The most arrogant in history

Chapter 860 1 surprise.

Ye Kun frowned: "King Wu, I have already promised you that I will gather 30,000 people in total for you. Don't worry about this, I will not break my promise."

Xiao Dequan said humbly, smiling:

"Your Majesty, 30,000 people are not enough. To be honest, the conditions on Xihua Island are very bad. If 30,000 people go there and only half of them survive two years later, we would be very lucky.

Even if half of the people survive and slowly multiply the population, how many years will it take for us Chinese descendants to completely control Xihua Island? The area of ​​Xihua Island is ten times that of Izu Island..."

"I know what you said. But at the moment, I don't have any more people to give you."

Ye Kun also sighed: "Unless you find a way yourself."

Xiao Dequan complained, "Your Majesty, when I went to Yizhou Island, I took a large number of Wujun disciples with me. Now the Wujun disciples don't listen to me anymore. Let me figure it out on my own, I don't have any idea."

Ye Kun was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled:

"If you have money, you can solve it. For example, you can raise some funds and set up some foster homes. Let those families with many children who can't support their children send their children to foster homes. When they are fifteen years old, they will all be taken to West Island."

Over the years, the imperial court has opened hundreds of foster homes across the nine provinces of China to accommodate children from poor families.

They are supported by the state, receive collective education and training, and after reaching adulthood, they all immigrate overseas.

There are also children in orphanages who, when they grow up, are all candidates for immigration.

However, there were too many orphanages and foster homes, and the court paid a large amount of money, which gradually became overwhelmed.

Xiao Dequan heard this and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

"You are not a joker. Can I joke with you?"

"Then I will go to Jiangdong and set up a foster home."

Xiao Dequan was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Jiangdong has a large population, so it is not a problem to adopt thousands of children every year. We just need to persevere, and in a dozen years, the number of Han people on Xihua Island will increase to 100,000."

Ye Kun nodded: "You report to the nine departments and do it according to your idea. However, we must ensure the healthy growth of every child and do not allow children to be bullied. Otherwise, the national law will be ruthless."

Xiao Dequan bowed and said goodbye, then went to visit his sister Xiao Ruliu.

Because Xiao Ruliu is rich and can provide financial assistance.

In the palace, Xiao Ruliu was bored.

When Xiao Ruliu heard that her brother had come, she was very happy and went out to welcome him.

Xiao Dequan met his sister and whispered:

"Sister, the emperor has agreed. We can raise funds on our own to set up a foster home to adopt children from poor families and take them overseas. I can also take out 30,000 taels of silver. Look..."

Xiao Ruliu smiled and said, "I still have some private money. Second brother, I will give you 10,000 taels of gold and you go to do the work. Later, when we go to Xihua Island, my prince and the descendants of the Xiao family will be the masters for generations."

At that time, Tintin was in charge of the Western Railway. Because the imperial court did not give money, he could only adopt a shareholding system to raise funds.

Xiao Ruliu also contributed several thousand taels of gold, and now the annual dividend is five thousand taels of gold.

Combined with the previous dowry and some of the Xiao family's original assets, Xiao Ruliu is not short of money.

Xiao Dequan was very happy. He took Xiao Ruliu's money and went back to Jiangdong to do business.

Ye Kun is still in seclusion, organizing and compiling the secret book on governing the country.

Huang Ye suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, great news. Concubine Xi and Princess Mingzhu have returned from Izu Island to visit Your Majesty and Your Majesty!"

"Concubine Xi and Princess Mingzhu are back?"

Ye Kun was also very surprised and said with a smile: "Princess Mingzhu, why didn't you inform us in advance?"

"It may be that Concubine Xi and Princess Mingzhu want to give the Emperor a surprise."

"Yeah, it's a surprise."

Ye Kun nodded, stood up and went to Fengyi Palace.

As soon as I walked out of the imperial study, Dai Xi and Princess Mingzhu arrived.

"Father, I miss you so much!"

Princess Mingzhu ran over, opened her arms, and threw herself into Ye Kun's arms.

"Silly girl, you are so old, why are you still acting like a spoiled child?"

Ye Kun smiled and caught his daughter, sighing, "Father misses you too. Did you bring the children back with you this time?"

"Bring all three children back and let them meet their grandfather."

He smiled happily and stepped forward to salute.

"Concubine Xi, why didn't you inform me in advance? If I had known earlier, I would have gone out of the city to welcome you."

Ye Kun held Dai Xi's hand and sighed, "I haven't seen you for a year, and you have a few more white hairs on your head."

"The kids are all grown up, so of course I have to get older."

Dai Xi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, we know that you and the Queen are going to the Oil Peninsula, so we came back specially to get together. Because you will probably not be able to come back for two or three years. We didn't inform you in advance because we didn't want to trouble Your Majesty.

The current route through the Izu Strait is very mature. There are large ships sailing almost every day. We came back by ship, which was very convenient and safe. "

Ye Kun nodded: "Winter is not typhoon season, so it is relatively safe. I am also relieved that Le Sheng is managing Izu Island."

The shipping route in the Izuku Strait is now very mature and prosperous.

Prince Ye Lesheng was also a man of great talent. He managed Izu Island in an orderly manner and made it increasingly prosperous.

The fruits, animal skins and leather products from Izu Island were all supplied to the nine provinces of China.

Then take back the ironware, porcelain, glass and other items from the nine provinces of China.

Princess Mingzhu hugged Ye Kun's arm and said coquettishly, "Father, I also have a contribution to the governance of Yizhou Island."

"There must be a reward for every contribution. Tonight, the Emperor will host a banquet to welcome you!"

Ye Kun laughed.

Coincidentally, Princess Weiwei, who has already married, also returned to the palace today to visit her mother Jiang Yourong.

Everyone gathered together.

Princess Weiwei's husband is a young professor at the Faculty of Arts of Zhuojun University, a talented scholar of the time, named Cai Liuquan.

After getting married, Princess Weiwei's life was happy and comfortable.

After three rounds of drinking, Ye Kun suddenly remembered something and asked Weiwei: "Weiwei, the little girl we brought back from the North Country, whose name was Gu Liuguang, is she still with you now?"

Weiwei smiled and said, "Liuguang and I have become sworn sisters. I introduced her to a husband's family and we plan to get married after the New Year. Her fiancé is a professor at the Conservatory of Music. He is very talented, but a little old."

Ye Kun smiled: "How old?"

"He's in his thirties. He used to be my music teacher."

"As long as Gu Liuguang likes it, it's fine." Ye Kun nodded, and then said, "When they get married, I will give them ten taels of silver as a gift as a blessing and congratulations."

Weiwei pouted: "Father is too stingy, only ten taels of silver."

Everyone laughed.

Ye Kun also laughed, turned to chat with Dai Xi, and asked about the current development and changes on Izu Island.

Princess Mingzhu rushed to say, "We have established two universities on Izu Island. However, we don't have enough teachers. Father, please give us another batch of immigrants to add some university teachers. Oh, and give us some teachers from the medical school as well. Only by improving education can Izu Island have a future."

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "Our Princess Mingzhu has really grown up and can speak very clearly."