At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

"Lieutenant Shi, someday I'll take you to my hometown to see, the sun is quite strong." Bu'e said with a wry smile.

Shi Jingfeng smiled softly: "One day I will take you to my hometown to see, and you will know that the sun is not too strong."

It was summer in Saxony at this time, but to be honest, the summer here was not that hot. Judging from Feng Sen's body feeling, most of the time it was maintained at 25 or [-] degrees.

But just like this, Bue still felt dizzy after marching for a long time.

The cool breeze blows, and the humid water vapor is mixed with the fragrance of flowers and plants. Although there are a group of reckless people here, there is still a sense of refreshment.

"Lieutenant Shi, look!" A young soldier suddenly stood up and pointed to the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction, but saw that on the plain not far away, a group of government soldiers were training their formation. Unlike the government soldiers in the Central Plains, Saxony's government soldiers did not only train during the slack season.

The brightly colored flags are constantly changing with the password and whistle, and the soldiers are sometimes arranged in a triangle, sometimes in a rhombus and trapezoid.

When the urgent whistle sounded again, the fifty soldiers all shouted "Kill!"

Then the spears stabbed forward, and every time the whistle sounded, the government soldiers took a big step forward, and the spears also thrust forward.

Beside their army formation, three banner men who had just entered the palace were holding rifles, and under the whip of the general, they kept shaking their guns.

In front of them, about ten steps away, there was a wooden man, who needed ten steps to stab the flag into the throat accurately.

Seeing this scene, Bue couldn't help but stand up straighter by reflex. When he was serving in front of the house, he was also trained by the generals. It was really an unbearable past.

Beside Bue, Shi Jingfeng was also observing this group of government soldiers. Since he came to Saxony, he found that the government soldiers here are different from those of Datang.

Like Datang, the government soldiers here also have the Zhechong Mansion, but there is also a military aircraft department, which is responsible for the command and staff in wartime.

That is to say, on weekdays, the government soldiers go into battle and are under the control of the Military Aircraft Department, and the government soldiers go to the local Zhechong Mansion when they are on duty. There is also a Duwei Mansion on the Zhechong Mansion, and the Duwei Mansion will manage the local Fubing and the Eight Banners together.

This is to prevent the soldiers from having too much contact with the generals who lead the troops. You are the one who trains the soldiers, and you are the one who leads the troops. Then Feng Sen, the emperor...does the Duke still do it?

Anyway, the quality of the government soldiers is high. Feng Sen also arranged for them literacy courses, Fubing schools and martial arts lecture halls. Winning battles depends on the quality of middle and low-level officers and soldiers.

For Saxony soldiers, most of them exercise once every five days and practice once every seven days. They have hunting in summer and winter training in winter. Winter training also includes firewood and silver from Feng Sen. Each person has one Solidar per month.

Although it is said that the soldiers have to prepare their own equipment and maintain the armor, as long as the soldiers buy weapons and armor as the guards, they can get a discount of 5% to 20% according to their age and military exploits.

In addition, in addition to the output of the land every year, they also have the annuity of the West Britain Company issued by Feng Sen. When it is less, it is one or two solida a year, and when it is more, it is seven or eight solida a year.

This Jiedu envoy is really generous, Shi Jingfeng laughed helplessly, these government soldiers will go to the city to buy shops and properties when they get the money, in terms of life alone, they are much better than those bankrupt government soldiers.

From Shi Jingfeng's point of view, Feng Sen's Fubing system already included the elements of recruiting soldiers. The Fubing was a group of professional and good families trained by Feng Sen, and then recruited soldiers from among them.

Why is Feng Sen in a hurry to make money?Otherwise, I really can't afford it.

Generally speaking, when the money and land are in place, then it's time to start merging.

Fubing basically has honors, and their land is not only one hundred acres, but three hundred acres, five hundred acres or even more.

But in order to curb mergers, Feng Sen forced military service to be closely linked to the number of acres of land. In other words, after you own more than [-] acres of land, for every [-] acres of land you have, you have to provide a mansion soldier with his own equipment.

If you can't get out, I'm sorry, but the extra part has to be given to the flag Ding or Yu Ding, who served in front of the mansion.

As for the fields in Fu Bing's own family, they were basically cultivated by Bao Yi. Yes, the land of Fu Bing's family was cultivated by Bao Yi. There were not only Bao Yi seconded from the Eight Banners, but also Bao Yi and tenants controlled by Zhechong Prefecture.

The status of Fubing Baoyi is basically the same as that of the Eight Banners, but the difference is that Fubing Baoyi does not recruit from outside, but only selects from captives and slaves.

"The government soldiers here are much richer than those in the Central Plains." Shi Jingfeng stroked his chin, "It's just that if we continue to develop like this, I'm afraid there won't be enough land."

Of course, the land is not enough, but Feng Sen is not going to raise too many soldiers. There are not many soldiers, and there are more agricultural land in Europe than in the Central Plains. The flag is more than enough.

"Still watching?" Patting the blades of grass on his buttocks, Shi Jingfeng stood up and teased the soldiers, "Why, do you want to practice too?"

"No no no no."

"Let's go, go, oops, Captain, I just lost my mind and didn't listen to anything."

"Hey, hey, Captain Shi, you just like to joke around, I don't want to watch it, I'm leaving."

Chapter 365 Hannover Meets Aunt Li

The sky was burning blood red, with the glow of the evening sun in the clouds.

The golden and translucent sunset fell on the earth, and the trees, grass, and reeds all seemed to be black silhouettes gilded with gold.

The breeze was disturbing, the horseshoes were rushing, and even the silhouettes shook slightly.

"Great, it's finally here." Looking at the gradually clear city wall in front of him, Shi Jingfeng laughed loudly, and the soldiers around him also smiled.

"Yeah, I thought I couldn't catch up."

Slowing down the speed of the horse, a group of people walked slowly towards the city wall, and the sound of horseshoes also changed from the "pop" sound of stepping on the dirt road to the "da da" sound of stepping on the stone slab.

Originally Hannover only had slate and concrete roads in the city, but later, with the gradual increase of merchants and hawkers, all these people gathered at the gate of the city. Coupled with the wet weather, it would not take long for the roads to be trampled. Hanover Sheriff Griffith simply contracted out this section of the road and extended a section of stone road to the surrounding area.

When the root of the city wall could be seen, Shi Jingfeng dismounted, and the archers in charge of security around him had already been waiting in front, waving the flags in their hands, and let them dismount.

Horses are not allowed within a hundred steps of the city wall, and although horses or carriages can be ridden inside the city wall, horses cannot gallop wildly and hurt people, otherwise the Griffith Sheriff will be merciless.

"There are quite a lot of people here." A soldier from the government looked around.

On the road paved with blue flagstones, you can see businessmen in various clothes pushing their carts slowly forward, including those wearing Frankish pointed felt hats, some wearing Jewish white hats, and Vivian wearing a sea otter vest. Beijingers and Slavs.

On both sides of the stone road, there are also small sheds erected one after another, which are said to be specially ordered by the marshal to set up for those local farmers.

On the one hand, it prevents them from occupying the roads and causing chaos, on the other hand, it facilitates the sale of agricultural and sideline products by these farmers, killing two birds with one stone.

"The last bundle of cabbages is sold at half price!"

"Look at this fish, it was just caught."

"Fart, it stinks!"

"Fix the sickle and the hoe!"

As the evening approached, the number of hawkers was much less than in the morning, and the yelling and selling were a little weaker than before, but they were still lively.

Hanover is located in the center between the Weser River and the Elbe River. If you go east to Magdeburg, you can leave Villetti to trade on the territory of the Slavs. Lingen and Bavaria.

The birthplace of the famous Hannover dynasty in later generations is the current little-known town. In the future, it will gradually become an important business center in Saxony, no less important than Hamburg and Magdeburg.

Passing through the sparse crowd entering the city, at the gate of the city, you can see the city wall that is still under construction, and a few towering fir permanent piles are inserted into the earthen wall.

On the scaffolding built of layers of wood, slaves from Slavic, Verratti, Oppolit and Pomerania are holding buckets of cement and covering the earth wall with bricks layer by layer.

The afterglow of the setting sun passes through the gaps in the city wall, which is rather dazzling.

The officials and archers at the gate of the city knew that they were government soldiers when they saw their posture, so they naturally didn't dare to make any small moves, and greeted them respectfully.

At the door, there were seven or eight rascals, sitting in the shade of the long street, using wooden chips and dice to hit the horse crane, seemingly casual, but always paying attention to the movement at the door, the Fubing and his party naturally entered them eyes.

A Saxon rascal coughed, walked up under the envious eyes of everyone, and bowed in a strange Chinese accent: "Several military lords, where are you going?"

"Find a cheap inn, and find some dentists and house builders." Shi Jingfeng took out a few Denier silver coins from his pocket and threw them over, "Well done, I will definitely reward you."

"Hey." The rascal flicked the silver coin and smiled obsequiously, "Master Jun is grand, come, Master Jun comes with me."

The fubing and his party followed the rascal and walked forward, leading the horse. A young fubing looked around, and sometimes even stopped to observe carefully.

"Liu Jiu, what are you looking at?" Shi Jingfeng shouted sullenly when he saw that Liu Jingyi had fallen behind a lot.

Liu Jiulang immediately grabbed the rein and chased after him: "Don't blame the captain, it's just that I have been here a few years ago, the old scene is new, I am a little curious, and I don't want to but my mind is distracted."

After hearing Liu Jiulang's words, Shi Jingfeng became interested instead: "Then you talk about the difference. If you say it well, I won't punish you."

"Here." Liu Jingyi cupped his hand and pointed to these houses, "When I first came here, the houses here were all wooden walls and thatched roofs, in a mess, and the roads were all muddy. Occasionally, only in front of the tribal hall, Only then will the planks be laid.

Captain, look at it now. There used to be a stinky ditch here, which has been filled up. Although the houses still have wooden walls, they have tiled roofs.

Looking at the layout of the houses, it looks chaotic but the distance between each house is fixed. The houses are also divided into groups, similar to squares, but without the walls of the squares. "

Listening to Liu Jingyi's words in Hebei dialect, the rascal listened for a long time before he understood, he interrupted and said: "Master Jun has good eyesight, Marshal Jie ordered these houses to be demolished earlier, and tiled roofs and wooden walls were rebuilt.

The rich family, look over there, the one with the red attic, that is a local first-class big businessman, it used to be the house of Sabo, who raised hawks in front of the marshal, his pigeon business is making a lot of money, and his houses are all brick houses. "

"Sabo, I seem to have heard of it, how is he recently?"

"Drunk and gambled, lost his wife and house deed, and took his drunkard pigeon to Villetti to find a way out."

Liu Jingyi was taken aback for a moment, and said with some amusement: "Back then, he was the one who helped the commander in raising pigeons. He was the one who bred the three pigeons we had in Zhechong Mansion, but I didn't expect that they ended up in this field."

"Hey, isn't it? Come on, military lord, this is a special snack in Hanover. It's called sour gas, which is rice wine made from rye. It's not intoxicating. The stall is closed today. Tomorrow (harmonious) I will bring the military lord to eat."

The scoundrel spoke a strange dialect that he didn't know where he came from, and confidently led and guided the soldiers.

"Mr. Jun, look, that's our yamen in Hannover. If you're on a business trip, I know a few good restaurants. The pork knuckle is really unique. I ate a bite, and I'll never forget it in my life... Hey, I'm at the place after I'm talking, Mr. Jun, look, this is the most..."

"The last general has seen Aunt Li." Before the scoundrel finished speaking, he heard the voices of several military lords. Are there any high-ranking officials and nobles visiting?The rascal hurriedly turned around, and immediately bowed and cupped his hands, not even daring to lift his head.

"I've seen you all." A refreshing female voice sounded in the rascal's ear.

He quietly (harmoniously) raised his head and took a quick glance, only to see that it was a woman, wearing a black men's suit and a veiled cap, and beside her were two tall and burly soldiers.

"Is it a business trip for a few of you to come to Hannover?"

"Just to do some shopping."

"Is there any shortage in the government?"

"It's not a shortage." Shi Jingfeng waved his hand, "One is that a few of the coats in the mansion died of illness, and the grain harvest is about to be harvested. There is a shortage of labor, so we have to buy some strong Prussian slaves (Pomeranian and ancient Prussian slaves) ), the second is that there are extraordinarily many newborns this year, and there is not enough milk, so we need to buy some white barbarians (Slavic female slaves) and hire some housewrights to build a new house.”

"You and I are both from my hometown. If you have something to say, don't dare to say it. Well, I am here, and you are not comfortable. I will go first. Please go ahead."

After bidding farewell to Li Baojing, Shi Jingfeng turned around and walked towards the tavern, but the rascal walked over quietly (harmoniously): "Master Jun, who is that woman?"

Shi Jingfeng ignored him, but it was Liu Jingyi who had a good impression of this clever scoundrel: "That is Li Baojing, Aunt Li, who used to be the secretary of the Marshal, and is now the Chancellor of the Audit Office. Guards and West Britannica..."

"Speak up!" Shi Jingfeng slapped Liu Jingyi on the back of the head, and glanced at the rascal, who immediately felt his hairs stand on end.

He immediately slapped himself: "I'm talking too much, look at my mouth, military lord, you go in, I'll talk to the shopkeeper, and I'll guarantee you the best room. The fried chickpeas here are a must. Go and arrange for you...Brother, come to work, ask my mother to fry some chickpeas..."

Chapter 366 Brother Hua Nong

The wind chimes under the eaves jingled under the summer wind, and a few bees came and went in front of the flowers, working hard.

In a small clean pavilion in the courtyard of the Hannover Yamen, four people sat, the head of which was of course the chief treasurer of the West Britain Company, the chief executive of the Audit (Harmony) Planning Office, and the chief treasurer of the West Britain Bank, Li Baojing.

Sitting next to him was Frasen, the founding businessman of West Britain, and opposite the stone table were the flower farmers brothers Oswald and Nat from Friesland.

Li Baojing was wearing a white veiled cap, and he didn't speak, but just listened. Instead, it was Frasen and Oswald, a pair of fellow villagers, who were arguing.

"I know that both of you are the largest and most skilled flower growers in Friesland." Frasen fiddled with the dried fruit on the plate with his chopsticks, "You have heard our conditions and sincerity, I think we are very satisfied with this matter. I have a certain understanding of the matter, so you can give me a price."

Oswald asked back: "Why don't you give us a price."

Frasen turned his head to look at Li Baojing, then turned his head and said seriously: "One Solidar for every ten plants."

"This is ridiculous!" Oswald almost jumped up, "I can't even sell it directly on the market for more than this price."

"My friend, please be clear, your unit price is expensive, but who will buy your flowers? Do you sell 1000 flowers per year? Or 800? You have to compete with other flower growers, and finally the average How high can the price be?

Even if you have half a Solidar per plant, the most you can get is 500 Solidars, and you can't possibly sell them for this price.

I have checked, and your annual income is only about 200 to 300 solida.

And what about us?We need at least 10000 flowers per year, which is equivalent to selling 1 plants for 1000 solid. Originally, you couldn’t get 1000 solids. After excluding the cost, it also increased the income of 500 solids. I don’t know. enough? "

Nat lowered his head in a muffled voice, not looking at Frasen: "One Solidar and five plants."

Frasen's eyes widened: "Then why should I look for you, why don't I grow it myself?"

Oswald supported his younger brother: "However, our land does not have so many flower fields. We need to cooperate with others. I buy these flowers from others, and the travel expenses and losses are not small."

"My heavenly father!" Frasen waved his hands again and again, and said bitterly: "What do you think? Such a big good business, you still have to share it with others?

We are fellow countrymen and friends, and we have known each other before, otherwise I would not entrust this good job to you. You have to understand that this business of 1000 Solidars per year is signed for five years, and the number of flowers we need will be even greater in the future. many. "

"I, I don't understand what you mean?"

"Just change the wheat field into a flower field. Recently, the production has increased year after year. The price of hamburger grain is so low. The money you get from selling it is much more profitable than buying grain."

The two Huanong brothers looked at each other, turned around and lowered their heads and whispered, but they couldn't reply for a long time.

"Ahem." Li Baojing coughed lightly, attracting everyone's attention, "As the manager of the West Britain bank, can I express some opinions?"

"Of course." Frasen said with a smile on his face.

The Hua Nong Brothers also listened attentively. This woman can go straight to Tianting, and secondly, she has mastered the West British bank. For this group of businessmen, she is definitely a heavyweight.

The voice was cold, and Li Baojing's face behind the veiled hat was faintly visible: "Eight stalks for one Solidar, you can buy grain at the lowest price in the market. If you can do it, if you don't, then get out. I'll only count to five."

"five."