Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 849 Infinite Wealth
Yangzhou, Kuaiji County, Qiantang County
Yuan Yao finally arrived at the destination. For him, Yangzhou has too many novelties. No matter in terms of clothes or accent, it makes Yuan Yao feel fresh. Before arriving in Yangzhou, he even heard that people from Yangzhou They all don't wear shoes. Looking at it now, it is obvious that this statement is wrong. They also wear shoes, but the difference can still be vaguely seen from the clothes.

What Yuan Yao admires the most is Yangzhou's farming and mulberry fields. The scale of cultivated land in the Central Plains and Yangzhou is different. How to put it, perhaps because there are more people in the Central Plains, the cultivated land is not very continuous. In Yangzhou, everywhere They are all continuous arable land, and all the arable land is connected together, and a few residential houses can be seen occasionally. Of course, the crops cultivated are also different.

Most places need boats to get there, and the boats in Yangzhou have completely changed Yuan Yao's thoughts about boats. He couldn't believe it. He saw a boat as big as a second-floor attic, and there were densely packed people on it. Ordnance such as crossbow beds were also placed. Just watching the huge ship sailing slowly on the canal made Yuan Yao's blood boil.

In this era, common people are not allowed to move around at will. Even scholars need to prove their identities before they can go to various places to study. However, Yuan Yao was left behind for interrogation in various places along the way. He is only fortunate that the officials here are He can speak politely, otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to tell his identity clearly, so he lingered in Yangzhou like this, and it took seventeen days before he arrived at Qiantang County.

Qiantang County was originally a not-so-rich county with few people. It was just a small county. However, after the former Overseas Department and the current Overseas Government settled here, earth-shaking changes took place here. The city walls were demolished. The roads extend in all directions, connecting the whole of Yangzhou, and there are countless horse-drawn carriages passing by. When Yuan Yao and the others rushed here, they were blocked for more than four hours just on the road.

Yuan Yao, who couldn't stand this boring situation, left behind a few cronies, but he rode a horse and left first. Even though he rode a horse, the situation didn't improve much. He could see clearly that many people walked out of it. With a ferocious appearance, there are some poor people behind them. Those people are ragged and dragged like livestock, walking numbly.

Those knights waved their long whips high, and the long whips fell hard on these people.

Yuan Yao frowned, riding a horse, standing aside, watching these people dragging thousands of people, reprimanding them loudly, he couldn't help asking: "Who are these people?", the entourage at the side said : "It should be the prisoner from overseas," Yuan Yao nodded, and continued to walk forward. The knights who drove the prisoner saw Yuan Yao and his group, they all nodded their heads, showing goodwill.

Along the way, I finally came to the prosperous Fangshi. The Fangshi here can be said to be second only to Luoyang, and there are all kinds of merchants. However, Yuan Yao, who has lived in Luoyang for a long time, is curious about Fangshi. There are not many more, and I found a few patrolling soldiers along the way, and only then did I find out where the Overseas Mansion is.Overseas Mansion is just an ordinary house, there are not even soldiers guarding the gate, and people often come in and out.

Yuan Yao got off his horse and let his attendants lead him, but he walked into the Overseas Mansion swaggeringly.

As soon as he walked into the mansion, he saw the little official beside him, the young official was sitting in front of the desk at the door with a pen and ink in front of him, seeing Yuan Yao coming in, he asked directly: "Name? "

"Yuan Yuanyao."

"Accompanying or buying a slave?"

"Come to meet people."

"Oh?" The little official was taken aback, put down the pen in his hand, and looked at Yuan Yao in front of him. He was well dressed and imposing. He was such a energetic young man. The little official quickly squeezed out a smile and asked, "Dare you?" Ask you, who are you going to visit?"

"I'll find Zhou Pu to shoot."

"Zhou Pushe. Pushe is not in the mansion"

"Where is he then?"

"He's here. I don't know either." The clerk hurriedly stood up and said, "I don't know when Yuan Jun will come to visit?"

"He is my elder brother, and I plan to live by his side for a long time"

"Then I will trouble Mr. Yuan to rest in the mansion for a while, and I will send someone to look for Pu She."

"Okay, thank you."

The little official hurriedly walked to the side of another official, who didn't know what to say, that little official hurriedly left here, while the previous one brought Yuan Yao into a room, it seems that, This is the place to receive distinguished guests. After Yuan Yao sat down, someone served tea again, and the petty official left. Yuan Yao sat here alone, looking around seriously.

Not far away was a bookshelf, and Yuan Yao took a book from it to read and wait.

About half an hour later, suddenly, he heard a rush of footsteps, and just as Yuan Yao raised his head, he saw a handsome middle-aged man walking in with a smile, Yuan Yao recognized him, got up hastily, He said, "Meet Zhou Pushe!" The person who came was Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu looked at Yuan Yao in front of him. It had been a long time since he was a little guy, but now he has become a young man in full bloom.

"Hahaha, Yao'er, you're so old, okay, okay, I'm finally looking forward to your arrival!" Zhou Yu was very happy, walked up to Yuan Yao, looked at his vaguely familiar face, and pulled He sat down, but Yuan Yao, who was always loose, was a little restrained at the moment, lowered his head, and Zhou Yu asked with a smile: "How is it, teacher's wife is alright?"

"Everything is fine, thank you...brother."

"Well, that's good. Ever since Shijun passed away, I wanted to bring you by my side and teach me personally. I didn't expect that someone would take you to Yuzhou first. You came back from Yuzhou. Did you come back from Luoyang?" Zhou Yu asked, Yuan Yao then remembered the letter, took out the letter from his sleeve, and said: "I came back from Yanzhou, this is from Yanzhou Musi Ma Shijun letter"

Zhou Yu nodded, picked up the letter, but didn't read it, put it away, and continued to ask: "I didn't suffer any crimes when I came to Yangzhou, have you eaten yet?" Yuan Yao heard all the rumors about Zhou Yu along the way. Yuan Yao was also prepared for coldness and dominance, but he never expected that Zhou Yu would treat him so kindly, as if treating his own younger generation.

After exchanging pleasantries for a long time, Zhou Yu learned that Yuan Yao hadn't eaten yet, so he quickly called the officials, first arranged for people to prepare the meals, and then asked them to entertain Yuan Yao's entourage.

During the dinner, Zhou Yu still smiled and asked Yuan Yao if the food was delicious. Zhou Yu's kind attitude dispelled Yuan Yao's restraint, and nodded with a smile.

"Have you read those books?"

"What do you think is the best book?"

During this period, Zhou Yu also tested Yuan Yao's knowledge. I have to say that those test papers were not for nothing. Yuan Yao answered Zhou Yu's various questions fluently. Even when Zhou Yu asked him about his views on Yangzhou Zhou Yu was even happier when he was talking about agriculture and water conservancy, which complemented each other. The villager seemed to be not ignorant, he taught well.

When Zhou Yu's question was almost finished, Yuan Yao also asked curiously: "When I came just now, I saw a large number of people holding prisoners. I don't know who they are? They don't look like official servants either."

"They are official servants."

"Then who are they escorting?"

"They are the people who cultivate the land."

"I don't know."

"It's like this. The temple gave me an order. I need some manpower to be sent to various places. Well, they need to cultivate the public land." Zhou Yu didn't reveal too much, but he still gave a general idea, Yuan Yao frowned , asked: "What is public land?"

"It is the arable land rewarded to officials, such as prefects, state shepherds, and servants. The arable land granted is relatively large and requires manual labor. Therefore, I need to bring these slaves from overseas and let them work in the public land. Of course, Sometimes, they need to dig canals and things like that.”

It turned out that they were slaves brought from overseas. Yuan Yao nodded. It is not that he has never seen slaves. It is common for big men to keep slaves. Emperor Xiaokang gradually began to keep slaves and made certain changes. He investigated the number of slaves and protected them. Safety, not allowed to kill, etc., the situation has improved a bit, but Yuan Yao has never seen such a poor servant.

"Is the Overseas Government to catch slaves?" Yuan Yao frowned, as if he felt compassion for those slaves.

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "No, the Overseas Mansion is in charge of all overseas affairs, including overseas farming, overseas commerce, and even overseas wars. The slaves you saw today were all bought from overseas. Quite a few native states, the rich and noble of these people, use these slaves to trade with the big men, and we will not catch them ourselves."

Only then did Yuan Yao nod his head and said, "Then there must be a lot of ships in the Overseas Government?"

"Hahaha, of course, the scale of the overseas government is absolutely beyond your imagination. We now have [-] overseas strongholds, [-] hectares of arable land, and thousands of hectares of minerals. The size of the ship exceeds [-]. When sailing on weekdays, merchants from Yangzhou will follow us, seek protection, hang the flag of the overseas government, and no one will embarrass them. When we go to sea together, we will be so powerful."

Yuan Yao's eyes widened, and he said excitedly: "Then next time I go to sea, can I follow?"

"Of course, Yao'er, follow me carefully. The future of this big man must be in this overseas. There are endless wealth overseas. Until now, we have not been able to explore this overseas world. We recently discovered that along the Going westward along the sea route, you can even find ships from the Parthia Kingdom.”

Yuan Yao nodded his head half understanding, seeing his appearance, Zhou Yu didn't say any more, and said: "These few days, don't be idle, just go live with me on the shore, there is also an overseas residence You can board the ship at any time on weekdays, so you can familiarize yourself with it in advance, and you won’t feel too uncomfortable when the time comes.”

(End of this chapter)