"What about the self-interest of salt?" Xie Yu did not answer positively, and started to guide from the entry point of Xingshang.

Xu Yan was stunned and said: "It should be a huge profit." ”

"If General Ben has a way to produce thousands of jun per day, ten thousand jun, the country can be rich!" Xie Yu's eyes were full of flickering light.

Xu Yanzhi saw the light, and said in horror in his heart: "Be very rich!" ”

"This side is inseparable from industry and commerce! Work, sharp weapons, can create all things in the world, business, the country can sit and enjoy its taxes, in return to the people, so that the cycle can be rich? ”

"Everybody is rich!" Xu Yanzhi affirmed, the knot in his heart was immediately solved, and a fanatical look appeared on his face: "The general really has a way to produce a thousand jun per day, ten thousand jun of salt?" ”

"Of course! Let's go here now. ”

If Xu Yanzhi had been placed in the past, he would have scoffed at it, thinking that it was a dream of Qi people, but now, he is convinced that if he can really produce so much salt, why worry that Taipei County is not rich? Why worry about the restlessness of this world?

The Tamsui River is less than forty miles away from the current coast of Taoyuan City, and it takes less than an hour for a fast flat-bottomed boat to reach the beach, but everyone can not help but be surprised when they see the sight, because on the shore, there is a huge village, from time to time someone probes to watch, under a closer look, there are still many children have been carried back to the house by adults, and the young and strong people are holding weapons and farm tools carefully.

The flat-bottomed boat rushed to the beach, and the five hundred soldiers went ashore in an orderly manner, Xie Ju held the waist knife in his hand, and was stopped by Xie Yu: "No, these are Han people, not uncivilized mountain people here." ”

After these days of recovery, Ma Wenbiao was as vigorous as before, stepped off the ship and said, "How does the general know? ”

Xie Ju and Xu Yanzhi were also suspicious, watching how Xie Yu answered.

"There have been hundreds of years of war on land, these are the people who have fled, hundreds of miles south along the big island, there is an island name: "Penghu", there will be more Han people on it.

Everyone's hearts suddenly dawned on them, feeling that this island was not the first time they had discovered it, and the general knew this, I am afraid that he had heard about it somewhere.

This place is adjacent to the Taiwan Strait in the west, the sunshine is sufficient, the terrain is flat, a little development, it is the innate land of salt, the scenery on the shore is beautiful, the slope of the terrain slowly extends for hundreds of miles into the Taiwan mountain range, the stream flowing down from the mountains is clean and transparent, and flows into the sea in the shape of a claw, it is really a unique place.

Xie Yu stepped off the boat and waved, so that the soldiers gathered on the beach, Xie Ju, Ma Wenbiao, and Xu Yanzhi followed closely, and everyone walked to the village not far away.

"Dare to ask who is the chief in the village? Please come out and talk to the general! Ma Wenbiao said loudly.

After waiting for a while, an old man, with white beard and hair, wearing a tattered but very clean linen shirt, followed by dozens of spears made of antlers, walked over tremblingly, bowed in a very thick Wu language, and said, "Dare to ask where the general came from?" ”

Xie Yu smiled and said: "This general is the general of the Jin Dynasty Zhengnan, his name is Xie Yu, dare to ask the old man what to call him, when is this village here?" ”

The old man muttered a little confused: "Jin Dynasty? There was no trace of color in his eyes and he replied: "The old surname is Yu, the name is Rong, this village has been passed through eight generations, and it belongs to General Wei during the Huanglong period." “

During the Huanglong period, it was Emperor Taizu of Wu who was in power, and more than 180 years have passed, presumably these people are the descendants of the army of Wu at that time, and settled here.

Yu Rong's calm demeanor, these youthful and fierce aura, and the weapons in his hands show that this place is not safe, and it may often be attacked by the mountains.

"Dare to ask the general, what dynasty is this Jin Dynasty?" Yu Rong muttered.

What does Xie Yu want to say? Do you dare to say that the Jin Dynasty destroyed the State of Wu? Of course, after more than 100 years, these people have long been unknown to the current world, but the ancients have always been loyal, especially the Wu army stationed here, no matter how many years have passed, future generations still have something to remember.

"Old Master Yu, the State of Wu died out one hundred and twenty years ago, and now belongs to the Jin Dynasty." Xie Yu replied.

Yu Rong's eyes blinked, his expression did not change at all, but he was very surprised, and he didn't ask any more questions, and then said, "I don't know what the general is doing here?" ”

"General Ben came here to requisition this place, I wonder if there are people here besides this village?"

"Requisition?" As soon as this word came out, there was something wrong with those young and strong looks, and Xie Ju and Ma Wenbiao both touched their waist knives at the same time.

"Then I don't know what the general will do with the villagers?" In the face of so many soldiers, resistance will only mean death, and Yu Rong will not be confused about this.

Xie Yu said with a smile: "Seventy miles to the northeast, through that valley, after crossing the big river, there are large forests on the bank of the river, my lord knows!" ”

Yu Rong nodded and said, "The old man knows!" ”

"There are now 60,000 soldiers there, and more than 200,000 people, named Taipei County, the village can be moved away and live with us, I don't know what the old man wants?" Xie Yu said calmly, he knew that these people were familiar with the island of Taiwan, and after so many years of multiplication, the advanced mainland production would definitely bring some people from the mountains down the mountain, intermarry, and it would be of great use to stay in their hands! “

These words immediately caused a whisper from the young man behind, Yu Rong also thought about it for a long time, he knew that this general could kill them cleanly, and then completely occupy this place, in this era when human life is as thin as grass, weapons and soldiers represent the supremacy.

On the surface, he is discussing with you and Yan Yuese, but in fact, there is no need to discuss at all, and everyone understands this truth.

"Don't worry, Uncle Yu, if there are Han villages around, you can send someone to contact you, and there will be a boat to pick you up, and the general will arrange to go to Taipei County, where you will not have to worry about food and clothing, and there will be military protection, and the wild people on the mountain will not come to harass you, and they will not harm your lives."

Yu Rong suddenly calculated in his heart, they are also Han people, if people want to kill them, they have absolutely no power to resist, if they move to Taipei County, the wild people on the mountain will take care of it, and they will not come to snatch the hard-earned gains, and they can't help but say: "Since the general has arranged the whereabouts of these villagers, the old man obeys, there are more than ten villages along the seaside, and there are some wild people who come down from the mountains, there are about more than 5,000 people, I don't know the general."

"The same treatment as the people of Taipei County, they are all Han Chinese." Xie Yu assured in solemn words.

Yu Rong bowed his hand, turned around and took the young man back to the village, half an hour later, there were several people out to drive the boat away, the villagers pulled up the property, drove the domesticated fat pigs, goats, and dozens of children from the village to fish out, gathered on the beach, tears, the Han people miss their homeland the most, this is after thousands of years are beyond doubt.

Xie Yu summoned a Qu Chang and said: "The villagers moved to Taipei County, and the private property belongs to individuals and cannot be forcibly collected. ”

"Command!" Qu Chang clenched his fists, turned around and led several soldiers to board the ship.

When all the villagers heard this, they couldn't help but kneel on the ground and shout: "The general is merciful! ”

Xie Yu waved his hand, and Yu Rong walked over and bowed and said, "Thank you, General." ”

"Uncle Yu doesn't have to be polite, the villagers' things belong to you, and the general will not take them by force, can you tell me about the situation of this Gaoshan Fanren?"

Yu Rong saw that this little general was gentle and elegant, knowledgeable, and judging from the fact that he did not rob them of their private property, the goodwill in his heart increased a lot, and a smile appeared on his cautious face and said: "This high mountain is endless, boundless, the old man only knows that there are five tribes on the mountain here, almost more than 10,000 people, they fight with each other, they are proud of taking people's heads, and hang their finger bones on their chests, the more they hang, the more they are warriors, in the early years, some small tribes were wiped out one after another, and some female savages went down the mountain to the village. ”

"What about the man?" Hearing this, Xie Yu asked a little strangely.

"The village does not dare to take in the male savages, whoever wants to take them in will anger those big tribes, and will think that we take in these people against them, the Han people never enter the mountains, and the savages often come to exchange animal fur and medicinal materials for boiling salt, but there is nothing to do, and there are few disputes." Yu Rong said.

It turned out that this was the case, the villagers boiled salt to protect their lives, and the Shengfan savages knew that if they killed the Han people, they would have no salt to eat, which was a mutually beneficial survival relationship.

"Can Old Man Yu know the words of savages?"

"Old and rude, there are also a few mountain women in the village, I don't know if the general wants to call and ask!" Yu Rong asked.

Xie Yu shook his head and said: "There is no need for the time being, let's get on the boat, General Ben has ordered his generals, and there will be no one to harass him if he moves to Taipei County, if there is any difficulty, you can go to Xu Taishou, this is it." After speaking, he pointed to Xu Yan and introduced.

"Hello Uncle Yu!" Xu Yan bowed politely.

Yu Rong nodded again and again, bowed to salute, and then let go of all the uneasiness in his heart, and followed the villagers to board the flat-bottomed boat and leave.