The population of Anzhu City was increasing. Almost every day, there were hundreds to thousands of new people. Don't think that these new people were all newborns. They weren't. They were all merchants, craftsmen, and other outsiders from all over the world. They saw the potential of Anzhu City in the future, so they came in advance to gain a foothold and prepare for a great future.
As the number of people increased, all kinds of supporting facilities had to keep up. The progress of house construction had been accelerating, and the number of temporary tents had increased a lot. When the number of houses was insufficient, the outsiders could live in temporary tents.
In addition to these, there were some local villagers outside the city who built simple houses with wood and rented them to outsiders who didn't have a house to live in. Some merchant ship owners also saw a business opportunity and modified their ships, adding many rooms, so that they could rent them to many people and earn a considerable amount of rent.
As the number of people increased, the demand for medicine and other facilities also increased. Several pharmacies were added, courier stations also appeared, and private schools also appeared unknowingly.
It was only the big merchants who hired teachers for their children. Some of the small merchants' children also came to join in the fun. Of course, they had to share the cost of the tuition. For a teacher, teaching a few children was the same, teaching a few more children was the same. Moreover, with competition and comparison, the teaching effect was better.
Of course, there couldn't be too many students in the private school. The effect of three to five students was quite good. If there were dozens, the teachers would be too busy and the teaching effect would be greatly reduced.
The large class system was also very hated by the students and parents of the later generations. A class could easily have nearly a hundred people. This made the teachers in charge of teaching unable to recognize all of their students. Moreover, too many people would create a sense of security for the students. They would feel that they were only one-tenth of the students. Even if they didn't listen in class and were naughty, it wouldn't be so easy to find out. When they saw other students being naughty, they would also be naughty, leading to poor classroom discipline.
Once a large class had many naughty children, the teacher couldn't control it even if he wanted to because there were too many naughty children. After criticizing the children on the left, the children on the right would start being naughty again.
Naughty children were all mischievous and active. It was against their nature to make them obediently listen to lessons. If they didn't go through education, they wouldn't have any talent. Therefore, education was also necessary. In this case, it was necessary to use coercion and patiently guide the children to take the initiative to learn and obtain a certain amount of knowledge.
However, the teacher's energy was also very limited. If there were too many students, the teacher would definitely not be able to take care of them all. As such, the effect of teaching could be imagined.
Therefore, the big businessmen who hired private schools would not allow too many people of the same age to study with their children, especially people with bad moral conduct. They would not allow it, so as not to lead their children astray. The teacher would also have his own requirements. For example, he would not agree to teach too many students or children with bad moral conduct.
There were many people whose children were too naughty. The teachers couldn't stand it after a few days and left without asking for a single cent. They didn't have much patience to educate the naughty children.
Many naughty children would brag to others that they had beaten a few teachers and made many teachers embarrassed. When they bragged, their saliva would fly everywhere.
Therefore, the average private school only had four or five students, plus a few accompanying boys who were responsible for grinding ink for the master and accompanying the master to study.
The job of accompanying a student was still relatively comfortable. There was no heavy work to do. They only needed to serve the master to study. By the way, they could also eavesdrop on the teacher's lectures openly and increase their knowledge. There were many accompanying boys who had better comprehension than the master. If the master's study was a mess, the accompanying boys might be able to pass the imperial examinations. There were all kinds of situations like this.
As far as it was concerned, there were already more than a dozen private schools in Anzhu City. There were sixty to seventy students who were learning cultural knowledge. However, this was obviously far from enough. This could only satisfy the needs of a few children. Most of the children couldn't learn cultural knowledge. Otherwise, when Ang Lee inspected, he wouldn't have seen more than a dozen school-age children running under the small culvert to catch fish.
To meet the requirements of many children entering the school, it was necessary to build a large school that could accommodate thousands or tens of thousands of people. Such a school could only be built by the imperial court of the Tang dynasty. Ordinary businessmen lacked financial resources and experience.
For the time being, all kinds of work were relatively tight. The work of building the school could only be delayed for the time being. Anyway, the learning pressure in this era was not very great. It didn't matter if they started a few years later.
Just as he was about to leave Anzhu City, Ang Lee received a lot of good news one after another. First of all, the biggest news was that a large iron ore mine had been found 30 miles to the north. The quality of the iron ore was very high. As long as it was mined, the output would be enough to support the construction of Anzhu City. There was even excess steel that could be used to cast rails and industrial and agricultural tools.
Naturally, Ang Lee was very happy to hear the news of the discovery of a large iron ore mine. In this way, the main resources around Anzhu City would be gathered. There would be no worries about the construction of Anzhu City. After the production of these resources increased, it could even support the construction of the surrounding cities and become a supply base for construction resources.
Of course, some resources had to be obtained nearby. The cost of obtaining them from afar was too high. Moreover, building materials such as sand and broken stones could be found in many places under normal circumstances. However, lime mines and iron ores could only be found by chance. These were the most important mineral resources.
The efficiency of the imperial court of the Tang dynasty was very high. The hundreds of officials, their families, and attendants soon arrived in Anzhu City one after another.
With the increase of the population and all kinds of craftsmen in Anzhu City, the six thousand soldiers who had taken off their armor to work also put on their armor and were ready to set off at any time.
Although Anzhu City was gradually stabilizing, it was still a new city. The new provincial governor of Anzhu only had five hundred yamen runners who were responsible for law and order, which was a little weak. For the sake of the stability of the new city, Ang Lee decided to leave behind an army of three thousand soldiers to guard it. This army had an elite artillery brigade and fifty advanced breech cannons. It was enough to deter any potential enemies.
Ang Lee was about to leave. He was somewhat reluctant, but in order to build a complete Maritime Silk Road, Ang Lee had to leave Anzhu City and go to the next stop, Aden City.
Ang Lee had already taken care of the white fox and the magpie. The brothel keeper didn't dare to say no after taking the money. She happily handed over the two contracts. From then on, Ang Lee had two more servants.
When the huge fleet left Anzhu City, at least tens of thousands of people stood on the beach to see Ang Lee off. Ang Lee was filled with emotions. He felt that he was especially awesome to have so many people send him off.
In fact, most of the people who came to see them off were just there to watch the show, especially the young children. They didn't know who Li An was. The reason they followed the adults was to see the steam ship leave.
They had already heard that when the steam ships started, a lot of black smoke would come out of the chimneys. The ships were also very loud, which was very different from ordinary ships.
The adults and children in the port had all seen huge steam ships in the port, but that was when they were still. They didn't know what the steam ships were like when they started moving. Therefore, when they heard that the huge steam fleet was about to leave, they all ran to the beach to see what was going on.
If Li An knew that most of the people who came to send him off were there to watch the show and not to send him off, would he vomit blood?
Although it was very cruel, this was the truth. Businessmen were the people who valued profit the most. They didn't have much emotion at all. They wouldn't worship Ang Lee just because he had created Anzhu City. At most, they would admire him in their hearts.
Ang Lee stood on the deck and waved to the crowd from time to time. He had the style of a leader. It wasn't until they were far away from the port that he completely put down his arm.
The crowd at the port in the distance became as small as ants, but these ants were still stubbornly standing at the port and refused to leave. It seemed that they wouldn't stop until the black smoke from the steam ships could no longer be seen.
"Unknowingly, the Tang dynasty has three provinces overseas. Each province is very important. We can't lose any of them."
Ang Lee looked at Anzhu City in the distance and sighed.
"Assistant Minister Li is right. These three provinces are the throat of the Silk Road on the Sea. We can't lose any of them, especially Anzhu City. It is not only an important transportation route of the Silk Road on the Sea, but also the most important province to Chang 'an from the land."
His subordinate said.
Li An nodded and said, "That's right. Among the three overseas states of the Tang Empire, the Anzhu State is the most important. The two states behind it and the two states in front of it all need the support of the Anzhu State. The railway in Chang 'an can also extend directly to the Anzhu State. Therefore, this overseas city is the most important. This is also why I left an army behind. How many people are left in the two states in front of it? I didn't even leave a single cannon. "
"Not only is the geographical location important, but the enemy we face is also much stronger than the enemies of the two provinces. Dashi has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, much stronger than the small countries we encountered before. Naturally, we need more soldiers to deal with them."
One of the generals said.
Ang Lee agreed and said, "That's very reasonable. Although Dashi is much weaker than our Tang dynasty, we still have to be careful at their doorstep. We must guard against what we should guard against."
Ang Lee knew Abo, the leader of Dashi, very well. This ambitious and fierce man was very vicious and merciless. He was definitely not an easy person to deal with. Without absolute strength, it was impossible to bully him.
Although Ang Lee had defeated Abo once a few years ago and was on friendly terms with Dashi, preparing to build a railway together and develop the economy of the two countries, this did not mean that Abo was convinced. How could this ambitious and ruthless man be so easily convinced? He must be a little uncomfortable. If the Tang dynasty made a territorial claim on Aden, this ambitious and ruthless man would probably cause trouble. In order to prevent this old man from causing trouble and attacking Anzhu City, it was necessary to station a strong army in Anzhu City to dispel this guy's thoughts.
"Assistant Minister Li, our ship is the advance ship sent out a few days ago."
A guard ran over to report.
Ang Lee nodded, looked around, and said, "They must have found something important. Otherwise, they wouldn't have returned in such a hurry. Let's go."
Soon, some of the soldiers on the advance ship boarded Ang Lee's ship and reported a very important piece of news.
"What? Abo is seriously ill? So soon?"
Ang Lee exclaimed.
In history, after Abo became the Caliph, he defeated the Anxi army of the Tang dynasty in the second year, but he died of illness only four years later. He had only been on the throne for four years.
But now, it had only been two years since Abo became the Caliph. Abo should not be seriously ill so early! Could it be that Abo in history was seriously ill for several years before dying? This was obviously not true.
Thus, there was only one logical explanation: Apo had been forced to accept the Great Tang's demands, and he was seething with anger and displeasure.
It was common knowledge that anger was harmful to the body. If a person was always unhappy, it was very easy for them to fall ill, perhaps even lose their life. This was why so many people in history had died of depression. In other words, depression and anger had led to death.
If Abo was angry because he had been forced to accept the demands of the Tang dynasty, then Ang Lee would not be able to escape this crime. After all, he was the one who had forced Abo to accept the alliance. If not for the fact that Ang Lee had invented the mechanized army and easily taught the Arab army a lesson, Abo would not have needed to accept the Tang dynasty's alliance and would not have fallen ill from anger.
"Assistant Minister Li, what is the meaning of this? It's like you know that Abo is ill. "
His subordinates curiously looked at Ang Lee, extremely puzzled. How could Abo's illness have anything to do with Ang Lee?
Ang Lee chuckled and looked at his subordinates. "It's nothing. Last time, when I fought with Abo, this official heard from a Dashi official that Abo has an irascible personality and doesn't eat in time, so I felt that this person wouldn't live long. I didn't think that he would fall ill so quickly. This is truly too surprising."
This was the only thing he could say. After all, he couldn't tell them that he was someone from the future and knew about this part of history! If that was the case, wouldn't his subordinates be scared to death?
"Oh, so that's how it was."
His subordinates suddenly had a look of realization on their faces.
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