Li Yang delivered 350,000 quintals of military food - 100,000 quintals of forage - 8,000 quintals of refined salt to the state battalion as scheduled, and passed the test

In order to prevent the leakage of military information, the people transporting the grain could only wait outside, and hundreds of soldiers unloaded the grain from the wagon back and forth and moved it to the rice warehouse, while Li Yang lay on the grain cart with Erlang's legs crossed and sold in a daze, the soldiers were so tired and sweating profusely that he did hum a small song on the side

At this time, a man in armor and holding a steel knife walked towards us, and when he got closer, his eyes swept over us, "Which of you is Li Yang?"

Looking at the armor he wore and the gorgeous decorations on his body, it was enough to see that this person was not simple, so Li Yang sat up from the grain cart and responded: I am looking for something with me

And he squinted at me: You come with me

If you want to say that in the Chuzhou camp to know my name, then only the general Lei Qi, I didn't ask much, but immediately went down to the ground and followed him closely, this time there is another inner camp in the Chuzhou camp, which is also surrounded by a layer of wooden walls and guard towers, to the inner camp, I followed him as a guard, and when the guards saw me, they didn't stop or ask, just looked at it repeatedly

When he arrived at the big tent, he stretched out his hand, lifted the curtain, gave me a look, let me in, I quickly arranged my hair and clothes with my hands, and then came to the big tent with a hunched waist, and with a "poof" sound, I knelt on the ground: the grass people meet the general

Lei Qi: Hurry up and kneel so loudly, it's okay

Li Yang thought that Lei Qi was asking his legs, so he quickly stood up and replied with a smile: Caomin is a rough person and is not in the way

Lei Qi: I didn't say what you said is that I just changed the floor, this is the best Mao Beech Brother Wang specially sent it, this weather tide my waist pain is an old problem, Brother Wang said that this Mao Beech can be moisture-proof, with it my waist is good

When Li Yang heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground again: the grass people didn't know and asked the general for forgiveness

Lei Qi looked helpless: Why did you kneel down again, isn't there a chair, why do you have to let me invite you to a seat

Li Yang quickly stood up and sat on the chair on the right: General Xie

Lei Qi: Your Governor Sun told me in the letter, you did a good job, you were brave and resourceful, and you got rid of a disaster, say what reward do you want?

Li Yang: The general is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and the grass people just do what they should do and don't need any reward

Lei Qi: If you want everyone in the country to be like this, Zhejiang Guoan can not be strong

As he spoke, he took out a token from his arms and threw it over, "This token is quite heavy when I put it on my body, so I'll hand it over to you for safekeeping."

Li Yang grabbed the token in his hand, and saw that the token was made of gold, and it was estimated that it was about 1 catty, the token was oblong, the top was an ancient tiger head, and the token was held in the mouth, and there were two large characters engraved around the moire, and two big characters were raised in the middle

Li Yang held up the token with both hands and bowed to the general: The grass people thank the general for his grace

Lei Qi: If you don't do well, I'll take that brand back

Li Yang: Is there anything special about the general's token?

Lei Qi: With this brand, you can pass the pass unimpeded, not try not to use it when it is a critical moment

Li Yang: The grass people have written it down

Thunder Rider: Can you do the business of crafting weapons and armor?

Li Yang: The weapons used by the militia of Alan County, the general, were all forged by ourselves

Lei Cai: I want to assemble an elite army of 10,000 foot soldiers, and you can calculate how much silver you need for the weapons and armor that these 10,000 people need

Li Yang: Please ask for instructions on what equipment the elite of the general needs

Thunder Rider: Long weapons are mainly spears and broadswords - melee combat is mainly knives and iron bones, each person should be equipped with a pair of round shields that cannot be too heavy, helmets - shoulder armor - armor - wrist guards - shin guards - iron face boots

After Li Yang thought about it: the general needs 80,000 taels of silver

Lei Qi's eyes glared slightly: You kid, don't fool me, I have inquired about forging these ordnances for a maximum of 60,000 taels of silver

After hearing this, Li Yang hurriedly explained: The cost of a spear of the general costs 600 lines of money - at least 1 tael of silver for a steel knife - 5 taels of silver for a set of armor - 200 lines of cloth boots - 300 lines of shields, which I will give you a little less

Lei Qi: You don't even want to open your mouth

Li Yang: The general grass people originally planned to equip the militia members with armor, but the country issued an order that the militia was not allowed to wear armor - not to be equipped with siege equipment - not to form heavy cavalry, and the grass people deliberately calculated that they would get 8 taels of silver for this set

Lei Qi: How many people are there in your militia now?

Li Yang: The militia has a total of 6,000 people and is divided into 12 battalions

Lei Qi: The price of the armor is okay, but other people's forging knives are only a few hundred dollars, why is the price of your forging knives so expensive

Li Yang: The forging knife in the workshop of the general grass people is made from steel, and it has its own school according to the forging method of the Japanese people

Lei Qi: Then tell me how to be in a class of its own

Li Yang: The general's sword is sharper than the steel knife we use, and when fighting with it, the blade of the steel knife will be split by the Japanese knife, and the strength can even cut the steel knife

The seized thousands of Japanese knives were distributed to the Xiangyong, the Japanese knife is longer and lighter than the knife we use, and everyone feels unaccustomed to using it, so the craftsmen have improved the Japanese knife and forged a new knife, which is shorter than the Japanese knife, but wider than the Japanese knife, and the weight is lighter than the steel knife we usually use

Lei Qi: Then I'll have to take a look at the decision first

Li Yang: The guards accompanying the general grass people wear this knife, can they be taken by people?

Lei Qi shouted softly outside the account: Someone

One of the guards came to the tent, he got down on one knee and clasped his hands into fists: I have seen the general

Thunder Rider: You go and get a knife from the guard who delivered the food

"It's a general"

After a few moments, the guard returned to the tent with the knife in both hands, and the thunder rider shook his head forward at the guard: How about trying this knife

The guard slowly pulled out the knife and threw the scabbard to the ground, he grabbed the handle of the knife with both hands and shouted, "Drink", he ran forward quickly, and his body jumped was a thrust, after landing, he brandished the steel knife to attack left and right, turned around 360 degrees, and slashed the knife to the ground, and then he used a move, the shadowless knife killed all directions, and a knife came down, and actually cut off a corner of the table in front of him

Li Yang wanted to have a few tricks with him as soon as he saw that this person's kung fu was good, and he happened to promote this new knife in front of the general: Good knife technique - this military envoy grass man also knows a little bit about knife skills, can you borrow your waist knife to use a few moves to help the general

Lei Qi slapped the table: Okay

The guard unloaded the waist knife and threw it over, and Li Yang grabbed the waist knife in his hand and bowed to the military envoy: offended

As soon as the words fell, Li Yang learned the move used by the guards just now, stepped forward quickly, and jumped forward to be a stab, the guard hurriedly held the knife surface with his hand to defend, the tip of the knife stabbed on the knife surface, the guard pushed the knife face outward, and used the elasticity of the knife to bounce Li Yang back a few steps, the two fought for more than 20 rounds in a row and did not distinguish the winner or loser, the general Lei Qi saw it on the side, and quickly poured himself a glass of wine and applauded the table, at this time Li Yang used the knife blade has been cut out to the gap, only to see him a 360-degree turn and slash down, The guard swung his knife head-on, only to hear a crisp sound of "clang", and the knife in Li Yang's hand was broken into two

Li Yang hurriedly bowed to the guard: The military envoy can't stop breaking your saber

The guard gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands and returned the salute: I don't see two strikes

Li Yang: Let the military envoy smile, and the grass people are also learning and selling to apply the military envoy's knife technique

The guard looked down and looked at the knife in his hand as before: This knife will be paid to me, it is a pity that you have such skills and do not join the army, think about how to come to me, I guarantee that you will eat and drink spicy

Lei Qi drank a glass of wine: He can't look down on you when he grows up, there are 5-6,000 brothers under his hands, what do you think of this knife compared to the knife we use?

Changjin: The knife we use is not on the table at all compared to this knife, and I know that this is a knife forged from stainless steel

Lei Qi waved his hand at Changjin: Bring the knife and let me see

Changjin put the handle of the knife in Lei Rider's hand with both hands, he picked up the knife and looked at it carefully from top to bottom, and then flicked it lightly on the surface of the knife with his hand, only to hear the sound of "dang", he held the knife and waved it a few times at will: This knife is really good, are all your militia equipped with this new knife

Li Yang: At present, the militia of the Great General has only distributed 2,000 new knives, and the knife craftsmen used by the generals before can make 1-2 knives a day, and it takes 4 days for the craftsmen of this new knife to make a penny for a penny

Rider Lei knocked on the table and looked at me for a while: This batch of ordnance is 60,000 taels of silver to be handed over to you to make

Li Yang: The general doesn't even have enough capital

Lei Qi's face pulled down at once: There are so many good things in the world, this time you suffer a loss, next time I will find it for you from elsewhere, you are a businessman, you will definitely have a way to make money

Li Yang thought about it, what he lacked in his hands now was silver, and besides, refining these ordnance was not a matter of one or two days, at least it would take a few months, and he could use this time to think about countermeasures, and the living could suffocate urine, and if he refused this errand, he might not look for you next time, and after weighing the pros and cons, Li Yang agreed to take over the business

Lei Qi's face was a little more accommodating and asked Changjin to go to the treasury to get the silver, Li Yang was so happy when he heard that he had money to take it, but at this time, Changjin did say something that made Li Yang lose his mood in an instant: General, when I went to get the knife just now, I saw that the accompanying guards used this knife

Lei Qi was happy when he heard this, and he looked at me: You didn't bring any gifts with you when you came back

Li Yang shook his head: The general is a grass man who has not thought it through

Thunder Rider: If you don't get in the way, these knives should be considered a gift from you

As soon as Li Yang heard this, he was blindsided on the spot: General, if you take away their swords, the grass people will have braids when they encounter bandits or bandits on the way back

Lei Cai: Go to the arsenal and give him a replacement knife, don't let this merchant suffer

When Changjin heard this, he ran out of the tent in a hurry, and Lei Qi saw him go and beckoned me to let me go: Do you know why I handed over this batch of ordnance to you

Li Yang: Please also ask the general to show me

Lei Cai: If these weapons are used by those people in the national capital to make silver, they will be exploited layer by layer, I don't want the brothers to eat and save their lives to become fish in their bowls, weak countries have no diplomacy, to form a real iron army, I can only rely on you, the military is strong, our country can avoid the scourge of war, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment

After Li Yang heard these words, a stream of tears instantly welled up in his eyes, and he got up and bowed deeply to the general: The grass people will live up to the general

Lei Qi: I'll give you half a year for this batch of ordnance

Changjin led twenty guards to carry ten heavy boxes to the big tent, Changjin asked the guards to put the boxes on the ground and then lifted the lid, the boxes were full of silver coins full of white flowers, Li Yang saw that it was not right, ten boxes could hold 10,000 taels of silver at most, and then looked at the general: Didn't the general say 60,000 taels of silver

Lei Qi: This 10,000 taels of silver is a deposit, and the rest of you take my handwritten book to Sun Yuanwu, and he will give you the 50,000 taels of silver

The grain transport team that loaded the silver into the car and set off to return to Taizhou, and Li Song and Ma Nan have been adrift on the sea for seven days on a large sailing boat, 25 large sailing ships appear particularly small on the vast sea, looking at the distant sea surface seems to be connected with the sky, a flock of seagulls spread their wings against the sea surface and fly quickly from the side of the boat, people who go to sea all the year round know that as long as they see seagulls, it means that they are not far from the land, and sure enough, there is a land shrouded in fog on the sea early the next morning, The fleet sailed south along the land in front of them for another three hours, and a fishing village leaning against the sea came into view

Take a closer look at this fishing village Li Song is really familiar, this is Xilan Village, a fishing village near the sea in the west of Alan County, he waved excitedly to the guys on the deck: Look at Xilan Village, let's go home

25 large sailing boats lined up and parked on the beach near Xilan Village, as soon as Li Song got off the boat, he hurriedly asked Tie Gui'er to go back to Alan County to call people to unload the grain, and after seven or eight days of splashing on the sea, the big guys felt that the bones of this body were a little weak, and as soon as the boat docked, they all ran to the beach to move their muscles

Seeing that it was about to get dark, there was a noisy noise in the distance, and when he got closer, he saw that Li Zuo and Li You were still followed by a team of hundreds of people, and as soon as the brothers saw Li Song, they jumped down from their horses and beckoned to him: Second brother, you are back

Li Song glanced at the crowd: Why didn't you see the boss

Li Zuo: Brother, he took people to Chuzhou to transport grain, and it is estimated that he will be back in five or six days

Li Song saw that the sky could not unload much grain, a few people discussed it and let the brothers camp on the shore and wait for tomorrow to unload the grain, and Li Song first took Ma Nan and the boatmen back to the manor to have a good rest, and it took 3 days to transport the 100,000 loads of grain on the ship back to Alan County, Ma Nan finally came out for a trip, he wanted to play in Zhejiang for a few more days, so he let the fleet go back to the south first, and when he went back, he took the land route by the way to see if there was anything to make money to buy, these days Li Song and Ma Nan turned around the north of Taizhou

After more than 10 days of travel, Li Yang and the food delivery team finally came back, this time he knew that Li Song had come back from the south for several days, and it was Ma Nan who personally transported the grain, my brother really had nothing to say to me, and I had to thank him in person, so he asked the family to take him to Ma Nan's place of residence

And the family told me: The shopkeeper and the second young master went out early in the morning

"Do you know where they went?"

The guy shook his head: The young master and the shopkeeper came back at noon, and the second young master and the shopkeeper will bring some branches and dead grass when they come back in the past few days, and the second young master also asked me to keep these branches and dead grass well, and I don't know what they are for

"Okay, I know, you can get busy."

The errand of raising military rations can toss everyone to the west, just take this opportunity to give Brother Ma a good celebration with his brothers, so he asked people to hurry to the pasture to kill a sheep, prepare a pot of hot mutton soup on the whole dish of skewers and lamb chops on a plate of stir-fried belly, he felt that it was not grand enough and went to buy some seafood with the fishermen back, how can the delicacies be less wine When Brother Ma came back to make wine, the wine-making technology was not yet mature, this time I had to let him taste the newly brewed wine

Seeing that the preparations were almost ready, they asked people to invite the plateau and them to the manor, Han Juzheng and Da Niu-Er Niu were the first to hear the news, followed by the two Gao Yuan brothers and the two Yuan Kui brothers, and the last to come was Li Long-Li Hu and Li Zuo and Li You brothers, almost everyone arrived, but Li Song and Ma Nan had not come back yet, so everyone grabbed the peanuts on the table and chatted

After noon, everyone's stomachs began to growl, Li Yang muttered, "Where did these two go up, why haven't they come back?" After a while, Li Song came back with a pair of flat poles, and saw that the dust basket on his body was full of some broken wood and weeds, so he asked, "Second child, why should you come back to pick up these toys?"

Li Song put down his flat shoulder and patted the dust on his body: Boss, these broken wood and weeds are all treasures."

Hearing Li Song say this, the people present were a little blindsided, what use can these broken wood and weeds be used to burn the fire, and it won't take long to ignite the fire, I just wanted to ask clearly, and I saw Ma Nan coming back after me, so I hurriedly greeted him and gave a fist salute: Brother Ma can't help it, brother, I didn't expect you to come in person

As soon as the words fell, Li Yang made a gesture of invitation with his hand to invite Ma Nan to take a seat, and then shouted softly to the family on the side: Hurry up and tell the kitchen to serve

"It's the young master"

Ma Nan patted my hand after taking a seat: I know that you are in trouble, I always can't let go of this heart, I came to see if there is a place that can help you, and I will come out for a stroll by the way, and I will be relieved to hear Ju Zheng say that the matter has been solved

Li Yang praised Ma Nan in front of everyone: This tribulation sees people's hearts, Brother Ma is interesting enough to our brothers, and in a letter, Brother Ma sent us 100,000 loads of grain, so we came to give Brother Ma a cup of love together

After Gao Yuan put the bowls together, Yuan Kui picked up the wine jar and poured the wine, "Come-come, come immediately", after the wine was full, Li Yang and the people present took the wine bowls and toasted Ma Nan together: Brother Ma, let's do this glass of wine first

After speaking, everyone drank all the wine in the bowl, and then compared the empty bowl to the people present to show that he had finished drinking, Li Yang wiped his mouth with his hand: Brother Ma, this small place is not more forgiving than the slack in the southern country

Ma Nan: Brother, I'm not happy if you say that, brother, your small place is a treasure of feng shui

When Li Yang heard it, he thought that Ma Nan and the Taoist of Guanshan both knew feng shui: and asked Brother Ma for advice