After the opening ceremony of the Zhonghua Hall was completed, the management offices and escort teams were stationed in the office, and Gu Haotian held the first meeting in the oval conference room. Wen Huanzhang, Du Qian, Zhu Gui, Xiao Rang, Bian Xiang, Ma Qiang, Ruan Xiaoer, Zhou Yunqing, Ji Sheng, Sun An, Song Wan and others participated.

Xiao Rang reported on the handling of the prisoners in Crouching Tiger Village. More than 600 captives were finally screened and only nearly 500 remained, and the eliminated ones became the set for the last scene of Crouching Tiger Village. All the people who went up the mountain were scattered and placed in the five villages in the back mountain, arranged to work in various industries, and asked the village heads to focus on taking care of them.

Du Qian reported on the seizure of Crouching Tiger Village. There are 35,000 taels of gold, 280,000 taels of silver, 30,000 taels of copper coins, and there is no estimate for jewelry, jade, and precious calligraphy and paintings. In terms of supplies, there were 110,000 and 2,000 stone of grain, 50,000 catties of pig iron ingots, 3,000 horses of cloth, 45 pieces of iron armor, 480 pieces of leather armor, 527 steel knives, 1,000 spear tips, 500 leather shields, 200 longbows, and 2,000 arrowheads.

"The leaders of the escort team each received one piece of iron armor, one hundred and thirty pieces of leather armor for the battalion, one hundred and fifty pieces for the cavalry battalion, and one hundred pieces for each of the two infantry battalions, and the remaining battalions will be equipped in the next step. In addition, 50 people from each battalion of infantry, cavalry, and water were selected to practice bows and arrows. ”

Gu Haotian gave priority to the leather armor to the infantry and cavalry battalions, and the sailors had fewer opportunities to go ashore to fight, so they would consider it in the next step.

"It's okay if you don't have leather armor, it's just that the sailors fight on the ship, and it's not very convenient to use a spear, so can the steel knife be equipped with the sailors." Ruan Xiaoer put forward his opinion.

More than 500 sword and shield soldiers, Gu Haotian originally wanted to build a battalion of sword and shield soldiers, but now Ruan Xiaoer made a request, he thought about it and agreed, one is that there is no source of soldiers on the mountain now, and the sword and shield soldiers can't be formed for a while. Second, there are 50,000 catties of pig iron, as long as the Tanglong ironware workshop starts, there will be no knife at that time. So the sailors took three hundred steel knives at once, and Gu Haotian simply distributed the rest to the cavalry battalion and the personal guard battalion.

"There's still a shortage of people." At this time, Wen Huanzhang sighed. "Now there is enough money and food on the mountain, you have to think of recruiting people, there are many fishing villages around Shuibo, and the livelihood of fishermen is also very poor, but the treatment of Liangshan as a soldier is very generous, not to mention only three taels of salary per month, many fishermen may not be able to earn it for half a year, the commander of the second battalion and many sailors are locals, if you intend to publicize it, it is not difficult to recruit some people."

"What the gentleman said is very true, I will start to do it when I go back, but there are too few sailor ships, and I have to find a way to buy them."

Ruan Xiaoer thought that the ships in the sailor camp were no longer enough, and if he recruited more ships, he would be even more nervous.

"Let the Commerce Department send someone to Jeju and Yunju to have a look, buy some to make do with it first, and then slowly figure out a way in the future."

At present, the ships on the mountain are all civilian ships, and the number is also small, and there is not a single qualified warship, Gu Haotian wants to take time to go to Dengzhou and Mizhou to have a look.

After the meeting, the battalions went to the logistics office to receive supplies, and Gu Haotian stayed with Wen Huanzhang and Zhu Gui to discuss the matter of the Wujia Iron Mine in Jinling Town.

"Iron ore is an important material on the mountain, and the amount of use will only increase in the future. Wen Huanzhang immediately said that he would act as soon as possible.

"Then it's decided, tomorrow morning, Brother Zhu Gui, Zhao Neng, and Zhao De will take a few people to take the first step and make contact with the second master of Wu, and I will bring someone to follow." Gu Haotian originally had this intention, and immediately made up his mind.

Then the three of them discussed some details of the operation, and Zhu Gui went out to find Zhao Neng and Zhao De.

The traffic from Liangshan to Jinling Town is actually very convenient, take a boat from Shuibo to pass through Jishui and go down to Zouping, and then enter the cage water and go up for dozens of miles, go ashore and go along the official road for a while.

After several days of tiring travel, Gu Haotian and his entourage finally arrived at Jinling Town. I saw the confrontation between the north and south mountains, an official road in the middle passed, and the shops and houses were built along the official road, and people and vehicles came and went one after another, but it was also very lively.

The iron ore in this Jinling town has a long history of mining, there are records of mining and smelting in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the present is no exception, the imperial court and the people have opened mines here, so many iron ore-related industries have been born in the local area, and some iron ore-related shops can be seen from time to time along the street.

When Gu Haotian and the others entered Jinling Town, Zhu Gui, Zhao Neng, and Zhao De were already sitting in the living room of Wu's Pig Iron Trading House drinking tea.

Wu Erye is a middle-aged man who is nearly fifty years old, and at this moment he is holding a letter to read carefully, the letter is written by Wu County Lieutenant, which says: Recently, everything has not gone well, because of the matter of the Rejuvenation Hall before, he was plotted by the ancient family boy, and returned home. asked him to go home to discuss countermeasures, and the affairs of the business bank were temporarily handed over to his wife's cousin Zhu Zhang, Zhao Neng and Zhao De for a period of time.

Wu Erye read the letter and pondered for a long time, but he didn't expect such a big change to happen in the family recently, if it wasn't for his brother's own letter, and his cronies Zhao Neng and Zhao De came in person, he really didn't believe it.

"What kind of business does Shopkeeper Zhu do in the village, I went back several times a few years ago, and I don't seem to have met each other."

Wu Erye has been in business for many years, and his mind is quite meticulous, and he is a little puzzled that his eldest brother suddenly sent someone to take over his business.

"In the past, I used to do business such as military armor for Lord Wu, so I never showed up in front of everyone, this time my lord went to the post of county lieutenant, and it was difficult to continue the trading of military armor, so I let the second master take care of it here for some time."

"In previous years, I often went back, but no one came to take care of it, but this time it is why, the eldest brother has something to say."

Second Master Wu saw that the shopkeeper Zhu was doing a shady business, no wonder he couldn't see him on weekdays, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart.

"When I came, the adults talked about it, saying that the Wu family is in difficulty now, and they must get a backer in the capital, Da Lang and Erlang are not good at this, only the second master can do it."

It turned out to be going to the capital, but I really don't know how much time it will take, no wonder someone came to take care of it, and the big family property is always not at ease in the hands of outsiders, Wu Erye understands the eldest brother's thoughts.

"Zhao Neng, Zhao De, you two are doing well in the county office, why did you come here." Wu Erye saw that the shopkeeper Zhu couldn't find anything, and the tone of his words turned to Zhao Neng and Zhao De's side.

"The relationship between the two of us and the second master of the county lieutenant Wu is clear, the county lieutenant has been dismissed now, so how can Xu Zhixian give us a good look, and simply go to the second master's side to live happily." Zhao Neng replied.

Second Master Wu thinks about it, the eldest brother has gone to work, and the two of them are really sad in the yali, and it is normal to find another way out.

"Go to the guest room and rest, and I will tell you after I have consulted with my subordinates."

After some inquiry, Wu Erye didn't find anything wrong, so he asked them to stay first, after all, it is not so convenient for a big commercial house to be managed by another person, and he needs to make corresponding arrangements.

Let's say that after Gu Haotian and his entourage settled down in the town, they went out to visit the market, and he took Bian Xiang, Shi Qian, Tang Long, Ma Xun and more than 20 personal guards on this trip. Bian Xiang and Shi Qian are now the necessary personnel for Gu Haotian's travel, one is responsible for security, the other is responsible for intelligence, and Tang Long is considering that this is an iron market, there must be some craftsmen who make iron, and use Tang Long's vision to see if he can recruit some skilled craftsmen.

Most of the blacksmithing shops in Jinling Town are concentrated in a horizontal alley, and when you enter from the alley, you can hear the sound of "clanging" in the alley, and there are all kinds of ironware in the shops along the street. A few people looked over one by one, but they didn't find anything outstanding.

"Hey, this weapon is good."

Just when everyone was disappointed, Tang Long took a fancy to a Pu knife in an inconspicuous shop at the end of the alley.

"The guest officer has an eye, not that I boast, there are dozens of shops in this alley, so my family can make knives of this texture." At this time, a man in his thirties in the shop answered.

"Let's take a look at those handfuls." Tang Long pointed to a few simple knives hanging on the wall and said to the man.

"Daddy is here, come out for a while."

The man turned his head and shouted into the back room, and then they saw that one of the man's feet was wrapped in a thick bandage, and he couldn't move.

Then an old man of fifty or sixty years old came out of the back room, covered in smoke and dust, and wearing an apron, as if he was striking iron inside. He took off several knives on the wall one by one and handed them to Gu Haotian and the others.

"These knives are all made by my father-in-law?" Tang Long looked at it for a while and asked.

"It's made by the old man."

"In this way, the old man must have done something in the workshop of the imperial court ordnance supervisor, I see that this simple knife craftsmanship has the techniques of the imperial court workshop, and it is a few points better than the weapons of the officers and soldiers."

Tang Long's father and son were craftsmen in the imperial court barracks, and they were familiar with the production process of imperial weapons.

"The guest officer said that the old man is just a local craftsman, so what kind of court tricks will it be."

The old man didn't want the guest officer to say such a thing, so he was stunned for a moment and then denied it, and even the young man sitting in the chair became alert.

"Don't worry too much, my husband is a merchant from Jeju, and I am dissatisfied with you, my brother has also done it in the weapons workshop of the imperial court, and I only said this when I look familiar."

Gu Haotian saw the change in the old man's expression, and simply said Tang Long's identity to calm his heart.

The old man glanced at Tang Long, but did not speak.

"Don't be suspicious, my father and son were originally built by the old breed of Yan'an Mansion under the public account, and I later killed the wicked before they were left out."

Tang Long also understood what Gu Haotian meant, and simply even said the killing.

After hearing this, the old man was really much more relieved, and thought that these people seemed to like the weapons of the shop, and if they could make a deal, they could also earn some silver taels for his son's medical treatment.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw a voice outside: "Ding Baiyan's guy is really hateful, I can't wait to cut off his bird head immediately." ”

With the voice, a young man of about twenty broke in in a hurry, and when he saw the room full of people, he was stunned for a moment.