In the autumn of 1633 AD, the Jiaozhi Army purchased a large amount of surplus grain from the local people after the rice harvest was completed. Because the dispute between the Zheng family and the Ruan family became history because the Jiuzhou Army annexed the two families. There were only 8,000 security troops in Shenglong City and Fuchun City, which did not require a large number of troops to support, so the labor force was quite sufficient. In addition, the Jiuzhou Army collected all the landlords' landowners' landowners and distributed them to civilians to plant them, and only collected half of the taxes collected by the former landlords. More work and more income, so the enthusiasm of the local people greatly increased, and the harvest in the first year was quite good. The surplus grain purchased was of course to supply the reorganized Conquering Army.

A large amount of food was collected from various parts of the Jiaozhi Governor's office to Hoi An Port in the south. Although Shenglong City is the capital of the Jiaozhi Governor's office, the location of Hoi An Port is more conducive to the turnover of food.

In order to more conveniently purchase surplus grain, the Far East Trading Company of the Jiuzhou Army and local Chinese merchants jointly established a special grain company, using the power of the people to purchase grain from various villages under the Jiaozhi Administration and transport grain. The government sets the purchase price, and merchants earn some freight and handling fees from it.

Not only did they purchase grain from the original Annan Kingdom and Chameng Kingdom, but the Jiaozhi Governor also purchased grain from Yizhou from sea routes. After six years of development by the Jiuzhou Army, Yizhou has crossed a batch of resistant lodging rice in the local area, becoming a relatively large granary on the southeast coast. It not only can meet the local grain needs, but also can support grain during severe droughts in the southeast coast.

Large-scale grain was transported to Hoi'an Port, and hundreds of grain merchants and grain merchants participated in this grain purchase operation. Such a large-scale action was difficult to cover up, and it still alarmed some people.

A big-bellied Dutch merchant who came to Hoi'an Port to buy tea from Chinese merchants twisted his beard and looked at the bags of things that were moved from Chinese merchants' merchants' merchants on the dock, thinking about it.

He saw a bare-armed man on the dock with a rag-clothed shirt around his waist, and waved to him.

"Is this Red Majesty a lot?" He trotted over and asked respectfully. In their eyes, anyone with luxurious clothes was the old man.

"What are the ones moved from the boat?" The big-bellied Dutland businessman pointed to several dock workers carrying bags of sacks.

"If you want to Mr. Hong, this is the secret of the boatman. We little ones must not say it." He said bitterly.

"Hmm?" The big-bellied Dutland businessman frowned slightly and took out a piece of broken silver as big as his fingernail.

Kuhahaha excitedly held the silver in both hands and whispered: "The boatman didn't tell us anything, but based on my years of experience in carrying goods on the docks, it should be rice."

"Rice? Are you short of food?" asked the big-bellied Dutch businessman, who seemed to have discovered the business opportunity.

"Some years are very short of food, especially when fighting, but this year there should be no food. Even poor people like me who work on the docks can make the old and young children at home have enough food. It is not easy to eat well, and it is all because I am illiterate and don't want to be a soldier to fight. I can only be a coolie and cannot be promoted..." As soon as the bitter words opened, I kept talking nonsense.

"Enough is enough, you can leave." The big-bellied Dutch merchant drove away the bitter haha ​​impatiently.

"Thank you, Mr. Hong." He left with the broken silver excitedly, but he didn't expect that such a good thing would happen today.

The big belly Dutland businessman's eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about something.

"Cruise, we have almost acquired tea. With the spices we received in the Spice Islands, we can make four times the profits when we return to Europe this time, and it is not in vain to over a dozen sailors who died on the way to sail." Another Dutch merchant walked over with several.

"We don't rush back to Europe, go to Batavia first." said the big belly Dutland businessman.

"There is no need to return to Batavia. We can completely replenish dry food, fresh water and fruits on the way to Hoi An Port, and the goods have been purchased, so why waste time going to Batavia?" another Dutch merchant said dissatisfied.

"There is an important news to inform the Governor of the East India Company. Otherwise, next time we come to the Spice Islands, the Spice Islands will not be in the hands of the East India Company. It will be even more difficult for us to buy spices, or the price of spices will rise." said Cruise, a big belly businessman.

"What happened!" Another Dutch merchant heard that the future spice business would be difficult to do and touched his own interests.

"Orients are hoarding food on a large scale here. Now it is not a year of disaster for them. They must be actively preparing for war to launch a war." Cruise said.

"Will they store grain in the year of peace and open warehouses to provide relief in the year of disaster?" Another Dutch merchant still couldn't believe that the Jiuzhou Army was preparing for a large-scale war under their noses.

"No, I have been observing here for several days. If I were just a normal reserve of grain, would I buy grain from other places from thousands of miles to stockpile it specifically at this port?" Cruise said.

"Hiss...If this is true, then we must return to Batavia and explain in detail the situation here with the Governor, so as not to fall into the hands of the Orientals. At that time, we must pay taxes to the Orientals." Another Dutch merchant thought about it more and more, and also realized that the Jiuzhou Army was preparing for this matter.

"We will ask for more information in Hoi An Port to provide some help to the East India Company and deepen our relationship with the East India Company, and may be able to provide us with some convenience in the future." Cruise said.

"I agree with your approach." Another Dutch merchant also planned to stay in Hoi An Port to continue to observe the actions of the Kyushu Army.

Not only the Dutch merchants noticed the turbulence, but some Flang machines, Spanish merchants also noticed the unusual movements of the Jiaozhi Governor.

"Mr. Xiong, now our grain company has tried every means to buy a lot of grain from our company and Yizhou, but it is still a little different from the amount of grain required by the military headquarters." The person in charge of the Far East Trading Company established in the Jiaozhi Administration Department came to Xiong Wencan to complain.

"Is there no other way to collect food?" Xiong Wencan said.

"Some northern provinces suffer from drought, and the surplus grain from other provinces is taken out for support, so it is difficult to buy food from other provinces." said the person in charge of the grain company.

"Let me think... If the difference is not much, maybe we can ask our vassal states to provide food." Xiong Wencan said.
Chapter completed!