East China Sea, Shamen, Tuoji Island.
"Uncle Liu, I'm really doing you a favor while I'm away. You have to take care of this place for me before your body recovers. Come, bring the century-old wild ginseng I brought back from Korea to Master Liu. I also brought that bearskin jacket..."
Kang Lin had been in Goryeo for a full month, during which time he experienced many things, including the high spirits of defeating Goryeo's crusade, and the sadness of burying his banner troops, reserve troops, and newly attached troops with his own hands. Therefore, when this guy once again set foot on the solid land of Tuoji Island, he faced Chiyang Chief Manager Liu Laoliu who led a crowd out of the village to greet him. Without saying anything else, he first bowed and sang a fat song, and then Without waiting for the latter to return the gift, he waved his hand, and two soldiers brought up two black lacquered and gold-painted wooden trays. There were two things on them, one was Korea's century-old wild ginseng, and the other was made from the fur of a blind bear from Changbai Mountain. Although the furs were not expensive, they fully showed Kang Lin's affection for Liu Laoliu.
"I am ashamed to be the head of the family. I am ashamed to be the head of the family!" Liu Laosu has been a man for half his life, so he knows that Kang Lin really cares about him. Otherwise, he would not have gone all the way from Goryeo to bring back century-old wild ginseng and bearskin jacket for himself. As the saying goes, "Sending goose feathers from a thousand miles means less courtesy and more affection." With such a long distance, even if Kang Lin brought himself a straw When he came back, it was also the latter's affection for him, and the most important thing in being a human being is self-awareness. If someone treats you so politely, you must do your best to repay him at the critical moment! Thinking of this, Liu Laoliu ignored his injuries and immediately sang a fat song to Kang Lin. Then he signaled his own soldiers to come forward and respectfully took over the Korean ginseng and bearskin jacket.
"Okay, okay, Sir Chief, Sixth Master, it's windy here. Let's go back to the official hall to talk. The food and wine there are almost getting cold. It's better not to keep you brothers waiting for a long time..." Seeing Kang Lin and Liu The sixth man gave way and he didn't know when it was time to take the lead. Zheng Nansheng, the first regiment of the infantry team who was accompanying him next to him, first stepped forward and bowed and gave a salute, and then used a mean tone to invite Kang Lin. Entering the stronghold to talk, Liu Laoliu had already arranged for his servants to prepare a banquet, and he was waiting for the former to move over and wash away his dust.
"Okay, the dock area is only a few miles away from the main city of Baihu. We can just walk together. It just so happens that I have been away for a month, and I want to see what changes have happened here..." He stretched out his hand to reject the offer from the soldiers. When Hua Guan came, Kang Lin smiled and joined hands with Liu Laoliu, and walked in the direction of Tuoji Baihu House. The surrounding soldiers, officers, and flag troops saw their leader, and the chief manager walked in front, so they also Taking a big step to follow, although this place is already the heart of Chiyang, the management time is still short, and if it is not protected, there will be some indigenous people, pirates, and Japanese prisoners of war who are unwilling to fail and take risks. They cannot take it lightly, otherwise once the leader, The general manager was attacked, and they couldn't help but walk around without food!
"The boss, the old man and the left-behind, what, uh, the colleagues of the left-behind committee have discussed that in the future, a navy camp must be set up in the Dakoutang area to control the island's outlet together with the gun platforms on the east and west reefs of Dakou. !" Kang Lin and Liu Laoliu walked in front, with the soldiers and entourage following behind, and they quickly walked a hundred and eighty steps. After arriving at a slightly higher mound, the latter lifted up his purple cloth cloak and pointed with rough and strong fingers to the southeast and southwest of Dakoutang. There were two construction sites under construction, each with five or six people inside. Ten new immigrants, young and strong, are transporting wood and building forts. After they are completed, Chiyang's senior officials will place several Ye Gongshen blunderbuss and Tianzi blunderbuss in these simple wooden forts. The door god's flying cannon is used to control Dakou Bay! This will be an important port for Chiyang to develop its maritime military power in the future. The ambitious manager Liu Da even plans to build a navy camp in the gentle area between Dakou Bay and Baihusuo City to station soldiers and berth warships!
"In addition, our roads leading to various villages, ports, and logging camps should also be repaired, otherwise it will be very inconvenient to pass. To be honest, the current road is still stepped on by our brothers and the people. , It’s fine for people to move, but it will be very troublesome to use ox carts and donkey carts to transport supplies. Not to mention other things, the big and small holes in the ground will make it difficult for those big guys who weigh hundreds or thousands of kilograms..." See Kang Lin looked at the construction site on the East and West Reef of Dakou and kept nodding, obviously quite satisfied. Liu Laoliu turned his attention to the bumpy mud at his feet. To be honest, Chiyang only occupied Tuoji for more than a month. It is not easy to make such a four- to five-foot-wide dirt road if it is driven by people. Now the old man is ambitious and wants to widen, improve, and even pave the road. gravel. Kang Lin's eyelids were twitching wildly. He could already feel the money in his pocket jumping restlessly. Yes, he commanded the army to invade Goryeo and got a lot of money, but it was used to develop Chiyang. It would be too much of a luxury to spend it all on road construction now! Therefore, Kang Lin laughed awkwardly and started to change the topic!
"It makes sense, it makes sense. What Uncle Liu said is very reasonable, but we should discuss this matter later. I am a little hungry and a little tired. Let's go to the official hall and talk while eating..."
"That's good. The boss has been tired of traveling and traveling these days, so it's time for him to have a good meal and drink. Youngsters, hurry up and lead the way. When we get to the official hall, everyone will have wine to drink and meat to eat!" It seems that he feels that the boss is speaking. Liu Laoliu didn't feel dissatisfied with the prevarication, and after laughing loudly, he stretched out his hand and led Kang Lin slowly towards Baihusuo City. Along the way, there were young and young working immigrants everywhere. They worked hard with hoes and shovels in their hands to clean up the mountainous areas full of rocks and tree roots, and then spread them with quicklime bought from Dengzhou City. As long as they put up a flag with the purpose written on it, the whole job is done. They are just the vanguard, and people will continue to send wood, bricks, and various craftsmen. In the near future, row upon row of shops and residences will be built here, and dignitaries and ordinary people from all over the world will appear on this wild island one after another!
Don't ask why, just refer to the rise of Hou Jin. I think back when Ye Boarpi was still a servant, meeting Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, was like a stray dog meeting his master, but when he wiped out the savage Jurchen , the Jurchens of the East China Sea, unified all the Jurchen tribes, and when they were full of wings, how many nobles of the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, and even Jurchens who looked down on him at first prostrate themselves under his lustful power! By then, even if you want to be a servile pug, wagging its tail and begging for mercy, you will not be able to do so. After all, the madness of Boar Skin is not just words. Millions of Han people in Liaodong were already conquered by him and his Eight Banners Army by the time his son Huang Taiji came to power. Only hundreds of thousands of people were killed. The so-called "Kill all the Wugu Nikans sent from all over" is true! Therefore, when your strength reaches a certain level, no matter who you are or what nationality you are, the whole world will revolve around you. All classes of them, especially the dignitaries and elites, will try their best to infiltrate you. Rule life in the center! Therefore, as long as you develop your own strength well, these open spaces, these wooden shops, and residences at the foot of Bawang Mountain will soon welcome their new owners. Regardless of whether these people are willing or not, Chiyang's army will let them Recognize the reality and submit obediently!
"Don't be polite, please get up quickly. This work is busy, but don't forget to rest on time. After all, work and rest should be balanced! Oh, by the way, Luo Da, Luo Er, brought me back from Korea. I brought ten jars of rice wine to you fellow villagers, and let them, the heroes who have contributed to the growth of my Chiyang strength, have a taste of the exotic wine!"
Seeing these young and sweaty new immigrants working non-stop, Kang Lin couldn't help but feel a look of relief on his face! The Chinese people are indeed the best people in the world. As long as you give them a mouthful of food, they will repay you with a hundred times a thousand times the benefits. Now I just recruit these ordinary people from the war-torn world to provide for them. They were given three meals a day and given clothes to keep out the cold, but they worked so hard for themselves that they didn't even want to take a break! When he saw himself and Liu Laoliu coming over, he knelt on the ground and grabbed the ground with his head to express his submission! They are blunt, they are stupid, they are rotten wood, but they know which person is good to them! Therefore, as soon as Kang Lin showed up, they all dropped their tools and knelt down and kowtowed. Some elderly men even shouted, "My benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled, and my lordship will last forever." Their faces full of vicissitudes of life were full of expressions. With such a respectful expression, he almost thought the former was worshiping as a land god! Therefore, in line with the principle that it is disrespectful to come back and not return, Kang Lin ordered his soldiers to bring ten jars of rice wine seized from Korea for these hard-working farmers to enjoy.
"Thank you, Mr. Chief, thank you, Mr. Chief! Come, come, everyone, come and kowtow to the great master, thank him for giving us food, giving us work, and building us a house to live in..." Hearing that there was rice wine to drink, the leading old man immediately shouted at the crowd around him. Then, more young and strong new immigrants came over one after another. They all wanted to see what the benefactor who saved them from the sea of misery looked like. What's more, a middle-aged woman took a little kid with two snot hanging from his nose, walked to Kang Lin in three steps, and then knelt down to kowtow to Kang Lin!
The widow Zhu Li definitely had reason to do this, because if Kang Lin hadn't extended a helping hand to her little kid, he would have become a starving corpse on the roadside, or a delicacy in the mouths of hungry people, unlike now. They have enough food to eat every day, a big bamboo house to sleep in, and no one dares to attack their orphaned and widowed mother. The little kid at home even goes to school, and their life is like living in honey, and this, It was all brought by this insignificant-looking fat man in front of them. Therefore, mother and son Zhu and Li, who felt they had nothing to repay, could only come out to kowtow to their leader and express their gratitude!
