Chapter 375: Blatant Threat
According to the statistics of the fifth day of the new year, there are already more than 11,000 households in Xinghan City, but this number is still too small.
In terms of proportion, the proportion of craftsmen of all types in the city is extremely high.
This is what Lu Chensheng specially recruited before, so there is such a ratio.
In other ordinary cities, there would not be such a large number of craftsmen in them.
As the number increases, the more people recruited, the greater the cost.
Since the beginning of spring, Lu Chensheng has continued to let the fifth day of the new year buy grain.
That's a huge expense alone.
In addition, Lu Chensheng's treatment is excellent, it is four meals a day, and the food is constantly consumed every day.
On the fifth day of the previous year, I felt that the grain that [the village] had purchased by itself was enough for them to eat for a year.
But now I realized that it was not enough for them to eat for that long, at most only a few months.
After knowing that there was indeed a shortage of food, he also desperately began to buy grain on the fifth day of the new year, in order to fill the granary that had just been built.
It's a pity that only a small part of the grain consumed every day can flow into the granary on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
With such progress, I don't know how long it will take to fill the granary.
The treatment is excellent, and the effect is extremely significant, and now the people who were originally thin and small are full of strong muscles at the moment, and they are a lot taller.
The soldiers who have been training in a targeted manner are even more of a big waist with just long shoulders, and a single soldier stands there as if he is a wall and pestle there.
In addition to the consumption of grain, there is no shortage of all kinds of meat.
Most of these were bought from foreigners, and some were bought from Han merchants.
At present, there are many chickens and ducks in the valley, which seems to be a lot of them, but not enough for everyone.
"Soldiers are still very easy to recruit, the treatment given by the minister is good, and there are many people who are willing to come to be soldiers, but recruiting more people is an expense."
At present, making money is making money, but the expenses are also a headache.
After all, it is such a city, and all kinds of materials are bought by buying, and the cost is too great.
This is not a small expense for a family, but an expense related to the entire city, so how can it be less?
"Well, there will be fewer soldiers, and if the situation is not good, the Tartars will come this autumn, and there will not be enough soldiers to guard them, then everything will be in vain."
Lu Chensheng knew this truth, but his answer was still resolute at the moment.
At present, the recruitment of soldiers has reached 4,000 people, and the training is going on as usual.
It seems that 4,000 is a lot, but it is not enough for such a long wall on the mountain.
Looking at the progress of the construction of the city wall, it will take about a little time to complete the whole combination, and then the soldiers will need to patrol the city wall to defend against foreign enemies.
Nowadays, there are some soldiers guarding the city wall, but basically there are some sentry posts.
"We will also expand the number of soldiers to more than 8,000 people."
Lu Chensheng thought about it and gave a piece of data.
Guarding the city wall, which can be guarded by a dozen soldiers from a beacon tower, is still enough to be careful and calculated.
Seeing Lu Chensheng say this, Bai Yi nodded in response.
However, for soldiers above 8,000 people, the cost of this will be much more.
"Don't worry, the husband will find a way to deal with the money."
Lu Chensheng saw Bai Yi's somewhat worried appearance, and immediately smiled.
It's hard to make money, and you can only expand the production of salt, and you can get soap, and perfume is also available, but glass is more difficult to get.
But you can start trying it out.
It's just glass, it's not so easy to get, it needs continuous experimental research, and I'm afraid it won't be so fast to produce it for a while.
But if the glass comes out, it will be a huge profit.
When Lu Chensheng thought of this, he couldn't stop, and immediately found someone to build the workshop first.
According to the previous requirements, the workshops are all concentrated in one place, and the more inside they are, the more secret they are, and there are soldiers guarding them outside, and outsiders are not allowed to approach.
The location assigned to the workshop is very large, and after Lu Chensheng gave an order, there were craftsmen ready to build the workshop.
The manufacture of soap is relatively simple, just let the people of Qiongyue do it.
The things here have been arranged in an orderly manner, and the people in the valley have relied on their strong physique, and some projects have not stopped.
Busy figures shuttle everywhere.
The imperial capital of Jiang Guo.
Lin Yu was in the garden, looking at the fish swimming below, and the embroidery in his hand had stopped for a long time.
Xiaohe stood aside and remained silent.
"Lu Gongzi, he went to Wudeng City, is this news reliable?"
After a long time, Lin Yu came back to his senses and looked at Xiaohe on the side and asked.
"Well, the news is reliable, this is what many people said, some businessmen saw Lu Gongzi in Wudeng City with their own eyes, and the peach blossom paper or something also spread from Wudeng City, but this place has now been renamed Chengxing Hancheng."
When Xiaohe heard this, he immediately responded in a proper manner.
Lin Yu's beautiful eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, and he was relieved in his heart.
"Miss, outsiders say that Xiucai has not been able to rebel for ten years, and that Lu Gongzi has no ability to rebel, and I am afraid that he will spend the rest of his life in the city of Xinghan."
Seeing that his young lady still cared about Lu Chensheng so much, he said cautiously.
She felt that her own young lady should be waiting for Lu Gongzi to succeed in his rebellion, and then break the imperial capital.
Lin Yu was about to pick up the needle and thread, but at this moment, he paused slightly.
Meimu looked at her maid at this moment, "Do you also think that Lu Gongzi will not rebel?" ”
When Xiaohe heard this, her little face was full of confusion, in her opinion, where is the rebellion so simple.
Lu Gongzi Xu was a little enthusiastic and talked about it casually before, but now that his mood has calmed down, he is afraid that he has broken this idea.
Moreover, so far, there is no other move by Lu Gongzi.
It is also possible to say that the other party has no intention of rebelling.
Xiaohe didn't speak, but Linyu already understood what Xiaohe meant.
"Do you think that the scholar who said he was going to fight the Tartars and went directly to the horse, since he said that he would not do it? The reputation of a sword scholar is not a reputation obtained by just killing an enemy once. ”
Lin Yu lowered his head at this moment, shook his head slightly and said.
Others don't believe that Lu Chensheng will rebel, but she believes that she also believes that Lu Chensheng will definitely succeed.
"Miss, the old man has sent someone to urge the marriage again..."
Xiaohe looked at her young lady cautiously.
Lin Yu paused slightly when he heard this, and then turned into a casual appearance, "You go to my father in person, if your daughter marries, you will tell the story of the previous news and Lu Gongzi." ”
When Xiaohe heard this, his face was suddenly full of helplessness, if this matter is said, where will Miss still be alive!
This is a blatant threat to the master.
Lin Yu didn't care at this moment, she had to wait, wait for Lu Chensheng to break the imperial capital, and then personally congratulate him on avenging his hatred.
She didn't want the other party to become someone else's wife when the rebellion was successful, and then silently watched him from a distance.