Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 189 In full swing ([-])

The military salary of three guanqian per month is too generous.

Andong has a total population of nearly 200 million, including 100 million Han Chinese. It is not difficult to recruit 7000 people to make up for the 500 soldiers that Anton originally had. The number of recruits is far more than needed. number of people.

The old way is to run and eliminate. One-fifth of the recruits are taken every day, and they can be recruited repeatedly until the quota is full. In this way, elite soldiers with real physical strength and endurance can be selected.

The so-called recruitment of horses means that horses are necessary to form a certain proportion of cavalry.

Cavalry is the king of cold weapon warfare. Why can nomads rely on backward civilizations and backward output, but always suppress advanced civilizations that are more advanced than them and have populations that are several times or even ten times theirs? Also because of their national cavalry.

To buy a horse, Li Fei didn't intend to spend gold, silver and copper coins on the purchase. In fact, gold, silver and copper coins may not be able to buy good war horses, and it is even more difficult to buy a sufficient number of war horses. The people of the horse can only exchange for things that they desperately need. They didn't see that Anlu Mountain is so powerful and has so many resources to take care of, so they only formed [-] cavalry.

Gold, silver and copper coins are hard currency in an advanced civilization like the Tang Dynasty, but when it comes to grasslands or places that are more bitter and cold, people prefer to barter.

Andong, the Bohai Kingdom in the north, the Shiwei tribes, and the grassland peoples in the west are all symbols of bitter cold.

Why is it that in the same backward place, the south is called wild, while the north is bitter cold?
The so-called 'bitter cold', in addition to the 'bitterness' of low yield, also has the coldness when winter comes.In some places in Shiwei, it is even [-] or [-] degrees in winter. Even in the grasslands in the west, it is more than [-] degrees or [-] degrees in winter.

In later generations, why Maozi is so addicted to vodka, because the strength of vodka can make them "warm up" and give them "warmth" when it is cold in winter.

Li Fei doesn't have vodka, but he does have distilled spirits that are not inferior to vodka.

Two hundred catties, or even three hundred catties of distilled wine for a good horse, I don't believe those nomads who raise horses can bear it.The cost of distilled liquor is only about [-] Wen a catty, even if it is [-] Jin, it is only [-] Wen, which is equivalent to six pennies for a good horse. A piece of money.

Li Fei directly built a large winery specializing in wine making.

"Master Jiedu, we don't have enough food in Anton, how can we use it to make wine." Lu Xin was taken aback, and hurriedly said to Li Fei, hoping to stop Li Fei's idea of ​​making wine, this is really bad.

"Don't worry, don't use Anton's grain for brewing. From now on, Anton won't have enough food to eat." Li Fei smiled and comforted Lu Dao.

"Master Jiedushi, you—" Lu Xin didn't know why Li Fei was so sure.

"According to the time, it should be here soon, and you may find out in a few days." Li Fei said mysteriously.

Lu Xin was skeptical, but since he knew Li Fei, he had never seen Li Fei speak big words, so he waited with peace of mind and wanted to see how Li Fei solved the food problem.

About three days later, news came from the coast that the first batch of seagoing ships from Jiangnan had finally landed.

Li Fei immediately took them with him, and Lu Xin and others rode to the coast. After about two hours, Li Fei and others arrived at the coast.

"Xiao Zhong, Uncle Cao." Li Fei saw Cao Xiaozhong and Cao Chong who were already waiting on the shore.

"Hey, Ruoshui is here too." Li Fei also noticed Xiao Ruoshui who had just come out of the cabin, but he didn't expect even Xiao Ruoshui to come.

"Brother, long time no see, I miss you so much." Cao Xiaozhong came up in surprise and gave Li Fei a big hug.

This time Cao Xiaozhong came by boat from the sea, Li Fei had already agreed with him.

If Li Fei wants to develop Anton's economy, he has to export products abroad. Going by land is not a good way to face the threat of the Khitan people, and he has to pass through the territory of Anlu Mountain. The only way is to ship by sea, which not only has a large volume, but also covers a large area extremely wide.

Originally, the Tang Dynasty had sea transportation to Silla, Japan, and Southeast Asia. It is not difficult to buy some sea ships at high prices. No, Cao Xiaozhong directly brought 70 sea ships on this trip. The cost of each ship is [-] to [-] guan, and the cost of [-] ships is more than [-] guan.

"Brother, all the thirty ships are full of food. The food and the money for the ship are all mine, and I will give them all to you." The food was just sent to Li Fei directly. Although the food and boats on these ships were bought by Li Fei, Cao Xiaozhong paid for it himself and did not touch Li Fei's money.

"This—" Li Fei just wanted to refuse, but was immediately interrupted by Cao Xiaozhong.

"You and I are brothers, if it weren't for you, Li Fei, and without me, Cao Xiaozhong. Today, I, Cao Xiaozhong, swore to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire for my brother. Brother, you are appointed as the envoy of Anton. Since you want to develop Anton, how can I, Cao Xiaozhong Not a single effort. Besides, the more than 70 guan was originally given to me by you. If you refuse again, you will not treat me as a brother." Cao Xiaozhong did not give Li Fei a chance to refuse.

"Okay, then I'll accept it!" Li Fei was very moved, and he was not hypocritical.Regardless of the millions of dollars he has accumulated over the years, it may not be enough to develop Anton in an all-round way. Since Cao Xiaozhong is willing to contribute, he will remember this feeling. Anyway, he also knows that the current Cao Xiaozhong is not at all Short of money, after all, the wife he married, Xiao Ruoshui, is now at the helm of the world's number one chamber of commerce.

"Brother, let me introduce you. This is the navigator you want. His name is Zheng Hai. He has been to Silla, Japan, and Nanyang. He will help you steer the helm. Don't worry!" Cao Xiaozhong introduced Zheng Hai to Li. Fei, this is the talent that Li Fei dragged him to look for. He found it through his wife Xiao Ruoshui Qiqing Chamber of Commerce. He believed in his wife's vision, Zheng Hai was definitely a trustworthy person.

"Zheng Hai pays homage to Master Jiedushi!" Zheng Hai cupped his hands and bowed to Li Fei. He was not restrained, but rather calm, and he was a good guy in terms of temperament.

"Zheng Hai, right? Good! Anton's development owes you, the shareholder, and now it's basically complete, and it can develop steadily!" Li Fei happily patted Zheng Hai's shoulder and laughed.

"General Lu, with these thirty boatloads of grain, you can rest assured that I will make wine!" Li Fei said to Lu Xin with a big smile.

Each ship is a large ship with a displacement of about 10 tons. One ship holds [-] tons of grain, and [-] ships are [-] tons. Equivalent to Datang's calculation, it is [-] shi.Enough for [-] people to let go of eating for a whole month.

"Master Jiedu, please don't let your subordinates down." Lu Xin smiled awkwardly. He never thought that Li Fei could get so much food from the sea, and what Li Fei and Cao Xiaozhong said just now, these thirty A big ship will continue to travel to and from Anton. In this way, Anton may really be able to develop.

Immediately, Li Fei took Cao Xiaozhong, Xiao Ruoshui, Cao Chong, and Zheng Hai to live in Liaoyang City for two days, discussing some things by the way, and during this time, Anton collected a lot of special products and the first batch of porcelain just produced, etc. , to be shipped to Jiangnan for sale.

At that time, the business route of Shangqiqing Chamber of Commerce directly in the south of the Yangtze River will surely sell well soon.
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