The next day, Liu Yan and Miao Shaoze, the small flag officer, returned to Dapanbao, and at this time Chen Xun had returned to the military tun and was leading hundreds of military households to open up the wasteland.

Zhao Min allocated 1,300 taels of silver for this purpose, which was specially used to purchase cattle and farm tools, as well as to build water conservancy facilities.

In the past few months, the income of the soap workshop and the salt drying factory has increased steadily, and after removing various expenses every month, Dapanbao can have a balance of more than 2,000 taels of silver, and now Liu Yan has accumulated tens of thousands of taels of silver in his hands, and there is also a stock of 7,000 stone of grain in the treasury of Dapanbao.

It can be said that the current Liu Yan is the richest man in the entire Wangjiazhuang, and he can be ranked even in the front of the thousands of households in Xiahe Village.

In the blink of an eye, the cold wind raged everywhere in Lingshanwei, the Nanhe River had frozen in the cold wind, and the ice could even walk through, and from time to time you could see the military households and people with chimneys in various places in Wangjiazhuang, walking across the Nanhe River to everywhere.

At this time, the weather was dry and cold, and the cold wind blew on the face like a knife, and the scraping person was painful.

On the morning of this day, Liu Yan was checking the maps of various places in Wangjiazhuang in the General Banner Official Hall, studying where the thieves were entrenched, and according to the news collected during the night period, where were the thieves haunted.

Just yesterday afternoon, Liu Yan had already received an order sent by Wang Weizhen, asking Liu Yan to mobilize manpower and military equipment, and be ready to kill bandits at any time.

Sending troops to suppress bandits was Liu Yan's suggestion, in order to train troops in battle and suppress bandits for money, so he naturally raised his hands to support Wang Weizhen's order.

Yesterday evening, Liu Yan had already given orders to several small flag officers, ordering everyone to mobilize before the war and prepare to send troops to suppress the bandits. As for which banner to mobilize to fight at that time, Liu Yan did not say clearly, first let all the soldiers of the Dun army be ready, in case anyone slacks.

"Captain A!"

Just when Liu Yan was studying the map, he suddenly heard someone coming, looked up, and saw Miao Shao, the little flag official, knocking on the door, and then pushing the door in, and said: "The shopkeeper of Wanfu Oil Mill in Wangjiazhuang, the chief of the first century, is here, and now he is waiting outside the general flag official hall, and there are ten big cars coming together, all waiting on the streets and alleys outside." ”

"Ten carts? It's sorghum in the car! ”

Miao Shao nodded and said: "A long is wonderful, it is sorghum, and the subordinates have taken a look, no less than two thousand catties of good sorghum!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Wang's movements are really fast, let's go, let's take a look." ”

The two immediately walked towards the gate, the general flag official hall did not occupy a large area, and soon came to the gate, Wang Jing immediately smiled and clenched his fists and stepped forward: "Hehe, Liu Zongqi, meet again." ”

Liu Yan clasped his fists and saluted, then looked at the ten carts behind Wang Jing, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wang is really neat, it is really not easy to buy so much sorghum so quickly!" ”

Wang Jing waved his hand and said, "I will definitely do my best to do what Mr. Liu explained, and there will never be any negligence." ”

"Please, let's go in and talk."

Liu Yan invited Wang Jing to the General Flag Office, while Miao Shao went out to greet the ten carts and go to the warehouse in Dapanbao, where Zhao Min was busy registering the amount of newly reclaimed wasteland recently, just in time for Zhao Min to enter the sorghum into the warehouse.

In the General Flag Official Hall, Liu Yan personally made tea, Wang Jing didn't dare to shout, and the two sat opposite each other in the house.

"My official hall is small and simple, and the shopkeeper Wang smiled when he saw it."

Wang Jing shook his head and said, "You can't say that." Nowadays, Dapanbao is one of the largest Datun Fort in the whole Xiahe Village, such a scale, so many people, but it is the credit of Liu Zongqi, without Liu Zongqi, there will be no current Dapanbao. Speaking of which, Dapanbao is Liu Zongqi's home, how can it be said that it is small and simple? ”

"Haha."

Liu Yan laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Wang is really good at talking. ”

"Just ......"

Wang Jing changed his words and said: "There is something I want to ask, I don't know if it is inconvenient for President Liu to tell you?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Shopkeeper Wang, please speak, as long as it is not a confidential matter, I must know everything and say everything." ”

Wang Jing hugged his fists and thanked him, and then said: "That's the case, the two thousand catties of sorghum that Liu Zongqi asked for this time have been gathered, and they will be transported over today." It's just that I don't understand, what does Liu Zongqi want so much sorghum for? ”

At this time, although sorghum was also mostly used for liquor, it was only a small part, and most of the liquor was made by fermenting beans, rice, glutinous rice, and even various grains, fruits and vegetables. Therefore, the amount of sorghum required for brewing is not large, and Wang Jing naturally did not think about it.

The greatest demand for sorghum is still the army, sorghum is a very good feed crop, can be used to feed war horses, so the Ming army will purchase a large amount of sorghum every year, which is the biggest head. Of course, the price given by the Ming army procurement is also very low, and it is even often in arrears, and it is not impossible to directly repay the debts in the end, after all, the imperial court at this time is already very poor, and military spending is even more tight.

Liu Yan looked at Wang Jing's expression, and said with a smile: "Does Shopkeeper Wang want to ask if our Lingshanwei has a big move, so I want to hoard sorghum and want to take the opportunity to make a big profit?" ”

"Huh,"

Wang Jing smiled and said, "I know that this is a major military matter, and it is definitely inconvenient for Liu Zongqi to say it." It's just that if there is really a stir in this regard, please let Liu Zongqi know when it is convenient, so that the trumpet can also earn some pocket money. ”

Liu Yan laughed out loud and said: "Shopkeeper Wang thought about it thoroughly, but this time he thought a little too much, our Lingshanwei didn't have any big moves, and I didn't hoard so much sorghum to make horse feed." ”

"That ......"

Wang Jing wanted to continue asking, but realized that something was wrong, so he smiled and stopped talking.

Liu Yan looked at Wang Jing's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and said: "Since Shopkeeper Wang asked, I don't need to hide anything, after all, I will need Shopkeeper Wang's assistance in the future to hoard sorghum in large quantities." ”

Wang Jing understood that Liu Yan regarded him as his own, so he hugged his fists and said: "Liu Zongqi, don't worry, what I said today is just a doubt in my heart, and no one else will know about it when it comes out of Liu Zongqi's mouth and enters my ears." ”

Liu Yan said: "The reason why I hoarded sorghum in large quantities was because I was preparing to make wine. ”

"Winemaking?"

Wang Jing obviously didn't believe it, after all, sorghum wine was not very popular at this time, due to the limitations of distillation technology, the taste and taste of sorghum wine in this era were very poor, far from catching up with rice wine and rice wine, whether it was a dignitary or a common person, it was popular and rice wine and rice wine, only rural farmers would drink sorghum wine, multigrain wine and so on.

So when Wang Jing heard that Liu Yan was preparing to brew sorghum wine, he naturally didn't believe it, isn't this obviously preparing to lose money?

"Hehe, Liu Zongqi said with a smile, can this sorghum wine make money?"

Liu Yan said: "Others naturally have to lose money when they brew sorghum wine, but I am different, I have a secret in my hand!" ”

Wang Jing mistakenly thought that this was Liu Yan playing sloppy, so he smiled and stopped asking, but Liu Yan continued: "Don't think too much about Shopkeeper Wang, I am indeed preparing to make wine, and two thousand catties of sorghum is not enough, I hope that after Shopkeeper Wang goes back, he will continue to buy a large number of sorghum, as long as the quality of sorghum is good enough, I will collect as much as I have here in Dapanbao!" ”

At this time, Wang Jing believed it completely, and said worriedly: "Liu Zongqi has to think about it, don't be reckless, after all, it is not easy for Liu Zongqi to accumulate some silver." ”

"I appreciate the kindness of the king's shopkeeper."

Liu Yan said with a smile: "But shopkeeper Wang can rest assured, the business of sorghum wine will never be lost, this will be another way for me to make money in Dapanbao, and Shopkeeper Wang will also make a lot of money." ”

Wang Jing smiled and clenched his fists and said, "Hehe, okay, then I will follow Liu Zongqi to make a fortune." ”

At this moment, Miao Shao, the little flag official, walked in with a delivery order, hugged his fists and said: "Qiyu Jiachang, the sorghum transported by the king's shopkeeper has been counted, the quantity is two thousand catties, the quality is good, and the transaction is traded at the market price of twelve wen per catty, which is equivalent to a total of twenty-four taels of silver, this is the delivery order." ”

Liu Yan took the delivery slip and looked at it, then handed it to Wang Jing and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, see if there is any discrepancy?" ”

Wang Jing smiled and directly put away the delivery form, didn't look at it, and said: "Don't look at it, I can naturally trust Liu Zongqi's work." ”

Then Wang Jing took the twenty-four taels of silver handed over by Miao Shao, the little flag official, and put it into the money bag with a smile.

"Okay, now that the goods are cleared, then I will go back and continue to buy sorghum and squeeze soybean oil for Liu Zongqi."

Liu Yan sent Wang Jing out with a smile, and then instructed Miao Shao, the little flag officer, to escort Wang Jing out of the fort all the way.

When he walked to the gate of the General Flag Office, Liu Yan pretended to be unintentional and said: "Next time the shopkeeper Wang comes to deliver the goods, you can let Miss Wang come over with you to take a look at the style of Dapanbao, and you can also relax." I haven't had time to thank Miss Wang for the grease she gave me last time. ”

Wang Jing agreed with a smile, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that my stupid girl's lifelong events have a door, it seems that I have to think about it after I go back." ”

After sending Wang Jing away, Liu Yan went to the warehouse to check the sorghum that was being put into storage, and then found Zhao Min to inquire about the current family background of Dapanbao.

Zhao Min found Liu Yan and complained, originally Zhao Min's idea was to come to teach and educate people, but Liu Yan treated Zhao Min as a copywriter and scrivener, almost using it as a squeeze, so that Zhao Min was so busy every day and night that he almost didn't even have time to eat.

Liu Yan looked at Zhao Min, who had lost a lot of weight, and said with a smile: "I see the hard work of Lord Zhao, but now the situation of our Dapanbao is like this, not to mention learning, even literate people are very few." If it weren't for the fact that Chief Zhao taught the small flag officers and some Dunjun literate during this time, I am afraid that there would only be one scholar in the fort now. ”

Zhao Min also knew about these situations, but he still said: "There are too many people and affairs in the castle now, and I am the only one with a few apprentices, so I can't be busy." It's not that I'm afraid of being tired, but I'm worried that I'll miss the affairs of the fort. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "I know who Zhao is doing. In this way, during this time, I sent someone to Wangjiazhuang to recruit some literate guys to come over, and I could help Zhao with some things. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yan suddenly thought of something, the reason why Zhao Min was unsociable in Wangjiazhuang before was because of different concepts.

Zhao Min is a pragmatist and supreme reader, unlike those nerds who are bent on being an official and reading dead books, Zhao Min wants to do practical things and want to pass on what he has learned and spirit.

Liu Yan had drunk with Zhao Min a few times before, and Zhao Min talked about it and seemed very excited.

So Liu Yan continued: "As for the rest, I plan to wait until our Dapanbao is developed, and then establish a private school for Director Zhao, and Director Zhao will be in charge of teaching, specifically for our Dapanbao to teach readers, and teach readers who can work hard, how about it?" ”

Zhao Min suddenly became excited when he heard this, stood straight and saluted, and said: "The courage of the first chief, Zhao really admires it, and he should obey his fate!" From now on, Zhao will be the pawn of the first chief, and he is willing to smear the liver and brain of the first chief! ”