The banquet was held for three days in a row, until the cattle and sheep in Liangshan were almost gone, and the banquet had to be stopped.

It took another two days to count the money from this descent.

Wang Lun took the account book, smiled with peach blossoms on his face, and said in an excited voice: "Brother went down the mountain this time, and got a total of 11,000 taels of gold, 160,000 taels of silver, 20,000 copper coins, 2,300 horses of silk and cloth, 28 boxes of treasures and antiques, more than 67,000 stones of grain and grass, and a total of 32 cars of other sundries. ”

Deng Long was surprised: "There are 140,000 pieces of gold and silver in the treasury of Jeju Prefecture, and more than 40,000 stones of grain and grass, how can there be so many?"

Wang Lun explained: "The extra half was brought by the Ruan brothers first. ”

Deng Long's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Doesn't that mean that you put Brother Chao's money into the treasury of the cottage, it's really nonsense, why don't you quickly take out Brother Chao's share and return it to Brother Chao." ”

Deng Long also took the oil, and thought in his heart: Could it be that the landlords are so rich, it seems that the landlords will be close and close to them in the future.

I thought that Chao Gai plus Shengchengang could have 1230,000, which is amazing, who would have thought that Chao Gai's family property is more than Shengchengang, and it is one-third of the Jeju City Treasury.

Chao Gai saw that Deng Long was angry with Wang Lun, and hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, don't blame the deputy village master Wang, money is something outside the body, and it is useless if you have more." ”

Deng Long said in a resolute tone: "No, even if it is my brother's private property, I have to return it to my brother." ”

Chao Gai said unhappily: "They are all their own brothers, where can I still divide you and me, brother should not lose his brotherly righteousness." ”

Ruan Xiaoer also stepped forward and said: "Our three brothers also have a birthday compendium worth more than 30,000 habits, and now they will also be handed over to the deputy owner of the village and placed in the treasury of the cottage. ”

Liu Tang and Gongsun Sheng also stood up and said that they would also put the silver in the cottage treasury.

"In this case, the deputy master of the village will make another copy of the money, and when the brothers use it, they will take it to them," Deng Long instructed Wang Lun.

Wang Lun nodded, and said with a wicked smile in his heart; When you enter my treasury, where can you get it, besides, you just take this money and have no land to spend in Liangshan!

Deng Long continued: "Take out 100,000 guan from the treasury and distribute it to the brothers in the cottage, remember, everyone has it." ”

Wang Lun subconsciously said: "God, 100,000 guan is gone again." Causing everyone to laugh and blush, Wang Lun hurriedly ran down to pay the silver taels.

Seeing that Wang Lun finished reporting, Lin Chong took out the account book and said: "There are 239 war horses obtained this time, of which more than 100 were brought by Huang An, and the other more than 100 were brought by Jeju City. In addition to Huang An's department, more than 300 knives, more than 1,000 spears, more than 200 hard bows, and more than 800 catties of arrows were seized. ”

Deng Long nodded and said, "With the extra weapons, build an arsenal and put Brother Chao in charge." Of the 1,000 people brought by Brother Huang, Zhu Gui first picked 100 people for horse exploration, and Lin Jiaotou picked 100 people to be the horse army. He selected 200 people to be infantry, and Yang Zhi selected 500 people to form the second infantry battalion. ”

Without waiting for Deng Long to finish speaking, Lu Zhishen jumped up and ran out, Zhu Gui, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi also hurriedly followed.

Chao Gai smiled dumbly: "Lu Ti is in a hurry, I don't know what my brother arranged Chao Gai to do?" ”

"The cottage originally had 600 people, led by Yang Zhi's envoy, patrolling the cottage, and now it will be handed over to Brother Chao, Brother Huang led the remaining 100 people and horses to assist Brother Chao to guard the cottage, and Brother Liu Tang selected 200 people and horses in Brother Chao, and went to the outside of Shuibo to collect the money of the passing caravan."

Liu Tang asked: "Does the junior brother leave every caravan that passes by the official road next to Liangshan to leave the money?" ”

Deng Long thought for a moment and said, "The caravan personnel who passed by this month, no matter who they were, sent them to the cottage for me." Deng Long remembered that there was a person who was very important to Liangshan, and he was going to pass by Liangshan in the near future.

Liu Tang hugged his fists and said: "Brother, don't worry, as long as I, Liu Tang, am still standing, I will not let go of an ant passing by Liangshan." After that, I went to choose someone.

Seeing that everyone else had almost made arrangements, Ruan Xiaoer stood up and said: "There are more than 2,000 people brought by our brothers to the mountain, and there are more than 900 young and strong people after removing the old and weak, and I also ask my brother to arrange it." ”

Nodding, Deng Long said: "The old and weak will be arranged in the back mountain, and each family will be divided into some fields." Then the young men will be divided into three battalions, one for each of your brothers, and they will form a naval army." After a slight pause, he continued: "Among these people you who go up the mountain, there are craftsmen who can build ships. ”

Ruan Xiaowu replied: "We have been fishermen for generations, and if we don't know how to build ships, it will be a big joke." ”

"That's good, there are only more than 100 small boats in the cottage at present, thirty of your brothers each, and the rest will be left to the deputy owner of the village, and the ships in the future will have to be made by your brothers themselves, and when the cottage has a special craftsman, let's talk about it" Deng Long said helplessly.

"My brother is kind, what kind of boat we want to build in the future, we don't have to do it according to our ideas, but we are free." Ruan Xiaoqi pretended to be surprised.

Deng Long knew that this was Ruan Xiaoqi comforting himself, but he couldn't imagine this seemingly reckless man, but his mind was extremely delicate.

Ruan Xiaoer saw Deng Long's tired face, so he said: "Our brother still has to arrange the affairs of the navy, brother can rest for a while", after speaking, the three brothers walked out of the justice hall.

Seeing that Deng Long seemed to have forgotten himself, Bai Sheng hurriedly stood up and said, "Why did my brother forget me?" ”

Deng Long smiled dumbly and said: "How could I forget Brother Bai Sheng, I just didn't think of how to arrange you for a while, so let's do it, you go to work under Zhu Gui first, and when you have a new position in the future, you can go again?" ”

Bai Sheng smiled at this time: "As long as you do things in Liangshan, you can go anywhere." After finishing speaking, he went to find Zhu Guiling on an errand.

After arranging everyone, Deng Long lay on the chair, his thoughts spun rapidly, he was often in a trance these days, as if he had forgotten something important, but he just couldn't remember, he patted his forehead vigorously, what is it, can he toss himself like this.

My head seems to be three times bigger, and I can't figure out what it is. Since he didn't think of anything that was, Deng Long came to Wang Lun's daily office room, and saw Wang Lun's sad face, scratching around the account book.

Deng Long said strangely: "What are you scribbling on the account book"?

Wang Lun complained: "Brother, you don't know, there were only seven or eight hundred people in the cottage before, and they all ate as much as they ate, and they never kept an account. Now there are thousands more people in the cottage, and you ordered the grain and grass of each battalion to be distributed on a monthly basis, but there are not many literate people in the cottage, and I am the only one to support it. The current logistics of the cottage are like a pot of porridge, and I don't know what to do. ”

Scratching his head, Deng Long said helplessly: "I don't have a good way, or you insist on persevering, and when you are done with the cottage, I will go down the mountain and go to Cangzhou Chai Daguan to find you a few helpers." ”

Wang Lun asked puzzledly: "Now that the wind is so tight, what is my brother going to Cangzhou for?" ”

Deng Long sighed and said: "I don't want to run away, but the leaders of the cottage don't even have a pair of armor at present, if the imperial court sends troops to encircle and suppress, because there is no armor to protect themselves, one or two will be damaged, and the cottage will definitely be greatly injured!"

Wang Lun explained: "Brother don't worry, there must be a road in front of the road, I have arranged for the casting house Wang Sledgehammer, add two hundred apprentices, join the casting room, and think that one or two hundred sets of iron armor can be made in half a year to alleviate the urgent need of the cottage." ”

"If I remember well, it's not a kind of paper armor that is easy to make and the price is not expensive."

"What my brother said would have been good if it had been left in the past. It's just that now the output of steel has doubled compared with 20 years ago, the price has dropped by as much as 50%, the cost of iron armor is 30% less than that of paper armor, and the production process of paper armor is much more advanced than before, and the price has also risen a lot. Wang Lun explained.

It is true that ancient times were the most technologically advanced period, and everything was developed intensively. It's just that the steel really can't be used up? In Deng Long's view, it is just the output of thousands of tons of steel a year, and in the future generations, I am afraid that even a building will not be built, and now, in addition to building agricultural tools, that is, building weapons, can't we do anything else?