The night is low, in the southern foot of Yuntai Mountain, the yellow thatched top belongs to the ancient Zhuangzi of Wuhao, and now it is renamed Yuxian Zhuang in the courtyard, it is the lights that are alienated. The female envoy came and went.

For no other reason, the master of this room, Wu Haogu, who had not been here for more than two years since he bought this courtyard, finally came, and brought a wife and a concubine, a Ming Sect saint Mo Niangzi and a pretending Crusader female warrior Olga, as well as a large group of attendants and maids, all lived in this courtyard that was not too spacious. Suddenly it gave this place a little fluffy feeling.

Although Wu Haogu still has a newly built mansion on the edge of Sucheng Port on Yuzhou Island, it is now occupied by Ersu and their student families, and will become part of the Yuntai Academy Palace in the future.

According to Wu Haogu's vision, the future Yuzhou Island will be a Confucian holy place, just like the Christian Vatican, and even more important than the Christian Vatican. Because Yuzhou Island, which has an area of dozens of square kilometers, is not big, but it is also a county! If you plan it well, it is more than enough to set up a base camp for Confucian mission.

Yuju Island is mainly in the Yuntai Mountains, which is not a big mountain or a high mountain, but is composed of 58 small peaks, and between the peaks, there are also small valleys. There is very little flat land, that is, a small narrow strip of land around Sucheng Town and Sucheng Port, the widest point is about three and a half miles, about seven miles long, and the area is about seven or eight square kilometers. With a careful arrangement, it is still very promising.

Of course, the school palace is the main body, including the administrative area, the teaching area, the sacrificial area, the residential area and the storage area, which will occupy about two square kilometers, and will be surrounded by a city wall in the future to form a Confucian city.

The port will be the second largest part of the city, including the port area, the commercial area, the shipyard and the storage area, and of course the construction of embankments and defense facilities, covering an area of two square kilometers.

The remaining less than four square kilometers will be divided into three parts: the reservoir lake area, the horse farm area and the vegetable farming area.

The role of the reservoir lake is to supply water to the Gakkung Palace and the port area, and there is no shortage of rainfall and streams on the island, but there are no large rivers and lakes, so it is easy to run out of water in the event of a prolonged drought. If there is a large concentration of people on the island, it will be difficult to drink water. So a reservoir is a must.

The purpose of building a horse farm on the island was not to raise many horses, but to train the doctors of the Academy, who had to learn not only to ride horses, but also to learn the skills of archery, fencing, and array combat. So there must be a relatively spacious training ground.

The vegetable farming area is a place that provides vegetables and poultry eggs for the school palace and the port area. In the future, Yuzhou Island will definitely have to rely on sea transportation for food and meat, and it is not a problem that fresh fish can be eaten by the sea. Vegetable and poultry eggs are best replenished nearby, so some vegetable fields should be kept on Yuju Island.

In addition to being a sacred place for Confucianism, there will also be a lucrative industry on Yuzhou Island - Yunwu Tea. Yunwu tea is an industry that has long existed in Yuntai Mountain, and Haizhou itself is also an important tea-producing area, but the brands of Haizhou tea and Yunwu tea have not been good for a long time, so it is not as famous as the tribute tea in Phoenix Mountain, Fujian. However, in terms of the quality of the tea, the Yunwu tea grown on Yuntai Mountain is definitely the best. It is no worse than the tribute tea of Jianzhou Phoenix Mountain. Now there is Wu Haogu, the "advertising master", and Su Dongpo, a heartthrob, plus the saint Song Huizong himself to help tout, and he will definitely be able to stir up a famous tea.

In addition to hyping Yunwu tea in China, Wu Haogu also planned to link tea drinking with the spread of Confucian culture. If tea, tea sets, milk tea, and tea culture are sent out in one go, won't there be one more industry to support Confucian missionary work in the future?

The spread of Confucianism certainly needed confusing ideas (science is good) and armed doctors, but it could not be separated from the support of money. It is not enough to rely on Wu Haogu's private pocket, he does have money, but after all, he is a living person who is born, old, sick and dies. In the future, when he is gone, will his heirs still be willing to use their own wealth to support the spread of Confucianism? This is of course impossible.

Moreover, although the size of the Confucian Order expanded, the amount of money required must be a bottomless pit. Therefore, it is impossible to rely on the financial resources of a consortium or a family to support it. The Confucian Order had to have its own financial resources—it was probably impossible to learn Christianity, collect tithes, and sell indulgences. Running schools and collecting tuition fees is a viable source of money, but it is not big enough, and if the fees are too high, no one will come, so it will not be able to support the huge order.

Then it is imperative to develop ancillary industries and business territories...... In addition to education and tea export, Wu Haogu could think of the export of traditional Chinese medicine and the manor attached to the overseas Confucian Academy. If possible, establish a city-state attached to the palace of learning or even a doctor's group state!

In short, the spread of Confucianism must become a profitable industry in order to develop sustainably.

Just when Wu Haogu was in the foyer of Yuxian Village, thinking about the major events of the spread and development of Confucianism, while waiting for his teacher Su Dongpo and five Sumen disciples to come to the banquet, the family banquet for Su Dongpo and several Sumen disciples had already been set up.

The family banquet is placed in the flower hall of Yuxian Village, and the water and land are mixed, and all the Kaifeng dishes are carefully renovated. It is not a common meal system for one person and a few people in the banquet of scholars, but two large square tables are set up, several women have a separate table, and Wu Haogu shares a table with Sumen master and apprentice and Mi Youren.

Under the command of Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing, seven or eight female envoys have already placed cold vegetables, dried fruits, and candied fruits in place one by one. Because she can meet Su Dongpo, the "male god", Pan Qiaolian is a little excited, she is a fan of Su Dongpo, and she can recite the word card filled in by Su Dongpo. However, when she thought that her own officials were now under the Dongpo Gate, and they were still great talents who could discuss Taoism with the Confucians, Pan Qiaolian was even more happy and excited.

Ximen Qing was a little worried, today is obviously a family banquet, Pan Qiaolian and herself are Da Lang's wives and concubines, Su Dongpo is Da Lang's old teacher, Su Men's five disciples are Da Lang's senior brothers, and Mi Youren is an apprentice. But what's the matter with Mo Niangzi and that Ao Niang? Why are they here? Could it be that Da Lang's concubine team is about to expand again......

Outside the flower hall, there was a sudden sound of boots, but it was a group of people striding towards here. Pan Qiaolian jumped up from the chair and greeted her with a smile like a flower, and Ximen Qing, who was originally standing behind Pan Qiaolian, also put away her jealousy thoughts, beckoned to Mo Niangzi and Olga, and greeted them together.

After the door of the flower hall was pushed open, I saw Wu Haogu, who was dressed in Confucian clothes, walking in with Su Dongpo talking and laughing. Behind the two of them, there were also five Sumen disciples and Mi Youren.

Pan Qiaolian hurriedly greeted her, Ying Ying is a blessing, and greeted Brittlely: "Official, Master Su ......"

Wu Haogu nodded, and introduced Su Dongpo with a smile: "Teacher, this is Neizi Pan Eighteen, this is the eldest sister of Ximen who married with Pan Eighteen." ”

Su Dongpo had already heard that Mi Youren had passed Wu Haogu's wife and concubine, so he nodded at them.

As he spoke, Wu Haogu suddenly beckoned to Mo Niangzi and Olga again: "Murly, Olga, you guys come over too." ”

We?

Mo Niangzi was stunned when she heard this, and she didn't know what role she was going to play in tonight's family banquet? Do you want to perform singing and dancing to cheer up?

In addition, she doesn't know what role she has next to Wu Haogu? The concubine room is definitely not, and the outer room is not either, but it can be said to be innocent...... But he has followed all the way to Haizhou, and also lived in the back house of Wu Haogu.

Olga is very generous, she is not as entangled as the ink lady. She was the daughter of a mercenary leader in Eastern Rome, not a nun who had consecrated herself to God. Even if you sleep with the rich master Wu Haogu, there is nothing wrong with it. Wu Haogu is not a hateful Saracen......

So the girl from the Balkans jumped up and down, and instead of a blessing, she made a curtsy, pulled up her long skirt, bent her knees, and said in Latin: "May the Lord bless you, honorable sir." ”

"She's talking about ......," Su Dongpo asked with a blank expression.

"She said in Latin," which means 'May God bless you, honorable sir.' ”

Of course, Wu Haogu didn't understand Latin or Greek, and he had told Olga beforehand.

"God?" Su Dongpo still didn't understand.

What is God?

"God is the god of the Western Cross religion, and they call Yahweh or Gad." Wu Haogu explained, "The Nestorianism here is a branch of the Western Cross Religion, and the Aroha Tianzun is God. ”

"Oh." Su Dongpo nodded, Jingjiao knew it. It is a bit similar to Taoism (the language of Nestorian religion in China is Taoism), and it seems to have come from the West during the Tang Dynasty.

Mo Niangzi also greeted her at this time, and opened her mouth in Persian: "May Mingzun give you happiness and light." ”

"You're the ink lady?" Su Dongpo recognized Mo Niangzi, "You are also a Crucifixion?" ”

"No," said Mo Niangzi, "the slaves are Persians, Persian Manichaeans. ”

She was embarrassed to say that she was a saint, because she felt that she was a little damaged by Wu Haogu, and she became less and less "holy".

"Manichaeism?" Su Dongpo frowned, Manichaeism and Nestorianism are both illegal religions, which were banned in the Tang Dynasty, and the ban on Manichaeism was stricter, and it was also continued by the Song Dynasty. Although there are still many Manichaeans in the southeast of Fujian and Zhejiang, as a dignified civil official doctor, it is not good for him to come into contact with Manichaean witches?