Min Yuanqi thought about it, and replied with a smile: "As I said to Zhu Shaodong before, I am training troops to prepare for the extraordinary, and now that the north and south are cut off, the Liukou may go south to attack our Dahewei at any time, and the most important thing in preparing the army is to prevent the Liukou, and once it is urgent, it can ensure the safety of the township, which is the most important thing." Normally, my 100 households should mainly dry salt and produce salt, training is important, and making money is also important. ”

"The hundred households are thoughtful, which is really admirable."

This time, not only Zhu Wanchun is at ease, but Zhu Renzhong is also much more at ease. The situation in Huai'an Mansion is now quite complicated, guest soldiers, local government offices controlled by civil officials, government officials and gentry and salt merchants are intensive, which one is not easy to provoke, although the Zhu family has a foundation, but it cannot become the target of the public, in case the hundred households in front of him are a master who likes to cause trouble, then I would rather not want these salt goods to save money to disaster, if the Zhu family can't bear the destruction of a century-old foundation, but I am sorry for the ancestors and descendants.

Min Yuanqi's attitude is also very obvious, which is reassuring, the training is aimed at the rogues who may come, and it is enough to ensure peace for a while. As for Yang Shida's matter, Min Yuanqi didn't say anything, but the Zhu family also knew the end, if Yang Shida had to be divided into one percent of the salt goods that came from these boats, and more than two hundred taels of silver at a time, how much would it be in a year, since this person was blocking the road of people and wealth and had a previous grudge, it was also reasonable to be killed.

The Zhu family was afraid of encountering a martial artist who did not know the reason, Min Yuanqi replied calmly and explained clearly, and the three fathers and sons of the Zhu family present were immediately relieved.

At the moment, Zhu Wanchun introduced his father, Min Yuanqi greeted his sons and nephews, and Zhu Renzhong saw the general and deputy generals of the general army, and the civil officials went up to the governor and the prefect, and went down to the prefect and county.

At this time, the housekeeper of the commercial bank stepped forward to count the salt goods, and more than 100 Lifu and the flag army moved the salt bags together, 600,000 catties is not a decimal, and the Zhu family prepared all day after receiving the information, and prepared more than 40 carts and more than 100 chicken carts to carry them many times, until dawn to move the salt bags on the ten Cao boats, and it would take at least two days to completely transport them to the Zhu family's warehouse.

Fortunately, many small salt merchants are waiting for goods in Huai'an Fucheng, and some salt packets can be left on the water pass and directly handed over to small and medium-sized merchants from outside to take away.

Both sides made an appointment for the next delivery and pick-up time, and their demeanor was very cautious and even a little sneaky, Zhu Renzhong's expression was quite embarrassed, with the energy of the Zhu family in Huai'an, if it weren't for Liu Zeqing, who would bring tens of thousands of guest soldiers to Lianghuai'an, these salt goods could be delivered openly, and there was no need to avoid people's eyes and ears like this.

After the delivery of the salt goods, Zhu Wanchun stepped forward and handed over the list in his hand to Min Yuanqi: "Sugang is more than 100 catties, there are only so many in the city at the moment, and six taels per catty is also the current price, and one pound of wrought iron in Fujian Iron is one penny and two cents, a total of 3,000 catties plus a fraction of Sugang, and the price is 1,000 taels." Grain is now fine grain in the house regardless of rice and flour are a stone and six dollars, the price of grain in the spring famine is still rising recently, two thousand stones are one thousand two hundred taels, Min Xiaoqi said that there are a lot of Songjiang cloth, more than 1,000 pieces of fine-grained summer cloth in the city are all purchased by me, each horse retail is two dollars and five cents a horse, a large number of purchases are counted two dollars a horse, a total of two hundred taels. In addition, a pig is one or two and a half dollars, a total of twenty mouths, thirty catties weigh into a sheep and five dollars, a total of 100 mouths, a total of eighty taels of silver, a chicken five cents of silver, bought four hundred twenty taels, pigs, sheep, chickens cost a total of one hundred taels of silver. I heard Min Xiaoqi say that he still wants to buy ploughing cattle, this is not open today, I will send someone to make a reservation, and I will deliver it when the salt goods are delivered next time. ”

Min Yuanqi nodded and smiled while listening, this Zhu Wanchun may be afraid that he will not be able to study well, so he reported the price of silver while reporting the numbers, and erased many odds, one is to show goodwill, and the other may be afraid that Min Yuanqi, a martial artist, will not understand the price of various goods at all.

Min Yuanqi, who obtained the proceeds from the sale of salt, opened a list when Min Yuanzhong set off, and in addition to Sugang and Fujian Tie, he bought a large number of grain and cloth, in addition to pigs, chickens and sheep.

The Banner Army has been training for a long time, from four liters of miscellaneous grains per day to half of refined grains, which is barely enough for people to eat, but if you want the Banner Army to practice strong and strong martial arts, even if the food is added to six liters per day, it is still insufficient, and meat and protein intake are essential. The pigs and sheep bought this time are ready to be killed one after another to supplement the meat intake of the flag army, the chickens are just a small number of roosters and a large number of hens, which are adopted by each military household respectively, and the official hall of 100 households sends miscellaneous grains to subsidize the military households, and the eggs laid are of course collected by the officials, and the main goal is to supplement the protein intake of the trained flag army.

These things should have been done a long time ago, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if Min Yuanqi knows that these things should be done, he is powerless, this time he sent salt over to buy a lot, and the urgent use of sugang, wrought iron, cloth, plus grain and meat, and a large number of hens, are all solved urgently.

On the silver, Min Yuanqi has not much money in his hands, only less than a hundred taels left, but a large number of materials arriving at a hundred households is enough to appease people's hearts and grow and develop.

Min Yuanqi also had no intention of folding the silver taels.

The current situation is like the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, if Min Yuanqi has the right to redistribute the military land of the guard, such as at the beginning of the country, each family gets dozens of acres of land, even if the grain is paid, each family can still drop dozens of stones of grain every year, and the military attache of the guard post presides over the large-scale drill when he is full.

If the national guards can do this, the Ming Dynasty can immediately restore two million strong soldiers, or strong soldiers with their own dry food and weapons, but unfortunately once a system is destroyed to such an extent, it can only be overthrown and restarted, and no dynasty is exempt from this.

After Zhu Wanchun finished reporting the list, he saw that Min Yuanqi nodded and showed that it was correct, so he returned the list to Min Yuanzhong, and this small flag would preside over the inspection later.

After the two sides reached a consensus, Zhu Wanchun also knew that Min Yuanqi was afraid of the idea of expanding the training scale of the flag army, which was also a good thing for the Zhu family, and it was quite rare for the military attache with a clear mind and military strength, the Zhu family was rich and powerful, but it had no foundation in the battalion, and those Qiu Ba were now not short of money and food, even the civil officials and gentry were not in their eyes, Of course, a merchant family like the Zhu family is more difficult to climb.

"If the mule and horse shop is open, I will ask Zhu Shaodong to keep an eye on whether there are horses for me, if there are taller and stronger, if there are healthy mules, it is okay. In addition, there should be a lot of donkeys, buy me a hundred to two hundred, and the cattle should be as many as there are, and the more the better. ”

Zhu Wanchun smiled bitterly and said: "There are indeed a lot of donkeys, the mule and horse market is open once every half a month, I buy a hundred donkeys at a time is nothing, and the cattle are at most thirty or fifty at a time. The ox is expensive, and a strong bull gets more than ten taels of silver. The price of a mule is slightly more expensive than that of a donkey and cheaper than the price of a cow. However, if Min Baihu wants a strong and tall horse, the price will be unacceptable...... A sturdy and tall stallion has at least fifteen taels to twenty taels of silver, which is enough to buy a qualified war horse in the north, and it is an ordinary horse in our place, and if you want to become a war horse, you have to train, and it may not be successful. The price is not small, Min Baihu is from a military family, it should be understood? ”

The horses of the Ming Dynasty are not like the Song people, and there has always been no shortage of war horses. Qualified horses like Min Yuanqi's requirements are generally more than five feet high, that is, more than one meter six.

This standard is very low in the world, and European war horses are generally more than five feet four inches, or even higher. And Daming here is mainly to use Mongolian horses, Mongolian horses are known for long-distance running, endurance and the ability to walk long distances are quite good, but the ability to sprint is not good, height and weight are unsatisfactory.

According to the evaluation of the missionaries of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming people were not good at raising horses, and the ineffective castration and horse breeding methods were wrong, resulting in the height and physical strength of the war horses were not qualified.

Min Yuanqi pondered for a moment, and said in a firm tone: "Brother Zhu's good intentions are taken care of, but now there is too much shortage of livestock in a hundred households, and it doesn't matter whether there are mules, donkeys or horses, the more the merrier." As for the cavalry needed to protect the territory and the people in the future, after the silver is sufficient, there is always a way to find the proprietor of the Jin merchants in the north to replace and purchase it. ”

The father and son of the Zhu family are all extremely smart people, and they immediately understood what Min Yuanqi meant.

Now there is an extreme shortage of horses and mules and donkeys in Yunti Pass, but the method of training soldiers should not be delayed, and there must be a chance to ride first, so that everyone can be familiar with the matter of riding, and in the future, if there are qualified horses, we will talk about training cavalry again.

And the big merchants in the north, especially the Jin merchants, it is not difficult to buy some qualified war horses, those Jin merchants and the Mongols and even the Jurchens have colluded, and it is also a well-known thing in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that only the Son of Heaven who lives in the deep nine does not know, except for the Son of Heaven, who does not know that the Jin merchants secretly colluded with the Northern and Eastern Prisoners?

Zhu Wanchun wanted to speak, but when he heard Zhu Renzhong cough lightly, he saved it at the moment, so he said with a smile: "Brother Min's plan is good, since this is the case, it is wrapped up in my father and son." ”

"Brother Zhu and Uncle Zhu should also be careful here." Min Yuanqi reminded: "The matter needs to be secret, Caozhou Liu and the generals under his command are not good men and women. ”

"We're also very careful, and we don't go out to visit customers lately."

"No, I mean double care." Min Yuanqi thought for a while and said: "I know that the salt merchants have a lot of dealings with the nobles in Nanjing, but the regular exchanges are used when it is not critical, and the situation may be worse in the future...... Thinking about this, please don't be surprised by Uncle Zhu and Brother Zhu, and they are also concerned about it. ”

In fact, in addition to taking the first start of the silver from Zhu Wanchun, Min Yuanqi is the second time to meet at this time, and now he is really talking about it seriously. But from Min Yuanqi's point of view, it has to be said, Min Yuanqi doesn't have the time and energy to find and confirm the second transaction target, he wants to be rich and powerful, and his character is also believed, and the three father and son of the Zhu family in front of him are quite qualified. The things entrusted to him were also done quite properly, which made Min Yuanqi very satisfied.

In this way, Min Yuanqi has to be quite concerned about the safety of the Zhu family's father and son and the Zhu family's salt shop.