Peng Yi saw Liu Ximing turn over these armors, and thought that he was not satisfied with the quality of the armor, so he hurriedly explained a little embarrassed: "These armors are all shipped from all over the world, and these cheap breeds are becoming more and more lazy now, and the work is not as good as a year, this is not my brother, I want to pit you." ”

"Hahaha, don't worry, Brother Peng, it's not that I'm worried about this, it's really that I don't know the military, Fuzun only sent me to find some armor equipment, but he didn't say what style he wanted, your brother is like a cornucopia here, I am dazzled by my little brother."

Liu Ximing didn't have much hope for the quality of the weapons of the Meng Dynasty, which is not to say that the craftsmen of the Meng Dynasty are not good, but there is a big problem in the system.

Although the artisan households of the Meng Dynasty have a higher status than Lehu and other lowly people, they are still at the bottom of the society, especially the official craftsmen, with low labor and food and high work intensity, how can they make anything good in this state.

When Peng Yi heard that this was the reason, he smiled and pointed at He Duan and said, "What kind of difficult thing should I do, this is where the army of Hou Dudu is located, and it is not easy for you to ask this." He Guerrilla, you can give your little brother some pointers. ”

"Hehe, brother, yesterday you said that the government wants to build a group of brave, but I don't know how many people the government wants to recruit?"

Liu Ximing thought about it, although there are only about 400 people in the Longxiang group now, but now that he has a stable source of money, the next step will definitely be to expand the recruitment, he simply reported directly: "What is the situation in our house, Brother He doesn't know, this money is still deducted from the big families in various counties, and now it can recruit more than 800 people." ”

He Duan nodded, this number is about the same as he estimated, so ......

"Of the eight hundred, there are three hundred and twenty pikemen, two hundred and forty sword men, one hundred and sixty crossbowmen, and eighty musketeers."

He Duan quickly estimated the configuration of the army according to the general practice, "Tuan Yong is all formed by villagers, and it is not very useful to think about it, and a suit of armor is at least forty or fifty catties, but I am afraid that these people don't have to fight." I think so, don't match the whole body armor, just take this kind of fish scale leaf waist armor and green cotton waist armor, with a battle skirt underneath, which can not only protect, but not too heavy, what do you think? ”

Liu Ximing took a closer look at the fish scale leaf blue waist-length armor that He Duan picked up, this thing is a square neck, sleeveless, and the soldier's shoulders are covered with iron-inlaid cloaks, with a pointed phoenix wing helmet, it looks very powerful.

Considering that most of the Longxiang regiment are still young people, and their body size is not as tall and strong as adults, if they really buy a full-body armor and go back, they are afraid that they will drag it to their heels, but the size of this waist-high armor is just right, and it can also protect part of the soldiers' legs.

"Okay, Brother He is really thoughtful, then there are four hundred sets of this kind of fish scale armor and cotton armor." Liu Ximing finalized the numbers.

Now the green cotton cloth waist-length armor from the Ministry of Industry is almost four taels or five dollars a set, and the fish scale leaf waist-length armor

It is more expensive, a set of seven taels of silver, plus two hundred waist knives, each with a market price of two pieces of silver, a thousand spears, each with a market price of one penny of silver, two hundred large and small shields, the market price of two to four dollars, five thousand catties of gunpowder, two coins of silver, according to this price to 5,860 taels of silver.

However, Liu Ximing didn't plan to pay so much money, these armor and equipment had already entered Hou Liangzhu's military camp, and they couldn't be bought and sold at all, Peng Yi and the others' idea was to directly report the battle damage when there was a big war, so Liu Ximing planned to give these two people a maximum of 2,500 taels of silver, and he also wanted to rub a few more sets of armor used by generals.

The three of them got into the tent and calculated carefully, He Duan and Peng Yi also felt that Liu Ximing's price was reasonable, seeing the two of them looking at themselves with bright eyes, Liu Ximing was not afraid that they would regret it, and he smiled and took out a few silver tickets from his arms and handed them to Peng Yi.

As for how the two of them are divided, that's their own business.

Fortunately, the day before yesterday, Tang Xiuyuan had already settled the silver of 7,100 pieces of cloth, a total of 3,900 taels, and Liu Ximing was able to pay so much money at once today.

In order to thank Liu Ximing for saving his life, Tang Xiuyuan deliberately raised the delivery price to five dollars and five cents per horse, and settled it according to this in the future, making Liu Ximing very happy, and this relationship deepened by one point.

Peng Yi counted the silver ticket and put it into his arms with a lewd face, and his expression was still a little unsatisfied: "My brother is a cheerful person, and there will be this kind of thing in the future, just come to my brother directly, how do you plan to transport this batch of goods, if you still need my help to get out, then this ......" After speaking, he rubbed his fingers.

"No, no", Liu Ximing hurriedly waved his hand, your door-to-door delivery service is not cheap, and the children of poor families can still save it.

"Brother Peng only needs to place these materials in a centralized manner or mark them, and then arrange fewer people at night, and the younger brother will naturally find someone to carry them."

Seeing that Peng Yi was a little hesitant on his face, Liu Ximing hurriedly patted his chest and packed the ticket: "Don't worry, brother, if someone takes it at night, all the losses will be my brother's own." ”

"Hahaha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, just do as you say." Peng Yi suddenly smiled, nodded in agreement.

Liu Ximing also laughed, anyway, there was space, he just walked alone at night, and when he saw that He Duan and Peng Yi still had to share the spoils, he made an excuse to go first.

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Tang Xiuyuan stayed in Chongqing for seven or eight days, almost made up for the previous shortfall in goods, and today he was ready to go down the river to Wuhan, and Liu Ximing had to rush to see him off.

The whole caravan was a busy scene, the guys and guards were carrying large and small pieces back and forth, Tang Xiuyuan had almost recovered, and he was sitting outside the big tent drinking tea and basking in the sun, and when he saw Liu Ximing coming, he immediately beckoned.

"Uncle Shi, you have to be more careful when you go east."

Liu Ximing saluted,

Yibutt also sat down, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and tasted it.

"Hahaha, you kid can say more good things for me in front of Emperor Ziwei, if you have the protection of his old man, what are the other ghosts and ghosts afraid of."

Liu Ximing was almost choked all of a sudden, Ai Julius did not become a teacher, but he successfully developed a group of severely superstitious patients, he hurriedly interrupted with a smirk: "Shi Shuji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be blessed by immortals." By the way, the little nephew has one more thing to ask for. ”

Tang Xiuyuan picked up the teacup, looked at Liu Ximing while drinking, and signaled that he had something to say.

"Now that Uncle Shi is helping, the little nephew plans to expand the family industry again, and then a large number of people will be needed.

Tang Xiuyuan put down the teacup and sat up straight all of a sudden, the force that murdered the Li family and assassinated him has not yet found out the origin, he has been quite ignorant of food recently, like a man's back, Liu Ximing can be regarded as an ally now, the stronger the force, the more beneficial it is to his own talents.

Therefore, he immediately nodded and agreed, and asked for details: "This idea is good, this matter is wrapped up in me, what kind of manpower do you want, and how many people do you need?" ”

"At present, there is an urgent need for all kinds of craftsmen, doctors, and people who can read and write at home, and if they don't, they can also be innocent, young and strong farmers, and it is best to drag their families with them for easy control."

"As for the number of people", Liu Ximing thought for a while, "Of course, the more the better." In the hands of the people brought by Uncle Shi, craftsmen, doctors, and people who read and write are counted as three taels of silver per person, young women and men in the prime of life are counted as one or two and a half cents, the old and young are counted as one or two, and the expenses for other meals are counted separately. The money can be offset directly from the purchase price. ”

When Tang Xiuyuan heard Liu Ximing's offer, he laughed and said, "According to your algorithm, I can bring you the entire Huguang people." ”

Liu Ximing also laughed, this price is indeed not low, and it is only the freight, and when the person arrives in the future, he will have to spend a sum of money to settle down and sell his body.

In fact, there are many displaced people in Sichuan, but most of them are scattered, and Liu Ximing sent people to several surrounding prefectures and counties to recruit at most, but other places could not be managed, and the quality of personnel was difficult to guarantee.

Tang Xiuyuan is the head snake of Huguang, and now he has a common enemy with himself, so he shouldn't find some people to make up for it, and besides, these people from other provinces are not familiar with the land in Sichuan, and it is unlikely that they want to make some moths.

"You can rest assured about this, the recent bandits from Shaanxi have been wandering around Huguang, causing chickens and dogs to jump all over the province, and there are not a few people who buy and sell their daughters, so it shouldn't be difficult to think about it. As for the goods, I will leave Zhu Ping here in Chongqing, and you can send someone to contact him directly. ”

The two finalized the follow-up matters in a few clicks, and as for the liaison personnel, Liu Ximing sent Su Yan to be in charge of it.