"Today, Hancheng County alone has a population of more than one county, and its grain income will definitely exceed the income of one county in the past. In another one or two years, I really don't know what it will develop into." Wei Yunqi rubbed his arm and smiled. It seems that not everyone can do the job of harvesting rice. This guy has applied a lot of potions on his arm, all of which are cut by rice leaves.

"It's been a year at most." I raised my head and looked at the calendar I was on the desk. Well, this thing was also made by a paper mill and was very useful. Looking at the dates above, my heart was quite heavy. By next year, the world would be even more chaotic. By then, I should be ready to take action.

"How is our preparation now?" I took a deep breath and asked Yang Qiong. "Of course it means on land."

"Young Master, now there are more than 50,000 people in Hancheng County, ten baggage infantry battalions, sixty infantry battalions, and twenty cavalry battalions. Each infantry battalion has 560 people, and each cavalry battalion has 500 people. There are also 70,000 reserve personnel. Since the soldiers who have been injured and retired, they have obtained many enviable privileges, the people who have signed up for the army are very enthusiastic. After careful selection, these 70,000 reserve personnel are young and middle-aged people with brothers at home. The shortest time to join the reserve service is five months, and the longest one has been a year. They have all undergone rigorous training and can be transferred to active service at any time."

"It won't delay the production and life of our county, right?" Wei Yunqi couldn't help asking.

"No, now the smallest paper mill in our factories now has nearly 3,000 workers. All factories are now producing at full capacity. In addition to ten days of training per month, the reserves of 70,000 will be trained for one month in the middle and end of the year. Usually, they will still go to the factory to work normally, and it will not have much impact. When they don't work, they will receive military pay according to the number of days..." Yang Qiong shook his head and said.

"Our Hancheng County is not short of people now, and now there are still about 20,000 refugees who will arrive in Hancheng County every month, which will continue to grow."

"Well, how are the armor and other weapons and equipment?" I nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.

"...There are more than 2,000 sets of various types of iron armor, 7,000 pairs of leather armor, and there are more than 35,000 sets of composite infantry armor in the plate chain, 2,400 sets of full-body plate armor, and 6,700 sets of composite cavalry armor. The total number of horizontal swords is 6,800. According to your order, the steel crossbow No. 4 has begun production five months ago, and the current monthly output is around 3,000."

"In addition, the No. 3 stone thrower has produced 60 medium-sized stone throwers, and 30 large-scale stone throwers for dock defense. In addition, 135 marine crossbows have been made.

"In addition, we have more than 11,000 good horses that can be used as war horses, but there are nearly 3,000 mares, and now there are 6,300 crossbow horses. According to your request from Gongzi, there are currently 1,000 mares in our three breeding fields, and there are more than 500 foals that have been born. According to the person in charge of the breeding field, this kind of good horse that is bred with Dayuan horses does have better endurance and explosive power than the good horses in the past, and have been enhanced in all aspects."

I nodded and replied, "The mare still cannot be used. Even if we want to send troops, we will not even ignore the territory. If both North Korean Pass and South Korean Pass need to defend, at least ten infantry battalions and five cavalry battalions must be left to defend. As for the waterway, I believe that with the ability of our warships, the navy in the court will definitely be able to return without success."

"The young master's eyes are on Daxing City, right?" Wei Yunqi suddenly said this.

I nodded. "Yes, not only Daxing City, but my goal is the entire Guanzhong."

"I'm afraid no one in the world expected that the young master would accumulate 50,000 elite troops with the power of a mere county, and look at the Western Capital. Now, Fang Ning of Guanzhong, the troops in the court are fighting rebellions everywhere. If time comes, the young master will send troops from Hancheng... It's amazing." Wei Yunqi couldn't help but smile. "It seems that you choose Hancheng County to manage the affairs. Is this the reason?"

I nodded and continued to say, "Guanzhong has a fertile land of thousands of miles, a dense population, and is located on the side of the Central Plains. Although it has suffered military disasters, it is much better than the chaotic Central Plains and is more dangerous than Tongguan. If you can only defend Tongguan, Guanzhong can rest and rest to achieve the world."

"There were several wars in Guanzhong, but the food price was much lower than that in the Central Plains. Do you know why?" This young master asked again, and everyone shook their heads.

"Could this be related to you, brother?" Wei Yunqi stood up in surprise.

"Yes, over the past few years, a certain place in Guanzhong has stored nearly 10 million stones of grain. Now, in every county in Guanzhong, there are grain stores under my name. It is precisely because of them suppressing the price of grain and the fact that several wars have not affected much, Guanzhong has not made any more changes. But even so, my nearly 10 million stones of grain has already consumed nearly 2 million stones." I nodded and replied.

"So that's it. It seems that the young master is really dedicated to the people of the world. There are tens of millions of stones, so it will be millions of coins, right?" Yang Qiong said with a look of horror on his face.

"Not that much. Actually, I started purchasing it since the end of the eighth year of Daye. The grain was not expensive at that time, but it also consumed nearly two million guan of money in total." I shook my head and smiled. "Guanzhong, the two lakes are all places where I buy grain. Fortunately, I have been able to make money over the past few years. Although I have purchased so much grain, nothing went wrong."

To be honest, I have at least seven million guan now. This is just copper coins and silk, not including my fixed assets, horses, armor and other things. If I even include these, just the Hundred Refined Horizontal Knife, I will have more than 20 million guan of assets.

Now I have both money, food, and people, as well as weapons, armor and horses. Anyway, I have everything. As the saying goes, everything is ready, but only the east wind is blowing.

"It seems that my brother is really foresighted. It seemed that he had expected that this day would be the same a few years ago." Han Shiyan was stunned and shook his head helplessly at this young master. "If I had known this, Han would have asked me about your opinion before following the Duke of Chu to rebel."

After that, soybeans and millet once again achieved a bumper harvest, while the population of Hancheng County continued to increase because the world was in chaos.

In July, the newly built dragon boat in Jiangdu was completed and sent to Dongdu. Yuwen Shu persuaded Emperor Yang to tour Jiangdu. Zhao Cai, a general of the right guard, dissuaded Zhao Cai, and said, "Now the people are tired and laborious, the national treasury is exhausted, and the thieves are rising. The ban is not implemented. I hope that Your Majesty will return to the capital and appease the people of the world."

Emperor Yang was furious and handed Zhao Cai over to the officials for punishment. Ten days later, Emperor Yang calmed down his anger and released Zhao Cai. The ministers in the court did not want Emperor Yang to travel, but Emperor Yang had a very determined intention to go to Jiangdu, and there was no one who dared to advise. Jianjiewei Renzong wrote a letter to persuade him, and was beaten to death with a stick in the court that day.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Emperor Yang arrived in Jiangdu. He ordered King Yang Tong of Yue, Duan Dafu of Guanglu, Yuan Wendu of Taifu, Wei Jin, Minister of the Civil Affairs Department of the Procuratorate, Huangfu Wuyi, General of Right Martial Guard, Lu Chu, and others to be responsible for the matter of staying in the Eastern Capital. Wei Jin was Wei Xiaokuan's son.

Emperor Yang left his farewell to the palace servants with a poem: "I dream of Jiangdu, and it was also accidental to conquer Liao." The trusted Lang Cui Minxiang wrote a statement on the Jianguo Gate to dissuade Jiangdu on the grounds that thieves were flooding the whole country. Emperor Yang was furious and took off Cui Minxiang's chin first and then executed him.

On July 14th, Sun Hua, a native of Fengyi County, raised his troops to be robbed. Yu Shiji asked Emperor Yang to send troops to garrison in Luokou Cang. Emperor Yang said, "You are a scholar, you must still be afraid and shivering." Emperor Yang arrived in Gong County and ordered the relevant departments to move Jishan and the two highways to Luokou Cang, and ordered the construction of the city to prevent accidents.

When Emperor Yang arrived at Sishui, Wang Airen, the king of Fengxin, submitted a letter to ask Emperor Yang to return to Xijing. Emperor Yang killed Wang Airen and continued to travel south. When he arrived in Liang County, someone stopped the carriage and wrote a letter saying: "If Your Majesty must tour Jiangdu, the world will not be your Majesty's." Emperor Yang killed the scholar again. At this time, Li Zitong occupied Hailing, Zuo Caixiang plundered Huaibei, and Du Fuwei stationed his troops in Liuhe. They each had tens of thousands of troops. Emperor Yang sent the Guanglu doctor Chen Ling to lead the elite troops of the guards to attack various thieves and win repeatedly.

On August 21, the thief commander Zhao Wanhai led hundreds of thousands of troops to invade Gaoyang from Hengshan.

On the sixth day of the tenth month, Xu Gonggong Gong Yuwen Shu passed away. At that time, Yuwen Shu's son Yuwen and Yuwen Zhiji were all rogues. Yuwen Shu had served Emperor Yang in the Eastern Palace, and Emperor Yang favored him. Emperor Yang ascended the throne and appointed Yuwen Zhiji as the Taifu Shaoqing. When Emperor Yang visited Yulin, Yuwen Zhiji violated the ban and did business with the Turks. Emperor Yang became angry and wanted to kill them. He had stripped their clothes and dispersed their hair. Then, Emperor Yang released them and gave them to Yuwen Shu as slaves. Yuwen Zhiji's younger brother Yuwen Shiji often looked down on Yuwen Zhiji because of marrying a princess, and only Yuwen Huan was close to him. When Yuwen Shu died, Emperor Yang appointed Yuwen as the general of the Right Guard, and Yuwen Zhiji was the general.

At this time, Li Mi jumped into people's sight again. After being arrested for the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, this guy fled into the mountains and fields and then defected to Hao Xiaode. Hao Xiaode did not treat him with courtesy, so Ben Mi went to Wang Bo again, and Wang Bo did not care about this guy.

In the end, Li Mi was in a dilemma and was so scarce that he could eat with bark. He hid in a village in Huaiyang County, changed his name and gathered his disciples to teach. The county officials suspected him and went to arrest him. Li Mi fled and went to the home of his brother-in-law Qiu Junming, the magistrate of Yongqiu County.

Qiu Junming did not dare to keep Li Mi in residence, so he transferred Li Mi to the house of the gown Wang Xiucai to hide. Wang Xiucai married his daughter to Li Mi. Qiu Huaiyi, Qiu Junming's cousin, reported this to the government. Emperor Yang ordered Qiu Huaiyi to personally send the imperial edict to Yang Wang, the governor of Liang County, and asked him to arrest Li Mi and others. Yang Wang sent troops to surround Wang Xiucai's house, and Li Mi happened to go out, so he was spared. Qiu Junming and Wang Xiucai were executed by the government.
Chapter completed!