Chapter 1426: Smuggling (7)

Fair's face was immediately full of joy, although it was a one-time thing, it was much better than ten horses per month, because in this way, two hundred-man cavalry teams could be directly formed, instead of the same as before, the monthly intake of ten war horses was replenished before it was seen, so no new cavalry team was formed at all. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Thinking of this, Fair immediately said excitedly: "Lord Zhao Hu, let people prepare funds in the future!" ”

It is normal for Fair to be so excited, the combat effectiveness of the two teams of cavalry is as weak as an ant in the eyes of several large countries, but on the southeast peninsula, it is enough to become a decisive force, after all, the damage of cavalry to infantry is really huge.

"Wait, I don't sell these horses for money." Zhao Hu said.

Fell was stunned for a moment, and then remembered something and said, "I don't know what Lord Zhao Hu is going to exchange for these war horses?" ”

"Craftsmen, craftsmen who build ships, don't talk about anything if you don't want to."

As soon as Zhao Hu's words came out, everyone's faces changed, Peter and Kate were full of appreciation, and Fell was embarrassed.

Seeing Zhao Hu's relaxed look, Phil knew that Zhao Hu didn't actually care about the craftsman's problem, thinking of this, Phil gritted his teeth and asked, "I don't know how to change?" "There is no way to do this, although the shipwright is important to the coastal city, but the cavalry to ensure the security of the territory is even more important, and Phil knows that his choice will be approved by the lord.

Zhao Hu glanced at everyone before speaking, Kate tried her best to wink, but no one knew what he meant, while Peter opened his palm and shook it back and forth, and Oaked made a gesture.

Seeing this, Zhao Hu thought for a while and said with a smile: "I exchange one war horse for three ordinary boatmen, this boatsmith has no requirements, as long as it is a boatmaster." ”

Hearing this, Peter and Kate were eager to say something, but in the end they just sighed and did not say anything, while Fell patted his chest with great relief, promising that the shipwright would definitely be sent in the shortest possible time.

Of course he dared to pat his chest, an outstanding shipwright might be scolded by the lord, but since Zhao Hu has no requirements for the shipwright, as long as the slave who participates in shipbuilding and knows the ability of a carpenter can be a shipwright, such a person is not worth embarrassing at all.

After the anxious Fell retreated, Kate immediately yelled at Zhao Hu: "Brother! Brother, I'm trying my best to make you want him ten, why do you want three? ”

And Peter sighed: "Brother Zhao Hu, how can you speak like this? This time you are definitely losing a lot of money, that guy will definitely give you the most incompetent and old craftsman, what is the use of such a craftsman coming? It's a burden! ”

Zhao Hu smiled: "Hehe, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if the craftsmen are incompetent, as long as they reach a certain age, there must be one or two tricks to do it, as long as these craftsmen pass on these tricks, we can still suffer?" ”

"Teach? Joke, this is their ability to eat, and they will be willing to teach it? Peter sneered.

Oaked interjected: "Hehe, the provincial governor, since these craftsmen are exchanged for war horses, then they are the slaves of my family, since they are slaves, do they dare to disobey orders?"

"Besides, as long as my family gives an apprentice a good teacher, I believe they will scramble to take out their skills."

Kate clapped her hands on the side, while Peter glanced at Oaket deeply and sighed in her heart: "Talent, it's a pity it's not mine." ”

I don't know if Mingyue City especially needs war horses or what, only two or three days after Fer left, the sea ship carrying six hundred craftsmen was moored on the dock of Zhao Huling.

However, as Peter feared, these six hundred craftsmen were either old or young, and in addition to these six hundred craftsmen, there were also thousands of craftsmen's families.

Phil said that the families of these craftsmen were gifts from his own father to congratulate Zhao Hu on becoming his partner.

In addition to Zhao Hu and his cronies, the militia of other imperial army turned, including Peter and others, all despise the city lord of Mingyue, the craftsmen are all slaves, and they send slaves to people, even the families of slaves are sent together, isn't this to reduce the burden?

And Phil may also feel a little tricky, and after exchanging the commodity catalog, he immediately rushed back to Mingyue City with two hundred war horses.

Of course, after Peter and Kate looked at the catalog, they inevitably scolded in the direction of Bright Moon City.

Peter and the others think of the burden when they see the families of the craftsmen, while Zhao Hu and they think of the population when they see the families of the craftsmen. Zhao Hu and his gang, who were trying to increase the population of the territory, immediately accepted the families of these craftsmen with a smile on their faces, and at the same time did not break them up, but arranged them one by one.

Of course, they are now confined to a tent as a family, after all, even most of the militia do not have wooden huts to live in. However, if the people who followed Ou Di to the provincial capital to purchase come back, these craftsmen may have to stay in the open air.

Although the conditions are simple, the craftsmen who were originally given away and felt that their future was bleak, saw that they were blessed by misfortune and could actually live with their families, although the living environment was as narrow as before, but the mood was very different, and their hearts immediately agreed with the new owner.

Not a day after these craftsmen went ashore, when Liu Bin was directing the guards and militia to settle the craftsmen's families, Zhou Wen and Sun Jie, who had gone to recruit the merchant group, also returned at this time.

The young and strong militiamen, who were circling around the young women in the families of the craftsmen, immediately rushed to the dock to greet the arrival of the merchant group, and the militia, who had not known the taste of meat for many days, was looking forward to the stars and the moon.

When several professional merchant groups set up camp, Zhao Huling's militia all learned to howl wolves, and Zhao Huling also made noise until dawn for the first time.

The next day, in addition to the militia, guards, and servants, the families of the craftsmen and Maude's direct subordinates also participated.

The militia didn't talk about him, the guards and servant soldiers were ordered by Zhao Hu, and Maude's direct subordinates came back to report the news and take the opportunity to be happy.

As for the family members of the craftsmen, it was because Zhao Hu rewarded each craftsman with a gold coin. Although this gold coin could not be eaten and drunk, it was enough to buy some daily necessities, and a smile appeared on the faces of the craftsmen's families for the second time.

No one knew that this sudden reward was rewarded because of Zhao Hu's envious look when he saw the families of the craftsmen watching the militia happy yesterday.

The lively days disappeared within a few days, and the merchant group, which had collected all the militia salaries, did not stop long, and immediately packed up and left Zhao Huling by boat.

The departure of the merchant group allowed Zhao Huling to restore order, and Zhao Hu's cronies began their busy work again.

Although Ou Di, the head of the personal guards, was in the imperial capital, Zhou Wen took over Ou Di's work and commanded a group of civilian officials and personal guards to be busy, Sun Jie also began to carry out his own tasks, secretly recruiting secret agents in the militia, and Zhao Huling's intelligence network began to slowly take shape.

Locke and Luo Fei unexpectedly became mature, and the two of them actually followed a few centurions and Juan, the captain, and began to learn the abilities of their subordinates.

Although Peter and Kate were very dissatisfied with the price of goods in Bright Moon City, due to the huge profits from smuggling, they still pinched their noses and acquiesced.

It's just that they are worried that Mingyue City has other sources of goods, so they don't increase the price of goods here. After discussing the goods that needed to be purchased with Zhao Hu, he quickly rushed back to the provincial capital with the procurement catalog given by Fair.

Zhao Hu, who did not want to become an idler in the waiting time, divided the militia into three parts, one under the command of Liu Bin to monitor the construction of the territory of the rogue captives, and also to help the shipwrights repair the captive sea ships.

Sea vessels are at the forefront of smuggling activities, and the center of gravity of the territory is completely tilted towards it.

One began patrolling the guarded territory under the command of Juan, while the last one was trained under the leadership of Zhao Hu.

Of course, these three militias rotate every few days, and the servant soldiers are trained at all times, after all, Zhao Huling's most combat-effective ones are these servant soldiers from the grassland.

As for those guards? Busy with the construction of the territory will kill them, and they are all civilian-type, so it doesn't matter if they are trained or not.

However, within a few days of Zhao Hu's training, the shipbuilding materials that Peter promised and the war horses and weapons that Kate promised came in an endless stream, along with a large number of goods ordered by Fair's side, and the gold coins that Peter and Kate used to procure.

As a result, in addition to the security personnel, most of the manpower and material resources were invested in the construction of the shipyard and the expansion of the wharf.

Zhao Hu handed over the inventory of supplies to the civilian guards headed by Oak, handed over the construction of the territory to Liu Bin, and handed over the defense to Yu'an.

Then, accompanied by the four guards and two of Peter and Kate's cronies, with a group of sailors selected from the rogue's captives, and a group of elite militiamen, carrying dozens of boxes of gold coins, drove all the repaired sea ships under the guidance of Maude's direct subordinates, and sailed to the southeast peninsula.

In fact, Zhao Hu didn't have to come forward in person, but thinking that he was a newcomer, the first time he carried out smuggling activities, as the leader of the force, he didn't go to meet with the leader who controlled the source of goods, so he couldn't say anything, so Zhao Hu set sail this time.

Under the guidance of Maude's direct subordinates and the control of the rogue captive sailors, the fleet quickly entered the waters of the Southeast Peninsula, although it was against the wind and water.

Zhao Hu only understood at this moment why so many rogues appeared on the coast of the empire, because as long as a sampan, it was enough to easily float to the empire with the current, since it was so effortless, then the rogues who were treated as refugees wanted to rob, of course they would choose a richer empire.