Zhuang Shaoyou looked at Tai Shi Ci, who was a little disappointed, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, so he smiled and said, "General Tai Shi, don't be worried!" I have a great gift for you! ”

Tai Shi Ci suddenly came to his senses and asked, "Oh? Please give me advice! ”

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just a piece of equipment, I've been holding this thing in my heart for a long time, and now I finally have the opportunity to practice it! General Taishi, like you, I am from a cavalry background, so I also know the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry!

The biggest problem of cavalry is that it is very difficult to fight while riding a horse, it is all controlled by the soldier's two legs, which not only requires extremely superb riding skills, but also rubs the thighs against the horse's belly for a long time, which is very easy to blister and ulcerate, which is very inconvenient, so I have an idea to change this situation! ”

Hearing Zhuang Shaoyou say this, everyone came to the spirit, and the most interested ones were naturally Tai Shici and Qin Ling, followed by Mo Qiao, the president of the Academy of Science and Technology, and Mo Tie, the director of the forging factory, and even the military advisor Hua Xin, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes curiously, and seemed to be very concerned about this problem.

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled slightly: "General Ben thinks that a stirrup should be added to the war horse!" ”

"Stirrups? What's that? Everyone couldn't help but ask curiously.

"The stirrups are two iron rings that hang on the horse's back, and when they are fixed, you can step on them with your feet, so that it will be much easier and less effort to control the horse during battle! What does General Taishi think? ”

Tai Shici is a cavalry general, naturally he knows what this means, and other generals also know a little, Hua Xin understands best, such a change can increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry by more than fifty percent, and the ability to sustain combat will also be enhanced, and the rapid march can also be more durable, which is definitely a strategic-level innovation!

Mo Qiao on the side was very happy and said: "Brother Shaoyou, you are awesome, people worship you to death!" Why don't you become the dean of this science and technology? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou was originally very proud, he had been thinking about this problem since he was in the Yellow Turban Army, and found that there was no such thing in this era.

Today, I saw Tai Shi Ci and suddenly remembered this matter, it just so happens that now he has his own forging factory, which can be built, and he just describes a general idea, how to design it, and Tai Shi Ci and Mo Qiao will study it! It's best to be able to divert targets! Don't be so disgusted with yourself again!

Zhuang Shaoyou thought of the stirrup, and thought that he should increase the intensity of scientific and technological research and development, so he said to this Mo Qiao and Mo Tie: "The stirrup matter is a top secret for me, and it is strictly forbidden to spread it!" Mo Qiao, Mo Tie, you two have to strengthen the development of new weapons and equipment, the ship sold to Goguryeo last time brought a lot of things, and they will definitely imitate it when they go back, even if there is a gap with what the Mo family made, but it already poses a threat! ”

Mo Qiao said disdainfully: "As long as they can't get the drawings, I guarantee that they won't be able to assemble them!" There is no one who can't be imitated in three or five years! Even if you can imitate it, there's nothing to worry about, there are still a lot of things here, it's just that Brother Shaoyou, you haven't given people a chance! Brother Shaoyou, you are so eccentric! It's always with ink, and I don't pay attention to people! ”

The atmosphere in the administrative hall suddenly became weird, Zhuang Shaoyou sighed, and changed the topic: "The population has never been able to keep up with the pace of our development, so we have to increase the efforts to absorb the population!" Mr. Guo and Wu Liang are responsible for this matter, one is to send more ships to Qingzhou to pull people, and the other is to go to Lelang and lead the party to publicize the policy of our county, as long as you are willing to come, you will be given land, houses, and rations!

The population absorbed by the two counties of Lelang and Fang settled in Hongya Town, Mr. Guo, I will send Zhang San's infantry battalion to help you expand, and first allocate three million dollars to build houses, and make a good plan to reserve space for future development! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou paused, and then said: "Zhou Tian, Wu Liang, we have just signed a trade agreement with Goguryeo, you two can go to explore the way, the specialties there are still good!" The most important thing is to create an intelligence system on the territory of Goguryeo! ”

"Yes!" The two of them hurried to be.

When everyone fell silent, Zhuang Shaoyou spoke again: "There is one more matter, I decided to allocate 10 million money to speed up the construction of the Great Black Mountain, and Brother Mo will be responsible for this matter personally!" ”

When Mo Shi heard this, he hurriedly said: "General, the construction of the Great Black Mountain is not in a hurry, and now there are many places in the county to use money, and it is estimated that after the expansion of the county seat, the Mo family of the Great Black Mountain will all come to the county, hehe."

Zhuang Shaoyou said with some embarrassment: "Brother Mo, don't worry, I have a plan to let the people of the Mo family move back again!" ”

"Oh? Please give me advice! ”

"It's very simple, build Da Heishan better than the county seat! The mountains of Daheishan are high and steep, and the valley is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is a good place to live, while the county town is cold in winter and hot in summer, which is uncomfortable! The only thing that Great Montenegro lacks is popularity! Brother Mo can make Great Black Mountain a good place to settle down and attract people to move to settle down, which can also reduce the pressure of overpopulation in the county, and also make Great Black Mountain more prosperous, killing two birds with one stone!

Specifically, it is to give full play to the advantages of the Great Black Mountain and the skill of the Mo family, and build the Great Black Mountain into a mountain city, with sufficient water sources on the mountain, you can grow more melons and fruits, and there will definitely be many people willing to live in the Great Black Mountain in the future! In addition, leave me a separate hill, maybe I will move the county government up in the future! ”

Moshi pondered for a while and said, "It should be possible!" ”

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Zhuang Shaoyou said to Zhou Tian and Wu Liang: "Zhou Tian, Wu Liang, after the spring wheat harvest at the end of the month, I will go to Jiangnan with you and explore the waterway of the Yangtze River!" ”

When everyone heard that they wanted to object, Zhuang Shaoyou tried his best to disagree with the public, got up and said, "Everyone, that's the end of today, let's disperse!" ”

After everyone dispersed, Zhuang Shaoyou left Zhou Tian and Guoyuan to calculate the financial affairs, and at present, there are 3,700 catties of gold in the county treasury, and 17 million yuan of five baht, which is about 54 million yuan in total.

Budget for the next phase:

The upcoming harvest of spring wheat and corn will cost about three million dollars and the construction of four new granaries of about two million; The construction of two five-masted docks cost 10 million; It takes at least 30 million yuan to expand the new city in Qiqi County to build a new city with a width of six miles from east to west, north and south, which can accommodate 160,000 people! It is about eight times larger than the original county seat;

rebuilt Hongya Town, with an initial investment of 3 million; More than 2 million new towns were built in Liujia Village; 10 million dollars for the construction of Great Black Mountain; Zhuang Shaoyou traveled south this time, at least he had to carry more than 5 million money, and the most important thing was that after the two seasons of grain were harvested, if he was thrown away according to last year's policy to purchase at a limited price, he would have to reserve 25 million money! That's a total of 90 million dollars!

Zhuang Shaoyou's head suddenly grew when he heard this, why is there always not enough money to spend?

Zhou Tian on the side thought carefully for a moment and said: "General, the goods purchased from Jiangnan last time are being sold, and it is estimated that you can get about 20 million yuan in silver, deducting about 8 million expenses for buying new specialties, and there is a balance of 12 million, and the monthly business tax is about 2 million!" ”

When Zhuang Shaoyou heard this, he carefully calculated in his heart, and said after a long time: "Just spend it according to the most urgent needs, the first thing is to harvest grain and build a granary, which requires a total of five million dollars; The second is the shipyard, everything related to the ship, must not be delayed! This must not be saved!

The expansion of the new city can be slowed down, first the south wall is demolished, and the construction of the new city area in the south is started, remember to plan well, and it is better to be slow than to make a mistake! Spending 10 million dollars first should be able to support you for two months, and after two months we will have new money! The construction of the Mo family's Great Black Mountain is not in a hurry, it can be invested in batches, and five million dollars will be allocated first!

Mo Qiao and Mo Tie should allocate two million for the improvement of armaments there, but the reconstruction of Hongya Town must be started quickly, and at least ensure that the people who have moved there have houses to live in before the winter comes! So these three million can't be saved! The matter of building a new city in Liujia Village can be allocated two million to take it slowly, and this southbound trip will also bring five million to the past, which adds up to a total of 42 million yuan.

The remaining 12 million and the 12 million surplus from the sale of Jiangnan specialties will be used to buy grain! When harvesting grain, it is needless to say that the grain in the Mo family and Zhou Tiantian will be slowed down and then collected, and the ordinary people will be given priority!

Some of these grains can be sold to the grassland, exchanged for 500 war horses to supplement the cavalry battalion, and then exchange more cattle to come back, and the pressure of spring ploughing next year will be less. ”

Listening to Zhuang Shaoyou say this, Zhou Tian has no objection, since he did sea trade, he has long been reluctant to take care of those fields, or his current field must be doubled, no matter how neat, the grain produced in the field can be sold for a few dollars? It's better to do business!

It's just a lot of money, it's the same as grabbing money!

Of course, this is not a job that ordinary people can play, other businessmen want to do business by land, but the land is now chaotic, safety is not guaranteed, and the toll card of all parties is called a ruthless, and you have to burn high incense if you can earn two or three percent of the profits on a trip!

As for going by sea and land, you can do it, as long as you have a boat and you can't capsize it when you go to sea! How can such a businessman get this kind of ship, and only some of the powerful people in the south of the Yangtze River can do it, but they are all hanging in the waterway of the Yangtze River, and few of them come to the north.

As soon as Zhuang Shaoyou finished speaking, Zhou Tian said: "General, we can bring five baht coins over this time to the south, the quality of these five baht coins I collected is okay, not too inferior, and the five baht coins in the south of the Yangtze River circulate more, and they are easy to spend." ”

Now the five-baht system of the Han Dynasty is in chaos, all kinds of bad money are numerous, and local tyrants have imitated it, and the exchange ratio of five-baht money and gold fluctuates greatly every month.

For example, before the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the exchange ratio of high-quality five-baht money to gold was 10,000:1, and the five-baht money issued by the Han and Chong Emperors was of slightly worse quality, and the exchange ratio with gold was: 12,000:1!

The new five-baht coin issued by Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling is terrible, the copper content is very low, and it is very easy to wear and tear, so the exchange reaches 20,000:1, even so, the five baht money of Emperor Huan Ling is still unacceptable, and the number of high-quality five-baht coins handed down a hundred years ago is getting smaller and smaller, so the main thing circulating on the market is the five-baht money printed by the second emperor of Qianchong, and the five-baht coin collected by Zhou Tian is like this.