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Chapter 250 Island Situation

Nowadays, more than a dozen farms have been set up in Quanzhou, and in order to prevent epidemics, they are far apart from each other. People have also begun to breed them, but they are all just starting out and are still far from eating meat.

"General Cheng, when will the banquet be held? Song doesn't know if there is such a blessing." The Marquis personally redeemed Cheng Zhenbei's concubine and arranged for a carriage to Quanzhou. This matter is not a secret among the senior management of Quanzhou. Cheng Zhenbei bought a small courtyard in the city a few days ago for them to settle down.

"It's easy to say. In two days, you'll have a few tables on this Wanghai Tower. You must enjoy the scenery." This table must be placed, but it's not suitable for grand celebrations.

"Hey, General Cheng is talking about it. We have never been to the newly-built house. Besides, we should also toast to our sister-in-law and wife. We admire our love and friendship so much." Ye Heng was going to join in the fun. What's the point of the restaurant? With that princess is there, it's quite uncomfortable to make a fuss.

"It's true, but Cheng said it was ugly, and he was in a hurry recently. You two have to borrow some to deal with it." Although Cheng Zhenbei's good thing has been done, he has to worry about money in the next two years.

"General Cheng's house is only a few hundred taels, why is it like this?" Ye Heng was quite puzzled. He helped find the house in Cheng Zhenbei. It occupies a lot of land, but it has been abandoned for several years and the price is very cheap, which is equivalent to picking up a bargain. Now he has only taken care of it a little, so why is there no money?

"Oh, it cost 5,000 taels to redeem myself. I only have less than 3,000 taels left on my hand now. It's not enough to give it to the Marquis." Cheng Zhenbei felt that although the beauty was good, she burned money. With his speed of making money, it would take two years to pay it off.

"Song will pay the money for the banquet. As for the money owed to the marquis, I guess I don't have to rush to pay it back. Take it slowly." Song Wumian has money, but it is a taboo to give Cheng Zhenbei too much money in private.

"I will definitely pay it back when I go back." Cheng Zhenbei said that, but he didn't expect that Song Wumian was really willing to pay it, so he borrowed some first. There are many places to spend money now, so he will pay it back slowly when he goes back.

"It seems that the Marquis is coming." Ye Heng is not as rich as Song Wumian, and his income is almost the same as Cheng Zhenbei. Seeing the smoke and dust on the official road in the distance, it should be a large group of cavalry coming.

Sun Yu has been traveling for days, except for passing Jianpu, when he went back to take a look at Juyao and his children, he has been with the victims. Now the first batch of victims will be ten miles away, and before sunset, he will definitely be able to arrive.

"I have met the Marquis!"

"The last general has met the Marquis!"

"I have met the Marquis!"

The three of them have different names. Song Wumian also wants to call himself the last general, and he should have a chance when he returns from sea.

"All the gifts are free. Lord Ye, is the camp ready?" Along the way, the victims slept in the open. Although they could eat enough, they were exhausted. They had to take a good rest here, clean their clothes, and then boarded the boat to go south.

"Don't worry, right by the Jinjiang River, it is convenient to use water, enough to accommodate 100,000 people." This victim's residence is afraid of difficulties in using water. Once there is a problem with water, it is very easy to get sick.

"Very good! Captain Song, I will send out a batch of first tomorrow. How about?" The total number of victims is more than 180,000, which is much more than expected. The camp must be tense, so it is better to send a batch of first to the island.

"Don't worry, all ships that can be recruited will be on standby, and 50,000 people can be transported at a time." Song Wumian patted his chest and promised that he had already started to do this.

The big ships of the big family and the small boats of each family, all those who can go into the sea, were brought over. It took only two days to go to Daliuqiu Island, and only four days to travel back and forth.

"While walking, I'm talking, what's the situation on the island now?" These people are all treasures, so I hope they can go up to reclaim wasteland. From now on, the Daliuqiu Island will be his Sun Yu's sea base, which can attack and retreat or defend.

"Marty, in addition to the navy, there are more than 3,000 people on the island, basically all exiled people from various states. Now, the former Jinjiang County Magistrate is in charge of Qingquan, who is temporarily in charge. He had transported two trips of supplies before, and now there are nearly 2,000 qualified houses, and a plan for twenty villages has been initially formed. The planning of the county town is still on the drawings, and this is still powerless for the time being." According to the usual plan, hundreds of households are villages, five villages and one mile. The primary task of this Daliuqiu Island is to open pits of fields, and they must be separated by villages, otherwise everyone will gather together and cultivate the fields, and there will inevitably be chaos.

Although a small county town is much more complicated than a hundred villages. It’s like Jianpu City, where tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been built for a year, it’s only a rough idea. This is because Jianpu City originally had an old site, but it was just abandoned. This is when it was built on the island, it has to start by cutting down trees and leveling the road.

"There are about 40,000 households, and there are 400 villages. This is still a bit far away. Let's talk about it when we go to the island. How about the early work on the island? Can cement and bricks be produced?" Conservatively, it costs 50,000 rooms. The cement and blue bricks consumed are astronomical figures. No one can afford it by shipping it, so they can only use local materials.

"The work in advance has been prepared and can be fired, but the output is still very small, mainly due to insufficient manpower." The blue bricks and cement are extremely labor-intensive, and they must be green and strong, and there are not many on the island at all.

"It's okay, the manpower will be enough soon. When I went to the island, I told Guan Qingquan that I must do my best to increase the output and build more houses as soon as possible." What Sun Yu is most worried about now is the living problems on the island, and everything else can be solved.

"Old Cheng, when will I pay back the money? Don't think that if I shrink behind me, I will forget it. I will not care about the others." Sun Yu turned his head and looked at Old Cheng. He was always close to him in the past. Today, I can't see him without paying attention. It's really hard for him to be so big.

"Mr. Marquis, that's not that much. He is not very affordable at work." Old Cheng smiled embarrassedly, walked forward two steps, and said beside Sun Yu.

"I have so much trouble, even Prince Jiang beat him up, and the other expenses are quite large. I don't care about these, but the five thousand taels of redemption cannot be missed." Sun Yu shook his head, what you asked for, what kind of woman can't find, and he insisted on the courtesan in the brothel. This beauty is beautiful and good, but the expenses are also large. If he doesn't pay the money, he might cause trouble next time.

"The Marquis said, then pay 2,500 taels first, and the remaining half will be deducted from the salary, what about?" Old Cheng lowered his head. He knew this. If it weren't for the Marquis, this person would definitely not be able to be regained. The current prince of King Jiang is already a general of the Navy. Looking at the Tang Dynasty, there are only a handful of people who dare to beat him up.

"No, one code will be the same. If you go to the bank to borrow money, you will pay it back within three days. I won't teach you a lesson, just think about eating swan meat." Sun Yu bit this to death, otherwise how would he remember to deduct his salary every month.

"Since, I thanked the marquis for my job." Old Cheng touched his head, and there was another expense. The money house had to pay the profit. It would be better to have a bully. If you marry Qiao Niang, you will be able to buy a house.

There is basically no expense. Qiao Niang now has a monthly salary and has raised money to buy a shop. I heard that her business is good now. In the past, she always thought that Bahu was not smart, but now she thinks that she is stupid.

On the banks of Jinjiang River, the camps were connected, all of which were used by the soldiers of the loyal and brave army to go to war. Now that there is no war, they will be transferred to emergency response first. A group of them were quickly prepared in Jianzhou workshop, and later they simply opened a semicolon in Quanzhou.

"What about grain? Is it enough?" This is what Sun Yu is most concerned about. Originally, under his rule, there was enough grain. Another batch of granaries were set up in Quanzhou to collect and store grain. Now there are more than 100,000 mouths all at once, which is probably a big deal.

"Mr. Marquis, my subordinates have also told Zhangzhou that a batch will be transferred later. The counties under their jurisdiction are also collecting them quickly. In Jianzhou, Lord Xu said that there is really no surplus grain. According to the estimates of the subordinates, they can supply disaster victims for another month. Adding this batch on the island is only two months of grain, and it is still one month away from autumn harvest." Ye Heng had already forgotten many times, and basically counted all the things that could be transferred from various places.

"Then it's almost a shortage of 100,000 stones. Can the people have surplus food? Can you buy it with money?" Sun Yu decided not to let them go to the island to starve. The environment was already harsh, and he had to reclaim land and farm, and burn kilns to log wood. It was all of a heavy physical work. The medical conditions were basically nothing. If you couldn't eat enough, how many people would die?

"There are probably not so many people. There were too many wars before, and the grain was almost collected." The food of the people was mainly in the hands of large households. These people had been plundered before, and even if there were stored food, there would not be too much.

"Then go out and buy some, discuss with some local investors, buy some, and wait for the autumn harvest to get better." Sun Yu looked up at the sky. This year, it was still a good harvest.

"No money." Ye Heng had a headache. The yamen had already found the bottom. How could this 100,000 stone of grain be more than 100,000 taels of silver be obtained? How could there be so much money?

"It's really gone?" Sun Yu was stunned. Is it so exaggerated? Quanzhou is actually empty?

"Mr. Marquis, you don't know. The expenses are too high. In the past, Quanzhou was rich, mainly relying on sea trade. Now, in the past year, he has never left the sea except for fishing. Fortunately, in order to prepare to go to sea, some merchants have come from all over the country and collected some taxes, otherwise the salary would not be paid." Ye Heng also left some silver before, thinking it was enough, but he didn't expect that he really wanted to do something, so the expenses could not be stopped.

The biggest expense is because of the abolished labor service. Now all the government's behaviors have to be opened with money and grain. In the past, the people were trembling when they heard that the government wanted to build a large-scale construction, and they were afraid of being pulled to serve the labor service. Now they were looking forward to it and wanted to work for the government every day.

For example, if this official road is broken, you have to repair it, then you have to pay for money and grain. The city wall is damaged and the river embankment is maintained, and there is money everywhere. There is also the renovation of Zhenhai Hou Mansion. Although it is a royal palace, it will cost more than 10,000 taels to be cleaned up and maintained.

"Then, go to the money house to borrow money first, and then pay it back when you have money." Sun Yu had a headache. Anyway, he had to have a meal, otherwise he would be a big deal.

"I have borrowed 200,000 taels, so let's borrow it?" Ye Heng said in a low voice. The materials of the ship were transported to the island with the money borrowed from the money shop. The money from the official warehouse of the Three State Council was barely enough to pay the reward silver and military pay to the soldiers of the Loyal and Warrior Army.
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