Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 540 Seizing Luzon
After hearing the conditions, Fan Ning couldn't help but sneered and said to Sima Zhang Nan: "They really dare to open their mouths and provide 10 people with a year's rations? I will give them [-] shi of grain at most, and each of them has property. Take it away by yourself, as compensation for the house, I will give them a tent for each family, and teach them how to grow food, but the shipbuilding technology cannot be transferred. I can give them fifty small boats of five hundred shi to sail between the islands Enough is enough, as for the security guarantee, I can promise that once the Boni country invades them, Song Dynasty will definitely send troops to protect them, but the premise is that they must be attached to Song Dynasty and become a vassal state of Song Dynasty."

At this time, Mingren said from the side: "Actually, the large area of ​​land in the east of Boni Kingdom is no man's land, full of various precious woods and spices, very close to Sulu Island, they can harvest wood and spices, and make money through trade , and their Luzon men are lazy, but women are very hardworking, if there are cattle, farming is very suitable for women, and men are responsible for cutting trees."

Fan Ning said decisively: "Whether they are farming, trading, or logging and picking incense, they can do whatever they want, but I have only one principle. They must support themselves. If they can't support themselves, they will sell their labor and do things for us. !"

After all, Zhang Nan is a civil servant. He sighed and said, "Since you are helping them, help them to the end! Giving them some seeds, farm tools and cattle is not worth much, but it will save a lot of things."

"Okay! You can figure it out on your own, adjust it a little bit, you have the right to decide, you go and talk to them."

King Luo Gang of Luzon finally agreed to Fan Ning's conditions, and the whole country moved to the Sulu Islands. More than [-] households began to pack their property and belongings. Three days later, the first batch of items were all on board. More than [-] Luzon citizens followed the king on board, and the Song army transported them to a large island in the west of the Sulu Islands. The [-] people of Luzon will eventually be resettled in the four large islands in the Sulu Islands. island.

In addition, the eastern peninsula of Kalimantan Island, where the Boni Kingdom is located, is also a no-man's land. Fan Ning also allocated this vast peninsula to the Luzon Kingdom.

Five days later, the fleet arrived at the big island, the easternmost of the Sulu Islands. This is an uninhabited island, about a thousand square kilometers in size, with a small volcano in the middle. Dozens of small rivers originate from the volcano and flow radially to the sea. Become a natural irrigation system, very suitable for farming.

In addition, there is a natural harbor on the west side of the island, and a continent can be seen dozens of miles away from the port, which is the eastern peninsula of Kalimantan Island. Fan Ning also assigned this forested peninsula to Luzon. , they can cut wood and collect incense, even if they do not implement farming, they can still maintain their lives.

Fan Ning called the island of the new capital of the Luzon Kingdom Xinlu Island. The island is densely covered with coconut trees. They need to cut down the coconut trees and level the land. The fleet docked at the natural harbor on the east side of the island. to their new home.

The Song army will also leave an army of 200 people on the island to teach the people of Luzon to open fields and build houses. It will not be until next summer that this 200-man army will finally withdraw.

It took the Song army a whole month to move the whole country of Luzon to Sulu Island. At the same time, more than a dozen Song army teams searched for the indigenous residents on Luzon Island. They searched for 20 days, but still found nothing. In the end, I believed the Luzon people's own statement. The indigenous people on Luzon Island and the surrounding islands had been wiped out by them a hundred years ago.

This also confirms the origin of the little black people on Ryukyu Island. They are the aborigines who were expelled by Luzon a hundred years ago. The natives of Ryukyu Island were eventually wiped out by the Song army.

As the last 500 people were sent away by a ship of ten thousand stones, there were no traces of Luzon people and indigenous people on Luzon Island. With the foundation laid by Luzon, the Song Dynasty could quickly build a city here and Tens of thousands of people can immigrate.

For several days, Fan Ning led dozens of entourages and artisans accompanying the army to inspect the former land of the Luzon Kingdom with a radius of hundreds of miles. They soon discovered that the location of the Luzon Kingdom was actually formed by a large river at the mouth of the sea. delta.

Along this big river going up, both sides are very fertile and vast plains. Countless small rivers flow down from the mountains on both sides and flow into this big river. The irrigation conditions are extremely ideal.

This big river is five or six hundred miles long, and has alluvially produced at least [-] square kilometers of plains, as well as hills and mountains with good planting conditions. In the north, there is another large river that also alluvates a large area of ​​plains. This large river flows into the sea from the north. , the plains on Luzon Island are mainly distributed on both sides of these two big rivers.

In addition, the east side of the island is a mixed area of ​​plains and hills, which is also very conducive to farming.

It can be said that the plain used by the Luzon Kingdom is less than one-fiftieth of the plain of the entire Luzon Island, and it is only a small area at the mouth of the big river.

The hundreds of small rivers flowing out of the mountains all contain a lot of gold sand, and the Luzon Kingdom only got a lot of gold after scouring a few of them.

After a few days of investigation with Fan Ning, Sima Zhang Nan turned black charcoal, and he said with great emotion: "It is really a land of treasures, if it is developed, the Song Dynasty will have no worries about its financial resources!"

Fan Ning pointed to the endless forest in the distance with his horsewhip and said: "It's not easy to develop it. I plan to recruit another 2 Japanese laborers to build cities, log trees, build roads, and mine mines. In the process, divide up [-] people to build a new county, where there is enough land, and each family can allocate three hectares of land.”

Zhang Nan laughed and said, "Your Majesty likes Japanese labor very much!"

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Japanese laborers can endure hardships, observe discipline, be easily satisfied, have family concerns, and will not rebel. When they came here, they were all from poor families, and they were all tenants without land. But after returning home after three years, each of them could buy [-] to [-] acres of land and support their family. Otherwise, why would Japanese farmers be so eager to be recruited by us? What about working as a laborer?"

After a pause, Fan Ning said again: "As for the people of Song Dynasty, they don't need to be laborers, they just need to grow food with peace of mind."

At this time, Liu Jieliang, the commander of the capital, stepped forward to salute and said, "I would like to inform you, whether the houses left by the people of Lu Song should be demolished and rebuilt?"

Fan Ning shook his head and said: "The capital city of Luzon can be used as a labor camp, so it will be left for the laborers to live in. There is no need to demolish it. We can build a county town along the river to the west of it."

Although the capital of the Luzon Kingdom is relatively close to the sea, it is still tens of miles away from the big river. This may be their habit, but for the Song Dynasty, building a city by the river is generally the best choice.

Zhang Nan asked again with a smile: "Will the envoy return directly to the Song Dynasty, or continue to visit the countries in Southeast Asia?"

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "The purpose of going south this time is for Luzon Island. Now we have a few things to do. I will go back to prepare for immigration and recruit Japanese laborers. Zhang Sima will stay here to make preparations for the county seat. It is hotter here. , There is a lot of rain, so the houses are still mainly made of wood. It is best for Zhang Sima to lead the army to build a batch of houses first. I estimate that each family has about two acres of land. Let the land and the streets be reserved first, and then along the road. Building houses along the streets, the city walls are not very important for the time being.”

"That's tantamount to finalizing the county seat first."

"exactly!"

Zhang Nan nodded silently, the burden on his shoulders was heavy.

Fan Ning then said to Liu Jieliang, the commander of the capital: "General Liu led the fleet to wipe out the aboriginals on the nearby islands. If all the aboriginals are willing to cooperate with the Song army, then spare their lives and send them to the island in the south. But if you resist the Song army, you will wipe them all out."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

After Fan Ning explained many things, after two days of meeting, he led twenty [-] stone oar boats and [-] soldiers back to Quanzhou, and the remaining [-] soldiers stayed in Luzon Island for the preliminary construction.

(End of this chapter)