Now, in Rizhao Port, there are as many as 15 ships under the name of the Xu family, but if the Xu family sailors do not count the captives, they can only drive away five smaller sea boats. Even if the remaining ones are started to be dispatched and trained sailors, they will not be able to act at least in the past year.

When the ship stops at Rizhao Port, it has to pay the Zhang family. There are also problems with the maintenance of the hull. This kind of thing that has no harvest at the moment but has to pay a lot of advance costs is a burden for the current Xu family.

Therefore, the Zhang family believes that the Xu family can sell some unused ships to them, and the money and grain they get are used to offset the parking costs and sailor training fees. In this way, before the sailor training is completed and the fleet can carry out the next action, the sea boat is at least not a loss for the Xu family.

"The reason given by the Zhang family is very sufficient." Xu Shiyang thought for a while and said helplessly: "How much does they pay to buy a boat?"

The two brothers had a headache about how to use these ships in the future, and selling them directly to the Zhang family to cash in, which seemed to be a solution.

"Bidding based on the ship type, ship condition, size, and bidding, it seems like it is just a piece of information to Yi Guan."

Material is a volume unit used on a ship, and one material is equivalent to ten cubic feet.

The large ship seized by Xu Shiyang is roughly between 2 and 300 materials, and the medium-sized ship is about 100 materials. The original five bird boats of the Xu family also look like medium-sized ships.

"Their price is not good. A big ship is only 2,300 trump cards, which is too low." Xu Shiyang shook his head and said, "I mean, no matter how big or small the boat, it will be doubled."

"We will concentrate the existing sailors on the new big ship and draw some people from the house. I think this will maintain the operation of at least five large sea boats, and sell the original five bird boats and the five medium-sized ships caught this time to the Zhang family."

"There is another way, they rent these sea boats from us, and the rent can be cheaper."

"Can they agree?" Xu Shiliu hesitated a little: "This price is too high, right?"

"Where can you not bargain when doing business?" Xu Shiyang smiled and said, "In addition, you can remind them that without our Xingye support, the Zhang family would not know what would happen, let alone that they also robbed a lot of ships this time."

"Also, according to tradition, our family has been traveling hundreds of miles to save them. The Zhang family should pay the excrement fee. We have to pay for the sake of the upcoming alliance, but they have to know what they have to take advantage, right?"

...

Liaodong and Tartars don’t like to fight in the beginning of spring, because at this time, after a winter, the war horses are too thin. If they are used harshly, it will be more than worth the loss of a group of war horses.

But if the enemy fights, you won’t be able to fight.

At the beginning of the year, I wonder if I was hungry. About 20,000 herders from the seven Tatar tribes in Modong suddenly crossed the Liao River and went deep into the Great Jin territory to build grass valley.

When the Dajin several Bojilie led their troops to drive them away, chaos broke out again in the rear. The Khitan, Bohai, Goryeo and Han slaves, who were exploited by the Jurchen nobles, launched a big deal. With all the main forces, the Liaozhong Plain in the core of the Dajin was in chaos.

In the end, the Jin army drove away the Tatars who had a higher proportion of horses and came and went like the wind (probably because they had enough), and then immediately returned to the army and defeated the chaotic and weak slave rebel army.

The chaos was indeed pacified, but the Great Jin Kingdom suffered heavy losses after this attack.

The area at the junction of the Tatar grassland in the west was swept away by the Tatars. In addition to the subsequent war, the Jurchens lost almost 2,000 soldiers.

As the core area of ​​Liaozhong Plain, the losses of the troops were not very serious, but economic production was completely destroyed.

Many elderly, weak, women and children who stayed at home and did not accompany the war were beaten to death by the slaves who were retaliated. In order to retaliate, the Jurchen army carried out revenge massacres of the slaves, which resulted in a sharp decline in the population, all craftsmen's workshops were suspended, and agricultural production this year was almost scrapped.

Regardless of whether God rewards him this year or not, a great famine is a foregone conclusion.

If there are no other additions this year.

Since you are going hungry without supplements, you have to find some supplements!

At the end of April, the Khan Wanyan Wuqi bought the country's Bojilie (original meaning of the chief, but now it is equivalent to the chief of ten thousand men), Meng'an (equivalent to the chief of thousands of men) issued an order: after the autumn harvest this year, he will enter the pass and rob!

In fact, they just robbed once last year, and if they go again this year, they may not be able to grab much.

However, in this situation, there is no way to not rob. At least you have to catch some slaves to replenish your labor.

...

Just when the Jin army was determined to enter the pass again this year to rob, several local tyrants from the Rizhao generation held an alliance ceremony outside the Rizhao private port in Juzhou, southern Qi Province.

The ceremony stipulated that Xu and Fan of Juzhou (the one that occupied Juzhou City, and the head of their family rushed over after hearing the news), Zhang, Wang, Ding and Bao of Rizhao, a total of six families swear in front of the ancestral tablets of each family that no matter what dangers they encounter in the future, the six families will advance and retreat together and will never betray their oath.

The main person who presided over the ceremony was the heads of each family, and Xu Shiyang could only be regarded as a witness, but this was enough for him.

The six families have joined forces and the control area is roughly equivalent to two counties. Ding Zhuang, who is under his jurisdiction, has about 12,000 to 15,000.

Although there is no requirement for the subordinates of each family to be subordinate, with such a covenant, the alliance between the six families is already the most powerful force in the entire Qi Province.

This is a very good progress, after all, union is always more powerful than division.

...

After the alliance ceremony, the Xu family, to be precise, was Xu Shiyang personally, and the deal with the Zhang family was almost completed.

Perhaps after the alliance, the Zhang family felt that they should show some trust. They made it clear to Xu Shiyang that they could not use the sea boat they purchased this time, but would sell it to some sea owners who were active near Jiangnan.

These sea owners are both business and stealing, and they refuse all ships. If they sell them a boat, they can make a fortune and go to Jiangnan to do business in the future. If they meet them at sea, they will be easier to talk.

This kind of frankness won Xu Shiyang's favor, and he also hoped to keep some connections with the sea lords in Jiangnan - the real sea lords are all hundreds of thousands of ships and tens of thousands of pirate warlords, and it is much more useful to talk to them at sea than to the government.

So, the two families took a step back, and the Xu family concentrated their crew sailors on five large ships, and the remaining 10 medium-sized ships were resold at the same price per material.
Chapter completed!