Chapter 67 There is always red gold in the sand

"This is it."

As the first of the three long-distance ships, the Zhiyuan is no match for its sisters in terms of comfort and spaciousness, but Zhao and Ju must use it as their flagship whenever they take a boat, and this voyage from Tamsui is no exception.

"Da Lang......" Zhao Ziyue's expression was a little complicated, looking at the place in front of him.

This is a good harbor known as "Keelung" in later generations, surrounded by low mountains on three sides, facing the sea in the north, and two islands in the sea, so it is really a natural harbor. Compared with fresh water, it has more obvious advantages over the harbor, but it also has the disadvantage, that is, the place is narrow, which is not conducive to expansion.

"You stay here, and I will leave the ship Donghai on the island, and send you a batch of supplies every three days, and you will be in charge of everything." Zhao Youju smiled slightly: "Tighten up, let Fang Youcai prepare the bricks and tiles for you, the Donghai will make a few more trips, build a fortress first, and then build a wall, the wall must be high, do you understand?" ”

The "Donghai" is a small boat of 200 Hu (10 tons), which is slightly larger than ordinary fishing boats, and this time it also came here with Zhao and Ju for this purpose.

"Yes." Zhao Ziyue looked at the scenery in front of him with emotion, he understood that this was Zhao Heju's punishment for his unauthorized actions in Yang Miaozhen's affairs, and at the same time, it was also a heavy burden on him.

"Keep things secret, and when everything is done, the craftsmen are sent back to fresh water, blindfolded when they come and go." Zhao Youju said: "I will directly transport the craftsmen by land, and then send the fourth phase of Yixue Boy to take care of it with you, this matter is very important, and only you are allowed to know." ”

"I know, too!" Zhao Youju was talking to Zhao Ziyue, and Yang Miaozhen next to him snorted.

Although she said this, she actually didn't know anything, she only knew that Zhao Heju had sent Zhao Zi to this wild place. She didn't have a good impression of Zhao Ziyue, but she pitied him for his loyalty, but she was put here, and she felt that Zhao Heju had some unknown rewards and punishments.

"I promise you three years, and after three years, I will take you back to the villa." Zhao Youju ignored her, during this time, although she was brought with her every time she went out, but in most cases she was left to dry, at first Yang Miaozhen was still a little resistant, but when she saw the place where Tamsui prepared for the rebel immigrants and the vast arable land by the river, her resistance was completely gone.

This large wasteland belongs to Zhao and Ju, and his willingness to accept the righteous army is really amazing. Yang Miaozhen asked herself, if this land belonged to herself, she might not be willing to rent it to others at an interest rate of eleven.

On the day of the arrival of the rebels, Zhao and Ju announced in the name of the little master of Tamsui that all those who settled in Tamsui, regardless of men and women, only needed to work and go to school according to the Tamsui plan, and after three years, those who reached the age of 20 would be granted 50 acres of land, and only one-tenth of the harvest in the field would be paid as rent every year, and then they would continue to cultivate for five consecutive years, and the planted land would belong to them permanently, and only one-thirtieth of the harvest in the field would be paid every year for repairing bridges, paving roads, running schools, and other charitable acts. This proclamation was carved into an inscription by a stonemason and stood in the Tamsui Righteousness.

"The son Zhao and Ju, added as the lord of fresh water, this is an oath, and it is not easy for future generations to come: those who have something must enter, and those who have worked must have gains.

Yang Miao remembered the last sentence of the inscription in her heart, she didn't know that this was borrowed from Chen Liang's "utilitarian" statement, but she just felt that this was true, the righteous army immigrated here, exchanged their own labor for the land, and then exchanged the land for fresh water protection, which is really fair.

"Fourth lady, don't you know, gold is abundant here." Zhao Heju didn't intend to hide it from Yang Miaozhen, hanging her these days was enough to hit her arrogance, and let her calm down and think about whether Zhao Ziyue's request was wrong. Zhao Heju punished Zhao Zi and said, just for him to make his own decisions, he was quite satisfied with him accepting this beautiful concubine for himself.

She is seventeen years old this year, and when she is eighteen, she is only twenty-three years old, and it is the time when the flowers are at their most brilliant.

"Ah...... Gold...... Gold! How do you know? He suddenly opened his mouth to speak to Yang Miaozhen, which surprised Yang Miaozhen, and it took a while to understand, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"I know." Zhao Youju smiled slightly, Keelung Jinguashi is the largest gold mine in Asia, mining more than 600 tons of gold, and it is also an extremely rare large-scale gold mine in the world.

He doesn't plan to use the gold mined here for the time being, but will wait until the time is ripe to take it out. In addition to gold, there are also a lot of coal, copper, sulfur and other minerals here, and if conditions permit, they will be developed at the same time.

"Why did you tell me that there was gold here, so that you were not afraid that I would return to Tamsui and lead the rebels to kill all of you and take away this island, wouldn't the gold also belong to me?" After staring at Zhao Heju for a while, Yang Miaozhen suddenly asked.

Zhao Ziyue squinted his eyes and leaned over to Zhao Heju almost instinctively, but Zhao Youju waved his hand and smiled at Yang Miaozhen: "If you are such a person, you will not agree to the conditions mentioned by Ziyu for the sake of the righteous army." ”

Yang Miaozhen's face turned red, she felt that her cheeks were feverish, but she still tried to let herself stare at Zhao Youju: "But what if I change my mind now, kill you, not only will I get your island and gold, but I don't have to be your ...... Your ......"

"Concubine." Zhao and Ju said the two words she didn't like to hear for her.

"You!" Yang Miaozhen's eyes widened, and she was furious: "Shameless! ”

"Fourth lady, I'm only twelve now...... Oh, it's just my birthday, and it's already thirteen. Zhao Youju said lightly: "I have a high hall in my family, and I can't make my own decisions about marriage, but there should be no obstacle to taking concubines." Be of good cheer, and I will do well to you. ”

"You!" Yang Miaozhen clenched her fists and clenched her fists, although Zhao Youju said that she was thirteen, she was still a head shorter than her, and she looked weak, she saw Zhao Ziyue tilting his head on the side and pretending not to hear anything, in the past, it was a punch and a kick, and Zhao Ziyue rolled on the ground, and she felt better in her heart.

"Zhao and Ju, you are just a fart child, and you also want to take me as a concubine? It's for the sake of this brother of the righteous army that I have made a false deal with you! I felt a little angry, but when I saw Zhao Heju's face with a faint smile, Yang Miaozhen was furious again, and she pointed and said: "Hmph, I won't marry in this life, and I won't be a concubine with your fart child." ”

Zhao Youju smiled slightly, knowing that what she said was a half-truth, seeing that she was so anxious that her face was red and her eyes were watery, her heart moved again, and she couldn't help but laugh: "I'm thirteen now, and in two or three years, I will be fifteen or sixteen, and I won't be a little kid at that time." ”

"You're not a little kid anymore, and neither am I...... I also ...... "Yang Miao is really anxious."

"Then when did you say you would marry me as a concubine?" Zhao Youju narrowed his eyes: "I'll settle the trilogy for you, those who work hard will get something, right?" ”

"Unless you can beat me, I will marry you!" Yang Miaozhen finally felt that she had found a way, and shouted at Zhao Heju.

Her face was red because of excitement and shyness, her lips were pursed with annoyance, her eyes were wide, and her originally bright eyes seemed to burst if they were squeezed. Zhao Youju nodded: "Although it is not easy to beat you, it is not difficult." ”

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and six righteous teenagers walked out of the boat, led by Qin Dashi. They all have crossbows in their hands, and if they are surrounded by them on this ship, they will be ten times stronger than Yang Miaozhen, and they will not be able to get out.

"You ambush people...... Yang Miaozhen was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Are you guarding against me?" ”

"If it's just to guard against you, I won't let them out." Zhao Heju's expression was still calm: "Fourth lady, in the future, the six of them will be taught by you, and my safety will be handed over to you." ”

This is a warning, but also a trust, Yang Miaozhen looked at Zhao Youju with wide eyes, and she found that she couldn't see through this teenager more and more.

"I don't teach!" Yang Miao really wanted to say this, but when it came to her mouth, it became like this: "Why do I want to teach them? ”

"I'll teach you literacy and arithmetic." Zhao Youju tilted his head, as if he was smiling at her: "Fourth lady, how about this exchange?" ”

"That's fair." Yang Miaozhen said unconsciously.

"Dalang, I'm off the boat." Zhao Ziyue looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile. Although Yang Miaozhen's punch and kick were heavy, it was nothing to a strong guy like him.

"Take care, you have to drink the juice of Artemisia annua." Zhao Youju nodded, and just said briefly.

Zhao Zi said that he entered the cabin, and after a while, he summoned a team of craftsmen, these craftsmen had been specially selected by Fang Youcai, and they would be sent back to land after they were completed, so they had no idea where the place they had come to build was.

When the "Zhiyuan" set sail, Zhao Youju stood at the stern of the ship and kept looking at Zhao Zi who waved to him on land. It was the first time Yang Miaozhen saw him express himself like this, and his heart moved slightly: It seems that this Zhao Heju is not calm to the point of no emotion.

"Even if there is no gold mine here, your family is already a rich country, why let him be here?" couldn't help it, Yang Miaozhen asked: "Although I don't look down on you, I also know that you are not a miser who only recognizes gold and silver and does not recognize human feelings, so don't lie to me!" ”

The righteous teenagers trained by Zhao and Ju, including those like Zhao Ziyue, who took refuge halfway, because they were used to seeing him over the years, all of them almost blindly trusted him, and there were few who spoke to him like Yang Miaozhen. He felt the novelty and liked to say a few words, so he explained: "The gold mine here is not for my family. ”

"Who is that? For our rebels? Yang Miaozhen twisted her eyebrows, thought for a long time, and asked hesitantly.

"Fourth lady, what you think of is only the righteous army, but what I think of is the people of the world......" Zhao Youju said this, feeling a little speechless, and then shook his head: "Hugh wants to ask again, go back with me!" ”

After returning to Tamsui, Zhao and Ju stayed for another day and then left with the boat. This time, because of the importance of the matter, although he repeatedly said it in the letter, he still couldn't help but come to advise. The rebels are a family of their own, if they can't be won over, there is Yang Miaozhen, and sooner or later they will be in a big disagreement; On the contrary, if they can be won over, even if Yang Miaozhen is combined with Li Quan as in history, Zhao and Ju are not worried about what will happen to Liusheng.

The methods used to win the loyalty of the rebels were not very profound, they were nothing more than the methods of a certain army in later generations in Zhao Youju's memory, and they were so powerful that they could immediately transform yesterday's enemies into "liberation fighters" and loyally fight against the world's number one power. These activities such as undressing and eating, remembering bitter and sweet, Zhao and Ju used them in order to establish loyalty in the hearts of the righteous boys, and they only needed to explain to them to do it again to the righteous army. Zhao and Ju believe that the appeal of Yang Miaozhen's brothers and sisters is not as powerful as being full of food and warm clothes.

The Three Distant Ships took all the craftsmen who did not want to stay on the island, and with the Red Jacket Rebels, their hired craftsmen were not so important. Because they were more at ease on the island than they were in the Great Song Dynasty, nearly half of these craftsmen intended to stay, and those who left also wanted to go home to discuss with their families and move their families to Liuqiulai. In this regard, Zhao and Ju both raised their hands in approval.

Ah Mao is currently leaving the Sanyuan ship, scratching his head and crying, the Song craftsman he first came into contact with, and returned to the Great Song Dynasty with the Sanyuan ship. He didn't quite understand in his heart why these Song people built a house, but left it.

"You kid has a bit of a conscience." On his side, Fang Youcai gently patted him on the shoulder: "Hugh is going to flow horse urine again, we still have a lot of things to do!" ”

Li Ye still stayed in Tamsui, he, Chen Ren and Qiu Shuang were the heads of the Tamsui Yixue boys, and the reason why he was not rotated back was because of his temperament, which was very suitable for leading the boys in the righteous army. He followed the martial artist to learn fists, feet, swords and guns for three years, and when it came to his kung fu, three or five people could cope with it. Chen Ren's fists and feet are weak, although he can be a teacher of Tamsui righteousness in terms of knowledge, he may not be able to suppress these wild boys.

In addition, Zhao and Ju also hoped that Li Ye could organize Tamsui Qingzhuang and practice for an hour every day - because of the quarter of an hour, Tamsui has now begun to measure by hours.

Now there are less than 20 Yixue teenagers left on the hanging island, and most of the first three Yixue teenagers have been sent to Tamsui, they rest and still live in the terraced houses on the side of Tamsui Yixue according to the rules of Yuzhang Villa, running and reading in the morning every day, taking turns to give lectures to Yixue, leading these new teenagers to help Tamsui work in the afternoon, and teaching arithmetic at night.

The textbooks I read in the morning include the three-character classic, the thousand-character text, and the most important one is that the young man of Yixue talked about his life in Yuzhang Villa. Hot air balloons, water mills, reeling cars, quarter of an hour and a lot of strange things were all said, which made these people who listened to the lecture extremely admired Yuzhang Villa, and at the same time, they were unconsciously instilled with loyalty and belonging to the villa, and this loyalty and belonging were finally concentrated on the owner of Zhao and Ju.

The rule of one examination per month set by Zhao and Ju has also been implemented here, because some of the craftsmen sent this time can make paper, and some of the islands have bark thatch, but after a month, the paper from fresh water can be supplied by itself, and there is no need to transport it by land. These teenagers learned to make their own pencils and chalk, and wrote on the island's homemade paper, and at first they were naturally crooked, which made people laugh.

In addition to papermaking, there are also salt-drying and pottery-making, which are all very meaningful for self-reliance. Although the craftsmen who moved from the Red Jacket Army were older than them, they had listened to them since the hanging island, and Yang Miaozhen told them, seeing that they were fair and neat, they gradually became accustomed to obedience.

After all, there are others who worry about it, they only need to work every day, so they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they don't have to worry about the government coming to cut off their heads.

There are a few thorns, and they have also been subdued in several conflicts with the Yixue boys, and these gangs of Yixue boys have been fighting, and there have always been dozens of beatings, and a few thorns are powerless to compete with them.