Chapter 40 Preparing for the Twenty-Seventh ___ Plan for the South

In the evening, Zhang Zhimu called Chen Yufeng and Huang Yukun to his room again, and roughly calculated the accounts with the two of them. I told Huang Yukun first, on the way to this time, he destroyed the Wild Boar Ridge and got a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, etc. Huang Yukun said, I said, where did you get so much money to buy horses? This time, it cost 22,550 taels to buy horses and gifts, 23,250 taels to buy goods, 110 taels to buy a house in Zhuhukou, 100 taels to drive horses for 20 people, and some other expenses. The income was 181,560 taels of gold and silver from Niutou Mountain, 68,512 taels for goods and jewels, 350 taels for carts and steel-reed carriages, and 3,000 taels for knives. Counting the silver in the previous family, the gold and silver that are still in the house now are worth 191,197 taels of silver, and some jewelry, according to Mr. Lu, is worth at least 100,000 taels. Zhang Zhimu continued, leave 11,197 taels, and continue to put those jewels in the Huangyukun house, you can't put it down if you have more. The silver was resolutely untouched, and was reserved for emergency needs. Huang Yukun said, you don't need to keep so much jewelry, now is the time for you to use silver, you can exchange more silver when you go south. Zhang Zhimu asked Huang Yukun to pick half and keep half. After asking Huang Yukun to put away the gold and silver jewelry that she wanted to put away, she invited Lu Chengxiang and told him that the 180,000 gold and silver, as well as these jewelry, were the future working capital, and they were all on the account. Lu Chengxiang was very moved, this was to treat him as an outsider. Lu Chengxiang saw that the three of them were there, and assured that the accounts would be not bad at all. Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, Huang Yukun's head is a computer, and as soon as the number passes, the result will come out, and it will definitely not be bad. Several people knew that Huang Yukun's accounts were accurate, but they didn't know what a computer was. Zhang Zhimu couldn't explain it, so he laughed it off.

Now, except for Yang Jing of the dart game, he can only move slowly and need to recuperate. The others, men, except for Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Yan Boju, have already forty-four people. Let Li Zhi choose four people first. Then Li Yunhe, Lu Qi, and Lu Wenchen picked twelve people. The rest were incorporated into Liu Yun's caravan. The three descendants of the Lu family, Zhang Zhimu told Lu Chengxiang to let them start from scratch, which would be good for them.

After assigning the personnel of each department. Zhang Zhimu ordered Li Yunhe to immediately organize the production of muskets and bullets. Thirty muskets were produced as soon as possible. Five hundred bow thunders** each. told Li Yunhe that now that there are more people, don't do it alone, discuss it with Lu Qi, make a plan, and mobilize all the people in the house. Li Yunhe said no problem, the people I picked all have skills, all of them have worked as carpenters, masons, stonemasons, and two of them have made iron. Originally, Zhang Zhimu felt that Fan Chengkun and Liu Chenghuang's sons were young and wanted them to learn skills from Li Yunhe, but the two said that they were not willing to do it, so they were interested in martial arts, and now they are interested in guns. The kiln gang is special to them, and they carry guns wherever they go. Li Jing also came over and pleaded with his two newly accepted apprentices. It turned out that according to Zhang Zhimu's instructions, after they left, Li Jing led Fan Song and Liu Jun to hunt in the back mountains every day, and the more they beat their guns, the more accurate they became. Later, Li Jing told the two of them to go back with one shot and go back with a hundred push-ups. In the end, it is basically a matter of raising a gun to bite the meat, and the light skills practiced by the two of them with Li Jing have also improved recently. Li Jing said that the two were born killers. This time when you go south, you must take the two of them for exercise. Li Yunhe's people began to get busy. In addition to feeding the horses and doing some chores, Liu Yun and these people began training every day, first the queue training must be practiced every day, Zhang Zhimu told Liu Yun that the discipline of a team is the basic guarantee of combat effectiveness, and the queue and housekeeping management exercise the most discipline. Sure enough, after strict queue training and housekeeping management, the mental collision of the team members has changed a lot. In particular, Huang Yukun and the unified black clothes that they hurried out in time looked even more energetic when they wore them on their bodies. Then there was musket shooting, ** throwing. Li Wei selected a few people to practice bow thunder, Zhang Zhimu took a look, these people got started quickly. Li Zhi's people have been participating in Liu Yun's training. Zhang Zhimu thought about it, and now there are ten crossbows, so he asked Li Wei to choose ten people to practice crossbows. As a result, everyone followed suit. Zhang Zhimu can do this if he wants to, and he can use the crossbow if he needs to. Liu Yun was divided into two squadrons, with Fan Chengkun and Liu Chenghuang each leading one squadron. Zhang Zhimu finally instructed Liu Yun to swim once a day, because there are many waterways to go south, and he must learn to swim.

In this way, Zhang Zhimu basically doesn't worry about training. There are those who have been personally led by the core team members of the actual battle, and the effect is very different. Zhang Zhimu called Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, and Lu Chengxiang over to discuss the matter of going south together, and asked Huang Yukun to come over, Huang Yukun said that she didn't understand and didn't mix with those things.

Zhang Zhimu said that he wanted to discuss today, four questions, the first one, how to go; the second is what goods to bring; The third is when to go; The fourth is the route taken.

After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, Lu Chengxiang was the first to speak, "Mr. Zhang, can you tell us about your plans first, such as where your goal is." We're going to talk about it. ”

Zhang Zhimu thought about it, he didn't set a goal, how could people discuss, it seemed that it was Lu Chengxiang who had to use his brains, and said: "I want to go farther this time, at least to the Zhejiang and Jiangxi regions." Because, when I arrived in Jiangxi, I had something more important to do than selling these horse goods, and it was very important for our future development if this matter was done well. Of course, you can also deal with those Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang merchants to see if there is anything to communicate with, and if possible, you can also contact those Xiyi merchants who went to the South Seas and came to buy porcelain in Jiangxi. When a few people heard it, Zhang Zhimu had something more important than selling these goods, and they were a little confused, but they were all impressed by Zhang Zhimu's magnificent atmosphere. In the past, Zhang Zhimu was approachable, although he often did some things that others would not think, everyone still didn't treat him as an outsider. I didn't expect this person next to me to have such ambitions. It made several people also full of pride, which man didn't want to break into the distance, open his eyes, and feel very lucky to have such a person leading him.

Lu Chengxiang said, I haven't gone so far, but Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang businessmen have dealt with each other, these big Huizhou businessmen and Zhejiang businessmen are amazing, and compared with them, there are not many people in Shanxi who can compare with others. I don't know if we will go to the door, and people will recognize my old face. Zhang Zhimu laughed and said, it doesn't matter, they all know the silver. Several people also laughed.

Chen Yufeng said that in this section of Shanxi, it is best for us to take a boat down, and after entering the Yellow River, we will go ashore on the south bank. Because of this paragraph, it's easy to deal with bandits, and we will abolish them if we don't give them face. But this level is not one or two places, even Li Mao has to spend so much silver, we don't need to say, when we encounter black-hearted officials and soldiers, they are darker than bandits, and we can't do anything with them here in Shanxi. After Shanxi, we have no worries, so we won't shoot. You can block people and kill ghosts. Zhang Zhimu asked: "Take a boat, a boat can pull several horses." Zhang Zhimu said, "I have learned on the wharf that the ones that can come up along the Fen River are all shallow boats of 400 stones. Because it is necessary to cross the canal, the water depth is limited to six times. It is said that it is limited to forty stones. The water of the Fen River is deep, and it is downstream and can carry a thousand stones. It's just that the boat is not specially for transporting horses, so we need to discuss with the boatman in advance, and we will make some horse stalls to stop the horses and fix them on the boat. As for how many horses can be carried, we have to discuss it with the shipowner. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Then this matter is decided, and our horses and goods will go from the Fen River." Tomorrow, Uncle Chen, you will work hard, take Lu Qi and the others to the dock to see how many boats there are, how many horses each boat can pull, the horse pen on the boat, and how to do it. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "The boat is not worried, there are not enough boats in Lingshui, you can go to Jinyang to find it, there are more boats there." I'll check it out tomorrow. ”

Yan Boju said: "If you walk slowly and don't rush to the road, this Mongolian horse can carry a hundred catties of goods." When we got ashore, we had no problem carrying the goods on horseback. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked: "Then how do we go by land after crossing the Yellow River?"

At this time, Yang Yulin came in from outside the door and said, "As long as you take me there, I know how to go." Besides, only I know the relationship between the Huwei Dart Bureau in the south. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The road is far away, all of them are men, and it is inconvenient for you to go." Besides, a bunch of people in the family also need someone to protect them, and your younger brother is just a little better, and he also needs someone to take care of them. ”

Hearing Zhang Zhimu say this, Yang Yulin snorted, turned around and went out.

Chen Yufeng said: "If you can't do it, let this Yang girl go with her, she is better than ordinary men." Zhang Zhimu said: "You have to ask Mrs. Cai about this matter first, after all, she is a girl's family." Lu Chengxiang said: "After crossing the Yellow River, I have been to this section of Henan, and I have opened my mouth more, and there is no big problem." It's just that we have to set the big course of action. ”

Yan Boju said: "Then get off the boat in front of Sanmenxia and Tongguan." Otherwise, if you go down and walk through the mainstay of the Shenmen estuary, it will be dozens of miles of dangerous shoals, ten boats and nine boats. Getting around there will be dragged by the slender man, and the cost will not be said, and the waiting time will be uncertain. Fortunately, we have horses, so we are not afraid to walk along the Yellow River for a while. If you can't walk along the Yellow River, and then walk along the canal, we can also see the scenery. Zhang Zhimu said: "Then it's decided, and the route doesn't have to be set too hard, now there are wars everywhere, and it's useless for us to die, and when the time comes, we will act when the opportunity comes." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "The goods, I think that in addition to the goods we brought back from Kill Hukou, we can bring some tin ware, and sell it in the Central Plains, otherwise, the tin ware of the people in the south is better than ours." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The people who went, this time except for Li Yunhe's people, including you and Li Zhi's people, all went, first, there were not enough people, and in addition, such a long trip was also very exercised, I hope that there will be a few outstanding among these people, and everyone will be given a chance to perform." ”

Zhang Zhimu calculated, there are a total of twenty-nine people who can go now, and Yang Yulin is only thirty people, and there are not enough personnel. He said, "Uncle Chen, when you go to Lingshui Wharf, you have to find twenty people, so that we can gather fifty people, because we are an armed caravan in troubled times, and if there are fewer people, I am afraid that we will not be able to deal with something." Bring people back to familiarize themselves with them first, and also train and train together. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "There are people, and there are 200. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The time of departure is subject to Li Yunhe's guns. The number of horses and goods to be transported will be determined after Uncle Chen returns from the ship. Now let's split up. ”

This meeting was the first high-level meeting of Yaogang Trading Company, and Li Zhi was honored to attend it. Because Zhang Zhimu asked for meeting minutes, Li Zhi participated as a recorder. Later, when Li Zhi wrote his memoirs, he deliberately devoted a lot of pen and ink to this point.

When Chen Yufeng informed Fan Chengkun and Liu Chenghuang to go to Lingshui Pier with him, they were both very happy. One is that the two of them have many acquaintances who want to go back and have a look, and the second one, now that their identities are different, they also want to go back and show off.

Temporarily, Zhang Zhimu said to Chen Yufeng: "Take care of Lu Qi." Lu Qi said, "Don't worry, I can take care of myself." ”

Just sent Chen Yufeng and them away, Li Mao led a group of people to come again.