Chapter Eighty-Nine: Half a Day of Floating Life is Rare to Be Idle

"It's even starting to mint coins!"

Zhao Youju looked at the letter in his hand, and didn't know whether to be happy or worried, he had carefully planned since he came here, step by step to the present, and the freshwater coinage meant that the development of Liuqiu in the future would enter a new stage.

There are two kinds of coins minted by Tamsui, one is paper money, which is like the paper money issued by the central bank of the world in later generations, which is used for large purchases, mainly to buy real estate and luxury goods. The other is the auxiliary coin, which is divided into four categories, which are the alloys of gold, copper and iron, and are divided into four types: one text, two texts, five texts, and ten texts according to the amount of gold and copper content. The number of auxiliary coins is not much, according to Chen Zicheng and Yelu Chucai's plan, in the future, this auxiliary currency will also be replaced by paper money, but in order to increase the credit of the currency at the beginning, this auxiliary currency was used.

"That Yelu Chucai is really a character, and his ability to accept new things is extremely strong, not an ordinary rotten Confucian."

He picked up the pen and began to write letters to Shi Mo Guangyan and Meng Xisheng, Fang Youcai, Lin Xi, Chen Zicheng and Zhao Ziyue. Naturally, Shi Mo Guangyan asked him to negotiate with the Hu people and buy a large number of people from the Hu people. The letter to Fang Youcai was to ask him to pay attention to the food reserves and prepare enough wood, masonry and stone. The letter to Lin Xi asked him and Hu You to survey along the coast of Liuqiu, and according to the nautical chart given by Zhao and Ju, to find the second settlement of Liuqiu.

This settlement Zhao and Ju chose in the Yilan Plain in later generations, which is located in the northeast of Liuqiu, not only close to Tamsui and Keelung, but also flat and broad, with hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, even in later generations, it is also the most important grain producing area of Liuqiu. With enough food, we can feed enough population, and with enough population, we can support the development of flow and become the most solid helper of Zhao and Ju.

Zhao and Ju estimated that in May of the twelfth year of Jiading of the Great Song Dynasty (1219 AD), Yilan should start full-scale construction, with a small number of righteous teenagers as the leader, loyal and reliable immigrants from Tamsui as the backbone, and then urging those new immigrants to reclaim, it would only take less time than the establishment of Tamsui.

Therefore, a large number of immigrants were needed, and for the Hu people, most of the people captured in the war were useless, and they had always only used them to kill for fun, but if these immigrants could be exchanged for products from fresh water, such killings would naturally be much less. Although his own move may make Hu people more active for profit, to a certain extent, he can save the lives of some more people in the Central Plains, and at the same time increase the strength of Liuqiu.

What was exchanged with the Hu people was naturally some luxury goods, such as wine, tea, silk, quarter-hour and glass, which did not help to increase the national strength of the Hu people, but could promote the luxury of the Hu people, which was a good thing to achieve with one stone.

As for transportation, at present, almost all of the eastern Shandong roads are under the threat of Li Quan, and the joints of the southern coastal envoys have already been opened, and all that is needed is a ship. This is not a problem, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has adopted a large number of new equipment, and by virtue of the relationship between the coastal production and the envoys, it has collected many huge logs in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River that have been cut down for many years, and every March can build a three-distance class sea ship, and every June there is a "Dingyuan" class sea ship, and now the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has 11 sea ships parked in the dock for standby, including three in the Dingyuan class, plus the use of cao boats for transshipment, Zhao and Ju are sure that it is not a problem to send 100,000 people to the upper reaches every year.

The question is how to get these people to the sea and to ask for the digestive capacity. Zhao and Ju don't want these new immigrants to bring some old habits to Liuqiu, so naturally they have to say goodbye in advance, and when they reach Liuqiu, they must assimilate as soon as possible, and too many people are not a good thing.

What Chen Zicheng was given was a reminder of the problems he might encounter after the coinage, which he assumed based on the memories of later generations. Zhao Zi said that he should consider expanding the scale of Keelung, increasing gold reserves, and at the same time starting to mine coal, copper and sulfur in Keelung, after all, the coal and stone traded with the Turen are no longer enough to support the amount of coal used in the three places.

He was halfway through his letter to Zhao Ziyue, and he heard someone outside the door calling him: "Brother is free now?" ”

Only Zhao and Rui called him like this. Zhao Youju put down the pen and looked at Han Yu who was sitting embroidery next to him, Han Yu understood and immediately went to open the door.

Originally, Yang Miaozhen was also in the study, but she was still impatient, and she didn't stay long before she ran out to toss Qin Dashi, Long Twelve and the others.

Zhao and Rui are now eleven years old, and they have this brother as a mold, and they are just like little adults. At the beginning, he was the only one who broke into Zhao Youju's study without knocking, but now he is not, and he knows how to speak out before coming in.

When he saw Zhao Youju, he first gave a salute, but immediately revealed his original form, and rushed over and grabbed Zhao Youju's arm: "Brother, I want to ride a horse!" ”

"Ah......h

Zhao Youju looked at the time, and sure enough, it was already half past three in the afternoon. He smiled slightly and put his arm around his brother's shoulder: "I forgot the time when I wrote the letter, no wonder...... Okay, okay, I'll go horseback riding with you after I've written this letter! ”

"Then I have to postpone the time today, and I said that I would ride for an hour, but if I go now, I can only ride for half an hour, and then I will come back to the school after writing this letter!" Zhao Yourui pulled him and didn't let go: "Brother, you are not allowed to speak!" ”

A few years ago, because Zhao and Rui were still young, Mrs. Quan strictly forbade him to follow Zhao and Ju to learn to ride horses, so he could only drool behind Zhao and Ju every time. Now he is eleven years old, and there is a riding master like Yang Miaozhen at home, and the danger of learning to ride a horse has been much lower.

"When will I stop talking?" Zhao Youju said with a smile.

"Brother's words don't count, that's a perennial thing!" Zhao Yourui snorted and pouted at his brother, this action was something he learned from Zhao Youju: "A few days ago, he said that he would take me to Lin'an, but in the end, he secretly ran away by himself!" ”

"Huh?" Zhao and Ju were a little embarrassed, Han Yu bit his lip behind him and chuckled, last time he originally promised to take Zhao and Rui there, but there were some temporary changes, and finally Zhao and Ju went by themselves, and finally brought some gifts from Lin'an to Zhao and Rui as a gift.

"I once participated in the killing of pigs' godwife, hum, this story is still told by my brother and I listened!" Zhao and Rui pouted again.

"It's just that once, right? Besides, didn't I bring a gift with you? Zhao and Ju said.

"Which one, my brother said two years ago that he would teach me to release explosives, but in the end he never showed it to me!"

At that time, Ou Laogen and his son were still in Wuyin, and when they were casting bronze cannons, because Zhao and Ju always ran there, Zhao and Rui also had to follow, and asked Zhao and Ju what to do, and Zhao and Ju said that they were going to fight a war. Hearing him mention this, Zhao Youju smiled bitterly again, touched the tip of his nose and said, "Do you even remember what happened a few years ago?" ”

"Hmph, there's also a big Kong Ming lantern!" Zhao and Rui said again: "Brother agreed, it doesn't matter, I'll go to find Mr. Xiao, Mr. Xiao said what he wanted to do for me, but my brother stopped me!" ”

Over the years, Zhao Youju has been keeping a low profile, and shocking things like hot air balloons have never been recreated. Xiao Bolang sometimes was unwilling, muttering when to make a play, Zhao and Rui were very curious when they heard it, so they also pestered Zhao and Ju.

Han Yu couldn't help it, and trotted out of the study, and her low laughter spread all the way. Zhao Youju felt that he had lost face, and couldn't help but rub Zhao Herui's hair: "Stinky boy, look, Ayu is laughing at you." ”

"It's clearly a mockery of my brother!" Zhao and Rui muttered.

As long as this kid is here, there is no way for him to continue to write letters, Zhao Heju put the written letter aside, and pulled Zhao Yourui's arm: "Riding a horse and riding a horse, the fourth lady is in the school field, why do you want to bother me!" ”

"My brother wasn't around, so they wouldn't let me ride!" Zhao and Rui pouted.

When the two came to the school field, they saw Yang Miaozhen holding a pointless wax gun with a head wrapped around him and laughing, while Long Twelve and another righteous boy were sitting on the ground, glaring at Yang Miaozhen with unwillingness.

"I said, even if the five of you came together, you were also killed by me one by one, Dashi, you are the most cunning, and you dare not come up under the pretext that the horses are not enough, but you are spared a beating!"

"Although Dashi is simple, he is the most treacherous." A righteous young man also said: "If you come together, I don't believe that I can't beat the four ladies!" ”

"Hey, hey." Qin Dashi smiled innocently, but he refused to say more, no matter how Yang Miaozhen provoked, how the righteous young man provoked, he just refused to fight.

Zhao Youju was also slightly happy in his heart, Qin Dashi's temperament did not mean that he was gentle and weak, on the contrary, he was extremely strict. With such a person around you, no matter how provocative others are, they will not act frizzily, and you will have no worries behind it.

"We were wrong from the beginning, we are only the fourth lady is strong in martial arts, we are not opponents, so we think that only one prescription can compete with him, if someone at that time blocked her gun first, and at the same time someone attacked from behind her, she would have knocked down one or two of us, and she would not have escaped the attack of the third or fourth person." Another righteous boy named Xing Zhiyuan said.

"If this Xing Zhiyuan is on the battlefield, he will not hesitate to sacrifice for victory." Zhao Youju thought: "But he likes to use his brain to ponder, maybe he can reduce some losses." ”

He saw Long Twelve again, among all the teenagers, he had the most white spots on his body, and he also had a blue nose and swollen face, which made Zhao Heju sigh, Long Twelve was still as stubborn as he was back then, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to be on his own.

But with him at his door, you can sleep at night.

Everyone has his own use, and there is no useless person in the world, it is just to see if you can use it.

"Aju, you can try it!" Seeing Zhao and Ju, Yang Miaozhen waved the wooden gun in his hand and smiled.

"I'm no match for you." Zhao Youju simply admitted defeat, and then said: "Fourth lady, come and teach Rui to ride a horse, he went to my place to quarrel for a long time." ”

"Rui, come up!"

Zhao and Rui are only eleven years old, and they are not as deep and unpredictable as Zhao and Ju, although they try to learn from his brother, they will show some childlike nature from time to time. Therefore, Yang Miaozhen liked him very much, and after pulling him on the horse, he galloped on the horse, although the school field of the villa was not big, it was no problem to let the horse rush a few steps, and Zhao and Rui screamed with joy.

"Da Lang, the fourth lady pear flower spear Shandong invincible, it is indeed worthy of the name, with our skills, even if there are six more is not her opponent." Seeing that Zhao and Ju were by his side, Qin Dashi praised.

"We haven't practiced enough." Dragon Twelve snorted.

He said this, but it was not right, when it came to the hard training, even Zhao and Ju, who had two lifetimes of experience, had never seen a second person who suffered as hard as him. He is now as strong as a bear and a tiger, and when it comes to strength, three or five Yang Miaozhen are not his opponents, but when it comes to skills, he is far behind.

"Twelve, I won't allow you to increase your training volume." Hearing him say this, Zhao Heju understood what he meant, and ordered lightly.

"Yes." Dragon Twelve lowered his head, and although he was a little reluctant, he still accepted it.

"Da Lang, I don't know what happened to Li Ye and them." A young man asked, they were all Zhao and Ju's personal guards, and he was somewhat envious of Li Ye for being able to go out and take charge alone.

"Now he's taking the Freshwater Guards to escort him." Zhao Heju remembered the situation in the letter, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "The naughty ghost of the Tamsui Primary School also gave him a nickname, what is Li Yanluo, I think it makes those naughty people suffer. ”

"Haha, the thought of him taking care of those naughty villains and wanting to laugh is like looking in the mirror?" Another righteous boy smiled.

All the teenagers laughed, although Li Ye was not very harmonious with everyone in his early years because of his naughtiness, but in the past few years, he has grown older, and Zhao and Ju Er have raised their lives, and they have become much calmer. Therefore, the young men also changed their opinion of him, and no longer isolated him as they did at the beginning.

This made Zhao and Ju extremely happy, and he didn't want to miss his affairs in the future because of personal conflicts.

"Big brother, you come too, you come too!" After riding the horse for a while, Zhao Yourui smiled and waved to Zhao Youju.

"My son, be careful, Miao Zhen has to catch him!"

Before Zhao and Ju could answer, she heard her mother shouting from afar, and she knew that this was the time for Zhao and Ju to ride horses, so she ran to check. Zhao Youju hurriedly got up and came to his mother's side to salute, he was fourteen years old this year, his height began to grow suddenly, and now he was even taller than the whole family.

"Ju'er keeps these horses at home, and it makes your brother restless." Quan gently blamed Zhao Heju: "You should also be careful when riding your own horse, Hugh has to gallop on the horse!" ”

"Please rest assured, my son is also timid and doesn't dare to run fast." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

Quan grabbed his son's sleeve and looked up and down for a while, and saw that there were indeed no signs of falling on his body, so he nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

Zhao Heju's heart warmed, and he asked with a smile: "Mother, have you ever gotten up and moved your muscles and bones today?" ”

"It's enough for me to walk around the yard." Quan still didn't let go of his arm, and said angrily: "It's like your brother, who doesn't stop for a while all day, and he doesn't look like you at all." ”

Zhao and Ju actually have exercise, running in the morning and exercising in the afternoon, and he wants to maintain a healthy body and full of energy, which are essential. Although he has had headaches from time to time, he has never had any serious illnesses, and this full exercise is an important reason. However, compared with the lively and active Zhao and Rui, he is far behind, so the whole family will have this remark.

"If it's fun with Rui, let him play, as long as he doesn't waste his studies." Zhao Youju smiled faintly: "In our family, there is nothing for him to worry about." ”

These words made Quan's heart sour, and his hand holding his son tighter. Although she firmly believed that her eldest son was enlightened by Lu Zu, he was still young when he supported the family business, and he was too steady to cheer like an ordinary child, at least, in the memory of the whole family, after he was six years old, he was hardly seen laughing heartily.

"At the beginning, he was young and precocious, and he was burdened with the burden of his family, so he rarely had a happy face. Now that his family has no worries about food and clothing, and he has an industry, why is he still like this? ”

Quan thought so in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Ju'er, now that we don't lack anything at home, you don't need to work too hard, your body is important." ”

She didn't know that her son was not only carrying the burden of Yuzhang Villa, but what he was carrying was a burden of carrying hundreds of millions of trillions of lives and thousands of years of national fortune.