Looking at Lu Shigao's back fleeing in panic, Qin Baichuan felt desolate in his heart, whether it was in modern times or Da Song, it didn't involve silver, and friends could be treated like beating a mother's womb, but once it involved money, it was over, and all friends avoided it, Qin Baichuan could only shake his head helplessly and sigh.

About three cups of tea after Lu Shigao left, Tan Jiaotou drove the carriage and returned, at this moment Father Xu was already lying on the bed, Qin Baichuan sat at the head of the bed and said something to Father Xu, and Xu Xiu fanned the stove to make the medicine in the room more full, so as not to see the clues.

This Wu Liang was personally arranged by Lord Lu, and after he arrived, he acted according to the previous statement, his rhetoric was basically no different from that Li Langzhong, and praised Li Langzhong's method of medicine and fumigation, and then gave Daddy Xu a needle, and Daddy Xu, who was indeed infected with wind and cold, fell asleep after such a toss. Wu Liang also personally assured that Father Xu was fine, and Xu Xiu naturally turned his worries into joy.

Tan Jiaotou was not without doubts in his heart, because today's things seemed to be too smooth, but he couldn't think of anything wrong when he thought about it, he just thought that he was too careful, and he didn't interrogate more. After coming out of the Xu family, in order to convince Tan Jiaotou, Qin Baichuan specially went to the main city to buy a lot of nutritional products for Xu's father, and after sending them to Xu's family, he ordered Tan Jiaotou to take him to the Bliss Sect Overseer.

With the injection of Qin Baichuan's 30,000 taels of silver, many things that had been delayed could be started as scheduled, the big dog and the night eye commanded the team to train, and Wuyin and Wufu gathered the eliminated teenagers, part of them went to reclaim wasteland, and the other part was under the command of the master of the Chu family's workshop, building civil engineering and building a military camp. When Qin Baichuan came over last time, he had issued an order to make camouflage uniforms, combat boots, and marching bags for the teenagers, and now the pattern has come out, and it can be handed over to the tailor for production after Qin Baichuan confirms it.

Considering the practicality of camouflage uniforms and marching bags, Qin Baichuan chose canvas as the raw material, and made two colors, green and yellow, two sets per person are enough for daily use; In terms of combat boots, Qin Baichuan did not treat these teenagers badly, and the ones used were all cowhide, which was both comfortable and firm, but all these things were calculated and it was a big expense.

In addition to the necessary logistical support work, there is also a big problem in the Bliss Army, just like Lu Shigao said, the training of the Young Army is indeed hard, and the teenagers are almost tortured every day into human shape, but the treatment of the people is really good, the white rice and pork, and the money given by Yulu is also very sufficient, and the monkey has just posted some recruitment lists, and it has only been less than two days, and the Bliss Sect has gathered a full five or six hundred people here!

The list posted by the monkey made it very clear that only men between the ages of fourteen and twenty were currently admitted, but only one-fifth of the five or six hundred people met the requirements, and more of them were ordinary people in the vicinity, who had the intention of trying their luck and ran over to join in the fun, and even more, there were people who dragged their families to join in, including more than a dozen old men with white hair!

Seeing such a scene, Qin Baichuan wants more broken eggs, and it is certainly worth rejoicing that the Bliss Army can be influential, but he can't want everyone, right? What's more, most of these people are all dressed in vegetables, and they just want to beg for a full meal, Qin Baichuan is not hard-hearted after all, and he can't bear it when he sees the pleading look in their eyes.

In the end, after many discussions, Qin Baichuan formulated several measures, first of all, the Bliss Army must adhere to the principle of preferring shortage to excess, unless there are special skills that can be absorbed into the Bliss Army after assessment, otherwise they will be excluded; Secondly, those who are older can't stay anyway, Qin Baichuan is also interesting enough, everyone gave half a tael of silver and sent them back.

In the end, the people between the ages of twenty and forty-five were re-examined, and the strong ones were considered short-term workers, helping Meng Xiaoling to reclaim wasteland, some of which were carpenters or blacksmiths, and this group of people Qin Baichuan temporarily stored them, one could help build the barracks, and the other was ...... Although the Bliss Army is fully trained, how simple is it to form an army, and it also involves horses, war knives, spears, bows and crossbows, etc., these things Qin Baichuan has not yet landed, so if he wants to keep this group of people, he has to set up an arsenal when necessary.

With the gradual development of the expansion of the army, the 30,000 taels of silver that Qin Baichuan took over will definitely be spent like flowing water, the iron smelting industry in this era is not developed, and the steel used to cast weapons has been sold to a sky-high price, if you want to arm these teenagers from head to toe...... God knows how much silver it costs. You can't do it without an arsenal, you can't let these teenagers fight with burning sticks, right?

Silver, silver, silver, Qin Baichuan, who thought he was very good at making money, only felt as if he was pressing a mountain in his heart.

Silver, silver, silver, for this Bliss Army that could only enter and exit, Qin Baichuan was even shaken at a certain moment, and he didn't know whether his impulse at that time was right or wrong.

Silver, silver, silver...... Until before he fell asleep, the silver seemed to be a nightmare, haunting Qin Baichuan's mind.

"Sir, didn't sleep well last night?" The next morning, that is, on the day of the Lantern Festival, Sister Lan was promised to go to Wangjiang Tower to wait for Shen Bijun's treatment, and Qin Baichuan went with Tan Jiaotou. Seeing Qin Baichuan's eyes black and yawning, Tan Jiaotou smiled.

"No money, worried." Qin Baichuan said listlessly.

"But is it because of the Bliss?" Tan Jiaotou also felt a little pity for Qin Baichuan's situation: "Raising an army for a thousand days is the truth when used for a while." Sir, this is a team of 100 people, and the annual expenditure of the royal family is a huge amount of silver. ”

"The Song army has the backing of the people of Da Song, and everyone can pile up a copper plate when they take out a copper plate, what about me, who do I rely on? I wanted the Lord to allocate money for relief, but he was good and directly became the shopkeeper! Qin Baichuan said indignantly: "By the way, didn't the Lord say that the resources will be delivered after Chinese New Year's Eve, now?" People haven't seen one, and resources haven't seen a point! ”

"Sir, don't be impatient, the Lord will do what he says, as long as he is ready, he will definitely be in the hands of Mr. as soon as possible." Tan Jiaotou didn't dare to say more on this topic: "Mr. is also right to be anxious, only not in and out, it is indeed not a long-term solution." ”

"Do you have a way?" Qin Baichuan cheered up.

"There is a way, and my husband can definitely think of it, but he just doesn't want to do it." Tan Jiaotou smiled: "It's very simple, as long as the food standards of those teenagers are lowered and the salaries are suppressed, won't some problems be solved?" Seriously, sir, the treatment you gave was so good. ”

"Nope." Qin Baichuan didn't even think about it: "Sect Leader Tan, I treat you as a brother, and I won't hide these words from you." Although I have an element of impulsiveness in forming the Elysium Army, in the end, those teenagers of today will be taken to the battlefield by me, and I don't know how many people will be left. These people are destined to die for me, and if I do them badly, how can I be at ease? ”

"Ci is not in charge of the army, Mr. seems to be harsh on them, but he is actually responsible for them." Tan Jiaotou also said sincerely: "If Mr. becomes a general of Dasong, it is difficult to say whether the army will win or lose, but he will definitely be loved by the sergeant." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Qin doesn't believe this at all." Qin Baichuan pursed his lips and said embarrassedly: "Actually, even if I can ruthlessly reduce my treatment, I can't change the status quo of only getting out and not entering, and I still can't solve the problem." Oh, Sect Leader Tan, you should have followed the Lord all these years, how do the rest of the forces make money? ”

"There is such a saying in the rivers and lakes, it is called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and relying on slaughter without support." Tan Jiaotou said with a smile: "Sir, you see, the Qiu Shan Army is cultivating in the mountains, and Miss Liu comes out to act as a playmaker; coastal armies sell illicit salt and go into the sea to fish; Heihu Mountain hunts animals and logs in the mountains, and from time to time does some things like robbing houses, which is not all a way to make money. ”

"I don't know who this Elysium belongs to in the end, Lao Tzu will not be like Yuan Yuan, throwing all the money earned by desperate work to the Elysian Army, in my opinion, the Elysian Army is an army, not a bandit, even if he is poor and starving to death, Lao Tzu will not go to rob the house." Qin Baichuan said righteously, but then said: "Even if I want to slaughter indiscriminately, I have to get weapons and armor first!" ”

Tan Jiaotou laughed twice and stopped talking, if it was in the era of war, Qin Baichuan polished the team again, then he could kill bandits and rob silver, but now the world is peaceful, and all the forces in the rivers and lakes are all right, Qin Baichuan has no place to rob if he wants to, and Mr. Qin is now somewhat self-inflicted.

Tan Jiaotou was pondering in his heart, but he heard Qin Baichuan let go of his throat, as if expressing depression in his heart, and howled in a voice that was almost broken: "I think back then, Lao Tzu's team was only opened, and dozens of people came to ...... seven or eight guns."

Qin Baichuan sang something Tan Jiaotou couldn't understand, but what he said in his mouth for a while, "Aqing's sister-in-law" and what "Oriental soldiers", Tan Jiaotou thought that Qin Baichuan was worried and sick. Qin Baichuan didn't know what Tan Jiaotou thought in his heart, after singing the fourth paragraph of "Wisdom Fight" in the Peking Opera "Shajiabang", his depressed mood did improve a lot.

All the way to Wangjiang Tower, Wuyin and the others were busy with the Bliss Army and went out early, Qin Baichuan took Tan Jiaotou to the second floor, and Sister Lan and Shen Bijun were doing some embroidery in the room while talking. Although Shen Bijun witnessed Qin Baichuan dealing with Zhou Guangyao with her own eyes, and heard Qin Baichuan say that she would definitely help her solve the problem, but before there was no result, Shen Bijun was still relieved, and there was an unconcealable sadness flashing between her eyebrows.