Chapter 44 The Beginning of Construction
"Where are the most deer on the island?" King Jingjiang asked.
"Your Majesty," Zhan Ding said, "Actually, if you want deer skin, you don't need to do it yourself. For hunting, the familiar barbarians on the island can do it. You only need to use some salt and iron tools to exchange for enough deer. You can use the skin as soon as you get it. I never thought about this before. Your Excellency is really smart."
He Xi didn't say anything, just smiled slightly and said: "The last thing that can make money is trade. Dai Mingshi spread the news to Nanyang. Have you let it out?"
Dai Mingshi said: "Sir, the news has been spread. A batch of goods has also been prepared on the dock. If they are willing to come, we will start the first transaction. Making money this time is secondary, the main thing is to travel. The road is open. , we will be able to make a lot of money from now on.”
"Yes." Lu Zhongheng said, "This is the most important thing."
At this moment, interests begin to diverge.
King Jingjiang has actually accepted his fate, whether he wants it or not. Whether he thinks good or bad. Nothing can change the current outcome. This is already his fiefdom. If for no other reason. Just for his quality of life. He must develop the fiefdom.
On the contrary, he didn't care much about Jinghai Company.
After all, he only occupies one floor of this company's business.
He didn't think there were many layers.
Although this number will surprise him. But now he feels that this is just a small number.
And Lu Zhongheng doesn’t care about you as the King of Jingjiang, nothing is as important as him making money. As for He Xi, both are very important. He can only carry water inside and become a master of holding a bowl of water evenly.
He Xi said: "This matter cannot be rushed, it requires a little patience."
After all, doing business requires the consent of both parties. Although He Xi also judged that these people had dark eyes and could not see the silver, and they were licking blood on the sword's head at sea. Isn't it just for money? But that doesn’t mean there won’t be twists and turns. Many things that should be taken for granted have also been failed.
"There are some things that I have to be patient about, and there are some things that I have no patience for." King Jingjiang said: "Put everything else aside first, and the construction work must start immediately, otherwise tens of thousands of people will come over in the future and sleep on the boats. It is not like being in the wilderness." . It’s also easy to get into trouble.”
He Xi said: "I asked Mr. Zhan to take charge of this matter first. I will hand it over to the court officials after they arrive."
King Jingjiang said: "I ask my uncle to be more careful about this matter. I can't trust other people. Moreover, my uncle has asked for the money to build the palace from the court in advance. If it's not just for today, don't build anything." Prince's Mansion, please build the city and houses first."
He Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Okay."
He Xi didn't know whether King Jingjiang really trusted him or for other reasons. However, he had to admit it. What King Jingjiang said was serious business.
Taiwan is rainy.
In future generations, getting sick after being caught in the rain is nothing more than a trivial matter and can be cured with one or two pills. But in this era, medical resources are in short supply. Among one or two thousand people, there may not be even one military doctor. Not to mention, although there is also a medicinal plant cultivation industry, most of the medicinal materials are natural. Go up the mountain to collect herbs. As you can imagine, the quantity of this medicinal material is naturally in short supply. If someone really gets sick, the medicinal materials must not be enough.
We can only let the soldiers endure it. Even a small cold has a high mortality rate.
Many of the so-called plagues in the army are formed in this way.
Others are a little further away. Building the house is the real business.
Moreover, He Xi actually had some small calculations in his heart. He wanted to experiment with cement. Although, this is not a good place. But now we have to build a lot of houses. Cement is also a very good building material, in order to improve efficiency.
He Xi also wanted to try cement.
So, He Xi took on this errand.
However, Lu Zhongheng left here on the ship shortly after the meeting, leaving only a few family members to represent him. Lu Zhongheng has a noble status and still has a lot to do. For example, report what is going on here to His Majesty the Emperor.
After all, he is a marquis and cannot wander around all the time.
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He Xi was on a high ground looking down. Yao Guangxiao said: "Sir, this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a view of the sea to the west and mountains to the east. It is a treasured land with good Feng Shui. It can build a country. It is only the best here within a radius of dozens of miles."
He Xi also nodded.
The location of the city is usually selected through a Feng Shui master. It's just that He Xi is not around. Fortunately, Yao Guangxiao learned a lot. Everything is there. There is also research on Feng Shui. So I chose this place.
He Xi is skeptical about Feng Shui. However, he has his own perspective.
This is a small plateau, obviously several meters higher than the surrounding area. But not much higher. There is just a slight slope. It is several miles away from the seaside and Xinjingjiang. It seems very inconvenient. But He Xi took a fancy to his height.
Ancient cities all had flood control functions. It is a summary of human city building over thousands of years. Such as the city wall of Shou County. It can be used as a dam, and the water level outside is several meters higher than in the city. Still can't pour it in. Such as Jun County. During last year's flood, almost all of Junxian County was submerged. Only the city wall of the county seat remained intact, and the floodwaters reached the moat. But he couldn't rush into the city.
And now too.
He Xi didn’t know the scale of flash floods in Taiwan. But when choosing a site, try to choose a high ground. Because many times the people are the last to protect a city.
Beyond the highlands, there is also the issue of water access. Taiwan is not a place that is short of water. Whether it is digging a deep well or diverting a river to the city, it is an easy project, and the draft problem can also be solved. Look around again. A vast area with many trees. But I can't see any big mountains. Wait a few years. This area will be cut down and turned into fertile farmland. This city can guard the rivers and ports, and protect the large areas of fertile farmland in the southeast.
It may not be the best location, but it's pretty good.
He Xi said, "Since Mr. Yao said so, it will be decided here. Immediately gather people to clean up this place and prepare to build the city."
Yao Guangxiao said: "Okay."
The location for building the city had just been finalized when a soldier came to report: "Sir, the prince has led a team of 300 cavalry and more than a thousand infantry have already moved eastward."
He Xi was shocked and said, "What? He didn't say what he wanted to do?"
The soldier said, "I heard that I want to conquer the barbarians."
He Xi was angry at first. I feel that this King Jingjiang is not restless at all. Everything he does is unreliable. First of all, what is Taiwan like today? It is basically a wilderness area with very few roads. Even if there are roads, many of them were created by animals rather than built by humans.
It can be said that infantry can only go through the forest, but cavalry may not be able to do it.
Not to mention that such terrain is not suitable for regular troops to fight. Instead, they adapt to the local indigenous people.
King Jingjiang was defeated. That’s all. If King Jingjiang is killed. No matter what He Xi said, he could not escape the influence. It brought a lot of trouble to He Xi.
Yao Guangxiao said: "Sir, do you want to send someone to intercept it?"
He Xi sighed slightly and said, "Can you come back? Forget it, you can go if you want. As a vassal king, this kind of thing is probably inevitable in the future. You should just exercise."
After all, this is the nominal supreme ruler of the Jingjiang clan, Prince Jingjiang. What does King Jingjiang really want to do? He Xi couldn't stop him either.
Of course, there is the darkest thought.
King Jingjiang now has a son. And there's more than one. In this case, King Jingjiang's bloodline is endless, and what King Jingjiang himself is like is not important at all to He Xi. All He Xi needs is Jingjiang King Jingjiang Fan. Therefore, King Jingjiang himself is alive or dead. It doesn't matter. Even from the perspective of ease of control, it would be worse than the death of King Jingjiang, who hated Zhu Yuanzhang deeply in his heart. That's how easy it is to handle.
And He Xi privately felt that as long as King Jingjiang didn't act too recklessly, a complete victory in this war could be expected. Under normal circumstances, no one can die.
It can't be controlled, and it doesn't have much impact. Not to mention, He Xi still had spare parts in hand. So it doesn't matter what King Jingjiang wants to do.
