Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 586
There are more than a dozen large Wanshi ships moored at the wharf of Wucheng Port. They arrived here yesterday and brought a large amount of food and supplies to Wucheng.

Compared with Dingxian Wharf in the Southern Continent, Wucheng Wharf is more lively. More than a thousand Japanese laborers are unloading, and nearly a hundred soldiers are monitoring the unloading workers from a distance.

Wucheng currently has 1000 garrisons, although it is lower than the expected 500, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. On the one hand, the current [-] troops are enough, and secondly, as long as Wucheng's own militias are connected, the defense problem will be slowed down. If it is solved slowly, the pressure brought by too many troops will be too great.

Except for the unloading laborers and soldiers, there were very few other people on the pier, and it looked very deserted. Fan Ning got off the big boat with his entourage, and saw Mingren galloping with a few people.

Akihito has brought dozens of people to Beidao as the vanguard since the end of last year, and his wife and children followed with the large army. He has completely settled in Beidao.

"A-Ning, I thought you would come in a few days!"

Ming Ren is dark and thin, and he seems to have returned to the days when he was panning for gold in Kunzhou. When he saw the [-] stone steam ship, his eyes lit up, "Is this a steam ship? How about it, it is very strong on the sea!"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "It is indeed much faster than ordinary paddle boats. The main reason is that it is equipped with two big paddle wheels and sails on the sea. It is very aggressive!"

Mingren was so greedy that his saliva was about to flow down, and he said cheekily: "Anyway, your term of office will expire soon, so leave this steamship to us! It will be convenient to contact the Southern Continent in the future."

Fan Ning nodded, "This big ship was originally reserved for you. In addition, there are three Wanshi steamships that have been rebuilt and are expected to be delivered soon. These four large ships form the initial supply fleet. Going to and from Luzon, the North Island, and the South Island, you also need to help!"

Although the Gao and Cao families are relatively powerful in the officialdom, they are weak in navigation, and they still use the ships of Fan's Commercial Company to transport supplies. Fan Ning is also quite worried about them.

"How is the situation in the South Island?" Fanning asked again.

The city of South Island was built on the opposite side of the strait. It was called Song City. It was less than a hundred miles away from Wucheng and also had a circumference of [-] miles. They recruited [-] Japanese laborers to help build the city. The lack of labor made the progress of building the city relatively slow. Now Only half made.

"Yesterday, Cao Pinguo brought a few ships to our place to borrow bricks. They didn't have enough bricks to build the city, which affected the progress. I gave them all the remaining bricks. I estimate that it will take two months to build the city."

"Where's third uncle?" Fan Ning didn't see Fan Tieniu's shadow.

"Take everyone to farm, let's go into the city!"

Fan Ning nodded and followed Fan Ning Mingren to Wucheng.

Wucheng is only a few miles away from the sea, and it is located behind a low and gentle mountain. Fan Ning climbed up the city wall and looked far into the distance. The small river meanders from the north, flowing in the field like a jade belt, and in the distance is the snow-capped Egmont Peak, a cone-shaped extinct volcano, which looks very similar to Mount Fuji. The people use Fanning's name, Name it Ningshan.

The most distinctive feature is that the forests here are not big, and they are gathered together in pieces, but down the mountainside of Ningshan Mountain is a vast coniferous forest. The clear water, forests, grasslands and snow peaks are simply an extremely beautiful and peaceful paradise.

More than 1 hectares of land have been opened up along the river. Like the southern continent, wheat and corn are mainly grown, and almost all the people in the city work in the fields.

Thousands of wooden houses have been built in the city, distributed in a chessboard pattern. Every household occupies an area of ​​about ten acres. The houses are almost all built of pine wood, and the materials used are extravagant. In order to keep it clean, sewers were built in the city to discharge the sewage outside the city.

In addition, there is another biggest feature in the city. Every household has hot springs, even the well water is hot, and the whole city is filled with a sulfurous smell.

There is no business in the city, only two restaurants and a teahouse, as well as a grocery store and a large public bathhouse.

When Fan Ning saw the poorly furnished bathhouse, he couldn't help laughing and asked, "Every household has hot springs, so do you need to repair the bathhouse?"

Ming Ren shook his head and said with a smile: "It wasn't planned to be opened at first, but everyone asked for it, so we built it. Men like to come here to drink and take a bath at night."

Speaking of this, Mingren asked cautiously: "Say, do you want to open two brothels in the city?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "The population is too small, and they are all from the village. It is not good to open a brothel. If the army needs it, you can go to Sanfoqi to recruit some camp prostitutes. In addition, go to Japan to recruit a group of young girls. Hurry up as soon as possible."

"Zhu Lin has already left, and should be back soon."

"And there are the natives!"

Fan Ning's eyes became sharper, "Hasn't it been here for a few months?"

Four months ago, a Japanese logging laborer disappeared. Soldiers searched everywhere. A few days later, the body of the Japanese laborer was found hundreds of miles away. He encountered cannibals. This incident aroused public indignation and panic.

Soldiers and laborers kept searching, but no trace was found. The army had to release the news that the laborer had encountered a crocodile, which calmed down everyone's panic.

However, Fan Ning received a true report that the laborer's head was cut off by a sharp weapon, not by a wild animal. The thing that made him worry the most was that there were still natives on the new island.

Akihito pondered for a while and said, "We have an inference, but it has not been confirmed."

"you say!"

"The Japanese laborer was found by the sea, and no human traces were found within [-] miles. This is unreasonable, so there is only one possibility."

"They came from the sea and went from the sea."

Akihito nodded, "Other than that, we can't think of any other possibility, and"

"And what?"

"And we suspect that the aborigines came from the South Island. Cao Pinguo told us yesterday that someone from the South Island saw canoes near the fjords a few days ago."

"Show me the map!"

Fan Ning followed Ming Ren to the meeting hall. There is no government office in Wucheng, only a council of elders. The two families of Fan and Zhu take turns serving as the convener of the meeting. The current meeting convener is Fan Tieniu.

Akihito took out a map and spread it on the table. This was the map of the fjords in the northern part of the South Island drawn by the Cao family. Fan Ning watched the fjords. If a canoe was found near the fjords, there are two possibilities. One is to pass through the fjords. Another possibility is that the other party has established a foundation in the fjord.

Fan Ning pondered for a long time, and said to Mingren: "Get me Commander Wu quickly!"

Fan Ning originally planned to return to Song Dynasty after only three days of patrolling in Wucheng, but the shadow of the aborigines still lingered in his heart. If this matter was not handled properly, how could he return to Song Dynasty with peace of mind.

Bei Dao's family alone was not enough for this matter, and the north and south had to be coordinated. Fan Ning then asked Mingren to deliver a letter to the South Island. It happened that there were more than a dozen large supply ships on the North Island, and they were mobilized as warships.

Under the auspices of Fan Ning, [-] soldiers gathered in the barracks outside Song City on the South Island, and more than a dozen generals gathered in the big tent.

Fan Ning hung up a map and said to everyone: "There are a series of small islands near the strait in the northeast of the South Island, the largest of which is about ten miles in diameter. The terrain in the fjord is complex and it is easier to hide. They should have discovered us, so they dare not go to the island easily, but these natives are very threatening. They show their courage by eating people. One laborer has already encountered misfortune. We cannot tolerate their existence and must be resolute. wipe out."

Zhou Tong, the commander of the South Island, asked, "May I ask the economic envoy, where do these aborigines come from? Or are they residents here?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "They are not residents here, they came from remote oceanic islands, they were usually defeated in tribal battles, so they left the islands to find another place to live, and they came to the North Island or the South Island, if When they spread the news, countless natives will flock to them, and only by completely eradicating them can future troubles be avoided.”

Speaking of this, Fan Ning raised his tone and said, "Now I ask you to obey the order and follow me to exterminate these man-eating natives!"

All the generals bowed together and saluted, "I am willing to serve the envoy!"

(End of this chapter)