A group of sailors had lowered the mainsail, and the little sister already knew that it was not easy to raise and lower the sailline of the Fu ship, so she immediately asked, "Are you going to dock for a while?" ”

"Yes, Second Miss." Huang Laigui said with a smile: "Our Fu No. 1 has not been overhauled for a long time, this time we have to anchor for more than ten days, take a good rest, and wait for the goods to be shipped back to Fuzhou." ”

"Oh, you can get some rest, too!"

"Yes." Huang Laigui said: "My parents are also in the Eastern Domain now, in the Huaxi Nursing Home, this time they can meet each other, in short, it is the blessing of the Marquis of Tuojun." ”

"Everyone can work together to make life better and better."

The second sister presided over the Nan'an Courtyard for a while, so her words were quite decent, and it also made the deck chief in front of her happy.

Soon the boat was stopped, the mainsail was lowered, and then the ten-meter-long hull was dragged to the side of the trestle and moored against the pier.

Then put down the pedal, and the second sister and Xiuniang had already walked to the pedal surrounded by the servants and maids.

A tall figure strode up from under the pedal, and Xu Zixian's face appeared in front of everyone.

"Little sister, Xiuniang." Xu Zixian was very happy and said, "You guys have arrived!" ”

Xiaomei instantly felt that her nose was sore, and then her eyes were full of tears, and when she turned her eyes to look at her side, she found that Xiuniang also had a similar expression.

"Girls just love to cry." Xu Zi patted the little sister on the head first, but it was not easy to get Xiuniang into her arms in front of everyone, so she had to help the two girls down from the deck one by one.

"Sea Blue? The sky is also blue. Xu Zixian and the two women walked out of the trestle area and walked along the road to the top of the beach.

A large stretch of sandy beach tens of meters deep is covered with yellow and white gravel, behind it is a sapphire blue sea, and the sky is pure blue, without clouds and without a trace of variegation.

As far as the eye can see, there is pure blue, as pure as a jewel, magnificent, and strange.

This is a scenery that cannot be seen in Fuzhou or Quanzhou, this deep, pure, and unadulterated water and sky is also only seen in the Eastern Domain.

"It's beautiful." Xiuniang's eyes showed confusion, shock, and emotion, and she whispered to Xu Zixian: "Junhou, are we going to live here in the future?" ”

"In three or five years," Xu Zixian said calmly, "and even longer, we may all have to live on this island." ”

"Great." The little sister clapped her hands first and said, "Beautiful, safe, it's really reassuring." Big brother, you are not in Nan'an, we can't even sleep well, and we have to wake up several times a night. ”

Xu Zixian's rise is also quite thrilling, several wars broke out in Nan'an, when the war is together, Xiaomei and Xiuniang have to wait for the results of the war in the other courtyard.

The most dangerous thing is the battle of Jiangtan, at that time, Xu Zixian also arranged a retreat, if he really can't win, he can ask someone to quickly send Xiaomei and Xiuniang to Fuzhou Fucheng, and he has already entrusted King Qi to take care of it......

After these things, even young girls can realize the difficulties and dangers of the world, and men's road to success, at least in this era, is almost all related to blood and life.

In Nan'an, where there is no Xu Zixian, it is quite normal for girls to feel a decrease in their sense of security.

"Hmm." Xu Zixian nodded and said with a smile: "Before you get married, you will always be with me." ”

"Brother, you're getting cheeky now." The little sister Xia Fei had her cheeks and glanced at Xu Zixian.

At this moment, the little sister was also beautiful, Xu Zixian shook his head, and scolded with a smile: "Wei Yanke is really lucky." ”

"That's right." Xiaomei asked, "Why hasn't there been any news from Brother Zizhang?" ”

"He has served in the Jingshi Wutang for a while, and now I have played the two mansions, and asked him to be transferred to the Nanyang Naval Division to serve as the battalion commander, which is very suitable for his position, but Brother Zizhang himself is so strong, saying that the Shuiying Naval Division does not understand everything, and with the consent of the cardinal government, he will first go to Wang Zhi's side to serve for a period of time, and then come to the Nanyang Naval Division after a while."

Transferring Xu Xingwei to the Nanyang Naval Division and serving as the battalion commander of the naval division was also Xu Zixian's decision after careful consideration.

With Xu Xingwei's family background, fame, and hidden strength, it is more than enough for any battalion to be commanded, and even completely able to be commanded by the deputy commander of the army, or the Marquis of Duyu.

But Xu Zixian took into account that Xu Xingwei has not been in the Nan'an system, although the Xu Xingwei family, like the Wei Yi family, has long determined the determination to cooperate with the Nan'an Hou Mansion, in the development of the Eastern Domain, Xu Xingwei's family has some resources in western Zhejiang, can provide paper, pen and ink, inkstone and other literary and ink sources that are also popular at sea, and his family is also willing to open branches on the island, plus to assist in recruiting craftsmen and immigrants, these things Xu Xingwei's family has also been helping, this investment is quite good, but it is far from enough.

Wei Yi is a civil official, and he can directly control Penghu for Xu Zixian, which is quite a lot of credit, and Xu Xingwei has not yet made an inch of merit in the eyes of the military attachés in Nan'an, and he is directly appointed to a military position at the military level, even if Xu Zixian pushes it strongly, it will cause emotional dissatisfaction within the military attaché, and even a backlash.

Xu Xingwei may have considered it the same way, so he did not come over directly to take up the post, but invited himself to Wang Zhi's side to experience.

This is actually related to Xu Zixian, considering that he has some friendship with Wang Zhi, after the main strength enters the Eastern Domain, the threat from pirates has become huge, at least at this stage, Xu Zixian hopes to get news from Wang Zhi and establish some effective news channels.

When Xu Xingwei arrived in Pingdao, as long as he maintained good relations and obtained certain information, it would be quite good news for Nan'anhou Mansion, and it could be regarded as a great contribution.

"I see," the little sister nodded thoughtfully and said, "No wonder Brother Zizhang hasn't returned for a long time." ”

Xu Zixian only has two friends, one Wei Yi and one Xu Xingwei, who often come and go, and the little sister is also quite familiar with them, and respects Xu Xingwei quite much.

"We've had two big things lately." Xu Zixian said to the little sister: "One is crazy land reclamation, a variety of land, this is a solid foundation. The other is to engage in construction, build more houses, ports, warehouses, factories, so in the past few months, I hope that the wind and waves will be calm, and I will not take the initiative to provoke others. ”

He knew that the little sister was worried, afraid that in the recent period, the Nan'an Hou Mansion would be involved in some places that should not be set foot in, this little sister is thoughtful, not very old, and she seems to be much more careful than many adults.

"I want to serve my brother." After hearing this, the little sister was really relieved, and she smiled at the moment, and the look on her face became relaxed.

"Come with me."

The beach is a slope, and after walking up a few hundred steps, there is a north-south avenue, which is called an avenue, that is, it can accommodate two large cars in parallel.

That's pretty good already.

Until a few months ago, there was only a rudimentary port, a rudimentary road facing east and west that could be navigated by a car.

Even now, there is still some pristine style.

There are small hilly areas, overgrown with trees, shrubs, and large areas of greenery that spread from the harbor pier to the plains.

If you are an artist, you can create the most beautiful pictures here.

On one side of the sea and sky is pure blue, and above the embankment, there is pure, pristine greenery.

A group of people from Nan'an were stunned, the good weather here made everyone feel comfortable, especially when the sea breeze blew, it was much more comfortable than in the hot and cramped cabins of the ship.

And Xiaomei and Xiuniang noticed more that there were large acres of fields and large mansions under demolition.

"There's a new settlement over there." Xu Zixian stood on a high place and pointed in the direction of his right, where there was indeed a large residential area with white walls and black tiles.

Xiuniang noticed that Xu Zi lifted the hem of the robe first, and even then the robe was stained with black stains.

Xu Zi responded to Xiuniang first, and said with a smile: "This time, we have opened up wasteland and cultivated land, digging silt in rivers and streams to fertilize fields, so we may get sludge wherever we go, and there is nothing we can do." ”

In the depths of the crowd, Xu Zixian introduced them one by one.

On both sides of the main road is a large storage area, and a short walk is the east-west commercial area, where dozens of commercial houses have already opened.

Residents can also buy any items here, whether it is Jiangnan goods from Jiangling or Mingzhou, or northern specialties from Beijing, or goods from Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangzhou.

Of course, not everything is supplied in large quantities, and most of the general goods still come from Fujian, but many merchant ships begin to dock through the Eastern Domain, and some goods will be sent out by the way, resulting in a very rich source of goods on this barren island.

On the dock where Fu No. 1 docked, there are more than ten other cargoes, most of which are still Nan'anhoufu's own ships, which can already go to sea after a period of renovation.

The reason why it is still moored in place is that Xu Zixian has not been able to provide a large supply of goods, and the goods that have been handed over have already gone to sea in several ships to the Wa Kingdom and Luzon.

This was only a tentative trade, and some fixed trade channels were established that belonged exclusively to the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

In addition, there is a shortage of a large number of sailors and qualified captains, pilots, boatswains, deckmasters, etc.

In advance of the shortage of goods and personnel, these valuable cargo ships can only stay in the port, which is a serious waste.

In addition, two merchant ships came from Mingzhou, and after learning about the development of the Eastern Domain, some of the merchant ships no longer went from Penghu, but stopped in the Eastern Domain, where food and water were also provided, and some special products were also sold.

At present, there is not much cargo, but the Eastern Domain provides free food and water, and it also provides safety protection, so there is no loss for the merchant ships going south.

This has already brought a certain vitality to the Eastern Domain, after all, except for a few merchant ships that buy shajin, beans, and flax, there will be no merchant ships here all year round.

Xu Zixian is still generous, the port here has mobilized more than a thousand craftsmen and officials to renovate and expand, because the number of small boats is sufficient, it is very convenient to transport goods and replenish fresh water, at least from the perspective of merchant ships, it is not bad to moor here.

After passing through the large storage area, it is a higher and gentler settlement area.

Large swaths of old mansions have been demolished or are in the process of being demolished.

This straw and clay house has no recycling value, and it has been bulldozed and abandoned.

A few miles away at the north end, there were several blast furnaces that were emitting green smoke, and Xu Zixian pointed over there and said, "There are iron factories, brick factories, and carpentry factories. ”

Xiaomei and Xiuniang have seen raw brick embryos everywhere, and more than 100 strong men keep using wooden molds to divide the prepared clay into mud bricks with brick embryos, and then dry them, and finally send them to the blast furnace to burn the bricks with fire.

This brick-making method has been circulating in China for many years, and it is still the same in later generations, but the quality and tools of coal have changed slightly, and the core has not changed much.

One settlement after another appeared in the green eyes, Xu Zixian said with a smile: "A Zhuangzi lives in exactly 100 households, and has set up 100 household officials to manage civil affairs, 100 households to be responsible for criminal officers to solve cases and interrogate, Jing'an officials to be responsible for arresting and investigating traitors, agricultural officials to supervise agricultural mulberry and manage public livestock and farm tools, and school officials are responsible for the affairs of each hundred households. The officers are responsible for recording the working hours and promoting the civil servants to serve in the official service......"

In Xu Zixian's words, there is no lack of pride and pride.

Xiaomei and Xiuniang are not bosses who came to inspect, let alone distinguished guests.

This is his family, the closest person, even closer to him than King Qi or Wei Yi or Xu Xingwei, which makes him more happy and makes him more willing to share his achievements.

Maybe if the parents were still there, they would give Xu Zixian a similar feeling, but unfortunately the parents have passed away, and only the two girls in front of them can give Xu Zixian the feeling of relatives.

Xiu Niang's eyes were already shining, and inside were the reverent colors that Xu Zixian liked.

From a poor peasant girl to having a part of everything in front of her, Xiuniang is already quite satisfied and content.

She didn't ask Xu Zi to take her parents over first, her father was too unsuccessful, and it would only add trouble here, so it was better to stay in Nan'an, anyway, before she left, she asked someone to send dozens of dollars to her parents, which was part of Xiuniang's private money, she could send hundreds of yuan, but Xiuniang was worried that if she sent too much, her father would go to the gambling house again, so it would be better to send dozens of dollars every few months.

The little sister's face was full of smiles, and her brother's achievements made her feel proud and proud.