In order to make a better choice for the 5,000 households, Fanning postponed the decision by one day, and after extensive publicity by the officials, the 5,000 households basically understood the pros and cons of the three places, and in the afternoon of two days later, the 5,000 households began to register their choices.

The answer was soon revealed, 2,600 households chose Luzon, 1,800 households still chose Ryukyu Prefecture, and another 600 households chose Liuli County on Lesser Ryukyu Island.

Frankly, this answer disappointed Fanning a little, and he hoped that the first group of people to go to Luzon would reach 3,000 households, and eventually there would be a shortfall of 400 households.

But the most extreme thing did not happen, no one chose to go back, no one chose to stay in Quanzhou, it is unrealistic to go back, everything that should be sold is sold out, go back to live without saying, and be ridiculed, everyone can't afford to lose that face, as for staying is even more unrealistic, unless Quanzhou also provides land, no one wants to be a tenant farmer.

"Envoy, I actually have a suggestion!" Gongsun Xuance said to Fan Ning with a smile.

"Sir, please!"

Gongsun Xuance said: "I'm thinking, why don't we recruit people from Fujian Road and Guangnan Road to Luzon?" You said that tens of thousands of households may not be able to recruit, but one or two thousand households I think there is no problem, many people living in the mountains live in poverty, you can move them out, in addition, the climate of Luzon is hot, the people of Fujian Road and Guangnan Road are more adaptable, so what do you think? ”

Fan Ning smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid that the local government will not want to, I said that I want to move the people of Quanzhou to Luzon, and Su Liang's kid will definitely be the first to jump." ”

"Then let the court make an order, in a voluntary way."

Fanning paced back and forth, in fact, this is a good way, the people who went to Nanyang in later generations are mainly from Fujian and Liangguang, there should be many people willing to go south, and many fishermen will often go back and forth between Luzon and Quanzhou after going south, which will bring a lot of information, and after a long time, it will become a spontaneous migration tide.

Fanning finally nodded, "Then let the imperial court issue an order to the states of Fujian Road and Guangnan Road, we can try it and see how many people we can recruit." ”

.........

In the evening, Fanning returned to the mansion tiredly, and went directly into his inner study, he sat down and closed his eyes and rested for a while, the door opened gently, and his wife Zhu Pei walked in with a cup of tea.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?" Juppe asked in a low voice.

Fanning nodded, took her hand and said apologetically: "I don't have to go when the Luzon Mansion is on the right track, now it's just beginning, it's more critical, I can't go away." ”

"Husband, I don't mean to blame, we all know that you are busy, but we just think you are very hard, and I am afraid that you will be tired of your body."

"There is no problem with my body, I am not here during this time, how is Sister Qian's health?"

Ouyang Qian has been diagnosed with Ximai, and the pregnancy reaction has eased a lot in the past few days, Zhu Pei smiled: "After giving birth to a child, the second child will be much better, you accompany her well tonight, and let Aya accompany you to Luzon tomorrow, with her to take care of you, we can all rest assured, otherwise we will always worry about this, worry about that,"

Fanning nodded, and asked again, "Is there any news from your second uncle?" ”

Zhu Pei took out a newspaper from the shelf, pursed his lips and smiled: "This is what I specially placed here, I guess you haven't read it." ”

"What is it?"

Fan Ning took the newspaper, it turned out to be the "Hong Kong Economic Journal" ten days ago, the "Economic Journal" keeps pace with the times, and now there are two copies, one is the entertainment version of the news, on which all kinds of Da Song entertainment news, such as 'Tokyo Keju League, Qiyun Club vows to win five consecutive championships', Huang Ruyi, the main force of Qiyun Society, raised a farewell housewife, and his wife divorced him angrily, and then for example, "The new red prostitute in the elephant shed, Wang Lian'er sang "Perilla Pill" with love', and then "Dongpo has a new word, "Jiangchengzi? Moyun dragged the rain over the West Building", Wanlou Qi Pan and so on. ’

The other is business news, which is also the content that the people of the Great Song Dynasty are most concerned about, the top ten stir-fry dishes in Tokyo, the opening of the Hongqiao branch of He Qingfeng Restaurant, the whole site is 20% off, the price of Meiyuan water has increased per barrel, and there are various small advertisements on the whole page.

Fan Ning saw what he wanted to see at a glance, the second important news on the front page, the Jingkou ancient ship changed hands, the Jiangnan Zhu family specialized in building ten thousand stone sea ships, and the third news was also about the Zhu family, Wujiang Wanjifang was born, the world's first silk textile giant.

Article 7 is also about the recruitment advertisement of the textile workshop, the Qian textile workshop is recruiting 4,000 young women, 80 yuan per day, and the household registration in the capital is preferred.

Zhu Pei said beside him: "This is the third workshop of the Qian family in Jiangnan, there is one in Hangzhou and one in Changzhou, Hangzhou is a silk workshop, Changzhou is a silk workshop, both are 3,000 looms, and this one in Beijing is weaving." ”

"All three started this year?"

Juppé nodded, "To be exact, it all started in these two months." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Pei asked with some curiosity in his eyes: "I asked my second brother about this matter a few days ago, and he said that there are many big workshops this year, just like mushrooms after a rain, suddenly popping up everywhere, what is going on?" ”

Fan Ning said with a smile: "In fact, it can't be said that the big workshop suddenly came out, there have always been before, like the silk brocade courtyard in the capital, the inner dyeing institute, the cultural embroidery institute, as well as the twisted brocade courtyard, embroidery bureau, brocade courtyard, etc., are thousands of looms, tens of thousands of looms, but they are all government-run, this year there is a private textile institute, which should be related to the imperial court's encouragement of foreign trade, and I served as an overseas economic envoy, many people with vision have realized that the foreign trade of the Great Song Dynasty will usher in great development, and they are rapidly arranged. ”

"It's just pity for those spinners, where have they won the big workshop!"

"There's really no way about this, sooner or later, now there are more and more imported food, growing food is no longer profitable, many powerful people with strong capital will turn their attention from the land to handicrafts and mining, if the spinning girl herself is skilled, you can also go to the big workshop, five or six times a month can earn money, not less than they earn at home weaving, it is more hard."

Juppe sighed, got up and left.

Fan Ning read the newspaper for a while, and remembered what Akihito told him today, the Cao family quietly bought five kilns in Jingdezhen, producing millions of porcelain pieces a year, and preparing to sell all of them overseas, and the Cao family was also buying big ships, and the Wanshi big ships alone bought as many as twenty, and the workshop must have begun to do it.

Fanning had a gut feeling that the era of big capital in the Song Dynasty had come.

...........

Two days later, the fleet set off in three routes, one fleet went to Little Ryukyu Island, one fleet went directly to Ryukyu Province, the other fleet went south to Luzon Island, and Fanning went to Luzon Island with the ship.

In fact, the 1,800 households who have just gone to Ryukyu Island, even if they do not establish a new county seat, it is enough to directly supplement the population of Ryukyu County, and Fanning is not worried at all.

He is most concerned about Luzon Mansion, and whether Luzon Mansion can be developed or not, the first step is particularly important.

In the cabin, Fanning and Akihito sat opposite each other, and Aya gave their brother sencha on the side, Akihito took a sip of tea and praised: "No wonder A-Ning doesn't like to drink tea outside, with the tea art of the third brother and sister, who rarely drinks tea outside?" ”

Aya heard him call herself a third brother and sister, her pretty face suddenly turned red, and she glanced at Akihito and said: "Be a man with principles, okay, this water has been left for three days, and it can still make good tea?" ”

Fan Ning smiled: "Don't pay attention to him, he is a rough person, he drinks a bowl of beef tea for two cents, what does he know?" ”

Akihito rolled his eyes when he heard this, and he drank a bowl of tea for two pennies, is he so cheap?

Aya didn't understand, and asked with a shallow smile: "Official, what is cow tea?" ”

"It's the tea that the cow drinks, just think about how the cow drinks the water in your hometown."

Aya thought about it carefully, and suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, she poured tea for her husband again, and then retreated, not disturbing them to talk.

Akihito sighed and said: "Actually, I found that the Japanese lady is also quite tasteful, and this year I also want to marry a Japanese concubine and take it to the sea to serve by my side." ”

Fan Ning was a little displeased: "What you are drinking now is tea, not wine, Aya is outside, don't talk nonsense." ”

Akihito realized that he had lost his words, and he stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to say anything.

Fanning knocked on the table and asked, "I remember you once told me that you were going to buy an island from the King of Luzon as a trade transit, what do you mean?" ”

Akihito scratched his head and said: "The main thing is to do business with Westerners, when we came, Westerners did not come, when Westerners came, we were not there, local merchants became middlemen, they lowered prices at both ends, and took away a large piece of profits, I was thinking, I am doing my own transit business, buying a wharf, building a large warehouse, hoarding a large number of goods, when Westerners come, they take the goods directly from my warehouse, get rid of the middlemen, and my profits will increase by at least seventy." ”

"Is it so ruthless?"

"The local businessmen are very dark and untrustworthy, and we have long wanted to get rid of them."

"Then why buy the island yourself, can't you build a warehouse there with them?"

Akihito shook his head, "Building a warehouse with them is undoubtedly a tiger's mouth, they never allow it, they can only build their own harbor, and they have to guard against their army to sabotage it." ”

Fan Ning nodded and said with a smile: "This time I went to the South Seas, I really want to buy a piece of land in the Sriwijaya Kingdom to build a seaport, and there will be a Great Song garrison there in the future, specifically for you to solve the trade problem with the Westerners." ”8)