"And the plague." The old sailor said with palpitations: "The island is too hot, and it is much hotter than Fujian in winter, compared to the north, Jiangnan, it is a place with a strong miasma, and if you are not careful, you will be hit by the epidemic, the villain once had a plague on the island, it is really a life of nine deaths, more than ten days of high fever does not go away, and it is not easy to earn a life." ”

"Are there many people who get the plague?"

"There are a lot of people on the island, it's okay for a short time, stay for a long time, seven or eight out of ten will get the plague within a year, most of the people can survive, and many people die under the plague, so in addition to the immigrants on the island, the new arrivals will leave as soon as possible, so many years, the population of the island has not increased much, which is also important."

"No wonder."

Xu Zixian nodded slightly, it is not surprising that there is a plague on the Eastern Domain, the climate on the island is originally temperate and subtropical, the shrublands are full of wild animals and plants, some mosquitoes are about to grow to the size of a fist, and the spread of diseases is mainly because of mosquitoes.

The Huaxi area was developed early, more mature, the shrublands have disappeared, turned into fields and camps, the plague will definitely not be too bad, the newly developed area, a large number of primitive animals and plants will have many sources of infection, once the formation of a large-scale plague spread, people are panicked, and even ordinary people want to escape, this is a normal situation.

Previously, Xu Zixian had sent Chen Changnian, a doctor of medicine, to the island, and hired a large number of internal medicine and surgeons from Nan'an, Shuikou, and Fuzhou Fucheng to the island, but now it seems that it is still not enough.

"As soon as you go ashore, give me an order." Xu Zi first said to Gao Shi: "Gather one capital, not two people, and bring all the homeless people, prepare tung oil, torches, firewood and other fire-starting materials, and carry out large-scale burning on the periphery of the cotton fields we have opened." ”

"Yes, Marquis."

When he was high, he pressed the obstacle knife with his hand and agreed quite calmly.

"And ......" Xu Zixian wanted to continue, but he endured it and said, "I will send someone to invite Li Gong, the chief historian, and Mr. Kong, who has joined the army, to come over." ”

Fang Shaoqun came over at this time and said to Xu Zixian: "I have talked to a few old people from the Eastern Domain, and the matter of Gaoshanyi is not enough, build some peripheral camps and give them some comfort, but it is the epidemic on the island, you must be careful, there are thousands of Zhangzhou refugees and Nan'an immigrants to the island, in case of an epidemic, it is equivalent to giving up all the previous efforts." ”

"I noticed it too." Xu Zi first told Fang Shaoqun about the arson, and said: "Boiling the isolation belt can minimize the epidemic caused by mosquito bites, and we must prepare more items such as tattooed tents and incense. ”

"Since the prince is prepared, it is good." Fang Shaoqun thought for a while and said, "It's best to ask the old residents on this island to see how they prevent the epidemic and what they have learned, so we can use it." ”

Xu Zixian had already thought quite carefully, but Fang Shaoqun in front of him was obviously the character of a mosquito cutting flesh on his legs, and he would not let go of the slightest clue and benefit.

"Good." Xu Zixian praised: "Fengqi is really fine, just do as you say." ”

"There should be a group of people around the prince," Fang Shaoqun said: "Attendants, guards, suggestions, filings, and orders, just Gao Shilai and a few personal soldiers, the number is too small." After going to the island, the prince and the marquis of Anhou in the south, the identity of the Ma Zheng, and the observer of the Eastern Domain, etc., if it is the real land and the marquis who are divided to the island, if the military and political roads are formed in the future, if the system and scale are formed, even if the imperial court thinks it is inappropriate, and wants to set up a military state and send officials, it will be too late at that time......"

"It's okay to call Si Congcao." Xu Zixian said: "Si Cong joined the army, and asked Chen Zuocai to do it." ”

Fang Shaoqun glanced at Xu Zixian, knowing that this prince had already thought about this matter, he thought about it, and said: "In the previous long history, the records of all the functions of joining the army were all regimental training official positions, and after that, on the island, I think the prince can use the official position of the Hou Mansion to appoint the new subordinates, and in the future, the official position of the Hou Mansion should be the priority, and the official position of the Great Wei regiment should be secondary." ”

"Feng Qi is talking about......" Xu Zixian also glanced at Fang Shaoqun, this guy is too fucking smart, right?

At this time, the hull of the ship shook, and some of the young tooth generals stood behind Gao Shilai and cheered, these guys, the first time to the Eastern Domain, but they have understood that this will be their future home, many of the young tooth general's family, relatives, and even the old neighbors and friends have moved to the East Domain, the original Zhangzhou refugees, nine out of ten are to live in the East Domain, for these young people from the Zhangzhou homeless family, although this is the first time to see, it is also their second hometown.

When the pedal was lowered, there was already the sound of gongs and drums on the shore, and at least more than 10,000 people gathered on the shore, most of them were ordinary people, and some of them were soldiers with military flags and long arms.

Chen Duzhong, who was dressed in a red robe, rode on a white horse, with his big sleeves stretched out, his long beard fluttering, and under his feet was the face of a beautiful and handsome middle-aged man, who was extremely well maintained.

"Mingda, you're here." Chen Duzhong joked when he saw Xu Zixian, pointed to the soldiers around him, and said, "How many of these people are you going to take away?" When they heard that you were coming, they were very happy. ”

"The news of Penghu has come over?"

"It's just dozens of miles away by sea, and it's been two days apart, can you still pass it over?"

Chen Duzhong said with a smile: "Mingda, you have good means, tens of thousands of times to take down the Nanyang Naval Division, after I heard about it, in addition to the praise of the festival, what else can you say?" ”

There were obviously a few people from the Changwen Marquis Mansion on Chen Duzhong's side, and their eyes when they looked at Xu Zixian at this time were also full of awe.

The Changwen Hou Mansion still has a psychological advantage over the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

Although the Nan'an Hou Mansion is a close branch of the country, it was still dilapidated more than a year ago, and it was a joke in the clan at all.

Although the Marquis of Changwen Mansion is a marquis of the people, not from a clan, but in terms of connections, wealth, and actual power, I don't know how much the Marquis of Nan'an will be thrown down.

Xu Zixian's candidate, many people in the clan disagreed, thinking that the foundation was too shallow, until Xu Zixian won the battle on the river beach and showed super strength, and most of the Changwen Marquis clan agreed.

The troubled times are coming, and force is the most important thing, which many people of the Chen family still understand.

But no matter what, the psychological advantage will not be eliminated for a while, but this psychological advantage has become smaller and smaller with Xu Zixian's actions in Jingshi and after getting rid of Chen Yutai.

When the number of official households increased, and the Eastern Domain was given to Xu Zixian, and Xu Zixian was given the position of observation envoy after the death of King Qi, the talents of the Chen family were completely convinced by this young future uncle.

There are not many people who can get the stage, and there are not many who can sing well on stage.

After hearing the news that Xu Zixian easily grasped the Nanyang Sailor in his hands, these clansmen of the Chen family, in addition to admiration, had a faint sense of fear.

This Nan Anhou has too powerful a wrist.

If they just know how to fight, the Chen family will inevitably regard Xu Zixian as an ordinary reckless man, but the various scheming skills that Xu Zixian showed are not daring to think so.

Nan Anhou, literary and martial arts, is a first-rate figure, this is already the consensus of the Changwen Chen family.

"Here in the Eastern Domain, don't you plan to come back like this?" Chen Duzhong said with a smile: "As long as you leave me behind, everyone else will be disposed of by you." ”

In the various villages of the Xiang army, there are inevitably some children of the Chen family, but the number is really small, and most of them are in the civil official sequence. It doesn't matter how Xu Zixian gets rid of him, the Chen family doesn't care, it's just that Chen Duzhong's face will be a little damaged, but compared with the overall situation, this loss of face is of course nothing.

The Chen family has been strictly ordered, in the Eastern Domain, no matter what Nan'an Hou wants to do, the children of the Chen family must cooperate unconditionally, and they are never allowed to pull back and make stumbling blocks.

"The situation here in the Eastern Domain is different...... Xu Zixian whispered: "It's too late to attract people here, how can I push people out?" Not only did they not pick them up, but they also had to find a way to make them settle here. ”

"Then you'll have to figure it out." Chen Duzhong said with a smile: "Except for a few local people, most of the Xiang army is transferred from various military states in Fujian, and they are all looking forward to going home when the two-year period expires." ”

"It's okay, the little nephew won't be embarrassed about this......"

"That's what I thought, too."

One old and one young, laugh together.

The gongs and drums were noisy, the flags were displayed, and more than 3,000 troops and more than 10,000 people surrounded Xu Zixian to Huaxi Shangzhai, which was also the military, administrative and commercial center of the entire Eastern Domain.

A limited number of merchant shops were located around the camp, and when a large crowd of people passed by, a few of the men looked at this side with indifferent eyes.

These are some unlucky ghosts, who are placed in a place like the Eastern Domain, and there are few deals to be done throughout the year, only when it is time to collect sand gold and beans and linen cloth, the shopkeepers will come by boat, and after a short period of busyness, everything will be calm again.

In this kind of place, the bones of the idle hurt, and the guy is not afraid of being busy, he can learn experience, gain contacts, and prepare himself to be a shopkeeper in the future, but in this kind of place, what connections can he have, and what experience can he gain?

"Nan Anhou is here?"

"It's Nan Anhou, that's right...... said that he wanted to make the handicap here in the Eastern Domain bigger, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"It's difficult, what the imperial court hasn't done for more than 200 years, can he do it?"

"Hmph, who wouldn't brag?"

"Not really, Nan Anhou is still capable."

"His ability is nothing more than the ability to kill people, doing business, what does he know?"

"That's what I said......"

"Alas, we're unlucky anyway, let's stay here......"

Of course, a group of guys didn't dare to make a loud noise, but just gathered to the side and whispered.

They didn't take precautions, Xu Zi actually stopped when he rode his horse by, regardless of the noise and all kinds of flattery around him, Nan Anhou just focused his eyes on the business houses here.

A group of guys were frightened, their identities were far from Nan Anhou, even before Xu Zi made his debut, the distance between Nan Anhou and ordinary people was too far away.

"Three Shajin Shops." Xu Zi counted the commercial houses first, and the commercial houses here formed a small street, about a dozen zhang long, forty or fifty meters away, he squinted, counted slowly, and counted in his heart.

Three gold banks, a silver shop, a money bank, this is the most basic financial service, Dawei's silver money and gold shop are not a business, not only do not count, the competition between each other is quite fierce.

In addition, there are three hemp shops, two rice grain stores, and a leather goods shop, which seems to be the prey caught by the Gaoshan Yi people, and they are not very good at making skins, otherwise there will be more leather shops.

It is close to Shangzhai, the safety is guaranteed, and it is not far from the port wharf, so it is convenient to get on and off the goods.

The important thing is that you can receive the sand gold of the natives of the high mountains here, as well as the beans, flax and other local products of the locals.

There is also a dry goods shop, which is used to collect dried fish and seafood dried and smoked by the local people, which are still very popular in the north.

After all, the winter in the south is short, even in winter, you can fish, there are still fresh seafood, and the fish is smoked just for convenience.

This is a different year in the north, when the weather is cold in winter, vegetables are extinct, and the supply of meat is reduced, and dry goods are quite popular.

"There are too few commercial houses...... Xu Zixian shook his head, knowing in his heart that this was a place that lacked commercial vitality.

It is no exaggeration to say that the number of commercial houses in a town in Nan'an is also more than 100 times that of the Eastern Domain.

From Nan'an to the Eastern Domain, the gap is quite obvious, and if you compare Fuzhou, Quanzhou or Zhangzhou, the gap is even greater.

That is, in a place like Penghu, it is not much stronger than the Eastern Domain, but the number of commercial banks is also more than ten times.

It may be some poor countryside in northern Shaanxi or northern Jin, which was similar to the Eastern Domain in this era.

Lifeless, no commercial vitality, sparsely populated, vicious circle.

In addition to a small number of trading houses, there are some shops.

There are dozens of shops that sell alcohol, groceries, dim sum shops, shoes, ready-to-wear clothes, small restaurants, and about what people need for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Where more than 10,000 people live, dozens of small shops are enough.

There is a lack of vitality in the Eastern Domain, there is not much money for the garrison, there are fewer officials, there are few foreign merchants and guests, and there is not even enough inn to open, and there are too many dozens of small shops.

Chen Duzhong rode his horse and Xu Zixian rode side by side, and sighed: "Mingda, you have seen it, here is a pool of stagnant water in the Eastern Domain, and after a long time, the water is black and stinky!" The people of this island have cultivated these lands in the plains near the sea, planted some hemp and beans, and planted Champa rice where there is a water source, and the harvest is okay, after all, it is warm and the sun is sufficient. But there is a lack of money and farm tools, and sometimes when the grain is harvested, there is no grain merchant to collect it...... Robes, shoes and socks, even kitchen knives, cutting boards, tables and chairs, there is nowhere to buy them, and there is no cash to buy them. ”