Yi Feng has money and food in his hands, and it is easy to recruit soldiers and horses, but it is not so easy to train these recruited soldiers into elite soldiers and powerful generals.

The Huaihuang Army won several major battles in succession, but it has not been defeated yet. Many generals of the Huaihuang Army felt that the Huaihuang Army had a bit of invincibility in the world. But Yi Feng knew very well that the number of Wuzhou Army now is large, but in terms of strength, it may not even be able to defeat the same number of palace soldiers. After all, using troops is to win with a right combination. Although the surprise soldiers often win unexpectedly, this is a risk. If you often walk a tightrope, you will always make mistakes. Therefore, on the safe side, you still have to use surprise soldiers less. What worries Yi Feng the most is that the Wuzhou Army has never fought a big battle and was defeated. Many armies were once very strong, but once they were defeated, they were directly defeated. On the contrary, some tenacious armies that fought repeatedly were often particularly able to withstand it.

It is a matter of no need to get Li Jing to train cavalry. Although Li Jing only said to help Yi Feng train those battalions of cavalry, as long as he came, Yi Feng would definitely have to help him train infantry chariots and other things. Of course, what Yi Feng valued most was his ability to lead troops. Li Jing, who was able to talk about military tactics with Han Qinhu, the upper pillar country, and was praised, would be a big profit if he could teach his young officers some military tactics. Training a battalion is not as good as teaching several generals!

Yi Feng enthusiastically asked Li Jing to bring his thousand men to Huaihuang for training, "This way, it would save you from transporting those war horses and weapons. Anyway, Huaihuang's camps and training equipment are complete. Then, I will put my cavalry battalions together with your thousand cavalry to practice, without delay. Well, I will ask the logistics side to provide you with the supplies when preparing the cavalry battalions. I will solve the problem of eating horses and chewing them every day."

One thousand cavalry and two thousand war horses were eating horse chewed, the consumption of training and the maintenance and supplies of equipment. This is also a big number. Yi Feng was so generous to solve these problems for Li Jing, of course, he had a plan. He pulled Li Jing's men directly to Huaihuang and solved these logistical problems for him. In this way, Li Jing could play the temporary position of the head coach of the Huaihuang cavalry in Huaihuang with peace of mind. This was good for both sides, and Li Jing did not refuse. After discussing some details, Li Jing followed Wei Zheng to apply for loans, select war horses, and receive military equipment.

"I will have to go to the capital in two days. What else do I have to deal with at home?" Yi Feng asked his sister-in-law Gao Mingyue. Gao Mingyue is still known as the deputy director of the Second Department of the Second Office of the Attendant. He is his chief financial consultant, in front of Yi Feng's half of the home. Although the two of them often do not deal with each other, when it comes to business affairs, Gao Mingyue is very capable and competent.

"Well, there are two things that require you to make your decision." Gao Mingyue opened his small account book and looked at it, then asked Yi Fengdao.

"What's the matter?"

"These two things can actually be said to be one thing. King Jin sent someone from Yangzhou to see you, and there were people from Taiyuan who claimed to be the Han Palace to see you. Now both of them are temporarily staying in the city and waiting for you to summon them."

Yi Feng raised his eyebrows. It would definitely not be a good thing for people from Yangzhou and Taiyuan to come at the same time. If there is nothing big on Yang Guang's side, he can just send a letter to himself. However, he has never contacted Yang Liang in Taiyuan.

The matter was quickly figured out, and Yi Feng did not see the people on both sides immediately. Instead, he asked Uncle Gao and Uncle Zhang to meet the people on both sides separately and figured out the intentions of both sides. The two of them gave the situation to Yi Feng's hands, and Yi Feng frowned even more. Things were more troublesome than he imagined.

Yang Guang and Yang Liang both set their sights on him and wanted to beat him.

Last time Yi Feng sent two thousand war horses to Yang Guang, Yang Guang was very satisfied and his appetite grew bigger. This time Yang Guang sent a secret envoy to bring a message, and Yang Guang asked Yi Feng to send another five thousand war horses to Yangzhou. In addition, the type of plate armor costs ten thousand sets, which was like a lion talking.

"The people of King Jin said that the armor could be sent later, but hoped that the five thousand war horses could be transported to the south as soon as possible. They also said that the five thousand war horses were sent to Shouzhou, two thousand were sent to Hongzhou, and another thousand were sent to Yangzhou. When the armor was ready, they were transported to Yangzhou first." Gao Bo reposted.

Yi Feng sneered twice, "Did the people of King Jin say whether these armed war horses were paid to buy them, or did I send them for free?"

“That’s to buy there.”

"Buy?" Yi Feng was a little surprised. After Yang Guang made such a request, would he be willing to spend money to buy it?

"Yes." Gao Bo said helplessly, "Then he said he would use tea to pay in the future."

Yi Feng couldn't help but shake his head. Yang Guang's abacus was indeed very good. The tea production and sales volume of Da Sui Dynasty was very large. Tea was grown in the south. Not only were it supplied to various parts of Da Sui Dynasty every year, but many were sold to grasslands and overseas places. Previously, when Yi Feng was in Yangzhou, he invented the method of stir-frying tea and made green tea, which changed the traditional tea making process, and even changed the long-standing tea drinking habits. Nowadays, green tea also occupies a large share in tea trading. Yang Guang has the largest and most important green tea market in his hands.

The fat piece is all in his hands, and the production and sales of medium and high-end green tea are all in his hands. This year's tea has been almost sold, but the Chinese New Year is about to be celebrated. It won't take long after the New Year, and new tea will be on the market again. This year's green tea is very popular. It can be foreseen that the green tea market next year will definitely be larger and the profit will be higher. Now Yang Guang not only has a large number of tea farms, but also has the authentic green tea stir-frying technology obtained by Yifeng here, as well as several excellent green tea brands sold now. When the tea is picked next year, this business will indeed be worth a lot of money.

Yang Guang meant that this piece of tea business originally given to him by Yi Feng, and then exchanged for the war horses and weapons from Huaihuang. After Yi Feng transported this batch of war horses and weapons to Yang Guang, after the tea was picked next year, Yang Guang would sell the prepared green tea to Yi Feng to make the payment for the goods for this batch of war horses and weapons. Yang Guang was in charge of the 44 prefectures of Jianghuai. The territory under his jurisdiction was the place where tea was produced. With technology and tea, Yang Guang was not as tiny as Yi Feng was then. It would be great to do the tea business behind the scenes. It can be said that green tea was made by Yi Feng, but green tea was promoted by Yang Guang.

"Five thousand war horses and tens of thousands of sets of weapons are not a small amount. No matter how much we give discounts, it is still a million yuan." Uncle Zhang said astonished, "The King of Jin exchanged tea. How much tea does this need."

In more than 40 states in the Sui Dynasty, there were more than 200 counties producing tea. It is said that the annual tea production can reach 800,000 dan, and the value is as high as about 5 million dan. The Sui Dynasty was the same as salt. There was no national monopoly or salt tax, and the tea business was very profitable. The average tea leaves were more than ten to one or two hundred dan per kilogram, and the top famous tea even hundreds or thousands of dan per kilogram. As the new favorite among tea today, green tea is not the highest-end famous tea, but it is already considered a medium-to-high tea. Generally, green tea can be sold for 1 or 200 dan per kilogram, and famous teas like Longshe is extremely expensive. But if Yang Guang wanted to use tea to compensate for the millions of dan of arms, if the average tea is calculated at 100 dan per kilogram, it may require 100,000 dan per kilogram.

The annual tea production in various places can reach 100,000 dan, and Yang Guang occupies most of the tea production land. He can control more than 100,000 dan of tea, Yi Feng is not doubtful, but is Yang Guang really willing to pay for tea? Yi Feng is a little suspicious, after all, the arms are needed now. But the tea will have to wait until next year. After the tea is picked, the price will not be mentioned at all. In short, this is a confusing amount. However, after thinking for a long time, Yi Feng felt that Yang Guang would still provide this arms, but Yang Guang must really take out the tea. Even if there is not, he must ensure that tea will be given next year.

Tea is also a very good commodity with great potential. The consumption of tea in the Sui Dynasty was not very large. By the Tang and Song dynasties, the demand for tea was truly rising sharply. The tea profits obtained by the imperial court in the Song Dynasty were as high as four or five million jin of coins per year. Compared with the tea production and consumption at this time, more than ten times. Compared with the consumption of tea by the Sui people themselves, the Hu people actually had a higher demand for tea. Tea was one of the most commonly purchased products by Hu tribe merchants in the Huaihuang market. If Yang Guang really supplied a large amount of tea to Huaihuang, the business was actually very profitable.

Yi Feng couldn't help but sigh that it was better to the Sui Dynasty. There was no commercial tax, no salt, no tea, no salt tax, no wine tax. It's really profitable to do tea business.

"Arrange it and deliver the goods to Yangzhou. Please give it enough according to the number of photos you want there, but you have to be careful and deliver the goods in batches. The war horses are mixed in batches among ordinary horse-drawn cattle to the south. The ordnances are also left in batches, and it is best to let the people from the King of Jin take the goods themselves." Yi Feng decided to do this business with Yang Guang. Anyway, he didn't have enough reason to refuse now, not to mention that he thought that changing tea to war horses to armies is actually a good business.

"Do you send some first?" Uncle Zhang still felt that this batch of goods would definitely not receive the payment at that time, so he planned to use a delay.

"No, as required there." Yi Feng explained, "Tea is actually very profitable, especially in our desertion. Tea is a must-buy for Hu merchants outside the West, and the sales volume is also large. I plan to make the tea business bigger with Yangzhou. The Jin Wangfu is responsible for purchasing tea and making tea, and we are responsible for packaging and sales. With most of the tea production areas under the jurisdiction of the Jin Wangfu, we can get 400,000 500,000 shi of tea a year, which will have a better operation, and a profit of at least one million guan a year. If done well, we can get 300,000 guan a year. Why don't we do such a transaction?"

"Can tea really make so much money?" Uncle Zhang asked in surprise.

"That's certain." Yi Feng said confidently. Thinking about the Southern Song Dynasty, only half of the country was left, but the court earned nearly 5 million guan a year. This was only the part that the court earned, not including private tea, etc. If Yi Feng could unite with Yang Guang, he would almost monopolize the tea market. The court could make millions of tea profits when collecting taxes. If Yi Feng could monopolize the tea market, could this profit be less? Even if he had divided it with Yang Guang at that time, it would be a big deal. Even if he could not monopolize it, it would be at least a deal worth hundreds of thousands or millions of yuan. Yi Feng would never think that the money was too much, and he believed that Yang Guang would definitely not think that the money was too much.

It just happened to be going to the capital in a few days, and Yang Guang would also go there at that time. He took this opportunity to discuss this plan to make a fortune in Yangzhou. At that time, Yang Guang would get such a big benefit, and I believe he has more trust in him. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!