Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Unexpectedly...... How many ways are there left? ”

Earlier, he thought that Han Zhen promoted and promoted the officials to facilitate the rectification of the officials, but he didn't expect that there was still this layer of calculations hidden behind it.

It is no wonder that there are so many officials in a small Linzi County government.

At that time, he still wondered, why did he recruit many officials, wouldn't he eat public food for nothing?

Now Liu Qi understands that these officials are all officials from all over the world in the future!

is worthy of being the county magistrate, it is really thoughtful and far-sighted!

Thinking of this, Liu Qi's admiration became stronger and stronger.

At this moment, Xie Ding only felt cold all over his body, and his hands and feet trembled.

He is a literati, a scholar in the mouth of Song Taizu, and a person with vested interests, so he feels the deepest.

If Han Zhen really won the world, the status of the literati would plummet.

At that time, the prestige of Shilin that his Fuyang Xie family has spent several generations to accumulate will be empty.

Previously, he looked down on Han Zhen, thinking that the other party had taken a fancy to the name of the Fuyang Xie family in Shilin, and wanted to tie the Xie family to the chariot.

Now that I figured out this layer, I turned my head and looked at it again, and people didn't take him seriously at all.

With a gratifying and worry-free attitude.

It's no wonder that he would easily let the pillar come back.

How ridiculous!

Suppressing the thoughts surging in his heart, Xie Ding thought for a moment, and said, "Zhu'er, you will return to Linzi County in a few days!" ”

"Huh?"

Liu Qi looked incredulous.

After reacting, he looked embarrassed and said hesitantly: "Uncle, I was driven back." ”

He naturally wanted to go back, but the key was that he didn't have the face to go back.

Xie Ding asked, "Why did Han Zhen drive you away?" ”

Liu Qi replied dejectedly: "I ...... I don't want to upset my family. ”

"You can take care of your family and not act with enthusiasm, which means that you have grown up."

Xie Ding looked pleased, then lowered his voice, and said: "Don't worry about it at home, on your father's side, I will repair a book to clarify the benefits." ”

Liu Qi was pleasantly surprised: "Uncle also plans to defect to the county magistrate?" ”

"It's not a defection, it's just a way back for the Xie and Liu families." Xie Ding shook his head.

Although Liu Qi's words are conclusive, no matter what, Han Zhen now only occupies one county.

This force wants to let the Xie Dingju clan defect, it is impossible.

However, it is also worth a bet for his Xie family.

"I see."

Liu Qi nodded as if he didn't understand.

"It's late at night, go to bed early."

Xie Ding said, got up and left.

……

Following.

Early in the morning, after Liu Qi greeted Xie Ding, he carried a coiling dragon stick, rode a war horse, and went out of the city in a hurry.

Xie Ding asked him to go back in a few days, but he didn't want to stay longer in Qiancheng County, and it was boring.

Where are the good stubborns in the army.

In the eyes of other soldiers, Liu Qi found the drill quite interesting.

In Han Zhen's words, he is a natural general.

The official on duty at the city gate was surprised: "Xiao Yanei only came back yesterday, why do you want to go out today?" ”

"Take a long trip."

Liu Qi smiled mysteriously, and then beat the horse and galloped.

……

"This is Burenjia?"

In the barracks, Han Zhen and Nie Dong were inspecting the goods.

I saw that on top of the ox cart, there were wooden boxes, one of which was open, revealing the armor inside.

In order to prevent rust, the leaves of the armor are soaked in grease, and at this moment, under the scorching sun, it reflects bursts of cold light.

"That's right!"

Nie Dong nodded, reached out and picked up a piece of shoulder armor from the wooden box, and displayed: "County magistrate, please see, these nail leaves are designed with pagoda stacking, and each layer can be expanded up and down, leaving a gap for hanging nail leaves, which is also more convenient to wear, if the war is urgent, a single person can also wear it." ”

"I'll try."

Han Zhen took the shoulder armor and began to put it on.

The whole set of foot armor is composed of five parts: the necklace, the body armor, the shawl shoulder armor, and the cuirass.

The difference from ordinary heavy armor is that the infantry armor is divided into two layers of body armor, and with the addition of a layer of cuirass, it is equivalent to three layers of protection in front of the body.

If you hang some armor pieces outside, you can't even shoot through the crossbow and armor-piercing cone, and you can only rely on blunt weapons such as copper hammers and heavy axes to injure the soldiers in the armor.

Indeed, as Nie Dong said, it is extremely convenient to wear the step armor.

Under his guidance, Han Zhen was dressed up quickly when he was alone.

Putting down the stump on the shackle, his whole body was completely wrapped in thick iron armor, revealing only a pair of eyes.

He was already tall and strong, and if he put on the step armor at this moment, if he was like a god-killer, it would be daunting.

After moving his hands and feet, he tried to jump, run, swing a knife and a series of actions, and found that this set of armor was extremely cleverly designed, and basically did not affect the battle.

Gollum!

Seeing Han Zhen wearing a step armor and running back and forth like the wind in the barracks, Nie Dong and the others couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Wang He, who came to deliver the goods, was even more stunned.

It took a long time for Wang He to hold back such a sentence: "County Magistrate Han...... It's truly unparalleled. ”

After running for a while, Han Zhen came back without blushing and panting, and commented: "The design is good, but it's still a little light." What is the maximum weight gain? ”

The weight of more than fifty catties is really nothing to Han Zhen's physique.

Light?

The corners of Nie Dong's mouth twitched, and he replied truthfully: "You can increase your weight to ninety catties at most, and there will be nowhere to install any more nail leaves." ”

"Hmm."

Han Zhen nodded and took off the step armor.

After opening the wooden boxes one by one and inspecting the hundred pairs of foot armor one by one, he smiled at Wang He and said, "Wang Duyu has worked hard, the county has prepared wine and food, why don't you rest for one night and then leave?" ”

Wang He was a little moved, but he still refused politely: "I can't rest, I have to rush back as soon as possible to make a difference." ”

This time, he sold Bu Renjia and got a total of 80,000 yuan, how could Luo Sha rest assured that such a large amount of money would be ordered to rush back to Yidu County immediately after he took the money.

Hearing this, Han Zhen said: "In this case, then I won't keep it, the money is ready, Wang Duyu will do a little bit." ”

The two went all the way to the warehouse, and Han Zhen pointed to the two sacks placed in the corner.

Wang He immediately stepped forward, opened the brocade bag, dipped some white powder in it and put it in his mouth.

Feeling the sweetness coming from the tip of his tongue, Wang He nodded with a smile.

Sugar!

Due to the large number of transactions, the copper coins are too conspicuous.

Therefore, Han Zhen negotiated with Luo Sha to settle with sugar.

I thought Luo Sha would be reluctant, but who would have thought that Luo Sha would agree in one bite.

Every two taels of sugar are calculated according to 40 guan, and 80,000 guan is 125 catties.

The two brocade bags are packed and will not attract anyone's attention.

Speaking of which, how simple Luo Sha promised was thanks to Han Zhen's strict control of the output of white sugar, and more than ten catties were put on the market every month.

How to divide ten pounds?

After the stimulation of these dozen catties of sugar, the price not only did not fall, but rose a little.

Luo Sha is not stupid, the white sugar obtained from forty guan one tael is sold to Tokyo City, and he can make a profit of at least twenty or thirty thousand yuan.

After a short time, Wang He left with two bags of sugar.

Looking at his departing back, the corners of Han Zhen's mouth hooked up with a smile.

More than 100 catties of sugar, counting the loss, the cost is only 100 yuan, and it is exchanged for 100 pairs of step armor, which is really a huge profit.

It's a pity that sugar, a lucrative luxury, can't last long.

When the market is saturated, the price plummets.

However, before the crash, Han Zhen would use the sugar to earn enough supplies.

For example, the 120,000 stone of grain in the granary of Yidu County......

At this moment, Nie Dong was sending someone to move Bu Renjia into the arsenal.

Han Zhen walked over, looked for the treasury official in charge of the arsenal and asked, "What are the various types of armor now?" ”

Nowadays, not only the hydraulic forging workshop, but also several blacksmith shops in the county, plus the blacksmith shop in Xiaowang Village, are also producing a steady stream of ordnance.

Although the efficiency is not as good as that of the hydraulic workshop, it adds up.

The treasurer said: "The county magistrate, now counting the 100 pairs of infantry armor that has just entered the warehouse, there are 342 pairs of horse step heavy armor, 800 pairs of light armor for the whole body, 1,600 pairs of half-body iron armor, and 1,200 pieces of leather armor. ”

The so-called light armor is just a name, and it is about forty-five pounds.

The reason why it is called light armor is that it is slightly lighter than the weight of heavy armor.

After all, even the half-body iron armor weighs nearly twenty pounds.

Han Zhen thought about it in his heart, if the hydraulic forging workshop was running at full power and not stopping work day and night, it would be enough to produce another three hundred pairs of cavalry heavy armor in two months, which would allow all the cavalry to be equipped with heavy armor.

During this period, how could Luo Sha get another four or five hundred infantry armors, and it was enough to have such a heavy armor infantry pawn.

The rest of the foot soldiers, take the light route, to ensure mobility.

After all, the main thing about flower outfits is to be flexible with one hand and use them with firearms, like a tiger with wings.

Seeing the sun setting in the west, Han Zhen said hello to Nie Dong, rode his war horse and prepared to return to the county seat.

As soon as he left the barracks, he saw a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from the official road.

Han Zhen looked at it and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The person who came was Liu Qi!

He knew that Liu Qi would come back, but he didn't expect to come back so quickly, and it was less than a day apart.

"County magistrate, I'm back!"

Seeing Han Zhen, Liu Qi immediately grinned and smiled extremely happily.

When he came to the front, Han Zhen asked with a smile, "Have you explained everything at home?" ”

Liu Qi can come back, which means that Xie Ding has compromised.

"Hmm!"

Liu Qi nodded.

Han Zhen asked again: "Can your uncle let you bring a message or something?" ”

Liu Qi said truthfully: "This is not true. ”

"I know, you can go back to the barracks."

"County magistrate, I'm going."

Liu Qi rushed into the barracks with an excited look on his horse.

Looking at his back, Han Zhen couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Xie Ding, the old fox, really doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter an eagle.

He asked Liu Qi to come back, but he didn't say anything, which showed that he wanted to bet on himself, but he didn't want to be too involved.

If Han Zhen fails in the uprising, there will be room for maneuver at that time, so as not to completely implicate the Liu and Xie families.

Han Zhen can understand this.

Xie Ding represents not himself, but also the hundreds of members of the Xie family, as well as the prestige accumulated over generations, so he can't be careless.

At least a good start.

(End of chapter)