Chapter 149: The Great Deal of the Whole Army
Even Wei Chigong couldn't help but lower his head after seeing Li Jing's blue and black face, and stood in a row obediently like Jia Yi and his juniors, as if he was a primary school student who had done something wrong, but no matter his age or height, he looked so different when he stood in the queue.
"Wei Chi, why are you adding to the chaos, their juniors don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and you are messing around with them." Li Jing looked at Wei Chi standing in the queue with a helpless face, for him, Li Jing really didn't know what to say, saying that it was heavy to ensure that Wei Chi would be annoyed and angry, and to say it lightly, there would hardly be any impact on his face thicker than bear skin, and in the end, in desperation, Li Jing still chose not to let Wei Chi lose face in front of the juniors: "Come and do it." ”
Wei Chi smiled at Li Jing, didn't say anything, walked directly to the chair that Li Jing was referring to, and glanced at Li Jing with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to see something from Li Jing's face.
Without Wei Chigong, Li Jing taught these juniors, including Su Dingfang, no psychological burden, and let out a heavy snort with a black face, and shouted in a low voice: "Whose idea is this?" ”
"It's the last general." Jia Yi knew that he couldn't hide from this, so he could only stand up.
"What a gut, the merchant in the garrison, you are really blinded by the money, for some yellow and white things, you actually ignore military law, and you tell me, how should I punish you?"
"Well, General, I think you may have misunderstood, this idea is good for me, but the person who did this is not me, but the domestic servant Fan Zhou who came with me, he is not a member of the military, so there will be no problems with the merchants."
Li Jing almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this, one was for Jia Yi's shamelessness, and the other was for Jia Yi's ability to make money by unscrupulous means, but the military law only regulated soldiers, and he really couldn't control non-soldiers.
"Jia Yi, immediately ask that Fan Zhou to stop his commercial activities in the garrison, otherwise I will treat him as an enemy spy."
Jia Yi knew at a glance that this Li Jing was going to be ruthless, and he was about to use a frame-up to frame him, for the sake of Fan Zhou's life, Jia Yi could only fight on the basis of reason, after all, it was not only Jia Yi and others who benefited from this commercial activity, but also the vast number of soldiers who really benefited.
"General Qiyu, the last general believes that this kind of commercial activity should not only not be abolished, but should be promoted......"
Before Jia Yi's words were finished, Li Jing slapped the table and stood up from the chair, with green tendons on his forehead, pointing at Jia Yi and scolding: "You are a little bastard, do you know what kind of place this is, this is the army, it is the army that wants to carry out the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor, not your family's manor, and you still want to promote this kind of commercial activities, do you want the military spirit to do it, and the war will not be fought?" ”
"General, this level of commercial activity not only does not have any negative impact on the morale of the soldiers, but may promote the enthusiasm of the soldiers, and it will only benefit and not harm in future battles."
"The cattle and horses that the soldiers got along the way were all slaughtered and filled into their stomachs, which only allowed them to enjoy a little food during the slow journey, and only added a little fun to their military life, their families did not get any benefits, and they would not desperately kill the enemy because they wanted to eat more meat."
"Now that there is a commercial activity of beef jerky, as long as they save some meat, then they can send more silver money to their families to live by, which is an extra income, why not exchange it for silver money, and when they get the letter from their family's receipt, I believe that they will work harder to kill the enemy, so that they can get more money, no matter what point of view, this commercial activity seems to have only benefits and no harm, and please ask the general to see it."
Jia Yi's words made everyone in the account fall into deep thought, can they make money through this business activity? This is of course for sure, from the beginning, what they thought of was how much money they could earn under such an activity, but they never thought that when they made money happily, those soldiers who were instigated by them to come over to buy cattle and horses could also profit from it, and what they didn't expect was that this extra income could also increase the soldiers' determination to kill the enemy, if it weren't for Jia Yi's name here, they would probably not know for a long time.
Li Jing also fell into contemplation, as a great ** god, as long as it is above the battle array, he has a very keen insight, just now he was just disturbed by Jia Yi's nonsense behavior, and now when he heard Jia Yi's analysis, he immediately determined that Jia Yi's words had absolutely no moisture.
In fact, this is a very simple account, a soldier has a life, and the monthly salary is fixed, and when the soldier dies on the battlefield, the military salary falls into the hands of his family, which can only be a fixed value, and the only enjoyment that the soldier gets is to eat a few more mouthfuls of meat before his death.
If it is implemented according to Jia Yi's model, each soldier can get some additional income in addition to a certain amount of military salary, even if they only eat a few mouthfuls of meat, but it makes the life of their family members richer, and when they die on the battlefield, the family can at least live for a while because of the money he got home, and even become rich because of this money.
After pondering for a long time, Li Jing didn't think of the disadvantages of Jia Yi's doing, and his frowning brows began to slowly stretch.
"How much copper will you pay the soldiers for each cow and each horse."
"Five hundred wen."
Five hundred wen, half a piece of money, if you can buy a quarter of the cattle or horses in Guanzhong, it is good, if you catch up with a sturdy cow or a good horse, the price will expand indefinitely, but now they are on the grassland, those good cattle and horses have long been bought by the military, and only some thin cattle and horses remain in their hands and become their meat, therefore, five hundred wen to buy those thin cattle and horses, the price is also good.
"How much can you sell a cow for?"
"About 5,000 times."
When Li Jing heard this, he directly said to Jia Yi in a commanding tone: "Raise the money you paid for the purchase of cattle and horses from 500 Wen to the consistent." ”
Hearing the undoubted taste in Li Jing's words, Jia Yi thought about it for a while, then nodded and agreed.
"In addition, the proceeds of each cow and each horse must be given to Your Majesty."
As soon as Jia heard the word emperor, he nodded subconsciously, but when he heard what Li Jing said, he smiled bitterly, the profit that was not much was reduced by forty percent in an instant, and now the profit distributed to everyone is already very low, if it weren't for the fact that there is still cowhide and horse skin that can be made into leather clothes and leather goods after nitrate, this is more than buying and selling Jia Yi almost didn't want to participate.
Seeing the helpless look on Jia Yi's face, Li Jing wanted to laugh a little, it was indeed a pleasant thing to be able to make a guy who wanted to make money to watch the money he was about to earn fly away from his hand, especially if this person was still Jia Yi.
"Alright, don't look sad, I'll tell the whole army later, and let all the soldiers send the cattle and horses in your hands."
Suddenly there were forty percent more cattle and horses, and Jia Yi's brows stretched a little, although the money he made was still a little small, but it was also balanced.
"You hear clearly, I'm talking about the whole army, this attack on the Eastern Turks, my Tang Dynasty sent a total of more than 100,000 troops from the Six Routes, and I will inform the other Five Route armies to collect the cattle and horses for food, and then all of them will be handed over to you."
As soon as Jia heard this, the last trace of unsightly expression on his face disappeared without a trace, and instantly turned into ecstasy, which is definitely a huge profit, I dare not say more, everyone earns tens of thousands of yuan is like playing.
"General Xie."
"Okay, you go and bring me some beef jerky, I just heard that it is delicious, but I have never tasted it yet."
Soon Jia Yi came to Li Jing's tent with a small bag of beef jerky, respectfully put the beef jerky on Li Jing's table, and he followed a group of people out of the tent.
Now that he has obtained the approval of General Li Jing, the general of the Dingxiang Road march, Jia Yi is equivalent to gaining the trust of all the soldiers, since the order will be issued soon, Jia Yi has decided to fully reflect the value of this order, and will not give up until he makes a lot of money.
Originally, the beef jerky and horse jerky were all made of better meat from cattle and horses, but now the profits have been greatly reduced, so that Jia Yi really has no choice to choose, and even the internal organs of cattle and horses have been fully utilized by Jia Yi.
All the cattle and horses used for food in the Chinese army were soon concentrated in front of Jia Yi, and Li Jing may have made Jia Yi more energetic, and he transferred more auxiliary soldiers to him, and for a while, the output of dried meat and sausages has been rapidly increased.
The weather is getting colder and colder, even if the workshop that makes jerky is still overcrowded, but it is no longer difficult to resist the invasion of the cold, in order not to affect the output, Jia Yi took advantage of the fact that the soil was still soft and started another relatively huge project, digging a pit and burying the tent in the soil.
This idea is still a hint that Jia Yi got from the snow room, whether the snow room can be built on the prairie, Jia Yi is not very clear, but there is no problem in burying the tent in the soil, only leaving a small half of the tip of the tent outside the soil, so as to keep the tent bright.