Chapter Seventy-Seven: Crossing the Sea and Crossing the Sea Has Old Friends

Before you know it, the golden autumn of September has arrived.

Ou Laogen looked at the huge sea ship with anxiety, and always muttered in his heart, he had never been on a boat in San'in, and he had also taken a sea ship when he came to Hang Island, but it was the first time that it was as big as this one.

This is the "Dingyuan", which was completely completed in mid-June, and the captain is Lin Xi. Compared with the original Sanyuan ship, the Dingyuan is more than twice as large, according to later generations, the displacement is close to 500 tons, it is really a rare giant ship in this era, only the official "Shenzhou" is larger than it.

The ship was equipped with two bronze cannons, and Li Yilao was appointed as the commander of the gun, and twenty junior students were appointed as gunners. Zhao and Ju know very well that even with his involvement, in the foreseeable future, artillery will be the king of war, and these twenty nominal teenagers are all the kind of geometry that kind of good learning, and more skillful, they will become the first batch of instructors of the Chinese artillery, before that, they have to be familiar with the cannon drill on the "Zhiyuan".

This time, there were Ou Laogen's family on the ship, and even Ou Bama was also sent, but Zhao and Ju said that he would only stay in Liuqiu for a while, and after completing the mission of Zhao and Ju, he would return to the mainland before the end of the year. In addition, almost all the Zhuang guests and family members who invested in the Zhao family before the age of nine were sent.

There is also the fourth batch of righteous teenagers, who have also completed four years of study, and except for a few who stayed in Yuzhang Villa, most of them have been sent, a total of forty-one people. In the past two months, Zhao and Ju have been asking Ou Bama to take them to do all kinds of experiments in the villa, some of which are already chemical knowledge. If it weren't for the lack of glass test tubes, an important test prop, Zhao Youju would even want to teach them more.

In addition to the people from Yuzhang Villa, there are also people and livestock sent by Shima Hirohiko from the Central Plains intermittently in the past few months. Because of the cessation of the war between the Jin and Song dynasties, the land transportation between the Song and Jin dynasties was cut off, and these people were first sent to Haizhou, and then rushed from Haizhou to Hanging Island. In addition to them, Liu Quan also arrived at the Hanging Island in batches with the rest of the Red Jacket Army loyal to Yang Miaozhen, mainly the old and weak, women and children, with a total of more than 4,000 people. Li Quan finally took full control of the Red Jacket Army, for him, Liu Quan and Yang Miaozhen had lost their role, if it weren't for the hanging island in exchange for his urgently needed food, the people sent by Liu Quan and Shi Mo Guangyan would not have been so easy to get out.

Now there are more than 5,000 people gathered on the hanging island, all of whom are going to be sent to Tamsui. Some time ago, the sea was windy, and the delivery was delayed, otherwise there would not be so much backlog. There are many people and few ships, and it is impossible to transport them all at one time, so in arranging the voyage, Meng Xisheng was very hurtful.

"Dad, get on board." Ohama urged.

"Oh...... Oh. Eulogen was a little confused, he scratched his head, picked up his heavy luggage, and stepped onto the gangway.

Because the "Dingyuan" is extremely tall, if you want to get on the ship, you must also take the gangway, the hanging island has been expanding the wharf, this time to go to Tamsui, Dingyuan and the three ships will transport a lot of cement.

The boat left the island on September 21, and because of the tailwind, it took only four days to reach Tamsui. Ou Laogen thought that this freshwater was just a small island the size of a palm, with barren grass and no people, but when he went out of the boat, he could not see how big the island was, and the houses at the wharf were neat, the roads were smooth, and they were paved with things he did not know, and they looked clean and beautiful.

"Dad, look, there's fresh water!" Obama excitedly pointed to the opposite wall and shouted.

Although there was plenty of masonry and cement, due to the lack of manpower, the city wall of Tamsui was only repaired and the part facing the port, about two miles. The city wall is not too tall, less than two zhang, and no enemy towers and urn cities have been built, but there are fights on both sides of the city gate. Still on the pier, you can see the houses inside the city walls, lined up in very neat rows. Moreover, the houses are all made of red bricks, and the green tiles are paved on them, and the colors are very conspicuous.

"Here...... Is it really a desert island? Ou Laogen said dreamily.

"Naturally not!" Ou Bama was extremely excited, he ran down quickly, met Fang Youcai, and hurriedly saluted: "Steward Fang!" ”

"How did the eight horses come!" Fang Youcai didn't recognize Ou Ba Ma at first, but when he saw him salute, he remembered: "It's just that I haven't seen you for more than a year, and you have grown into a big guy...... How is your dad's health...... Hey, he's here too? ”

He was shocked when he saw Ou Laogen cautiously coming down the gangway, and rushed up after leaving Ou Bama, although it was extremely beautiful here, but as the saying goes, wealth and nobility do not return to their hometowns like brocade clothes at night, and it has always been a regret in Fang Youcai's heart that he can't let his acquaintances in Shanyin County see his current appearance. When he saw Ou Laogen at this time, his heart was suddenly full of joy: when the two first arrived at Yuzhang Villa, Ou Laogen and him were a little wrong, and Ou Laogen was more valued by Dalang than him at that time, but in only six or seven years, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to Zhuangzi, so he has today, and Ou Laogen is still his old blacksmith.

A kind of conceit was born, Fang Youcai came to Ou Laogen and stopped, arched his hand and said: "Lao Gen, I haven't seen you for more than a year, is your body and bones good?" ”

Ou Laogen smiled innocently, hugged his fists and saluted: "TOEFL, Steward Fang is tired here, is he in good health?" ”

"This place is like spring all year round, except that the humidity is heavier, there is nothing bad." Fang Youcai smiled, and then shouted behind him: "Duncan, don't be lazy, hurry up and bring someone to unload the goods!" ”

When he first saw Duncan's white appearance, Ou Bama was startled, and Ou Laogen couldn't help but look at it twice. Seeing that this deep-eyed rhinoplasty guy was driven by Fang Youcai to turn around, leading the strong man to start unloading from the ship, he smiled slightly in his heart, although Fang Youcai's voice roared this sea fang, it was actually for him.

Because the "Dingyuan" was large enough, and because there were not many goods transported, there were 1,500 people who came with the ship this time, and the things that picked up people were all done by idle young people. Ou Laogen occasionally praised him twice, both of which were just right, which made him more and more excited.

"Lao Gen, although I am now a housekeeper, I look better than you, but it is difficult to say when it comes to our next generation." He patted Ou Laogen on the shoulder: "Your old man is a little smaller, but now he is also in charge of dozens of people, and the third child of your family has won the praise of Da Lang, our freshwater is now short of people, has your second child been here?" If he comes, let him come to me, and I will give him his share of the work. ”

"Thank you Steward Fang, he is not that material, besides, I have been ordered by Da Lang, he is going to come to help me." Ou Laogen shook his head: "Da Lang......"

He originally wanted to praise Zhao and Ju, but he felt that he seemed to be sycophant, so he swallowed and didn't say anything, grabbed Fang Youcai's arm and said, "Take me to see the town...... It's time to call it a city, right? ”

Tamsui should indeed be called a city now, originally there were 2,000 people living here, and this time 1,500 people poured in, plus more than 3,000 people waiting on the hanging island, more than 7,000 people, it can be regarded as a small city.

After harvesting two crops of rice, there are now 70,000 stone millet in the large freshwater warehouse, which is 10,000 people, enough to eat for a year. Moreover, because of Fang Youcai's unforgettable feelings for the fields, the cultivated land of Tamsui is still expanding. He didn't care if he could finish planting or not, in short, he would never give up until he opened up the flat land and gentle slopes north of the Tamsui River.

If there is enough food, you can feed livestock, and there are now more than 600 large animals such as horses, cows, and donkeys that can be used as tools, more than 300 pigs and sheep, and countless chickens, ducks and geese. The wooden huts where these livestock lived were all lived in by the earliest pioneers, but have been abandoned.

In order to make these livestock eat well, Fang Youcai also ordered people to plant alfalfa on the slopes, and the slopes used to grow alfalfa alone exceeded 2,000 acres.

Since the construction of the large warehouse, how to use cement and red bricks to build houses, there has been new progress. Zhao Youju only pointed out a little in the letter, saying that although there is no shortage of land for fresh water now, there will be a shortage of land for future generations to reproduce, so residential land should be saved, and more consideration should be given to how to build high buildings, rather than blindly occupying land. The young man told the plasterers about this, and the plasterers figured out how to build a building with bamboo, cement and red bricks. They used bamboo to replace the steel bars in later buildings, and according to the drawings sent by Zhao and Ju, and according to their own ideas and experiences, they built a three-storey building with ten rooms on each floor. If Zhao and Ju come to see it, they will definitely exclaim, this is the famous "tube building" in later generations.

Although the later generation of the tube building is the object of renovation, but at this time it is extremely beautiful, Fang Youcai feels that this building is both magnificent and comfortable, except that the corridor is darker, there are almost no shortcomings, and it is decided to build another twenty buildings after the busy farming.

This building Ou Laogen was also amazed when he saw it, and the straight road was amazing.

Back in his room, Ou Bama handed over a letter written by Zhao Heju to Fang Youcai, Fang Youcai still asked him to read it, it was nothing more than some greetings, Fang Youcai listened carefully, and there was a paragraph at the end of the letter, saying that the letter to Chen Zicheng and others explained extremely important things, so that Fang Youcai also went to see it.

"The letter is also with me, Steward Fang will send someone to invite them." Obama didn't know the contents of the letter, so he said at this time.

"They are all in the midst of righteousness now, and I look at the time...... There was still half an hour left for school, so I sent someone to call. Referring to these people, Fang Youcai said with a smile: "Originally, when I saw the ship coming, I told them that Yixue would suspend classes today to pick up people, but they refused to live or die, and said that classes would be suspended unless Da Lang came." ”

"Da Lang is now reading and writing at home, teaching younger brothers and sisters, but he can't be free." Euro Eight Horse Road.

After more than half an hour, Chen Zicheng, Chen Ren, Li Ye, Li Yunrui and Qiu Shuang, the five leaders of the righteous boys, all rushed over, but what Zhao Heju wrote to them was a letter, which was extremely thick, with more than ten pages. Chen Zicheng came out with his belief, at first he was exhortation, although there were not many words, but they were extremely simple, and then he said something very important.

In the past, there were few people in Tamsui, and they could be restrained by relying on these righteous teenagers, but with the growth of the population of Tamsui, especially the emergence of families, it is obviously impossible to manage them like hundreds or thousands of people before.

Everyone has selfishness, and it is obviously impossible to suppress this kind of selfishness, so Zhao Heju said in the letter that he would change the previous registration system and establish a household registration. All freshwater people must be registered in the household registration, and the household registration has basic information such as origin, name, gender, age, family, residence, etc., and there is a special column to record the person's specialty, for example, the blacksmith must indicate that he can strike iron. Juvenile Yixue must also be registered, and it will be indicated in the column of recording specialties that they have graduated from Yixue in several phases, such as Chen Ren, Li Ye, and Chen Zicheng, who must indicate that they graduated from the first phase of Yixue, and Li Yunrui and Qiu Shuang must indicate that they graduated from the second phase.

After registering the family, they will be placed according to their specialty, such as blacksmiths entering the "Tamsui Iron Yard", carpenters entering the "Tamsui Carpentry Yard", and plasterers and bricklayers entering the "Tamsui Infrastructure Construction Team".

Zhao and Ju set up a total of nine units in the letter: Tamsui Iron Yard, Tamsui Wood Yard, Tamsui Infrastructure Construction Team, Tamsui Manufacturing Bureau, Tamsui Farm, Tamsui Medical Institute, Tamsui Primary School, Tamsui Weaving Yard and Tamsui Guard. These nine units are unified under the management of the Tamsui Town Office, with Fang Youcai as the housekeeper and Chen Zicheng, Chen Ren, Li Ye, and Li Yunrui as the deputy housekeepers. On the division of labor, the freshwater iron yard is managed by Ou Laogen, the infrastructure team is managed by Fang Youcai, the manufacturing bureau is temporarily replaced by Ou Bama, the farm is managed by Zhao En, the medical institute is naturally Qiushuang, the primary school is Chen Ren, the weaving field is Zheng Ru, the escort team is Li Ye, and Zhao and Ju of the woodware field did not specify who was in charge, so that Fang Youcai chose one person to report.

He referred to the model of running society in the era of planned economy of state-owned enterprises in later generations, and in addition to having a clear primary and secondary industries, he also included culture, education, health, and militia forces. All people with registered household registration in Tamsui and those of appropriate age are required to enter Tamsui Primary School, with unified accommodation and diet, and unified management; When they are over 16 years old, they enter the Tamsui Guard, which is also managed by the same unified board and lodging, and in addition to military training, they also have to attend open night schools, so that they can read 500 words, know addition and subtraction, and at the same time, if the department is short of manpower, they will be asked to go to support; Over 20 years old, according to their own strengths and preferences, mainly considering the needs of freshwater development, they are placed in nine units.

This kind of collective management of all affairs, large and small, originally originated from the ancient Greek Sparta, and the Spartans were able to choke the hot springs with a mere 300 men and block the Persian army of 100,000 from advancing, which was closely related to this system. Although this system has become the object of reform in later generations, it can be used to bring the smallest force together and play the greatest role in today's freshwater.

If it were not for the fact that the original clan and local relations were broken in the process of immigration, this system would be more difficult to implement. At this time, there are three main sources of migration, first of all, naturally from Yuzhang Villa, including Zhuang Ke, Yixue teenagers and all kinds of craftsmen, there are four or five hundred people, they came here the earliest, the most familiar connections, there is no problem in loyalty, so in the Zhao and Ju plan, it will constitute the backbone of Tamsui. The second is the displaced people recruited from Lianghuai, they are small in number, only more than 200 people, attached to Yuzhang Villa, basically only the order of the villa is obeyed. The largest population is the old department of the Red Jacket Army, about 1,500 people, which are all loyal to Yang Miaozhen, the reason why they crossed the ocean to Liuqiu, was originally tired of fighting and bloody, as long as there is a full stomach and a stable home, most of them will obey the management. Besides, Zhao and Ju had already arranged to receive them, and they were scattered by the Yixue boys, each Yixue teenager only needs to manage forty or fifty people, for the Yixue teenagers who can understand and learn some special skills, this is not too difficult to do, such as telling the past to think about today's sweetness, all kinds of vulgar tune performances and other means, talking alone, undressing and pushing clothes and other actions are made, after more than half a year, these original red jacket army, including Li Rui, who originally looked at Zhao and Ju unpleasantly, Now I feel that this little master is generous and bold, and he is worthy of his wealth.

With the appearance of these rebel immigrants who came before, Zhao and Ju can be sure that gathering the hearts of the rest of the rebels can get twice the result with half the effort.