Zhao Yan naturally didn't want to make too much trouble, so he immediately wrote a letter to Zheng Shilian. Zheng Shilian can be said to be the biggest buyer and beneficiary of the glass mirror at present, and he is the person on the same chariot.

Then an expansion order was issued, which would recruit 700 musketeers and 400 longbowmen. After the expansion, the number of musketeers in the infantry battalion will reach 600 and the number of longbowmen will reach 300.

The longbowmen showed good combat effectiveness in several battles, and the greatest use was to reduce the pressure on the pikemen and reduce the casualties of the pikemen.

There are not many soldiers in the tundi, so this time it was directly selected from the group of displaced people recruited. Wang Wenyue's second battalion was still suppressing bandits outside, but Zhao Yan did not recall Wang Wenyue, but asked him to continue to suppress bandits.

The expansion is to cope with the worst-case outcome, and in addition to the expansion, material reserves are also very important. Zhao Yan went to the Ordnance Bureau to inspect it, but came out with a frown. The biggest problem is the shortage of gunpowder, and the stock is less than 10,000 catties. How can such a light of gunpowder be enough.

These days, once the peak of merchants who come to exchange supplies for glass mirrors has passed, the number of people has become much scarcer. After all, it takes time for merchants to deliver supplies, and it is estimated that it will take several months for them to deliver the next batch of supplies.

Zhao Yan checked the list of materials brought by those merchants, and found that none of the lists had transported nitrate to Zhaojiabao.

In the past month, more than 20 waves of merchants have come to Zhaojiabao, and most of the things they have transported are grain and iron, so that the grain has accumulated to the point of 80,000 stone and more than 40,000 catties of iron.

More than 5,000 horses were trafficked in succession, including more than 3,000 foals.

These materials were all exchanged for a few taels of silver in a mirror, and the other things were not paid at all, and they were definitely profiteering.

The fly in the ointment is that there is no nitrate, and those businessmen don't seem to have the slightest interest in trafficking in nitrate.

"After all, the nitrate is too heavy, and it takes 10,000 catties to change a mirror, and it is not convenient to transport it after all, plus this is strictly forbidden by the imperial court, so it can only be purchased by commercial firms." Zhao Quan explained to Zhao Yan.

"Increase the intensity of acquisition and send people to buy outside the province. Also, let's see if you can buy it directly from the gunpowder magazines of the officers and soldiers. Zhao Yan thought for a while and said, almost every state and county has a gunpowder storehouse, and if you want to buy these gunpowder, you naturally have to give some silver to those warehouse ambassadors and let them steal and sell gunpowder.

"That's all there is to it." Zhao Quan nodded and said, now the Zhao family is wealthy, although it is nothing compared to those super-rich, but the key is the continuous income of silver energy.

In addition to purchasing, Zhao Yan decided to use the method of soil to make nitrate, which is to collect it from the corral, toilet, and corner of the old house, and also extract it from urine.

In the crazy history of later generations, there were often people who used this method to make nitrate, and a county town could produce millions of catties.

If you rely on someone like the Zhao family to play with the soil method, it will definitely not meet the requirements. But what if it expands? You can teach the merchants how to invest some money and recruit some homeless people to get it.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, millions and tens of millions of peasants left their homes, so there was a large number of cheap labor, just like those displaced people recruited by the Zhao family, who only had two full meals a day, plus some bean cakes at noon could make them work for a day.

10,000 catties of nitrate for a mirror, there is a good profit. It is a way to make money with small investment and good benefits.

It's just that it smells a little bad.

It's nothing, and it's not the merchants themselves who go into battle. If you can eat enough, there will always be homeless people who will do this work.

However, it is far from being able to resolve the fire, and it is not yet known how the situation will develop, and maybe it will really have to fight with the officers and soldiers.

So for the time being, I can only spend money to buy everywhere.

The most important thing is artillery, at present, Zhaojiabao lacks artillery, only with artillery, the defense system is complete.

So Zhao Yan plunged into the Ordnance Bureau and began to tackle technical problems with his craftsmen.

……

In the governor's mansion of Jinan, Zhu Dadian is comfortably watching the bright red peach blossoms, in the spring of March, the peach blossoms are spitting, and they are extremely beautiful.

Suddenly, the housekeeper introduced Wang Zhenyi into the garden, and Wang Zhenyi ran to Zhu Dadian in a panic and reported: "My lord, it's not good, it's not good." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhu Dadian touched his long flowing beard, his eyes still staring at the bright red peach blossoms.

"Wu Anbang, the chief soldier of Dengzhou East Road, came to report that the Zhao family in Huang County, Dengzhou rebelled, and fought with it in Dahe, and Wu Anbang was defeated by the anti-thief soldiers......"

"What~!" Zhu Dadian was shocked, and quickly turned around and took the letter in Wang Zhenyi's hand and read it, Zhu Dadian frowned slightly, and when he saw the 'loss is not counted' at the end, his brows couldn't help frowning deeper.

"This official has just pacified Shandong, how can someone make a demon moth, it really makes sense." Zhu Dadian couldn't help but be angry and asked, "Where did the anti-thieves attack?" ”

"This ...... I don't know Xiaguan, Wu Anbang didn't elaborate. "How does Wang Zhenyi know! That's all he got to get the news.

"Since there are anti-thieves who have raised troops, how can there be no urgent reports from all over Dengzhou?" Zhu Dadian wondered.

"My lord, Zheng Shilian and Hong Yongrong and a group of businessmen are outside the mansion, saying that they have something important to ask to see your lordship." A servant ran in and said to Zhu Dadian.

"Nope." Zhu Dadian waved his hand and said, when is this, Dengzhou has made a lot of demon moths, how can you have the heart to meet these businessmen.

"Yes, sir." The official ran out again and ran to the door of the governor's office, only to see Zheng Shilian waiting there with a few Shandong businessmen.

"My lord said no." The officer said.

Zheng Shilian took out two taels of silver from his sleeve, stuffed it into the hand of the officer, and said: "You go and tell the governor, I will sue Wu Anbang, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, to force Liang to be a coward." ”

The servant glanced at the silver in his hand, nodded, and put on a smiling face and went in again.

"My lord, those businessmen outside said that they would sue Wu Anbang, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, for forcing Liang to be a coward." When the official went in to report, Zhu Dadian was stunned and said angrily: "Why is this Wu Anbang again?" ”

"My lord, this matter must be related to what Wu Anbang reported, you can call into the government and ask about it."

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Summon Ticket!

I recommend a beautiful woman to write an essay: "The little daughter-in-law in Yanei", very cute!

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