Gongsun Du looked at the Xuantu cavalry who dismounted and surrendered, and said to Zhuang Shaoyou: "Shaoyou, this time is mainly your credit, and my uncle doesn't take advantage of you, you got five thousand good horses from the grassland, just give me two thousand!" Take the remaining 3,000 horses and go back! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou was anxious when he heard this: "Uncle Gongsun, how can this be done?" If I hadn't appeared in time this time, I would have beaten up my eggs! ”

"Hehe, I took your two thousand war horses, isn't there still three thousand war horses sent by Gongsun Shu!"

"Uncle, everyone is an official of the imperial court, will there be trouble in robbing it like this?"

"Hehe, Shaoyou, you don't understand this, whoever has the big fist and who speaks in this Liaodong direction can't even care about the imperial court, besides, this time it was his Gongsun Shu who robbed my horse first, and I just retaliated with a tooth for a tooth! No big deal! After you stay here for a few more years, you'll get used to it! Strength comes first, everything else is!

With these 5,000 horses, Liaodong's strength will increase a lot, and with your help, we can gallop across Liaodong! Gongsun Shu, these 3,000 sets of cavalry equipment, you can also bring them back, it is estimated that you will not be able to get together such equipment for a while, Xiangping has a lot of weapons and equipment, but there is a shortage of horses, and I can also apply to the imperial court for some more to resist foreign invasions next year! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou was no longer polite when he saw this, but secretly remembered Gongsun Du's favor, and Gongsun Du was right, whoever has the big fist will speak! Strength comes first, everything else is virtual!

"So thank you Uncle Gongsun!"

Gongsun Du and Zhuang Shaoyou soon entered the territory of Liaodong County, there was no problem in safety, Gongsun Du took a large army to drive the horse back to Xiangping, and sent a commander with a thousand cavalry to escort Zhuang Shaoyou to the river, along the way there was Gongsun Du's order, naturally unimpeded.

On the seventh day of October, the weather was already cold.

Zhuang Shaoyou and others drove 3,000 war horses and equipment into the territory of Qiqi County, and Gongsun Du's 1,000-strong team persuaded everyone to go back after everyone passed through Beifeng County.

When passing by Bay Town, it also caused a huge sensation, and the people of Bay Town were all welcomed, Zhuang Shaoyou was very inexplicable, how could he have such a big reputation here?

Later, I talked with Li Le and learned that since Zhuang Shaoyou took charge, he helped Wanzhen reclaim Wu Baiqing Xintian in the spring, and this autumn had a bumper harvest, and every household had surplus grain for money.

In addition, the stability of southern Liaoning, the smooth business travel, and the importance of commerce, so the number of merchants coming and going from here has gradually increased, bringing many new things to the town, and the lives of the people have been significantly improved.

Li Le stayed here for a long time and applied for transfer back many times, but Zhuang Shaoyou did not allow it, and also moved his family members to live in Bay Town, so Li Le changed from expatriate to settled, and was directly changed to hukou.

Because although Wanzhen is not the front line, its geographical location is extremely important, it is the throat connecting southern Liaoning and Liao, and this is originally the place of Beifeng County, although Gongsun Du did not mention the return of Wanzhen, but Zhuang Shaoyou did not dare to be careless.

If the army is withdrawn from here, then Beifeng County will definitely take the opportunity to make a comeback, and then he will not be able to talk to Gongsun Du no matter what, because he is at a loss!

In addition, the Bay River flows in front of the bay town, where the land is fertile and flat, and there is a huge bay in the west, Zhuang Shaoyou plans to build a commercial distribution center here, build a wharf here, and load the goods from the hinterland and grassland of eastern Liaodong directly here, and then directly transport them to other places for sale.

On the eighth day of October, Zhuang Shaoyou returned to the county seat, immediately held a meeting, and went out for a month, and there was a backlog of things, so let's deal with it together!

During the time when Zhuang Shaoyou went out, several major events happened in Yuqi County

The first is that the first dock of the new shipyard has been completed, and the Ink and Craftsman Group has begun to organize the construction of a new four-masted sailing ship.

Although everyone has not even built a few three-masted sailing ships, the Mo family has been holding back on the island for so many years, and the shipbuilding technique has been passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, in terms of experience, it is not too lacking, so the ink can't help but get excited, and as soon as the first dock is built, the shipbuilding will start immediately! Whatever, let's make it!

Moshi and others are very worried about this, but Zhuang Shaoyou is not worried, the Mo family will produce it must be a high-quality product! Even if there is an occasional defective product, it is better than others!

You don't have any experience to gain! Isn't there experience when you build? And I didn't expect much from the first four-masted galleon, as long as it could run on the sea! Performance can almost be improved!

The second thing is related to the shipyard, five days ago, two more three-masted merchant ships in the original two dockyards were successfully tested!

Zhuang Shaoyou's merchant fleet has strengthened by one point, and he can make more money back, which is a profitable deal!

The third thing is that a large number of refugees in the Qingzhou area, numbering in the thousands, are concentrated in the south of the river, and the three members of the administrative department have already ordered the resettlement of refugees.

But the biggest problem is that now that winter is almost coming, these thousands of people still have no fixed residence, and there is no place to live in the county! And the impact of such refugees on public security is also huge, and there is not so much labor demand in the county, and there are still months to spring ploughing next year!

The fourth thing is that the landlords and businessmen of the city jointly signed a letter asking to participate in the sea trade, because they all heard that Zhou Tian followed the general to run the business, so everyone couldn't sit still, and they were worried that the right to speak was not enough, so they jointly signed a letter, hoping to get attention, and the land trade was limited to transportation capacity and safety issues, and it has not been done well, and they also have to pay high guard fees and road taxes.

Zhuang Shaoyou sorted out his thoughts, and then clapped the board, which was very easy to do!

First, the refugee issue, conscription again! Recruit 3,000 soldiers from the county, train for a month, select 2,000 elites to serve as cavalry, and then select 1,000 elites from the original 2,000 infantry to train into cavalry, after all, those infantry already have a certain training foundation, which is better than these refugees who have not had enough to eat for a long time! Recruit another 500 sailors, and use those two three-masted warships to start training for water combat, originally counting on the Mo family's 100 people to operate is simply not enough to deal with large-scale water battles.

Second, businessmen are allowed to participate in the maritime trade, anyway, Zhuang Shaoyou does not have so much energy to operate the maritime trade, and it is good to hand it over to them.

Now there are five merchant ships in hand, three of which are handed over to Zhou Tian and Wu Liang to continue to do official trade, and the two new merchant ships are used to form caravans

In addition, in view of the huge profits of sea trade, 100% commercial tax is levied!

Third, issue a food embargo! It is forbidden for grain to flow out of the territory, and the government continues to purchase grain stocks at a parity price!

Fourth, the county continues to expand its housing capacity to accommodate new residents

As soon as Zhuang Shaoyou finished announcing his solution, Guo Yuan asked: "General, with so many soldiers, our food is in short supply, and it is estimated that there will be a big war before spring ploughing next year, and food consumption will increase a lot by then!" If the landlords are not willing to sell, what can we do? Moreover, conscripting so many soldiers will affect next year's spring ploughing, and even if the army is carried out, it will have a great impact.

Also, will the high levy of commercial taxes discourage the enthusiasm of businessmen?

The expenditure of silver taels for newly built houses is also a big problem, and the county government has only more than 100,000 yuan left in the treasury, which is very difficult to use."

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled: "Mr. Guo is too worried, these are trivial things, these soldiers will naturally want to be cultivated in the spring next year, and the grain produced next year is enough for self-sufficiency, and now the grain is not enough to collect the grain, and the landlord is unwilling to sell the grain?" Easy to do! Grain sellers are given priority to participate in sea trade and are given preferential policies! Also, go to the mills and buy the scraps of flour that are left over from the mills, so that I can feed my cavalry!

Mr. Guo is worried about the impact on spring ploughing, but this is not necessary, I brought back 500 cattle this time, and I will let Zhou Tian buy some cattle one after another, and the labor demand for ploughing will be reduced a lot!

As for the 100% commercial tax, I don't think it's high at all, don't forget, our first sea trade profit has nearly quadrupled! Even if it will be reduced in the future, it will not be less than three times, and I will be merciful to collect double the tax on them!

As for the fear of discouraging their enthusiasm, no problem, there will always be people who participate, and when the first trip to participate in the sea trade comes back, talk to them with facts, and those who didn't go will definitely regret it!

The 100,000 taels of silver in the county treasury can be spent vigorously! In the future, every Sunday will be able to earn us back tens of thousands of taels of silver! Right, Brother Zhantian? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou saw that the people below did not move, and said with a slight smile: "Let's talk about the expansion of the army, I got back 3,000 horses this time, as well as 3,000 sets of cavalry equipment, and handed them all over to General Tai Shici, and by March next year, I want to see the most elite iron cavalry in the world!" ”

Tai Shici hurriedly got up: "Thank you for your trust!" The last general will do his best to be loyal to the general! ”

"By the way, Ink, you send two warships to carry some food to the place where the refugees in Qingzhou gather, publicize our policy to them, and recruit some people to come back, the more the better! Our population is too thin! ”

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

"Sunday, the next time you go to Liucheng, transport 50,000 pieces of coarse grain, and then transport some sun-dried seafood, this time you won't change horses, only gold and cattle!"

"Yes!"