Chapter 81: The Land Not Treasured (Part 1)

This is Tengqiao Town, Changhua Army. There was another name here called Danzhou (county). In the sixth year of Xining (1073 AD), "Danzhou" was abandoned and changed to Changhua Army. The original Changhua County administrative team was incorporated into Tengqiao Town.

"I've been here." Zhao Xing walked by the Lunjiang River, pointing around and pondering.

"You?" Pu Yian asked in disbelief: "Didn't you say that you were going to Southeast Asia for the first time? How could you come here? Could it be in a dream?"

"It's not a dream... Walking along this river, it is the former Danzhou County and the current Changhua Army headquarters. The land under our feet is originally the Changhua Army..."

Pu Yian widened his eyes: "So you have really been here, when?"

"Modern!" Zhao Xing silently said this word in his heart. Now, this is Yangpu Port, one of Hainan's three deep-water ports. He still remembers that it is Dongpo Academy not far from this. But he couldn't say these, so he had to be speechless.

In Pu Yian's eyes, Zhao Xing always seemed unfathomable. Now that the other party didn't say it, he thought for a moment, then gave up the problem and said to himself: "This is the first time I have climbed this place... Look, it is so desolate and pitiful. I heard that the place where the Changhua Army has been is like a locust crossing. Now this land that has been plagued by locusts cannot support them, so they seized Danzhou County and threw their original land to the town."

"Isn't this better?" Zhao Xing sneered slightly: "Is there any deep-water port nearby that is better than this town? The Changhua Army doesn't want us. Dealing with town-level units has reduced a lot of trouble... Haha, wonderful, wonderful!"

Pu Yian glanced around. Several villagers were surrounded there from a distance, pointing at them, pointing at them, Jin Buer and others were on guard, holding the sword tightly, guarding behind them. Pu Yian shook his head gently: "However... this is a place where criminals and fugitives appear. The officials on the island are all criminals, or simply corrupt officials. They were demoted to this place, and they were full of resentment. Many officials were demoted to this place, and even could not leave the island. How could such officials be willing to handle government affairs? They are the easiest to bribe them.

However, you also need to consider the issue of food. The local people do not like to farm and only make a living by hunting. Because the prey here is too easy to obtain, and relatively speaking, farming is harder, so the islanders themselves cannot eat enough food. Whenever the storm season, the grain ships cannot arrive in time. The demoted officials and Han people who are accustomed to eating rice will go hungry.

Set up a supply base here? How many people can the dock here support? If the manpower is insufficient, how much goods can it turn over every year? What goods are sold locally? Build a dock, and the goods are all produced on the mainland. If the shipment volume is not large, can this dock be maintained?"

Zhao Xing laughed very treacherously: "I only like its hiddenness - the criminals on the island cannot leave the island for life, and it is the easiest to bribe. So, no matter how much I make a big noise here, who will report it?

As for the production of the island? You forgot the cargo on my ship - frosting! Here is a ripe three a year, and it is ideal to grow sugarcane. As long as the frosting trade is done, it will be huge profits, and it is worth building that wharf with gold... How about it, do you want to invest? You and I built this port and then charged the fee. In the future, even if you don’t go to sea trade, you can make money every day.

Look, I also plan to set up our shipbuilding base here, so that tropical hardwood can be transported here with a shorter range and low price. The transportation of frosting from here can not only avoid the inspection of Guangzhou Maritime Warehouse, but also shorten the transportation distance. What’s important is that sea freight is transported here and then change to the mainland... Hehe, that’s not sea freight, it’s a local product in Qiongzhou, and Maritime Warehouse cannot control us.

You calculate, is the tax saved enough to maintain this pier?"

Most of the people who can travel through the sea and seek wealth are those who dare to take risks. Pu Yian was moved when he heard this temptation: "Okay, go and get the local officials and ask him to allow us to build a warehouse. I will allocate personnel from Quanzhou and do the preliminary work... After our trip returns, you will build this pier with me."

"Look at me," Zhao Xing shouted at Chen Buqun: "Get my handbook and give it to the magistrate of Danzhou County... No, give it to the Changhua Army inspector!"

The Changhua Army inspector's name is Zhang Wan. He was demoted to the Changhua Army from the Qingtang area. The charge was "creating troubles to cause border damage, and not being responsible for death. The imperial edict was demoted to the Changhua Army inspector." Today, he was sitting in the back hall with Wu Yuan, a military judge who was also demoted, and inspector Liu Zhuo was depressed.

"I'm going to die here today," Zhang Wan shouted and said, "We are used to being in the cold land of Qingtang. We really can't stand the heat here. We're going to die! We're going to die!"

Military judge Wu Yuan and inspector Liu Zhuo were all lower than Zhang Wan, but they were sympathetic and sympathetic, so they ignored their grades. Both of them lay on the cold couch and gasped: "It's hot, I didn't expect that there is such a hot place in the world, and we probably will die here!"

The yamen runner walked in lazily and handed over a famous post weakly. He was the personal soldier brought by the chief officer Zhang Wan, so he was naturally qualified to be lazy in front of Zhang Wan.

"Call up, call up!" Zhang Wan didn't look at the handbook and shouted: "I'm waiting for death here every day, and there are still people coming to visit. No matter who it is, call up to meet!"

"A man named Zhao Xing and Zhao Li from Huangzhou, please pay homage to all the elders." Zhao Xing respectfully saluted the three officials.

The three officials didn't even raise their butts and continued to lie lazily on the cold couch. Zhang Wan smashed her mouth: "Majestic, what a majestic man! Zhao Li, Huangzhou, I have nothing to do with you in the past. How could I remember to visit this sinner in our family!"

"My teacher, Mr. Dongpo, is also a sinner," Zhao Xing replied softly.

"Mr. Dongpo... doesn't know him!" Zhang Wan replied rudely.

"Huangzhou? Dongpo?" The judge Wu Yuan was a literati. He often read the newspapers and knew something that the martial artists didn't know: "It is reported that there are four demoted officials in Huangzhou, who respect their teachers and noble surnames?"

"The family teacher's surname is Su Shi and his courtesy name is Zizhan, and his pseudonym is Dongpo Jushi..."

"Bachelor Da Su!" Wu Yuan jumped up in shock: "Negative, negligent! Brother Shi, please sit up and change your clothes!"

When Zhang Wan saw Wu Yuan's shocked attitude, she thought for a moment and was also shocked: "But Master Su, who is 'I'm talking about a young man, holding yellow on the left, holding a cyan on the right, holding a brocade hat and sable fur, and rolling a thousand riders on the flat roof'?"

Liu Zhuo’s question is the same: “But Mr. Su, who can 'walking a carved bow like a full moon, looking northwest, shooting a sky wolf’?”

“That’s right!”
Chapter completed!