Guidong Dao Yamen, Yang Chao is reporting to Yang Ping about his negotiations with Wei Qi.

In order to let the Taoist see how he tried his best to persuade Wu Shengwu, he once again gave full play to his acting skills, and Yang Ping nodded again and again, and his gaze at Yang Chao also had a little more appreciation.

On the table was the deposit that Wu Shengwu had paid in advance.

Yang Ping looks calm on the surface, but his heart has already blossomed. Although the estimated price he quoted to Yang Chao was forty taels of silver for an arquebus, he didn't have much hope in his heart.

He felt that it would be good for Yang Chao to talk about the price of thirty taels of silver and an arquebus.

Unexpectedly, Wu Gongzi actually agreed to his lion's big mouth.

Subtract the share promised to Yang Chao, and then subtract the cost of the arquebus, and you can earn at least fifteen taels of silver by selling an arquebus.

Eight hundred and fifty arquebuses were more than 11,000 taels of silver.

Coupled with the profits from the sale of other equipment, this business can make a minimum of 8,000 taels of silver. Yang Ping is in charge of 5,000 households, and the oil and water he gets a year add up to only more than 3,000 taels of silver.

This business is equivalent to earning himself a year and a half of oil and water.

immediately promised Yang Chao: "You did a good job!"

"This official is a good man, I will accept the deposit of 5,000 taels of silver to buy raw materials first. Next, let's trade a batch of equipment with Wu Gongzi, and you will take a part of it, and the official will not lose a tael of silver! ”

"After the transaction is completed, we will continue to maintain the relationship between our health office and Wu Gongzi."

"This is a cash cow that can bring us a lot of wealth, and we must not let him run away."

"The wear and tear of weapons is very large, especially arquebuses, I wonder if we can sell them another batch of arquebuses in two years!"

Yang Chao comprehended in his heart: "Don't worry, my lord, I have already thought about my humble position!"

"When this transaction is over, I will go to explore Wu Gongzi's mouth, encourage him to expand the scale of production, and take the opportunity to sell him a few more tunbao."

"With more forts in his hands, the number of guards he needs will naturally increase, and the consumption of weapons will also increase, and he will definitely continue to buy weapons from you, my lord!"

Yang Ping immediately agreed: "This idea is good, but you can't just take care of your own thousand households."

"Don't forget the principle of equal interests, if you have the opportunity, bring in the other thousands of households in our guard, and let the brothers get rich together!"

"Humble duty understands!" Yang Chao immediately received the order.

Seeing Yang Ping's eyes shining and staring at the silver ticket on the table, in order to prevent Wu Laosan's cooked duck from flying away from his mouth, Yang Chao continued.

"My lord, during the negotiation, Wu Laosan repeatedly reminded him of his humble position!"

"He can pay a high price for the equipment we provide, but the quality must be high, otherwise he will refuse to buy it even if we sell it at a lower price."

"It can be seen from his humble position that many of his guards are veterans of the guard, and they have fought in battles, and they can see the quality of their equipment at a glance, so we must not use ordinary arquebuses to fool him!"

"The lowly is willing to take a tael of silver from the share of each arquebus to reward the craftsman who makes the arquebus."

"Make sure that the arquebuses they create are all good, don't because of the quality of the arquebuses, causing the two sides to part ways, then it will be a big loss!"

Yang Ping instantly heard Yang Chao's concerns, and analyzed it thoughtfully

"In the past, we built arquebuses for the imperial court, but we got very little money and food, and the income of the craftsmen could barely fill their stomachs, so naturally we would not use our hearts to build arquebuses." "As a result, a lot of arquebuses are of very poor quality."

"This time, we got a lot of money and food, and the official will definitely not treat those artisans who help us make money."

"The official has already thought about it, in addition to the money and food that the craftsmen deserve, the official will also reward everyone with two hundred and fifty taels of silver."

"The craftsmen make a high-quality arquebus, and the official will reward two taels of silver!"

Yang Chao immediately said: "My lord is wise!"

"With two taels of silver stimulation, the craftsmen below will definitely work hard to build these arquebuses!"

"After a while, I will go to the treasury to get spears and waist knives, and sell these weapons to Wu Gongzi first, so that they will not protect the workshop with their bare hands!"

Although the guards are becoming more and more erosive, some of the most basic military facilities are still there.

In order to facilitate military exercises, each tunpu has a military exercise ground used to assemble and train military households.

Early this morning, the sound of the gong of the deputies' assembly sounded in the former village fort.

More than 30 military households rushed to the martial arts arena with their families, all of them with yellow and thin faces, tattered clothes, empty eyes, and no vitality, which had nothing to do with the soldiers at all!

Uncle Wu took Ah Fu and Wu Zhiyong stood on the platform, with twenty sword-wielding guards behind them, looking particularly majestic! More than 150 people from Quantunbao gathered in the martial arts arena, and saw Wu Zhiyong standing on the Dianjiangtai wearing the official uniform of a hundred households, and the two military households who took the lead immediately knelt on the ground: "The small one is see the Lord of the Hundred Households!"

The rest of the military households, the old and weak women and children knelt on the ground one after another, for fear that they would accidentally provoke the adults of the hundred households, and take the opportunity to let themselves pay more silver.

"Get up, this official is the former village fort hundred households just appointed by the imperial court, you can call me Wu Baihu in the future. Dong Baihu next to me is the 100 households of Zhongcun Fort, and in the future, everyone in Qiancun Fort will not only listen to the orders of the official, but also listen to the orders of Dong Baihu! ”

"As far as this official knows, before there were no 100 households in Qiancunbao, half of everyone's annual grain went to 1,000 households."

"Now that the official has taken office, it's time for this rule to change!"

There were more than 100 people in the martial arts arena, all of whom became nervous at this moment, looking at Wu Zhiyong with a worried face, for fear that he would increase taxes.

"This official has decided: From now on, everyone's grain income does not need to be handed over to thousands of households."

"All the income from your hard work to grow grain belongs to you, and the official does not need a penny, and you can still go to work in the factory in Bentun, and you can get paid for it."

"But you need at least one young man from your family to join the guard that this official is about to form!"

The mood of a group of military households was up and down, and they didn't know whether to be happy or sad. The food they grow does not need to be distributed to thousands of households, and their monthly income can be doubled immediately, which is enough to stop their families from going hungry, which can be said to be a pie-in-the-sky thing.

Before they had time to rejoice, the news that Tunpu wanted everyone to set up a guard army was like a scoop of cold water, which instantly extinguished their good mood.

Their status is military households, and it is their obligation to join the guards.

In addition to the little money and food compensated by the imperial court, not only did there be no military salary, but there would also be one less strong laborer in the family.

Farming is a manual work, which requires a large number of young and middle-aged people, and when there are fewer young and strong, the food grown will naturally decrease, but I heard that I can work and receive wages.

The dream of the military families that they were about to live a good life was shattered, and their mood became depressed again, and then they became happy, it was really like a roller coaster!

Wu Zhiyong didn't know what everyone thought, so he continued step by step: "The newly established guard army is different from before, after everyone joins the guard army, unless the commander agrees, they can't leave the guard garrison at any time, and they also have to conduct drills every day, patrol around the village fort, and prevent bandits from attacking our former village fort."

The military households are in a bad mood again!

In the past, they participated in the guards drills, and they practiced the period from October to the first month, and most of them just meant to go back to their respective homes when they were done, and they could still do something to help their families in the interval of the drill.

According to the rules that Wu Zhiyong set just now, no matter who it is, once he joins the guard, he will not be able to help the family, and the family's income will continue to decrease.

At this moment, Wu Zhiyong changed his words and continued: "In order to let everyone practice in the guard army with peace of mind and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy without any worries, everyone who joins the guard army can get one or two or five dollars of silver."

"If the family has a large population and two young men join the guard at the same time, then congratulations, your family can receive three taels of silver every month."

"If no one in the family joins the guards, then I'm sorry, from now on, except for the income from working and growing grain, you will not receive any salary from this official."

"Finally, I will tell you a good news: after joining the Guards, this officer guarantees that every brother can eat enough in the Guards, and they can also eat meat every three days!"

"But these salaries are not taken for nothing, after joining the guard, the official will conduct a military assessment on everyone every month. If someone fails to pass the assessment three times in a row, no matter what your identity is, whether you have a backstage or not, you must leave the guard unconditionally. ”

"If someone can rush into the top three in Tunpu for three consecutive assessments, no matter what your previous status is, you can be promoted to Xiaoqi and receive two taels of silver every month."

"If you continue to work hard, you can be promoted to the general banner, and you will receive four taels of silver every month."

"If someone performs particularly well, the official will also recommend you to go to other tunpu to be a hundred households and receive eight taels of silver."

"What the official has to say is finished, the brothers who want to join the guard army will sign up in front of me immediately, if you miss this opportunity in front of you, you will have a second chance to sign up in at least ten months!"

"Considering that you can't open the pot at home, this official has specially prepared some silver for everyone."

"All the brothers who sign up to join the guard today can receive one or two pieces of silver first, and then receive the remaining five coins of silver at the end of the month!"

"Uncle, please take out the silver we have prepared, so that everyone can see our sincerity!"

Fifty ingots and one tael of broken silver were piled up in the tray, which was particularly dazzling in the sun's reflection, and instantly attracted everyone's attention. Wei Quancheng didn't say a word, but his gaze kept wandering on the military household.

The moment the silver appeared, the Adam's apple of many military households moved, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva several times.

"My lord, after joining the military household, you can really get a salary of one or two or five dollars!" A soldier standing at the front asked boldly, his eyes never taking off the silver in the tray.

"If you are on leave, you will be paid this month's salary on time at the end of each month, and if there is no silver issued that month, you can leave the guard immediately!" Wu Zhiyong said firmly.

"As long as the adults are talking, I will join the guards......" The middle-aged man no longer hesitated, and strode forward.

"Humble Tan Feng, the original Tunbao Xiaoqi, has killed bandits, as long as the adults pay the money on time, the life of the lowly position is yours!"

Wu Zhiyong was very happy. Anything, as long as there is a leader, it will be much easier to do next.

Immediately said: "Brother Wang, when the guard army was first established, I can only let you be an ordinary soldier for the time being." As long as you have the ability to rank in the top three in three consecutive assessments, the official will immediately promote you to be a small flag! ”

"If you agree to this arrangement, you will come to this official to receive a tael of silver!"

"Believe in your own abilities!" Tan Wei did not hesitate to take the silver handed over by Wu Zhiyong. In the guard, officers at all levels are hereditary. When Tan Wei's father served as Xiaoqi, he practiced a good skill.

After the son passed on his father's business and inherited the small flag, Tan Wei did not leave behind the skills given to him by his father, he was confident that he could become a small flag by his own ability, and even climbed to the position of the general flag. ”

Tan Wei has a lot of prestige in the former village fort, and after he walked out and took the first step, the remaining young people in the village were like crazy, rushing to Wu Zhiyong to sign up.

Qiancunbao, which had only 34 households, recruited 45 young men, many of whom were brothers and sisters who joined the guard. The smoothness of the recruitment greatly exceeded Wu Zhiyong's expectations.

The next step is how to assemble the guards.