My life skills in Daming Liver

Su Ze sat in the Baihu Mansion and told Lin Mojun about Changningwei after his trip.

Su Ze said: "The reclamation of Dong'ao Island will continue. In a few days, you will arrange for Lin Changjing to bring the Ryukyu National Book to Fuzhou, and dedicate the ambergris to Eunuch Tao."

This is something that has been planned long ago, Lin Mojun nodded, and the Ryukyu people are arranged on Dongao Island, ready to pay tribute to Fuzhou at any time.

Lin Mojun is also very concerned about Dongao Island, and she goes to the island every now and then. She said to Su Ze:

"Now the Crooked Hoof people's barren fields have been reclaimed, and the sweet potatoes on the island have been planted. According to your instructions, they have been gathering refugees to come to the island recently. Now there are more than 2,000 people on the island."

Su Ze nodded in satisfaction. With these people, more land on Dong'ao Island has been reclaimed. Although it is not self-sufficient, many facilities can already be built.

The dock on Dong'ao Island has been upgraded to a dry dock like Ningwei. Under the leadership of Lin Zongyuan, all the carpenters in Changningwei moved to Dong'ao Island.

Lin Zongyuan also took in more apprentices. At this time, under the leadership of Lin Zongyuan, they continued to dismantle the remaining Japanese pirate ships on Dongao Island and renovate and upgrade these ships.

"Those Frangbots still have to be optimistic."

Lin Mojun nodded and said: "They have been separated. According to your instructions, the island will be organized into Baojia, and each Baoli will be supervised by its own people. The port will also be strictly controlled, and they will not be allowed to escape. "

Su Ze nodded reassuringly. Captain Alfonso and Father Pierre are used to staying in Changningwei, but other crew members on the New World still make trouble occasionally. Many of them are hired by Captain Alfonso in Malacca Many of the local aborigines are desperadoes. Now that they are arranged on Dongao Island, they must be strictly guarded.

These days, Lin Mojun has been recruiting refugees on Dong'ao Island according to Su Ze's instructions, and now it has achieved some success.

Su Ze continued: "Changningwei's many industries, please take care of the brothers. If you encounter something that you can't handle, go to the government office to ask Brother Xianyang for help."

Lin Mojun nodded.

"After I left, the guard school was handed over to Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai. They are classmates of my county school, and their knowledge is also good. They come to the guard house for a few days every month to teach, and the children in the guard house are sent to the guard school if they want to be enlightened. "

"Brother Xianyang will take care of the affairs in the city, and Brother Deqing will manage the shops in the city."

"The tea gardens on Wuyi Mountain are usually handed over to Manager Zhou, but they still have to send their own people to inspect every now and then. This year's tea leaves are all made into black tea."

Lin Mojun continued to nod, she had already recorded what Su Ze explained, and before she knew it, Zhongchang Ningwei's property had become so big.

"After finishing my work in Fuzhou, I set off for Nanzhili directly."

Lin Mojun was silent for a moment and asked, "When will you be back?"

"I will go to Nanjing Guozijian to report first. After I am admitted to the prison, I plan to visit Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I will probably come back this autumn."

It takes two months to go from Fujian to Nanjing Road, and four months to go back and forth. However, Su Ze knows that his foundation is in Changningwei. This time, Su Ze is going to see the situation in Jiangnan and Zhejiang when he goes out.

In addition, we need to visit Fang Wanghai. Su Ze plans to take a detour to Chun'an to visit Hai Rui, so it will be good if he can come back in autumn.

When Su Ze finished speaking, Lin Mojun watched him hesitate to speak, and when Su Ze stood up and walked to the door, Lin Mojun said:

"Take care on the road!"

Su Ze waved goodbye to Lin Mojun, and he returned to the temple to pack his things, and said goodbye to Jiu Auntie and Lin Cainiang again.

"Brother Aze!" The little radish head Lin Liangjun rushed into the family temple, and he handed a suit of Confucian shirts to Su Ze and said:

"My brother gave you this!"

Su Ze looked at this blue Confucian shirt, which was cut according to his figure.

Lin Liangjun said: "My brother asked Mrs. Lu to do it herself."

"Really, why didn't she hand it over to you just now, and insisted on asking me to make another trip."

Lin Liangjun rolled his eyes and said:

"Brother Aze, can you take me with you when you go out this time? I promise not to be mischievous!"

"no!"

Su Ze flatly refused. Traveling is a risky thing in these years of chaos.

Lin Liangjun is the heir of the guard, and Lin Mojun will not let him be in danger.

Little Luobotou lowered his head in frustration. Su Ze looked at his number one disciple and said comfortingly, "I will bring you a gift when I come back from Nanjing."

"That's fine!"

Lin Liangjun raised his head as if his face changed, fearing that Su Ze would return and make a hook with him, and then quickly rushed out of the family temple.

Su Ze told Lin Cainiang to take good care of her ninth aunt, and Lin Cainiang agreed with tears in her eyes.

Lin Mojun specially selected twenty strong soldiers as guards for Su Ze. The leader was a small flag named Lin Deyang. He was also a sharpshooter in the gunslinger team. Suze is about the same.

Lin Deyang was carrying a short gun bought from Yuegang. He said that the short gun was as long as an arm, and he wrapped it in cloth and wrapped it around his waist.

These soldiers all carried this kind of short gun, but they were all wrapped in cloth strips.

But the blunderbuss is the last secret weapon, and they mainly carry knives with them. The mere stepping out of these elite soldiers makes ordinary bandits terrified, and Su Ze also feels safe along the way.

On February 2nd, when the dragon raised its head, Su Ze finished worshiping in the ancestral hall, and accompanied by his guards, he rode on the horse presented by the second son, and headed for Fuzhou City mightily.

After the Chinese New Year, Eunuch Tao moved to Fuzhou City to supervise and repair the Shipbuilding Department, and the next things were all in Su Ze's plan.

Lin Changjing, one of the thirty-six descendants of the Ryukyu Hokkien family, arrived in Fuzhou City by boat holding the Ryukyu National Letter and Kanhe.

Eunuch Tao stood on the pier to welcome Lin Changjing and his group of Ryukyu envoys. Lin Changjing offered ambergris to Eunuch Tao.

After appraising that it was real ambergris, Eunuch Tao was overjoyed, and he immediately arranged for the post station to convey the military information to the capital without stopping.

Immediately afterwards, Eunuch Tao made an agreement with Lin Changjing about the tribute.

Tributary trade is not free trade. Tributary countries can only come to Hong Kong after the tribute period is agreed, and the goods traded after arriving in Hong Kong are also negotiated.

Lin Changjing proposed to Eunuch Tao that the Ryukyu Kingdom would pay tribute to spices and wood as before, and this time they would pay tribute to cloth, ivory and precious stones, etc., and these Eunuch Tao agreed without hesitation.

However, Lin Changjing proposed to Eunuch Tao that when he asked Daming to pay tribute, he would only return silk and raw silk, and all gifts of silver and money would be converted into silk, which made Eunuch Tao hesitate.

The tributary country pays tribute to the Celestial Kingdom, and the Celestial Kingdom also gives gifts in return. This is the so-called "reply tribute".

In fact, paying tribute and answering tribute is a kind of transaction, just put on the shell of paying tribute.

Lin Changjing proposed to use only silk as a tribute, in fact, he proposed that Daming only use silk to trade.

For a long time, silk from the Ming Dynasty has been the best-selling commodity. Whether it is a Japanese daimyo or a western aristocrat, they are all crazy about silk.

Regarding Lin Changjing's request, Eunuch Tao said that he had to go to the court to reply.

The two parties agreed to pay the tribute in September. At the same time, Eunuch Tao also said that if he can collect ambergris, he can also enter Hong Kong to distribute the tribute.

Lin Changjing immediately stated that he would try his best to collect ambergris after returning home, which made Eunuch Tao very satisfied.

On February 15th, Li Zhi, who set off from Quanzhou Prefecture, also arrived in Fuzhou City to reconcile with Su Ze.

Hearing that Su Ze was going to Nanjing Guozijian, many Juren who were planning to go to Nanjing to enter the prison came to him one after another.

Huang Maochong, who is the second on the current list, and Zhao Bingzhong, who is the third on the current list, have both found Su Ze. They are also planning to go to the Nanjing Imperial College to enroll, and they also made an appointment to go with Su Ze.

There were three Juren in the party, plus Li Zhi, a doctor of the Imperial College, and four guards, the whole team immediately expanded to a hundred people.

When everyone saw Su Ze's elite guards, they proposed that Lin Deyang lead these servants in a unified way, and train them together to walk together.

After checking the documents and certificates reported to the Nanjing Guozijian, everyone headed north in a mighty way, heading for Nanjing.

However, how to go to Nanjing still needs to be discussed.

This time when I went to Nanzhili, everyone also brought a lot of Fujian specialties. Everyone in this group has an official status. Although they cannot live in a post station, no one dares to collect their taxes when they pass the customs and enter the city, so they pack large and small bags. There is a lot of luggage, so the route out of Fujian is very critical.

Li Zhi was the oldest and had just returned from Nanjing, so everyone naturally wanted to listen to his opinion.

Li Zhi said: "There are two roads to enter Fujian, namely the old Han road and the new Song road. This time I return to Fujian to take the old Han road."

A map appeared in Su Ze's mind. He opened an ancient map and said:

"Is the old way of the Han Dynasty mentioned by Mr. Zhuowu the same as the Wuyi Mountain Road that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took when he entered Fujian?"

Li Zhi nodded and said in admiration: "Ru Lin is really knowledgeable. This is the way. I also saw the inscriptions erected by the Han army in the mountains. It was left by Emperor Wu when he conquered Fujian."

Both Huang Maochong and Zhao Bingzhong went out for the first time, and they both looked at Su Ze.

Su Ze said: "The old road of the Han Dynasty is to go out of Wuyi Mountain and enter Jiangxi. After crossing Wuyi Mountain, you can enter Jiangxi Qianshan Mountain, and then enter Zhejiang from Jiangxi. The advantage is that this road was developed by the Han and Tang Dynasties, and there are many villages and towns along the way. Jiangxi, and there are many bandits along the way."

"When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Minyue Kingdom, the Han army took this ancient road. Wuyi Mountain is not high, and the army can pass through it."

Huang Maochong said: "To go to Wuyi Mountain, you have to go from Brother Su's hometown, Yanping Mansion. This journey should be easy."

Su Ze nodded and said: "The weather in Yanping Mansion was good last year, there were no disasters, and there were not many bandits. This road should be safe in Fujian."

"Where is Song Xindao?" Zhao Bingzhong asked.

Su Ze pointed to the map and said:

"Songxin Road is a new road developed in the Southern Song Dynasty. This road goes directly north from Fuzhou, passes through Ningde and Fuding along the way, crosses Xianxia Mountain in the border between Fujian and Zhejiang, and directly enters Jiangshan County in southern Zhejiang. It was built by Zhao and Song Dynasties. The official road, but Xianxia Mountain is steeper than Wuyi Mountain, and after crossing Xianxia Mountain, you have to walk through the mountains in southern Zhejiang, this road is more difficult than Wuyi Mountain Road.”

Li Zhi also nodded and said: "Xianxia Mountain is very dangerous. Huang Chao's army entered Fujian through this road at the end of Tang Dynasty. The earliest old road of Xianxia Mountain can be traced back to the end of Tang Dynasty."

"Xianxia Mountain is very difficult to walk, and it can only accommodate a horse. After entering the pass, the ridge becomes steeper. Ascending up the steps, it is like riding a pavilion to Lingxu, and every step is dangerous. It is said that it can be compared with Hanguan Jiange. .”

Huang Maochong asked: "Is this the way of the Xianxia Pass mentioned in the poems of the Song Dynasty?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Lu You, Xin Qiji and others have all visited Xianxia Pass, and it is said that their stone carvings can still be seen."

The cautious Zhao Bingzhong reminded: "But the Japanese pirates?"

Su Ze said: "Japanese pirates are mainly entrenched in eastern Zhejiang and other coastal areas. Southern Zhejiang is surrounded by mountains. There are not many Japanese pirates. We just want to guard against mountain bandits and mine robbers."

"Mine robbers?"

Su Ze nodded and said, "There are a lot of bandits mining in the mountains in southern Zhejiang. These people gathered together are comparable to bandits, and they are even more vicious than bandits. The government can't kill them."

Everyone hesitated again.

From the perspective of travel safety, it is natural to take the Wuyi Mountain Road like Li Zhi when he came back. This road has been developed since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the mountain road is also wider. The disadvantage is that it has to detour to Jiangxi.

The Jiangxi Luojiao rebelled the year before, and now there are still Luojiao remnants in the mountains. Li Zhi almost encountered it, but luckily the servant was more vigilant and escaped.

However, as long as you cross Wuyi Mountain, as long as you enter Qianshan Mountain in Jiangxi Province, you will be completely flat, and Qianshan Mountain is a famous paper industry base in the country. Its wealth is comparable to that of Jiangnan.

The road to Xianxia Mountain is the closest in a straight line, but the passes are dangerous and difficult to walk, and mine robbers are rampant in southern Zhejiang. However, there are many scenic spots and historic sites in Xianxia Mountain, and there are many stone carvings from Song Dynasty. These also make young people hesitate.

Everyone looked at Su Ze and left this problem to him to decide.

Leave it to everyone to choose.

1. Take the Wuyi Mountain Road

2. Take Xianxia Mountain Road