It turned out that Huang Shilang and Guo Mingtai came.

Both of them are engaged in the private salt business, and their relationship with Yang Ruifeng is naturally very close. In the past, the two of them continued to send their coarse salt to Yangjiatun for processing into refined salt, and then sold it. Although it was a matter of changing hands, the profits of the two were several times higher than before. Especially in the market of Huai'an Province, the income is quite good. Yang Ruifeng's wedding, of course, they have to come to congratulate in person. However, the two of them actually arrived at this time, which is obviously rude!

Zhang Zhun deliberately said with a straight face: "I said that I was already late, and you two were still late!" ”

Guo Mingtai said with a wry smile: "If you forgive me!" We wanted to arrive early and set off early in the morning. Who knows, there are full of boats in Heilong Bay, and our ships actually have to queue up to enter the port, there is no way, the time will be delayed. You see, we are both empty-handed, we are embarrassed to come, and the gifts are still on board! ”

Zhang Zhun was slightly stunned, and subconsciously said: "Queue up for entry?" ”

Guo Mingtai said helplessly: "Yes! The berths for ships in Heilong Bay are all occupied. We waited for half a day, but there was no way to enter the port. Later, I really can't wait, so it's better to come by sampan first. If we hadn't made two sampans, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to make it tonight. Behind us, there seem to be other ships waiting to enter the port! ”

Huang Shilang also said with emotion: "My lord, I have to make a suggestion, the five berths in Heilong Bay are really a bit few!" My fleet has had to queue up many times when I was there to load cargo! There are so many ships coming and going to Fushan City now, even if it is ten berths, it is not enough to use it. ”

Zhang Zhun understood.

In later generations, there were traffic jams, and in this year, there were jams and jams.

In these years, after the ship entered the port, whether it was loading or unloading, it was all manual. The speed of manual loading and unloading can be imagined. A whole shipload of cargo, whether it is loaded or unloaded, consumes a lot of time. In other words, a ship occupies the dock for a long time. If there are not enough docks, and multiple ships occupy berths at the same time, and another ship arrives behind, there will only be a queue.

Yangjiatun's private salt business is becoming more and more prosperous, and at the same time, more and more grain is being shipped from Jiangnan. Whether it is the private salt going south or the grain going north, it has to be loaded and unloaded manually, which takes a lot of time. There is also a large amount of cement and other materials, which need to be transshipped through the port of Heilongwan, making the natural port of Heilongwan indeed a little overwhelmed.

Heilong Bay Port, Zhang Zhun has not invested any money to build. Because the natural conditions of Heilong Bay are quite good, you can moor several ships at the same time without much construction. Originally, I thought that with its natural conditions, it would obviously be no problem to meet the needs of the future period. I didn't expect to be overwhelmed so quickly. It seems that it is necessary to build Black Dragon Bay.

Thinking of doing it has always been Zhang Zhun's style. Zhang Zhun nodded and said affirmatively: "I will solve this matter as soon as possible to ensure that it will not delay the time for everyone to stop the boat." ”

Huang Shilang and Guo Mingtai are grateful.

Time is money, and they certainly don't want to waste time waiting in line to enter the port. After greeting Zhang Zhun, the two of them were in a hurry to find Yang Ruifeng. After all, on today's occasion, Yang Ruifeng is the main one.

Zhang Zhun muttered to himself in his heart, very sighed, and a little excited, "The development of the situation is really fast, there is actually a queue in Heilong Bay to enter the port, it seems that it is necessary to give Liu Zhan a sum of money to let him widen the port." The first step is to expand the number of berths to twenty. ”

After groaning, Zhang Zhun turned around and left. He wanted to send someone to find Liu Zhan to discuss the matter of Heilong Bay. Liu Zhan is the deputy manager of the Urban Management Department in charge of road and port construction, an honest person, who is reliable in his work, and his money and financial skills are also clean, but he is not very flexible. Words like far-sightedness basically have nothing to do with him. If he hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have asked for the port to be expanded. The boats are lined up.

After only taking two steps, Zhang Zhun suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, "My lord." ”

Zhang Zhun looked back and saw that it was Yu Nanyi.

For this master, Zhang Zhun is naturally very familiar. Yangjiatun's first pot of gold was excavated from him. At that time, Yu Nanyi also gave Yang Yinghan a gift. This is the first gift Yang Yinghan received. Therefore, Zhang Zhun still has a good impression of Yu Nanyi. Looking at the appearance of this Master Yu, it is obvious that he has just arrived. I thought I was the latest, but I didn't expect that there were people who were even later.

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Master Yu, you are also late." ”

Yu Nan bowed his hand in shame and said sincerely: "My lord, I'm really sorry!" I was supposed to send a horse here, but I didn't expect that a horse was lost on the way, and it was not easy to find it! ”

Zhang Zhun's expression moved slightly, and he subconsciously said, "Horse? ”

Yu Nanyi hurriedly said, "Exactly." ”

Zhang Zhun was happily moved, and said in a loud voice: "Go!" Take me to see it! ”

Yu Nanyi hurriedly took Zhang Zhun to the outside of Yangjiatun.

Sure enough, on the grass outside, there were fifteen war horses, which were being led by the groom, constantly walking back and forth. Obviously, these war horses are not very familiar with the situation in Yangjiatun, and they are constantly spinning. From time to time, there are some uncooperative hisses. The horsemen pulled these horses, shouting and appeasing, and were very busy. It turned out that the gift sent by Yu Nanyi was fifteen war horses.

Zhang Zhun's eyes lit up, and he said gratefully: "Lao Yu! I accepted this gift on behalf of Yang Ruifeng! ”

He could see at a glance that the quality of these war horses was much better than that captured in the ancient town. Chen Guoxi once said that the best war horses are all relatively strong, and they will not stand there all day long. These war horses in front of them, looking at their struggles, twisting, and pouting their hips, are obviously quite fierce!

During the war years, war horses have always been a scarce resource, generally monopolized by the state, and there are very few people. The horse politics of the Ming Dynasty was originally very developed, and there were special horse farms in Beizhili, Shandong and other places, and the imperial court at that time also encouraged political axes to raise horses. There are also special hereditary horse households in the people, who are responsible for raising horses. The multi-pronged approach made the number of war horses in the early days of the Ming Dynasty quite large, which was enough to meet the needs of the army.

However, after Jiajing, the horse administration gradually deteriorated, and raising horses became a heavy burden on the people, and horse households were reluctant to raise horses. Because of the problem of raising horses, during the Jiajing period, there were also small-scale horse household uprisings. However, the rule of the Ming Dynasty at that time was still very stable. This uprising was quickly suppressed, and not many people knew about it. Since then, the war horses of the Ming army mainly relied on imports from the Mongolian steppe, and there was a special imperial horse supervisor responsible for exchanging tea and salt for horses.

In the eastern part of Shandong, war horses were still scarce, and the number of cavalry was very small. Even the soldiers of Dengzhou did not have too many cavalry units. Dengzhou had tens of thousands of soldiers, and the cavalry was probably less than 3,000. These cavalry are directly subordinate to the command of Dongjiang Town, and only the chief officer of Dongjiang Town can command them. Even the governor of Denglai could not be transferred.

Of course, on the northern border, the Ming army has never lacked war horses. It seems that elite armies such as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, each of them has more than two war horses. The rebel armies and officers and soldiers who fought each other in the Central Plains also had no shortage of war horses. The endless stream of war horses produced in the Mongolian steppes is enough to meet the needs of the three major forces of Mongolia, the Later Jin and the Ming Army. Of course, Houjin himself raised a large number of war horses.

Even after the advent of firearms, cavalry was still the most powerful fighting force, and there was no word "one" at the end. The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the core and main forces are cavalry. Li Zicheng's troops, the core main force, are also 3,000 cavalry. With 3,000 cavalry, he defeated all the officers and soldiers on many roads, which shows the power of cavalry. Of course, officers and soldiers also have cavalry, but their cavalry is not powerful.

When Li Zicheng entered Yanjing, the core main force increased to 8,000 cavalry. It can be seen that in the civil strife at that time, thousands of cavalry were already very remarkable. Eight thousand cavalry will be able to seize the world. It is a pity that in the later stone battle, this part of Li Zicheng's cavalry could not stop the cavalry assault of the Manchurian Eight Banners and had to retreat. As a result, once you are defeated, there is no chance to turn over. In the end, the Qing army relied on powerful cavalry and successfully captured the world.

Zhang Zhun also wanted to have his own cavalry unit. Since he seized a few war horses from horse thieves in the ancient town, Zhang Zhun now has horses to travel in and out, which is indeed a lot faster, and the efficiency of doing things has also been greatly improved. However, the number of war horses is still too small, only a few. Yu Nanyi sent fifteen horses in one go this time, which is really a gift in the snow!

The only pity is that fifteen war horses are still too few. If only there were a thousand, ten thousand, that would be great. However, this is a fool's dream. Buying a horse from the Mongolian steppe, the price is not a problem. In the Datong trading market, a good Mongolian horse is only fifteen taels of silver, and even if you buy a thousand, it is only fifteen thousand taels. The question is how to get to Shandong. From Datong to Shandong, it is a full journey of two or three thousand miles!

(To be continued)