The individual soldiers of the Red Flame Army are extremely strong, and their own foundation is very good, and after more than half a year of physical training, their physical fitness has been greatly improved.

In this regard, Zhou Tong is the most vocal.

Now in addition to riding and archery, the Red Flame Army is not weaker than the border army in other aspects, except for the experience of battlefield fighting.

Because even the border army cannot guarantee such a high-intensity training.

If you want to maintain this kind of intense training for many years, making sure that your diet is nutritious is only the most basic aspect.

What's more, the soldier has been tightening this string day after day, year after year, and something is going to happen.

Once there is a bombing of the camp, it will be a big deal.

Therefore, even the border army did not dare to maintain such a high-intensity training all the time.

But in the Red Flame Army, there has never been any problem with the psychology of the soldiers.

This made Zhou Tong amazed.

What the Red Flame Army lacks now is just a battlefield battle.

Once they have been baptized by war, they will soon be able to complete their transformation and become an iron-blooded army.

For Jia Huan, what he wants is not only combat effectiveness, but also the Red Flame Army to be able to minimize damage as much as possible.

The most important factor in war is people, not weapons.

But weapons are also an extremely important factor, sharp weapons, strong armor, in order to better kill the enemy, and better protect yourself.

After all, the number of the Red Flame Army is still too small, only 10,000 people.

Once the damage is too great, it may not take a few wars to wipe people out.

Training this Red Flame Army, I don't know how much effort it took him-

Well, this sentence is a bit of a shame, but the deputy general Zhou Tong can really be said to be exhausted and exhausted.

Therefore, Jia Huan wanted to change a batch of armor weapons for the Red Flame Army.

These armor weapons are built by the children of the Mo family.

Needless to say, the craftsmanship of the children of the Mo family is far ahead of this era.

And in the past two years, with the help of Jia Huan, they have also completed a breakthrough in materials.

In his previous life, Jia Huan was a surgeon, and he was not proficient in materials science.

However, some basic concepts of alloy materials are still clear.

He just told Mo about these ideas.

For the children of the Mo family, for more than a thousand years, they have been constantly exploring materials.

In terms of materials, there is a certain amount of research in itself.

Jia Huan's theory just provided them with the right way of thinking.

With this idea in mind, after several years of exploration, they have successfully developed a new type of material.

Bows made of this material have a range of 50% longer than ordinary bows and arrows.

Fifty percent of the range is already a very exaggerated distance.

The weapon created is simply a divine weapon that sharpens iron like clay, and ordinary armor can't resist the slash of alloy material weapons at all.

The armor created is light and strong, and with the previous weapons, the armor made of alloy materials cannot be broken at all.

As long as the whole army can be replaced with new weapons, the combat effectiveness of the Red Flame Army, not to mention the combat effectiveness, can be doubled, not to mention the tenfold increase.

Of course, the cost of new weapons is expensive, especially since Jia Huan has to raise the price of these weapons as much as possible.

He wants to try his best to fight for these alloy weapons, and only use them to equip the Red Flame Army, so as not to leak out as much as possible.

Because once it goes out, God knows if it will spread to the Kingdom of Jin.

And this large amount of funds must be approved by Chongkangdi.

Therefore, early the next morning, Jia Huan went straight to the palace to find Emperor Chongkang.

Originally, there was a liaison between Jia Huan and Chongkangdi.

It is impossible for Jia Huan to run to ask Emperor Chongkang for instructions on everything, even if Jia Huan is not annoyed, Emperor Chongkang will be annoyed.

But this time, because the amount was too huge, Jia Huan had to come in person to ask for instructions.

Soon, Jia Huan was invited into the study.

After listening to Jia Huan's explanation, Emperor Chongkang asked while reviewing the folds: "Jia Aiqing, you say, how much silver does it take to change military uniforms?" ”

Jia Huan said: "Your Majesty, the last general has calculated that a total of about 1.2 million taels of silver will be needed. ”

Hearing this number, Chong Kandi couldn't help but gasp.

He was shocked and angry and asked, "Jia Aiqing, is your military uniform made of gold?" Do you need so much silver? ”

Jia Huan replied helplessly: "Your Majesty, the Red Flame Army has 10,000 soldiers, and on average, each military uniform is only worth one hundred and twenty taels of silver, which is really not much." ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to buy a treasure knife outside, even if you take out a thousand taels of silver, you may not be able to buy it."

"And the weapons that the last general is going to build, although not as sharp as those swords outside, are also very sharp. What's more, it's not just weapons that will be built in the end, but also armor and bows. ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools! This figure is already the result of the last general's repeated frugality. It couldn't be less. ”

After Jia Huan's explanation, Chongkang Emperor also realized that the silver Jia Huan asked for was really not much.

Not to mention anything else, if it were outside, the silver needed to make a set of armor alone would cost a hundred taels of silver.

This set is down, as long as one hundred and twenty taels of silver, Emperor Chongkang is wondering if this silver is enough.

After pondering for a moment, Emperor Chongkang couldn't help asking, "If the Red Flame Army changes its weapons and armor, what is its combat effectiveness?" ”

Jia Huan immediately patted his chest and promised: "Your Majesty, it will definitely be like a tiger!" The Red Flame Army will be invincible in the world, invincible, and invincible! ”

In this world, there has never been the largest army in the world. But if you want to make money, you have to blow the cowhide first.

Moreover, Jia Huan felt that in this era, the combat effectiveness of the Red Flame Army was really a notch ahead.

The transformation brought about by the divine weapon is definitely not a joke.

After hearing Jia Huan's words, Emperor Chongkang couldn't help but nod and said, "You want 1.2 million, I will give you 1.5 million!" ”

"Of these, 1,200,000 went to the household department, and the other 300,000 came out of my internal funds. I only hope that Jia Aiqing can live up to my trust. ”

If it were in the past, Chongkangdi would definitely not have been able to come up with so much money.

Great Xia's annual tax revenue is limited, and it can't make ends meet every year, where can he take out so much silver for the Red Flame Army?

And now, with the unfolding of the reform, the treasury is becoming more and more full of silver.

Although Chongkang Emperor is still frugal, he is not stingy in major matters.

And he also has great trust in Jia Huan and the Red Flame Army.

This trust is not only because of Jia Huan's excellent character.

This trust was built little by little through the information transmitted by intelligence.

Needless to say, the training situation of the Red Flame Army was extremely satisfactory to Emperor Chongkang.

What satisfied Emperor Chongkang even more was the ideological and political education carried out by Jia Huan in the Red Flame Army.

Jia Huan will carry out ideological and political education of loyalty and patriotism many times a month, and this is also what makes Chongkang Emperor most assured of Jia Huan and the Red Flame Army.

Jia Huan said gratefully: "Your Majesty, although rest assured, the last general will not live up to Your Majesty's trust!" ”

After leaving the palace, Jia Huan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, the cost of a complete set of weapons and armor does not exceed fifty taels of silver.

And Jia Huan was ruthless and asked for one hundred and twenty taels.

Unexpectedly, Chongkangdi took the initiative to rise to one hundred and fifty taels.

At that moment, Jia Huan felt a little embarrassed.

Of course, the reason why Jia Huan was able to control the cost to such a low level is actually due to science and technology.

If you measure it according to the craftsmanship of this era, you can't do it at this price.

For example, in this day and age, a lot of pig iron is needed to create a treasure knife.

Then, after beating again and again, it finally reaches the level of a thousand forgings, and only then can a treasure knife be created.

During this period, it takes a lot of time.

In the Wa Kingdom, it may take them decades to create a family heirloom knife, and it may not be possible to complete it in a single generation.

The cost of labor alone is sky-high.

The Mohist method of building has become a mold pouring production.

Because it is made of alloy, it is not much worse than the heirloom knife in terms of sharpness and sturdiness.

The cost price has been pulled down all of a sudden.

After returning to Ningguo Mansion, Jia Huan called Mo to take charge of the house.

Let her take the children of the Mo family to build ordnance for the Red Flame Army.

Mo Dangjia readily agreed.

After theory, there must be practice, and the master of Mo Da is also willing to help the Red Flame Army build ordnance.

Not long after the order, when she was about to go to the Grand View Garden, Aunt Zhao happened to come.

Now when he has nothing to do, Jia Huan never goes to Rongguo Mansion.

Aunt Zhao sometimes thinks about her son, so she comes to Rongguo Mansion by herself.

Sometimes Aunt Zhao also goes to the Grand View Garden, and in the Rongguo Mansion, Aunt Zhao and Xia Jingui can enter the Grand View Garden, and no one else can enter.

Jia Huan hurriedly invited Aunt Zhao into the house, and then asked, "Mother, why are you free to come to me this time?" ”

Aunt Zhao raised her face and said, "How many times have I told you, you will call me Mrs. in the future, don't call me mother!" ”

"Why, you have no conscience! You don't say that you often go over there to see me, and now that I come to you, you are also annoyed? ”

Jia Huan said with a smile: "What did Mrs. say, you don't know my relationship with Xifu, what am I going to do there?" ”

"If my wife really misses me, how about I clean up a yard here and come out, and my wife lives here? The lord can also live with him. ”

Aunt Zhao said, "Where is the master willing to live here?" I'd better just stay over there. ”

"Ouch, Brother Huan'er, you haven't seen Baoyu's family, and the maid Bao Toad she brought."

"If they don't make a fuss that day, this day will never go by. One by one, crying and shouting, looking for death and life, it was really lively. ”

"The old lady is out of sight and out of mind, and now she can't even see Baoyu anymore. Baoyu and his mother are sick and angry, and her complexion is not as good as day by day. Even the master must not be pure. ”

Jia Huan finally understood why Aunt Zhao came, it turned out that she had come to him to share her inner joy.

Jia Huan couldn't help but ask, "Baoyu doesn't care?" ”

Aunt Zhao said, "Why don't you care? Just where to live? Of these two, where is there a fuel-efficient lamp? ”

"Baoyu is in charge, these two are going to Baoyu. Baoyu is useless again, so he has to hide outside, and he doesn't dare to come in every day. ”

Seeing Aunt Zhao's elated appearance, Jia Huan asked helplessly: "Madam, you are not far from their yard, they are so noisy every day, aren't you annoying?" ”

Aunt Zhao said with great interest: "What's the annoyance? I just think it's lively, it's better than singing on the stage, you don't know, I followed them, and I learned a lot of swearing! ”

Well, I have to say that Aunt Zhao's bad taste is really different.

However, the two masters and servants of Xia Jingui and Bao Chan are really spicy, and even Aunt Zhao can learn a few curses from them.

Jia Huan instructed again: "Madam, you just don't quarrel with them, no matter how they shrink, you don't have enough money, just come to me." ”

"Even if you cut the maids-in-law, you don't have to quarrel, you just give them the monthly silver yourself, and they won't be able to say anything."

Aunt Zhao waved her hand and said, "I know it, where do you use your scorpion sting to say so many things?" It turns out that hiding behind and watching the play is so enjoyable, by the way, I don't have any money now, you can get me some more silver to spend. ”

Aunt Zhao came to ask for silver, and she wanted it rightly.

Jia Huan smiled and said, "Okay, Qingwen, you go and get a silver ticket of 1,000 taels of silver to your wife." ”

"Yes, Third Master."

Aunt Zhao took the silver ticket and returned to Rongguo Mansion without sitting for long.

After Aunt Zhao left, Jia Huan called the mandarin duck and instructed: "Mandarin duck, you send someone to check, how did Mrs. spend the money?" If it's a normal expense, don't be fooled. ”

The mandarin duck said, "Yes, third master." ”

He usually gives Aunt Zhao a lot of silver, not only Aunt Zhao, but even Tanchun has no less silver.

only didn't give it to Lin Daiyu, Lin Daiyu is a little rich woman, Lin Ruhai will send silver from Jiangnan every year.

Besides, they haven't gotten married yet, it's Jia Huan who gave it, and she is afraid that she won't want it.

It stands to reason that he gave Aunt Zhao a lot of silver, and Aunt Zhao shouldn't have spent it so quickly, and came to him to ask for silver.

Jia Huan was afraid that he was coaxed by Ma Daopo's thief.

Just when Jia Huan was about to get up and go to the Grand View Garden, Wang Xifeng came to the door again.

Now Wang Xifeng is not a distinguished guest, just the shopkeeper he invited.

Wang Xifeng came this time to report on his work.

After two months of study, Wang Xifeng is now in charge of most of the business.

Jia Yun began to draw out gradually.

Next, Jia Huan still has a heavy use of Jia Yun.

He was going to ask Jia Yun to expand the intelligence system.

At present, his intelligence system is only limited to the capital.

And even in the capital, they can't spy on some secret things.

Jia Huan is ready to ask Jia Yun to further expand the intelligence system.

After a short time, Wang Xifeng was invited in.

Jia Huan found that Wang Xifeng had lost some weight compared to the past, but he was in excellent spirits and looked forward to his life.

She must have thoroughly liked and even fallen in love with her current position.

After coming in, Wang Xifeng began to report some business things to Jia Huan, and told Jia Huan some of his thoughts.

After Jia Huan heard this, he became curious. (End of chapter)