On March 1, the sun was shining today, and the weather gradually warmed up in Jiangnan during the Xiaoice River period.

Mao Lingzhi and Fang Jieli were called together by Guo Wendong to count last month's operating income.

Fang Jieli picked up the account book and said, "Young master, last month, foreign goods were sold for a total of 320,000 taels of silver. ”

He handed the ledger to Guo Wendong.

Mao Lingzhi said: "Last month, I sold a total of 89,000 taels of silver for treatment and medicine. ”

She also gave the ledger to her husband.

Guo Wendong glanced at both ledgers briefly.

Because of the golden finger of the warehouse, he crossed here in less than a month, and he had an income of more than 400,000 taels, and the treasury had money deposited every day, which can be described as a daily income.

If it weren't for the fact that it happened to be at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this day would be very comfortable for Guo Wendong, but in this special period, it is not just about being a rich man.

Seeing the numbers on the account book of the foreign goods store, Mao Lingzhi looked excited and said: "Xianggong, if the foreign goods keep the channels open, in a few years, our family will be the richest man in the Ming Dynasty." ”

After her husband's constant comfort in the past two days, she has basically gotten rid of the shadow of infertility and accepted this fact.

"If the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs and goes to the south of the Yangtze River, what is the use of having money!" Guo Wendong immediately came out with these words.

Fang Jieli said: "It should be unlikely, the Qing court will occupy the customs at most, and it is impossible to enter the Central Plains." ”

Guo Wendong sighed: "This is not accurate! He knew best the historical development in the future, and the day of disaster was getting closer and closer.

In less than a month, Mao Lingzhi heard her husband mention this aspect many times, and felt that her husband was full of hatred for the Qing court, and was very worried that the Qing soldiers would enter the customs and go south.

"Some products have also been suspended for three days, and daily necessities will resume sales after two or three days. I recently picked up another watch and put it up for auction in 10 days. Guo Wendong arranged again, and only one watch was sold at a time, and it was in the form of an auction.

After talking for a while, Mao Lingzhi and Fang Jieli put themselves into their work, and they were busy.

After Guo Wendong's morning training, the courtyard was fully utilized, and Yu Yufeng trained the newly recruited guards.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Guo Wendong came to the courtyard of the second courtyard, ten nurses were running, led by Yu Feng, this is Guo Wendong's request, physical training and strength training must be both.

During this time, he specialized in instructing Yu Yufeng on some modern training methods.

Yu Yufeng felt that the training methods and concepts he had heard and heard were very practical, and he effectively absorbed and digested them and integrated them into specific training.

Physical training is mainly based on running, and strength training includes push-ups, heavy lifting training, etc., to ensure good physical fitness before training in combat ability and the ability to engage with weapons.

At present, the nursing home has been expanded to 20 people, and the other 10 people are divided into morning and evening shifts, and half of them participate in training.

Originally, the monthly salary of one or two or five dollars was already very attractive, and there were many people who came to apply for the nursing home, Yu Yufeng implemented the instructions of the young master, and people with good physical fitness could only be hired.

It's a bit of a pity that so far, no one has been recruited who has a foundation in martial arts, or who has military experience.

After the run, all 10 people were out of breath and sweating profusely.

Yu Yufeng is okay, his physical fitness is super good, and his panting is not so obvious.

Ten people lined up in a neat line, and Guo Wendong glanced at every young face. They were mainly peasants, most of them tenants, and they served as guards for the Guo family, which was much better than renting landlords' land for cultivation.

Ten fresh faces, most of them have dark skin, they used to be farmers, facing the land with their backs to the sky, in front of the young master, all of them are in good spirits, they eat well every day, and after staying here for a few days, they are even more physical.

As a nurse in Guofu, not only is it high in silver, but also has good benefits, you can get 30 catties of rice every month, and the treatment is better than that of the border army, as long as one person is a nurse, you can feed the whole family, and the nurses are grateful to the young master.

Yu Yufeng said loudly: "What is our slogan? ”

The ten people raised their voices to the highest level, and shouted in unison: "Eat the young master's meal, serve the young master!" ”

This is also Guo Wendong's request, let them shout slogans every day, and remember the master who served their lives more firmly.

Immediately, Guo Wendong asked them to rest temporarily and asked Yu Yufeng about the specific situation.

He said: "Young Master, after a month of training, everyone's abilities will be significantly different, and the team leader can be appointed at that time." ”

According to Guo Wendong's personnel arrangement, every 10 people in the nursing home are a group, and a team leader is appointed, and if the manpower is expanded in the future, every 3 groups will be 1 class, and the model of the three-three system will be adopted.

Yu Yufeng said again: "Young Master, if you increase the number of people, the courtyard will not be enough. ”

Guo Wendong: "You just have to be in charge of training, I will plan for it." ”

He thought of going to the outskirts of the city to open a training ground, but the Jiangnan region was rich and densely populated, and there was basically no borderless land except for the mountains.

This is not difficult to solve, Guo Wendong can buy land, build training grounds, warehouses, and dormitories, and first create a group of nursing homes with strong combat effectiveness.

He immediately considered that there was no arable land on the outskirts of the city, and if he recruited too many nursing homes, it would inevitably attract attention.

It is easier to justify the purchase of large quantities of arable land on the grounds of land protection, which can justifiably increase the number of nursing homes, and many large landowners have their own nursing homes.

After lunch, Guo Wendong thought about how to develop in the future, the Qing army went south in the year after tomorrow, and it was necessary to establish its own armed forces as soon as possible, and it was necessary to have armed forces that could compete with the Qing army.

Even if you buy a lot of land, the number of people who can serve as a nursing home should not be too large, so what should you do?

Guo Wendong was troubled by this, walking back and forth in the main house, irritable, if it was not solved well, he would either be a slave in the next year, or he would die.

I don't know how long it took, Guo Wendong thought of the ancient military service system and the government military system.

By the way, the government military system during the Tang Dynasty allowed all the people to be soldiers, and all men of the relevant age group cultivated the land in peacetime, trained in their leisure time for farming, and fought in the army during wartime.

Why not apply the government military system to yourself, with the help of the golden finger of the warehouse, a steady source of money, to purchase land on the largest scale, and the land is not leased, but by a mercenary system, employing men between the ages of eighteen and thirty to cultivate, giving them good wages, and training these people during the slack period.

During this period, even in the Jiangnan area, there were still a large number of tenants, who could only have enough food or clothing, and if they could be treated well enough to ensure that they were much better than tenants, they would be able to recruit a large number of young men.

Ha ha! This problem has finally been solved, and next year after the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs, it may be too late to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, and it may be too late to seize the time; as for weapons and equipment, see step by step, and then look at the situation and deal with it later, and do a good job of the first step first.