Song Xiance looked disapproving, he really didn't have the intention of wanting to raise money before, money was really just something outside his body for people like him, but now it's different.

"Is it expensive? Old man, this price! If you can't afford it, the old man will leave! ”

Qin Yiming thought that Song Xiance was joking, but he didn't expect this dead old man to be serious, it seems that he is really going to make a scene.

"Song Shenzhu, can you have a little contract spirit, you have a cinnabar handprint in black and white, how can you just leave! This price, let's just negotiate it! ”

Song Xiance saw that Qin Yiming's attitude had softened, so he eased up and said, "That's okay, I know that you are poor, then I'll let you a little more, eight thousand taels!" ”

Qin Yiming still felt that it was too expensive, but he knew that talents were rare, and Song Xiance was indeed worth the price, so he could only nod and agree!

"Eight thousand taels, I said Mr. Song, you alone are enough for me to support hundreds of people!" Zhang Xiaoshe on the side was so shocked that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, he didn't expect Song Xiance to come for real!

Song Xiance snorted and said disdainfully: "Hmph, Zhang Baihu, how can you compare me with those chickens and dog thieves under you!" ”

"Who stole the rooster and the dog, Mr. Song, you ......"

"Okay, okay, don't fight, I don't know what you want silver for!" Qin Yiming stopped the dispute between the two, and if this continued, there would be some sparks between the two men.

"Of course it's useful, the old man is also a man with a son now!" Song Xiance's words almost made Qin Yiming breathless, he didn't expect Song Xiance to value the little monkey so much, but the whereabouts of the little monkey are unknown now, Qin Yiming can't help but feel a little melancholy.

"Alright, you all go out!"

"Qin Mangfu, I have one more thing to remind you!" Song Xiance spit out this smoke ring and said.

Qin Yiming raised his eyebrows and looked, Song Xiance looked quite concerned in his eyes, it didn't seem to be a serious thing, so he said, "What else is going on?" Little Monkey, I have already ordered Zhang Baihu to send more manpower, Mr. does not need to worry too much. ”

"The little monkey is alert and smart, and he is athletic, the old man is not worried about his safety, I want to say that our army has made a great contribution this time, and the imperial court will reward you as usual, at least give you a promotion or something, you can quickly inform Lord Liu Yuliang and ask him to help you fight for a governor of the lake or something!"

There are a lot of general soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty, but there are not many governors, mainly because the governors are all fictitious titles, which have no meaning in Qin Yiming's opinion.

"Governor? What is the use of the false title I want? ”

Song Xiance didn't explain, he smoked by himself, and didn't pay attention to Qin Yiming and Zhang Xiaoshe's eager eyes, Zhang Xiaoshe's chickens and dogs can be thieves, but when it comes to politics, he doesn't know anything.

Qin Yiming thought about it, and suddenly became enlightened, and said: "Yes, if you really have the title of the governor of the capital, you can justifiably take over the guards in Huguang in the future!" ”

"Although it's a martial artist, it's not stupid, the old man's curtain chip ordered someone to send it over early, and the old man is gone!"

Although Qin Yiming is the commander-in-chief of Huguang, it stands to reason that he can mobilize all the guards in Huguang, but he has exhausted everything, and he may not be able to muster tens of thousands of people, mainly because of the arrangement of Emperor Hongwu back then.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Quartet has been decided, Emperor Hongwu made important adjustments to the military of the entire Ming Empire, one of the most important points is that "the north is heavy and the south is light", the north is the dividing line of the two climates, so there are two different civilizations, which will inevitably lead to the conflict of nomadic culture and farming culture, throughout Chinese history, this line has always been a war-prone zone, the most obvious historical trace is the construction of the Great Wall, to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang of course also recognized this problem, so the north border guards are everywhere, millions of soldiers, Outside the Guan, there are two direct establishment of Wei jurisdiction, there is no administrative body, but the south is different, the area south of the Yangtze River is particularly prominent, the health office is generally abolished, the administrative agency enters, and the Xingdu stays in the division, if it is not for the existence of the imperial tomb, it is estimated that it does not exist. The scarcity of guards directly led to the shortage of soldiers in Huguang, coupled with the corruption of the guard system, Huguang really had no soldiers to fight.

If Qin Yiming wants to reverse this situation, including placing the students in the university hall into those guards in the future, and even expanding the guards, he needs to have the right to manage the guards, but this management power is not owned by the general army, and it is nominally managed by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, such as the Xingdu Stay-behind Division in Huguang, which is the former Military Governor's Office of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and later Lao Zhu felt that it was too centralized, so he split it into the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies before and after, and then let the Ministry of War take away the right to transfer troops, and engaged in the battalion system, and the titles of General Soldier and Deputy General Soldier appeared.

Thinking about this, Qin Yiming felt that Song Xiance's suggestion was very good, if he had the authority to manage the Huguang Guard in the future, and at the same time had the right to mobilize the troops of the Huguang Guard, then wouldn't Huguang be his!

Qin Yiming quickly started writing on the desk, and after writing, he also blew the ink on the paper and sealed it with red wax.

"Zhang Baihu, quickly send this letter to the mansion of Master Liu of Jingshi!"

"Yes, Chief Soldier!"

When it was almost dinner, Xu Dingwang came to the house listlessly, Xu Zhen'er and others also came back, and Xu Zhen'er came back with a big guy - a machine tool.

Qin Yiming and the others were very surprised, what is Xu Zhen'er going to do, everyone looks around this machine tool, this machine tool is not special, but on the basis of Qin Yiming's design, there is a slight advance, everyone doesn't understand what Xu Zhen'er means by bringing this thing to the house.

"Sister, what's the use of you getting such a big machine back?" Chen Yuanyuan was very incomprehensible and couldn't help asking.

Xu Zhen'er's beautiful eyes were raised lightly, and her eyes flashed with ill intentions to look at Qin Yiming, Xu Zhen'er's movements made everyone can't help but look at Qin Yiming, and Qin Yiming himself felt incredible.

"Why are you all looking at me? What do you want me to do? Zhen'er, why do you get a machine tool at home! Qin Yiming asked.

Xu Zhen'er smiled and said, "Xianggong, there is such a good thing, why are you hiding it and not giving it to me?" ”

Qin Yiming was very puzzled, this machine tool is a very simple manpower machine tool, although the machine tool is the core of the industry, but Qin Yiming feels that this level of machine tool is difficult to take on a big task, and he really can't think of what use Xu Zhen'er wants this thing to do!

Xu Zhen'er continued: "Xianggong, do you remember that I once told you that the emperor stopped Jiangnan weaving? ”

"Remember! In order to save money, the emperor ordered Jiangnan weaving to stop, and it was good to stop, a dragon robe is hundreds of thousands of taels, it is indeed too extravagant, but what does this have to do with the machine tool in front of you? Qin Yiming was puzzled.

Xu Zhen'er explained: "In fact, Jiangnan weaving not only provides dragon robes for the emperor, but also exports silk overseas, now Jiangnan weaving has stopped, many wealthy businessmen in Suzhou and Hangzhou have opened their own weaving workshops, originally the Xu family was also ready to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy land to open a workshop, but ......"

Xu Zhen'er glanced at Xu Dingwang with an angry face, Xu Dingwang saw his sister's eyes, and immediately retracted his head, trembling with fright.

"Now that I've changed my mind and don't run any weaving workshops, I think the Zhen'er spinning machine invented by Xianggong for Zhen'er is more profitable! This spinning machine is more efficient than those old-fashioned spinning machines, and when the time comes, it will be sold to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and it will definitely sell well! When Xu Zhen'er mentioned trading, her face was excited, there was no way, she was born to do this.

"Could it be that Zhen'er wants to use machine tools to produce spinning machines?"

"Hehe, Xianggong, I'm already producing, I took a few machine tools in Pinglibao, and the craftsmen say that this thing is the greatest invention!" Xu Zhen'er looked at Qin Yiming with admiration.

Everyone doesn't quite understand, what's so great about this thing in front of them, but Qin Yiming knows that the foundation and core of industry is the machine tool, with the machine tool, those precision parts and components can be produced, this machine tool is of course very important, and now Xu Zhen'er wants to mass-produce spinning machines, of course this machine tool is easy to use.

"I know you're awesome, haha!" Qin Yiming looked proud.

"It's just a pity......" Xu Zhen'er suddenly sighed.

Qin Yiming was puzzled and asked, "What's a pity?" ”

"The masters of those workshops said that this machine tool requires manpower, and some things still cannot be processed, and although the efficiency has improved a lot, it is still very slow!"

Qin Yiming grabbed the handle of the big iron wheel and made the big iron wheel rotate hard, and then the cutting gear on the machine tool also rotated, and after a while, Qin Yiming felt that his arm was sore.

This machine tool is indeed too weak, this is also no way to do things, machine tools need power, manpower is definitely not enough, if you process some ironware, the disadvantage of manpower is more obvious, grinding a part may take several months.

Xu Zhen'er suddenly pulled Qin Yiming's arm and said coquettishly in front of the public: "Xianggong has always been extremely smart, I got the machine tool back today, just to let Xianggong think of a way to see if I can solve this problem!" ”

"Sister, I have a way!" Xu Dingwang understood, and immediately scrambled to say.

Everyone looked at Xu Dingwang in disbelief, and Xu Dingwang said excitedly: "We can hire more strong men, so that this big iron wheel will spin faster!" ”

Everyone's face is disdainful, what is this called? It's better to use a few horses.

"It's not that there is no way to increase the power, but I don't know if Pingli Fort can produce it!" Qin Yiming said calmly.

As soon as Qin Yiming said that there was a way, Xu Zhen'er immediately became happy, she knew that Qin Yiming said that there was a way, then there must be a way, although she didn't know what the way was.