Five days later.

Qin Huaidao did not go out of the gate, and he would not be a guest, concentrating on distilling liquor, and finally brewed 10,000 catties, two catties per capita, barely enough, after sealing the liquor, he came to Dongshi and walked to his shop.

The people who bought the fairy fruit looked a little less than before, only a dozen people lined up, the Liu family was busy receiving it, and when he saw Qin Huaidao coming, he hurriedly called a girl to take over and greeted him: "Young master, you are here, but is there something?" ”

"Come and have a look, are you alright?"

Liu hurriedly said: "More than half of it has been sold, it is estimated that it will be sold out by the end of the year, by the way, there is a lot of silver, Xue Lang will come over and transport it back in a while, and it will be sold for a total of ......."

"Don't talk about the account, you remember it yourself, just go back and report it to He'er to summarize, now there are not many customers, go back and let the village bring the stove and briquettes over, how about you sell them together?" Qin Huaidao interrupted.

Liu Shi hurriedly said: "There is also one in the stove shop, but it is easy to use, and the people who came to buy the fairy fruit are still asking if they can buy it, if they really bring it, they should be able to sell it, but they are afraid that once it is sold, there will be insufficient manpower." ”

"Then send a few literate and arithmetic women from the village to help, and you will manage it together." Qin Huaidao said, seeing the sound of a gong not far away, he looked over curiously, and asked, "What are you doing over there?" ”

"Back to the young master, it is the imperial court that has begun to sell rice, it will be sold at this time of the day, one person is limited to one catty, before it was five Wen, these days as long as three Wen, if it is not for the imperial court to sell rice to pull down the price of grain, where can the people afford to eat, I am afraid I don't know how many people will die." Liu quickly explained, also looking into the distance.

"Other grain merchants are also sangwen?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"Yes, it's all Sanwen, the imperial court sells grain every day, the people are not stupid, one pound is enough to eat every day, why do you still go to buy grain merchants, grain merchants can't sell it, they can only reduce the price, and besides, they don't limit their purchase."

Qin Huaidao smiled when he heard this, a sense of accomplishment arose, and finally the price of grain was brought down, the price of Sanwen was half less than usual, the people were affordable, and they barely kept their capital, but the grain merchant died of a loss, but it had nothing to do with him, it was time to buy the bottom.

At this time, a voice came: "Young master! ”

"Brother Xue is here, and he just talked about you." Qin Huaidao beckoned, motioned for Xue Rengui to step forward, and said to the Liu family, "Sister-in-law, you go and get busy first." ”

"Say hello to something." Liu saw that the two had something to say, and agreed to go.

After Xue Rengui came up, Qin Huaidao said in a low voice: "Don't transport the silver back, take it to buy rice, find more raw faces to buy from different grain merchants, don't look for the house, Qinjiazhuang's raw faces are okay, and then find Zhao Shuwen and their people to come forward, so as not to arouse suspicion, agree on a time to start at the same time, 50,000 stones will be secretly transported to the house for backup, and 100,000 stones will be transported to Qinjiazhuang, be fast, do it well today, and worry about the price of grain rising for a large number of purchases." ”

"Understood, I'll arrange it here, and it will be done before dark." Xue Rengui agreed, and didn't ask much, in Xue Rengui's opinion, food is expensive, and it is the right way to reserve more while it is cheap, and left in a hurry.

Qin Huaidao said hello to the Liu family, and came to the place where the imperial court bought rice to watch, the position was orderly, the identity was checked, the cashier, the grain was weighed, the cooperation was very tacit, and the action was also very skillful, and he sold so much grain in a row, and all of them became skilled workers.

Gradually, Qin Huaidao found that something was wrong, there were not many people who came to line up to buy food, which was unreasonable, found the person in charge of the scene, and asked after revealing his identity: "There are not many people on the scene, or has it always been like this?" ”

The other party is a small official of the household department, who has no grade or level, but he also heard that the recent troubles in the household department are related to the person in front of him, so he hurriedly saluted and replied: "My lord, there have been fewer people since yesterday." ”

"Do you know why?"

"I'm not sure, I'm busy organizing sales and don't care about other things, why don't you go down and find out one or two?"

"No, go get busy." Qin Huaidao saw that he couldn't ask anything, waved his hand to signal the other party to leave, pondered for a while, came to a grain shop, went in and took a look, the price of polished rice noodles was three yuan, but the coarse rice noodles only cost one penny and a half yuan and a bucket, which is equivalent to half the usual halving, and suddenly came to his senses and left in a hurry.

About half an hour, Qin Huaidao came to Qinjiazhuang on horseback, and happened to meet Xue Rengui, who was leading people to purchase, stopped him, pulled him aside and whispered: "Then quietly purchase 100,000 stones of coarse grain, with wheat bran, sorghum, and rice bran, pack them separately, and quietly transport them back to the house." ”

"Understood!" Xue Rengui agreed and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao watched everyone leave, and smiled, the common people are greedy for benefits, although the coarse grain is unpalatable, but it can be eaten, when the price of coarse grain plummets, they will definitely go to buy coarse grain and save it, and they can be mixed with refined grain in the future, which will lead to a decrease in the number of people who buy refined grain.

As long as there is less coarse grain in the market, the number of people who buy refined grain will inevitably increase.

There are a lot of grain merchants in Chang'an City, there must be more than 100,000 stone coarse grains in their hands, Qin Huaidao doesn't want to be desperate, and he cuts off the choice of the poor people, but it does not prevent him from taking the opportunity to eat a batch, 100,000 stones are just right, Qinjiazhuang has nearly a thousand more mouths, there is definitely no food to feed, and the extra can be made wine.

After that, Qin Huaidao came to the iron shop, ready to build a stainless steel horse lance for backup, the Khitan battle can be used, seeing that Huang Lao is also there, he stepped forward to say hello, Huang Lao signaled to the side and said in a low voice: "Young master, the people of Zhaojia Village have been here for a few days, whether they arrange something, they can't do it." ”

"What do you think?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"I don't know that Qinjiazhuang can do it himself, and there is no need to increase manpower, but it is not appropriate to feed food every day, the impact is too fast." Huang Lao said.

Qin Huaidao nodded knowingly, Qin Jiazhuang has money to do things, if other people are arranged to come in, it means that everyone has the opportunity to make money, and there will definitely be contradictions, but it is not suitable to raise it like this, thought about it, and said: "There is just something to sum up with you." ”

"You say!"

"Qinjiazhuang has been the young master for food and drink during this time, and he has also earned some money for everyone's work, so he can't go on like this for a long time, what do you say?"

"It's really not good, there is meat every day, it's enough, it's already a great favor, and the high wages are also given, the young master is very kind, no one in Qinjiazhuang dares to forget, it's really not suitable to go on like this for a long time, even if the young master has a gold mountain, everyone will be eaten up by everyone, anyway, everyone has earned some silver, or everyone eats their own." Huang Lao said.

Qin Huaidao was a little worried, and since ancient times, it was difficult to go from luxury to simplicity, and asked, "Can everyone accept it?" ”

"What's unacceptable about this, it was originally that the young master saw that everyone couldn't survive, gave everyone food and drink, and paid back the wages, and now that he has earned money, he should live his own life, how can he let the young master raise it, it won't be a rice worm, I see who dares not to agree." Huang Lao said solemnly.

"You can't just get rid of it, in this way, each person will give one stone of grain, and the young master will give it to everyone, with this stone of grain, it will be enough for the winter, and coal will be used for cooking and heating, and two hundred will be given to each person, and the dishes will be prepared by themselves, and there will be no unified arrangement for meals in the future, what do you think?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"No, everyone has two pieces of silver, you can solve it yourself." Huang Lao refused.

Qin Huaidao clapped his hands and said: "Then do it, when the food is bought, it will be distributed to everyone, the salary will not change, whoever has an opinion, please explain one or two things to Huang Lao." ”

"Who dares to have an opinion, kick out of Qinjiazhuang, everyone is a tenant, not a house slave, let the young master raise him in his life, he has been eating and drinking for so long, and he has been given such a high salary, benevolence and righteousness, what he can't figure out is an unreasonable lazy man, this kind of person will only spoil the customs of Qinjiazhuang."

"Anyway, please." Qin Huaidao said, there was no way before, everyone was yellow and thin, so poor that he couldn't open the pot, plus he had to work by hand, so he unified the management of the rice, so that everyone had more time to do things, but now it is different, one by one the recovery is almost the same, and there is a salary, so it is not appropriate to continue to manage the food.

Ascend Mien, fight Mi Qiu.

It must end before everyone has developed a habit, and if it is canceled after a long time, resentment will arise.

Moreover, nearly 1,000 people in Qinjiazhuang can be managed, and now there are more people in Zhaojia Village, maybe there will be more in the future, thousands of people, how to manage them after the people, they can only be separated.

After signaling Huang Lao to leave, Qin Huaidao asked a blacksmith to help, first forged the two iron rods, removed the impurities, and Luo Zhang would follow, and his own people had to prepare one for Luo Zhang.

The iron rod was a little long, and it was not forged until dusk, and this kind of work was not in a hurry.

After the meal, Xue Rengui came back and informed him that all the food had been purchased, Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief, and he was completely unpanicked when he had the food, just as Luo Zhang also came back, and pulled the two of them to the iron shop to help, Luo Zhang was excited when he heard that he had also built a stainless steel horse lance for himself.

Until late at night, the two horse lances were built, buried in the furnace and carburized into steel, and when he returned to the ancestral hall, he saw Jia Youcai waiting, Qin Huaidao entered the door and asked, "Uncle Jia, but is there something?" ”

"Young master, Lao Huang told me that he would not eat uniformly in the future, is it true?" Jia Youcai asked bluntly, and when he saw Qin Huaidao nodding, he continued: "It should have been like this a long time ago, every day is good to eat and drink, and people are about to be lazy, what about Zhaojia Village?" ”

"It's the same, they make their own food, what do they need to support as much as possible, come to take refuge from afar, you can't chill the heart of opening, in addition, the government is still eating in Qinjiazhuang." Qin Huaidao advised, many guards in the house have transformed into kiln technicians, whether it is suitable or not.

Jia Youcai hurriedly said: "Then I will divide the grain tomorrow, and Zhaojia Village will treat it the same?" And do you want to arrange something for them to do? ”

"It's all the same, it's your own people, you can't treat it differently, there are people when you exist, don't act rashly, so as not to complain, the mountains near the cave have been extended to the Weihe River, let them all turn it over, plant sorghum in the coming year, adults and children are the same, ten wen a day, children over six years old are considered workers, too small to move, so as not to be injured, voluntary principle, not forced, turned out of the stones piled together, for future construction."

As soon as Jia Youcai heard that the child was ten wen, and the adult was also one hundred thousand, the price was reasonable, and he agreed to it, Qin Huaidao thought about it and continued to explain: "In addition, the wind can be released, and the bamboo pole can also be exchanged for honeycomb coal, it must be a big fist and a long bamboo joint, too small, the bamboo is too short, the more the better." ”

The bamboo pole can be used to make paper, and it can also be made into a bamboo tube, which will be used to carry wine to the battlefield in the future.

Waiting for Jia Youcai to agree, Qin Huaidao asked, "How is the output of honeycomb coal now?" How much does the stove make? ”

"Take away 100,000 a day, plus the exchange, there is not much left, but the stove has made nearly 10,000, everyone is still doing it, do you want to stop." Jia Youcai hurriedly said.

"No, continue to do it, in addition, add a hundred people to make honeycomb coal, and they will be drawn from the people of Zhaojia Village, and the treatment will be the same, the extra honeycomb coal will be pulled to the shop to be sold, and then three literate women who know how to count will go over and listen to the command of their sister-in-law."

Jia Youcai was stunned and asked, "People are simple, what is the price?" ”

"Ten for one article, buy two hundred at a time and get a stove for free, the stove is not only sold, but only sent." Qin Huaidao advised, the cost of the furnace is not low, it is very embarrassing to sell it directly, simply send it, and pulling the sales of honeycomb coal is the king, two hundred honeycomb coal is enough to recover the cost of the furnace, but once people use it, they will buy it again, and it will be regarded as a big market demand.

Jia Youcai didn't understand the reason, and said with some pity: "The stove is not easy to make, and it looks beautiful, will it be too much of a loss to send it directly." ”

"It's okay, just do it." Qin Huaidao said, 200 honeycomb coal sent to a furnace, 10,000 furnaces sent out is 2 million honeycomb coal, that is 200,000 yuan, 200 people can make 2 million honeycomb coal in 20 days, and 200 people work less than 100,000 yuan in 20 days, earn half, offset the cost of the furnace and tens of thousands of yuan.

But the cost of the furnace is one-time, honeycomb coal can be used for a long time, and the long flow of water is king.

In later generations, the unit price of water and electricity was not high, and there was not much money every month, but at the end of the year, it was a large amount of expenses, and the money that could not be seen was the best to earn.

Jia Youcai saw that Qin Huaidao was resolute, so he didn't persuade him anymore, and promised Zhang Luo to go.

Qin Huaidao asked everyone else to leave, leaving only Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xue, it is expected that Luo Zhang will go out with me in a month, and it may take two or three months, and Qinjiazhuang will be handed over to you." ”

The stakes were so high that Qin Huaidao didn't dare to say anything about the Khitan.

"No problem, don't worry." Xue Rengui didn't ask much, and agreed.

Luo Zhang looked at Qin Huaidao with some surprise, and when he saw that Qin Huaidao didn't say anything, he couldn't help but be curious, thinking of building a stainless steel horse lance, and estimated that it was not a small matter, and he looked forward to it.

Qin Huaidao continued to advise: "Someone from Zhaojia Village has joined the Zhuang Guardian Team, right?" ”

"There are quite a few, pick and choose, it's full."

"That's good, they will arrange for dinner uniformly, and the captured weapons will not be exposed, just in case, the wooden knife will be used for training, and from tomorrow, I will get some equipment and teach everyone a new training method, and I will do it every day when I am not there, without delay." Qin Huaidao told that the enemy could sneak attack Qinjiazhuang at any time, so he had to strengthen his defense.

"A new way to train?" Xue Rengui was a little surprised.

"Yes, brand new, I have to tell everyone not to leak it when I go back, I'll sleep for a while." Qin Huaidao emphasized, and went to sleep on the floor.

Xue Rengui looked at Luo Zhang and asked in a low voice, "What is it, do you know?" ”

"I don't know, I'll know tomorrow, what's the hurry?"

"Isn't that curiosity?" Xue Rengui smiled.

……

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Qin Huaidao pulled a few carpenters, blacksmiths, and masons to help, and spent two whole days turning an uninhabited area in Qinjiazhuang into a familiar 200-meter obstacle course training ground, and listed this place as a training area, and no one from the non-Zhuang team was allowed to approach.

Early in the morning of the third day, the team gathered at the training ground and lined up in two rows, the team was a little loose, looking at the equipment curiously, not knowing why.

Xue Rengui couldn't understand it, but he couldn't help but ask.

Qin Huaidao looked at the familiar training ground but smiled, too familiar, too kind, but he was not in a hurry to teach, but instead taught the queue, everyone couldn't tell the left and right, Qin Huaidao asked Xue Rengui to help, use rattan to smoke, only draw the left, let everyone remember that the place that hurts is the left, and the place that doesn't hurt is the right.

After half a day, there was finally some progress, Qin Huaidao knew that this kind of thing was not in a hurry, so in the afternoon, he taught everyone push-ups, sit-ups, horse steps and punches, and if they didn't do enough for a hundred, they were not allowed to rest, all of them were doing this kind of action for the first time, their bodies were uncoordinated, they didn't adapt, they screamed tiredly, and even Xue Rengui couldn't keep up.

Qin Huaidao knows very well that this kind of thing is to practice more, stretch the tendons, and get used to the muscles of the body.

For five consecutive days of queuing in the morning, push-ups, sit-ups and horse step punching in the afternoon, adding a little bit every day, one by one tired and panting, sweating all over in the cold, Qin Huaidao also pulled Luo Zhang to practice together, and he was about to go to the battlefield, and it was very important to improve his combat effectiveness.

From the sixth day, the training subjects were added with squat and stand up bends, plus push-ups, sit-ups and horse step punches in the front, which is the five hundred training subjects in the later generations.

Retraining these subjects, Qin Huaidao felt very cordial, and his physical strength increased a lot in a few days, whether it was coordination, balance or reflexes, he also improved a lot, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

Ten days later, the queue was decent, but it was still far from Qin Huaidao's requirements, one by one, they were lined up, ready to continue practicing, and for ten days in a row, they were all numb and habitually obedient, but Qin Huaidao did not let everyone start, but led everyone to the 200-meter obstacle course.

Everyone was about to forget about the equipment, and curiosity was back.

Qin Huaidao said: "Everyone, queue for an hour in the morning, and train this project for the rest of the time. ”

Everyone's eyes widened and they were full of curiosity.

Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang didn't dare to miss the details, they both stared closely, seeing Qin Huaidao moving his joints and warming up, Xue Rengui said in a low voice: "Shizi, the young master's training method is unheard of, it seems simple, but I have to say that it is very useful, after ten days, the discipline and physical strength of the team have been greatly improved, I don't know what this obstacle run means, do you understand?" ”

"If you don't understand it, just use it." Luo Zhang said nonchalantly.

Xue Rengui was right to think about it, and waited for his eyes to widen.

At this time, Qin Huaidao rushed over, like an arrow off the string, three steps through the pile, then across the trench, a few steps forward, jumping over the low wall, climbing up and down the high board jumping platform, and then climbing over the horizontal ladder, through the single-plank bridge, climbing the high wall, crawling through the low pile net, across the low pile net, climbing the high wall, around the bridge column, hanging over the horizontal ladder, stepping over the high board of the jumping platform, drilling over the hole, jumping down and climbing on the trench, and finally through the five-step pile, almost in one go.

Perhaps because of his body, Qin Huaidao felt that this time his results were better than those at his peak in the past, so he came to everyone and shouted, "Have you looked carefully?" ”

Everyone was silent, it was too fast just now, and they were dazzled, and they didn't see it clearly.

Xue Rengui smiled bitterly: "Young master, forgive everyone for being incompetent. ”

"The first time I saw it, I couldn't react." Luo Zhang added.

"It's okay, slow down and demonstrate to everyone, read carefully, remember well, and go back and practice one by one." Qin Huaidao said and motioned for everyone to come to the training ground, began to explain the essentials of the movements, demonstrate, and then practiced one by one.

This teaching is a morning, after lunch, everyone continued to come to the training ground and began to practice one by one, Qin Huaidao watched from the side, correcting the wrong actions at any time.

One afternoon, everyone finally mastered the essentials, but the speed and coordination were far from enough, Qin Huaidao led everyone to practice at night, fortunately, they were all teenagers, their bodies recovered quickly, and their adaptability was strong, gritting their teeth and persevering, it was not easy to find an errand of one or two silver a month, and no one wanted to be kicked out.

Five days later, everyone basically grasped the essentials, Qin Huaidao knew that he didn't have much time, and after dinner, he would pass on the eight knives to everyone, this set of knife techniques every move and style were clean and neat, and the knife went straight to the enemy's vital point.

There are only eight knife techniques, and it is not easy to learn them, but in a few days, they will go to the Khitan, and it will be two or three months to go, and the combat effectiveness of the guard team will not be improved, and Qin Huaidao is not at ease, so he chooses this set of knife techniques.

The knife technique is extremely precious, and if you change someone, you will definitely be the treasure of the town, and you will never go out, but Qin Huaidao generously took it out, and he was afraid that everyone would not be able to learn it, so he guided him carefully, and he was moved one by one, and trained desperately.

After another five days, everyone remembered the essentials of the action, but they couldn't understand the subtlety, only Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang realized the power of the knife technique, this kind of simplification, almost Taoist knife technique is the most suitable for the battlefield, and it was actually passed on to everyone, and they were shocked in their hearts, and they wrote down this feeling.

Two days later, Cheng Chumo came in a hurry.

Qin Huaidao came to the ancestral hall when he heard the news and asked, "Brother Cheng, is there something wrong?" ”

"The imperial court sent someone to supervise the decree of the government, saying that what you want has been done."

Qin Huaidao reacted, calculated the time and even the crossbow should be done, and motioned Cheng Chumo to wait outside, and asked people to find Xue Rengui, Jia Youcai, Huang Lao, Zhao Shuwen, Mingyue and He'er and other backbones to hold a meeting for about half an hour, and carefully explain the things that need to be paid attention to after leaving.

After that, Qin Huaidao brought a well-built weapon, a stainless steel horse lance, two long knives, and a dog-legged knife, packed it in a cloth bag, supported it by the war horse, turned over another war horse, and Luo Zhang, Cheng Chumo and his party slowly walked out of Qinjiazhuang and disappeared from everyone's field of vision

Although they didn't say what to do, everyone could see that it was not simple, otherwise they would not have brought so many weapons, and they left with their eyes, silently blessing them in their hearts.