On the second day of coming to Zhuangzi, Yuan Chao got up early in the morning.

Walking out of the house, Yuan Chao saw that the people in the family were cleaning the yard and were busy serving food. Yuan Xu also packed up and waited for himself at the door.

"Are they all here?" Yuan Chao asked Yuan Xu while sorting out his clothes and walking to the front hall.

"Well, the clan uncle Yuan Bao and the new man Yang Hao are already waiting in the lobby." Yuan Xu followed Yuan Chao and said.

Yuan Chao heard that they had all arrived, and hurriedly came to the table, devouring a meal, and finished breakfast like a storm, without a little Sven look, and the people who looked at it were also speechless.

Yuan Chao did not have a complete rest last night, but had been thinking about how to find the development prospects of Zhuangzi and quickly strengthen his strength.

Yuan Chao tossed and turned thinking about all the resources he currently had, and thinking about what he had seen and heard along the way, and after thinking last night, he also had his own plan.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to draft, the small Zhuangzi of the Yuan Dynasty can actually completely rely on the water draft, guarding such a wide Shaying River, to the south through the Huai River, to the Ming Dynasty of the anointed land, to the north I heard that it can also cover most of Henan, although it can not be completely directly connected to the North Zhili, but if it is through horses, carts and other modes of transportation, you can also quickly reach the North Zhili that lack of food and clothing in the north, to be honest, the location of this Zhoujiakou is really not bad, in the late Ming Dynasty this traffic basically relied on the era of walking, If you don't work this shipping, you will really waste this unique geographical condition.

Yuan Chao already has the idea of development in his heart, and the next step is to show his strength.

Yuan Chao paced to the front hall, walked to the main seat, and saw clan uncles Yuan Bao and Yang Hao standing on both sides.

"Today, I asked the two of you to come to see me early in the morning, I really have something important to discuss, please don't be surprised." Yuan Chao said, sat down, and waved his hand, signaling the two to sit down.

However, the two people in the audience, looking at their noses and noses, did not sit down. just hurriedly said "yes" in his mouth.

Yuan Chao also understood that he was now the absolute authority in this Zhuangzi, and he did not force them to sit down, but opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle Clan, please please report to me the current situation of our Zhuangzi first." ”

"Yes, at present, our Zhuangzi plus the newly settled Zhuangmin yesterday, there are a total of 350 households, 1,280 people, 470 strong men, the rest of the women and children, 800 acres of cultivated land, there is a small wharf in the south of the village, there are two waterwheels, there is a threshing floor in the east of the village, there is a stage, there is a big house with three entrances and three exits in the village, and at present, the granary in the village has 3,000 stones, and there are 10,000 taels of silver in the cellar of our house, but on weekdays, the lord just lets us use the two thousand taels of silver on the account. The lord generally does not allow the 10,000 taels of silver in the cellar to be tampered with, in addition, we have a grain store, a cloth shop, a restaurant, an inn in Zhoujiakou, and there are eight shops in other places in Chenzhou, most of which are engaged in the grain business.

Yuan Chao nodded, it seems that his uncle can still do it, but Yuan Chao thought about it, and it seems that something is wrong, the grain output at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not as good as that of later generations, even if the land in Henan is a relatively fertile area, the grain yield per mu is only two stones, 800 acres of land, more than 300 households, and one household is only two acres of land, which is not enough to eat at all, so he then asked, "More than 300 households, 800 acres of land, how can it be enough to eat?" ”

When Yuan Bao heard the question, he said unhurriedly, "The master has ordered, he will buy a large number of fertile land in the near future, and arrange for me to find more tenants, so I will recruit more for the next use." ”

"I'm afraid that the clan uncle is going to be disappointed, and my father has recently canceled the plan to buy fertile land." After listening to these words of the clan uncle, Yuan Chao felt that this clan uncle still lacked the ability to manage risks and deploy human resources.

"Huh? How is this good, in the past two months, I have collected a wide range of tenants, and I have been idle for more than a month, why did I suddenly change my hexagram, I really can't do it, I can only get rid of some people. Yuan Bao suddenly became a little panicked.

Yang Hao, who was standing on the side, had been quietly listening to their conversation just now, and suddenly heard that the fields were not enough to plant, and Yuan Bao was going to drive people away, and his heart was pulled again, as if he felt that their group of people was about to become lost dogs.

"No, as long as the method is right, no matter how many people will create more value, not burdensome, today I just want to arrange with you what to do next." Yuan Chao interrupted Yuan Bao's words to drive people away, and said confidently.

"Uncle clan, from today onwards, you will pick out fifty households of good cultivators, who will be responsible for cultivating these 800 acres of fertile land, paying the rent that should be paid, and you don't have to worry about other things for now." Yuan Chao emphasized without a beak.

"Yes." Although Yuan Bao is old, he is also an understanding person, he knows that he is honest and obedient, so he immediately agreed.

"Yang Hao, you said that you used to pull fiber in Zhoujiakou, so can you understand some things about shipping and terminal construction?" Yuan Chao then asked Yang Hao specifically.

"Young master, I have read some poetry books since I was a child, and I like to ponder, if I want to say that I am completely clear, I will definitely not be able to achieve it, but I still know these things." Yang Hao said with his fists clenched.

"Okay, then from today onwards, you will take the remaining 300 strong men from the village to build your new 30 or so houses in the north and west residential areas of the village as quickly as possible, and then do one more thing, that is, to give me the simple wharf in the south of the village and a wharf that can moor large ships, and I will give me money every month, one or two taels of silver a month. Timber or something in the village to procure, what talents are introduced, what difficulties, even mention, it is now April of the second year of Chongzhen, I want you to complete the construction of the wharf for me within a month, after it is done, there are still a lot of things, waiting for you. Yuan Chao said to Yang Hao.

"I must do my best to complete it according to the young master's requirements." This is the first task given to him by Yuan Chao, Yuan Chao spent money and found someone to help them build a house, and gave himself so much trust, Yang Hao had long held the idea of going up the sword mountain and going down to the sea of fire, so there was no excuse to say.

"In the future, the money and grain will be withdrawn through my hands, and tomorrow I will go to Zhoujiakou to see how the business of the store is, you don't have to ask too much, the day I go out, you just implement what I said today." After Yuan Chao finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to end today's note.

"Yes." The two then exited the lobby together, walked out of the house and went out into the street, and the two did not say much to each other, neither dared to stop at all, and immediately prepared to select Zhuang Min and start the work at hand.

As for why the Yuan Dynasty was in a hurry to build the wharf, and what big projects Zhuangzi would do next, the Yuan Dynasty now has a number in his heart, everything is in the plan, and it can be known that if this plan is successful, the Yuan Dynasty will expand its strength geometrically, and will form its own extensive and lasting influence in the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and all this is what the Yuan Dynasty urgently needs now.