Chapter 327: Traveling to Jeju Island



When the jailer came and forcibly separated the crowd, there were three people lying on the ground, their ribs almost stepping into their chests, and they saw that they were hopeless. These three people were found by Gao Shuang, and they were quite famous on the road, called the Black Wind Sansha, but I didn't expect it to be folded like this.

Regarding the matter of Lin Chong and Yang Zhi, Chao Gai had already received a letter from Feigeon, and also made important instructions, and these two people would not be in any danger within three or five months, Chao Gai had a lot to do, and naturally it was impossible to spend it on these two people.

In addition, the drought in the spring of the third year of Jeongghwa is still very severe, and the water conservancy conditions in the Jeju area are good, and the yield of drought-resistant wheat has been slightly reduced, but what is gratifying is that after the wheat harvest, the weather has improved, and after a few heavy rains, the growth of Tianwang rice, Tianwang cotton, peanuts, sorghum, etc. is still gratifying.

Jeju's aquaculture industry has developed more rapidly, and the horses, cattle and donkeys sold on credit in the past few years have now seen the benefits, and since last year, thousands of weaned calves and more than 2,000 mules have been returned one after another, and I believe that there will be more in the future. Sheep, pigs, chickens and ducks and other small livestock are also raised in large quantities, and the common people are gradually getting richer. More importantly, with Yuncheng as the center, some industrial chains have been formed, mainly focusing on the production of leather and leather shoes, the deep processing of various snacks, porcelain firing, various wood factories, daily necessities and so on. Some of these workshops have already reached a considerable scale, and dozens or hundreds of people often work together. The products produced are sold all over the country through Yuncheng Trade City, and even exported.

The 3,000 military horses trained by the Jeju regiment have been formed, and what is lacking is large-scale actual combat, and there are elite soldiers and strong generals. The whole of Jeju, including Jeju City, is now in the hands of Chaogai.

It was already the end of April, and the wheat harvest was tight. On this day, news came from Yizhou that three thousand strong men had been recruited in Yizhou and were ready to be transported directly from the sea to Heilong Island, and Chao Gai arranged family affairs to Zhu Wu, Wang Jin, Luan Tingyu, etc. Bring Li Kui, Bao Xu's 500 elite soldiers, and Pang Wanchun's 500 elite soldiers. Jiao Ting and Luo Yun led a hundred cavalry to accompany them, a total of 1,100 people, and set off by boat from Yuncheng to the sea to join Ruan Xiaoqi's Seventh Fleet, which had come to pick up people. After more than ten days of sailing, the fleet arrived at the port of New Jeju, and Xiao Rang and Xu Guanzhong came to greet them. After this period of construction, the ship looked at the bustling port and sighed: "I don't know this anymore, is the port building very fast?" ”

Xiao Rang said: "In addition to our own fleet, there are some other fleets to dock in this port, from last winter to the present, the infrastructure has not survived, burning money is very bad, if it is not supported by a bumper harvest of agricultural food, we are reluctant to build a port." ”

Chao Gai said: "This is not good, the port is a long-term business, how can you not do it because of some investment." ”

"Brother, don't worry, I will definitely build the new Jeju City and the new Jeju Port." Xiao gave way.

Xu Guanzhong said: "The military port of our fleet has already been built, brother, you see that the fort has been built, just wait for the cannon." ”

There are a lot of things on New Jeju Island, and many things have to be reported to him, so Chao Gai immediately decided to start with Xiao Rang first, and everyone else will go back first, what to do, don't delay work.

The accompanying account room checked Xiao Rang's various expenses in the past six months, and there was still no problem in the accounts, although Xiao Rang shouted that the expenses were large, but they were not big. For example, there are only a small amount of materials to be bought for port construction, and as for wood, stone, and so on, these things are mined from the mountains by strong men, and the two largest expenses are labor wages and grain, vegetables, and so on.

Chao Gai listened to Xiao Rang's report and went straight to the farm. This is the second farm, which has 15,000 acres of land and 500 strong men, of which 200 have married the daughters-in-law of the Goryeo or Tamna.

The weather in Jeju Island is beautiful, with blue skies and fresh air. The water in the paddy fields is also very good. There are more than 100 acres of land in front of me, and more than a dozen farm workers are pulling weeds from the rice fields.

When he arrived at the field, Chao Gai took off his shoes and socks and went to the paddy field.

Luo Yun asked, "What do you want to do in Chao Tuanlian?" ”

"I'm going to remove the weeds, you two stay on the shore. You must know that I have a lot of land, and I often have to do it myself, and I am a good hand at growing crops. Chao Gai said.

Jiao Ting and Luo Yun were guarding on the shore, and Chao Gai went to the paddy field as he spoke.

A team leader happened to know Chao Gai, and said in surprise: "Aren't you Chao Tuanlian, why are you here?" ”

This guy raised his throat and asked the other people who were working to look up here, and Chao Gai said, "It's okay, I'm just here to understand the situation, and everyone continues to work." ”

Chao Gai asked the squad leader, "What's your name and where are you from?" ”

The team leader said: "I am from Qingzhou, and my name is Wang Erdan." Last summer, my family was hit by a disaster and couldn't survive, so I came over. ”

"How do you feel about the land here, how is it growing when growing rice?" Chao Gai said.

Wang Erdan said with a smile: "This land is now harvested twice a year. After planting rice and wheat, the wheat harvest is more than a month earlier than that in my hometown, and the yield of both wheat and rice is quite high. The main thing is rice and loach, and you can look at your feet. ”

Chao Gai lowered his head and saw a few loaches next to the rice drilling into the mud.

"Oh, there are still loaches here, are all the rice fields loaches?"

Wang Erdan shook his head: "No, loaches can produce 200 catties per acre of paddy fields, but when fishing, loaches always love to run into the mud." Our farms are all paddy fields, with three varieties of loach, crucian carp and river crab. Other farms have heard that there are grass carp and carp farmers. ”

Rice field fish farming is the road of ecological development, in the era of no pesticides and fertilizers, the grain may be reduced a lot of production if it encounters a major insect pest, and raising some fish in the rice field can not only increase the income, but more importantly, it can be a good thing to increase the yield of rice.

Chao Gai visited five or six farms, and the situation was basically the same as Xiao Rang said, the workers' homes had plenty of food, and there were dried fish hanging on the beams of the houses. Several granaries on the island were also inspected, which were full of grain, mainly rice and wheat, but also small quantities of rapeseed and peanuts.

Chao Gai returned to the county office, and Xiao said, "My brother is back again." ”

"Well, it's back. You're doing a good job, and overall it's good. Now that 500,000 mu of land has been developed, and the local people plus almost 50,000 laborers who have emigrated, can the accumulation of 300 million catties of grain be completed this year? ”

Xiao Rang said: "There is no difficulty in 300 million catties of grain, I have calculated this many times. 500,000 acres of land matures twice a year, paddy fields are rice and wheat rotation, dry land is wheat and corn or most of the rotation, one mu of land only needs 600 catties of accumulation a year, which can be basically completed. There is also a surplus of many dried and fresh fish, and thousands of animals on the cultivated land are still breeding every year. ”

"At the beginning, all the work was more difficult, so you should work harder and give you three years to accumulate 900 million catties of food for me. The fish and shrimp raised in the rice fields of the farm should not be profited from the workers, but distributed to the workers in kind or money, and it is indeed not easy to come here to work thousands of miles away. ”

The 500,000 acres of farms on New Jeju Island are the foundation for Chaogai's accumulation of grain, and after three years of work, the successive workers will reclaim the land for them and distribute it, three acres of ration fields per person, and the agricultural tax on the ration fields is very low, and one mu of wheat or corn is only 50 catties.

Xiao Rang's ability is still very strong, and he can do everything right.

Next, Chao Gai inspected the cavalry trained by Yuan Lang, a military camp more than ten miles away from the port of New Jeju, and the military camp was neatly built. Barracks with blue bricks and red tiles, thick solid wood fence walls. There are several arrow towers on all sides.

Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Luo Yun, Pang Wanchun, Li Kui, and Bao Xu arrived at this barracks with 1,100 soldiers. Yuan Lang, Jin Ding, and Huang Yue personally greeted them at the gate of the camp.

Yuan Lang was very happy and said, "Brother is finally here." Yuan Lang greeted everyone one by one.

Chao Gai asked: "The three brothers Yuan Lang, Jin Ding, and Huang Yue, can you get used to living on Jeju Island?" ”

"Jeju Island has a good climate, there is enough food and drink, and the army has its own 1,000 acres of vegetable land and a breeding farm. Every once in a while, you have to take the troops out to go out for a walk, otherwise everyone will be lazy. Yuan Lang said.

Recently, it has been relatively peaceful, and the country of Goryeo has been busy with internal friction, and the dog's brains have come out, where is the time to take care of New Jeju Island. Although there are a small number of pirates in the south, there is a fleet on the island, and they can't get close to the shore at all, so Yuan Lang's cavalry has nothing to do.

Forgetting the battle will be dangerous, it seems that this cavalry is a little idle, and it is a pity that a fierce general like Yuan Lang is placed here.

Chao Gai said: "The cavalry has to be trained, and if the war horse does not run for five days, it will grow fat." Yuan Lang, pull the cavalry of your battalion out and slip away. ”

Yuan Lang saluted: "Yes." ”

Then he turned to Jin Ding and Huang Yue and said, "Whole the army." ”

"Yes." The two lieutenant generals Jin Ding and Huang Yue responded to the cavalry and came to the school field and sounded the horn of assembly.

The low horn whined, and the cavalry of the school field quickly assembled into a phalanx, and everyone rode Mongolian horses, although they were not as tall as the Xixia horses, but they were also in high spirits.

Three hundred horsemen stood there silent, and occasionally one or two disobedient horses snorted softly. There was also a fine division of the three hundred cavalry, among which there were a hundred cavalry archers, armed with bows and arrows and cavalry swords. The other two hundred were lancers.

Chao Gai rode the dark clouds and stepped on the snow, carrying the golden dragon swallowing halberd, and slowly walked over, saluting the cavalry with a solemn expression.

The cavalry returned the salute, and the sound shook the sky.

Chao Gai said: "I came to visit you today, everyone has worked hard. ”

"It's not hard." The crowd shouted.

"I haven't seen your training since the reorganization, I don't know how well it is trained, will it be worse than the other cavalry in Jeju?" Chao Gai asked.

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