The whole autumn was spent in some pleasant time, without foreign enemies, without worries, without any invasions.

After the autumn grain was harvested, even the people in Jizhou City, who had been poor for several years, felt this comfort.

For the first time, they don't need to worry about how to survive the sturdy winter, at least not because of eating.

Li Qi's Ning army not only distributed food, but also distributed cotton clothes and quilts to the people for the winter.

In addition, all the young and strong men who have been selected as the people will receive a salary every month.

Because of Jizhou's short-term stability, even business things began to pick up.

Li Qi was good to the people, and the people naturally thought of him, so everyone who went out of the city became a scout of the Ning army.

In order to deal with the troops that might be dispatched from Yuzhou, Li Qi assigned permanent scouts to several county towns and several large towns two hundred miles south of Jizhou.

However, Li Qi is not worried, because according to his speculation, this winter will also be spent safely.

Even if Yuzhou had learned that Jizhou City was empty, it would not use troops against Jizhou in winter.

The days in Yuzhou are not much better, they consume a lot of money, food and materials to fight Jizhou in winter, and the gains outweigh the losses.

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"Next summer."

Li Qi stood in front of the map and muttered to himself.

This is the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, the map on the wall is very comprehensive, and this map is also a witness, it survived two Jiedu Envoys.

This huge map is the stuff of Zeng Ling, the envoy of the former Jizhou Jiedu, and after Zeng Ling died in battle, this became Panno's.

Li Qi's gaze withdrew from the map, turned around and took a sip of hot tea.

Tang Pi, who was sitting in a rocking chair on the side, said: "The winter in Jizhou is very cold, and it is a good thing to be colder." ”

Just because Jizhou is too cold in winter, the Yuzhou army will not come, and there is no place to replenish their supplies along the way.

In winter, there is nothing but weeds in the wilderness, and if there is another heavy snowfall, there will be no weeds to be seen.

It is necessary for the Yuzhou army to bring a large amount of supplies to attack Jizhou City, unless the people leading the army on the Yuzhou side are crazy.

It was almost early winter, and the stove in the house had been lit, and jujubes were roasted on the stove, and there was a very strong aroma in the house.

Li Qi sat down and said: "There is no news from the northern Xinjiang, this year is also strange, every year during the autumn harvest, the black warriors will go south, but this year it is honest." ”

Tang Pidi asked, "Xiahou didn't write to you?" ”

Li Qi said: "His letter didn't say what was going on, and even he didn't figure it out, he just felt abnormal." ”

Tang Pi said: "It's a good thing after all." ”

He sat here a little leisurely, because the matter of military training was really not a difficult thing for him, and it didn't need to take up all his time at all.

Sometimes genius is a kind of envy being, they only use their strength to do what they do, but they do it better than others.

What makes people feel even more jealous is that what a genius can do with three points of strength is the limit of what can be done in this matter.

You think he didn't do his best, but even if he did it with four points of effort, it was a waste of a point.

And ordinary people do the same thing with great effort, but they still can't be perfect.

"It's a good day."

Tang Pi said: "Let's have a hot pot." ”

Li Qi smiled and said, "Okay, let Aunt Wu prepare." ”

Aunt Wu and her sisters have returned to Jizhou from Yanshan, and everyone is very happy, after all, this is their familiar home.

Although they all knew that Ning Jun's stay in Jizhou was one and a half years, it had nothing to do with being happy or unhappy.

You can't just stop being happy just because you have a time limit to be happy.

The happiness in this time is time-limited, no matter how happy it is, it is the same, and there is no sadness.

I have never heard of someone who is happy for a lifetime, but I have seen someone sad for a lifetime

Bear.

"I'm going to send the team out."

Tang Pidi looked at Li Qi and pointed to the sugar and garlic in front of Li Qi, Li Pidi did not hand it to Tang Pidi, but peeled them one by one in a small bowl, and only pushed the bowl over after peeling it.

Li Qi said: "You go on." ”

Tang Pi said: "There is a limit to the source of troops in Jizhou City, at most 50,000, and if you eliminate the unqualified people, you can finally leave 40,000 new soldiers." ”

He was obviously not satisfied with the 40,000 troops.

"Because there has been no war in Jizhou this year, there are many refugees returning home from all over the country, and all states and counties are recovering."

Tang Pi said: "Send a team to recruit new soldiers, as long as those between the ages of sixteen and thirty are paid, according to the double salary of the imperial court soldiers, but those who fail to pass the training will be repatriated." ”

Li Qi nodded: "You have the final say." ”

Tang Pi said: "It will use a lot of money." ”

Li Qi said: "It's as if the money is in my hands......"

Tang Pidi said lightly: "I have to let you know." ”

Li Qi said with a smile: "You can do the things that cost money, and I'll figure out how to make money." ”

As soon as he said this, Yu Jiuling rubbed his hands and came in from outside, and said as he walked: "It's really cold early this year, and it's snowing outside." ”

Li Qi and the others immediately got up and went to the door, and before they knew it, fine pieces of snow were falling down.

"Winter will only start tomorrow, and this year's snow is indeed early."

Li Qi looked at the snow, and soon turned from broken snow to large snowflakes, and the snow scene was a little beautiful on this moonlit night.

At this moment, Shen Ruzhan, the proprietor of Shen Yitang, arrived, and walked in the heavy snow, wearing a big coat, and the snowflakes had already dyed the big one white.

Li Qi took an umbrella from the door and went out to pick it up, and Shen Ruzhan smiled at him and nodded in greeting.

"Why did Mr. Shen come here so late?"

Li Qi asked.

Shen Ruzhan took off the big hat after entering the door, and the Miaoman's figure showed off with her movements.

In terms of appearance, she is indeed not the kind of national beauty, and her heroic spirit is a little heavier, but the shoulder-length hair makes her a little more charming.

This is a woman who can be convincing by her temperament alone, and most of this temperament comes from her self-confidence.

"I was going to come a few days ago, and there was still some confusion on the books, so I calculated it carefully."

Gao Xining put a seat for Shen Ruzhan, and got another cup of hot tea, Shen Ruzhan liked this little girl very much, and reached out to put her arm around Gao Xining's shoulder: "I'll sit next to you." ”

That position was originally next to Li Qi, so Li Qi consciously moved to the side and sat on Tang's side.

"This is the book."

Shen Ruzhan handed a booklet to Li Qi and said, "During the time you are not in Jizhou, Shen Yitang's revenue account will probably need to be reissued to you 110,000 taels. ”

Li Qi was stunned: "Reissue? ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "When I arrived in Jizhou, I said that I would share the revenue of each month with you. ”

Li Qi said: "But we were not in Jizhou before, and we can't collect this money." ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "You have the final say on how to spend it, but I have the final say on whether to accept it or not, everything I promise will be done according to the agreement, as long as the Shen Medical Hall in Jizhou is open, this money will be there, if it can only be opened for one day in the future, this silver will be divided into one day, fifty years, fifty years." ”

Li Qi sighed: "It's really deserved. ”

Shen Ruzhan said with a smile: "If you really feel ashamed, then I can put forward a condition?" ”

Li Qi said: "You just say it." ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "All the military medicines in the future of the Ning Army will be purchased from my Shen Medical Hall. ”

Li Qi immediately nodded: "Of course." ”

He returned the account book to Shen Ruzhan and said: "You don't need to read the account book, the 110,000 taels of silver that Mr. Shen said, you don't need to send someone to send it over, I will buy 110,000 taels of silver for military medicine." ”

Shen Ruzhan snorted and said after taking the account book

Said: "After I go back, I asked people to prepare medicine as much as possible, winter is coming, and there will be a shortage of medicinal materials, and it will take about a month." ”

Li Qi said: "No hurry. ”

"Jizhou's business is over."

Shen Ruzhan said: "Next, let's talk about other business things I want to do." ”

Li Qi asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Shen?" ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "You also know that I am a businessman, and the goal of a businessman is profit, and now there is not much business that Jizhou can do, and the people have no money left in their hands, so if I want to make more money, I can no longer focus on the people, but on people like you." ”

She said very seriously: "I have spare money in my hand, I can put it here for you and let the money make money." ”

Li Qi replied: "But I don't have any business to do here, and the team won't be in Jizhou for too long." ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "People who do business, their eyes are always looking at where they can make money, and their minds are always thinking about what methods to use to make money. ”

She looked at Li Qi and said, "Do you want to expand the army, do you lack money?" ”

Li Qi replied: "No." ”

Shen Ruzhan asked again: "How many troops can be equipped with millions of silver?" ”

Li Qi looked at Tang Pidi, and Tang Bidi replied: "If you talk about infantry, weapons, armor and armor are fully equipped, one million taels of silver, you can equip 30,000 to 40,000 people, if you save some, you can equip 50,000 people." ”

Tang Pidi paused for a moment and continued: "If it is equipment like the outcast rebels, one million taels of silver, each person can buy a life for five taels of silver, and can buy two hundred thousand rabble. ”

Shen Ruzhan nodded and said, "Then according to the calculation of more than 30,000 people, before I came, I inquired about the military system of your Ning Army." ”

She looked at Li Qi and asked, "There are about 12,000 people in an army, right?" ”

Li Qi replied: "Yes." ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "My million silver taels can equip the three armies, right?" ”

Li Qi nodded again: "Yes." ”

Shen Ruzhan said: "I will give you all the millions of family belief, you arm the soldiers and horses of the three armies, and the place where the soldiers and horses of the three armies will fight in the future is the place where my Shen Yitang business will be done." ”

Li Qi said: "This ......"

Shen Ruzhan asked, "Are you embarrassed?" Feel at a loss? ”

Li Qi said: "I think you have suffered a loss." ”

Shen Ruzhan smiled lightly: "I am a businessman, and I will never suffer." ”

She looked at the steaming hot pot and said with a smile: "After saying so much, I delayed your meal, and the host didn't move the chopsticks anymore, and I, the one who came to rub the rice, was embarrassed to move the chopsticks first." ”

Li Qi smiled and picked up the chopsticks: "Eat." ”

The next day, the school field.

Tang Pidi sat on the high platform and watched the recruits training on the school field, and after pondering for a while, he looked sideways at Li Qi who was sitting next to him: "Shen Ruzhan's million silver taels are almost all of her belongings." ”

Li Qi snorted: "Probably." ”

Tang Pi said: "If you are her, can you bet all your belongings on you, a little-known young man?" ”

Li Qi thought about it carefully for a long time and shook his head: "It shouldn't be." ”

Tang Pi said: "This woman is the best in the world. ”

Li Qi said: "That's because we are good enough to make her feel that the future is promising." ”

Tang Pi said: "Please take back this sentence and replace it with me." ”

Li Qi let out a long breath: "It's rich......"

Tang Pi said: "What does it have to do with you." ”

Li Qi: "This ......"

Tang Pi said: "After she finished talking last night, I had already calculated how to spend this million taels." ”

Li Qi asked, "It's all spent?" ”

Tang Pi said: "It's not enough." ”

Li Qi got up: "Farewell." ”

He turned around and ran.