When Bai Feng arrived, the scene was handed over to him to deal with.

This group of bandits has been entrenched for a long time, and there are still a lot of things they have robbed.

After a lot of scraping, a total of more than 30 million materials were collected.

The Ye family army suffered a total of more than 300 casualties, and there were not many people killed in the battle, just a dozen people, and many of the injured would be protected by their companions and sent to the back, so there were many injured and few dead.

Moreover, the escort battalion is well equipped, at least everyone is wearing armor, which is certainly different from the bandits who rush to battle.

It was already late after burying the body of the bandits, and at night it was guarded by the escort battalion led by Li Ren who did not participate in the bloody battle, and the rest spent the night in the cottage.

The next day, Ye Chen began to return to the camp, and there were not only captured bandits in the team, but also dozens of robbed women, all of whom Ye Chen would bring back for proper placement.

It's been a few days since I came out this time, and because there are a lot of things and people when I go back, it will take at least three days to rush back, so Ye Chen took a thousand people back first.

This can also avoid the ears and eyes of those who have a heart, lest Ye Chen's too many troops will make some people uneasy.

Ye Chen returned to Ye's house at night, didn't disturb the others, and stayed directly in the guard camp.

"Young family master, the Ye family's expenses have been too big recently, so I plan to remove some minor projects, otherwise the Ye family will be a little unable to hold on." As soon as he returned to Ye's house, this Wu Xian came to the door.

"Oh, haven't the bandits recently seized a lot of supplies, how can this not hold on?" Ye Chen handed over a lot of specific things to the people below, and he really didn't know the details.

"Young master, you have recruited more than 50,000 homeless people so far, and more than 10,000 bandits have surrendered, these people only eat a huge amount of food every day, these people still have to live, a few people in a house, how much does this cost."

"Also, these people have also issued a set of clothes, and if they want to farm, they always need these farming tools and seeds, and the seeds can be distributed next year, but if they want to open up the wasteland, they must always send them first, which is a huge investment."

Wu Xian has been doing it more difficult recently, because the Ye family's stall is too big, and it is still expanding rapidly.

"Don't talk about this, now the wages of everyone in the Ye family have been raised by you, and there are nearly 10,000 people eating in the Ye family, which are all big expenses. This is not counting the guard battalion, although the guard battalion has gained a lot from the bandits, they can eat it. ”

"According to your requirements, these people are fed, how can the soldiers who fight the war not be fed, but if they eat meat for one meal, these 3,000 people eat is worth the money for 20,000 people to eat."

Ye Chen thought about it, it was very difficult to calculate it in this way, although he earned less before, he spent less, and now there are tens of thousands of people eating, this is indeed a problem.

"Young master, this Yejiabao still needs continuous investment, the workshop is almost completed, and the warehouse investment is not very much, but the total sum is still a lot of money."

Wu Xian was already feeling tremendous pressure, and many projects would have to be halted if he could not find new sources of income.

"And what are you going to do?" Ye Chen knew that this had to be solved, so he first asked Wu Xian if there was any way.

"Young family master, I suggest suspending the collection of displaced people first, there is no way to start these projects, they must be completed, otherwise the loss will be greater, and there is a small shipyard in Donghao, which has been losing money again and again, and it is recommended to close it."

"Dong Yu? Shipyard? Ye Chen asked suspiciously.

"Yes, we have a shipyard in Donghao, and we build some fishing boats, and we don't produce much now, so it's a lot of investment to maintain it."

"Where's Dong Yu? Maps are available. ”

Ye Chen had long known that the Ye family had a shipyard and had always wanted to develop, but he was bound by a lot of things and forgot about it for a while.

Now that he was mentioned by Wu Xian, he realized that he had overlooked an important thing.

Wu Xian was confused by Ye Chen, how could Ye Chen care about a shipyard, and it was also a shipyard that had been losing money for a long time.

"Young master, the map has been found." Wu Xian had no choice, so he went to the tent to find a map and came back.

"Well, Dong Yu, where is Dong Yu." Ye Chen spread out the sheepskin map and began to look for it.

"Young family master, Dongyu is here." Wu Xian found out the location of Dong Yu.

"Dalian!"

When Ye Chen saw the location of the map, he couldn't help but shout loudly, and even Wu Xian on the side was taken aback.

"Young master, what is Dalian?" Wu Xian looked at Ye Chen innocently and asked.

"Nothing."

"Oh"

Wu Xian was very helpless, this young family master is usually very wise, how could he be surprised this time.

Can Ye Chen not be surprised? He hadn't thought about going to the sea before, but now that he was mentioned, he realized that there was a treasure trove beside him, and he ignored it.

The importance of the ocean is incomparable, and it has been proven thousands of times in later generations, and even a small island in the ocean has to be fought over between countries, even at the cost of force.

The role of the ocean is certainly not as important as that of future generations, but if it can be developed in the near sea, the benefits will be very large.

"Wu Xian, how much money does the Ye family have now."

Ye Chen asked Wu Xian on the side while looking at the map.

"Young family master, now the Ye family still has more than six million funds."

"Why is it so little, this restaurant can earn nearly 10 million a month, and this Du Kang wine also has an income of 30 or 40 million a month, why is there only this money left." Ye Chen thought that he had seized so much recently, and he had a few big incomes before, so he should be able to leave a lot of money.

"Young master, you earn more, but you can spend more, and the money has just arrived and you have spent it before it is hot. Now if the Ye family hadn't relied on you to suppress the bandits and capture them, they wouldn't have been able to sustain themselves. ”

"There are big spenders on the construction site, and the displaced people and the resettlement of the surrendered bandits are a large investment, and the property of the Han family and the Chen family was taken over before, and a large amount of money must be invested first to use it, and the guard camp is simply a gold-sucking beast, how much can you say is left, and there are still more than six million in the account, and it won't last for a few days."

"Besides, most of the money in this restaurant is outside, and the money in Luoyang is put over there, and it is not transported back to Liaodong at all, and the caravan you sent before, this caravan takes so many goods away, which also requires money."

Wu Xian explained a lot of extremely aggrieved, this was not told to Ye Chen, Ye Chen never knew how difficult it was for him to be the manager.

Ye Chen thought about it, the total was only a few hundred million, and it really wouldn't take long for him to spend like this.

"Okay, you can spend the money, I will find a way again, and the recruitment of homeless people can't stop." If we don't recruit the displaced people now, it will be more difficult and costly in the future, and I don't know how many will die on the way.

"Young master, now not only Liaodong, but other places know that we are recruiting displaced people, so they organize displaced people to rush to our side, I think it won't take long to recruit them like this, and the displaced people in the entire Youzhou will run to our side."

"Well, this is a good thing, you let it go, don't worry about the money, my eldest brother and they should come back today, they will bring back tens of millions, and there are tens of millions in cash."

"Young family master, the Ye family can still hold on now, but if it goes on like this, we will have to support these homeless people for more than a year. You won't be able to let go until next autumn harvest. ”

"Okay, calculate the time, the Wei family's caravan should also arrive in a few days, and they should bring at least 150 million money with the agency fee plus the purchase money, and you will take 50 million to maintain it at that time."

"Whew~" As soon as he heard that a large amount of money had been credited to the account, Wu Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

Recently, he has been spending money like a waterfall, and he is indeed under a lot of pressure.

"Uh, no, at least 150 million? Give me 50 million? ”

"Young master, how can you give 50 million, then, what are you going to do with that 100 million?"

Wu Xian was taken aback, not afraid that Ye Chen would spend money, but that he was afraid that Ye Chen would dig a pit again, his pits were bigger than the other, and he dared to start a few projects at once, which was still a big project.

"I'm going to use it all to develop the shipyard." Ye Chen was still studying the map, and casually replied to Wu Xian.

"Smack!"

Wu Xian gave himself a big mouth, originally wanted to be cut off, but when it came to Ye Chen, it turned out to be a development, or a big development, and he smashed a hundred million at once.

Is a couple of broken ships worth it?

Wu Xian was really dumbfounded when he heard Ye Chen's words.

"It's not a young master, the shipyard will build a few fishing boats, and the fishing boats can't catch many fish, as for how much investment? 100 million, how long did it take for the Ye family to earn 100 million in the past. ”

"100 million, 100 million is enough. To develop, there is no billion, don't think about pulling. ”

"No, young master, you built this boat to catch so many fish, and you can't recover the cost for hundreds of years."

Wu Xiandu was about to cry, this 100 million is only an initial investment, don't think about development without a billion, how much will it cost if it meets Ye Chen's requirements.

"You, you, there will be no shortage of money, how important the shipyard is, you will never understand, if you build a large enough ship, where will it take hundreds of years to recover the cost, two years at most, one year at the least."

Wu Xian grew his mouth again, and his head was really not enough. I really don't know what this young family master thinks.

In the end, Wu Xian was helpless, he was a courtier, and he could only do what the family wanted, but it was estimated that he would have a more difficult life in the future.

In fact, Ye Chen's requirements are not high, he just wants to build a ship that can sail in the near sea.

As for the kind of big ship like Zheng He's voyage to the West, it is estimated that it cannot be built without decades of technological accumulation, and this has to be fully supported, and it is possible to pile it up with funds and talents.

"I'm short of money again."

Ye Chen sighed in his heart, it was really difficult for a family to support a force, originally Ye Chen was going to continue to expand the army, but now that he thinks about it, the Ye family really doesn't have that strength.

Of course, if it is pulled according to the standards of the county soldiers or the private soldiers of other families, it is still possible for the Ye family to pull up an army of 10,000.

But Ye Chen wouldn't do that, that kind of army was not high in combat effectiveness, and it wouldn't play much of a role when the princes were fighting for hegemony.

Lack of money, lack of money, must find a way to make more money.