Prime Minister take care

Chapter 303 Glazed Algae Jade
The ninth year of Yonghe.

The cold winter subsides and spring returns to the earth.The buds are new and the branches and leaves are green.

Most of the land in Yizhou returns to spring, but only the southernmost southwest county has four seasons throughout the year, regardless of winter or summer.

In the southwest county, a huge fleet came from afar.The sun shines, piercing the morning fog.As time goes by, the sea surface evaporates, and the blue water ripples with scales.As the giant ship approached, what came into view were giants in the sea, pulling on the ship's ropes, emerging from the sea and landing on the coast.

Jiao An, the governor of Southwest County, stood on the shore, his hands behind his back, his sleeves swaying in the wind.As the waves invaded, a fishy smell came faintly, which was emanating from the slaves of the Sea Tribe hidden in the sea water.

Not all Sea Tribe slaves can go ashore, and not all Sea Tribe slaves like to go ashore. Sea Giants are considered aliens. They can sneak in the sea and also like the sun.A large number of the Sea Tribe's slaves broke away from the fleet on the spot and dived into the bottom of the sea.

There are a large number of Sea Clan fortresses under the bay of Golden Lion Port, which are not only the resting bases of Sea Clan, but also the first line of defense for Golden Lion Port to defend against external risks.

It's been five years!
Although Jiao An was from the Zhou Dynasty, due to the Jisun Rebellion, the Jiao family fled to the southwest Yi land, and he grew up here since he was a child.After nearly a hundred years of migration, in addition to being able to speak Zhou dialect and understand the writing of Zhou people, the Jiao family is actually very similar to the local Yi people in terms of other customs and other customs.

However, Jiao An is not willing to be a barbarian.So when Samoko rebelled, Yang Xian led his army to put down the rebellion. Jiao An used the influence of the Jiao clan to resolutely surrender to Yang Xian with more than ten small tribes.

Facts have proved that Jiao An's choice was not wrong.Yang Xian easily put down the rebellion, regained Samoko, established Southwest County, and made him the county governor.

In a southwest county, after the two Yi tribe leaders who could compare with Samoko died, only Jiao An, who was supported by Yang Xian, could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

As Samoko led his army northward and showed great glory in the Battle of Zhounan, the [-] Yi troops were officially included in the Shu army formation "Zhaoye".Yang Xian expanded the formation of the Zhaoye Army and combined the ten thousand barbarian soldiers with the three hundred tiger and leopard cavalry. They were only controlled by Yang Xian himself and stationed near Bacheng.

Jiao An has been the county guard for five years and has seen with his own eyes the changes in Southwest County.Southwest County was originally a barbaric land, so it naturally became a place of exile.

Criminals, barbarians, soldiers and monks guarding the border, all kinds of people were mixed together.Jiao An brought them together to develop Southwest County.

In the past five years, twelve county towns have been built one after another, with houses, government offices, markets, various shops, city walls, and military stations.
Outside the city walls, large areas of fertile farmland have also been cultivated.A large number of barbarians and exiled criminals moved into the county.

In this southwestern county, three crops a year is just an ordinary thing.In the past five years, Southwest County has transformed from a barbaric land that originally required Yizhou to transport grain and grass to a large granary that in turn transported grain and grass to Shu.

In addition, with the rise of the navy and the large amount of profits gained from the expedition against the Hai tribe, Jinshi Port has become the most prosperous place in the southwestern county, even more so than some counties in southern Yizhou.

The governor's office of Southwest County was established in Golden Lion Harbor, and the main naval forces and fleets were stationed in this port.Here is the largest trading market in Southwest County, where all kinds of novel Sea Clan items are traded, as well as the sale and purchase of Sea Clan.

Merchants seeking huge profits are often not afraid of traveling thousands of miles to conduct first-hand transactions here.Because the prices of these novel goods can often increase more than ten times or even dozens of times in areas further north.

Samoko doesn't like this boring construction life and prefers to fight on the battlefield, while Jiao An is the opposite.

With the influx of a large number of people, the urban area of ​​Golden Lion Port has been renovated twice.

The fleet docked in the dock and dropped the anchor.Commerce is an important source of income for Southwest County, and these fleets exploring the sea are the most important part of this ring.

The sea area outside Southwest County is very vast, and the situation in most sea areas is unclear.These exploration fleets are the vanguard, responsible for a series of tasks such as exploring sea areas, drawing sea charts, searching for land, and finding sea tribes, and provide intelligence for the following collection fleets and armed fleets.Jiao An waited for their arrival. This fleet consisted of a giant ship and several support ships. The naval captain in charge of this fleet was Li Fu.

Li Fu came with his soldiers, holding a box in his hand.In terms of seniority, he should be the younger brother of Li Yu, the most popular counselor in Lianghou Mansion.

After Li Bi died that year, most of the Li family was sentenced to exile in Southwest County.Compared with the Yi people who don't know a word, there are a large number of people in the Li family who are quite educated.

And soon, with the approval of the Prime Minister's Office, Jiao An selected these people and filled them into the government offices to carry out complicated work.

Li Fu was born as a concubine, and compared to Yang Xian, he hated Li Bi even more for causing them to fall into this situation.However, in the past few years, their life has not been bad. On the contrary, it has been surprisingly good.

For Yang Xian, the mentality of this group of people is actually very complicated.But Li Fu is the simplest one among them.

Li Fu's attitude towards Yang Xian is not an exaggeration to describe as awe.

"Captain Li, is this the unexpectedly discovered treasure in the sea you mentioned in your letter?"

"Yes!" Li Fu nodded and opened the box, "When our army passed through a sea area, the servants of the sea tribe accidentally discovered this on the bottom of the sea. I asked the alchemist on board the ship that this is an extremely rare material called colored glaze. Zaotama.”

Jiao An looked at it and closed the box.

"I have reported this matter to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has ordered you to return to Xian City immediately with the Glazed Algae Jade."

"Huixian City? I can return to Xiancheng!"

Li Fu was overjoyed and his voice was trembling.

"Not only you, but also the members of the major aristocratic families who have performed well in the past few years have also been recalled to Xian City. The last one among them had already set off the day before yesterday, and you are the only one left."

Jiao An smiled, actually feeling a little envious in his heart.These exiles came to Southwest County from a prosperous place like Xian City, but they still felt a sense of gap and homesickness in their hearts.

Although Jiao An did not have these sentiments, he had lived in the southwest since he was a child, and he had always longed for the magnificent city of Zhou Dynasty.

Being able to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xian City means entering the center of Shu.Jiao An has been serving as the county magistrate of Southwest County for five years. According to the law, the deadline for transfer has long been reached.However, the situation in Southwest County is special and he will have to stay for a while longer.

"The Prime Minister has told you that there may be risks along the way, so you should bring more good people with you."

"Risk?" Li Fu was a little puzzled, but then he handed it over, "This subordinate understands!"

(End of this chapter)