Chapter 85 Northbound
Low houses, tattered clothes, and dirty environments all over the ground. In the navy garrison not far from Fuzhou City, today, the smoke from cooking fires rose, and the smell of meat wafted at home!
"It smells so good! Who is so rich? This is not right. Why is it not just Yi's family like this?" The middle-aged woman Aunt Fang asked the old man next to her.
The old stubborn man tsk his mouth and his saliva flowed out: "I can't survive anymore. Who else can it be? Except for the people who just returned, the boat people in Lao Lin would not be someone else. Even if we have a wedding or funeral, we don't have such a heavy smell of meat! I heard that Lao Lin was assigned to an official named Ding, and went out to make a fortune. Those more than a hundred families cut their flesh, which was better than the New Year's Day!"
"Are you all back? I have to ask what's going on." Aunt Fang's family, like most people in the garage office, was full and hungry, and her black, thin and shriveled body fell down that day. She often went out to look for food with green eyes! Some people from her neighbors were from Lao Lin's boat, named Lao Liu, and were honest. Such a person could make money, and it was hard to imagine that he could get some oil stars and some meat! By the way, he asked, what was the money he had, he had to know. Aunt Fang hurried to the house and wanted to see what the neighbor was eating.
The poor family didn't pay much attention to it. Aunt Fang pushed open the empty courtyard gate and walked in, shouting: "Is Lao Liu back? What delicious food is your family making? It's so delicious, it's not yet the New Year!"
The three large porcelain bowls in the inner room were filled with food, and the bowls were filled with large beef stewed with spices and peppers. Rising the steam and fragrance, Lao Liu's wife jumped up suddenly when she heard the sound of the yard gate, picked up the big bowl of meat and put it on the windowsill. She bent down and picked up a stone slab from the ground, and blocked the front of the bowl. Lao Liu's wife had a good relationship with Aunt Fang, but her family was too poor to eat meat. She rarely had to hide it!
Aunt Fang's voice sounded in the yard. Old Liu smiled and gently pushed his wife down. He held the stone slab with his hand and brought the bowl of meat back to the dining table. With his wife's angry expression, he greeted the door: "Aunt Fang, welcome, long time no see, hurry in, hurry in, wife will bring half a bowl of meat to Aunt Fang, and will bring it back to Xiao Fang!"
Aunt Fang entered the room with a smile on her face, looked at the dining table and said, "Old Liu is rich, have you eaten big meat before the Chinese New Year?"
Old Liu smiled and said, "Sit down, Aunt Fang, I have a good general. I will reward you for any merits. I will kill two levels and reward sixty eagle oceans. It's about thirty taels of silver. It's a little bit more than thirty taels of silver. "Old Liu turned his head to the wife who put down half a bowl of meat and said, "Supply Aunt Fang's bowl of rice! Aunt Fang will go back after dinner. I'm not here. Please take care of my wife!"
When Aunt Fang saw the white rice she brought, her saliva was almost flowing out. She took the wooden chopsticks and smiled and said, "It's all neighbors, so why are you doing politely? It turned out that you would transfer your ship to the new generals and said that foreign generals would probably not remember their hometown feelings. They would hate them even more when they cleaned up. They were not happy to go! You are enjoying this!"
Lao Liu said, "What is this a blessing? We are about to move. Lord Ding Qianhu promised us to go to the new place and divide the land for everyone. According to the population, the number of people in your family will be divided accordingly. That is what kind of happiness is! Everyone fell into the golden nest. And Lord Ding also promised us that we could transfer to the private household in five years!"
Aunt Fang, who had just dug two bites of rice, was shocked: "How is this possible? How could it be transferred to a private household? How much does it cost to rent the owner?"
Lao Liu said, "What rent is collected? The Lord said that he would only collect 30% of the military rations. The rest belongs to us. It will be transferred to the private households. Anyway, the Lord said it, I believe him!"
"30% of you, you didn't lie to me? You only collected so much land?" Aunt Fang stopped eating, widened her eyes, unable to believe it.
Old Liu smiled and said, "The general is not short of money. He only needs military merits and wants to kill the enemy. He is not afraid of death. The general is not responsible for us. He has fifty eagles and deaths in the war, which is about thirty taels of silver. He has land and money. This life is worth selling to him!"
While eating and chatting, Aunt Fang finally asked whether her family could move to Yizhou, whether she could divide the land, and whether her elder Fang could be transferred to Ding Qianhu.
There was a serious shortage of people in Yizhou. Ding Yi gave Lao Lin the order that he would do his best to carry out publicity, and move as much as possible to move other military households as possible. Yizhou is vast and sparsely populated, and needs a very foreign population. Military households that want to live in every situation are the most suitable candidates to fill Yizhou.
Aunt Fang received a clear reply from Lao Liu that Lao Lin, the man who was in his hometown to clean up the day, would take all his family and leave tomorrow. Anyone who was willing to go to Yizhou would start to leave tomorrow. Once they went there, they would be divided!
Aunt Fang brought out half a bowl of meat and was confused. Her man went to Nanjing with the commander. No one discussed it. In the afternoon, she discussed it with other sisters and decided to go to Yizhou with Lao Liu and others. She asked the left-behind people to tell her man that she would take it to the ground first!
In the afternoon, Lao Lin and his crew ran around with their relatives and friends, mobilizing their relatives and friends to move.
When he left the next afternoon, Aunt Fang met Lao Jiantou, and he decided to move his whole family to Yizhou to separate the land. Lao Jiantou said that staying in the ward station with the original greedy general, it would be better to try your luck and divide the land. The life of eating meat and having land is worse than living for the past few days. Anyway, I asked someone to tell me that the boy who had gone to Nanjing and let him find it himself!
There were more than 600 households who decided to move, and six ships were loaded and headed towards Yizhou, where they hoped!
On Zhang Manfengfan's warship, Ding Yi stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. A thin man in his thirties stood beside him, looking into the distance. The man was wearing a scholar's robe and two cloth belts behind the brown robe were blown up by the wind, which had a unique charm.
The scholar was Wen Tingxuan, the juren whom Ding Yi met when he arrived in Fuzhou last time. Ding Yi was very impressed by this person. This person was a strong and capable Confucian scholar. He was as gentle as jade. He was not at all panic when he met a forced man entering the house. He was rational and concise in dealing with people. He talked about everything and showed that he was far-reaching and clear-cut. Ding Yi was full of soldiers who were illiterate, and there were not even people discussing many things. Therefore, he intended to ask Wen Tingxuan to come out to help. Wen Tingxuan was surprised by Ding Yi's identity and believed in reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles. Therefore, he invited him to come. He just made three rules and was hidden behind the scenes and could not be used in front of the stage. He used a pseudonym and never used his real name. He was worried that the Ming Dynasty's civil and military affairs were incompatible and did not want to be called a lackey under the eunuchs.
Ding Yi asked the scholar: "Tingxuan, do you really want to see the governor Yun? Although the governor Yun is far away from the capital, he is really the emperor's confidant. He will definitely return to the capital in two or three years, and it will be of great use. If he is appreciated by the governor Yun, wouldn't he be able to win a mere Jinshi?"
The man was Wen Tingxuan, a scholar I knew in Fuzhou. Wen Tingxuan said: "My name is Wen Xue'an now, so you can't call it wrong. Yun Du is an internal official. Scholars avoid it for fear of being too late. Don't let him know me. I am hidden behind the scenes of the Dongzhu and just have an idea. You promised me to go to Yizhou later. I will definitely not stay in Nanjing for more time. You can't let people know that I am your guest. If you know that I can't gain a foothold in the officialdom!"
Ding yi smiled and said, "You literati are really good at naming them. Wentingxuan and Wen Xue'an, it sounds nice! That's like me, Ding yi Ding Hao, it's too simple and sounds very perfunctory!"
Wen Tingxuan said: "Yi is the beginning, this name is very good, but the beginning of Taishi, Tao is established in Yi, creating heaven and earth, and transforming into all things! Hao is from the sun and the sky, which is great! Haotian is from the extreme, this name is very good!"
Ding Yi smiled and said, "You literati can say anything in any word. You two discuss how to increase the income of the Nanhai navy and increase the Yizhou household registration. What are you thinking now? Do you have any new ideas?"
Wen Tingxuan said: "The method of increasing income is to think about it. After thinking about it, I have to implement countless merchants and pirates on the sea road. It is enough to confiscate military use. However, these merchants are full of big figures behind them. Whether to start or not depends on whether to start! It is not difficult to increase the household registration in Yizhou. The land annexation of the Ming Dynasty is serious. For example, the Kong family in Qilu Province occupied half of Qilu. The kings and nobles of my Ming Dynasty, bureaucrats and gentry occupied a wide area. For example, I will be exempted from the 1,200 acres of land for passers-by. If my family doesn't have that much land, I will pay the donation of a small person. Over time, there will be a major change in natural disasters. The fields are mine. If I don't want them, it's not easy for the common people to establish a foothold! There are many hidden households in the Ming Dynasty and many farmers who have lost their land. If you think of ideas from these people, there will always be a way."
Wen Tingxuan was a scholar who grew up in Fuzhou. He was influenced by others since childhood. He was very different from scholars in the mainland and the north. He thought through many of the world-oriented and economic uses. He suggested that merchants on the sea road be included in management, clearing up pirates, opening up business roads, and opening up Yizhou. It was recommended to vigorously publicize the matter of opening Yizhou, and the government organized personnel to immigrate and farm on a large scale. He estimated that Yizhou would be completely renewed in less than five years, and would never be worse than the palaces in the south of the Ming Dynasty.
Ding Yi and Wen Tingxuan were having a hot talk at the bow of the boat. Many issues of Yizhou Kai were mentioned. He gradually formed a general idea in his heart and was determined to implement some ideas as soon as possible when he saw Duke Yun!
On the side of the ship, Zhao Lirong and Dong Dayong were spitting out in a mess. Although they came out of the capital, boats were also taken, boats on the canal were very different from boats on the sea. At this time, the sea was breeze, and although the boats were big, they were a little shaking. After suffering from old age, they had to adapt slowly.
Adek Uka jumped around on the mast. This guy had never learned light skills and had no internal strength. He was born as a seaman on the mast. He was more active and excited than other sailors. He also climbed to the lookout hand from time to time and watched from time to time. He was excited and screamed loudly. He was a good seedling for a seaman. Unfortunately, he still couldn't speak Chinese now. He had to compete with anything for a long time. Ding Yi couldn't even teach him light skills.
Although Zhang Shouyi was a counselor, he regarded himself as the first mate and did not treat himself as an outsider. He shouted loudly to correct the various actions of the crew members.
The fleet was running-in quickly, and it would not take long to complete the soldiers on these ships would be old sailors. They should be able to go out to sea to strangle Western barbarians and pirates. Ding Yi was quite satisfied with the current state of the fleet!
Chapter completed!