"Don't worry, my son. After Nanhai County is handed over to Lord Lanfu, Samoko will no longer be under our control. You can just go back to Jiaozhi with peace of mind." Shi Xie sighed.
"Uh... I'm just worried about Samo..."
Before Shi Hui finished speaking, Shi Xie said impatiently: "Why do you care about the desert at this time? Go back early and pack your bags. Master Lan will be here in two days. Be careful not to be rude."
After Shi Xie finished speaking, he drove the confused Shi Hui off the boat. He wondered if the climate and climate in the South China Sea were not suitable for him. Why did his originally clever son suddenly become stupid?
Two days later, Lan Tian came to Nanhai as promised. Shi Hui and county officials, including Samoko who was assisting in the defense, all came to the outside of Panyu to warmly welcome him.
After entering the city and entering the mansion, Shi Hui introduced a group of officials to Lan Tian, and then asked Lan Tian to resign and return to Jiaozhi, saying that his brother Shi Zhi would take his place.
Lan Tian nodded without holding back, "I wish you a safe journey. General Sha, please send Mr. Hui off for me. Everyone, please disperse and go about your own business."
"Wei." The officials responded and came out of the palace.
Shi Hui walked out of Panyu surrounded by Shamoko. He was relieved when he saw that there was only a small group of people following him, but Shamoko looked obviously not good.
"Just send the general here. Mr. Lanfu is smart and has many ways to outdo others. General, don't worry about the food for the soldiers. Say goodbye..." Shi Hui saw that Samoko's face was full of sorrow, but he did not rely on him to go to Jiaozhi, so he went to Jiaozhi. Before leaving, he did not forget to comfort each other.
Samoko is indeed a little troubled. The Wuxi barbarians have lost the value of their existence by eating the emblems of the large families. Will they be arranged to remove their armor and return to the fields? The meat I have eaten in the past few months is almost the same as it has been in more than ten years. On second thought, it is worth it.
After seeing off Shi Hui and Hu Ke at the dock, Shamoko walked heavily back to the city. As soon as he arrived at the city gate, a barbarian guard told him that Lan Tian and Gao Shun had gone to the northeast to race horses.
Horse racing? Shamoko remembered that Lantian had never been so relaxed. He had to seize this happy moment of his husband, and maybe say a few nice words to keep more barbarians. Thinking of this, Shamoko slapped the horse's butt hard, and the horse's hooves splashed dust towards Panyu. Go northeast.
Nanhai County governs Panyu County and covers six counties: Panyu, Zhongsu, Boluo, Longchuan, Sihui and Jieyang, with a total population of more than 70,000 households and more than 200,000 people.
Panyu was the main salt producing area in the Han Dynasty. Most of the local people were engaged in salt industry-related jobs. In addition, there were a large number of fishermen who went out to sea to catch fish. The cultivated land area was far less than that of other counties and counties.
During the Han Dynasty, salt was managed by the government. There were more than 20 salt offices across the country. The methods of government management were: civilian system, official collection, official transportation, and official sales. Specifically, the government provided prison basins to control production, and the common people scraped and scraped the salt. The soil is soaked in brine, and then the brine is burned to boil the salt. Finally, the government purchases, transports, and sells the salt.
Lan Tian and Gao Shun Paoma are getting farther and farther away, slowly opening up a distance of more than ten miles from the coast.
Gao Shun saw that Lan Tian was in a good mood, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Guan is in a good mood. Could it be because he won the South China Sea for nothing? The income from the salt industry here is very considerable. No wonder Sun Quan has never forgotten this place."
"The climate here is suitable, the terrain is flat, and it faces the sea. It's such a good place." Lan Tian sighed looking into the distance with a riding whip.
Gao Shun nodded, "The climate here is good. It's already October and you don't need to wear winter clothes. I couldn't even think about it in the north before. Who do you think General Liu will send to govern the South China Sea?"
"I will temporarily serve as the prefect of Nanhai. I don't feel comfortable leaving this place to outsiders. How about building a small courtyard facing the sea here for Xu Yuanzhi?" Lantian asked with a smile.
Gao Shun grabbed the reins and turned the horse around, showing a puzzled and surprised expression: "Are you joking, sir? Not only is there nothing here, but it is still more than ten miles away from Panyu City. There may be wild beasts at night. Really?" How do you live here?"
Lan Tian pointed to the wide land behind him: "I want to build a city here."
"Building a city? This matter is no small matter. Sir, he has been strict in economy over the years and has never carried out large-scale construction projects to disturb the people. Now he has just arrived in Jiaozhou and the people's hearts are not yet stable. Why..." Gao Shun couldn't understand.
"Boping is worried that I will recruit civilians? Have you forgotten how we helped the victims build houses during the earthquake relief in Jingzhou?" Lan Tian asked meaningfully.
"You mean to use the army? But building a village is completely different from building a city. I don't know how long it will take to build a city just by relying on the army. And they..." Gao Shun did not continue. The soldiers are now full-time soldiers. Lantian promised that they would only Serving the war, if the troops are mobilized to participate in the construction now, it may weaken the combat effectiveness and morale.
After hearing this, Lan Tian shook his head and laughed. Just when he was about to explain, a horse riding on the wind came not far away. When he looked closely, he turned out to be the Barbarian King Samoko.
"I can't bear to use your precious soldiers in the battle. The people responsible for building the new city took the initiative to send them to your door." Lan Tian raised his chin.
Gao Shun immediately understood. It turned out that Lantian was behind the idea of the Wuxi barbarians. The barbarian soldiers in Samoko were all powerful, but if they really wanted to build a city, how long would these eight thousand people have to work on?
"Sir, you have come so far." Samoko rode his horse and was in front of him in an instant.
"Did Shi Hui send him off?" Lan Tian asked with a smile.
Shamoko nodded, "He boarded the ship with Colonel Hu..."
Lan Tian asked again: "Where are your Wuxi Barbarians stationed now?"
Shamoko swallowed his saliva and said, "They are stationed in Heiya Bay in the southwest. I haven't arranged for them to train today. Do you want to arrange for them to return to their hometown? But they really don't want to go back. Can they just unload their armor and farm in Jiaozhou?" ? If there is a war in the future, it would be better to recruit on the spot..."
Lan Tian smiled slightly and said: "'When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit is dead, the running dogs are cooked.' How can I do such a thing? I plan to build a new city here. Are your barbarians willing to stay and build the city?" After completion, those who remain will no longer need to remove their armor and return to farming. Boping will also give them overall special training, and eventually they will become full-time soldiers like soldiers trapped in the battlefield."
"Of course I'm willing, a hundred percent willing." Shamoko was overjoyed. It was tempting enough to return home without having to take off his armor, not to mention the additional benefits that followed.
Lan Tian said solemnly: "Don't be too eager to be happy. Building a city is a hard and tiring job. Three meals and military pay will be based on the standards of the trapped army. But without the treatment given to you by the badge, why can you eat meat for two days?" Don’t even think about it.”
Shamoko scratched his head: "We don't want any military pay. Just give us a few mouthfuls of food every day. In the past two months, they have eaten all the meat in their lives."
"Sir, how big will this city be?" Gao Shun took advantage of the gap between the two to interject and asked.
Lan Tian frowned: "If you don't build it, it will be done. If you build it, it will be built. Let's build a big city with a radius of ten miles with this place as the center."
Gao Shun and Shamoko took a breath of cold air. Sir, do you know how big a radius of ten miles is?
"Sir, are you wrong? Chang'an City is less than five miles in radius..." Gao Shun quickly added.
Lan Tian shook his head and said: "Planting sycamore trees will attract phoenixes. Don't just look at the present, learn to focus on the future. More and more people in Jiaozhou will..."
Lantian's current thinking is similar to that of development zones in later generations. First, a piece of land will be circled and developed slowly, and whatever is missing will be filled in the future. There is no need to build it all at once.
At this moment, Lan Tian's heart was filled with excitement. Like the great old man, he drew a circle on the edge of the South China Sea.
