At dusk, Fan Ning walked alone on the streets of Wucheng, Wucheng, Yuecheng, and Songcheng. These are the three cities currently built in Beidao, which accommodated a total of 10,000 households, including Wucheng, with a total of 5,000 households.

Of course, not all live in the city. More than 30 natural villages were formed around Wucheng, and two thousand households were diverted.

After two years, Fan Ning once again walked on the streets of Wucheng. The streets were very clean, the stone roads were very smooth, and there was not even a weed. There were wooden houses and brick houses on both sides. Wucheng did not have tiles. The street in the middle was a commercial street. Many shops on both sides were closed. Almost all the shops were service-oriented shops, taverns, teahouses, inns, brothels, bathhouses, money shops, laundry shops, cleaning shops, tailor shops, carriages, hurry-to-handling, etc.

Of course, there are also fire alarm shops, public security offices, stations, schools, Jilaoyuan, Sales Hospital and other official institutions.

There are also some physical stores, such as grocery stores, grain stores, wine stores, tea stores, silk stores, butchers stores, book stores, etc.

The government provides the most basic food and daily necessities, but to live a better life, you have to spend money to buy it, and the money needs to be earned by your own labor.

Wucheng is a county, and the county magistrate is Zhu Qi, who is Fan Ning's sister-in-law. The county magistrate of Songcheng is Lu Min and Fan Tieniu's son. Both of them were from Jinshi and resigned from office to serve here. The county magistrate of Yuecheng is Zhang Ji, who was over 20 years old and was a juren. His father was Fan Ning's former aide Zhang Bo.

In addition to the county magistrate, there is also a top management organization called the Presbyterian Church, which consists of nine people. Seven of them are respected elders recommended by the people. There are three people in Wucheng, two people in Songcheng and Yuecheng. The seven people serve three years and change every three years. There are two places in the Presbyterian Church, which are special. One person in the Fan family and one person in the Zhu family, which is a permanent place. Moreover, both Fan and Zhu families have the right to veto the single vote.

After all, the ownership of Beidao belongs to the Fan family and Zhu family, so they use this method to exercise their special powers.

When you walk to the intersection, there is a six-story wooden tower next to it. This is the bell tower of Wucheng and the Guanfeng Tower. The tallest building in the city is standing on the roof and the whole city is fully visible. Below is the fire alarm shop. If you find the fire, you can attack at any time.

At this time, a loud laughter caught Fan Ning's attention. The laughter came from a restaurant next to him. A large sign was hung on the restaurant with four big words "Zhao Ji Restaurant".

Fanning walked in. The lobby was filled with drinking men, talking loudly about something. More than a dozen Japanese wine lovers stood beside him and smiled.

Songcheng encountered the same problem as Kunzhou at the beginning, that is, the labor costs are very expensive, especially in the service industry, and locals are unwilling to do it. The stores in Kunzhou can only recruit many Japanese girls as partners. Fan Ning's concubine Aya was once the wine girl in a restaurant, and the same problem was also true. Fortunately, the rules are very strict, so a few words of teasing are OK, but no one dares to do it seriously.

When a wine lover saw Fanning come in, he hurriedly came forward, "Welcome to the shop."

Fanning found a table and sat down and smiled, "I just arrived here today and don't know the situation. Please introduce it."

Jiuji is very good in Chinese and said softly: "The store collects gold, silver and copper coins. If the official only drinks, the store has the cheapest fruit wine, which costs ten cents a cent, and then provides a free dish of salted beans. If the official wants to eat and drink well, there is a menu here."

The wine girl handed a piece of paper to Fan Ning, which contained more than twenty dishes and five or six kinds of wine. The price was twice as expensive as Bianliang, the capital city. A pot of sake costs 300 cents, and the price of vegetables was not cheap. Lamb was a little cheaper, but pork was actually the same as Bianliang.

"There are prices for other restaurants?"

Jiuji nodded, "It's all the same, mainly because the wine is expensive. Our wine must be transported from the Song Dynasty, and it may be better in the future."

"Why?"

"I heard that a winery is being built in Yuecheng and brewed with local rice, which will be much cheaper, and the guests are looking forward to it!"

Fanning took out a handful of money and smiled, "Take a pot of fruit wine and I'll take it back to drink."

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Fanning returned to her residence with a small bottle of wine. They lived in the VIP hotel in the inn. As soon as they arrived at the door, Fan Zhener ran out and almost ran into her father.

Fanning grabbed her, "Where will you go so late?"

"Go to my sister-in-law's house and she asked me to stay with her tonight."

"Let my aunt accompany you."

"No need, right next door."

Fan Zhener broke free from her father's hand and ran away. Fan Ning hurriedly followed her and saw her entering the next mansion. At the door of the mansion, the younger sister Fan Jing waved to her.

It turned out that my sister's house was next door, and Fan Ning walked in with a smile.

Fan Jing’s mansion is not big, only about five acres, with no back garden. There is a courtyard in the middle of the back house, and there are many flowers and plants planted.

"Dad, why are you following?" Fan Zhen'er found her father following behind and stamped her feet in dissatisfaction.

Fanning glared at her, "I'll see your sister-in-law, can't you?"

Fan Jing quickly coaxed her to the room, and smiled at Fan Ning and said, "Why didn't brother bring her mother together this time?"

"Your third sister-in-law is going to give birth, she can't leave."

Fan Jing widened her eyes and said, "My third sister-in-law is going to give birth, are you still coming?"

Fanning was too lazy to pay attention to her, so he looked at both sides and asked, "Where is your husband?"

"Brother, I'm here." Zhu Qi walked in through the gate.

"I'm going home so late?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"I just went to the school to take a look. I am now serving as the Xuezheng and the Teacher of the County School. There is no way. There are a few old men, but I can only teach elementary school. A higher county school cannot do it, so I can only do it myself."

“How many students are there in the county school now?”

“There are currently 128 people.”

"That's a lot, are you teaching me?"

"Not exactly, there are two assistants, and sometimes Mingli will come to teach students."

Fan Ning frowned and asked Mingli to attend class. He remembered the situation when the two brothers were doing business in the county school. If it weren't for him, they would have been expelled from the school long ago.

Fanning couldn't say anything, at least Mingli could teach business.

Zhu Qi invited Fan Ning to his study, and Fan Jing personally fryed a pot of tea for her elder brother. She suddenly found that her elder brother had a pot of wine.

"Brother, are you looking for Aqi to drink?"

"No! This is a bottle of wine I bought at the restaurant to find out the situation and wanted to see what it looks like."

Zhu Qi took the bottle and looked at it, smelled the smell again, and smiled and said, "This is fruit wine. We use the wild fruits that are abundant here to ferment and brew it. The yield is very large. After brewing it, the cost is only two or three cents per pound. The restaurant sells half a pound for ten cents, and it accumulates a lot. In fact, it also makes a lot of money."

"I heard you are going to build a winery and prepare rice wine?"

"There is indeed a plan, including sauce shops, vinegar shops, oil press shops, salt drying farms, and at least among the firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, except for tea, Beidao will gradually be self-sufficient. In the future, the population will increase, and it will be unrealistic to rely entirely on the Song Dynasty."

"Husband, there is still food, clothing, housing and transportation!" Fan Jing reminded next to him.

"Yes! There is also a textile workshop, where we bought cotton from Luzon. We weave our own cotton cloth and a porcelain kiln, which is under construction. It is expected to be officially ignited next month. Now there are many ships, horses are increasing, and the food problem has been solved. The dependence on the Song Dynasty will gradually decrease in the future."

Fan Ning pondered for a while and asked, "Have you made a long-term plan, such as what Yuecheng is built, what Songcheng is built, what Wucheng is built, or even what Nandao is built, everyone can divide the work and cooperate. You can't catch all your beards and eyebrows by one county. That's unrealistic."

"Brother is right. This matter is coordinated by the Presbyterian Church, and it is indeed done by the division of labor in the three counties."

Fanning nodded and asked again, "Does there be carbonite and iron ore in North Island?"

"Yes! And the iron ore is of high quality and carbonite is also rich, but it is far from comparable to the Southern Continent. The carbonite they found was very shallow. Under the digging of a layer of soil, it is a radius of hundreds of miles and the quality is also very good. There is no need to dig a mining hole at all. They have 10,000 Japanese workers, who are specialized in digging charcoal. The next step is to develop the smelting industry, buy carbonite from the Southern Continent and use our iron ore to smelp pig iron."

Fan Ning took a few steps behind his hands and said to Zhu Qi: "In school education, you are not taking the right path. It is enough to read the Analects of Confucius and Mencius in elementary school. When you go to the county school, you should teach students practical things, such as agriculture, smelting, mining, papermaking, shipbuilding, brewing, construction, ceramics and other practical technologies. Because students do not have the opportunity to take the imperial examination, we do not need to do the Dasong County School. What students need to learn is practical technology and can invite old craftsmen to teach students. I believe that young people are willing to come to school and teach students martial arts, swordsmanship, and archery, so that they can defend their country."

Zhu Qi was sweating profusely and quickly stood up and said, "Brother, I got the wrong direction!"

"I guess it's not only you who made a mistake, but the other two counties were also wrong, and even the Presbyterian Church made a mistake. When everyone arrives, I will talk about this matter carefully."

Speaking of this, Fanning said to Zhu Qi again: "This time I brought someone named Adu, who is from Boni, who can speak Chinese, Nanyang and the indigenous languages ​​of nearby islands. If you study in the county, you immediately give a course to students learn indigenous languages ​​of nearby islands. This is very important.

It is unrealistic to kill all these natives in the future, so we have to transform them, tame them, and become our labor resources. So language communication is the first issue. I will talk to him and Adu will start teaching students tomorrow."
Chapter completed!