Zhao Fuxiang got up very early the next day. Sun Jing was very curious to see her husband getting up so early. After all, as long as this guy was sleeping at home, he would not get up before noon.

"Husband, what are you doing up so early?"

Zhao Fuxiang squatted on the ground and rummaged through the cabinets to find something, while saying: "Where is my jacket? I am going to Xinbu Island to open up wasteland in the next few days. I probably won't be able to come back to stay at night. If you have difficulty moving on the island, it is more comfortable to wear a jacket!"

In the past half month, Zhao Fuxiang has already changed into a wide robe with long sleeves like a landowner in the Ming Dynasty. This kind of clothes is certainly more comfortable to wear, but it is not suitable for going out to work.

Seeing that her husband was finally willing to start a career, Sun Jing was very happy. She got up and found Zhao Fuxiang's jacket. While helping her husband get dressed, she said: "Husband, there is no one living on Xinbu Island, and there is no clean water source. Remember."

Be sure to boil raw water before drinking it! By the way, bring some emergency medicine to avoid getting infected with dysentery!"

There are many pathogens on undeveloped islands like Xinbu Island. Although Zhao Fuxiang already has a large number of antibodies, some tropical diseases can still kill people. Zhao Fuxiang was a little scared when he heard what his wife said, so he quickly mixed the antibiotics and berberine prepared by his wife.

Keep it for emergencies.

After getting ready, Zhao Fuxiang went out, boarded the boat at the makeshift ferry on the Henggou River, and headed for Xinbu Island.

Xinbu Island is a typical alluvial delta. There are a large number of tidal flats at the intersection of the river and the sea. Zhao Fuxiang's ferry traveled on the tidal flats for a long time before reaching the temporary ferry. Although it was a ferry, it was actually a simple pontoon.

, used to connect the tidal flats with the land.

Zhao Fuxiang got off the boat with the help of the boatman. Fan Jian was already waiting at the ferry with his people. When he saw Zhao Fuxiang coming, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Sir, you are here!" After that, he commanded the people to unload the things Zhao Fuxiang brought into the boat.

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The last batch of supplies that Zhao Fuxiang brought was iron shovels. Iron products were rare in the Ming Dynasty. These iron products cost Zhao Fuxiang a lot of money.

When he came to the island, Zhao Fuxiang looked around. Xinbu Island looked completely primitive. There were fewer trees on the land near the tidal flats. Further in, there were tall coconut trees and the grass was as tall as a person.

"Fan Jian, have you found a dry foundation?"

The most important thing about living on the island is waterproofing. What Zhao Fuxiang wants to do is sugar. If the terrain is low-lying, wouldn't it be ruined by a typhoon? So when Zhao Fuxiang left yesterday, the task he gave Fan Jian was to find a high-lying place to build a factory.

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While instructing his men to move things, Fan Jian said: "Master, there is an abandoned fishermen's shack not far from here. The terrain there is quite high!"

Hearing that there were people living on the island, Zhao Fuxiang asked curiously: "Why are there people on the island?"

"Sir, no one lives in it now. That shack probably hasn't been visited for decades. It should be a resting place for fishermen along the coast!"

Zhao Fuxiang nodded and asked Fan Jian to take him to have a look.

Fan Jian asked his men to continue moving things while he took Zhao Fuxiang along the newly opened path into the depths of the island.

Although Xinbu Island in the Ming Dynasty was not as big as in later generations, it was certainly not small. Zhao Fuxiang walked along the path for half an hour before arriving at the intended location.

This place is very secretive as Fan Jian said. It is surrounded by towering trees and the terrain is relatively high. The most important thing is that there is a small stream not far away. Although the water in the stream is not big, it is still enough to supply drinking water for a hundred or ten people.

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Zhao Fuxiang came to the stream and dipped his hand into some water and tasted it. It was fresh water. It is estimated that the source of the stream is the Nandu River, passing through Xinbu Island and entering the sea.

The Nandu River is the largest river in Hainan Island. More than half of the entire population of Hainan Island lives in the Nandu River Basin. The organic matter in the water can be imagined. Therefore, the water in this stream cannot be drank directly and must be filtered.

Fan Jian saw Zhao Fuxiang lowering his head to check the stream water, and said quickly: "Sir, I have filtered the stream water with a filter bucket, and it is ready to drink!"

After Fan Jian finished speaking, he handed over a large porcelain bowl, which contained clean water that had just been taken out of the filter bucket. Zhao Fuxiang did not dare to drink raw water directly. He looked at the water and asked, "What did you eat in the morning?"

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"Sir, those rice balls eaten by the refugees, because it was inconvenient to light a fire when they first arrived here, they can only eat cold food."

"It's good to have dinner!" Zhao Fuxiang pointed around with his hand, drew an area of ​​about fifty acres, and said: "Today's task is to open up wasteland first. You and your people will cut down all these trees and build with wood first.

There are several sheds for living in. Although it’s not cold now, it’s not good to live outside all the time!”

These refugees came to Hainan Island from the mainland. Although the survivors were all in their prime, they were malnourished for a long time and it was difficult to immediately put them into high-intensity physical labor. Therefore, Zhao Fuxiang planned to let them do some light work in the first few days to get used to it.

, and then gradually increase the workload.

Zhao Fuxiang, who is a bitch, will not prepare Snickers bars, chocolates and other energy foods for these poor people. In order to help them regain their strength as soon as possible, Zhao Fuxiang prepared a high-salt and high-fat food - lard bibimbap!

When Zhao Fuxiang was a child, he saw the elderly in his family eating like this. They said that in the old society, there was no food in the Northeast winter. Eating like this would ensure that he could maintain his strength without having to eat a bite for two days. However, when Zhao Fuxiang was a child, he only ate rice mixed with lard.

At this time, Zhao Fuxiang did not have so much polished rice for these poor people to eat, so they ate brown rice mixed with lard and sweet potato rice. Of course, a lot of salt and brown sugar were added to it.

This weird food has a sweet aroma after it is prepared, but the taste is not very good. Zhao Fuxiang couldn't help but vomited after taking one bite. The fishy smell of lard combined with the bad taste of brown rice and brown sugar

The bitter taste inside made Zhao Fuxiang feel that it was like pig food.

Zhao Fuxiang thought it was not delicious, but the refugees enjoyed it. They had been busy all morning, and after smelling the aroma of this strange food, they all had been waiting eagerly for Zhao Fuxiang to give the order to start eating.

Afterwards, the refugees began to eat like hungry ghosts. Zhao Fuxiang was afraid that they would starve to death, so he quickly asked Fan Jian to watch them and stop eating too much.

In this way, each of these refugees ate an average of three large bowls of rice. If Zhao Fuxiang hadn't been afraid of something happening and refused to allow the cook to serve it, they would have been able to eat three more bowls.

An older refugee boldly asked: "Master, can I have a bowl?"

Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "It's not that I won't let you eat. You have been hungry for too long and your stomach can't stand it after eating too much. After a few days, you will adapt to it. This kind of food tube will be enough!"

When these refugees heard that they could have a full meal every day, each one of them was full of hope for the future.

Seeing the grateful eyes of these guys, Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, I am very kind. As long as you work hard, you will have this kind of dry rice for three meals a day. If you do it well, there will be a salted fish at noon every day."

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Zhao Fuxiang's words were like throwing a stone into a cesspit. Thirty refugees immediately went crazy and asked, "Really? Are there really three meals like this?"

After receiving Zhao Fuxiang's affirmative answer, some of the refugees cried bitterly and some laughed. The older refugee who had asked the question before knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the north, crying: "Father, mother! Dani, my wife! Hello!

Life is so miserable, I didn’t even get a full meal before I died!”

Seeing the reactions of these refugees, Fan Jian was afraid that they would do something to harm Zhao Fuxiang, so he quickly stood in front of Zhao Fuxiang. Zhao Fuxiang patted Fan Jian on the shoulder and asked him to step aside, then squatted down and asked the refugee: "What's your name?"

What name?"

The man stopped crying, kowtowed to Zhao Fuxiang and said, "My dear benefactor, my surname is Kong Shouzhen, from Laizhou, Shandong!"

Zhao Fuxiang heard that Kong Shouzhen spoke like a scholar, so he quickly helped him up and asked: "I heard that this man seems to have read a book? He is still in Shandong. Could it be that he is a member of Duke Yan Shenggong's family?"

Kong Shouzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "My boss is laughing at me. I am the 65th generation descendant of the saint, but now I am dressed like this. I am really ashamed of my ancestors!"

It turned out that he was a descendant of Kong Laoer. Zhao Fuxiang became interested when he heard what Kong Shouzhen said and immediately asked in detail.

It turns out that Kong Shouzhen was only a collateral descendant of Confucius, and had no blood relationship with the contemporary Yanshenggong Kong Yanzhi. Kong Shouzhen was originally a young scholar in Laizhou, Shandong Province. He opened a private school in his family to teach the children of wealthy families to read.

The reputation is not bad at all.

Kong Shouzhen's fate changed in the third year of Chongzhen. In this year, General Kong Youde, who was stationed in Dengzhou, was instigated by Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan and his son, and launched the Wuqiao Mutiny. During this period, all the imperial troops were in Liaodong, and the mainland of Shandong was completely undefended. Kong Youde

With tens of thousands of troops, he wreaked havoc all over Shandong, and finally surrounded Laizhou for several months. If Zu Dabi, Zhang Tao and other Liaodong soldiers had not come to help, Laizhou would have been occupied by Kong Youde.

Laizhou City was saved, but the people outside the city were unlucky. Kong Youde's rebels, together with the Guanning cavalry who suppressed the rebellion in Liaodong, killed the people outside Laizhou City several times. Kong Shouzhen's father died under the knife of the Liaodong Army.

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In order to survive, Kong Shouzhen had no choice but to take his elderly mother, wife, daughter, and son who was under one month old to flee south.

This journey was really full of ups and downs. In order to protect his family, Kong Shouzhen did everything. However, his mother died in Xuzhou because of old age, his son died outside Nanjing, and his daughter Dani was twelve years old. In order to keep his parents alive,

Down there, Dani sold herself and became a child bride. Under repeated attacks, Kong Shouzhen's wife went mad and threw herself into the river to her death. Kong Shouzhen, whose family was ruined, was so devastated that she only followed the refugees south, crossed the Qiongzhou Strait, and finally arrived at Hainan Island.

Kong Shouzhen's fate is the fate of these refugees. When the country's fortunes are in decline, no matter how good you are and how dedicated you are to serving the country, you can only be crushed into powder in front of the wheel of history.

Zhao Fuxiang sighed and said: "Brother Kong, this will be your home from now on. After settling in, I will send someone to Nanzhili to find your daughter!"
Chapter completed!