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    "Second Master wants to forge a sword?"

    Jia Lian waved his hand: "No, I want to make a batch of chain mail. I want to find the top blacksmith in Shuntian Prefecture and ask how much silver is needed to successfully cast chain mail with 25 kilograms of fine steel. The sooner the better."

    After seeing Wang Ziteng¡¯s secret mission, Jia Lian felt the urgency of war.

    Jia Lian remembered that when he was thirty years old, his family was confiscated and his family was sent to exile. The naval battle happened just the year before.

    ¡°Before this, our troops had numerous close encounters with Japanese pirates, resulting in heavy casualties.

    After a year of cold war, piracy intensified, and the imperial court was forced to go to war.  The result was a hasty battle and a disastrous defeat.  Finally had to settle the matter.

    Tanchun's sacrifice could not save the decline of Rongfu.

    Calculating this, the large-scale harassment by Japanese pirates will be just two years later. It is already May. To be precise, there is less than two years to prepare for the war.

    Now, the imperial court¡¯s preparations for war are more than a year ahead of schedule, so we don¡¯t know how long the Yongding Army can resist the Japanese pirates.

    Pan Youan worked very efficiently. Three days later, Pan Youan went to Xishan to meet Jia Lian.  This brought Jia Lian a very difficult problem. Private iron shops could make armor, but they had to provide the fine steel themselves.

    Jia Lian slapped his forehead. He was just worried that the money had no source. Only now did he remember that salt and iron were monopolized by the imperial court.

    As a last resort, Jia Lian had to find Prince Xi again.

    Prince Xi poked Jia Lian's nose with his finger: "You will really give me problems."

    Jia Lian bowed and bowed with a smile.

    Prince Xi held out his hand: "Bring it here!"

    Jia Lian was stunned: "What?"

    Prince Xi Jun glared: "Silver, are you asking me to go and rob?"

    Jia Lian took out 15,000 silver and put it in the hands of King Xijun: "Wei Chen only has these. If there are more, Wei Chen will give you an IOU."

    Prince Xi threw away the banknote, turned around and left.

    Jia Lian hurriedly rushed forward and stopped him: "How much do you want?"

    King Xi Jun stretched out his hand: "I want to beat you. Thirty thousand kilograms of fine steel. How much manpower and material resources will be needed? You just give me this little silver, which is not enough for half of the capital. Why do you ask me to buy salt? Is it salty?  Jealousy is not sour. I cannot afford to be embarrassed like this!"

    Jia Lian had no choice but to buckle the rope and give King Xijun another five thousand silver, and then opened his arms: "There really is no more? If you don't believe it, you can search it? Can I write an IOU?"

    Prince Xi looked at Jia Lian with contempt: "Didn't I just give you one hundred thousand silver?"

    Jia Lian immediately complained: "You also said that the uniforms of our Imperial Guards are only given to one single suit. We must give them a change of clothes. Otherwise, they will wear all kinds of clothes. I know that the court's funds are tight, but I don't know that you think we are bandits occupying the mountains.  Where is the king!"

    "These are summer clothes. It will be autumn soon. We have to change into jackets. The manufacturing office requires money to give the soldiers uniforms. Here are two sets again. How much silver do you need? Twenty taels of silver per person, one set is also 24,000.  Ah, what do you think about the two sets? Fifty thousand silver is gone. Hua Weichen's heart is bleeding.

    "It's winter in a blink of an eye. The soldiers are climbing on the ice and sleeping in the snow. They must wear warm clothes. Fur robes are even more expensive. The worst dog skin robe is only fifty taels, and that doesn't include pants! So sixty thousand taels is not enough.  Come on, tell me, I have spent 110,000 taels of 100,000 silver, and you ask me for 100,000 silver, who should I complain to? To be honest, with your 20,000 silver, I stole my wife¡¯s money from the bottom of the box.  , Your Majesty, in order to lead this team well, I don¡¯t even want to show my shame!¡±

    Prince Xi was worried when he saw Jia Lian. Just buying fine steel, he couldn't get out without 30,000 silver. Seeing that Jia Lian was worried about state affairs, he had no choice but to act chivalrously. It was originally a matter for the court. The wool comes from the sheep, so there is no debt.  : "Come on, don't cry for me. I'll give it a try."

    Jia Lian was busy bowing and saluting: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

    Jia Lian was still chattering with Prince Xi: "Didn't the Ministry of War promise to give us breast shields for the front and back of the crotch? Is the crotch worth a few taels of silver? And the breast shield, can you give it to me this time?"

    Prince Xi stared at Jia Lian and smiled secretly: "You are really trying to beat a rabbit with grass. How about you go alone?"

    Jia Lian smiled hurriedly when he heard this, and retreated behind Prince Xi and became silent.

    The result of Prince Xi's intervention was that the Manufacturing Office agreed to supply fine steel, but his steel could not be sold out. After asking Jia Lian to pay the money, he would build it at the Manufacturing Office. The craftsmen could also hire it themselves, and the Manufacturing Office could  The craftsmen can also help, but they have to calculate the wages. They have to take time off to take a bath, so they have to work hard to pay for it.  "

    The craftsmanship of the manufacturing office is completely different from that of the craftsmen outside.  Of course it would be nice to invite them, Jia LianIn fact, the camp is not short of money. I went to tell them that I have been short of money recently and I want to borrow it for a year. I will keep it and they won't dare to let it go.  "

    Jia Lian said: "Although they are not short of money, I think it is better to make it clear in advance. We are an army now. If you have something to do, don't hide it, but deal with it calmly. This matter is something that I, the officer, am ashamed of you and let you  It¡¯s difficult.¡±

    Jia Lian said and bowed: "I would like to thank everyone here in advance. If someone is really in trouble, please report their names. We have to deal with special circumstances."

    In fact, Jia Lian knew in his heart that the problem probably lay with the original Ping Ziying. These children were all from military families. At first, everyone thought it was good to receive one tael of silver. But now after two months and five taels, and then returning it, they are probably a little disappointed.  , difficult to accept.

    So after the meeting, Jia Lian left Pingziying¡¯s captain Tang Hui and his deputy Wang Lei and Wu Yong behind so that they did not need to go back to work. Jia Lian decided to advance Pingziying¡¯s funds himself.

    Tang Hui, Wang Lei, and Wu Yong all had titles. Although it was not much, it was enough for them to build armor. The three of them declined Jia Lian's help.

    Jia Lian waved his hands and said with a smile: "You two have a lot of things going on at home. Also, the task I gave you is that your wife must celebrate the New Year this year. This matter cannot be delayed. There are seventeen of them. You'd better supervise each other.  At the end of the year, you will marry me a wife for the New Year. When the time comes, I will give each of your wives a jar of red wine as a dowry. If you want to drink, hurry up and get a wife. "

    Hearing this, Wu Yong immediately came to Jia Lian's side: "Captain, we are old friends, are we older than them?"

    Jia Lian smiled and asked, "What then?"

    Wu Yong stretched out two fingers: "Can my wife want two jars of daughter's red?"

    Jia Lian stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "It will be valid until the end of this year. If it expires, we will not wait!"

    Wu Yong, who is small, jumped on his feet and high-fived Jia Lian: "It's a deal."

    Wang Lei suddenly laughed: "Master Captain, you have been fooled. Since this boy was given the title, his crooked aunt and cousin have been living in his house for half a year. It's just that this boy dislikes his cousin's illiteracy. Don't be awkward."  Agree. Now it¡¯s just a matter of talking about going back.¡±

    Jia Lian looked at Wang Lei and smiled: "If you hurry up and marry Wu Yong, I will give you two gifts as well, and you, Tang Hui."

    In August of this year, Jia Lian was celebrating the fourth birthday of his brother Qiao at home. Wu Yong happily sent Jia Lian a wedding invitation. His father-in-law had already agreed to the marriage, and they were getting married on August 28.  "

    Jia Lian laughed heartily, and immediately ordered people to bring out two jars of daughter's red, and wrapped them in bright red brocade. He also ordered Sister Feng to seal fifty taels of silver as a congratulatory gift, and asked Wu Yong to take it back to make the wedding more festive.  Although Wu Yong has a title, Yunqi Lieutenant's salary is only eighty taels, which is very small.

    The next day, Wang Lei and Tang Hui came again. These two people were waiting for Wu Yong to get engaged. They wanted to grab the chance. Wang Lei got married on August 20th and Tang Hui got married on August 18th.

    Jia Lian was overjoyed when he heard the news. He brought two more jars of fine wine, a red bottle, and fifty taels of silver in red lacquer boxes as a congratulatory gift.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: There were no shortage of people announcing the good news in Jia Lian¡¯s family. Finally, every day after August 8 was full of wedding dates. Fortunately, these people lived in Xishan, so Jia Lian didn¡¯t need to travel around.

    Sister Feng recently sent out a thousand taels to He Yi, so she couldn't help but ask Jia Lian: "Hey, what's a good date this year? Why are two of them rushing to get married?"

    Jia Lian sighed: "The turmoil in Haijiang is getting more and more fierce!"

    Sister Feng was stunned: "You mean, you guys are going?"

    Jia Lian nodded: "It's possible!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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