Quan Yutianxia GL

For those in power in Huang County today, the arrival of this war has long been expected. Now that they have received the imperial court's conscription order, everyone feels at ease.Zhu Erxi was busy making dried meat, sun-dried radishes and salted vegetables, Huo Yunshu was busy buying all kinds of beans and grains, Qinger also opened her mills to neighboring counties and county towns, and even Lai, who had always been exhausted, always wanted to give herself a vacation Lieutenant Chu, who slept late, is now busy with her wholeheartedly. Of course, she is busy making others more busy.

After the carpenters and blacksmiths, the winemakers in the county suffered another disaster, and even the winemakers outside the county failed to escape this catastrophe. Those who were a little famous, or were dragged home by Captain Chu Those who brought their mouths were invited, or they were hired by the Bai family at a high price, and they were all sent to the winery run by Chu Xiaowei Xinyu. The reason is to let them brew a new kind of spirits.

The alcohol content in this era is extremely low and unpalatable. Although Chuning does not brew new wine for drinking, Chuning believes that as long as the new wine is successfully brewed and stored for a few years, it will destroy most of the wineries in this era. , Dominating the liquor market.However, this is just a thought in her heart. After all, most people in this era are still hungry, and there is not enough food for her to make a lot of wine. Come out for medical purposes, and as a signboard for Zhu Erxi's restaurant that is about to open.

In fact, the wine that Chuning plans to brew is not particularly good wine. It is the baijiu that the working people in the world love to drink most in her previous life. This kind of baijiu is very simple to brew. There are many small workshops that use indigenous methods to make wine, and the wine that is produced is bought back, packaged and labeled. The cost price of wine is only a few yuan, and it can be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Chuning originally thought that with the technology of this era, this matter could not be solved for half a year. As a result, from the selection of materials to the production of wine, after trial production and modification of materials twice, it was already able to produce wine at [-] or [-] degrees. It reached the level of medical alcohol, but it was barely enough.

This incident made Chuning happy for several days, thinking that she had finally opened a big golden finger, but when she named the new wine, the words 'Jiannan Shaochun' suddenly flashed in her mind—— Jiannan Shaochun is a famous wine in Shu after the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is also a tribute wine in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that this kind of wine is a high-grade liquor brewed by distillation. Therefore, he also has a name called Shaojiu. Knights, what kind of wine do you like the most...

So, Captain Chu was actually happy for nothing for several days.

After the wine was brewed, it was already late March, and the counties rushed to catch up, and finally the spring planting came to an end, and the servants recruited by the court also started to transport grain northward.

The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first, which has been the case since ancient times.As soon as the servants were dispatched, the officers and men of the counties also began to gather for drills, and only waited for the order from the imperial court to go to the battlefield.

In this tense atmosphere, the Guards and People's Army in Huang County reduced their training instead, and began to take family and marriage leave for the soldiers in turn. Carry out a moderate combat meeting.

"Everyone knows that on Penglai Island next to Huangxian County, there is a colony of pirates called Blackbeard. Our captain has decided to exterminate this gang of pirates before the Northern Expedition. I hope you will rush to ask for orders!" After leaving the conference room, Captain Chu Ning, the supreme leader of the Guards Army, stood on the podium in front of the officers and said to the officers, "Next, I would like to ask Mr. Peng to explain the situation on Penglai Island."

The full name of this Deputy Director Peng is Peng Yong. He was originally a gangster. Later, because of Yao Nan's incident, Chuning brought the widow Aunt Yao into the city. Some reliable veterans were dispatched to form a military intelligence department.

This is the first time that the Military Intelligence Department has faced the entire Weimin Army, and it is also the first time that Peng Yong has spoken in public. He was stared at by a group of generals, and he was so nervous that he reported in a trembling voice: "From Penglai City to Penglai Island The distance is about thirty miles, and if the wind is strong and the boat is fast, it can be reached in about half an hour."

"According to the news that our company sneaked into the pirate's cottage, there are probably more than [-] elite pirates on the island, and more than [-] ordinary pirates. There are very few old and weak, but there are many women and children. There should be hundreds of people. The pirates are trapped in the stronghold."

As soon as Peng Yong's words fell, Liu Changgui immediately stood up and gave a military salute, and said loudly: "Liu Changgui, the last general! I would like to lead the commander to ask for orders!"

As soon as Liu Changgui finished speaking, Yan Lingge also hurriedly said: "The last general Yan Lingge! Willing to lead the cavalry to fight!"

Now in the Guards Army, everyone knows that President Liu and President Yan are competing with each other. One is an old backbone who has grown up with Captain Chu, and the other is a new general who has just joined the team but has learned a lot and is highly valued. Therefore, it is not surprising that they have called for battle one after another.

But President Chu Rou, who spoke immediately afterward, was a bit surprising.

"The last general, Chu Rou, is willing to lead the reserve commander!"

The reserve department is all new recruits who have been trained for less than four months. Usually, at most, they help the surrounding counties to catch a few small thieves. Churou always wants to take them out to suppress the bandits. In another part of the In the eyes of the veteran general, it seemed a bit too forced.

However, Chu Ning had his own calculations in his mind, so he said: "For this battle against the bandits, the commander-in-chief Chu Rousi will lead [-] recruits to prepare. If we can win within three days, our school captain will prepare recruits." Choose the best part, and follow the school Wei Beishang to increase your knowledge."

After speaking, Chuning asked Peng Yong to hang up the map of Penglai Island, and let everyone discuss the tactics of conquest.

When everyone agreed on the strategy of battle, it was already dark, and Chu Ning went back to his room after doing business for a while. After washing up, he took a look at Bai Su's room as usual. Seeing that there was still a light in the window, he dragged him past With a stack of papers, I started to write something.

At this moment, Bai Su was calculating a stack of account books. Seeing her frowning, Bai Qingmo worriedly asked, "Master, is there something wrong with the accounts here? Do you need me to summon the Ninth Deacon?"

"There's no need to call him over, it's not about the accounts." Bai Su put down the account book, rubbed his forehead, and said, "It's just that there is not much cash in hand now."

"Ah? Then why did the master approve Huo Yunshu ten thousand coins today?"

"This [-] guan is used to smelt iron, how can it not be approved?"

"But, master, didn't you buy another thousand sets of rhinoceros leather armor for them? What do you want them to waste the money on?" I have already spent [-] to [-] yuan to buy iron materials, and I haven't seen anything made by them..."

"Maybe it's just you and I don't know." Bai Su let go and said: "You go down to rest too, just let Qing Ye watch over tonight."

Bai Qingmo quickly backed out, Bai Su pushed open the pane after washing and washing, and saw the brightly lit pavilion not far away as usual.

After staring quietly for a while, Bai Su turned around and turned off the light in her room, then stood in the darkness, staring at the light in the distance and remained silent.

When Chuning raised his head to look at Bai Su's room again, he saw that it was pitch black, guessing that Bai Su had already rested, so he also turned off the oil lamp in his own room, yawned and climbed into bed to sleep.

After discussing the battle for a whole day, and writing a lot of things, Chu Ning was also very tired, and soon fell into a drowsy sleep, but who knew that when she was half asleep, she was suddenly awakened by the sound of a flute... …

Oh shit!Which brat is free to play the flute in the middle of the night?Are you looking for a draw?

Bai Su knew that the people in the attic would turn off the lights every night after she rested, but other than that, since the New Year's Eve, that person was no longer like usual, always looking for The time came to her side, and Huo Yunshu had to come over to negotiate for anything, even if the two met outside occasionally, it would be indifferent and unable to say a few words.

In the past six months, Bai Su's subordinates have expanded extremely rapidly. In the past, most of the business on the surface was only in Donglai County, but now they have branch offices in several surrounding counties, and no longer Just food and cloth, she also launched other cooperation with the guards.

Jointly opened an inn with Zhu Erxi, opened a mill with Huo Wanqing, helped Huo Yunshu expand the woodware workshop, sold all kinds of tables, chairs and furniture made by the Weimin Army to other counties, and accumulated a lot of fame, attracting many famous families Noble families travel thousands of miles to entrust orders.

As for the bath beans and toothbrush and toothpaste, she was selling them under the name of Hongyan Pavilion, and Hongyan Pavilion has been under the watchful eye recently to investigate the details, and she is afraid that her identity as the owner behind it will be exposed soon.

Although Haiyan has been making profits all the time, the current wind direction of the court is very chaotic, and it is uncertain when it will move down. Once it really comes to a critical moment, Bai Su is also mentally prepared to reluctantly give up.

In addition, the Penglai Avenue will be open today, and the newly purchased ten large-scale ships of more than [-] hu have arrived at the port outside Penglai City, where they are training sailors and preparing goods. To set sail with the cargo and wait for the return of these ten cargoes, it will take three months at the earliest. This is still a smooth journey. In case the fleet encounters some risks at sea, they may have to go to the A lot of financial, material and human resources were lost.

Therefore, Bai Su can't wait to break all the cash in her hands into several. In addition to ensuring the normal operation of her current business, she also has to provide for the Eastern Expedition between the Weimin Army and Fengming Village. Auxiliary soldiers, from armor and weapons to food, are under great pressure.

Unhappy and unhappy in her heart, Bai Su found out the bamboo flute and played a few verses casually, but unexpectedly, the person who hadn't visited the door for a long time rushed into the inn with an angry face.

With the two sisters of the Liang family clearing the way, the ordinary guards of the Bai family couldn't stop them. They could only lie on the ground in disarray, watching Chu Ning rush into the backyard following the sound of the flute.

When Bai Su heard the movement outside, she just put down her flute and opened the door to come out. When Chuning came in and saw her, she crackled and said, "Which brat in your family doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, playing the flute? Do you know?" Don’t know? Disturbing people’s dreams is a heinous crime!”

After Chu Ning finished speaking, he saw Bai Su standing there watching her without speaking, so he waved his sleeves and went to his personal guard to look for her, and asked, "You were woken up too? Huh! When the captain finds this brat, You must be disciplined and disciplined! Really, if you don’t sleep at night, what kind of demon moths are there..."

While talking, Chu Ning squeezed into the door from beside Bai Su, feeling secretly refreshed, feeling that his trick of stealing people's attention was really the right one, even Bai Su was overwhelmed by her, so he had to make use of it tonight It's cheap, otherwise, there may be a day when the two of them will meet again.

In fact, Chuning could only confirm that the sound of the flute was coming from the direction of the inn, but he couldn't find the exact location at all.

But Bai Su didn't know that Chu Ning was taking advantage of the problem. Seeing Chuning blatantly barging into her room, remembering that the bamboo flute was still on the table, she lost her composure. He took off the flute, retracted it into his sleeve and hid it.

Chuning lit the oil lamp with a fire at the right time, and saw that Bai Su had already sat down at the table. Although she was not angry at her offensive behavior, she was a little unnatural.

Chuning has always been very thick-skinned, and she has the right to pretend that Bai Su is unnatural, and flips through the account books on the table. Anyway, she has the right to check any accounts under the name of Kyushu Trading Company. It cannot be said to be overstepped.

"The cash is only 470 seven coins?" Chu Ning was just pretending to flip through the pages, but unexpectedly, he saw this place at a glance.

Bai Su was a little nervous at first, she was worried that Chu Ning would continue to pursue the sound of the flute, or that she would ask about sending her out of the inn, but now that she heard Chu Ning asking about the money, she felt relieved and explained: "Now everyone The initial investment in this area is very large, and although the returns continue to be there, they still cannot keep up with the current investment..."

"Well, the current stall is a bit bigger, and Jiang Zuosi is a money-eating monster, so it's really hard to raise." Chuning looked up at Bai Su, and asked, "I've been sleeping so late recently, just because I'm annoyed. This matter?"

Both of them knew this matter well, and they couldn't tolerate Bai Su's denial, so they could only say, "I'm thinking about whether to reduce some investment."

"Come on, let's add up the total." Chu Ning began to grind the ink while talking, and then wrote while saying: "The guards and civilians are currently investing the most in the craftsman department, followed by the soldiers' salaries and food and clothing. There are also mills, inns, wineries, carpentry workshops, brick and tile workshops and coal mines."

"The investment of the Craftsmanship Department and the officers and soldiers cannot be missed. The brick and tile workshop is a long-term investment. Before the new camp of the Weimin Army and the Penglai City are not built, there is probably no return." Bai Su said: " Although the mill and the carpentry workshop are still being expanded, no matter how much money is invested in these two places, they are currently in a state of return, and the inn is still under construction, and the return will definitely not be in the short term."

"Then, there are only wineries and coal mines that can find a way." Chuning thought for a while, and continued: "The technology here is not yet mature, and there is not enough food now. To realize large-scale The amount of rebate is not possible at present. The coal mine can think of a way."

"Very good." Bai Su nodded and said: "My business, currently the most profitable business is private salt, followed by gambling workshops and Hongyan Pavilion. As for grain, besides the profit from selling planted grain, Other edible grains are not sold in large quantities, and the return on cloth is very little..."

Chu Ning knew that the situation in Daning as a whole was not bad at present, and the common people had little money, and it was rare to buy a new dress in a few years, so it was only natural that the fabrics could not be sold.As for food, now that the Weimin army and the Bai family have so many people to feed, how dare they sell them in large quantities.

"At present, I have two places to cook salt." Bai Su and Chuning said, "One is in Huang County, and the other is in Shouguang County in Beihai County."

"Shouguang County?" This name is very familiar to Chuning. In her previous world, it was once known as the capital of salt. From there to the coastal area of ​​Donglai County, large and small salt farms formed the largest salt farm in the country at that time. One of the largest salt fields in China is known as the 'Laizhou' Bay Salt Area, with an annual output of nearly 300 million tons.

Of course, the sea salt of later generations was made by sun-drying method, while the present-day salt method is used, so the output is naturally not the same.

Not long after the start of the Huangxian side, Chuning asked, "How much can the Shouguang side produce every year?"

"About [-] shi."

Now Bai Su’s selling price is about [-] Wen a bucket, and Chuning calculated in his mind, it’s about [-] Wen a kilogram. In addition to Bai Su’s cost of collecting salt from the salt miners, he only earns [-] yuan per kilogram. The gross profit of about forty renminbi, just the money invested by the craftsman, has exceeded the profit of the whole year here, no wonder Bai Su has to worry about money.

The Weimin Army started from scratch, and the stalls were too large at once. Now that Xiao Duanbai, the three major merchants in Donglai, has collected the wealth, it is also difficult to support.Thinking about it now, Chu Ning feels lucky. Fortunately, she is determined and has been holding Bai Su's golden thigh tightly. Otherwise, she would at most make everyone's belly full now.

After rejoicing, she still had to face reality, and Chuning asked Bai Su again: "What is the price of green salt now?"

Green salt generally refers to lake salt and pond salt. This kind of salt has less sediment and beautiful color, so the price is much better than sea salt, and most of them are used by richer people.

"The highest quality green salt can be sold for a consistent price per bucket, but for the lowest grade, it is no less than [-] Wen per bucket."

"Okay!" Hearing the price, Chuning immediately became happy, and said with a smile, "Tomorrow I will teach you a method to remove the silt from the sea salt, even if it can't be sold at the same price as green salt, it won't be much cheaper. "

Hearing this, Bai Su was startled. She didn't expect that Chu Ning would come up with a solution in just a few words after she had been thinking about it for several days. In this world, is there really someone born with knowledge?

Although Chu Ning had always had a thick skin, Bai Su also looked at him a little uncomfortable. He stood up and asked in embarrassment, "Is there any beauty in this school's captain?"

"Not really." Bai Su replied, "I just feel like I've grown taller."

Not only did he grow taller, but he also lost a little weight. His waist was so slender that it seemed that he could wrap it around with one arm.

Bai Su thought so, and saw Chu Ning got into her bed again cheekily, deliberately showing his head, and said with a bitter face: "Tonight, the captain will stay here for one night, so as not to save that brat from playing the flute again." , so disturbed that I couldn't sleep well..."

The flute was still hidden in Bai Su's sleeve. Hearing this, she pursed her thin lips and remained silent, probably because she didn't know how to answer, and she didn't really want to drive him back, so she acquiesced in Chuning's behavior and acted. Turning off the lights, taking advantage of the darkness, he took out the bamboo flute from his sleeve and hid it in the cabinet.

Sensing the movement of Bai Su lying down, Chuning gave way to the bed, cheering up in his heart, making up his mind that he would definitely take advantage of it tonight.

However, Chu Ning hadn't lost his mind when he heard Bai Su's voice coming from the darkness: "Miss Ning, you...are you really going to accept orders to go to the border?"

"Other than that, how else?"

Thinking of this, Chuning felt a little worried. She knew very well that she was not good at marching and fighting, so she had already made up her mind that this time the Northern Expedition would only use soy sauce for foreign workers.But she knew very well in her heart that she had offended Gao Zhimin, the county captain, but Gao Zhimin hadn't attacked her all this time. It was a bit weird to be quiet. After thinking about it, the only possibility was that Gao Zhimin wanted to take advantage of it. Bei Zheng came to punish her this time, but Chuning couldn't tell Bai Su, so as not to worry her.

Bai Su was silent for a while, then said again; "If you don't want to go... maybe, you can think of a way."

"Forget it." With Gao Zhimin around, Chuning would definitely not let him stay easily.Chuning yawned, and said, "With this kind of work, we should try to earn more money, so that we can raise more soldiers in the future, and we don't need to look at anyone's face."

"But you have to know, after leaving Donglai County, I can no longer protect you..."

When Bai Su said this, Chuning couldn't see her expression, only heard that her voice seemed a little muffled, and there was a hint of indescribability.

So, is Master Bai worried about her?

Chu Ning felt a little sweet in his heart, so he held Bai Su's hand tightly in the quilt, took the opportunity to touch it several times, and finally clasped his fingers together, and said, "Then... I will protect you."