Soon, several soldiers brought a short and fat man in. It was Liang Yi who came back from Bianliang. He had a pass issued by the Song Dynasty court and was unobstructed all the way, but it was not possible in Xiping Prefecture. A fierce battle was going on in this area. The defending general did not dare to make a decision, so he sent him to Fan Ning.

Fanning looked at Liang Yimeng. Seeing that he was over thirty years old, his eyes were very smart, but his image was very bad. He waved his hand and asked the soldiers to retreat, and then smiled and said, "Prespect Liang, please sit down!"

Liang Yima already knew that the two people on the other side were the deputy prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, especially the tall young man, who was actually the famous Xiao Fan Gong. His name appeared in the newspaper every day, but he didn't expect to be so young.

Liang Yimeng was not polite, and sat down and said, "I will go to the capital of your country under the order of the Queen Mother to meet the Emperor of Song Dynasty. Now I am returning to Xingqing Prefecture."

Han Jiang smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Prime Minister Liang, we won't make things difficult for you, we will let you go back, just want to talk to you."

Liang Yi buried his heart and asked, "What do you want to talk to me?"

Fan Ning and Han Jiang looked at each other, and Fan Ning said slowly: "A 500,000 army surrounded Xingqing Prefecture, and did not attack. We are successfully clearing out the rest of the Western Xia areas. Tubo and Song Army 150,000 coalition forces and tens of thousands of Qiang cavalry are encircling the Western Xia army in Hexi. The Liao Kingdom will not send troops to support Xixia again. How long can Xingqing Prefecture last? Two months or half a year?"

Seeing Liang Yi's face slightly changed, Fan Ning continued, "I am not trying to persuade you to surrender now. I am just telling you that the general situation in Xixia is over. Once the city is broken, the young emperor and the queen mother of Xixia will be sent to Bianliang. How can the Liang Prime Minister get the greatest benefits? I hope Liang Prime Minister thinks carefully. You are a Han Chinese, not a Dangxiang person, or whether you are a hero of the Han Chinese who stayed in Xixia or a slave who was defeated in Xixia and was sent to Bianliang for a lifetime. You choose your own choice."

After Fan Ning finished speaking, he stood up and ordered his subordinates, "Send Liang Prime Minister and his entourage into the city!"

Liang Yi was in a mess and didn't know what to say, so he bowed and followed the soldiers away.

Looking at Liang Yi's back as he was buried far away, Han Jiang smiled and said, "Will he wake up?"

Fan Ning said lightly: "This person can be seen as a smart person. I hope he can save the people of a city."

The war in Xixia has continued, but the people in the capital gradually stopped paying special attention to it. Only major victories will be taken, and other daily operations can no longer arouse their interest.

After all, it is already a great heat, and the weather is particularly hot. The hot war can only add heat and it is difficult to reduce heat. The people are more willing to talk about some romantic love, some romantic events in the newly famous singers in the Xiangpan and the alum building, or some talk about the dark horses of this year's Cuju competition. These are the lives of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty.

In the past two years, we are particularly popular in Beijing. Wearing cotton shirts in summer has become fashionable. With the continuous breakthroughs in textile technology and the implementation of cotton gins, the cotton that was difficult to weave in the past has become easy to spin yarn into threads, and then textile into cloth.

Millions of tanned cotton raw materials from Ryukyu and Luzon every year make the tanned cotton raw materials sufficient. Kapok cloth has long entered ordinary homes in the Song Dynasty. The tanned cotton cloth is light and soft, has good breathability, is cool in summer and warm in winter, and is deeply loved by the people. It has gradually been side by side with traditional fabrics such as silk and hemp, becoming one of the three major textiles in the Song Dynasty. The good prospects have also led to the large-scale planting of tanned cotton trees in Lingnan and Guangnan areas.

But the cotton that Fanning once had high expectations was never promoted, which was something he had not expected before.

The second is spices, a large amount of Nanyang spices poured in, turning the spices from original luxury goods to daily necessities.

A typical example is that the fragrant soap used by many wealthy families was quickly produced on a large scale due to the leakage of production methods and formulas. The fragrant soap that was always worth a dollar was quickly reduced to fifty cents per dollar.

But what really changed the appearance of the Song Dynasty was grain. The large-scale corn planting on Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road was transformed into pig farming, which caused the number of live pigs in the Song Dynasty to increase rapidly and the supply of pork in the city began to increase.

But this is not the credit for corn and pumpkin. A large amount of corn is planted on the land, so that the poorest families in the countryside can eat three meals a day.

The direct effect of being able to eat more easily is that the population of the Song Dynasty began to grow rapidly. At the beginning of the third year of Xining, the population of the Song Dynasty had reached 130 million, a net increase of 10 million from five years ago.

The unprecedented wealth of materials, the court's income and expenditure were even, the overseas financial resources were flooded, the redundant soldiers and redundant expenses were greatly alleviated, and the problem of redundant officials began to thaw, and the entire Song Dynasty entered its most prosperous period since its founding.

The prosperity of society has also brought about a change of thought. Going overseas to make a living has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. No one regards it as a way of leaving home, but just a way of living or a means of making a living.

Even if you go overseas to work for a few years, you can bring back a lot of money. Although it is very hard, you can earn a lot of money, which still attracts many people.

On Shuyuan Street in Tokyo's Dasangkok Temple, there is a large overseas recruitment sign that says: "Sanshan Blessed Land, Golden Kingdom, Kitajima is calling you!"

All the people who passed through Daxiangguo Temple saw this sign. In fact, many places in the capital have signs for recruiting overseas workers. The powerful and wealthy merchants in the Song Dynasty bought so many islands and land overseas, and the population most needed was the population. Therefore, every day, newspapers were filled with advertisements for recruiting immigrants overseas, promising to give land, houses, and livestock.

Of course, Kitajima is also recruiting, and the recruitment point is the Stone Hall.

Only Fan Tiege and his wife are left in the strange stone hall. The business is pretty good, and Fan Tiege has no idea of ​​immigrating overseas. The Mingren and Mingli brothers had no choice but to use the strange stone hall as the base for recruiting labor and immigrants.

Outside the gate of the Stone Museum is a billboard that is ten feet long and eight feet wide, which also says: "The fairy mountain and blessed land, the golden kingdom, the Beidao is calling you!"

The background painting is full of dreamy lakes and vast fields, wooden houses, and bright girls, which are very attractive.

The sign of the Beidao recruitment point was also hung on the gate of the Strange Stone Museum.

That morning, a middle-aged man walked in from the strange stone hall. He was wearing a coarse cloth short jacket and was a little timid. The guy knew at a glance that he was here to recruit immigrants.

"I want to ask, I'll go overseas to work here."

Fan Tiego stood up and said, "I'm responsible for recruiting. Let's go next door and go!"

Several bricklayers were building a wall with blue bricks to separate the overseas recruitment points from the strange stone hall. Fan Tiege discovered it more than once, and many people dared not come in.

Fan Tiege brought the middle-aged man next door, asked him to sit down, and poured another bowl of ice water herbal tea. The middle-aged man was very angry and drank it dry in one breath, feeling so comfortable that he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, where is your surname from?"

"My surname is Wang, from Queshan County, Caizhou. He is a tenant farmer. He doesn't want to farm for others. I heard that I can make money overseas, so I want to go and have a look."

Fan Tiego asked again with a smile: "Why do you think of coming to me? In the capital, there are many places to recruit overseas."

"I heard that Bei Dao belongs to Xiao Fan's husband. Xiao Fan's husband is very good and should not treat me badly."

Fan Tiego was stunned. His nephew was already famous all over the world. He quickly smiled and said, "Of course I won't treat it badly. Moreover, Beidao is more suitable for people in the Central Plains. Luzon Island is too hot, and it is the same as in summer. The climate of Beidao is similar to that here. Life is very comfortable when you go there. Work during the day, and everyone gathers in the tavern to drink and chat, and then go to the hot spring to sleep. The wine is made of oars and fruits. I heard it is very cheap."

The middle-aged man obviously has little interest in leisurely life, so he asked carefully: "I want to ask what I do when I go there, and how much money can I earn in a month?"

"There are a few things to go there. You can choose it yourself. One is to reclaim land and farm, mainly to grow wheat, and the other is to ride horses to grazing, mainly to herd sheep, or work, such as logging, mining, etc., and you don't have to pay for food, accommodation and clothing. You can eat, live, and wear and drink three meals a day, and you can eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, 3 years, and one is five years, you can choose one, according to the monthly memor

The middle-aged man hesitated and said, "Can you pay a little advance in advance?"

"Of course, you can pay up to one year's wages, but the money is not given to you, but to your designated family members. When you get on the boat, this is the rule, and every family does this."

"I understand, then I will sign up now and go with my wife."

Fan Tiege took out an registration form and overseas work contract. Both of these were printed uniformly by the government, but there will be some supplements at the end, such as special requirements, advance wages, etc.

The middle-aged man was illiterate, and he slowly said, "My name is Wang Yin, my wife is Luo Sangu, I'm going to go for three years. I want to pay the wages for one year in advance, and give the wages to my father."

Fan Tiege finished writing the contract, and both parties signed and stamped. Fan Tiege smiled and said, "If you have a guarantor in the capital, I can give you the wages now."

"The wages are not urgent. Just give them to my father when you leave. When will you go?"

Fan Tiege calculated the date, "Can you arrive in the capital in twenty days?"

"Can!"

"I came to me later on twenty days, and I will arrange for you to board the boat to Yangzhou and to Beidao in Yangzhou Shanghai. Remember, you will come to Beijing on July 20th at the latest, otherwise you will have to wait for another three months."

The middle-aged man hurried away with a contract.
Chapter completed!