At the end of August, Yang He finally returned.

The governor's yamen, the wing, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui and Hong Xinyu and others are all waiting here.

Zheng Xunrui soon came to the wing, at this time, Zheng Xunrui's thoughts have changed, in his opinion, the most important thing is war horses and grain, not gold and silver, although the idea of buying grain from Nanzhili is established, but because of the Shanxi Liukou wanton, the transportation of grain is stored in some difficulties, it is necessary to detour to Huguang and enter Shaanxi, so that the road is farther, the price of grain has naturally increased some, and the price of grain in the south has also risen, a stone of grain is close to four taels of silver, In this way, the price of merchants transported to Shaanxi and other places will not be lower than six taels of silver per stone, which also indicates that the value of silver has depreciated.

If you can buy a war horse directly with silver, that is the best way.

Before Zheng Xunrui could speak, Yang He spoke.

"Young master, the subordinates went to the Hetao grassland, the tribal leader of the Ordos Department learned of the intention of his subordinates, and directly sent people to contact his subordinates, they are willing to exchange, and other tribes are also willing to exchange, the subordinates have seen their miserable situation, they are now extremely short of food, if the subordinates do not contact, I am afraid that the tribes will start to fight, and even directly attack the Guannei."

"What they mean is that they are willing to provide Uzhumuqin horses, the price is three stone grain and one war horse, which can ensure that the war horse is a good horse, they are willing to provide three thousand Uzhumuqin horses, which is equivalent to nine thousand stone grain, and at the same time they also need to buy twenty thousand stone grain, the price is two taels ......of gold per stone of grain."

The others have been shocked, three stones of grain and one Uzhumuqin horse, which is very good, and then two taels of gold and one stone of grain, which is equivalent to twenty-four taels of silver and one stone, such a transaction must be cost-effective.

Everyone didn't quite understand why no businessman seized such an opportunity, if he could transport grain to the Mongolian steppe, wouldn't he make a lot of money, but Zheng Xunrui knew the relationship.

Shangjia can't transport grain to the grassland at all, only through Datong Yulin, Ningxia and Liaodong and other places, it is impossible to go through Liaodong, and you can't save your life, let alone food, the rest of the places are stationed with border troops, and the border is strictly guarded, although the combat effectiveness of these armies is not very good, but it is more than enough to deal with Shangjia, and if you want to transport grain, you must buy the border army, so the price paid is very large, maybe it will be swallowed directly by the border army, and it may be exploited without any profit, Therefore, it was difficult for merchants to transport grain to the grasslands.

Of course, it is very simple for the garrison to do such a thing, but unfortunately the border army itself has not enough to eat in recent years, there is no food at all, and what to sell to the Mongolian steppe, but Zheng Xunrui's situation is different, he has grain in his hands, and he can also go to the south to buy grain, of course, he will not be responsible for transporting grain, naturally there are businessmen responsible for transporting.

Silver is very good, but if it is not circulated, it will have no effect, Zheng Xunrui understands the truth very well, currency must be circulated, otherwise it is waste paper, he got so much gold and silver, then it is necessary to let the gold and silver play a role, instead of putting these gold and silver in the treasury.

The situation at the beginning was different from now, Yang He worked hard to get in touch, and he could never deny it in a word, he would rather work harder and buy grain from the south to complete the transaction.

After Yang He finished speaking, Zheng Xunrui spoke without thinking.

"Yang He, you have worked hard, just do as you say, but the place of the transaction must be in Yansui Town, Yansui Town is not far from Gray City, that is, twenty miles away, once you pass Gray City, it will be the Hetao Grassland, this matter, I will not come forward, Yang He contacted the tribe and handled it with full authority, as for saying that they want to buy 20,000 stone grain, there is not so much, give them 10,000 stone grain, even if it is very good, plus the 9,000 stone grain exchanged earlier, a total of 19,000 stone grain."

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Zheng Xunrui had no choice but to explain.

"Ordos tribe, the food gap is very big, but their dependence on food, far lower than the people in the Guannei, it should be said that 30,000 stone of grain, can help them solve a big problem, but can we let them solve the problem fundamentally, that is resolutely not possible, you don't forget, the Mongolian tribe is also a huge threat to Yulin Town, once they are completely relieved, don't we have to have a vicious opponent, so we can't meet their requirements, if they must have food, It's good to say, exchange the war horse. ”

Everyone suddenly realized that there was such a truth in this.

"Starting from this year, for two consecutive years, we have to contact the grassland tribes, buy as many war horses as possible, the goal is 10,000 war horses, every time we exchange, don't be too anxious, we can also use other materials to exchange, including tea and silk, etc., I think the leaders of the Mongolian tribes must need these things."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Yang He immediately spoke.

"Young master, the people of the Mongolian tribe followed their subordinates to Yansui Town, the war horses they prepared have come in the direction of Gray City, and they are expected to arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the war horses have all seen it, it is indeed good, but it lacks a saddle, etc., and it still needs to be purchased."

Zheng Xunrui was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the Ordos Department was in such a hurry, and it was on the verge of collapse, and there was an extreme shortage of food, so he had to be prepared, fortunately, He Yaowu was greedy for more than 14,000 stones of grain, which could be traded this time, as for sweet potatoes and maize, Zheng Xunrui didn't want to provide them for the time being, these things could not be introduced to the grassland for the time being, otherwise it might cause incidents, you must know that these things, all parts of the Ming Dynasty have not been fully popularized.

"Okay, Zheng Jinhong and Yang He are responsible for all matters, in addition, Zheng Jinhong is responsible for contacting the local businessmen, saying that the governor's yamen needs a large amount of grain, which can be purchased directly with silver, the price is about six taels of silver, and the grain needed is about 200,000 stones, let them find a way to transport the grain, as for where to transport it, wait for the arrangement."

Zheng Jinhong nodded and didn't speak, and Hong Xinyu on the side couldn't help muttering.

"The price of grain in Yulin Town is too outrageous, it is more than ten taels of silver, I don't know if these six taels of silver can be bought, and there is so much food ...... needed."

A smile appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face.

"Hong Xinyu, there are some things that need to be brained, if the businessmen still want to do business around Yulin Town, then they have to find a way, if they don't want to do it, then they will have to suffer huge losses, since as businessmen, such a choice can be made, the government finds them to buy food, so that they can make money."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Hong Xintao also spoke.

"Third brother, I've been following the young master for so many years, sometimes I need to use my brain and think about what to do about some things."

On the fifth day of September, the transaction was completed in Suide Prefecture.

All three thousand horses entered the barracks.

A war horse owned by Zheng Jiajun. It suddenly increased to 5,300 horses, and most of them were Uzhumuqin horses, which was indeed not simple, you must know that the most powerful Guanning iron cavalry in the imperial court had only about 10,000 war horses, which was built by the imperial court with a lot of money, and it took many years to reach such a scale.

Except for a few people at the top of Zheng Jiajun, the rest would never have thought that after a short time, Zheng Jiajun would have more than 10,000 war horses, and Zheng Jiajun had enough strength to feed these war horses.

The number of sergeants of the Zheng family army has expanded to 7,200 people, and the number of war horses has 5,300, which is already a force that makes people feel fear, and the most important thing next is to step up training.

Yang He's key energy is invested in the training of the army, whether the army can maintain the previous strong combat effectiveness, the focus is still on the training in peacetime, Zheng Jiajun's training subjects are ready-made, and they are basically mature, as long as they have been trained for about three months, they are basically strong sergeants.

At the same time that Zheng Jiajun began to train, Zheng Jinhong began to arrange post stations in various parts of Yansui, Zhenning and Yijun, which were the farthest away, and each post station provided ten Uzhumuqin horses, in case of emergency, one person and two horses, rushed to Yansui Town to report the situation, and the rest of the places provided five Uzhumuqin horses, in case of emergency, reported the situation within twelve hours.

In addition, it is the matter of purchasing grain, Zheng Jinhong is handy in this regard, and the businessmen from Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion in Yulin Town are busy agreeing that they have money to make, so why not be happy, so they can also have a good relationship with the government, if they really look at the immediate interests, feel that they have suffered a loss, and are unwilling to trade, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do business here in the future.

What Zheng Jinhong didn't expect was that the merchants from Shanxi also came here to discuss the promotion of grain, after all, the amount of grain needed by the governor's yamen was too large, 200,000 stones, which was not something that the local merchants in Yansui could afford, and they needed to join the outside merchants to be able to truly satisfy.

According to Zheng Xunrui's plan, of the 200,000 stone of grain purchased, 100,000 stone was provided to Yan'an Prefecture, Yang Tingshu decided the amount of distribution for each place, 30,000 stone was provided to Qingyang Prefecture, and the prefect Dong Gongming decided on the amount of distribution for each place, and the remaining 70,000 stone of grain was transported to Yansui Town to solve the problem of famine in Yulin Town.

It was busy until the middle of October, when all the 200,000 stone grain was in place, and the governor's yamen also paid 1.2 million taels of silver according to the previous agreement, which was not a penny of silver, which surprised many merchants, who thought that it would not be easy to get the silver, and the officials who did the specific work would also be deducted from it.