Chapter 393 Lai Yang

In the early Ming Dynasty, Tsumu Island even became the ranch for the preparatory Wodushi. However, the war horses on the garrison list are now empty, so this ranch is naturally abandoned. When Liu Peng built a port in Longkou, he planned to build this place into a ranch.

However, at that time, Longkou was deserted and horse grass could be found everywhere. It was an excellent pasture in itself, so the matter of the Jum Island Ranch was naturally temporarily put on hold.

However, now Longkou has developed into a coastal town with a population of thousands, and the situation of people competing for land is quite serious. Liu Peng decided to take advantage of this opportunity to transfer most of the horses to Qim Island. Jiang Qingyue added next to him: "There are grass everywhere on Qim Island, and then some beans are added as horse feed. It should be no problem!"

Although no one had raised horses by himself, since he had served as a prefect, had never eaten pork or had seen pigs running, he immediately said, "There are weeds on the island of Tsuum, which is good to use for horse grazing, but what should I do if I have to burn firewood?"

Raising horses not only requires a lot of horse grass and horse feed, but also requires a lot of fuel, because horse feed like black beans needs to be cooked before being eaten by military horses. When military horses are sick, they also need to drink boiled water. A horse consumes 8700 kilograms of fuel in a year.

It is naturally no problem to supply 200 military horses on the grassland on Tsuum Island, but if the fuel required by people and war horses is considered, it becomes a big problem. However, at this time, Liu Peng immediately said: "Fortunately, there is anthracite transported from North Korea. I have told the horse team that honeycomb coal is used for fires on Tsuum Island!"

Wang Daoyi knew that the anthracite and honeycomb coal that Liu Peng mentioned were both charcoal and that Liu Peng had found a solution, but he continued to ask: "Young Master Liu, Jin Baiwan's two hundred horses are transported here, and Qimu Island can barely support it, but he continued to transport horses from Liaodong. What do you think you should do?"

Jiang Qingyue said from the side: "Mr. Liu is ready and is preparing to set up a ranch on Ju Island."

Ju Island is called Yangma Island in another time and space. Although this name did not appear in the literature during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it is generally believed that before the Qing Dynasty, there must have been a pasture here to raise a large number of military horses, so this name was passed down.

Compared with Tsuum Island, Ju Island is a more suitable sea ranch. First of all, its area is about four or five times larger than Tsuum Island, and its terrain, land and water sources are more suitable for the needs of raising horses.

"But it's not easy to deal with on Ju Island?"

Jinmu Island is close to Longkou and even connected to sand dikes. Liu Peng can naturally control it and do whatever he wants.

But Ju Island is different. Although the sea ban in the early Ming Dynasty once moved all the population here, because it was a large island and very close to the mainland, a small part of the population soon returned and lived on Ju Island. During the Hongwu period, this kind of relocation was even officially allowed.

There are still residents living there. A poem from the Wanli period once described Ju Island, saying that it was "extended twenty miles apart and a few villages". Although it was only "a few villages", several residents lived on the island, and even the fields and forests on the island had owners. If Liu Peng wanted to raise horses on Ju Island, he would definitely encounter a lot of trouble.

Moreover, Ju Island is now the territory of Ninghaizhou. Ninghaizhou has set up a Ju Island club for these families on Ju Island, so it must not agree with Liu Peng coming in to raise horses.

But Liu Peng had his own thoughts: "It may not work normally, but at this time, I can do anything without any problem!"

After Liu Peng said this, Wang Daoyi understood that although it is not considered a mess now, after such a major disaster, many officials could not tolerate the bottom line that they had previously been broken.

Liu Peng not only has the relationship with Tao Tai, but also has a good relationship with Ninghaizhou. The first foreign branch of the Gu family money house is to be opened in Ninghaizhou. As long as Liu Peng gives enough benefits, Ninghaizhou will probably acquiesce to Liu Peng to occupy Ju Island to raise horses.

"Okay!" Wang Daoyi agreed immediately: "I'll ask you about this matter. If you are willing to go to Ju Island for relief at this time, there should be no problem!"

It was obviously forcibly occupied the ranch in the past, but Wang Daoyi was a decent person after all, and directly added a name of "relief". Liu Peng also smiled and said, "Then thank you for your concern!"

The meal was so happy that the guests and guests were all happy. But just after seeing off the Grand Prefect Wang, the Magistrate Cao brought people to block Liu Peng at the door: "Mr. Liu, let's talk about something first. This is Zhang Yang Zhangzhubo from Laiyang County!"

When he heard that it was Zhang Zhubo from Laiyang County, Liu Peng immediately laughed: "It turns out that Zhang Zhubo, we are good neighbors, please take care of us in the future!"

Although Liu Peng spoke enthusiastically, Zhang Yangzhang Zhubo felt that he didn't have much clue. He told Liu Peng: "Mr. Liu, I borrowed food from you!"

Before Liu Peng could speak, Gu Mengyu immediately said, "I don't borrow food, but I can borrow money!"

Zhang Zhubo glanced at Gu Mengyu and immediately laughed: "This is Miss Gu from the Beishan Gu family? I have heard about Miss Gu's name for a long time. However, Laiyang County is short of grain now, and the summer grain harvest is not good this year. If we can't borrow grain, many people in our county will definitely starve to death!"

"So lend you money!" Gu Mengyu said vividly: "With money, you can buy food!"

Zhang Yang didn't expect to get to the point so soon. He immediately asked: "Is it a banknote or a silver?"

"Of course it's the banker's ticket, it can't be silver!"

Gu Mengyu immediately said: "Our Gu family money house always only borrows banknotes and not silver!"

There is indeed such a principle for the Gu family money house to borrow money. Zhang Yang also knew that there was such a thing, but he said: "But this matter is not easy to deal with. I borrowed the bank ticket from your Gu family money house. Then I will exchange it for silver, and then use the silver to buy grain in the market. After buying the grain, I will transport it back to Laiyang! This is too efficient to do it, and I may have starved to death when the grain is transported back."

Such operations are naturally very cumbersome and inefficient, just like the government taxation "using grain to make money, using money to make silver, and from counties to make county to county and province to make provinces." But now the entire Laiyang County is already seriously out of reach, so it is really too late to ask for it.

But Gu Mengyu said simply: "Things are easy to handle, and borrowing money is the most convenient way. If you borrow money from our Gu family money house, as long as you get the money house to our Gu family money house, the food will naturally be shipped to you Laiyang as soon as possible!"

Zhang Yang had already heard the smell, and he immediately asked, "If we borrow money from the Gu family money house, how should we return it?"

"Use the bank ticket!" Liu Peng immediately said: "When you collect grain in Laiyang County, you just buy the bank tickets?"

Laiyang County is a very popular place for bank tickets, but the governments in Laiyang County have a very pleasant attitude towards it. Although they allow tax payments to be used to use some bank tickets, they selectively collect them. When they can register cash, they will check the cash. If they cannot collect silver, they must give priority to collecting grain. If the silver and grain are really not settled, they will consider collecting bank tickets.

Now Li Yang and Li Zhubo have understood the ideas of Liu Peng and Gu Mengyu: "Ms. Gu means that as long as we are willing to collect bank tickets when we collect taxes in Laiyang County, Mr. Liu is willing to borrow a sum of money to us?"

Li Yang has seen such political transactions, but he really doesn't understand why Liu Peng had to borrow money first and then exchange it from the Gu family's money house for rice beans, and he has tossed it out in the middle.

But Liu Peng said bluntly: "Master Li, you are also a sensible person. We are all from the government. I will ask you, what is the credit of the government? Should I lend you money to Laiyang County?"

Li Yang already understood that this was what Liu Peng and Gu Mengyu wanted to guarantee. He immediately said: "Since Mr. Liu said that, what do we need to do in Laiyang County? What should we use to guarantee? Isn't we asking our county to hold the big seal in your Longkou?"

Although it sounds very unreliable to ban the county's official seal and borrow money, it did happen. But Gu Mengyu said bluntly: "What do you want your official seal in Laiyang County for? I lent it out thousands or tens of thousands of guan. The official seal in Laiyang County is not worth so much money!"

Li Yang almost got angry with Gu Mengyu's words. This really despised Gu Mengyu, but he had to admit that Gu Mengyu's words made sense: "Miss Gu, don't worry, when the autumn grain harvest comes, we will pay the money as soon as possible."

Gu Mengyu immediately sneered: "When the autumn grain is harvested, Master Li, are you still counting on this year's autumn grain?"

The spring famine has reached such a serious level. Not only can the summer grain be completely unreliable, but the autumn grain is also facing a significant reduction in production. Li Yang knew that he could no longer expect farmers to take out the food and pay taxes, but he just hoped that they could still have a food so that they would not starve to death.

If you borrow money from the Gujia Money House, you will have to pay it back next year as soon as possible. Therefore, Li Yang immediately said: "Even if the autumn grain harvest is not good this year, you should be able to pay it back next year!"

"Next year?" Gu Mengyu sneered again: "Even if Lai Yang Energy will have a tremendous harvest next year, will your county remember this debt?"

The reconstruction expenditure after the disaster was naturally very large, and the return of the debt from the Gu family money house must be the last consideration in the expenditure. Therefore, Li Yang couldn't help but be anxious: "Miss Gu, this is not OK, that is not OK. Then what conditions do you need to agree to borrow money!"

Gu Mengyu immediately said, "Although our Gu family has some money to accumulate, no one's money is blown by the wind. Since you ask me to lend you money to Laiyang County, you have to have some guarantee. Otherwise, if you Laiyang County refuses to repay the money, wouldn't I go there to complain about the wronged and ask for these thousands or tens of thousands of chunks of coins!"

Gu Mengyu was honest, and Li Yang had to admit that Gu Mengyu's words made sense. She immediately asked, "What does Miss Gu want to do in our county?"
Chapter completed!