In late June, Fanning led his fleet back to Quanzhou City. It took him fifty days to go. In fact, Quanzhou is much closer to Luzon than Japan and Kunzhou, two thousand miles apart. If the wind is smooth and the oars sail again, it will be possible to arrive in five days. This is mainly the first time the Song army went south to Southeast Asia, so the speed is relatively slow and it took ten days to take one way.

After reunited with his family in the morning, in the afternoon, Fan Ning came to the Overseas Jingliu Mansion. Surprisingly, the Jingliu Mansion was very deserted and most of the officials were gone. Even his aides Zhang Bo and Gongsun Xuance were gone, with only a few officials in charge.

Fan Ning was full of doubts. He came to his official room. As soon as he sat down in his seat, he saw his aide Chen Qing. He was hurried in with a thick stack of texts.

"Ah! The envoy is back."

Chen Qing said in surprise and joy: "I heard that a fleet was back in the morning, but I thought it was a merchant fleet to go to Japan! I didn't expect that the fleet of the envoy was back."

“The trade with Japan has begun?”

Chen Qing nodded, "It officially started twenty days ago, led by Yu Xiaonian, the deputy manager who had just taken office, and led a hundred official ships to Heianjing."

Yu Xiaonian was Fanning's request to transfer him to the Legal Office and serve as one of the three Deputy Legal Envoys, in charge of official trade and labor exports to Japan and Goryeo.

Fanning happened to need to import 50,000 workers and 5,000 Japanese girls from Japan. He hurriedly asked, "Has the pigeon letter contact established with Hei Ankyo?"

"It has been established. Heian Kyoto has our Trade Agency. The pigeon letter can be delivered directly there, and it can be delivered to Heian Kyoto in two days."

Fan Ning immediately wrote a text message, stamped it with his special official seal for his pigeon letter, and handed it to Chen Qing, "Send this letter tomorrow morning, so it is best for Yu Xiaonian to receive it."

This is the first official trade between the Song Dynasty and Japan. It should not be back so soon. Calculate the time and should be able to catch up.

Chen Qing took the Ge Xin and said, "Do you have any other orders?"

"Also, there are no people in the Jingliu Mansion, even Zhang Bo and Gongsun Xuance are gone, where have they all gone?"

"So the envoy doesn't know yet!"

Chen Qing hurriedly said: "They all went north to Yangzhou to pick up people. Almost all the officials of the Jingliufu were dispatched. Deputy Envoy Li and Judge Luo went, and even Zhang Bo and Gongsun Xuance went together."

"Are you going to pick up immigrants?"

"Yes! The first batch of 5,000 immigrants have arrived in Yangzhou. I heard that the officials in the north were in a state of trouble and did not want to go south. The court asked us to send someone to pick them up, but everyone went."

"Who is responsible for the overall coordination?"

"It's Mr. Han, it seems that he is responsible for immigration."

Fan Ning then remembered that he almost forgot that Zhizhengtang had made it clear that Han Jiang would be responsible for coordinating immigration matters at that time, but only 5,000 people came to the first batch. What should I do on Luzon Island? This matter made Fan Ning a little difficult to deal with.

"How long have they been there?" Fanning asked again.

"It's almost half a month, and it's time to come back."

Fanning nodded and asked again, "What's the situation in Ryukyu Mansion? Is there any new news of the death of a laborer?"

"There are still deaths from laborers, but very few. During this period, there was only one accident report. An accident occurred in the mine and three people were buried. As for the incident of venomous snake biting to death, there was no more."

Chen Qing received another report and handed it to Fan Ning, "This is a report sent by Magistrate Zhang a few days ago. The road from the harbor to the county town that I was most concerned about has been completed."

Fanning looked at the report briefly and asked again: "Where are the fifteen officials? Where are they now?"

"They are currently in Ryukyu County and assist Zhang Zhi County in managing Japanese labor."

"I understand. You go and deal with the matter of Gexin. I will take a closer look at this report."

Chen Qing took another thick stack of documents and then stepped down.

Fanning was flipping through the report written by Zhang Ying, and Chen Qing's comments were interspersed in the report. Chen Qing helped Fan Ning sort out the key points in advance. This is the role of a confidential secretary. He not only sorted out documents but also arranged the itinerary, but also pre-approved some important documents and seduced the key points, which greatly reduced Fan Ning's pressure.

A strategic commander like him has to attack everywhere and control everything. If he has so much time and energy, a good confidential secretary will show his role.

Fan Ning was still very satisfied with Chen Qing, otherwise he would not have kept him at the beginning. Although he had Hedong Lion at home, his talents were still quite good.

Fan Ning suddenly thought of something and asked loudly: "Have you sent a report from Luzon a few days ago sent to the court?"

Chen Qing said at the door: "It has been sent to the court ten days ago."

Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly reviewed Zhang Ying's report and returned it to Chen Qing. "Send a pigeon letter to Zhang Ying. The matter of building a new county town can be left out. The matter of allocating land must be done immediately and no further delays are allowed."

"But, five thousand immigrants are coming soon." Chen Qing whispered to Fan Ning.

Fanning nodded, "I know that these immigrants can send 1,000 households to Liuli Island, build Liuli County first, and I plan to send 4,000 households to Luzon."

On the second day after Fan Ning returned to Quanzhou, he transported 5,000 households and more than 20,000 immigrants also arrived in Quanzhou. The prefect Su Liang had already led officials from various counties to build a camp on a clearing field outside Quanzhou City.

All students from the state and county schools in Quanzhou were mobilized to help immigrants temporarily move into the camp.

A team of soldiers patrolled the camp and maintained the public security of the camp.

Fan Ning accompanied Han Jiang to inspect the immigration camp. This was the first time Han Jiang accompanied the immigrants to Quanzhou. His other task was to represent Zhizhengtang to find Fan Ning's details. Zhizhengtang was preparing to cut down the soldiers and 200,000 troops in each state, and needed a large amount of resettlement fees, but Zhizhengtang could not take it out, so he could only make Fan Ning's idea.

"This group of immigrants came from Yan'an Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture. The imperial court also upheld the will of the Empress Dowager to minimize the number of people in the border states and prevent the losses from being greatly lost once the war begins."

"The rich husband seemed to have implemented this strategy back then, and was criticized by the court, saying that it was a waste of money and abandoned a large amount of land. Why did he go back now?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"It's just one time and another! When the rich prince retreated the people of the border south, it really caused great financial pressure to the court. It has been almost twenty years, and there are still hidden dangers. Will there be a gathering of farmers in Daming Mansion? There are thousands of immigrants from Zhending Mansion asking the government to repaid the land. Now it can be resettled overseas, and the plan to reduce the people of the border state has become feasible again."

Speaking of this, Han Jiang's smile became a little unnatural, "The matter of laying off the township soldiers and some wing soldiers that Fan Jun has been advocating, Zhizhengtang has officially begun to advance."

Fan Ning was overjoyed and asked quickly: "How many people will there be?"

"The current count of the number of soldiers in each prefecture is 160,000. The Xiang army mainly cut off the forces of the Central Plains and Jiangnan prefectures, involving about 200,000 people, a total of 360,000 people."

"If these old and weak troops are laid off, the court's military expenditure burden will be reduced by nearly 20 million yuan a year. It's a good thing!"

"A good thing is of course a good thing, but the disarmament requires the court to provide a large amount of money and grain to compensate. There is still a lot of food, but the money is still four million yuan, so the court cannot afford it!"

Fanning immediately understood, and he smiled and said, "Is the land not good? Or encourage them to bring immigration overseas, why do you have to use money?"

"The land must be given, each person has ten acres. As for immigration overseas, we will also strive for them to voluntarily, but the resettlement money must be given. It doesn't mean much. Each person has ten stakes, but it can't resist it. There are nearly 400,000 yuan, but it is actually not that much. There are many people who have empty salary, and the court has accepted it and does not want to pursue it anymore."

"So I'll knock on my robbery?"

Han Jiang also smiled with a shameless smile: "Everyone knows that the Overseas Administration is rich now, and you are the recognized number one master of money in the court. Who are you looking for if you don't?"

"It seems that Lao Han didn't see the report I just sent to the court!"

Han Jiang was excited, "Good news?"

Fanning nodded, "It's not ordinary good news. I have taken down Luzon Island and moved the whole country of Luzon to Sulu Island to the south. Because of a war, we confiscated the treasury of Luzon and obtained 1.6 million taels of gold."

"How many?" Han Jiang was stunned.

"One,600,000 taels! One hundred thousand taels of them are used to reward soldiers. I plan to hand over all the remaining one,500,000 taels of gold to the court, and the gold will be in Quanzhou now."

Han Jiang's face turned red with excitement, one.5 million taels of gold! With this money, the court could do a lot of things. The rich husband said that Fan Ning was a fortune-telling boy, which was simply right.

"But I have the conditions!"

"You said, I think as long as it is not too much, Zhizhengtang will definitely agree!" Han Jiang said without hesitation.
Chapter completed!