Di Qing left Quanzhou by boat early the next morning, returned to the capital, and restarted a life even if it was not very pleasant, to be honest, he really stayed enough in Quanzhou, whether it was a success or failure in overseas development, it was all handed over to Fan Ning, and it had nothing to do with him.

One morning, Fan Ning met his subordinates in the official office of the Jingluo Mansion, there are more than 30 officials in the official office of the Jingluo Mansion, most of them are low-level petty officials of the seventh grade, and more than half of them have not been turned into Beijing officials, these young officials may be inexperienced, but they are all vigorous and full of determination, and they all want to do a career and let themselves have the performance of turning into a Beijing official, so the officials of the Jingluo Mansion are extremely welcome to Fan Ning's arrival.

Welcome to welcome, Fan Ning didn't meet with them at lunch, but was with Mingren and Mingli, the two brothers knew that Fan Ning was coming yesterday, and it was easy to wait for Di Qing to leave, and the two immediately came to Fanning.

The two brothers held a banquet in the best Jinjiang restaurant in the city to wash the dust of Fanning, and this Jinjiang restaurant was the capital invested by the two.

"You two don't expect me to come and help you with anything, but I need your help, I'm in front of me now, and I need your information."

Mingli and Akihito glanced at each other, and Akihito said: "The first piece of advice we give you is not to believe too much in the words of Old Man Di, especially the Ryukyu Mansion, you will be disappointed if you go." ”

"Why?" Fanning asked, puzzled.

"The 2,000 households of the Ryukyu Prefecture desperately want to come back, there are 3,000 garrisons there, the only thing to do is to prevent the people from coming back, compared with Kunzhou, it is too far away, miasma, poisonous insects, and natives, these three things seriously threaten the survival of the people."

Mingli also said: "In fact, the miasma problem is not big, there are medicines to avoid it, as for the poisonous insects, there are no in the city, mainly when farming outside the city, the biggest is still the natives, coming and going like the wind, shooting the peasants with poisonous arrows, there are at least hundreds of peasants who have died under their poisonous arrows over the years, which is panicking, so even if it is tax-free, the people do not want to stay there." ”

"Then why didn't the army encircle and suppress it?"

Akihito pouted, "This is for Di Shuai, I guess he doesn't have the right to fight, unlike you in Japan, you can fight the Japanese army with full power, Di Shuai's hands and feet are tied, and he can only defend passively." ”

Fanning nodded, in two days he had to go to the Ryukyu Mansion in person and see it with his own eyes.

Fanning asked Akihito again, "Did you get it on the island of Sulu?" ”

Speaking of the island, Akihito looked indignant, "Don't mention it, that Sulu king is an out-and-out despicable villain, five hundred horses of silk were given to him, and he only gave me a small island two miles long and wide, which is full of stones, and there is no fresh water, and the surrounding reefs are dense, and the ships can't get close, I went to settle accounts with the king of Sulu, and he said that I heard it wrong, the island I wanted was worth at least 50,000 pieces of silk, and he wouldn't sell any less satin." ”

Fanning smiled and asked, "Is the population of Sulu large?" ”

"Few, at most tens of thousands of people, and you want to use them as laborers?"

Mingren and Mingli were so shrewd that they immediately guessed Fanning's intentions.

Fanning patted his head, and he suddenly remembered an important thing, the country of Sulu was named after himself, but the country of Sulu in history did not appear until hundreds of years later, and now there are at most indigenous tribes over there, and the king that Akihito said should be the country of Luzon, not the country of Sulu.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "Are these tens of thousands of people ruled by a king, or are they just some large and small tribes, like the Kun people." ”

Akihito thought for a while and said: "It is a small country, the king is called Ming Mingda, despicable and shameless, the population of the small country is at most seventy or eighty thousand, all of them are small black people, they use slash and burn to cultivate the land, it is very backward, there is no city, but there is a palace built of wood, but it is rich in gold, which is very attractive." ”

Fanning understood that since there was a large plain, it was the country of Luzon, not the country of Sulu, and he asked, "What about the islands to the south?" ”

Akihito said: "There are large and small tribes on the islands to the south, as far as I know, there are a total of thirteen tribes, each tribe has more than 1,000 people, there are wars every year, killing each other, to be honest, the combat effectiveness is very weak, all are small black people, with earthen bows and spears, if the Song army passes, a thousand people can sweep away all the tribes." ”

Fanning calculated, the population of Luzon was not large, and it was not realistic to use it as a laborer to develop the Ryukyu Prefecture, so he had to find another way, but if it didn't work, he continued to requisition Japanese laborers.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Mingli asked, "Are you going to come over your aunt and brother and sister?" ”

Fanning nodded, "They will live in Quanzhou." ”

"Where is the official mansion enough to live, you have to find another way."

Di Qing has already seen the official mansion Fan Ning has seen, they are all small houses of two or three acres, and Di Qing himself is thrifty, the houses he repaired are very simple, not to mention the small area, and there is no environment at all, it is a courtyard, the number has been repaired a lot, fifty or sixty have been built, but none of them are eye-catching.

Fanning smiled: "I was going to discuss this matter with you, what do you suggest?" ”

Akihito leaned back in his chair and said with a smile: "There are many wealthy businessmen in Quanzhou, and there are many mansions, depending on what you want." ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "I see that there are many mountains in Quanzhou City, and I hope that there are also mountains in my mansion, and I can buy the house without renting it." ”

Mingren and Mingli discussed in a low voice, and Mingli said: "How about Dongping Mountain, there are many mansions built on Dongping Mountain, almost forty or fifty acres. ”

Dongping Mountain is a horizontal mountain that separates the county seat from the harbor, about 30 miles long, dozens of zhang high, the mountains and forests on the mountain are dense, the scenery is beautiful, Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "I see that there are many small hills in the city, it is only more than ten acres large, very exquisite, is there such a house?" ”

Mingli smiled and said: "What you said is called Dushan Mansion, it is the top mansion in Quanzhou, there are only three in the whole Quanzhou, all of which are old mansions that have been built for decades, I will help you ask my father-in-law." ”

Mingli's father-in-law is the number one wealthy family in Quanzhou, called Li Yao, Fan Ning just smiled faintly, he did not refuse Mingli's kindness, the two brothers have been businessmen for a long time, and they still don't understand the meaning of power.

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After lunch, Fanning took a dozen entourages to ride horses in the city to inspect, today the weather is good, the sun is shining, although it is January, but the temperature in Quanzhou is very suitable, just like the middle of spring in the north, the sea breeze blows, it is refreshing.

There are a lot of pedestrians on the street, you can see merchants from foreign lands everywhere, the local population of Quanzhou is about 100,000, but the merchants from all over the Great Song Dynasty and overseas, as well as the sailors hired by the major trading houses, etc., the total population has exceeded 200,000, the street is lined with shops, all kinds of markets can be seen everywhere, and the business is very developed.

At this time, Fanning stopped in front of a big mansion, this mansion is at least more than 50 acres, there is a semi-circular shape of a hill in the house, high in the north and low in the south, this is not a man-made hill, but a real hill, covering an area of about 20 acres, the mountain is lush with trees, you can faintly see the pavilions and pavilions, a waterfall formed by a mountain spring stream flows down from the top of the mountain in the north, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the beauty is magnificent.

Fan Ning suddenly became interested, turned back to Zhu Long and said, "Go and take a look, I'll visit the master here!" ”

Zhu Long turned over and dismounted, ran to the front gate, he knocked on the door for a long time, the door opened a crack, it seemed that someone was talking to him, a moment, Zhu Long came back and reported: "Qiqi official, the owner of this house does not live in Quanzhou, there is only one old man to watch the house." ”

Fan Ning was suddenly more interested, the owner was not in Quanzhou, so there was a possibility of a deal.

He smiled and said, "Go in and have a look!" ”

The old family who guarded the door heard that it was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, so they didn't dare to stop it, so they had to let Fan Ning enter the house, and Fan walked into the mansion, the front yard and atrium of the mansion were not outstanding, and they were similar to ordinary houses.

But walking into the backyard, Fanning's eyes suddenly lit up, there was a lake covering an area of about seven or eight acres at the foot of the mountain, this hill and lake alone, covering an area of nearly thirty acres, five or six yards were built around the hill and the lake, the hill was surrounded by huge stones, even if it rained, the mud on the mountain would not overflow, a path paved with stone slabs led straight to the top of the mountain, and various pavilions and pavilions were built on both sides of the path.

Although this giant mansion is not as beautifully built as the capital house, it is very natural, and it is really called a beautiful mountain and clear water, and it has a feeling of a manor.

"Who is your master?" Fanning asked with a smile.

The old family curled their tongues and said in a broken official language: "My master's surname is Cheng, and he is currently doing business in Min County, Fuzhou. ”

The old family went back to the house and took a name card to Fan Ning, Fan Ning looked at the name post, his name is Cheng Long, this name is so familiar, he thought about it for a moment, and suddenly woke up, isn't the leader of Changqi Song Shang called Cheng Long? Could it be him?

Fan Ning asked with a smile: "Your master is from Yuhang County, and he has a son named Cheng Qing, who used to do business in Japan. ”

The old family was stunned, "How do the officials know?" ”

Fan Ning laughed, "I'm an old friend with your master, and you're still a subordinate of my family, so he's still in Kunzhou!" ”

"Is the official's surname Fan?"

"It seems that the old man knows me too!"

The old family hurriedly knelt down and said: "It turned out to be Fan Daguan, the villain Cheng Dong, who was Cheng Yuanwai's uncle and guarded the house for him." ”

Fan Ning hurriedly helped him up and asked, "The old man is also from Yuhang?" ”

"I am a native of Quanzhou, and Cheng Yuanwai's mother is from Quanzhou."

Fanning nodded, "Can you please ask the old man to inform Cheng Yuanwai and invite him to come to Quanzhou, I have something to look for him." ”

The old man smiled: "He will come to Quanzhou tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and he still has a business house here, and he often comes to Quanzhou." ”

"Will Cheng Yuan live here when he comes to Quanzhou?"

The old man shook his head and said, "He usually doesn't live here, it's too big and deserted, and he still has a house in the city, on the other side of the dock." ”

Fan Ning took a piece of his name card and handed it to the old man and said with a smile: "After he comes to Quanzhou, please ask him to come to me." ”

The list of titles on the name card made the old man dizzy, the prince of Qinghe County, the regular attendant of the left scattered cavalry, the imperial historian, and the overseas economic envoy.........

This is no ordinary big man! 8)