In the next nearly a month, the merchants who went to various places in Chenzhuang began to return to Chenzhuang one after another with a large amount of grain.

During this period of time, Chenzhuang Wharf has become very lively, for a time it is even as busy as Zhoujiakou Wharf, some of the villagers in Chenzhuang who are lively and smart began to push their own home-cooked meals, some fruits and vegetables at home, and sell them to the boatmen on the ship near the wharf, and the boatmen on the boat who have not docked for a long time have also begun to buy some daily necessities on the ship on the Chenzhuang Wharf, and the Chenzhuang Wharf has also begun to show an active side of stimulating the economy.

More importantly, this time, with the arrival of grain in Chenzhuang, many ship bosses remembered that there was a good wharf port in Chenzhou, which was no worse than Zhoujiakou. This made Chen Zhuang's reputation begin to have its own place in this long Shaying River.

Chen Zhuang's warehouse was full of Chen Zhuang's grain at a speed visible to the naked eye these days, and at the same time, Yuan Dynasty's books were also spending the silver in his hand at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Owner, at present, our merchants who went out have returned, this time our sixteen merchants went out to buy grain, and bought a total of about 10,000 stone of grain, which is really a terrifying number, just these grains are enough for 10,000 troops to eat for half a year." Yuan Bao reported to Yuan Chao, who was in the lobby, about the recent return of grain to the warehouse.

"What? Collected 10,000 stones, which is only enough for an army of 10,000 people to eat for half a year. It seems that this food is really precious, and raising soldiers is really expensive" Yuan Chao scratched his head, feeling that he had used all his strength to collect the food, maybe he could turn over a little wave in the "Jisi Change" Houjin invasion that broke out in October of the second year of Chongzhen.

Wang Ze on the side listened to Yuan Chao's tone as if he still felt that Chen Zhuang's food was not enough, so Wang Ze hurriedly spoke, for fear that Yuan Chao's brain would be hot and he would order the whole village to smash the pot and sell iron to buy grain, and hurriedly stated to Yuan Dynasty the current economic situation of Zhuangzi. "Owner, recently the Zhuangzi is to pay off the grain, and to reward the merchants, and to buy a ship, and to pay for the wages, and to open the Chen military camp, and at the same time to pay for the families of the loyal martyrs and righteous people on a monthly basis, the expenses are too great, our Zhuangzi only recently copied the five Zhuangzi Zhuangzi property when the five Zhuangzi owners of the property, into the account of five thousand taels of silver, but with such a large expenditure, now even if we add our silver before, now there is only a total of about two thousand taels left in the hand, if there is no large amount of money in the near future, it will not be long, We will have no money to spend in our hands. ”

Yuan Chao was also shocked when he heard it, he really didn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive, and he originally felt that he should make do with it, and now he has to run a financial deficit.

However, it is now the beginning of September of the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and the memory of the Yuan Dynasty remembers that it is in October of the second year of Chongzhen, and there will be a change in his own life, that is, the Emperor Taiji personally led the army, avoiding the hard bones of Ningyuan and Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers were divided into three ways to attack the pass, and for a time the entire Ming Dynasty was full of wolf smoke, and the capital was besieged, and the impact on the north of the entire Ming Dynasty also lasted until the first half of the third year of Chongzhen.

The 10,000 stone rice in his hands now, although he can't play a fundamental role in this major event at the end of the Ming Dynasty, can also have his own influence in the north to some extent.

"Well, I know, let's get ready to sell grain in Chenzhuang during this period of time, according to my calculations, it won't be long before we start selling grain, and this time the grain will probably be sold to the north." Yuan Chao said something incomprehensibly.

The owner of this village, spent the money and strength of the whole village, collected 10,000 stone of grain, and then put it in the warehouse, and said that he was going to sell it to the north, and the grain in the north is only more than one or two stones, except for the intermediate transportation costs, that is, to lose money and make money. Yuan Bao and Wang Ze under them were secretly worried about the plans of the Yuan Dynasty.

Yuan Chao also saw the worries of his subordinates, but he couldn't tell them now, don't worry, my Yuan Dynasty is a soul through the soul, and there will be a big war in the north soon, so you just wait to use grain to form the influence of our Chen Zhuang in the north. If Yuan Chao said so, it is estimated that Zhuangzi's subordinates would regard themselves as fools.

The Yuan Dynasty also no longer explained to them. With a wave of their hand, let them go down and prepare separately.

After repatriating everyone, Yuan Chao came to Chen's camp alone, still wanting to see his biggest hole card in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Chen military camp has 400 team members, of which there are as many as 40 squad leaders, these 40 squad leaders are all people who have performed well in training, and they have all experienced the baptism of the defense of Chenzhuang, they can be said to be veterans who have seen blood, and now they have also become the elite class of the entire Chenzhuang, they and their families, and now wherever they go to Chenzhuang, they can attract the compliments and envy of the people of Chenzhuang.

The captain of the 100-man team in Chen Junying, that is, the position of squadron leader and deputy squadron leader is all vacant, and Yuan Chao has also made it clear that these positions can be obtained by those who perform well in future operations, so that the forty squad leaders under him are all gearing up, competing in secret, and they all strive to become squadron leaders as their own goal pursuit.

When Yuan Chao was training in the first batch of Chen military camps, he participated in almost the whole process of training, which can be regarded as laying a solid foundation for Chen military camps.

However, the current queue, running drills, and marching are all the same as those taught by Yuan Chao, this is the power of tradition, after an excellent tradition is injected, it will be passed on by an excellent collective.

Yuan Chao saw his four hundred Chen military camp members, lined up in a neat formation with wooden sticks to receive marksmanship training, and after the summary of those veteran team members, the assassination seemed to be very orderly.

Now the Yuan Dynasty is not boasting, if he uses these four hundred Chen military camps, even if he confronts the Ming army of the Three Thousand Guards, if nothing else, he will definitely be able to beat the other party to the ground.

Suddenly, Yuan Chao thought that he was holding 10,000 stone of grain in order to form his own influence in the war in the north, so if he brought his elite 400 Chen military camp, he could not only protect his food and property, but also make himself more influential, so it seemed that it was time for his Chen military camp to appear on the historical stage at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Yuan Chao looked at his Chen military camp and had already made a decision to take them to the stage of history.