Compared to the wild Jurchens, it is indeed easier to deal with Han children.
Although the Han people in Hesihanguan are no different from the wild Jurchens in appearance, the old people in their villages are still there, and the Han people's language is still passed down.
Li Yun showed Old Man Hu his family's identity, the decree of the navy and the order of Shi Liehuanduan, the governor of Fuzhou, and also showed them the preparations he had made to set up a ranch here. For example, the route of his own site selection and survey, the original
The layout of the barracks and fortresses where the residents lived, the delineated range of the horse farms, and the scale of the stables and warehouses.
All this convinced the Han'er that Li Yun and others came with sincerity and wanted to lay down their roots in the wild jungle between the two seas and do something serious.
Not long after the wild Jurchens retreated, the men came to the camp one after another, asking if it was possible to work and what kind of reward they could get for a day's work.
Most of the Han people living here remember being exploited by the Jurchens at all levels in places like Liaoyang or Guangning and treated like cattle and horses, so they fled to the wilds at the risk of their lives. Now I heard that the people coming from Shandong are
Among the officials nearby, some were hopeful, while others were skeptical.
Several men who were familiar with Old Man Hu were the first to come to help. They worked for five hours that day and were almost exhausted. However, they had enough grain porridge and cakes, as well as fish soup to keep them full. In the end, everyone
I brought a few big jingling coins back to the village.
As a result, more people came to the camp to help every day than before. At the beginning of April, the wild Jurchens with green eyes and yellow hair also began to gather in the camp, and followed the instructions to do menial work. Of course, as long as they came
The wild Jurchens who helped were first taken to the lower reaches of the stream to bathe. These people had lived like wild animals for half their lives, and their bodies were too dirty and smelly.
The wild Jurchens did not object to the hard work, but they were disgusted with bathing and combing their hair. In the end, Li Yun had to ask Ado to keep an eye on them, and even launched a hot air balloon to show Ado's authority to these wild Jurchens.
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A Duo had no interest in this task, but he could not refute Li Yun's order, so he could only stand guard at the pool downstream every day, staring eagerly at every savage who soaked in the water.
Every day when he returned to the camp from work, his companions would wink at him from time to time and ask him if the scenery in the pool was nice. Ado completely scorned this and just stared at the wild Jurchen men and women entering the water in black, and then white
Flowers come out, what’s good and bad about them?
At the same time as the ranch was being built, successors who arrived across the sea from Laizhou also arrived by boat one after another. There were the experienced Xiwen Tuoduo from the Horse Administration Department, who were the junior officials directly responsible for raising horses. They were called Niu Ma Qunzi in Chinese;
According to the usual practice, the more than one hundred archers responsible for the escort were led by veterans who had been injured and retired from the army, and were supplemented by new soldiers from Shandong.
Even the new recruits, most of them had seen blood in the fight with the Mongolian army and had undergone rigorous training. It might not be a big deal in the Dinghai Navy, but their arrival immediately made Fuzhou Dutongsi a little nervous.
So Heshi Liehuanduan sent people here twice in succession, hinting in a roundabout way that if Shandong was just setting up a ranch for business, there would be no need to send so many troops. Fuzhou's soldiers could ensure the safety of the ranch.
Li Yun dealt with them politely, but actually ignored them all.
When Heshi Liehuanduan was a little dissatisfied, the grain ship from Shandong arrived.
A full two thousand shi of grain and rice were transported to Dengzhou on a Song Dynasty ship, and then loaded into a Tongzhou-style ship in the hands of Guo Ning. A fleet of six ships headed north from Shamen Island to Fuzhou.
It is said that he was lucky. Because of the favorable wind, the fleet arrived in Fuzhou earlier than expected. Heshi Liehuanduan was naturally overjoyed and personally led hundreds of his men to drive vehicles and horse teams, each carrying seven to eight hundred kilograms.
, a horse carried three to four hundred kilograms on its back, turned back twice that day, and transported all the grain into the granary in Jian'an County, Fuzhou.
During the last transportation, half of the horses, about a hundred, were left behind.
Ding Haijun's cattle and horses came forward to inspect and picked out a few horses that were too old to be used and exchanged them. Fuzhou was not embarrassed. Both parties were very satisfied and the delivery was completed immediately.
Heshi Liehuanduan came over on horseback and greeted Li Yun from a distance.
This time he didn't mention the camp and the archers, and said with a smile: "If you don't buy these horses, I won't be able to raise them this winter... Where will the manpower be to prepare forage and beans? I will order the navy in the future.
If there had always been a grain fleet of this size, they would all come to Fuzhou! Still at this price, I would have plenty of horses here!"
Are there horses?
This is definitely He Shi Lie Huanduan bragging.
These days, Li Yun goes to Fuzhou from time to time to see the local customs and customs. He estimates that the number of households in Fuzhou will not exceed 5,000, and the number of supported troops is about 2,000. This pressure is already very huge.
Not an exaggeration.
Among the two thousand soldiers and generals, the number of cavalry is about 400, and the total number of horses is only about 600 or 700. And the beans, fodder and salt required by these 6700 horses are consuming Fuzhou's local resources that are about to bottom out every day.
In the warehouse, not to mention autumn and winter, as Li Yun has seen with his own eyes, many horses are showing signs of emaciation.
However, with the arrival of grain and fodder supplies from Shandong, it is not difficult for He Shi Liehuanduan to maintain a business of three to four hundred horses. Li Yun estimated that He Shi Liehuanduan could only manage a business of three hundred horses at most. If there were more,
I'm afraid there will be problems with Fuzhou's armaments.
Li Yun smiled, bowed to He Shi Liehuan and saluted: "Then thank you for taking care of me."
Heshi Liehuanduan's face lit up, he laughed and waved his hands: "You're welcome, you're welcome!"
He was in a good mood at the moment. In a small Fuzhou, the army and civilians only had so much. Two thousand shi of food was really a huge amount, and it would always be available in the future! This was not the dozens or hundreds of shi obtained from looting villages.
, he has seriously climbed up to Ding Haijun, and got into a big deal!
With these two thousand stones of food, there will be no such thing as a shortage of food this year. If a second fleet comes, the Wendihan Qinggu headquarters in Gaizhou will also become much richer. Even...
If he continues to think about it, Heshi Liehuanduan might be able to recruit and organize more troops to try to compete with other local officials in the northeastern hinterland for dominance?
After all, the imperial court cannot allow that Brother Yeluliu to occupy Guangning all the time. If I, Shi Liehuanduan, have soldiers and food, I will dare to take the initiative and give them a beating!
However, there is no need to think so far ahead. The current situation is just the beginning. Whether this boy named Li Yun is really worth cooperating with and whether the navy is reliable, we have to wait and see.
After laughing twice, Heshi Liehuanduan raised his whip and whipped his horse, preparing to catch up with his motorcade.
But Li Yun stood up and said with a smile: "My Jieshuai's trade with the Southern Dynasty is very prosperous, so the next batch of grain ships can transport 30,000 dan of grain. Let's pay all the grain according to today's price.
, you have to prepare two thousand horses."
Heshi Liehuan stood on his horse and his body swayed.
He reined up his horse and came back, leaned over and looked at Li Yun's face: "Thirty thousand shi of grain? Two thousand horses?"
Li Yun nodded: "Everyone knows that the Southern Dynasty was rich. This year, the grain and rice produced in the Southern Dynasty that passed through Shandong and was transported to the north by sea must be at least 300,000 dan. My commander-in-chief said that 10% of it,
It needs to be exchanged for horses, and the horse should be exchanged first."
Heshi Liehuan smacked his lips and suddenly felt a little thirsty and started to sweat.
"Um...Judge Li, you have had a hard day, are you hungry?"
"What are the orders from the Commander-in-Chief? Just tell me."
"How about I treat you to a leg of lamb and let's chat slowly?"
"OK."
I really don’t know the price of horses here in Liaodong. According to historical records, Zhang Xingxin once suggested: “If the election committee in Tao, He and other states knows the Tibetan situation, it will change like Huanduan’s trade. If you donate ten thousand taels of silver, you can get a good deal.
Ma Qianqiu, the opportunity cannot be missed, but the imperial court is eager to take advantage of it."
