Qiu Yi Zhiyuan didn't want to be too embarrassed for Zhao Fuyi, and when he heard Zhao Chengxiao relieved, he hurriedly said, "You all heard it?" Don't hurry up and thank General Zhao! ”

Only then did Zhao Fuyi realize that he had escaped, and hurriedly kowtowed to Zhao Chengxiao a few times, and said: "General Zhao is magnanimous, it is really a blessing that the villain has cultivated for several lifetimes!" After that, he bowed to Zhao Chengxiao a few more times.

Zhao Chengxiao saw that Zhao Fuyi kowtowed and his face was full of dust, but he couldn't show compassion at all, turned his face away from him, and said to Qiu Yizhi: "My lord, it's not early now, and I guess I haven't eaten, so it's better to go to the county government now to have a full meal and then talk about it." ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Zhao, Ying'er, and Qiao'er will go together." ”

He turned his head again and said to Zhao Fuyi, who was prostrate on the ground: "Today is for Brother Zhao's sake before letting you pass, in the future, you have to keep to yourself, if you do anything like a traitor and a criminal again, even if Brother Zhao is soft-hearted and can spare you, I will not let you go!" ”

With that, Qiu Yi turned around and walked out the door.

As Yang Qiaoer said, there were three banquets in the back hall of the county government, and it was Wu Ruofei, who had extraordinary cooking skills, who was in charge, and everyone ate comfortably, and drank until the next day, when they were ugly, they dispersed, and each went back to the house to sleep.

The next day, Qiu Yizhi slept lazily, and didn't wake up until midnight, and suddenly remembered that the emperor had given him a task of organizing Xiangyong, so he quickly got up and freshened up, and ordered someone to invite Lin Shuhan and Zhao Chengxiao to discuss this important matter in his room.

These two people are Qiu Yizhi's henchmen, and there is no need to talk about any courtesy when talking to them, so he said straight to the point: "Mr. Lin already knows that the emperor wants me to recruit villagers in Shanyin County to appease the place. However, I saw that although it was peaceful on the south side of the Yangtze River, there was an undercurrent surging inside, and I am afraid that these villagers will not only be used for local security in the future. ”

The so-called "undercurrent surging" refers to the Japanese who are now causing chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other refers to the Lingnan King Zheng Gui, who is eyeing the south of the Yangtze River. However, the dispute between the current emperor Zheng Rong and Zheng Gui involves private royal affairs, even in the identity of Qiu Yi, it cannot be discussed clearly.

Needless to say, although Zhao Chengxiao is kind, he is not a stupid person, he pondered for a while, and said: "This is the emperor's trust in adults!" Since the emperor has a will, in my opinion, to do, he must do this matter well and not be perfunctory. ”

Zhao Chengxiao saw that Lin Shuhan and Qiu Yizhi both focused their eyes on their faces, so he said again: "The so-called doing a good job, that is to say, this group of village warriors, whether in terms of soldiers, training, discipline, weapons, etc., should be the top, otherwise how can we talk about the word 'do a good job'?" ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled and said: "Brother Zhao is really a person who knows soldiers, soldiers, training, discipline, and weapons are the direct criteria for the strength of an army's combat effectiveness. However, to do these three points, there is another premise, I don't know if Brother Zhao has thought of it? ”

Zhao Chengxiao was stopped by Qiu Yizhi's words, and couldn't think of the answer, so he turned his head to look at Lin Shuhan on the side, and saw that he was shaking his fan and looking at him with a smile on his face but didn't speak, so he had to scratch his head and say: "I'm just a martial artist, I only know how to charge into battle, and my lord's words really stumped me." ”

Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "Brother Zhao is too modest, after this township is an army, I am afraid that I will have to hand it over to Brother Zhao to command!" Otherwise, Brother Zhao has vacated the title of Zhonglang General, but there are no soldiers under him, won't he become the light pole general sung in the play? ”

Zhao Chengxiao scratched his head and said: "Such a heavy task, I don't know if I can do it well!" Since the adults have this meaning, then I should teach me earlier, otherwise if the soldiers are broken, won't they live up to the trust of the adults? ”

"Brother Zhao can have this heart, I am already very pleased. Brother Zhao must know about such a thing, and he deals with it every day, but he doesn't think about it for a while. Qiu Yizhi replied, "It's nothing else, it's just the word 'money'." ”

Zhao Chengxiao was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and said: "It's not that I deliberately raise the bar of the adult, and go into battle to kill the enemy all by righteousness and fairness, if you talk about money everywhere, won't you become a villain who forgets his righteousness?" How can these people win the battle? ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled again: "If Brother Zhao can have such insight, he will definitely be able to bring out a group of tiger and wolf masters!" However, I just said that the word 'money' is also indispensable. Brother Zhao, please listen to me slowly. ”

Saying that, Qiu Yizhi got up, poured a glass of water for Zhao Chengxiao and Lin Shuhan, and said: "Brother Zhao just talked about the four things of soldiers, training, discipline, and weapons, and I don't think anything here is related to 'money'. First of all, soldiers, you must know that Jiangnan is the richest area in the world, as long as you look for an errand with peace of mind, you can always fill your stomach. And those who have to rely on joining the army to get by, nine times out of ten, they are either disabled, or they are idle and tired. If only these people were to be accepted as soldiers, wouldn't they be rotten from the roots? Therefore, to recruit soldiers in Jiangnan, the military salary must be paid sufficiently, at least so that the soldiers can easily support their families, otherwise who will suffer from this? ”

"The second is training. In order to train elite soldiers, it is necessary to strengthen training, not to mention that well-trained soldiers must be rewarded, that is, after fatigue, daily meals are a large expense. You can't just ask the soldiers to train hungry in order to save these few taels of silver, right? If this is the case, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to take them for three days, so they will have to pick and choose, and maybe they will simply mutiny! ”

Qiu Yizhi also smiled when he saw Zhao Chengxiao, so he continued: "Then there is discipline. There are two more here. One is that when fighting, we must strictly abide by military orders, and if we want to hear the drums, we will advance, and if we hear the gold, we will retreat; if the general's rewards and punishments are not clear, they will not be able to obey the public, and how can we do the order and prohibition? The second is daily military discipline, soldiers always have to eat, if the salary is insufficient, the army will inevitably rob the people, and there is no definite number of soldiers or thieves. Which of these two doesn't cost money? ”

"And then there's the blade. This time, I went to Mingzhou, and after confronting the Japanese people, I have a deep understanding of this. The Japanese knives in the hands of the Japanese are very powerful, and most of the official knives used by the officials and soldiers of Jiangnan Province are shoddy, and many of them are cut down by the Japanese swords, and only the Bohai treasure knives equipped by my own soldiers can match them. But these knives are not cheap, if you buy them in the Guangyang horse market, they are of similar quality, and each bite is always more than twenty taels of silver, and daily maintenance is another expense. In addition, I also plan to recruit the newly recruited village warriors, according to the configuration of the old Youyan Road, to have a 'battalion', a strong bow, and a cavalry, all of which need special equipment to form an army! How much money will cost you! ”

Qiu Yi's article is only finished here.

But Zhao Chengxiao was dumbfounded when he heard it, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "My lord's words are true, if I don't have an adult, I would still be in the dark!" It seems that if you want to connect the elite soldiers of the city, you must accumulate like a mountain of silver! ”

"Not bad!" Qiu Yizhi continued, "The emperor once told me back then that Mobei used soldiers, and on the surface, they fought soldiers, but in fact, they fought money and food, if the logistics were cut off for a day or two, then no matter how powerful the tiger and wolf army was, it would fall apart." ”

"But the emperor didn't arrange military expenses for adults!" It was Lin Shuhan who spoke.

Zhao Chengxiao didn't get along with Lin Shuhan for a long time, he only knew that he was a resourceful and well-educated man, but he didn't know that he still had the problem of selling Guanzi, listening to his "reminder", he was also panicked, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is a prince who led troops to fight, how could he forget this stubble?" ”

Lin Shuhan's temper Qiu Yizhi was clear, so he explained to Zhao Chengxiao: "Of course you can't blame the emperor for this, the emperor is also a hard worker!" Brother Zhao might as well think about it, if the military expenses are to be paid by the imperial court, then these people I newly recruit must be official and military status, and they must listen to the dispatch of the Jiangnan Provincial Jiedu envoy, isn't it against the emperor's original intention of calling me to recruit soldiers? ”

"And if you want to train elite soldiers, the military salary must be extremely rich, and it is not known that it is several times that of the local Jiedu army. In this way, the other armies of Jiangnan Province will inevitably suffer from pink eye, and Lord Tongqiu will have a dislike again, which will cause infinite trouble. Lin Shuhan added.

Zhao Chengxiao is not a stupid person, after the two of them explained, he finally understood the stakes, sighed and said: "I am a rough person, I know how to fight on the battlefield with a knife and a gun, but I didn't expect to recruit a few soldiers, and there are still these twists and ......turns."

Qiu Yizhi smiled: "Brother Zhao is a straight person, I also know it." These things should be considered by me and Mr. Lin, but by telling Brother Zhao in advance, everyone knows in their hearts, and it is easier to say and do some things in the future. ”

Zhao Chengxiao nodded convincingly.

Lin Shuhan shook the folding fan a few times, and said with a smile: "My lord, I have to make it clear now, where did this silver come from, Lin didn't count it in his heart." However, there is a word in advance, although Lin is a small rich family, adults want to do big things, and ask me to donate one hundred and two hundred taels, and Lin will come out with food and clothing. If you want more, you won't have any money! After saying that, Lin Shuhan laughed "haha".

Zhao Chengxiao didn't know that Lin Shuhan was joking, so he actually continued the topic and said: "Mr. Lin donated 100, and I can only donate 50." Don't think I'm stingy, I used to be single, and I didn't know the cost until I got married......"

Qiu Yizhi couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard this, and he laughed for a long time before he came back and said, "What's wrong with everyone?" It's as if I'm forcibly apportioning. Mr. Lin is right, military training is a major event, and the cost is also long-lasting. Don't say that just relying on us poor ghosts, even if the people of Shanyin County all pay for it, they can't support these two hundred mouths! In my opinion, the money, food, and military salaries have to be paid from ......"

"I have to get out of Zhao Fuyi!" Lin Shuhan answered.

"What? Zhao Fuyi? Zhao Chengxiao's eyes widened in shock, and he changed his contemptuous expression, "He, Zhao Fuyi, escaped from Mingzhou City, and he brought a few hundred taels of silver." Pull off all the hair on his body, and he can't twist a few strands of rope? By him? Mr. Lin wasn't joking, was he? ”

Lin Shuhan smiled slightly: "Is Lin joking, you ask your family, and you will know." ”

When Zhao Chengxiao heard this, he immediately moved his gaze to Qiu Yizhi's face, and when he saw him nodding with a smile, he knew that Lin Shuhan's words were true, so he hurriedly asked, "My lord, does Zhao Fuyi really have so much silver?" Could it be that he has hidden some priceless treasure for the adults to find out? ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled: "Brother Zhao is still too honest, and let me speak slowly like Brother Zhao." ”