Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 318

Cao Shi was more vigorous in his work. On the night of his arrival in Tang County, he organized officials to go door-to-door to convey the news of the imminent distribution of land to the people who were about to emigrate to Han County. This news made the whole county boil.

However, Fan Ning did not participate in the land distribution of Han County. With the experience of Tang County, he believes that there will be no problems with the land distribution of Han County. He now needs to hurry up to write a work report. The first official debriefing since the state took office.

It was raining lightly outside, and under a soft light, Fan Ning sat at the desk and kept writing, occasionally stopping to think. After two years of hard work, Kunzhou gradually got on the right track and achieved fruitful results.

But there are also regrets. The biggest regret is Jingzhou Military City. The imperial court has not approved it for a long time, which makes the development of Jingzhou extremely slow, and even stops. When he returns to Beijing this time, he must win the approval for the construction of Jingzhou Military City. .

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and Fan Ning put down his pen and asked, "Who is it?"

"A-Ning, it's me!"

It was Akihito's voice, Fan Ning was a little strange, why did he come here?

Fan Ning stepped forward to open the door, a strong smell of sweat came over his face, Akihito who was covered in mud squeezed in, he smiled and said, "Help me first!"

Of course, Fan Ning knew what he was going to do to help himself. Several of his rooms were full of wooden boxes, all of which were gold dust that their brothers had panned for, and they all stored it with him.

Fan Ning glared at him, and had to go out with him. There were two large wooden boxes on each of the two healthy mules at the door. Each wooden box weighed at least eighty or ninety catties, and the inside was full of gold sand.

Fan Ning didn't even know how much gold their brothers had scooped up this year, but they only knew that the two of them could now rank among the richest people in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Mingren didn't come here on a mule from the northernmost part of Kunzhou. Their brothers bought a big boat of three thousand shi, and they would come here every few months. It was either Mingli or Mingren. The big boat should be docked at the pier now. superior.

The two of them struggled to move four large boxes into the back room. Mingren tied two mules to the door, then patted the mud on his body and walked in, smiling, "I'm so hungry, do you have anything to eat?"

"Let's go! I invite you to a restaurant for dinner."

"It's so late now, is the restaurant still open?"

"Lao Luo Ji Restaurant should not be closed yet."

Fan Ning locked the door, held up an oil-paper umbrella, and walked towards the center of the county with Ming Ren. The business in the county has expanded rapidly in the past year. There are not only brothels, restaurants, tea houses, bathhouses, snack shops, blacksmiths, and carpenters. There are shops, quality stores, money shops, cloth stores, clothing stores, grocery stores, etc., and there is also a Guanpu store, and the business is very prosperous. There are five restaurants alone.

Due to the fierce competition in restaurants, restaurants have generally extended their supply hours. Among them, the latest Lao Luoji restaurant does not close until late at night.

"Hey! Mr. Fan is still here for dinner so late?"

A dozing bartender was startled when Fanning walked in.

"What wine and food are there now?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"Yes! Yes! There are several things Fan Shijun usually orders!"

"Then follow the old rules, two copies!"

"Please sit down, sir, the food and drink will be here soon!"

The two didn't go up to the second floor, and sat down directly by the window on the first floor.

Under the soft light, Fan Ning took a look at Akihito. He hadn't seen him all winter, but he was still wearing the blue linen deep coat, but he was so dirty that he couldn't see his true color anymore, his beard had grown, his skin was dark, and his hair was messed up. Like a chicken coop, but a pair of eyes are still very flexible, full of the alertness of a businessman.

"I'll take you to take a shower later, and then change your clothes. I guess you haven't showered in months!"

"no need!"

Mingren waved his hand, "I'll go to the spring house later, where I can take a bath, and I'll live there at night!"

Izumi House is a brothel, and the two brothers Akihito and Akito are regular customers of the house. They are both 21 years old and have strong physical needs, so there is no need to hide it from Fan Ning.

Fanning frowned, but said nothing.

Soon, the bartender served them food and drink. Fan Ning poured him a glass of wine and said with a smile, "I'm going back to Song Dynasty at the end of the month. Do you have any plans?"

"I'll go back with you, transport the placer gold back to Pingjiang Mansion, and then go to the imperial court to apply for a mining permit."

"You still want to mine gold?"

"Of course! The gold fields we have worked so hard to hand over to the government if we don't earn a lot of money. How can we be willing? Anyway, the mining license is only valid for two years. When your term of office expires, we wash our hands and go back with you. .”

"How much gold sand have you mined, can you disclose it?"

"It's all piled up in your room, don't you know?"

"Do you want me to find someone to weigh you?"

Ming Ren drank the wine in the glass, and said in a low voice: "Including tonight's batch, there are a total of 5000 taels of gold sand."

Fan Ning calculated in his mind that there were almost two tons of gold, and he was really shocked.

"So much gold sand, how do you plan to deal with it?"

"We plan to store it in Mr. Zhu's warehouse first, and deal with it when we come back later."

"Then simply let Zhu Pei handle it for you and melt it into gold ingots. The old man must have a way."

Ming Ren patted his forehead and smiled: "It's true, anyway, you are going to marry Zhu Pei soon, and you are a family, so please ask her to help with it. By the way, there is still [-]% of your money."

"It's [-]% of Jupe's share, it has nothing to do with me!"

Mingren curled his lips, "You just pretend! I don't know your kid's background yet?"

He stopped paying attention to Fan Ning, and started to eat voraciously. When he was full, he patted his stomach, "I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

He stood up and walked away.

Fan Ning watched Mingren's thin back go away. He had to admire the courage and brains of the two brothers. They were good at seizing opportunities. When the imperial court did not impose controls on the Kunzhou Gold and Silver Mine, they applied for a prospecting license first. Make a fortune.

The later Cao family actually had a chance, but they were procrastinated and did not seize the opportunity decisively like Ming Ren and Ming Li. When they finally decided to mine in Kunzhou, the imperial court’s control order had arrived, and the Cao family lost a fortune. Opportunity.

5000 taels of placer gold, refined to about 6 taels, is also worth 60 guan. Although it cannot be compared with the royal relatives and relatives who are invincibly rich, they are still at the level of rich people among ordinary people. The imperial court took away the big head, and they should have 10 taels of gold.

Fan Ning couldn't help but nodded, wondering how these two guys would arrange their property?

The land distribution in Han County completely followed the method of Tang County, and was completed in a noisy and excited atmosphere. This time the land distribution also included more than 200 soldiers who had families in Kunzhou. After the land distribution was completed, dozens of large ships carried With the hopeful immigrants heading towards Kunbei Bay.

Spring is a season full of hope and vitality, and it is also the season that the military and civilians in Kunzhou are most looking forward to. Unfortunately, Fan Ning could not enjoy this spring today. He embarked on a journey back to China to report on his work.

At the beginning of March, [-] large ships sailed in the sea wind and waves. This time they returned to the capital. In addition to Fan Ning returning to China to report on his duties, the fleet was also fully loaded with [-] pieces of amber wood and [-] ponies born last year.

In addition, the Abe family purchased 120 million taels of silver and 4 taels of gold for the second time. The two large-scale trades, the Abe family has established a well-equipped elite army of [-] people, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds A trusted army.

Of course, the Abe family also paid a high price. Three of the five treasuries have been emptied by the Song army.

Fan Ning stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, staring at the boundless blue ocean, and was full of thoughts for a moment.

At this time, Mingren walked slowly to his side, holding the side of the boat with both hands and said: "I went back to the capital last year, and everyone in the capital was talking about you being the governor of Kunzhou at a young age. There were praises and envy, but there were also many Ridiculous, what do you think?"

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "I am in charge of Kunzhou. Everyone feels differently. Standing on different positions, you have different opinions. You can't ask everyone to praise me."

"What about you? Ming Li and I have been discussing your feelings, what is your evaluation of yourself?"

"For me, Kunzhou is just the beginning and a test field."

"I don't understand?" Ming Li asked in a daze.

Fan Ning glanced at him, and smiled again: "Kunzhou is just the first step of the Song Dynasty's overseas strategy. The first step is steady and successful, and it will bring huge benefits to the court. It will encourage the Song Dynasty to continue to go overseas. Opening up, opening up to Nanyang, in this sense, Kunzhou is not only the first step, but also a test field.

So I have to make it succeed, and the emperor understands this, so he appointed me to be the governor of Kunzhou. He didn't even appoint me as the governor of Kunzhou. He didn't even appoint me to be in charge of Kunzhou. He has high hopes for overseas development! "

Mingren pondered for a while and said, "Actually, I think it will be easier to succeed in running Liuqiu Island. After all, the winter in Kunzhou is too cold."

Fan Ning shook his head, "If Liuqiu was selected as a breakthrough, the imperial court would not support it like it is today, just like when you wanted to sell something, the most important thing is to impress customers to pay, right?"

Mingren patted his forehead, "I understand, you are raising horses to impress the emperor and the court!"

Fan Ning laughed, "The pain point of the Song Dynasty is that there is no place to raise horses. In fact, Kunzhou is not the best place to raise horses, but I have to bring out the highlights, so raising horses is to make the court willing to vote for it. Money, food and materials are the biggest motivation, after all, the Song Dynasty is not the emperor alone, the support of the court is the key."

Mingren nodded silently. He felt that his cousin was becoming more and more proficient and far-sighted. He didn't look like a 19-year-old young man at all, but a middle-aged strategist with deep plans.

At this time, Fan Ning remembered something, and asked with a smile: "You have earned so much gold, what kind of business do you plan to do, or continue to engage in the stone business?"

Akihito shook his head, "Stone is father's business, we don't want to get involved anymore, to be honest, we haven't thought about what to do in the future?"

"Let me give you a suggestion!"

Mingren grinned and said: "Actually, we have wanted to ask you for a long time, you say!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "You go to Quanzhou to buy a large shipyard, and at the same time build a huge private sea fleet. All the ships should be above ten thousand stone, raise an experienced seafaring crew, and then use it as a Capital, conduct ocean trade, go to Nanyang, Tianzhu, Persia, Dashi, when the Song Dynasty expands outward, your world will become extremely broad."

Akihito's eyes lit up, and he cast his eyes into the distance, and his pair of young eyes became extraordinarily clear.

(End of this chapter)