These words made Xu Guanzhong very happy, this was saying that he was Jiang De's Jiang Ziya and Zhang Liang, Xu Guanzhong hurriedly closed his eyes and calmed down, and then said, "However, although we have a plan, maybe go slowly, the top priority at this time lies in five things." ”

Jiang De looked at Xu Guanzhong and waited for him to continue.

Xu Guanzhong said, "Wealth, fame, soldiers, soldiers, and weapons."

The lord's money today is enough to enrich the first party, but if you want to raise soldiers, it is still too little, not to mention anything else, only to say that the food and salary, the forbidden army food and salary are three times in accordance with the regulations, in fact, according to today's food prices, this money can only buy more than one stone of rice, can feed yourself, but can not feed a family, this is still the forbidden army, if it is a box army, it is even worse, not to mention that it is not possible to pay the full amount of food, such as we want to raise 10,000 elite soldiers, not to mention the soldiers, at least 40,000 or 50,000 full military salaries are needed in a month, and a year is 560,000 guan, if you want to raise 100,000 soldiers, it will take 5 or 6 million a year, Does the lord still think that there is a lot of money? ”

Jiang De shook his head, he thought he was quite rich at first, but now he looks at it, well! How poor!

Xu Guanzhong continued, "If you want to recruit heroes from all over the world, you must be famous, and the name of the lord is not heard of in the Daimyo Mansion, so you must think about it in the future." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Then this soldier? ”

Xu Guanzhong said, "Although the lord has a lot of guards in various restaurants, but those people can only deal with hooligans and ruffians, and they can't get on the battle array, the lord now needs to recruit another candidate, drill the military formation, if it is a bystander, I am afraid of provoking the attention of the government, but the lord oil mill is all over the Great Song Dynasty, and it can be used in the name of escort transportation, not to mention that the king is outside the Baozheng, according to the former law of Wang Jinggong to protect the armor, Baozheng can practice the township Yong, if it is the big Baozheng, it can be in charge of more than 2,000 people, and it is enough for us to use it within three or five years. ”

Jiang De said, "This is not difficult, the current county respect Li Chun is my master's old friend, and Sanjia Village is so prosperous, it has caused nearby villages and towns to yearn for it, and it is very easy to want a big and righteous position." After the Taishi was reinstated last month, the new law abolished by Zhang Xianggong in the past was restored, and the law of protecting the armor was also restored. ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled and said, "It's so good, and then it's the scholar, since Taizu, this dynasty is the official family and the scholar to rule the world together, if the lord has a big move one day, the biggest enemy is not the 800,000 forbidden army or the generals of the Western Army, but the scholars all over the world, how to win over and divide, the lord needs to plan early." ”

Jiang De also understands this, the real ruling force of the ancient Chinese dynasty is nothing else, but those landlords and squires in the countryside, what attitude should these people face in the end, this is the problem that Jiang De has to face.

"In the end, it's the tool, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, whether it's ordnance, grain and grass, or ships, we have to make plans in advance." Xu Guanzhong finally said, "But there are priorities, according to the students' opinions, the latter two are not in a hurry, but this money, soldiers, we have to start as soon as possible." ”

Jiang De poured Xu Guanzhong a cup of tea and said, "Let's talk about it again, you can sleep here tonight." ”

Xu Guanzhong was stunned for a moment, and then said, "But! ”

One night later, there was one more literati in the three villages, Yue Fei and the others were depressed and found that their eldest brother seemed to be surprisingly good to this literati, almost better than themselves, not only those toothbrushes, toothpaste and other things were all matched, but even the bed was equipped with the same soft bed as Jiang De's own bed.

Jiang De's respect for Xu Guanzhong, Xu Guanzhong saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, and when he saw the soft bed that was exactly the same as Jiang De, Xu Guanzhong watched "The Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin" and "The Biography of Zhuge Liang" for several nights in a row.

Since Xu Guanzhong has found a direction for Jiang De, Jiang De does not waste time, this wealth and fame need time to accumulate, and that's it, but this matter of using the armor protection method to train soldiers, Jiang De feels that he can't delay it for a day.

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In the room, Jiang De, Wang Ming and others sat in a circle, listening to Xu Guanzhong.

"My lord, except for all the members, this is basically the case, if we want to ensure that our oil mills, wine mills and transportation teams are not harassed by thieves, three or five thousand village warriors are necessary." After Xu Guanzhong finished speaking, he sat aside.

Jiang De smiled and said to everyone, "Everyone, what do you think of Mr. Xu's opinion?" ”

Wang Ming was the first to support and said, "This matter is easy to do, I'll just report to the county lord, and my brothers are all from the Western Army, so they can also serve as the head of the sect." ”

Jiang Dehaha laughed and said, "It's not necessary, but I want Wang Gui and others to be involved, just like Mr. Xu just said, our townsmen are brave enough to protect the transportation and shops in various places, and in order to ensure completeness, we must use the army's training methods, so that Wang Gui and others can get in touch with military affairs as soon as possible." ”

Tang Wenzhong said with some reluctance: "Isn't this too small?" The children are only nine years old. ”

Zhang Da patted his thigh and said, "I think it's okay, what about nine years old, contact it first, you won't be a stranger in the future, and it's nearby, what are you afraid of?" ”

Zhou Tong looked at Jiang De with some complicated emotions and said, "De'er, it's normal to have a knife and a big gun, but you also need a bow and arrow, isn't it a bit of a fuss?" ”

Jiang De looked at Xu Guanzhong and asked, "I heard that this bow and arrow is a matter of urgency for the government, is this feasible in terms of laws and regulations?" ”

Xu Guanzhong arched his hand and said to Jiang De, "Don't worry, this archer needs a bow and arrow, so as long as it is not a military bow, the government will not care, but the strong crossbow, the government has always been strict, and we are not good at equipping it." ”

Jiang De snorted and said to Zhou Tong, "Mr. is good at archery, you should know how much difference is between the combat power of the troops with bows and arrows and the troops without bows and arrows. ”

Zhou Tong watched Xu Guanzhong sit down, tugging at his beard with a little entanglement, he had already had some contact with Xu Guanzhong, and knew that this Xu Guanzhong was a rare talent, and such a talent actually called his apprentice the lord, can the word lord be used casually? This is the title of the courtiers to the lord, Zhou Tongke is also familiar with history books, and knows that the word lord is generally used by some princes, for example, in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", the lord refers to Liu Bei, and it also refers to the period from Liu Bei's entry into Shu to the king, it can be seen that the lord should be used by a prince who has not yet been called the king, and now Xu Guanzhong is called Jiang De like this, is this the meaning of Jiang De or the meaning of Xu Guanzhong? Zhou Tong didn't understand, he just knew that the path he would take in the future as an apprentice was probably very different from what he imagined.

Jiang De saw that everyone had no other opinions, so he said, "Since this is the case, let's go and talk to the county lord on a certain day." ”