After all, He Lingchuan took out 80,000 taels in one breath, which is not a small amount for an individual. Lu Qingan said eloquently, "If this is the case, it will be easy to handle! Raise his costs and add some trouble, so that
He has trouble with capital turnover, and a rich man like him who has no local roots will easily go bankrupt."
If you go bankrupt, you have no choice but to liquidate and sell off your assets.
At that time, the Lu family will have another chance to take back the Yangshan Islands.
The eldest son is still very smart in these matters. Lu Zhensheng is a little relieved:
"Also, the Earthly Evil Yin Vein will spew evil energy every seven days. If He wants to ensure that no one or animal is harmed on the island, he must drive away the evil spirit immediately. He certainly cannot do it by himself."
Lu Qingan understood immediately: "Father wants to find out, what method does he use to drive away evil spirits?"
"Of course." Lu Zhensheng smiled meaningfully, "If he really can drive away evil spirits, we wouldn't mind learning from him humbly."
The Yangshan Islands have not been able to be used for many years because of the fatal evil spirit. If the people named He have a way, this entire archipelago will be a hot commodity, so why can't it be a new source of wealth for the Bailie people?
Lack of money has always been the biggest problem for the Lu family.
Lu Zhensheng asked again: "How is the sales of their palm oil?"
“I heard the quality is pretty good.”
Lu Zhensheng tapped his fingers twice on the table: "Today on the table, all the dishes that are cooked in oil are made from palm oil from the Yangshan Islands."
Food made with palm oil is fluffy and crispy, has a beautiful appearance, and does not turn black after being fried for a long time. High-end restaurants in Bailie, Qingguo and Mouguo all use palm oil to make fried food.
He pointed to the side again, and Lu Qingan discovered that there was a round thing there. At first glance, it looked like a drum and a bucket, made of bamboo.
"That's an oil barrel, made from the dragon bamboo tubes on the islands." Lu Zhensheng shook his head, "I thought that even if they picked all the palm fruits on the island to squeeze the oil, they wouldn't be able to find a suitable one.
Containers. As a result, they didn’t even have to spend money to buy oil drums.”
The dragon bamboo is more than a foot in diameter, has a waistline similar to that of a bucket, and also has bamboo knots inside. Therefore, sawing the bamboo tube out creates a natural container, which is sealed without leakage and weighs less than wood.
The locals actually used it as a bucket, and He Lingchuan took it a step further.
"I don't know if Master He is a treacherous man or if he is really lucky. All these things he has done are earth-shattering." Lu Zhensheng stroked his long beard under his chin, "But after all, he is a visitor from a foreign country and is not familiar with the local area.
, you will still suffer some losses."
He asked his eldest son again: "Have all the autumn crops in our territory been harvested?"
"More than half. If the farmers in the south are no longer sucked away by the Yangshan Islands, they can be harvested within ten days."
"Hurry up." Lu Zhensheng said meaningfully, "The sky can change suddenly."
"By the way, since the Yangshan Islands have been in full swing recently, their palm oil should also be shipped in large quantities." Lu Zhensheng said again, "before it's too late, call Wu Tiju of the Blade Port Shipping Department.
Go say hello."
He snorted loudly: "My clan has been weak for many years, and even a rich man from outside dares to trick Meng Bailie!"
The old man talked endlessly about the Yangshan Islands! Lu Qingan forced a smile: "Okay, my son will go there himself later. But we have agreed that after saying hello to Wu Tiju, we will leave it alone."
Yangshan Islands. To the east is..."
"The key point is Yaguo in the east! I don't have to worry about it!" Lu Zhensheng interrupted and changed the subject, "Qingbang is going to the front line this time. Will he bring his sister with him?"
"That's right. He won the first battle last year and chopped off the enemy's lieutenant general's head, so Fei Yan joined the army again this time."
"Why do you also call her 'Feiyan'? Fei Xuan is the name her parents gave her."
Lu Qingan rubbed his nose and refused to argue with his father.
Lu Zhensheng said with great emotion: "Qing'an, you have taken care of Bailie so well, Qinglin has made great achievements on the front line, and Bailie has become more and more important in the eyes of Mou Guo. Oh, with civil and military peace, our clan will definitely be rejuvenated!"
The most difficult period is over, and things will only get better from now on.
Lu Qingan nodded vigorously: "When the time comes, let alone the Yangshan Islands, we will also get back the Blade Port and other occupied lands!"
When other countries say this, it's like an idiot talking about a dream. But Bailie is different.
The decline and resurgence of the Lu family is like the withering and blooming of flowers, just reincarnation after reincarnation.
ZTE will definitely come, and luck will definitely come. All the Lu family members believe this.
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In this season, hundreds of old peach trees on Longji Island are full of fruit, with juicy and sweet pulp.
Although she didn't have enough manpower, Renee specially allocated some of them to pick peaches and send them to the wharf of Blade Port and the market in Parane for sale.
"Longji Island Peach" was a gimmick, and almost no one had eaten it before. Everyone was curious and bought some to try, and hundreds of baskets of fat peaches were cleared out in less than half a day.
There are two large ships, and one purchase is worth three or five baskets.
At that time, Reni told He Lingchuan that we need to open a few special product stores, otherwise this kind of good stuff will just rot on the island. He Lingchuan agreed, thinking that it seemed that it was time to brew some peach wine.
There are two restaurants in Yuheng City that are both good at making wine. He can steal a recipe and get it back for actual use.
Unfortunately, there is a shortage of manpower for everything right now.
Now Lingguang is sitting at the table, nibbling peaches, while watching Ding Zuodong reporting the accounts to He Lingchuan.
The Lord is as busy as a top every day. How can he be free and at ease, eat when he wants and sleep when he wants?
It pinched its belly and, well, it became thicker again.
Autumn is about putting on autumn fat.
He Lingchuan was stroking his chin and looking at the account book, with a happy face: "The recruitment progress is much faster than expected, which is a good thing."
According to the original plan, it would be good to recruit 4,340 agricultural workers now, but unexpectedly the number of people coming to the island has exceeded 7,300! That's half more than expected.
His territory is most in need of people. A territory without people has no value.
With more people working, the progress will naturally speed up.
"This is because the number of refugees going south and the number of islanders in the east have increased." As a qualified general manager, Ding Zuodong has the obligation to investigate the matter clearly so that his boss can make further decisions. "Last winter, the friction between Bailie and Yaguo continued.
Although it didn't last long, Yaguo often burned, killed, looted and destroyed fields and towns on the border. Bailie finally paid compensation, so many Bailie people could no longer bear it and left their hometowns to go south."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Furthermore, the Kingdom of Ya has been kidnapping people from various countries for many years, but the leader of the Kingdom of Ya expelled some of them from the country last year. These people have stayed in the Kingdom of Ya for many years and have grown
For twelve or thirteen years, or as short as four or five years, when I returned to Bailie, I had no family and no land, and became a poor man. We made a move, and they came."
Trees are moved to death, and people are moved to death. In most cases, rural feelings are not as good as a full bowl of rice.
"Also, a Bailong tribe in Yaguo fled south because they offended their chief leader. The leader was killed and the tribe was torn apart. Hundreds of people moved overseas to make a living. We recruited more than 600 people." Ding Zuodong said, "Recruit.
Apart from the dock workers and day laborers in Blade Port, these three types of people make up the majority of the labor force."
"It's all a good thing." He Lingchuan rubbed his hands, "Ahem, for the Yangshan Islands."
"There must be advantages and disadvantages. According to the progress, we are already seriously overdrafted!" Ding Zuodong looked serious, "Yangshan Islands have not yet started to produce food, and all food has to be purchased from outside. But Mou State is fighting Bejia, Qing State and Bailie are both
In order to support grain and grass, the price of food on the market has skyrocketed. Last year at this time, one stone of rice was still 450 Wen, but now the market price is 1,300 Wen, which has tripled! And the larger the purchase, the more expensive it is.
, I estimate it will be at least 1,500 yuan in five days."
Isn’t it a big deal for those who work hard to consume one kilogram of grain every day? Eight thousand people consume eight thousand kilograms of grain every day.
Of course, food is not just rice.
But there are also meats, fruits and vegetables, not to mention, and people can’t just eat rice and not eat vegetables.
In order to attract farmers and workers to work on the islands, the Yangshan Islands offered food and lodging free of charge.
Recently, the price of food in Qingguo and Bailie has skyrocketed. In order to have enough food, many people are not even afraid of evil spirits, so they run to the Yangshan Islands. If the conditions of food and drink were not so attractive, Ding Zuodong would not
It was possible to recruit so many people in a short period of time; conversely, the pressure of feeding these thousands of mouths was immediately passed on to He Lingchuan.
Also, it is impossible for livestock such as cattle and horses to only eat grass, otherwise they will not have the energy to pull goods and plow the fields. It is necessary to mix the coarse feed with bean dregs, wheat bran and other concentrated feed.
He Lingchuan is more concerned about whether he can buy enough food than the price. Having money but no place to buy it is a big problem.
"Can I buy it? I remember that foreign businessmen have been transporting grain to Blade Port."
"If it weren't for this, the food would have been out of stock long ago! The food shipped by foreign merchants was sold out as soon as it landed, otherwise it wouldn't have increased two or three times." Ding Zuodong shook his head, "I heard that Qingguo has banned the export and resale of food.
, there is also a purchase limit for civilians. Fortunately, Blade Port is a free port and is not subject to this restriction, otherwise we would not be able to buy food long ago."
The Yangshan Islands are not the territory of the Qing Kingdom, and the grain merchants in Blade Port count it as "exporting" if they sell grain to the Yangshan Islands.
"If you go to other places to import grain, don't just limit it to Blade Port." He Lingchuan reminded Ding Zuodong, "Otherwise, by asking how much grain we buy, anyone who is interested can infer how many people we employ."
Ding Zuodong's account books are all secrets and should not be revealed to outsiders.
In the future, troops will be stationed on the Yangshan Islands. It would be bad for other forces to find out the number of people on the island.
"I can save it. A few days ago, we just negotiated with some grain merchants in Yaguo in the east and asked them to deliver grain directly to the islands. There is no need to go to Blade Port to deal with it." Ding Zuodong nodded, "But the price is difficult to keep down."
He Lingchuan didn't care: "It's as much as it should be. It's time to expand the supply of goods. You don't have to be too stingy."
Well, no matter how much money you save, isn’t it just to use it?
"In the coming year, there will be less pressure on the island to harvest food." Several islands are suitable for farming, and reclamation is now being stepped up.
In addition, the expenditure on other means of production has also exceeded expectations, such as farm tools, cattle, horses and livestock, as well as ships and lumber.