The silver taels given by Okura Castle are enough to make up for the losses suffered by the Guangdong Naval Division in this battle, and the ship is originally the property of the imperial court, and it is not the property of Shen Youlong and the generals of the Guangdong Naval Division, so it is not bad to be a "mercenary" to recruit pirates, at least everyone will not come in vain, and they can get a lot of oil and water from it.

Shen Youlong, who knew the way of being an official, took out 200,000 taels of it and gave it to Cao Duyun, and Cao Duyun, who was also familiar with the way of officialdom, accepted it quietly. He didn't covet these taels of silver, 200,000 taels of silver was indeed a lot, but it was still too far from the two million Kwantung military salaries he was ordered to raise. However, Cao Duyun also knew that if he refused to accept it, Shen Youlong would definitely have a grudge in his heart, and he would not dare to share the remaining silver taels with his subordinates.

Shen Youlong, the third-rank admiral of Guangdong Province, has no weight in the eyes of the powerful "Duyun Gongzi" in the Beijing Division, but the Guangdong Realm Naval Division is now the strongest combat force in the South China Sea, and it is still very useful to befriend Shen Youlong, who holds the military power, at this time.

It's just because of Cao Duyun's next plan that he really needs Shen Youlong and the Yuejing Sailor.

The oil and water that Shen Youlong fished in Okura City were not only silver and two red envelopes. Today, there is no shortage of silver taels in Dacang City, but there is no grain, and the Yuejing sailors came in a big way, and they also brought ten large grain ships, loaded with a total of more than 20,000 stone of grain and grass.

When Chai Lin mentioned to Shen Youlong about buying grain, Admiral Shen immediately realized that the opportunity to make another windfall had come! Even if he was a rich man, he would starve to death if he had nothing to eat, and now more than 100,000 people in Dacang City had to eat, and the grain and grass of the Yuejing Sailor was the only way to solve the urgent need.

Normally, the price of a stone of grain is about two taels of silver, and at most it is not more than three taels, but in today's situation, it cannot be calculated at an ordinary price. As the governor of a province, Shen Youlong was of course quite courageous, but he raised the price slightly, quoting twenty taels and one stone, which was only ten times more than usual.

After some discussion, Okura City finally bought ten boats of 20,000 stone grain and grass from the Yuejing Sailor at a price of fifteen taels per stone, and Shen Youlong received another 300,000 taels of silver in his pocket. This business was completed, but Shen Youlong, who was full of money, was full of regrets, he had known that there would be such a good thing, and when he set off from Guangdong, he should have brought out twenty or thirty more boats of grain no matter what.

So ten grain ships sailed into the port of Okura, and three days later, 20,000 stone of grain were unloaded from the ship and transported into the city of Okura, and Shen Youlong passed down the order that the fleet of the five major water villages in Guangdong would set sail back to the mainland tomorrow.

Only a few days after the war, the reason for the hasty return was that there was no food.

In fact, Lord Shen had already sold the rations of all the soldiers to Okura City, if he didn't leave, the officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Border Naval Division would have to drink the northwest wind, and if it was then, Shen Youlong was reluctant to buy food for them at a sky-high price of fifteen taels per stone.

The next day, more than 100 ships of the Cantonese Naval Division, with more than a dozen captured pirate ships, set sail and left Okura Island. For Shen Youlong, the only fly in the ointment was that Cao Duyun specifically explained to him that the matter of the sailor's expedition must be kept secret, and he was not allowed to report to the imperial court, so that there would be less opportunity to ask for merit and receive rewards.

But even so, this trip has made a lot of oil and water, and now that he has returned with a full load, he has met the "Duyun Gongzi", a powerful man in the court, Shen Youlong is already extremely satisfied.

Shen Youlong left with the fleet of sailors under his command, but Cao Duyun stayed in Okura City. His mission to collect money was not yet complete, and his next steps had to be planned in the city.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ at noon, the sun was shining. Hua Bushi rode back to the Barking Tower from the City Lord's Mansion.

He has been in the city lord's mansion every day for the past few days, and he can't come out until after dusk. He had already returned to the Bartisky Tower at noon today, not because he came out early, but this young master had been in the city lord's mansion all night last night, and he had been busy all night.

When the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" besieged the city, it was busy to organize the defense of the city, but now the danger of the siege has been resolved, but the affairs in the city are even more burdensome, and it is not easier than during the siege.

The first priority is the issue of food. The 20,000 stone of grain bought from Shen Youlong's hands at a high price could only solve the temporary predicament, and the top priority was to immediately organize a fleet to go outside the island to buy rice and grain. The overall distribution of existing grain is also quite complicated. There are more than 100,000 people in Okura Castle, and it is necessary to make meticulous arrangements for setting up grain distribution offices in various parts of the city and distributing people to distribute grain.

The second priority is the resettlement of indigenous peoples. Today, there are more than 70,000 indigenous Baba people living in Okura, and their villages and idyllics have been destroyed by pirates and left homeless. To support so many people in the city for a long time was too heavy a burden for Okura Castle, which originally had only 50,000 residents, and it was impossible to do so.

Now that the pirates have retreated, it is necessary to let these Baba get out of the city as soon as possible to rebuild their estates and reclaim the fields that had been destroyed by the pirates, and Okura Castle still has to provide the necessary food and utensils for the time being.

Both of these things involve silver taels, and they are by no means small amounts.

The 500,000 taels of red envelopes for the Yuejing sailors were collected from various merchants in the city, and the 300,000 taels of grain purchased were from the "Wanjintang".

When Okura Castle was besieged, everyone in the city was grasshoppers tied to a rope, and if the city was breached, no one could escape, and all of them would have to die and go bankrupt. But now that the pirates have been driven away, and Okura Castle is safe, it is even more difficult to get these mercenary merchants to come up with silver taels.

As a result, these silver taels could only be paid by the "Wanjintang" who was in charge of the city, and although the "Wanjintang" was very wealthy, it was not easy to bear all these expenses.

Sima Rulan was kind-hearted and enthusiastic about buying food to distribute to the residents of the city and helping the indigenous Baba rebuild their homes.

Yesterday, Hua Bushi stayed in the city lord's mansion all night, calculating various expenses and making arrangements for the aborigines of various tribes to leave the city. Now that Jihua has been basically completed, the two elders Chai Lin and Yao Yuanxiao can preside over the subsequent implementation matters, and Hua Bushi, the already nameless and unemployed principal, can also retire with his whole body.

Entering the gate of the Bark Sky Tower, although Hua Bushi, who had not slept all night, was quite tired, he still walked to the front hall, just because he knew that Yang Jiangyi was set there. Compared with Hai Hongzhu, who has never been in charge of things, Yang Jiangyi can help this eldest young master a little, at least the big and small things in the Bar Sky Tower can be handed over to her to deal with.

Walking into the hall, Hua Bushi really saw Yang Jiangyi sitting at the table, and was holding a pen and bowing his head to write something on a piece of paper, he stepped forward and said: "Sister has helped me deal with the things in the building these days, but it's been hard!"

When Yang Jiangyi saw the arrival of the eldest young master, he put down the pen in his hand, got up and said, "Are you back, have you been busy all night?"

Hua Bushi sat down and asked, "Has anything happened in the past two days, what is my sister writing?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "It's not very important, Uncle Xin came to say goodbye in the morning, saying that he would take the villagers of 'Moli Village' out of the city and return to the sea to rebuild the village." She had left them for an extra day, and wanted to buy some food and utensils for them to bring with them, and was writing down some things so that he could tell his men to go out into the streets to buy them. ”

Hua Bushi took the note, and sure enough, he saw the names of various miscellaneous utensils written on it, and immediately said: "Sister is really careful, Hua Bushi is fortunate to have a virtuous help like my sister, which can be regarded as a blessing that has only been cultivated in three lifetimes!"

Yang Jiangyi chirped: "You are such a flamboyant tongue, no wonder those little girls will be coaxed by you!"

Hua Bushi sneered: "Where is this happening, sister, don't listen to other people's rumors!"

Yang Jiangyi's beautiful eyes flowed, looking at the eyes of the eldest young master, she suddenly smiled and said: "I haven't heard any rumors, seeing that you are so weak-hearted, I will definitely go to the street tomorrow to inquire carefully." ”

Hua Bushi changed color and said: "Those rumors on the street are all nonsense, and my sister doesn't need to inquire!"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Even if it's really nonsense, it's okay to listen to it, right?"

Hua Bushi couldn't guess whether Yang Jiangyi already knew about the slander between him and Sima Rulan, or if he was just joking, but he couldn't speak for a while.

Looking at Hua Bushi's rather nervous expression, Yang Jiangyi smiled and said, "Okay, since you said it was a rumor, I won't listen to you and don't inquire, even if I hear it, I won't believe it, it's okay, right?"

Hua Bushi was overjoyed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and grabbed Yang Jiangyi's jade hand, and said: "My sister is really my confidante, with my sister by her side, Hua Bushi has nothing else to ask for in this life!"

Being tightly grasped by the eldest young master, Yang Jiangyi's pretty face couldn't help but flush with red clouds, and after a while, he broke free and said: "You young master Huahua is always not serious! I won't talk to you more, but there are still people waiting to see you!"

Hua Bushi said: "Who wants to see me?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Just now, Cao Gongzi came to the front hall to look for you, saying that there is something urgent to discuss with you, and my father also instructed that when you return to the Bar Sky Tower, you will go to the back garden to see him." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Okay, the little brother will say goodbye, and when I see them, I will come back to accompany my sister." ”

Yang Jiang's pretty face turned red again, and said, "You just go and do your business, who wants you to accompany you!"