Chapter 584: I've learned a lot (please vote and subscribe)
There are a lot of people on the sailboat, which makes Jiang Xuan and his followers very uncomfortable. The 20-meter-long boat is not small, but it can't handle so many people on the boat. There were quite a few people originally, and later a raccoon tribe was added, so now there are even more people. Fortunately,
under the condition of full speed, the remaining voyage is not long. You know, when Youfu and his men first came out, they had to stop and survey every time they arrived at a strange place, and they were not familiar with the route and hydrological conditions. Basically, they could only sail during the day and anchor at night.
But now there is no need. The route has been determined to be no problem. Even if they travel day and night, there is no problem if they don't stop the ship and dock in the middle. Therefore, the speed of the return journey is faster. Although there is a factor of countercurrent, it is faster than the speed of the way here.
A few days later, when the fleet passed the territory of the Barbarian Tribe, the entire fleet was scolding those people on the shore, but Youfu did not give an order to stop the ship, but continued to order the fleet to move forward.
The people of the Jiang clan were confused, so Jiang Xuan came to You Fu and asked.
"Captain You, I wonder if you and the tribe on the shore are related?"
Jiang Xuan didn't finish his words. The blank words behind were obviously waiting for You Fu to add. You Fu had nothing to hide, so he explained casually.
"Oh, that tribe. When our fleet passed by here just now, it was like we were at your Jiang clan. We were going to send a few people ashore to communicate with them and see if we could make some deals with them.
After all, this is how we got here. Basically, most tribes agreed to trade with us. Even if they didn't allow us to trade, they wouldn't do anything to us.
But the people of this tribe directly sent warriors to rob the gifts we brought ashore, and killed several of our crew members and stole several weapons, so the people in the fleet hated them very much."
"Killed your people?" Jiang Xuan was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that there would be such a tribe. The Han tribe had a lot of good things. It was obvious that trading with the Han tribe would be beneficial. Even if these idiots didn't want to trade, they wouldn't kill people and rob them. Aren't they stupid?
"Yes, several people died. Their bodies were cremated and put into jars on this boat. I promised them that I would take them home." You Fu said with a gloomy face.
"So how did this matter end? Just let it go?" Jiang Xuan asked again tentatively. He really wanted to know the attitude of the Han tribe towards this kind of thing.
"Hehe, although they robbed our things, they didn't take much advantage. The few people who came ashore to deliver gifts also killed dozens of them. In the end, not even one of our bodies was left. So we didn't suffer a loss. But this matter can't be let go. The people of our Han tribe will not die in vain. They will be punished." You Fu smiled coldly, and his words were chilling.
Jiang Xuan was surprised by You Fu's words again. The Han tribe killed dozens of people with just a few people delivering gifts? This fighting power is too terrifying. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that You Fu is bragging, but the Han tribe can definitely kill some with their sharp weapons, but it is unknown how many they killed.
"Will your Han tribe send people to attack them again?" Jiang Xuan tried again.
"I can't make the decision on this matter. It's all up to our leader. If the leader agrees, then we will definitely go." You Fu made up a random excuse and stopped talking. Instead, he went back to the cabin to write today's navigation log.
Jiang Xuan stayed on the open deck on the second floor, looking thoughtfully at the barbarian tribe. He didn't know what the outcome would be if the Jiang family and You Fu had a conflict.
The fleet continued to sail northwest. After a few days, they passed the river full of sandbars where they encountered the raccoon tribe. The crocodiles were still basking in the sun by the river and on the sandbars. It seemed that the massacre brought by the fleet last time did not make them plan to migrate. Some crocodiles have even started to build nests and dig holes on the sandbars to prepare for the upcoming hibernation time.
You Zhi, the licking dog, also gave Lei the wooden comb he polished by himself. The two made rapid progress on the boat. As long as Lei's brother Yong nodded, the two could be together officially.
Yong had no complaints about You Zhi. He had no objection to his sister marrying into such a powerful tribe as the Han Tribe. However, the two tribes were too far apart. If the leader did not agree to Jiang joining the Han Tribe, he might not see his sister for the rest of his life. Therefore, Yong did not dare to agree easily. After all, they would stay in the Han Tribe for a winter. There was still a long time. They would see what happened next.
The other guards of Jiang also stayed on the small deck all day, looking at the scenery along the way. This was a valuable experience for them. After all, they had never left the tribe for so long. The farthest place they had been was to follow Yong to another tribe on the other side of the river to exchange salt.
Even though Jiang Xuan claimed to be a wise man, he sighed countless times during the voyage for more than half a month. After so long, they still had not reached the Han Tribe. The people of the Han Tribe were really brave in pioneering. They dared to run so far in a completely unfamiliar place. It was incredible.
It was not until nearly a month of sailing that Jiang Xuan saw a flag with the word "Han" written on it by the river. There was a large dock, a large-looking building complex, and farmland along the river bank, but it had been harvested long ago, leaving only half of the straw sticking to the ground.
"Are we at the Han tribe? Is this the city of the Han tribe?" Jiang Xuan said, standing on the second deck and pointing at the buildings on the river bank.
"No need. This is not a city. It's just a dock built by the Han tribe outside. There are still our people engaged in production here. It can't be considered a city. It can only be called a stronghold, or a base.
So we don't stop the ship here. Once we get here, we can reach Liuyang County in one or two days. We don't lack supplies on the ship, so it's better to go back early."
You Fu was also quite surprised when he saw the stronghold built by Jing Yan in the Lu tribe. He didn't expect that they would move so quickly. The base has been built. The wide dock is built with wood and bricks. It looks very strong and can dock many large ships. After all, this is a dock for transporting ore. If the load-bearing capacity is not enough, the heavy ore may crush the dock.
There is also a huge open-air yard next to the dock, which is used to pile up ore waiting to be transported. It is very large and very flat. If it is full of ore, I am afraid it will take a week to transport it.
The large yard next to the yard is also very conspicuous. There are residential areas, two-story buildings for offices, and a large number of warehouses. After all, although there are coal mines here, they need a steady stream of transportation tools and other living materials from the Han tribe. Otherwise, Jing Yan will not be able to recruit local natives to work for the Han tribe's mining team.
Jing Yan's construction progress is fast and obvious to all. In order to be promoted from a minor official to a county governor, this guy is desperately showing himself. He even wants to build a county city first and then tell Luo Chong how many people there are here, so that the leader can see his ability.
At the original residence of the Deer Tribe, a super large construction site has begun. Several brick kilns on the shore are constantly smoking, and the piles next to them are either already fired green bricks or brick embryos waiting to be put into the kiln.
In the current situation, You Fu knew without thinking that Jing Yan must have tricked the population of the Deer Tribe into the large courtyard he built. The workers on the city construction site should also have been tricked from the surrounding tribes. The most familiar method used by the petty officials from Liuyang County was to recruit laborers to attract people to join. But then again, this idea was originally thought up by the leader.
Jiang Xuan looked at the scene in front of him incredulously. It was incredible that such a large scale was just a production base outside the Han Tribe. Their base was too big. Just looking at the territory, it was not much smaller than the Jiang family. If the population was counted, it should be more than the Jiang family. Such a place was just a base. If it really came to the city of the Han Tribe, it was unknown how big it would be.
No, You Fu seemed to say just now that this was just a base for production. What kind of production would require the Han Tribe to invest so many resources? Planting food? Impossible, although there are some fields here, it is obviously not enough for thousands of people to eat. Besides, you can't plant anywhere. Do you need to go so far?
Unable to resist the drive of curiosity, Jiang Xuan finally couldn't help but raise his own questions. You Fu didn't hide it completely, but the answer he gave was also ambiguous.
"The people here are here to dig stones. There is a kind of stone in this place that we need very much, but there is none around the cities of our Han tribe now, so we built such a base."
"Dig stones? What kind of stone is so important that we have to go so far to dig it?" Jiang Xuan asked casually.
"I don't know either. I only know that the stone is black, but I don't know what it is used for, because I had already gone downstream at that time. I was just an outside explorer for the Han tribe. These production and construction matters were not my responsibility, so I didn't know."
You Fu evaded again. After all, the Jiang family could not be considered as one of their own now. It was better to say less about such confidential matters of the Sheji tribe. What if something happened that affected the construction progress of the Han tribe? At that time, it would be more trouble than gain.
Seeing that You Fu still didn't say anything useful, Jiang Xuan stopped asking and continued to enjoy the scenery along the way. You Fu had just said that if they continued walking at this speed for another two days, they would reach a county of the Han tribe. Therefore, Jiang Xuan's expectations became even stronger.
But on that afternoon, they encountered a fleet heading south from upstream. There were two sailboats of the same size as theirs, with similar styles, and also carrying the flag of the Han tribe. When the two fleets passed each other, through the communication between the two sides, You Fu learned that they were going to deliver supplies to the coal mine development base over there in Jing Yan.
It is understood that this base established for the development of coal mines has now become a new population absorption center on the east bank of the Liuyang River, just like Liuyang County two years ago. Now the population of Liuyang County has been absorbed almost completely, but the east bank of the Liuyang River has not yet been developed. Now it has all been taken advantage of by the base of the Deer Tribe. It is unknown how many people Jing Yan has brought in.
After another day and night of sailing, Youfu's fleet finally arrived at the dock of Liuyang County on the afternoon of the second day after passing the coal mine stronghold. The sun was already setting, but the dock here was still very busy.
Two cargo ships from Weishan County were docked at the dock to unload goods. The bamboo products produced there were quite popular in Liuyang County, especially the recently released strange-shaped porcelains, which were also very popular.
Especially the piggy bank, it was not just a porcelain that was sold, but also the concept of saving money for the people, which made people who didn't know how to save money before have the idea of saving money. It was just that the Imperial Bank of the Han tribe had not yet provided deposit and withdrawal services, so the people had this idea.
Hearing the news that Youfu's fleet had returned, Dashu personally went out of the city to the dock to greet them, and the people of the Jiang family and the Li tribe who followed Youfu were shocked by the huge settlement in front of them.
"This is the city of the Han tribe?! This is the capital of the Han tribe?! This is too big, the farmland alone is endless."
After Youfu introduced the Jiang family's "envoys" and the immigrants of the Li tribe to Dashu, he began to lead them to the market in the government office area. It was already evening today, and it was impossible for everyone to rush to Hanyang County overnight, so they could only stay here for one night. Fortunately, there were plenty of places for them to stay here, and many of the crew members in Youfu's fleet were locals from Liuyang County. They could just go home and wait for the leader's reward and the order to set off next time.
Jiang Xuan and Jiang Yong followed Youfu to the city with their tribesmen. On the wide road, many pedestrians drove ox carts, horse carts, and donkey carts home. The carts were loaded with bundles of corn stalks, which were to be transported home and stored as feed.
It was still early October. In addition to the early corn being harvested, beans and wheat were still lingering in the fields and refused to come out. The others had almost been harvested.
The most common thing that everyone saw along the way was vehicles carrying a lot of things, all of which were pulled by livestock. This made Jiang Yong and Jiang Xuan, who had never seen what a vehicle looked like, widen their eyes.
However, the population outside the city was still not large. Although it was not small, it was scattered over such a large area, so it was inevitable that it would appear a little sparse. It was not until they followed You Fu into the city and saw students who had just finished school pouring out of the school gate with schoolbags and books that they realized what a large population meant. Moreover
, these thousands of people were all children, ranging from toddlers of six or seven years old to young boys and girls of eleven or twelve years old. I didn't expect that such a large population would be hidden in a large courtyard on the Han tribe side, and no one knew how many people there were here.
"Captain You, I wonder where this place is and why there are so many children?" Jiang Xuan couldn't help but ask curiously.
(End of this chapter)
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