The weather on the mountain was extremely cold, and the whirring wind mixed with the cold made people shiver.

In this biting cold wind, on the wide school field of Shangyu Village, the Qiu Ba of the warrior camp stood as straight as a benchmark one by one.

If you look closely, you can see that many people's ears are frozen.

But one by one, as if unconscious, they still stood motionless like sculptures.

If it weren't for the fact that they still spit white gas from their mouths, people who don't know would still think that these are really just sculptures.

Chen Kaizhi looked at these tall bodies, but admired in his heart, in fact, in this era, the discipline of the army is outrageously low.

Chen Kaizhi remembered that he saw in ancient books that the famous Qi family army in the previous life was famous all over the world, and there was a story in it.

At that time, the Qi army went north, 3,000 people went to the border town, the suburbs of Chen, the sky was raining heavily, from the morning to the sun, standing still, the border army was terrified, and it was the beginning of the military order.

That is, when it was raining heavily, the Qi family army arrived in the border town, and the border army in the border town saw that the Qi family army downstairs in the city was actually lined up in the heavy rain, standing still from morning to evening, so the people in the border town were stunned, and then they knew how powerful the Qi family army was.

In ancient times, the training of soldiers has never been the so-called force, and force may be of some use for fighting alone, but in the army, a thousand so-called masters, when they encounter the same thousand disciplined soldiers, I am afraid that they can only be slaughtered by others.

The Warrior Camp has now been able to do it, whether it is windy or rainy, with a single order, from morning to sun, to the point of standing still.

Of course, Chen Kaizhi even thinks that the warrior battalion can be stronger than the Qi family's army, this is not that the method of leading the troops is stronger than Qi Jiguang, in fact, the famous generals from ancient times, everyone knows how to lead the soldiers, and they have their own experience, it is nothing more than day and night drills, Chen Kaizhi's strongest thing is that he has stronger logistics than them, eats well, and keeps up with nutrition, which is the right way.

Chen Kaizhi didn't stay too much in Shangyu Village, he showed a smile of relief, then withdrew his gaze and went straight to his study.

When I entered the hall of this study, I saw that Liu Xian was instructing people to scrub.

As soon as Liu Xian saw Chen Kaizhi coming back, he hurriedly ordered the maids to retreat first, and saluted Chen Kaizhi before saying, "Son, in the past few days, I have checked the accounts in Jinling. ”

"Oh." Chen Kaizhi just bowed his head lightly.

Liu Xian is actually a very active person, rushing to do everything, such as the business in Jinling, every once in a while will send people to send account books, mainly the income and expenditure of the cloth mill and the refined salt workshop, for these account books, Chen Kaizhi really has no energy to ponder, just throw it aside, when he remembers, he accidentally goes to check, as long as there is no big discrepancy, and since Liu Xian came, he took the initiative to ask Ying, but he sorted out all the accounts.

At this time, I only heard Liu Xian continue: "There is no problem with this account, but here, it is said that it is to purchase land and plant a large number of tea trees and mulberry trees, and the latter is for weaving cloth, and the former is used to make tea, but the cost is not small, the villain thinks that there are countless people who make tea in the south of the Yangtze River, and they spend so much financial resources to plant tea trees, but they are afraid of ......."

Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but smile and said, "This ...... Presumably you don't know our business model, refined salt for us, is a channel, of course, also makes money, but the emphasis is on small profits and quick turnover, in addition, you can also take this opportunity to control the various channels, with this channel, other goods can open the market in an orderly manner, so you don't need to worry, now the monthly intake, is more than 200,000 taels, isn't it? ”

"Yes." Liu Xian nodded.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but look at Chen Kaizhi with admiration, and his heart was convinced, he was once the chief bookkeeper of the county, and he was well-informed, and he had also seen people with thousands of pockets, but he couldn't say that he was the richest man in the county, and his net worth might not be as good as the huge profits that Chen Kai made in a month.

After a pause, Liu Xian said again: "Last month, the net profit was 270,000 taels. ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded: "Silver is not used for saving, the money saved, that is not money, you have to let it roll, so you have to keep investing, now the salt industry is getting better and better, and then there is cloth, in the cloth industry, we can also be regarded as a firm foothold, and then the next is tea, do you see the tea trees planted in the back mountain?" I'm trying to find a way to improve the cultivation of this tea tree and the method of making tea, and now I will not lose money by buying a large number of mulberry fields and tea forests. ”

Liu Xian nodded, he was only responsible for checking the accounts and running the business, so naturally he didn't have to intervene.

Chen Kaizhi suddenly glanced at him with a smile and said, "During this time, can a group of people go up the mountain?" ”

"Yes." Liu Xian said: "Renya Xing has just sent a group of people up the mountain, and the villain has made a special trip to see them, all of them are sturdy men, and they are used to prepare the iron workshop on the mountain, and there are more than 50 of them. ”

Chen Kaizhi said: "There is a person, you have to help me find it, this person...... It must be a native of Luoyang, and he used to be a slave in someone else's house, so it is best to have experience as a craftsman, and ......"

Chen Kaizhi frowned slightly, and continued: "This person should be more old-fashioned and serious, in short, he is the kind that is loyal and honest." ”

"This kind of person is easy to find, does the son want it now, or does the villain live a few days......"

Chen Kaizhi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Now!" ”

Liu Xian didn't dare to slack off at this time, there are only so many people who have recently gone up the mountain, and the scope set is narrow, especially those who have experience as craftsmen, they are resold to the human tooth shop, and with this alone, the scope can be narrowed to the minimum.

After a while, he went and returned, and said: "There is a man named Jiang Yang, who looks honest and responsible, it is said that he was still a blacksmith in the past, and judging from his slave status, he has indeed been resold and is from Luoyang." ”

Chen Kaizhi said: "Call him." ”

Chen Kaizhi took a sip of tea and remained silent on his face.

Liu Xian felt strange, but he still went obediently, and after a while, he led a loyal and honest man in.

The man gave Chen Kaizhi a salute: "The villain has seen the adult." ”

Chen Kaizhi looked at him and said, "You are a blacksmith?" ”

Jiang Yang said: "Yes, I used to learn from my master as an apprentice, but because I committed a crime in my family and was implicated, I ......."

Chen Kaizhi stared at him tightly, and suddenly said, "Wang Yangxin, do you recognize it?" ”

Jiang Yang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately denied it: "No, I don't recognize it." ”

Chen Kaizhi pursed his lips and smiled, but his eyes were gloomy.

Judging from the official documents of the Ministry of War, the Wang family must be planning something, and this transfer half a month in advance is abnormal.

Chen Kaizhi glanced at Liu Xian: "You step back first." ”

Liu Xian was taken aback, but he still bowed his hand, and then retreated.

In the study, only Chen Kaizhi and Jiang Yang remained.

This is, Chen Kaizhi said: "The duty of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is to fight fires, and within half a month, they have to fight fires, because only by fighting fires can they have a chance...... But how can there be a fire? So I thought about it, and the only way to do it was to have someone set fire to this mountain. ”

Jiang Yang lowered his head, not daring to look at Chen Kaizhi, Chen Kaizhi couldn't see his expression, but continued: "That is to say, they don't have much time, they want to do this in this half a month, the time is too rushed, they want to mix sand on the mountain, but it is not easy, the only chance on the mountain is the list posted by Feiyu Peak, but how can people go up the mountain?" ”

"First of all, this person must appear loyal and honest, if he is not honest enough, Feiyu Peak has enough choice, and he may not be willing to buy people."

"Secondly, this person is better to be a house slave, because if it is someone else, it is really not very reassuring, only a house slave, can be foolproof, because of the master's orders, the house slave does not dare not listen, nor dare not disobey, think about it, you should have a wife and children are still controlled in their hands, right?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yang's body was shocked, but he still didn't say a word.

Chen Kaizhi only looked at Jiang Yang directly, and seeing that Jiang Yang still didn't speak, he continued: "Of course, this is not enough insurance, because the time is too rushed, they must ensure that this person will definitely be taken by Feiyu Peak, and then buy it from the human tooth shop and send it up the mountain." Since this is the case, they must know that Feiyu Peak has the greatest demand for skilled slaves, especially blacksmiths, so this person must know how to forge and strike iron, so they are not afraid that this person will not be able to go up the mountain in these few days. ”

Finally, Jiang Yang couldn't hold back any longer, and hurriedly said in a panic: "Wronged, I am wronged, son, the villain has nothing to do with the Wang family." ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled slightly, he seemed extremely calm, and there was no trace of anger in his eyes.

He shook his head and said: "You listen to me first, let this person go up the mountain, is to let him find an opportunity to set fire, if it is at night, suddenly there is a fire in the mountain, and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division that has been arranged near the school palace, that is, the king Yangxin, he brought people and horses." It happened that 'patrolling was nearby, and at this time, they rushed in with a group of soldiers and horses from the five cities, and went up the mountain in the name of fighting fires, this black light blinded the fire, even if they killed someone, it would be too easy, especially in the chaos, it was easy to destroy the corpse, and it was a big deal to throw it into the fire, so the key is to set fire, but this fire, where is it so easy? So this person not only has to have the opportunity to go up the mountain, but also needs to be alert enough, it is best to have done some such things in the past, I heard that Luoyang used to have many three religions and nine streams, commonly known as prodigals, all of them were Luoyang natives, no livelihood, wandering around, and then Jingzhao Mansion cracked down on it, and abolished these people as official slaves, or interpolated and sold, I think you are because of this, and became a private slave, right? ”