Chapter 1325 Protector of the Black Water
However, when the court's strategy was transferred to the Northeast, the deepest feeling was Jeju Island and Jeju City Lord Mo Yuan.
After ten years in Jeju Island, Mo Yuan has been in the heart of his life and has even married and had children.
The greatest contribution to the court was to cultivate batches of war horses.
Before Hexi was liberated, it was difficult to find good horses in Hexi, while Jeju contributed thousands of war horses every year, allowing the Imperial Camp to organize a huge cavalry unit and the Khitans to tit for tit.
Even under the emperor's instructor, Mo Yuan worked tirelessly to join the tall horses from India and colluded with the Khitans and cultivated the famous Jeju horses.
It is taller than Hexi horses, and it is heat resistant, has a large load and runs fast. For Khitan horses, it is a crushing nature.
This is also the basis for the establishment of the heavy cavalry of Youzhou Camp.
Whether it is a vest or a human armor, it is extremely heavy, and ordinary war horses really cannot be loaded.
Therefore, Jeju Ma made great contributions.
He was also granted the title of Viscount in terms of merit and merit.
Viscount on the street.
Although Mo Yuan was happy, he was still quite regretful.
Jeju Island has no future. As the subordinate of Shaofu Temple, there is little room for progress. He is in his thirties and is at the golden age of politics. He does not want to be disappointed.
"Jeju Island also has its own cavalry!"
Mo Yuan stood on the top of the city and said softly.
On this island, almost all serve horses, horseshoes, saddles, veterinarians, various horse trainers, and apprentices, reaching more than 3,000 people.
The rest of the people basically grow food, and except for eating it themselves, the rest feeds horses.
Even the scale of the horse farm continues to expand, and some need to be entered from Jinshan Island.
Because of this environment, Mo Yuan also trained a group of young cavalrymen with great riding skills.
Unlike other cavalrymen, the cavalry under his command can not only nail horseshoes, treat horses, train horses, and even reach the level of spiritual communication with horses.
In this case, riding is naturally great and extremely powerful.
And after training for a long time, Mo Yuan finally saw hope.
"The court transported so much food over, and it seems that it is preparing to start a war!"
"City Lord, can our cavalry come on the field?" the deputy next to him asked hurriedly.
"It is certainly possible!" Mo Yuan said seriously: "The cavalry of the court is still lacking after all, so we must go to the battlefield."
"At that time, we will show our skills!"
Mo Yuan said excitedly.
Only merits can bring rewards. Whether it is land, money, or titles, war is the fastest path.
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Unlike the proactive Jeju Island, the enthusiasm of Kingsoft Island is not that strong.
Perhaps it was the years of transit trade and gold mining that made hundreds of thousands of people on Jinshan Island more keen on doing business.
Without the initiative of the court, they seized the time to do business and make money.
Over the years of operation, Jinshan Island has made itself self-sufficient, and the relocation of Bohai people has brought rich human resources.
There are more than 10,000 mining workers alone.
"Have you heard of it? It seems like you are going to fight."
"The city lord didn't issue a government order, so let's not join in the fun-"
"The Goryeo people seem to be suffering from disaster this year. If we transport food again, we can make a lot of money!"
Jinshan Island knows that it is a little different when building a city with a commerce market.
And between the Theorem House and the Rubin House, there is a port city - Beihai City.
This is also the location of Vladivostok in later generations, and it is considered a half-free port.
The Hei Shui Protectorate was established here and moved from Sakhalin Island.
It snows all year round and the weather is extremely cold, which is comparable to some of Tubo.
Even in August, the autumn tiger in the south has not yet, and it has begun to cool down here and you have to wear a fur coat.
Li Zhiyuan looked at the harbor not far away and murmured: "In more than a month, it will be frozen and you will never see the ship again!"
"Bah, this damn weather is so disgusting!"
In his sight, the porters raised their heads and chests, and discussed money with the merchant ships, and even had a bad attitude.
But the merchants could only endure it.
Because the land is vast and the population is sparse and the labor is expensive, and the fur, medicinal materials, sea cucumbers, even tiger bones, tiger whips, etc. in the Heishui area are extremely precious, so merchants can only endure the price and start hiring.
Although the porters make a lot of money, the port will freeze in winter, and the prices will be high, and the merchants will still have to make money.
Li Zhiyuan felt that he was the porter.
He stayed in the Heishui Protectorate for a long time, waiting for a lot of wealth for the nobles, merchants, courts, and Shaofu Temple. As a result, he not only made few achievements, but also worked extremely hard.
"One day, the cold land was frozen here, and two palaces were captured, tens of thousands of people, but they were still viscounts!"
Li Zhiyuan was always a little unwilling to accept it. He was still a royal family and a viscount, so he was not satisfied.
"Protector—"
At this time, the personal guard ran over and said, "There is news from the court!"
"Can there be a war to fight?"
Li Zhiyuan muttered, then spread out and saw that it was indeed the case.
He was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "It seems that my opportunity to make contributions is here, it's so great!"
It turned out that the emperor's decree was to cooperate with the Bohai Kingdom and directly enter Liaodong, causing chaos and prevent the Khitans from concentrating their full strength.
"Let the boys get energetic. If you don't practice at this time, when will you wait?"
For a moment, the entire Beihai City was in chaos.
Beihai City’s special geographical location makes it the best city in the north.
Not to mention anything else, just those occasional gold mines are enough to make people crazy.
In response to this, Shaofu Temple even encouraged merchants and men to venture into mining. The gold they harvested was purchased at 80% of the market price.
In addition, hunting fur and exchanging with Jurchens are all means for small businessmen to become rich.
Just order anything can even be exchanged for a tiger bone or tiger whip worth a thousand gold.
If you pick ginseng, you will become rich.
Shaofu Temple earns more than 500,000 jin of profits in Heishui Protectorate every year.
"How many people are there in our Beihai City?"
Li Zhiyuan said softly.
If you need to train troops after a while, the food consumption is high, so you must prepare in advance. Moreover, the food loss of residents must be calculated.
"Our army has 5,000, plus the Bohai people, and there are more than 37,000 people. Those who are businessmen, big men and women who take risks to make money can also have two or three thousand."
The chief minister who was standing beside him heard this and whispered: "Forty thousand people, it's more than double the amount when they first came!"
"I made money and lost more food!"
Li Zhiyuan sighed and said, "You can go to Shaofu Temple to exchange all the money in the treasury for weapons, food, and meat. You can't lose money to the men."
Chapter completed!