Ningxia, in the morning.

I saw Li Deng take the two of them to a restaurant.

As soon as he entered the door, he arched his hand to a middle-aged man with a big belly and poop at the counter: "Shopkeeper Xu, excuse me." ”

"Oops! It's Director Li here, please come in. ”

When the shopkeeper surnamed Xu saw Li Deng, he couldn't help but walk out of the counter and invited Li Deng to a nearby table to sit down.

"Xu Yuanwai, please register, we will keep it for the record." Li Deng said with his hands in his hands.

A man behind him immediately took out a form and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"No problem, no problem."

Shopkeeper Xu immediately took the pen and filled it in.

Guo Dan had already posted a notice to re-register his household registration, and all stores had to re-register.

While he was writing, Li Deng looked at it seriously: "It turns out that the word 'Xu' is written like this!" ”

Shopkeeper Xu glanced at Li Deng and said with a smile: "Director Li wants to learn to read and write!" ”

Li Deng scratched his head and said very embarrassedly: "This can't be learned without learning, I heard that I seem to be the only one in charge of Yinuoya who can't read and write." ”

Shopkeeper Xu smiled, and actually wondered in his heart, how did Guo Dan let Li Deng be the director of Yinuo Yaxing.

As everyone knows, for Guo Dan, his subordinates know a lot of words, but they are familiar with the situation in Ningxia, and the only ones who can risk death to report to him are Li Deng and Qinzi.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Li Deng soared into the sky, changed from an oil seller to the director of Yinuo Yaxing, but this was actually what they exchanged for their lives.

Of course, Li Deng was only one of the lucky ones, and in addition to Li Deng, there were also some people who stood in line, including the Jin merchants headed by Hu Du.

In the process of this rebellion, Hu Du and his team were dispatched with the whole army, taking a great risk to lobby those Liu Dongyang and others.

"Third uncle, happy cooperation." Guo Dan handed a contract to Hu Du.

"It is an honor for me to be able to work with Consultant Guo."

When Hu Du took the contract, he also handed a copy of the contract to Guo Dan.

This is a merger contract, at which time Yinuo Qianzhuang will merge all of Hudu's tea estates, and Hudu will receive 20% of the shares of Yinuo Qianzhuang.

Guo Dan said: "You hurry back and prepare, I will let the people from Qianzhuang go to your tea house to complete the handover, and you must strive to complete the handover before the Qianzhuang is listed for money." ”

"Consultant Guo, please rest assured, we are already ready." Hu Du assured.

At this moment, a brocade-clothed guard walked in and said, "Advisor Guo, the first batch of birds in the Grand Canyon has arrived. ”

"I see!"

Guo Dan nodded, and said to Hu Du: "I have something to do, tomorrow, tomorrow I will hold a banquet to thank you for your support, and then pull them up in Tatam, we will drink hard, and we will not return if we are not drunk." ”

After Guo Dan left, Chen You said: "Third brother, I always feel that these two shares are still a little less, we have helped him so much, and we are not taking his shares for nothing, didn't our tea house give it to him, it's just a deal." ”

Hu Du glanced at Chen You, sat down, and said, "You! It's really sitting in the well and watching the sky, you still have less than 20% of the shares of Yinuo Qianzhuang? Let me tell you, all our tea estates together are not worth 10% of the shares of other people's Yinuo money houses. If he hadn't begged us for help before, he wouldn't have given us 20% of the shares. ”

Chen You hurriedly asked, "Then how much money do you say is it worth, third brother?" ”

Hu Du said: "I estimate that 20% of the shares are worth at least 200,000 taels." ”

"How much?"

Chen You couldn't help but take a breath.

He was a small Jin businessman who ran business in Ningxia, and he became a rich man.

"At least 200,000 taels, this is only the current value, and it may be more in the future."

Hu Du said again: "Moreover, if we don't follow Yinuo Qianzhuang, we will close sooner or later, Guo Dan will not care about our shops, from this point of view, these two shares can be regarded as thanking us." ”

In fact, when Yinuo Qianzhuang expanded, Hu Du and they obviously felt a little powerless, plus Yinuo Qianzhuang loaned money to the emperor to fight, he knew that his tea house was short-lived, because once Yinuo Qianzhuang started lending business, all the tea estates would go bankrupt.

But God gave him a chance, and he took it.

......

When Guo Dan came to the barracks, he saw Dong Yiyuan and several generals playing with new-style bird guns.

There are only 500 birds in this first batch, which is not a lot for Guo Dan, but for Dong Yiyuan and them, it is already a lot.

"How about it, this bird can enter the eyes of General Dong and the generals."

"It's Advisor Guo here!"

Dong Yiyuan was very excited: "I heard that the bird guns produced by the Grand Canyon are unparalleled in the world, and now I look at it, and it really lives up to its name." ”

When a military general sees a beautiful weapon, it is really like a pervert sees a beautiful woman.

Guo smiled lightly: "Mr. Dong, the biggest advantage of my bird gun is not its fine workmanship. ”

Dong Yiyuan hurriedly asked, "Would you like to hear about it?" ”

"Everyone, please sit down and listen to me slowly."

After Dong Yiyuan and the others sat down, Guo Dan said: "This bird gun can allow me to raise the most soldiers with the least amount of money." ”

As soon as these words came out, Dong Yiyuan was shocked, and everyone looked at Guo Dan vigilantly.

Guo Dan knew that they had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "Don't panic, I don't mean to cut the military salary, I put my words here, in the nine towns of the border army, if my Ningxia soldiers are not as good as any military town, then I will pay ten times the military salary." ”

Dong Yiyuan hurriedly said: "We definitely didn't mean that, it's just that we are stupid and don't quite understand what Consultant Guo meant?" ”

Guo Dan asked rhetorically: "Dong Zongbing, you should know that this bird gun, only a sound person, training for a month, can be very proficient in using it." ”

Dong Yiyuan nodded.

Guo Dan said: "This provides us with the basis for the implementation of the military service system, we only need to keep a small standing army to deal with sudden wars, and at the same time, in the form of a law, every young man in Ningxia must serve in the military for one year, specially trained in the use of firearms." Then once there is a large-scale war, we will be able to mobilize the whole people, and the combat effectiveness will be no less than if you directly raise an army of 100,000. ”

"I see."

Dong Yiyuan quickly understood, and immediately said in surprise: "Consultant Guo really woke up the dreamer with a word, I really didn't think that this bird gun would be so useful in advance. ”

The biggest advantage of this bird gun is that it saves the cost of war, there is no need to sharpen a sword for another ten years, and it can go to the battlefield in a month, and its combat effectiveness is not much different from that obtained in one year of training.

Guo Dan suddenly handed Dong Yiyuan a piece of paper.

Dong Yiyuan took it, there was only one number written on it, and he couldn't help but look up at Guo Dan suspiciously.

Guo smiled lightly: "I need Dong Zongbing to determine the size of a standing army, and the number of this standing army should also deduct the soldiers who serve every year, it is best to be able to control within this scale, this is my calculation according to Ningxia's tax revenue, and grain production, please forgive me for this, one more person, I will take dozens of taels every year, of course, I will also ensure that each of our soldiers has no worries about food and clothing, including marriage, childbirth, education and medical care." ”

Dong Yiyuan nodded and said, "I understand, when I finish inspecting the terrain here, as well as the surrounding situation, I will give you an accurate number." ”

"I'm tired."

Guo Dan clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "In addition, I will also streamline the logistics scale of the army, in the future, our Ningxia Army will only be responsible for protecting the family and defending the country, and the rest will not be involved, and I will not raise any miscellaneous people, even the kitchen in the barracks I will contract to businessmen." ”

An officer immediately said, "The salt, the tea, ......!" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "It will be handed over to the merchants." ”

The officers present could not help but feel a little unhappy.

In this way, there is no oil and water to fish.

They all know that the biggest oil and water of the border army is in this tea and salt trade.

Guo Dan didn't feel embarrassed at all, and looked at them with a smile.

He is just giving Dong Yiyuan face, he is not discussing with these people, but telling them this fact, if you are unhappy, you can leave, you think you are Qi Jiguang, or Li Chengliang!

In fact, even if it is, Guo Dan will not change a word, the words are still the same, if you take away all the money, then I will still make a fart, you are the one who works, but you are not invited to be powerful, you can be promoted and make a fortune if you do a good job, if you don't do a good job, then bye-bye.

Dong Yiyuan nodded and smiled: "Then it will bother Consultant Guo." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This is my business. ”

In Weihui Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and other places, Guo Dan did not manage any military affairs, but Ningxia is an important border town, the biggest expenditure is the military department, and all the interests revolve around the army, he must be careful in this regard, don't look at him throwing hundreds of thousands of taels at every turn, but that is all through accurate calculations, this time is no exception, he will not raise idlers.

Of course, he will also provide a large number of firearms to compensate.

After sending Guo Dan out of the military camp, a deputy general beside Dong Yiyuan complained: "The border army is in charge of the salt and tea trade, but it is a matter of course. ”

Dong Yiyuan glanced at him and asked, "You don't think he's discussing with us, right?" ”

After a pause, he said again: "In addition, have you forgotten why Bibai rebelled, isn't it just to make trouble with that party?" Here we just need to train our soldiers, and in other military towns, you have to be impeached by those civilian officials. ”

Those officers suddenly realized that in fact, there were pros and cons to this, and in other border towns, if they wanted to be powerful, they had to be good civil officials, and Rao Li Chengliang was impeached and removed from power, not to mention them.

Although there is no oil and water to fish here, the treatment is not bad, and there is no need to worry about other things.

......

"Advisor Guo."

Over there, Guo Dan had just left the barracks when he met Tu Wenxiu.

"It turns out that General Tu."

Guo Dan bowed.

Tu Wenxiu looked lonely and said, "I don't know if I'm a general now." ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "General Tu doesn't want to go to the grassland? ”

Tu Wenxiu immediately said: "Consultant Guo, my family has been in Ningxia for generations, and I... I really didn't want to leave. ”

Guo Dan said: "Actually, I also hope that General Tu can stay, after all, I have seen General Tu's ability, and I can also help the general to ask Your Majesty, this is not a problem, but has the general ever considered that General Dong will treat the general like me?" ”

Tu Wenxiu was silent.

Guo smiled lightly: "I think General Tu will have more development in the Betumut Division, and I will fully support General Tu when the time comes." ”

"All... Full support for me? Tu Wenxiu was stunned.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "General Tu also knows that we will join forces with the Tumut Department to deal with the Tuman and other departments, if General Tu is in the middle, I believe that the two armies will have less contradictions and more cooperation, after all, the general is from Ningxia."

In the future, if General Tu is in charge of the area north of Ningxia, then I will be very relieved, so I will also take a sum of money out to buy a pasture for General Tu north of Ningxia. ”

Tu Wenxiu groaned a little, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Consultant Guo for your order, I know what to do." ”

"Uncle! Uncle! ”

Suddenly, I heard a shout.

Guo Dan looked up, only to see that it was Yaxing Xiaolin, and his heart suddenly came up, and his mouth muttered, "Good news, good news, good news......!" ”

Tu Wenxiu was confused.

Xiao Lin ran to Guo Dan and said excitedly: "Uncle, Mrs. She... She gave birth to another son for her uncle. ”

Guo Dan hurriedly asked, "Madam, is she okay?" ”

Xiao Lin nodded, gasped and said, "Madam and Little Master are very good." ”