Feng Heming

Chapter 435 Return to the Western Regions

"Your Majesty, how do you deal with these savages?" the captain asked.

Jiang Yuanxi cast his eyes on these five people and asked, "How many of these people are there in the golden land?"

"Before our brothers came back, the army only explored the northeast, and there were about [-] savages there." The team leader replied, "The golden land is huge, with five islands connected together, but their life spans are generally short. , there are not many people, we estimate that there are thousands of people."

"Catch all the savages on the island, let them dig gold sand for us, and provide them with two meals a day."

Regarding the treatment of the savages, Jiang Yuanxi was very ruthless. He didn't try to teach them how to speak, but let the army arrest them and use them as cattle and horses.

People who are not of my race must have a different mind. Jiang Yuanxi felt that she had this time to teach these savages to learn how to speak, so it would be better to spend her time teaching the people of Dayong to know a few more words.

The team leader responded respectfully, and Jiang Yuanxi continued to ask: "Where do these savages live?"

"Caves, they dig holes and live in them."

Jiang Yuanxi paced back and forth, "Are there many forests on the island?"

"Many! There is a large forest in one place, with high canopies and thick trees."

In this way, Jiang Yuanxi knew it in his mind, "Go down and rest for a while. Then call Mr. Zhu to see me."

This time, let Zhu Xuezhen follow him to see if the land on the island is suitable for reclaiming wasteland and fertile land. If it is not suitable, all the things on the island can only be mined back to Dayong, and the people cannot be moved to live there.

Five days later, an army set out from Chang'an City, escorted Chang Mingyi and Zhu Xuezhen to Danyang County, and then the big ship sailed to the golden land.

This time when he went to sea, Jiang Bojin, as the Minister of the Household Department, also stepped in after hearing about the incident, and sent several officials from the Household Department to weigh Jinsha with a weight.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Bojun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also sent a few officials from the Ministry of Industry to prepare to cut down trees and transport them back to build more garden houses.

Not to be outdone, Qu Chengwen, Minister of the Ministry of War, also brought along people from the Ministry of War. Manufacturing weapons such as bows and arrows and spears requires a lot of wood. At the same time, the Ministry of War also proposed to send troops to station in the golden land. It is the land of Dayong.

As long as you can get a foot in, you will try every means to be unwilling to be resigned. Such a land that has never been discovered by others contains many undiscovered backgrounds. They all want their own people to discover things that are beneficial to the country and the people, so that they can be promoted. Lord.

The gold land kept bringing back the gold sand, and Jiang Bojin's household department melted down and cast it into gold bricks. When there were more and more gold bricks in the treasury, he officially started to prepare for the construction of the bank, and worked with Jiang Bojun to make the gold bills.

The two experimented many times. It is very difficult to prevent people from being counterfeited. Fortunately, Gu Yidan had some ideas before his death. One of them was the number of the golden ticket. There is a number on the ticket, and this number will also be registered and compiled. One is kept in the bank and the other is kept in the household department. When someone takes a gold ticket to exchange for gold bricks, the bank will check the number. This golden ticket is useless, it is used to prevent counterfeiting. Of course, there are other means besides this.

Just as the bank was preparing, Hu Bugui came back.

When Jiang Yuanxi saw Hu Bugui, his figure was even thinner, and he carried a fierce aura about him. He led 300 people out of the fortress, but only 120 people came back in the end.

"Your Majesty, this is what I brought back." Hu Bugui presented the two items in his hand to Jiang Yuanxi.

One is a map from the frontier to the eighteen cities in the Western Regions, and the other is a piece of clothing.

Jiang Yuanxi took the map and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the brighter it became. In the end, he laughed out loud, "Hu Qing has made great contributions, he has made great achievements!"

With this map, the Western Regions will no longer be able to block Dayong!

"Hu Qing, tell me what you have seen and heard along the way!" Jiang Yuanxi said.

Hu Bugui narrated the experience along the way in detail, and he talked for a whole day, and it was getting late, so Jiang Yuanxi asked him to stop.

"Hu Qing, you have worked hard all the way home, go home first to have a good rest, and when you recover, come back tomorrow and continue talking to me."

"Please wait, Your Majesty!" Hu Bugui did not retreat, but pointed to the clothes he brought back and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good item I brought back from the Western Regions!"

Jiang Yuanxi had just started talking, and for a moment he really forgot about the dress. Hearing what he said, he cast his eyes on the dress.

Hu Bugui tore the clothes open with his hands, revealing the white and fluffy things inside, "Look, Your Majesty, this thing is a unique product of the Western Regions. People there call it cotton. Cotton is very light, but very warm. Its warmth is no less than that of fur, if we can tuck cotton into the lining of our clothes like people in the Western Regions, we will save a lot of people from dying in winter.”

Jiang Yuanxi's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to pick up the cotton, "Is this thing so miraculous?"

The cold winter in Dayong is still very frightening. Wealthy families are not afraid of the cold, but ordinary people have to rely on firewood to survive the winter. Sometimes if there is heavy snow in winter, the poorer people may die of cold in their dreams. , I can no longer open my eyes to see the sun the next day.

"How much cotton did Hu Qing bring back? How is cotton produced?"

Jiang Yuanxi asked with full expectation, she believed that Hu Bugui would give her a satisfactory answer.

"There is a plant in the Western Regions. After the flowers bloom, a fruit is left. There are seeds in the fruit, and the seeds will grow fluff. When there are more and more fluff, the fruit will crack and the fluff will be exposed from the inside. This is cotton."

Hu Bugui explained, "I not only brought back the cotton seeds, but also invited many people who know how to grow cotton to come back. As for the cotton, I also brought back nearly a hundred catties."

"Hahahaha"

Jiang Yuanxi laughed happily, "Great work by Hu Qing! Great work by Hu Qing!"

If cotton can really be as warm as fur, but can be planted, even ordinary people can use it. In a sense, cotton is more important than gold.

Hu Bugui made such a great contribution, Jiang Yuanxi felt a little troubled and didn't know how to reward him. She once said that no one can be king without the Jiang family, and he not only drew a map from Dayong to the eighteen cities of the Western Regions, but also brought The cotton was returned, but Hu Bugui had already been canonized as the Duke of Zhao, and the reward of gold and silver was undoubtedly not taken seriously enough, and it was difficult to deal with it now.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I can have the audacity to reward you with a gold medal for avoiding death due to my contribution this time?" Hu Bugui had already seen Jiang Yuanxi's problem and asked proactively.

(End of this chapter)