Chao Gai sighed and said: "In these years, in this world, it is too difficult to do some business as you do, thieves are everywhere, and there are heroes everywhere. This business offended the Zeng family in Zengtou City as soon as it opened, and the Zeng family sent Yu Baosi to steal horses on the night of the opening of my horse market, and I caught and released them. You say that I don't train hundreds of guards, and I'm just a dish on someone's board. ”

Chao Gai was originally worried that Wu Yong would oppose his own training of the guards, but he didn't expect Wu Yong to be even more ruthless, so he touched his mustache and said: "Although the art of war is as expensive as cloud soldiers, it is not much more expensive, but in the face of a huge number gap, it is difficult for elite soldiers to win." Zengtou City was protected by court officials in the imperial court. Relying on these hundreds of people to not do anything, at least 2,000 elites, and with the strong men in the village, they can win steadily. However, my brother doesn't have to worry too much, Zengtou City is hundreds of miles away from here, and it costs a lot of money to attack from afar, so judging from the current situation, they will not use troops on a large scale. ”

Chao Gai said: "My pedantic gentleman, where is it so easy to train soldiers, a day a soldier has to eat more than two catties of grain, three taels of meat, and one or two catties of vegetables, this is not counting the seven money given when recruiting soldiers, clothing, shoes, hats and weapons are all money, recently I have purchased a large number of chickens and ducks and chicken and duck eggs, and built a new kang room, the money on the books is less than five hundred, fortunately, restaurants and department stores can still make money, otherwise you can only drink the northwest wind." ”

"My brother's words are good, but soldiers are not only trained, but also trained in actual combat. Jeju is the place where the north-south currency flows, and there are many business trips, whether it is on water or land, it is not safe, so we need to be guarded, so we will take over this business, and the money we make every time is not in a hurry. ”

"You're talking about a dart business, it's good, but it won't be too much money. If you can use the name of the army or the yamen to escort the goods, protect the safety, and the fees can be reasonable, the business will be more endless. Chao Gai suggested.

Wu Yongdao: "It is impossible for either the forbidden army or the local box army to escort the goods, the forbidden army is elite and strictly managed." The soldiers are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is scary to eat empty salaries, not to mention that those officers knock on the bones one by one, which businessman dares to find them, isn't that begging for death. ”

"Let's be the first one, and find a way to get an army number." Chao Gai asked.

Wu Yong thought for a moment and said: "If you really want it, it's not impossible, spend two small dollars, go to the Jeju prefect to buy a position for Yuncheng group training, this is a fictitious position, there is no money, no real power." ”

"Then why buy him."

"There is no money, no real power, but you can train the township soldiers, people who are over the age of 16 to 40 have to participate in the training of the township soldiers, of course, the superiors do not allocate funds, although the township soldiers have no money to take, but they always have to take care of the food during training, and the management of the rice is also a large amount, so no one really goes to the training, nothing more than to buy a position as a façade."

Chao Gai calculated: "There are almost 100,000 people in Yuncheng County, and if you are over 16 years old and under 40 years old, you can train at least five or six thousand people, so as long as you train diligently, you don't have to worry about Zengtou City, haha." ”

Wu Yong said: "I just asked you to get a banner, and then when you go out, don't you be able to use the banner of Yuncheng regimental training and go out to help merchants escort goods, really train the strong men of Yuncheng and spend money to get old, one knife per person is thousands." ”

Chao Gai said: "The two of us grew up with a bare heart, and I won't hide it from you, I figured it out during the time you went out to study, this world is getting more and more chaotic, and the troubled times are coming, what is most important in the troubled times, it is nothing more than the soldiers and the food is enough, how about it, let's do it together." If the world is peaceful, let's be a rich businessman, if the world is not peaceful, let's dominate one side, how. ”

Wu Yong pondered for a long time, this is not the style of Chao Gai before, Chao Gai was not so bold before, Wu Yong compared himself to Zhuge Liang, naturally hoped to meet an ambitious Liu Bei, Chao Gai's ambition made Wu Yong extremely boiling.

"It's not enough to be ambitious, what are the ways for my brother to get money at present." Wu Yong asked.

"First, Chao Jialou, at least five by the end of the year. The second Ya Inn, this one is now five, and there will be at least twenty by the end of the year. Thirdly, the department store, which is doing very well at the moment, will open a second one soon. Fourth, in the horse market, I met a new hero, Duan Jingzhu, who came from the north to sell horses. Fifth, the waterwheels, furniture, and horse-drawn carriages of the woodworking workshop are all very popular. Sixth, the ironsmith workshop has allowed me to expand, opened a mine in Wenshang, and now produces more than 1,200 catties of iron per day, and it is only a matter of time before it expands to the scale of four or five hundred people. Sixth, the current scale is still like that, which can be used for daily expenses. The seventh is the pharmacy under construction, which will open in two or two months. Eighth, I've had a baby lately. ”

Wu Yong listened carefully, but he didn't expect Chao Gai's business to be getting bigger and bigger, and the stalls were spreading, as long as it was stable for a year, the money would come in an uproar.

"What treasure did my brother get?" Wu Yong asked.

Chao Gai said: "Come with me to have a look." ”

Chao Gai didn't intend to hide Wu Yong, the two rode out of the camp and went to the crop field along the path, and first came to the land of Tianwang cotton, this large area of land is a total of 5,000 acres, and 10,000 catties of Tianwang cotton could not be planted so much land, but considering that the land is barren and there is no chemical fertilizer, the planting is sparse, although the yield will be reduced, but the cotton produced is good. Dozens of villagers are busy, and some of them are directing donkeys to turn the waterwheel to carry water.

Wu used sharp eyes to look at the waterway: "This waterwheel is straight up and down, turning the winch to lift the water at the bottom of the well through the sprocket, but it is also a bit wasteful, either you need a person, or you need a donkey, why don't you use the wind to lift the water." ”

Chao Gai hurriedly asked, "Do you know what to do?" ”

Wu Yong shook his head: "I haven't seen the real thing, I only saw it from an ancient book, that is, a four-bladed windmill was built on the waterwheel, and when the wind was strong, the windmill was turned to lift the water." ”

"We have a dry spring, but the wind is very strong, this is indeed a good way, I let the carpentry workshop study it." Chao Gai sighed.

Wu Yong said: "Brother, let me see the baby." ”

Chao Gai pointed to the seedlings in the ground that were more than a foot tall and said, "This is one of the treasures, called Tianwang cotton." This crop can grow to more than one or three feet high, bear a peach-shaped fruit, after ripening the fruit cracks the snow-white velvet inside, although it is not as good as cashmere silk, but it can be woven to make clothes, can also be made into quilts, it is extremely versatile, if it is popularized, it can replace linen. ”

"What is the yield of king cotton in this day, and how much cotton wool can be produced in one mu."

"At least two stones, plus the number of seeds. Anyway, as long as there is this thing, the people will not worry about having no clothes to wear and no quilt to cover, which is a great benefit. Chao Gai happily introduced.

Wu Yong is a person who has read poetry and books, so he naturally understands that silk is expensive, the common people can't afford to wear it, and the linen cloth is too coarse, and if a new variety appears, it will be a huge market.

"Okay, it's really a baby, how does my brother plan to use this baby." Wu Yong asked.

Chao Gai said: "In the first two years, I planned to make money by selling seeds and weaving cloth to make clothes, and when it was promoted, I mainly opened processing factories and made money by weaving clothes. ”

Wu Yong was surprised, and he didn't know where Chao Gai got such a good crop.

Immediately after Chao Gai took Wu to another place, there are only a few hundred acres here, and the rice planted here is Tianwang rice, that is, corn, because a large number of corn has to be planted after the wheat harvest, there are only about 300 acres here, which has grown to two feet high.

Wu Yong watched carefully, still shook his head and said: "Although the leaves and sorghum are somewhat similar, they are definitely not the same thing, I have never seen them." ”

"I haven't seen it, this is Tianwang rice, it is a seed obtained from the far west, this Tianwang rice is suitable for sowing after wheat harvest, and it is harvested before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the time is short, but the yield is extremely high, and the yield of the field with good fertilizer and water is ten stones per mu."

"Did I hear me right, ten stones? Not four stones. Wu gestured with his hand.

Chao Gai said: "That's right, it's ten stones, and there is no problem with ordinary plots of six or seven stones, not only the yield is high, but the main thing is that this Tianwang rice is golden in color, which can be boiled and eaten directly, and can be ground to make cakes." You can also feed horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese. What's more commendable is that each mu can produce about 2,000 pounds of sun-dried straw, this king rice straw can be fed to cattle, sheep and horses after crushing, and the end is a lot of benefits, you say that this is not a baby. ”

Wu Yong was stunned, and it took a long time to react.

"The most valuable thing in troubled times is grain and grass, and this crop can be a big thing. I don't know how my brother plans to manage this king rice? ”

Chao Gai smiled: "In addition to regular processing, raising livestock, and selling grain, I plan to sell seeds. ”

Wu Yong shook his head: "Let's grow it ourselves, and we will smash the grain for sale, so that others will not plant it too." After selling the seeds of the first year, who will buy them the next year. ”

"Haha, don't worry, pedants, if you only buy the seeds of the first year and keep the seeds for yourself in the second year, it will be a big mistake, if they keep the seeds themselves, the yield per mu is only three stones, which is no different from ordinary crops." Chao Gai laughed.

"Why is that?" Wu Yong asked.

Chao Gai said: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, and I will tell you when the time comes." You still have to think about how to get the Yuncheng group training in hand. ”

Chao Gai led Wu Yong to the peanut field again, and said: "This is called peanuts, and they have just grown now, and they can produce peanut fruits and oil in the ground in autumn." Peanut seedlings are very good forage, comparable to alfalfa, rich in nutrients, most suitable for feeding horses, although the yield is not high, but suitable for mountainous areas, drought resistance is good. ”

"There are many barren mountains and mountains, and peanuts can be planted after reclamation, which is naturally very good." Wu Yongdao.

"The last one is called Chaotian pepper, which is very spicy, as a very good, the yield is also good, and there are still 300 catties of dry products per acre."

Wu Yong looked at Chao Gai's family background, this is Chao Gai's real hole card, especially the king rice, which can make Chao Gai rich in the world, and suddenly his confidence doubled, food, food is everything, with food you can recruit troops and buy horses, this year is not good, as long as you give food to eat, someone will give you your life, Wu Yong agreed to join Chao Gai's escort team.

Chao Gai said: "The pedant is comparable to Zhuge Liang, so let's be the military advisor of the escort team, the counselor of the military aircraft." "The annual salary is higher than Ruan Xiaoqi, a year of 100 yuan, 50 yuan of settling-in allowance, of course, the main bonus or something, Wu Yong was equipped with a horse on the same day, Wu Yong went home happily. Wu Yong's mother saw it and complained: "Don't ask for someone's third donkey, you want someone else's horse." You're real. "Yes, Zhuge Liang is a three-way thatched house, and I am a three-way donkey, Wu Yong has no choice, so I can only listen to the old lady complain.

The first thing is, of course, to buy an official position for Chao Gai, which naturally cannot be publicized, so Chao Gai sent two henchmen to accompany Wu Yong to Jeju Mansion for activities.