Although the four key factories in New Jeju, the artillery foundry, the ammunition factory, the shipyard, and the machinery factory, are factories, they are under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs and are directly responsible for Chaogai. Machinery factories and shipyards also have relatively few products for external business.

Chao Gai did not delay long in New Jeju, the fleet replenished supplies and rested for two days to embark on the journey again, the speed of the steamship was not half a little, from New Jeju Island to Rizhao Port only three days, the speed is very fast, and it is not limited by the wind direction, of course, other sailing ships are not so fast.

Salmon, red cancer and other Black Dragon Island specialties still need a few days to arrive, the sales of things do not need to be responsible for Chao Gai, there is Liu Liang to handle, as early as possible in Tokyo Kaifeng, Xijing Luoyang, health, Yingtian, Daimyofu, Qizhou Mansion and other relatively wealthy places to find a good sales channel.

The construction of Rizhao Port has begun to take shape, and the merchant ships are constantly coming and going, and these merchant ships are mainly merchant ships calling at Jeju Tuanlian, and strange merchant ships rarely come.

As soon as he got off the boat, Li Kui sneezed and muttered: "This ghost weather, Heilong Island is so cold, and it is very warm when I arrive on New Jeju Island, and it is cold again when I return to my hometown, and I can't bear the body of Tie Niu." ”

"If you can't bear it, don't carry it, go home and sleep, and let my brother take me next time." A voice came from the side.

Li Kui was just about to go crazy, and at first glance it was Hua Lei. immediately said: "You kid is not in Yuncheng, why are you running to Yishui to do it." ”

Hua Lei pointed to himself and said: "I am now the head of the Yishui Dart Bureau, known as the invincible iron rod, do you have any goods to escort." ”

Jiao Ting shouted on the boat: "Li Kui, Hua Lei, you two don't have to chew your tongue there, hurry up and move things." ”

The goods brought are carried by their own soldiers, but there are hundreds of robes and skins on the flagship, and these clothes are made of winter roe deer skin, which has good warmth, especially for rheumatism old women.

After carrying things, in the living room of the port dart bureau, everyone sat down to rest, this way was shaky, it was a lie to say that they were not tired, not to mention that they were people, even the strong Mongolian horse could not walk well in a boat to go so far to the ground.

Chao Gai took a few sets of leather clothes, handed two sets to Hua Lei, and said, "These two sets are wolf skin jackets, I will arrange for someone to bring them back for you to wear for your father and mother, keep warm." ”

Hua Lei was very moved and said, "The wolf skin clothes are warm, thank you brother." ”

Li Kui said: "You don't know, the wolves on Black Dragon Island are overwhelming, and there are hundreds of them. Seeing that there were too many wolves, my brother specially ordered us to kill some of the officers who were training in Jeju to make some good clothes. ”

Roe deer skin clothes are common, wolf skin clothes are really not much, there are indeed a lot of wolves on Black Dragon Island, but for the sake of ecological balance and do not kill wolves indiscriminately, only in winter when the wolves attack livestock are properly controlled, wolf skin clothes are only given to the family members of officers, which is considered a welfare.

Chao Gai asked: "Recently, the dock has been too peaceful, so there is nothing to make trouble." ”

Hua Lei said: "No one is making trouble, and the local government has recently attached great importance to the Rizhao Wharf, hoping that this wharf can bring development to the local economy." No one in the local Haoqiang dared to mess around, it turned out that the troublesome Li Heita had come twice, not to make trouble, but to sell things. ”

Chao Gai was very curious, and asked: "I heard Tang Bin talk about this person, who originally wanted to occupy Rizhao Port, what did he come to sell?" ”

Hua Lei said: "He came to find Liu Liang's shopkeeper, but Liu Liang's shopkeeper is too busy, and he rarely leaves a few samples here, in the next room." ”

Chao Gai looked at it in the past, this product is very interesting, a crude ceramic jar, this jar is not used to hold water, the only use is to put food. If he is tall, he can be one meter two and have a big belly, and he looks like he can put three hundred catties of grain.

Chao Gai fiddled with it and said: "This grain jar is very interesting, although the workmanship is rough, but the thickness is good, it is full of grain, cover it, and it is very good to prevent rats." ”

Next to it are two finely crafted unicycles, the shelves of black locust wood are sturdy and durable, and the wheels are steel axles, steel spokes, and hardwood-clad iron wheels.

Li Kui said: "Unicycle, this car is good, my family hasn't bought it for many years." ”

Li Kui said that he pushed it in the past, and it felt very good.

Whether it is New Jeju Island or Haelong Island, it is not all flat land, some farms are built in the mountains, the mountain roads are rugged and difficult, horse-drawn carriages are useless, and it is also troublesome to rely on people to pick up mules and camels, and at this time the wheelbarrow is used.

Chao Gai nodded: "Yes, our wood factory in Jingcheng County also produces this, and the cost of transporting it from Jingcheng County is not low." ”

Immediately arrange the personnel in charge of procurement on the wharf to contact this Li Heita, if the price is right, purchase a batch, and send it to New Jeju Island and Black Dragon Island, and the wheelbarrow can still be used in agriculture.

Chao Gai did not stay in Rizhao Port for a long time, and immediately rode back to Yuncheng after eating and resting for a while, as for Li Kui, Bao Xu and others, they were miserable and could only walk back.

Chao Gai is in such a hurry to go back, it turns out that as soon as he arrived at the dock, Hua Lei said that Wu Yongjun had a message to let Chao Tuanlian come back and hurry back.

As soon as the horse team arrived at the boundary of Jeju Prefecture, the people on the side of the road saw Chao Gai's team and waved their hands to salute, and even more people who knew Chao Gai greeted Chao Gai and cordially called Chao Gai a regimental training envoy. The people's requirements are not high, they are not exploited, they are not oppressed, they can make the people have something to eat, they can afford to see the sick when they are sick, and they can afford to buy clothes when it is cold, so that the people will support you very much. Chaogai in Jeju is seen by everyone, and the promotion of rice field fish farming and king rice has made everyone eat. The promotion of Tianwang cotton allows everyone to have clothes to wear, and they can also have some more surplus money. The increase in the number of horses and cattle has greatly improved the efficiency of agricultural labor and freed up more labor force to engage in other production. The promotion of low-cost medical care has made it affordable for everyone to get sick, and the implementation of free education has made it affordable for children to read.

The large camp of the Chinese army in Yuncheng County, everything in the military camp is the same, but I feel that there are fewer people, after all, many generals have been sent out one after another, but fortunately, Wang Jin, Luan Tingyu, Niu Gao, Sun An, Wu Song and others are still there.

Wu Yong said: "There have been great changes in the past few months, first of all, Yang Zhi arrived, arranged the treatment of a battalion commander for Yang Zhi, and assisted Wang Jin in recruit training, but did not let him lead the troops. The second is that our old rival Zengtou City has recently recruited very many troops, from more than 6,000 people to 12,000 now. ”

Chao Gai sighed: "How can Zengtou City be so willing to spend money, recruiting so many people must have the support of the government in addition to being willing to spend money." ”

"My brother is right, during this time, we have been paying attention to the refugees in Shanxi and Hebei, but I didn't expect that the Yellow River in Henan this year has flooded in several places, and there are still tens of thousands of displaced people, Zengtou City carefully selected 6,000 people from them and arranged them in the mountains, known as mining stones. However, according to our spy report, these 6,000 people Zeng Tou City arranged for Su Ding, the second sect leader, to secretly train into an army. The reason why Zengtou City dares to be so big is because it has taken the line of Gaotang Prefecture and has to guard against it. In addition, Gao Lian also trained 3,000 soldiers, including 500 demon soldiers. ”

Zhu Wu next to him also said: "People don't hurt the tiger, but the tiger is harmful to people's hearts." Zeng Tou City, Gao Lian and our enmity are still remembered, it will not be so easy to resolve, we must also expand their expansion, so as not to be passive when they get it. ”

Chao Gai nodded silently, it seems that things are indeed more troublesome, this guy in Zeng Tou City is difficult to deal with, but unfortunately the people of Jin Guo already know that they led people to rob their horses.

Chao Gai said: "The third thing is probably Qingfeng Mountain, Song Jiang must have taken this opportunity to expand his troops." ”

Wu Yong said: "It stands to reason that there are fierce generals like Qin Ming and Huang Xin in Qingzhou Mansion, and the small people in Qingfeng Mountain can't afford to turn up the storm." But Qin Ming and Huang Xin gradually became more famous after winning several battles, it may be that Murong Prefect listened to anyone's slander, and was unwilling to let the master and apprentice lead troops to suppress bandits again, and replaced his nephew Murong Fu, this Murong Fu made money one by one, not to mention the bandits, where the army went, where the money and grain were collected, the people were miserable, and even reported to the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain to attack the official army.

When there was a big flood in the summer, Song Jiang sent people to spread the news in Henan, saying that Qingfeng Mountain is a very good place to eat and drink, and it has also recruited thousands of people, and the current strength of Qingfeng Mountain should not be underestimated. ”

Chao Gai is frowning, this time the two opponents have grown, it seems that they can't continue like this, the most effective defense is to attack, and if it goes on like this, won't the enemy be stronger than himself.

Chao Gai said: "How many people did we send to the disaster area in Henan to recruit?" ”

Zhu Wu took out a ledger and said, "We recruited a thousand people from the quarries and charcoal factories near Tokyo. The Cangju Salt Works recruited 3,000 people, and we recruited 2,000 people in Jeju. However, most of them are reluctant to go overseas, and they are all thinking that they will go back next year to continue farming, and it would be nice to have a thousand people willing to go. ”

Chao Gai touched it and said, "Our enemies are all strong, we have to work hard, otherwise it will be troublesome for others to catch up." Where are cheap soldiers who are easy to recruit, and who can leave home and not love home all day. ”

Wu Yong said: "Yizhou, Yizhou can still recruit some, but the number will not be too much, and it is still no problem to have a thousand people." ”

Zhu Wu thought for a while and said, "I have a good place, where the people in the mountainous areas are so poor that they can't eat and wear, and women can buy one and take it home as long as they are three or two, so we can go there and try it." ”

"Where?" Chao Gai asked.

Zhu Wu pointed to the southwest and said: "Guiyang County, which is next to Dali Kingdom, where it is known as 100,000 mountains, there are many mountain people, and the mountain people who have grown up in the mountains since childhood are very familiar with the mountains and forests, and this place is poor, and the young man does not need to say how much salary he gives, he can take care of the food and go with you, we must have recruited people in the past." ”

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