There was no need for Fanning to look for Akihito, and at night, Akihito took the initiative to find Fanning.

Fanning took him to the outer study, invited him to sit down, and let the maid serve tea, Fanning asked with a smile, "What about Mingli?" Why didn't he come? ”

"That kid ......"

Akihito shook his head, "Don't mention him!" ”

"What's wrong?"

Fan Ning's smile disappeared and he asked, "What happened to Mingli?" ”

"Remember his father-in-law? The Li family in Quanzhou, Mingren wanted to send his wife and children to Beidao, but the Li family refused, couldn't do anything, and even hid Mingli's son. ”

"What about Mingli's wife's attitude?" Fanning asked sharply.

She ..... She has a cousin who has never been married and is waiting for her, so she refuses to go overseas. ”

Fanning nodded slowly, although Akihito said more vaguely, Fanning still understood, "Whose child is that child, is it Mingli?" ”

"I can't tell, Mingli is overseas all the year round, and his family relationship with his son is very weak, and he himself doesn't know who the child is, maybe it's his, or maybe it's not his."

"Then it's only a breakup!"

Mingren nodded, "Mingli has already made up his mind, this time when he comes back, if his wife still refuses to go to Beidao, then he can only divorce his wife, and he doesn't want the child anymore, leave it to the Li family." ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Actually, Mingli married the first Japanese woman is good, for so many years, he has been helping him take care of his parents, and he also keeps festivals, the children are in their teens, in my opinion, since they went overseas, don't care too much about family background." ”

"That's what my father meant, after he divorced his wife, he straightened Reiko as his wife."

"Alright! Let's not mention the Ming Li, let's talk about the situation in the North Island. ”

"The development of the North Island is very smooth, the Japanese laborers and two cities have been built, in addition to Wu City, and Song City was built two hundred miles to the east, and another Yue City is going to be built on the sea north of Wu City, the area of the three cities is about the same, this time 6,000 households immigrated over, the population will reach 8,000 households, and the three cities are just accommodating."

"It should be 7,000 households, but I remember that there were only 1,000 households at first!"

"This matter is more interesting, to our five hundred soldiers guarding the island, this year's New Year, we said to hold a blind date, picked a few hundred Japanese girls, originally thought that they would come more than 100 people, but did not expect 500 soldiers to come on a blind date, the result was successful 500 pairs, these soldiers are willing to stay in the North Island, this time to take their parents and family together, this new 500 households, now Zhu Long is the commander of 500 people, continue to monitor Japanese labor."

"And then?"

Fanning asked with interest, "Where did the other five hundred families come from?" ”

"Another 500 households were recruited by us in Quanzhou, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty immigrated overseas one after another, and we set up a recruitment point in Quanzhou, and in one year, we recruited 530 households, and last year we took a boat to Beidao."

"What is the biggest problem facing the North Island right now?"

Akihito thought for a while and said: "The biggest thing now is that the supply is insufficient, it is too far away from the Great Song Dynasty, this time we are considering building a supply transfer station in the southernmost part of Luzon Prefecture, and then the Luzon Mansion Commercial Bank will regularly send all kinds of supplies and supplies, and then our fleet will go over to deliver them regularly, so that we don't have to go far to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Fan Ning nodded and said: "You can also build a supply transfer station in the Southern Continent, after all, it is the imperial court that establishes an official government over there, according to the rules of the imperial court, supplies will be sent over twice a year, and the supply volume will be very sufficient, then you can use the supply fleet of the imperial court to buy supplies from the imperial court and store them in the southern continent, it will be convenient for us to take them in the past, this time I will go back and tell Fu Xianggong about it, including the South Island." ”

"That's great, this time we plan to buy a batch of horses and breed them in the North Island, so that everyone can go out and ride horses."

"How are you solving the traffic problem now?"

"Now we still rely on boats, our county is built by the river, the reclaimed land is also by the river, and the sheep and cattle are also raised by the river, even if the logging is thrown into the river and floated down the river."

Fan Ning took a few steps and said to Mingren: "This time Hebei fought against the Liao army, we captured tens of thousands of war horses, and then replaced 20,000 Central Plains horses from the army, ready to be auctioned by the people, since you are in urgent need, then I will make the decision to leave you 6,000 horses, or buy them at market price, these 6,000 horses, you keep 4,000, and the remaining 2,000 will be transferred to Nandao." ”

Akihito rubbed his hands together excitedly, "It's better to get another hundred stallions." ”

Fan Ning scolded with a smile: "Count your shit lucky, Liu Kui just got five hundred stallions from Liao, and I will leave a hundred for you, but I want to remind you that you had better hire a horse ship from the imperial court, they have experience in taking care of horses at sea for long distances, and the ship is also suitable for horse life, so don't be careless." ”

"I remember, when I turned around, I contacted the overseas economic and strategic government, as if the horse and boat were under their control."

Fanning took a sip of tea and asked, "Has the island been thoroughly searched for natives?" ”

Akihito nodded, "Zhu Hu, Zhu Bao and Zhu Ying each led a team of soldiers to search all over the North Island, and so far, no human traces have been found, but ......."

"But what?" Fanning asked.

"However, the southern continent heard that the natives were found, and they also fought with the army, and the army destroyed a tribe and killed more than 300 people, less than three hundred miles away from Xinding County, in addition, when we went north to Luzon, two or three thousand miles away from the North Island, there was a long and narrow island, the area was about the same as Kaifeng, and the jungle was dense on it, and when one of our fleets passed by last year, hundreds of natives ran out of the forest and shot arrows at the ships."

Fanning understood that Akihito was talking about the island of New Caledonia, about 20,000 square kilometers, and that there were indeed indigenous people on that island, and that the natives they exterminated last year came from this large island.

Fanning has never been merciful to these natives, and he has always advocated striking first, exterminating them all first, at least weakening them to the extent that they will not be able to threaten the southern continent and the northern island for hundreds of years.

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "I will arrange the elimination of the natives, you don't have to worry about it, I will ask the imperial court to send troops, including the natives of the southern continent to clean up." ”

"Tonight is a big harvest, it's not early, I won't disturb your rest."

Fanning didn't keep Akihito, sent him out of the mansion, and watched his carriage go away, at this time, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked his brother-in-law's family about wanting to go to Beidao, it seemed that it was instigated by Akihito, and it seemed to be related to Zhu Yuanfeng.

Fan Ning thought about it, it was better for Zhu Pei to ask her sister directly, she would go to see the Queen Mother tomorrow, and she had to persuade her to agree to add a new engineering school in Taixue, or go directly to the engineering school herself.

...........

Early the next morning, Empress Dowager Cao met with Fan Ning, the envoy of Liao, who came to meet in Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Cao no longer asks about general government affairs, and basically does not interfere in military affairs, she is now only concerned about the major personnel appointments and dismissals of the imperial court, as well as major changes, not long ago, Wang Anshi's several changes and the relationship between the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji was very stiff, and she directly vetoed the change bill.

In the past two days, she is considering removing Wang Anshi from serving as governor to prevent him from proposing further drastic measures to change the law.

"Fan Xianggong, the mourning family is not an old-fashioned person, blindly opposing the change of the law, the first emperor once said to me, the system of the Great Song Dynasty is to adapt to the specific situation of the Great Song Dynasty and set up, if it is not adaptable, it can be repaired, it can be flexible, but the mourning family is very disgusted with the practice of total denial, there is nothing in this world is completely correct, or wrong, the natural system has existed for so many years, it must have the meaning of its existence."

Empress Dowager Cao obviously thought that Fan Ning had come to be a lobbyist for the Son of Heaven to persuade herself to accept various legal reform systems, so when she saw Fan Ning, she first made her attitude clear.

Fan Ning smiled bitterly and said: "The Queen Mother misunderstood, Weichen met the Queen Mother, not for the matter of the prince changing the law, to a certain extent, Weichen and the Queen Mother's opinions are the same, the change needs to be slowly recuperated, nourished, and gradually change the prescription, you can't take the medicine of the tiger and wolf as soon as you come, this is the attitude that Weichen has always had." ”

A smile appeared on Empress Dowager Cao's face, "In that case, what is the matter with your visit to the mourning family today?" ”

"One is to greet the Queen Mother, and the second is to talk about engineering."

Without waiting for Fan Ning to finish speaking, Empress Dowager Cao said: "The mourning family does not agree to set up the project of engineering in Taixue, it is not that the mourning family opposes engineering, but it is not suitable to put it in Taixue, besides, the Great Song Dynasty itself has a Wensi Academy, why build another engineering college?" ”

The Great Song Wensi Institute was established in the third year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Great Song Dynasty, in charge of the manufacture of various mechanical weighing instruments, and Zhu Yuanfeng's steam engine is currently manufactured in the Wensi Academy.

However, both the Wensi Academy and the Ordnance Institute are workshops, not educational institutions that Fanning wants.

"Wechen agrees with the opinion of the Queen Mother, and does not set up engineering in Taixue, so Wechen proposed to set up a special academy as a supplement to the Imperial Court Ordnance Institute and Wensi Academy, to cultivate those talents who combine the wisdom of scholars with the superb craftsmanship of craftsmen, and at the same time study various military and civilian machinery, such as replacing waterwheels with steam engines, studying new agricultural tools, researching new ships, researching new textile machines, and researching more powerful weapons, which is a good thing for the country and the people."

Empress Dowager Cao nodded, "The military and agriculture mourning family has always been very supportive, as well as textiles, mining, shipping, these are good things for the benefit of the country and the people, if the engineering college is developing in this direction, instead of designing those kit kat **, the mourning family will strongly support, and even allocate money from the inner treasury to establish the engineering college, presumably you already have a plan in mind, who do you plan to recommend to preside over the preparation of the engineering college?" ”

Fan Ning bowed and said, "Wechen is going to recommend Shen Kuo, the school editor of the Hanlin Academy, to be responsible for the preparation of the Engineering College. ”