers it very clearly that when he first opened the Dongfan, he chose a location and a village in Nan'anxi. He first established a military camp, then built a yamen, then a few Taoist temples, followed by an affiliated house, and then a business shop. Taizu's original intention was to set up a transshipment port and port dock here to develop the Dongfan into a trading port city.

So since the beginning of its opening, there was no plan to build a city wall fortress here. After all, there would be no worries about the invasion of the northern enemy, but at most there would be rioters and pirates... The pirates were not in the past, so there were no need to worry at all.

Now the Dongfan has built castles in ports and several places. When Li Han went down the wharf, he saw several bricks, all of which were rammed earth and bricks, about ten feet high and square, divided into three or four layers, each of which is about three hundred steps, with multiple arrow holes, and there are obvious bed crossbows and stone cannons at the highest point. For such a military fortress, if there are a few more pirates of tens of thousands of people, it will be difficult to harm the Dongfan now.

The current plan mainly highlights the commercial area.

From the wharf to the market town, large areas of business are built quite grandly, close to the official road, and also directly lead to the wharf and storage areas. Transaction, storage and transfer of goods are very convenient.

Then there is the restaurant area serving the business, and the outer edge is a residential area, but it is not big. It should be the residence of the staff, workers, sailors, officials and guards who serve the commercial area.

Then there are the farmlands on the periphery, the entire Nan'an, and the southwest part of Guanyeying Village, have been squeezed to the periphery side.

The entire area is about five or six miles in a radius, with about 30,000 to 40,000 residents. In the interior of the Great Wei Dynasty, it is about a relatively developed county town or an underdeveloped mansion. However, Li Han has no doubt that with the benefit of defeating pirates, more and more ships are docked, and the vacant land here is enough to cover more buildings and serve more immigrants. The entire place has developed to more than 100,000 residents, and it may not take long to become a mansion city.

Li Han had doubts or dissatisfaction with Xu Zixian's will and management methods, but it did not mean that he would deny Xu Zixian's ability, just as he felt uneasy when he saw the differences between the north and the south, but could not deny the prosperity of the south.

What went wrong? This well-educated man couldn't get the answer.

After having breakfast at a restaurant, Li Han had to feel satisfied with the food here and the attitude of the shopkeeper.

Li Han did not wear official uniforms, nor did he ask the officials of Nan'an Hou Mansion to follow him. The shopkeeper should not know his identity, but his attitude was still quite respectful and polite. The restaurant was exquisite and clean, and the food tasted quite good, which made the breakfast sloppy. Li Han, who didn't care much, accidentally ate a full meal.

"The south is not useless." Lu Sien, an aide who also came from Hebei Road, smiled and said: "The food is not bad, and the morning is not too hot. Well, the students also tried their best to eat. Judging from the scholastic master, it seems that the appetite is not bad."

Li Han smiled and said, "Why do you get the appetite when you sway on the boat? I slept well and got up to have a meal. Sure enough, my appetite was much better."

"There is no need to be rushed to issue an edict." Lu Sien joked: "The food here is not bad, especially the snacks, which are quite exquisite. In the north, we are far inferior to the southeast and southeastern places."

Everyone laughed, and Li Han also agreed that the snacks and banquets in the north were quite average. Even the court dishes that represented the highest level were actually mostly southern dishes... Taizu was a southerner and established his capital in Nanjing in his early years. Later, he moved the capital to Yanjing. He was a royal family and spoke in Nanjing tone, because the palace was an island of dialect and his accent had not been changed for hundreds of years.

"The scenery is not bad either." Li Han smiled and said, "The sea and sky are the same, it is rare to see it in the capital."

"Yes, it's so beautiful."

"The sea water is like a gem. Should a bachelor write a poem?"

In front of me, the sea and the sky are indeed the same, and the scenery is extremely magnificent. Around me are exquisite houses. Following the terrain, you can go all the way to the port pier, and then there is the blue sea surface like gems.

The sea is extremely quiet, the sea water is extremely dark blue, and the color is much deeper than the northern sea.

There are green vegetation, white beaches, and then black reefs and rocks, shrubs, from the forest, the official road is hidden under the green trees, and early pedestrians and cars and horses are walking and galloping on the road.

This is a beautiful scenery, just like the beautiful scenery pictures imagined by the painter, it is much more beautiful than the pictures.

Think about it again, the capital is actually not suitable for being a metropolis. It is too far from the north. The sandstorm is very good in winter, and people all over the city have to cover their faces and walk away because there are too many people. Several rivers outside the capital are exhausted, and the groundwater is very salty and hard to swallow. The water in the palace is all the mountain spring water that is made from outside the city.

Ordinary officials and people do not have such treatment. The weather is very cold, and snow is not melted throughout the winter, and there are few sunny days that are comfortable.

Because of the large population, poor drainage, and a large amount of garbage, due to financial difficulties, the roads are disrepaired, the sky is covered with dust on sunny days, and it is muddy and difficult to walk on rainy days, and the garbage is covered with the ground, which is foul smell.

Li Han also sighed. After getting used to everything, there is nothing, but if there is a comparison, the damage will increase exponentially.

Not only the Dongfan, Jiangling, Mingzhou and Quanzhou are all quite indestructible, but Fuzhou is larger and more prosperous.

The entire Wei Dynasty seemed to be separated by the Yangtze River and became two worlds.

The decay in the north is like the cruel weather in winter, which makes people feel depressed and uncomfortable, and it is a bone-thundering cold. The original north is a fertile land of thousands of miles, densely populated, and prosperous population. Even if it is not as good as the south, it can be called rich.

All changes came from the rise of Donghu. Since then, the north has been attacked by Huqi for many years, with extremely heavy population losses and local areas being destroyed, and its vitality cannot be restored for many years...

Li Han's mood suddenly became worse. He shook his head and said, "No matter how good this place is, it is not a place we should stay for a long time. It is justified that the edict was issued earlier, and after a short rest of two days, he would leave and return to Beijing quickly."

"What the bachelor said is." The aide complimented: "If you are going to join the two governments as the minister, you always need to have the minister's mind."

Li Han smiled bitterly and said, "This is the case in the state. To be honest, I don't want to be the priest."

"That cool umbrella is what thousands of scholars want the most."

"It also depends on the opportunity. Of course, in terms of loyalty to the emperor, sincerity remains unchanged. If the emperor really wants to give me a cool umbrella, I will not refuse. Everything is left to God's will."

As people talked, the crowds of people walking around gradually became denser. Officials, merchants, friends, ordinary farmers, and people were busy, all of whom were in a hurry.

In fact, farmers work the hardest. Many people who go to the fields actually go out before dawn. When they come out again, they go home for breakfast, and the second time they go out to work in the fields.

Li Han knew that a large number of fields were opened around Nan'an River, with the most cotton and bean fields. Now they have been harvested, and the fields have been burned and are being plowed.

After the water is drawn into the fields and the transplanting of rice seedlings is over, the farming work will come to an end in the past. After the solar term enters winter, the entire farm work will be almost busy. The winter break is also the most leisurely season for farmers in the year.

The situation here in Dongfan is slightly different. In addition to the fields that can be reclaimed, more wasteland will be opened up. Li Han and others have seen tea gardens, mulberry forests, and large areas of sugarcane fields.

Some of the people are busy, and they probably can rest for a while before the New Year. The climate here is hot and the precipitation is sufficient. Except for a typhoon that will rage, it is simply a natural granary.

If all the cash crops are included, the benefits of the people in the Dongfan will be quite considerable. Li Han will calculate the harvest and is simply a little jealous.

"It seems like a school over there?" Lu Sien pointed to a place in the northeast, which was two miles away from the official road. It was three or four miles away from the commercial area. It was far away. There was a main official road from the north to the south, and there was also an east-west road. It connected the official road to the west, and to the east was a large building area, and then a large area of ​​farmland. Several water diversion canals spread along the periphery, isolating the other side from the commercial area and living area here.

"It should be." Li Han had studied the political situation here in Dongfan before he set off, and also knew that Xu Zixian planned to implement universal free education on the island.

Like ordinary scholars and officials, Li Han was of course happy to see this happening.

As a Hanlin bachelor, Li Han certainly supported the public's school management. Xu Zixian's incident also diluted his overly tough, strong, and bloodthirsty face within a certain period of time.

No one like Zhang Jiao, Huang Chao, and Zhu Wen thought of being a scholar, cultivating the seeds of reading, and encouraging the public to run schools and study.

Many people secretly appreciate it and feel that the Nan'an Marquis Mansion is the original sect of the country after all, and after all, it is more thoughtful than ordinary officials in this matter.

"Let's wait to go over and take a look." Li Han thought and said, "I have heard that Nan'an Hou has built many schools in the Dongfan to encourage children to enter school for free. I have heard of Daming for a long time and have not seen it before, so I'd better go and see it with my own eyes."

The school was several miles away, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and the weather gradually became hotter. Li Han didn't want to take a car, so he led a gentle and good horse over and rode over there. In just a quarter of an hour, he had already arrived outside the school.

Just as the bell rang, after the bell rang, a hundred children rushed out of several classrooms on the campus of five or six acres and started playing and making noise in the open space.

In Li Han's eyes, the open space of this school is a bit like an imperial guard's school ground.

There are hanging ropes for children to climb up, there are high platforms inlaid with bricks and stones, which can be climbed up and slide down by half-aged children, and there are many facilities such as high and low bars. They all seem to be related to exercise arm strength and waist strength. The children are having fun, and there is sand piled on the ground, so there is no need to worry too much about the serious harm these children will suffer.

"Are these children afraid of heat?" Li Han is over 50 years old and is still in a strong state. Otherwise, the two governments would not have sent him, an important official, to the Dongfan, to travel back and forth in the sea, but not adapting to the land and the sea is bumpy. If he dies halfway through physical fitness, the fun will be great.

"That's how the children are." The Nan'an Hou Mansion sent a first-class official from the Guest Office, with the surname Hou and Tong. In fact, Wu Shizhong should have been to accompany him. Li Han's status was enough, but Wu Shizhong and Li Han were academically contrary. When they were in the capital, they debated each other faced each other many times. Wu Shizhong had to be sick and not to come out. Li Yi sent Chen Daojian, a young scholar, to accompany him. Chen Daojian was also a seventh-rank official.

It's considered rude.

It was just too early and Chen Daojian did not come here, so Hou Tong was with him first. Fortunately, he was also a scholar, so Li Han would not think he was disgusting.

Hou Tong only smiled and said, "But it's almost dark in the morning and evening, and it won't be released when the day is hottest. Children are the top treasures of each family. If something happens, our Hou Mansion will not explain to each family."

"Yes, be safe."

While speaking, everyone followed Li Han into the school. The main entrance of the school was closed, and there was only a guardian at the small gate and a guard guard. Seeing that it was a Hanlin scholar who was about to come in, Hou Tong signed the letter as an official of the Hou Mansion, so he was able to enter.

"Some pirates have not been arrested recently." Hou Tong explained: "These people can really hide, but the remaining people can only hide between mountains and seas, catching snakes, rabbits, and fish in the wild to make a living. If you want to escape, you can't escape. If you hide like this, it's just a cause for your own suffering. It's better to get a knife early."

"All the thieves were arrested, killed?"

"After sixteen or less, those under the gang have been joined for less than half a year, they will be detained after identification and serve as atonement." Hou Tong: "There are not many such people, less than five hundred people, and they are taken to the central part."

"It's still a little too strict." Li Han wanted to say it was too cruel, but Li Yi had already rejected it when she greeted him yesterday. After thinking about it, there was no need to say it out and ask someone to reject it.

Hou Tong narrowed his eyes and smiled. He knew the meaning of this Hanlin Bachelor. The other party did not explain it, so he would not forcefully argue with the Hanlin Bachelor... In fact, in order to save trouble, he could say that he would forgive the death penalty, and these pirates would definitely compete to surrender. The reason why they insisted that they had not been caught until now was that they knew that they would be dead if they were caught, so they would survive in the end, even if they were so thin that they were still unable to hide.

The pirates I caught recently were almost all thin and invisible.

Even so, he was beheaded and refused to forgive him. Nan'an Hou's attitude was quite firm. Since there was a law, he had to abide by it. If a person who had committed a serious sin could be spared from death after suffering some pain, then what else should the law do?

If the punishment is reduced because it is difficult to arrest, then wouldn’t the previous killing be meaningless?

If the pirates are deceived into surrendering and then killed, wouldn’t it be cruel to outsiders and without any faith?

Therefore, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion was not in a hurry. It was just a matter of time to use the guards to continue to pull the net with the guards. The few cavalry cooperated to eliminate all the remaining pirates. Take it slowly, just to use this to train the guards' abilities.

The entire school square is huge, with several acres of land, and about two or three hundred children are running.

Li Han asked Hou Tong: "I heard that you, Junhou, are planning to ask someone to enter the school in September, why did you enter the school in August?"

"The harvest is generally completed, and the farming is not as urgent as before." Hou Tong replied: "Before this, children have to start. Those who cannot do work should boil water at home. Those who are older learn to cook, while those who are younger should deliver water and meals. At this time, the whole family should go together, and there is no reason to say..."

Li Han smiled and said, "I am also a family-runner. I understand what you said."

Hou Tong also laughed and continued, "At this time, I was almost busy, but I still had to plow and prepare for planting rice seedlings, and sugarcane fields. Now I have to compost. The seedlings are planted in the beginning of autumn, so I can't delay it. There are also many bean fields that need to be sown. Before the winter begins, tens of thousands of mulberry trees have to be planted. It's really busy. Children from all families are left, and half-old can still help, while smaller ones will be herding sheep all day long. Junhou said, since this is the case, just go to school early, and all the boys and girls can learn to recognize some words, so that they can also avoid running around and worry-free."

"This is a good idea." Li Han had to agree with this. He saw manure piled up on many fields last night. Only then did he realize that it was compost to grow sugarcane. This thing is the most popular on Fujian Road, and the temperature is the most suitable. The sugar squeezed is the sweetest. It is sold in the north and south. People above the middle class in the capital will buy some sugar to celebrate during festivals or children's birthdays. For the poor, this thing is an absolute luxury, more expensive than salt, and it is not a necessity for life. Some people may not have eaten sweets at once since childhood. This is not an exaggeration.

In the climate here in Dongfan, it is quite suitable to plant sugarcane. Li Han said: "Is sugarcane planting nowadays? Is it autumn planting?"

"Yes, the bachelor is doing." Hou Tong said flatteringly and smiled: "When winter begins, we will plant another batch. The winter planting actually tastes better, sweeter and crisper. In our Dongfan climate, sugarcane will grow very quickly and thicker, but to be the sweetest and crispest, it is still winter. The temperature difference between day and night is large, so it is sweeter and more sugar squeezed."

"We northerners do not have this blessing. In winter, the soil is frozen and hard, and the snow is over the knees. What can we plant?"

Hou Tong smiled but said nothing, but Li Han shook his head and smiled. He continued: "If there is no silk, cotton, tea, or rice in the south of the Yangtze River, the soldiers from the capital and the northern border, they can only fight on hunger. It is Fujian Road, thousands of miles apart, and the taxes are entrusted to tens of millions of qian qian per year. How many soldiers and horses have been raised for the court? Only when the people of the world work together can they become the Great Wei."

Hou Tong said in a state of emotion: "The words of a bachelor are the important words that the important officials of the state dynasty said. I remember that they will preach the teachings to the people of the East Vanguard."

"I heard that all your villages have officials stationed to preach the residences regularly?"

"Yes, every seven days, the official department of the hundred households summoned the men and women from each hundred households to preach the government affairs of the mansion and the Hou's Mansion. The Junhou said that the official households should know the truth and the reason, and the preaching was made. The official households knew why they worked hard, why they paid taxes and taxes, and why the affairs in the north were closely related to my Fujian, rather than the northerners and the southerners... "
Chapter completed!