Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

[Reckless squandering, regardless of reputation, buying a brothel, dandyism score 1000 points]

[Regardless of the law and the consequences, he beat the royal prince and court ministers hard, with a dandyism score of 8800 points]

Look at the dandy points, it has arrived

At this point, the purchase of "Top Archery" is again a long way closer.

The next day, Cao Bin directly took Li Shishi back to the Hou Mansion, and even evacuated Li's house.

That guy Gao Qiu was born in a green skin on the street, and there is no limit to what he can do. Cao Bin didn't want to leave a flaw and let him have the opportunity to disgust himself.

As for Gao Lian's threat, he didn't take it to heart either.

So what if Cai Jing and Duan Wang are behind your Gao Qiu?

Behind me are Grand Master Pang and Concubine Pang.

At worst, let's flip the table to see whose backer is stronger and who has the darkest attack!

At this time, Cao Bin will not support himself, isn't the backer just for use?

So, after Li Shishi and others settled properly, Cao Bin went directly to the Grand Master's Mansion.

When Master Pang and his son heard that King Duan was going to steal the perfume business, they almost jumped up.

After more than two months of development, the perfume business has begun to spread throughout the Song Dynasty, and now it earns more than 3 taels of silver every month.

After one year, the Pang family can get 10,000+ taels of silver.

This is just the beginning. If the business is completely stabilized, this number will rise a lot.

The current perfume business is the lifeblood of the Pang family, and whoever dares to touch their cheese will fight desperately.

Without Cao Bin's instigation, Pang Taishi and his party began to collect black information about Duan Wang and Gao Qiu.

In fact, there is no need to deliberately collect them. As political opponents, how could they not have black information about each other.

It's just that I didn't tear my face apart on weekdays.

Especially Duan Wang Zhao Ji, his identity is very sensitive, if he is at the core of the court struggle, he can't get away easily.

Now they are still arresting "Timely Rain", "Gongming" and "Tie Niu" all over the city, not knowing that the danger has come quietly...

The back garden of Zhongjinghou Mansion.

Cao Bin was lying comfortably on a rocking chair to enjoy the cool air, while Du Shiniang and Li Shishi sat side by side with him.

Du Shiniang sat for a while, flipped through the collection of poems in her hand a little bored, and complained:

"Can't you really go out? Without me, Wa Si must be in chaos!"

Cao Bin shook his head and said:

"That fellow Gao Qiu has no lower limit to what he can do. Seeing that I have not surrendered, he may use some shady means, so he has to guard against it."

"Also, don't take yourself too seriously. When you didn't take over, didn't Wa Si still operate?"

Du Shiniang rolled her eyes, and was about to refute, Li Shishi covered the brocade quilt on her body, and said weakly:

"Ten Niang, you are content, except for Cao Yun, how can the women in the back house be allowed to go out at will?"

Du Shiniang curled her lips and said, "Senior senior sister is completely on Cao Yun's side now, it really makes my sister sad."

Li Shishi showed a complacent smile on his weak and pale face and said:

"I just want to stand with Cao Yun!"

Du Shiniang looked at Cao Bin resentfully and said, "Does this count as a cocoon?"

Cao Bin laughed and said, "It's too late for you to regret it now!"

As he spoke, he pondered for a moment and said:

"It's not impossible for you to go out. Take the sedan chair and let him protect you."

Du Shiniang hesitated for a moment: "Is there any danger in the mansion?"

Cao Bin laughed and said:

"Don't worry, if you give Gao Qiu three courages, he won't dare to think about the Houfu."

"If he really dares to do that, he will be exiled for three thousand miles without dying."

Du Shiniang immediately cheered up: "I knew Cao Yun was the best!"

Seeing her leaving in a hurry, Li Shishi smiled bitterly and said:

"Shi Niang is getting more and more cheerful, but is Cao Yun doting on her too much?"

Cao Bin said with a smile, "I'm just in case to scare her."

"In broad daylight, how can shady methods be used so easily?"

"Kidnapping the family members of the Hou Mansion is a crime of ransacking the family!"

"Not to mention that desperadoes are hard to find, if they are exposed, he will not have to be a captain himself."

"And the Kaifeng mansion is not easy to mess with..."

While he was comforting Li Shishi, Uncle Fu came in with the ledger.

"Young master, this old slave has done the accounting, and we have saved more than 7 taels of silver with tiles and perfume dividends."

Forbe said with a smile all over his face.

"Are we paying back the grand master's debt, or are we using it to recruit soldiers?"

When Li Shishi heard this number, he opened his mouth slightly in surprise and said, "So many?"

As far as she knew, the Cao Duwa Shop in Zhongjing Hou Mansion had only been in operation for three months, and the perfume had only been sold for less than two months, right?

How can you earn so much?

But Cao Bin knew what was going on. Most of the money was the deposit provided by the perfume dealer, so it seemed a lot.

That's not where his focus is.

"Soldiers? Can I still recruit soldiers?"

Cao Bin sat up and asked in a daze.

Uncle Fu explained: "Young master, now that you have inherited the title of earl, according to the regulations of the court, you can recruit [-] soldiers."

After listening to Uncle Fu's explanation, Cao Bin also understood.

The personal soldiers he was talking about were actually the private troops of the military nobles.

All soldiers, equipment, and salaries are borne by the military nobles themselves, and the imperial court only provides quotas.

These private soldiers are the foundation of military merit and nobility, and they are absolutely confidantes.

The duke has 1200 personal soldiers, the marquis 1000, the earl 800, and the viscount 600.

"The imperial court is really magnificent! There is such a system! Are you not afraid of rebellion?"

Cao Bin sighed involuntarily.

Uncle Fu quickly stopped Cao Bin:

"Master, don't dare to talk nonsense!"

Seeing that Cao Bin didn't understand, he had no choice but to explain from the beginning:

"From the time of Taizu, the imperial court has allowed the 'meritorious nobility' to recruit soldiers."

"But only in times of war, the authority to command the army is issued."

As he spoke, he whispered: "How can you rebel with only a few soldiers? Young master, don't mess around!"

Cao Bin rolled his eyes and said:

"Am I that unreliable?"

"Don't worry, I'm not tired of living yet, I just don't understand, you go on!"

Fu Bo breathed a sigh of relief:

"Our family is a hereditary prince, and the young master will go to the battlefield sooner or later, so the soldiers should be recruited as soon as possible!"

"In case there is a war in the future, the young master has no one to use!"

Cao Bin nodded and said, "Then how do we recruit?"

Uncle Fu laughed and said, "You have to go back to your hometown to recruit soldiers. The township party is the most reliable."

"Our Cao family is from Zhending, Hebei. If the young master allows it, the old slave will go back in a few days, and it will be easy to recruit enough people."

As he said that, he said with great satisfaction: "It's also thanks to the young master's ability to make money, otherwise we wouldn't be able to support so many soldiers."

"Like the Yang family and the Gao family, they only managed to recruit two or three hundred soldiers with a little court salary and frugality."

"And their armor is incomplete, their weapons are outdated, and they even let their servants use them as personal soldiers..."

Speaking of this, Cao Bin also remembered.

There seems to be a fire-burning girl among the generals of the Yang family. She is very famous. Apart from cooking fires, she also goes to the battlefield to fight and fight bloody battles.

I don't know how the Yang family cultivated him to be so loyal.

The donkeys of the production team would not dare to do that.

Realizing the importance of personal soldiers, Cao Bin nodded and said:

"Then leave this matter to Uncle Fu! Let's not be afraid to spend money, equipment, mounts, food, and training must be the best."

"If you want to practice, you need to build a strong army. This is the foundation of our family. I still count on them to save my life when I go to the battlefield."

Uncle Fu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, young master, I've memorized the military training experience written by the old man by heart, so there won't be any problems!"

Cao Bin nodded, and then sent Uncle Fu out.

Cao Bin has also seen the military book he was talking about.

In his opinion, it's just like that, it can't be said to be very clever, and it can't be compared with the classics of the art of war, but the victory lies in the attention to detail, which is its greatest value.

Of course, this is just Cao Bin's talk on paper, and the specifics will not be known until he goes to the battlefield.

After a few days, Uncle Fu made some arrangements for the affairs in the mansion, and brought a few confidantes back to Zhending.

At the same time, Cao Bin also began to purchase aggressively.

Military training is definitely the most expensive business. Not to mention armor and weapons, just buying horses cost him more than 5 taels of silver.

This is the result of his lowered standards.

There were very few war horses produced locally in the Song Dynasty, and the official war horses were basically purchased from places such as Tubo, Mongolia, and the Western Regions.

His original idea was to buy [-] good horses from the Western Regions, so that one man would have two horses.

But after looking at the price list provided by the horse dealer, he had no choice but to decline with tears, and chose the Hequ horse smuggled from Xixia.

This is considered a top horse in Song Dynasty, but Cao Bin can only afford [-] horses.

As for the armor and weapons, they can only be replaced with wooden sticks temporarily, because the remaining silver has to be used for military pay and training, and cannot be completely spent.

Fortunately, he still has two big businesses, which can continuously earn him money, otherwise he really can't afford to support so many private soldiers.

October [-]th.

At three o'clock in the morning, Cao Bin was called up.

Because today is the date of the Zhengya Chaohui, which will be held on the first and fifteenth day of every month.

This is also the first time he has participated in the court meeting after inheriting the title.

It is also thanks to the fact that he only has a title of title and is not dispatched by an important post, so he does not have to attend the daily court.

If that was the case, he would probably be driven crazy.

Because the court meeting started at four o'clock, he had to get up and wash up before three o'clock, otherwise he would be late.

Du Shiniang took two maidservants to dress the confused Cao Bin. After she was dressed neatly, she called the sedan chair and said:

"Cao Yun hasn't woken up yet, wake him up when you get to the palace!"