After a while, several soldiers brought in a short and fat man, it was Liang Yi who came back from Bianliang, he had a pass issued by the Song Dynasty court, and the road was unimpeded, but it was not possible in Xiping Mansion, there was a fierce battle going on in this area, and the guards did not dare to call the shots, so they sent him to Fanning.

Fan Ning looked at Liang Yibury, and saw that he was in his thirties, his eyes were very shrewd, but his image was very bad, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to stand back, so he smiled and said: "Liang Xiangguo, please take a seat!" ”

Liang Yibury already knew that the two opposite were the deputy prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, especially the young man with a very tall stature, who was actually the famous little Fan Xianggong, whose name appeared in the newspaper every day, but he didn't expect to be so young.

Liang Yibury was not polite, sat down and said: "I went to the capital of your country on the order of the Queen Mother to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and now I am returning to Xingqing Mansion." ”

Han Jiang smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Liang Xiangguo, we won't embarrass you, we will let you go back, I just want to talk to you." ”

Liang Yi buried his heart and put it down, and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?" ”

Fan Ning and Han Jiang glanced at each other, Fan Ning said slowly: "500,000 troops surround Xingqing Mansion, encircle but not fight, the rest of the Western Xia is we are successfully clearing and suppressing, the 150,000 combined troops of the Tubo and Song armies and tens of thousands of Qiang cavalry are encircling and suppressing the Western Xia army in Hexi, the Liao State will not send troops to support the Western Xia, how long can Xingqing Mansion last, two months or half a year?" ”

Fan Ning saw Liang Yi's face change slightly, and continued: "I'm not persuading you to surrender now, I'm just telling you that the general trend of Western Xia has gone, once the city is broken, the young emperor and the queen mother of Western Xia will be sent to Bianliang, how can Liang Xiangguo get the maximum benefits, I hope Liang Xiangguo will think about it, you are a Han person, not a party member, whether to stay in Western Xia when the heroes of the Han people stay, or when the slaves of the Western Xia Dynasty are sent to Bianliang under house arrest for a lifetime, you choose." ”

After Fan Ning finished speaking, he got up and ordered left and right, "Send Liang Xiangguo and his entourage into the city!" ”

Liang Yi was in a mess in his heart, and he didn't know what to say, so he arched his hand and followed the soldier away.

Looking at Liang Yi's back as he walked away, Han Jiang smiled and said, "Will he wake up?" ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "This person can see that he is a smart person, I hope he can save the people of a city." ”

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The war in Western Xia continued, but the people of the capital gradually stopped paying special attention to it, and only major victories would be seen, and other daily battles could no longer arouse their interest.

After all, it is already a great heat, the weather is extremely hot, the heat of the war can only add heat and it is difficult to reduce the heat, the people are more willing to talk about some wind and snow, talk about the famous courtesans in the elephant shed and the romantic affairs that happened in the alum building, or talk about the dark horse of this year's Keju Competition, these are the lives of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty.

In the past two years, it has become fashionable to wear cotton cloth in Beijing, and it has become fashionable to wear cotton thin shirts in summer, with the continuous breakthrough of textile technology and the implementation of cotton gins, it has become easy to spin cotton into threads that were difficult to spin before, and then spin into cloth.

Every year, millions of quintals of cotton raw materials from Ryukyu and Luzon provinces, so that the raw materials of cotton are sufficient, and the cotton cloth has already entered the ordinary people in the Great Song Dynasty, the cotton cloth is light and soft, the air permeability is good, the summer is cool, the winter is warm, and it is deeply loved by the people, and it has gradually become one of the three major textiles of the Great Song Dynasty side by side with traditional fabrics such as silk and linen, and the good prospect has also made the Lingnan and Guangnan areas also began to plant cotton trees on a large scale.

However, the cotton that Fanning once had high hopes for has never been promoted, which he did not expect before.

The second is spices, a large number of Nanyang spices poured in, so that spices have also changed from the original luxury to daily necessities.

A typical example is that the soap used by many large households was quickly mass-produced because of the leakage of production methods and formulas, and the soap that had always been a piece of money was quickly reduced to 50 yuan a piece.

But what really changed the face of the Great Song Dynasty was grain, Shaanxi Road, Hebei Road large-scale planting of corn, a large number of corn turned into pigs, so that the number of live pigs in the Great Song Dynasty increased rapidly, and the supply of pork in the city began to increase.

But that's not the credit for corn and pumpkins, as the vast amount of land is planted with maize, so that the poorest families in the countryside can eat three meals a day.

The direct effect of being able to eat a full meal was that the population of the Song Dynasty began to grow rapidly, and according to the population statistics of Xining at the beginning of the third year, the population of the Great Song Dynasty had reached 130 million, a net increase of 10 million over five years ago.

The unprecedented abundance of materials, the balance of the imperial court's revenues and expenditures, the rolling of overseas financial resources, the redundant soldiers and redundant expenses have been greatly alleviated, and the problem of redundant officials has also begun to thaw, and the entire Great Song Dynasty has entered the most prosperous period since the founding of the country.

The prosperity of society has also brought about a change in thinking, and going overseas to make a living has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one sees it as a kind of uprooting, but just a way of life, or a means of making a living.

Even going overseas to work for a few years can bring back a lot of money, although it is very hard, but it can earn a lot of money, which still makes many people rush to it.

On the shoen street of Daishokokuji Temple in Tokyo, there is a large overseas recruitment sign that reads: 'Senzan blessed land, golden country, Kitajima is calling you!' ’

All the people who passed by the Great Xiangguo Temple saw this signboard, in fact, many places in the capital have signboards to recruit overseas workers, the Great Song Dynasty magnates and giant merchants bought so many islands and land overseas, what they need most is the population, so every day the newspaper is full of advertisements for overseas recruitment of immigrants, promising to give land, houses, and livestock.

Of course, Kitajima is also recruiting, and the recruitment point is the Strange Stone Museum.

Only Fan Tiege and his wife were left in the Strange Stone Pavilion, and the business was not bad, and Fan Tiege had no idea of immigrating overseas, so the Akihito and Mingli brothers had no choice but to use the Strange Stone Pavilion as a base for recruiting laborers and immigrants.

Outside the gate of the Strange Stone Pavilion was a one-zhang long and eight-foot-wide billboard, which also read: 'Immortal Mountain Blessed Land, Golden Country, North Island is calling you!' ’

The background painting is a dreamlike lake and a vast field, wooden houses, and bright girls, which is very attractive.

The gate of the Strange Stone Museum also has a signboard for the North Island recruitment point.

On this morning, a middle-aged man walked into the Strange Stone Pavilion, he was wearing a coarse cloth short coat, a little cringe, and the guy knew at a glance that he was here to recruit immigrants.

"I want to..... I want to ask, ...... here to work overseas."

Fan Tiege stood up, "I'm in charge of recruitment, let's go next door, let's go!" ”

Several bricklayers were building a wall with blue bricks to separate the overseas recruitment point from the Strange Stone Pavilion, and Fan Tiege found that more than once, many people were afraid to come in.

Fan Tiege took the middle-aged man to the next door, invited him to sit down, and poured a bowl of iced water herbal tea.

"Brother, where are you from?"

"My surname is Wang, a native of Queshan County, Caizhou, I am a tenant farmer, I don't want to farm for others, I heard that I can make money overseas, I also want to go and see."

Fan Tiege smiled again and asked, "Then how did you come to me?" In the capital, there are many places to recruit to go overseas. ”

"I heard that Beidao belongs to Xiao Fan Xianggong's family, and Xiao Fan Xianggong is very good, so he shouldn't treat me badly."

Fan Tiege was stunned, his nephew was already famous all over the world, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Of course it will not be a disadvantage, and the North Island is more suitable for the Central Plains, Luzon is too hot, every day is the same as summer, the climate of the North Island is similar to this side, the life there is very comfortable, work during the day, everyone gathers in the tavern at night to drink and chat, and then soak in the hot spring to sleep, the wine is brewed with paddle fruit, I heard that it is very cheap." ”

The middle-aged man was obviously not interested in a leisurely life, and he asked cautiously, "I want to ask what I do over there, and how much money can I earn a month?" ”

"There are a few things to do over there, you can choose by yourself, one is to reclaim the wasteland and farm, mainly to grow wheat, the other is to ride horses and graze, mainly to herd sheep, or to do work, such as logging, mining, etc., food, housing and clothing do not need money, three meals a day, full of food, one meal of meat for three days, the salary is three hundred wen a day, calculated on a monthly basis, you can take a day off for ten days, and you can also take a day off on major holidays, if you don't rest on holidays, the salary can be doubled, there are two kinds of years, one is three years, one is five years, you can choose one by yourself." Fan Tiege has already memorized it well.

The middle-aged man hesitated and said, "Can you advance a little salary first?" ”

"Of course, you can advance up to one year's salary, but the money is not for you, but for your designated family members, and when you get on the boat, this is the rule, and every family does it."

"I understand, then I'll sign up now and go with my wife."

Fan Tiege took out an application form and an overseas work contract, both of which were uniformly printed by the government, but there would be some additions at the end, such as special requirements, advance wages, and so on.

The middle-aged man was illiterate, so he said slowly: "My name is Wang Yin, my wife's name is Luo Sangu, I am going to go for three years, I want to advance a year's salary, and the salary will be given to my father." ”

Fan Tiege finished writing the contract, and both parties signed the pledge, Fan Tiege smiled: "If you have a guarantor in the capital, I can give you the salary now." ”

"The salary is not in a hurry, just give it to my father when I leave, when will I leave?"

Fan Tiege calculated the date, "Can you rush to the capital in twenty days?" ”

"Yes!"

"Come to me after those twenty days, I will arrange for you to get on the ship to Yangzhou, and in Yangzhou Shanghai ship to Beidao, remember, you will come to the capital on July 20 at the latest, otherwise you will have to wait for another three months."

The middle-aged man hurried away with a contract.

Fan Tiege returned to the table and recorded it, and said to himself with a smile: "Business is really good, there are already two hundred and thirty-one people in just one month, and there are eighty-three migrants. ”