The new Ministry of Works took office three days ago.
Because it concerns the most confidential Ministry of Works, there is no need to go through any discussion. Even other departments only found out about the addition of a high priest in the Ministry of Works through non-official channels.
While the uproar caused by the special identity of Dajijiu was still brewing, Gan Ning, who had been away from Jiangdong for more than half a year, finally landed again from Wujun - in fact, he had also landed on the coast of Kuaiji to supply supplies before.
Yes, but the news didn't come as quickly as Gan Ning continued to take the sea route!
Going to sea for more than half a year...
In the eyes of many people, Gan Ning and others were already in danger, and Hua Xin was even able to eat an extra bowl of rice every now and then.
However, it is "regrettable" and makes people lament that "good people do not live long, but disasters will last for thousands of years." At the same time, Gan Xingba is back!
There were no goods, only some knick-knacks that could barely be regarded as souvenirs, a few immigrants from Zhuxia, representatives of the Yizhou natives, and...a few special "guests" who returned with Gan Ning.
The size of the fleet was only one-third of what it was when it left, and the remaining two-thirds... most of them were left by Gan Ning to guard in Yizhou, and a small part... were left in the sea forever.
Although with adequate preparations in all aspects, casualties have been reduced to "negligible" compared to the same period in history, but they are still not "none".
After all, this is the first voyage. No matter how much you have learned before, it is still your first time. While gaining experience, you must also make sacrifices to buy lessons. What Bai Tu can do in advance is just to make the lessons "cheaper".
The news that Gan Ning had found Yizhou and returned suddenly became a popular spot for offering wine to the female minister of the Ministry of Industry. Starting from Wu County, it became popular all over Jiangdong and Yangzhou...
Even the six staff members also focused their attention on Gan Ning at this time.
They are not like the foolish men and women in the folk who think that Gan Ning is looking for elixirs - in fact, in the Central Plains and Jingzhou, it is really such a black and white picture. It is said that after he was awarded Jiuxi, he even acted like Qin Shihuang
A big dream to live forever!
Based on their knowledge, they also know that Yizhou and Danzhou are probably two large overseas islands, and they are likely to have a lot of people living there. After all, there are records of several overseas aliens landing and trading.
Some people even vowed to "test (nao) prove (bu)" that Yizhou is two thousand miles away from Jiaozhou and has tens of thousands of households, while Quzhou is further away and has even more people...
Of course, these verifications (nao) have no basis, but... new population settlements have been discovered, and they are overseas. How could the officials of the Sixth Ministry not care?
On a large scale, this is "opening up territory and expanding the territory", but on a small scale... In fact, there were once wealthy families who did some things that were completely opposite to the moral principles they usually preached when aliens landed overseas, such as suddenly many people
Got some free slaves and the like.
If they just want to take the initiative to organize a "hunting patrol" out to sea, it will be totally worth the loss for them, and no matter how much they invest, it will be in vain.
However, what Gan Ning revealed was that his trip was not in vain and he had indeed found Yizhou. As for what he met and experienced in Yizhou, not only did Gan Ning not disclose it, but he also instigated other soldiers.
The hush-hush order will only be reported to Bai Tu when he returns to Jinling to report on his duties.
But judging from what we can understand now, the road to Yizhou is probably completely open!
Others can also understand that the situation in Yizhou will now be a "secret" of the General's Mansion, and they can only wait patiently and look forward to it, and Bai Tu will discuss it with them later.
Gan Ning landed all the way from the seaport near Piling, then changed to a river boat, went upriver, and finally landed at a port outside Gongkou City.
And Bai Tu, who had learned the news in advance, went to Jingkou in person to welcome Gan Ning in triumph - floating in the sea for more than half a year, this was a veritable "gamble on life"!
Although there were actual casualties, when they went to sea, they were more prepared to sacrifice than the frontline soldiers on the battlefield.
"Gan Ning, Commander of the Navy, pays homage to your lord!" Gan Ning had changed into new clothes when he passed by the port of Kuaiji.
As for the idea of deliberately wearing older clothes to better reflect the hard work along the way, so as to psychologically exchange for more "care" from Bai Tu and obtain more rewards, the idea of not appearing in Gan Ning's mind at all.
Including the soldiers under his command, each one has long been replaced by brand new, shiny armor, with Sichuan brocade tied on the outside, and the characteristic brocade sail is indispensable...
Just by looking at their appearance, you can't tell what hardships they have suffered. At most, you can find that they have indeed lost weight!
"Thank you for your hard work! Everyone has worked hard too!" Bai Tu said, helping Gan Ning up.
Helping Gan Ning every time is a technical job, because every time Gan Ning bends down, he will wait for you to help him, and he will be unhappy if you are slow to help him...
"Let's go, wine and meat have been prepared at home for everyone, everyone get in the car!" Bai Tu greeted the returning soldiers.
In the Castle Princess World, this is still very convenient - as long as the generals are taken care of, that is, the scale of thousands of people is "just".
When Bai Tu came, he had already recruited a large number of hundreds of carriages.
Although it was not far away, Bai Tu was very "superficial" or "ceremonial" and asked all the generals to follow Bai Tu's carriage and ride back to Jinling together.
When the returning generals heard Bai Tu talk about "home", their eyes became red. When he mentioned that everyone should follow him in the car, they even responded with a roar of loyalty and thanks.
"Xingba rides with me." Bai Tu pulled Gan Ning and got into his cart together.
Bai Tu could not wait to know what Gan Ning had encountered and experienced in Yizhou.
Gan Ning did not betray Bai Tu and talked about his three months in Yizhou...
It took three months to arrive in Yizhou before, but on the return trip, because the route was more familiar and the ocean currents, it took only one month to land in Kuaiji. The other three or four months were spent in Yizhou.
Pass!
When Bai Tu heard that when Gan Ning met the first indigenous tribe in Yizhou, the woman he presented to him as a gift put on a brocade robe and the woman became a "different concubine", he couldn't help but stare.
Big eyes.
At this moment, a thin-looking foreign concubine appeared next to Gan Ning. Fortunately, Bai Tu's carriage was big enough. In addition to Lu Lingqi, the captain of the guard who always protected Bai Tu, she pretended to be a girl.
A Gan Ning, there is still room for this little Yi Ji, and it is even quite spacious.
After transforming into a foreign concubine, this Yi girl looks fair and clean, and it is easier to tell her age. She should be... about thirteen or fourteen years old!
Before Yu Ji transformed into a "different concubine", she only listened to her own dictation, and Yu Ji herself was ignorant.
And now...a case of a human being transformed into a foreign concubine is before Bai Tu's eyes.
I was also quite touched by Bai Tu's speculation on the birth principles of Yi Ji and Cheng Ji.
That's not even the point!
Gan Ning didn't even give Bai Tu a chance to ask further questions, and continued to talk about his subsequent experiences...
At this time, in Yizhou itself, there are probably hundreds or even hundreds of tribes, large and small, but the most "powerful" ones are only about twenty - or in other words, the most stable ones.
Small tribes can be said to be born and destroyed.
Although the languages of the two sides are completely different, the scribes who brought them, after referring to the book records of the Zhuxia immigrants, found that when compared with the names of the Zhuxia ancestors, it should be translated as "Eastern Anchovy" - in fact, in the Han Dynasty, it was also
Indeed, there is a custom of calling people from outside Jiangji "Eastern people".
Therefore, Gan Ning is also called this for the time being.
The so-called powerful tribes of the Dongbo people were also vulnerable to Gan Ning. In fact, the tribe he first encountered was already considered a "winner". It was already one of the twenty-two "powerful" tribes and itself was still enslaved.
There were several smaller tribes, so they were able to confidently confront Gan Ning as an outsider at the beginning.
Gan Ning remembered Bai Tu's advice and was very restrained when attacking the local indigenous people - no matter how backward they were, he needed to remember that they were also human beings and their own kind.
After the initial shock, the opponent quickly surrendered and sacrificed the most beautiful girl in the tribe.
However, Gan Ning ignored such a backward surrender method, but due to a strange combination of circumstances, a strange concubine was born in Yizhou!
Seeing the strange birth of Yi Ji, the people of the tribe immediately poured out of the cave, knelt down and worshiped Gan Ning and the new Yi Ji, and made sounds that they could not understand, but they knew were words of reverence and surrender.
It was at this time that Gan Ning discovered that... this Yi Ji could serve as the best "translator"!
Using Yi Ji's communication can ignore the characteristics of language, and Gan Ning can also communicate with the local indigenous people through her.
Relying on this, Gan Ning quickly grasped the situation in Yizhou.
The Yi Ji "inspired" by Gan Ning was not the first Yi Ji in Yizhou. There were already five Yi Ji in Yizhou at this time, or should we say... Yi Ji?
At the other party's request, Gan Ning gave her a new name - Kaihua Ji.
Civilization, Gan Ning's purpose for the indigenous people.
Although Bai Tu had repeatedly warned him not to rely on his strength and regard them as livestock when facing the natives, but... civilization, or spreading civilization, must be done.
It sounds a bit outrageous, but...
Don't ask, asking is a combination of weakness and ignorance!
Before Kaihua Ji, Yi Ji actually existed in Yizhou, but... Kaihua Ji felt that she was different from them.
The five most powerful tribes all have Yi Ji. They are respectively in the northern hills, western plains, southern mountains, and east and west coasts of Yizhou. They are the leaders of the other surrounding tribes.
The place where Gan Ning landed belongs to the west coast. This tribe is already the largest tribe on the west coast, except for the Shi tribe, which owns Yi Ji.
Normally, if a new Yi Ji appears, she should be "networked" with other Yi Ji in real time, but Kaihua Ji is not connected to any Yi Ji...
And in terms of function, Kaihua Ji also found that her abilities were completely different from the Yi Ji she had heard of before!
Other Yi Ji usually wear fearsome beast masks and hair ornaments polished with nephrite, a specialty of Yizhou, and their clothes are also in the Oriental style, unlike Kaihua Ji who is so "showy".
And more importantly, in terms of ability...
Other Yi Ji's abilities are purely for killing. For example, it can give tribal warriors who have passed the trial the power to tear tigers and leopards alive, and can stimulate the combat effectiveness of tribal warriors through screaming.
Kaihua Ji does not have these abilities at all. Instead, she can extract manpower, train warriors, and click on technology trees...