At the same time, Li Qingzi of Chaojia Farm provided 50,000 pumpkin seedlings for free, purchased pumpkins for five catties and a penny for autumn purchases, and purchased soybean straw and mung bean straw for five catties and a penny. For a time, there was a craze for planting pumpkins and mung beans in the village. Pumpkins are very resistant to extensive management, and dozens of trees can be planted in front of the house and behind the house. Mung beans are better planted, and a large piece of mung beans can be harvested on a barren slope, not to mention that mung bean straw can be sold for money. Chao Gai has good credit, and the promotion is very simple. At the beginning, it was only Dongxi Village and Xixi Village, and within a few days, people from more than a dozen villages in the distance also came over to ask if they wanted soybean straw and mung bean straw, and Li Qingzi agreed, as long as it was sun-dried, there were as many mold-free as there were.

Although everyone didn't know what the Chao family was going to do, they still increased the sowing of soybeans and mung beans. Li Qingzi's breeding team has also expanded a lot, with more than 50 strong men under his command and more than 20 elderly people. There were twelve large flocks, of which six were white goats, two black goats, and four sheep, all in flocks of five or six hundred. Four dogs grazing during the day for two people in each group. This is also the reason why Chao Gai has been so enthusiastic about fighting wolves recently, after all, he has a lot of sheep.

There were also more than 100 ploughing oxen, more than 50 horses pulling carts, and more than 30 donkeys. The only thing that is cold is the good horse of Chao Gai's family, and there are only six or seven good horses that can take it, and the fast ones. Fortunately, at this time, Shandong can be regarded as a water town, and most of the Chao family's business relies on ships to transport.

Liu Youtian, the farmland supervisor of the Chao family, has prepared 5,000 mu of cotton planting land in advance, including 3,000 mu of good land and 2,000 mu of newly reclaimed wasteland. Zhang Tiehan of the ironware workshop also built a hand-pressed well, which can lift water more than ten meters high, which is enough. Most of the new cotton fields are irrigated by canals, and where there are no canals, digging wells and installing water presses are as convenient for irrigation.

Chao Gai visited the needy households for several days in a row and delivered much-needed grain and farm tools to everyone. Then he rode to the city to inspect the Chaojia Restaurant, the newly opened Tianya Inn, and the department store.

The escort team has been training for more than two months, although there are only a few hundred and sixty people, but the spirit is much stronger than before, and the big guys who eat fish and meat every day are also full of muscles, and they are all fierce and fierce. Chao Xiong, who came back from selling illicit salt, smacked his tongue, "Big brother, why don't I train with Li Han's team." ”

"Li Han has not recovered yet, the doctor said that he will be able to move normally in half a month, and I will train you 100 people at that time, but it is very different from the training of the escort team, not training formation, not training military posture, only training personal kung fu, fists and feet, weapons, and hidden weapons. Especially short knives and hidden weapons, this is the point. The two of you caravans have been traveling between Jeju and Cheongju all year round to sell salt and iron, and the object of your guard is nothing more than the characters of the rivers and lakes. Chao Gai said.

Chao Xiong nodded: "Big brother is wise."

Chao Gai said: "Don't make a fool of yourself, now that your family is about to run out, you have to go out for two days, this trip to salt is only a thousand profits, and it is difficult to make money." Chao Gai sighed.

"Now there is still something to spend money, I feel that it is gone, the restaurant and grain store have been newly built, and a lot of cattle and sheep have been bought." Chao Xiong said.

Chao Gai patted Chao Xiong's shoulder: "If I don't say that I can be the owner, you can't." There are many places to spend money, horses, boats, and village construction, which one should not spend a lot of money. ”

Chao Xiong scratched his head, these things were really not what he thought.

Liu Liang came to inform that the horse market built outside the west gate of Yuncheng had opened, and he was afraid that he would not be able to control the scene without Chao Gai, after all, Song Jiang, Lei Heng, and Zhu Tong did not respect Liu Liang very much.

Chao Gai called everyone over, and the three platoon commanders of the foot protection, Liu Tang, Chao Zhang, and Chao Ran, and the three platoon commanders Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi of the water protection.

"After two months of training, the results are better than I expected, we have to go to the town for two days when the newly opened Yuncheng Horse Market opens in Yuncheng, Chao Zhang, Chao Ran, you two sit in the barracks, and arrange for the guards to take turns to rest, each resting for three days. Xiao Er, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Qi also went back to have a look, and they have all been out for more than two months. Chao Gai said.

Xiao Er said: "The opening of the horse market is a big deal, it's hard to keep an eye on it and want to come to find trouble, it's better for my brother to go over, these two months have been old enough to learn the skills, my brother and Liu Tang have also learned five or six points, and the land also dares to meet with the heroes of the world for a while." ”

Chao Gai said: "This is not far from Shijie Village, it's time to go back and see the old lady, the opening of the horse market is not a big deal, I just go with Liu Tang." ”

"Okay, I'll come back when the three of us go back and see, and then come back and continue practicing." Ruan Thiong Sanxiong said that he had returned to Shijie Village.

Chao Gai and Liu Tang rode horses, and selected thirty elite guards from the escort team, hid their weapons, and went straight to Yuncheng Horse Market. Yuncheng is a small county town, and the original horse market is in the woods, and the transaction volume is small and informal. Liu Liang purchased 30 acres of wasteland outside the West Gate, built more than 30 horse sheds, purchased forage sheds, drinking pools and other objects, and invited veterinarians. There is a way to make money in the horse market, first of all, the horses, oxen, mules, and donkeys that enter the market will act as middlemen whenever they sell the horse market, and go through the procedures of clearing the money and goods, and charge the buyer 20 to 30 for each animal, which can only make a small amount of money. Another way to make money is big, horse dealers traffic cattle and horses, and the horse market buys and sells them, and this horse in and out has a profit of more than ten times.

The horse market has just opened, there are still quite a lot of customers, mainly cattle, donkeys, mules, there are dozens of pieces of horses, Liu Liang for the opening of the horse market also purchased sixty or seventy horses pulling carts to plough the land, these horses Chao Gai said to stay and put them on the farm, today in the market is just a lively.

Seeing Chao Gai coming, Liu Liang hurried up to greet him.

"The owner of the village is here, and the Liu Tang brothers are also here." Liu Liang said with a smile.

Chao Gai said: "Why, it seems that the publicity is not enough, only such a few horses." ”

"The owner doesn't know, the information about our opening was only sent half a month ago, and it can't spread far at all, it's good to be able to come so many dozens, haha, the owner can rest assured, at the latest in half a year, our horse market can develop into a big horse market in Jingdong." Liu Liang said.

Chao Gai nodded, understanding that in these years, information transmission is slow, the flow of people is even slower, and the horse market is not hot in a day. At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the horse market, and a team of more than a dozen horsemen and horses came running quickly, the horses' hooves trampling on the dirt road, and the dust was flying. The first one was a freshly dressed angry horse, dressed in buffalo leather armor, and a goose feather knife hanging on the victory hook. Behind are more than a dozen men in strong suits, all of whom carry waist knives around their waists.

This group of people stopped the horses at the gate of the horse market, and the pedestrians on both sides of the frightened hurriedly dodged, and the boy pouted and said: "I should Chao Gai can make a horse market, it turns out that it is just a child playing in the mud, go in with this son to see." ”

Chao Gai and the others were in the shed not far away, and when they heard it clearly, Liu Tang said angrily: "Where did this lynx beast come from, I'll clean him up." ”

"Brother Liu Tang is not angry, the face is earned by himself, not given by others, our horse market has just opened, at this scale, it is understandable for people to say that." Chao Gai said.

Liu Liang explained: "This person is Zeng Mi, the second eldest of the five tigers of the Zeng family in Zengtou City, with a reckless temperament and good skills, this time he should have come with bad intentions, let's open a horse market, and we are also grabbing food from the Zeng family's rice bowl, after all, Zengtou City is currently operating the largest horse market in Jingdong, which is only two or three hundred miles away from us." ”

Chao Gai looked at Zeng Mi, although this person's strength is good, but his skills should not be good, Liu Tang cleaned him up and rubbed him more than enough.

"Who is the man behind Zeng Mi, who is that tall man with a big waist and a round waist?" Chao Gai asked. This man is more than 1.9 meters tall and holds a long knife with a wide blade.

"I haven't seen this person, but I heard that the Zeng family has a good hand nicknamed the Dangerous Dao God, it should be this person, it seems that the surname is Yu." Liu Liang said.

Chao Gai was shocked, it should be Yu Baosi, this Yu Baosi is not easy to mess with, the expert in stealing horses, is not worried about the horses in the horse market.

Chao Gai arranged for two clever Zhuang Ding to follow them from afar, Liu Liang said: "Don't worry about the owner, there are a lot of guys here today, and the guys are ready-made, but they are worried that someone will make trouble, and they also have Zhu Tong, the head of the Ma Army." ”

Chao Gai was relieved, after all, Zengtou City was much stronger than the current Chao Gai.

Liu Liang said again: "In the past few days, there has been a guest in the Tianya Inn, holding a BMW, but the coat color is not good, and the figure is also thin. This person is also strange, his hair is a bit similar to that of Liu Tang's brothers, and he seems to have injuries on his body, and he can't even afford to pay for the house these days. ”

"Oh, that's it, I'll go and see." After saying that, Chao Gai and Liu Tang went to the Tianya Inn next to them, Liu Tang was still indignant and wanted to beat Zeng Mi in the past.

In the stable in the backyard of Tianya Inn, there are many horses, but they are all horses pulling carts, only one black horse is listless there, his hair is messy, and his body is thin, but the skeleton is very large, and there are some crushed bean straws in the forage.

"Good horse, good horse." Chao Gai sighed.

Liu Tang said: "I can't see what's good, listless, skinny, and no one wants to sell meat." ”

The horse was not happy to hear this, sighed and screamed, shook his head, and actually wanted to come over and bite Liu Tang.

Chao Gai said: "Is the horse thin and long, this horse is the reason for the bad food, as long as it is fed well to ensure that it is another appearance, you don't see that he is black all over, only four hooves are snow-white, this is called dark clouds stepping on snow, tall and long legs, strong skeleton, must be a thousand miles horse." ”

At this time, someone suddenly said behind him: "I didn't expect to meet someone who knows horses." ”

Chao Gai looked back and saw that it was a man with an axle, one meter eight tall, with a thick body, but there were obviously some external injuries on his arms. Looking at the most conspicuous head, without a hat, with yellow and scorched hair, it is indeed a bit similar to Liu Tang.

"This brother is good." Chao Gai Liu Tang hugged his fists and greeted.