After the immortal disappeared

After all, He Lingchuan took out 80,000 taels in one go, which was not a small sum for an individual. Lu Qing'an talked eloquently, "If this is the case, it would be easy to handle! Raise his costs and add some obstacles, making it difficult for him to turn over funds. A rich man like him who has no foundation in the local area can easily Bankruptcy.”

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 shrewd in these matters. Lu Zhensheng was a little relieved:

"Also, the Earthly Evil Yin Vein will spew out evil energy every seven days. If He wants to ensure that no one or animal is harmed on the island, he must exorcise the evil spirit immediately. He certainly cannot do it alone."

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 surnamed He have their 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 cooked in 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 for 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 giant dragon bamboo is more than a foot in diameter and has a waistline similar to that of a bucket. It also has bamboo knots inside. Therefore, sawing out the bamboo tube becomes a natural container, which is leak-proof and lighter than wood.

The locals really 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 did 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 Shipping Department of Blade Port City. 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 Qing'an forced a smile: "Okay, my son will go there in person later. But we have agreed that after saying hello to Wu Tiju, we will leave the Yangshan Islands alone for now. The east side is..."

"The key point is Yaguo in the east! I don't have to!" Lu Zhensheng interrupted and changed the subject, "Qingbang is going to the front line this time, will he take 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 touched 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, not to mention Yangshan Islands, Blade Port and other occupied lands, we will also get them back!"

When other countries say this, it's like an idiot talking. But Bailie is different.

The decline and resurgence of the Lu family is like the withering and blooming of flowers, just one reincarnation after another.

ZTE will definitely come, and luck will definitely come. All the Lu family members believe this.

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This season, hundreds of old peach trees on Longji Island are bearing fruit, with juicy and sweet pulp.

Although she didn't have enough manpower, Renee specially allocated some people to pick peaches and send them to the docks of Blade Port and the market in Parane for sale.

"Longji Island Peach" is a gimmick, almost no one has eaten it before. Everyone was curious to buy 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 specialized product stores, otherwise this kind of good stuff will just rot on the island. He Lingchuan agreed, thinking that it was time to make 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 reimburse 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 pinches its belly, um, it's 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 the number of people on the island has exceeded 7,300! More than half of what was expected.

His territory is most short of people. Land 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, and looted on the border, destroying fields and burning towns. Bailie finally paid compensation, so many Bailie people could no longer bear it and left their hometowns to go south."

"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, ranging from twelve or thirteen years to four or five years. When I returned to Bailie, I had no home and no land, so I became a poor man. We just 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. Their 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 workers.”

"It's all a good thing." He Lingchuan rubbed his hands, "Well, for the Yangshan Islands."

"There are always advantages and disadvantages. According to the progress, we are already seriously overdrafted!" Ding Zuodong looked serious. "The Yangshan Islands have not yet started to produce food, so all the food has to be purchased from outside. But Mou Guo is at war with Bejia, and Qingguo 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 small thing for a hard-working person to consume a pound of grain every day? Eight thousand people consume eight thousand kilograms of grain every day.

Of course, food is more than just rice.

But meat, fruits and vegetables are not included. People cannot 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 accommodation.

Recently, the price of food in Qingguo and Bailie has skyrocketed. In order to get enough to eat, many people are not even afraid of evil spirits, so they run to the Yangshan Islands. If the conditions of food and drink control were not so attractive, Ding Zuodong would not have been able to recruit so many people in a short period of time; on the other hand, 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 eat only 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. If you have money but no place to buy it, that’s a big problem.

"Can I buy it? I remember that foreign businessmen have been transporting grain to Blade Port."

"If not 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 would not have increased two or three times." Ding Zuodong shook his head, "I heard that Qingguo has banned the export and resale of food. , there are also purchase limits 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. The grain merchants in Blade Port count it as "exporting" if they sell grain to the Yangshan Islands.

"When we import grain from other places, don't just limit it to Blade Port." He Lingchuan reminded Ding Zuodong, "Otherwise, if you ask how much grain we buy, someone who is interested can infer how many people we employ."

Ding Zuodong's account books are all secrets and should not be disclosed 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 it is difficult to keep the price down."

He Lingchuan didn't care: "It's as much as it should be. It's time to expand the supply of goods, so you don't need to be too stingy."

Well, no matter how much money you save, isn’t it just to use it?

"There will be less pressure on the island to harvest food next year." There are several islands suitable for farming, and now they are stepping up their efforts to cultivate them.

In addition, the expenditure on other means of production also exceeded expectations, such as farm equipment, cattle, horses and livestock, as well as ships and lumber.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! ! !

Let’s start with three meals today! !