Even more eye-catching is the 1,000 heavy armored cavalry, including men and horses, all covered by chain heavy armor, leaving only holes in the eyes, holding heavy cavalry guns, which is simply a thousand humanoid tanks.

It is conceivable that in the face of such a cavalry, the ordinary infantry phalanx is simply vulnerable, and most of them can be wiped out with a single impact

On the high platform on the north side of the school field, Jiang Lan looked at this mighty division with satisfaction, especially the Jiangzi banner fluttering in the wind, which couldn't help but make Jiang Lan very excited

"This is my army?" Jiang Lan thought in disbelief

"Boss, the troops have been lined up, please give me a lecture" Zhang Meng was dressed in shiny armor, holding the slender Mo knife at his waist, and hurriedly came to the stage and knelt down on one knee to give a military salute

Jiang Lan glanced at Zhang Meng and said

"Okay, get up"

Jiang Lan looked at Zhang Mengxing's military salute and thought that some rules should be set up, and he couldn't be like the bandits before

Walking to the front of the stage, Jiang Lan cleared his throat and said

"Brothers, I announce that from today onwards, the Tiantai Army has officially become formed, and the next thing we have to do is to step on all the enemies who are fighting against us and move forward bravely."

"What the sword points to, move forward bravely, what the sword points to, move forward bravely"

In the cheers of the soldiers in the audience, looking at these mighty soldiers, Jiang Lan slowly had a trace of ambition throbbing in his heart

"From now on, our caravan will no longer have to endure the harassment of the Northern Yan cavalry, it is our turn to fight back, and then let the Northern Yan people see how powerful we are."

"Zhang Meng"

"In," Zhang Meng replied

"Lead them to train, remember to practice hard, I'd rather them sweat on the school field than they bleed on the battlefield"

After speaking, Jiang Lan took a deep look at the mighty army in front of him, and then went to the county office

On the way back to the county office, Jiang Lan still couldn't suppress his excitement, a full 5,000 elite cavalry, especially the 1,000 heavy armored cavalry could simply sweep across the northern border, Jiang Lan even had the idea of going to the troubled waters to find the Beiyan camp to practice and practice, but he still held back, now he has to hide his clumsiness, and he must not show his edge, otherwise, let alone Beiyan, I am afraid that even Nanqin will have thoughts about himself at that time

At present, the most important thing is grain and grass, although Tiannan County is rich, but it does cost a lot of money and grain to raise these 5,000 cavalry, and each cavalryman eats horses and chews plus the maintenance of weapons and armor, and at least 500,000 taels of expenses per month.

It is precisely because of the large expenditure of cavalry and the fact that there is no suitable place for raising horses in Southern Qin, so the number of cavalry in the entire Southern Qin is not large, and the total number of cavalry in the entire three provinces and 27 counties in the north is less than 10,000.

Now Jiang Lan has assembled 5,000 cavalry all at once, and the task is to be hidden. Therefore, Jiang Lan claimed to the outside world that he had always been a thousand cavalry, and anyway, the emperor Lao'er did not pay military salaries, so outsiders could not know the specific number.

Back at the county office, Wang Yuan, Wei Cong, and Li Muran were already waiting

"I came to the three of you just to discuss, the next issue of military salaries, grain and grass, although our Tiantai County is rich, it is still a little difficult to raise an army, so we have to find a way to increase the income of the county," Jiang Lan said to a few people

"That's simple," Wang Yuan said, "Rob, we are strong now, and it's like playing to go out and rob anyone casually, especially the muddy water camp of Beiyan, for so many years, I don't know how many caravans have been looted."

"Rob, know how to rob, we are now a regular army, your bandit habits quickly changed for me" Jiang Lan reprimanded Wang Yuan, "Of course, we still have to rob the muddy water camp in Beiyan, but not now"

Wang Yuan smiled wryly, "That's it, the Beiyan camp must be robbed"

Jiang Lan knew that Wang Yuan was like this, and he couldn't count on it, so he turned to Wei Cong

Wei Cong was originally a merchant family, and his family had been in business for generations, but he didn't expect that this world was chaotic, and his family was in the middle of the road, and finally he followed the displaced people to this Tiantai County to stabilize, Jiang Lan saw that he was slightly hot, shrewd and good at business, so he let him be in charge of the caravan in Tiantai County.

"My lord," Wei Cong said, since Jiang Lan decided to form his own army, many people have also unconsciously changed their names to him, "At present, our main commodities are tea, silk and porcelain, and since the beginning of the year, the imperial court has become more and more strict on salt and iron, and now even Lord Liu can't get the supply."

"It seems that we need to come up with some new products now, in this way, let's set up a factory, produce it ourselves, and don't be a second-class dealer" Jiang Lan slapped the table

"New products?"

"Factory?"

The puzzled eyes of several people focused on Jiang Lan

"It is to set up a workshop and gather the labor force in the county to produce, which is more efficient and less costly."

"As for new products, let's start with soap."

"Soap?" Everyone looked puzzled again

"Wang Yuan, Mu Ran, the two of you go separately, one will organize people to burn some grass and wood ashes, and the other will go to the slaughterhouse in the city to collect pig pancreas" Jiang Lan didn't care to explain to them, and ordered

After a while, the two of them gathered their things

Jiang Lan sent someone to find a board and a wooden hammer, rolled up his sleeves and started to do it under the puzzled gaze of everyone

When I was a child in that world, my family was poor, and I often saw my grandfather how to make pig pancreatic soap, so this was not difficult for Jiang Lan

I saw Jiang Lan pick up a piece of pig pancreas and put it on the board and start smashing it with a wooden hammer, until it was smashed, so he asked Wang Yuan next to him to add grass and wood ash one by one, and knead it while adding grass and wood ash, and after a while, he made a large piece of pig pancreatic soap, and then cut it into small pieces and dried it.

"Go, find a dirty laundry, and fetch two basins of water," Jiang Lan instructed the people next to him

Bringing dirty clothes, Jiang Lan asked people to wash them with pig pancreatic soap, which stunned everyone at once, and there is such a useful thing, which is much better than honey locusts

"My lord, that's the soap you're talking about?" Wei Cong asked, he was a businessman, of course he knew what kind of sensation such a decontamination artifact could cause if it was put on the market

"This is not counting soap, this is just the most basic, Wei Cong, what is the price of something like this on the market?" Jiang Lan looked at Wei Cong

Wei Cong was stunned for a long time and said, "At least ten taels of silver a piece," he said, gesturing with his hand to the size of a fist

Ten taels of silver, although it is nothing in Tiantai County, is enough for a family of five in other prefectures and counties in Southern Qin for a year's expenses

"No, let's set a price of one or two pieces of silver," Jiang Lan said