Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

There is nothing we can do now, we can only wait for the memorial to arrive.

Zhao Yuanzhen rode his horse back to the military camp to find Zhao Yuanlan.

"Little sister, you're back. How was the inspection?"

"I checked the land around the county town. There are 3.4 mu of vacant wasteland and farmland in the north of the town, and less in the south, about 1.8 mu.

I went to the county government office and told the county magistrate that I planned to buy all the land. The county magistrate said that the land was too much and he had to submit a memorial to the emperor for approval, so I returned.

"Well, it's indeed a lot. He can't make the decision. I will also submit a memorial to His Majesty to explain your purpose in buying so much land."

"Well, okay, big brother, I'm thinking of buying all these lands, integrating them, and forming large-scale plantings. I will try my best to research some high-yield crops, and the products of the fields are only the most basic materials.

Later I will open many workshops to turn the raw materials produced from the fields into various goods, which requires a large number of people.

In response to the court's call to build Yanshan, I can provide a canteen and dormitory for the workers, regardless of gender, as long as they are able to work. I will pay them a high salary of 1.5 taels of silver every month. They can rest for three days every month."

This kind of salary is definitely a very high salary even in Beijing, and it also includes food and accommodation. Isn't this just pure money saving?

So Zhao Yuanzhen is not afraid of not being able to recruit people.

"Okay, little sister, your salary is very high. I will then mention it to His Majesty. We can recruit workers from all over the country. Those who sign up will be registered and documented by the government.

The government will then send soldiers to escort them, and their food, accommodation and transportation will be provided by the government, which will greatly increase the chances of recruiting workers."

Most people are unwilling to leave their hometowns. Firstly, they are afraid of encountering bandits or robbers while traveling through mountains and rivers. Secondly, they are afraid of being cheated. However, if the government escorts them all the way, then they might as well take action.

"Brother, you are really careful. With these guarantees, you won't have to worry about not being able to recruit people."

"Then I will write the memorial now and send it out today.

"Okay, big brother."

Zhao Yuanzhen also had to write a letter to her family to arrange for manpower, as a large number of manpower would be needed after buying the land here.

I first wrote a letter to Zhang Xinbai, which mainly contained the following points.

First, buy some servants, including farmers, servants, cooks, etc. Incorporate the newly bought ones into the family's chili sauce workshop, wine workshop, ceramic workshop, instant noodle seasoning cook, women's needlework workshop, oil press workshop, etc., and then transfer a group of old employees from these workshops after the New Year, and follow the imperial court's escort team to build Yanshan.

Second, ask the original persons in charge to train a group of new persons in charge of various workshops.

Third, ask Zhang Qingyan to come over and train a group of female talents.

Fourth, a group of all-round cooks trained by Qian Xiaohui will come.

Fifth, I talked about the benefits for the employees who came here.

Sixth, send a group of literate and clever servants to the ferry.

That’s about it. What we lack most now is technical manpower. With these manpower, things will be much easier.

He also wrote a letter to Zhang Yu at the ferry.

First, ask him to train more shopkeepers, at least 15, and try to have them all become apprentices before February next year.

Second, ask Lan Ying to hand over the shop at the ferry to the new manager as soon as possible, and she will come with you next year.

The main thing is that Lan Ying knows a lot of skills, and when I can’t teach them all myself, Lan Ying can help.

I can’t remember the others for now, so that’s it.

I handed the written letter to Zhao Yuanlan and asked him to mail it together.

All that remains is to wait for His Majesty's approval and reply.

The round trip will take at least one month.

Zhao Yuanzhen lived in the military camp.

A few days later, the Jin people gathered a small group of troops to harass the border.

Zhao Yuanlan did not hesitate and sent his troops to pursue them relentlessly, forcing this small group to flee in all directions. If they were not as familiar with the routes outside the Great Wall as the Jin people, they would not have let them escape.

The Jin people dared to harass the Liang Dynasty again and again because they relied on their greater familiarity with their own land than the Liang Dynasty.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at Zhao Yuanlan and the others, who were extremely angry but couldn't catch them.

He touched his nose, silently took out a super detailed border map, and quietly handed it to Zhao Yuanlan.

"!! Little sister, where did you get such a detailed map? And it's in color."

The map is so accurate that even the meters are marked in great detail. It takes a lot of manpower and resources to produce it.

"Hush, big brother, this is something I found by accident. You have to keep it secret and you can't tell me about it. You can just look at the original map yourself. If you want to show it to others, you can make a copy."

This is produced by the system, it is too detailed and accurate, and it is easy to arouse suspicion from others.

So, Zhao Yuanlan could only watch it secretly by himself.

"Okay, little sister, I understand. I'll read it myself and don't tell anyone else. I'll copy it and show it to other generals and soldiers."

Zhao Yuanlan also knew that this was a serious matter, so he was very cautious.

"Okay, big brother, I trust you, just handle it yourself."

Zhao Yuanlan is quite careful and will definitely be able to handle it well, so she doesn't need to worry too much.

Two days later, a small group of Jin troops came to harass again.

However, this time their tactics of retreating when the enemy advances and harassing when the enemy retreats did not succeed again.

Zhao Yuanlan had already deployed troops to guard all the routes they might take based on the detailed paths on the map, aiming to lure them into a trap.

The captured Jin people could not figure out how these people found such a hidden route.

They had set up an ambush in advance, just waiting for them to fall into their trap. However, this small group of troops was defeated by the huge disparity in strength and had no power to fight back.

There were a total of 1000 elite riders, and excluding the dead and wounded, more than 700 were captured.

Because they were cavalry archers, they also captured more than 900 war horses.

The remaining dozens of horses were dead, and Zhao Yuanlan dragged them back without any hesitation. The canteen had an extra meal today: horse meat.

The soldiers of the Daliang Dynasty finally breathed a sigh of relief today. They were all extremely happy, singing and cleaning the battlefield.

Zhao Yuanlan had no intention of killing these 700 people. Killing them was killing them. Although it would make him feel relieved, Zhao Yuanlan wanted to fleece them a few times before killing them again.

Based on the results of the interrogation, letters were sent to the Jin people.

[709 prisoners, 500 taels of ransom or 10 strong war horses for each person, limited to three days, if they fail to do so, their heads will be chopped off and hung on the city wall.]

Along with the letter were also enclosed tokens from the captives, so there was no need to worry that they would not believe it.

Although 709 people are not a lot, they are all elite cavalry that the Jin people spent a lot of time to train.

Cavalry is difficult to train, but they are a powerful fighting force on the battlefield. Zhao Yuanlan is not afraid that they will not pay the ransom.

Sure enough, the next afternoon, an envoy came to negotiate.

When the two sides met in front of the city gate, neither of them dismounted.

"I am the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, Aji Siren, and I would like to see the hostages first."

"can."

Zhao Yuanlan waved his hand, and a group of people on the city wall were forced to stand on the battlements.

"I demand to see all the hostages."

"The hostages are all alive. 709 is 709. If you don't want to change them, forget it."

Zhao Yuanlan said as he turned his horse around and headed back.

"Wait a minute, General. We agree."

When the messenger saw that Zhao Yuanlan was about to retreat, he hurriedly called him back.

Then they brought up the boxes filled with silver, a total of more than 35 taels.

We have to exchange the hostages. Firstly, it is not easy to train cavalry. Secondly, if we don't exchange the hostages this time, it will discourage the soldiers and reduce their fighting spirit.

Zhao Yuanlan waved his hand and asked someone to bring the silver over. He counted the amount and found that it was correct. He then asked someone to bring all the prisoners out. They returned to the city wall and released the prisoners.

Zhao Yuanlan was very happy. With more than 35 silver taels, he could buy more than 10 million catties of grain, enough to feed soldiers for more than five months.

This is a huge income.

"Congratulations, big brother, you won the first game perfectly."

"This is not the biggest problem solved by the map my sister provided."

Without my little sister's map, they wouldn't be able to capture these prisoners.

"Brother is still a master at using troops. He won the victory in one fell swoop."

"You, we brothers and sisters should stop complimenting each other."

"Hahaha, okay, big brother."

For a long time, the Jin people did not come to harass them again.

But Zhao Yuanlan felt that the matter might not be that simple. He did not believe that a brave and warlike country would become obedient just because a small group of cavalry were captured.

Therefore, the defense is more stringent.

The atmosphere in the military camp became increasingly serious, and there was a feeling that a storm was about to come.

Zhao Yuanzhen was also affected by this atmosphere and became a little nervous.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yuanzhen scanned the Jin general. He was shocked when he saw him.

This brave and warlike general of the Jin Kingdom was at the foot of the mountain closest to their border.

If it weren't for the mountains blocking the way, it would only be 40 miles to get here.

This was unusual. She had only scanned him and didn't know how many troops were there. She had to go and check it out.

Zhao Yuanzhen found an excuse and said that he wanted to go to the county town to have some fun.

Zhao Yuanlan didn't suspect anything and let her go.

After she went out, she did not go through the border gate. Instead, she walked towards the inner city first, then found a place with few people, put on her invisibility cloak, quietly climbed over the city wall, and went out.

After walking for a while, she became invisible due to the trees, so she let her horse run towards the encampment.

When she was about to reach the Jin general's camp, she put away her horse, put on her invisibility cloak, and slowly moved over.

The result of the scan was a dense mass of small green dots, and it looked like there were at least hundreds of thousands of people.

She touched the edge of the military camp, but did not rush in. She had to observe the situation carefully before going in.

Judging from the signs of life in the camp, it should have been set up for several days rather than just one or two days.