Zhou Li talked to Lin Ziran about the settlement and Nanzhou Bank before, all of which were for others.

Regardless of whether it is in Hongxiang Commercial Bank or Nanzhou Bank, he is just a senior wage earner who gets more than 100 Hengyuan every month, and no matter how much he earns, it is not his money, at most he will get a bonus of a few hundred yuan more at the end of the year.

But now it's his own business, and it's his own business to make more and less.

As the branch manager of the Sanyo branch of Hongxiang Commercial Bank, the person who is mainly responsible for docking with Lin Ziran, Zhou Li is very clear about the kerosene business.

This kerosene is now very profitable, from Lin Ziran here 60 Hengyuan a barrel to get the goods, even if it is casually transported to a nearby area to sell, it can be sold for more than 70 yuan a barrel, if it is transported to Guang'an County in the north or even further north inland areas, the price is higher.

With Lin Ziran's relationship in hand, he tosses and tosses casually, and the money he earns personally will be more than that of working in Hongxiang Commercial Bank.

Although Daheng is in the midst of war, people still have to live, although the demand for lighting oil at night is not as good as in peacetime, but the production capacity of whale oil is getting less and less.

This whale oil is rising almost every year, Zhou Li knows that the year before last, the wholesale price of whale oil in the coastal port of Nanhai City was only 60 Heng Yuan, but after continuous price increases, it has reached 65 Heng Yuan by now.

However, even if this is the case, it is often priceless, because the production is too small, in addition to the coastal and other convenient transportation places on the market whale oil supply is relatively sufficient, some transportation is not convenient, especially in inland areas, the supply of whale oil is less, which also leads to the price of whale oil in inland areas is more expensive.

Sixty-five Hengyuan a barrel of whale oil was purchased from Luohai City, and then transported all the way north along the Luohe River, and when it entered Zhongluozhou, the wholesale price could often reach more than 80 Hengyuan a barrel, and if it continued to the north, this price could even exceed hundreds of Hengyuan.

People in many areas, even middle-class families, cannot afford to use whale oil, so they turn off the lights and go to bed early at night.

It can be seen how much the market demand for lighting oil represented by whale oil is.

The kerosene that Lin Ziran tossed, although it is a little worse than whale oil when used as lighting oil, is not much worse, and there is no problem at all when it is used as lighting oil for families.

In addition, the pricing is also cheaper than whale oil, and the current ex-factory price is 60 constant yuan a barrel, which makes kerosene extremely competitive in the surrounding market.

Many middle-class people who can't afford whale oil have already started to switch to kerosene.

In such a large market environment, as long as you have a supply of kerosene, it is almost lying down to make money, and the profits are quite lucrative.

Zhou Li is very aware of this, since last year, when Hongxiang Commercial Bank began to cooperate with Lin Ziran to sell kerosene, he had already used his power for personal gain, and obtained a part of the share from the 300 barrels, and then transferred it to the commercial bank he established privately for retail.

But he was still not satisfied, so this time he simply ran directly to Lin Ziran to try to buy directly.

For Zhou Li's careful thinking, Lin Ziran naturally will not be embarrassed, anyway, the oil company will have a certain share every month that is specially supplied to local small wholesalers or retailers, and there is no problem at all to take out a part of the share to Zhou Li, and the money will not be less money anyway.

Maybe it was because he was happy, Zhou Li also reminded Lin Ziran a few words before leaving, saying that there might be some trouble in the follow-up, so let Lin Ziran deal with it carefully!

The trouble is naturally on the side of the An family.

As for Nanzhou Bank, Zhou Li said bluntly: "Our Nanzhou Bank is still relatively regular in doing business, and it has always relied on strong financial strength, but these crooked things will not be done." ”

"However, Zhou is looking forward to Lord Lin taking the initiative to ask us for a loan in the future!"

"After all, there are nine counties in the South China Sea, and every county has asked us for a loan!"

Hearing this, Lin Ziran was very happy, everyone is a smart person, and they all know that the loan Zhou Li said this time is different from the loan he said before.

The former is a commercial loan, while the latter is an official loan!

And if you want an official loan, no matter what, you have to control a county, otherwise people Nanzhou Bank really won't play with you!

After Zhou Li left, Lin Ziran carefully recalled the conversation with Zhou Li, and finally came to a conclusion: his strength is still not good enough, otherwise there will be no settling down at all, and these bad things like Nanzhou Bank will not be at all.

Since the strength is not strong enough, then it is natural to find ways to increase your strength.

It is impossible to continue to expand the army, even if the third division of the Luo An Army helped Lin Ziran solve part of the military needs, but now it is very difficult to raise 1,200 people, and Lin Ziran still owes Boss Wang thousands of Hengyuan.

The only solution is to train the existing troops and increase their combat effectiveness.

As long as the combat effectiveness of the 1,200 people of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion is raised, it will already be enough to provide initial shelter for Lin Ziran and the Qingshan Petroleum Company.

As for training, the basic training of the troops, such as loading and basic queues, does not need Lin Ziran to pay much attention to, and naturally the officers at all levels below will deal with it.

Basically, they just train according to Luo Anjun's training code, and what is lacking is nothing more than time.

And the tactical aspect is not good, Wu Guanlin, who defected from Luo Haicheng, has been tossing new tactics in recent days.

If there was a whole staff team, it is estimated that it would have been figured out a long time ago, after all, it was only an improvement from the existing line tactics, and the biggest and only purpose was to better exert the power of the Minnie rifle.

But Lin Ziran doesn't have a whole team under him, only a mere Wu Guanlin.

Although Wu Guanlin's theoretical level is good, and he himself has said that he has led soldiers several times, he has rich practical experience in leading troops.

But with only one person, it is not so easy to perfect the new tactics.

After all, it's not just about changing queues, it's about a whole bunch of things.

Just a matter of marching, there are a lot of things, such as what formation the troops should march in the plains, so as to maintain the speed of the march while taking into account the defense and reaction capabilities of the troops.

In the same way, what posture should be used when marching in hills, dense forests, etc.

As for battle formations, it's even more.

How to deal with encounters in the wilderness plains, how to deal with a large number of enemy infantry, how to deal with cavalry attacks, how to deal with small groups of enemy troops, and so on.

And that's just the encounters in the plains

There's offensive warfare, there's defensive warfare, and so much more.