"This crop is growing well."

Hu Jingshui looked at the crops in front of him with a smile, and said with great joy.

Yu Guozhen nodded, his eyes full of relief: "Thanks to Mr. Hu presiding here, if it weren't for Mr. Hu's hard work, there would be no such achievements here." ”

"Where is the position of the post, the son gave the title of the next mayor, how dare the post not do his best!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Hu Jingshui looked at the large rice field again, and sighed long: "Four months...... It's like a dream. ”

Yu Guozhen nodded sympathetically.

It has been four months since he landed in Hoi An and built the city wall, and what he has experienced in these four months is really like a dream for Hu Jingshui, who has always been a maritime merchant. They defeated Nguyen Phuc Khe and drove away all the Annam people in the vicinity of Hoi An, with Hoi An town as the center, along Hoi An water, a total of six forts, each fort was enough to house 1,500 people!

Then, Yu Guozhen appointed eighteen guards who had been disabled in the battles over the years to serve as the chiefs, accountants, and patrols of each fort, and each led 500 laborers who were willing to come to this tuntian, relying on the fortress, to cultivate and develop nearby. The fort was stocked with weapons, and when the farm was not working, these laborers had to be prepared to ensure that they had a certain ability to protect themselves.

All these projects were completed within a month and a half, during which a lot of money was spent, and more than 60 laborers died from heat stroke alone. But it was all worth it, the six fortresses were each set up in beacons, and there were two ways of water and land communication, no matter which fortress was attacked, they could get reinforcements within half a day.

When the forts were completed, the position of the Ming people on the alluvial plain of the Hoi An River was solidified. The ensuing development went quite smoothly, and under this circumstance, under pressure from the Trung clan in the north and Nguyen Phuc Khe in the south, Nguyen Phuc Ngai not only approved the transfer of the entire Hoi An area to Tan Xiang Huwei, but even signed a transfer document.

The industriousness of the Chinese nation is incomparable, and under the condition that Yu Guozhen promised that for every five acres of land reclaimed, one acre of land would be exempted from one-year land rent, and in two and a half months after the completion of the fort, the 5,000 laborers had reclaimed 150,000 mu, and Jiang'an was connected with the six forts.

"Have the Annanites been harassing lately?"

"It's much less, since all the people captured last time were taken to Xinxiang, there are now, and it's just some trivial disputes." Hu Jingshui said a little proudly: "According to the will of the son, the subordinates are judged and impartial, and the people of Annan are convinced." ”

"Well, let's convince people with virtue and repay grievances directly." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

He will not destroy the indigenous peoples by slaughter, as the European colonizers did. The most outstanding thing about the Chinese nation is its unparalleled ability to tolerate and assimilate. Now that Yu Guozhen is in short supply of labor, these aborigines are lazy and stupid, but they can barely be used. Moreover, Yu Guozhen is convinced that after one or two generations of assimilation, the descendants of these aborigines will be proud to belong to the Chinese people.

What's more, he must also rely on these indigenous people to solve some important problems.

"The women who came with me this time are all women from good families who were bought, you have placed them well, and Hugh is going to despise them. Inform the fort commanders, treasurers, and rangers of each fort so that they can be given priority. Yu Guozhen said this, thought about it and said: "For the time being, only one wife is allowed, and there are more monks and less porridge, but if you are willing to take an Annan woman as a concubine, as long as you can support it, we don't have to care." ”

Hearing this, Hu Jingshui couldn't help laughing: "Just about to report to the son, we already have more than 100 laborers, and we have already raised Annan's daughter-in-law." ”

Yu Guozhen was stunned for a moment, after the six fortresses were built and Hoi An's land defense system had been formed, he left here, leaving only five hundred new Xianghu guards to guard Hoi An, so he didn't know what had happened in the past two and a half months.

"It's only been two and a half months...... Why did it become more than a hundred pairs? ”

The people he moved from Anlu were mainly men, and all the women added up were less than 10,000 people, and his family guards might not be able to see these people, so Yu Guozhen did not force the family guards to marry them, but went to find a good family's daughter between the ages of 15 and 18, and spent money to buy a batch, which was first selected and married by disabled veterans. There is some disrespect for women, but Yu Guozhen can only apologize, but he believes that these veterans of the family guards he taught, although their hands and feet are a little inconvenient, they will not treat these women badly in life or emotionally.

What's more, the woman at this time was originally the words of the matchmaker of her parents, where is there any free love! As for equality between men and women...... For such a difficult matter, Yu Guozhen is still ready to leave it to future generations to work on.

"That's natural, our Ming men, all of them are down-to-earth and diligent, and the son is generous and generous, so much effort, many of them have some copper coins in their hands, and the glass beads that are not worth a few dollars in our new Xiang, you can kidnap a yellow flower girl when you get here!" When Hu Jingshui said this, he was also a little embarrassed: "However, Childe, the women and men of Annan are simply not the same species, they can bear hardships and stand hard work!" ”

Yu Guozhen initially thought that it was not too difficult to burn glass, but it turned out that his steelmaking skills had already been successful, and until now he had only burned some glass that was not very transparent, and the recipe and process needed to be further improved. It is not possible to use these glasses to make mirrors, but it is not a problem to make beads, window panes and decorations.

"Well, if that's the case, that's a good thing...... We have to make another rule to appease the hearts of these Annan women who have married in. In this way, the Annam woman's concubine who married our Ming people, that is, her parents and brothers, can also have a tenant of our land, and the rent paid is equivalent to that of the Ming people, and naturally they must be disturbed and mixed into the city of Hoi An to live, and they must not be made to live together. ”

Yu Guozhen's mind changed, at this time the people of Annam did not have much sense of family and country, since there were only more than 100 people, then at most there were more than 100 households, and among the more and more Ming people, there were not many waves. On the contrary, this way of marrying can speed up their assimilation.

"Yes, I remember that."

"In addition, since the newlyweds are married, I can't help but say that each couple will send one pound of wine, five pounds of meat, five pounds of fish, and two pieces of flower cloth. Those who marry in the future will also follow this example. ”

These things are not very precious, but they can express Xinxiang's care, a little profit, and it can be regarded as nothing. Hu Jingshui next to him patted his head: "This matter is an oversight of the subordinate, and it should have been suggested to the son by the subordinate." ”

Yu Guozhen smiled, Hu Jingshui is a suitable big housekeeper, but the shrewdness of the businessman also makes him a little stingy, and he has to learn from that Japanese Changzong Department.

"How are the Japanese people doing now?"

"Curator Qin is a thunderbolt method, after killing eleven people last time, the widows are now honest, there is no more bullying and domination, and there is no one who goes to the street with a sword."

In Yu Guozhen's positioning, Hoi An is a grain base, a springboard to the south, and a business and trade center. At least half of Hoi An's trade was directed at the Wa Kingdom, so it was completely unrealistic to expel and kill all the Wa people in Hoi An. Yu Guozhen implemented the strategy of governing the Japanese with the Japanese, and built the Japanese Hall in Honmachi, where the Japanese lived, and appointed Changzong and my department as the director, and Changzong and my department were also aware of Yu Guozhen's thoughts at this time, and changed his surname to the Chinese surname "Qin", so Hu Jingshui called him the director of Qin.

"Qin Qinsheng is very serious and very courageous." Yu Guozhen said lightly: "However, let's keep an eye on him." ”

Hu Jingshui glanced at Yu Guozhen, and then solemnly replied.

He didn't understand that Yu Guozhen was lenient to the people of all countries, and he never interfered in the marriage between the Chinese and the people, but why did he seem to look at the Japanese people differently.

However, thinking of the rumors that Yu Guozhen is the same clan of the famous anti-Japanese general Yu Long and Yu Dayou, Hu Jingshui was relieved that the Yu clan had died on the battlefield of the anti-Japanese war, and it was also human nature to be dissatisfied with the Japanese people.

"It's almost the end of the year now, and in addition to the six forts, let's build twelve more forts." Yu Guozhen said again: "I brought people from the Lei family, they will design the fortress style, and they will arrange people to build roads." I will bring the cement from Tan Hsiang, but the masonry will have to be brought by myself, and the road leading to Hoi An Lai between the forts will be repaired first, and the simple wharf will also be built, so as to ensure that any fort can be reinforced within half a day if it is attacked. At that time, I will send another 500 tiger guards to Hoi An, and set up a fishery administration sub-bureau in Hoi An to arrange for fishery administration boats to cruise. ”

Yu Guozhen arranged them one by one, Hu Jingshui listened to them, he heard that Yu Guozhen might not return to Hoi An for a while, and after Yu Guozhen finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask: "Son, do you have to leave for a while?" ”

"The New Year is coming, I have to go to Nanzhili, I agreed with the Fang family to get married in February next year." Yu Guozhen smiled: "Didn't you all persuade me to get married as soon as possible?" ”

"That's natural, now the son has a big business, and he can get married early, and he can also settle the hearts of his subordinates." Hu Jingshui did not hesitate on this issue: "I only want one thing under my post, and I have a son under my post, who is two years old, and I can join Xinxiang to accompany my little son in the future." ”

Yu Guozhen was stunned and immediately understood what he meant.

Hu Jingshui is not an old person cultivated by Yu Guozhen in Xiang'an, but now he is in power, almost the head of the civil service, competing with Luo Jiuhe, Ye Wuya and other military positions, and he is far overseas. He proposed to use his son as a companion, in addition to wanting his family to form a close relationship with the next generation of the Yu family, he also had the intention of being a hostage.

Yu Guozhen smiled dumbly: "This must have been taught to you by Qin Qinsheng." ”

Hu Jingshui's face was slightly red: "I am a fool in my position, I have never been an official, and I am quite imprudent in my thinking." ”

"I don't need hostages." Yu Guozhen raised his chin and said proudly: "Mr. Hu, I have a strong strategy in my chest, so I can use people without doubt. I asked you to keep an eye on Qin Qinsheng, it's not that I can't trust him personally, I just don't trust the Japanese people. ”

"Yes, yes, the post will definitely keep a distance from him." Hu Jingshui secretly complained in his heart, Qin Qinsheng taught him this strategy, and he also felt that it was indeed a wonderful strategy, but now it seems that the horse's fart has been slapped on the horse's hooves.

"It doesn't have to be, it was so before, and it will be so in the future. If Qin Qinsheng asks about this, you can tell him directly, the Japanese are afraid of power but not virtue, and can be wolves but not dogs, so I keep an eye on him all the time, so that he is cautious, so as not to have thoughts that he should not have. It's my way of protecting him, not really being suspicious. ”

Hu Jingshui can only be only.

(To be continued)