Chapter 226： raise soldiers

Qi Xiuyuan, of course, could not turn all the land encircled by the dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom into military fields, so he grabbed about a quarter of the land, and the remaining half was returned to the people, and the other half was nationalized.

The good news is that he recruited nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the court actually agreed with his behavior. The bad news is that he had to provide all the armaments for these people.

Even if Qi Xiuyuan had emptied his family, he could not gather the armament of 20,000 people. After 20,000 people, their families were still standing, and he had to support them. These people were willing to bring their families to become military households because they could not survive. When I went down, I didn't have a grain of rice. I heard that with Qi Xiuyuan, I not only had fields and land, but also food. As soon as Qi Xiuyuan recruited troops, he brought his family to vote.

Qi Xiuyuan was so sad that he didn't even drink the celebration wine so much, Fan Zijin pulled Qi Haoran to him and said: "Big cousin, the fastest money in the world is robbing and business, robbing is illegal and disorderly. , we naturally don’t do it, so there is only business left.”

Qi Xiuyuan frowned at the two and asked, "What are you guys trying to do?"

Fan Zijin pinched Qi Haoran secretly, and Qi Haoran said with his face unchanged: "Big brother, the diced rabbit meat from Zijin's workshop is delicious, and many people like it after getting it in the south. Manager Chen said that the output is three more. Times are also in short supply, and now he's looking for more sales in the south."

Qi Xiu far leaned on the chair, crossed his hands, and looked up at them slightly, "So?"

"Brother, those barbarians are grazing in enclosures. Look outside, there is grass everywhere. If they raise rabbits, we recycle them and they make money, then our pressure will be much less."

Qi Xiuyuan said, "No, we are Han people. The Han people mainly focus on farming. The people of Hanzhong Prefecture are already disgusted with enclosure grazing. If we not only don't abolish this move, but support it, then their hatred of the Hu people will be transferred to us. Come on."

"We don't move the fields of the common people. We let the military households do this," Qi Haoran muttered, "I'm not doing this for their own good, and I'm not occupying them for nothing."

Qi Xiuyuan glanced at him and said, "That won't work either, military households are also common people."

Fan Zijin said with a smile: "Cousin, it's not that they use all the land to raise rabbits, they think I can't take so much, and there are so many military households, as long as some people are willing to use a few acres of inferior land to raise them. Hundreds are enough, but I can’t do it for the time being. This year, it’s compulsory, and next year, it’s up to them to voluntarily? There won't be much resentment, look at the five battalions, now we have forced corn to be planted in all the high-quality fields."

Qi Xiuyuan looked at Fan Zijin with deep eyes, and said, "How much can this income be? Can it support my soldiers?"

Fan Zijin met his eyes and nodded dumbly, "It should be almost the same. I'll think of other ways then."

Qi Xiuyuan was satisfied and smiled: "Okay, you can decide this by yourself." He happily got up and left.

Fan Zijin couldn't help but said annoyed: "We were tricked by our cousin."

Qi Haoran wondered, "What's the pit?"

Fan Zijin couldn't help but pat him on the head, "You didn't hear what my cousin asked? All the money we've earned so hard will have to be used by my cousin to support the soldiers."

Qi Haoran escaped from his hands and said unconvinced: "The money you earn is originally used to support soldiers, otherwise what else can you use it for?"

Fan Zijin opened his mouth and continued to think about it. Even if his cousin didn't say anything now, he would not be able to eat and drink in Xiying. When his cousin was worried, Haoran had no choice but to save food from his own mouth, and then take it from him, and then give it to the table. Brother sent it, anyway, in the end, all the money still has to be used to support soldiers...

Fan Zijin could only wave his hand in the end, "Forget it, it's cheap for Mu Yangling." Seeing Haoran's puzzled eyes, he said, "The contract we signed was the income of the entire workshop, and they had to take it from Mu Yangling to raise rabbits. Rabbit, so this contract remains the same..."

In the end, he worked so hard to create a workshop, except that Mu Yangling was making money, he and Haoran could not get a penny.

Fan Zijin gritted his teeth, started his brain, and said, "You can't always buy food and bring it back after you sell diced rabbit meat. This cycle is too long, and it's too dangerous to take the food on the road," Fan Zijin rolled his eyes. , said: "You said that if I let out the wind that there was a severe drought in the north, so there was a sharp shortage of food, would those merchants bring a large amount of food over? At that time, our caravan will be able to buy some other goods and sell them back, at least not only more than The business of diced rabbit meat is over."

Qi Haoran just lowered his head and thought for a moment before rejecting: "No, as soon as this rumor spreads, the people who suffer first are the common people. When the price of food rises, they can't afford to eat anymore. We took down the Hanzhong Mansion to protect the people inside. I don't want a riot in the blink of an eye."

Fan Zijin rolled his eyes and said, "Who said I want to spread this news in Hanzhong Mansion? I want Steward Chen to spread the news in Jiangnan. The information between the two places is blocked and the news is lagging behind. Both sides can only be half-trusted. Once the rumor is refuted, then nothing will happen.”

Fan Zijin hummed and smiled, "Then the two prefectures will have more food, the people will be able to settle down, and your pressure will be less."

"Is this going to trick those businessmen?" Qi Haoran asked with his head tilted.

"It's not a pit, that is to say, they want to make less money," Fan Zijin said, "The two governments are indeed short of food, and now the price of food is slowly rising, they can still make money by sending the food, but it is not as much as they thought. It’s just profiteering, the mall is like a battlefield, I don’t think this is a pit.”

Qi Haoran didn't express any further objection, but asked curiously: "You just said that you want to buy goods from the south. Isn't all our money used to raise troops and prepare armaments? Where's the money?"

"Isn't there Mu Yangling?" Fan Zijin hummed and said, "It's cheaper for her, I will tell her when I look back and ask her to hand over the money to me, and I will definitely make more money for us." See you. If Qi Haoran wanted to object, he hurriedly said: "I'm not taking advantage of her, although I used her money, but this business was done by me, and the things were escorted by your people along the way, so these are divided into We deserve it."

Fan Zijin was calculating in his heart how much he and Qi Haoran could get, but in fact he didn't do business, and now he doesn't know how to calculate this.

If it was Mu Yangling, she would probably be able to guess how much she could get. After all, she was just an investor, and she didn’t worry about everything else, and the share she could get would not be too high.

Because the idea belongs to Fan Zijin, and the business is also in charge of Fan Zijin, and the journey from Jiangnan to Xingzhou is a long way, even if you just ask the **** to escort, you have to pay a lot of price.

Fan Zijin wanted to buy some silk, satin and cloth. Because there was always war at the border, there were very few merchants willing to come here to do business.

In the past, Xingzhou Mansion was small, and Fan Zijin didn't care, but now they occupy Hanzhong Mansion, which is a big place. There are many rich and noble families in Hanzhong Mansion, most of them were people who didn't have time to flee south and were unwilling to leave their homeland. Occupy, these things in the city become less and less, and at this time, doing these businesses will only make money and not lose.

Of course, the people in Hanzhong Fucheng are still being investigated, and people are not leaving the city casually. Even if someone thinks of doing this business at this time, only Fan Zijin and the others can put it into action.