"Butler Ren, take this recipe and arrange for someone to barbecue the jerky by hand. Remember to put more salt and seasonings, a piece of jerky is boiled in water, and it can be drunk directly as a broth, which is enough to taste! Grabbing a piece of white paper full of handwriting from the table, Zhang Qian commanded with a smile.

"Yes, owner!" Ren Quan stepped forward to take the secret recipe and walked away quickly. Before he reached the door, Zhang Qian's voice came from behind him, "Wait, copy two copies of the secret recipe, send them to the Ren family and the Guo family respectively, and ask them to help make it together, within ten days, I want 20,000 catties of yak beef jerky." ”

"Yes!" Ren Quan agreed again, and his steps became more and more hurried.

Nodding at his back, Zhang Qian grabbed the white paper full of words in the second chapter, "Steward Cui, take this recipe and make fried noodles." Stir-fry with boiled yak butter, add five catties of fried sesame seeds and five catties of dried fruits for every 100 catties of noodles. A total of 20,000 catties will be collected within ten days, regardless of the cost! ”

"Don't worry, owner!" Steward Cui stepped forward with red eyes, took the secret recipe, and then rushed all the way away.

"Hmm!" Zhang Qian groaned slightly, grabbed the warrant he had written last night, and passed it down one by one.

"Zhang Gui, you take a few people to buy horses. Don't run too fast on a horse, but be able to carry things so that you can feed them. Within ten days, plus the original ones in the house, there were enough horses for 400! ”

"Zhang Ren, you take my name and go to ask to see Imperial Doctor Sun. Ask him to help arrange 500 marching scatters to relieve the heat. ”

"Zhang Bao, you go to buy soybeans and black beans, and roast them to make the essence of war horses."

……

The family members agreed, and left one after another, one face full of nervousness and heaviness.

The owner of his own village was appointed by the imperial court, and he was about to serve as the chief of the march in Anxi Town, and he followed General Zuo Xiaowei and the chief manager of Anxi Province to award the expedition to Broken Leaves. This news is tantamount to a bolt from the blue to everyone in the village.

Since Zhuangzi changed his surname to Zhang, everyone's lives have undergone earth-shaking changes. From housekeepers to housekeepers and servants, everyone's income has increased several times, not to mention, and their status has risen like a kite. Nowadays, several cronies who follow the owner to serve, such as Zhang Gui, Zhang Bao, etc., are called Langjun when they go out. And Steward Ren and Steward Cui saw the county order on the road, and they didn't have to take the initiative to get off the horse.

In addition, almost everyone, from the housekeeper to the domestic servant, has relatives who work in the workshops of the Rokushami Trading House. The income is several times that of other workshops, and he only needs to work four hours a day. After working for a year in a row, the money you save can go home directly to the house and talk about your daughter-in-law. In addition, some delicate work in the workshop also recruits female children to do it, and the income is higher than that of men. made many housekeepers and servants who originally thought that their families had lost money, but now they are all proud.

Furthermore......

Change is multifaceted. It's not just money, it's dignity, order, and hope. And, a lot of inexplicable things. The servants and servants are not as eloquent as scholars, but their hearts are as clear as mirrors. In the past year, the whole Zhuangzi, along with everyone in the Zhuangzi, has been reborn.

Since the change of owner, Steward Cui has never whipped anyone for no reason. And going to the Wang's house to force debts is also the last ruthless thing the family members do. Today, there is no one in Zhangjiazhuang who still owes the famine in Zhuangzi. There are no tenants who need to feed themselves on wild vegetables.

The water that has been accumulated for many years has been pumped clean by the machine well, and in the abandoned low-lying land, it is no longer gray cabbage, but sorghum. The road in Zhuangzi is twice as wide as before, and all the potholes are not filled in smoothly. In the pond in front of Zhuangzi, the lotus leaves have been connected into pieces, and wild ducks and wild geese come and go freely on the water.

Nowadays, the people of ten miles and eight townships, who mentions Zhangjiazhuang, where Zhang Shaojian is located, is not envious and his eyes are shining? Who doesn't know that anyone who lives in Zhangjiazhuang, whether it is a family or a tenant, is so rich that his life is full of oil? And all this is because of the young eunuch Zhang as the owner. In case Young Eunuch Zhang is not there one day, this is impossible. But God really doesn't have long eyes, so that Zhang Shaojian will encounter a little trouble, everyone will definitely have to return to the original hard life, and the prosperity in front of him will quickly turn into barrenness!

With the owner here, the good days will continue. Realizing the impending crisis, the servants and servants made a decisive choice. Not only work together, but also carry out the assigned tasks as quickly as possible. There are also more than 20 people who are less concerned about the family, so they simply went to Ren Quan and took the initiative to ask for help, and wanted to accompany the owner of the village to go on the expedition.

The idea is simple and straightforward. Although the Ren and Guo families each sent 150 family members yesterday evening. However, the owner of the village is his own and cannot be protected by the family members of the Ren and Guo families.

Although the family members of the Ren and Guo families have rich combat experience and high skills, they are not taking the owner's money after all. When it comes to critical moments, loyalty may not be reliable. However, the family members and servants of Zhangjiazhuang have long been tied to the fate of the owner, and they are naturally more loyal than outsiders at a critical juncture.

For the kindness of the family and the slaves, Zhang Qian did not refuse this time. After listening to Ren Quan's report, he decisively asked Zhuangzi to pay for the family and servants to prepare armor, weapons and horses, so as not to add to the burden on everyone. And every family member and slave who asked for a job was given back a deed of sale, and his status was changed from a slave to a hired laborer.

It was not Zhang Qian himself who hired them, but the Six Gods Trading Company. In this way, even if they are injured on the battlefield, they will not lose their security for the rest of their lives.

For the one hundred and fifty elites sent by Ren and Guo respectively, Zhang Qian also adopted the same method after discussing with Ren Cong and Guo Nu. In the name of the Six Gods Trading Company, the deed of sale of these 300 family members was redeemed and returned to the individual. At the same time, he recruited all of them as the "security guards" of the Six Gods Trading Company. The monthly salary is usually exactly the same as that of a craftsman in a trading house. When you go on an expedition, you are twice as tall as a craftsman.

In this way, without waiting for departure, there were already more than 320 security guards around Zhang Qian. All of them are born with big shoulders and round waists, and they are full of vitality. It is impossible to evaluate how much combat effectiveness it can have. At least the appearance is not much worse than those traditional generals.

That's the perk of the traverser. Although Zhang Qian does not understand the art of war, he is also a layman on how to form and train troops. However, he knew that the evolution of the army in the feudal era, or the inevitable result of degeneration, was the private army!

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Keyong relied on a few thousand private soldiers to suppress Zhu Wen and retreat. In the late Ming Dynasty, Li Chengliang was able to sit firmly in Liaodong for more than 30 years with 2,000 families.

Compared with the government military system currently implemented by Datang, the family system or private soldier system may not be an improvement. But in a small battle, or in a part of a large battle, a well-fed and armed man to the teeth can definitely drive three times as many soldiers as his own away. As for the tribal soldiers whose combat effectiveness and equipment are far inferior to those of the government soldiers, with the difference in size between the two sides being less than five times, the family will definitely be able to beat the other party to the ground.

"Senior brother, senior brother, look at my set of dazzling star armor!" Ren Cong was wearing a piece of iron armor, and walked into the study sonorously, swaying in front of Zhang Qian's eyes like a peacock opening the screen.

Zhang Qian, who had just finished assigning tasks to the family members, raised his head, glanced at Ren Cong in surprise, and counted with a smile: "What armor to wear on a hot day, be careful of heat stroke." Take it off and put it aside, I have something for you to do! ”

"Senior Brother——, last time I went to Yangcheng, Second Senior Brother followed you!" Ren Cong immediately puffed out his mouth and reminded coquettishly.

"Yangcheng is Yangcheng, and broken leaves are broken leaves, can they be compared? What's more, this has been going for at least half a year, who do you want me to hand over the weapons superintendent? Zhang Qian glared at him fiercely, and did not hesitate to extinguish his thoughts.

The ordnance supervisor is the foundation of the three brothers in the court, and at this juncture, they must not be lost. Therefore, at the moment when he received the holy decree yesterday evening, Zhang Qian had already made a decision in his heart, this time he would go to Anxi, Guo Nu, Ren Cong, and Wang Maobo, he would not take any of them.

Especially Ren Cong, who is young, and his martial arts are also common. After he went, not only would it not help him, but it would distract him. Staying in the Ordnance Prison, Ren Cong and Guo Nu relied on their financial resources and connections, but they could continue to provide material support to the front line.

"Senior brother, you can arrange for the second senior brother to be in charge of both the Armor Staff Department and the Gunpowder Department!" Ren Cong was still unwilling and continued to beg in a whisper.

"Your second senior brother also has to take charge of the family's flower dew workshop and continue to refine rose essential oil." Zhang Qian glared at him and replied categorically, "Don't be instigated, take off your armor and go back to the armor staff to keep an eye on it." In the name of the marching commander of Anxi Road, I ordered a hundred leaders of Bright Star Armor and three hundred leaders of cavalry iron vests. If you can't do it, you can give a part of the work to Wang Maobo's side, and the Counting Armor Department will be customized from the ironcraft workshop of the Six Gods Trading House! However, within ten days, it must be delivered, and if the departure of the army is delayed, I will ask you! ”

"This ......, yes, senior brother!" Ren Cong completely lost his temper, so he had to hang his head and walk out.

walked to the door, but accidentally, he collided with Guo Nu who rushed in. The brothers were all unsteady on their feet, both of them fell, and the "Bright Star Armor" on their bodies collided with each other, and there was another "sonorous sound".

The Shining Star Armor is the kind of full-body iron armor that Ren Cong sent to the palace on the order of Zhang Qian, but the dragon decoration on it was removed. After Li Xian tried it, he personally gave this armor the name "Bright Star".

This kind of armor weighs less than half of the Mingguang armor, but its protective power has increased by at least fifty percent. Feather arrows are basically impenetrable, and if you open a crossbow, you have to get at least twenty steps closer to endanger the safety of the armorer. The Tang Dynasty soldiers wearing the dazzling star armor are definitely like a tiger with wings!

The only disadvantage of this armor is that the cost is a little high, even if the iron refining technology is becoming more and more mature, a set of dazzling star armor without any decoration to create, the cost is more than 30 hangs. However, for Zhang Qian, price is no longer an issue.

"Take off your armor for me, don't be verbose!" Zhang Qian walked over quickly, one in each hand, and pulled Ren Cong and Guo Nu up from the ground. Immediately, according to the buttocks of the two of them, one of them "rewarded" a kick, and scolded in a low voice, "Who dares to mention another sentence to accompany me on the expedition, and directly do 200 physics problems." ”

"Yes!" Ren Cong hung his head and didn't dare to be verbose. Guo Nu, who came with the same purpose as him, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly explained with a smile, "Senior brother, senior brother, you listen to me." I'm not here to ask for help. I'm just recommending to you, recommending a few reliable helpers to go to the Western Regions! ”

"Names are left, except for your own!" Zhang Qian resolutely refused to be fooled, glanced at him, and commanded in a low voice. Immediately, he shook his head again and comforted in a very low voice: "Don't think that you two will go to break the leaves this time and die for life." Actually, the risk is not that high. When I go to Anthy, I finally know who the enemy is, and I don't have to watch behind me all day! Besides, risk has been one with opportunity since ancient times, and you two have helped me take care of my home, and when I come back, the situation will definitely be completely different! ”