The marriage contract between the champion general of the Song Dynasty and Princess Qinghua of Jiaozhi soon spread throughout Jiaozhi.

Whether it was the people who supported Li Nan in the past, or the Jiaozhi people who had complains, they all received a certain amount of psychological comfort.

Although this method is simple and some are not offline, it is indeed effective, and most of the people of Jiaozhi believe that if Princess Qinghua gives birth to an heir, then Jiaozhi is still Jiaozhi.

With the passage of time, the large-scale development of the state capitals of Cochin was in full swing, and the lives of the people were getting better and better, and more and more bandits turned themselves in and returned home.

At the same time, the 2nd Infantry Regiment led by Kress defeated more than 10,000 Champa troops and successfully occupied the entire territory of the country, connecting Cochin and Champ.

At Li Nan's suggestion, Kress deliberately let go of Li Qiande, the king of the dead country, who was terrified and ran towards the Zhenla Empire.

Two pieces of good news came from Champa, firstly, Kress succeeded in seizing most of the merchant ships that were engaged in the Champa sea-going trade, and secondly, the discovery of clover rubber trees in Champa.

When the skin of the clover rubber tree is cut, a milky white sap will flow out, called latex, and the latex is condensed, washed, molded, and dried to obtain natural rubber.

Li Nan didn't know how the Champa people got the rubber tree seeds native to South America in this era, but this is not important, the important thing is that they can have rubber.

Rubber trees like high temperature, high humidity, quiet wind and fertile soil, requiring an average annual temperature of 26~27C, in the range of 20~30C can grow and produce rubber normally, not cold-tolerant, and these conditions, Indochina Peninsula fully meets.

Natural rubber is widely used in industry, national defense, transportation, medicine and health fields and daily life because of its strong elasticity and good insulation, plasticity, water and gas insulation, tensile strength and wear resistance.

Although Li Nan was not very familiar with manufacturing and industry, with rubber, it would definitely bring more benefits to the army and the people under his rule.

The use of rubber to make tires is not very technical, and with this kind of thing, the transportation capacity of various vehicles will be greatly improved.

In addition, with the use of rubber, it is possible to manufacture various seals and hoses, which is very beneficial to the industrialization of the territory.

After the complete occupation of the city, there was good news and bad news.

The maritime trade between Champa and the Great Song Dynasty was very developed, and after Champa was taken by Kress, a lot of merchant ships escaped, so it is estimated that it will be difficult to hide this matter.

According to everyone's estimates, in three or four months, Song Huizong, Zhao Ji, Cai Jing and others in Tokyo City will know about this matter.

The proud Great Song Dynasty court was the most incompetent, but they would never let Li Nan continue to develop in the south, so Guangnan West Road, which bordered the Great Song Dynasty Guangnan East Road, Jinghu South Road, Chengdu Fu Road and other state capitals, would soon be requisitioned and suppressed by the Song army.

In view of this, Li Nan ordered Pang Qiuxia, Meng Li, and others to immediately move the families of many of his henchmen, as well as the grenades, gunpowder, and other manufacturing factories set up in Guizhou, to Guangyuan Prefecture, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Brought back from the Roman world, Ashur joined the caravan bound for the Great Song Dynasty since he learned Chinese, and this Syrian slave did not disappoint Li Nan.

Ashur, who originally only helped the slave owner Battitas in his small business, came to this world and showed his great ability.

In the past few years, Ashur relied on the huge amount of money provided by Li Nan to easily and quickly corrupt many high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and continuously sent a large number of military materials to the south.

Of course, it was not a beautiful woman who traveled thousands of miles from the Great Song Dynasty to Jiaozhi, but some craftsmen, to be exact, skilled craftsmen who bought them from various ordnance supervisors in the city of Tokyo.

The term "strange tricks and tricks" first came from a crime of King Wu of Zhou denouncing King Shang in "Shang Shutai Oath": "The suburbs are not cultivated, the temple is not enjoyed, and the tricks and tricks are used to please women." ”

This kind of atmosphere started in the Han Dynasty, especially after the death of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, such as the Han Dynasty Confucian Zheng Xuan clearly put forward such a murderous slogan: "Make obscene sounds, strange clothes, strange skills, strange weapons to suspect the public, kill." ”

Under this unhealthy atmosphere, it is no wonder that the famous scientist Zhang Heng once lamented in the article "Ying Xian": "Therefore, I have tasted slander and contempt." Deeply and shallowly, righteous at any time, why was he greedy for fragmentation, and practiced his lonely skills? ”

Many people in later generations believe that it is the four words "strange skills and ingenuity" that seriously hindered the technological innovation of ancient China, and made the science and technology researched by many ancient craftsmen painstakingly in vain.

Artisan households were in their own category in the household registration of the Great Song Dynasty, and they had to serve in the government's general prison yards, engaged in various handicraft productions such as construction, textiles, military weapons, and handicrafts, and were directly managed by the prisons and relevant institutions.

The court of the Great Song Dynasty stipulated that artisan households were not allowed to leave their nationality, and they had to inherit the designated labor from generation to generation. If he refuses to serve in the bureau, he will be punished.

At the beginning of the establishment of the artisan household system, it was not bad, at least the government would distribute money and grain every month, but after a long time, the officials who would be the supervisors began to set up the name of "chasing the wind and catching shadows and encroaching on the artisan households for food and clothing".

The artisans were heavily exploited and oppressed, and they lived in a first-tier city like Tokyo City, which was the first tier of the Great Song Dynasty, and many of them could not live happily.

A large number of artisan households who are worried about food, clothing, housing and transportation meet Ashur, who has connections and money in his hands, what will happen?

If it weren't for Ashur's fear that the officials who would be in charge of the prison would find out, he would have swept away all the craftsmen in Tokyo City, and a large number of craftsmen with rich experience in various fields were sent to Lingnan Cochin with their families.

Li Nan, as the highest person in the local area, was overjoyed when he heard that these Great Song Dynasty craftsmen were coming, and quickly gathered the civil and military ministers and came to the outside of the city to greet them.

Everyone needs to be respected, and craftsmen are no exception.

Riding in a convoy of a large number of craftsmen and their families, as soon as they arrived outside the city, they saw a group of officials wearing official uniforms and armor standing on the side of the road, led by young and handsome people dressed in white robes.

"Stop!"

Ashur jumped down from his horse, walked to Li Nan, knelt down on one knee, and said in an excited tone: "Master, Ashur is back." ”

While in the Roman world, Ashur was despised by Kress and other gladiators because of his personality, and never appeared in the arena of glory.

But after arriving in this world, countless money was spent in Ashur's hands, and in the prosperous city of Tokyo, which has a population of millions, he ate delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, and called various high-ranking officials and dignitaries brothers, it is no exaggeration to say that his fate was completely changed by Li Nan.

Ashur is a smart person, he has experienced a lot of incredible things with Li Nan, he knows that everything he has been given by Li Nan, and the warning sound of the system in his mind has also made him believe that Li Nan is a son of a god, so he has been doing his best to serve Li Nan's great cause.

"It's good to be back!" Looking at Ashur, Li Nan helped him up, and said with some emotion: "You have made a great contribution this time, after we return to the city, I will personally congratulate you!" ”