Chapter 44: The Beginning of Construction

"Where is the most deer on the island?" King Jingjiang said.

"Lord Wang." Zhan Ding said: "Actually, if you want deer skin, you don't need to do it yourself, hunting is a matter that the familiar barbarians on the island can do." All you need is some salt and ironware to exchange for enough deerskins, and you can get your hands on them. I hadn't thought about it before. Adults are really smart. ”

He Xi didn't say anything, just smiled slightly and said, "The last thing that can make money is trade." Dai Mingshi, the wind for Nanyang. Did you let it out? ”

Dai Mingshi said: "Lord Hui, the wind has already been released. A batch of goods was also prepared on the dock. If they are willing to come, start the first transaction. This time making money is secondary, mainly on the road. When the road is opened, the future will be able to make money. ”

"Yes." "That's the most important thing. ”

At this point, interests begin to diverge.

King Jingjiang has actually accepted his fate, whether he wants it or not. It doesn't matter if he thinks for good or bad. None of them can change the current results. This is already his fiefdom. Even if not for anything else. Just for the quality of his life. He had to develop the fiefdom.

On the contrary, he didn't care much about Jinghai business.

After all, he only occupies one layer of the business of this firm.

He didn't think there was much on the first floor.

Although this number will surprise him. But now he feels like it's just a small number.

And Lu Zhongheng doesn't care what the king of Jingjiang is, nothing is as important as making money from him. As for He Xi, both of them are very important, so he can only serve water in it and become a master of a bowl of water.

He Xi said: "This matter is not urgent, and it requires a little patience. ”

After all, doing business requires both parties to agree, although He Xi also judged that these people can't see silver with black eyes, and they lick blood with knives on the sea, aren't they just for money? But that doesn't mean there won't be twists and turns. A lot of things that should have been done have been messed up.

"Some things are patient, and some things are impatient." King Jingjiang said: "Let go of the rest first, and the construction must start immediately, otherwise tens of thousands of people will come over in the future and sleep on the boat, and it will not be good in the wilderness." It's also prone to accidents. ”

He Xi said: "I also let Mr. Zhan be responsible for this matter. Wait for the court officials to arrive, and then hand it over to them. ”

King Jingjiang said: "For this matter, please ask my uncle to be more attentive." I can't trust anyone else. And. The uncle asked for the money to build the palace from the imperial court in advance. Isn't it just for today, just don't build any palaces, let's build the city houses first. ”

He Xi said with a wry smile; "Okay."

He Xi didn't know if King Jingjiang really trusted him, or if it was for other reasons. However, he could not help but admit it. What King Jingjiang said was the right thing.

It is rainy in Taiwan.

In later generations, getting sick after being drenched in the rain was just a trivial matter, and one or two pills were cured. But in this era, medical resources are scarce. Among the one or two thousand, there may not be a military doctor. Not to mention, although there is also a cultivation of medicinal herbs, most of them are innate. You have to go up the mountain to collect medicine. As you can imagine, there is a natural shortage of this medicinal material. If someone is really sick, there must not be enough medicinal herbs.

can only let the soldiers boil hard. Even a small cold has a high mortality rate.

Many of the so-called plagues in the army were formed in this way.

Everything else is a little far away. Building a house is the right thing to do.

And He Xi actually has a small abacus in his heart. He wanted to experiment with cement. Although, it's not a good place. But now houses have to be built in large numbers. Cement is again a very good building material, in order to improve efficiency.

He Xi also wanted to experiment with cement.

So, He Xi went on this errand.

However, Mr. Lu left with the ship shortly after the meeting, leaving only a few family members to represent him. Lu Zhongheng has a noble status and still has a lot to do. For example, report the matter here to His Majesty the Emperor.

After all, it is a marquis, it is impossible to wander outside all the time.

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He Xi was looking down on a high ground. Yao Guangxiao said: "My lord, this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, looking at the sea in the west, and relying on the mountains in the east, which is a good feng shui treasure land. It is possible to establish a state. There are dozens of miles in circumference here, and only here is the best. ”

He Xi also nodded.

The location of the city is generally chosen by a feng shui master. It's just that He Xi doesn't have it around. Fortunately, Yao Guangxiao has learned a lot of things. There's everything. There is also research on Feng Shui. That's why I chose this place.

He Xi's words about Feng Shui are doubtful. However, he has his own perspective.

It's a small plateau, noticeably a few meters higher than the surrounding area. But it's not much higher. It's just a slight slope. It is several miles away from the sea and the Xinjing River. It looks like an inconvenience. But He Xi took a fancy to his height.

Ancient cities all have flood control functions. It is a summary of the construction of cities by human beings over thousands of years. Such as the city wall of Shou County. It can be used as a dam, and the water level outside is several meters higher than in the city. Still can't be poured in. Such as Jun County. In last year's flood, almost the entire territory of Jun County was submerged, but the city wall of the county town was intact, and the flood washed to the moat. but could not rush into the city.

And so it is today.

He Xi didn't know what the scale of Taiwan's flash floods was. However, in terms of site selection, try to choose a high ground as much as possible. Because in many cases, the city is the last to be protected by the people.

In addition to the highlands, there is also the problem of access to water. Taiwan is not a place where there is a shortage of water, whether it is to dig a deep well or to lead a river to the city, it is a very easy project, and the draft problem can also be solved. Look around again. There is a vast expanse of trees. But I don't see any big mountains. Wait a few years. This area will be cut down and turned into fertile land. This city can guard the river and the port, and shelter a large area of fertile land in the southeast.

It may not be the best location, but it's pretty good.

He Xi said; "Since Mr. Yao said so. Then it's set here. Immediately gather men, clear the place, and prepare to build the city. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "Okay. ”

As soon as the location of the city was finalized here, there was a soldier here, who came to report and said: "My lord, the prince has brought a team of 300 horses, and more than 1,000 foot soldiers have already advanced to the east. ”

He Xi was taken aback and said, "What? Didn't he say, what do you want to do? ”

The soldier said; "I heard that the little one seems to be going to conquer the familiar barbarians."

He Xi was annoyed at first. I feel that this King of Jingjiang is not at all restless. None of the things are reliable. First of all, what is Taiwan like today, it is simply a wild area, there are few roads, and even if there are roads, many of them are built by animals, not people.

It can be said that the foot soldiers can only walk through the forest, but the cavalry may not be able to do it.

Not to mention that such terrain is not suitable for regular troops at all. Instead, it adapts to the local indigenous people.

King Jingjiang was defeated. That's it. If the king of Jingjiang is killed. No matter what He Xi said, he couldn't get rid of the influence. It brought a lot of trouble to He Xi.

Yao Guangxiao said: "My lord, do you want to send someone to intercept it?" ”

He Xi sighed slightly and said, "Can you take it back?" Forget it, you can go if you want, as a vassal king, such a thing is estimated to be indispensable in the future. It's time to exercise. ”

After all, this is the nominal supreme ruler of Jingjiang Domain. What does King Jingjiang really want to do. He Xi couldn't stop it.

Of course, there is one of the darkest thoughts.

King Jingjiang now has a son. And it's not just one. In this case, King Jingjiang's bloodline is endless, and what King Jingjiang himself is like doesn't matter at all in He Xi's opinion. All He Xi needed was Jingjiang Wang, Jingjiang Domain. Therefore, King Jingjiang himself is alive or dead. It doesn't matter. Even from the perspective of easy control, it is better to have this King Jingjiang who hates Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart to the core. That's how easy it is to deal with.

And He Xi privately felt that as long as King Jingjiang was not too nonsense, a complete victory in this battle could be expected. Under normal circumstances, people can't die.

It can't be managed, and it doesn't have much impact. Not to mention, He Xi still has spare parts in his hands. So what King Jingjiang wants to do by himself is actually very indifferent.