I am engaged in construction in ancient times

Chapter 68 Coconut

After the banquet, Duan Shubai left Liang Lei alone and asked him to report the latest situation in Lanqian and other places.

Lanqian is close to the sea and has a natural large bay called Julan Bay, which is a natural shelter.

The sea has always been a place where danger and wealth coexist. The waves hit the shore, one wave higher than the other. Standing on the dangerous shore, you will be swept away by the waves if you are not careful. There are rich treasures in the sea. With the ebb and flow of the tide, fish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish, pearls, corals, and sea salt are washed ashore...

At that time, the pirates were rampant and slaughtered the people wantonly. The court was incompetent. The fishermen could not bear the harassment and had to move their families inland. After Duan Shubai resumed the management of Lanqian, he asked Liang Lei and others to take soldiers to clear the mountain bandits and appease the villagers who were scattered and hiding. Those good fishermen who went out to sea in the past were also recruited as much as possible to stay by the sea. Three small seaside fishing villages were rebuilt and a sea temple was built for them.

In order to make these villagers live in peace. Duan Shubai ordered people to build roads, deliver food and fruits, and organize people to build houses and record the tides, so that the people in these small fishing villages can continue to live and reproduce, catch fish and shrimp, dry sea salt, feed chickens and ducks, develop planting, and gather local young and strong people to train military capabilities to prevent pirates from attacking.

Liang Lei said: "Although the villagers are still worried, fearing that the pirates will come back to burn, kill and loot, they have entered the development peacefully under our persuasion. General, the road from Xinyang City to Lanqian has been connected from north to south. I brought back a batch of Lanqian specialties this time. The specific items are written in this booklet. Please take a look, General."

Duan Shubai took the booklet in his hand, opened it and flipped through it for a few times, and smiled: "That's very good."

When the port of Yangzhou is officially operational, in addition to Xuanzhou, he will also do business in several other continents. The seaside is really a good place with rich products, but it was ruined by those pirates.

Liang Lei said again: "The next batch will be delivered in a month."

Duan Shubai nodded.

"In addition to these, we also found several major Yi tribes in the mountains and fields. We followed the general's wishes, respected their totems, and used benefits to persuade their leaders... There are already three major tribes, Chi Nie and Guo Duo, who are willing to submit to the general.

"After a month, start sending people to build schools in these places. "

In the northern part of Yangzhou, everything was in ruins. Duan Shubai began to order people to rebuild the city and comfort the people to recuperate. In the southern part of Yangzhou, according to the investigation of Liang Lei and others, in addition to the pirates occupying most of the area and several islands, there were also some refugees from overseas island countries who landed and drove out the original Yangzhou people, occupied one side, and multiplied and survived there.

These refugees and pirates had disputes from time to time, and the pirates themselves were also extremely complex.

Duan Shubai arranged for Su Gang, who continued to stay there, to continue to carefully investigate the details of the pirates, train spies to sneak into the thieves' den, draw maps of the major forces, and recruit local young people to train and accumulate strength. When the food and grass are ready and the troops are strong, it is time to go south to drive away the pirates.