Chapter 237 Worried about money, why not sell salt

Back in the tent, everything here was built according to the specifications of the march, and there was even a sand table in the tent.

Murong Fu sat in the position of the coach by himself, although Murong Bo was his father, but this was a military camp, so naturally he was the main one, and there was no need to play any filial piety to give way.

"General Baili, report on the recent military training!"

Murong Fu asked while looking at the strange terrain on the sand table.

The villains on this sand table are all used by the Baili people to rehearse their formations, so the terrain has no substantive significance, it is just used to deduce various unexpected situations.

Baili Rentu immediately reported the military situation in the past few months to Murong Fu.

There are 5,000 Xuanjia soldiers, and they already have sixty percent of the combat power of the original troops, and if they want to improve their combat power again, only after the baptism of battlefield rush and killing, can they completely complete the transformation.

As for the other 10,000 elite soldiers, there is still room for improvement, and now it is almost the same as the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty, but if it is against the Liao soldiers, it may be worse.

In the end, the 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers, among which he was also divided into three, six, nine and so on, began to cultivate various skills when marching, such as camping, casting walls and digging trenches, etc., there was a clear division of labor, and even the firehead army was also equipped, and now the only thing that is bad is the military doctor.

Hearing this, Murong Fu said that he would send a few people in a few days to see if there were anyone suitable for studying medicine to study, and if there was really none, he would be in charge of the manpower of this area.

Xue Muhua didn't dare to accept apprentices at will because he was expelled from the door wall by Su Xinghe, but the medicine boy who followed him also developed a good skill, and it was enough to find a few to come over at will.

Baili Rentu nodded, indicating that he understood.

Originally, according to his idea, how troublesome it would be to train a military doctor, and it would be okay to wait for dozens of civilian doctors to serve as military doctors when the army marches in the future.

However, this will also come with risks, but fortunately, Murong Fu has another way, so he doesn't need to worry.

After learning the general situation, Murong Fu seemed to think of something, looked at Baili Rentu and asked, "By the way, what is the matter with the kidnapping horse that you ordered someone to send a message to me a few days ago?" ”

Baili Tu said: "This is a kind of light cavalry that is arranged on both flanks to charge from the book of Wu Mubing, if you can train a team to cooperate with the Xuanjia soldiers to outflank from the flanks, it will greatly improve the combat ability of the army!" ”

After Murong Fu took the military book from him, he realized that this kidnapping horse was founded by the Jin people, and it was originally used to cooperate with their heavy cavalry "Tiefutu".

"Golden man? Jurchen? ”

"General Baili wants to train a light cavalry, but now the difference is nothing more than good horses, right?"

Baili people slaughtered their heads and said: "The lord is wise, but it is the lack of good horse training. ”

Murong Fu pondered for a moment, and then said: "I already have an eye on the matter of horses, but I need Second Brother Gongye and Master Fan to go on a long trip on my behalf!" ”

Gong Yeqian and Fan Bailing glanced at each other, bowed down and said, "Lord, please command!" ”

"As far as I know, there is a tribe named Jurchen in the bitter cold land east of Liao and north of Goryeo, and they are good at producing ginseng, mink, famous horses, Haidongqing and other special products, among which famous horses and Haidongqing are what we need, and this tribe seems to be suffering from the oppression of Liao, and their lives are extremely simple.

In this way, I will ask Third Brother Bao to allocate another sum of money to you, and then deduct a little from the military supplies to see if I can buy the materials we need from them. ”

"By the way, remember to establish friendly relations with them as much as possible, after all, the Jurchen people are close to the Changbai Mountain area, rich in ginseng, and if there is an opportunity in the future, this is also a must-have."

Murong Fu is really a little strapped now, although it seems that he still has a large amount of family property, but now he is in a state of making ends meet, and there are still so many people to raise, so naturally he can save money!

Gongye Qian and Fan Bailing received the order, and after discussing the details with Murong Fu, they planned to set off immediately.

Murong Fu said that there was no need to be in such a hurry, and the group had lunch before sending them back to Middle-earth in a fishing boat.

With Gongye Qian's martial arts, in this Jianghu that has basically been solved by him, it is enough to protect the safety of Fan Bailing and himself, both of them are witty people, and they are naturally very relieved to go to Murong Fu and leave them to cooperate with each other.

After lunch, Murong Fu went to look at the grain field again, and saw that the potatoes had been planted on twenty acres of land, and his heart was slightly relieved.

Nowadays, there are about 3,000 seedlings in one acre of land, and each mu is rich in 3,000 to 5,000 potatoes, and in total, these ten acres of land can have a harvest of nearly 100,000 catties.

However, there are as many as 30,000 or 40,000 people on this island alone, and it seems that there is not enough food at all.

But there are other crops grown here besides potatoes, and every once in a while, there are ships of grain that bring in large quantities of food, and these people will not be hungry for a few years.

Now potatoes are ten and ten are born in a hundred, as long as it takes another two or three years, the output value will be enough for him to feed these soldiers.

"The landlord hasn't been in office for two years, and he will be a loser so quickly! Alas......"

Looking at Murong Bo who seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood on the side, Murong Fu could only swallow these bitterness in his stomach, and he couldn't point to this old guy at all.

Staying here was a little annoyed, Murong Fu planned to go back and think about how to make money, so he dragged Murong Bo, who didn't want to leave, back to Peach Blossom Island.

In the room, Wang Yuyan rubbed Murong Fu's shoulders lightly, and asked with a smile: "Why did you look so worried when you came back from a trip with your uncle today?" ”

Murong Fu raised his forehead and said: "When the money is used, I hate it!" ”

"Cousin, are you worried about money?"

Wang Yuyan thought to herself, our family is not bad for money!

"It's enough to raise our family for ten lifetimes, but isn't there a place to spend more money? Plan ahead to know the difficulty. ”

Murong Fu casually left a little drizzle to cover Wang Yuyan's expenses, but he still has more money to burn, and he can't just take care of the present.

Wang Yuyan seemed to guess what he was thinking, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Selling iron in salt is the most profitable, if my cousin wants to achieve great things, why not start from these two places?" ”

Murong Fu smiled helplessly, and was about to say that this would attract the attention of the government, and there was no need to mention the ambition of exposure, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly woke up, and even sat up a little straighter.

Now that the southern invasion of Liao is a sure thing, and then catch up with the new emperor to the throne, he only needs to let the eyeliner of the court be responsible for laying cover, and hide it for a year or two, and he can make a lot of money.

And by that time, he had already stabilized his foundation, did he still need to care about the attitude of the Song court government?

He has planned for so many years and spent so much money to make the secret son of the Murong family rise step by step above the temple, isn't it just for today!

"There's something going on today, and I'm sorry for delaying it until now! Tomorrow the update will be restored!"