Throughout the stream, the landlords and wealthy households with heads and faces were soon summoned to the county government to concentrate on the deliberations.

After the old county order briefly explained the situation, Yang Congyi announced the order to requisition grain on behalf of the imperial court, and the purchase price was always half of each quintal of grain, which was hundreds of wen more expensive than the local price of Liuqiu, and of course hundreds of wen lower than the price of Quanzhou.

There is no limit to the number of requisitions, as many as you want, and all the cash is paid, without arrears or delays. Yang Congyi's arrogant posture directly suppressed the landlords and wealthy households, and they were shocked that they all swallowed their saliva, and they could finally make a lot of money.

They have food, and they can't finish eating, but it's very troublesome to take it out for money. Liuqiu has a vast area, sparse population, fertile land, can be cultivated everywhere, every household is basically not short of food, that is, there is an occasional shortage of food, and there are many fruits in the mountains to satisfy hunger, so those who are willing to take money to buy grain are always a minority, if you want to exchange money, you have to transport the grain to Quanzhou or Zhangzhou, but the risk of grain crossing the sea is very great, and it can't be sold at a high price.

In the county government council hall, many landlords and wealthy households expressed their willingness to sell grain, ranging from hundreds of quintals to thousands of quintals. No matter how much, Yang Congyi immediately signed a contract of intent to purchase them, telling them that as long as the grain was transported into the camp of the Jingwu Army, they would pay the cash immediately.

He thought that he could purchase thousands of quintals, at most 10,000 quintals, but who knew that the requisition intention signed on the same day would reach more than 30,000 quintals. There are only 40,000 or 50,000 people registered in Liuqiu, and now it is spring, and it is the time when the green and yellow are not in stock, and the people still have so much grain in stock, which shows that the potential for agricultural production here is great, beyond imagination.

However, Yang Congyi was soon relieved, and in later generations, the arable land in the whole of Taiwan fed more than 20 million people, and now it is not uncommon to feed 40,000 or 50,000 people.

After seeing the potential of Liuqiu's grain storage, Yang Congyi suddenly felt a little relieved, so that he basically didn't have to worry about the supply of rations during the training of the Jingwu Army, and it could be completely solved at the station, and even when the fleet went to sea in winter, a large amount of grain could be purchased here.

After Yang Congyi returned to the camp, the construction of the granary suddenly accelerated.

Even so, those wealthy landlords who had signed the intention to sell still came many times to ask when the grain could be delivered, and their desire to exchange grain for money was very strong, for fear that the imperial court would regret it, and transfer grain from Quanzhou or Zhangzhou, because the elite army had only 3,000 men, and the grain needed for six months was only about 9,000 quintals.

Ten days later, after many expansions, a huge granary was built, which is expected to store 60,000 quintals of grain at a time.

After the granary was built, batches of grain were quickly transported into the barracks, delivered and put into storage, and in half a month, most of the granaries were piled up.

In order to boost morale and stimulate morale, he announced that from now on, the elite army will have three meals a day, three catties of rations per person per day, and the salary will be increased by fifty percent during the training period, and the salary will be tripled when the escort fleet will go to sea in the future!

This news is undoubtedly a great tonic for the officers and men of the whole army, which instantly detonated the elite army, from ordinary soldiers to deputy generals and commanders, with a great increase in morale and high morale.

Subsequently, Yang Congyi convened a group of generals and colonels, on behalf of the Hui Yi Department and the imperial court to issue an appointment, before the Jingwu Army commander Li Ge arrived in the army, temporarily led by Su Zhong, Yao Chang, Luo Cong as the deputy, jointly commanded the Jingwu Army, organized camp construction and the training of the whole army, the training content and intensity, referring to the Xuanwei Army of the year, can only be high and not low.

Since the founding of the army, the officers and men of the elite army have been repeatedly deducted from their salaries, and they have long been miserable; now, taking advantage of the absence of the commanding system, the supervising army has increased the salaries of the whole army, and the power of the unified army has been delegated, and the morale of the generals and schools has soared, and they have issued military orders one after another to ensure the completion of the training tasks and the rapid restoration of the previous training level.

After decentralization, Yang Congyi made a more detailed deployment for army training and daily management, and then took a team to leave the barracks temporarily, walked around, and took a break, just to see what he was like when he was not in the barracks, and what the elite army looked like, after all, he still had a lot to do, and it was impossible to stay in Liuqiu all the time.

After leaving the barracks, Yang Congyi traveled all the way south, spending more than half a month, through the sparsely populated wilderness and jungle, until he reached the southern coastal area, along the way he also found a few villages, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the neighborhood was harmonious.

Upon inquiry, we learned that many of the local people fled from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou hundreds of years ago, some from the Wei and Jin dynasties, some from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, some from the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, some from the late Tang Dynasty, and the most recent from the Huizong period of the Great Song Dynasty.

Nearly half of these people do not have household registration, and they cultivate the land in the jungles of the south, and they live naturally, and they do not obey the government's discipline and do not pay taxes, nor can they get the protection of the government.

What is the terrain of the whole Liuqiu, Yang Congyi has a map in his hand, and he has some understanding, he just wants to see it in person all the way south, and he has a good heart to make some plans for the future.

After a few days on the southern coast, he returned to the barracks with a detachment of guards.

The camp of the Jingwu army has been built, the spacious barracks, the wide school field, although it can not be compared with the Yiwu camp, but it is much better than the Changguo camp, the whole camp is a flat river, less than a mile away from the coast, it is very convenient to go to sea for training.

In the month since Yang Congyi left, Su Zhong, Luo Cong, Yao Chang and other generals and colonels managed the Jingwu Army in an orderly manner, and the training had begun to be carried out in an orderly manner, training for at least six hours a day, but the morale of the whole army had not been weakened, he was very satisfied with this, and he made the right decision to decentralize.

After training with the soldiers in the camp for a few days, Yang Congyi convened all the generals again, explained some precautions and several prohibitive disciplines, and praised everyone's performance during this period of time.

After doing all this, he went to the county government to see the old county order again, and specifically explained that the county order took care of the Jingwu army and forgave him a lot, if there is something that needs to be coordinated by the county government, let him not shirk, the court attaches great importance to Huiyi, after the matter is completed, everyone involved has a heavy reward, and Liuqiu is a place for the Jingwu army to be trained, and there must be a reward.

After arranging the training of the Jingwu Army, Yang Congyi quickly left Liuqiu by boat and returned to Quanzhou.

The shipyard is a busy scene, there are many more craftsmen than at the beginning of the year, as many as 1,000 people, and the scale of the entire shipbuilding is not much worse than the heyday a few years ago, even so, Yang Congyi still feels that the scale is too small, and asks the shipyard to recruit craftsmen again, and the quality of sea ships and warships must be guaranteed, and the progress cannot be too slow.

After some communication, the delivery time of 15 warships was advanced to mid-June, in addition to the 4,000 seagoing ships, 10 more warships were built, five more warships were built, and the second batch of shipbuilding funds was paid in early May.

To increase shipbuilding orders, the shipyard willingly recruited craftsmen and expanded the scale of the shipyard.

After inspecting the shipyard for two days and confirming that everything was progressing normally, Yang Congyi's attention was removed from the shipyard and the ship's personnel were about to start recruiting.

The fleet of 100 ships needs more than 3,000 people, according to past experience, at least 8,000, the imperial court did not give any special instructions to the Hui Yi Department, and the establishment of the elite army has not increased, but the number of people in the elite army is far from enough, and this limited force cannot hold back the big waves overseas.

Without the order of the imperial court, it is impossible for the elite army to expand at will, but it is completely up to the Huiyi to recruit how many sailors are recruited, after all, no matter how many people are recruited at the Huiyi Office, there is no need for the imperial court to pay extra money, and the imperial court is naturally too lazy to care.

So Yang Congyi immediately visited the chief officials of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and asked the government to help recruit sailors, and the treatment of sailors was to go to sea for two years, with a consistent monthly salary, and the salary for good performance was doubled, and the age limit was between fifteen and twenty-five years old, and the age of those who were in good health could be relaxed to thirty years old.

Recruitment notices were sent to all counties, and according to the feedback, very few applicants applied.

After reflection, Yang Congyi felt that it was the wrong choice of recruitment location, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou are close to the sea, and the flow of information is very convenient.

After thinking about it, these 5,000 people were also recruited by Jinghu or Huaixi.

If you really want to go to Huaixi, I'm afraid it will take a few months, when Lian'er's child was born, he was in the field, and now he has to leave in a few days after returning to Quanzhou, I don't know what Qingchen will think.

However, Yang Congyi's concerns, Qingchen didn't care at all, because her attention and energy were all on the baby who had just been born less than two months ago, and she couldn't take care of when her husband would come back and when he would leave, and she didn't care too much.

There is an extra small one in the family, and his old one will immediately become dispensable, Yang Congyi can only sigh at this.

Yang Congyi left, Qingchen and Lian'er were only sent outside the courtyard gate, not much, just told him to eat and dress well outside and take care of his body.

Yang Congyi, who left the sea from Quanzhou, was more or less lost in his heart, it was not that he didn't like children, but as soon as the child was born, his status in the whole family seemed to decline suddenly, making him have a lot of discomfort, almost like an outsider.

Yang Congyi came to Liuqiu again by boat from Quanzhou to recruit 5,000 people, he alone would definitely not be able to rely on him, he had to select a few well-behaved captains from the elite army and go to Huaixi with him.

When the general was deliberating, the four preparers took the initiative to ask for help, and Yang Congyi readily agreed.