The Reborn Wife is Farming

Chapter 226 Raising Soldiers

In the end, of course, Qi Xiuyuan couldn't turn all the land enclosed by the rich and powerful of the Jin Kingdom into military land, 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 the court actually approved of his actions. The bad news is that he has to pay for all the armaments of these people.

Even if Qi Xiuyuan emptied his family, he still couldn't gather the armaments of 20,000 people, and after the 20,000 people, their families still had to be supported by him. These people were willing to bring their families to become military households because they couldn't survive. After going down, there was not even a grain of rice. I heard that with Qi Xiuyuan, not only would there be fields and land, but also food. As soon as Qi Xiuyuan recruited troops, he brought his family to join him.

Qi Xiuyuan was so worried that he didn't even drink the celebration wine to his heart's content, so Fan Zijin pulled Qi Haoran to him and said, "Big cousin, the fastest way to get money in this world is to rob peace and business, robbing is an act of breaking the law and discipline." , if we don’t do it naturally, then only business is left.”

Qi Xiuyuan frowned and looked at the two, and asked, "What are you trying to mess around with?"

Fan Zijin pinched Qi Haoran secretly, and Qi Haoran said without changing his expression, "Brother, the diced rabbit meat produced by Zijin's workshop is delicious, and many people like it after getting it in the south. Chen Guanshi said that the output is three times higher. The times are outnumbered, and now he's looking for more outlets in the south."

Qi Xiuyuan leaned back on the chair, crossed his hands delicately, and slightly raised his head to look at them, "So?"

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

Qi Xiuyuan said, "No, we are Han people, and the Han people mainly cultivate. The people of Hanzhong Prefecture are disgusted with the enclosure and grazing. If we not only do not abolish this practice, but support it, then their hatred of the Hu people will be transferred to us. Come on."

"We don't move the common people's land, we let the military households do it," Qi Haoran muttered, "I'm not doing it for their benefit, and I'm not occupying their land for nothing."

Qi Xiuyuan glanced at him and said: "That's not okay, military households are also civilians."

Fan Zijin said with a grin: "Cousin, it's not that they use all the land to raise rabbits. They think I can't collect so much. There are so many military households, as long as some people are willing to use a few acres of inferior land to raise rabbits." A few hundred is enough, and I don’t want more for the time being. This year, it will be mandatory. Next year, it’s up to them to keep them voluntarily. Cousin, each of their households has more than 100 mu of land, and they only have to force a few mu. There won’t be much resentment, look at Wuying, all the top-notch lands are now forced to be planted with corn.”

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

Fan Zijin met his eyes and nodded stupidly, "It's almost there, I'll think of other ways then."

Satisfied, Qi Xiuyuan said with a smile, "Okay, you can make up your own mind on this matter." Saying that, he got up happily and left.

Fan Zijin couldn't help feeling annoyed, "We were tricked by our cousin."

Qi Haoran was puzzled, "What's the matter?"

Fan Zijin couldn't help but patted him on the head, "Didn't you hear what my cousin asked just now? All the money we earned so hard must be given to my cousin to raise soldiers."

Qi Haoran escaped from under his hands, and said unconvinced: "The money earned was originally used to raise soldiers, otherwise, what else could it be used for?"

Fan Zijin opened his mouth, and continued to think about it, even if his cousin didn't say anything now, and he couldn't eat and drink in Xiying later, when his cousin was worried, Haoran still had to save food from his own mouth, then take it from him, and then give it to his cousin Brother, anyway, all the money will still have to be spent on raising soldiers in the end...

Fan Zijin could only wave his hand in the end, "Forget it, Mu Yangling is cheap." Seeing Haoran's eyes showing doubts, he said: "The contract we signed was the income of the entire workshop, and they have to get it from Mu Yangling for raising rabbits." Rabbit, so this contract remains unchanged..."

In the end, he worked so hard to create a workshop, except that Mu Yangling made money, and he and Haoran couldn't get a penny.

Fan Zijin gritted his teeth, brainstormed, and said, "I can't buy grain and bring it back every time I sell the diced rabbit meat. It would take too long, and the journey with these grains would be too risky." Fan Zijin rolled his eyes. , said: "You said that if I let out the news that there is a severe drought in the north, so there is a sharp shortage of food, will those merchants bring a large amount of food? At that time, our caravan will be able to buy some other goods to sell, at least more than The business of diced rabbit meat is over."

Qi Haoran only lowered his head and thought for a moment before refusing: "No, once the rumor spreads, the people will suffer first. Once the food price rises, they can't afford to eat anymore. We took down the Hanzhong Mansion to protect the people inside. I don't want riots happening anytime soon."

Fan Zijin rolled his eyes and said, "Who said I'm going to spread the news in Hanzhong Mansion? I want Chen Guanshi to spread the news in Jiangnan. The information between the two places is not clear, and the news is lagging behind. Both sides can only half-believe. Once the rumors are refuted, nothing will happen."

Fan Zijin snorted and said, "When the time comes, there will be more food in the two prefectures, and the people will be able to settle down, and your pressure will be less."

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

"It's not a scam, it's just asking them to earn less," Fan Zijin said: "The two governments are indeed short of food, and now the price of food is slowly rising. They still make money from sending food, but it's not as much as they imagined. It’s just huge profits, and shopping malls are like battlefields, so I don’t think it’s a trap.”

Qi Haoran did not express any further objection, but asked curiously: "You just said that you would buy goods from the south, didn't all our money be used to raise soldiers and prepare armaments? How can there be any money?"

"Isn't there still Mu Yangling?" Fan Zijin snorted and said, "It's cheap for her. I'll tell her later and ask her to hand over the money to me. I'm sure I can earn us more money." See Qi Haoran wanted to object, so he hurriedly said: "I'm not taking advantage of her, although I used her money, I did this business, and your people escorted the things all the way up, so the share We deserve it."

Fan Zijin calculated in his mind how much he and Qi Haoran would get, but in fact he had never done business, so he didn't know how to calculate it now.

If it was Mu Yangling, she probably could guess how much she could get. After all, she was just an investor and didn't worry about other things, so the share she could get would not be too high.

Because Fan Zijin came up with the idea, and Fan Zijin was in charge of the business, and the journey from Jiangnan to Xingzhou Mansion was a long way away, so even if he just asked the escort to escort him, he would have to pay a lot of money.

What Fan Zijin wanted to buy were some silks, satins and pine cloths. Because there had been wars at the border, there were very few merchants who were willing to come here to do business.

Xingzhou Mansion was small before, and Fan Zijin didn't care about it, but now they have occupied Hanzhong Mansion, which is a big place. There are many rich and noble families in Hanzhong Mansion, most of whom were too late to flee south and unwilling to leave their homeland. Accounting, these things in the city become less and less, and doing these businesses at this time will only make money but not lose.

Of course, the people in Hanzhong Fucheng are still being investigated, and people still don't go out of the city casually. Even if someone thinks of starting this business at this time, the only ones who can put it into action are Fan Zijin and the others.

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