When the Nuamei tribe was still more than ten miles away, Fanning struck the horses. He was surprised to find that a large area of ​​farmland had been opened to the left and rice was actually planted. It was spring in the southern hemisphere. The farmland was full of Nuameis who were farming, mainly women.

Zhu Ying quickly explained: "Since last year, Beidao sent people to teach them how to farm. The soil here is relatively fertile and the water source is sufficient. You don't need to plant rice seeds and scatter rice seeds into the fields and you can grow them by yourself, but it took a lot of effort to teach them to plow the fields and turn the fields."

"Are they willing to farm?"

"Of course I do. If they can support themselves, they don't have to buy food from us and exchange more cloth daily necessities. So last year they worked very hard, and both men and women came out to learn farming."

Fanning nodded and urged the horse to continue galloping. Soon after, he arrived at the Nuami tribe's headquarters. The Nuami tribe became large, surrounded by grass fences. On the front was a simple wooden gate, with low mud-walled thatched houses inside, but there was a large brick house in the middle, probably built by Bei Dao for them.

"That brick house is a school!"

Zhu Ying pointed at the brick house with a horse whip and smiled: "That is the school we assisted Nuamme. There are more than a dozen gentlemen who teach more than 200 children to read and recognize words. It started last summer."

Fanning suddenly became interested, and this was the scene he wanted to see, using farming and education to change the natives of the island.

He turned over and got off the horse, walked towards the brick house, and walked to the window, and saw forty or fifty native children sitting in the school, each of whom was focusing on writing. A gentleman was patrolling back and forth, stopping to guide the children to write.

Fanning nodded secretly. This was much faster than what he looked like. The next step was to bring Buddhism in and let the temples be built on the Pacific islands.

Fanning did not see their chief in the end, and they led their troops to fight. Fanning did not intend to spend the night on Nuam Island. At dusk, the fleet set out again and headed towards the North Island two thousand miles away.

Five days later, the fleet finally entered the Hanhai Sea, which is the waters between the South Island and the North Island, and is also called Hanhai Bay.

Entering Hanhai Bay, you will arrive at Wucheng, the largest port in Beidao. This is the first city built by Beidao, with a population of 4,000 households and more than 20,000 people. In addition, there is a Songcheng to the north of Hanhai Bay, which is 150 miles away from Wucheng. In addition, there is a Yuecheng along the southwest coast of Beidao.

Last fall, a Jincheng was built upstream of Bailongshui. Jincheng is the mineral smelting center of Beidao. The iron ore, coal mine and copper mine are all located near Jincheng. There are only 2,000 households in Jincheng, but there are 20,000 miners from Japan.

When Fanning's fleet arrived, the people of Wucheng were alarmed. Tens of thousands of people ran out of the city to welcome Fanning's arrival. The dock was filled with drums and music. The Elders' Hall, the Trade Chamber of Commerce and officials all rushed to the dock to welcome him.

When Fanning appeared at the bow of the boat, cheers rang out from the people around him. Fanning waved his hand and walked off the boat. His wife and children appeared, and the cheers became louder. This meant Fanning was about to settle in North Island, and it also meant that after the transition from North Island to North Island, he finally had his own leader.

Zhu Qi took the lead, stepped forward and bowed, and said excitedly: "Welcome to your Highness to return to Beidao!"

This sentence was repeatedly discussed by everyone. Fan Ning is the King of Chu of the Great Song Dynasty and the King of Beidao. So it is most appropriate to call His Highness. As for return, because Beidao itself was created by Fan Ning. He had previously held a heavy position in the Song Dynasty, but now he has finally come back. Of course, he uses the word "return".

Fan Ning and everyone greeted each other, then smiled and waved their hands, "I originally wanted to go ashore in a low-key manner, but I have made such a big formation. I have taken everyone's wishes, so I'd better arrange more than a thousand new immigrants! They are the foundation of Beidao."

Fan Tieniu smiled and said, "Since Your Highness said that, then we will act like Your Highness and go home. Don't be so polite."

More than a dozen carriages came forward, and Fanning's family and his servants got on the carriage. The carriage slowly drove into the city under the escort of the cavalry.

Fanning and his family opened the window and waved to the people who were welcoming on both sides, and the cheers of the people became louder.

"Long live the King of Chu!"

"Welcome to your Highness to return!"

"Long live!"

The carriage slowly entered the city, and there was no crowd of people waiting in the streets, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Zhu Pei and others came to Beidao for the first time. They were full of curiosity and expectations for everything about Beidao. The docks and warehouse groups outside the city made them feel a large-scale industry, definitely not a desolate island, and gave them a little confidence in the future.

After entering the city, everyone exclaimed, and even Fan Ning was stunned. Compared with two years ago, there was a big change!

In the middle is a wide stone slab street covered with smooth stone slabs. This is the central axis of Wucheng County, about five miles long. Within the front two miles, there are various shops, restaurants, teahouses, inns, brothels, snack shops, grocery stores, butchers, vegetable and fruit shops, rice shops, bookstores, cloth shops, silk and satin shops, money shops, jewelry and jewelry shops, powder soap shops, teeth shops, laundry shops, hot spring bathhouses, theaters, acrobatic tables, etc.

There are five or six snack shops alone, selling buns, soup cakes, sesame cakes, sugar cakes, sugar balls, osmanthus meatballs, dumplings, and various beverages.

There were people coming and going on the streets, which were quite lively and mixed with various hawking sounds.

Zhu Pei asked Fan Ning in surprise: "Husband, didn't you say that the materials are allocated in various ways? The business is very deserted, do I think it's very lively?"

Fan Ning smiled happily: "North Island has been established for nearly eight years and has a population of more than 100,000. It has gradually changed from distribution on demand to distribution on work. Business has been established. Not only the people of Wucheng consumed by themselves, but also the visits between several counties and cities, as well as the guests from the South Island and the South Mainland. However, it is estimated that the business in Wucheng is the most prosperous, and the other counties are not very good. After all, this is a royal city."

"How many people are there in the county town now? Ouyang Qian asked.

Fanning shook his head, "I don't know now, so I'll go back and ask Zhu Qi."

After walking through the two-mile commercial area, the carriage suddenly became quiet. From here, the streets were planted with big trees, called silver jingle trees and also called hehuan trees, which were full of yellow and red flowers, which were particularly elegant and beautiful.

Behind the big tree are official houses, private houses, schools and government offices. There is a temple on both sides of the end, one is called Huilin Zen Temple, and opposite is a Taoist temple called Sanqing Temple.

Huilin Zen Temple has already opened, and there are more than 80 monks living in it. They were monks who moved collectively from Putuo Mountain in Mingzhou two years ago. Their temple was burned down and the monks had nowhere to go, so they unanimously decided to develop overseas and finally chose Beidao.

But the Sanqing Temple was closed. Needless to say, this was the Taoist temple reserved for Jian Meizi, and they would come here later.

Directly opposite is a small palace, covering an area of ​​about 300 acres and surrounded by high walls. There is a archway at the main entrance of the palace with three large characters written on it: "Chu Palace", which was completed in March this year.

There is a square on both sides of the palace, opposite the east and west square is the Beidao Chamber of Commerce, which controls the economic lifeline of the Beidao. Opposite the west square is the Elder Hall, and hundreds of steps north of the palace is facing the North City Gate.

Most of the time, the north city gate is closed, and most people enter and exit from the three east and south city gates.

They entered the Chu Palace from the side door of the palace. There were soldiers standing guard at the side door. After entering the side door of the Chu Palace, the carriage stopped. In front was a huge screen wall, which was as high as one zhang and three zhang wide. It was made of six pieces of granite. On top was a huge relief statue. A huge fleet sailed through the waves on the sea, which was quite spectacular.

Fan Ning and his family got out of the car and walked around the screen wall. Everyone was stunned. In front of them was a Cuiyun Tower that was exactly the same as the capital. It was just that Cuiyun stone was standing in front, surrounded by pools, and on the left was a small hill covering an area of ​​three acres, which were planted with various tree species brought from the Song Dynasty, including jujube trees, hazelnut trees and chestnut trees.

The various layouts are exactly the same as those in the capital, only ten times larger.

A little squirrel jumped in front of Zhu Zhe and jumped directly onto his shoulder.

Fan Ning suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart. Everyone took great pains to come, and even the home of Beidao is the same as that of the capital.

"Do you like it?" Fanning turned around and asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!