If he takes the route of the sea of people, Wen Yuan can gather tens of thousands of people in a short time with the food in his hand, and then use the war to feed the war, and develop like a snowball, but what can it be, a gang of ragged rabble with wooden sticks in their hands, and the huge logistical pressure will eventually force Wen Yuan to loot everywhere like locusts, destroying the economy of a place every time he goes, so that more people have no plan to live, this situation Wen Yuan does not want to see, let alone become a sinner of the Chinese nation, if possible, He even hoped that there would be fewer deaths in this troubled world.

Therefore, the purchase of armor and weapons for the subordinates has become a top priority.

Like Lang Zhong, there are some craftsmen in the army, but the craftsmanship of these craftsmen is very poor, and they can only make some simple farm tools, after all, if they really have the skills, who would be willing to be a soldier! Wen Yuan had no choice but to go to the iron shop in the city to see if he could find a craftsman who could create excellent ordnance, and he was willing to pay a lot of money.

Hebei is a place rich in iron resources, iron-smelting technology is also quite advanced, Handan of Zhao State is a famous iron production base since the Warring States period, so the craftsman is not difficult to find, Wenyuan visited several iron shops in the county, and also saw a few carpenter shops, it is very found a few craftsmen with exquisite craftsmanship, not to mention Wenyuan will be incorporated into the military households, each household is given 50 acres of land, not to mention, but also agreed to build a qualified ordnance, but also give a reward, the generous treatment is enough to make these craftsmen with a meager income on weekdays happy.

Solve the matter of craftsmen, the matter of raw materials is much easier to do, there is an iron vein in Quyang, only in the west of the city more than 30 miles, Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu three counties junction, that is, the later generations of Hebei Gaocheng City, that is, a natural high-quality ore vein, and there is a smooth official road connection, it is very convenient, the only pity is that it is now a cold winter, field mining is not easy, can only wait until the weather warms up next year.

Wen Yuan didn't want to wait, so he posted a notice to buy all the iron mines and discarded iron tools in the county.

Five days later, after some searching, more than 7,000 catties of pig iron were obtained, and Wen Yuan hurriedly ordered the blacksmith to start making a batch of iron leaves to make armor in the future.

He cleaned up and prepared to go to the county town, mentioning to Taishou about going to Yecheng, and by the way, asking for a group of county governments to promise to supply the baggage for emergencies because of the recruitment.

On December 15, Wen Yuan left Zhang Jaw to sit in the county seat, and he only took more than ten horses with his relatives to Julu County.

When passing by Yang's county, Wen Yuan found that although the city gate was open, the garrison was obviously tighter, and a group of people were still practicing in the west of the city in the cold weather, one by one they were shivering from the cold, and the people who entered and exited the county town had to be carefully checked, not to mention, the patrol posts on the city tower were also several times more, Wen Yuan smiled playfully, it seems that the matter of Yangjiabao really scared the county officials a lot, and they all made great efforts to recruit the group.

Wen Yuan took his relatives around the city, such a cold day, he didn't want to delay on the road, galloping all the way, Wen Yuan finally entered Julu County before dark, revealed his identity, and rested in the pavilion, and bought some gifts in the city to decorate the façade on the second day, and went straight to the Taishou Mansion to meet him.

Speaking of which, it is not the first time that Guo Taishou Wenyuan has met, when he first arrived in Julu, he was hospitalized, and now he is nominally under Han Fu's account, and he has become his top boss.

"Liao see Lord Taishou! Let the adults personally correspond, Liao is a capital crime! Seeing Taishou go out of the house to greet him, Wen Yuan hurriedly bowed down and bowed.

Guo Dian saw that Wen Yuan's salute was thorough, stretched out his hand and carried the fruit wine pig and sheep with more than ten relatives, hurriedly walked a few steps to help Wen Yuan up, and said with a smile: "Junyi, why do you need such a big gift, please hurry up and talk about it in the back hall." ”

Wen Yuan got up and said: "Liao is in Julu Duomeng Taishou to take care of, often grateful and unable to repay, now that the year is approaching, Wen Yuan prepared a little small gift, and asked the Lord to smile." ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand behind him, and Zhang Yu stepped forward with a gift slip in his hand.

"Golden Two Hundred ......" Guo Dian seemed to have the habit of reading a book, squinting his eyes and just reading the first line of the gift list, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to accept the gift, and his face was already smiling.

"Wen Yuan is too polite! Come on, come on, follow someone to the back hall to talk, come to someone, prepare a wine banquet, serve tea! As he spoke, he took Wen Yuan's arm and entered the mansion together.

After the two finished the ceremony, they sat down in the back hall, and their own subordinates served fragrant tea, and the two first said some clichés of officialdom.

Wen Yuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and couldn't help but praise: "Good tea!" "Not to mention that the trend of drinking tea has not yet flourished at this time, tea is only circulated in the circle of upper-class scholars, even Wen Yuan was only twenty-one years old when he crossed over in his previous life, at this age, what kind of tea culture do you know? It's just that the tea is mellow, and it tastes much better than boiled water, so Wenyuan has this boast.

Guo Dian said with a smile: "If Wen Yuan can live here for a long time, what does it matter if the official invites Wen Yuan to drink tea every day, but Wen Yuan is here, I'm afraid there is something to do." ”

Seeing that Guo Dian spoke so kindly, Wen Yuan smiled and said: "Lord Taishou is worthy of being born in the military, and he speaks happily, I really don't hide it, I came this time, but I came to collect debts." ”

"Oh? Where is the theory of debt collection? ”

"The previous state and county issued a letter ordering the counties to recruit regiments to practice self-defense, and now I have completed the recruitment of troops in Quyang, and Wenyuan has come to report to Taishou, asking the treasury to allocate military salaries."

Guo Dian said with a smile: "This matter is easy, tomorrow I will order the county to allocate food and military weapons, and it will be delivered within ten days." ”

Wen Yuan arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Lord Taishou, but Liao still resigned to Lord Taishou here!" ”

Guo Dian was shocked: "Why did Wen Yuan say this? ”

Zhang Jaw then commented that Han Fu Ling Xin was the envoy before, and he had promised to put it into Han Fu's account.

Guo Dian nodded and said: "Han Envoy Jun treats people generously, has the style of a gentleman, Wenyuan is a young hero, how can he live in a remote county for a long time?" Now under the account of the Korean envoy, Dapeng will spread his wings in the future, and the future will be limitless. ”

Wen Yuan pretended to be heartbroken and said: "Although a certain is not talented, there are more than four months in Quyang under the helm, and he thinks he is worthy of the people in the county, and he regrets it, and the Quyang bandits are not at ease, a few days ago, Liao led the army to eliminate the bandits in the territory, but because of the lack of weapons and armor in the army, several conquests, the soldiers lost a lot, and there were only two thousand soldiers under the command of Liao, although there were two thousand soldiers under Liao, although he had the intention to kill the thieves, but he felt that the soldiers were few and weak, and he was unable to do so. ”

"Black Mountain Bandits!?" Guo Dian was drinking tea with his head down, and suddenly heard the word Montenegro, his hand trembled, and the tea cup fell to pieces with a click.

Although the Black Mountain thieves are thieves, they are known as millions, entrenched in the valleys of Hebei and Erzhou, ravaging the land of several states in Hebei and Hedong, counties and counties around the country have repeatedly been invincible, and the thieves are even more rampant.

Therefore, what Guo Dian is most afraid of hearing now is the word Montenegro.