Zhending Mansion is a border palace, under the jurisdiction of nine counties, although not as good as the Daimyo Mansion but also has a garrison of tens of thousands, as the northern army because there has been no war for many years, the combat effectiveness has been far inferior to the Western Army, but after all, there are tens of thousands of troops. Chao Gai's military position is just a regimental training in Yuncheng, and it is not easy to transfer one or two hundred troops to Zhending. Everyone rested, Chao Gai, Gongsun Sheng and Ma Ling were drinking tea in the living room and thinking about things.

Gongsun Sheng said: "Don't think about the army, we are not a regular army ourselves, we have to consider the capital, it is better to spend some money to buy a capital from Jingcheng County, and then control the horse infantry of a county one after another." ”

Chao Gai said: "Although Jingcheng County is a county establishment, but it is located in a remote area, in recent years, the economy in the mountains where bandits and bandits have been plagued by bandits has been paralyzed, and the outflow of population is also serious. Let's not think about this for now, but we'll talk about it later. ”

Ma Ling said: "Brother, you can see what I think." ”

"They are all their own brothers, if they have something to say, it doesn't matter if they succeed or not." Chao Gai said.

Ma Lingdao: "Yuncheng is just a corner of the place, it is always impossible to open, Zhending Mansion is located in other places, backed by Taihang Mountain, south is the Great Plains, whether it is the Liao soldiers to the south, or the Song army to the north to Zhending Mansion is the only way, since you want to gain a firm foothold you have to come in a series, considering that the scope is too wide to easily cause a backlash from the local clans, first develop a few inns, restaurants, seed stores, wood factories and so on. ”

"Okay, this proposal is very good, tomorrow I will send a book to Xu Hai to Zhending Mansion to open a drunken fairy restaurant, and the seed store should first consider selling nearby. Brother Ma Ling's words made people suddenly enlightened. Chao Gai said.

Gongsun Sheng said: "There are a lot of trees in Jingcheng Mountain, it must be appropriate to build a wood factory, local materials, coupled with cheap labor, there is no problem in producing high-quality and low-cost wood." ”

"The quality should be good, but the price can't be cheap, some things are not cheap and there is a market. This is left to the wood factory to do, there is a lot of wood in the Jingcheng Mountains, and it can be developed and utilized a lot. But when you say that, I think of two other businesses, one is in horses. It will take a long time for the horses trafficked back by the Duan brothers from the north to Yuncheng, and there are many barren and inhabited places in the Jingcheng Mountains, so it is not a problem to find a place with abundant water and grass to build a horse farm and raise three to five thousand horses. Chao Gai said.

Ma Lingdao: "It's indeed a good way, but only my brother dares to raise so many horses, you must know that horses are important materials, not to mention the staring of bandits and bandits, and sometimes there are official requisitions, which can be described as a high-risk project." ”

"There are not only horse farms, but also many iron mines in Jingcheng, which can open an iron factory. As soon as the iron factory started, there were many people and guards, so it was not a problem to arrange two or three hundred people. ”

After some discussion, four strategies were finally determined, first, to open three Tianya Inns and one Drunken Tianxian Restaurant in Zhending Mansion. Second, a large horse farm was opened in the Jingcheng Mountains, ready to raise about 3,000 horses, so that there was no need to worry about forage, and when there was not enough to eat, you could buy forage from nearby people. Third, the Jingcheng Limin Wood Factory was started in the Jingcheng Mountainous Area, with at least two or three hundred workers, mainly producing horse-drawn carriages, waterwheels, wheelbarrows, etc., and large pieces of wood. Fourth, the Jingcheng Liguo Iron Works was started in the Jingcheng Mountainous Area to smelt steel by using the abundant local coke resources.

After discussing until midnight, Chao Gai and Ma Ling discussed with relish, Gongsun Sheng yawned and said: "Poor Dao is about to become a businessman, I originally thought that businessmen were only greedy for small profits, but I didn't expect that there are so many ways to do business." ”

There was nothing to say all night, and there was no news from Tian Biao for several days, it was said that he was back to Weisheng. Sun An and Feng Sheng's injuries are also fine, there is no infection, and recovery is only a matter of time. Chao Gai was worried that Sun An and Feng Sheng hated Pang Wanchun, so he specially came to find these two.

In the room, Sun An had a white cloth tied to his legs, but he was not idle, writing there, seeing that Chao Gai was coming, Sun An said: "Why did Chao Tuan Lian come, just say hello if you have something." ”

"yes, I'll see how your leg hurts, and bring some snacks." Chao Gai said as he put the snack on the table.

Sun An said: "There is everything to eat in the room, I have gained weight after eating this sick meal for a few days, and I don't know when I will be able to go outside for activities." ”

After chatting for a while, Chao Gai said: "When the war is fought, either you die or I live, I have also heard about it, Jiao Ting encountered an ambush, and came back to find Tian Biao at the Sun Inn, which is also natural, there are casualties on both sides, and then you were injured again this time." In the future, they will all eat in the same pot, and this matter should be put down or must be put down. ”

Sun An pondered for a long time, and sighed: "What Tian Biao did was indeed despicable, and I acted for the tiger, and it was also for a reason." This time, I have to thank Pang Wanchun's brothers for staying, I can feel it, he is not ruthless, how can I hate him. As for Li Kui and Bao Xu, they were forced by the situation at that time, and they had no complaints to say. ”

"Okay, go back and wait for your injury to heal and communicate with everyone more, everyone appreciates your martial arts very much." Chao Gai said, "Li Kui and Bao Xu are still planning to compete with you." ”

Sun An said: "Okay." ”

Chao Gai went to appease Feng Sheng again, Feng Sheng said that he was just beaten by Pang Wanchun.

The next day, Chao Gai, Gongsun Sheng, Ma Ling in Jiao Ting, Luo Yun led fifty cavalry escorts to Jingcheng County, the last time to find Luda had passed by Jingcheng, but did not go to the county seat, this time to the county only to find that here is desolate and backward, the short city in front of the city is only more than one zhang high, that is, the level of the courtyard wall of the big family. The two old soldiers at the door were listlessly on duty with rusty iron guns, and it seemed that the cavalry of the brigade was startled, and thought that the cavalry of Zhending Mansion had arrived, and then looked at the flag was wrong.

Chao Gai said: "Luo Yun, you lead the cavalry to wait here, don't enter the city." ”

"Yes." Luo Yun listened to the order and stayed with the cavalry.

Chao Gai, Gongsun Sheng, Ma Ling, and Jiao Ting entered the city, and the old army at the gate blocked the way, this is all an old army at the uncle level, and it seems that they are old enough.

The old soldier was old, his eyes were okay, and he didn't dare to slack off, and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, where are you going?" ”

Ma Ling replied in the past: "We are a group training from other places, and we are not here for military affairs, but to have business to discuss with your county master." ”

"What, what, do you have business to talk to the county master?" The old army said.

Ma Ling said: "Yes, yes. Please lead the way, I will not let you work in vain, and I will buy you a pair of shoes for fifty yuan. ”

The old army is very proud, fifty wen is nothing in other places, such as the gate army of Zhending Mansion, it is not a problem to make three or five hundred wen a day. But the well is not good, and the birds in this place don't.

"Okay, I'll take you there." The old army said that he took Chao Gai and a group of four people to the county office, this county government is really dilapidated, it looks far less powerful than other county offices, but it is very clean, and there is not even a single leaf left when it is cleaned.

The two officials were on duty at the door with water and fire sticks and wearing washed white clothes, and the people were also casual to see Chao Gai and the others arrive, and asked, "How many people, is there anything wrong?" The official asked.

Chao Gai threw the official certificate over, and the official looked at it for a long time before he understood that it was a group exercise.

"Oh, it turned out to be Chao Tuanlian, do you have anything to do?"

Ma Ling said: "We came to discuss with the county magistrate, please report." ”

The official pondered for a while, these four people couldn't be provoked, but they couldn't let them bring their weapons in, so they asked Chao Gai and the others to put their weapons in the gatehouse.

"You guys go in directly, past the front yard, all the way inside, the county magistrate is in the back garden." The official said.

The county government is also deserted, Chao Gai, Gongsun Sheng, Ma Ling, Jiao Ting four people through the lobby, to the back of the family living area, here has been built for some years, but the house is dilapidated, and there is no repair, and then to the back is the garden, the garden area is not small, not to mention that there is a dozen acres of land like that, go in to see, Chao Gai was surprised, it is all planted Tianwang rice, rice sticks are the size of beer bottles, the straw is still green, a young man wearing county clothes is fiddling with Tianwang rice there, Chao Gai and others did not find it when they arrived.

"But Su County Order, Master Su." Chao Gai's voice was also loud, and when he spoke, he startled the county order.

The county magistrate complained: "Who, why are you so loud." ”

The county order looked back, took two steps, and bowed to the end: "It turned out that the benefactor had arrived." ”

Chao Gai hurriedly held on: "Su County Order, slow, slow, when did I become your benefactor?" ”

Su Xianling is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he is a model among scholars.

Su Xian ordered: "Chao Tuan Lian nobles forget things, they don't remember me so soon, can you still remember the small shop in the Daimyo Mansion, you saved a down-and-out scholar, that's me." ”

Chao Gai thought hard for a long time, and when he didn't help people recently, he finally remembered.

"Oh, I see, you were sick at the time. How did you come here to be a county magistrate. ”

Su Xian said: "I am an unknown person, but you must have heard of my grandfather, called Su Shi." ”

"What, your grandfather is Su Shi?" Chao Gai couldn't turn a corner, but he was relieved to think about it.

"What is Su County Ling doing?"

Su Xian said: "Come and see, this is a new variety I got from Yuncheng Tuoren, called Tianwang Rice." It is said that the yield per mu is as much as 1,000 catties, and I have carefully cultivated three acres of land, ready to test the yield. ”

Chao Gai said: "Now that it can be harvested, it can be dried to test the yield." ”

"Ah, the straw is still green, isn't it too early to harvest." Su County Ling said.

Chao Gai said: "I am the Yuncheng group practice, and I am very familiar with this kind of thing." ”

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