The list lists the materials needed by the Zhao family and the preferential prices.

Take saltpeter for example. As long as you transport 10,000 kilograms of saltpeter to Zhaojiabao, you can get a large mirror of 1,200 taels. The price of 10,000 kilograms of saltpeter is naturally impossible to cost 1,200 taels of silver, and there will be good profits during this period.

Five thousand kilograms of iron material, change it to one side of the mirror.

Eight hundred stones of grain are replaced with a mirror.

Fifty horses were on the side of the mirror.

Eighty horses were installed and changed to the mirror.

One hundred and twenty horses were replaced with one side of the mirror.

Three hundred foals changed into mirrors...

Almost all the things needed by the Zhao family are listed above, and these things are given extremely favorable prices. Especially in terms of horses, the price of horses and horses in horse markets in various places is only seven or eight taels of silver per horse, and in some places it is even lower.

There is also the aspect of talent recruitment. If you can introduce a talent who is proficient in firearm research, you can directly give a talent who is proficient in mirrors and a talent who is proficient in machinery, and give a mirror five sides. If you introduce a person who is proficient in horse raising, you can give a mirror one side.

The merchants on both tables looked at the list and were talking. Whether from the raw materials or the talents needed by the Zhao family, they could see that the Zhao family wanted to train the local heroes.

Firearms have always been strictly controlled by the court, and the people do not allow them to be owned.

However, almost none of the big merchants here thought about this problem. In their eyes, the imperial court's orders were like farts. By this time, many laws against merchants had been openly abandoned.

For example, the restrictions on businessmen's clothing have almost disappeared. The restrictions on officials' daily life are even invisible.

As long as you have money to make money, those things will do nothing about them.

Besides, the Zhao family has the secret recipe for making glass mirrors in their hands, so it is common sense to practice some local brave men to protect themselves.

But some merchants were worried about this transaction method and asked: "Mr. Zhao, bandits in the second part of Denglai are rampant, so it is very inconvenient for us to transport goods to Dengzhou!"

"Yes! Why not trade in Jinan City?"

"Don't worry, my Zhao family has trained a village soldier, and within half a year, the bandits near the Denglai official road will be cleared. If a caravan arrives in Dengzhou, my Zhao family can escort it." Zhao Yan replied. Now that the Zhao family can build glass mirrors, it is natural that they have to use some force to shock the young people. Otherwise, some people with ill-conspiracy will also mean that the Zhao family can be pinched soft persimmons at will.

However, many big merchants did not agree with Zhao Yan's bold statement, but it was safe to be escorted by someone.

After the banquet, Zhao Yan immediately brought his men back to Huang County.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the temperature began to warm up slowly. After a while, the wheat will be sown in spring, and sweet potatoes will also be planted into the ground.

Zhao Yan returned to Zhaojiabao and immediately selected literati who worked in the Zhao family.

A total of three literati who were proficient in military farming were promoted to the heads of the collective, each responsible for one. Tang Zhengze, who had the strongest ability, was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture of the Zhao family.

Zhang Buyun was appointed Minister of Civil Affairs.

As soon as the two names of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Civil Affairs appeared, many people were thundered. There was no such thing as the so-called Agriculture Bureau in this era, and the Zhao family's departments had set up a lot, which was a bit common.

Military Weapons Bureau, Ministry of Medicine, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Transport, Recruitment Bureau...

Anyway, the emperor is far away. Whatever he likes? Now that Denglai is so chaotic, who will take care of them?

The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the management of military farming, mainly responsible for agriculture and breeding, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is naturally in charge of civil affairs.

After the military farming commander is appointed, Zhao Yan doesn’t have to worry about the military farming commander, just leave it to the people below to do it.

After dealing with the personnel changes, Zhao Yan rushed into the training.

Three hundred and sixty servants started the competition. The competition only has two events: queue and gun technique.

Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue each brought a family of servants and arranged neatly on the school grounds, and each servant had a solemn expression on his face.

Some people will be eliminated in this competition.

At the same time, the level of soldiers will be determined based on personal gun skills, including first-class private, second-class private, and third-class private.

If the personal skills meet the standards, they can be promoted to Private, and the current monthly salary of 5 taels can be retained. If the standards are not met, they will be reduced to Private, and the monthly salary is only 2 taels of silver. Private, the first class, must make contributions to be promoted, and the monthly salary will be increased to 7 taels.

Three hundred and sixty servants, each with a long spear, flashing with cold light, turned the three square arrays into hedgehog-like existences.

Zhao Yan's rough call sounded, and the three small square arrays neatly turned left and right according to the order.

"Forward." With a loud shout, the three small square formations took neat steps, making a bang sound, step by step towards the front.

Zhao Yan showed a look of satisfaction. After several months of training, he finally looked like he was on the queue and waved his hand and shouted: "Flat gun."

"Flat gun!"

"Flat gun!"

"Flat gun!"

With the orders of the three sergeants, the spearmen in the front two rows of spears immediately lowered their spears and pointed their sharp spear head at the front. The four-meter spear formed a stern line of defense.

Any enemy who tries to attack must first challenge these intimidating gun tips.

"kill……"

"kill……"

"kill……"

Amid the shocking shouts, spears stabbed out one by one.

"charge……"

"Come on!" The three soldiers in their hands held long spears and charged forward. During the rapid charge, the team was still relatively neat.

Amid the sound of stabbing, a bunch of straw men in front of the formation were stabbed to the ground.

There was no big chaos, and Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction. The biggest advantage of the spearman was that he took advantage of melee combat.

One inch long and one inch stronger!

But the key is that the formation cannot be messed up, and there must be a whole cooperation.

After the queue demonstration, they entered the personal skills assessment project. Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue stood in front of Zhao Yan with their chests and belly tucked. Zhao Yan nodded and praised: "You three teams are doing well, but they still need to continue working hard."

"Yes, sir." The three of them shouted in unison.

"After this assessment, there will be a reform. At the same time, a cavalry battalion will be established. Who is interested in you three?" Zhao Yan asked the three of them.

The three of them looked at each other, and then Zhao Yong and Wang Wenyue's eyes fell on Lin Yi, who had been a horse bandit before coming to the Zhao family.

After a while, Lin Yi stepped forward and said, "Report to the sir, I'm interested."

"You will take the cavalry camp!" Zhao Yan nodded. Among all the servants, only Lin Yi had the best kung fu. Many of the things Zhao Yan fought immediately were taught by Lin Yi.

...

The assessment continued until the end of the day. Finally, it was found that more than 200 servants had obtained the promotion qualification of private, and more than 100 failed the assessment.

Zhao Yan cut thirty people from it, and Zhaojiabao started recruiting troops again.

This time, Zhao Yan recruited soldiers and learned from the method mentioned by Qi Jiguang in his military book. He should not be timid, not too brave, and not do anything in the government.

But he did not completely follow the recruitment standards of the Qi family army. Some standards have changed a little, encouraging literate literate scholars to join the army.

The source of troops was a little nervous. This winter, more than 10,000 refugees were recruited, and they were all assigned to various construction sites for labor-for-relief.

In the Military Bureau, the kiln is a place where a large number of people are needed. In particular, the kilns that burn bricks and cement, thousands of people are assigned there.

But among the more than 10,000 refugees, the young and strong are much less than the previous group of refugees.

So I had to recruit young and strong men from the Tun. Those young and strong men practiced intermittently for several months and also started to look like this.

If they are selected, the allocated fields are rented to newly recruited refugees.

It is planned to recruit 500 people from the village, compete for these 500 places according to the township competition, and select one thousand of the newly recruited refugees.

Population is a problem that restricts the size of the army, and the population is still too small. You have to get an official identity as soon as possible, otherwise you cannot go out to recruit soldiers openly.

At present, the enrollment can only be expanded by 1,500 people. Among these 1,000 people were selected for the resettlement of refugees, 500 of whom were strict spearmen, and the other 500 were musketeers with slightly worse recruitment standards.

At this moment, Zhao Yan heard the news reported by the craftsmen of the Military Weapon Bureau that the turbine had been manufactured.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly dared to check it out.

After the turbine is built, will it be far from building guns and cannons?

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