On the surface of the South Seas, there is no feeling of cold winter at all.

Li Yixie stood on the deck, writing a logbook while looking at the simple nautical chart in his hand.

December 28, 13th year of Zhenguan, sunny, breeze.

After leaving Champa yesterday, the "Gewu Academy" went all the way south, and on the way came across two merchant ships with big food.

In the nearly three months since it went to sea, the "Gewu Academy" has often not touched a single ship for a whole day at sea, but when it arrived in the South Seas, the number of merchant ships of Dashi has increased significantly.

The weather in Nanyang is really the same as what Fang Jiao said, even in December, you only need to wear a short coat.

When I was in Champong, I saw the rice that was three crops in that year, and I saw the fruit that was full of thorns and smelled foul, but it tasted very good; I saw an elephant with a trunk nearly a foot long, and I saw ......

The world is really full of wonders.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu told everyone in the academy that he hoped that the students of the academy could go to all parts of the Tang Dynasty to take a look, and at least go to sea to see the outside world.

I didn't have any feelings about this before, but now that I think about it, I feel that it is really the truth of the world.

Along the way, my impression of those craftsmen has changed dramatically.

That Zhu Yin and Zhu Tong were originally unwilling to deal with each other in the academy, but after going to sea, they found that their knowledge was so profound.

Their knowledge of the world, their desire to learn, put themselves to shame.

I heard that the fleet would arrive in Puluozhong in a few days, and the San Lang of the Wei Chi family was in Puluozhong, so I really wanted to fly over and communicate with him well.

……

Midtown Pulo.

Now, it can barely be called a city.

"San Lang, during this time, there are ships coming in and out of the dock every day, and the ships passing nearby are also willing to come here to replenish, it seems that the location of this Puluo is really unique."

Zhu Erfu followed behind Wei Chihuan and inspected the new city.

Today, the East China Sea fishery has successively arranged for more than 2,000 people to stay in Puluozhong, plus the Kunlun slaves purchased from maritime merchants from all over the world, the permanent population of the entire Puluozhong is about to exceed 10,000.

"There are a lot of ships coming in and out, and we must have a way to deter them, otherwise it will be a bit difficult to expect these ships to honestly follow our rules."

In this era, people who dare to go to sea basically tie their heads around their necks and are ready to go out at any time.

What kind of benevolence and morality is useless for ships drifting on the sea.

The best way to do this is power, the power to convince you, to make you afraid.

"That's true, it seems that the warships of the Dengzhou shipbuilding workshop need to be made a few more, and after returning to Datang this time, I will suggest to His Royal Highness the King of Chu that the city ship division should also be set up in Puluozhong, and the city ship sailor will be specially arranged to be stationed here with a few warships."

Zhu Erfu thought that during this time, more and more Arab merchant ships docked in Puluo, and the customs of these people were very different from those of the Tang Dynasty, and there had been several skirmishes.

In the long run, something will definitely happen.

"It is true that to strengthen the military construction of Puluozhong, not only warships are needed, but also guards are needed in the city."

Wei Chihuan is now more and more aware of the significance of the city of Puluozhong to the fishing industry in the East China Sea, and naturally supports continuing to increase investment in this place.

Of course, he had little on his mind, and he didn't think about whether there would be any other chain reaction if he built a city overseas like this.

……

Hongzhou, Yuzhang County.

The first batch of Turks who moved to Hongzhou from the Yunzhong Governor's Mansion have been settled here for almost a month.

This month, Tang Tongren has been very busy.

As a student of the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy, although Tang Tongren is Tang Jian's third son, he did not rely on his family relationship and stayed in Chang'an City.

On the contrary, he took the initiative to follow the Turkic internal migration team to Hongzhou.

As a lower state in Jiangnan Province, Hongzhou's population and taxes are not as good as a fraction of Chang'an City.

"Tang Langjun, this dish has grown bigger and bigger, and everyone finally sees some hope."

Ashina Yong is the small leader of this group of Turks, and he was also a collateral descendant of the Ashina family, and this time he brought a thousand Turks to Yuzhang County.

When the team first arrived in Yuzhang County, the first thing they did was to organize and build accommodation.

Fortunately, the imperial court asked all prefectures and counties to fully support the landing of these immigrants, and the household department also purchased a lot of farm tools to distribute to these Turks, and these people got through the initial unaccustomed and quickly built houses.

Then the Tang Tongren began to organize these Turkic people to open up wasteland and cultivate land.

In the big winter, rice is definitely not suitable for planting.

But if you want to eat a cabbage, you can still grow one in Yuzhang County.

Although most of these Turks are very poor, they generally still have some cattle, sheep and horses at home, and after converting them into farm tools and rice seeds, they are no worse than the ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Well, the seeds will start after the beginning of spring, so let's take advantage of this opportunity to build a canal and bring water from the river."

As a student of the Agricultural College, Tang Tongren had tracked the cultivation of Nanyang rice in the Chu Wangfu before, and he was very familiar with agricultural matters.

"Do you need to build another canal?"

Ashina Yong's face became depressed.

These Turks living on horseback, in order to avoid the threat of Xue Yantuo, moved inward willingly.

However, the continuous work during this period of time has made many people a little unaccustomed to it.

"Of course, if we don't build a canal in winter, how can this rice grow well?"

Tang Tongren saw Ashina Yong's not very cooperative expression, and his expression was also cold.

These Hu people, do you really think they can do whatever they want?

Unless they dare to rebel, otherwise when they arrive in Yuzhang County, they will not be able to do whatever they want.

The prince was in the Guanshishan Academy at that time, but he told everyone to deal with these Turkic people who moved inward.

If they are cooperative, then we will assume that they are Turkic people who are about to become Tang people.

If they are picky and uncooperative, then don't be polite at all.

These Turks, in total, hundreds of thousands of people, were sporadically settled in various state capitals of Shannan and Jiangnan provinces, and basically, there was no county with more than 1,000 Turkic people.

And these people are still placed in different directions in the county to open up wasteland.

To put it mildly, in the beginning, these Turks did not want to find an opportunity to get together and meet unless they were brought by locals.

It's like this Ashina Yong, who came to Yuzhang County with nearly a thousand people, placing one or two hundred here, one or two hundred there, and finally the Turkic people that Ashina Yong can see every day are actually less than two hundred.

The others, he didn't even know where to put them.

Tang Tongren was not afraid of him making trouble at all.

The students of Guanshishan Academy, even those from the College of Agriculture and the School of Economics, are both civil and military.

In this Yuzhang County, there were four or five students who came with him, and they almost completely mastered the affairs of these Turks.

"However, every day I work, the herdsmen below have some opinions."

Ashina Yong found that after arriving in Yuzhang, he actually had to work in person.

originally thought that it was just to build a house and plant vegetables, so he put up with it.

I didn't expect to build a canal right away.

"What, Ashinayong? These canals are for irrigation in your own fields, what can they say? If you have an opinion, you can not go, but you will bear the consequences. ”

Ashinayong: ......

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

Ash Nayong regretted a little why he actually took the initiative to move inward.

……

Li Kuan and his entourage, after all, did not stay in Hangzhou Mansion for the New Year.

"Panpan, we are going in the direction of Hongzhou, don't your Gu family have no property in Hongzhou?"

Seeing that Gu Panpan had no intention of returning to Yangzhou at all, Wu Meiniang was very depressed.

"Wu Langjun, Hongzhou really doesn't have our family's property, but it is precisely because there is no our family's property there that I should go over. I'm also carrying forward the industry. ”

Gu Panpan was not interested in returning to Yangzhou at all, and felt that the days of following Wu Meiniang and her party were called days.

Not to mention being able to eat delicious food every day, I was able to experience many things that I had never experienced before.

"Steward Gu, your little lady is so messing around, you don't care?"

Wu Meiniang looked at Gu Lei, who was following behind Gu Panpan, and was speechless.

"Miss Wu, this is ...... If I had taken care of it, we would have returned to Yangzhou City by now. ”

Gu Lei also smiled bitterly.

He grew up watching Gu Panpan, and he is the most familiar with her character.

This girl, relying on her own cleverness and learning some kung fu from others, has never been invincible.

Half of her title of talented woman in Yangzhou City is estimated to have been played.

"Lord ......"

Seeing that Gu Lei couldn't count on it, Wu Meiniang shifted her gaze to Li Kuan.

"These state capitals just need some new businesses to settle in, and since the Gu family is willing to invest in Hongzhou, this king thinks it is a smart choice."

This Gu Panpan's personality is different from Wu Meiniang and Qing'er, and it can be said that he is a living treasure among the group.

In addition, every time he could see Wu Meiniang eating deflated, Li Kuan felt that it was a good idea to let him go to Hongzhou with him.

As the leading family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Gu family extends its business tentacles to Hongzhou, which will inevitably lead to the entry of some other businesses.

Besides, when the time comes, these state capitals will produce a lot of rice, and they will need merchants to transport it out.

Relying on the government alone is too inefficient.

"Lord Wang, you know how to bully me, and I will sue you with the princess when I turn around."

Wu Meiniang muttered, got on the boat first, and stood alone in the bow of the boat and sulked.