Yang Meng is very satisfied with the performance of the epidemic prevention camp, this time he will give those foreign devils a dismount, with this foundation, after a year or two of hard work, some of these foreign devils can be put back after being squeezed dry.

Foreign devils come from afar, the strength of the army is a big problem, there are not enough soldiers, they must be afraid of the war, and if they are afraid, they will be delayed, and the time needed to delay the development of the Yang family and the time needed to survive will be there.

The Eight-Nation Alliance at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng was clear, about 100,000 people from eight countries should be able to get together, then his goal in the past few years is also there, simple and abnormal, to develop an army of two or three hundred thousand, which cannot fight the great powers at sea, and they must not dare to land.

As for the Qing Dynasty, it was not a threat at all, in a year's time, 350,000 musketeers should be able to be built by themselves, half of the military strength or less, it would be more than enough to hold Yunnan.

350,000 horses is not a problem, with their own ability, they should be able to afford it, but 200,000 or 300,000 horses is a problem, it is easy to feed 200,000 or 300,000 soldiers, it is definitely not easy.

Back then, in the Golden Triangle, he only had a team of a few thousand people, hundreds of thousands, and how to bring it was also a problem. It should be no problem for them to protect Yunnan with their land, but if they want to get out of the city, they have to win the war, which is another problem.

A team of 200,000 or 300,000 people, physical training, military camps, food and clothing, as long as Yunnan is dominated, although it is difficult to solve these problems, it is not difficult. Equipment, military salaries, and tactical training are difficult problems, and if you want to solve this, you can't bypass the level of foreign devils.

Now the musket in his hand should be retired equipment, otherwise the Milican merchant will not be so easy to get, and the price will not be lower than the saber, even so, England is still cautious, buying firearms in large quantities, England is not a choice, the best merchant should be Milician.

Not to mention artillery, a brand-new saber is thirty taels, and a new musket will not be lower than this amount, and the ammunition is not counted, just 300,000 muskets are worth nine million, and with some sabers, the basic cost is easily more than 10 million.

300,000 people, 5 taels of silver a month, 60 taels a year, 18 million military salaries a year, plus the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation, is definitely a terrifying number.

Military spending is just a small amount, and if you go back and calculate the cost of munitions, artillery needs to be purchased in large quantities, and the initial cost of bullets, shells, gunpowder, and guns will definitely be around 20 million.

The problem of arms is not big, but the military salary is there every year, and the military expenditure of more than 20 million a year is an astronomical amount for the current Yang family.

In business, the income of the Yang family's horse racing gang for a year, even counting the belt hair, it is a good year to be able to pass two million, only one-tenth of the military expenditure, so it is terrifying to think about things, blocking foreign devils, thinking about it is simple, but the difficulty of operation is too great!

"Third master! Those foreign devils' factions, the people below have been roughly sorted out, what should we do next? ”

The words of the new chief butler Ding Taichen woke up Yang Meng who was in deep thought, the terrifying military expenses were overwhelming!

"Taichen, you said that if we dominate all the transactions in the eight provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, and Yili, how much income can we have in a year?"

Ding Taichen's question was not answered, but Yang Meng's whimsical question was ushered in.

"Eight provinces are too big! I don't know about this, but I have a rough idea of Yunnan, if the business up and down in Yunnan all belongs to our Yang family, how can there be a profit of five or six million a year.

Although the Yang family is said to be the number one wealthy businessman in Yunnan, compared to the merchants in the entire Yunnan, the Yang family can't even catch up with their thirty percent, and five or six million should be considered a cautious number.

If the copper salt in the old man's place is also counted, more than 10 million silver is just a matter of raising his hand! ”

Do a line of love, Ding Taichen, the housekeeper has done a good job, it seems that his father-in-law, the business he said earlier, is the foundation of the Yang family's foothold.

His own Yunyan is just an opportunistic means, but it is undeniable that if Yunyan sells well, it is likely to bring hundreds of millions of billions of wealth to the Yang family.

But in order to keep this deal, you must have strong force, and you must be more careful in the plundering of gold and silver. Why did you send opium to the Qing Dynasty? Isn't it because the Qing Dynasty only enters but doesn't leave?

"Not bad! What did you just tell me? ”

With a general number of paths in his heart, the depression in his chest immediately subsided a lot, and Yang Meng remembered what Ding Taichen had just said.

"Those foreigners have been roughly divided into factions, those who are hostile to us, those who are lukewarm, and those who are enthusiastic and genuine."

For the monitoring of these foreign devils, Yang Meng never stopped for a moment, and his own temptation just now can be regarded as a result.

"Hmmm! When you take people apart, you say that you want to hide their whereabouts, and those who are hostile and lukewarm are brought to ....... By the way, did Jiang Shu come first? ”

Vacate the valley of the Minghu Translation Museum, and now there is no place to place these people! Lian'er's little girl was interrupted, and she forgot about it.

"Third master, he's already here."

"Let him come! You prepare a group of capable knife hands, bring them enough dry food to wrap around, we have to transfer at night, if there are foreign devils who escape, let them follow all the way, and wait for them to go out of the jurisdiction of Yunnan, slaughtered! ”

At this time, it is the time when the Yang family is the weakest, as long as these 8,000 people and horses become powerful, then who in Yunnan has the final say, they must weigh it separately.

"Third Master, what are you calling me?"

Lao Jiang has been tired recently, a half-old man, his health is not too good, he sleeps in the open all day long, and he is boiling!

"The valley of Minghu, I have another use, you have been staying in that area recently, you are familiar with geography, and you have to find another place to settle these foreign devils.

I've been tired lately, too! When you're done with this, you can go to Minghu Academy to teach! Take out all the contents of your stomach.

I'm afraid of a fart! Is the master the one who unloads the mill and kills the donkey? After this is done, you go to Taichen, pay 5,000 taels of silver, and then ask him to allocate you dozens of acres of fertile land in Yiliang, and live the life of Mr. Teaching in peace! Look at your bones, you can't survive such a day.

But there is one point, the third master treats you sincerely, and you must also treat the third master sincerely, if the disciples taught are worse than you, I will settle accounts with you. ”

As soon as he heard that the third master let him go to the academy to teach, Jiang Shuxian's face suddenly turned pale, but Yang Meng's comfort made him come back to life, five thousand taels! This time out of the mountain, it's worth it!

"Xie Sanye is compassionate, Sanye can rest assured, if the disciples can't learn my ten out of ten skills, you don't need to look for me, Lao Jiang himself will go to wipe his neck and hang himself."

Without waiting for Jiang Shu to kneel down first to thank him, Yang Meng waved his hand and said:

"This is what you deserve, disciple candidate, find Mr. Wei to do it! Taichen, you sent someone to follow Lao Jiang, it's not too early to walk on the mountain road, do things more cautiously, go back quickly, and we will leave after dinner. ”

After these things were ordered, Yang Meng was not idle, with a team of swordsmen, he went straight to Minghu Academy, Wei Wu now lives in the academy, Yang Meng still has a lot of things to ask him for ideas!

When he arrived at Minghu Academy, Wei Wu was also busy! The scholars in western Yunnan and the scholars in Yunnan have been swept to the academy by the strong school order, although they have been coarsely sifted, but when it comes to the selection of talents, they must be cautious.

Wei Wu's method of selecting people is also very simple, exam! Wei Wu asked the questions, and the students answered them, and they were given bamboo plaques according to their grades to establish their position in the academy. Wei Wu in the main seat of the examination room was very imposing, and his blazing eyes were like two lightsabers, constantly sweeping over the students one by one.

The academy was built quickly, mainly because of the good climate in Yunnan, and the ground was paved directly on the pillars and roofs, and most of the buildings of the academy were the same as the pavilions, which were wallless on all sides.

As soon as Yang Meng appeared, Wei Wu found out, but he didn't say hello directly, but stared at the students, finished the answer sheet, and left the examination room, he hurriedly got up and came over to apologize.

"It doesn't matter! You have to have prestige in the academy, just remember one thing, these people are my people! Let them know who is the right man and what they should do! ”

Yang Meng didn't blame Wei Wu for being rude, but just now the group of scholars ignored him, and this problem can't be used to.

"Wei Wu knows, I don't know what the third master wants them to follow?"

How to raise people Wei Wu is clear, but the criteria given by Yang Meng are too general, and if his methods are used, he is only afraid of ......

"If you learn things from foreigners, it's good to be strict, but you have to be lively and can get out of your own way, these people don't make too many requirements, just use them.

You can also push it yourself, but everything that involves skill is based on this standard, as for the rest! My word is the Heavenly Principle! ”

Contributing your own money and efforts to feed these people is not for them to eat white rice, and no one can do it in their eyes.

"Wei Wu obeys! I don't know why the third master came? ”

Yang Meng's words also made Wei Wu feel the pressure, and it seemed that many people were about to leave the academy. Yang Meng has been doing a lot recently, so he won't come to the academy for no reason, and I don't know what is difficult this time.

"It's not a big deal, those foreign devils, I've already divided into factions, they're coming over tonight, while I'm in Yiliang, I want to talk to some of them, you make time to come with me tonight."

Western technology is a white land in Yunnan, everything is needed, the Xishan side of the work started, and their own orders will also go south with the clouds.

Earn money in moderation, Yang Meng plans to exchange Yunyan for foreigners' goods, so that there will be in and out, and the trade will be done for a long time.

"Good! I also know a little about foreigners' things, I haven't seen foreigners before, and it's good to go over and see this time, I don't know if the third master needs me to come up with a charter? ”

Wei Wu's knowledge is good, he has seen many things in books, this time with the foreigners, it is good to open his eyes, otherwise he will use what he has learned before to assist the Yang family, I am afraid it will be a little useless.

"It doesn't matter if you can come up with something, of course it's the best, you ask the cook of the academy to prepare some refreshments, let's talk while eating, don't make the atmosphere too tense." Those guys who are proficient in foreign languages should also bring them, and if there are students who are learning foreign languages, they should also bring them, so that they can be familiar with them. ”

After giving these orders, Yang Meng sat down with Wei Wu to drink tea and chat, Yang Meng didn't know much about many things in the Qing Dynasty, and Wei Wu became the best teacher.

When Yang Meng had no questions, Wei Wu talked eloquently, saying whatever he wanted, many things about the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng absorbed them little by little.

Yang Meng doesn't have to worry about the relocation of the epidemic prevention camp, and Yang Meng doesn't want to worry about it, the Yang family's stall is not small, and he can't finish everything because he is tired to death.

Ding Taichen and Wei Huozi, if they can't even do this little thing, then the two of them should not sit in the positions of the manor steward and the commander of the epidemic prevention battalion, and it is a waste of food to sit there.

"Old Wei, your meal is a bit extravagant, have you finished eating these? I don't care if the ingredients are expensive or not! But food must not be wasted, there are too many people in Yunnan who are not full, and the appropriate amount of food is good! ”

Yang Meng ate it at the academy for dinner, but Wei Wu's pomp made him frown, more than a dozen dishes, and the two of them ate most of them together.

"Huh! I'm used to it, change it later! ”

was said by Yang Mengyi that Wei Wu was also a little unable to get off the stage, what is there for this meal? I want to ......

"If you don't plow or do, you can enjoy fine clothes and food, you can! But to have a degree, you can eat as much as you want, and the dishes are finer, isn't it also a kind of enjoyment? ”

Yang Meng didn't want to say much about this, just order Wei Wu, it didn't cost much silver to eat these things, and now Wei Wu was of great use, because it made him too embarrassed, and it was not a good thing.

"Third master, Wei Wu has been taught!"

Yang Meng revealed the matter, but Wei Wu thought a lot, didn't the one who sat on the dragon chair today also have a patch of five taels of silver back then? It's okay to enjoy it, but it's not a waste of it, your new master is amazing!

The two of them finished their meal, and the things on the side of the Yang family's manor were also done, and the location that Jiang Shu chose first was not far from the academy, and the two of them rode over, and it would not be too late.

A bonfire banquet was Yang Meng's means, a large group of people gathered in front of the bonfire, ate refreshments, and began an exchange between China and the West.

Most of these foreigners who came to Yunnan were missionaries, and these people were very knowledgeable, and they were all proficient in astronomy, calendar, chemistry, physics, engineering, and literature.

The missionaries are also proficient in Chinese, plus those few translators, a group of people communicated, there was almost no barrier, and after a bonfire dinner, the relationship between everyone was also a lot closer, and these missionaries also regarded Yang Meng as a lord.

And Yang Meng also learned a lot, and he found out many key links in mining, steelmaking, and munitions manufacturing.

After the dinner, Yang Meng and Wei Wu went back to the academy to rest, and these missionaries could only squeeze tents with the knife hands, most of them could understand these, and Yang Meng ignored those who did not understand.

"Old Wei, how is the harvest?"

"What a benefit! Trains, fireboats, I have never seen anything like it, a machine, can carry tens of millions of catties, strange and ingenious! I'm not as good as a clear day! ”

"I mean, what are we going to do? What is needed? ”

"The artifact of Western change, the steam engine! I have listened to countless things, but I only think that this steam engine is a pass, and after breaking this pass, there will be this strong ship and a sharp Western Ocean! ”

"The artifact of Western change is not bad, then we need this."