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Chapter 323 Rooted

Compared with the wild Jurchen, it is indeed the Han who are better at dealing with each other.

Although the Han people in Hesihanguan look no different from the wild Jurchen on the outside, the old people in their village are still there, and what they pass on is still the Han'er language.

Li Yun showed old man Hu his family's affidavit, Ding Haijun's document, and Fuzhou capital commander Heshi Liehuanduan's warrant, and showed them his family's preparations for setting up a pasture here.For example, the route chosen by one's own side for site survey, the pattern of the barracks and fortress where the householders live, the scope of the designated horse farm, and the scale of stables and warehouses.

All this convinced the men that Li Yun and the others really came here with sincerity, wanting to lay down a foundation and do some serious business in this wild and dense forest between the two seas.

So not long after the wild Jurchens retreated, the men came to the camp one after another, asking if there was any possibility of doing work, and what reward could they get for a day's work.

Most of the Han children living here remember being exploited layer upon layer by the Jurchens in Liaoyang or Guangning, and treated like cattle and horses, so they fled to the wilderness without hesitating their lives.Now it is heard that the official from Shandong is here. Some people are expecting it, while others are skeptical.

A few men who knew old man Hu came to help first, and they worked for five hours that day, and they were half dead from exhaustion.But the porridge and pancakes of miscellaneous grains were enough, and the fish soup was enough to fill the stomach. In the end, each of them brought a few big jingling coins back to the cottage.

As a result, more people came to help the camp every day than before. At the beginning of April, wild Jurchens with green eyes and yellow hair also began to gather in the camp, obeying the command and doing rough work.Of course, all the wild Jurchens who came to help were first taken to the lower reaches of the stream to take a bath. These people lived like beasts for half their lives, and their bodies were too dirty and smelly.

Hard work, Ye Nuzhen doesn't dislike it, but she dislikes taking a bath and combing her hair.In the end, Li Yun had no choice but to let Hoduo come forward to watch, and even released a hot air balloon to show Hoduo's authority to these wild Jurchens.

A Duo had no interest in this task, but he couldn't refute Li Yun's order, so he could only garrison in the downstream water pool every day, staring at every savage in the water.

Every day when he got off work and returned to camp, his companions would wink at him from time to time and ask him if the scenery in the pool was good.A Duo completely sneered at this, he just stared at the wild women and men and women entering the water in black, and then came out in white flowers, what's so good about it?
At the same time as the ranch was being built, the successors who arrived across the sea from Laizhou also arrived by boat one after another.There is the experienced Jun Wentuoduo in the horse administration department, that is, the small official who is directly responsible for raising horses, and is called Niu Ma Qunzi in Chinese; there are also more than a hundred archers in charge of guards. According to the usual practice, they are old soldiers who have been injured and retired Lead the team with recruits from Shandong.

Even if they are new recruits, most of them have seen blood in the fight with the Mongolian army and have undergone rigorous training.It might not be a big deal in Dinghai, but their arrival immediately made Fuzhou Metropolitan Commander a little nervous.

So Heshi Liehuanduan sent people to come twice in succession, obliquely hinting that if Shandong is only setting up a ranch for business, there is no need to send so many soldiers and horses, and the soldiers in Fuzhou can guarantee the safety of the ranch.

Li Yunke dealt with them politely, but actually ignored them.

And when Heshi Liehuan was a little dissatisfied, the grain ship from Shandong arrived.

A whole two thousand shi of grain and rice was transported to Dengzhou by Song people's big ship, and then loaded into the Tongzhou sample sea ship in Guo Ning's hands.A fleet of six ships headed north from Salmon Island to Fuzhou.

Fortunately, because of the favorable wind, the fleet arrived in Fuzhou earlier than expected.Heshi Liehuanduan was naturally overjoyed, and personally led hundreds of his men to drive the carts and horse team over. One cart was loaded with seven to eight hundred catties, and one horse carried three to four hundred catties. In the granary of An County.

During the last transportation, half of the horses, about a hundred, were left behind.

The cattle and horses of the Dinghai Navy came forward to inspect and picked out a few old and unusable horses for replacement, and Fuzhou was not embarrassed.Both parties are very satisfied, and the delivery is completed immediately.

Heshi Liehuan came over on horseback and greeted Li Yun from a long distance away.

This time he stopped talking about the camp and the archers, and said with a smile on his face: "If you don't buy these horses, I won't be able to raise them this winter... Where can I get the manpower to prepare pasture and beans? I will be in the navy in the future." If there is always a grain fleet of this size, all of them will come to Fuzhou! At this price, I have enough horses here!"

Some are horses?

This is definitely Heshi Liehuan's bragging.

These days, Li Yun goes to Fuzhou for a walk from time to time to see the local customs and customs.He estimated that the number of households in Fuzhou would not exceed [-], and the number of supporting troops would be about [-].

Among the two thousand generals, the number of cavalry is about four hundred, and the total number of horses is no more than six or seven hundred.And the soy feed, fodder, and salt needed by these six or seven hundred horses are consuming the local stocks in Fuzhou that are about to bottom out every day. sign up.

However, with the arrival of grain and fodder from Shandong, it is not difficult for Heshi Liehuan to maintain three or four hundred horses.Li Yun reckoned that Heshi Liehuanduan could only manage [-] horses at most, if there were more, Fuzhou's military equipment might be in trouble.

Li Yun smiled and bowed to He Shi Liehuan, "Then thank you for taking care of me."

Heshi Liehuan's face lit up, he laughed loudly and waved his hands, "You're welcome, you're welcome!"

He's in a good mood right now.In a small Fuzhou, the military and civilians only need so much, two thousand shi of food is really a big amount, and there will always be it in the future!This is not the tens of hundreds of stones obtained from raiding the village, but a serious climb to Dinghailing and a big deal!
With the grain of these two thousand shi, there will be no such thing as neglect this year.If there is a second fleet, the Wendihan Qinggou Department in Gaizhou will be much more generous.even……

If you continue to think about it, maybe Heshi Liehuanduan can recruit and organize more troops, and try to wrestle with other local officials in the Northeast to compete for dominance?

After all, the imperial court can't allow that brother Yeluliu to occupy Guangning all the time. If I, Heshi Liehuanduan, have soldiers and food, I dare to take the initiative to attack and beat them up!
However, things do not have to think so long.It's just the beginning. Whether this kid named Li Yun is really worthy of cooperation, and whether Ding Haijun is reliable or not, we have to wait and see.

After laughing twice, He Shi Liehuan raised his whip and whipped his horse, preparing to catch up with his own convoy.

But Li Yun stood up and said with a smile: "The trade between my family Jieshuai and the Southern Dynasty is very prosperous, so the next batch of grain ships can transport [-] shi of grain. Let's use today's price to unify , you have to prepare two thousand horses."

Heshi Liehuanduan was on the horse, his figure flickered.

He reined in his horse and came back, leaning over to look at Li Yun's face: "[-] shi of grain? Two thousand horses?"

Li Yun nodded: "It is well known that the Southern Dynasty was rich and prosperous. This year, the grain and rice produced by the Southern Dynasty, which passed through Shandong and was transported to the north by sea, must be at least 30 shi. My family's commander-in-chief told me that [-]% of it will cost Use it to exchange horses, and give priority to changing horses."

Heshi Liehuan smacked his lips, suddenly felt a little thirsty, and began to sweat.

"This... Judge Li, you have worked hard all day, are you hungry?"

"What orders do you have? Just say it."

"I'll treat you to a leg of lamb, let's talk slowly, how about it?"

"OK."

　The price of horses here in Liaodong is really unknown.According to historical records, Zhang Xingxin once suggested: "Tao, He and other states, the election committee knows the situation of the Tibetans, and when it arrives, it becomes like a trade. If you donate ten thousand taels of silver, you can get a good horse and a thousand horses. This opportunity must not be missed, but the court is eager to Of."

　
(End of this chapter)