Since Shi Xiu came and followed him to the Daimyo's Mansion, Bian Xiang has been training since he arrived, so he has not been able to catch the wind, just in time for Zhu Wu and them to arrive, and they just happened to do it together.

Chao Gai pointed at Zhu Wu and said: "This is called Zhu Wu, a native of Dingyuan, Anhui Province, who has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child and is good at strategy. It can also make a good Tang knife, and the end is able to be civil and martial. ”

Everyone greeted each other one by one, Zhu Wu stood up and returned the salute to everyone one by one, and said: "Brother carries love, Zhu Wu should learn more from Brother Xiang and Mr. Wu and his brothers." ”

Chao Gai solemnly introduced Zhu Wu, Bian Xiang, Shi Xiu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun to everyone. Everyone greeted each other and then started drinking.

Wu Yong and Zhu Wu drank, Li Kui held a wine bowl to Shi Xiu to drink, Shi Xiu knew that Li Kui was fighting hard, and he didn't dare to drink with him. The banquet was very harmonious, the drinks were limited, and drunkards like Li Kui did not dare to make trouble.

Zhu Wu asked Chen Dadao next to him: "You and Yang Chun are learning martial arts from Wang Jiaotou?" ”

"Yes, Wang Jun taught us to be strong. Liu Tang taught us the knife and physical fitness, these days can make us tired, every morning with forty pounds of things back and forth ten miles back and forth, back and forth to practice guns. Chen Da said.

Zhu Wu was speechless for a while, and Yang Chun next to him said: "Chen Da and I sat in the well and watched the sky in Shaohua Mountain, and when we came to Yuncheng, we knew that there was a sky outside the sky, and there were people outside the people." The physical fitness of an ordinary veteran here is better than that of me and Chen Da, and it depends on my brother's face to be promoted by Brother Chao Gai, otherwise we will be a small soldier at our level. ”

Zhu Wudao: "People live a breath, since my brother and all the brothers can afford you, you two have to support me even if you practice to death, and ordinary soldiers can complete the training, you can't hold on." ”

"Don't worry, Chen Da and I will definitely practice hard. Wang Jiaotou's guns and sticks can be described as superb, and even Hei Li Kui's fists and feet are rare in the world. Yang Chun said.

"Who is black?" Li Kui appeared next to Yang Chun with a wine bowl, Yang Chun had made Li Kui scared when he was training in the past few days, and hurriedly said: "Brother Li Kui, I said that I am black, and I am black myself." ”

"You black fart, do you have me black, come on, let's drink a big bowl of brothers, otherwise the training will be doubled tomorrow." Li Kui said.

Although Bian Xiang is also a big man, unlike Li Kui, Bian Xiang is not good at drinking, and he is very good at drinking, so he will not drink high easily. As for Liu Tang and Wang Jin, not to mention, neither of them is the kind of person who drinks and makes trouble.

The next day, in the big tent of the army, Chao Gai sat in the center, and on both sides were two military divisions.

The cavalry, infantry, navy, and logistics personnel are all here.

Chao Gai said: "This time I went to the Daimyo's Mansion to purchase horses, and on the way back, I met Zeng Mi, the second son of the Zengtou City family, and led people to block the road and rob him, and was defeated by us, and we also have injured brothers." ”

Liu Tang said: "Zengtou City and we belong to the same township soldiers, we belong to Jeju, they belong to Lingzhou, although they are hundreds of miles apart, but as the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, sooner or later there will be a war." ”

Wu Yong said: "We have already reported this matter to Governor Xu, so as not to be passive in the future." But the government can't be trusted, we can only rely on ourselves. Therefore, you must train your troops diligently and not slack off. ”

Chao Gai said: "It is unlikely that a public fight will be held, and a secret fight cannot be avoided. At present, we have two major things to do, the first is the problem of naval warships, there are 300 naval troops, and there are only ten centipede boats, which is too few. ”

Ruan Xiaoer said with a smile: "It's still my brother who loves our water army." ”

"Of course, the trolls are very important. Therefore, the construction of the shipyard can no longer be delayed, and the general manager of Chao Xun has already sent people to various places to recruit carpenters, masons and other laborers, and it will probably take less than half a month for a large number of personnel to arrive. The shipyard is built on the wharf in the deep water of Luhua Village, but the commercial bank is currently unable to draw capable personnel, I want to ask Mr. Wu to preside over this work. Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong said: "My brother's command is incumbent. ”

"The place in Luhua Village is secluded and spacious, so the shipyard should be large, with at least five hundred to one thousand craftsmen. Start building the shipyard today, with the houses, workshops, walls, etc. Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong gladly accepted the order, the shipyard construction is a very technical work, with its own experience to design, what is lacking is a person with overall planning ability, after all, the current development of the business bank is too fast, and the manpower is tight.

Chao Gai turned his head to look at Zhu Wudao again: "A few days ago, Daddy Bai Sheng, Bai Zhen came over, he is a master of winemaking, and he is willing to come to our firm." Therefore, the firm decided to open a distillery, as well as several factories such as a sugar factory and a leather armor factory, many of which had original technologies and therefore needed to be kept secret, so they wanted to build a fully enclosed garden in the mountain col near the iron ore factory, and move all these secret factories into it. It is enclosed with a fence to facilitate management and secrecy. ”

"This is indeed very important, the factory is the financial source of our team training, and we must do a good job of confidentiality and security precautions." Zhu Wu said.

"Not only this industrial park, but also plans to build a commodity trading city on the high ground west of Shijie Village, which can accommodate six or seven hundred merchants, including food, silk, porcelain, spices, daily necessities, clothes, shoes and hats, etc. There are also catering and accommodation car dealers. Chao Gai said.

The generals didn't know what Chao Gai was talking about, and they hadn't seen six or seven hundred merchants together since they were young. Zhu Wu touched his nose and said: "It's easy to build this trade city, but there are seven or eight thousand merchants in Tokyo City, how many merchants can we have in one Yuncheng, if it is established, and there are no merchants to move in, wouldn't it be a waste of resources." ”

Chao Gai said: "This question is good, it shows that Mr. Zhu has thought deeply about the affairs of the Trade City. ”

Chao Gai asked the generals to go back to training, leaving only Wu Yong and Zhu Wu, and Chao Gai opened the map.

"Look at this map, our main trade is domestic trade and foreign trade. Domestic trade is oriented to the major cities in the eastern part of the Great Song Dynasty, and foreign trade is to the northern Liao, Goryeo, and Fusang to the east. Chao Gai said.

Zhu Wu looked at the map carefully, and after a long time, Zhu Wu said: "My brother and Mr. Wu are far-sighted, and I also understand." Although Yuncheng is only a county seat, it has the convenience of the Grand Canal, and you can go to Xuzhou, Jianxian, and Hangzhou along the canal to the south, Kaifeng to the west, and Qingzhou to the north. There are Dongping, Yanzhou, Yizhou, etc. around us, as long as the trade city can make a reputation, let alone five or six hundred merchants, even if it is thousands, it is not a problem. ”

Wu Yong said: "It's so insightful, you can see the key to the problem at a glance." Thinking that the geographical location of Zengtou City is not as good as that of Yuncheng, why it can develop in a short period of time is not because it relies on the profits of businessmen. ”

Zhu Wu asked: "Then what are the requirements of this trade city?" ”

"I feel that two floors above and below one shop, 200 square meters are enough. In the first phase, 500 shops were built, supporting inns, restaurants, carriage shops, etc. At the same time, roads, fire protection, and waterproofing must also be considered. It is best to use underground drainage ditches for drainage, and the outer perimeter wall should not be too high, just three meters high. A strong army is the basic guarantee of security. As for the specific details, civil engineering professionals need to design them, and after the design is completed, I and the manager Chao just need to read and agree. ”

Zhu Wu is naturally full of confidence, scholars, they all fantasize about being an official or something, and now that there are two projects under his management, he naturally has to perform well.

Wu Yong and Zhu Wu were both busy, and Chao Gai sat alone in a chair thinking about problems, always feeling that there were still not enough people. If there are too few generals, there will be even fewer strategists. Although Wu Yong and Zhu Wu are both very good, they are both immature and need to exercise more. I hope the two of them can do a good job of the projects they are responsible for.

Jiao Ting came in and said, "Brother, the guy from Chaojialou said that there is a good martial arts in the restaurant, so I came here to ask if you want to go over and have a look." ”

"Oh, when did it arrive?" Chao Gai asked.

"Just arrived." Jiao Ting said.

"Let's go."

Chaojialou, as a restaurant for Chao Gai to make friends in the rivers and lakes, is still obvious, but there are too many scum in the rivers and lakes these years, and there are too many scammers who eat and drink together. There is a sixty-pound knife in front of the restaurant, if you can play more than a dozen actions, you can eat for free, four dishes and one soup are free to eat, and you will also be given bacon flatbread and five yuan before leaving. In this way, Chaojialou is a lot quieter, and ordinary farmers can pick up sixty pounds of big knives, but picking them up does not mean that they can play a few knife flowers.

It turned out that early this morning, in the Nanchengmen Market of Yuncheng County, the people who rushed to the morning market were very lively, and at this time there was a young man in his twenties on the side of the road, with a girl about 18 years old. The two had obviously come from a long journey, and their clothes were rather shabby.

This young man, holding an ash rod, practiced it, waving a tiger and a tiger, which was very good-looking, and then begged the audience for money, and there were more than a dozen people who gave dozens of copper plates.

At this time, an old man with a good deed said: "Young man, how are your martial arts?" ”

"Uncle made you laugh, my martial arts can only be regarded as reasonable." The young man said modestly.

"That's good, I don't think you're a showman, the people who sell the rivers and lakes are all oily and smooth, and you don't think you have enough to eat. The two of you go to Chao's house, there is a big knife in front of the door, as long as you can wave it a few times, you can take care of a good banquet, and there will be a plate fee to give away. The old man said.

The young man was very happy to hear this, and said to the woman: "Sister, we can't do it all the way, let's go over and try it." ”

"Okay, listen to my brother."

It turned out that this was a pair of brothers and sisters, the two brothers and sisters discussed, under the guidance of passers-by, went straight to Chao's house, came to the front of the building and found that this was a good hotel, there was a sixty pound knife standing next to the door, and there was a straight shop next to it.

"By asking, can you really eat for free with a few big knives?" The young man asked.

The shopkeeper said: "The people of Yuncheng County know everything, you can rest assured that there is absolutely no fake." Our boss is the owner of Chao Zhuang, known as the umbrella in the rain and charcoal in the snow, specializing in relieving people in difficulty. ”