Zhao Ji still showed great sincerity to Fan Ning and lent him 100 steam cargo ships, including 80 10,000-stone cargo ships and 20 20,000-stone cargo ships, which were converted with steam engines in the Song Dynasty during the year.

At the same time, various supplies worth 100,000 yuan were given to the North Island and the South Island.

The time to set off finally came, this time to the North Island, in addition to Fanning and a pair of children, Jian Meizi also went with him, Jupei handed over the two children to her, she was really a little worried about Fanning, not because her husband was careless, but because her husband had too many things to do, and it was impossible to take care of the children all the time.

In addition, there were more than 30 families of immigrants, a total of more than 200 people went with them, in addition to the 130 people who went to the North Island, there were also more than 80 people, and more than a dozen families went to the South Island, led by a steward of the Cao family. Early that morning, Zhu Pei and Ouyang Qian sent a pair of children onto the ship, and they first took three passenger ships of 3,000 stones to Yangzhou, and then set off from Yangzhou by sea.

Of course, there were escort soldiers, and a thousand soldiers accompanied the ships, and their task was to deal with pirates.

Everyone on the dock said goodbye, many immigrants even cried bitterly, every immigrant will lose control of their emotions when they leave their homeland, and the sadness of leaving their homeland can only be slowly calmed down after arriving at their new homeland.

The eldest son, Fan Jing, is still a little attached to his mother, but Fan Zhen'er behaves heartlessly, smiling so much that she can't close her mouth, she is the kind of girl who has a pair of invisible wings and can't wait to fly in the sky forever.

The boat was far away, and Zhu Pei said to Ouyang Qian, whose eyes were a little red: "Let's go!" After three months they returned. ”

Ouyang Qian nodded silently, and she asked Zhu Pei again, "Jing'er is away from home, aren't you sad?" ”

Zhu Pei could see it, she was also used to this kind of separated life, she shook her head and said to Ouyang Qian: "I want to be sad, but when I think that there are still a lot of things waiting for me at home, my head is as big as a fight, where can I care about being sad." ”

"Why don't I do something for you1"

Ouyang Qian hurriedly explained: "I just want to find something to do, otherwise when I think of Zhen'er, my heart is like a knife, she has never left my side." ”

"Good! If you don't bother it, you can take the money shop! ”

"I'm not annoyed, I just don't understand anything."

"It's okay, I'll teach you, it's very simple, we just understand the situation, and don't care about the money shop operation, you don't need to understand so much."

"Hmmm! I'll give it a try. ”

The two men got into the carriage, which quickly headed south.

.........

The fleet arrived in Yangzhou three days later, and the 100 large ships directly belonging to the overseas Jingluo Prefecture were already loaded with all kinds of supplies, two of which were used to carry people, Fanning took more than 200 people on a large ship of 20,000 stones, and another large ship was to pick up people in Quanzhou, and there were also more than 370 people, including a group of businessmen who went to the North Island and the South Island to look for business opportunities.

Fanning and his two children, as well as Jian Meizi's master and apprentice and a few maids, lived on the third floor of the deck, and Fanning's father-in-law, Cao Tong, also lived on the third floor with two concubines and several maids.

More than 30 guards lived on the second floor, the first deck was a public lounge, and the other 200 or so civilians lived in the cabins below deck, but they spent most of the day on the deck and only returned to their cabins at night.

On this day, the fleet gradually arrived in Quanzhou, Fan Ning looked into the distance on the side of the boat, at this time, Fan Zhen'er ran over and asked: "Daddy, are we going back to the old house in Quanzhou this time?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head and smiled: "I'm afraid there won't be time this time, we won't even dock at Quanzhou Port, and we will go south directly." ”

"Aren't we going to pick people up?"

"You'll find out right away!"

As soon as Fanning's words fell, someone pointed into the distance and shouted, "Look, there's a fleet over there!" ”

I saw that there was also a huge fleet in front, about fifty or sixty Wanshi sea ships, which should have just sailed out of Quanzhou Port.

"Daddy, where is that fleet?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "That's a supply fleet to the Southern Continent, and it will be contracted with us later." ”

Fan Zhen'er suddenly clapped her hands and smiled: "I know, there are more than three hundred people in this fleet. ”

Fanning patted her little head and smiled, "What a smart boy, that's right, one of the ships will go with us to the North Island." ”

In a short time, the two fleets merged in one place, sounded their long whistles on each other, and the huge fleet sailed towards the south.

Five days later, the flotilla arrived in Luzon, where it was to rest for the rest of the day, replenish the flotilla with fresh water and coke, and continue south.

Fanning went ashore with his two children, and he did not reveal his identity, but wore a large bamboo hat to cover the sun and entered the city.

Bianliang in September was already a little cool, but Luzon Island was sunny and very hot, Fan Jing and Fan Zhen'er came to Luzon for the first time, they were very curious and full of interest, and Jian Meizi followed the two of them closely.

There are many people in the county, almost all of them are Han Chinese, and there are also some Nanyang people and big cannibals.

Luzon County has a permanent population of 100,000, plus 200,000 laborers and merchants, making it the first county of the Great Song Dynasty overseas.

There are many shops in the county, there are many merchants, most of them are the Great Song Dynasty merchants who come to Luzon to purchase spices, frosted sugar, cotton and various Nanyang specialties, the most prosperous place for Nanyang commerce is of course Xingang, but the business of Luzon Port is also very developed, many Song Dynasty merchants are reluctant to go south, so they sell goods here, purchase goods, and then return to the Great Song Dynasty, saving freight not to mention, but also saving a lot of time.

Each shop was full of dazzling goods, and everyone was dazzled, Fan Ning bought Fan Zhen'er a hairpin inlaid with Ceylon sapphires, an ivory carved lion paperweight for his son Fan Jing, and a nectar bowl made of silver for Jian Meizi, which was a Taoist magic weapon, Jian Meizi's new Taoist temple was opposite Fan Ning's mansion, she accepted more than a dozen female disciples, and this time her youngest apprentice Qinglian also went to sea with her.

Qinglian is only one year older than Fan Zhen'er, and the two have company, Jian Meizi thanked lightly and gave the nectar bowl to his apprentice Qinglian.

"Auntie, there is a temple over there, it seems to be very lively, let's go and have a look." Fan Zhen'er pointed to a temple in front of her, where people came and went, and it was indeed very lively.

Jian Meizi quickly glanced at Fan Ning and Cao Tong behind him, and saw that the two were pointing to the city gate and talking about something, so he said, "It's the first time I've been here, it's best to talk to your father, don't get separated." ”

Fan Zhen'er ran up and pulled her father's sleeve, "Daddy, my aunt will take us to the temple in front to have a look, okay?" ”

"Go ahead!"

Fan Zhen'er ran back happily, "Daddy agreed, let's go!" ”

Several people walked towards the temple, Fan Jing hesitated for a moment, and followed, he was full of interest in everything here.

"A-Ning, you tell me the truth, this time the Queen Mother promised me to go to the South Island, is the Cao family about to lose power?" Cao Tong asked in a low voice.

Fan Ning shook her head, "It's not like she lost her position, it's just that she can't reach the height that the Queen Mother expects, and she is a little disappointed." ”

"What height does she want? A group of foreign relatives? ”

"That's pretty much what it means, the Queen Mother once wanted you to be a privy envoy and become the backbone of the Cao family."

Cao Tong shook his head, "How can I be a privy envoy?" She thinks too highly of me, Cao Shi may be in the future. ”

"This time my father-in-law went to the South Island, I really don't plan to go back to the Great Song Dynasty?"

"No, this time I will go and settle down first, put aside the accommodation and other preparations, and then go back, and bring my wife and servants to the South Island next year, and never go back."

Speaking of this, Cao Tong smiled again: "But I heard that Beidao is doing very well, and I plan to prepare a mansion in Beidao, and often exchange lives in the north and south for a few months." ”

"No problem at all!"

At this time, Fan Zhen'er rushed over with a wooden box, "Daddy, there are many stalls in the temple, I bought something I haven't seen before." ”

"What is it?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Fan Zhen'er opened the wooden box made of coconut shells, which was filled with all kinds of dazzling knick-knacks, all kinds of strange small stone carvings, carved from the finest lapis lazuli, as well as colorful beads, and some shells, which were typical Pacific Aboriginal items.

At this moment, Fanning pulled out a two-inch roll of black leaves from the bottom of the box, and he instinctively thought of a cigar, so he put it to his nose and sniffed it.

Fanning's face changed suddenly, this.... It's really tobacco.

"Zhen'er, where did you get this?"

Fan Zhen'er pointed to the Chenghuang Temple in front of her, "It's in the temple, there are a lot of small stalls in it, and I bought it for a hundred yuan." ”

"Take me to see it."

Fanning was a little excited in his heart, this should be something from South America, and it actually appeared on Luzon.

However, it is not surprising that corn and pumpkins were also found in Luzon, and Fanning knew that sooner or later something from the Americas would appear, and he did not expect to encounter tobacco this time.