In the next few days, tens of thousands of people had no other task than farming, and 2,000 acres of opium poppies and 1,000 acres of grain and vegetables became more and more courageous and became more and more proficient day by day.

Liu Yu took this opportunity to return to the Wolongshan base to find Su Qinghe and check the progress of grain purchase; Su Da Beauty's efficiency is not bad, thousands of tons of grain have been ordered in two days, and the procurement speed is still accelerating.

Dozens of local wealthy families have sold their old grain, each with ten tons and eight tons, mainly because the Pengzhou Mansion Yaliang Cao has processed tens of thousands of stone grain, and the price is not too expensive, but a few thousand yuan.

In addition, the person in charge of the five surnames and seven wangs in Qingcheng, Pengzhou, said that they were willing to sell the old grain, but only the old grain, and the new grain was not sold.

Wang Hu and Wang Bao went to Yizhou, Jianzhou, Longzhou, and Wenzhou respectively, and purchased a large amount of grain in all directions, which was two percent higher than the market price, and the harvest was considerable, and there were tens of thousands of tons at present.

The transport team was officially dispatched, and more than 50 large trucks and heavy trucks went to remote states and counties; Three or four hundred ox carts and carriages were responsible for the territory of Pengzhou, and they began to rush to transport grain and grass.

With such a large-scale purchase of grain, the imperial court will definitely intervene, and the escort team must complete the task before Li Ergou gets the news. From the local spies to report upwards to the execution of the order, it will take at least ten days, which should be enough!

The average load of a military truck is 20 tons, and 50 is 1,000 tons, and three trips a day is no problem. As for the ox carts and horse-drawn carts, each trip is about half a ton, and the local pull several times a day, about 500 tons.

There were more than 2,000 people in the village, as long as they could ride horses and chariots, all of them were recruited to help with the transport team, which stretched for two or three miles and drove mightily to Pengzhou.

Inside the base, several factories, warehouses, and a large number of idle houses have been temporarily converted into granaries, with a capacity of about 100,000 tons, even if it is not enough, it doesn't matter, Liu Yu has a space ring, where can he be summoned?

The stale grain accumulated in the Bashu area is only about four or five hundred thousand tons, with a population of one million households, and the average surplus of each household is about half a ton. Of course, there must not be so many ordinary people, and they are concentrated in the hands of a small number of people.

For example, the Yizhou grain depot has a million stones of grain, of which there are at least 50,000 tons of old grain, which is very abundant. During the Zhenguan period, I never heard of people starving to death in Yizhou, except for beggars.

Liu Yu is going to go to Yizhou in person, visit Yizhou Thorn History, discuss the purchase of 50,000 tons of old grain, and gather 200,000 tons to complete the task, no matter how much is necessary.

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As a general and duke of the imperial court, he is a superior no matter what, a mere assassin in history, lower than his own official rank, and he still has to talk about pomp.

Sao Nian led a team to drive five Jeep Wranglers, from Pengzhou to Yizhou Thorn Mansion, more than 100 kilometers away, and arrived in two or three hours.

The four-wheeled off-road vehicle was recognized as soon as it arrived at the boundary of Yizhou, and the people in the know were surprised, and they showed off to others:

"See, this is the Iron Ox Flowing Horse, also known as the car, traveling thousands of miles a day! It's Wolongwei's exclusive car, and the imperial court doesn't have it, right? ”

"Iron Bull Flowing Horse? More powerful than a wooden cow and a flowing horse? ”

"Nonsense! Is the wooden cow flowing horse a fart? A day of thousands of miles, a day of thousands of miles, some are better? ”

"Then what are they doing in Yizhou City?"

"Hmph~ You don't know this, it is said that Wolongwei has hoarded a lot of food and has purchased millions of stones, I don't know what I want to do."

"Could it be... It's a rebellion, right? ”

"Hmm~ possibly!"

Many people exchanged heads and discussions, speculating about Wolongwei's ulterior conspiracy, and even concluded that Liu Yu was going to rebel and change the dynasty.

Fortunately, Liu Yu didn't know, otherwise he would have to send them the Best Screenplay Award, his imagination is really rich!

However, I don't blame others for talking nonsense, who asked Liu Yu to buy grain on a large scale? Since ancient times, before the rebellion, they had to hoard grain and grass first, and this speculation is still very reasonable.

The convoy of pulling the wind ran wildly all the way, the horn beeped and beeped, and the frightened people turned on their backs, and finally sparks and lightning all the way to the gate of the Assassin's Mansion.

With a "squeak", five cars were parked neatly on the side of the road, and the heavily armed team members stepped forward to inform the little official that General Liu was here.

Soon, Yizhou Thorn Shi Cui Yuan, a member of the Qinghe Cui clan, came out with a vote of officials and warmly greeted Liu Yu and the others, respectfully.

"Xiaguan Yizhou assassin Shi Cui Yuan, lead the Yizhou officials to greet the general, please inside, please hurry~"

"Thank you Cui Tingshi, and a few adults, it's really presumptuous to come suddenly, bother you, prepare a small profit, and don't dislike it!"

That's right, the gift prepared by Liu Yu is still a glass jade carving pendant, crystal clear, with a market price of 200 yuan a small piece, exquisite carving, and natural.

Assassin History, Long History, Sima, Joining the Army... Basically, everyone has two pieces, which is not precious, everyone makes a false concession, and then accepts it gratefully.

Eating other people's mouths is short, taking other people's hands is short, and the gift of hundreds of dollars is received, can you still do things?

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Yu mentioned the purchase of old grain, Cui Tingshi immediately said that there was no problem, anyway, the old grain was about to become moldy and insect, so of course it was good to sell it.

What's more, Liu Yu was quite generous, purchased at the price of new grain, paid a thousand taels of gold on the spot, and signed a contract in front of everyone.

Another 50,000 tons of old grain, and the target of 200,000 tons is about to be completed, and the fleet has to expand its scale and work overtime, day and night.

The part that was too late to be transported away was also found in a local warehouse, gathered together first, and then slowly found a way to transport it back, Liu Yu has a plug-in!

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Grain purchases are in full swing, poppy planting is complete, corn and potato sowing is also nearing completion, and mining is ready to begin.

First of all, it is necessary to explore on the spot and determine the specific location of the vein before it can be put into mining; Liu Yu has long investigated clearly, and roughly grasped the distribution of mining resources in Maqu and Luqu, and the location is not much different.

Among them, the largest mine is definitely the open-pit coal mine in Luqugahai Township, which is a relatively large open-pit coal mine in China, with a surface covering soil ranging from 5 meters to 40 meters.

There is no doubt that the development value is very large, the difficulty of mining is quite low, the excavator planing, the percussion drill to drill it again, how much and how much; If it doesn't work, you can also put it in a shot, and there will definitely be no shortage of explosives!

For the rest, the iron ore resources are not too much, two small and medium-sized iron mines; There are many lime and gypsum, and there are many reserves all over the country, and the value is very low.

Kaolin, one of the kinds of clay, is an ore with abundant reserves in the western slope area, and is widely used in the field of cement building materials and porcelain manufacturing.

Iron ore, coal mine, lime ore, gypsum ore, clay ore, basically meet the raw material needs for the production of cement and steel, and some other ingredients are dispensable.

… To be continued...