Three hundred elite soldiers in Shenzhou and one hundred soldiers of the sea disappeared silently in the Great Green Mountains.

No prisoner was left. Although someone proposed to use the captured Henghai soldiers as bargaining chips to blackmail Zhu's army in Shiyi, Li Ze flatly refused.

Don’t talk about where Shiyi is so poor now that Zhu Jun, who was stationed there, had no money at all. Even for the sake of keeping his own strength confidential, Li Ze would never agree to let Zhu Hui, who had met his true strength, return the Henghai Army soldier.

Those people were all killed under Baizhang Rock. A large pit buried them all and filled them with soil. The soldiers rode on war horses and ran back and forth, and were stepped tightly. It was late spring, and in a few days, the grass would re-cover this area, and perhaps it would grow even more luxuriant than other places because of the countless fertilizers below.

In this battle, Li Ze won not only an army that was loyal to him, but also a lot of money. It seems that raising an army is an extremely expensive thing to fight, but as long as he wins, the harvest will be extremely huge.

A total of 400 sets of armor, just this income can make Li Ze laugh. You must know that after working hard for many years, he finally got twenty sets from Yang Kai. After this battle, his gains were twenty times that of this number. Now, his secret camp can finally be worn by everyone, which can directly make their combat effectiveness reach a higher level.

More than 300 war horses made Li Ze smile even more. Compared with armor, war horse resources are even more rare. After all, as long as you have money, there are still many ways to obtain iron armor, but qualified war horses are really hard to find. Earlier, Li Ze got some from Lu Long through Wang Mingyi's line, but they were all scattered and sneaky. They made it twice, and there were less than twenty horses. Although the quality is good, the quantity is too small and it does not work much in the overall situation.

But three hundred horses have already promoted from quantitative change to qualitative change.

Putting aside these, the weapons of those soldiers were enough for Li Ze to arm hundreds of people. His young soldiers no longer had to hold a simple spear in a shabby manner. The soldiers' arms ranged from short to long, with spears, horizontal swords and short blades, which were standard in the army.

Now, in addition to the 300 soldiers from the secret camp, Li Ze is no longer planning to disband them and go home as usual. He is preparing to turn them into a regular army.

He was not optimistic about the war between Chengde, Zhenwu and Henghai families against Lu Long this time. Once the war failed, these areas would change immediately. It is inevitable that the beacons everywhere. For people like Zhang Zhongwu, it would be strange if they don’t beat the dogs in the water. He could not place his own safety on others and have a self-protection force, which is the most basic. In the least, taking these people to Daqingshan to be bandits can also last for a while, right?

Back at the village, Li Ze's small circle was once again summoned. Compared with the last time, Tu Hu came back, and another Yang Kai was added.

After Mrs. Wang entered Wuyi City, Yang Kai kept serving his side carefully. His intentions were even more attentive than that of his mother. He was even more worried about this battle than Mrs. Wang. When the news of victory came, Mrs. Wang just breathed a sigh of relief and recited Amitova, but Yang Kai started dancing.

In the next period of time, he worked hard for Li Ze with a higher spirit than before. His current work is mainly to raise enough money and grain for Li Ze, and to strive to maintain stability and normal production in the county.

This time, he opened the Changping Warehouse in the county without hesitation and sent a lot of food and fodder for Li Zeyun. Now, he has no scruples. Yizhou's ambiguous attitude made him realize a lot. Now Wuyi is the young master's private land. I am afraid that his family can't be regarded as an official in Yizhou, but a servant of the young master.

Although it is a bit aggrieved to go from an official to a servant, Yang Kai feels very happy again when he imagines the possible bright future.

Given Yang Kai's outstanding performance and the poor county magistrate had no way out, Li Ze included him in his small circle. Although this person is limited, he is now the one who reads the most in Li Ze's camp, and his mind is also flexible and his methods are very active. He is good at cultivating and still has the possibility of becoming a great man.

Of course, the most important thing is loyalty, even if it is loyalty in helplessness.

He had no choice but to be unfaithful. If Li Ze failed, his fate would be very miserable.

"I have decided that the two thousand young and strong generals who participated in the battle this time will be retained as a standing army." Li Ze looked at everyone and said slowly in an unquestionable tone, ignoring Yang Kai's instant collapsed face and Xia He who wrinkled his face behind him. With the size of a county or a central county, it is very difficult to raise a standing army of two thousand people. If it is considered a secret camp, the situation will be even more worrying.

Xia He flipped through the account book and quickly calculated how much money and food it would take to raise two thousand people a year. She had a very quick mental calculation and easily got a number, and then looked up at Li Ze sadly.

Yang Kai did not have a specific concept, but he knew that it would require a lot of money and a lot of food, and in the end most of this would be settled on him.

"I know that it is extremely difficult for us to be funded, but given the current situation, we have to do so. Money can be found, food, and search everywhere, but we must have such a force to protect ourselves in danger." Li Ze said slowly. "At least, we must persist in this year. After this year, it may be clear. At that time, we no longer need to maintain such a force, or we no longer need to worry about money and food."

Everyone understood what Li Ze meant.

If Lu Long wins this battle, then Chengde will inevitably be in chaos, and they will not have too many concerns. A powerful force is enough to make them find their own position in the chaos. Once the situation is contrary, Chengde will win, the eldest son who returns to victory will definitely suppress Li Ze with all his strength. Under the strong oppression of the other party, this little force will be a drop in the bucket and will not help.

"Two thousand young men are divided into two songs. One song is led by Shi Zhuang, with three troughs under it. Shi Zhuang personally led one trough, Li Hao personally led one trough, and Chen Bing himself led one trough. The other song is led by Shen Congxing, Shen Congxing personally led one trough, Li Han personally led one trough, and Chu Sheng led one trough. Each trough is located under it. The troupe is personally selected by the trough chief. The secret camp is expanded to 500 people, led by Tu Lichun, with Li Mi and Chen Changping as deputy. As my personal guard Yicong, do you have any opinions on this arrangement?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. Li Ze's arrangement was silently held the entire military power firmly in the palm of his hand.

Shi Zhuang looked clear, but Chen Congxing was excited and sweated in his palms. From now on, he became the young master's right-hand man, and jumped into an important figure like Shi Zhuang and Tu Lichun.

"In terms of civil affairs, Yang Kai is naturally the leader." Li Ze turned to look at Yang Kai, with a bright smile on his face: "It is not easy to support an army of 2,500 people. Is County Magistrate Yang determined?"

Yang Kai showed a smile that was even worse than crying, nodding, "Yes."

Li Ze smiled and looked at Tu Hu and said, "Tu Hu, you have the title of a county magistrate in the county government. The income from Yixingtang will be settled with the fiscal revenue of Wuyi County."

"I understand, young master." Tu Hu nodded. This is the meaning of joining the public privately. Of course, from another perspective, Li Ze now regards Wuyi County as his own private property. He merges it together and allocates all resources together.

"Young Master, given the current economic difficulties, I suggest that we implement economic control in Wuyi. We will purchase and sell together, control prices, and all resources will be allocated by the county government." Tu Hu said.

Li Ze looked at Tu Hu and was surprised. What this guy said was a planned economy! As a veteran, he certainly understood the advantages and disadvantages of the planned economy and the market economy. After a while in his mind, he realized that for himself now, it seemed more beneficial to develop a planned economy.

"You, Yang Kai and Xia He, are discussing this matter." Li Ze said: "Let me write a general strategy for you, and you can consider it based on Wuyi's actual situation."

As a successful person in the previous life, he had done extremely in-depth research on the economic and market economy. In fact, he had achieved his level as a businessman in his previous life, and it was inevitably closely integrated with politics. If he did not adapt to the political trend, no matter how much assets he had, he would instantly disappear under the power of the government. If that big businessman told Li Ze that he did not pay attention to politics at all and only focused on doing business, Li Ze would definitely spit on his face.

Tu Hu no longer doubted Li Ze's ability in this aspect. When he took over Yixingtang, he was helpless. It was Li Ze's wonderful ideas that brought Yixingtang back to life and developed to its current scale. Since the young master said he would come up with a strategy, he just needed to act according to the rules. At most, he would pick up the leftovers and fill in the gaps and solve some small things that the young master did not notice.
Chapter completed!