The Liujia mansion at the foot of the water mountain is a big mansion that sits in the north and faces south, the main body is a house that imitates the architecture of the Song Dynasty, there is a huge gatehouse in the south, the gatehouse to the instrument gate are wings on both sides, and Song Xiance lives in the first room in the east chamber.

Since Chu Fan appointed him as the military advisor of the Fuliao Army, the burden on him has been increasing day by day, from an idler who walks around and conducts investigation and research everywhere, to a busy man who has something to do with him now.

The earliest thing Chu Fan handed over to him was the collation and improvement of military laws, regulations, drill codes, and even flags, slogans, etc.; This was followed by the exploration and improvement of training plans, assessment standards, battlefield surveys, and other matters, and Chu Fan hoped to gradually establish a military training department, a military command department, and a general staff department on the basis of his work.

These are complicated enough, more than half a month ago, the logistics were all on his shoulders -- mainly the registration and management of the account books of the Fuliao Army, the entry and exit of all kinds of materials, and even the preparation for the construction of the four baggage squads and the construction and improvement of the field hospital, etc., these were originally Chu Fan personally grasping, but now that Chu Fan is lying down, Song Xiance can only take over.

Many affairs are extremely complicated, even if Liu Zhongwen transferred 7 assistants to him, Song Xiance was still busy in the dark - the east wing room lit up the lights at night for longer and longer, and occasionally stayed up all night.

Busy and busy, Song Xiance is full of energy, and there is no longer half of a complaint.

The reason is very simple, since joining the Fuliao Army, Song Xiance has deeply felt the difference between this army and all the armies of the Ming Dynasty: orderly order, discipline of orders and prohibitions, high and agitated fighting spirit, and a vibrant system......

What particularly impressed Song Xiance was that after the reorganization, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers had risen to three taels of silver, and above the squad leader, it was increased according to the rank, and when it reached the battalion commander level, the monthly salary reached ten taels!

Monthly salary does not count. The weapons and equipment made him even more staggering: Chu Fan thought very carefully about logistics, not to mention clothes and armor, even the face towel, toothbrush, foot basin and the long two strips of cloth called leggings, each soldier was equipped with a set! Song Xiance calculated the detailed account, every ordinary soldier, everything is worth 65 taels of silver!

This is not counting the vegetable gold of 1 tael per person a month! And it's just the treatment of foot soldiers. If you upgrade to mounted infantry, you will have to at least double the cost!

Such an army, not to mention the military leaders of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that it is Emperor Chongzhen himself, and I am afraid that he will not be able to support many people with all the domestic currency!

Of course, Song Xiance also knew a little about the East India Company, and knew that it was Chu Fan's chicken that laid golden eggs, but every time he took stock of the account books of the Liao Army, he always felt frightened - this kind of money-burning method. Even if there are chickens that lay golden eggs, they can't afford to raise them, and the millions of male teachers definitely don't have to think about it, even if they raise 10,000 people, the cost is not enough even if they rob all the salaries!

But he can be regarded as an eye-opener today - daring to regain the Liao army is not only to burn money, but also to make money!

That's right, standing in front of him at this moment are Ge Bi and Yi Bao, who have returned victoriously from the suppression of bandits, both of them are satisfied, and there are two lime-salted heads at their feet. It was Liu Hong and Gao Shuncheng!

However, Song Xiance didn't pay attention to the two of them, but the thick account books compiled by the three subordinates he sent to the Niudao warehouse to count the supplies.

There are all kinds of things in the account books. The main items include "6 large and small ships", "2 12-pounder franc cannons", "22 6-pounder franc cannons", "11,300 taels of gold", and "367,400 taels of silver......

Song Xiance didn't read the more trivial items carefully, and directly turned to the last page to see the total number: "The estimated silver discount is 876,503 ten 1 taels"!

This made Song Xiance's heart beat wildly - just sweeping away the pirates from Jeju Island to Jemulpo made such a large amount of money, if all the pirates in the East China Sea were cleaned......

"Strategist, can the account books be clear?" As he was watching, Ge Bi rubbed his hands and grinned. "I could have paid a few more boats, but when Ma Ba Lamb met Cui Dabeard's brainless brain, he didn't surrender until the end, and his boat was basically burned out!"

Saying that, Ge Bi stretched out his foot and kicked Gao Shuncheng's head lightly, "These two cargo ships." We didn't expect to be able to pay it off...... Who would have thought that this guy's subordinates would finally turn against the water, cut off his head and surrender, and earn a turtle boat for nothing! ”

Seeing Song Xiance close the account book, Ge Bi smiled and said, "Strategist, since the handover is clear, let's go see the young master, I estimate that he is also anxious to wait for these two goods!" ”

Song Xiance stood up, put the account book in his arms and said, "Okay, let's go see the lord...... Such a great feat, he should congratulate Commander Ge for his advice! "Ge Bi is currently the commander of the First Fleet, and he is called so by Song Xiance.

After speaking, he went straight out of the door, but Ge Bi was stunned by his "lord", thoughtfully picked up the head on the ground, and followed out with Yi Bao.

The three of them walked through the wide front yard, entered the inner courtyard, turned to the side courtyard where Chu Fan lived, and asked, only to know that Chu Fan was thinking more and more and went to the back garden to relax.

The three of them continued north, through the backyard that had been converted into a warehouse, and entered the back garden through the corner gate.

As soon as you enter the back garden, the scenery changes suddenly, which is very pleasing to the eye.

Although the Yoo family lives on Jeju Island, the back garden is quite exquisitely renovated - a stream of living water from the mountain meanders by, even in this early winter, and the sound of the murmuring water is as crisp as a bell; Hill rocks, pavilions, pavilions, zigzag corridors and even bonsai tree roots, bamboo forests are arranged one by one along the trend of this stream, although not as elegant as the Jiangnan garden, but a little more wild; And after the first winter snowfall, everything is covered under a huge snow quilt, which adds more flavor.

After a few turns, the three of them came to a small lake, which was formed by the convergence of small streams, and in the middle of the lake stood an octagonal pavilion, connected to the lake by a nine-curved corridor.

The three of them walked to the lake and stood on the shore of the lake dozens of meters away from the pavilion, only to see three figures in the octagonal pavilion surrounding a stove and not knowing what they were busy with, and there was a faint green smoke floating out of the stove from time to time.

"Brother! It's spicy! …… Phew! Give me a glass of water! ”

"Badass, what's this yellow-green-yellow-green foam...... What the? Cumin? …… Hmmm, delicious! ”

……

Yan Ruxue and Niuniu's shouting vaguely spread to the lake, and Song Xiance couldn't help but smile, and there was more unfathomable meaning in his smile.

Seeing him standing still, Ge Bi couldn't help but urge, "Strategist, why don't you leave?" …… Isn't there a young master in the pavilion? ”

Song Xiance turned his head and looked at the head in his hand, "Commander Ge, the lord is recovering from his serious injuries, and it is a critical time to recuperate...... At this moment, he is extremely happy, let's send these two heads with teeth and claws up, wouldn't it ruin his mood? …… As courtiers, we still have to think more about the lord, what does Commander Ge think? ”

Ge Bi's heart was shocked-he had never thought about the subtle changes in Chu Fan's status today, and Song Xiance's words suddenly made him fall into deep thought, so that he didn't even listen to the next words of the dwarf Daoist.

"If the advice is expected to be good, the lord will soon become the lord of the country!" (To be continued.) )