Yi Feng has money and food in his hands, and it is easy to recruit all the troops, but it is not so easy to train these recruited soldiers into elite soldiers.

The Huaihuang Army has won several big victories one after another, and has not been defeated so far, and many generals of the Huaihuang Army feel that the Huaihuang Army has a feeling of being invincible in the world. But Yi Feng knew very well in his heart that the number of Wuzhou troops today was large, but in terms of strength, he might not even be able to defeat the same number of government soldiers. After all, the use of soldiers is said to be right and win by surprise, although strange soldiers can often win by surprise, but after all, this is a risk, often walk the tightrope, and there is always a time to stumble. Therefore, for the sake of insurance, the odd soldier still has to be used sparingly. What worries Yi Feng the most is that the Wuzhou Army has not fought or lost a big battle. Many armies were once very strong, but once they were defeated, they were directly annihilated, but it was some stubborn armies that were repeatedly defeated and fought again and again, and sometimes they were often particularly able to carry them.

Being able to get Li Jing to train cavalry is something that cannot be desired. Although Li Jing only said that he would help Yi Feng train those battalions of cavalry, as long as he came, Yi Feng would definitely have to let him help him train infantry and chariots or something. Of course, what Yi Feng values most about Li Jing is his ability to lead troops, Li Jing, who was able to talk about the art of war with Han of Shangzhu State and was praised when he was a teenager, if he could teach his group of young officers some art of war and tactics, it would be a lot of money. It is better to train a battalion of soldiers than to teach a few generals!

Yi Feng enthusiastically asked Li Jing to directly bring his 1,000 horses to Huaihuang for training, "In this way, it is also possible to transport those war horses and ordnance over, anyway, the camp and training equipment here in Huaihuang are complete, and then directly put a few of my cavalry battalions and your 1,000 cavalry together to practice." Don't delay. Well, I asked the logistics side to pack the supplies for the cavalry battalion by the way, and I solved it for you every day when people eat horses and chew them. ”

The men of a thousand cavalry and two thousand horses ate and chewed horses, as well as the consumption of training and the maintenance and supply of equipment. That's a lot of money. Yi Feng was so generous to solve these problems for Li Jing, of course, he also had a plan. Pull Li Jing's men and horses directly to Huaihuang, and solve these logistical problems for him, so that Li Jing can play a cameo role in Huaihuang as the temporary position of the chief coach of the Huaihuang cavalry with peace of mind. This is something that is beneficial to both parties, and Li Jing did not refuse. After discussing some details, Li Jing followed Wei Zheng to apply for a loan, select a war horse, and receive ordnance and equipment.

"In two days, I'll have to leave for Beijing. What else do I need to take care of at home? Yi Feng asked his sister-in-law Gao Mingyue. Gao Mingyue still has the name of the deputy director of the second division of the attendant room, which is his chief financial adviser, in front of half of Yi Feng's family. Although the two sometimes often do not deal with each other. But when it comes to business, Gao Mingyue is very capable and competent.

"Well, there are two things you need to decide." Gao Mingyue opened her small account book and looked at it. Then on the easy air channel.

"What's the matter?"

"These two things can actually be said to be one and the same. The King of Jin sent someone from Yangzhou to see you, and someone from Taiyuan also came to see you, and someone who claimed to be from the Han Wangfu also wanted to see you. Now the two Ba people are temporarily staying in the city, waiting for you to summon them. ”

Yi Feng raised his eyebrows, Yangzhou and Taiyuan came at the same time, it would definitely not be a good thing. Yang Guang's side, if there is nothing serious, he can contact him directly by letter. And on the Taiyuan side, he has never contacted Yang Liang.

Things quickly became clear. Yi Feng did not immediately meet the people on both sides, but asked Uncle Gao and Uncle Zhang to meet the people on both sides separately. Find out the intentions of both sides. The two of them sent the information they got to Yi Feng, and Yi Feng's brows furrowed even more. Things were more troublesome than he had imagined.

The two brothers, Yang Guang and Yang Liang, set their sights on him together and wanted to beat him up.

Last time, Yi Feng sent two thousand war horses to Yang Guang, Yang Guang was very satisfied, and his appetite also increased. This time, Yang Guang sent a secret envoy to bring a message, Yang Guang asked Yi Feng to send another 5,000 war horses to Yangzhou, and the other kind of plate armor was even more 10,000 sets, which was simply a lion's mouth.

"The people of the King of Jin said that the armor could be sent over later, but hoped that the five thousand war horses could be transported to the south as soon as possible. It was also said that 2,000 of the 5,000 horses were sent to Shouzhou, 2,000 to Hongzhou, and another 1,000 to Yangzhou. When the ordnance and armor were ready, they were all transported to Yangzhou first. Gouber relayed.

Yi Feng sneered twice, "Did the people of King Jin say that these ordnance war horses were paid for purchase, or did they let me send them over for free?" ”

"I said buy it."

"Buy?" Yi Feng was a little surprised now. After Yang Guang made such a request, would he be willing to spend money to buy it?

"Hmm." Gao Bo said helplessly, "They said that they would pay with tea in the future." ”

At this time, Yi Feng couldn't help but shake his head, Yang Guang's abacus was indeed very fine. The production and sales of tea in the Great Sui are very large, and a large number of tea is planted in the south, which is not only supplied to all parts of the Great Sui every year, but also sold to the grasslands and overseas places. Previously, when Yi Feng was in Yangzhou, he invented the method of roasting tea and made green tea, which changed the traditional tea-making process, and even made the long-standing tea drinking habits begin to change. Nowadays, green tea also occupies a large share in the tea trade. In Yang Guang's hands, he holds the largest and fattest piece in the green tea market, and the production and marketing of medium and high-end green tea are in his hands. This year's tea has already been sold out, but the Chinese New Year is coming soon. It won't be long before new teas are coming on the market again. This year's green tea is very popular, and it is foreseeable that next year's green tea market will definitely be bigger and more profitable. Now Yang Guang not only has a large number of tea farms in his hands, but also has the authentic roasting technology of green tea obtained from Yifeng here, as well as several excellent green tea brands that are sold today. When the tea leaves are picked next year, this business will indeed be worth a lot of money.

Yang Guang meant to take this piece of tea business, which was originally given to him by Yi Feng, and then exchange it for war horses and ordnance in Huaihuang. After Yi Feng transported these war horses and ordnance to Yang Guang, after the tea was picked next year, Yang Guang would sell the prepared green tea to Yi Feng again to use as payment for this batch of war horse ordnance. Yang Guang sits in the 44 states of Jianghuai, and the territory under his jurisdiction is the land of tea production. With technology. With tea, Yang Guang is not as petty as Yi Feng was at that time, and he is very good at doing this tea business behind the scenes. Arguably. Green tea is fried by Yifeng, but green tea was popularized by Yang Guang.

"Five thousand war horses, tens of thousands of sets of ordnance, this is not a small amount. No matter how much we give discounts, it's worth millions. Uncle Zhang smacked his tongue and said, "King Jin took tea in exchange, how much tea is needed." ”

There are more than 40 prefectures in Dasui and more than 200 counties producing tea. It is said that the annual tea production can be as high as 800,000 quintals, and the value is as high as about 5 million quintals. Tea at this time in the Sui Dynasty was the same as salt, there was no state monopoly and no salt tax, and tea tax. The tea business is very profitable. The general tea leaves are more than ten wen a pound to one or two hundred wen a catty, and the high-quality famous tea is even hundreds or thousands of pounds. As the new favorite of today's tea, although green tea is not the most high-end famous tea, it is already considered a middle and upper tea. Ordinary green tea can be sold for one or two hundred pounds. Famous teas such as longgin are extremely expensive. But Yang Guangruo wants to use tea to offset the millions of yuan in arms money. If the average catty of tea is calculated at 100 yuan, it may take 100,000 quintals of tea.

The annual tea production in various places can reach 8.9 million quintals, Yang Guang occupies most of the tea-producing land, and he has no doubt that he can control more than 100,000 or 200,000 quintals of tea Yifeng, but is Yang Guang really willing to pay for tea? Yi Feng was a little skeptical, after all, the arms were needed now, but the tea leaves would not be picked until next year. After the tea leaves are picked, there is no mention of what kind of price there will be. In short, this is a muddled account. However, after thinking about it for a long time, Yi Feng felt that he still provided Yang Guang with this munition. But Yang Guang must really take out the tea, even if he doesn't have it now, he has to guarantee that he will really give the tea next year.

Tea is also a very good commodity, great potential, tea consumption in the Sui Dynasty is not large, and so on in the Tang and Song dynasties, the demand for tea is really rising in a straight line, the Song Dynasty court tea monopoly, the annual tea profit is as high as four or five million dollars. Compared with the tea production and consumption at this time, it is more than ten times. Compared with the Sui people's own consumption of tea, in fact, the Hu people have a higher demand for tea. Tea is one of the most commonly purchased commodities by the Hu tribe merchants in the Huaihuang market. If Yang Guang really supplied a large amount of tea to Huaihuang, this business would actually be very profitable.

Yi Feng couldn't help but sigh, it's still good in the Sui Dynasty, there is not even a commercial tax, salt is not monopolized, tea is not monopolized, and there is not even a salt tax and wine tax. Doing a tea business, really profitable.

"Arrange it and deliver it to Yangzhou. Give as many as you want, but be cautious, deliver them in batches, and send the horses to the south in batches mixed with the herd of ordinary horses. The ordnance also went in batches, and it was best to let the people on King Jin's side pick up the goods by themselves. Yi Feng decided to do this business with Yang Guang. Anyway, he didn't have enough reason to refuse now, not to mention, he felt that exchanging tea for war horses for ordnance was actually a good business.

"Do you want to send a little bit first?" Uncle Zhang still thinks that he will definitely not receive the payment for this batch of goods, and plans to make a procrastination.

"No, I'll do what I ask for over there." Yi Feng explained, "Tea is actually very profitable, especially in our Huaifa, tea is a must-buy commodity for Hu businessmen, and the sales volume is also large. I plan to expand the tea business with Yangzhou, Jin Wangfu is responsible for purchasing tea and tea frying, and we are responsible for packaging and sales. With most of the tea producing areas under the jurisdiction of the Jin Palace, if we get it right, we can get four or five hundred thousand stone tea a year, and the good point of operation is at least one million yuan of profit a year, and even if it is done well, there can be three or four million yuan of tea profits. Why don't we do such a deal? ”

"Can tea really make so much money?" Uncle Zhang asked in surprise.

"Of course." Yi Feng said confidently, thinking about the Southern Song Dynasty, when only half of the country was left, but the tea profit collected by the imperial court in a year was nearly five million. This is only the part of the imperial court's earnings, not including private tea. If Yi Feng can join forces with Yang Guang, he will almost be able to monopolize this tea market, and people can earn millions of tea profits by collecting taxes from the imperial court, if Yi Feng can monopolize the tea market, can this profit be less? Even if it is shared with Yang Guang, it is still a big deal. Even if it can't be monopolized, it's at least hundreds of thousands of millions of transactions. Yi Feng would never be too much money, and he believed that Yang Guang would definitely not be too much either.

I will go to Beijing in a few days, and Yang Guang will also go at that time, and take this opportunity to discuss this tea fortune plan in Yangzhou. When Yang Guang gets such a large benefit, I believe that he will trust him even more. (To be continued......)