Daming Military Empire

Chapter 83 Military Supplies
Lu Xiangsheng saw that the shopkeeper was very calm in the face of the 500 million taels of silver bills, and his heart was finally relieved. In fact, he didn't come to exchange cash. Now the [-] army has not even seen a shadow. Why cash.

He came to Xinglong just to see if the bank note could be exchanged into cash. Now that it was confirmed, he naturally put away the bank note and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the shopkeeper of Xinglong on that day raised his hand to hold him back and said, "My lord governor, please stay."

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but wonder, I don't want to exchange money anymore, why are you keeping me?He asked inexplicably: "What else?"

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands, and said awkwardly: "I heard that the governor wants to recruit [-] soldiers. I, I want to recommend something to the governor."

This Luo Yangxing really dares to spread the word about everything. Fortunately, the conscription is not a secret, so it's okay to spread it out.

Lu Xiangsheng replied angrily: "Yes, this recruit hasn't arrived yet, what do you recommend?"

Luo Yangxing was really shot while lying down. He is the kind of person who has nothing to do with himself and hangs himself high. If the emperor has no will, he usually leads a group of younger brothers around the capital. Touching the ground, even beautiful women can't see it, how can I have time to spread these news!

In fact, Zhu Cijiong asked Cao Huachun to pass these down, and the military expenditures given this time were all in cash. If Ri Xinglong had no preparations, it would be a mistake.

Shanxi is the birthplace of Shanxi merchants, and it is also the hometown of more than half of the shareholders of Rixinglong. Naturally, it is necessary to send a shrewd and capable shopkeeper to take charge of the Shanxi branch. This shopkeeper is actually Fan Yongdou, one of the major shareholders of Rixinglong. Naturally, the supply of military supplies is very familiar with the needs of the army, and he can think of many things that Lu Xiangsheng did not expect.

The military households in Daming cannot be treated as regular troops, they are just some ancestors who have served as soldiers, maybe some thousands of households or commanders still have a few pairs of armor and a few weapons in their homes, and ordinary military households have nothing in their homes, except Sometimes adults from thousands of households get bored and call them up to practice, other times they are no different from farmers.

Therefore, almost all of these recruits came empty-handed. They needed weapons, military uniforms, boots, and military tents and quilts.Weapons can also be collected from the arsenal, but sorry for the military uniforms, boots, military tents and quilts, the arsenal does not have these things, who knows when the imperial court will recruit soldiers, these things will grow hair after a long time.

Lu Xiangsheng trained all the regular troops of the Beijing camp, and these things have already been prepared, so he has no idea at all.Fortunately, Fan Yongdou is a veteran of military supplies, he knew what was going on as soon as he heard Lu Xiangsheng's tone, so he carefully reminded: "I don't know if the military uniforms, boots, military tents and quilts of the recruits are all ready, Mr. Governor. .”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was shocked and said: "Ah, do we have to prepare all these? Aren't they military households? Didn't they keep these things from their previous generation?"

Fan Yongdou patiently explained: "In the army, those who have some roots can naturally join the army. Those who have these things are now staying in the army. As for these recruits, I don’t know how many generations their ancestors have never been in the army. These things are left behind, and now they are dilapidated and useless at all.”

Lu Xiangsheng is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs, and naturally he is not a stupid person. He can see through these things. He was surprised by the shopkeeper's understanding of military supplies, and he couldn't help but clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for reminding me. I don't know Mr. Gao's name."

Fan Yongdou hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to be, dare not be, the villain's surname is Fan, and his humble name is Yongdou."

Lu Xiangsheng stopped being polite to him, and asked directly: "Listening to the tone of shopkeeper Fan, these things are selling every day?"

As soon as he talked about doing business, Fan Yongdou got excited, and he said with joy, "Ri Xinglong started our business by doing this. Naturally, we have all of these, and they are all standard. With decades of credit guarantee, the Governor can order with confidence." .”

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help wondering: "Order? Don't you have stock?"

Fan Yongdou replied with a wry smile: "My lord governor, you have an army of [-] troops, why should we prepare so many goods?"

Lu Xiangsheng was right when he thought about it. Why is a businessman preparing more than [-] sets of standard military uniforms? It's sick!He asked anxiously: "I don't know the price of these things, how long will it take for delivery?"

Fan Yongdou introduced in detail: "The original price of a set of military uniforms, boots, and quilts is 50 taels of silver, and I will count it as 40 taels for you; the original price of a standard ten-person cowhide military account is 100 taels of silver, and I will count it as 80 taels of silver for you." ;The original price of Shuai Zhang is [-] taels, and I will count it as [-] taels for you. We have special workshops to produce these things, and the configuration of your [-] troops can definitely be done within a month."

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it in his heart, and based on the market price, this is already very cheap, so he said straightforwardly: "Well, I will order it in your Rixinglong, and the military uniforms, boots, and quilts cost [-] sets. There are [-] cowhide army tents for ten people, and the delivery will be within a month, no problem?"

Fan Yongdou said with a happy smile: "No problem, no problem, don't you need a handsome tent? It's much more comfortable than a standard cowhide tent."

Lu Xiangsheng resolutely said: "No, it's just a place to sleep, so why waste it, soldiers can sleep, so can I."

Fan Yongdou couldn't help being awed when he heard this, general soldiers and governors have to order more comfortable tents, but this governor sleeps like a soldier in a tent, he is definitely a good general who loves soldiers like his son, he can't help but Zhu reminded: "My lord governor, don't you need this food?"

Lu Xiangsheng asked a little embarrassedly: "Do you have to make a reservation for this one? Isn't it the same to buy it when the recruits arrive?"

Fan Yongdou explained: "Of course it's okay to buy new recruits when they arrive, but it's easy to be ripped off, and others don't dare to raise the price indiscriminately if they make a reservation."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded gratefully and said: "It's still the shopkeeper Fan's thoughtful thinking, the grain and grass are also booked from you, right? One hundred thousand shi of grain, 30 catties of fodder, you can figure out how much it is."

Fan Yongdou said in a bit of a dilemma: "Food is two taels of silver and one stone, and fodder is one tael of silver and one hundred catties. These are all prices set by the imperial court. In fact, it is far more than this price in Shanxi. Years of severe drought, these things have to be transported from the south of the Yangtze River." Come here, I really can't give you a discount."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect that Fan Yongdou would actually sell it to him at the price set by the imperial court. You must know that there has been a severe drought in the Northwest for years, and food is expensive. It would be good if you can buy one stone for five taels!It seems that Luo Yangxing is a good person, but he didn't let someone take the opportunity to kill me. Well, I have to thank him after returning to the capital.

Luo Yangxing doesn't care how much his food costs per stone, in fact, these are all confessed by Zhu Cijiong, this time he can be regarded as a good person lying down.

After negotiating the price, Fan Yongdou began to draw up the contract. After both parties signed and pledged, Lu Xiangsheng paid another 100 million taels of deposit, and the matter of military supplies was settled.

Lu Xiangsheng was in a good mood, and went to Taiyuan Mansion non-stop to ask the magistrate for a piece of open space outside the city, and stationed there with a thousand personal guards.He refused all the officials' banquets, and took his personal guards all day long to level the land and divide the areas in the garrison, preparing for the arrival of recruits.

(End of this chapter)