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On the second day of the seventh month, Aoshanwei and Fushan were officially exchanged for craftsmen and captives at the Baisha River.

Naturally, the entire army of the Fushan Guards was dispatched to maintain order on the south bank of the Baisha River and prevent the Aoshan Guards from taking the opportunity to attack. However, what is surprising is that on the north bank of the Baisha River, no officers and soldiers appeared. Only one of Ao Shanwei's commanders stepped forward to bring back the captives, and at the same time handed over the roster of three hundred artisan households to Zhang Zhun.

At the exchange site, the wind was calm and nothing happened.

Eventually, the exchange ended smoothly.

The three hundred artisan households are not actually exchanged, but from other health offices to the name of Fushan. To put it in layman's terms, it is the internal transfer in the health center. Of course, such a reckless act is a serious violation of the regulations. According to the regulations, the transfer of military households must be reported to the Shandong Metropolitan Department and the Ministry of War, and can only be carried out after obtaining approval. What's more, Zhang Zhun is not an official thousand households in Fushan, but a rioter, and Zhao Yinying is suspected of collaborating with the enemy by doing so. However, Zhao Yinying is the commander of the Aoshan Guard, and Zhang Zhun is the actual thousand households of the Fushan Institute, as long as the two of them are silent, the Laizhou garrison and the Laizhou prefect also help to cover it up, and this matter can be regarded as a cover-up.

Zhang Zhun held a banquet in Fushan City to welcome 300 artisan households.

The three hundred artisan households, together with their families, numbered almost 1,600 people, and of course it was impossible for all of them to come. Zhang Zhun invited the banquet to the respective heads of the family. These craftsmen were rowed to Fushan, and they were indeed very worried in their hearts, and they didn't know what kind of fate would await them. They vaguely heard before that Zhang Zhun, a thousand households, came from something wrong.

In order to dispel the concerns of the craftsmen, at the banquet, Zhang Zhun said straight to the point: "I know, everyone is up and down now, I don't know how I will treat everyone!" You may have also heard that I am not a real thousand households in Fushan, I started out of riots! To put it mildly, I'm a traitor! ”

"However, I can tell you for sure that when you come to Fushan, you will definitely be more comfortable than before! At the very least, there is food, clothing, housing, and work! If you have a job, you will have an income! If you have an income, you won't starve to death! ”

"Each of you will receive a hundred catties of food to help you survive this green and yellow July. In the future, you will be able to earn food rations for your families with your own hands. ”

"Those who meet the regulations can also get five acres of private land. Your wives and daughters have fields! All the income of Mintian belongs to you, and I will not ask you to pay any taxes! ”

Zhang Zhun's words effectively alleviated the anxiety of the craftsmen.

Subsequently, Zhou Shiwen, Li Fenglai and others, on behalf of the Equipment Division and the Ironmaking Division of Fushan City, welcomed everyone's arrival. Among the 300 artisan households, some people knew the two of them, and they also knew their previous situation, and now they saw the two of them with red faces and full of energy, and they believed a little more in their hearts. Compared with the original day, the future is indeed exciting. Despite their suspicion of helping the rebels, they always had a full meal.

It seems that Fushan is indeed a little different from other guards.

After the banquet, Zhang Zhun immediately asked Zhou Shiwen, Luo Dashan, Li Fenglai, Yin Gensheng, and Zou Huoming to arrange these craftsmen to enter the front line of production. Time is of the essence, and every day is precious.

The arrival of a large number of craftsmen has given the craftsmen and iron-making furnaces of Fushansu a sufficient amount of manpower. The large amount of silver obtained from the refined salt was soon put into the iron-making furnaces and craftsmen's workshops. Construction of a second iron-making furnace began, and the expansion of the workshops began. With hundreds of artisan households in hand, Zhang Zhun doesn't have to worry about the number of craftsmen for the time being.

In the end, the production of tiger guns was set at 20 per day. At the same time, three short guns were produced per day. This kind of output is basically close to the limit of Zhang Zhun's financial resources. After detailed calculations, the cost of each new type of tiger gun was close to thirty taels of silver. The escort team was to be equipped with 400 new-style tiger guns, and the total price was 12,000 taels of silver. That's a lot of money. Zhang Zhun couldn't come up with this money all of a sudden, so he could only do it for a long time.

In addition, the source of raw materials is also a headache. The minerals of Laoshan are not very rich. In particular, the iron content of iron ore is basically below 30%, which is a typical poor mine. It is very difficult and expensive to extract iron from these poor ores. A large number of miners, like worker ants, work hard, and can only refine about 200 catties of pig iron every day. If it weren't for the fact that the profits of refined salt were also very high, Zhang Zhun would have been bankrupt for a long time.

Li Fenglai and others reported to Zhang Zhun that the small iron ore in Laoshan could only be mined for half a year at most. In other words, after half a year, their iron ore will have no source. If you don't buy it from outside, you must occupy Jimo, Laiyang, Qixia and other places. In particular, the mountains around Qixia have a considerable amount of iron ore, which can meet the needs for a long time.

However, how easy is it to occupy Laiyang, Qixia and other places?

"I'll solve the problem of minerals, you just need to produce with peace of mind."

Zhang Zhun said without thinking.

Dapai reassuring pills have always been his style of doing things.

Since Laiyang and Qixia are necessary, then grab them. As long as there is a strong enough force, the two small county towns are not ready to be captured? Rebellion is rebellion, it's no big deal. The key is to be strong enough.

From the fifth day of the seventh month, the craftsmen's workshops and iron-making furnaces were in full production. A steady stream of equipment guards with better quality tiger bongs, and the soldiers of the escort team have received tiger bons one after another. At the same time, the officers of the convoy began to receive short firearms.

Yang Guohua's side also received the first batch of short firearms.

In fact, what Zhang Zhun feels the most pressure now is not manpower, but food.

At the beginning, in Wang Shixin's cellar, more than 100,000 catties of grain were seized, and although they were used very sparingly, they were constantly consumed. The crops in Fushan City will not be harvested until October. It's only July, and there's still more than three months to go. During this time, everyone can't be hungry, right? Therefore, it is necessary to allocate part of the food to help military households tide over the difficulties.

However, sitting and eating the mountain is empty, there will always be a time when these hundreds of thousands of catties of grain will be eaten up. If you can't buy a lot of food from outside during this time, Fushan City will definitely have a food crisis in the first month. Without food, the military families will definitely rebel. Without food, the convoy could not even sustain itself. Grain, grain, deadly food!

At present, there is not much grain to buy in Shandong, and even if it can be bought, the price is very high, and the price per stone is at least more than one or two or five yuan of silver. North Korea to the east, Liaodong to the north, and Henan to the west, and there is no food. If you want to buy food, there is only one place, and that is Jiangnan.

Although the north is chaotic, with constant disasters and turmoil, the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty is still quite stable. The price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River is about one tael of silver per stone. Transported to Shandong by sea, the maximum is one or two taels of silver per stone. The question is, who will bring the grain to Fushan City?

From Gangnam......

There is only Xue Zhidie's best friend.

Zhang Zhun then came to Xue Zhidie and discussed with her, asking her best friend to transport a batch of grain from Jiangnan and buy it at the market price. The larger the amount of grain, the better. Xue Zhidie's surprise cooperation this time readily agreed that her best friend could directly transport a thousand stones of grain from Jiangnan to alleviate Zhang Zhun's crisis. Of course, the premise is that Zhang Zhun has to have silver to pay.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhun still has a little silver.

Xue Zhidie said: "One or two taels of silver per stone of grain, isn't it expensive?" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "It's not expensive." ”

At this time, Mo Yu's side also began to have results,

Lingshanwei's side, knowing that Fushan City could get five acres of land for free, and there was no need to pay taxes, they all tried to escape to Fushan City. With the warships led by Yang Guohua and others, the way to escape was safer, which naturally attracted more military families to flee.

Yang Liren, who was in charge of counting the number of people, simply reported to Zhang Zhun a figure: From June 22 to the fifth day of the seventh month, a total of 14 days, more than 500 Lingshan guard households fled to Fushan City by water, with a total population of nearly 3,300. Mo Yu made a small windfall because of this.

With a large number of laborers, the reclamation work of Fushan City has made great progress. At present, the fields controlled by Fushan City have reached more than 60,000 mu, which is more than double the previous 30,000 mu. It is estimated that there are still 500,000 or 600,000 acres of wasteland in Fushan City that can be reclaimed as fields. In other words, the population of Fushan City can also be greatly increased.

With the increase in population, the number of shops in Fushan City has also begun to increase. The rice shop and cloth village are the most lively shops in Fushan City. Military households with money in their hands want to improve their lives. This improvement naturally starts with eating and wearing. In addition, the original shops such as general stores, farm tool stores, silk shops, herb shops, and pawnshops have also reopened.

At the beginning of July, Wang Mingyu received his first commercial tax. Although it is only more than ten taels of silver, it is less than a fraction of the income of refined salt. But, in any case, it's a good start. With the boom in commercial trade, commercial taxes are sure to increase.

The population of Fushan City increased, and all kinds of affairs increased. Many major matters have to be Zhang Zhun to take ideas and make the final decision. As a result, Zhang Zhun was too busy to get to the ground. The escort team is inseparable from this side, and the Shengxia Sect is also inseparable from the side, it is really ruthless to have three heads and six arms, and there are twenty-four hours in a day.

On the ninth day of the seventh month, Zhang Zhun was reviewing some reports in the official hall of a thousand households, when Zhong Wuying suddenly came in and reported: "My lord, there are people outside asking to see you!" ”

Zhang Zhun asked without raising his head, "Who is it?" ”

Zhong Wuying replied: "He claimed to be from Lingshanwei, called Feng Yangyi. ”

Zhang Zhun raised his head, nodded and said, "Let him in." ”

According to the information from the Intelligence Division, Lingshanwei is also plotting to rebel and try to turn Lingshanwei into another Fushan City. However, the specific situation, Zhang Zhun is not very clear. The work of the Intelligence Department has not yet penetrated into Lingshanwei, and its attention is on Laizhou Mansion and Dengzhou Mansion. People who don't know Lingshanwei, why do they come to find themselves?

Zhong Wuying agreed and went out.

Soon, he brought in a scarred man, probably in his thirties, with a sad and angry expression, as if he had suffered some blow.

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "Your name is Feng Yangyi? I'm Zhang Zhun. If there is anything, say it! ”

Feng Yangyi suddenly knelt down in front of Zhang Zhun and cried loudly: "My lord, hurry up and save us!" ”

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