Compared to the wild Jurchens, it is indeed easier to deal with Han'ers.
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 petition, the letter of Ding Haijun, and the order from Shi Liehuanduan, the governor of Fuzhou, and also showed them his family's preparations for setting up a ranch here. For example, the route of our site selection and survey, the layout of the barracks and fortresses where the residents live, the designated range of the horse farm, the size 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 such as Liaoyang or Guangning, and were treated like cattle and horses, so they fled to the wilds at the risk of their lives. Now I heard that it was an official from Shandong who came. Some people were looking forward to it, while others were suspicious.
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, the porridge and pancakes with grains were enough, and there was fish soup to keep us full. In the end, each person returned to the village with a few jingling big bucks.
As a result, more people came to the camp to help every day than before. At the beginning of April, 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, all the wild Jurchens who came to help 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 girl really doesn't object to the hard work, but she is disgusted with bathing and combing her 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.
A Duo was not interested in this task, but he could not refute Li Yun's order, so he could only stand guard at the downstream pool every day, staring 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 sneered at this. He was just staring at the wild girls and boys entering the water in black and then coming out in white. What's so 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 is the experienced Xian Wen Tuoduo from the Horse Administration Department, who is the junior officer directly responsible for raising horses. In Chinese, it is called Niu Ma Qunzi; there are also more than a hundred archers who are responsible for guarding. According to convention, they are veterans who have been injured and retired. Lead the team with recruits from Shandong territory.
Even the new recruits had mostly seen blood in battles with the Mongolian army and had undergone rigorous training. It might not be a big deal in Ding Haijun, but their arrival immediately made Fuzhou Capital Commander a little nervous.
So Heshi Liehuanduan sent people here twice in succession, hinting in a roundabout way that if Shandong only set up a ranch for business, there would be no need to send so many soldiers and horses. Fuzhou's soldiers could ensure the safety of the ranch.
Li Yun dealt with them politely, but actually ignored them.
When Heshi Liehuanduan was a little dissatisfied, the grain ship from Shandong arrived.
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 Salmon Island to Fuzhou.
It was good luck to say that because of the favorable wind, the fleet arrived in Fuzhou earlier than expected. Heshi Liehuanduan was naturally overjoyed. He personally led hundreds of subordinates to drive the vehicles and horse teams. One vehicle carried seven to eight hundred kilograms, and one horse carried three to four hundred kilograms. He turned back twice that day and transported all the grain to Fuzhou Jian. In the granary of An County.
During the last transportation, half of the horses, about a hundred, were left behind.
Ding Haijun's herds of cattle and horses came forward to inspect the horses and picked out a few that were too old to be used and replaced 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 by this winter... Where will the manpower prepare the forage and beans? I will set the navy in the future." If there is always a grain fleet of this size, all come to Fuzhou! Still at this price, I 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 estimated that the number of households in Fuzhou would not exceed 5,000, and the number of troops supported would be about 2,000. This pressure was already extremely huge, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it would knock the bones and suck out the marrow.
Among the two thousand soldiers and generals, the number of cavalry was about four hundred, and the total number of horses was no more than six or seven hundred. The beans, fodder and salt needed by these six to seven hundred horses consume Fuzhou's local inventory every day, which is about to be exhausted. Not to mention autumn and winter, as Li Yun has seen with his own eyes, many horses are emaciated. Signs are up.
However, with the arrival of grain and fodder supplies from Shandong, it was not difficult for Heshi Liehuanduan to maintain three to four hundred horses. Li Yun estimated that Heshi Liehuanduan could only do a business of 300 horses at most. If there were more, Fuzhou's armaments might have problems.
Li Yun smiled and bowed to Heshi Liehuanduan: "Thank you very much for taking care of me."
Heshi Liehuanduan's face lit up, he laughed and waved his hands: "You're welcome, you're welcome!"
He is in a good mood now. 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 is not just tens or hundreds of stones gained from plundering villages, this is serious business involving Ding Haijun and big business!
With these two thousand stones of food, there will be no shortage of food this year. If a second fleet comes, the Wendihan Qinggou headquarters in Gaizhou will also become much more prosperous. even……
If he continues to think about it, Heshi Liehuanduan might be able to recruit and organize more troops and try to compete with other local officials in the northeastern hinterland for dominance?
After all, the imperial court cannot allow that brother Yelvliu 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. It's just the beginning now. Whether this guy named Li Yun is really worth cooperating with or 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 shi of grain. Let's all pay for it at today's price. , you have to prepare two thousand horses."
Heshi Liehuan stood on his horse and his figure swayed.
He reined in his horse and came back, leaning over to look 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 shi. 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, suddenly feeling thirsty and starting to sweat.
"Um...Judge Li, you have had a hard day, are you hungry?"
"What are the orders from the Governor? Just tell me."
"How about I treat you to a leg of lamb and let's talk slowly?"
"OK."
