Chao Gai is very happy, except for a little bit of wild beasts in this place, the others are simply very perfect, all kinds of pastures grow very high in summer, and many places have similar land to the Heilongjiang River Basin, black soil. The fertile black soil is ideal for growing corn and soybeans, and rice can be grown near rivers, and although it can only be grown once a year, it is a vast area and relatively easy to manage.

"It's a great place, there are rivers all over the place, there is fertile land everywhere, and there are a lot of places in the mountains that are suitable for development. There are also many fish in the river. ”

Mi Sheng said: "Didn't my brother say that the winter here is particularly cold, what should I do when winter comes?" ”

"That's it, how can you survive the winter safely with such a low temperature." Lu Fang also said. After all, southerners have not experienced the cold of the north and do not know how northerners survive the winter.

Jiao Ting said: "The winter in Hebei is also very cold, and the winter in Shandong is not warm. ”

"The winter here is too long, sometimes up to five or six months, and you do need to get used to it, but don't worry too much because there are many ways. In winter, if it is cold, you can stock up on grain, straw, etc. after the autumn harvest. When it snows in winter, it can be used to feed cattle and horses. Horses and cattle are the most resistant to cold, as long as the barn is strong and resistant to snow pressure. When winter comes, people hide in the house, burn the fireplace, burn the ondol, and it is cold and snowy outside, but the house is as warm as spring. ”

Mi Sheng and Lu Fang are southerners after all, and they are not used to the cold. Jiao Ting was very moved, and said, "Brother, how will this Black Dragon Island be developed?" Is it also recruiting manpower Tuntian? ”

"Tuntian is for sure, but the simple Tuntian came too slowly. After all, Black Dragon Island is not an island as small as Shinjeju, and there must be some new strategies to develop it. For example, those who are willing to settle here will be given five acres of land per person, and they will be sold on credit to seeds and cattle, and other favorable conditions, of course, this is to talk about what strategy needs to be discussed in detail with several military advisors. Chao Gai said.

Jiao Ting said: "There are many landless people in my hometown, and the land rent is heavy, and they are very tired to live. ”

"When you go back, you go back to your hometown and see if they are willing to go to sea, you can choose two places: Black Dragon Island and New Jeju Island." Chao Gai said.

Jiao Ting thanked Chao Gai, and everyone continued to discuss. Mi Sheng's hated teeth are itchy.

"Brother, there are too many wolves. There is no problem with our team, but once someone is left alone, I am afraid that they will be taken advantage of by the wolves. Are we going to wipe out some of the wolves? Mi Sheng said.

Chao Gai thought for a moment and said, "There are many mountains in the south, and what we plan to develop is only a small plain between the mountains and woodlands, as long as the wolves don't come to make trouble, why bother with them." If the wolves are still making trouble when the development is officially developed next year, some roe deer and elk will be eliminated. ”

Mi Sheng said: "It's still my brother Gao Ming, the main food of wolves is roe deer and elk, if the wolf has no food, the number will naturally decrease, it is really the bottom of the kettle." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "Haha, the big man will also make a sycophant." ”

Mi Sheng scratched his head, "I'm still a lot worse than my brother." ”

At sea, Xu Guanzhong led three flying eagle warships to continue sailing northward, exploring the coastal situation, and only walked more than 100 miles a day. Two days ago, the coast had been surveyed with eventful mountains, and the mountains were full of tall trees, and the situation was similar to that of the landing, except for the trees and the meadows.

On the third day, about the middle of the Black Dragon Island, the observer shouted from the mast, "Captain, there is a small fishing boat ahead. ”

Xu Guanzhong stood on the bow of the boat and looked up, and sure enough, there was a black spot on the sea level, and it was still far away. The fleet slowly approached, and the fishing boat also spotted three Flying Eagle warships, and many of the sails were startled when they looked at the tall ships. The small fishing boat instinctively dodged the warship, but the speed of the fishing boat was the opponent of the warship, and it soon caught up.

Xu Guanzhong said: "Put down the boat, I'll go over." ”

"Yes." The soldiers acted quickly, put down the boat, Xu Guanzhong and ten soldiers drove the boat over, there were two people on the small fishing boat, one looked very old, more than sixty years old, his face was wrinkled, barefoot, barefoot, he had just collected the fishing nets, and the sea fish in the cabin looked very good. The younger one was only a little over ten years old, dressed the same and tanned. Seeing Xu Guanzhong's boat coming, the person standing on the boat was wearing armor and hanging a knife on his waist, the old man was very scared, and his hand held the child tightly.

The old man bowed and said, laughing incessantly.

The soldier said, "Captain, what kind of bird language did you listen to him, I don't understand a word." ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "I usually don't want you to learn things, but now I understand." He spoke Khitan dialect. ”

The Khitan dialect is also the words of the Liao people, and Heilong Island has been under the jurisdiction of the Liao State in recent decades, so it is not uncommon for these people to speak Khitan dialect.

The old man said, "Your Excellency, you're here to collect taxes." ”

"What taxes?" Xu Guanzhong asked.

The old man said: "Aren't you the official of the Liao Kingdom?" ”

"No, we are from the Great Song Dynasty, what are you?" Xu Guanzhong asked.

"We are from Baiyuwan Village, why are you from the Great Song Dynasty?" The old man said in surprise.

Xu Guanzhong was also surprised, he didn't expect that someone on this overseas island in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River actually knew about the Great Song Dynasty.

"Yes, we are from the Great Song Dynasty." Xu Guanzhong switched to Chinese.

The old man also switched to Chinese and said, "I haven't heard my hometown dialect for many years, I heard that your accent is from Hebei." ”

"Ah, I'm from the Hebei Daimyo's Mansion."

The old man cried bitterly, tears flowed down his cheeks, and said: "My ancestral home is Hebei Damingfu, and later my ancestors went to live in the Yanshan area, and later the Great Song Dynasty lost the sixteen states of Yanyun, and we became Liao, Liao's taxes are too heavy, and the officials are corrupt, and my family was sent to Heilong Island to fish because they can't pay taxes and fees. ”

"Oh. Then come and talk, all fellows, come to my boat for a drink or two. ”

The old man was obviously a little nervous, rubbed his hands and said, "Then how can you be embarrassed to let the official spend money." ”

"It's okay, tie up your fishing boat, you bring the child to the big boat, let's have a drink." Xu Guanzhong said.

Xu Guanzhong took the old man to the Flying Eagle Warship, and asked the kitchen to prepare wine and food, and make a plate of boiled fish and fried prawns. The old man and the child ate very fragrantly, the spicy tongue was numb, and the old man said: "It's so delicious, it's the first time I've eaten such a delicious thing for so many years." We boiled prawns like this, but I didn't expect them to have a different flavor when they were fried. ”

Xu Guanzhong gave the old man a pot of wine, good sorghum wine, the old man was obviously an old drunkard, he couldn't help but drink when he smelled the wine, and suddenly found that Xu Guanzhong didn't drink it, and asked: "Official, why don't you drink it." ”

Xu Guanzhong sighed: "There are rules in the army that you are not allowed to drink, and I can't drink because of the military law." But you're fine, you're a common man, drink as much as you want. ”

The old man took two sips of wine and sighed, "Good wine, good wine." If there is anything going on, just ask. ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "Don't be so nervous, let's just chat." How do you maintain it, your body is still so tough. ”

"Hey, Liao has heavy taxes, and a few years ago, I was ruthless in collecting fish, I was fishing during the day, catching crabs at night, and looking for kelp on the beach when it rained on a cloudy day."

"Ahh How tiring it must be. Uncle, you have a long life. ”

"Don't call me uncle, I'm only thirty-five years old this year, and this is my son who is only twelve this year." The old man said.

Xu Guanzhong was speechless, a thirty-five-year-old actually looked like a person in his sixties.

"It looks like it's time to call you big brother, big brother, what do you call you?" Xu Guanzhong asked.

This human: "Although it has changed several times, I have never forgotten my surname, my surname is Yan, and I am called Yan Huaiyuan." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Yan, what is the situation of the White Fish Bend you just mentioned? How many people are there? Xu Guanzhong asked.

Yan Huaiyuan was a little nervous, afraid that he would come to collect taxes again, Xu Guanzhong explained: "The rise of the Jin Kingdom has seized the eastern part of the Liao State, and sooner or later the Jin State will put the Black Dragon Island in the sphere of influence, so we have to strike first and occupy the Black Dragon Island, but big brother, you can rest assured, the taxes and fees are very light." ”。 , Yan Huaiyuan sighed: "We are all Han people, I see that you are also very kind-faced, unlike those officials, Baiyu Wanzi is a small fishing village in front, there are about 500 people in the village, the population is relatively mixed, the Han people can account for 50% of that, there are a small number of Khitans, and Oroqen people." ”

Xu Guanzhong asked: "My surname is Xu, and I am the captain of this fleet, you can just call me Captain Xu." I heard that there are many hairy people on the island, what is the situation? ”

Yan Huaiyuan said: "Haha, when we first came, we also heard people talk about long-haired people, in fact, they are the Oroqen people who hunt, the winter on the island is long and cold, the cold wind is swishing, and if you want to carry out outdoor activities, you must wear very thick fur, the Oroqen people like to hunt roe deer, so their clothes are made of roe deer skin, after all, their craftsmanship is not as good as that of the Han people, just the whole fur to make clothes." From a distance, it looks like they have long hair on their bodies, so they are said to be hairy people, but in fact, they are just roe deer skins. ”

"I see." Xu Guanzhong thought that he should go to the village to have a look.

"Brother Yan, what a lot of wine. I have a lot of good wine here, so you can take five jars back and drink it slowly. Xu Guanzhong said and asked the soldiers to carry over five jars of good wine.

After eating and chatting, Yan Huaiyuan said: "Captain Xu, this is all in the village, go to my house, let's chat." ”

"Okay, that's exactly what I mean."

Xu Guanzhong asked the fleet to wait on the sea near Baiyu Bend, only took five soldiers to change into civilian clothes, and followed Yan Huaiyuan to the fishing village of Baiyu Bend.

It was a very small fishing village, very run-down, with dilapidated fishing boats and littered nets on the beach, a dozen children running back and forth on the beach, and women and old people mending their nets.

A few young juniors were very happy to see Yan Huaiyuan coming.

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