sent Roland away, but Yang Xi talked to Dong Cai about hiring Dong Cai.

Yang Xi's proposal was that Dong Cai would be the head of the riverside business of Chenhe Paper and Chenhe Liquor, Yang Xi would provide ships and guards, and Dong Cai would provide operators to transport Chenhe Liquor and Chenhe Paper out of Ezhou and into other cities along the river.

And the profit is divided fifty-fifty. For example, if the wine costs two taels and sells for three taels, the profit will be divided into one tael and fifty taels. The paper is 100 yuan a knife, the cost is 200 yuan, and the profit of 100 yuan is divided into 55 percent.

Dong Cai thought about it for half an hour and finally agreed. After all, with his own strength, it is now somewhat inadequate.

As for the spindle business of Wuxiang near Mashan Township and Qixiang to the east, it was handed over to Dong Cai, the first two young men, one named Lu Dong and the other named Cen Hang, who came to take over. In this way, these two people have also undergone a major upgrade.

Dong Cai currently has three followers, plus Dong Maru is five people, in addition to being responsible for carrying the ship out to operate, they also have to buy some slaves, lead the displaced people and purchase grain back to the Chenhe factory, which is also one of Yang Xi's plans.

Although Dong Cai recently brought a few more slaves, Yang Xi always felt that the development was not fast enough and the time was pressing.

Three days later, the second master took Yang Xiao, plus three carpentry apprentices and seven fishermen and farmers brought by Dong Cai, and Cai Kao led a total of eleven people from the first and second classes to escort them, and set off for the coal mountain, preparing to build seven ships, and then went down the river and brought back seven boats of refined coal.

In addition to guarding the carpenters and assisting in shipbuilding, Cai Kao was also responsible for bringing back at least one wild boar for Yang Xi.

At this time, entering May, Cai Kao's physical function has reached the level of 74, and Mao Luan has also reached 73, the two are always a little different, and the rest of the guard battalion has also reached more than 70 one after another. Even Yang Xi is fourteen years old, and his physical function has reached 58.

Regardless of combat ability, it is only about physical function. Generally, the soldiers at this time are only about sixty-four or five, and the veteran of the crown monkey is only 65 degrees, so it is conceivable that the strength of the guard battalion cannot be underestimated.

But after all, the number of people is too small, although all the staff have daily training, but after all, the main energy is not here, and it is not enough to meet the requirements of ordinary soldiers. Winning is the combat skills taught by Yang Xi, at least in close combat, the strength of these people, even if it is a little worse than the crown monkey, it is not much.

Yang Xi felt that by the end of the year, there would be a combat unit of more than 100 people.

"Cao Cao Tuntian, I'm Yang Xi Tun Gong!"

Just after Cai Kao, the second master, and their group of more than 20 people left, three or four days Tianchenhe factory ushered in uninvited guests.

That day, Yang Xi was sitting on pull-ups, and his homemade horizontal bars and parallel bars had been polished.

Suddenly, three dogs came to report.

"Childe, Sangou just stood guard on the road outside the Jute Pavilion, and found that there were four suspicious figures, coming towards our Jute Pavilion, looking at the other party's demeanor, it is estimated that they came directly to our side, one of them is in his forties, and the others call him Uncle Wang, who is dressed very differently, and the clothes on his body are estimated to be silky, and this person also rides a horse."

When it comes to silk clothes, the three dogs' eyes are shining.

But this kind of silk clothes, even if it is Roland, has to be worn occasionally during the New Year's holidays.

Sangou has never seen silk clothes, it is normal, even the husband and the three elders are wearing ordinary linen clothes, but they are relatively clean and decent.

"Did you come to us, could it be that you came here for no reason and came to purchase? Okay, then we'll just wait, don't lose your manners when the time comes! ”

"Okay!"

Uncle Wang chatted all the way, to be honest, he hadn't been to the countryside before, but he didn't go to a place like Mashan Pavilion.

Yang Xi has already led the three dogs, waiting at the intersection of the Yang family's old house, according to Yang Xi's rules, strangers are not allowed to enter the factory, Dong Cai and Luo Lanna are partners, naturally it is a different matter.

Uncle Wang ignored Yang Xi and the two who greeted him with a smile, and did not get off the horse, but only looked at the direction of the Chenhe factory, and saw a large factory building of 2,000 square meters, the roof was full of smoke, and many workers were busy by the river.

After looking at it for a few minutes, he moved his gaze to Yang Xi and the others. Yang Xi had long been displeased in his heart, but he didn't find out the identity of the other party, so he didn't want to offend rashly.

"You are Yang Xi, the eldest son of the Yang family, the one from Zichenhe?" Uncle Wang's face was condescending.

"It's down there! Where do you come from? "Yang Xi has to test it first.

But a 1.8-meter-tall man next to him jumped out and pointed at Yang Xi and said, "Be bold and make a fool of the people, when you see Uncle Wang, the chief housekeeper of the Huang family, don't you kneel down and salute?" ”

When Yang Xi heard that it was the Huang family or the housekeeper, he suddenly understood a little, this kind of person came, either to procure or plunder, and this is the case if he has nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace. But in either case, a little butler can't figure it out, so there's no need to talk about changing the course of history.

He didn't look at the Huang family's housekeeper, he just stared straight at the big man who was half a head taller than him and said, "What are you?" A dog minion, come to me and take your fingers back, or you won't see him tomorrow. ”

At this time, Yang Xi's physical fitness is 58, and his combat skills are definitely 99, although there is no measurement of this item, but after such a long recovery, he is confident that he has recovered his combat instinct, unless the opponent's physical function is above 75 and his combat skills are also good, otherwise it is a dish.

What's more, this person looks tall and big, estimated to be 200 kilograms, but his physical fitness is only 72 figures, and any one of the guard battalions will completely blow up this person.

The man was about to get angry, and the butler spoke.

"Presumptuous! Retire! We are guests today, so how can we deceive the Lord with guests? ”

This Uncle Wang drank the minions, and then he dismounted, and there was no greeting between him and Yang Xi, so he said: "You heard it just now, I am the big housekeeper of the Huang family, and I came to Mashan Township this time, but I came to find you." I wonder if Mr. Xi, as the owner, can lead us to visit? ”

Yang Xi said humbly: "It is not possible to visit, my Chenhe factory has rules, and no outsiders are allowed to enter my factory to observe." ”

"Good! Good one is not allowed to observe! Then don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, today this housekeeper is here to buy your brewing technology, how many silver taels, you make a price, but remember, people should not be too greedy! ”

Hearing this, Yang Xi was sure that this was the first step, and he was not afraid of him at the moment, but shook his head directly: "I see, my wine-making technology is a unique secret recipe, if the guests want to buy wine, we are welcome, but if you want to steal the wine-making method or forcibly take it, don't say that you are a housekeeper, even if your family Huang Ping comes in person, give me where to stay cool!" For this kind of family that thinks he is superior, it is okay to be polite, but you are not welcome, Yang Xi sees what tricks he has, which is nothing more than pressure from all sides, and some articles on taxation and the servitude of these workers.

However, Yang Xi is rich now, and he is subject to tax conscription, if it is reasonable, he can use money instead of money anyway, and one person has 300 yuan a year.

The big housekeeper didn't expect that the person in front of him was not very old and had a bad reputation, but he was so tough, and he really doubted whether he had anything to rely on at this moment.

"Oh? In this Exian county, there is really nothing that my Jiangxia Huang clan can't do, in this case, I don't think you need to open the Chenhe factory. ”

"Humph! If you don't open it, you won't open it? As far as your Huang family in Exian County, you dare to call yourself Jiangxia Huang? If this is the case, then the Jiangxia Huang family's face must not be lost by you? ”

"You ---- you kid, how can you hurt my Huang family's face like this."

"The face is earned by yourself, if you are Jiangxia Huangzu, I have to give a little face, are you a housekeeper, at best you are an errand runner, you go back and tell Huang Ping, what tricks are there, I Yang Chenhe continues."

After Yang Xi finished speaking, he turned his head and left, too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He deliberately said Huang Zu's name, just to deter this person, although Huang Zu was not Jiangxia Taishou at this time, his reputation had gradually appeared, and he was a representative of the younger generation of the Huang family.

"Butler, do you want to catch this person directly, or kill him on the spot?"

"Stupid! There are only a few people between you and me, dozens of people are here, you didn't kill him, he was already trampled into a meatloaf. Walk! ”

Uncle Wang, the housekeeper, was angry and ran back, but Yang Xi was in the office, rolling up a paper horn and pretending to smoke, but he was actually thinking.

It is indeed not the time to offend the Huang family at this time, but everyone is pooping on their heads, but Yang Xi is definitely not a weak and bullying person, he will cut off the slave's finger if he disagrees, he can definitely do it.

And now he has the confidence, the county soldiers in the entire Exian County are only 200 people.

Of course, in terms of the number of people, there are still thousands of people in the Huang family, as recorded in the history books, there are more than 10,000 people in Lujiazhuang of the Lu Su family, including tenant farmers and slaves.

But his combat strength is hundreds of people, and he has been training for more than half a year.

"It looks like it's time to implement the next step in advance, and it's almost over."

It's been a long time since I've visited the crown monkey in person, for this first old friend who supports him, Yang Xi is more grateful to him, every once in a while, he will ask Sangou to bring something over, although it is not often seen, but it is also tacit, Yang Xi came, there must be something.

"Uncle Monkey! Get busy! Come on, come on, I brought good things today, come over to Uncle Monkey for a drink, don't practice yet, it's useless to practice, you still want to go to war. ”

"What's that?" The crown monkey inserted the sword into the weapon rack and saw Yang Xi open the jar.

"What's in here, can you add ingredients to the wine?"

"Snake!"

"Gross! How can it! How can you eat a snake in the wine? "The crested monkey has never seen or even heard of a snake in the wine, and it can still be drunk.

"Uncle Monkey, you don't understand this, let go of the snake, you want to live, soak for a while, aphrodisiac! Hahahaha! You know. ”

The crown monkey didn't dare to drink it, but when he saw Yang Xi take a sip and felt good, he also drew a gourd and drank it, and immediately praised it.

"Say it! What's going on today! ”

"It's okay, it's a trivial matter, I'm looking for you to introduce the pavilion chief of the Zhushan Pavilion next door, I want to recruit in the Zhushan Pavilion, and the rules are the same as the last Jute Pavilion."

"Poof! Are you going to hire again? ”

"It doesn't take too much, one or two hundred people can still use it."

"Forget it, get used to it, don't finish this wine first, go directly to Zhushan Pavilion, that guy has been thinking about this for a long time, last time you gave me the altar forty-two degrees, I gave him a bowl, and then asked me every day, I can't afford it, poor ghost."

"Let's go!"