Zhaoxing's private wharf has become busier and busier this year, so it began to expand, and the wharf area and even the castle stretched out to both sides, stretching out a mile in front and half a meter in the rear. And just like that, the marina area is still not enough to use. Thinking about the eighteen miles of Mizhou Wharf, Zhao Xing can't wait to build the wharf area bigger and more well-equipped. But Cheng Azhu's unassuming personality made her stop Zhao Xing's expansion.

The outermost part of the wharf is connected to the grass market, which has now been turned into a day and night market, where many merchants are willing to trade after the bandit attacks are safe and sound. Su Shi simply officially set up a tax customs in the market to collect taxes from merchants. Zhao Xing gave Su Shi face, but also for convenience, he simply paid the taxes of his wharf to the grass market, and as a result, the grass market became the fattest department in Hangzhou.

With money, the city supervisor of Caoshi can also support the idlers, so he is equipped with five officials with knives and guns to maintain order. At the end of last year, Zhao Xing refurbished the pavement of the grass market, erected several fixed brick sheds, and built street lamps on both sides of the road, and the grass market became the largest logistics center in Hangzhou day and night.

Sodi's crew members were all assigned to live in the wall of the dock area, these feudal ghosts who had been thirsty on the shore for a long time, saw the *** on the shore, they couldn't bear it, and rushed to the grass market with their private goods in twos and threes. When the ship from Mizhou docked at the dock, I just saw such a scene, the ghost market was bright, the flow of people was continuous, and among the people selling goods were Song people, there were also Japanese girls with colorful clothes, as well as blonde whites, and blacks with dark skin.

The scene of trading is a bit like a modern wholesale market, although the foreign devils do not understand the language of the Chinese, but the gestures about numbers are universal, and they all use gestures to compare. Compare one, two, three, four, after both parties agree, the deal is reached.

The people of Hangzhou want to be fresh, the goods brought by the foreign devils are sold quickly, many feudal ghosts sell the goods early, and begin to look around in the market for their favorite objects, they bring the currency of Persian silver coins, Arab gold coins, and the currencies of European countries, the locals do not know, and kindly point them to exchange. It's a pity that the language is not comprehensible, and when I was in a hurry, a person who got off the Mizhou ship took over the topic and translated to the ghost of the domain: "These people say that they don't know your money, but there is a Nanyang ticket exchange shop at the entrance of the ghost market, which can help you exchange it for local money." The people said that the ticket shop was doing business very fairly, so you can rest assured. ”

After the man finished translating, he smiled at a person dressed as an official next to him and said, "Lord Deng, the Nanyang Ticket Store has also come to Hangzhou." ”

Master Deng shook his head slightly, motioning for the interpreter not to say more, and then he lowered his head and walked away. Coming to the gate of the dock leading to the castle, he arched his hand to the guards and said, "General, please inform me, my old friend Deng Yufu from Mizhou asked to see him, and he came in a hurry. Please report quickly! ”

Zhao Xing was in the hall inspecting the gems that Steele had brought, and several Jewish craftsmen helped him identify them and appraise them by the way. Hearing the announcement, he didn't clean up the table, and hurriedly greeted: "Please, please, Brother Deng is not an outsider, we don't need to avoid it, let him come." ”

When Deng Yufu arrived on the ground, he was dazzled by the table full of gems. Most of these gemstones are in rough condition. The appearance is very ordinary, even a little ugly. Occasionally, a few gemstones show their smooth surface, but just a little bit of it has made the table full of stars.

When Deng Yufu arrived, the gem identification seemed to have entered the end, and Zhao Xing greeted him while instructing: "Put those inferior products into boxes, and anyone in your village who wants them can come to me to buy them." Zhongpin is considered to be commissioned processing, and the processing fee will be calculated according to our negotiation. Ten of the top grades are selected out, and they are still commissioned for processing, and I want to see what the processed top grades look like! ”

One of the Jews present swallowed and spat, and said, "My lord, the medium grade is the largest, and it should be sold a little, and the inferior gems alone will not sell for a price, even if they are processed." ”

Zhao Xing nodded: "As you wish." ”

Zhao Xingdi's concubines were all present, and the high-grade gems were handed over to Cheng Azhu, and the other concubines hurriedly picked a few in the pile of gems and entrusted the Jews to process them.

Zhao Xing rubbed his hands, and seeing that this scene was a little messy, he beckoned and said, "Brother Deng come with me, let's go to the small room next to it." ”

In the small room, everyone was divided, and Deng Yufu introduced the three people around Zhao Xing: "This is Zhang Ping, the most outstanding tongue man in Mizhou, this is Dong Yuan, a famous sumo wrestler in Shandong, and this is Zhang Heng, a master and archer in the third class of Mizhou." ”

Zhao Xing nodded, at this time, Liao Xiaoxiao finished dividing the gems, and brought the maids in to salute Deng Yufu, the maids brought tea and water to everyone here, Liao Xiaoxiao greeted Zhao Xing beside him, Zhao Xing observed the two warriors with interest, and was very curious: "Why does Brother Cong have time to come to me?" Do you need two good hands to protect you when you go to sea as a Mizhou ship? ”

Deng Yufu replied with a smile: "It is said that as a merchant ship in Mizhou, there is really no need for protection. In recent years, the ship has gone to sea, and the profits are huge, almost thirty percent of the people in Mizhou have stopped farming, and they want to go to sea and sail, and the Mizhou Navy has been trained by you well, and the pirates in the nearby waters cannot survive, and even the Liao Navy does not dare to go to sea without our consent.

However, I didn't come out to talk to you about poetry this time, I remember when you were in Mizhou, you once said that the ancient "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is actually a geographical chronicle, in addition, there is no shortage of descriptions of overseas scenery in the past dynasties, such as the "Continuation of the Naturalist" written by Li Shi of the Jin Dynasty you mentioned, since then, I have moved

Later, when I saw you bring the farming tools of the outer domains, I was thinking, there are no wonders in this world, I wrote about the agriculture of the Great Song Dynasty, should I also look at the customs of the foreign domains.

In the past, my family had no spare funds, and I hated to travel in person, but now it is different, and last year my family earned tens of thousands of yuan, especially Xiangyun yarn (potato yarn) sold very well. Now, my lady's cooking industry is also smooth, and the children are gradually sensible, so I thought that while I still have some strength, I will also go overseas to see.

I've heard that there are feudal ships going overseas from Liren. I also have a lot of friends overseas, so I'm going to ask if you can show me the way so I can see the scenery overseas. ”

Zhao Xing high-fived and admired, my Da Song actually has people who are willing to open their eyes to see the world, how can this kind of behavior not be fully supported: "I will help you, you bring too few people, I will match you with a few more people, it just so happens that a team of people who are happy to return to their hometown, you can walk with them." So. You don't even have to be a guide. Let them accompany you on a tour of that continent, and they will eventually return here, and when you return, you must be safe with them. to that continent. With their local people taking care of them, they don't have to worry about language problems, great, I will publish what you write. ”

Zhao Xing didn't expect Deng Yufu to move this idea, in fact, the real Han people established Chengquan, never refused to accept foreign things and absorb the strengths of others. There were Han and Tang dynasties in front of them, the Great Song Dynasty in front of them, and the later Ming Dynasty who were willing to open their eyes to see the world. However, the most open era was the Song Dynasty, which had more than one trip overseas. His observations and experiences were recorded in geographical books such as "Yuanfeng Nine Domains Chronicles", "Fang Yu Shenglan", and "Yu Di Ji Sheng......

"You two warriors can't do it", Zhao Xing unceremoniously pointed at the two warriors and said, "The African continent is a land burning with war. I rushed across the continent with a hundred and ten of the most capable ground fighters, and more than half of them were killed, and these two men went with you, and I guess you won't even be able to find your bones.

I'll give you people, I have thirty trained warriors on hand, you take them to Jiaozhi, and in Jiaozhi, my concubine has a fief. I'll give you the hand. You can take thirty more warriors from there and go to Abbas. There is a small wharf run by a friend of mine in Abbas, and you take twenty Arab fighters from the wharf and go to Africa, and there is an acquaintance of mine in a village in Africa, which is the village of Kismaiyu.

From there you can take fifty black warriors, and then you let the Arabs lead you across that continent, to the sea, and then you go by boat to Europe, where I have two acquaintances......"

Zhao Xing explained Deng Yufu's itinerary one by one, Deng Yufu was grateful, and gave his hand again and again: "Brother Xian, such a great favor, I don't know how I should repay it." ”

Zhao Xing sighed with emotion and said, "I think back then, when I crossed that continent, I only knew how to rush forward, and when I look back, maybe I missed a lot of things."

I'm not a botanist, I'm not a zoologist, I'm not a mineralogist, I'm not an agronomist, I'm too utilitarian, I only know what is useful to me, I don't look at the land carefully. Brother Deng is here, don't say thank you, I just ask you to do me a favor, help me collect seeds along the way, record the animals and farm tools along the way, and that's enough. The seeds of plants are so vast that I don't ask to collect all of them from my brother-in-law, but only to collect some special species from my brother-in-law.

For example, the most productive crops in the region, the most colorful flowers and trees that everyone loves...... Wait, these flowers and trees may have their own growth environment, I roughly remember how to observe and record the growth environment of plants, from the righteous brother and not in a hurry to go, we talk for a few days, there are three Sodi's boats on the dock, and after he finishes loading, you go together. ”

Deng Yufu's ship loaded with fragrant cloud yarn, this thing is light and soft, and does not occupy a volume, Deng Yufu loaded a quarter of the cargo warehouse of fragrant silver yarn, and the rest of the things are loaded with food and water for supplies. Now that Zhao Xing is taking care of it, there will be supply points along the way, so there is no need to load so much grain and grass. Zhao Xing was in charge, unloaded half of the supplies, and loaded half a boat of silk tea for Deng Yufu, and waited until Deng Yufu was sent away, which was also the Qingming Festival this year.

This year's Qingming is the twenty-seventh day of the second month of the Horse Year of the lunar calendar, March 30, 1090 A.D., Saturday, that is, the 6th year of Da'an of Liao Daozong (Yelu Hongji), the first year of Song Zhezong (Zhao Xu), and the day of Wuyin Yueren in the Chinese calendar. After months of preparation, Zhao Xing's family school was officially opened, Su Shi was given the title of honorary mountain chief, and Qin Guan became the chief professor. More than a dozen Israelis were responsible for teaching mathematics, Shen Kuo was responsible for teaching physics inside, and a group of Nestorian teachers were responsible for teaching geography and geometry.

This year, Song abandoned rice fat and other four villages.

During the Xifeng period, although the Northern Song Dynasty suffered the defeat of Lingzhou and Yongle, it obtained a vast territory and important military fortresses such as Jialu, Wubao, Mizhi, Yihe, Futu, and Saimen, thus effectively stifling the invasion of the southern part of the Western Xia. After the old party came to power, it opposed all the actions of the new party, including those of the new party in foreign wars. In November of the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (December 1089 AD), Song Zhezong issued an edict saying that as long as the Western Xia returned the soldiers captured in the battle of Yongle City to the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was able to give up the land of Mizhi (present-day Mizhi, Shaanxi), Jialu (present-day Jiaxian, Shaanxi), Anjiang (present-day Huachidong, Gansu), and Futu Sizhai and return these places to Western Xia...... In the spring of 1090, Western Xia recovered the territory of Sizhai without a single soldier.

The gains and losses in the court did not affect Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing only cared about the current school. The things taught in this school are not the content of scientific examinations, but there are two big Buddhas of Su Shi and Qin Guan sitting in the array, which has also attracted some outsiders to join. Finally, the school had enough 90 people.

Zhao Xing was very pleased to see the students of the school wearing new school uniforms, carrying backpacks issued by the school, carrying the lunch boxes rationed by Zhao Xing, and happily walking into the classroom. Chen Yiyi next to her was quite unimpressed, she giggled and said: "Ninety students, sixty are the children of our garden and the children of a happy person, and the rest of them are open-eyed, and they don't look like good people. ”

Zhao Xing is still happy. Liao Xiaoxiao has been very close to Chen Yiyi recently, and she also echoed crisply: "I see, these people come to school purely for this garden, our jasmine garden is now closed and no outsiders are seen, and the scenery here is very curious to outsiders, there are flowers and grass." The fragrance of flowers in the four seasons continues, the pavilions and water pavilions, the sound of singing and dancing, where are those people coming to school, I look at the school period. There were also some rats who scurried into the water pavilion and looked at the maids. ”

Zhao Xing's family school is purely in accordance with the modern education system, and he has one class per hour. There are four sessions in the morning, and the afternoon is all work and sports. Many students coveted the scenery in Zhao Xing's garden, and sneaked into the garden to play after class, which was so big that once the students ran away, the teacher couldn't catch it at all.

"Then seal the walled building and forbid them to go downstairs and play all morning. Recess is only allowed in the hallway. In the afternoon work class, he was dismissed directly if he was not named three times. Zhao Xing said with annoyance.

Pause for a moment. Zhao Xing asked again: "Have you arranged the maids around Mr. Mengxi?" ”

Chen Yiyi knew what Zhao Xing was asking, she stretched out two fingers and gestured: "Those two people will not leave an inch to ensure that Mr. Mengxi will not pass on any bad news to the outside." ”

Zhao Xing thought for a moment, and then added: "Two is not enough, add two more, to ensure that he does not pass on a word to the outside." ”

Shen Kuo is like a bomb that is about to explode at any time, his habit of informing and framing is too terrible, Zhao Xing thinks that he has nothing to be accused of, but Shen Kuo's ability to make something out of nothing makes people feel chilled when he thinks about it, so he must be kept an eye on.

Chen Yiyi nodded and wrote down Zhao Xing's order, Liao Xiaoxiao suddenly reached out and rubbed Zhao Xing, reminding: "What about Master Yan calling you below?" ”

Zhao Xing looked down, Gao Yu grabbed a file and greeted him desperately below, Zhao Xing hesitated for a moment, and beckoned Gao Yu to come up.

Zhao Xing's location is the top of the wall building, the roof of the building after several years of decoration, the top is covered with some dark holes and fixing bolts, it seems extremely uneven, usually the roof is not allowed to climb on, Gao Yu is also the first time to climb to the roof, he can't care about watching the scenery on the roof, as soon as he comes up, he whispered: "Leave people, you are accused." Mr. Mengxi's wife, Zhang, went to the county office to hand over the paper, saying that you had imprisoned Mr. Mengxi. also said that you had the intention of taking revenge on Mr. Mengxi for betraying Su Gong, so you specially abducted him and put him under house arrest. ”

"Huh?!" Zhao Xing was taken aback: "I didn't expect that I would defend left and right, and I still suffered a dumb loss from Shen Kuo." ”

Shen Kuodi's wife Zhang likes to sue, this Zhao Xing knows, but he didn't expect Zhang to dig out the old accounts and ask Shen Kuo to go home. In this way, Shen Kuo would be out of Zhao Xing's sight.

Who knows what Shen Kuo will say after he leaves?

Gao Yu asked worriedly: "Nothing is wrong here?" ”

Zhao Xing shook his head slowly, and asked again: "What does Lord Yang Zuren Yang mean?" ”

Gao Yu smiled: "When Zhang's handed over the paper, Lord Yang happened to be in the mansion, but he said that he didn't wake up from a hangover last night, and he had a terrible headache, so he had to go back and lie down for a while." After that, he walked away. ”

Zhao Xing smiled.