Dong Shuyan comes to the door

"How many acres of rice planting area is there in total?" Zhang Zhun asked.

"The total is 3.36 million acres." Zhou Yihang replied.

Zhang Zhun silently calculated that according to the 40 kilograms of rice per mu, the tax revenue in October would be about 1.300 million jin (134.4 billion jin). In the conversion, it would be about 710,000 jin. This would be an amazing number.

"Very good! Continue to increase everyone's enthusiasm for land reclamation!" Zhang Zhun encouraged.

As the world becomes more turbulent, the price of grain will soar. The current price of grain is close to two taels of silver for one stone. In another two years, it may reach three taels of silver. In another two years, the price will rise even more severely. In some areas, even if you have money, you can’t buy food. At that time, having enough food in your hands is more reassuring than having enough money in your hands. The grain production in Laizhou Prefecture cannot be relaxed at any time!

From a strategic perspective, the Laizhou Prefecture controlled by Zhang Zhun is not good. From the perspective of grain production, the arable land in Laizhou Prefecture is not the most fertile and has no comparison with Jiangnan. Over the years, the arable land area of ​​Laizhou Prefecture has been hovering around three to four million mu, and Zhang Zhun wants to continue to increase this number. Can't the Eighth Route Army make such a big move in Nanniwan? He still wants to turn his territory from a grain input area to a grain output area.

According to Zhang Zhun's strategy, it should rely on the Shandong Peninsula and then radiate to the surrounding areas. This means that in the future, Laizhou Prefecture will become the main base, not only will it have to pay troops and export materials, but it will also have to export a large amount of grain. Liaodong to the north, North Korea to the east, and Japan to the southeast, have no grain output. As for Jiangnan, the water there is too deep, and it is very difficult to completely control Jiangnan. The best way is to build Laizhou Prefecture.

"What about other situations?" Zhang Zhun asked again.

"Very good, it brings vitality!" Zhou Yihang said happily.

With the influx of a large amount of funds and materials, all walks of life in Laizhou Prefecture are developing thriving. It turns out that those fleeing wealthy families left a large number of market spaces, and foreign merchants can make up for it. Due to the large number of business opportunities in the local area, many foreign merchants are pouring in, many of them are small merchants from Jiangnan.

The trade development in Jiangnan has become very mature, with a wide variety of chambers of commerce. The existence of these chambers of commerce has greatly restricted the joining of latecomers, especially the development of small merchants. Under the devour of large merchants, the living space of small merchants is very narrow. However, Laizhou Prefecture is different. Laizhou Prefecture is a completely emerging market and is blank. As long as you have the courage and are not afraid of being charged with the crime of thieves, you can find a space for survival here.

There were Shen Lingfei's role models. These small businessmen first opened a shop near Fushan City, and then gradually developed into the mainland of Laizhou Prefecture. Among these businesses, the fastest-growing industries are naturally textile, grain, wood, porcelain, iron smelting and other industries. In addition, traditional industries such as tea and silk also have markets here.

In Pingduzhou, people have begun to produce wine. In the past, wine was the beverage of wealthy families, and only wealthy families could afford it. Now, the wine industry in Pingduzhou is working hard to reduce prices and move closer to the common people. Because of the development of the wine industry, the enthusiasm of the people in Pingduzhou to plant grapes has also increased greatly. The Dazeshan area was originally a breeding ground for bandits, but now it has changed to plant grapes, and bandits have no room for survival and have gradually disappeared.

After March's efforts, it can basically be said that Zhang Zhun's footsteps in Laizhou Prefecture have truly stood firm. Gao Hongtu was also very pleased with this. At the beginning, what he was most worried about was that Zhang Zhun could not withstand the counterattack of the Ming army. If he could not do this, Zhang Zhun would not be able to gain a foothold in Laizhou Prefecture.

The situation at that time was indeed very critical. The infantry of the Hu Ben Army had to assist in land reform and wipe out sporadic bandits, and they could not make any moves. Zhang Zhun had only less than a thousand cavalry, but they had just formed and had not completed training. How easy was it to rely on these cavalry to resist the tens of thousands of Ming troops?

Fortunately, Zhang Zhu finally persevered. Zhu Dadian, who was making a big splash in Fengyang Prefecture, was firmly tied up by Zhang Zhun with a few soldiers and horses, and finally had to negotiate with Zhang Zhun secretly. With military victory, other tasks in Laizhou Prefecture were much easier to carry out. Gao Hongtu was becoming more and more at ease with this cheap disciple rebelling, and felt more and more hopeful.

Of course, the garrison power of Laizhou Prefecture is still far from enough. If there is no army of more than 10,000 people in such a large mansion, it will be impossible to use. So, on March 28, Zhang Zhun expanded the Hu Ben Army cavalry again with the nearly 10,000 war horses seized.

The original Hu Ben cavalry had a total of three battalions, each battalion with five squads, about three hundred people. After expansion, each battalion had two associations, with a total of ten squads, a total of about six hundred people. Three battalions were nearly two thousand people.

Since the documents and other documents at that time were written in brushes, or vertical lines, first, second and third grade numbers, it is easy to be confused. In order to better distinguish the numbers of each battalion and facilitate the writing of documents, Zhang Zhun decided to rename the numbers of the three battalions "Dragon Cavalry Camp", "Tiger Cavalry Camp" and "Leopard Cavalry Camp". The soldiers commonly call them dragon cavalry, tiger cavalry, and leopard cavalry.

At the same time, in order to better distinguish the number of troops, Zhang Zhun decided to use one character as the code name for the ten infantry of the Hu Ben Army, "Sing Yi" for short. From the first battalion to the tenth battalion, they are: Biaoziying, Chuangziying, Dingziying, Gangziying, Jieziying, Kengziying, Lieziying, Minziying, Ningziying, and Pinziying.

The personnel and organization of each battalion remain unchanged. There are still two associations for the time being, with a total of about 600 people. Ten battalions are 6,000 people. In terms of number of people, this is quite powerful. However, due to the large number of new recruits, the overall combat effectiveness still needs to be trained for a period of time before it can truly improve.

Due to the desperate expansion of the army some time ago, Zhang Jun's current number of troops, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, navy, and marines, has exceeded 10,000. With the loss and maintenance of various equipment, the military expenditure has reached a peak. If you want to expand the army again, you must carefully consider the daily expenditure of military expenditure.

Zhang Zhun's current stable source of income is mainly fine salt and glass. His monthly income is about 200,000 taels of silver. Such profits are of course very considerable. However, if it is divided into a huge army, there will be not much. The salary of soldiers alone requires nearly 20,000 taels of silver in a month. The maintenance of naval warships and the fodder of war horses add up to more than 10,000 taels of silver per month. Therefore, we must consider making money.

It seems that the actions of robbing Qingzhou City are all one-time. After this robbing, it will be gone next time. Robbing Jiangnan region is also one-time. After robbing a place, it will not be able to go next time. In this era, the most profitable thing is naturally maritime trade. His location is naturally the most beneficial to maritime trade. The problem is that he does not have the strength to vigorously develop maritime trade for the time being.

"Money, money..."

While thinking about it, someone suddenly came to report that Dong Shuyan, who was from the Scented Sect, asked for a meeting.

"Dong Shuyan?"

"What did she do when she sees herself?"

Zhang Zhun frowned quietly.

The last time I received a big gift from the Scent of Winter Sect, Zhang Zhun knew that the Scent of Winter Sect would definitely come to find him. Giving gifts first and then doing things is the rule. It seems that Dong Shuyan's arrival this time is about to unravel the answer. I wonder what the Scent of Winter Sect wants to help them? If you ask for help from Wang Yilun, you should consider it carefully.

It is necessary to deal with Wang Yilun. This kid plots against himself. Even if he chases him to the ends of the world, he will be arrested and smashed into pieces. The problem is that killing Wang Yilun now will not be beneficial to the Hu Ben Army. A unified incense smelling sect and a united incense smelling sect are not what Zhang Zhun needs. Shandong's territory cannot tolerate others being involved!

"Please come in."

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

Dong Shuyan soon appeared in Zhang Zhun's vision.

She was still dressed in a manly outfit, looking particularly handsome, with a bit of Song Yu and Pan An. Especially her eyes, they were like the deep stars in the night sky, which was unforgettable. When it comes to appearance, Xue Zhidie and others around Zhang Zhun were all beauties on earth. But when it comes to the brightness of their eyes, no one is as good as the witch lady of the Winter Sorting Sect.

After Dong Shuyan came in, she bent down respectfully at Zhang Zhun, with a dimples at the corner of her mouth looming, and said gracefully: "Little woman Dong Shuyan, I have met the governor."

Zhang Zhun didn't say anything, his eyes were on her, constantly examining her back and forth, as if he was thinking about something. Apart from her bright and deep eyes, the biggest feature of Dong Shuyan is two dimples that are looming. If someone who doesn't know the details will definitely relax his vigilance when he sees two sweet dimples, he thinks she is just a little girl who is not very experienced in the world. How can he know her terribleness? Divor smiles slightly, as if he invites you, the dream is lightly waving, and his soul is gone and his body is floating... It turns out that he is a very cunning girl!

Dong Shuyan felt Zhang Zhun’s unusual gaze, slowly put away her gentle smile, frowned and said, “Governor, don’t you think it’s rude to look at a woman like this?”

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said casually: "I treat you as a man to study."
Chapter completed!