Chapter 381: Farewell to Kunzhou
The moment of leaving Kunzhou finally came, before dawn, Fanning quietly set off with his family, all the luggage had been sent to the ship yesterday, Fanning didn't want to disturb the people in the city, so he left early.
Yu Xiaonian and a group of officials personally sent Fanning to the docks, and although Fanning had handed over power, he felt that there was a lot to account.
"Brother Yu, half of the joint protection of the construction of the Bow and Arrow Society has been completed, this matter has to be troubled by you to continue to carry it out, we are overseas, the people cannot all rely on the army, and they must also learn to protect themselves, this matter is very important, please leave it to you."
The Bow and Arrow Society of the Great Song Dynasty is equivalent to a militia organization, which is generally established in the border areas, and Kunzhou is isolated overseas, although it has an agreement with Japan, it cannot be careless in terms of security, which is not only the consensus of the government and the opposition, but also the unanimous idea of Kunzhou officials.
Yu Xiaonian nodded, "Please rest assured, I will personally grasp the Bow and Arrow Society, not only the farmers in the field must be trained intensively, but also the students in the school must be trained, and we will work out a system for this matter and continue to grasp it for a long time." ”
Fan Ning smiled happily: "The establishment of the system is the key, there are special people in charge, in addition, I think Xu Qing's idea of running a martial arts hall is good, we must make full use of it, so that young people have time to go to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts, and the government can subsidize the martial arts hall." ”
"That's a good idea, let's go back and discuss it."
Between the words, everyone came to the dock, Fan Ning let his family get on the boat first, he said goodbye to everyone one by one, and finally hugged his fists and said loudly to the officials who saw them off: "Colleagues, please leave the operation of Kunzhou to everyone, if there are any difficulties in Kunzhou, I will continue to run for Kunzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, I believe that we will become colleagues again in the future, everyone take care!" ”
Everyone bowed down and saluted together, "I wish Zhizhou a smooth journey!" ”
Fan Ning turned around and boarded the 10,000-stone ship, this time he returned to the Great Song Dynasty with a total of 500 large ships, in addition to Fanning's return to the Song Dynasty, they also carried 300,000 catties of coarse silver, 500,000 taels of gold, hundreds of thousands of catties of sulfur, more than 100,000 pieces of amber wood, and millions of stone wheat.
In addition, there are 5,000 iron-shelled fire mines, which is the request of the Son of Heaven, to transport 5,000 iron-shell fire mines into Beijing.
The big ship began to slowly leave the shore, Fanning waved goodbye to the officials on the dock, and at this time, suddenly a soldier shouted: "Zhizhou, look! ”
I saw countless people running out of the city, and soon the wharf was full of black and oppressive crowds, and the people behind them continued to come one after another, this is the people of Han County to see off Fan Ning, they came one step late, saw that the ship had set sail, they all knelt down, and shouted: "Fan Zhizhou, take care all the way!" Take care all the way! ”
Fanning's nose was sour, he could no longer restrain his inner emotions, tears fell, this is the idea he sketched, it was the cause he founded with his own hands, he struggled for four years, from a barren land to build the county, farmland, villages, pastures, docks, I don't know how much sweat has been shed, how much effort has been paid, at this moment he is leaving, there is an inseparable concern in his heart.
"Farewell, my Kunzhou!"
Fanning muttered to himself and waved goodbye to this rich land, and the fleet faded away, turning into a group of small black dots, which finally disappeared at the end of the sea.
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After twenty-five days of sailing, the mighty fleet finally arrived at the Yangtze River wharf in Jiangdu County, although the overseas Jinglufu has moved to Quanzhou, but the Yangtze River wharf in Jiangdu County is still the first choice for the Kunzhou fleet to arrive in the Great Song Dynasty, after arriving in Jiangdu, the first thing to change ships is to move a huge amount of wealth and materials from the Wanshi sea ship to the flat-bottomed boat, which will take at least four or five days, but Fan Ning has to escort the gold and silver into Beijing first, and the unloading of gold and silver is relatively fast, and the next day can be done.
Akihito walked up to Fan Ning and whispered, "A-Ning, I won't enter Beijing!" ”
Fanning glanced at him and knew that he was afraid to meet his parents, so Fanning asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”
Mingren hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to give all the 80,000 taels of gold to Old Man Zhu?" ”
Fan Ning shook his head, "You should have enough funds now, don't exchange these 80,000 taels of gold for the time being, I will bring it back to the capital and put it in the money shop in the capital, if you want to exchange it, you can exchange it from the money shop in the capital at any time." ”
"If you don't say that I forgot that you still have twelve money shops, then the gold will be handed over to you, and I will go directly to Quanzhou."
Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "You still have to visit Old Man Zhu, tell him about the gold, and release the gold mined in the Zhu family's mine to him by the way, in addition, you also need his help to set up a caravan in Quanzhou, and seconded some experienced stewards to assist you, and I will help you explain it to the second uncle and aunt." ”
This time he returned to the Song Dynasty, not only brought back the 80,000 taels of gold sand mined by Mingren and Mingli in two years, but also the 60,000 taels of gold sand mined by the Zhu family in the past two years, so Mingren had to go to Wujiang no matter what.
Akihito immediately left the dock in his 3,000-stone boat and sailed towards the Jiangnan Canal, and the next morning, Fanning set off for the capital with the first batch of supplies, and at the same time, he hurried to the capital on a fast horse, and reported the news of Fanning's return to the prefect hall first.
As for the 5,000 iron-clad fire mines, they will be escorted into Beijing by 1,000 soldiers.
Five days later, several thousand stone passenger ships and more than 100 cargo ships full of gold and silver finally arrived in the capital, the ship slowly docked, only to see more than a dozen officials standing on the dock, the leader is the king of Shouchun County Zhao Zongshi, he was named the king of Shouchun County last year, Zongzheng Siqing, and at the same time the overseas economic envoy, and Di Qing was reappointed as the deputy envoy of the Liuqiu Prefecture and the overseas economic strategy.
Fan Ning will not only resign from the post of governor of Kunzhou, but also from the post of deputy envoy of overseas economic strategy, so it is normal for Zhao Zongshi to come to the dock to welcome him as the top boss.
Fanning stepped forward and bowed, "See Your Highness!" ”
"Brother Xian has worked hard all the way!"
Zhao Zongshi stepped forward and patted Fan Ning's shoulder affectionately, "We haven't seen each other for three years!" Time flies so fast, I didn't expect you to return to Song, to be honest, I'm really looking forward to the return of my virtuous brother! ”
Seeing that his complexion was not very good, Fan Ning asked with a half-truthful smile, "Is Your Highness's life difficult?" ”
"Hey! It's hard to say, we will talk about it slowly when we have time in the future, and today is specially here to greet you. ”
Fan Ning nodded, took out a thick comprehensive debriefing report and handed it to Zhao Zongshi, "This is my complete debriefing report, Your Highness will take a look at it first!" ”
"Good! I'll report it to the Privy Council after I've read it, and you'll go home and rest today. ”
Zhao Zongshi beckoned, and Fan Xiang, a member of the branch who came to receive the supplies, stepped forward to salute Fan Ning, "Fan Zhizhou has worked hard all the way. ”
"Where! Where! How can you complain about hard work for the imperial court. ”
Fan Ning smiled and handed him the inventory of materials, "It takes time to unload grain, amber wood and sulfur, and it will be delivered a few days late, but today I sent 300,000 catties of coarse silver, 500,000 taels of gold and 100 buckets of pearls. ”
Fan Ning invited the official in charge of the escort to go through the delivery procedures with Fan Xiang, and then he said goodbye to Zhao Zongshi, and Zhao Zongshi took people back to the official office.
The delivery of property has nothing to do with Fanning, he needs to arrange his luggage, and the fleet is docked at the Bianhe Wharf of Daxiangguo Temple, which is less than a hundred steps away from the Strange Stone Pavilion, although Fanning is also afraid of seeing the second uncle and aunt, but this pass must be taken.
At this time, the chief butler sent by Zhu Yuanfeng and dozens of domestic servants rushed to the dock to pick up the boat with two carriages and more than a dozen ox carts.
At the same time, the chief steward of Zhu's money shop Liu also received a letter from Fan Ning, and hurriedly brought a dozen men to the wharf to carry the gold sand, 80,000 taels of gold sand weighed 5,000 catties, and put it in 50 large boxes, at least five donkey carts could be transported away.
Jin Sha was transported first, and the luggage was loaded onto the ox cart, and Fanning glanced at Mingli's concubine Reiko and the child in her arms.
Reiko and Aya are about the same age, they are very good-looking, their eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, their skin is white and greasy, their bodies are petite and exquisite, and they have a pitiful charm, no wonder Mingli will take a fancy to her at a glance.
Seeing that her eyes were full of uneasiness, Fan Ning thought about it and said to his wife Zhu Pei: "I'll go to the Strange Stone Pavilion, you take their mother and son back first, and I'll be back immediately." ”
Zhu Pei also knew that the mother and son could not see the second uncle and aunt for the time being, so she nodded, "Let's squeeze in and leave a carriage for you." ”
They had a large population, and they came back with four little maids, and a carriage couldn't squeeze in, so Fanning shook his head, "No need, I'll take the ox cart back by myself later, by the way, let the housekeeper take care of my horse, it seems to be a little diarrhea." ”
Of course, Fanning's BMW also brought back Da Song together, but it was too long to take the boat, and it was a little diarrhea in the past two days, which made Fanning quite worried.
Zhu Pei glanced at him, and said coquettishly: "Aya is not feeling well, but I don't see you asking, I only care about your baby horse, I know, I will let the groom take care of it, and I won't treat your baby badly!" ”
The group got into the carriage and walked away with a dozen ox carts full of luggage, while Fanning walked alone towards the Strange Stone Pavilion.