Zhu Pei soaked in a large wooden barrel filled with hot water, the boiling hot spring water was so comfortable that her eyes narrowed, and the new maid Aya diligently pinched her shoulders and the back of her neck, this clever and well-behaved Japanese maid made her quite fond of it.

"Aya, where is your home?"

"My family is in Higo Province, Saikaido, a very remote village called Iigang Village."

"Is it far from here?" Juppé had no idea about Japanese geography.

"It's a long, long way off, and the girl takes a boat through the strait between Goryeo and Japan, and my house is still two or three hundred miles to the south."

"That's a long way away! It takes more than ten days to take a boat. ”

"No, we came from Nagasaki and sat on the boat for fifteen days."

"Then how did you come up with the idea of coming here?" Juppe asked with a smile again.

Aya had studied Chinese in all these questions, and although her tone was a little stiff, she still barely answered clearly.

"I earn 300 yuan a month in Nagasaki, and I earn 600 yuan a month as a drinker here."

"Only six hundred dollars a month?"

Zhu Pei was indignant in her heart, and she glanced back at Aya: "Who else is in your family?" ”

Aya whispered: "There are two brothers and three younger sisters, our family is very poor, renting the landlord's land, there is only one meal a day, Daddy and brother eat first, and the three of us sisters can only eat a little leftovers, I was ten years old that year, and my family encountered a drought, I really couldn't survive, so I went to Nagasaki with my uncle to work." ”

"Do you want to go home, then?"

Aya shook her head, "I gave all the money to my family, and the adults promised to let me change to Song Min, and I am working hard to learn the Song Dynasty language." ”

Zhu Pei knew that the adult Aya was talking about was Fanning, she was a little strange, how could Fanning agree to Aya to become Song Min, she heard Akihito say that unless you marry a Song soldier, it is generally impossible to turn a Japanese into Song Min.

Zhu Pei asked the reason again, and Aya told her about being bullied by Qin Wu and almost losing her body.

Zhu Pei was suddenly furious, "I'll go back and ask A-Ning, is it okay to give some compensation for this kind of thing?" ”

Aya was startled and hurriedly knelt down, "Don't be angry, girl! ”

Zhu Pei hurriedly comforted her and said: "I'm not angry with you, I just hate these Song soldiers, I can't beat the Liao State, I can't beat the Western Xia, but I am very brave in bullying women one by one." ”

"That..... The sergeant who bullied me has been killed, and the adults arrived in time, and I.... I didn't lose my body. ”

When Zhu Pei heard that the soldier who bullied Aya had been beheaded, his anger calmed down a little, and he said to Aya: "You will follow me in the future, whoever dares to bully you again, I will kill him with a sword!" ”

"Thank you, girl!"

Aya picked up the hot tub again and rinsed Jupe's hair.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and Zhu Pei hurriedly said: "Sister Jian, you tell A-Ning that I want to take a break today, and I will go to him tomorrow." ”

Fanning came to ask Zhu Pei to eat, and Jian Meizi turned around and said, "Ah Pei, the little official said to take you to lunch, will you go?" ”

"I don't need it today, I'm a little tired, let's eat whatever we want, tomorrow!"

Fanning could hear it clearly, and also heard the sound of water, and knew that Ju Pei was taking a bath, so he smiled and nodded, "Okay then!" I'll go see Su Liang and them, you guys have a good rest, if you need anything, just come to me. ”

Fanning left Jupe's residence and went back to the new officials' quarters.

The new officers' quarters were all two-person wooden huts, with their own rooms, and a guest house with a fireplace for the winter to bake on.

Su Liang and Li Dashou were in a dormitory, they were packing their luggage, and Mingren and Mingli were sitting in the living room discussing business.

Although it has only been less than two hours since they came, they already feel that it is no longer easy to make a fortune, the Kun people seem to have become smarter, a sea pearl actually costs five taels of silver, you must know that last year a knife was exchanged for ten sea pearls, a knife is only five dollars, and the goods they brought cannot be sold last year's huge profits.

At this time, Fanning walked in and said with a smile: "Aren't you going to eat yet?" ”

"We're here to eat with them!"

Akihito smiled and said, "Do you want to go with you?" ”

"I'm not going, I just announced that I won't give the officials a pick-up, and then take them to dinner, wouldn't it be a slap in the face, you guys go!"

Mingli hurriedly pulled Fan Ning aside and whispered, "Is there a way to make money, help my brother!" ”

"Didn't you go to the Kun people to make money?"

"The Kun people are smart, and it seems impossible to make a fortune."

"It's really impossible!"

Fanning smiled: "The merchants from Nagasaki have taught them a lot of things, and they have caught them, maybe they will let you make up the difference in last year's price, and if you don't make up, you will be the son-in-law of the Kun people." ”

The two brothers were startled and stared at each other with wide eyes, "No! ”

"Just kidding, the Kun people won't cheat, you can rest assured, but I think it's still profitable to buy goods from them, precious conch, tortoiseshell, coral, sea pearls, ambergris are also available, plus the goods you sell, you can still make five times the profit, if you have enough money, I still have a way to make money to you."

Akihito and Mingli were overjoyed, "What way?" ”

"You can buy amber wood from the Kun people, that is, the pine of red pine, which is distributed in Kunzhou, and then rent two big ships to transport it back to the Great Song Dynasty, which is a precious wood in the Song Dynasty, and you can earn at least 10,000 yuan on this trip."

The two brothers discussed for a moment, but still gave up Fanning's suggestion, the wood took up too much space.

Moreover, they are not familiar with the timber business, and they don't know who they are shipping back to sell to, so it is better to handle the business they are more familiar with.

"Aning, let's think about it again!"

Fanning spread his hands, "Whatever you want, I'm just a suggestion." ”

At this time, Li Dashou walked out quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Senior Brother!" ”

Fanning patted him on the arm and smiled: "I'm really happy that you can come to Kunzhou, do you have any plans?" ”

"I'll listen to my brother's arrangement!"

Fanning nodded, "That's why I came to you. ”

Fan Ning didn't see Su Liang, so he said to Li Dashou: "I plan to let you go to the hardest place, are you willing?" ”

Li Dashou said without hesitation: "I have no opinion!" ”

Fan Ning was deeply pleased with Li Dashou's attitude, and said with a smile: "I plan to spend a year exploring Whale Prefecture in depth, and the exploration team consists of three officials, five craftsmen, and thirty soldiers, as well as a few Kun guides.

Among the three officials, there is an official of the Herd Pastoral Division, a civilian official of the army, but there is also a need for a Kunzhou magistrate, I am considering a candidate, so you will be the one! ”

"I will definitely live up to my brother's expectations!"

"Good! Do you know how to ride a horse? ”

"A little, but not too well ridden."

"Then practice well in the past two days, go to the official office to find Chen Tao, he will arrange it for you, and the exploration team will set off in three days."

"I'll go in the afternoon."

At this time, Su Liang also packed up his things and ran out, "Senior brother, arrange it for me too!" ”

Fanning smiled: "You go to participate in the management of laborers to cut down trees and build roads, I hope you will learn Japanese as soon as possible." ”

"Why learn Japanese?" Su Liang asked puzzled.

Fanning laughed, "Because the laborers are all recruited Japanese, how can you deal with them if you don't learn Japanese?" ”

"Ahh All Japanese? ”

In Su Liang's dumbfounding, Fan Ning laughed and left, he still couldn't give them a drink, after all, he was now the highest administrator of Kunzhou, and many things could no longer be done as he wanted, he had to consider the feelings of other subordinates.

Fanning then went to visit 600 new residents, these 600 new residents were of course the first batch of county residents, the county had built enough wooden houses, each family could get one, because the army camp had moved outside the city, except for a small number of garrisons, the rest were private houses, one winter, the army and craftsmen built nearly 2,000 wooden houses in the city, divided into eight squares, four each in the east and west, and the squares were mainly separated by streets.

Among them, Xuanyangfang in the southeast corner is the residence of 500 young Japanese women, who go to the workshop outside the city every day to make clothes and shoes, or go to the vegetable field outside the city to be responsible for planting vegetables and raising pigs, and thousands of acres of vegetable fields and a pig farm have been opened up in the northwest outside the city, and fresh vegetables and meat are mainly supplied to the army, but also a small amount of labor.

The 600 families lived mainly in the three squares to the west, and in the northwest corner were the warehouses, which took up the area of one square, and each of the three squares was numbered, and each household decided the location of its new home by casting lots.

When Fanning came, the house had been allocated, and each family was cleaning their new house, while the man was chopping wood outside, preparing to make a simple fence yard first, and each wooden house was surrounded by lines drawn with lime in advance, which was the yard range of each family, and there were front and back yards, and the yard and wooden houses were about one acre.

Although it is not large, after all, the courtyard has been a residential tradition since ancient times, and with a courtyard, it is easy for neighbors to communicate with each other.

Fan Ning rode along Guangling Avenue with two retinues, and at this time, he suddenly heard Jiang Han's voice, which seemed to be stopping something?

"It's not allowed, no manure is allowed in the city, you are not allowed to dig a manure pit."

Fan Ning walked over quickly, only to see a large group of people surrounded by a wooden house, all of them glaring at an embarrassed-looking old man, who seemed to be digging a pit, and was complained by a neighbor, Jiang Han rushed over to stop it.

"Jiang Han, what's wrong?" Fanning rolled over and dismounted, and walked briskly.

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