Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 524 Returning to Kunzhou
After many years, Fan Ning once again set foot on the land of Kunzhou. This land that he fought for and wrote magnificent chapters appeared in his dreams more than once, and made him dream and soul. came back.

When Fan Ning's ship docked at the pier in Kunnan Bay, the soldiers, civilians and officials of Wantang County who were waiting to welcome him burst into cheers.

Fanning stepped off the big ship, and his heart was also excited, and he finally set foot on this land again.

Lu Wanjiang, the magistrate of Tang County, and Ma Weiguo, the commander stationed in Tang County, came forward to see the arrival of the economic envoy. Lu Wanjiang was born in a famous family in Hebei. He is a young man with a bright future. Commander Ma Weiguo was originally just a captain. He was promoted by Fan Ning to be the head of the capital, and now he has been promoted to be a commander.

The old man was also very happy to meet. Fan Ning said with a smile: "Yu Xiaonian said that Kunzhou has not changed much. In fact, I am very happy with this sentence. I am afraid that Kunzhou will change a lot. I don't even know myself anymore. There are good changes in the state, and the mood is really contradictory!"

Lu Wanjiang bowed and said: "Please rest assured that the changes in Kunzhou are deep in your bones, and you will never be disappointed!"

Fanning nodded, "Then I'm looking forward to it!"

At this time, dozens of old men came forward to offer land to Fan Ning. Fan Ning still had a vague impression of these old men. He suddenly pointed to one person and said happily: "I remember that you are the grain king Liu who I personally awarded the medal. The first year You have taken the leader of the yield per mu."

The old man was so excited that he burst into tears, "You still remember me!"

Lu Wanjiang laughed beside him and said, "Last year, old man Liu took away the leader of the yield per mu. It has been three years in a row. With the help of the old man, the average grain yield per mu in Tang County has increased to [-] catties."

Fanning was very satisfied with this result, and he nodded, "This is the fundamental change."

He knows very well that it is difficult to increase grain production. At the beginning, Tang County's wheat yield was only [-] catties per mu, but now it has increased by [-] catties. It must have been a huge effort. It is not easy!
He smiled at Lu Wanjiang: "This is your greatest achievement!"

Lu Wanjiang was overjoyed, bowed and said: "Thank you for your compliment, I will definitely continue to work hard!"

At this time, Fan Ning recognized an old man again, and said with a smile: "I still remember you, Zhang Ping from Baihe Village, your grandson is the first child born in Kunzhou, or I named him, how is he now?" gone?"

The old man nodded again and again, "Thank you for your concern, the child is already nine years old."

He hurriedly turned his head and waved, and a thick-headed young man ran forward, knelt down and saluted, "Zhang Kunsheng kowtows to the envoy!"

Fan Ning laughed out loud when he thought of this incident. When he got excited, he named him Kunsheng. As a result, more than forty children later were named Kunsheng, but with different surnames. Even Mingli’s son’s nickname was also Kunsheng. .

He pulled the child up and asked with a smile, "Are you still studying?"

Zhang Kunsheng nodded, "Study in the school, go to county school in three years, and then go to state school. My grandfather hopes that I can go to Taixue to study."

"Okay! Be ambitious, finish studying at Taixue, and then come back to serve the folks and make Kunzhou better."

"The envoy teaches, the students will remember!"

Fan Ning waved to the tens of thousands of people who warmly welcomed him, then boarded an open carriage and entered the county seat amidst the cheers of the people.

The county has indeed changed a lot. The wooden houses originally built in the past have almost disappeared, and they have become all brick houses. This is also because Kunzhou is cold in winter, and the effect of brick houses is better than wooden houses. The system has also been perfected. All kinds of domestic sewage finally flow into the sea together with the hot spring water, and the toilets are also collected and processed daily like the capital.

"What is the population of Tang County now?" Fan Ning asked.

Lu Wanjiang bowed and said, "I would like to inform you that the population of Tang County is now 120 households, an increase of [-] households compared to when the envoy left, but they are all in the countryside."

Fan Ning also heard from Yu Xiaonian and Cao Shi that when there was a severe drought on Shaanxi Road a few years ago, hundreds of thousands of people fled to Hebei and the capital. Danzhou and Kunzhou, but mainly Kunzhou, moved almost 3 people.

So when I left, there were only 120 households in Tang County, but now it has increased to [-] households, a threefold increase.

"Are they all moved from Shaanxi Road?"

"Not only immigrants from Shaanxi Road, but also soldiers who are willing to stay. About 2000 people have retired to work in agriculture. Most of them are married to Japanese girls. There are more than [-] new households in Guangtang County."

Fan Ning frowned, "Isn't the population pressure in Han County great?"

"Han County has a large population, so Kunzhou applied to the court to establish two counties, one is Wei County and the other is Qi County. Wei County is to the north of Han County, and Qi County is on the Kunnan Peninsula."

Lu Wanjiang hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Kunzhou has adopted the method that Mr. Fan used to build the town first, and then the county seat. Xinqi Town and Xinwei Town have been built long ago, and the population has exceeded a thousand households."

Obviously a lot has changed, why does Yu Xiaonian say that there is not much change?Fan Ning changed his mind, and immediately understood that these changes mainly happened after Yu Xiaonian, so he didn't know about it.

Fan Ning visited the county seat again, and the business was indeed much more prosperous than before. There were dozens of shops in Xintang Wazi, and the number of restaurants and brothels also increased to a dozen. But Fan Ning was relieved that all kinds of schools Appeared, including adult literacy schools, private schools, schools, county schools and so on.

"This is."

Fan Ning suddenly found newspapers being sold in front of a grocery store. There was a thick pile of newspapers, which really surprised him. He stepped forward to pick up the newspapers, mainly "Tabloid" and "Letter", and there were even newspapers from last October.

Lu Wanjiang explained: "To let you know that Kunzhou is not open to navigation in winter, this was sent when the first fleet of New Year's Day arrived in Kunzhou the day before yesterday. In fact, we all know the news of the death of the first emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor. It was sent by flying pigeons. Come on, Governor Liang is considering that Kunzhou will also publish a weekly newspaper, which requires the approval of the court, and the people really want to know what happened in their hometown, and we also feel that in this way we can be more closely connected with the Song Dynasty."

Fan Ning nodded and said: "This is one of the main purposes of my coming to Kunzhou. I have to decide a lot of things. Please Luzhi County send someone to notify the officials of Kunzhou immediately. I will meet with the officials of Kunzhou in Xinqi Town."

Fan Ning went to inspect the barracks again in the afternoon. There are currently 5000 troops stationed in Kunzhou. Since the militia system was implemented eight years ago, Kunzhou can quickly arm 5000 well-trained young and strong militiamen during wartime, making the total force reach There are [-] people and hundreds of warships, mainly to guard against Japan's surprise attack on Kunzhou.

In the early morning of the next day, Fan Ning led twenty or so entourages along the Han and Tang official roads and galloped towards Han County, but he didn't go to Han County. A newly built official road runs towards Xinqi Town.

The official road has not yet been repaired, and Japanese laborers can be seen along the road. Currently, the Japanese laborers are in the fourth batch. There are 5000 people in Kunzhou, mainly engaged in mining, logging and road construction.

Kunzhou did not mistreat these laborers. On the contrary, when they came to Kunzhou, they could eat enough to eat, wear thick clothes, and return home with a large sum of money to buy land after three years. This has always been the most sought-after and envied occupation of the Japanese people. Due to the extremely low death rate, it is also popular among Japanese officials everywhere.

When it was dark, Fan Ning and his party arrived at Xinqi Town. Xinqi Town was the old nest of the Kun people. After the Kun people's riot was suppressed, all the Kun people were relocated to Chuyu Country, and the Kunnan Peninsula was assigned to Han County.

The seat of Xinqi County is very good. It is only ten miles away from the sea. There are no mountains, and it is surrounded by plains. After the trees are cut down, there will be a large area of ​​fertile fields. , flows across the largest plain in Kunzhou, and finally flows northward from Xinqi Town to the bay.

The Kun people enter the sea by canoe from this river, and the bay ten miles away is also a good natural harbor with an extremely superior geographical location. Xinqi Town chose this location for its city construction, which is also the result of popular expectations.

When Fan Ning arrived in Xinqi Town, a deep moat was dug around the town. Fan Ning and his party entered this large town with thousands of households from a wooden bridge.

The houses in the city are dense and the business is prosperous. Three horizontal, three vertical and six streets divide the town into a checkerboard shape. More than a thousand households live here. This is not a town, it is clearly a county.

(End of this chapter)