This year, the grain yield in New Jeju is very strong, the wind and rain are smooth, and there are no small insects as stalks, and the yield per mu of corn land has reached 11,200 catties under intensive cultivation. Wheat has a yield of more than 500 catties per mu, rice has a yield of almost 700 catties per mu, and at the same time there are more than 100 catties of fresh fish, and the fish-rice symbiotic rice tastes very good. In addition to the corn seeds that were shipped back to Jingdong, rice, wheat and other grains were built on the islands to be shipped out when needed.

Xiao Rang and a few deputies calculated: "These batches of more than 10,000 strong men can still reclaim 200,000 mu of paddy fields in one winter this year, even if the paddy fields on New Jeju Island are enough, try not to open more, otherwise the island will be destroyed." ”

The deputy said: "Recently we measured, and there is no problem with 200,000 mu. Hundreds of thousands of acres of dry land can also be cultivated, but it is necessary to destroy forests and clear up wasteland. ”

Xiao Rang said: "I don't need it for the time being, these 200,000 acres of paddy fields are reclaimed and kept first, and after the year, there will be displaced people recruited from the south to settle here. ”

Another merchant ship docked from the port of New Jeju, and Xiao Rangyi seemed to be none other than the big shopkeeper. is still running around all day, and Hu Cheng's face is also blackened by the sea breeze.

Xiao Rang said: "Looking at the happiness of the big shopkeeper, you know that the business is very good, what is the sale this time?" ”

"Porcelain, five ships of porcelain, pulled from Shaoxing, the profit of this trip is at least five times, go back and let Chao Tuanlian find a place in Jingdong to build a few porcelain factories to produce some ordinary teapots, plates, bowls and other products. The people of Goryeo and Fusang do not have high requirements for the quality of porcelain, and the demand is large, which is a way to make money. It's a pity that Chao Tuanlian has always been worried about the lack of food, and he will not allow large-scale brewing, otherwise he can trade liquor in Fusang, which has a class of samurai, and this group of people loves to drink spirits to show their bravery. ”

Xiao Rang said: "Grain reserves are too important, once the grain harvest fails, there are starving people everywhere when the harvest is not harvested, so it is a very important task to have enough food reserves, but don't be in a hurry, at most three years, our grain can be piled up, and then the winery will be able to let go of production." ”

Hu Chengdao: "Just chatting, forgot to get down to business, most of the things that the workers sent to their homes last time have been delivered, and there is a reply here, but some of them are not found because the address is not detailed, and they were not found and sent back." Chao Tuanlian directly asked the post station to open a point in New Jeju this time, and everyone went directly to the post station to mail things in the future. ”

"That's great, it's still thoughtful with my brother." Xiao Rang said.

Hu Chengdao: "Also, there are thirty literati this time, some are Xiucai, some are not Xiucai, and after the training of Principal Wang Lun, they are now all primary school teachers." Chao Tuanlian instructed Xiao County to order the construction of two schools, one in Majia Village and the other in the new Jeju Port, to train some strong men who are willing to read and write, and study at night when they are not free during the day, and it is enough to study for an hour a day. Stationery and books are available. In addition, Chao Tuanlian sent some books to the Tanluo people, and fought for each child to have a set of textbooks, a set of pencils, and notebooks. ”

Xiao Rang said: "This is easy to do, I often go to the Tamna people, and arrange for the manpower to be distributed directly to the children of the Tamna people, so as not to hand it over to the king of Tamna This guy will be bad if he doesn't send it down." ”

Hu Cheng said: "These things are up to you, I'll go to Tanluo Port to buy dried fish, and now our Jingdong is dripping into ice, just eating salted fish." ”

A small fishing village for the Tamna people is no longer dirty and messy, a number of red brick and black tile houses have been built, and children running around the streets are wearing coarse cloth clothes produced in cotton mills. Thanks to the caravansera's purchase of fish and other seafood, the life of the Tamna people gradually improved. And Xiao let them often use grain to exchange fish with the Tamna people to eat, you must know that the farm is fifty or sixty thousand people, and the consumption of sea fish is very large, so the Tamna people are very grateful to Xiao for letting them.

Xiao Rang brought dozens of strong men to the entrance of the village with a carriage, and the children came over one after another, and some boldly said in a very sloppy way: "Lord Xiao is here." ”

Xiao Rang was not angry, and said, "I'm here, do you want to eat candy again?" As he spoke, Xiao Rang took out the candy from the carriage and distributed it to everyone. The children were scrambling.

Xiao Rang asked an older child to find the children in the whole village, and each person was given a few pieces of sugar gnocchi, and then each person had a textbook and a pencil.

Although the children couldn't understand it, they still happily held it.

Xiao Rang said: "Do you want to go to school to study?" ”

The culture of the Tamna people is relatively backward, they do not have their own ** script, and the language is similar to Goryeo, but this does not hinder the children's pursuit of knowledge.

The children were very happy and said they wanted to go.

"After a while, the school in the new Jeju Port was established, and there were children who were willing to go to sign up accompanied by their parents, and there was no tuition fee, but only 100 students were enrolled, and there was no waiting for the expiration date." Xiao Rang said.

There were only a few villages in Tanluo, and it didn't take long for all of them to be visited, and some attendants asked Xiao Rang: "Isn't our school open for enrollment, why do you tell these children that there are only 100 people?" ”

"This is human nature, there is an old saying that doctors do not knock on the door, and the Tao is not lightly transmitted. It means that the doctor can't knock on the door to treat the patient, so the patient will think that the doctor is a charlatan, and the study cannot be easily taught, so the disciple will not cherish it, so we should also do the same in the enrollment of the new Jeju Port Primary School, and enroll students in phases and batches, instead of enrolling all of them at once. ”

New Jeju Port Elementary School was also a tent elementary school from the beginning, and the principal and teachers were quickly appointed. During the day, he is responsible for teaching the children of the Tanluo people, allowing them to learn Chinese characters, write calligraphy, and so on. In the evening, it is the professor's voluntary study of the strong men, some of these strong men are very young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, the enthusiasm for learning is very high, after work and dinner, they go to the school, literacy, arithmetic, etc., the learning is in full swing, the atmosphere formed is better, the principal of the school will also arrange, but where there are students with excellent character and learning, there are scholarships, are all small money, but they have played a role in promoting.

The Shinjeju Barracks, located in the middle of Shin-Jeju Island, has been bustling lately. The battalion commander Yuan Lang was in high spirits, and the deputy generals Jin Ding and Huang Yue were also very busy. There were 3,000 soldiers lined up neatly on the colonel's field of the entire barracks, and the sound of training was heard from afar. The other battalions were all 500 soldiers, but his battalion was 3,000 soldiers. Among them were 500 cavalry, 2,500 infantry, and the infantry was divided into 500 archers, 500 pikemen, and 1,500 sword and shield men.

Although Chao Gai had already said in the letter that only 500 cavalry were under the command of Yuan Lang, and the other soldiers would be assigned to the infantry after they were familiar with the training, Yuan Lang was still very happy, this is trust.

Yuan Lang is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also has a very good set of training, according to the training syllabus of the Jeju regimental training, training soldiers every day, and occasionally playing football games.

Jin Ding and Huang Yue themselves have good martial arts, and they also have a set of training infantry. No, early in the morning, Jin Ding took a thousand recruits for a long journey training, and the soldiers walked unhurriedly with shields and knives, water bottles and dry food on their backs. I walked through hill after hill, and then walked to the plain.

Jin Ding saw that the speed of the team was slowing down, and said: "Why did you walk dozens of miles like a girl with bound feet, can't you walk?" ”

"Walk." Said the soldiers.

Jin Ding said: "Come, sing a song, refresh yourself." ”

As soon as the team sang the song, the soldiers walked faster, reached the destination at noon, and then began to bury the pot to make rice, everyone helped the fire head army to wash vegetables and wash rice, just after cooking the rice, they heard the horn of the tight assembly sounded, this is the sound of the enemy coming to attack, and the recruits were in a commotion. The line is not very good, some are still holding steamed buns in their mouths, and some are still complaining.

Jin Ding said coldly: "Are you complaining that you shouldn't have gathered urgently at mealtime?" ”

A bold soldier said: "Half of the rice steel was eaten, and the emergency assembly was made, of course, it was a bit hasty." ”

Jin Ding said: "You, out of the ranks." ”

The soldier came out, and Jin Ding asked: "Let me ask you a question, if you are an enemy general, do you choose to attack us when we are on full alert, or when we are eating." ”

Without thinking, the soldier said, "Of course it's time to eat." ”

Jin Ding said: "Isn't this right, the enemy, what is the enemy, it is the person you want your life, the person who wants to cut off your head for military merits, they will choose to attack when we are the most unguarded, so whether you are eating or sleeping, you must be mentally prepared to meet the enemy, as long as we do not rush or mess up, the enemy will attack even if he is eating." Got it? ”

"Got it."

Of course, it is more difficult to make soldiers understand these things in a short period of time, and it takes long-term training for new recruits to become veterans and veterans to become elite soldiers.

After eating, they dug fortifications again and dug trenches in the ground. Then after digging and filling it up, these recruits who tossed complained bitterly. Someone asked what to do with digging a trench, digging a trench to guard against cavalry, and the enemy has cavalry that can be prevented with a trench. The reason why I have to fill it in again is because there is no real enemy in the exercise.

Physical fitness, discipline, and obedience are all indispensable. Sometimes, after training, Yuan Lang gave an order to send 2,000 infantry with hoes to plant trees near the village of Tanluoren, the Tamluo people did not pay attention to environmental protection, in order to burn firewood to cut down the nearby poplars and willows, Yuan Lang should do a good deed, and planted tens of thousands of trees for them as charcoal forests.

While New Jeju Island is immersed in the joy of harvest and the joy of recruit training, Lu Fang, who remains on Black Dragon Island, is undergoing a cruel test.

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