Gao Yihuan has nearly 15,000 war horses in his hands, and there should be no problem in picking out 2,000 of them and selling them to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty imposed a material blockade on the Shun army, and salt, iron, grain, and gunpowder were all among the embargoes, and they couldn't buy silver for silver, but they exchanged war horses, so the situation was different.

War horses were also a much-needed strategic resource for the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.

Usually, an ordinary thin horse can be sold for seventy or eighty taels, but now the Ming Dynasty has no source of war horses at all, and the value of one is at least about one hundred taels, and it is still priceless.

Gao Yihuan gave Ma Shiying some war horses, asked him for some food, and gave him more profits, Ma Shiying should not refuse.

After all, nowadays, the strongest class of troops is still cavalry.

War horses have always been the Central Plains Dynasty, and they are extremely scarce, and they are also things that they try their best to get.

After the discussion was over, Gao Yihuan sent Kuaima to find Ma Hongshan and asked him to come to Runing to meet him, wanting to contact Ma Shiying through him.

In a flash, the year of Jiashen had already passed, and it was 1645 AD.

During the first month, the mansion of the Marquis of Wei was very lively, and there were people who came to visit every day, and Gao Yi welcomed him to the next, and it was the fifth day of the first month.

This morning, Gao Yihuan had just had breakfast and was about to go to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, Gao Chengwei suddenly reported, "Jieshuai, the horsemen have arrived!" ”

Gao Yihuan was overjoyed when he heard this, "What about people? You bring him to the guest house. ”

Gao Chengwei listened and went to lead people, but Gao Yihuan took the first step and went to the guest hall to wait.

As soon as he sat down, Ma Hongshan led two entourages and walked in, and said to him, "The old man has given the festival marshal a New Year's greeting!" ”

After speaking, he turned his head and said to the entourage behind him: "Present the things to the section commander." ”

Gao Yihuan walked down with a smile on his face and complained, "Old Ma, you are too polite, what kind of gifts do you bring?" ”

Ma Hongshan said: "In the New Year, the festival marshal takes care of the old and decayed, and it is also necessary to prepare some small gifts." As he spoke, he pointed to one of the boxes, "Jieshuai, this box is the high-quality deer antler obtained by the old age, and I was not willing to use it, so I specially left it for Jieshuai." ”

Gao Yihuan's face twitched, and he turned his head to the guard: "Put it away!" ”

Ma Hongshan continued: "This box is the maize and sweet potatoes that Lao Yu bought from Fujian under the entrustment of the marshal. This is only a part, and there are two other peasant families, which have also been brought by the old decay and temporarily placed in the inn. ”

The corn and sweet potatoes arrived, Gao Yihuan was overjoyed after hearing this, and stepped forward, "Open it quickly and let Ben Shuai take a look!" ”

The entourage holding the box hurriedly opened the box, and Gao Yihuan looked inside, where a yellow stick and a red-skinned sweet potato were lying inside.

He reached out a little anxiously and picked up the yellow cob, yes, it was indeed corn, but it seemed to be a little small, and obviously the variety was not very good.

The sweet potato was the same, only the size of a fist, but seeing these two things, Gao Yihuan was still excited, he carefully put it down, and then ordered: "Put the box away."

Wheat and rice, these crops, have high requirements for land, like rice, can only survive in paddy fields.

The role of corn and sweet potatoes, in addition to their relatively good yields, is that they can be grown on dry land.

In this way, the area that can be cultivated will be greatly increased.

Their role is not to increase the yield of existing arable land, in fact, in the fields where rice and wheat were planted before, few people have planted other crops.

Their emergence is to turn the land that could not be cultivated into arable land, and more land can be reclaimed, so as to increase the total grain production by increasing the area of cultivated land.

With these two crops, the grain output under Gao Yihuan's rule will definitely increase, and the increase in crop variety will also strengthen the ability to resist drought.

More importantly, this gave him the confidence to collect Yunyang.

Yunyang is in the west of Xiangyang, there are many homeless people, it is a poor place, Gao Yihuan can collect it a long time ago, but this place does not produce any grain, bandits are everywhere, and it is purely upside down in his hand, so Wang Guangen and others asked him to collect Yunyang, but Gao Yihuan did not go.

As soon as he went, he had hundreds of thousands more mouths, which he really couldn't afford.

Now that he has corn and sweet potatoes, he can also occupy the mountainous area, so he can also put the occupation of Yunyang on the agenda and prepare for breaking into Hanzhong in the future.

Ma Hongshan saw that the guards had put away the box, so he immediately asked: "The festival marshal explained in the letter that there is something that needs to be done, I don't know what it is?" If the old man can do it, he will definitely do it well for the festival handsome! ”

Gao Yihuan stretched out his hand and said, "Ma Lao sits first."

After speaking, he walked back to his seat and sat down, and after Ma Hongshan also sat down, he immediately said: "Ben Shuai asked Ma Lao to come over, hoping that Ma Lao would go to see the Ma Ge Department for me, so he said that I have 2,000 war horses and want to find the Ma Ge Department to exchange some food."

"War horses for food?" Ma Hongshan was shocked.

Gao Yihuan nodded, "At the end of last year, Ben Shuai collected and surrendered 200,000 rebels in central Henan, and then more than 100,000 displaced people poured into southern Henan. Ben Shuai didn't have enough grain and grass in stock, so he wanted to exchange the war horse for a batch of grain. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan stared at Ma Hongshan, "How is it?" Can Ma Lao help Ben Shuai facilitate this deal. ”

"War horses are in urgent need of the southeast, and as long as there are horses in the world, they will be bought immediately. The marshal is willing to exchange horses for food, and the old man thinks that the Ma Ge Department must be willing to exchange. It's just~" Ma Hongshan showed hesitation on his face.

Gao Yihuan frowned, "Just what?" ”

Ma Hongshan stood up and said: "If the festival commander decided to exchange war horses for grain a few months earlier, he might be able to exchange a large amount of grain, but if he goes to exchange it now, the price of grain will inevitably double, but it is not cost-effective." ”

Gao Yihuan couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, "Mother, an old thing, I want to slander Lao Tzu." ”

Gao Yihuan showed a hint of annoyance on his face, "Why did the price of grain double." Last year, Jiangnan was stable, the Ming army recaptured Wuchang, and there was only war in Jingzhou and other places in Huguang, so there should be no shortage of food. ”

Ma Hongshan didn't think about it in detail, but explained: "Dashuai doesn't know yet." The Nanjing Imperial Court took the sea route and transported 100,000 stone of grain and 50,000 taels of silver to Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui. Dashuai has 2,000 war horses, based on one hundred taels and one horses, which is 200,000 taels, so much silver wants to buy grain, and the price of grain will definitely rise~"

"Smack!" Before Ma Hongshan finished speaking, Gao Yihuan slapped on the seat, and the whole person stood up with a "poof", and suddenly became angry, "I'm!" Still fucking Ping Xibo, everyone has been crowned King of Qin, are all pigs in the Nanjing court? ”

Gao Yihuan's chest rose and fell, and he was almost so angry that he turned his back on him.

Although Ma Ruan and Donglin in Nanjing fought fiercely, their attitudes towards the Qing court were basically the same.

Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying, two characters who have been defined as loyal and traitorous in history, are actually the formulators of the strategy of "uniting and pingkou".

As early as a few months ago, in the Nanjing Imperial Court, Wang Duo, a university scholar, drafted the article "The Edict to Break the Thief General Officer", "Wen'er Xingtong Guan soldiers frustrated the thieves Rui, and they used the Jin Er Shijue, plus a python, and the silk eight tables, two hundred taels of silver, showing favor and strangeness." The corporal of You'er's subordinates was not full of food, and he had ordered 100,000 stones and 50,000 taels of silver to be transported by sea to receive relief. ”

It's just that these are internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and Gao Yihuan has no power in Nanjing, so naturally he can't see the edict drafted by the Nanjing cabinet.

Ma Hongshan was taken aback by him, but when he saw Gao Yihuan's fierce kick, he kicked the table next to him again, and asked with a hideous face: "Say, what's going on?" When was the food delivered? ”

Ma Hongshan shook his head in fright, and stammered a little: "Jie~ Jieshuai, this old decay doesn't know very well, but I heard that the imperial court named Ping Xibo as the Duke of Jiguo, rewarded him for borrowing Pingkou's merits, and sent military rations to help, but I don't know anything else~"

Thanks to the 10,000 reward of the big guy and the big bank, thank you for the support, thank you for the 1000 from the front to the end, the 1000 of the former coriander, the 999 of Nongfu Spring, the 999 of the dry brocade, the 300 of the great god of the Chu River, the daily edamame, the overture 123456, the caution of the child, bellic, the Tibetan name ang, the data sprinkle home, the sunshine, the line, the client Taikeng, after the moonrise and dusk, the CX breeze, the reward of porridge and rice.

(End of chapter)