When he was still a dozen miles away from the Nuami tribe station, Fanning restrained his horses, and he was surprised to find that a large area of farmland had been opened up on the left, and rice was actually grown, and it was spring in the southern hemisphere, and the farmland was full of Noua'i people, mainly women, who were farming.

Zhu Ying hurriedly explained: "Since last year, Beidao has sent people to teach them to farm, and their soil here is still relatively fertile, and the water source is also sufficient. ”

"Are they willing to farm?"

"Of course they do, if they can be self-sufficient, they don't have to buy food from us, they can exchange more cloth and daily necessities, so last year they worked very hard, and men and women ran out to learn farming."

Fanning nodded, urged the horse to continue galloping, and after a while, they came to the Nouami tribe station, the Nouami tribe became very large, surrounded by a grass fence, surrounded by a grass fence, and in front of it was a simple wooden gate, which was full of low mud-walled thatched houses, but in the middle there was a large brick house, which was probably built for them by the North Island.

"That brick house is the school!"

Zhu Ying pointed to the brick house with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "That was the school we helped in Nuamey, there are more than a dozen gentlemen, teaching more than 200 children to read and write, and it started last summer. ”

Fanning was immediately interested, and this was what he wanted to see, using farming and education to change the island's natives.

He turned over and dismounted, walked towards the brick house, and walked to the window, only to see forty or fifty native children sitting in the school, each of whom was concentrating on picking up a pen and writing, and a gentleman patrolling back and forth, constantly stopping to instruct the children to write.

Fanning nodded secretly, this is much faster than his resemblance, the next step is to introduce Buddhism and fill the Pacific islands with monasteries.

..........

Fanning did not see their chief in the end, and they went to battle with their troops, Fanning did not intend to spend the night on Nuamey Island, and at dusk the fleet set out again for the North Island, two thousand miles away.

Five days later, the fleet finally sailed into the Han Sea, which is the sea between the South Island and the North Island, and is also called Han Bay.

Entering the Han Bay, you will arrive at the largest port Wu Cheng in the North Island, this is the first city built in the North Island, the population is 4,000 households, more than 20,000 people, in addition to Wu City, there is a Song City in the north of the Han Bay, one hundred and fifty miles away from Wu City, in addition, there is a Yue City on the southwest coast of the North Island.

Last autumn, another Jincheng was built in the upper reaches of Bailongshui, Jincheng is the mineral smelting center of the North Island, iron ore, coal and copper mines are located near Jincheng, Jincheng has only 2,000 households, but there are 20,000 miners from Japan.

When Fanning's fleet arrived, the people of Wucheng were alarmed, and tens of thousands of people spontaneously went out of the city to welcome Fanning's arrival, and the wharf was even more noisy, and the elders' church, trade chambers and officials all rushed to the wharf to greet them.

When Fanning appeared at the bow of the boat, there was a cheer from the surrounding people, Fanning waved off the boat, his wife and children appeared, and the cheers were even louder, which meant that Fanning was going to settle in the North Island, and it also meant that the North Island finally had its own leader after eight years of transition.

Zhu Qi took the first step, stepped forward and bowed, and said very excitedly: "Welcome Your Highness back to the North Island!" ”

This sentence has been repeatedly discussed by everyone, Fan Ning is the king of Chu in the Great Song Dynasty, and he is also the king of Chu in Beidao, so it is most appropriate to call His Royal Highness, as for return, because Beidao itself was created by Fanning, he held an important position in the Great Song Dynasty before, and now he is finally back, of course, with the word return.

Fan Ning and everyone saluted one by one, and then smiled and waved his hand, "I originally wanted to go ashore in a low-key manner, but there was such a big formation, I received everyone's wishes, let's arrange more than a thousand new immigrants!" They are the foundation of the North Island. ”

Fan Tieniu said with a smile: "Since His Highness said so, then we will go home as His Highness, and there is no need to be so polite." ”

More than a dozen carriages stepped forward, and Fanning's family and the servants all got into the carriages, and the carriages slowly drove towards the city under the escort of the cavalry.

Fanning and his family opened the windows and waved to the welcoming people on both sides, and the cheers of the people became louder.

"Long live His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"

"Welcome back!"

"Hooray!"

..........

The carriage slowly entered the city, and there was no more welcoming crowds in the city, and the surroundings were suddenly quiet.

Ju Pei and the others came to the North Island for the first time, and they were full of curiosity and expectation about everything in the North Island, and the docks and warehouses outside the city made them feel that it was a large-scale industry, and it was by no means a desolate island, which gave them a little confidence in the future.

After entering the city, everyone exclaimed, and even Fanning was stunned for a moment, compared with two years ago, it has changed a lot!

In the middle is a wide stone street, paved with smooth stone slabs, this is the central axis of Wucheng County, about five miles long, within the first two miles, are all kinds of shops, restaurants, teahouses, inns, green buildings, snack bars, grocery stores, butcher shops, vegetable and fruit shops, rice shops, bookstores, cloth shops, silk shops, money shops, jewelry and jewelry stores, fat powder soap shops, tooth shops, laundry shops, hot spring bathhouses, theaters, acrobatic tables and so on.

There are five or six snack bars alone, selling steamed buns, soup cakes, baked cakes, sugar shortbread, sugar balls, osmanthus balls, dumplings, and various drinks.

The street is full of people coming and going, quite lively, and mixed with all kinds of cries and sales.

Zhu Pei asked Fan Ning in surprise: "Husband, didn't you say that the materials are all kinds of distributions?" Business is very deserted, do I think it is very lively? ”

Fan Ning smiled happily: "Beidao has been established for nearly eight years, and there are already more than 100,000 people, and it has slowly changed from distribution according to demand to distribution according to work, and commerce has been established, not only the people of Wucheng consume themselves, but also several counties visit each other, and there are guests from the South Island and the South Continent, however, it is estimated that the business of Wucheng is the most prosperous, and the other counties are not very good, after all, this is Wangcheng." ”

"How many people are there in the county now? Ouyang Qian asked on the side.

Fan Ning shook his head, "I don't know now, go back and ask Zhu Qi." ”

After the carriage passed through the two-mile business district, it suddenly quieted down, and from here, the streets were planted with large trees, called silver wattle trees, also called acacia trees, full of yellow and red flowers, particularly elegant and beautiful.

Behind the big tree are official houses, private houses, schools and official offices, there is a temple on both sides of the end, one is called Huilin Zen Temple, and on the opposite side is a Taoist temple, called Sanqing Temple.

Huilin Zen Temple has been opened, there are more than 80 monks, it is the year before last from the Mingzhou Putuo Mountain collective moved monks, their temple was burned down, the monks have nowhere to go, they unanimously decided to go overseas development, and finally chose the North Island.

Sanqingguan is closed, needless to say, this is a Taoist temple reserved for Jianmeizi, and they will come later.

Directly opposite is a small palace, covering an area of about 300 acres, surrounded by high walls, there is a memorial arch at the main gate of the palace, three big characters are written on it: 'Chu Wanggong', which was only completed in March this year.

There is a square on the east and west sides of the palace, opposite the east square is the North Island Chamber of Commerce, which holds the economic lifeline of the North Island, opposite the west square is the Elder Hall, and the north of the palace is facing the North City Gate hundreds of steps away.

Most of the time, the north gate is closed, and the general public enters and exits through the three gates, east, west and south.

They enter the palace of the king of Chu from the side gate of the palace, there are soldiers standing guard at the side door, the carriage stops after entering the side gate of the palace of the king of Chu, in front of it is a huge shadow wall, as high as one zhang, three zhang wide, is made of six pieces of granite, on it is a huge relief statue, a huge fleet of ships sails on the sea surface chopping waves and sailing, quite spectacular.

Fan Ning and his family got out of the car, bypassed the shadow wall, everyone was stunned, in front of them was a cuiyun building exactly the same as the capital, just the cuiyun stone was erected in front, surrounded by pools, on the left is a small hill covering an area of three acres, which is planted with various tree species brought from the Great Song Dynasty, jujube trees, hazelnut trees, chestnut trees.

The layout is exactly the same as the mansion in the capital, but it is ten times larger.

A small squirrel jumped in front of Zhu Zhe and jumped directly on his shoulder.

Fan Ning suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, everyone took great pains for his arrival, and even the home in Beidao was the same as in the capital.

"Do you like it?" Fanning asked with a smile on his face.

Everyone nodded one after another, without Fanning's instructions, Zhu Pei and his family walked directly along the corridor to the back house, they all guessed that the back house must be the same as the mansion in the capital.