When Zhao Lie returned to Jeju Island, Li Hu's fleet had just returned less than five days ago.
When Zhao Lie went down to the dock, Huang Han, Ma Tao, Li Hu, Qi Wei and others greeted them at the dock.
"Being able to see Li Hu here made me feel at ease.
The fleet arrived in Beihua a month ago and said that I had not received any news from the fleet going south.
It really made me anxious.
Money is not a big deal, but the safety of our Polu army is more important.
The most important thing."
Zhao Lie said with a smile while returning the gift.
"Thank you for your concern, sir," Li Hu saluted gratefully, "so that your Majesty can know that the three thousand soldiers of the fleet going south came back victorious."
Of course, Li Hu said it clearly.
After all, it was inconvenient to have so many people on the dock.
Zhao Lie heard what Xian knew and said, "What are the casualties?"
"Sir, the total number of people killed in battle plus those killed by illness is one hundred and thirty-four," Li Hu replied.
Zhao Lie's face darkened, "They are all good brothers, good men who sacrificed their lives so that hundreds of thousands of Liao people can live and work in peace and contentment."
Zhao Lie was indeed heartbroken.
They were all sailing talents who had been cultivated with great difficulty.
The war fighters in the shipyard Ships are still being produced continuously, and the shortage of talents is even more prominent.
At this time, the talents for long voyages are the most important.
"Sir, my brothers were all saved from hunger and cold by you.
Now that you have enough to eat and money to earn, it is only natural for you to live and die for you.
Don't worry about it, sir."
Li Hu bowed and said.
"Having said that, I still feel uneasy."
Zhao Lie's uneasiness is because these people followed his baton and died in the south, which of course had something to do with him.
After the fleet docked at the dock, a large number of logs were disembarked.
This is a local specialty of Bukhwa and is the most urgently needed product in Jeju.
Nowadays, the more than ten warships that have just been built in Jeju Shipyard and the more than ten newly built Galen ships on the slipway use Beihua wood, which greatly reduces the construction cost.
After a day's rest, Zhao Lie convened everyone at the official office.
He had been away for a long time and Zhao Lie was eager to know the situation in Jeju.
"Sir, last year.
This year, Jeju has reclaimed more than 300,000 acres of land.
In addition, the original land has reached 630,000 acres, and 5,000 Liao residents have been resettled, with more than 20,460 people.
This year's Jeju It’s another good harvest year, and two consecutive good harvests have made the people of Jeju smile with joy,” Ma Tao said with a smile.
"What is the income of the people?"
This is what Zhao Lie is most concerned about.
Only when the people live and work in peace and contentment can their own rear be consolidated.
"Sir, most of the acres here do not retain enough water.
After all, it is land on the island.
However, there is no problem in planting sweet potatoes.
Only less than 80,000 acres of more than 600,000 acres are planted with sorghum and corn.
The rest are sweet potatoes.
However, the sweet potato yield is high.
Ah, press one household Forty acres of land, thirty-five acres of sweet potatoes, yielding three shi per mu, can produce one hundred shi of sweet potatoes, leaving ten shi, and the rest will be purchased by the government for three cents of silver and one shi, which is twenty-seven taels of silver.
This is not a small sum.
Income."
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Ma Tao listed the ledger in detail.
"Then what are the sweet potatoes purchased by the government used for?"
Zhao Lie asked one by one.
"Sir, most of the white sweet potatoes purchased last year were used in refugee camps as staple food or cooking.
Many Liao people who eat them have a headache when they see white sweet potatoes."
Ma Tao said with a smile.
"It's okay if I don't have a headache.
I was tired of eating white sweet potatoes in the refugee camp.
I had mashed sweet potatoes for breakfast, sweet potato stew for lunch, and seafood or seaweed stew for sweet potatoes for dinner.
Now I feel full when I see sweet potatoes."
Wu Bo smiled. interjected.
The crowd burst into laughter.
"However, this spring, according to what the adults said, Luo Changshan organized people to make sweet potato vermicelli in Shidao.
According to the recipes left by the adults, fried vermicelli, meat stewed vermicelli, and hot and sour vermicelli are all good dishes.
Isn't that right?
In the first half of the year, Luo Changshan organized It is hand-produced and sold to Shandong, North Zhili and other places.
It is so popular that people call it sweet potato noodles.
This year, most of Jeju vermicelli has been ordered by Luo Changshan, and Luo Changshan borrowed a lot of money for this. ."
Ma Tao laughed.
"That's right, thanks to Luo Changshan, we in the refugee camp can eat more corn and sorghum rice, so we can survive."
Wu Bo looked like he was so happy that he jumped up to heaven.
"Well, back then I went to Macau to find talents for shipbuilding and cannon building.
Today I would like to say that there is another talent, Luo Changshan, who is good at business and even better at creation.
His achievements will be more than this in the future."
Zhao Lie lamented China's commercial power.
Talents emerge in endlessly.
As a ruler, we should not simply rob their assets, but should encourage their development, collect their taxes, and achieve a win-win situation.
If the Ming Dynasty can achieve this win-win situation, how can it destroy the country?
The key is internal affairs.
"Since the first autumn of this year, the supply of cement, wood, iron bars and other materials in Shidao has exceeded demand.
Why, most of the money saved by the people of Jeju for two years has been invested in building new houses.
This also caught us off guard.
Outside Jeju City The two cement kilns are not enough for use, and the iron bars sent by Shidao are far less.
Not enough, only wood is still in supply because of Beihua.
No, not long ago, two kilns were built outside Jeju City, Daejing and Seongsan.
Produce some iron bars."
Ma Tao said while shaking his head.
At that time, due to the shortage of cement and iron bars, the price on the black market quadrupled.
"No one regrets taking the medicine.
Let's take it as a lesson in the future.
However, what happened in Jeju today may happen in Bukhwa tomorrow.
Many people in Jeju have renovated their houses.
Bukhwa has no housing at all.
They are all in the ground."
Come on, Ma Tao, you must tell Beihua in the spring to build more kiln entrances.
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In addition, let Shidao produce more iron, and add Beihua Island's consumption into the estimate to avoid being in a hurry."
Zhao Lieti said.
Pointed.
"I obey," Ma Tao replied.
"Huang Han, Ma Tao, how is the reserve military service going on the island?
Can the Koreans complain?"
Zhao Lie asked.
"Last year was the first time.
Except for a few areas, there was no conflict.
This year we have just gathered together to prepare for winter training.
As for complaints, it's not that there are none.
However, since the Liao people who allocate acres of land on the island are also training and preparing for military service, what else do they have to say?
Yes."
Huang Han said carelessly.
In his opinion, anyone who dares to stab anyone under sword and gun will be killed immediately.
Zhao Lie glared at him, "This is an internal matter.
Instability in internal affairs will hinder external campaigns."
This yellow man has done a lot of military things.
The methods became more and more brutal.
"Don't worry, sir, our civil affairs department has done enough homework.
Let's let Li Xuan, Director of the Department of North Korean Affairs, talk."
Ma Tao said.
Li Xuan saluted respectfully, walked out from the back row, and faced Zhao Lie to kneel down to salute.
"No need, we don't kneel down here, let's talk standing up."
Zhao Liexu helped Wen Yan and said.
"Sir, most of the people of Jeju were official slaves and private slaves in the past.
Since you abolished official slaves and private slaves on the island, we and other Korean people are extremely grateful to you, allocating acres of land, purchasing grain, and reducing taxes.
They were all brought by Master Zhao, who is our reborn parent in the hearts of the people of Jeju," Li Xuan replied with a trembling voice.
"That's too much praise.
I just did it out of humanitarian considerations.
I didn't want to make the people suffer.
I don't have enough food and clothing, so I don't dare to take credit."
Zhao Lie said modestly.
His simple purpose was to use Jeju as a pilot project to gain experience in how to govern the local area correctly.
Push it everywhere.
"Master Ma discussed this with his subordinates and asked the Affairs Department to send people to the villages to preach that the purpose of establishing the military service system is to ensure that the good lives of each family can continue.
Otherwise, without soldiers to guard us, the Japanese pirates from the Li Dynasty will attack and turn us into slaves again.
Returned as a slave and lost his land Houses, people everywhere are so brave.
No one wants to go back to the way of life of slaves in the past, so the villagers are all enthusiastic about this year's training.
"Li Xuan returned to normal at this time, his tone was calm, his face was calm, and his previous experience still calmed him down.
"Very good, that's the truth.
If you don't want to lose the freedom of your land, then pick up your sword and gun to guard it."
Zhao Lie praised.
Li Xuan bowed respectfully and stepped back.
"Sir, now every village in Jeju has begun to open elementary schools, teaching Chinese and arithmetic for free.
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To this end, the government has recruited nearly 600 students from Liao people who can read and write, and each year only one item costs an additional one yuan.
More than ten thousand taels of silver," Ma Tao said distressedly.
However, this is an order from an adult.
According to his opinion, there is really no need to let North Korean children attend school for free.
Zhao Lie could see Ma Tao's thoughts, but he didn't say much.
The real cure was to get him back to his heart from a cultural perspective.
Although it took a long time, it was stable.
Zhao Lie is very satisfied with everything in Jeju, and the internal affairs need to be repaired.
Zhao Lie, who was deeply aware of the lack of cavalry in the Yinshan Mountains brought back by the fleet from the south, ordered the formation of the second cavalry general Qian.
He purchased two thousand horses first and recruited personnel from the Liao people.
In the spring, the cavalrymen from Beihua Island were sent to the cavalry.
One thousand personnel from the headquarters were transferred back to form the backbone.
After all, Zhao Lie's only headquarters was in Beihua.
In this era, he had no cavalry and felt uneasy.
Ma Tao also shrank his neck when he heard that the horses, including the personnel salary and the horse's chewing grain, were worth more than 100,000 taels of silver.
As the actual controller of the Jeju Bank, Ma Tao was also stunned by the speed at which the adults spent money.
He was deeply moved.
Alexander.
Three days later, Zhao Lie personally led the generals to bury more than 130 naval soldiers who died in the Jeju Martyrs' Shrine, paying homage solemnly to comfort the dead souls.
"Sir, this is a two-masted schooner, 23 meters long, three decks, more than 160 tons, equipped with three 12-pound guns on each side, three 18-pound guns, and one on the bow.
Twelve-yard-pounder guns, the ship can turn flexibly, and the sails are enlarged.
The speed can reach ten knots when the wind is on the side, and there are 116 soldiers and 28 sailors.
The others are gunners, armor, miscellaneous personnel, etc.
The cost is 3,100 taels of silver."
Juliano led Zhao Lie aboard.
He picked up this small battleship and introduced it.
Zhao Lie nodded in approval.
Lao You has always been very reliable and always completed tasks on time.
Zhao Lie wondered whether he had German ancestry.
He didn't look like a lazy Latin.
Zhao Lie wanted to ask, "Can't you finish it in advance?"
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Zhao Lie then accompanied Lao You aboard the 800-ton warship that had just been completed.
"This ship is sixty-eight meters long, sixteen meters wide, with five decks, four mainmasts, a foresprit, aft spritsail, four topsails, and thirty-two cannons on each side. six-pounder and forty-eight-pounder guns, ninety-five sailors, more than a hundred men in armor, two hundred gunners, It can reach a speed of ten knots with a tailwind and costs ten thousand and five hundred taels of silver.
This is because Beihua has a large supply of logs, otherwise the cost would have doubled.
Of course, because of its huge size, it took me half a month to finish it.
Build it."
Lao You said proudly.
"Mr.
Juliano, if the shipyard goes all out to build Type III warships, the current manpower will be enough."
Zhao Lie asked.
"No, no, now the shipyard only has 10,000 people.
If it starts working at full capacity, it will have to expand the slipway..."
Iuliano shook his head like a rattle.
"The expansion of the slipway would have led to the recruitment of Liao people."
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Zhao Lie said.
"Then we have to recruit at least 8,000 more people."
Lao You said.
"Six thousand, I can only give you six thousand."
Zhao Lie said.
"Okay, but it will take four to six months for them to become skilled craftsmen.
Before that, the output will not increase."
Lao You insisted.
"Okay, just follow what you said."
Zhao Lie believed at this time that Lao You was of Italian descent, and the extra work would definitely be pushed to others.
Without him, it would be too tiring.
In the end, Zhao Lie named this type of patrol ship the Jeju class, and the 800-ton battleship the Song class
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