Cao Dingjiao's status in Liaodong back then was much higher than that of the two Ye Bushu and Tang Qi, but here he was just a newcomer.

didn't fight for anything, just sat calmly under the father, waiting for the two old pawns to finish choosing.

After discussion, Hu Blind and Yang Bald decided that Hu Blind would personally lead the sniper team, and with his sense of smell, which was more sensitive than a dog's nose, he could make the sniper team play a greater role.

The fierce Yang Bald decided to personally lead the infantry battalion, saying that it was an infantry battalion, but it was actually a horse infantry, which could be regarded as Yang Bald's old business.

In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of soldiers on the battlefield, two points are very important, one is mobility, and the other is physical strength.

First, it can allow soldiers to reach the battlefield as soon as possible, and second, soldiers can ensure that they have enough physical strength to fight.

If you travel 50 miles a day, the soldier can't lift his tired arms when he arrives at the battlefield, where is there still combat effectiveness at all, just a flock of lambs to be slaughtered.

Zhu Shun's gaze fell on Cao Wenyao: "How much has Liaodong Malaysia bought." ”

A medium-sized Liaodong horse only needs eight taels of silver at the border pass, and it is much more expensive when it arrives in the capital, at least twenty or thirty taels.

Zhu Shun arranged for Cao Wenyao to buy a medium Liaodong horse, not to charge into battle, but as a mobility aid for the infantry battalion and rocket battalion, and the medium Liaodong horse was enough.

Superior Liaodong horses are too expensive and expensive to raise, so the infantry battalion and rocket battalion temporarily use medium Liaodong horses.

Cao Wenyao took out a book, opened one of the pages and handed it to Zhu Shun: "My eldest brother, in the past two years, I have captured a lot of Liaodong horses, so I bought a batch of Liaodong horses from my eldest brother privately. ”

"The price given by the eldest brother is relatively low, seven taels of silver a horse."

"It's not very difficult to buy in Liaodong Malaysia, we have gathered a lot of forces in Liaodong, the eldest brother is not enough, and you can buy from Huang Degong."

"However, there are a lot of horses, counting the mules and horses pulling all kinds of heavy lead bullets, at least 1,300 Liaodong horses are needed, and the real difficulty is to breed."

"Stables, horse farms, forage, etc., all have to keep up, these can't keep up, and the Liaodong horses that are bought are easy to become thin and lose most of their horsepower."

Zhu Shun wrote down the issue of the stables in the racecourse on a piece of rice paper in his hand, stamped it with the seal of the workers' association, and handed it to Cao Wenyao: "This matter can be solved as soon as possible, and how much silver is needed, go directly to the Economic Affairs Bureau for approval." ”

"Well, for the time being, the Administration of the Economic Administration will be led by Brother Song, and the funds raised by the Self-Defense Forces donated by various steam factories will be managed by the Economic Administration."

"In addition, the recruitment of Xiangyong should also be completed as soon as possible, and strive to recruit all 840 Xiangyong within half a month, which is also annoying Brother Cao."

Cao Wenyao's style of action is also straightforward, he never procrastinates, and pushes the wheelchair out with the approval given by Zhu Shun.

Song Yingsheng stood up and arched his hand, walked out of the public house of the head of the meeting, and walked into the public office of the Economic Administration on both sides, counting the money donated by various steam factories.

There is not much money to raise, and after the discussion of the three of them, it is tentatively set at one hundred of the annual income.

One percent is indeed not much, but it can't support the large volume of the steam factory, and the Song family's steam flour mill alone can send 20,000 taels of silver a year.

On the banks of the Yongding River, there are more than 50 steam factories and hydraulic factories of various kinds, and counting the carding factories in various places, there are 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver a year.

It is enough to support thousands of regiments to train the villagers for the time being, but if there is really a war, this silver will be far from enough.

A volley of the rocket battalion can burn about 1,000 taels of silver, plus the consumption of various musket lead bullets, a battle will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, to say the least.

What Zhu Shun can do now is to speed up the process of the steam age, and it is best to build the financial system first, so that he can use one tael of silver to leverage ten taels or even one hundred taels of silver.

Cao Wenyao returned to the rebuilt home, wrote a letter and handed it to his relatives, asking him to hand over the letter to the eldest master Cao Wenzhao as soon as possible.

The next thing is to deal with the recruitment of Xiang Yong, this matter is also familiar to Cao Wenyao, so he asked the family to bring a cart of cash silver, pull a cart of white snowflake silver, and swagger through the city to the countryside.

After the autumn harvest, the common people were busy threshing the grain, and the good grain was rented to the bureaucrats and gentry.

Then take advantage of the rare agricultural slack time to diligently do some other livelihoods to supplement the family.

The common people of Shuntianfu did not have to be so troublesome, they directly sold the potatoes with a high yield of 20 stone to the Song family, replaced the grain rent with silver, pulled the potatoes that they kept for food, and went to the steam mill to grind them into flour.

The steam mills in the counties of Suncheonfu become the most prosperous place after the autumn harvest, gathering a large number of rural people who go to grind, and gradually forming a temporary market.

Cao Wenyao came to the steam mill in Liangxiang County with a cart of silver, and saw from a distance that it was crowded with people everywhere.

"The fried Qin juniper that just came out of the pot is a penny."

"Potato dumplings - the body is hot after drinking, two pennies a bowl."

"Sell estimated clothes, sell estimated clothes."

Buying and selling potato fried juniper, potato dumplings, potato ginger sauce cakes and other snacks are supported by sheds.

Needles and threads, iron hairpins, cloth and clothes, all kinds of hawking along the street.

Cao Wenyao saw the noisy and lively scene in the distance, and had to sigh that the steam era promoted by Zhu Shun had a huge impact on the Ming Dynasty.

Just three or four years ago, Shuncheonfu was full of hungry homeless people.

Unkempt, selling sons and daughters, and cannibalism.

The Shuntian Mansion at the feet of the dignified Son of Heaven is like a hell on earth, where people starve to death every day, and children are eaten every day.

Who would have thought that in just three or four years, Shuntianfu would be like a heavenly palace on earth, and the people would be completely new from the inside out.

The production of potato flour has turned supplementary grains into staple foods, and the common people can eat enough from now on, and they can still have some surplus money in their hands.

The initial establishment of the textile system not only reduced the price of cotton cloth to an unprecedented low price, but also made the handicraft economy of Shuntianfu develop greatly.

In the past, the whole family only had one pair of pants, and the common people who wore them when they went out could basically wear a complete set of cotton plackets, with only a few patches.

However, the style of the clothes has changed a lot, and the way of cutting is more or less imitating the work clothes of a steam factory.

It seems that the workers of the steam factory named Workers are a group of people with a very high status in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Cao Wenyao walked closer, and sure enough, he saw some workers in work clothes, walking around with a straight waist and confidence, as if he was a squire.

People who are familiar with each other are also enthusiastic to take the initiative to greet the workers, and it is also a very face-saving thing to be able to get a response.

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