The next day, Cao Bin directly took Master Li back to the Hou Mansion, and even emptied the Li Mansion with him.

Gao Yu was born in the green skin on the street, and there is no lower limit to doing things, Cao Bin doesn't want to leave flaws, so that he has the opportunity to disgust himself.

As for Gao Yu's threat, he didn't take it to heart.

What about Cai Jing and Duanwang behind you?

I also have Master Pang and Concubine Pang behind me.

It's a big deal, let's lift the table and see whose backer is harder and who is blacker!

At this time, Cao Bin won't die by himself, isn't the backer just used for it?

So, after settling Master Li and the others properly, Cao Bin went directly to the Taishi Mansion.

When Master Pang heard that King Duan was going to embezzle the perfume business, he almost jumped up.

After more than two months of development, the perfume business has begun to spread throughout the Great Song Dynasty, and now it receives more than 30,000 taels of silver every month.

Over the course of a year, the Pang family was able to get more than 100,000 taels of silver.

This is just the beginning, and if business is completely stable, this number will rise by a large margin.

The current perfume business is the lifeblood of the Pang family, and whoever dares to touch their cheese will fight with whomever they want.

Without Cao Bin's help, Pang Taishi and his party began to collect the black materials of Duanwang and Gao Yu.

In fact, there is no need to deliberately collect, as political opponents, how can they not have black material from each other.

It's just that he doesn't tear his face on weekdays.

Especially Duan Wang Zhao Ji, his identity is already very sensitive, if he is at the core of the court battle, he can't easily get out.

Now they are still arresting "Timely Rain", "Gongming" and "Iron Bull" all over the city, not knowing that danger has quietly descended......

The back garden of the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion.

Cao Bin was lying comfortably on the rocking chair to enjoy the coolness, and Du Siniang and Li Shishi were sitting side by side with him.

Du Siniang sat for a while, flipped through the poetry book in her hand a little boringly, and complained:

"Can't you really go out? Without me, the tile would be in chaos! ”

Cao Bin shook his head and said:

"There is no lower limit to Gao Yu's work, he saw that I didn't give in, and it is likely to use some selfish means, so I can't help but guard against it."

"Also, don't take yourself too seriously, when you didn't take over, wouldn't the tile shop still be running?"

Du Siniang rolled her eyes, and was about to refute, but Master Li covered the brocade quilt on her body and said weakly:

"Shi Niang, you are content, except for Cao Ying, how can the women in the back house go out at will?"

Du Shi Niang pouted and said, "Senior Sister is now completely on Cao Yan's side, which really makes my sister sad." ”

A smug smile appeared on Master Li's weak and pale face:

"I just want to stand by Cao Xun!"

Du Siniang looked at Cao Bin with resentment and said, "Am I considered a cocoon?" ”

Cao Bin laughed and said, "It's too late for you to regret it now!" ”

As he spoke, he groaned and said:

"It's not impossible for you to go out, take a sedan chair and let him protect you."

Du Shi Niang hesitated for a moment: "Will there be danger in that house?" ”

Cao Bin smiled:

"Don't worry, give Gao Yu three guts, he won't dare to fight the idea of the Hou Mansion."

"If he really dares to do that, he will have to be exiled for three thousand miles if he doesn't die."

Du Siniang suddenly became happy: "I knew that Cao Xun was the best!" ”

Looking at her figure leaving in a hurry, Master Li smiled bitterly:

"Shi Niang is getting more and more cheerful, but is Cao Ying too fond of her?"

Cao Bin smiled: "I'm just in case I scare her." ”

"In broad daylight, how can selfish means be easily used?"

"Kidnapping the Hou family, this is the sin of stealing the family and exterminating the clan!"

"Not to mention that outlaws are not easy to find, if they are exposed, he will not have to do it as a captain."

"And that Kaifeng Mansion is not easy to mess with......"

Just as he was comforting Master Li, Fu Bo came in with the account book.

"Young master, the old slave has taken over the accounts, and with the perfume dividends, we have saved more than 70,000 taels of silver."

Fauber said with a smile on his face.

"Are we going to pay off the debts of the Taishi, or are we going to use it to recruit pro-soldiers?"

When Master Li heard this number, he opened his mouth slightly in surprise and said, "So many? ”

As far as she knows, Cao Duwa in Zhongjing Houfu has only been in business for three months, and the perfume has only been sold for less than two months, right?

How can you make so much money?

Cao Bin knew what was going on, most of the silver was a deposit provided by a perfume dealer, so it seemed to be too much.

His focus is not here either.

"Pro-soldiers? Can I still recruit pro-soldiers? ”

Cao Bin sat up and asked confusedly.

Fu Bo explained: "Young Master, now that you have inherited the title of earl, according to the regulations of the imperial court, you can recruit eight hundred personal soldiers. ”

Listening to Fu Bo's explanation, Cao Bin also understood.

The pro-soldiers he said were actually the private armies of the nobles of military merit.

All soldiers, equipment, and salaries are borne by the military nobles themselves, and the imperial court only pays the quota.

These private soldiers are the foundation of the military nobles, and they are absolute henchmen.

The duke has 1,200 personal soldiers, 1,000 for marquises, 800 for counts, and 600 for viscounts.

"The court is really atmospheric! There is still such a system! Aren't you afraid of rebellion? ”

Cao Bin sighed involuntarily.

Fu Bo hurriedly stopped Cao Bin:

"Young master, don't you dare to talk nonsense!"

Seeing that Cao Bin didn't understand, he had to explain from the beginning:

"Since the time of Taizu, the imperial court has allowed the 'meritorious nobles' to recruit personal soldiers."

"But only in wartime will the right to command the army be issued."

As he spoke, he whispered: "How can you rebel with just a few personal soldiers?" Young master, don't mess around! ”

Cao Bin rolled his eyes and said:

"Am I that unreliable?"

"Don't worry, I'm not tired of being crooked, I'm just puzzled, you go on!"

Fauber breathed a sigh of relief:

"Our family is a hereditary lord, and the young master will go to the battlefield sooner or later, so the pro-soldiers must be recruited as soon as possible!"

"Lest there be a war in the future, and there will be no one to use the young master!"

Cao Bin nodded and said, "Then how to recruit?" ”

Fu Bo said with a smile: "To recruit pro-soldiers, you have to go back to your hometown, and the township party is the most reliable." ”

"Our Cao family is from Zhending, Hebei, if the young master allows it, the old slave will go back in the near future, and it will be easy to recruit enough people."

Saying that, he was very relieved and said: "Thanks to the young master's good fortune, otherwise we wouldn't be able to raise so many pro-soldiers." ”

"Like the Yang family and the Gao family, they only relied on a little court money and reduced food and clothing, so they could recruit two or three hundred soldiers."

"And they are not fully armored, their swords and soldiers are outdated, and they even let their family members use them as personal soldiers......"

Speaking of this, Cao Bin also remembered.

There seems to be a girl in the Yang family who burns the fire, who is very famous, in addition to cooking on the fire, she also has to go to the battlefield to fight and fight in blood.

I don't know how the Yang family cultivated it, and they were so loyal.

The donkey of the production team didn't dare to call it like that.

Realizing the importance of pro-soldiers, Cao Bin nodded and said:

"Then leave the matter to Fauber! Let's not be afraid to spend money, equipment, mounts, food, and training should be the best. ”

"If you want to practice, you have to refine a strong army, this is the foundation of our family, and I still count on them to save my life on the battlefield."

Fu Bo patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, young master, the training experience written by the old lady, the rolling melon on my back is ripe, and there is no problem!" ”

Cao Bin nodded, and then sent Fu Bo out.

The military book he said, Cao Bin has also seen.

In his opinion, it's just like that, it's not very clever, and there is no way to compare it with the famous works of the art of war, but it's better than every detail, which is the greatest value.

Of course, this is just Cao Bin's talk on paper, and he will only know how to go to the battlefield.

A few days later, after Fu Bo made a little arrangement for the affairs in the house, he took a few henchmen and returned to Zhending.

At the same time, Cao Bin also began to purchase aggressively.

Training is definitely the most expensive business, not to mention armor and weapons, just buying a horse costs him more than 50,000 taels of silver.

Again, this is the result of him lowering the bar.

There are very few war horses produced in the Great Song Dynasty, and the official war horses are basically purchased from Tibet, Mongolia, the Western Regions and other places.

His original idea was to buy 1,600 good horses from the Western Regions, so that one person could have two horses.

But looking at the price list provided by the horse merchants, he had to tearfully refuse and chose the Hequ horses smuggled from Western Xia.

This is also a top war horse in the Great Song Dynasty, but Cao Bin can only afford to buy 800 horses.

As for the armor and weapons, they had to be replaced with sticks for the time being, because the rest of the silver had to be used for the salaries and training of the soldiers, and not all of them could be spent.

Fortunately, he still has two big deals, and the energy source continues to earn him silver, otherwise he really can't afford to raise so many private soldiers.