Chapter Eighty-Seven: Yo Yo Deer Sings and Eats Wild Apples

While Zhao and Ju were thinking about Yang Miaozhen, Yang Miaozhen stood at the stern of the Dingyuan and waved goodbye to everyone under the boat.

When she came, because Tamsui didn't know, she just greeted her according to the usual pattern when the three-far boat came, but when she left, the Red Jacket Army immigrants were headed by her uncle Liu Quan, and more than 500 people came to the dock to see them off, which was still after she repeatedly persuaded the Red Jacket Army immigrants to squeeze out the idle people under the current Tamsui cause, otherwise, there would be more people to see them off.

"That guy has such a skill!"

Yang Miaozhen This is the second time to Tamsui, there is a gap of exactly one year, this year is the person who lives in Tamsui, and I also feel that this place has changed greatly, not to mention that she will see her again every other year.

Now there are 150,000 acres of fertile land cultivated by fresh water, and the dry fields on the hillsides are innumerable. On some hillsides, tea trees, traditional Chinese medicine and various fruit trees are planted. The registered population of Tamsui has exceeded 10,000, and there are 500 standing guards, and one-third of the rest of the school-age people have been trained for about three months. Most of the officials in Tamsui were young people from Yuzhang Villa, and their arithmetic and literacy skills played a great role in the daily construction of Tamsui, so some immigrants in their thirties and forties were also convinced of them.

Because of the abundance of farmland, the use of cattle and horses, and the spread of semi-mechanized tools such as pedal-operated threshing machines and water-powered mills, there are not many people in freshwater farms who are fully engaged in farming, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of people, more than 2,700 people. They are responsible for farming and raising livestock and poultry, and the rest of the department will be deployed to help during the busy season. Today, Freshwater is estimated to produce 400,000 stone of various grains a year, and for this small city with a population of less than 10,000 people, there is still a surplus beyond self-sufficiency.

The Tamsui infrastructure construction team has more than 1,800 people, and they have to do a lot of work, burning bricks and cutting trees, hauling stones, and constantly repairing walls and building houses and leveling roads from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. During the off-season, the farm's surplus labor will also come to help them.

The number of people in the iron yard, the manufacturing bureau, and the carpentry yard is relatively small, adding up to more than 1,000 people in total, because a large number of them are apprentices, the efficiency is not high, and the goods produced, except for the glass made by the manufacturing bureau, can be transported to land, the rest are only enough for fresh water. In the past, the iron yard produced more than 8,000 catties of iron, because the ore was difficult to find, and occasionally needed three distant ships to collect iron from Quanzhou.

From the managers to the workers, all the workers in the freshwater weaving mill are filled by women, numbering about 1,500 people, using hydraulic looms. The Sanyuan ship harvested cotton from Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and after transporting it from fresh water, it was woven into cloth, which could be sold to Quanzhou and Qingyuan in addition to being used for fresh water.

The primary school contains more than 3,000 children from the age of 9 and under the age of 16, while the hospital has the smallest number, but more than 200 people, who are responsible for the environment and sanitation of the entire freshwater.

In addition, there are more than 600 people in the town office, these people are strictly in charge of general affairs and logistics, and where there is a shortage of manpower, they will be sent out, and most of them are older people who lack labor.

The most serious problem in Tamsui is the serious imbalance in the sex ratio, with so many men, less than 2,000 women, and the problem of marriage has made Fang Youcai also start to worry about his nerves. This time Lin Xi returned to Hanging Island, he had already asked Lin Xi to bring a letter, and then send people to Tamsui, and he must have more women than men.

When Yang Miaozhen was in Tamsui, he issued field certificates for the first batch of people who were awarded fields for meritorious service, and there were ten of them, and they had been in Tamsui for two years, and because of their outstanding merits, they were allowed to grant fields one year in advance. This is what Zhao Heju has repeatedly ordered, and Yang Miaozhen does not dare to slack off.

"Receiving the land in advance should be a reassuring move, and now two years have passed, and in another year, the first batch of freshwater cultivators will all be given land." Yang Miaozhen glanced at Tamsui one last time, thinking so in her heart.

On the second day of Yang Miaozhen's departure, Yu Lu Chucai and others were released from the isolation center and moved to a place in the west of the city, still sleeping on bunk beds, but only four people lived in each room. Although they haven't been given personal freedom, they can finally go to the city to play under the leadership of the volunteer boys. During this period, there were few people who thought they were smart and slipped into the people's houses, trying to buy the freshwater immigrants with the gold and silver they carried, but they were all sent back without exception.

Seeing them return to their residence in embarrassment, Yelu Chucai could only smile bitterly, this fresh water was managed by the master like an iron bucket, how could they, outsiders, make waves. Besides, Yelu Chucai had already inquired about what kind of "rationing system" was implemented for fresh water materials now, and each household was provided in a certain amount according to the number of people, and money was useless here.

Thinking of this, Yelu Chucai's heart moved, he was already good at managing money, so he became Temujin's money bag in later generations, and he knew the importance of money. It is really inconceivable that there is no currency in the city of more than 10,000 people, and if one is not careful, I am afraid that many incidents will arise in the future.

What he thought in his heart, but he never said it to anyone, and after three days, all the people who came with him were taken away, and when they came back, most of those who came from Shandong East Road were smiling, and the officials of the Jin State were all angry.

Without exception, the officials of the Jin State were assigned to the Freshwater Manufacturing Bureau.

Zhao Youju's idea is very simple, the main product of the Tamsui Manufacturing Bureau today is glass, those paper, pen and ink and the like can be produced by ordinary workers, but glassware needs people with a certain aesthetic foundation to make it. The officials of the Jin State are very sinicized, and they don't have to understand some poetry and painting, plus they are literate and literate, and they have learned arithmetic to some extent, and they happen to be the blanks of skilled workers. Shima Guangyan picks all those under the age of thirty, and with their physical condition, most of them can be fifty years old, and they have twenty years, and no matter how clumsy they are, they can be trained to become good workers. In the future, when the manufacturing bureau is expanded, they can be transferred to other jobs as skilled workers, such as machine building.

As for whether these young officials of the Jin State were willing or not—it didn't matter, when the Jin State took Emperor Jingkang away in the first place, when countless delicate women committed suicide because they were unwilling to be invaded by the Tartars, no one considered whether they were willing or not. If they don't, their own hunger, corporal punishment, and Li Ye's dungeon are waiting for them.

That night, some officials of the Jin State committed suicide in anger, or hanged themselves or hit the wall, but the body was carried out by the guards and buried with fire.

Yelu Chucai looked at all this coldly, he was one of the few officials of the Jin State who had not yet been arranged for the "unit", and he was also a little worried about his own fate, but he was not in the color.

He didn't move like a mountain, but it didn't mean that no one came to him, seeing that the threat of death didn't work, a few people with lively brains and acquaintances with Yelu Chucai discussed with each other, and asked another Yelu Jingzhong, who was the same clan as Yelu Chucai, to see Yelu Chucai.

Seeing his appearance, Yelu Chucai could guess his intention.

"Jin Qing, since you are valued by this island owner, why don't you say a few kind words for us?" Yelu Jingzhong is not noisy, according to his seniority, he is a generation older than Yelu Chucai, and he is a little condescending when he speaks: "Even if we are not from the imperial examination, we are all children of official eunuchs who know books and etiquette, let us do cheap business, is it tolerable or unbearable?" ”

"Am I just like you, if the island master really values me, why am I still here?" Yelu Chucai didn't want to take care of this kind of thing, so he said with a straight face: "The matter has come to this, what can the husband say?" ”

"Jin Qing!" Yelu Jingzhong was a little anxious: "We have asked these days, this island owner has built a city overseas, I think he has some ambitions, what we have learned can be used by him, and the poor is just in the bag." Jin Qing came all the way because the island owner valued him, and he acted a little more conveniently than us, and at this time, you didn't come out, and you saw us sweeping the floor? ”

"What we've learned can be used by him?" Yelu Chucai smiled bitterly: "Have you ever seen those who claim to be righteous boys?" Which of them is not full of knowledge, and the island owner has already made up his mind to teach this group of outstanding people, how can he be like you and me? ”

Yelu Jingzhong flicked his sleeves and said: "Those teenagers, the milk smell has not dried up, I have asked a few, but they don't know poetry and books, they can only be literate, what kind of people are they." Mencius said, those who work hard govern people, those who work hard govern others, those who govern others eat people, and those who govern people eat people (Note 1), why is Jin Qing vainly self-defeating! ”

Yelu Chucai could only smile bitterly again, he had learned a lot, he knew that it was impossible to govern the country only by relying on the words of the sage, and he wanted to refuse, but he saw that several acquaintances from the Jin Kingdom were all bowed up, and his face was pleading, he had to sigh: "I can only try, but I don't know if it can be useful, everyone...... To tell you the truth, I watched this island owner act, it is really unfathomable, if he insists on us to do the cheap business, I am afraid that I will wait...... Alas. ”

"Just Jin Qing just needs to say it, it's not possible, and we don't blame Jin Qing!" Seeing that his tone softened, everyone was overjoyed and said one after another.

These people fell into the hands of the Hu people when they were in Zhongdu, and almost all of them were ruined, and they saw that the Jin Kingdom was gradually reduced under the invasion of the Hu people for many years, so they were no longer as enthusiastic about returning to the Jin Kingdom as they were at the beginning. After living in Tamsui for these days, although I feel that I am not as powerful as I was in the power at the beginning, it is much better than being a prisoner of the Hu people. Therefore, some people have already made up their minds that as long as they can get a half-official position in this Tamsui, it is better to stay here than to go back to the Kingdom of Jin and be afraid all day long.

Yelu Chucai knew their thoughts, but he was really bottomless about whether his family could succeed in persuasion.

Naturally, he couldn't see the island owner Zhao Heju, but Fang Youcai could see it. Fang Youcai said a few words to him, and he felt that this humanistic crepe had an abominable face, if he hadn't heard that Da Lang valued this person a lot, he would have the heart to give Yelu Chucai some hardships.

"Steward Fang, I don't know when I will be able to see your master, I have some words, I have to ask your master to cut it."

Yelu Chucai also didn't like this Fang steward, Fang Youcai felt that he was hateful, but he felt that Fang Youcai was vulgar. If he didn't want to see the island owner, he didn't bother to talk to this person at all.

"The righteous young man from the bishop of the island is a brilliant person, but the big housekeeper on this island is such a vulgar character, it seems that the island master is good at educating people and not using people......"

He didn't know that the use of people who have no virtue and no talent as the big housekeeper on the island is exactly where Zhao and Ju are attentive, if they have both ability and political integrity and ambition, across this old distance, Zhao and Ju are not making wedding clothes for others!

"My master is not easy to see, if there is anything, tell me ......" Fang Youcai heard that Yelu Chucai's words were a little contemptuous of him, and he felt even more unhappy in his heart, halfway through the words, he thought about it again, such an annoying person was handed over to Chen Ren and Chen Zicheng to send them away, whether it was Chen Ren and Chen Zicheng who despised this person, or this person offended the righteous boy, he was optimistic about himself. Therefore, he immediately changed his words and said, "I'll ask someone to send you to the elementary school, you go and talk to Teacher Chen." ”

All those who gave lectures in the elementary school were called teachers, and some of them were called Mr. at the beginning, but these young people were extremely young, and they were somewhat unable to speak of the name, so they gradually became teachers.

After finishing speaking, Fang Youcai ignored Yelu Chucai and shouted loudly: "Ah Mao, Ah Mao, where did you die again?" ”

Yelu Chucai frowned slightly, as attractive as Fang Youcai, even a servant of a rich and noble family with some rules, would not be like this. After a while, a young man appeared in front of Fang Youcai, and Yelu Chucai found that although this young man was wearing Song clothes, he was a native man, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

"Take this person to the primary school to see Chen Zicheng." Fang Youcai pointed at Yelu Chucai extremely rudely.

"Please come with me." What surprised Yelu Chucai even more was that the native spoke Chinese, and his words were more polite than Fang Youcai's Song people.

Following Ah Mao, he arrived at the primary school, which he hadn't been there in the past two days because it was one of the most important places for freshwater. Ah Mao led him in, and after some questioning, Ah Mao showed Fang Youcai a note with words, and the two passed through the gate. Entering the general wall of the inner city, Yelu Chucai only felt a flower in front of him, and couldn't help but be surprised.

He had seen glass on the hanging island, and he had only said that it was used for decoration or to make mirrors, and the price was extremely expensive in either way. But here, I saw that every room was made of this glass as window paper!

Looking to the left, he noticed that the inner wall of the enclosure on the left was painted with vermilion lacquer with the words "erudition, inquiry, prudence, discernment, and dedication" (Note 2), and he knew that this phrase originated from "The Mean". Looking to the right again, there is also a line on the wall, but it is a cross of "Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement", which is from "Yi".

"This is the Academy?"

As the name suggests, this school should be a place like a academy, and seeing the two rows of big characters on the left and right, Yelu Chucai couldn't help but ask.

"Please come here." Ah Mao didn't have a bad feeling for this bearded man like Fang Youcai, and he beckoned to Yelu Chucai.

Note 1: See Mencius Tengwen Gong I

Note 2: Chapter 20 of the Mean: Erudition, Interrogation, Prudence, Discernment, and Practice.