Then in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Mien, a high-ranking official in Fukien, designated Kinmen as a district for raising horses. Chen Yuan, the official given charge over raising the horses, brought people of 12 different surnames to the island to open up what was then wasteland and develop agriculture, fishing and the salt industry.
到了唐代，閩觀察使柳冕將此島規劃成養馬區，當時的牧馬官陳淵帶領十二族不同姓氏的人來墾荒闢地，發展農、漁、鹽業，金門漸成樂土。