Liujin Island·Sea Area
Pei Ziyun arrived here all the way from the capital. At this time, the sky was dyed blue, the water was vast, the sky was wide, and the waves were rolling. Groups of seagulls were flying and falling. Looking around, a faint island loomed in the ocean.
Pei Ziyun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and a hundred households beside him couldn't help but smile: "Master, we are about to arrive on the island, you see, someone has already greeted you.
This Baihu is the person he followed last time, named Qiao Du. He is already the person designated by the prince. If anything happens, he can be handled directly through him. The prince is now very prestigious, and the authority of Baihu when he is sent out to speak is no longer the same.
Pei Ziyun boarded the boat and went down the river, looking at the sea and chanting, and sipping a drink in front of the moon. He was very cool. Qiao Du saw that Pei Ziyun never talked about military affairs and did not ask about it, so he asked about it at this time.
Pei Ziyun turned around with a smile: "I saw it too..."
As they got closer, Baihu Qiaodu took a habitual glance and saw seagulls flying, some women and children on the beach picking up shells and crabs in a basket, and an old man sewing a fishing net under the shade of a coconut tree with a smile.
"Moo", a cow is barking, a farmer is driving a cow to cultivate, a small plain has been cultivated into a fertile field, and a village is standing further away, with several dressed-up villagers on the village observing the sea from a distance at the lookout.
Pei Ziyun faced the sea breeze and saw spring flowers blooming on the island, and said: "A few days ago, it was cold and bitter, but in a blink of an eye, spring flowers are blooming."
Hearing this, a boatman smiled: "Sir, there is little frost and snow on Liujin Island. It takes more than three months for it to get warm on the coast, but it only takes more than one month for spring on Liujin Island. But in the past, the boss was only willing to plunder. If you don't want to run it, if you run it well, you can have thousands of acres of fertile land."
"Haha, that's right!" Pei Ziyun pointed to the jungle and said, "You can also graze cattle, sheep and pigs on the mountains. It's not a problem. You can also fish in the water."
"Dock" a boatman shouted, and the boat became busy, anchoring, and building a bridge. Pei Ziyun disembarked, and He Qingqing led several Taoists to greet him, saying: "Real person!"
Pei Ziyun waved his hand and said, "How have you been recently?"
He Qingqing said: "There are mountains, villages, and fertile farmland. It's similar to the mountains. Life is comfortable, but the little guy has lived in the mountains before and doesn't know how to use water. It's a headache."
"Now let's learn a lesson. Living on an island without water is not enough." Pei Ziyun pointed at the busy people in front of the river canyon and asked, "What are you doing there?"
He Qingqing took a look and said, "Sir, we are building a dam. We have few people, so we directly invited craftsmen from the land to build it, and the money we paid was 30% more than usual."
"The two heights here form a canyon, and there is a river in the middle, which can be dammed. We have done this before in the mountains, turning the flat land into fertile farmland, and the hillside can be turned into terraced fields, at least another 500 acres. "
Hearing this, Pei Ziyun couldn't help but nodded.
"How is the construction of the house going?" Pei Ziyun asked again.
"Please also invite the craftsmen on the ground. They have finished repairing it. Please take a look."
Several people stepped forward.
Spring flowers were blooming along the way, and the sun was shining warmly. Some fishermen were casting nets on the distant sea to catch fish.
In the distance, there are several goats scattered on the grass, with a few lambs, bleating, and a few roosters and a group of hens foraging on the grass not far away. There are no wild animals on the island, so you can rest assured.
You can see the cottage from a distance, and there is a lookout on the cottage. The cottage has not been demolished, but has been strengthened. If something changes, you can retreat here and stick to it.
A town is formed on the plain below the village. It is neatly planned and forms a tic-tac-shape. From time to time, mountain residents come forward to salute.
"Look, real person, for safety's sake, we built in the village." He Qingqing said.
Pei Ziyun and He Qingqing entered Zhai Zhong, where a mansion was being repaired.
There are red walls inside. Although it is not splendid, it still has some momentum. Once inside, you can see the meeting hall, living room, backyard, military room, and a pool with several fish in it.
After going out and returning to the town below, I saw a Taoist temple. The Taoist temple was not big, with only one main hall and a side hall, and several Taoists were directing the construction.
Not far from the next door was the ancestral hall. Looking all the way down, standing on a high place, Pei Ziyun felt a sense of pride. He turned around and asked Baihu: "What do you think of this?"
"It's not bad. I have some farmland and can live in some people." Qiao Du didn't care at all. The area of Liujin Island was only a village, but the island was deserted and there wasn't much land that could be developed. He could understand Pei Ziyun's spread of branches and leaves. The idea of business, but I don’t think much about it.
"These hundreds of households are right to think so." Liusha Island can't hide it, and it doesn't want to hide it. If it were a big island, the government might want to gather people overseas and have unforeseen consequences, but this kind of island is only 170 square kilometers, and the development Even to the extreme it’s just like a village!
But Pei Ziyun is a time traveler, and he has a sense of urgency. The Liusha Island and Shao Island together cover 200 square kilometers, and they have developed tens of thousands of acres of farmland. This is not because he wants to rebel, but to leave some foundation for the Pei family.
"With popularity, I have built dams, cultivated fertile fields, fished, and raised poultry and livestock. After doing these things, I feel a little bit popular!"
The wind was blowing, and Baihu, He Qingqing, and Taoist saw Pei Ziyun standing on the top of the mountain looking into the distance, motionless, and they did not dare to come forward to disturb him.
After a long time, Pei Ziyun turned away and said, "Mr. Qiao, let's take a rest, have a meal and then set off to respond to the state."
Qiao Du had no interest in this island and nodded repeatedly: "That's what the real person said!"
After seeing him go away, Pei Ziyun entered the small hall. Seeing that the decoration inside was simple, and the tea served was only coarse tea, he took a sip and called He Qingqing over, with a solemn look on his face: "You are doing a good job, I will give you some tea again." You have a charter.”
He Qingqing immediately knelt down and changed his title: "Young Master, if you say so, I will do it!"
"Although Liusha Island and Shao Island are small, they are divided into ten li, with 20 households in each li. There is a li chief and a secretary. The invited craftsmen and plasterers should not be sent back first. Continue to build the li. After the construction is completed, the land will be allocated and a land tax of five yuan will be collected. One percent.”
"Five pavilions were built on the island's main traffic roads, which also served as post stations. Their five soldiers were called Wu Pavilions. Every year, young people from the village were recruited for training."
"Only those who have been trained and qualified can work as an official or a soldier or as a sailor in a fleet."
"If you don't go through this process, you will spend your whole life farming or fishing."
"I have two corps of twelve personal guards."
"The mayor's office is built in the town, and you will be the first mayor. The following are divided into household registration officials, tax collectors, prison officials, inspection teams, port officials, warehouse officials, and medical officials."
"The household registration officer is very simple. He checks the household registration and land, and registers all new births and land sales."
"The tax collector collects the taxes on the island."
"Prison history is prison, don't talk about it anymore."
"The patrol team is currently composed of two teams. Aren't there two pirate ships that have not been sold? Just take the ship to patrol the port."
"After the Li Pavilion is built, we will continue to build the port and try to accommodate as many ships as possible."
"The port officials register foreign ships and collect taxes - it is not good to directly talk about taxes to the outside world, but it is very appropriate to talk about ship docking fees."
"A warehouse clerk is a warehouse manager."
"Physicians are doctors."
"The ships are all publicly owned, half military and half commercial. The captain, first mate, second mate, and third mate are appointed. They must be from Liting. A dividend system is implemented-that is, when a ship comes off, part of it is given to the public, and part is given to the captain and first mate. , the second mate, the third mate’s dividends, and part of it is the sailors’ dividends.”
"Young Master, if this is the case, there will be hundreds of people!" He Qingqing was originally the leader of the village. Knowing this, he was a little confused: "We only have a thousand or a few hundred people. Isn't this a bit too many people?"
“It’s certainly too much just to plant some fields and herd cattle and sheep.”
"But we have two major financial resources."
"First of all, with the expansion of ocean trade, there are more and more ships. Although our Liujin Island is not big, it is an important transfer station. Yingzhou Shipping Department still proposed to establish it. The shipping fees we charge here are actually just To maintain spending, the focus is still on consumption and trade.”
"Consumption and trade?" He Qingqing didn't understand this.
Pei Ziyun pointed to the town below: "This town is not far from the port, only a few hundred meters. It can build inns, hotels, medical shops, pawn shops, etc."
"Once the trading ships arrive here, fresh water, food, wine, and accommodation are all consumption items."
"Although we don't engage in piracy ourselves, some dirty goods can be bought at low prices and then sold through our fleet."
"Coupled with our fleet's own trade, it is more than enough to support a hundred people, or even two or three hundred. These can be included in the plan."
"You can only use the gold I shipped for these early development expenses."
He Qingqing thought for a while and nodded: "I understand, I will handle it later."
"Don't be in a hurry. Take your time and do it one by one. It's a small island after all. It won't take much time to complete. One or two years will be enough."
Pei Ziyun stood up and walked around for a few steps, then turned around, with a sneer, and said in a low voice: "We have no intention of rebelling, but if we don't set rules, you will find that after a few decades, it will become a disunity." sand."
"You have to remember that wealth lasts for three generations, but rules last for five or ten generations!"
Pei Ziyun understood this very well. If he didn't do this, relying solely on wealth and capital, the Pei family might be able to maintain their status within the first or second generation, but after three generations, someone else would definitely rise up and replace the Pei family's status.
Now that order and rules are established, there will be people to maintain them. Unless they are destroyed by external forces, or they cannot survive through excessive expropriation, they will last long.
Thinking of this, Yin Shen moved and looked down the mountain. Originally, there was a trace of white air under the mountain, and there was a light red color on the mansion. When he thought of this, it suddenly changed again, and the white air became thicker.
Pei Ziyun laughed and thought to himself: "I can't win the Baihong election. There are three hundred households that are twice as likely as the number of people to be elected. It's even different now. According to the Daxu system, a hundred households can grant a son, three hundred households can grant a son, and six hundred A household can be granted the title of uncle, a thousand households can be granted the title of marquis, and two thousand households can be granted the title of duke. This golden island of mine can also be regarded as the viscount's family property."
Just as I was thinking about it, a small white plum suddenly appeared in my eyes, and it quickly enlarged into a translucent data frame, floating in the field of vision with a faint sense of light, and the data appeared in front of my eyes.
"Yin Shen: The Third Level (Completion 101.5%)"
(End of chapter)