Li Anle was not afraid of hard work and climbed Qishan to look at the situation at the port.

Vast expanses of houses have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the construction of piers along the harbor has begun to take shape.

However, in less than fifteen days, the port of Qizhou has already been operating quite a lot.

Qizhou Port is a good harbor, the place is quite large, the docking place is very deep, as long as the pier trestle is repaired, the big ship can directly dock.

In some ports, large ships cannot go ashore directly, but have to be parked on the sea, and cargo personnel rely on small boats to turn around, which is not a good port.

Of course, Qizhou is a good port, more than 20 miles from east to west, more than 10 miles from north to south, all of them are plains, and the depth of the port water flow is very appropriate.

After King Zhongshan arrived in Qizhou, he went directly to the port and began to plan and direct the transfer of merchants and people in Nan'an Towns.

Now in front of Li Anyuan's eyes are the transferred soldiers of the government army.

The one-color gray short robe was quite shocking when seen from a distance, and Li An was stunned when he saw it from afar, just staring, and let out a meaningless tsk in his mouth.

There were more than 3,000 soldiers and soldiers of the government army who were transferred at one time, and there were more than 10,000 in the port of Qizhou, who had helped burn the wasteland, plough the fields, hoe the grass, and dozens of gangs, pulling huge stone grinders to flatten the land at the port and build wharves and roads.

In the past ten days, all kinds of major projects have gradually been put on track, more than 100 large and small ships have been moving the townspeople of Nan'an to the Eastern Domain day and night, and the people have moved more than 100,000 people, and there are still tens of thousands of people in Qizhou Port, and there is still a steady stream of people coming to Qizhou Port.

The large and small ships were moored on the simple dock, although the gray-robed soldiers were bare-handed, they were lined up in an extremely neat queue, rushing up in the whistle, and the whole action of getting on the ship was extremely simple, but Li Anyuan looked back left and right, and said to the people around him, "The strength of the Zhongshan army is impressive." If such a parade is on the ship, the forbidden army can almost do it, and if the van army does not succeed, there will definitely be chaos. These government troops have not been assembled for less than a month, and this is what they look like, and in time, they will definitely surpass the elite of the forbidden army. ”

"What your lord said is very true."

"The elite of the government army is impressive."

The people around Li Anyuan were also amazed and echoed.

"It still depends on the money and food." Li Anyuan looked at it for a while, and muttered, "Two or three hundred thousand people have migrated, I see that there are more than 10,000 tents here in Qizhou, to the Eastern Domain, food, clothing, and housing, the latter are all trivial things, if there is not enough food, then something big will happen." It's the same here in Qizhou. ”

"Hmm." As if trying to convince himself, Li Anyuan emphasized again: "Money and food, the most important thing is money and food!" ”

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"Not long after getting along, we have to separate again." Xu Zixian held Chen Wenjun's hand, and said with a solemn expression, "It's hard for Wenjun." ”

Chen Wenjun's face was slightly red, and he should not be so close to Xu Zixian in public.

"When you arrive on the island, be careful not to get used to the water and soil, don't go out and walk around easily, and talk about it after you get used to it. Although the epidemic is under control, there are still people who have attacks, so be careful. ”

Xu Zixian had no psychological pressure, and kept telling Chen Wenjun in front of everyone.

After a few months, the farmland and water conservancy excavated everywhere, rivers and ditches, and large-scale burning should have destroyed the original ecological environment of the island, it may be that there are fewer mosquitoes, fewer parasites in fresh water, plus measures such as drinking boiled water, as well as mosquito nets, incense and other preventive measures against rodents and mosquitoes, the isolation hospital on the island now has less than 20 patients, and the number of newly admitted patients is also very few.

Even if more than 100,000 people go ashore, the pressure of epidemic prevention is not great, because people have already figured out the plague and have a cure for it.

"I see." Chen Wenjun got rid of his shyness, blinked generously, and said with a smile, "After arriving in the Eastern Domain, I don't have to worry about anything Your Highness." It's here in Qizhou, close to the battlefield, you have to be careful. ”

Xu Zixian smiled and said, "I led five hundred horses, and no one could stop me on Fujian Road, and I was injured." Moreover, I mainly observed and built in Qizhou, and the first battle must have been fought by my uncle Wang. ”

Xu Zixian's voice became cold, and his face became cold.

The edict has returned from Beijing.

As expected, not long after Xu Zixian arrived on Fujian Road, the two governments had the intention to support him, but the Zhongshan Wangfu was obviously shallow in Fujian Road, and Han Zhong could not say that he got rid of King Zhao and handed over the power of war command to Xu Zixian, the deputy governor.

King Zhao was ordered to beg for thieves, gave Huang Yue, and led the soldiers and horses on the Fujian Road, as the chief of the soldiers and horses.

Lin Douyao was ordered to cooperate and lead the logistics, money and food.

Zhao Debang was ordered to cooperate, but the center had no intention of allocating money and grain, and even the payment of taxes was only delayed, and no reduction or exemption was allowed.

The imperial court is also stretched, as soon as the opening of Fujian Road is opened, Jingnan and Henan and other places where there are rogues will also learn from them, and if all roads have the same example, the imperial court will really be difficult to support.

"Big brother, take care." The little sister didn't say much, and Xu Zixian didn't specifically advise, the little sister is quite familiar with the situation in the Eastern Domain, and with her there, Chen Wenjun will quickly adapt to it and manage the affairs of the Eastern Domain.

The waves crashed, the big boat quickly lifted anchor and raised its sails, and was dragged by the small boat from the mouth of the river into the sea, Xu Zi waved goodbye to his wife and little sister first.

"The first thing is about money and food." Xu Zixian said to Fang Shaoqun beside him, "Settle the displaced people, build houses, build ports, increase the farming tools of cattle and horses in the Eastern Domain, as well as build houses and divide settlements, and you can't do these things without two million guan." If you have money, you will be able to do things, people will be at ease, and the morale of the army will be high. The officers and men of the new army first recruited 20 troops one after another, stationed in the Eastern Domain for training, and successively participated in the suppression of bandits, suppressed the natives of the central and northern communities, and gained experience in actual combat. It will be available in a few months, but the first thing is money. ”

"The king is very clear when he speaks." Fang Shaoqun arched his hand, and said with a slightly excited expression, "If everything goes well, before the end of the year, His Highness should cover up Fujian." ”

"Hmm."

Xu Zixian didn't say much, the water in front of him did not stop, the waves crashed on the shore, and all his subordinates were quite obvious, that is, retreating, accumulating, preparing, and then after King Zhao failed, he suddenly attacked and cleaned up the mess.

Retreat is not necessarily cowardice, sometimes, appropriate retreat, accumulation, the process of success will be accelerated.

And all of Xu Zixian's subordinates are based on the inevitable defeat of King Zhao, which also makes many people feel suspicious, only Fang Shaoqun in front of him firmly believes.

Fang Shaoqun stood with his hands tied, but he was indifferent and unrelated. He said to Xu Zixian, "If the king hands over the internal affairs to Lord Li, you have to trust them, and the king is one before it can be done." ”

"I know, I know." Xu Zixian smiled dumbly, waved his hand, and did not continue to discuss such trivial matters with Fang Shaoqun.

Unexpectedly, Fang Shaoqun said again, "Li Gong is kind and steady, but he is meticulous and meticulous, Kong He's stinginess is for official business, his subordinates have something, and he is the most generous in sending money, so people laugh on the surface, but in fact, they have great respect for him in their hearts." Such a person, meticulous and knowledgeable, will not do anything bad. Fu Qian is above everyone in terms of intelligence, and he is still a little greedy for money, but he has a certain amount of progress, so he is not only smart, but also a person with great wisdom. Chen Zuocai and them, some are shrewd, some are heavy, some are good at accounts and wealth, and some know how to operate business, and everyone uses their minds to deal with the affairs of the Eastern Domain, with them, in fact, the king really doesn't have to worry too much. Instead, it is to dispatch soldiers and horses, hide minions, strike a thunderous blow at a critical moment, and save the sky, this is what the king has to consider at this time. ”

"Well, that's what you said." Xu Zixian smiled suddenly and said, "That's true, what you said is my strengths, all these years of hard work, and even so, it's ridiculous that I'm still worried about this." ”

"The cavalry army has not yet been formed." Fang Shaoqun unceremoniously accepted Xu Zixian's affirmation, and then said, "The cavalry camp is of great use at a critical time, and if King Zhao leads the forbidden army to defeat, then the king will definitely thunder and break the enemy in one fell swoop, otherwise it will be a military disaster that will last and will not stop for several years." If you want to master the Fujian Road, influence Jingnan, Jingbei and Liangzhejiang, and then Liangguang and Yunnan, it will be quite difficult. It is a suggestion that all the troops need to be transferred to come, and all the heavy generals and elites of the soldiers will be transferred to Qizhou to prepare for the war. ”

After the war, the current armament of the Eastern Domain was actually three infantry armies, one army of the water division, plus a cavalry battalion, and the strength was still about 9,000 people.

The recruited new army is not yet useful, and its combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the guards.

Xu Zixian groaned slightly, feeling that what Fang Shaoqun said was quite reasonable, originally planned to use old pawns to bring new pawns to experience the battlefield. But it is indeed different from pirates, it is like a mountain fire, when it burns, it really does not exist, and the destructive power is extremely great. Moreover, the vitality is extremely strong, and if you are not careful, it will burst out again, and it will take a lot of effort to extinguish it.

If you don't use all your strength, I'm afraid that the slightest negligence will be doomed.

"Heavy cavalry is still needed to suppress the Liukou." Xu Zi thought about it first, and decisively said, "Pick more war horses in the horse farm, and select soldiers who can pass the riding skills in each army, no, as long as you can barely ride a horse." Assemble a few more infantry battalions that can ride horses to make sure things happen. ”

"The king thinks clearly." Fang Shaoqun had an expression of admiration on his face, and this time he didn't say anything more, just leaned over.

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"This month, raw silk, tea, sugar, beans, salt, and the goods that came out of the country were sold for 1.1 million yuan, deducting the cost of 700,000 yuan, and the net profit was about 400,000 yuan."

The wharf was full of chaotic crowds, Li Yi and Kong He and others greeted the princess on the wharf, after everyone saw the salute, Chen Wenjun generously encouraged many officials, and then went to the Huaxi Wangfu under the escort of the guards.

Tens of thousands of island residents, officials, soldiers, and newly arrived immigrants saw the princess, and also saw the princess's generosity and encouragement to the officials and soldiers.

This scene is quite impressive, Li Yi's mood at this time is excellent, although he is in a busy wharf, and the recent government affairs have been more than ten times busier, he is still in a good mood.

Kong He said, and then continued, "400,000 guan, 100,000 guan is entrepot trade, and it is not high. The highest is the salt profit, and there is only less than 10,000 yuan. Outsiders are still waiting in line for the seeds to be delivered. ”

The Eastern Salt has completely occupied the market of the southern Zhulu, and the quality is much better than that of the official salt, and the price is the same as that of the illegal salt, and the illegal salt dealers everywhere have almost been swept away.

For the smugglers of salt, the Zhongshan Mansion is simply the enemy of life and death, and their way of life has been squeezed and swept away, and there is no one at all.

But these people's demands and dissatisfaction Xu Zixian will not care, the smuggler salt dealers are black and bold, they are all ruthless people who make money with their heads in their hands, most of them are mountain bandits and thieves from all over the country, sell smuggled salt when they are profitable, and rob their homes when they are not profitable, these people's resentment is just right, and it confirms Xu Zixian's image in the eyes of the gentry, which is quite beneficial to winning people's hearts in the future.

Of course, there will be a great loss of the share of official salt, but on the whole it should be within the tolerable range of local transshipment.

The salt works of the Eastern Domain have expanded more than tenfold, and the monthly wages are almost 10,000 yuan, and nearly 2,000 salt workers are in charge of more than 20 large-scale salt drying plants, constantly producing salt, and even so, they still cannot catch up with the share of foreign merchants who come to buy.

"I've already said hello to Chen Gong (Chen Duzhu)." Kong He whispered to Li Yi, "It is imperative to issue salt tickets, and now that everyone is holding the money and waiting, it is not a way in the first place." Everyone pays for the ticket first, and the goods are shipped according to the time of ticket purchase, and everyone in my Zhongshan Wangfu's Cigna should be trusted, so that you can get hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars every month. ”

"Well," Li Yi nodded, "this is one." ”

"Second," Kong He continued, "there is not enough grain on the island, mainly rice. Even if the oil mill keeps extracting oil, our bean reserves are still more than 2 million stones. I have negotiated with many grain merchants, let's exchange beans for grain, two stone beans for one stone of brown rice, or four stones for one stone of polished rice, and the trouble of insufficient grain reserves can be easily solved. ”

This idea is also quite good, in fact, the southerners are mainly eating rice, eating noodles are eating some flat food, soup cakes and other dim sum pasta, usually, rich people eat polished rice, no money to eat brown rice, in Fujian Road, Penghu and Dongfan has always had the tradition of planting beans, but beans are mostly used to extract oil, only the poorest people will cook beans to eat, the right to fill hunger, do not consider the taste or anything.

In the past six months, grain prices have skyrocketed, brown rice has risen to two stones, beans and other grains have also reached a consistently high price, and the poor people are more willing to buy grains.

After all, the nutrition of beans is not bad, half cheaper than brown rice, one stone of beans is enough for a poor family of five to eat for three months, of course, the premise is that there must be a lot of wild vegetables, and there must be oil, salt and a certain amount of meat intake, otherwise it will still slowly die of malnutrition.

After all, everyone knows that salt is inseparable, and oil is inseparable.

However, it will take a while to squeeze oil and sell or exchange grain, Kong He simply decided to exchange beans for rice, and many large grain merchants on Fujian Road quite agreed, and rushed to make a predetermined share.

Kong He said, "There are more than 40,000 horses spun from cotton, and there will be about 150,000 horses in the future, and there are 200,000 horses in the first season, which is also quite good." ”

Li Yidao "Draw out a lucky ship, and send two more ships, so that Chen Daojian does not have to be in Nan'an, take the fleet to the Japanese country, take off the first batch of cotton cloth, and establish a stable business road." ”

Kong He hugged his fists and saluted, and said, "Li Gong is very decisive like this, and he doesn't have to wait for the cotton cloth to be spun before making a move." Although the Japanese people have already communicated well, this generation is not my race, so it is better to be careful. Moreover, a large amount of cotton cloth is worth two million yuan, and it is necessary to find a wealthy and bold businessman to eat it. We can't sell it slowly in the country, it takes time, and the payment is too slow. ”

Li Yi showed a resolute look on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness entrusts us with the affairs of the island, how can you not put more thought into it?" Immigration, wars, and other things, without money and food, is a tree without roots, and we can only do our best to do these things well for the king. ”

"Yes, the lower rank is also a general idea." Kong He didn't say much, but the tiredness on his face was mixed with excitement, these times, he had to do things well, and he had to find a way to open up financial resources, and at the same time he was responsible for settling the new immigrants, managing the money and food affairs on the island every day, and developing financial resources, which was really a lot of burden for the general manager of the main financial plan.

Li Yi said again, "Fu Qian is also tired, and after His Highness seeks to destroy the thieves and gain a foothold in Fujian, everyone should be able to relax." ”

"Not necessarily." Kong He smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness has lofty ambitions and extraordinary ambitions. Fujian Road, Guangnan Road, and Jinghu Road should be the next goal. Integrating the locality, guarding the south, guarding the south for the imperial court, training the soldiers and horses, and going north to fight for Hu are the things His Royal Highness wants to do the most. ”

Li Yi's face was contemplative, but also a little excited. They are trapped in many affairs such as manufacturing, production, and settlement of immigrants, involving military, government affairs, government governance, people's livelihood, commerce, industry, agriculture and many other industries, and they are busy almost day and night. And everyone also knows in their hearts that now the Zhongshan Mansion has reached an extremely critical juncture, and stepping over is a different pattern.