Lu Ning and his fleet crossed the Arab Strait and the Indian Ocean with a strong southwest trade wind, and stayed in Da Yicheng and Buguo to replenish freshwater supplies. Lu Ning also brought his men to visit Locke and gave valuable gifts; while Zhou Tai took his men to check the situation around him. When he knew that this place was the target of his conquest, he took it seriously.

Lu Ning and the others did not stay with Wu Guo too much. The next day, Lu Ning and the others set sail again and continued to cross the Indian Ocean. Since Lu Ning and the others were returning, Lu Ning and their warships started steam engines one after another when they encountered strong storms. Combined with the role of sails, Lu Ning and their warships sailed much faster and their ability to resist the impact of huge waves was also greatly improved. The most important thing was that Lu Ning and the others could adapt to the bumps of the warships in the sea. Although the extremely powerful storms sometimes swallowed Lu Ning and their warships and their lives, Lu Ning and the others finally came over. Lu Ning and their warships withstood severe tests, which made Lu Ning very happy.

Lu Ning and his team went to Dadishi, Bindan Island, and purchased a large number of seeds, tropical fruit seedlings and various spices in these places, especially sugarcane seedlings. This made Lu Ning even more excited. As long as Lu Ning and his team sent the sugarcane seedlings to Yidao to cultivate, Lu Ning and his team could plant a large amount of sugarcane and produce batches of sugar. Although Lu Ning did not dare to say that he could use sugarcane to produce white sugar, there should be no difficulty in making brown sugar. In today's era, sugar is

There is not yet. Once Lu Ning and the others can make it, they can earn a lot of gold coins sold to Rome and other places. This is a rare item. In addition, they have purchased rice varieties in Dishi. This is a kind of double-season rice that can be grown on Yi Island, of course it is definitely not possible in the north. If double-season rice can be grown on Yi Island, it will greatly alleviate the food problem. As the Lu Ning army's next conquest to the west, there will be many places where this high-quality rice can be grown.

More than four months later, in January of 185, Lu Ning and the others arrived at Yi Island (now renamed Lu Ning to Tianchou Prefecture). Jiang Qin and Xin Ping came to the dock to welcome Lu Ning and his party. On the way to the government office, Lu Ning saw that the current Yi Island and Lu Ning were completely different when they were just fighting a year ago. Now there are shops and crowds, so it is still the original desert island. It seems that Xin Ping has really spent a lot of effort on managing this place. Lu Ning nodded while looking.

After everyone sat down after seeing the ceremony, Jiang Qin said, "Master, you are finally back. There will be an inquiry letter from Boda, Zilong and others every day. They are worried now, for fear that something will happen to your lord. Why hasn't you heard from your lord for more than a year? Didn't you agree to return at most one year?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning laughed and patted his chest with his hands and said, "Don't worry, I'm very good. Who can tell me this is accurate when driving in the sea? There will be storms and rains at any time, and unexpected things will happen. Since they are anxious, Gong Yi told them that I have arrived at Yi Island safely and will return to Bingzhou soon."

After hearing this, Jiang Qin said, "It's the lord, I'll arrange for someone to deliver the letter."

Lu Ning looked at Jiang Qin and Xin Ping said, "Tell me, I saw this place along the way, under your governance, there have been earth-shaking changes. There is a thriving scene everywhere. You all did a good job and should be rewarded. Of course, the people here will always remember your merits, and your names will be recorded in history."

After hearing this, Xin Ping was also happy and looked up at Lu Ning and said, "Lord, these are all achievements made under your wise leadership. We just did what we should do. How dare we make contributions. Now the entire Tianchou Prefecture has a population of more than 500,000, with 120,000 farmers and nearly 3 million mu of arable land. The current Tianchou Prefecture's grain is not only self-sufficiency, but also provides a large amount of grain to the outside world. Of course, we do not sell grain to other states, counties and counties, mainly meeting the needs of our army here. More than 300 factories of all kinds have been established, forming a one-stop production system for planting, processing and production. The main economic crops are mulberry trees, jute, fruit trees, etc. The distinctive industrial products are mainly silk factories, textile factories, cement factories, red brick factories, ceramic factories, tea factories, fruit factories, clothing factories, etc., and

The large-scale factories are still led by the lord. The Zhen family, Mi family and Bingzhou merchants have also come here to invest and build factories. The scale is also very large, and there are not many factories that are truly small-scale production. These are actually the credit of the lord. Without the support of the lord and the lords of Bingzhou, I can't develop this place to this day even if I have great skills. In addition, the Zhuya Island next to Jiaozhou was regained by General Jiang in the second half of last year. Now more than 100,000 victims and refugees have been moved there, and they are temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of this place. The original situation is not optimistic, but the geographical location and climate characteristics there are also very good, and it is also very suitable for the growth of crops. I believe that it will flourish there in no time."

After hearing this, Lu Ning asked, "The victims who moved here, the refugees came from Donglai?"

After hearing this, Xin Ping shook his head and said, "It's not the lord. More than 90% of them have moved from Lujiang. There are more than 200,000 refugees living there. Due to the plague, General Wenyuan has brought hundreds of thousands of victims and refugees, and the place in Lujiang cannot be resettled. Later, Yuan Tan and they asked the transport ship to send them here."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "If this is the case, the refugees and refugees in the Donglai area will be in difficulty. It is estimated that the resettlement of 100,000 people will be almost done. You can place more than 100,000 people here, and the remaining 100,000 people will be placed on Zhuya Island; the rest will not be placed in the future. If the population density is too large, it will cause environmental pollution. To resettlement, you must wait for Gong Yi to capture the big and small Luzon Island to be resettled. Then Luzon Island can accommodate many disaster victims and refugees."

After hearing this, Xin Ping replied: "It's the lord, we will plan it, please rest assured."

Lu Ning continued: "I have also bought some fruit seedlings, sugarcane and rice seeds from Dishi and Bintan Island. You must carefully arrange manual planting, especially sugarcane and rice, which are the main crops that you will generate in the future. The rice is the second season of the year, and its quality is also very good. After planting it first, summarize the experience and gradually develop it, turning your place into a rice production base; and sugarcane is a very good economic crop. Once you have a large area of ​​planting,

, I will ask Ma Jun and others to develop corresponding production equipment, specifically for producing a very sweet product, which is also a particularly profitable project. In addition, you need to send someone to the Dishi area to introduce a tree species, called rubber tree, which can only be planted on Zhuya Island. This is also a tree species that we urgently need to develop. With it, we can produce more rubber. This thing has too many uses. For specific situations, please ask the merchants of Zhen’s family, and they know what kind of tree species it is.”
Chapter completed!