Since taking over Yu Chengwu's official position, he has also inherited a large amount of inheritance left by Yu Chengwu.

Yu Chengwu is an old soldier, and his business methods are far from catching up with Yang Chao, so what he left to Yang Chao is actually the assets built here by the Ming Dynasty in the past, to be precise, those barracks and land.

During the glorious period of the New Jiangkou Battalion, there were 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, and hundreds of treasure ships came and went, so the scale of the building here was quite large.

When Yang Chao was the general of the left division, the barracks were very rich, and he could even raise pigs for people.

After being promoted to the general manager of the central thousand, he became even more affluent, and most of the barracks were actually idle.

And the central part is just the barracks of the new Jiangkou camp to the south, facing the Qinhuai River, and the central camp faces the southwest, which is divided into the left division and the right division and the thousand general camp, which are connected into a whole and stretch more than 300 zhang from north to south.

Here in Xinjiangkou, there are five barracks like the central part of the Xinjiangkou camp, which are the left and right thousand general camps, the adjutant general army camp, and some abandoned front and rear thousand headquarters.

The location is like this, the southwest side faces the new Jiangkou is the central camp, which is more than 300 zhang long, and the west side along the Yangtze River is the left thousand general camp, the deputy general of the Chinese army camp, the right thousand general camp, the length adds up to more than 1,000 zhang, facing the northeast Lion Rock direction is the front thousand general camp in the past, and the southeast direction facing the Longjiang shipyard is the rear thousand general camp.

Except for the abandoned front and rear camps, the other camps are still intact.

After Yang Chao took office, he immediately inspected and found that these camps probably extended along the direction of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River, and the shape of the camps was similar to a long strip, with a length of more than 1,000 zhang and a width of more than 300 zhang, and in the center of the camp on all sides, a playground with a length of 1,000 zhang and a width of 300 zhang was enclosed. This is different from the playground in other barracks, this is the large school field where the three services practice together, and in the past, when military discipline was perfect. There will be two joint exercises every month.

Of course, I have stopped practicing for a long time, so this big playground has become farmland. The default rule is that whoever is the chief official of the new Jiangkou camp is whose private property is here, and Yu Chengwu is the previous chief official, so it has always been the children of the Yu family who are farming, and now that Yang Chao has taken office, it is obvious that this has become Yang Chao's industry.

With such a large area of playground, it is cost-effective to be acre. There are 4,500 acres, but not all of them are opened, and the places close to the camp wall, as well as some of the roads that were too hard to be rolled in the past, are really not open, so the area of real cultivation is about 4,000 acres, and there are more than 10 wells on the playground to meet the demand for water, so the farmland income here is still good.

The playground is surrounded by barracks on all sides, and the central camp to the south is the best. Because Yang Chao paid for a complete renovation of one side, the front barracks in the north and the rear barracks in the east have long been abandoned, and the playground inside is overgrown with weeds. The wood on the camp wall was secretly picked up by the shipyard to build ships, and the houses inside were basically secretly taken by the shipyard and the villagers around Lion Rock to build houses, so they basically became wild land.

The barracks facing the Yangtze River in the west are quite complete, but they are barely able to live in people, like Yang Chao's Zuosi camp in the past, many houses can see the sky, but the foundation is stable, the walls are solid, and the beams are repaired. Add a few tiles and it's a good house.

It's just out of the camp of the Chinese army. There are officers in the left and right headquarters, but this makes Yang Chao not very active. Therefore, Yang Chao found the left and right Qianzong, as well as a large group of petty officials such as the general manager of Baizong under them, and discussed with them once, for Qianzong, Yang Chao hoped that they could operate and transfer from Xinjiangkou, Yang Chao promised to give everyone a thousand taels of silver operating fees, as for whether it was a flat transfer or promotion, Yang Chao didn't care.

Although the two thousand presidents were very unhappy, but they were also hindered by Yang Chao's prestige, they didn't dare to oppose it too much, and secretly moved their activities, as for whether they moved their positions or moved to deal with Yang Chao, it is unknown.

For the general generals and other petty officials under the two thousand generals, there is no need to let them go, because it is too rushed, Yang Chao took the same method as Huang Chong, promising them land and letting them open up the wasteland outside the camp.

There are 1,000 acres of land from the central camp to the Qinhuai River, and there is more land from the west of the camp to the Yangtze River, which is nearly 4,000 zhang long, and the distance from the Yangtze River is 1,000 to 2,000 zhang is a wasteland.

In the same way, as long as a polder is built to block the flooding of the Yangtze River during the rainy season, these tens of thousands of acres of wasteland can be turned into fertile land.

Needless to say, from the north to the east to the Lion Rock, to the west to the shipyard and even the moat, there were large areas of the emperor that had not been cultivated, and as long as some measures were taken, the land could be obtained.

The only problem is that it requires investment, and it is on a large scale.

"My lord, why do you have to spend so much, little old man said something that shouldn't be said, how many years can you be an official here? It's done, it's not just left to the people behind. ”

After Yang Chao took people to see this piece of terrain, the craftsman of the Ministry of Industry couldn't help but persuade Yang Chao.

Although Yang Chao spends money and he earns money, he does have some consideration for Yang Chao.

The craftsman is a sincere person, and the last time he cooperated to clear the silt on the dock, Yang Chao found out, so he found him to cooperate again this time.

"Haha, head whitecraftsman, thank you for reminding me. However, the official thinks that the money is still spent, it is the money, and if it is left in his hand, it is just a pile of silver. ”

"Isn't silver money? Worth more than money! ”

The head of the white craftsman secretly slandered in his heart, and the money that the common people said all refers to the value, that is, those hole square copper coins, and sometimes also refers to silver, but obviously silver is more valuable than value.

"You can do it, the head of the white craftsman, and calculate how much silver it will cost from the polder I built at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, all the way along the Yangtze River to the bottom of the Lion Rock. Is 30,000 taels of silver enough? ”

When Yang Chao built the Xinjiangkou polder, he spent 10,000 taels of silver, but at that time, with the addition of wharf dredging, this section of the polder embankment on the Yangtze River was more than three times longer than where in Xinjiangkou, so Yang Chao said 30,000 taels.

As a result, the white craftsman shook his head, lowered his head and pinched his fingers to count.

Yang Chao didn't think it was enough, because he had to repair all the way to the bottom of the Lion Rock, and it would be connected to the slope of the eyes, and it would be more than 4,000 zhang if he couldn't get it, and it was understandable that 30,000 taels was not enough.

As a result, after the white craftsman finished the calculation, he said: "Twenty thousand taels of silver is about the same." ”

Yang Chao didn't expect that there were 10,000 taels less.

The head of the white craftsman continued to report carefully: "Last time we repaired the section of the new Jiangkou, because there was dredging, we had to hire a boat, plus labor, and it cost a lot. ”

Yang Chao understood that this craftsman didn't count his profits at all.

Last time, he was sent from the Ministry of Industry through Huang Jin to do errand service, so he never considered the issue of profits, no wonder he would think about Yang Chao, saying that Yang Chao was losing money by repairing the embankment.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Bai Craftsman, if this official bag is given to you, how much silver should you want?" ”

The white craftsman was stunned: "What? Wrap it up for me! ”

Yang Chao nodded: "How?" ”

Bai Jiang's face turned red: "If it doesn't work, this life is too big, how can I lose money?" ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the private economy was very active, and there were a large number of craftsmen engaged in the business of contracting foremen, and the white craftsmen also knew it, but he was a craftsman who repaired water conservancy, and most of the water conservancy was repaired by the imperial court, and it was impossible to contract it to private individuals, so he himself did not live a contract.

Yang Chao said: "I said it was done. When the time comes, hundreds of people will inevitably work here, and you will have to worry about managing these people. ”

The white craftsman sneered and said, "Little Lao'er can't afford to pay for it." ”

Contractors have profits and losses, even if they earn a lot, not everyone can afford to take risks.

Yang Chao said: "Who said that you will lose money, so let's give you a cut as your management fee?" ”

Compared with such a big project, even if it is worth one hundred draws, the profit is a lot, and one or two hundred taels of silver is available.

But the problem is that if it is extracted according to the construction cost, if the white craftsman is not honest, he can completely falsely report the amount of work.

Of course, once he loses his integrity, it also involves cutting corners, which is what Yang Chao can't tolerate the most.

"Also, it will be set at 20,000 taels. I won't give you a draw, the rest is yours, you can take care of the excess, as long as it's reasonable, I'll admit it. But if you cheat and cut corners, don't blame the official for being unkind. ”

Although he believes in the character of the white craftsman, Yang Chao still wants to give him a preventive shot.

The white craftsman bowed again and again: "Oh, the adult has lifted up, the adult can rest assured, I will never dare to lose the adult's money." ”

Yang Chao nodded: "It's easy to do." If you do a good job, there will be these barracks in the future, and I will hand them over to you to repair. ”

The head of the white craftsman thanked him again and again.

Building a polder embankment and cultivating tens of thousands of acres of land is enough to send off those large and small officers in the water camp, so that Yang Chao will be able to control the officers and men in the water camp from top to bottom.

Before the two thousand headquarters of the Xinjiang Mouth Water Battalion were abolished, there were five or six thousand troops, but after the abolition, there were only more than three thousand left, and Yang Chao decided to have a chance to operate it and restore the scale to the level of five thousand.

The white craftsmen are very fast, they are all craftsmen in Nanjing, familiar with the door, a greeting, and some are craftsmen who have no work.

However, the white craftsman was careful in his calculations, after all, all the savings were his, so he originally planned to recruit 500 people, but he gritted his teeth and only recruited about 200 people.

More than 200 people is already the limit, but Yang Chao asked him to repair it before the spring flood next year, otherwise the spring water will flood the farmland, but he will have to settle accounts with him.

As for the cultivation of wasteland, there have been sporadic officers who have begun to try, taking advantage of the dry weather and the dry grass and yellow grass and trees, a fire burns all the weeds, and then plants the seeds, as for how much grain can be harvested, it doesn't matter, anyway, try it, if there is a polder, how much can be collected, if not, they will not let them out of the barracks, let alone resign.

The officers and soldiers reclaimed the wasteland, and the people and craftsmen repaired the embankment, almost at the same time, and the Yangtze River was busy for a while.

But soon trouble found Yang Chao.

Shi Kefa came and asked him to go. (To be continued...... ）。