Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 381 Farewell to Kunzhou
The moment to leave Kunzhou finally came. Before dawn, Fan Ning set off quietly with his family. All the luggage had been delivered to the boat yesterday. Fan Ning left early in the morning, not wanting to disturb the people in the city.

Yu Xiaonian and a group of officials personally sent Fan Ning to the pier. Although Fan Ning had handed over the power, he still felt that there were many things that needed to be explained.

"Brother Yu, the construction of the Bow and Archery Association has been halfway done, and I have to ask you to continue to implement this matter. We are overseas, and the people cannot rely entirely on the army. They must also learn to protect themselves. This is very important. , please."

The bow and arrow clubs of the Song Dynasty are equivalent to militia organizations. They are generally established in the border areas. Kunzhou is isolated overseas. Although it has an agreement with Japan, it cannot be careless in terms of security. unanimous idea.

Yu Xiaonian nodded, "Please don't worry, I will personally arrest the bow and arrow club. Not only the farmers in the farmhouses must be trained intensively, but also the students in the school. We have formulated a system for this matter and will continue to arrest it for a long time."

Fan Ning smiled happily and said: "The establishment of a system is the key, and there are special people responsible for it. In addition, I think Xu Qing's idea of ​​​​running a martial arts gym is good. We should make full use of it, so that young people can go to the martial arts gym to practice martial arts when they have time. The government can do it." Subsidize the martial arts hall."

"That's a good idea, let's go back and discuss it."

While speaking, everyone arrived at the pier. Fan Ning asked his family to board the boat first. He said goodbye to everyone one by one, and finally clasped his fists and said loudly to the officials who were seeing him off: "My colleagues, I will leave the management of Kunzhou to everyone. If there is any difficulty in Kunzhou, I will continue to run for Kunzhou in Song Dynasty, I believe we will become colleagues again in the future, everyone take care!"

Everyone bowed and saluted together, "I wish Zhizhou a smooth journey!"

Fan Ning turned around and boarded the Wanshi ship. This time, there were 30 large ships returning to the Song Dynasty. In addition to Fan Ning’s return to the Song Dynasty, they also carried 50 catties of rough silver, [-] taels of gold, hundreds of thousands of catties of sulfur, and more than [-] pieces of amber. wood, and a million stones of wheat.

In addition, there are [-] iron-clad fire thunders. This is the request of the emperor, and [-] iron-shell fire thunders will be transported to Beijing.

The big ship started to leave the shore slowly, and Fan Ning waved goodbye to the officials on the pier. At this moment, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Zhizhou, look!"

I saw countless people rushing out from the city, and soon the wharf was full of dark crowds, and the people behind came one after another. It was the people from Han County who came to see Fan Ning off, and they came a step late. Seeing that the ship had set sail, they all knelt down and shouted loudly: "Fan Zhizhou, take care all the way! Take care all the way!"

Fan Ning had a sore nose, and could no longer restrain his inner emotions. Tears were streaming down his face. This was the idea he had sketched, and it was a business he created with his own hands. After four years of hard work, the county was built from a piece of barren land. , farmland, village, ranch, wharf, I don’t know how much sweat and painstaking effort I have put in. At this moment he is leaving, there is an indelible concern in his heart.

"Farewell, my Kunzhou!"

Fan Ning muttered to himself and waved goodbye to this rich land. The fleet gradually drifted away, turning into a group of small black dots, and finally disappeared at the end of the sea.

After 25 days of sailing, the mighty fleet finally arrived at the Yangtze River Wharf in Jiangdu County. Although the Overseas Economic Bureau has moved to Quanzhou, the Yangtze River Wharf in Jiangdu County is still the first choice for the Kunzhou fleet to arrive in Song Dynasty. After Jiangdu, the first thing to do is to change the ship and move the huge amount of wealth and materials from the Wanshi ship to the flat-bottomed boat. It will take at least four or five days, but Fan Ning will escort the gold and silver to Beijing first, and the unloading of gold and silver will be faster. It can be done.

Ming Ren walked up to Fan Ning and said in a low voice, "Ah Ning, I won't be going to Beijing anymore!"

Fanning glanced at him and knew that he was afraid to see his parents, so Fanning asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Mingren hesitated and said, "Do you want to give all 8 taels of gold to Mr. Zhu?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "You should have enough funds now. The 8 taels of gold will not be exchanged for the time being. I will bring it back to the capital and put it in the money shop in the capital. If you want to exchange it, you can exchange it from the money shop in the capital at any time."

"If you don't tell me, I'd forget that you still have twelve money shops, so the gold will be handed over to you. I'll go directly to Quanzhou."

Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "You still need to visit Mr. Zhu, tell him about the gold, and release the gold mined by Zhu's mine field to him. In addition, you need to set up a business caravan in Quanzhou. For his help, I will second some experienced stewards to assist you, and I will explain it to my second uncle and aunt."

This time back to the Song Dynasty, he not only brought back the 8 taels of gold sand mined by Mingren and Mingli in the past two years, but also the 6 taels of gold sand mined by the Zhu family in the past two years, so Ming Ren must go to Wujiang no matter what.

Mingren immediately left the pier in his three-thousand-stone boat and sailed towards the Jiangnan Canal. Early the next morning, Fan Ning set off for the capital with the first batch of supplies. At the same time, he hurried to the capital on a fast horse. Report the news of Fan Ning's return to the Zhizheng Hall first.

As for the [-] iron-clad fire mines, they will be escorted into Beijing by [-] soldiers.

Five days later, several thousand-stone passenger ships and more than a hundred cargo ships loaded with gold and silver finally arrived in the capital. The ships docked slowly, and there were more than a dozen officials standing on the pier. The leader was Zhao Zongshi, king of Shouchun County. It was last year that he was named King of Shouchun County and Minister of Zongzhengsi, and at the same time led the overseas economic strategy envoy, while Di Qing was changed to Liuqiu magistrate and deputy overseas economic strategy envoy.

Fan Ning will not only step down from the post of governor of Kunzhou, but also the post of deputy overseas economic strategy envoy, so it is normal for Zhao Zongshi to come to the dock to welcome him as his immediate boss.

Fan Ning stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Please refer to Your Highness for humble positions!"

"Brother, you have worked hard all the way!"

Zhao Zongshi stepped forward and patted Fan Ning on the shoulder affectionately, "We haven't seen each other for three years! Time flies, I didn't expect you to return to Song Dynasty. To be honest, I really look forward to my brother's return!"

Seeing that his complexion was not very good, Fan Ning asked with a half-true smile, "Is Your Highness having a hard time?"

"Hey! It's hard to say. We'll talk about it later when we have time. Today I'm here to welcome you."

Fan Ning nodded, took out a thick comprehensive work report and handed it to Zhao Zongshi, "This is my complete work report, Your Highness, please read it first!"

"Okay! I'll report it to the Privy Council after I read it. You can go home and rest today."

Zhao Zongshi waved his hand, and Fan Xiang, a member of the Du Branch who came to receive the supplies, stepped forward to salute Fan Ning, "Fan Zhizhou has worked hard all the way."

"Where! Where! How can you complain about hard work for the court?"

Fan Ning smiled and handed him the list of supplies, "It will take time to unload food, amber wood, sulfur, etc., and they will be delivered a few days later. Today, 30 catties of rough silver, 50 taels of placer gold, and a hundred buckets of pearls were delivered. Please sign for these belongings, Yuanwailang."

Fan Ning invited the officials in charge of the escort to go through the delivery procedures with Fan Xiang, and then he said goodbye to Zhao Zongshi, and Zhao Zongshi took people back to the official office.

The delivery of property has nothing to do with Fan Ning, he needs to arrange his own luggage, and the fleet is docked at the Bianhe Wharf of Daxiangguo Temple, which is less than a hundred steps away from the Strange Stone Hall, although Fan Ning is also afraid of seeing his second uncle and aunt, But this hurdle must be passed.

At this time, the butler sent by Zhu Yuanfeng and dozens of servants drove two horse-drawn carts and a dozen ox carts to the pier to pick up the boat.

At the same time, Manager Liu of Zhu's Money Shop also received Fan Ning's express letter, and hurriedly brought a dozen of his staff to the wharf to carry the gold sand. Inside the box, at least five donkey carts are needed to transport it away.

The gold sand was transported away first, and the luggage was also loaded onto the ox cart. Fan Ning glanced at Mingli's concubine Lizi and the child in her arms.

Lizi was about the same age as Aya, and she was very good-looking, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, fair skin, and a petite figure, with a rather charming and pitiful charm. No wonder Mingli immediately fell in love with her.

Fan Ning saw that her eyes were full of uneasiness, so he thought for a while and said to his wife Zhu Pei: "I'll go to the Kistler Hall, you take their mother and child back first, and I'll be right back."

Zhu Pei also knew that the mother and son could not see the second uncle and the second aunt for the time being, so he nodded, "Let's squeeze together and leave a carriage for you."

They have a large population, and they came back with four little maids, which couldn't fit in one carriage, so Fan Ning shook his head, "No need, I will go back by myself in an ox cart later, by the way, let the steward take my horse Take care of it, it seems to have a bit of diarrhea."

Of course, Fan Ning's BMW was also brought back to Da Song, but the boat was too long, and Fan Ning had a bit of diarrhea in the past two days, which made Fan Ning quite worried.

Zhu Pei gave him a blank look, and said coquettishly: "Aya is not feeling well, but I don't see you asking, so I only care about your baby horse. I know, I will let the groom take care of it, and I will not treat your baby badly!"

A group of people got into the carriage and drove away with a dozen bullock carts full of luggage, while Fan Ning walked towards the strange stone hall alone.

(End of this chapter)