In terms of figuring out people's hearts, Song Xiance is really a good hand.

The reason why Yu Guozhen was in a hurry to obtain Tamna was originally three main reasons. One of them is to take a fancy to the horse farm in Tamna, which is thousands of square miles in circumference, can raise more than 100,000 large livestock and can raise tens of thousands of horses, which means that there is at least one cavalry division.

The cost of growing up the nomads in the north and being wiped out by the farming peoples of the Central Plains is too high, and Yu Guozhen's intention is to completely solve the root cause of the birth of these nomads, and to do this, he must have a cavalry force.

The second is that Tamna is not far from the east of Shan', and if there is any change in the east of Shan', then Yu Guozhen can mobilize reinforcements and warships from Tamna in the shortest possible time. Yu Guozhen doesn't remember some specific things in this period very clearly, but he still has a vague impression of the fact that Manchu went south and even plundered the east of the mountain, but at that time he might need to take a trip from the fire.

The third is to monitor and control the Wa State, unlike in the Ming Dynasty, where Yu Guozhen has no psychological pressure, as long as the strength is sufficient, he does not mind turning half of the population of the Wa State into slave labor - of course, as a state of Chinese etiquette, even the treatment of slave laborers is better than the treatment that those farmers in the Wa State have now.

Therefore, he named Tamna New Port Yicheng - the meaning of Hou Yi shooting.

"In other words, the new Hangzhou City must be built." Song Xiance finally concluded.

Yu Guozhen's emphasis on maps has gone to an extreme, and every Tiger Guard is required to learn how to draw a map, which has become one of their basic skills along with shooting. In the newly printed map of the South China Sea, a small village in the Lanshui Delta (Mekong Delta) known locally as "Puriange" or "Chai Stick" by Ming and Annam merchants was designated by Yu Guozhen as the location of the "New Hangzhou City". The water network in this vicinity is dense, there are many swamps, and the Lanshui fork that flows through this place is also named "Wujiang Water" by Yu Guozhen.

The water of Wujiang River is deep and wide, and when the tide rises, the giant ship of 10,000 tons in later generations can go straight up the river and arrive at Xinhangcheng.

In Yu Guozhen's vision, this will be the new land of fish and rice in China. The natives here, originally belonging to Zhenla, are still in ignorance, and Yu Guozhen's attitude towards their problems is very resolute: those who are willing to stay will be completely assimilated, and those who are unwilling to stay can get a compensation and leave.

"If that's the case, the preparation needs to start now, and the first step is to build a cement kiln and a brick kiln, and these building materials have to be solved on site." Yu Guozhen pondered in front of the unfolded map: "How is Mr. Zhi's apprentice?" ”

Song Xiance frowned, he had no impression of that Mr. Zhi at all, so he asked, "Mr. Zhi?" ”

"It's Mr. Zhi Yier, the prospecting master of Xinxiang, who is prospecting near Hoi An with a few apprentices." Zhang Chi explained in a low voice.

Song Xiance suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard of this Mr. Zhi, and it was said that several mineral deposits near Xinxiang were all explored by him with Huwei and a group of apprentices.

Every time he goes out to prospect, he has to lead at least three teams of tiger guards around him, and his protection is close to Yu Guozhen himself.

Yu Guo's problem is not for the two of them, but for Ye Wuya, as a stay-at-all, he is in charge of Xinxiang's military security affairs, and he is also responsible for the safety of Zhi Yier.

"A few days ago, I received news from Hoi An that several of Mr. Zhi's disciples have been able to explore the ore alone." Ye Wuya replied.

"That being the case, pick the best three of them, first build the cement kiln and brick kiln, and send people from Xinxiang Hoi An, the number is limited to 3,000, and those who go will have one more month of paid leave every year, and then increase their salaries by 10%, and give priority to grading and salary adjustments. The Zhenla and the Annan people should be pacified, bring a battalion of tiger guards, and pay more attention to the armament - Wuya, I appoint you as the governor of Xinhang, the general leader of the construction of Xinhang, and allow you to conquer the surrounding unruly natives. ”

Between three words, Yu Guozhen made a decision. Ye Wuya stood up and answered loudly, while Song Xiance showed a slight hint of joy on his face.

This was the first time he proposed a big strategy that was adopted by Yu Guozhen.

In Xinxiang and Hoi An, Yu Guozhen has incomparable appeal, the vast majority of the people here are rescued by Yu Guozhen from the death line, and many people even enshrine Yu Guozhen's immortal tablet at home - although Yu Guozhen himself strictly forbids this, but people offer it in private, and he has no choice. Therefore, when he learned that he was going to build a new Hangzhou City, the people who signed up were extremely enthusiastic.

"You want to sign up too?"

Lao Lei looked at Wang Baozong with a surprised expression, and his expression was a little strange.

Wang Baozong smiled and nodded vigorously: "I can't help much here, I learned the skills of farming from Master Lei, and I always want to try it myself." ”

Master Lei is the person in charge of the Xinxiang Seed Research Institute, and he is an expert on farming. He is a member of the Lei Wangcheng clan, and only came from Jiangxi to seek refuge in Lei Wangcheng the year before last, because he was very good at farming, and he was literate, so he pulled up Yu Guozhen. He looked at Wang Baozong for a while, and then lowered his voice: "It's not as good as Xinxiang over there, I heard that it is more humid and hot than Hoi An." ”

"I know I went to Hoi An last year to collect rice seeds." Wang Baozong said.

Old Master Lei scratched his head: "If you want to go, then go ahead...... What about your daughter-in-law? ”

"Go too, the baby is still young, so I can only follow first, but I heard that there will be doctors from the hospital and fairy aunts with me, there should be no problem."

Wang Baozong, who was once a thief and was captured by Yu Guozhen at the beginning of the eighth year of Chongzhen and then came over anyway, has been in Xinxiang for two years, and he has seen Xinxiang grow and grow with his own eyes, and there are changes almost every day. At the beginning, he felt all this with a sense of happiness that fell from heaven, but since the beginning of Chongzhen's ninth year, he has other thoughts.

At the beginning of the ninth year of Chongzhen, he married a widow He who also came from Nanzhili, and He brought a two-year-old doll, and Wang Baozong regarded him as his own. And He is also able to give birth, and now he is four months pregnant.

"I really don't understand, why do you want to go there, in my opinion, Xinxiang is the best place in the world, Hoi An is second, that is, the Forbidden City let my old man live, and I won't do ......it."

Lao Lei chattered a few words, he really didn't understand why Wang Baozong gave up what he had already obtained in Xinxiang and went to Xinhangcheng. There are swampy ditches everywhere, and there are not decades of them, but I am afraid that they will not be able to develop any famous halls.

"I think so, we were all rescued by Nanhaibo, me and my daughter-in-law, and our family is happy." Wang Baozong opened his mouth to explain: "We are all croppers, and we have no skills, I am older, and I am afraid of death, so I can't be a tiger guard...... Nanhai Bo's great kindness and virtue are inexhaustible even if he is a cow and a horse. At this time, Nanhaibo ordered to go to develop Xinhang, I will farm, and I learned some farmland and water conservancy from Master Lei, which is probably my only chance to repay Nanhaibo. ”

Lao Lei came to take refuge later, naturally he didn't have Wang Baozong's experience, and when he heard Wang Baozong say this, he nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I think it's bad, hehe, when people are old, I think about it...... Thinking about that little rich or something? ”

"A little rich is safe."

"Yes, yes, Homune, it seems that you are not bad at night school......"

Wang Baozong said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law is better than me, and I am much worse." ”

"Looks like it's time for me to learn, old man." Old Thunder muttered.

Xinxiang's nightlife is extremely rich, Yu Guozhen can not allow the people under his rule to climb into bed as soon as the sun sets to play a game of making people, he stipulates that all the people of Xinxiang must go to their respective night schools at night to study. A black-painted wooden board, a box of white chalk, and a haphazardly empty room, sometimes an empty threshing floor, were all the material conditions of the night school. The teachers of the night school were all tiger guards who had retired from injuries or illnesses, and their military exploits and experiences gave them a high prestige among the people, and no one dared to despise them because they were young. Generally speaking, they receive three night schools every ten years, two of which are for writing and arithmetic, and one for "righteousness". Writing and arithmetic teaches the most simple things, requiring everyone to write their own name, to read the general proclamations issued by the municipality, and to know the numbers so that they do not make mistakes. And there are many things about the Great Righteousness Religion, including the ancient and prosperous civilization of China, and the vast and rich land education, of course, the most interspersed among them is always "how Nanhai Bo said".

Night school is a mandatory surname required both men and women under the age of 40 to go to school, over 40 years old is voluntary, Lao Lei himself is literate and arithmetic, and he is forty-six years old, so he does not have much interest in it.

"Are there many people signing up?" Lao Lei asked again.

"It's too much, only send 3,000 people, I'm afraid the number of registrations is only 5,000, this is just our new Xiang, I'm afraid there are more than so many in Hoi An!" Wang Baozong said: "Most of them have the same idea as me, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, it's all thanks to the blessing of Nanhai Bo, since Nanhai Bo said that it is necessary to build a new Hangzhou City, then go to it!" Anyway, it's not that I won't go back as soon as I go, I'm still thinking about buying a house in Xinxiang! In a few years, Double Happiness will be able to go to school, and I will be able to go back to Xinxiang! ”

"Then you'll have to save up quickly." Lao Lei said with a smile: "You are still not satisfied with the house you live in now?" ”

"It's not that I'm not dissatisfied, where have we ever lived in such a nice house before? But some time ago, I went to see the side of the road, tsk, the house there is really a good house, although it is still smaller, but living in the city, what do you want to do so big? ”

Ziyou Road is a newly extended road in Xinxiang, which runs parallel to the rail lane and leads to Xingang Wharf. The first garden courtyard area of Xinxiang is also being built here, which is all three-story single-courtyard houses, although the yard is not big, that is, about 100 square meters, but the house is really magnificent. It's just that the price of these houses is extremely high, which is also one of the ways that Yu Guozhen thought of a way to return the cash that was sent to the people of Xinxiang, and of course its supporting facilities are also worthy of this price.

"Old Master Lei, do you still want to return to the roots?" Wang Baozong said with a smile: "It's better to marry another mother-in-law here, and your house will be spread out in Xinxiang!" ”

Lao Lei smiled and didn't squeak again.

(To be continued)