Despite the unprecedented earthquake, a red sun erupted on time in the early morning. At this moment, the land of Qinchuan, which had been sleeping all night, was dyed golden, as if a young man who had finally recovered from illness began to slowly recover.

And Qinwangzhuang, a small village on the Weihe Plain, is a different scene. The sky was still just dawning, and the outside of the village was full of people, and all kinds of sounds that were difficult to hear in this era were intertwined, and a special morning song was played.

"Xiao Ma Xiaoerlang, carrying that schoolbag to school, not afraid of the sun, not afraid of the wind and rain..."This is the primary school students of Qinwangzhuang under the piano accompaniment of Qiu Lina, while getting out early*, while singing a cheerful song; Hurry up! You little, clumsy, neatly yard! "This is Lu Tou, the head of the brick factory, who is reprimanding his son while personally pushing a wheelbarrow to transport bricks to the kiln;" One, two, hi! One, two, hi! "This is Hao Daming leading dozens of workers, who are racing against time to repair the No. 1 and No. 2 projects, that is, the two roads leading from Qinwangzhuang to the outside world, and they are sweating like rain and ramming the roadbed with wooden piles;" Coptis chinensis, also known as Wang Lian and Zhilian, is bitter, cold and non-toxic. The main treatment of the heart meridian is really hot, with Coptis chinensis, add a bowl and a half of water, fry it into a bowl, warm it after meals, and reduce the amount of children..."This is the side concubine Bao Yulian is taking her newly accepted more than a dozen apprentices to collectively recite the "Compendium of Materia Medica"; "Five truckloads of grain and three truckloads of coal have arrived! Hurry up and unload the car, we want to pull two more trips before noon! "This is a guy from the Jingyang Merchant Gang who is transporting supplies to the village;" There are a total of 30 large stoves, divided into five pots, each time a liter of rice! Everyone burned the coal fire hotter, and breakfast time was almost up! This is the four sisters shuttling through the porridge factory, which has been renamed the "canteen", urging dozens of women to cook together; "Let's go! One-two-one, one-two-one, set! "This is the new regimental trainer Xie Sheng, who is full of decent, shouting and leading his five hundred regimental warriors to conduct queue training; …

All in all, the men, women and children of Qinwangzhuang are busy in an orderly manner, and the whole village is full of vitality.

And Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin, who planned and arranged all this, was sitting by the artificial pond at the entrance of the village at the moment. He was barefoot, while slapping the slightly turbid Jing River water aimlessly with two pieces of foot, and he was fixedly distracted, not knowing what he was thinking. Even Li Zicheng, the young leader of the Shaanxi Merchant Gang and a shareholder of the Huanghai Merchant Gang, walked up to him, but he didn't even notice it.

"Lord Wang, are you looking for a villain?" Li Zicheng didn't dare to alarm Zhu Youzhen, and asked cautiously.

"Oh, it's Li Gongzi here!" Zhu Youzhen got up at this time and said with a smile, "I was distracted by thinking about something just now, I'm really embarrassed!" Li Gongzi, what do you think of these new regiments I recruited? ”

"The spirit is quite strong." Li Zicheng snorted, "But the villain doesn't quite understand, other villages practice group bravery, all of them teach martial arts, make guns and sticks, why does the prince always let them walk back and forth?" ”

"It's called a queue exercise!" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "Don't underestimate this kind of exercise, which will be of great benefit to cultivating the fine work style of military personnel, strict organization and discipline, and enhancing the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the army." ”

"But these people are just regimental bravery, not officers and soldiers!" Li Zicheng was still puzzled, "As long as you can deal with a small group of bandits, it's okay?" ”

"That's right, they are not officers and soldiers, but I ask them to be more capable of fighting than officers and soldiers!" Zhu Youzhen said firmly, "And their opponents are not ordinary bandits, but a large number of thieves, even Mongols, Jurchens and Orientals!" If you don't train strictly now, how will you get it on the battlefield in the future? ”

Li Zicheng was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue, but he was still a little disappreciative in his heart, so he smiled and said: "But Lord Wang, just walking in the queue can't defeat the enemy, you still have to practice some martial arts and formations!" ”

"That's not called formation, it's called tactics." Zhu Youzhen sneered, "As for the martial arts you mentioned, my militia does not practice martial arts, but practices individual combat skills and overall combat ability. Even if you are a martial arts master, among thousands of troops, can you have room to shine and move? ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng still didn't understand, Inspector Zhu You sighed and said, "You think I don't want to practice combat skills?" But now that people have it, the equipment is nothing, how do you let me practice? So I had to practice queue and physical fitness first. And this king is not a military general, so I don't know how to practice this combat skill. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of the heroic Qi Meifeng, and secretly said that if she could help here, this army would definitely be able to take shape quickly. Although it is still not an army in the modern sense, at least it is more than enough to deal with thieves. From Qi Meifeng, he didn't realize that Li Chongyao, who had no news, suddenly his heart was gloomy, and he was silent in thought.

"That's... Lord, what can the villain do? Li Zicheng said with a smile.

"Oh!" Only then did Zhu Youzhen come back to his senses and said, "I almost forgot about business." Li Gongzi, your role is too important, the military supplies used by the militia will be produced by this king alone in the future. However, the current conditions are not met, and procurement is still the mainstay. Here's a list of purchases that you can look at first. The money will come out of my profit share in the Yellow Sea Merchant Gang. But it is inconvenient for this king to come forward in person, and he has to have Lao Li Gongzi. ”

Li Zicheng took the list and looked at it, and was taken aback and said: "500 war horses, 1,000 birds, 500 spears, 500 short knives, 500 strong bows, 10,000 iron arrows, 500 boxes of ammunition, 100 tents, and 50 Francophone cannons?" This... These are all military products, although they are made by craftsmen, they can only be supplied to the imperial court, and the villain is a civilian, but it is difficult to buy! ”

"If things are simple, you won't bother Li Gongzi." Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "There are rules in the imperial court, but are there still people who abide by those rules?" There are also militia groups in each county, where do their weapons come from? Think of a way, you can always get it! It's really not good, go directly to the official army to see which generals are willing to make a move, we are not afraid of spending money! ”

"Even if you can buy it, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy all these materials!" Li Zicheng said hesitantly, "Although the Yellow Sea Merchant Gang has been doing well recently, it doesn't have such a big turnover..."

"Who said you could do it all at once?" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "First pick up those cheap ones that are easy to get hold of and buy them back, and the group warriors can be trained." But this matter must be fast, even if there is only a knife and a gun, you will have to send it to this king tomorrow! ”

"Yes!" Li Zicheng hurriedly replied, "But there are some materials that may not be available even for money, such as horses..."

"Yes, because our Yellow Sea Merchant Gang doesn't do business with the Mongols, this horse is not easy to get." Zhu Youzhen groaned, "In addition to Mongolia, where else are horses?" ”

"Back to the prince, Wusi Tibetan horses are produced, and Yili at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains is produced by Dawan horses." Li Zicheng replied, "However, these two places are far away from the Central Plains, and the horses are not like other goods, so they have to graze along the way, and it is quite troublesome to traffic. Therefore, although there were merchants from these two places in Xi'an, there were no horse sellers. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't have it now, let's just pay a lot of money to buy it!" Zhu Youzhen said excitedly, "Do you know the businessmen in these two places?" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Since the Yellow Sea Merchants Gang has purchased Tibetan specialties in Xi'an, several Tibetan merchants have come to the door and want to ask to see the big boss!" As for Yili Shori, he was originally a descendant of the Chagatai Khanate. Since the fall of the Chagatai Khanate, the Western Regions have been divided into two, with Yili Jiangli in the north and Turpan in the east.

"Turpan was hostile to the imperial court, and had repeatedly broken through the guards of the official army, and now the imperial court has retreated to Jiayu Pass. Although Yili Jiangli is well connected to our court, the road is blocked by Turpan, so it is difficult for the caravan to reach smoothly. Now there is only one caravan in Xi'an, and it is said that it will leave for the west tomorrow. ”

"Keep them first!" Zhu Youzhen hurriedly said, "Tomorrow I will personally meet with the businessmen of these two parties to see if there is any room for cooperation." If you want to make a lot of money, you have to do international trade! ”

"That's great!" Li Zicheng hurriedly smiled, "It just so happens that tonight, Lishan County is mainly holding a donation campaign in the city's largest restaurant, 'Tianwaitian', and all the major merchants in Xi'an are invited. The villain also wants to invite the prince to go and sit in the town on behalf of the Huanghai Merchant Gang! ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen said in surprise, "The county lord advises donations? ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "In this earthquake, the people of Shaanxi suffered heavy casualties and many displaced people, but the imperial court was reluctant to provide relief. The county lord was kind-hearted, so he launched a persuasion to donate, hoping that the merchants and wealthy families in Xi'an could generously donate money to solve the urgent needs of the people. ”

"Then I'll have to go!" Zhu Youzhen said movingly, "This chess is really good, and he didn't discuss such a big matter with me, so he set it up by himself." She is a girl, and she is like that, so it takes a lot of energy to plan this matter! ”

"That being the case, the villain hurry up and prepare for the chariot battle!" Li Zicheng said busily.

"No need. It happened that the bandits in Leopard Ditch were exterminated last time, and the king's jujube red horse and the county lord's Biyunxia were rescued. Zhu Youzhen said excitedly, "I'll ride to Xi'an, just to return Biyunxia to Cunqi." ”

"Then I'm going to inform Commander Lin?" Li Zicheng said.

"No need!" Zhu Youzhen said, "Commander Lin has another official trip, and he is not in Qinwangzhuang now. This time, I brought a few people from the militia group and asked them to be bodyguards for a workout! You wait here for a while, I'll come when I go! ”

Saying that, Zhu Youzhen returned to the house. In fact, this palace is now just a row of makeshift earthquake sheds, where Princess Rui'er is checking accounts and allocating silver taels, and she is very busy.

After Zhu Youzhen explained the reason to Rui'er, Rui'er said with a smile: "Lord, the city is full of flowers, don't lose your eyes!" ”

This sentence was a pun, which made Zhu Youzhen blush. He hurriedly smiled and said: "Rui'er, don't worry, the wildflowers on the side of the road will not be picked for the husband!" ”

"How can wild flowers get into the eyes of the king?" Rui'er smiled narrowly, "I'm afraid that the flowers of the country are going to fall on the prince's head, and you can't hide from it!" ”