Yang Yuanzhao asked so bluntly, Liu Shu's face showed a wry smile, and said: "170 cars of cotton!" ”

"What's so much?" Hou Jinsheng screamed out in a lost voice, and the other shareholders also changed their faces, after they came, they also asked Liu Shu, what happened, but Liu Shu never said, now Yang Yuanzhao is coming, what Liu Shu said, but everyone was surprised, no wonder so surprised, there is no other reason, the current Baotou is no longer the big car of the past, even if it is cotton, the porcelain is solid, a car can hold 2 tons, 170 cars, 340 tons, this quantity, is really not ordinarily large, 680,000 catties, 6,800 quintals, worth more than 200,000 silver dollars, money is a trivial matter, so much cotton, enough cotton textile mills to work continuously for more than a period of time, for the cotton textile mills that are making money every day, the problem of shutdown is big.

The cotton textile mill can be said to be under-employed, the distribution of looms, after spreading to Datong Suiyuan, it slowly stopped, for no other reason, cotton yarn can not keep up, about 300,000 catties of cotton per day, so that the Jin merchants have worked hard to mobilize from all directions.

"It's not a four-wheeler, it's a two-wheeler?" Liu Shu said.

"Two rounds?" Many shareholders are very strange, two-wheeled vehicles in Baotou to Taiyuan on this line, has been out of use, when to come out again, two-wheeled vehicle transportation, almost one-third of the four-wheeled vehicle, a car is also more than 600 kilograms, especially cotton, the proportion is relatively light, after the completion of the package, can be loaded a little more, calculated is more than 100,000 kilograms, 200,000 catties.

Compared with what I thought before, it was less than one-third at once, but it was also a huge amount, converted into a cost, about 70,000, but the raw materials of a cotton textile mill could not be calculated purely according to the cost.

"Aren't there all guards?" Wei Ming asked suddenly.

Fortunately, after a period of adaptation, the Yellow River patrol battalion has begun to patrol the surrounding area, guarding the surrounding horse bandits, which has played a significant role, plus the guards, at least on the road from Baotou to Taiyuan, is quite safe.

"This was collected from the south of Shaanxi, they traveled a long way, they went very early, when several caravans gathered together, the number was huge, because it was almost the end of the year, so they all went home!"

"That is, there are no guards arranged?"

"Yes, less than 20 guards were arranged!"

Everyone sighed, if it is changed to now, it will definitely not be done, in Baotou now, under the premise of industrial and commercial development, a large number of raw materials and products in and out, involving a huge economic chain, the horse bandits are like sharks that smell fishy, and they began to slowly converge to Baotou, after the gradual intensification of the bandits in Baotou, in order to ensure safety, basically several guards of the family, all began to act separately and gathered together in large piles to escort the convoy.

Unexpectedly, this caravan came directly from Shaanxi, and the guards arranged before were enough, but when the brigade was formed, most of the guards felt that there was no problem, and they just passed through Taiyuan, and went home directly, which was in previous years, although it was not allowed, but it was also an unspoken rule, leaving less than 20 guards, guarding 170 carriages, crossing the Yellow River from another place, on the bank of the Yellow River, less than 50 miles from Baotou, was targeted by a large number of horse bandits, after a battle, Only one of the guards ran out, and the rest were silent.

Liu Shu's expression was a little dignified, to be honest, during this time, his pressure was getting bigger and bigger, with the development of Baotou's business, he also knew that there would be more and more bandits, but when it came to their heads, this was the first time that the number was too large, just take the purchase price of three cents per catty, the value of this batch is also 70,000 taels, which is definitely not a small amount, plus the raw materials of the cotton spinning factory, the value of this thing is even higher.

"It must be recovered." Wei Ming said in a deep voice.

Wei Ming's words represented the voice of everyone, and everyone's eyes were on Yang Yuanzhao.

"Do you know who did it?" Yang Yuanzhao asked with a frown.

"Investigating." Liu Shu said a little weakly, the eight major Jin merchants, as well as big landlords like Hou Jinsheng, are inextricably linked in the entire Baotou, but unfortunately the horse bandits do not play cards according to common sense at all, God knows where these things have been transferred.

"Okay, you guys go ahead and investigate, I'll go to the scene and have a look!" After Yang Yuanzhao finished speaking, he got up and left.

Before leaving, Yang Yuanzhao went to find the guard who reported the news, when the guard came, he was already injured, and after struggling to report to Liu Shu, he fainted, and he hadn't woken up yet, Yang Yuanzhao just got some details recorded by Liu Shu.

The loss of tens of thousands of yuan, if it is placed in other aspects, perhaps, will only affect a Jin merchant, or just a shop, but it is related to the cotton textile factory, the eight Jin merchants, Hou Jinsheng, Jiang Wenhou, their own strength, plus the huge forces behind them, are all passive, although China is huge, the terrain here in Mongolia is complicated, but the horse bandits will always leave clues, follow this trace, there will be gains.

Yang Yuanzhao took Xiaoman and rode to the barracks, during this period of time, Yang Yuanzhao's mind was almost on the printing and dyeing factory and the yarn-dyed factory, and occasionally heard some news of the new army, which was handed over to the steady Wang Jinming, or more assured.

The barracks, changed its appearance, in the construction of the civil engineering, the barracks erected a long series of neat three-story buildings, compared with ordinary houses, he is long, rows are very neat, at the door, the sentry stands guard, even if Yang Yuanzhao says his identity, he still has to check, and even if someone comes inside, he can come in.

It took almost ten minutes to see Wang Jinming, Yang Yuanzhao sighed slightly, it seems that it is still necessary to establish a relatively long-term liaison mechanism, and the liaison between the new army and Baotou cannot be carried out smoothly, and the new army will not be able to protect Baotou.

"Yuan Zhao, it's really a rare guest, I don't know what happened to me!" Wang Jinming said enthusiastically, his life has been very good recently, the new army of 3,000 people, after having enough logistics support, when he was in the Northeast, he sighed at the importance of logistics, whether it is ammunition, or clothing, non-staple food, etc., but after really arriving in Baotou, I found that those are far inferior here.

For the new army, Baotou even set up several factories for the new army, from clothing, armed belts, shoes and hats, to logistics bags, picnic bags, almost everything he can think of, can be satisfied, the most amazing thing for him is the picnic bag, as long as you can find a place for water, you can ensure the use of the picnic bag, in the field, what is gnawed is not dry, cold dry food, but hot rice and meals.

Those who have served as soldiers, especially in the bitter cold areas of the northeast and northwest, what a hot meal means, everyone knows very well, it means that even if they fight continuously in the field, they can also ensure strong fighting spirit and combat effectiveness, and the most important thing is that he will not make open fires and smoke, which is extremely applicable in the hidden environment of the wild.

Yang Yuanzhao made a long story short, and explained the matter in detail, Wang Jinming's face was slightly dignified, for more than a month, he put more attention on the training of recruits, the training of thousands of recruits, a certain amount of Cheng dù, occupied most of his energy, fortunately, he didn't have to worry about logistics and supplies, under the maintenance of nutrition for every meal, he was a peasant man in the northwest, there were not many sneaky and treacherous soldiers, as long as the food was guaranteed, and there was a monthly salary, the soldiers were so easy to train, now, It is already beginning to take shape, not as good as the elite soldiers who have survived a hundred battles, but they can be called qualified sergeants, such achievements are inseparable from the support of Baotou, what does the cotton textile factory mean to Baotou, Wang Jinming is very clear that there are soldiers only if there is money, and if there is no money, no matter how many soldiers are scattered.

Suppressing bandits, when he was in the Northeast, even if Feng Yuxiang had a veteran as a foundation, it was only after 3 months that he gradually started, and now in Baotou, he had no choice in this situation.

"Yuan Zhao, don't worry, I'll take someone over to see, where is the location?"

"Right on the banks of the Yellow River!"

"Then take the Qingyang to go over!" Wang Jinming said decisively.

Qingyang, is Baotou three gunboats, the fastest, in the all-in-one machine, in the last month or so, Yang Yuanzhao took the time, drummed out three gunboats, the largest is only about 80 tons, respectively, Qingyu, Qingfeng and Qingyang, among them, Qingfeng is the largest, firepower is also the most fierce, a 105 mm smoothbore gun, 4 twin 30 mm cannons, can bring a strong firepower of an artillery team, especially 105 guns, which is above the navy, it is definitely a small cannon can not be smaller, but for the army, Definitely a big killer, on the water, agile and maneuverable, and with great vitality, the Qingfeng became the flagship of the Yellow River Patrol Battalion.

Under normal circumstances, when there is no fire support mission, the Qingyang is the first choice, the speed of the limit of 30 knots, the torpedo boat itself, removed two torpedo tubes, and replaced them with two 75 guns, which are somewhat nondescript, but very suitable, and the most important thing is that there is also a double 12.7 mm Makqin, so that it is more outstanding for the infantry to cover and kill.

With a special platoon, forty or fifty people, fully armed to the ferry, and then started the Qingyang, a high-speed torpedo boat, it took only 10 minutes to complete the 7-kilometer road, in the distance, Xiaomu Mountain is particularly eye-catching.

It happened next to Xiaomu Mountain, from the bank of the Yellow River, less than 5 kilometers, from Baotou, it is only 40 kilometers away in a straight line, here, there is a small ferry, you can pass through vehicles, the transport team is in the ferry immediately, a little lax, was ambushed by the horse bandits next to Xiaomu Mountain, killed in one fell swoop, 20 guards, in the first wave, was shot and killed three or four, the rest, can not form a protection at all, the captain of the guard in the negotiation with the horse bandits failed, after being killed by the horse bandits, The guards were arranged to leave, hiding in the pit for three or four hours, waiting for the bandits to leave, and then returning to report the news. RS