"Sharp, shiny..."

The metallic striking sound continued.

A quarter of an hour later, the two stopped panting.

No one hurt anyone, and the knife in their hands was completely unbearable.

Zhao Xu was very satisfied. He said to Wang Ying: "If you want money, you need people to give them money, and you should give them all to give them to them. You must put them all in one month."

"That plate armor?" Wang Ying hesitated. Although the success of scale armor surprised him, he wanted to make another piece of armor.

"This is not a conflict. When your hydraulic forging hammer is made, you can produce plate armor and then replace it. Before that, my army cannot always wear inferior armor, not to mention that my army may not only have these 20,000 people in the future." Zhao Xu said lightly.

When Liu Fu heard this, he showed an interesting smile.

The Great Song Dynasty system, the prince has the most fiefs in one state.

However, the founding of the country was basically no prince who had a state of fiefdom.

The most records are only five counties.

As the fining land increases, the amount of the royal family's personal army can be expanded.

Now the King of Yan suddenly said this, is he confident that he could make meritorious service and receive more vassals?

He wouldn't think so before, but now, hehe.

...

"The armor made by the Military War Department is so powerful?"

In the small courtyard where Chang Wei was recuperating in the royal palace, Chang Wei stared straight at the new armor that Xu Lie was wearing, and the desire in his eyes almost overflowed.

After they came back, they told Chang Wei the news.

"This is still fake. The guards and I have tried it." Xu Lie deliberately turned around and showed it to Chang Wei.

"I don't believe it." Chang Wei shook his head.

The guards like Xu Lie have a close relationship with him and have always liked to make trouble.

He felt that Xu Lie was teasing him.

Xu Lie didn't say anything, and suddenly bent his bow and arrow, shooting an arrow at a guard standing at the door.

When Chang Wei saw this, he was shocked and was about to stop him, but it was too late.

He immediately became angry and thought to himself why Xu Lie was so frivolous.

But with a "ding..." sound, he saw the arrow hit the guard's armor and landed on the ground.

"Commander, how can you do this? This is a brand new armor. Now this piece of armor is deflated and is not perfect." The guards were not prepared and looked aggrieved.

Xu Lie scratched his head, "Of course, offend, haha, I'll treat you to drink tonight."

Chang Wei was stunned. After a while, he came to his senses and his face gradually became excited.

Regardless of everyone's presence, he went to find the King of Yan.

After a while, he came back satisfied and packed his things and prepared to go to Beidaying.

"General, where are you going? The injury has not yet been cured." Xu Lie said in surprise when he saw this.

"My injuries have been healed for 70%. You don't have to work. Your Highness allows me to return to the camp. Hehe, I want to see the soldiers of the personal army put on the armor of the Military Command with my own eyes." Chang Wei looked excited.

When he went to mention this, the King of Yan naturally disagreed, but he insisted on pestering him.

It is guaranteed that only the soldiers are equipped with armor and no other heavy work will be asked.

The King of Yan reluctantly agreed.

After packing up the things, Chang Wei left the palace without looking back, and his spirit was ten times higher than before.

Xu Lie and others shook their heads helplessly as they looked at Chang Wei's departure.

Sleeping hall.

Zhao Xu went to the study after dinner.

The manufacturing of scale armor was on the right track, but he did not relax because of this.

The last time Chang Wei was injured and returned, he realized that the Beidi people were not so easy to beat.

Especially at present, the royal family has almost no cavalry.

The most powerful person in Beidi was the cavalry.

Infantry vs. cavalry, this disadvantage in war is huge.

Because this means that if you win in a battle, the enemy's cavalry can also retreat easily.

At the same time, if his supply line is lengthened, the enemy can easily cut off his supply with cavalry.

In this way, he can basically only play defensive battles.

Therefore, it is very important to build a cavalry and it also needs to be put on the agenda.

Cavalry needs horses, and Dasong basically costs thirty taels of war horses.

A cavalry requires at least two horses.

If a cavalry of 5,000 people is formed, it will cost 300,000 taels of silver.

This does not include the usual cost of raising horses.

"Raising a soldier is really a difficult task." Thinking of this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh.

After all, the armor, food, horses, and soldiers' wages, etc. of the 20,000 royal family members were consumed a lot.

The government affairs system in Yanjun also needs the support of the royal palace.

After all, he refused to impose heavy taxes on the people.

However, he did not regret it.

Because if he had collected heavy taxes, he would have died long ago, and at least he still has time to plan.

Thinking of this, he called Qin's accountant over.

"Qin Accounting Office, how are the income and expenditure of the royal palace during this period?" Zhao Xu asked.

Qin's accountant flipped through the account book and replied: "This time, the royal palace received 30,000 taels of silver from the ice-making profit in Jinling. The main income was still from brewing wine, and a total of 980,000 taels were collected. Last time, 200,000 taels of silver were seized from Huang and Du's family."

After pausing, he said, "The main expenses are the military uniforms and food of the royal family. Now the raw materials of the Military War Department, the silver from the wine jar, the cost of purchasing green ant wine, etc., there are still 360,000 taels of silver on the book."

Zhao Xu nodded.

Although his wine is sold for fifteen taels per jar, the cost of the wine jar and green ant wine is deducted from it.

Therefore, overall, the profit is only about ten taels.

The key is to exchange for the land of the Yan County nobles.

A large part of the profit from selling wine during this period was used to pay off debts.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be only this little money on the books.

"You can't be satisfied with what you see." Zhao Xu said intimately.

When Qin went back to the account room, Zhao Xu leaned on the chair and pondered for a while, feeling that the plan to make money could not be stopped.

...

The next day.

Zhao Xu's dream ended in a noisy situation.

When he woke up from the bed, Zhao Xu looked outside with confusion.

Feng'er walked in at this time and pouted, "Your Highness, it's Dong An and Yang He, and they want to see Your Highness."

Zhao Xu remembered that today was the day to set up a business staff.

After washing up, he had breakfast and met Dong An and Yang He.

"Yeah, those who don't know thought you two were going to be grooms today." Zhao Xu teased the two of them.

It seems that he is sure that he can become an official in the royal palace.

Dong An and Yang He were both more energetic than the other.

And as if it had been agreed, both of them were wearing big red robes.

Although not like the groom, it is also very festive.

Dong An and Yang He looked at each other and snorted.

Dong An said: "Your Highness, he is just a follower. He will learn whatever I do."

Yang He looked vomiting, "You can say such shameless words, aren't you afraid of not being able to sleep at night?"

Seeing that the two started to quarrel again, Zhao Xu said, "Okay, after you decide on the business officials later, you will argue again."

The two of them stopped talking after hearing this.
To be continued...