When Chao Gai came to Jeju, Xu Zhifu was busy practicing calligraphy, Xu Zhifu beckoned Chao Gai and Zhu Wu to sit down, and Chang Sui stood beside Xu Zhifu.

Xu Zhifu said: "Where have you been going to practice in the past few days, I heard that you have planted roses in thousands of acres of barren mountains in Dongping Mansion." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "You can't hide anything from the prefect, there is indeed such a thing." ”

"With your shrewdness, you will definitely not plant thousands of acres of roses for the sake of a Pomeranian smile, it must be useful. We have tens of thousands of acres of barren mountains in Jeju, why do you go to Dongpyeong Mansion to spend that money in vain. Xu Zhifu was a little dissatisfied with his words, after all, the development in Jeju was the political achievement of Xu Zhifu, and when he arrived in Dongping Mansion, it became Cheng Wanli's political achievement.

Chao Gai said: "This is a small project, I plan to donate 5 million mulberry trees, and I hope that the adults will give more publicity, so that the commercial bank can choose some suitable villages, distribute mulberry trees for free, and recycle silk in the future." ”

Xu Lin said: "Okay, these are all good things that are conducive to the development of Jeju, I will definitely support it, what other projects do you have recently, and talk about it together." ”

"Afforestation on both sides of river banks, river beaches, and mountain streams, and each village is responsible for each village. Mainly poplar and willow trees, these two kinds of books are drought-resistant and hard-working, and are excellent tree species for the protection of the river, which can not only effectively control the impact of mountain floods on both sides of the river, but also allow the people to increase their income. Chao Gai said again.

Xu Lin touched his beard and said, "Aren't all trees planted in spring, why did you plant trees in late autumn." ”

"In late autumn, the trees have begun to dormant, and now they are planted to sprout early next year, and the growth is good, and in the late autumn, the people are idle, and the people have too much farm work in the spring." Chao Gai said.

Xu Lin said: "Reasonable, tomorrow I will arrange to plant shelter forests on both sides of the river." In addition, there are at least 20,000 barren mountains nearby, and even the trees have not grown, so if you use them, you can use them to develop them, and plant them all with roses. ”

"Well, there's such a good thing, but I'm not going to plant roses, I'm going to transform it into terraced fields to grow salvia and honeysuckle, which are two herbs that are used in large quantities. The income of 20,000 acres of medicinal materials is all used by the Pharmaceutical Bureau, and I don't take a penny. Chao Gai said.

Governor Xu exclaimed: "This is a good thing, this government strongly supports you, and you are the first household to cultivate medicinal herbs on such a large scale." ”

The two did not talk about sending troops, and as soon as they met, they planted trees, grain, medicinal materials, and developed the economy, as if they had endless words, and they kept talking about eating lunch before they talked about the extermination of the bandits in Mangdang Mountain.

Xu Lin said: "The Mangdang Mountain thieves are rampant, and they robbed the silver shipped to Tokyo twice in a row, and this time they even killed Huang Fu who went to ask for it, which is really hateful, if we don't exterminate this gang of thieves, it will be a big trouble for us to transport supplies to Tokyo in the future, like a fish in the throat." ”

"Mangdang Mountain, the land of projectiles, although the terrain is dangerous, but there is no depth, they have no financial support, grain and grass are problems, it is easy to destroy them, it is easy. Only about 4,000 troops are needed, and the front and back are blocked, just like catching turtles in an urn, and the Mangdang Mountain Bandit Kou will be captured. Chao Gai said, "In addition, our Huanghua Salt Farm can offend people, recently the merchant ships of Zengtou City have openly released arrows at the fleet of the Salt Farm, and now Zengtou City regards us as a thorn in the side, and we have to guard against it." ”

Xu Zhifu said with a smile: "Haha, it's okay, although Zengtou City is strong and strong, but it is not a thief in the mountains, they dare to mess with the court and will not let them go, this official will report this matter to the court, you can talk about it in detail." ”

Chao Gai said: "It was just that the sails of the two ships were burned by arrows, and there were no casualties, so it is not appropriate to report such a trivial matter to the imperial court." What's more, Zeng Tou Shiming didn't dare to mess around, but he could play yin, pretend to be bandits, etc., after all, they have thousands of soldiers and horses, and they have strong financial resources. ”

Zhu Wu, who had not spoken, said: "Speaking of which, Zengtou City is just a big village, and it has five or six thousand people, and our Jeju is a big house, with only less than a thousand people, isn't it too little." ”

Xu Zhifu pondered for a long time, it is indeed such a thing, Zengtou City dominates the Jingdong area, no one dares to provoke, and there are people in the imperial court, such a vicious attack of setting fire to the ship may become a friction when it arrives at the imperial court, and everything has to rely on itself. What's more, now Jeju Mansion is also tied to Chao Gai, and the two percent of the dry shares of Huanghua Salt Farm, Governor Xu didn't take it seriously, who knew that there would be more than 100,000 yuan in dividends every year. Thinking about Liang Zhongshu, it took a year to make up 100,000 yuan, which shows that the money is not easy to make, and the Huanghua Salt Farm cannot afford to lose. Jeju has promoted Cheonwang rice, Cheonwang cotton, rice and fish farming, and so many other factories, and it will surely become the world's largest Fuju capital in the next year.

"It's really hateful, I think my Jeju Mansion is a big mansion, but there are not as many troops as there is a town, how much does Chao Tuanlian think it is appropriate to expand Jeju Tuanlian?" The prefect asked.

Chao Gai said: "Recruit three thousand strong men, practice diligently, and exterminate Mangdang Mountain in three months, if you can't exterminate it, I will take the money to compensate the court for the loss of taxes." ”

"Okay, are you sure that you can exterminate Mangdang Mountain by recruiting three thousand strong men?" Governor Xu asked again.

Chao Gai nodded and said solemnly: "Yes." ”

"Okay, it's up to you, from now on you are the training envoy of the Jeju regiment, the official document will be issued immediately, and at the same time, you will immediately go to recruit people, and I will see the results of the extermination of the Mangdang Mountain bandits in three months."

Chao Gai was very happy, but he was too happy to behave, Xu Zhifu left Chao Gai and Zhu Wu at home to eat at noon, and after eating, the two came back to the Chao family building in Jeju Mansion, and they still needed to wait for the official document of the prefect Chao Gai to officially become the training envoy of the Jeju regiment.

Zhu Wudao: "It's okay now, but the big problem can be solved, so many masters have been recruited recently, and none of them have soldiers, I'm afraid that the big guys will be chilled after a long time, and now we are allowed to expand by three thousand, and everyone has soldiers." ”

Jiao Ting next to him said: "Then you can't celebrate and celebrate, do you want the restaurant to be a banquet." ”

Chao Gai said: "Celebration must be celebrated, but it can't be broken, according to the old rules, let's drink some wine." ”

Chao Gai didn't bring many people to Jeju this time, just Chao Gai, Zhu Wu, Jiao Ting, Luo Yun, and ten accompanying cavalrymen. Jeju is also considered its own territory, and there are too many shops and restaurants to have.

Soon the wine and dishes came up, two meat dishes, two vegetables, and the wine was also ordinary rice wine, but at first glance, it was the craftsmanship of the chef of Chaojialou, and the ordinary home-cooked dishes were full of color, flavor and flavor, which was indeed not ordinary.

While eating, the soldiers came upstairs and reported: "There is a person outside the door who wants to find Lu Fang and say what he wants to duel with Lu Fang." ”

"Oh, what a man." Chao Gai asked.

The soldier said: "He refused to say his name, he used Fang Tian to draw a halberd, medium build, and was in his twenties." ”

Zhu Wu said: "All the guests are here, I'll invite him up for a drink, and I'll talk about it after dinner." ”

Chao Gai said: "Then there is Mr. Lao Zhu." ”

Zhu Wu took Luo Yun and went down, and when he arrived at the door of the Chaojia Building, the Jeju Chaojia Building is different from the Yuncheng Chaojia Building, there are all kinds of weapons at the door of the Yuncheng Chaojia Building, as long as you can play a few times, you can eat for free, the Chao Family Building in Jeju does not have this rule, not that Chao Gai is reluctant, but for fear of causing the dissatisfaction of the prefect.

At the door of Zhu Wudao, this young man was good-looking, with a figure of more than one meter and seven meters, wearing a coarse cloth shirt, with clear eyebrows, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, followed by a white horse, this dress was the same as Xue Rengui of the Eastern Expedition.

Zhu Wu clasped his fists and said, "This strong man, you have worked hard. In Xia Zhuwu, I don't know what you have to do? ”

"I'm here to find Lu Fang, it is rumored on the rivers and lakes that he is very good at painting halberds, and he actually has a nickname called Xiao Wenhou, I am not convinced, I looked for him everywhere, I heard that he joined the Yuncheng group training, and followed the Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai, so I specially found here." The man said.

Zhu Wu smiled, his feelings were that of a young and vigorous young man, Zhu Wu said: "Lu Fang is not here now, he went to the field on business, it is better to go upstairs together for a few drinks, and when Lu Fang comes back for a while, you can compete with him." ”

The man said, "Okay, then bother. ”

This person followed upstairs, and upstairs Chao Gai took a look, this young man's spirit, ten likely, Guo Sheng.

Chao Gai got up to greet him and said, "Dare to ask the name of the strong man?" ”

"Guo Sheng." It's humane.

Chao Gai enthusiastically asked Guo Sheng to sit down, and arranged for Xiao Er to pour wine from the new food, Guo Sheng was also hungry, it was not a good thing to wander on the rivers and lakes, hungry, full, when he saw such a delicious wine and food, he let go of his belly and eat. After everyone had eaten, Guo Sheng saw the golden dragon swallowing halberd behind Chao Gai, and sighed: "Good painting halberd, you are Chao Gai, the king of Tota." ”

Chao Gai said: "Exactly. ”

Guo Sheng said: "I want to compete with you, how about trying your halberd method?" ”

Luo Yun next to him was a little angry, where did the hairy boy come from, he already gave face when he invited you to eat and drink, and he had to compete after eating, which looked very abrupt.

Luo Yun said: "Guo Zhuangshi, if you want to compete, you can defeat me first, and Chao Tuanlian will naturally compete with you." ”

Guo Sheng said: "What's so difficult about that, what weapon do you use?" ”

"I use a spear."

Chao Gai is in a good mood today, he has been approved for the expansion of 3,000 troops, and there is another Guo Sheng, Guo Sheng's martial arts are not first-class, but at least second-rate are still there.

"The guest room is narrow, you can't compare, go to the backyard of the restaurant, where there is a martial arts arena." Chao Gai proposed.

The group went down to the backyard of the restaurant, Guo Sheng saw that it was really magnificent, the martial arts arena was at least half an acre in size, the ground was paved with thin fine sand, and there were eighteen kinds of weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds and so on both sides.

Luo Yun shook his spear, opened the door, and said to Guo Sheng: "You are a guest from afar, please make a move first." ”

Guo Sheng took the halberd and was not polite, and immediately made a python to spit out the letter, and took the lead in making a move.

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