Chastity Layman

In the morning, Qin Lang woke up yawning.

Opening my eyes, looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, I can't help but sigh how good it feels to sleep until I wake up naturally. Here, the pace of life becomes very slow.

Walking down the coconut palm bed with bare feet, I first picked a fresh coconut and chopped it open with a few skillful knives. The coconut juice quenched my thirst and was sweet.

Hearing the movement, Zhang Chao advanced to take a look.

"What time is it?"

"The hour of Chen is about to pass, and it will be Si time (nine o'clock in the morning), do you want something to eat?"

Qin Lang picked up the towel, and then walked outside, "It's still early, I'll take a shower first, and I can swim."

Zhang Chao said sarcastically, "It's already two hours before dawn, everyone has been working for half a day, is it still early?"

Qin Lang yawned and headed towards the Jinsha River. This river was also called the Qin River by the gold diggers. Naturally, it was because the Qin family was the pioneer of this new world.

The newly built Gold and Silver Fort is still a large construction site in a mess. Because of the shortage of manpower, although the design is simple, the progress of the project is also very slow.

Qin Lang's identity is still kept secret here. Only a few core stewards know his true identity, as well as Qin Lang's one hundred light cavalry guards. The family generals who fought against King Zhongwu and Duke Wei were highly regarded by the Qin family, and even belonged to the Qin family in Licheng.

Because of this identity, Qin Lang's identity is aloof here.

No one would have guessed that Director Qin, who deliberately changed the style of his beard, and even deliberately tanned his complexion, was actually Qin Lang, and no one dared to think about it. Besides, few people here have seen Qin Lang before. .

Today's weather is still good. Although the temperature is gradually rising and it feels like a hot summer, it is actually quite cool considering the climate here.

On the construction site of Xincheng on the south bank of the river, there was chaos everywhere.

If you want to build a castle from scratch in the wild new world, it is much more difficult than in the Central Plains. I think back when Qin Lang was entrusted with Wu'an Prefecture and opened up the fiefdom, although he started from scratch, after all, he brought so many people there, and Wu'an was next to Jiaozhou, so all the things he needed were actually money. resolved, so it was never a hindrance.

But here, although a lot of gold has been stored in the warehouse.

The Qin family had already been mining several gold mines before, all of which were open-air on the surface, with a mining volume of one hundred taels a day. In addition, three groups of gold diggers had come, and the gold panning brigade with as many as 10,000 people could mine several gold mines every day. Hundred taels or even thousands of taels. Although the amount of gold panning has been declining and gold is not so easy to pan for, the number of gold diggers is still increasing, so the overall output is still increasing.

It is estimated that after a period of time, it can be maintained at the level of five or six hundred taels per day.

It has to be said that getting rich overnight is extremely tempting in any era. When a few lucky people in the first batch returned to Taiping Port by boat, their lucky stories and the gold they brought back with the boat, the first time It made the people in Taiping Harbor who had been paying attention to this moment go crazy.

More people came to Treasure Island to pan for gold.

"Today is the auspicious day for the foundation laying of the Confucian Temple and the Martial Temple. I'll wait for you to preside over it later." Zhang Chao followed Qin Lang and jumped into the river.

"The project is too slow. The next batch of fleets needs to bring more craftsmen and materials. The gold diggers have to slow down. There are too many for us to supply food and so on, and the few gold mining places we have discovered now , are all saturated, many people can't pan for gold now..." Qin Lang changed his posture and changed to backstroke.

The river water in the morning is still a bit cool, but the sun is not shining, so it is quite refreshing to swim.

Now the population here has exceeded 12,000 people, and it is still growing. Now there are five gold panning camps, Jiangxinzhou Village, Nan'an New City, and two farms, but they are very simple.

The original food reserves could not supply so many people for consumption, so they had to rely on the fleet to transport food from Taiping Port regularly.

In order to expand the grain fields, increase the planting area, and increase the manpower for farming, it is necessary to repair some water conservancy canals and build mills, etc., all of which require manpower.

Now that Qin Lu is so busy that he can't keep his feet on the ground, so many people have been added all of a sudden, which makes it difficult for the small base with only a hundred people to manage things.

"In Jiaozhou, do you pay any attention to Treasure Island?"

"There must be some attention, but in recent years, the great families of the Tang Dynasty, the nobles, and nobles, which ones have not explored outside, some went to Haidong to capture slaves, some plundered at sea, and some went to the South Man jungle to prospect for mines. Anyway, who has Whoever has the ability will go far, and whoever is popular, who has no business overseas?"

Zhang Chao said with a smile, thanks to the imperial court’s great promotion of trade and encouragement of sea trade, etc., now the rich and powerful are all developing abroad. It is very common to set up shops, strongholds, mining, etc. outside, as long as You have the strength, as long as you dare to take risks, the higher the risk, the higher the corresponding possible gains.

Many people do it by themselves, some people do it in partnership, and some firms borrow money to do it. Anyway, this is a very profitable business these days.

The current Treasure Island of the Qin family is actually the general situation. A wild island was found in the depths of the South China Sea with gold mines on it, and that's it.

what is this.

There are many such things, and there are many families and caravans who go to Tuoli Kingdom, Langyaxiu Kingdom, Lion Kingdom and other places to buy spices, or plant spices, dig gold, silver, gems, and copper and iron. .

Not unusual.

What's more, this matter is still very mysterious, and the outside world doesn't know much about it, and they don't even know where Treasure Island is.

So more just attracted some attention and added some speculation.

After all, although the Qin family is doing this, the Qin family has done too much business over the years, not to mention the mysterious Treasure Island in the depths of the South China Sea. The Qin family is in Lingnan, and even in Linyi and Chenla in Nanzhong. , Funan and other places, are there still fewer mines being mined or explored?

Not to mention the huge cornucopia of Hongji Coal in Wulong, Taiping Prefecture, there are also many large and small gold, silver, copper and iron mines in Lang Son, Guangyuan and other places. Mining is a hugely profitable industry these days.

But if you want to do this business, you must first not only have enough capital, but also have a strong influence, otherwise such a good thing will not be your turn, even if you discover it, you will not be able to keep it.

The Qin family happens to be one of the best in terms of status, strength, contacts, money, manpower, technology, etc. They have been focusing on exploration, mining, and even smelting and processing for many years. They have strong strength, strong technology, or partnerships with others. Or do it alone, the Qin family does have a large share in the mining industry.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for the Qin family here in Taiping Port to buy the route map of Treasure Island from the Kunlun and recruit people to go gold mining.

"Next time, we can't just recruit people in Taiping Port, we have to recruit people from various places along the coast, especially the mountainous areas in Fujian, Liuqiu, central Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi. Relatively speaking, these places have more mountains and less land. , everyone is relatively poor, so it is more convenient to recruit them to pan for gold or to stay and colonize in the future, and to spread the recruitment can also reduce the attention of others.”

Qin Lang wanted to manage Lu Song as his back route, so of course he hoped that it would be as low-key as possible.

"Sanlang, we have grown from scratch here, and we are short of manpower everywhere to build cities and villages. There is no need to build Confucian temples, martial temples, schools, city gods, etc. now, right?"

"It is necessary. We have to make long-term planning, which is different from mining in other mountains. Mining in other places is only for mining, so building a mining town is for mining. Waiting for future mining After digging, you will leave naturally, even if you dig for a long time, it is just mining, but we are different."

The Confucian Temple is the place where the imperial court worships Confucius, the king of Wenxuan. It is also called Confucius Temple, Confucius Temple, Zhisheng Temple, and Xianshi Temple.

Before the Tang Dynasty, the so-called ancestral saints either referred to Duke Zhou or Confucius; During Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Confucius was posthumously named Xuanni Gong, so the Confucius Temple was also called Xuanni Temple. After Nanliang, it was also called Xuansheng Temple.

In the Zhenguan Dynasty, the emperor, on the advice of Qin Lang and other officials, posthumously awarded Bigan, the uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, as the grand master, and pursued the posthumous posthumous title of Zhonglie.

He also posthumously posthumously posthumously posthumously posthumously named Confucius King Wenxuan. All schools from the capital to the localities, from the Guozijian to the local county schools, worshiped Confucius at all levels.

Li Shimin established the Confucian temple system in the official school, and also established the status of Confucius as the sage, and established the sacrificial system at the same time. In the past, if Confucius was the sage, only Yan Yuan was the teacher. Starting from Li Shimin, a complete set of sacrificial offering system was established. The worshipers were divided into four consorts, ten sages, seventy-two sons, and countless sages and ancestral Confucians, divided into east and west.

The court of the Tang Dynasty and the emperor's entrustment and worship of Confucius were actually elevating the status of literati, especially in order to enhance the status of the imperial examination. Consecration to Confucius Temple has also become the highest honor for literati and scholars. Confucius must be determined by the imperial court, which is undoubtedly a means of interference and control by the imperial court on those literati families.

Since Li Shimin, every school has a Confucian temple. The Confucian temple has not only become an integral part of the school, but even the center of the school, from the Imperial College to the county school.

The ceremony of laying a memorial ceremony is a national ceremony and belongs to Zhongsi;

The status of teachers is sanctified through the Confucian temple system; educational ideals are also concretized through the Confucian temple system.

Therefore, the existence of Confucian temples not only has great educational significance, but also has strong political or religious significance.

Now that the Gold and Silver Castle is newly built, at the beginning of the planning, Qin Lang had planned it for the school and the Confucian Temple in the most central area, while the office area for the Lord of the Gold and Silver Castle was instead relocated to the corner of the northern district by him.

"In the future, this place will slowly grow from scratch and develop little by little, but no matter how it develops, I hope that the people here will not forget their roots in the future. They are Tang people, from the Central Plains. Whether it is a hundred years or a thousand years, they should keep in mind that they are always Tang people, Han people, and Zhu Xia." Qin Lang said seriously, and if they want them to keep this place in the future, then culture is the most important link , this cannot be broken.

To cut off the culture is to cut off the root, so the center of Jinyinbao planning is the Confucian Temple, the school, and then the Martial Temple, the City Lord’s Mansion, etc.

He has even been planning one thing during this period of time, that is, more and more gold diggers are being recruited from all over the country. Although these people are mainly from Lingnan, they are still relatively messy, so his plan is to treat these people who come to the island first. First, run an evening school to teach Mandarin and unify everyone's language.

This is both easy to manage and helps to unite people.

When the conditions are met in the future, free primary education will even be launched. Not only the children of the Qin family's stewards, but even the children of gold diggers will also be able to enroll for free. Therefore, it is of great significance to learn Chinese and recognize Chinese characters, even if it only popularizes a three-year elementary school education.

Qin Shihuang's vehicles have the same language and the same language, which has created a unified China. Qin Lang believes that if Treasure Island wants to develop in the future, it must not only retain its roots, but also create a group of people with the same language and the same language.