When the fleet finally sailed into Luzon Bay, the immigrants stepped onto the decks and looked out onto the shore in the distance, everyone's face full of anticipation for the future.

A huge warehouse was being built on the dock, and not far from it, another huge warehouse had been built, and soldiers could be faintly seen repairing the dock, and when the soldiers saw the arrival of the fleet, they stood up and waved to the fleet.

The fleet did not stop in the dock, but sailed directly into the big river and headed for the county seat ten miles away.

The forests on both sides of the river have long since been cut down by the Luzon state, and all that can be found is a vast area of fertile fields that can be developed into endless farmland.

The fleet traveled less than ten miles, a wooden house appeared on the riverbank, here is the new county seat, Zhang Nan to use the drawings of Kunzhou Han County as a blueprint, rebuilt a Han County on Luzon Island, the county seat is very large, at least can accommodate 5,000 households, the construction speed of the Song army is indeed amazing, in less than a month, thousands of wooden houses have stood on the riverbank.

The ship docked at a makeshift wharf, the soldiers set up a few wide planks, and the people began to carry the old man off the ship, and after seven days of sailing, they finally arrived at the land that they looked forward to, and feared at the same time.

Fortunately, the countless Song soldiers calmed their nervous mood a little, and soon, the child was attracted by another animal that he had never seen before, and it turned out to be several elephants, carrying wood under the guidance of several dark-skinned natives.

Fanning was also amazed, how could it be that there were elephants in Luzon and that they were trained to work? Even elephants don't train so fast, and there are still natives.

At this time, Zhang Nan greeted him, bowed down and saluted: "See the envoy!" ”

"Sima Zhang has worked hard."

Fanning reassured him, then pointed to the elephant in the distance and asked with a smile, "What's the matter with the elephant?" ”

"It was a businessman from Sriwijaya who trafficked more than a dozen trained elephants and wanted to go back to Tokyo to perform and make money, but then he heard that the elephants were not adapted to the cold climate of the capital, so he regretted it, sold the elephants to us very cheaply, and ran back to Sriwijaya to transport spices."

"Are you sure he sold us cheaply?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"It's not very cheap, it's a little reduced, one hundred and seventy yuan per elephant, the price he bought is one hundred and eighty yuan, there are a lot of wild elephants in Luzon, and there are more nearby islands, we have all seen it, the key is the trained elephants, which can help people work, and the merchant left us a few elephant slaves, just to help us guide the elephants."

Fanning nodded, "Bring in some people who can train elephants, we need more elephants who can work." ”

"There are a lot of slaves who can train elephants in the country of Srivijaya, all of whom have come from the country of Zhenla, and they can be bought with people and elephants, and they will send people to buy them."

"Don't be in a hurry, I'll go over there and take a look, and then I'll settle the people first, there are 2,600 households in total, is there enough shelter?"

"We have already built 1,200 wooden houses, and if we don't have enough, we can live in tents for the time being, and we can build them in a month at most."

Fanning smiled and said: "I think some old houses in Luzon can also be used, as long as they are built well, the wood can be used directly, like the wood of the palace and several royal mansions, is it faster." ”

"Qi Yu envoy, we have dismantled the timber of several palaces to build a warehouse, the timber of the palace is ready to be used to build an official office, in fact, the timber here is completely sufficient, we cut down a lot of wood, and do not consider installing a fireplace or something, it is very fast to build, directly with logs, although it is a waste of wood, but the house is very strong, there are often storms here in summer, if the construction is not strong, it will be easy to collapse."

Seeing that he had even considered the typhoon, Fanning nodded and asked no more.

More than 10,000 people have disembarked from the ship, and soldiers are constantly sending their luggage off the ship, each with a number plate on it, and everyone identifies it and collects their luggage around them.

The next is to extract the residential land, the area of the county is very large, divided into 5,000 residential land, each residential land is about two acres, surrounded by a simple wooden fence, the government currently only provides basic housing, each family only built a wooden house, but the residential area of each household is large enough, you can build your own house in the future.

Some of the houses were built on the land, while the other was made up of temporary tents, and the exact distribution was decided by lottery, which was the first thing that the immigrants faced when they came to Luzon was to pay attention to it: where would his new home be?

The lottery ended quickly, in half an hour, and each family was drawn with a plot number, and each family went to find their new home according to the plot number.

The county town suddenly became lively, full of laughter and shouts of surprise, Fan Ning and Zhang Nan patrolled the county, Fan Ning watched the man pacing in his yard, thinking about how to build a house in the future, the woman was packing in the room, and the children were running around the room excitedly, this familiar scene reminded him of Tang County back then, with the precipitation of time, Luzon Mansion would eventually become a wealthy overseas territory.

"Zhang Sima, I have already played the imperial court and recommended you as the first prefect of Luzon, you must be mentally prepared!"

Zhang Nan nodded silently, he had long realized that Fan Ning would leave him in Luzon, "The lowly will do its best to build Luzon well and live up to the trust of the king." ”

Fanning nodded, "I'll introduce you to nine officials later, they are the first three county officials in Luzon, they will help you build the new county, and then build the new county seat based on the experience of the new county." ”

"The imperial court is going to build three county towns in Luzon?"

Fanning shook his head, "The imperial court made a decision based on the suggestion of the Overseas Economic and Strategic Administration, in fact, I plan to build nine counties in Luzon Prefecture, including three counties in the Luzon River Valley in the south, two counties in the New Taipei River Basin in the north, and then two counties on the east and west coasts, a total of nine counties, a total of 20,000 households, and the three counties I am talking about now are the three counties in the Luzon River Basin in the first batch." ”

Only then did Zhang Nan understand Fan Ning's plan, and he asked with a smile: "How do you plan to name the county?" ”

"I have negotiated with the Zhizheng Hall about this, and everyone agrees, so start with the name of the immigrant's hometown, and add a new word in front, such as this first one, most of the immigrants are from Yan'an Mansion, so take the word Yan, called Xinyan County, understand what I mean!"

"Humble duty understood."

Fan Ning smiled and said: "It is best to use the name of the region to be limited to the county seat, this big river will flow through three county seats, you say that it is called Xinyanshui, and the county seat in the north will definitely have opinions in the future, so the naming of this collapsed area is better to be simple, and everyone can accept the name, such as the big river in the north, I will name it Xinbei River, and the south will be called Nanhe, so that it is clear at a glance." ”

"The envoy has a point, and he has been taught."

"In fact, this is also Kunzhou's experience, let's explore it slowly! There will be Luzon experience in the future. ”

"Envoy, the matter of Japanese labor?" Zhang Nan asked cautiously again.

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "At most, 50,000 Japanese laborers will arrive in ten days, you will settle the people as soon as possible, distribute the land, and let them develop by themselves in addition to building houses, and then you must concentrate on resettle Japanese laborers, burn bricks, build cities, build docks, cut trees, build roads, lay a solid foundation for these things, and then consider mining and panning for gold." ”

Zhang Nan felt that his burden was very heavy, and Fan Ning smiled: "Don't worry! This time, I brought 100 students from Quanzhou State School, who will help with the work, and thousands of troops will assist, and the matter will definitely be completed properly. ”

"Let the envoy smile!"

Fanning patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Let's go!" Gather the officials, consult together, and see how to do things! ”

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With Kunzhou as a model, the resettlement, land distribution and city construction of Luzon Province are all being carried out in an orderly manner, and a labor camp for 50,000 laborers is also ready, this time Fanning brought 100 student volunteers and 400 construction craftsmen to provide strong technical and management support for the construction of Luzon Province.

It only took two days for the land to be allocated, and the landless peasants from the north finally got their own land, and the enthusiastic peasants quickly plowed the fields and planted the seedlings, hoping to plant the next crop of rice before the rainy season came.

Ten days later, a fleet of ships from Japan arrived at the port of Luzon, bringing 50,000 Japanese laborers and 5,000 Japanese girls.

Many merchants with a keen sense of smell also rushed to the news, and rushed to buy land on the wharf to build warehouses, preparing to use the port of Luzon as a transit place for their goods, warehouses, shops, restaurants, inns and brothels were erected one after another, and commerce began to appear in Luzon.