On the sixteenth day of the first month, Qian Yuan also visited Shaoxing and Jinhua, which had been used for two months.

In these years, running around is not as comfortable as in later generations, plus how many things are piled up in his heart, it is inevitable that he will be very tired, Qian Yuan will sleep with his head covered when he returns home, and he is too lazy to tease Xiao Qi who washes clean and sprays incense to his mouth.

slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up, Qian Yuan didn't bother to get up, and shrank on the bed thinking about his thoughts, until Tan Lun came to visit, he lazily went to wash.

"Training?" Qian Yuan glanced at the teacup sent by the maid, lifted the lid and sniffed it, and said vaguely unpleasantly: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

For the Tan family, it was his mother's brother who came to the door, so he naturally wanted to go to the best Ming Qian Longjing.

"Don't think I don't know." Tan Lun snorted, "Hou Jigao and Qi Jimei recruited troops in Chuzhou and Jinhua, and said that they would recruit a total of 2,000 soldiers, but now it's good, Chuzhou is 1,000 and 5, and Jinhua Yiwu actually recruited 3,000 soldiers, and you can't have a silver mine in Taizhou?" ”

Qian Yuanpi snorted without smiling, "So nervous...... The uncle also drank a cup of Mingqian Longjing, just such a cup, and he could take it out and match it with all the swords, guns, swords, and halberds. ”

Tan Lun scolded with a smile: "Look at your stinginess! ”

Qian Yuan rolled his eyes, "Now I can't wait to break a penny of silver into two halves, how much silver is a tael in Longjing before the Ming Dynasty?" Uncle is poor and generous, too, anyway, it's not your money that is spent. ”

"Yuan'er, how can you speak!" Tan, who entered the door, was not happy.

Yes, Qian Yuan had to get up and apologize, after all, he was an elder, and he was not Xu Fan's kind of goods.

Tan Lun laughed and made a round, and then talked about the silver, "Since the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, the regular practice of the Taizhou Mansion every quarter has been stopped, but the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Yamen have allocated less, 3,500 recruits, so much ordnance and equipment, the government really can't afford it." ”

The so-called common practice is the gray income that can't be put on the table, when you meet Hu Zongxian, who can still repair bridges and embankments, and when you meet Zhao Wenhua, who can swallow it in one bite, Taizhou Mansion is the most troubled, and it is reasonable not to hand it over, Tan Lun also relied on this to recruit troops and build an army.

Qian Yuan was a little helpless, "Uncle, it's useless for you to look for me for this kind of thing, what do you really want me to say...... Does he Hu Ruzhen listen? ”

"But don't worry, on the recruit's side, Hou Jigao's side, the state guard can produce some ordnance, after all, the Lu family is hereditary and the state guard is a thousand households, although Lu Bo is in prison, but Lu Bin is still there."

"Over there in Yiwu, Qi Jimei couldn't get 3,000 soldiers, and Qi Yuanjing went to Yiwu in person at the beginning of the month...... If you can come to Taizhou, you can estimate that there are only 5,000 to 2,000 soldiers at most, and I have my own arrangements for this part of the ordnance. ”

"But what about iron?" Tan Lun frowned, "There are very few iron mines in Zhejiang, not to mention the government-run, even the private ones, since the end of last year, the Governor's Office has allocated less and less iron materials, and the quality is ......."

Speaking of this, Tan Lun sighed, there was an indescribable taste in his sigh, and after only saying one thing, Qian Yuan understood.

Since he knew that behind the inside story of the great victory in Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture last year, Tan Lun also recruited craftsmen to make firecrackers, using iron materials allocated by the Governor's Palace, and wrought iron.

The result...... After the test launch more than a month later, Tan Lun was still interested and wanted to come in person, but fortunately, a personal soldier brought by his hometown next to him grabbed the front, and he blew up on the spot, and his face was pockmarked and blind.

Later, Tan Lun found an experienced old blacksmith to know that those so-called wrought iron, not to mention making guns and cannons, are not qualified to make gun heads and long knives, they are too brittle!

Qian Yuan, who was sitting there steadily, seemed to be safe, but in fact, he had to wipe a handful of sweat on his head, fortunately, he had discovered this before, otherwise it would be a big deal when it came to the end.

Qian Yuan now has no hope that Xu Wei can help, and said bluntly: "Brother Ruzhen is also very rare, uncle, don't count on him, if possible, purchase ...... from Fujian."

Another long sigh interrupted Qian Yuan's words.

"Who's going to pay for it?"

"The landlord's family has no surplus grain!" Qian Yuan looked at Tan Lun speechlessly, could it be that you still expect me to pay the money?

Don't say that there is no reason for this, Qian Yuan can't take out so much silver, the Taicang Wang family sent a lot of dividends and silver after Wang Shizhen's father and son were driven out of Kyoto, and the Beijing restaurant is making money every day, plus Qian Yuan knocked out 20,000 taels from Hu Zongxian.

But a radish and a pit, the Tianzhou wolf soldiers spent five thousand taels, and Hu Zongxian nominally wanted to replenish him, but in fact it was far away.

The Kuocang Mountain workshop is even more of a gold-swallowing monster, Qian Yuan has already pasted six or seven thousand taels of silver in front of and after, and this is likely to be a long-term investment, bird guns, ordnance, and tiger squat cannons are all equipped for Lu Bin's command, this silver Qian Yuan let Xu Wei cross the clear road in front of Emperor Jiajing, but it is basically impossible to get it back.

and the rest of the silver...... Less than a year after going south to Taizhou, the Qian family's guards have recruited troops twice, the first time it was okay to make up only one hundred and eight people, and the second time it was expanded to more than two hundred.

Qian Yuan is quite kind to these guards around him, the moon silver, the reward is abundant, there is no shortage of fish, meat and rice, there are rewards during the New Year's holidays, and the most important weapons and equipment are first-class.

Last year, when one hundred and eight people were replenished, Qian Yuan spent more than two thousand taels of silver in one go, of course, mainly in terms of An Jiayin, weapons and equipment.

Now that Wang Yi and Liang Sheng have more than 200 subordinates, Qian Yuan has begun to worry about the silver, and more than 40 old people have been transferred to the army, and their strength has dropped greatly...... Generally speaking, the most taboo thing in the imperial court is that the people are not allowed to have firearms and iron armor, and one attack and one defense are sharp weapons.

Once equipped with iron armor, ordinary soldiers can be called elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness will increase by at least two notches.

Listening to Qian Yuan say so much, Tan Lun couldn't help but say angrily: "Speaking of which, you are a broom......"

Seeing Tan's glances, Tan Lun temporarily changed his words and said, "Troublemaker...... You can meet Japanese robbers everywhere, but now that you are a Zhejiang patrol, you have official and military guards everywhere, and you can raise more than 200 guards with so much silver a year?! ”

Tan Lun was distressed, and his nephew came to the house everywhere to pay respects to the guards who died in battle...... In fact, the Qian family and the Governor's Mansion have already issued bereavement pensions, but the nephew still sent a large number of gifts, and spending money is called a running water...... If you can stay, not to mention the rest, you can equip at least three or four hundred people with ordnance and equipment.

"Huh." Qian Yuan sneered twice, "It's not to the point where I Qian Zhan broke the family and became a country, right?" “

"Mother, what does my brother-in-law mean...... The money in the Qian family's treasury should be used by the government, you say? ”

"Zhancai, I obviously didn't mean that!"

"The money of the Qian family was issued to the Qian family's guards, and it is a matter of course." Qian Yuan said leisurely: "But equipping the officers and soldiers with ordnance, then it can't be said...... Therefore, uncle, if you lack money, it is useless for me to find a nephew. ”

Tan Lun gritted his teeth fiercely, took a big sip of tea, sighed, and asked about what Qian Yuan had seen in Shaoxing in the past two months, and also asked about Qian Yuan's sweeping away like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves...... Since then, not to mention Sanyin, even the nearby Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, and Yuyao businesses have disappeared.

But the Tan family next to him couldn't help it, and interrupted: "Fourth brother, let Yuan'er rest." ”

"Rest?" Tan Lun was a little inexplicable, this guy was still in bed when he came to the door!

Qian Yuan was also inexplicable, "Mother? ”

Tan grabbed his handkerchief desperately, and said with two lines of tears, "Your uncle has a letter......

Qian Yuan was speechless, and Tan Lun only knew when he asked carefully...... Last year, after the two great victories in Qianyuan Jiaxing Mansion, he immediately went north, entered Beijing to meet Emperor Jiajing, and then slept for a day and two nights.

Exhaustion...... Tan Lun glanced at Qian Yuan, who had an indifferent face, and sighed in his heart, after all, he was only a young man in his early twenties, but he was forced to such a point, forget it, drink less of Mingqian Longjing today.

Qian Yuan comforted him for a while, and then cooked a meal himself, only to persuade his mother to feel a little better.

When sending Tan Lun out, Qian Yuancai whispered: "Don't worry, the second uncle has no worries about his life, and he has already been contacted." ”

"That's good." Tan Lun nodded again and again, and then asked, "When did Xu Hai come on a big scale this year?" ”

"I don't know."

Tan Lun's eyes looked a little suspicious, he had already guessed that his nephew had buried an ambush under Xu Hai, and the second brother's life was worry-free...... The fact that such news could come confirmed his suspicions.

"I really don't know." Qian Yuan's face did not change and said: "If there are Japanese robbers here in Taizhou...... I have ordered Lu Bin's side, use veterans to lead new recruits to train soldiers, and my uncle is here...... Just keep the peace and Huangyan. ”

Seeing that Tan Lun was still going to ask, Qian Yuan raised his hand to stop him, "When the Governor's Mansion has an order, there will be a messenger here from my nephew's side, and this year's battle will ...... The uncle has to prepare more and not kill Xu Hai, but I am afraid that the DPRK will not have so much patience. ”

Tan Lun looked around vigilantly before nodding, of course he knew that what Qian Yuan said about the court was referring to Emperor Jiajing.