"What the prefect said about the Heavenly King Rice Seed?" Chao Gai asked.

Cheng Zhifu said: "It's this matter, I don't know how many seeds you plan to sell in Dongping Mansion." ”

Chao Gai said: "There are people under the jurisdiction of Dongping Mansion who are selling counterfeit Tianwang rice seeds, as long as the prefect cracks down on counterfeit and shoddy profiteers, he will naturally sell more Tianwang rice seeds to Dongping Mansion." ”

Cheng Zhifu said: "Are you talking about the three brothers of Zhujiazhuang?" ”

Chao Gai was surprised: "I didn't expect the prefect to know about this." ”

"Haha, don't underestimate the old man when you practice in Chao Tuan, the old man still has eyes and ears for the official." Master Cheng said with a smile.

Chao Gai was relieved when he thought about it, he knew the importance of intelligence in a small group practice, and he regarded the inn and restaurant as his eyes and ears, not to mention that he was a prefect, how could he not know that such a big thing happened under his rule.

Chao Gai said: "It's easy for the prefect to know, as long as the prefect cracks down on the fake seeds that harm the farmers, I will sell more Tianwang rice seeds to Dongping Mansion." ”

Governor Cheng was silent, thought carefully for a while, and said: "I have never understood why the Tianwang rice planted by the common people can't continue to be planted, and what will happen if this kind of seed is planted." ”

Chao Gai said: "As for why this is more complicated, let's talk about the consequences first, the consequence is that the yield per mu is low, the quality is poor, about 400 catties per mu, and ordinary sorghum is no different." Another point to explain is that if our common wheat and sorghum are professionally cultivated and selected, the yield per mu can also reach 100 catties, which is the importance of seeds. ”

Governor Cheng is not a stupid person, Chao Gai understood as soon as he said this, and immediately said: "Zhujiazhuang is just a group of clowns who jump off the beam, and it is just an easy thing to do with them, but I don't know how many seeds you plan to put in Dongping Mansion?" ”

Chao Gai boasted: "I can provide as many seeds as the prefect intends to promote, and of course the seeds are sold at the market price." ”

Cheng Zhifu's eyes lit up when he heard Chao Gai's words, and said, "Is this true? ”

"How dare you play child's play."

Cheng Zhifu thought about it for a while, and said: "Dongping Mansion has a lot of dry land, relatively few rice fields, and a lot of land after the wheat harvest, so it is inconvenient for the yamen to force it, and it is mainly propaganda, but the high yield of Tianwang rice has already spread, and it is no problem to promote 800,000 mu." ”

Chao Gai said: "No problem, 800,000 mu of seeds are calculated according to four million catties, which can be fully deployed, and it is only late autumn, and the sowing will be until next year's wheat harvest, and there is no hurry to sell." Preliminary publicity work can be carried out first. ”

The prefect said: "Refreshing, since this is the case, I am relieved." ”

Governor Cheng was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Chao Gai to agree to sell four million catties of Tianwang rice seeds to Dongping Mansion, so that next year's grain production increase in Dongping Mansion is a foregone conclusion. It was not easy for Governor Cheng to come over, and he asked Chao Gai some other questions, all about the people's lives, economic development, grain production and income increase, and so on, and Chao Gai answered them one by one.

Cheng Zhifu also proposed to let Chao Gai's horse market go to Dongping Mansion to set up a branch, and asked Chao Gai to sell cattle and horses and other large livestock on credit, Chao Gai thought about it for a while before agreeing, and also agreed to set up a bus and carriage dealership, first linking the counties under the jurisdiction of Dongping Mansion such as Xucheng, Yanggu, Dong'e, Zhongdu, Shouzhang, and Pingyin with horse-drawn carriages.

In short, Governor Cheng went back happily.

Chao Gai returned to the barracks and immediately asked people to call Chao Ran over, and said, "Chao Ran, you immediately lead fifty archers to Hujiazhuang to assist Hu Sanniang in defending Zhuangzi." ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Chao Ran said.

Chao Gai said: "You must be careful in the past this time, stop the line when you are about to reach Zhuangzi, and enter the village after dark." Just assist Hu Sanniang to defend the village, and you don't have to deal with other things. ”

"Yes." Chao Ran agreed to go out and lead the soldiers to prepare for departure.

Zhu Wu was a little puzzled, and said: "Why did my brother suddenly send troops to Hujiazhuang, could it be that the three boys in Zhujiazhuang are unstable again." ”

It happened that Luan Tingyu also heard it, and sighed: "The three boys will definitely not be stable, maybe they will come up with some way." ”

Chao Gai said: "These three boys are going to sell fake Tianwang rice seeds, and we have already reported to the official to deal with it, I am afraid that these three people will jump over the wall in a hurry, so let Chao Ran bring fifty people over to assist." ”

Luan Tingyu shook his head and said nothing, no longer speaking, obviously too disappointed in the three boys of Zhujiazhuang.

In the evening, a welcome meeting was held, and everyone gathered together to welcome the newcomers Xiang Zhong, Xu Yue, Sun An, and Feng Sheng.

Xiang Zhong, Xu Yue, and Feng Sheng were slightly worse, and they were temporarily sent to Liu Tang to learn the rules of the army, and then they were assigned to learn martial arts from whom.

The next day, at a meeting, the three military divisions of the army arrived, and Chao Gai said: "The situation this year has so far been very good, with strong sales of salt, steel, porcelain, and cotton cloth, and huge profits. Tianwang rice seeds have also been exchanged for a large amount of grain, which is enough for more than 1,000 of us to eat for decades. ”

Wu Yong said: "The situation is exactly what everyone wants to see, but now there are many problems, once Song Jiang fled to Qingzhou, it is a matter of time before he falls into the grass with his character, and it will not be a problem to gather a group of people with his reputation in the rivers and lakes." Second, the men and horses of Fan Rui, the demon king of the mixed world in Mangdang Mountain, Xuzhou, in the south, are also getting stronger and stronger, and they are always a threat to our road south. Third, our old enemy Zengtou City seems to be developing very well, which has to be guarded against. ”

Chao Gai nodded yes and said, "Our problem is that the development of Yuncheng has reached a bottleneck, and we can't recruit any more troops, so we still want to develop overseas." Thousands of strong men have passed in Cangzhou Huanghua Port, and our sailors and merchant ships will go over to pick up people soon, but someone needs to go over to help, after all, Kong Yang is in charge of the navy, and I am afraid that he is not very familiar with such things as coordinating Zhuangding. ”

Zhu Wu hugged his fists and said, "I'm more familiar with the Huanghua Salt Farm, so why don't I take a trip." ”

Chao Gai said: "Okay, then it's hard for Zhu Junshi, let Shi Jin, Yang Chun, and Chen Da bring fifty soldiers to assist you." ”

Zhu Wudao: "That's very good. ”

Zhu Wu took the order, went out and asked Shi Jin, Yang Chun, Chen Da and others to select soldiers, and then rushed to Cangzhou Huanghua Salt Field without mentioning it.

Wu Yong said: "How many more people does my brother expect to recruit?" ”

Chao Gai made a detailed explanation, it turned out that the winter of Heilong Island was unusually cold, and if you rashly immigrate without adequate preparation, you may be afraid that some people will freeze to death, and the current immigrants are sent to New Jeju Island first, and the winter on New Jeju Island is warm and humid, just enough to reclaim the land for labor. When spring begins next year, it will be sent to Heilong Island by boat.

Old Taoist Gongsun Sheng said: "The southern and central part of Heilong Island is almost uninhabited, and the place here is wide, even if 100,000 people immigrate there, there is no pressure. ”

Chao Gai said: "Considering that development takes time, and there is also the problem of ship transportation capacity, 100,000 people are too difficult, everything can not be rushed, we can complete the goal of 50,000 people in one year from now on." ”

Wu Yong sighed: "50,000 people is not a small number, and a small county is just such a small population." ”

"Yes, there are indeed a lot of people, so it may not be easy to recruit so many people in Hebei alone, I want to set up a recruitment point in Dengzhou, just let Sister-in-law Gu be the person in charge, and also need to recruit a group of reserve sailors along the coast, which of you is willing to go over and coordinate." Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong said: "The exhibition in the trade city is also over, and the ring competition in the spring of next year is not yet the time to start Zhang Luo, so it just so happens that my affairs are not too busy, so I will go to Dengzhou." ”

Chao Gai said: "Okay, Mr. Wu will go to Dengzhou to have a good talk with Sister-in-law Gu, and build the recruitment point in Dengzhou as soon as possible." ”

Wu Yong didn't bring any generals, but only brought more than a dozen relatives to prepare to go to Dengzhou.

Gongsun Sheng shook the dust and said, "Poor Dao can't be idle, or I'll go to Yizhou to recruit people." ”

"There are a lot of poor places in Yishui County, it is easy to recruit people, Zheng Tianshou brothers opened a small silver mine there, you go to see it, but the Yishui Road is not very peaceful, there are many beasts and bandits, you need to bring more people." Chao Gai said.

Gongsun Sheng said with a smile: "I have nothing to rob as a Taoist priest, so I just take ten Taoist boys." ”

Gongsun Sheng has unpredictable abilities, his own martial arts are extraordinary, and he is very comparable, not to mention that his Dao Tong is just a soldier wearing Dao Tong clothes, and his combat effectiveness is very strong, so Chao Gai agreed.

Jiao Ting said: "My brother sent out all three military divisions, what are we going to do?" ”

"Naturally, we can't be idle, let's go to Dongping Mansion, Dongping Mansion horse market, car dealership, and department stores can't stand up to a few hard hands when they open." Chao Gai said.

In addition to accompanying Jiao Ting and Luo Yun, there are also Pang Wanchun, Wu Song, Sun An, Li Kui, Niu Gao, Hua Lei, Bao Xu, and Zhou Tong. In addition, Ruan Xiaoer of the Navy led ten centipede warships to wander on the lake near Dong Binh Province, just in case.

Although there were many generals with ties, the soldiers brought very few, and only a hundred cavalry were brought. It was the first time for Wu Song to participate in such a collective action, and he was somewhat excited, riding a horse to follow Chao Gai's side.

Wu Song asked, "Are so many of us going to Dongping Mansion to fight?" ”

"If we had to fight, we wouldn't have brought so few people, we used to be a kind of deterrent, because we didn't want to fight, and we couldn't fight, so we had to make the other party chill like this." Chao Gai explained.

Wu Song asked again: "Aren't all the transactions we have opened in Dongping Mansion invited by the prefect of Dongping Mansion?" Why are there still people who are not convinced? ”

Chao Gai sighed helplessly: "Although the prefect has a big official position, it may not be able to manage all the people, and we are going to be a war without gunpowder." ”

Yuncheng to Dongping is only more than a hundred miles, morning and evening, and it is already afternoon when the team arrives at Dongping Mansion. As soon as they arrived at the port, the team was blocked by a group of cavalry with more than 300 people in front of them.

It turned out to be Dong Ping, the double-gun general, Dong Ping held the double gun in his hand, carried the order flag on his back, and was as powerful as the one singing on the stage. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled Dong Ping's body.

"Stop, who dares to trespass on the boundary of Dongping Mansion." Dong Ping shouted.

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