Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters the least money to support the most soldiers(1/2)
Ningxia, in the morning.
Li Deng took the two of them to a restaurant.
As soon as he entered the door, he bowed to a middle-aged man with a big belly in the counter and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, I'm disturbing."
"Oh! It's Superintendent Li, please come in quickly."
The shopkeeper named Xu couldn't help but walk out of the counter when he saw Li Deng and sat down at a table nearby.
"Mr. Xu, please register. Our east is mainly reserved for filing." Li Deng bowed his hand and said.
One person behind him immediately took out a form and handed it to the shopkeeper Xu.
"No problem, no problem."
Manager Xu immediately wrote and filled in.
Guo Dan had posted a notice before, re-establishing his household registration and all stores had to re-register.
While he was writing, Li Deng looked carefully: "So that's how the word 'Xu' is written!"
Manager Xu glanced at Li Deng and smiled and said, "Super Li wants to learn to recognize words!"
Li Deng scratched his head and said awkwardly: "I can't learn this. I heard that I seem to be the only one in the supervisor of Yinuoya Station who doesn't recognize words."
Manager Xu smiled, and actually wondered why Guo Dan asked Li Deng to come to the supervisor of Yinuoya Store.
Little did he know that for Guo Dan, his subordinates had a lot of reading, but only Li Deng and Zuzi were familiar with the situation in Ningxia and could risk their lives to inform him.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, Li Deng was soaring into the sky, transforming from an oil seller to the head of Yinuoya, but this was actually what they earned with their lives.
Of course, Li Deng is just one of the lucky ones. In addition to Li Deng, some people also took the side, including Shanxi merchants led by Hu Du.
During this rebellion, Hu Du and his whole army were dispatched and took great risks to lobby Liu Dongyang and others.
"Uncle San, happy cooperation." Guo Dan handed a contract to Hu Du.
"It is an honor for us to be able to cooperate with Consultant Guo."
While Hu Du took over the contract, he also handed a contract to Guo Dan.
This is a merger contract. At that time, Yinuo Money House will merge all of Hu Du and their tea houses, and Hu Du and others will obtain 20% of Yinuo Money House's shares.
Guo Dan said: "You go back and prepare quickly. I will ask the people from the money shop to go to your tea shop to complete the handover. We must strive to complete the handover before the money shop is listed."
"Please rest assured, Consultant Guo, we are already ready." Hu Du promised.
Just then, a Jinyiwei walked in and said, "Report to Consultant Guo, the first batch of bird guns in the Grand Canyon have arrived."
"I see!"
Guo Dan nodded and said to Hu Du: "I have something to do. Tomorrow, I will hold a banquet tomorrow to thank you for your support. Then I will bring Tatarum and the others. We will drink it and never return without getting drunk."
After Guo Dan left, Chen You said, "Brother Third, I always feel that these 20% of the shares are still a little less. We have helped him so much, and we have taken his shares in vain. Didn't our tea shop give them all? This is just a transaction."
Hu Du glanced at Chen You, sat down, and said, "You! You really look at the sky. Are you still missing the 20% shares of Yinuo Money House? Tell you that all our tea shops together cannot match the 10% shares of Yinuo Money House. If he hadn't asked us for help before, he wouldn't have given us 20% shares."
Chen You hurriedly asked, "Third brother, how much is it worth?"
Hu Du said: "I guess 20% of the shares should be worth at least 200,000 taels."
“How many?”
Chen You couldn't help but breathe a breath.
He is a small Jin merchant who is engaged in business in Ningxia, and he has turned into a rich man.
"At least 200,000 taels, this is just the current value and may be more in the future."
Hu Du said again: "And if we don't follow Yinuo Bank, we will close sooner or later. Guo Dan won't care about our stores. From this point of view, these 20% of the shares can be regarded as a thank you."
In fact, after Yinuo Money House expanded, Hu Du and the others felt a little overwhelmed. In addition, Yinuo Money House borrowed a loan to the emperor to fight, and he knew that his tea shop would be in the near future, because once Yinuo Money House started lending business, all the tea shops would go bankrupt.
But God gave him a chance, and he seized it.
......
When Guo Dan came to the military camp, he saw Dong Yiyuan and several generals playing with new bird guns.
This first batch of only 500 bird guns was not a lot for Guo Dan, but Dong Yiyuan and others had already had a lot.
"How about it, this bird gun can be seen by General Dong and the generals."
"It's Consultant Guo here!"
Dong Yiyuan said excitedly: "I heard before that the bird guns produced in the Grand Canyon are unparalleled in the world. Now, when I see them, they are truly well-known."
When a general sees exquisite weapons, he is like a pervert seeing a beautiful woman.
Guo Tan smiled and said, "General Dong, the biggest advantage of my bird gun is not its meticulous work."
Dong Yiyuan hurriedly asked, "Would you like to hear it carefully?"
"Please sit down, listen to me slowly."
After Dong Yiyuan and the others sat down, Guo Dan said: "This bird gun can allow me to raise the most soldiers with the least money."
As soon as these words were said, Dong Yiyuan was shocked, and they all looked at Guo Dan vigilantly.
Guo Dan knew that they had misunderstood and hurriedly said, "Don't panic, I meant to cut military pay. I'm not here to put my words in the nine border towns. If my Ningxia soldiers are not as good as any military town, then I will pay ten times the military pay."
Dong Yiyuan hurriedly said, "We are definitely not meant by this, but we are stupid and don't quite understand what Consultant Guo meant?"
Guo Dan asked back: "General Dong, you should know that this bird gun is only a sound person. After training for one month, you can be very proficient in using it."
Dong Yiyuan nodded.
Guo Dan said: "This provides us with the basis for implementing military service. We only need to retain a small standing army to deal with sudden wars. At the same time, in the form of a law, every young man in Ningxia must serve in the military for one year and specially train to use firearms. Then once there is a large-scale war, we can mobilize the whole nation, and the combat effectiveness is no less than that of you who directly raise a hundred thousand troops."
"I see."
Dong Yiyuan quickly understood and immediately said in surprise: "Guest Guo really woke up the dreamer with one word. I never thought that this bird gun was so useful."
The biggest advantage of this bird gun is that it saves war costs. It doesn’t take another ten years to sharpen a sword and can go to the battlefield in one month. There is no big difference between combat effectiveness and training for one year.
Guo Dan suddenly handed Dong Yiyuan a piece of paper.
Dong Yiyuan took it, with only one number written on it. He couldn't help but look up at Guo Dan in confusion.
Guo Tan smiled and said, "I need General Dong to determine the scale of a standing army, and the number of standing army personnel must be deducted from the soldiers serving every year. It is best to be controlled within this scale. This is calculated based on Ningxia's tax revenue and grain output. Please forgive me for this. If one more person is added, I have to take dozens of taels more every year. Of course, I will also ensure that each of our soldiers has no worries about food and clothing, including marriage, having children, education and medical care."
Dong Yiyuan nodded and said, "I understand. After I check the terrain and surrounding conditions, I will give you an accurate quantity."
"It's been a labor."
Guo Dan held his fist and said, "In addition, I will also streamline the logistics scale of the army. In the future, our Ningxia army will only be responsible for defending the country, and the rest will not be involved. I will not raise any mixed people. Even the kitchen in the military camp will be contracted to merchants."
An officer immediately said, "That salt, tea...!"
Guo Dan shook her head and said, "It will be handed over to the businessman."
The officer sitting there couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.
In this way, there is no need to make any oil and water.
They all know that the biggest oil and water of the border army is in the trade of tea and salt.
Guo Dan didn't feel embarrassed at all and looked at them with a smile.
He was just giving Dong Yiyuan a face. He was not discussing with these people, but telling them the fact that if you are unhappy, you can leave. You think you are Qi Jiguang or Li Chengliang!
In fact, even if Guo Dan doesn't change any word, he still said this. If you take away all the money, I will make a fortune. You are just working, but you are not asking you to be arrogant. Only by doing well can you get promoted and make money. If you don't do well, then I'll say goodbye.
Dong Yiyuan nodded and smiled, "That's all I have to bother Consultant Guo."
Guo Tan smiled and said, "This is my duty."
In Weihui Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and other places, Guo Dan did not care about military and political affairs, but Ningxia is a major border defense center, and its biggest expenditure is the military headquarters. All interests revolve around the army. He must be careful in this regard. Although he throws hundreds of thousands of taels out at any time, it is all calculated through precise calculations. This time is no exception. He will not keep idle people.
Of course, he will also provide a large number of firearms to make up for it.
After sending Guo to the military camp, a deputy general around Dong Yiyuan complained: "It is natural for the border troops to be in charge of salt and tea trade."
Dong Yiyuan glanced at him and asked, "Don't you think he is discussing with us, do you?"
After pausing, he said again: "In addition, have you forgotten why you started a rebellion? Isn't it just a quarrel with Dang Xin? Here we just need to train our troops well, and in other military towns, you have to be impeached by those civil servants."
The officers suddenly realized that there are pros and cons of this. In other border towns, if you want to be arrogant, you have to curry favor with good civil officials. Even if Li Chengliang was impeached and stepped down, let alone them.
Although there is no good or bad here, the treatment is pretty good and there is no need to worry about other things. Everyone settles the accounts clearly and needs to decide how much they should give.
......
"Consultant Guo."
On the other side, Guo Dan just left the military camp when he met Tu Wenxiu.
"It turns out that General Tu."
Guo Dan bowed and bowed.
Tu Wenxiu said with a lonely expression: "I don't know if I am still a general now."
Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "General Tu doesn't want to go to the grassland?"
To be continued...