The two fleets parted ways at Nuamey Island, and the South Continent fleet turned west and went to the South Continent.

Fanning's fleet anchored in the sea off the island for two days, and he ordered a thousand escort troops to go to the island to participate in the war on the island, and two days later dozens of small boats of the army returned, followed by a dense cano.

After a while, the commander Wang Chun got on the boat and bowed down and said: "A great victory, the humble post is here to give the order!"

"General Wang has worked hard, how many brothers have been killed or wounded?"

Fanning is not worried about victory or defeat, he only cares about casualties.

"There were no casualties, only three brethren were slightly wounded, and the opponent's earthen bow was only thirty paces, and our bows and arrows swept across each other, without direct contact with the battle."

At this time, an old man was brought onto the boat, in fact, he was only in his forties, but he was already an old man for the natives.

"This is their chief and the father of Zue. ”

The chief knelt down and saluted, Fanning hurriedly helped him up, he said something excitedly, Adu translated: "He said, if you didn't send troops to help, they would have been wiped out by the three tribes, all the men would not have lived, and the women were occupied, and now they are the masters of the island of Numei, and he invited the officials to the island as guests." ”

Fanning said happily: "I am very willing to visit the island. ”

Fanning then ordered the soldiers to deliver 1,000 stone of food to the inhabitants of the island, and the news spread, and the natives in the canoes cheered.

The great chieftain was called Tulami, and he was originally in awe of Fanning and grateful that Fanning had sent troops to help them, but he was very afraid of the Song soldiers, who were too powerful to wipe out the entire tribe with a hundred people.

And now Fanning has given a heavy gift before he has even gone to the island, and Tulami has a little more respect in his heart, the mentality of the indigenous people belongs to the black and white type, either they are enemies or friends, black and white, very simple.

That evening, they held a grand bonfire feast to entertain guests from afar with barbecue game and fruit wine.

Fanning was a little worried that they were cannibals, and Adu told Fanning that the natives of the island did not eat people, but they hunted human heads, and liked to use enemy skulls as decorations, and the more skulls they had, the more brave they were.

Fanning immediately asked to buy land with grain, and Turamé agreed, giving them a plain in the southwest, which happened to be a natural deep-water harbor with about 400 square kilometers of surrounding plains

Nuami Island is about 20,000 square kilometers, and the land given to the Song army only accounts for one-fiftieth of it, which is nothing to them, but with the Song army stationed on the island, their tribe can monopolize Nuami Island, and they don't have to worry about other island tribes coming to fight, which is also the idea of the great chief Turami, which has won the unanimous support of the tribal elders, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Song army has left an indelible impression on them.

Early the next morning, the Grand Chief Tulamé took Fanning to a very remote and dilapidated wooden house, Fanning did not have to enter the house, his eyes were full of surprise, and the wooden house was surrounded by tobacco.

Tulamé took out a small wooden box and opened it, most of the pieces of silver in it were supposed to be the personal wealth left by the owner, Fanning also wanted to find some other things, such as plant seeds and the like, but he didn't see anything, only a dozen cigarette rolls.

"This good friend of mine has been fond of adventure since he was a child, and when he was twenty years old, he took three companions to the East, to find the place where the sun rises, and he went for more than ten years, and he came back two years ago, saying that he had been adrift at sea for a year, and went to a very distant continent, where he married and had children, and then war broke out, and his wives died, and he did not want to stay any longer, and returned to his hometown after a thousand hardships."

Adu's translation was in place, Fanning nodded, judging from the description, this indigenous should have gone to South America, where the Mayans were still at this time.

"Are there any other rare plants besides this?" Fanning asked again.

Tulami scratched his head and said: "After he came back, he didn't socialize with anyone, he lived here alone, and this black roll was what he had to eat every day, and it seemed that there were a few other things, which he also liked to eat." ”

He took Fanning to the afternoon, and Fanning saw a dozen trays of sunflowers and a basket of peanuts hanging on the back wall of the house.

Fanning turned and ran into the house, rummaging around, South America was rich in products, this man could not have brought back only three things, there must be something else.

The hard work paid off, and Fanning found a bunch of sprouted potatoes at the foot of his bed.

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The fleet left Nuamey Island, Fanning couldn't even close his mouth with a smile, not only did he get a piece of land and a port, the key was that he got four treasures, tobacco, potatoes, sunflowers, and peanuts, especially potatoes, and introduce it to the Great Song Dynasty, and the famine would not appear again.

"Daddy, what is this?" Fan Zhen'er asked, pointing to the potatoes on the table.

Fanning asked his son Fan Jing to sit down, and introduced them with a smile: "This is a very good food, like beans buried in the soil, so I call it potatoes, it can be planted on the ridges of the field, planted in front of the house and behind the house, of course, it can also be planted in the field, with a yield of 2,000 catties per mu." ”

Fan Jing exclaimed, you must know that the wheat produced by one acre of Shangtian is only more than 300 catties, and the yield per mu is actually 2,000 catties, "That family will not starve." ”

Fanning nodded, "With corn and this potato, it will completely solve the food problem of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"What about these two?" Fan Zhen'er asked again.

Fanning smiled: "One is called sunflowers, and the other is called peanuts, both of which are oilseeds, and they can also be fried and eaten as snacks." ”

"Daddy, why don't we try a plate?" Fan Zhen'er said with a smile.

Fanning laughed, "This is a seed, if it is fried, it will be gone, and it will be eaten when it is planted next year." ”

Fan Zhen'er blushed, "I'm just talking about playing." ”

Fanning took out a cigarette roll, lit it, took a deep breath, and sighed: "This is called a cigarette roll, like tea, it is a hobby, after a meal, I smoke one, and my whole body is relaxed, but children can't smoke it, it will become very stinky in the mouth, and men over thirty years old can take a few puffs." ”

Fan Zhen'er pouted, "I'm not rare, Daddy, didn't you say that Beidao is spring now?" Isn't it just the right time to plant them? ”

Fanning smiled and nodded, "You're right, when we get to the North Island, we'll plant it." ”

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After passing through Nuami Island, four days later, the fleet finally arrived at Wucheng on the North Island, where Mingren, Mingli, Fanning's sister Fan Jing, sister-in-law Zhu Qi, third uncle Fan Tieniu, etc., a large crowd of people rushed to the dock to welcome Fanning's arrival.

The family was very happy to meet in another country, and Fan Zhener even held her sister-in-law's hand and refused to let go.

Fanning pointed to the huge fleet behind him and said: "Leave thirty ships of supplies for the South Island, the rest are ours, and there are hundreds of immigrants, let's arrange them!" ”

Zhu Qi and Mingli hurriedly led people to receive immigrants and supplies, but Fan Ning didn't see the second uncle Fan Tiege, so he asked, "Mingren, where is your father?" ”

"Lu Min took them to several other cities, and they won't be back until two days."

Fan Ning said to everyone again: "The imperial court has given me a hundred days of vacation, and it has been used up for a month, and I will stay here for a month at most, Mingren, you send someone to arrange my father-in-law, as well as the people of Nandao, I will say a few words to the third uncle first, and I will look for you later." ”

Akihito nodded and walked quickly, while Fan Jing took the two children and Jian Meizi's master and apprentice into the city in a carriage, and Fan Ning brought the third uncle Fan Tieniu onto the boat and handed him the four items.

Fan Tieniu had grown corn and pumpkins and was more experienced, so he nodded, "Don't worry!" I'm going to take someone to plant it today, and the land here is very fertile, and as long as it's not a tropical plant, anything can be grown. ”

Fan Ning carefully told him a few more words, Fan Tieniu hugged the big box and left, he may not be an expert in other aspects, but when it comes to farming, there are really few people who can compare to him, Fan Ning said a little, and he immediately understood.

At this time, Akihito had already brought back two horses, and smiled at Fanning: "This is the first generation of native horses in the North Island, and this kind of horse will be called the Southern Iron Horse in the future." ”

Seeing that the horses were tall and strong, with slender limbs, snow-white hair all over their bodies, and no miscellaneous hair, Fanning liked it very much in his heart, and asked with a smile: "How can you come up with such a strange name?" ”

"You go and ask the third uncle, it's his name, everyone agrees, and I can't help it."

Fanning laughed, "His name is Iron Bull, and the horse is called Iron Horse, it's really interesting!" ”

Fanning turned over his horse and gently urged the horse, which was very sensitive, and immediately ran out of all four hooves and galloped away in the direction of the city.

However, Fanning did not enter the city, and went north around the county seat, and galloped all the way along the great river, running up a small hill, Fanning reined in his horses, and in front of him was an endless field, a wide river flowed like a jade belt on the vast field, and in the distance was a conical volcano, and the forest on the mountainside stretched to the field, which was magnificent and refreshing.

Fanning pointed to the wheat field in the distance with his horsewhip and asked, "How much land is there now?" ”

"There are 50,000 hectares now, and 20,000 hectares have been reclaimed from last year to this year, which is the largest year."

"Are there really so many?"

Fanning was a little surprised, 50,000 hectares is 5 million acres, and it's only been three years!

Akihito smiled a little smugly: "You should ask, how many people are there now?" ”

"How much?"

"Last time, the second uncle brought a group of people, and it happened to break through 10,000 households, with an average of five people in a family, that is, 50,000 people, to be precise, 48,400 people, this is settled immigrants, and there are 9,000 people who recruit workers, and 20,000 Japanese laborers, so many people can't reclaim 50,000 hectares of land?"

Fanning nodded, "Japanese labor is due!" ”

"When this year expires, we are going to send them back to Japan early next year, and then we will hire another 30,000 people, and we will need to build a few more castles."

"Before we send them back, there is a city that needs to be built."

Fanning then told him about the land and the port on the island of Nuamey.

Akihito was overjoyed, they needed to build a port and a city there, not only for transit and supplies, but also to build a letter tower, so that it would be possible to establish a communication line between the Southern Continent and the North Island and the Great Song Dynasty, and he had gone to the Southern Continent a few days ago to discuss this matter with local officials.

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