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Chapter 144: Inner Palace Family Property, Prepare for Battle!
When Chen Zhongbang heard this, he surrendered his hands and took the order. He slowly took a step forward, ahead of everyone.

"In the six months since my lord went to take the exam, all the foundations of the Inner Palace have developed substantially, and they are all within the scope of planning."

"With my lord's consent, I will now inform you of the family background of the inner government. It is not only a summary, but also a bottom line for the future direction. Please correct me if there are any mistakes."

"First of all, in terms of finances: there are 900 taels of gold, 31 taels of silver, 700 guan of copper coins, and 11 taels of silver for other treasures such as pearls and jade. All of them add up to a total of 1 taels of silver."

Hearing this amount, not only everyone in the inner palace exclaimed, even Zhou Bai was still shocked when he heard this number again.

What kind of concept is this? In the previous life, Blue Star's central government revenue in the late Ming Dynasty was less than 400 million taels, and the operating revenue of his inner government was actually more than [-]% of the revenue of a dynasty.

Of course, such a comparison may not be appropriate, but it also shows that Zhou Bai's direction is correct. Dumping goods to the grassland can accumulate a lot of wealth in a short period of time.

"Cough cough."

Everyone was very excited, but the report meeting still had to go on, Zhou Bai coughed twice to calm down the situation, signaling to continue.

"Secondly, in terms of fields and grains, there are [-] mu of flat fields under the name of the Neifu, and [-] mu of developed mountain fields. After harvesting and continuous purchase, there are now [-] shi of rice and [-] shi of wheat in each manor's treasury. Mature, among which potatoes (Potatoes) have been sent to the winery to brew potato wine due to storage time issues."

"Preliminary calculations show that the food is enough for 5000 people for a year, and even if you maintain high-intensity drills or have marching combat missions, it is enough for half a year."

This grain reserve made the officers who were listening in a daze turn red. How many of them are there now? Could it be that this is to expand the army according to the standard of 5000 people?

"Finally, there are all kinds of reserve talents. My lord recruits along the way. In addition, in the past six months, there are 120 three students, 51 scholars, and three candidates."

"After preliminary tests and investigations, there are 56 qualified children, 39 scholars, and one Juren."

In fact, it is reasonable to say that the talents selected by the imperial examination system must have the talents that match their names.

But Zhou Bai's grassroots team needs not only talent, but also reliability and loyalty.

The internal government system is temporarily not enough to accommodate all kinds of ghosts and monsters, just like Zhou Bai did not accept the "big talent" Lin Ren back then.

This so-called test investigation is the background investigation conducted by Xuan Yiwei, looking at his usual behavior, what purpose he has taken refuge in, whether he is a spy placed by Zhou Bai's eye-catching, and so on.

The elimination rate is so high, not because there are too many people with bad intentions, but because many people see that the Zhou family lives in the countryside, they feel that there is no future and they leave.

Come here especially, often return disappointed.

Only those who really admire Zhou Bai and want to start a business will stay.

"The overall situation of the Inner Palace is as above, please inform the Lord."

Chen Zhongbang didn't look at the information in his hand at all, and summed up all kinds of situations with intuitive figures, obviously he was familiar with it by heart.

"Mr. worked hard."

Zhou Bai nodded slightly to Chen Zhongbang, and then said to the other people in the hall: "Next, everyone will report and see the results of the past six months."

The first one to report was Wang Liangtian. He never dreamed that as a farmer, he could be favored by the master and become an official of the "land envoy" of the Agricultural Bureau.

When it comes to work enthusiasm, Wang Liangtian puts it first, and no one dares to put it second.

Even though many things require subordinates who understand a little bit of culture to do well, he is very popular and has always been very stable in the position of field envoy.

"My lord, the agricultural bureau's chemical fertilizer production is very mature, but the raw materials such as excrement and urine are too scattered and difficult to collect, resulting in insufficient production.

"Here, we have set up chemical fertilizer raw material collection centers in twelve townships, all of which are in charge of special personnel. All the manure collectors in the county have also reached a cooperation with the inner government. All raw materials will be transported to Hongni Township for planting in the spring of next year, and the fertilizer will be ready. spread to all fields."

"Because of the tight planting time this year, among the [-] mu of mountain fields, [-] mu of sweet potatoes, [-] mu of potatoes and [-] mu of corn are planted."

"In addition, [-] types of suitable seedlings have been screened out for hybrid rice. We only need to wait for the autumn harvest to sow No. [-] hybrid rice seeds next year."

After Wang Liangtian attended the night school in Neifu for a year, not only could he recognize some commonly used characters, he could even speak clearly in his reports.

Zhou Bai was very satisfied after hearing this, and said to Wang Liangtian: "The Farming Bureau has successfully completed the plan at the beginning of the year, and the envoy Wang and all the staff should be rewarded for their merit. monthly salary."

"Also, I heard that the younger generations of Wang Zhangshi's family are all good at doing farm work. They should go to the manor to work if they are worthy of their relatives."

Not to mention Wang Liangtian's gratitude, but the Tiangong Academy who reported next did not surprise Zhou Bai too much.

Because Tiangongyuan has no qualified candidates to take charge so far.

In Zhou Bai's view, the director of Tiangong Academy should not only have some culture, but also be interested in researching and developing new things, preferably a master craftsman.

But which scholar didn't want to concentrate on the imperial examination, but turned to "heresy", so this suitable person has never been found.

Unable to make up his mind, Zhou Bai had no choice but to let other people step up first. Now Yan Lie is temporarily in charge of Tiangongyuan.

Facts have proved that Yan Lie really can't make too many achievements, he can only complete the tasks that can be completed step by step.

For example, he completed the task of providing the farm tools needed to open up acres, whether it was buying or making, Tiangongyuan did not delay the Agricultural Bureau's rush to plant.

The only new product that can be mentioned is the first-generation paper armor completed by the Tiangong Institute based on Zhou Bai's theory, and there are nearly [-] pieces in stock, enough to complete the existing Zhuang Ding's line-up.

Under the circumstances that the iron armor is too expensive, the leather armor is not strong enough, and there is no way to obtain it, what armor to equip Zhuang Dinglie in the future has always been a big headache.

The emergence of paper armor will become Zhuang Ding's mainstream armor in the future. Even if it is not durable, the cost is low and the defense is not weak. It is a must-have advantage.

Also because of the presence of paper armor, even though the achievements of Tiangongyuan were not too outstanding, Zhou Bai also awarded Tiangongyuan three months' salary.

It should have been rewarded heavily, but the technical content of the paper armor is too low to be rewarded too much. The sentence he left for the Tiangong Institute almost showed the trick.

It can be made by mounting the bones with hard cloth and then filling them with paper tendons.

Detailed version: first beat the paper wheel, fold it to a thickness of three inches, nail four nails per square inch, and then cut it into a nail.

Even though Zhou Bo didn't want his soldiers to go to war wearing a suit of paper, this was already the best armor Zhou Bai could think of.

Whether it is Mingguang, Guangyao, Xilin, Shanwen, Wuhammer and other Tang thirteen armors, half-body plate armor, and full-body heavy armor, none of the existing conditions can be owned.

After Tiangongyuan, Qiao Dabao, who was in charge of the winery, reported. This person is also like Wang Liangtian.

The reason for choosing Qiao Da is very simple. He is addicted to alcohol. His family's ancestors lived in a small winery, and they are very familiar with wine making.

Of course, the key is because his family is in Hongni Township, and his son is studying Zhou ethnology, so he is an "honest" person who knows the basics.

It was the first time for Qiao Da to participate in this kind of occasion, and he was a little timid, but he became more courageous when he thought that he would also have a day to show his talents.

He stepped out from among the civil servants and said loudly: "My lord, the winery has fully mastered the brewing process of baijiu. In addition, three kinds of grain wines made from potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes have been added. There are now 3000 types of spirits in the wine cellar. Two hundred altars."

"Currently there are only [-] wineries, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. I want to apply for expansion...My lord, it's not that I don't work hard here, but the sales are too fast. You need to be aware of the details."

Zhou Bai smiled without saying a word, staring at Qiao Dakui, sweating, and said: "Why are you nervous, you are a meritorious minister, and the name of Zhou's Cangshan wine is well-known in the grasslands."

"You are a wine addict, then I will reward you with a pot of spiritual wine, and all the craftsmen in the winery will increase their salaries for six months. And I agree with your suggestion. If the number of wineries is not enough, then we will expand to thirty."

While Qiao Da was still in a daze, Zhou Bai took out the spirit wine from the storage ring, flew out of his palm, and landed in Qiao Da's arms.

Changing wine out of thin air, and making the jug empty, the lord is indeed a heavenly man!

This scene left everyone below dumbfounded. Seeing it with their own eyes is worse than hearing it.

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!!" Qiao Da was ecstatic, and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

He couldn't help but open the gourd lid, and the rich aura and aroma of wine instantly spread throughout the hall, making everyone envious.

Zhou Yuan and other generals licked their lips, as if they were thinking of begging Zhou Bai for wine later, or grabbing Qiao Da's pot.

"Qiao Da, don't drink too much spiritual wine. You can give them a little after mixing it with water, so as not to worry about it. Remember to summarize after drinking. You have to think about how to brew spiritual wine if you get lingmi lingguo in the future."

The reward of spirit wine pushed the enthusiasm of the report to the peak, and one after another, they explained their achievements as much as possible.

For example, the red mud clay that Zhou Qi is responsible for has been sold all over Bei'an County, and three red mud mines have been opened in the Hongni Township area.

The bookstore that Zhou Rui is in charge of now has opened stores in every county in Dingzhou with the help of Sui Han's poetry anthology.

Even because Zhou Bai won the first place in the second class and became famous all over the world, even families from other big states came to him to discuss cooperation to open Zhou's bookstore.

There is no way to prevent pirated editions of Sui Han’s Poetry Anthology, but the Sui Han Anthology published by Zhou’s Bookstore has Zhou Bai’s “private seal”, and it is possible to buy a collector’s edition signed by him, which makes many readers willing to spend more money .

In addition, the manor, other purchases and sales, and the grassland trade routes that Zhong Wei was in charge of, etc., were also reported one by one.

As a boy, Zhong Wei was quick-witted and flexible, so he asked Zhou Bai to be in charge of the grassland trade routes.

But apart from docking with Huyanhe, as well as commodity prices, accounting, etc., the rest of the business route is done by Zhuang Ding.

Here I have to mention that the political structure of the Grassland Kingdom is now divided into two, with the South Kingdom and the North Kingdom confronting each other.

The old king of the Jin Kingdom finally died before Emperor Xiangxing, and Hu Yanxiong, the eldest prince who established himself as the supervisor of the country, succeeded to the throne.

Hu Yanxiong's plan was successful, but he was not very happy, all because of his dear brother, Huyanhe.

Last year when the Kingdom of Jin went south, Hu Yanhe got the support of Daxu, recruited troops in Cangbei County, and broke into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin to wait for an opportunity, and announced the imperial edict of Emperor Daxu to the public.

The imperial decree made it clear to the world that the eldest prince of the Supervisory State Hu Yanxiong was a traitor and a thief, and the culprit who poisoned the old king.

This was a heavy blow to Hu Yanxiong, he left Cangbei County, which was about to be captured, and returned to kill Hu Yanhe.

The suppression lasted for more than half a year, and Hu Yanhe seemed to be in a panic after being chased, but he gradually gained a firm foothold.

With the continuous supply from the Daxu Merchant Route, more and more tribes are willing to follow Huyanhe, because he has food, wine and clothes, and eating enough to keep out the cold is what the grassland people value most.

If there is a stalemate for a few more years, the North and the South may have to attack and defend. Hu Yanxiong's high-pressure policy is only effective when the people can eat enough.

In this way, Huyanxiong occupied the fertile area south of Yinshan Mountain, while Huyanhe occupied the barren area north of Yinshan Mountain, encroaching on the southern territory step by step.

There are two passes on the grassland commercial road, one pass through Cangbei County, and the other pass is the long grassland transportation.

At present, half of Cangbei County is still occupied, and it has paid a huge price to open up half of the trade routes on Daxu's side and half of the trade routes in the enemy-occupied areas.

Hidden trails, bribery of the border guards on both sides, passage by force, etc.

The grassland transportation in the second level is not bad, because every time the caravan passes by, Huyanhe will launch an offensive to attract the attention of Nanjin Kingdom.

But if they are discovered, they will have to fight a bloody road. The business experience in the past six months is much more cruel than the suppression of Cangshan.

Zhou Bai turned his head to look at the No. 1 general, and Zhou Yuan, the deputy battalion of Zhuang Dingying, said, "Zhou Yuan, tell me about your situation."

Zhou Bai beat his chest three times with his fists, solemnly performed the military salute, and then reported seriously: "My lord, Zhuang Ding currently has a full [-] soldiers, all of whom have the experience of suppressing bandits in Cangshan and fighting in the grasslands. There are also [-] reserve soldiers. Hundreds of them, including [-] who have completed one exercise for three days and have combat experience, and [-] who have trained three times a month and mastered the basic tactics."

"Uh, I don't care much about the clan soldiers and the mountain camp."

Zhou Bai waved his hand, indicating that Zhou Yuan was not to blame, this was his intention.

There are 300 people in the mountain battalion and 200 people in the clan's family. One is used to protect the foundation of Cangshan Mountain, and the other is used to protect the family's ancestral land. Naturally, they cannot all be handed over to Zhou Yuan.

The way of checks and balances is also for the sake of the courtiers.

Gao Hu stood up and reported at the same time: "My lord, there is now a cavalry force, a total of 100 people, and each person is only equipped with one horse at present."

"The cavalry is too difficult to train. There is only Lao Huang as the coach, and he can't train it at all. It is difficult for the cavalry to form combat power in a short time."

Unlike Zhou Yuan, Gao Hu has a straightforward personality, and he even made it clear that he has no combat power.

"I make my own decision on the cavalry side. The Zhuang Dingying side will start today. The reserve militia will all prepare for battle according to the regular soldier drills. It is required to increase to [-] soldiers and horses at any time."

"A celestial being is not a celestial being only by cultivating the Tao. All of you here are my confidantes. You should understand what you see and do in ordinary times."

As soon as the words were exposed, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became strange, and there was no sound.

Zhou Bai took a deep breath, and said sharply: "The troubled times are approaching, whether it's to protect yourself, or to win the supreme wealth, please come with me!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes showed excitement and firmness, and the lord's ambition was indeed not limited to one family.

In the lobby, the ups and downs of luck of all colors began to converge as people's hearts stabilized.

(End of this chapter)