With the slight spring cold, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s team went on the road. They didn't take the land. It was not a place where people could walk. It would take at least three months to go to the northeast.
Xiaobei's group of little guys followed. This time they could see the sea. They had no impression of the sea. Even if they were born in Luzhou, they would not be able to stand by the sea for a few months to watch.
The three of them didn't follow this time. They really couldn't afford it. What's more, they also knew that Jilizhou had a small population and naturally fewer people farming. They might even struggle to eat there.
The fleet walked through the canal, entered the Weishui, crossed the Yellow River, and rushed out from the Bohai Bay.
"This is the sea? Why don't you remember?" Beckham stood on the deck of the bow, looking at the vastness of the sea.
"At that time, I was young, not like I grew up now." Xiao Yuan found the reason.
"You're not big now. It's convenient to eat seafood now." Beckham likes to eat seafood. Usually, it is transported by other people by ship, and the cost is relatively high.
"I don't eat sea fish, it's fishy." Xiao Yuan wanted to stick his head out to see where the ship's side was in contact with the water, and don't hold it mercilessly by the guard.
Beckham was much more stable, letting the sea breeze blow his hair flying, and said: "The river fish is fishy, and the soil smells."
"The sea is fishy."
"The river is fishy."
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Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not want to watch the sea. They achieved their goal and were finally arranged to Dalian. But Dalian is not called Dalian at this time, and it is not as prosperous as it will be in the future, and the roads are difficult to navigate. Compared with Sichuan and Shu There is nothing worse than the past.
The only better road is the marching road when Goryeo was destroyed, but that has nothing to do with Jiliju, and no one will send troops from Jiliju.
"Xiaobao, since the demographic statistics over there are not complete, look at it. In one state, there are only 400 households and more than 1,100 people recorded in the booklet. No matter how few people are, this can't be done. "
Wang Juan laid out the information needed there, and pointed to a piece of data to complain to Zhang Xiaobao.
"It is not easy to be able to do this, let alone here, even if we take it, who can say that we can control the population." Zhang Xiaobao gestured on a map, Dalian is now wanting to develop, it is impossible to repair one. If you can’t afford to repair roads, you can only go by sea, and you need to find a suitable place to build a wharf.
Wang Juan gathered up the same information that he had read and did not read. "That's right. Then we will talk about it at that time. The population problem is really troublesome. Transporting people from other places?"
"It is estimated that it is difficult to transport people from other places. There are not many people from Shandong, but there are not many people in Diaozhou, Shandong. A large area is placed there. Who wants to come? Later, the population of the Northeast was large, but most of them were actually from Shandong. Immigrate, but not now. There are many people south of the Yellow River, but they will not come."
Zhang Xiaobao has no good way to deal with the population. Tubo bought a lot of slaves, but they cannot be transported here. If they want to become an army there, they will become an army. When they arrive in Jili State, they will be ordinary people, let alone wait to leave. When the time comes, it will be handed over to the next one.
Wang Juan said with great approval: "Indeed, people in the south can grow food twice a year, and even more southerly, three crops a year. Whoever wants to come to the northeast where there is only one crop this year has fewer people, but there are resources here. That's too much. It hasn't been developed yet. Before and after the reform and opening up, Northeast Heavy Industries supported the industrial system of most of the country."
"Yes, especially in Dandong, which is not too far away from our Jilizhou, where cars are built better, and they provide support to the frontline, but they can't now."
Zhang Xiaobao also recalled it, and then said: "The primary problem now is how to develop and sell Dalian's specialty products. The tourist area is probably not good enough. People would rather go to Luzhou than come here. I can't find it. With so many service staff, let’s build one and enjoy ourselves.”
"Then it's called Heaven and Earth." Wang Juan gave a name.
"No, what is that place, not good." Zhang Xiaobao objected.
"Why it's not good? People Xiaobai said that heaven and earth will meet, and the unlucky emperor, the one who writes very well, corresponds to'I don't know if I am a guest in my dream, and I am greedy for a while.' The "flowing water drops flowers and spring goes, heaven and earth." It is called heaven and earth."
Wang Juan refused to veto a good name just because someone else used the name and something went wrong.
"Then it's called the heaven and earth." Zhang Xiaobao really didn't know that the heaven and earth came like this. Seeing Wang Juan insisted, he agreed, and then said: "When Xiao Li arranged for us, did you see his expression? , Just like Xiaobei and the others took advantage, hey... the emperor let him be."
"I saw it. He thought he finally counted us this time. In fact, I think he is pitiful. Didn't he lie to him in the beginning of a good pasture? As for so worried."
Wang Juan covered his mouth and smiled.
The fleet continued to move forward. When they were about to reach the place, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan brought out new clothes for their younger siblings. They were thicker than the ones they wore in the capital. It was colder here, and the spring breeze was piercing.
In a few days, trouble came when it was about to dock. Although a very good port can be built here, there is no ready-made one now.
Zhang Xiaobao began to look for Deep Water Bay according to his memory. The fleet that came out was sea boats. The Repulse Bay could not get ashore. There were still a lot of supplies on board that had to be transported. Zhang Xiaobao didn't want his younger brothers and sisters to live in shack like the locals.
At this time, there were also several fishing boats that cast nets on the sea. They stopped their movements and watched with their hands under the pergola. I have never seen such a large team, even if there are occasional cargo ships passing by, or earlier. The presence of warships is not as good as the sight seen today.
I saw more than a dozen boats that looked like a hill with wheels on both sides, and the sails on the boats were standing like a forest, approaching in a diagonal line towards their side, which seemed awe-inspiring.
"Father, where did this ship come from?" A young man in his twenties on a small fishing boat was frightened, and asked in a trembling voice the person standing at the stern who was about to cast the net in his hands and stopped there.
"Don't be afraid, the ship from Datang must be Datang." The person asked was also worried in his heart.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s fleet did not play the Datang flag. There was only a rice seedling flag on it. The communication here is not as good as that around the capital. Therefore, the local people have no idea which side the messy flag represents. .
"Send a small boat to check the reliable shore, hit the boat and drop the anchor, and lower the sail." Shang Xiaobao on the boat saw that he could not go any further. He gave an order. Someone immediately started to set the boat, and the anchor on the boat was also lowered. The Zhang Zhang's sails then fell, leaving only the mast standing there.
Beckham hurriedly ran back to the cabin, then ran to the deck again, with a telescope in his hand, and looked towards the fishing boat.
"Send someone to comfort the people and remember to speak up. This is no more than the places around the capital, nor the banks of the Yangtze River. Perhaps the people still don't know who we are."
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had already understood the situation here when they came here. Not all the people of the original Tang Dynasty are here. They are very mixed. There are people from Xinluo and Khitan people, but they may not be the same as they used to be in various places. Obedient, maybe listen on the surface, secretly make trouble.
Standing next to Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan also looked at the fishermen who were fishing there with a binoculars, and asked Zhang Xiaobao: "What can you see when they look at it?"
"What? I didn't see it. I only saw curiosity and a little worry, but didn't find them hostile to us."
Zhang Xiaobao understood what Wang Juan meant when he asked this, but just wanted to see the other person's attitude.
Wang Juan took a closer look and said, "Now they are curious. That's because they don't know who we are. They are worried that we are afraid of us hitting them. Our boats are many and big, but once they find out that we are theirs. Magistrates, they may not be like this anymore. Should they fight or not?"
"How can it be as scary as you said. They didn't rebel when they took office. Can they still not rebel now? This place has one advantage, that is, there is no need to pay any tax to the court, and even the tribute is saved."
Zhang Xiaobao didn't plan to use force to solve the problem as soon as he came over. Force is only a guarantee. People still need to communicate with each other. When there is force to support, communication is convenient.
"Brother, the emperor's uncle really said not to tax taxes. The emperor's uncle didn't mention this when he came." Xiao Hai, who was standing next to him, raised his head and asked Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao then reacted, patted his forehead with his hand, and said, "Yeah, he didn't say this. Normally, there is no need to hand it in. Even if it is handed in, it will only be handed over to the various capitols here. The amount is still very small. No one forced it. Oh, if he has to wait for us to develop and send things to the court, it will be troublesome. No, I have to think about it."
"I guess Li Longji made this idea. He wanted to use us to be the tip of a breakthrough. No wonder he asked us to bring more people when he came out, because he was afraid that someone would be against us."
Wang Juan also wanted to understand, and he sighed and said, "Li Longji is not stupid, he played well with his little abacus, well, this is Li Longji, and he didn't disappoint me."
Zhang Xiaobao also thought about it, and said after a while: "How many people will come this time? Two teams of the 600 seedlings team, no, not enough. I guess Li Longji will make us think when we stabilize. The way is to use the same transportation route from here to the capital.
It must be. It is estimated that we will help to build a good road to facilitate the transportation of troops. This is not enough. I will write to Sanshui County and Huayuan County immediately. Add it yourself there. "
Zhang Xiaobao thought about the international situation, and finally realized that there were a lot of things to do in the coming time. It seemed that he had to not only manage the local area, but also engage in a secret battle with those who were ready to move.
"Call Zhang Ying and Zhang Hu here, they are needed here." Wang Juan added.
The pigeon with the letter flew towards Sanshui County hard to send the order there as soon as possible.
Check where the appropriate boats were docked. There was another small boat carrying a maid in the inner courtyard, which was sent to the fishermen to send a woman to talk.
The fisherman was very vigilant when seeing the boat coming by, and seeing a girl like a fairy on it, only then slightly let go of his burden.
"This old man, this big brother, may I ask if this is where Jilizhou is located?" the maid asked.
As soon as she spoke, the young man was embarrassed immediately. He didn't know where to put his hands. He grabbed hard on his own trousers, nodding but not speaking.
"The old man" saw his son like this and immediately understood what was going on. No such beautiful girl could be seen here. The son was shy at this time, so he had to come forward and replied: "It is in Jilizhou, where did the girl come from? "
"Beijing, accompany my little prince and little lady to take office. My little prince and little lady will serve as officials in Jilizhou from now on. Then the old man will need a lot of support." The maid said with a smile.
The fishermen next to you also heard it, but didn't understand what your government has to do with us, whoever wants to be, how can we support it? Is it possible that we want us to give things away
The maid was also afraid of others’ misunderstandings, and immediately said, “Just don’t object to anything when the time comes, and help do it together.”
"Is it for nothing?" There is a fisherman who doesn't care whether the maid is pretty or not, the more beautiful the woman is, the less she can get close to herself, regardless of what she is doing.
"Naturally, it is not for nothing. How can people work for nothing. I wonder if this elder brother can talk about how much money is made by fishing in a day?"
The maid wants to know the income of the fishermen here.
The fishermen in a few small boats did not understand how they could make money. The fish they caught were changed, and the ones that could not be changed would be eaten by themselves.
The old man said to the maid: "Where there is any money, fishing can make money or not, just change some rice noodles, sometimes no one wants to change it."
When the maid thought about it, she understood that the population here is small, and there are not so many fish to eat, and there are not so many seasonings when eating fish, so naturally no one wants to eat it.
So I began to draw cakes to the fishermen, "Don't worry, as long as my little son and little lady take office, even if you are fishing, you can make money, and you can do other things if you have spare money at home."
When the fishermen heard the maid’s words, they didn’t react fiercely, or even felt nothing, because they didn’t believe in what money could be made from fishing.
In order to prove the truth of what she said, the maid took out a string of copper coins from her sleeves and said to the fishermen: "It just so happens that my little son and little lady want to eat fish. Why don't you sell the fish to me? Fish, as many as you have today, here is the deposit."
While speaking, the maid threw the string of copper coins at the feet of the shy young man just now, and made a slight movement when she touched the wooden board.
The fishermen's eyes are bright now, that's the real copper money to buy fish.
"I really want to buy fish? Two catties per coin? Don't regret it?" The fisherman just now couldn't believe it.
"Naturally want to buy it, and the money is given, how can I regret it? Everyone fight first, and I will send someone to pick it up later. My little son and little lady are always good to the people. If you don’t believe me, ask someone to find out. Zhang Family in Sanshui County ."
The maid said affirmatively, and mentioned Sanshui County again. As a result, the fishermen looked at a loss. They hadn't heard of Sanshui County, and they didn't know which Zhang Family was.
The fishermen didn’t know and stopped thinking about it. Now the most important thing is that the fish can be sold directly for money. This is really not easy. They all agreed, and they must fish more. Then they watched the maid leave by boat. .
Waiting for the maid’s boat to go away, the fishermen looked at the shy young man just now picking up the copper coins. They felt like they were dreaming. Suddenly a lot of big boats came, and then a fairy came down, and then the fairy wanted to buy fish. ,what is it today
"Father, money." The young man didn't dare to take the money and handed it to his father.
The old man took the money and said to the other eager people: "Leave the money with me first, and go fishing, and then count it after it's finished. This is just for fixing the money, and the big head is still there."
Others listened to what the old man said, and began to spread out, and went to their respective positions to fish hard, hoping to fish more. This is money. It takes a lot of money to exchange fish for things, and it doesn’t take much effort to buy with money.
Rich people are stupid.
After playing for a while, the people on one of the boats seemed to be lucky. They went down several nets, and each net had a lot of fish coming up. It was rare and sometimes like this when it was replaced.
Happy fishing, the people on this boat shook the boat to the old man’s side, and said to the old man: "San Ye, you said they really came to be an official? The maids are so pretty, I don’t know what they are inside. How about your little lady."
"Go, go, catch your fish, do you still want to hit someone else's idea? A hundred heads are not enough to chop, do you know when they come over."
The old man did little fishing here, and waved impatiently to drive people away.
The evicted person smiled, and while slowly moving to the side, he said: "San Ye, they are here, what about the original official? The original official always comes to us to collect things, and if they don’t give it, they will grab goodbye. Yes, I heard that Mr. Li has Wanguan family wealth, Wanguan."
This person may not know how much the boats in the fleet are worth, let alone how much the people on the boat are worth. One Wan Guan already makes him feel a lot.
The old man stared at him, "Where is the ten thousand guan, grab that thing to grab the ten thousand guan? What else can I do? The new one arrives, the original one will go down, go quickly, if you don’t leave, I’ll go fishing with you, let’s give it to you here. Up."
"Don’t don’t don’t, I’ll go back now. I’m just worried that the newcomer will be more ruthless than the original one. The original subordinates are no more than a hundred people. Look at the newcomers. It’s also silly to buy fish with cash."
This person was talking, fearing that his position would be robbed, so he stopped talking, shaking the boat and went back, humming a bad tune in his mouth, looking very happy.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also released more small boats to go fishing. Unlike the fishermen here, who cast nets one by one, they used two boats to tow together with a large net and a sinker. The nets used were cotton and linen. The mixed woven nets are stronger than normal fishing nets. I am not afraid that large fish will break the nets. Even if they are broken, they will still trawl the nets for fishing.
A group of two boats, drag a net of fish on the boat for a while, and immediately someone starts to pick it up. Very quickly, the handy person removes the internal organs with a single knife, and the iron thorn brushes the scales two or three times to remove them and throws them into the bucket. Some of the fish can still move when it's in.
This is all because Beckham wants to eat a whole fish feast.