Chao Gai is completely different from the Heavenly King who only wanted to be happy with his brothers in the original trajectory. He knew that force alone was not enough, and that logistics were crucial.

For example, the cost of recruiting guards now is very large, and each person consumes at least three catties of staple food, not counting vegetables and meat, and the food alone is dozens of stones every day.

The old housekeeper Comber often said that although there is some background in the house, people eat horses and chew like a bottomless pit, and the income and expenditure are unbalanced, and they can't last long.

Therefore, in addition to practicing diligently, Chao Gai traveled to the present, and whenever he had time, he would go to the blacksmith shop, the brewery, the brick kiln factory outside the village and other industrial places. With the knowledge of later generations, we discussed technological innovation with our masters.

The blacksmith is at the forefront, and the weapons forged by the carbon adsorption method are stronger. Enough people were recruited to change the name to "The Forge". There are hundreds of knives every day, and the knives are beaten out to change the clothes of the guards. All kinds of farm tools are also quite popular with the surrounding people, and their income is increasing day by day.

The brewery uses the distillation method to make the wine clear and mellow. Due to the simplicity of the distillation device, it is still necessary to continue to improve the liquor in order to achieve the market in the future. Fortunately, the current liquor has become a hot commodity as soon as it debuts.

The brick kiln has also made great progress, and the output of green bricks and black tiles has doubled. Only the cement that was researched encountered a problem, and Chao Gai personally went over to discuss and tried the method, and then he returned to the house.

He even came up with a method of extracting refined salt and boiling sugar from sugar cane. Together with forging, brewing, and brick kilns, the company wanted to increase its income.

It's just that the time is too short, and the stall is in its infancy and has not yet been fully rolled out. But Chao Gai believes that it only takes a year and a half to open up the situation. When the time comes, you can make money every day, and no longer worry about money and food.

The good news is that I don't know if Shuibo Liangshan has ears, eyes and eyes, or the deterrent effect of the name of Chao Gai. During this time, there was no strongman borrowing grain in the entire Yuncheng territory. On the contrary, there are frequent looting incidents in the surrounding counties.

The county magistrate was overjoyed, so he naturally vigorously supported Chao Gai. In addition, the king's staff went around and won the aid of five or seven hundred stone of grain every month.

The Chao Mansion now buys grain from the Yuncheng County official at a cheap price, and this county magistrate really has a few brushes to make money, which is like a big sale.

Old grain costs five stones, new grain always costs one stone, and coarse grains such as corn and corn are cheaper. A set of ten pieces of leather armor and five pieces of paper armor...... even released a lot of bold words to help get the iron armor.

Don't worry about food, armor is purchased, weapons are forged.

A few days ago, the food, weapons and equipment and other materials that were secretly purchased were delivered. Hundreds of guards were all in armor, and each with a knife, like a regular army.

Chaojiazhuang has money, food and people, and it is becoming more and more prosperous every day. The people in the surrounding villages were very envious, and the offspring lingered. There is really no way to recruit them all into the second echelon.

Chaofu also asked people to open porridge shops in various places, and regularly gave porridge to help the poor people. Take the opportunity to find the homes of those who are destitute and have only one life left. Privately recruited and recruited, no one knows how many people there are in Chaofu......

"Hey, hey, it's not much worse if there's no one or two thousand estimates. Unconsciously, Lao Tzu actually walked out of this road of rebellion to a new height! ”

Chao Gai caught the stone lock with one hand, wiped the sweat with the other, and a strange smile appeared on his face. As a big boss, I know very clearly, and the arrangement is clear. These strong men enlisted in the army, and the clever ones entered the restaurant.

He dropped the stone lock in his hand and grabbed a black three-pointed, two-edged knife that was placed on the weapon rack. Rubbing the cold, heavy blade in his hand. Struggle to slash with both arms, slash, fly up and down, and hang in the wind. Sometimes the black tip of the knife scratches the ground, leaving deep scratches.

This knife is his killer weapon, and he will never use it in a battle with Shi Xiu and others. There is a threaded mouth in the middle, which can be split into an iron rod and a short knife. And this knife is the rusty three-pointed two-edged knife dug out of the ground, soaked in grass ash alkali water for a few days, wiped and refreshed. Dark and translucent, I don't know what kind of metal, it weighed one hundred and twenty-eight pounds.

Chao Gai had just the strength to control this blade, and his comprehension of the gold leaf record deepened. The strength has reached a new level, and it is getting stronger and stronger. Even if you encounter Lu Lulu, who is unparalleled in Hebei... Lu Junyi is not afraid.

"Brother Baozheng...... little brother is back!" Chao Gai's chest was full of pride, and he wielded the big knife more and more vigorously. It was at this moment that there was a shouting outside, and immediately after, a figure rushed into the courtyard like a gust of wind.

Chao Gai saw that the person who came hurriedly stopped practicing the knife technique, put away the weapon and hurried to meet him.

The person who came was wearing a kudzu linen robe, wearing a scarf on his head, his face was white and his beard was long, and his expression was elegant. Two copper chains are tied around his waist. Who can it be if it's not Wu Yong dressed like this?

Wu Xuejiu is a literati and has not practiced very hard, but he has not been idle for nearly a month. Either busy buying food, leather armor and blades, etc., or running around to assist Comber in dealing with the affairs left by private merchants.

The most important thing is to send trustworthy people to keep an eye on every move of the Daimyo's mansion. Reporting the news in time is to wait for the 100,000 birthdays.

From that day on, the two of them had a long talk and decided on this matter. Wu Yong can be said to hate Cai Jing to the core, how can he not seize the opportunity?

He's been in charge of keeping an eye on it all the time!

"Brother, I've already found out!" Wu Yong saluted, looked around and said in a low voice: "I got some information from the vendors, I personally confirmed ......"

"Stop, brighten, you and I will talk about it when we enter the house." Chao Gai knew that this was not a trivial matter. Immediately waved his hand and pulled Wu Yong into the house and closed the door.

"Brother, it's here, the birth gang is here......" Wu Yong sat down a little excited.

"Don't worry, drink your saliva and speak slowly." Chao Gai flipped over the cup and poured a cup of herbal tea.

Wu Yong hurriedly took a sip and rubbed his hands slightly excitedly to explain the situation: "A hundred or so soldiers escorted ten cars, and the leading soldier was surnamed Ma." He is also a fierce general in the Daimyo's Mansion, and it is said that martial arts are not under the urgent pioneer Suo Chao. After I got the message from him, I sent someone to follow him all the way......"

Chao Gai listened quietly, his mind racing through analysis.

He has been here for a month and has learned a lot. The economy of the Song Dynasty was indeed prosperous, but there were too many corrupt officials in the country.

For example, Liang Shijie, the left-behind secretary of the Hebei Daimyo Mansion, Liang Shijie, is the son-in-law of Cai Taishi, the number one traitor in the dynasty, as if he took office with ten rakes to loot the people's fat and ointment, and every year he will send 100,000 gold jewelry shells to celebrate his birthday. It made the surrounding people miserable and gritted their teeth at this guy.

Chao Gai was ready to intercept and seize it from the moment he knew that there was such a thing, and later Wu Yong joined. Knowing that the other party has a grudge against Cai Jing'er, it is even more imperative.

"Wait, which way do you say you are going?" Chao Gai heard the route cut short suddenly.

Wu Yong was stunned for a moment, and then explained: "It is estimated that Liang Shijie did not take the waterway in order to build momentum, but took the official road, and there was a flag on the Taiping car. It is only a little over 300 kilometers from the Daimyofu to Tokyo, which is safe and fast. ”

"Oh, I see!" Chao Gai suddenly realized and motioned for Wu Yong to continue. In his heart, he recalled that Liang Zhongshu's birthday was robbed twice in the original trajectory. The first estimate was to swagger from the official road and wipe out the whole army.

The reason why Yang Zhi set off after the Dragon Boat Festival and made a detour from Shandong. It will pass through Purple Mountain, Erlong Mountain, Peach Blossom Mountain, Umbrella Mountain, Huangnigang ......, most of them are intentional, and they don't want others to guess.

The two of them talked without passing on the six ears, and the red-haired ghost Liu Tang knew that Sun Sheng, the dragon prince of Zhuyun, knew better. But who spread this news?

Yang Zhi said it himself? No way.

Well, then it can only be the guy who is not suspected.

Chao Gai was thinking about things absentmindedly, Wu Yong asked after speaking, and saw that he didn't respond, so he gently pushed him again: "Brother, others don't dare to do it, we want to rob and kill, choose to start halfway, how many people are appropriate?" ”

"Shi Xiu, San Ruan, Li Kui, you, me, Su Ding, plus the pro-guard team is enough." Chao Gai thought for a moment and then decided on a candidate. Needless to say, the others are all brothers, and the guards have been picked and chosen, selected and selected, and instilled with the idea of loyalty from the beginning of recruitment, which is very reliable.

"By the way, brother, I have a friend who lives in Taipingzhai and is called White Rat Bai ......"

"Stop, not this year, take him with me next year!" As soon as Chao Gai heard Wu Yong's recommendation of Bai Sheng, he was so frightened that a clever man hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt. If this living father is allowed to join, it is estimated that he will have to go to Liangshan this year.

"Brother, what are you?" Wu Yong was a little puzzled when he saw Chao Gai.

It is impossible for Chao Gai to say bad things about this father, so he can only analyze it with the overall situation as the priority: "Brighten, I have also heard of Bai Sheng, a white day mouse, very righteous but in a hurry." After all, the stakes are too high to disrupt our original plans. People are very reliable nowadays, and it's not appropriate to join someone temporarily! ”

"My brother is right, it's my younger brother who doesn't think it through." Wu Yong smiled ashamedly.

"Hey, don't say that!" Chao Gai waved his hand and returned to the topic: "Convene the brothers to discuss the matter of robbing the birth gang, and then start after it is determined." ”

The two deliberated for a while, and agreed to talk to the brothers. Hand in hand, he went out to the backyard and rode his horse to find Shi Xiu.

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Since Chaofu had Su Ding, who was skilled in bows and horses, Shi Xiu gradually stepped down from his position as a teacher. With a few companions, he found a lot of places around the village that were not in front of the village and there were no shops in the back, and commanded the guards to lay the foundation and build thatched huts.

For most of the month, several village stores have been completed and opened for business. Plus I met the right one and bought it directly. There are more than a dozen restaurants in the city and countryside, which are responsible for receiving merchants and inquiring about news. The main purpose is to meet a good man to retain as much as possible and invite him to join.

The shopkeeper of these hotels, Xiao Er was picked out by Shi Xiu to be clever and cautious, and he was trained by Chao Gai. The chef of the house also got a certain true inheritance. Master Chao, who can be literate and martial, and can do business and cook, is deeply admired by others.

Relatively new dishes, desserts, mellow and sweet wines, business is still good. There are large households in nearby villages, and it is also an income for merchants to buy wine in bulk. This aspect of the hotel system was the first to open up the situation.

Shi Xiu is the owner of the hotel system, responsible for finding out information and making good friends. And this kid likes this kind of thing, and he goes to inspect it every three days.

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