If my mother knew that I had set a family affair for the third child, then her old man would definitely be happy, so as soon as Li Yang returned to the manor, he couldn't wait to inform Yu Niang of the good news, but when he came to his mother's residence, he suddenly stopped, Du Chalan agreed to marry the Li family, there was a prerequisite, and the marriage of the two families could not be counted before this condition was met

Now it is said that it can indeed make my mother happy, but if something changes, wouldn't it make my mother happy, the old man may not be able to withstand this stimulation when he is old, after all, the condition proposed by Du Chalan is too special, although I am somewhat sure, but it is not ten out of ten, because it is Li Pingping If he knows about the marriage, then he will definitely look forward to the stars and the moon and wait for that day to get it

When a hopeful thing was suddenly flashed, the feeling was very unbearable, my brother, don't look at him in his 20s, but his heart is still the same as a child, I am worried that he will be depressed, so Li Yang returned to his home as usual, and he didn't say a word about the marriage, when Li Song asked about it, he pushed the family affair to next year

When he came back this time, Li Yang was still the same as before, during the day, he either went to the camp to go around--or practiced at home--no matter how bad it was, he went to the armory to check the weapons, in short, he went to so many places a day, but secretly he was making a careful plan, after all, Niu Yongnian was a Shaoxing guard with thousands of officers and soldiers in his hands, and his head was really not something that anyone could get if he wanted to

On this day, Li Yang came to the place where the Guanshan Daoist was refining the elixir, and as soon as the door was opened, a pungent sour smell rushed towards the good guy, which choked him several times, and there was a faint smell in the room, but it was not too big, and the Guanshan Daoist had a cloth on his face, which seemed to be blending some elixir

When he saw me, he hurried to greet me: "Boss, you're here."

Li Yang covered his nose: Guanshan Daoist, what kind of play should you be so choking

Guanshan Dao Chief: The owner of the poor road is trying to refine the Great Golden Pill

Li Yang waved his hand outside the house: "Guanshan Daoist, I have something to do with you, let's go outside and talk about it."

When I got to the mountain outside the house, I asked: What do you want to say about the owner?

Li Yang: Guanshan Dao Chang incense and sweat medicine, will you do it?

Guanshan: It can be done

Li Yang: Guanshan Daoist, you can get me some of the same incense and sweat medicine

Guanshan looked at me with a puzzled face: The owner's incense and sweat medicine are the usual methods used by flower thieves, and we can't do that kind of indiscriminate thing, these two things are also shameful for heroes from all walks of life on the rivers and lakes

Li Yang: After a long year, I will have to go out for a long time, and it is estimated that I will have to walk for four or five months

Guanshan: I remember that the incense is made of ecstasy incense - mandala flower - sheep flower and a few herbs, sweat medicine I got the medical book to flip through it, and the two things of the owner are wrapped in the poor road

Li Yang: Then there is the chief of Laoguan Mountain

After nearly a month of improvement by dozens of craftsmen, the foundry workshop has produced ten pieces of new armor, and the weight of the new armor has been reduced from 50 catties to 40 catties according to Li Yang's requirements, and the style of the new armor is mainly fish scale armor, but the armor of the new armor is larger than the ordinary fish scale armor, and the new armor is composed of six parts: helmet-cuirass-heart goggles-arm armor-skirt armor-boots

The premise of casting new armor is that everything is based on actual combat, the style of the helmet is the hat helmet, because the appearance looks like an iron pot for cooking, people also call it an iron pot helmet, the hat helmet has a brim to block the sun and rain, and the surface of the hat helmet is also painted with a layer of red paint, which is conducive to the enemy and us when they fall into a melee, our soldiers can distinguish who is the enemy at a glance

In order to facilitate the wearing of craftsmen, the craftsmen have improved a new type of mask armor, it only needs to put the head into it and then put on the body a mask armor, the mask fish scale armor looks like a layer of armor, but the overlap between the armor and the armor is actually two percent protection, and the position on the chest is also equipped with a heart guard, the new mask armor is bright and silver white at first glance, Li Yang is very satisfied with this new mask armor, in a sentence to describe it is high-end atmosphere on the grade - arrogant enough

The arm armor extends from the shoulder to the finger joints, which is borrowed from the samurai arm armor of the Eastern Wakaiko, the big arm-small arm-wrist and knuckles can be protected by the armor, the skirt armor is relatively simple is 4 pieces of armor inlaid with armor plates, and the boots are inlaid with armor plates around the calf and on the foot surface, which can effectively prevent the enemy from shooting arrows through the calf

Whether the new armor can play a protective role in actual combat, it has to go through a test to get an accurate answer, so ten sets of new armor were put on the stakes in the school field, and the sword and shield men, spearmen, archers and cavalry who participated in the test were also ready to be in place, and after a series of tests, the new armor can play an effective role in protecting the soldiers when attacked

The most lethal attack in the test is the cavalry charge with all their might, the sharp spear with the help of the charge, can easily pierce the new armor This is also reasonable, in general, the defense of the new armor is better than the traditional armor, everyone is more optimistic about this new armor, but Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui pointed out two shortcomings of the new armor

Gao Yuan: The new armor Gajiken is a weak point, as long as the enemy army follows the Gajicob and tries his best to lift the knife up, he has to take off an arm, especially the East and West Haikou are most willing to use this trick to lift the knife

Yuan Kui: The neck of the new armor is also a weakness, the cavalry who charges with all his strength can cut off the head with a single sword, and the cavalry swings a knife on horseback to cut the enemy's neck is also the most convenient position, even if it is a horizontal knife in an infantry battle, the head can also be cut off

Li Yang looked at the 10 pairs of new armor in front of him: Ouyang senior, this new armor is good-everyone is very satisfied, you also heard the shortcomings of what Commander Gao and Commander Yuan said

Ouyang Xiu: When the owner and others go back to the new armor, the craftsmen will improve it according to what the high commander and the Yuan commander said

Li Yang: "Hmm" Ouyang seniors have improved it, see if the new armor can be cast two thousand sets before the year

Ouyang Xiu: There is a shortage of craftsmen in the owner's foundry workshop, can you consider recruiting 50 craftsmen?

Li Yang: Yes, you can just look at the recruitment and make up your mind

Ouyang Xiu: I'll take them to get busy first

After this test, everyone came to a conclusion, the most threatening to our army on the battlefield is the cavalry, so far I have not heard of that armor can be resisted, the spear-wielding cavalry full charge brings the charging power, if you want to restrain the charge of the enemy cavalry, you have to use the spear, but in the face of the tide of cavalry charge, how to be fearless in danger will become a focus of militia training

Speaking of cavalry, Li Yang has always had a wish, that is, to form a cavalry team of 1,000 people, but the scarcity of war horses in Zhejiang is so that there are only 200 cavalry among the 6,000 Xiangyong, and some of the 200 cavalry horses are captured on the battlefield, and the other part is to buy more than 100 horses from the government at a high price, and he will not easily put the cavalry into battle until he has to do so

A month later, as soon as I opened the door in the morning, I saw a thick layer of dark clouds floating in the dim sky, and snowflakes the size of soybeans falling from the sky - this was the first snow since the beginning of winter this year, and the whole of Alan County was covered in a thick layer of snow, and the streets and alleys were full of people clearing the snow

The year is approaching, this person has to move around in advance and some relationships, don't you say the old saying, many friends, many roads, when can you help you, regardless of whether you are in officialdom or business, this interpersonal relationship is the same, and you have to find a way to do business around local politics in order to make money, Li Yang can accumulate thousands of family wealth in a short period of time, which is inseparable from the support of the official family

When the snow stopped the next day, Li Yang prepared two carts of gifts and went to Taizhou City, after arriving in Taizhou City, he first let the carriage come to the yamen of the state capital, and after the guards of the officials passed the word, he and the two accompanying guards held 6 gift boxes, and followed the guards to the back hall where the prefect lived and waited

Officer: Lord Sun is receiving guests, Master Li, you should wait here for a while

Li Yang handed over to the officials: I have worked hard for this brother

Then Li Yang glanced at the table and gestured to the two guards: Put the box on the table

After the guard put down the gift box: Young master, I will wait for you in the carriage

Li Yang nodded with pleasure: Okay

After about half an hour, I heard Master Sun in the hall as a foreign officer: "This house is tired, if someone asks to see them, let them come in the afternoon."

"It's an adult"

Li Yang hurriedly went to the door to greet him, and after Lord Sun walked in, he bowed to Lord Sun: The student has seen the adult

Master Sun saw the gift box on the table: Hongting doesn't have to spend so much money when he comes to this mansion in the future

Li Yang: Adults don't break the bank, they are all some special dried fruits brought back from other places, you can try them

Sun Yuanwu wanted to see what dried fruits were in the box, but when he picked up the gift box, the contents of the box were quite heavy

Li Yang: My lord, these dried fruits are all solid

Sun Yuanwu naturally understood the meaning of this: It's rare that you have this heart, and the mansion will let the lady come to taste it in a while

Li Yang: The monthly salary of the adult salt craftsman, the student has risen from the original 1,000 yuan to 1,200 yuan

Li Yang didn't mention the matter of raising the salt worker's salary, it is estimated that Sun Yuanwu himself forgot about this matter, that day he just said it casually, but he didn't expect this Li Yang to really do it as a thing, which made Sun Yuanwu's good impression of him increase a little, and in Taizhou Mansion, Sun Daren has always regarded Li Yang as his own person, and the combination with several major events that happened in Taizhou before proved that he was not wrong, from the resettlement of disaster victims-fighting against Haikou to sending troops to quell the rebellion of Changweiguo, Li Yang has never disappointed Sun Yuanwu

Sun Yuanwu nodded with satisfaction: This time it has risen by hundreds of people's monthly salaries, is there any difficulty in the Alan Chamber of Commerce

Li Yang: There are difficulties for adults, but they are not big, and students and the Alan Chamber of Commerce can overcome them

Sun Yuanwu: If there is a difficulty that the government can help solve, you can say that it is okay

Li Yang: Adults and students have something they want to ask for advice from adults

Sun Yuanwu: Tell me something

Li Yang: There are still a lot of idle beaches on the beaches near Lanxi Village and Xilan Village, and students want to open some salt fields, but I don't know if the government will allow it

Sun Yuanwu: How many acres do you plan to open?

Li Yang: 1,000 acres

Sun Yuanwu's brows instantly tightened when he heard this number: There are so many salt fields to be opened

Li Yang: Adults have less land in Xilan Village and Lanxi Village, because there are 300 acres of land for 1,000 people in Lanxi Village, and now it is the limit that 400 salt craftsmen can be used for 1,000 acres of salt fields for students, and if you want to use more people, you can only open salt fields

Sun Yuanwu: How many saltsmiths can you use in these 1,000 acres of salt fields?

Li Yang: How can you get 2-3 hundred people?

Sun Yuanwu: This matter is not easy to do, Zhang Dake has been staring at the 1,000 acres of salt field in your hand, and there is also a set between you and Zhang Da, don't you have to make an agreement to sell salt in Taizhou City?

Li Yang: My lord, do you see if there is any solution to it?

Sun Yuanwu raised his head and pondered for a while: It's not that there is no way, it depends on whether you are reluctant or not

Li Yang: Please also give me advice

Sun Yuanwu: If you want to stop the Zhang family's mouth, you have to pay a lot of money to buy this thousand acres of salt fields

Li Yang: My lord, can you give me a specific amount?

Sun Yuanwu raised a finger: 10,000 taels

10,000 taels is indeed a lot of money, you must know that now you only pay one tael of silver for cultivating one acre of wasteland, and 10 taels of silver for opening one mu of salt field, which is definitely a high price, but sometimes you have to be willing to throw money into it

Li Yang: The students can take out 10,000 taels of silver, but the students are worried that this move will benefit the Zhang family

Sun Yuanwu: Don't tell anyone about this matter when you go back, don't make a noise, these days the government will ask the state government yamen to issue a notice, this thousand acres of idle beach will be sold according to the salt pan - 10,000 taels of silver, if the Zhang family intends to buy it, then the government will find an excuse to deny this matter, and when no one buys it, you are buying, so that no one can find fault with it

Li Yang: Students are causing trouble for adults again

Sun Yuanwu: The government is also doing this so that the villagers of Xilan Village and Lanxi Village can have something to do and earn more income

Li Yang: My heart is for the people, which is really a blessing for the people in the north

Sun Yuanwu shook his hand: This is all within the scope of the government, and there is a saying among the people that it is very good, it is better to go home and report the children if the officials do not make decisions for the people

Li Yang smiled slightly: My lord, the other students plan to increase the monthly salary of the Alan Chamber of Commerce from 1,000 yuan to 1,200 yuan starting next month, so that the craftsmen and men can live a more comfortable life, and the business of the store can be better to increase taxes

Sun Yuanwu: Hongting, your decision is very much agreed with by the government, as far as businessmen are concerned, it is not an easy task to give the guys a monthly increase

Li Yang: Your Excellency, it is you and the people of Taizhou who have made today's Alan Chamber of Commerce, and the Alan Chamber of Commerce should also give back to the people of Taizhou for their kindness

Sun Yuanwu: Hongting Taizhou Mansion has 10,000 acres of land in Pengxi County to change hands, and that 10,000 acres of land is not far from Alan County, just southwest of Alan County

Li Yang: My lord, how much silver does the official family plan to sell for this 10,000 acres of land?

Sun Yuanwu: 30,000 taels of silver

Li Yang: It's a bit expensive to sell 10,000 acres of land for 30,000 taels of silver, but the fields bought by students before were all one or two taels of silver per acre

Sun Yuanwu: One mu and one tael of silver is the price of land reclamation, this 10,000 mu of land is good land, and it is not expensive to sell 30,000 taels of silver, if it is not for the tax gap in Taizhou Mansion this year, you don't even think about buying 10,000 mu of good land at this price, you really think that it is the same for the house to sell to people

Li Yang: Adults and students just say it casually, and 30,000 taels will be 30,000 taels of this 10,000 mu of land

Sun Yuanwu: The Hongting Mansion has always regarded you as its own person, so if there is any good thing, the Mansion will try to let you come first

Li Yang: Student Xie Daren shows love, but I don't know if this will bring unnecessary trouble to adults

Sun Yuanwu: You don't have to worry about this, the government has its own measure

Li Yang: My lord, the student, will send the money to the government office within two or three days

Sun Yuanwu stretched his waist and snorted: Hmm

Seeing this, Li Yang got up and bowed to Lord Sun: My lord, the student retired first

After leaving the yamen of the state capital, Li Yang sent a gift to Yuan Bin, the Taizhou guard, and the gift he gave was the same as that of Lord Sun, which was a thousand taels of silver

Alan Chamber of Commerce wants to do business in Taizhou City safely and steadily, then it has to rely on the officials of the government to take more care, the open gun is easy to dodge - the secret arrow is difficult to prevent the same is true of business, Li Yang has suffered a loss at this point before, so that the shop has been burned down and no one has been caught until now, and the officials in Taizhou City are under the jurisdiction of Zhong He, so Li Yang on Zhong He's side has to say more or less about it a year ago

When I arrived at Zhong He's mansion, a lot of large and small gift boxes were moved in, looking at the things Li Yang sent seemed to be quite a lot, in fact, these things were added to a piece of more than 100 taels of silver, mainly some daily necessities like rouge-cloth-silk-tea-porcelain ornaments or something, in addition, Li Yang also prepared 200 taels of silver for Zhong He alone, so that he had time to take his brothers to eat something good, as for Zhong He can share some with his brothers, only God knows

This time to Taizhou City Li Yang prepared a total of four gifts, and now three have been sent, the last gift is for the sea thunderbolt Longchuan - Brother Long, Brother Long is really not interesting enough to say to these brothers, Brother Long likes to drink, put him in the last place is ready to have a few drinks with him, and the gift prepared for Brother Long is also very real and direct is 500 taels of silver

This is the first time I went to the house to visit Brother Long, and Brother Long saw that I was coming and quickly asked Mrs. to prepare a few dishes, today he is going to fight with me not drunk until dawn, after the wine and food are ready, our brothers have done 3 bowls of liquor in a row, because the wine is too strong, I drank more urgently, and the wine soon came to my heart, and at this time Long Chuan did tell me a very important news