Not long after Yuzhou Gu Chong and Xiao Jiu secretly reached an agreement, Xiao Jiu also had a new plan.

Although he now owns a Yangcheng County and Lingshui County, after all, the land is limited, and neither the soldiers nor the grain and grass can be effectively supplied, so Xiao Jiu must find another way.

Moreover, he can be said to have offended some landed aristocrats, that is, landlords and squires in the jurisdiction.

Although after the land reform at this time, the people were very supportive of Xiao Jiu's regime, but in order to raise a strong army, the output of land alone was far from enough.

What makes Xiao Jiu different from other separatist forces is that he has all kinds of memories from his previous life, and now he has to think of some ways to make money.

It just so happened that Gu Chong in Yuzhou ceded the fishing county to himself again, which also provided an opportunity for Xiao Jiu to develop maritime trade.

If Xiao Jiu only wanted Wang Pingkou to build a military port before, it seems that there can be some other uses now.

According to all the information that Xiao Jiu has, there is no rational use of marine resources in this era, and the Galen ship that he imitated according to the drawings can be said to be the largest kind of ship.

Yujun is now just waiting for himself to accept it, if everything goes well, Xiao Jiu, who took Yujun, no longer has to worry about the Yuzhou rebel army coming to the bottom of the kettle.

Of course, all this has to be based on the fact that you have a lot of trade goods, and you have to make sure that you can achieve friendly diplomacy with these coastal powers.

For the goods traded, Xiao Jiu was not prepared to trade with cannons or gunpowder.

Previously, due to its own financial difficulties, a large number of cannons and firearms made in Lingshui County were sold to other forces.

Although Xiao Jiu himself is now covering the formula of gunpowder very tightly, as long as the arms deal continues, sooner or later it will be declassified.

Xiao Jiu thought about it for the past few days, and finally focused on textiles.

Nowadays, the handicrafts of this era are still in a relatively primitive stage, and the clothes worn by the people are basically a kind of hemp products.

This kind of hemp product has a strong loss rate, and it is basically made by each household itself.

Yangcheng County and Lingshui County, where they are located, are located in the northern hills, which is one of the origins of mulberry hemp, and if the people under their jurisdiction are gathered together to set up factories, the efficiency will definitely be much higher than now.

Xiao Jiu could imagine that if the cloth produced in his factory went down the coastline, it would definitely cause a huge trade deficit.

And he doesn't have only this kind of commodity, such as pig iron and wine, which the Lingshui caravan has been operating before, can be brought to the south.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiu began to issue notices in Yangcheng County, recruiting experienced craftsmen in Yangcheng County, promising to hire them with high salaries.

Within a few days, Xiao Jiu's City Lord's Mansion was surrounded by all kinds of craftsmen, blocking the entrance of the gate.

You must know that it is still in a feudal small peasant society, and the social status of craftsmen is lower than that of peasants.

In the city lord's mansion, Xiao Jiu met with more than 20 skilled old craftsmen who had been selected.

Looking at their restrained appearances one by one, Xiao Jiu didn't have a cold face, and began to slowly explain to them the intention of summoning them.

"Now I have a tool, I only know the general shape and structure, and if any of you can make it, I will make him the head of the newly established Craftsman Division, in addition to the mansion bounty."

Listening to Xiao Jiu talking in front, the expressions on the faces of this group of craftsmen began to change, and they were extremely excited one by one.

They didn't care about the official position that Xiao Jiu said before, but the mansion and bounty behind them really made them feel extraordinary.

You must know that what they saw on the notice before, as long as they walk here through the audition, they can get ten taels of silver, if they can really create what Xiao Jiu said, then the reward can be less?

Everyone was eager to try it when they heard this, but they didn't make much movement on their bodies, because they knew that what Xiao Jiu wanted to spend a lot of money to make must not be mortal, and they were all quietly listening to what was going on.

And Xiao Jiu had been observing their reactions, and at this time, he smiled slightly, and slowly said the function and basic structure of a loom he had seen in his previous life.

These craftsmen listened attentively to Xiao Jiu's narration, and after Xiao Jiu finished describing this machine in its original form, everyone present couldn't help but wrinkle.

Because this is an object that they have never heard of at all, and listening to Xiao Jiu's meaning, this thing is used for textiles?

In this era, clothes are basically hand-wivened, and they have never heard of such dense spinning tools as Xiao Jiu said.

Xiao Jiu also expected the reaction of this group of craftsmen, but he explained in detail that they should think about it after they go back, whoever makes it first will be rewarded, and the county guard can be reimbursed for the money spent on the production.

After doing all this, Xiao Jiu asked the craftsmen to take home, and if there were those who were willing to live in the county guard's mansion, they could also set up a side room for them to live in.

Xiao Jiu wanted the machine that the craftsmen copied was called the Jenny machine, and it was precisely because of the birth of this machine that gave birth to the germ of capitalism in Europe in the centuries before the previous life.

In terms of the current productivity and production level of Yangcheng County, this kind of human loom is very suitable for popularization among the people.

It's just that Xiao Jiu was not a textile worker in his previous life, and he didn't know the specific structure of the textile machine, so he could only be imitated according to its image function and some basic ways of use.

Xiao Jiu has never looked down on the craftsmen of this era, and the ancients have never been stupid, and now that he has given them a direction, it won't take much time for this group of craftsmen to build a machine with similar functions even if they can't build Jenny Machine.

After doing this, Xiao Jiu began to go to the study, preparing to gather the group of civil servants and military generals under his command to see how to take over Yujun.

Now that the loom has not yet been built, the sowing of cotton and linen cash crops does not need to be promoted too early, and the most important thing is to take the fat that has not been reached in the fishing county first.

Although the coastal fishing counties are sparsely populated, and most of the territory is some saline-alkali land that cannot be cultivated, Xiao Jiu values his geographical location.

The establishment of a military port in Wanpingkou can already threaten Qingzhou, and if Yujun is built into a huge trading city, it will definitely bring a steady stream of wealth for itself.

The reason why Qingzhou has been able to defeat and fight again and again, in the final analysis, is because there is enough grain and grass, and the money and grain saved are enough.

Xiao Jiu wants to seek greater development, but what he lacks is money, so he will spare no effort to realize the advanced technologies in his previous life.

Even if Yujun is just a barren land in the eyes of the world, it can also be turned into treasure.

As Xiao Jiu and a group of subordinate officials finalized the matter, they began to arrange the rest of the arrangements, and the generals who had been stationed in Yujun had been adjusted.

Although Xiao Jiu has tens of thousands of troops now, there are not many generals under him who can take charge alone.

In the end, Xiao Jiu decided to use Jinzi, who was still stationed at Wanpingkou, and appointed him as the military inspector of Yujun, replacing Xiao Jiu in charge of the garrison of Yujun.

For Xiao Jiu's reactivation of gold, in fact, everyone was not much surprised, especially the old man who followed Xiao Jiu in Lingshui County knew the weight of gold in Xiao Jiu's heart.

Although Jin Zi has made mistakes before, but in history, which military general can become a weapon without training?

So Xiao Jiu's decision not only did not make people feel cold, but also received the support of almost all the generals, after all, everyone would like a lord who misses the old.

……

Yujun, Wanpingkou.

At this time, Jin Zi had already returned from Qingzhou, leaving only Kuroko and his naval fleet to occupy one or two small islands outside Qingzhou as a base.

Today's gold is no longer the reckless man he had two years ago, his originally dark face is full of vicissitudes, and his eyes have begun to become deeper and deeper.

In the temporary conference room of the military port station, Jinzi's subordinates cheered with joy as they listened to Xiao Jiu's order announced by the Yangcheng heralds.

Only Jin Zi's face was still without sadness or joy, and he only respectfully accepted the notice representing Xiao Jiu's edict.

"Labor and trouble to tell the owner of the village, Jin Bei has received high hopes from the lord, if the fishing county is lost, he will be offered the head of the above item."

Jin Zi suddenly knelt on the ground solemnly, looking up at the sky to the west, causing his subordinates who had been jubilant to stop shouting, and the scene instantly became cold.

However, the herald stepped forward slightly when he saw the solemn posture of the gold, and helped the other party up.

"General, hurry up, the lord has another message."

Then the herald leaned close to Jinzidi's ear, "The lord said that he can rest assured that you are there, and if there is any of the following offenses, he can cut it down first." ”

When Jin Zi heard this, two lines of tears slowly flowed, leaving only Jin Zi's subordinates stunned in place.

After sending off the soldiers in the herald area, Kaneko began to issue orders like his generals, adjusting the soldiers of each department to prepare for the county seat.

Now Xiao Jiu's appointment can be regarded as a complete justification of gold, and the mistakes made in the past have also been completely turned over.

Maybe there were many people who thought that Jin Zi had lost ground and that there would be no good future with him, but now it's different.

Replacing Xiao Jiu in charge of the military and politics of a place, isn't this Xiao Jiu's descendant?

Early in the morning of the second day, Jin Zi gathered his troops and horses and set off for the county town of Yujun, and the mighty and mighty along the way was not mighty.

The rebel defenders in the county town of Yujun had already received Gu Chong's order to evacuate from the county before the gold arrived.

Since then, this coastal land, which has only more than 100,000 people, has been completely taken into Xiao Jiu's pocket.

As for Xiao Jiu's many ideas in Yujun, Jin Zi already knew from the letters brought by the heralds.

Soon after, Xiao Jiu's "money bag" Lingshui caravan was also officially settled in Yujun County under the leadership of Li Fu.

The former Wanpingkou Military Port has been renovated, more and more huge sea boats have been built, and local fishermen are happy to add to their income as artisans.

Perhaps no one could have imagined that this barren place, forgotten by the world, would become a commercial hub connecting the north and the south in the near future.