"This kind of horse is good. It's good to pull a cart to work. I don't know what the price?"

"If the adult horse has a good coat color and a handsome appearance, there are also those with 25 or 6 sigils. Mares are cheaper, usually around 16 sigils."

Chao Gai learned a lot of knowledge from Huangfu Zheng and was still very good at Suma.

This kind of horse on Guangxi Road was born in the mountains and was good at carrying, pulling carts, and arable land. Now, reclaiming Jinmi Island requires a large number of livestock. Only buffaloes and donkeys are not enough, and horses are also needed.

Jiao Ting is quite fat, so he asked him to go up and ride a horse.

Although the horse is not big, it weighs about 500 pounds, and a fat man carrying more than 200 pounds is actually very relaxed.

It’s okay to cultivate the land, and this horse has a characteristic, that is, it is docile and can command women and children, and it is far better than the grassland horse.

"Three Young Master, is there a lot of horses like this? There are hundreds of horses."

Mr. Chen happily rubbed his hands: "There are quantity, quantity. Thousands of horses have been collected. This kind of horse is very good at working, but he is not good at running."

Chao Gai arranged for the shopkeeper to connect with him, and he wanted to buy three hundred buffaloes, three hundred donkeys and five hundred horses.

In order to develop in the long term and to have reproductive ability, Chao Gai is determined to develop Jinmi Island.

These more than a thousand animals are just the beginning. As more and more strong men and more land is developed, more animals will be purchased, buffaloes will be used to plow rice fields and horses will be used to plow dry land. This is a very good choice.

Eight days later, the first fleet's five Dafu ships returned to the Port of Mizhou.

Wu Yong was busy at the port when suddenly the sailors flew over: "The First Fleet has returned, it has returned."

Wu Yong has been worried these days because he has not read letters. After all, the fleet has been voyage for a month and a half.

I left in early April, and now I have finished cutting wheat.

"What, Lord Chao is back."

Wu Yong put down his work and ran to the port. From a distance, he saw five black smoke on the sea. The black smoke was spraying very high. It was good. This was his first fleet. At this time, it was completely against the wind. The sails were closed, relying entirely on the steam engine, and there was a lot of coal added.

"Get together sailors, prepare for the war drum horn, and welcome the fleet back."

"yes."

The assembly was quick, and in a short while, the war drums and horn hands were assembled.

Beat the cheerful war drums and blow the melodious horns.

Chao Gai also saw the crowd at the port on the bow of the ship.

The sailors cheered, threw their clothes into the air, shouting loudly, and shouting loudly.

"Oh, I'm back home."

"I'm finally back."

Ruan Xiaoer also smiled happily: "Brother, I want to take a leave when I come back this time. When I came out last time, my wife was seven months old. I think she should have given birth now. I want to go home."

"Accurate, the fleet stays at the port and rests for ten days."

Ruan Xiaoer was moved. With such a large fleet, the losses were huge for every day of suspension. Chao Gai even said one sentence and stopped at the port to rest for ten days.

At the port, Wu Yong kept waving his arms at the people on the boat. The big ship slowly stopped, and the big chimney slowly stopped smoking. Stopping the boat is no longer as troublesome as stopping the car. If you accidentally bump into the dock, it will cause an accident.

Finally, five lucky ships were moored.

The Xuan ladder was set up, and it was not Chao Gai or Ruan Xiaoqi who came down first.

Instead, there were six sailors wearing black clothes with solemn expressions.

The two of them were carrying a black box covered with black cloth.

The welcome atmosphere on the dock suddenly became stuck.

Wu Yong understood that this was a sacrifice of sailors.

"Brothers, I've brought you back."

Everyone bowed, and Wu Yong arranged for someone to pay the wine to pay tribute, allowing them to settle down.

"Brother, is this a war?"

Chao Gai shook his head: "This voyage was very smooth. Although I fought several times in Penghu, there were no casualties. After arriving at the destination, these three sailors were injured by wild animals on the island. One was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, one was bitten to death by a giant lizard, and the other was taken out by a leopard. On the road to pioneering, casualties are always inevitable."

Wu Yong was also very sad, but when he heard Chao Gai say that he had successfully found the island, he was immediately overjoyed: "Brother, has the island been found? How big is it?"

"I don't know how big it is, but the corner to the north alone is larger than Dongping Prefecture. There are too many wastelands suitable for reclaiming on the island, with millions of acres or even millions of acres of land."

The sailors were busy getting off the boat, and Wu Yong pulled Chao Gai aside and whispered: "Brother, Tian Hu from Hebei has raised an army. He has captured several prefectures in a month, and even the Taiyuan prefecture has been taken down. Now tens of thousands of refugees are rushing to Cangzhou under our intentional or unintentional guidance."

"So fast? It's a bit unexpected, this situation is probably a bit miserable."

"It's not just a tragic situation, but the people are living in poverty. Tian Hu raised his army and searched the people first, either fight with him or flee the whole family. When the officers and soldiers came, the people became even more unlucky, and some were chopped off and pretended to be military merits."

"Has the grain been transported to the firewood?"

"Brother, don't worry, from last year to this year, we have been vigorously purchasing Chenliang, transporting the grain of ten-square-bottomed sand boats to the seaside of Cangzhou. Based on the 20,000 refugees, we can last for two months. What's more, who is Chai Jin? He is a rich local rich man, and his family is very rich."

Chao Gai touched his nose: "That's how I'm not at ease. His family is so rich. If a refugee has a bad idea, it will be dangerous. Fei Ge sent a letter and sent Sun An to lead a hundred guards to Cangzhou to assist Chai Daren to settle the refugee and wait for the fleet's transfer."

"Yes, I'll make arrangements."

Why did you send Sun An? Because these people who fled to famine are all fellow villagers of Sun An, at least they can understand their hometown dialect so that they won’t be able to understand a single word.

However, the matter was not as serious as imagined. First of all, Chai Jin is very capable, and tens of thousands of refugees can still be managed. Secondly, Cangzhou is a key border area with many soldiers and it is difficult for refugees to cause trouble. Moreover, when there is sufficient food, there is no need for refugees to cause trouble.

"What is the Second Fleet doing now?"

"When transporting refugees, the flat-bottomed sand boat transferred refugees from Cangzhou to Batian Island, and then the three lucky ships of the Second Fleet transferred people to Mizhou Island, with 1,500 people at a time. But there will be many women and children in the future, so how to resettle them is a big problem. Especially for children, taking a long distance boat will still cause great harm to people."

"This is okay. I told Chai Jin that Cangzhou is vast and it is not a problem to build a few refugee villages. Try to transfer the strong men and women to Mizhou Island. Children are indeed not suitable for transfer. Leave families with their children and families in Cangzhou to build refugee villages."
Chapter completed!