Rongya from the port of Suli County,Take the big ship of the Sanye Metropolitan Protectorate,After five days and five nights to arrive at the three leaves。 The reason why it took so long was not only because of the distance between Shamrock Island and the land, but also because the route of the big ship was very strange, and the big ship did not sail in a straight line, but along some curves, and sometimes it would sail after a few large circles.

In addition to the ten soldiers of the Sanye Prefecture on the big ship, the remaining twenty people are all natives of Sanye Island. In addition to their thin stature and brown skin, these natives of Shamrock Island have the same language, manners, and etiquette as the mainland residents. The soldier at the head of the big ship said, "The current from the mainland to Shamrock Island is very complicated, and if the ship goes straight, it will definitely be carried away by the current." These currents are only recognized by the natives of Sanye Island, so the crew members of the big ship are all natives of Sanye Island. ”

When they arrived at Sanye Island, the soldiers of the Sanye Protectorate brought Rongya and Puguang to the Mansion of the Sanye Protector.

Chede's mansion was built in a splendid style, which was very different from the mansions of mainland residents. The mansion has no cornices and roofs, but is built in an oval shape, and the whole mansion has no courtyard walls, and the oval-shaped houses are scattered one by one, like a pile of giant bird eggs.

The chambis is right in the house. As soon as Rongya was about to kneel down and salute, the chariot stepped forward, grabbed Rongya tightly with both hands, looked at it carefully, and said, "You kid, how do you look not like your father at all, but you are very similar to your grandfather, His Royal Highness the King of Xiangtingjun." "It seems that Che De and Rong Zhu and Xiangting County King are very familiar. Che De is about thirty years old, majestic, energetic, very young and heroic.

Che De patted Rongya's shoulder and said, "Ya'er, your father and I are brothers who have worshipped the handle. You are my nephew. DID YOU KNOW? ”

"The little nephew really doesn't know. The little nephew worshiped his uncle. ”

"Hmm. Very good. I used to follow your father all the year round, followed Emperor Longwu to fight everywhere, and we were together every day. Five years ago, your father pleaded with Emperor Longwu to send me here to serve as the protector of the three leaves and take care of the golden source of Dazhao for His Majesty. You're coming to Shamrock Island, and your father has sent someone to tell me. Once you're here, you're relieved. You will dwell in my house, and do as I do. ”

Che De turned his head to a few soldiers and said, "Pass on my order, Rongya will be the centurion of the Sanye Protector from today onwards, in charge of the negotiation between the Metropolitan Protector and the natives of Sanye Island." In my house, between Rongya and me, and between you and Rongya, you can call him Gongzi, exactly like my own son. When you get to the Protectorate and outside, you can call him whatever you want. However, there is one thing, if anyone has the slightest disrespect for him because Rongya was exiled here, there will be no mercy! ”

"Whoa." The soldiers said.

Che De looked at Puguang and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Rongya said: "Uncle, this is the entourage sent by my grandfather to accompany me, called Puguang." ”

"Good. Puguang will do whatever you want. You can just look at the position yourself, and you don't have to tell me. As he spoke, he straightened his sleeves and said, "You have come just in time today, and I will go to the other two islands in the afternoon, so you can rest for a while, and then come with me after lunch." ”

"Whoa."

Che De left, saying that he was going to the capital to take care of military affairs, and came back in the afternoon to set off together.

This is Cheto's private residence. Che Tak sent two servants to serve the Melting Cliff. The two servants are both natives of Shamrock Island, one is named Lu Gu and the other is called Modu, and they are both in their twenties.

Lu Gu said more, but Mo Du was silent.

Lu Gu led Rongya to the house that Che De had prepared for himself. Again, the house is oval-shaped. Lu Gu said: "Childe, Mo Du and I live in the two small circles behind this middle circle, if you have something, shout, we will come over." Let's find a small circle nearby for Puguang to live in. ”

"What do you mean by a medium circle, a small circle?" Rongya asked.

Lu Gu said: "It's the house." ”

"Oh, why is it called 'circle'?"

Lu Gu said: "That's the case, Childe. The houses on the island are very different from those on the mainland. ”

"Lu Zhou?"

"Oh, the place we call Childe is called Lu Zhou."

"Oh."

Lu Gu continued: "The sea breeze on the island is very strong, and in order to resist the sea breeze, all the houses are built in a circle, so it is called 'circle'. There are three types of circles, the first is the large circle, which is the main hall of the Metropolitan Protectorate and the main hall of the Metropolitan Lord's Mansion. The second type is the middle circle, which is where the Metropolitan Protector and his wife live, and it is also the place where the Metropolitan Protector and other adults live. The third type is Madoka, where our subordinates and soldiers live. ”

"Okay. Puguang doesn't live too far away from me. ”

"Don't worry, Childe, Lu Gu will settle down Puguang." Lu Gu said.

But Mo Du just buried himself in his work, did not say a word, and did not look this way.

Lunch was eaten in the middle circle of the melting cliff. Rongya asked Puguang, Lugu, and Modu to eat with him, in order to take advantage of the meal to learn about the situation on Shamrock Island. Lunch was a table of seafood that had never been seen before, and it was extremely delicious. Rongya grew up in Canaan all the year round, and with his father Rongzhu went to the shores of Canaan many times, went to sea with fishermen, and ate almost all the seafood of Canaan, but never tasted such delicious seafood.

"It's delicious." Rongya picked up a pink snail meat with a bamboo skewer and said while eating, "I grew up in Canaan, and I have eaten countless seafood, how come I have never seen these seafood?" These seafood are so delicious, why don't they be sold to Luzhou? ”

"Childe, Shamrock Island believes in the Great Dragon Sect, and the teachings of the Great Dragon Sect do not allow us to do business with Lu Zhou." Lugu Road.

"Why is that?"

"The great sorcerer of the Great Dragon Sect, Da Poza, said that the seafood hunted from the sea can only be eaten by the people on the main island of Shamrock, and these seafood must not be traded with non-islanders. Otherwise, the seafood near Shamrock Island will become extinct, and the people on Shamrock Island will starve to death. ”

"Then don't you come to Luzhou to sell it?"

"The Metropolitan Government does not catch seafood."

"What's so hard about that? Even I can catch seafood. ”

"The seafood of Sanye Island can only be caught in the currents that are far away from Mitsuhashima. There is no seafood near Shamrock Island, not even seashells. Only indigenous islanders have the ability to fish in the currents. The Great Dragon Sect also does not allow the islanders to teach the fishing methods to outsiders. Moreover, even if we wanted to teach outsiders, it would not be possible, because only Daposa himself knew the mysteries of how to fish in the currents, and he would not tell anyone. ”

"So that's the case, no wonder I've never seen the seafood of Shamrock Island on the continent." Rongya said.

Puguang was not used to eating seafood, so he only ate a large bowl of sweet rice. The grains of the rice are twice as large as ordinary rice, and the whole body is crystal clear and has an excellent taste. Lu Gu saw that Puguang ate fragrantly, so he introduced: "This is sea coconut rice, is it different from the rice in Luzhou?" ”

Puguang said: "It's much more delicious than the rice in Luzhou. ”

Lu Gu smiled and said, "This is actually not rice, it is the fruit of sea coconut grass." The islanders of Shamrock Island eat this as a staple food. After the children are born, they all eat the rice soup of sea coconut rice, which is more nourishing than breast milk. ”

Puguang looked at Rongya and said, "I didn't expect Shamrock Island to be such a place, it's completely different from what we thought." ”

Lu Gu smiled again and said, "Childe, Puguang, in the afternoon, we will go to patrol the island with Lord Duhu, you can take a good look at our Sanye Island." I have been to Luzhou with a big ship to pick up people a few times, and I have also stayed in several counties in Luzhou for a while, and Luzhou is really boring. Childe, you see, the soldiers of the Sanye Protectorate are all world soldiers, and they have been on the border of Sanye Island for generations, where is there anyone who is willing to go back? ”

"And what about the exiled prisoners?" Rongya asked.

"The exiled prisoners are in the South Island. They ate all the rice that was transported from Luzhou. Daposa didn't allow us to give them what the island was going to eat. The Metropolitan Protectorate also has strict control over them, and they have never seen the true appearance of Mitsuha Island from the upper island to the outlying island. In the afternoon, when we patrolled the island with the Lord of the Protectors, Childe understood everything. ”

"Then tell me about the situation on Sanye Island." Melting Cliff Road.

Lu Gu nodded and said, "Okay, Childe." Shamrock Island is three different islands, called South Island, North Island, and East Island. Our island is the North Island, which is the island where the Sanha Prefecture is located, and the prisoners are all in the South Island, and there is also an island called Higashijima. The three leaves are divided into two parts, one part is in the North Island, that is, the island we are on, called the North People, the North People have been educated by the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Metropolitan Protectorate has been integrated, and the two sides are very well along; There are also some islanders in the East Island, called Dongmin, who are unwilling to receive the indoctrination of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and their relationship with the Metropolitan Protectorate is not good, and there is only some barter. Over the years, there have been fewer and fewer Dongmin, and many of them have come to Beidao and become Beimin. ”

"Why?"

"Because of the hardships of the Dongmin's life, the Dongmin lived the kind of life that the islanders used to have. The life of the northern people is much better, and the Metropolitan Protectorate has given us a lot of useful things. More and more young Dongmin are coming to the North Island. When Childe goes to negotiate with the Dongmin in the future, he should be more careful, the Dongmin are all uneducated wild islanders, and they are very stubborn. However, Daposa is on the East Island, and she is not a wild islander, but a god. ”

"How many people are there on Shamrock Island?"

"There are about 20,000 people on the North Island, more than 10,000 of them and their families, and more than 10,000 natives; There are only more than 5,000 people in the east; There were more than 3,000 exiles on the South Island. ”

"The three islands are so different, do you get along?"

"The prisoners on the South Island are under the control of the soldiers of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and they have no dealings with us on a daily basis. There is only some barter between the North Island and the East Island, and there is no other exchange. ”

"Barter?"

"Yes. Da Poza is on the East Island, and together with the East people, he lives the life of the former islanders. However, of the three islands, only the North Island can grow sea coconut rice. The people of the East Island only eat sea coconut rice, so they can only exchange with the people of the North Island. Although the East Island does not produce sea coconut rice, it will catch seafood, because Daposa is in the East Island, and he only takes the Dongmin to catch seafood, and does not take the Beimin to catch seafood. Therefore, the Dongmin on the East Island only have seafood but no sea coconut rice, and the Beimin on the North Island only have sea coconut rice but no seafood. In this way, the East Island needs the sea coconut rice from the North Island, and the North Island needs the seafood from the East Island, and this is how the two islands barter. Except for barter, the two islands do not interact much. The Dongmin are reluctant to come to the North Island, and they think that the North people live the life of the Metropolitan Protectorate, not the life of the Three Leaves Island. The Beimin did not dare to go to the East Island, for fear of being taught a lesson by Da Poza, and for fear of being ridiculed by the Dongmin. ”

"Oh." Rongya has been introduced by Lu Gu like a rap to say that he is confused, so he can only deal with it like this.

It was a delicious lunch. After a short nap in the afternoon, Che Jie sent soldiers to invite Rongya to come over and patrol the island with him.

The flagship of the chambel is very large, like a small island in the sea. Che De set up a dining table in front of the flagship and was drinking tea. Rongya saluted, and the chariot waved his hand, allowing Rongya to sit beside him.

"Come, boy, try this tea, the food on this Shamrock Island is much better than that on the mainland, but there is no tea. These teas of mine are all brought from the mainland, and they are all top-notch teas. You taste it. ”

"Uncle Xie."

"Are your grandfather and father alright?" Che De asked as he drank tea.

"It's all fine, thank you uncle for remembering."

Che De nodded and said, "When I was a teenager, I followed your father as a Nangong guard in Weiwei, and later followed your father with Emperor Longwu to fight the world, quell rebellions, and cut down vassal kings, and lived in a military tent for more than ten years. When you were a child, I saw you, but you were still a little hairy cub back then, and you were only so old. Hahaha. In the blink of an eye, you're that big. Time flies. I haven't seen your father and grandfather for years. ”

The sea breeze blew on his face, and Rongya felt very comfortable, reminding him of the scene when he went to sea with his father in Canaan. Che De's kindness and enthusiasm also made his heart very warm.

"Rongya, your father told me about you in the Holy Capital. In the Holy Capital, it's so filthy. Hey, let's not talk about it. When you get to Sanye Island, you don't have to worry, this place is different from Luzhou, and it is even more different from the Holy Capital. Although it is a penal colony, it is much cleaner than the Holy Capital. Especially the islanders of Sanye Island, although they are stubborn and uneducated, their hearts are very clean, much cleaner than the people on the continent and the nobles in the holy capital. Take your time and you'll know. By the way, I heard that even half of the water in the snow pool is now gone, and the water color has turned inky black, and the world seems to be in chaos. Your father said that you should stay here for a few more years, to avoid the limelight, and to experience more. ”

"Yes."

"But your father has somewhat miscalculated, he thinks that Shamrock Island is very difficult and difficult, but in fact, life on the island is much more comfortable than in Luzhou. I've been on this island for five years and never want to go back. You probably don't know.,Successive Sanye Protectors have worked on the island until they die.。 It turned out that I didn't understand it yet, but when I got here, I realized why, it was because those protectors were unwilling to return to Luzhou. Hahaha. ”

Che De said while drinking tea: "However, the situation on Shamrock Island is very complicated. The three islands are different and almost never come and go. This is all the evil fruit planted by the previous three-leaf protectorate, and it won't be changed for a while. I'm determined to reverse this, but it's hard to do. Let's do it slowly, it will always get better. We talked slowly as we patrolled the island. Che Lun raised his head, pointed ahead with his finger and said, "Look, the South Island has arrived." ”

The South Island is just a stone's throw away. From a distance, the South Island is a deserted island, not green at all, and there are hills one after another on the island, all of which are fiery red. There is a regulated port in the South Island, and a number of cargo ships are neatly parked on the harbor.

"Bow down to Lord Duhu." The chariot stood at the bow of the ship, and the soldiers waiting on the harbor plank knelt down together.

The chariot said, "Get up." After saying that, he got off the boat with Rongya.

The leader waiting on the plank road was a majestic general in his forties, who stepped forward and said with a smile: "Lord Duhu, this is Rong Gongzi, right?" ”

"Exactly." Che De said, "Ya'er, come here, this is the Sanye Du Protector, Chu Li." ”

"I've seen Lord Duhucheng in my humble position."

"Rong Gongzi doesn't have to be polite. We're all looking forward to you. Ever since I learned that you were coming, Tsugo-sama has been waiting for you on the cliffs of the North Island every day. If you don't come again, we will personally go to the port of Suli County to pick you up. Chu Lidu said a salute back, and then deliberately lowered his face and said: "It's okay if he wants to leave for a few days, and we can relax quickly, look at him, he won't stop for a moment, but he will detain us." We don't even dare to steal a drink. ”

"Hahahaha. Okay, you Chu Li, when will I lose your wine to drink? You send me tea, I'll send you good wine, that's what we've agreed. Today I will patrol the island, and I will stay on the East Island at night, you come with me, and we will get drunk with the East people. I've brought a lot of new sake to Higashijima today. Che De laughed.

Chu Li and Che De walked side by side, waving their hands and saying, "Lord Du Hu spared Chu Li, I don't want to go to that savage island." There was not a trace of edification. I'd better wait for the adults to go back to Kitajima tomorrow and then ask for the adults' drinks. ”

"You." Che De strode as he walked: "Still so hostile to Dongmin." They are the natives here, and Daposa is on the East Island, so you are so hostile, beware of causing trouble. ”

Chu Li smiled and said, "I'll take care of the gold quarries in the South Island for adults." I'm not going to provoke them. Daposa is a demon, and I can't afford to mess with it. The matter of bondage to Daposa, adults should do it themselves. ”

Che De shook his head with a smile and said, "You Chu Li." Daposa holds the secret of the direction of the gold veins in the South Island, and without Daposa, how can we deliver gold to the imperial court? ”

"Your Excellency is right. But the lowly officials really couldn't stand the barbarism of the South Island. Especially the unstoppable appearance of Tapasana. You can't catch more seafood, and you can't mine more gold. We are tied up and extremely depressed. ”

"This Shamrock Island was originally owned by the people of Daposa and these aborigines of Shamrock Island. We are outsiders, and there have been many inappropriate things in the administration of the Protectors in the past, and we must do our best to correct them. ”

"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives." Chu Li looked embarrassed, turned his face to Rong Ya and said, "Rong Gongzi, look, the adults are going to start chanting the scriptures again." The chatter is not over, and you will suffer if you follow Lord Du Hu in the future. ”

This joke made everyone laugh again.

Che De led the crowd to the gold quarry. Built in a low-lying area in the middle of a ring of hills, this gold quarry covers a large area and is a spectacular scene of thousands of people. But it seems that the gold mining prisoners are not very hard, and the order is also very orderly.

Che Tak pointed ahead to Rongya and said, "Rongya, you see, this is the gold quarry." The gold quarries on Shamrock Island are different from the hard work in the gold quarries on the mainland. The gold veins here are fully known to Daposa, and only Daposa knows, and under the guidance of Daposa, the laborers of the gold quarries are exempted from this part of exploration. Moreover, the gold and stone here are of very high taste, and the refining method is very different from the refining method of the mainland gold quarry, and the process is very simple. Chu Li, tell Rongya about it. ”

Chu Li said, "Oh." Rong Gongzi, the gold stone of this Shamrock Island, the gold content is extremely high, and the impurities are very single, just use the straw of the sea coconut rice that is a specialty of the North Island to rot the water, you can wash away the impurities. This is exactly what one thing is for one thing. So the labor in the gold quarries here is not very laborious. It's just that the Metropolitan Protectorate has to strictly control them, and in addition, they are much lighter than working on the mainland. ”

Che De said: "These exiled prisoners are all ordinary people who have been punished here after being raped and criminalized. No nobles ever came. Rongya, your case is special, His Majesty Tern exiled you here, the original intention was not to make you suffer, but to discipline you strictly and restrain your heart, you must understand this. That's why I don't let you work here, but as a centurion in the Metropolitan Protectorate, and I'm in charge of negotiating with the islands. You must learn the customs, systems, and livelihoods of this island, and do not let down your majesty's hard work. ”

Rongya said, "Oh." ”

Che De circled around the gold quarry, inspected the food and accommodation of the laborers, and inspected the inventory and account books of the gold quarry, and after an hour, he said goodbye to Chu Li, boarded the ship and left.

Sitting on the bow of the boat, Rongya asked, "Uncle, I don't know anything about my humble position, and I want to ask my uncle." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Uncle Xie, since the relationship between Daposa and the Metropolitan Protectorate is not harmonious, why did he tell the Metropolitan Protectorate about the mystery of the golden vein he mastered?"

The chariot ordered the man to change the tea on the bow of the boat, and slowly ate the refreshments and said, "That's a long story. The natives of Sanye Island don't actually regard gold as a valuable thing, but after cleaning it, they are used to sacrifice to the dragon. Hundreds of years ago, the secret of the abundance of gold in Sanye Island was known to the Imperial Court of Luzhou, so it sent a huge fleet to test the route many times, and finally once, a fleet broke through the ocean current due to an accidental sea wind and landed on Shamrock Island. Originally, there was no conflict between the fleet and the natives, who were very enthusiastic about the fleet. But the task of this fleet was to occupy the gold source, so the fleet began to plan to monopolize the gold source, and there was a fierce conflict with the natives. The fleet of the imperial court was well-armed and well-trained, and where these simple natives were opponents, the fleet slaughtered and the natives retreated. After the battle, the fleet occupied the North and South Islands, and the natives retreated to the East Island. After the natives withdrew from the South Island, the fleet could not mine the gold and stone anyway, and it was later learned that only the great wizard Daposa knew the direction of the gold vein. So the fleet was forced to stop killing and began to reconcile with the natives of Daposa and Shamrock. Unable to comply, Daposanin led the natives to hold on to the East Island, preferring only to eat the seafood they had caught rather than reconcile with the fleet, let alone trade. However, the aborigines do not eat sea coconut rice, only seafood, and within a month, they begin to suffer from a kind of ringworm, which is extremely itchy. For the sake of the natives' lives, Daposa was forced to agree to reconcile with the fleet, and the fleet gave a part of the sea coconut rice produced in the North Island and the gold produced in the South Island to the East Island, and Daposa regularly told the fleet about the gold veins on the South Island. Later, the two sides continued to struggle and compromise until they reached a state of relative equilibrium. Later, the imperial court built the Sanye Protectorate here, stationed a permanent army, and guarded the Sanye Island for generations, in fact, it was the North Island, and the North Island gradually flourished, and some islanders liked the more civilized and convenient life on the North Island, so more and more islanders moved from the East Island to the North Island, and the soldiers of the Metropolitan Protectorate fused. But now, there are still more than 5,000 natives who cling to their original way of life and refuse to accept the indoctrination of the North Island. Daposa is one of those who clings to their old way of life. So this balance cannot be broken. Successive Sanye Protectors have adopted a tough confrontation approach to the islanders, but because Da Poxa has the secret of the golden vein, he does not dare to massacre Da Posa and Dong Dao. On the last day of every decade, I will go to the South Island and the East Island to have a look, and it is a long-established rule to inspect the South Island, but the East Island is my first initiative, in order to gradually reconcile with the East Island. On the night of the tour, I will have a drink with Daposa and the Dongmin on the East Island. It's been more than five years, and now it's working, at least my personal relationship with Dongmin and Daposa is still good. It's just that the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Dongmin have been confronted for hundreds of years, and Daposa and the Eastern Folk have a deep prejudice against the Metropolitan Protectorate, and although it has changed slightly, it is only a little kind to me personally, and they are still very hostile to the people of the other Metropolitan Protectorates, and even to the natives who have moved to the North Island to receive indoctrination and merge with the Metropolitan Protectorate, they are also very hostile. So, this matter can't be rushed, you have to take it slowly, hundreds of years of grudges can't be resolved overnight. You also saw it just now, there are not a few people like Chu Lidu Hucheng in the Duhu Mansion. ”

"My lord, I look at Chu Du as a protector, as if he is a very confidant with adults."

"Chu Lidu still respects me a lot. It's just that he's very unkind to the Dongmin. ”