No one expected that the final result was that the draw in this ring challenge surprised everyone. Although the fifth flying stone hit Gao Chong's left shoulder, the flying stone was not a flying knife. Although Gao Chong lost half a point first, he finally successfully forced Miss Hu with his gun and won the winning point. It is logical that Gao Chong should be judged to succeed in defending the ring.

But as the soldiers' discussion deepened, many soldiers realized the suspicious point, that is, Gao Chong's victory in the end was won by Hu Sanniang giving up resistance. Why did Hu Sanniang give up resistance? Is there any secret trick they didn't find?

Gao Chong was extremely dissatisfied with the result. He went directly to the central army tent and protested loudly to several main generals: "If you lose, you lose. Will I not admit it? The draw is too ridiculous. It is obvious that Miss Hu shot me with a flying knife first. If she didn't shoot me, but instead shot the horse's legs, could I still sit upright on the war horse? She was afraid that she would hurt my war horse, so she showed mercy. How could I fight for this face without knowing what to do? This is an insult to me!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "The reason why we judged the two leaders was not to consider your face, but the army could not make the decision that Sanniang won."

"Why?" Gao Chong was stunned.

Han Shizhong next to him said, "Because Miss Hu is not a general in the army, she cannot win the title, so she can only tie the title. You have to look at the written decision, there is no intention of a draw, it is just tied for the title."

Although Gao Chong was arrogant, he was not arrogant. Seeing that several bosses had reached a consensus, he bowed and bowed, "I followed the decision of the rule of law, but..."

"Just what?" Li Yanqing smiled and said, "General Gao might as well say what he said in his heart. We will try our best to consider General Gao's feelings."

Gao Chong sighed and said, "I was first hit by a knife on my legs. I saw very few people. I don't want the soldiers to misunderstand Miss Hu. If they are defeated, they will be defeated. I can afford it."

Han Shizhong smiled and said, "Since General Gao can afford it, then I will tell you among the lower-level generals and tell the truth."

"Thank you, Commander Han, for leaving me!"

Gao Chong bowed and turned around and left. Seeing that Gao Chong was a little lame when he walked, Li Yanqing asked, "General Gao, the injury on his leg is not in the way!"

Gao Chong shook his head, "A little bit of skin injury will be cured in two days."

He bowed and turned around and left. When Gao Chong stepped down, Cao Xing smiled and said, "I'll just say it! Gao Chong refused to accept this tie-up leader, and he was proud! If he lost, he would fight back next time and would never accept other people's humility."

In fact, this was the result of Hu Qing'er resolutely refusing to accept the leader. Li Yanqing had no choice but to think of a way to tie the top, but Gao Chong refused to accept it, which really made Li Yanqing very angry. However, Gao Chong only asked Li Yanqing to explain the truth and did not oppose the plan to tie the leader, which made Li Yanqing breathe a little relieved.

Li Yanqing said to the recording officer Mo Jun, who was standing by the side, "The court accepts no matter how it is. The army first adds Sanniang to a side general, and then returns to formally recruit 500 female soldiers. The female barracks will ask the teacher to arrange the arrangements."

Mo Jun smiled and said, "I am going to set up the female barracks next to the intelligence battalion, open the barracks into a single barracks, separate them with battalions, and set up female barracks. In addition, I am already preparing the military uniforms. I wonder if there are any special requirements for the control?"

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "I'll think about the female soldiers' uniforms again. Anyway, they don't need to go to the front line and don't need too heavy armor."

At this time, Mo Jun hesitated for a moment, but said nothing.

Li Yanqing's idea of ​​setting up a female barracks was supported by Han Shizhong and Cao Xing. They both knew that women had an irreplaceable role in the care of wounded soldiers. Although Liu Qi adhered to the tradition of not entering women in the Western Army camp, he only firmly opposed the prostitution in the camp and was not in conflict with the care of female soldiers by military medical care. In addition, Hu Sanniang performed extremely well today, Liu Qi finally accepted the plan to set up a female barracks.

The other commander Wang Gui was basically supporting whatever Li Yanqing said, without any resistance. All four commanders agreed to this plan, so it would be natural to set up a female barracks.

Everyone discussed military affairs again, and Han Shizhong and others said goodbye, leaving only Li Yanqing and Mo Jun in the camp. "What did you want to say just now?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

Mo Jun sighed slightly, "Today Liu Fang said, the expenses are a little nervous!"

Li Yanqing was stunned and immediately turned around and said, "Go and invite Liu Ganjun!"

Liu Fang served as Li Yanqing's record office and was in charge of documents. In addition, the small treasury of the Jingzhao Army was also under his control.

The Jingzhao Army mainly has three military expenditures, one is the planned military expenditure, which is the cost of the 15,000 troops recognized by the court. This is borne by the court. Every six months, the court will hand over the payment documents to the Shaanxi Road Transport Envoy, paying them from the taxes received from Shaanxi Road to the Jingzhao Army, and the households of the six Caos shall manage the income and expenditure.

The second military expenditure is the military expenditure of the local wing army. In fact, it is also the same as the imperial guards. It is the burden of the imperial guards, and the transfer envoys are allocated and managed by the households. It is also considered the planned military expenditure.

The third piece of military expenditure is quite special. Li Yanqing calls it an unplanned military expenditure. In other prefectures and counties, it refers to the subsidy for township soldiers. In fact, it is a little food subsidy, and the burden is not heavy.

But Li Yanqing is different here. Their village soldiers were 5,000 new troops. With the approval of the Privy Council, the emperor nodded and changed the training village soldiers to Changxun village soldiers, which was regarded as the management of the imperial guards. This means that they had to solve the military expenditure problem by themselves.

The military pay expenditure of the five thousand towns soldiers alone is as high as 50,000 guan per month. Although the armor, weapons and large tents are helped by the Privy Council, the food expenditure of three meals a day cannot be avoided. In this way, an additional 10,000 guan per month will be added every month, and a rigid expenditure of 60,000 guan per month is extremely heavy for them.

Fortunately, the compensation they received for quelling the Xiang rebellion of the black party was given to the Jingzhao Army as rewards, which allowed them to accumulate more than 200,000 ounces of money and barely support them. For this reason, Li Yanqing specially set up a "new warehouse", which was stored in the new warehouse as the expenses of the new army.

Now that Li Yanqing is preparing to set up a female barracks, it is naturally another expense that he has borne. The monthly expenditure of 500 female soldiers is at least 6,700 tan.

Soon, Liu Fang hurried over and bowed, "See Tongzhi!"

"Senjun Liu, please sit down!"

Li Yanqing asked Liu Fang to sit down and asked his personal soldiers to serve tea. Only then did Li Yanqing talk about the establishment of the female barracks. Liu Fang really looked embarrassed, and nodded for a while and said, "I'll think of a solution!"

"How much money is left in the new library now?" Li Yanqing asked.

"There are about 80,000 guan left. In a few days, we will pay the salary and food expenses of the recruits, and only 20,000 guan left. According to the convention, we must first pay a settlement fee of 20 guan. Five hundred people will be 10,000 guan, and in the end we will only have 10,000 guan left."

"What about Baoyanzhai?"

Li Yanqing finally received the secret support of Baoyanzhai. Li Daqi transferred all the profits of Baoyanzhai shops in Hedong and Shaanxi to Jingzhao Jun. He calculated that he had an income of 20,000 guan per month, but compared with the monthly expenditure of 60,000 guan per month, Baoyanzhai's income was still slightly less.

Liu Fang has already made it clear that this month is barely enough to pay, but next month it will be unsuccessful.

Speaking of which, this is indeed Wang Fu's sin. Since Wang Fu forcibly promoting big money the previous year, in just two years, prices in various parts of the Song Dynasty soared, copper coins depreciated, and silver and gold became more and more valuable.

Ten years ago, a family could support their family by earning 3,000 cents a month. Now it takes at least 5,000 cents to barely maintain the family’s food and clothing.

The monthly military pay of the new army soldiers refers to the small money, equivalent to 7,700 cents, which is only slightly higher than the income of the lower class people. The reason why the rural soldiers are willing to receive long-term training is mainly because of the benefits of food and accommodation. Strictly speaking, the monthly military pay of the ten-month monthly salary is indeed not high, but this is not a high military pay, which also forces Li Yanqing to restlessness.

"How much more sheepskin?" Li Yanqing asked after pondering for a moment.

"There are about 200,000 more!"

The black party Xiang could not hold on to enough money to compensate, so he had to use sheepskin to pay off his debts. He took out 300,000 pieces of old sheepskin to the Jingzhao Army, of which 100,000 were rewarded to the soldiers of the entire army, and there were still 200,000 pieces left in the warehouse.

"What is the market price of sheepskin now?"

Mo Jun and Liu Fang looked at each other, and Liu Fang smiled bitterly: "If it is winter, sheepskin is really easy to sell. A good old sheepskin can be sold for three cents of money. Now it is hot, and it is estimated that it will be about two cents of money at most. There is no market, so it can only be sold to fur merchants. They also have to make money, and it would be good to be willing to give Yichen money."

"It's only a consistent amount of money!"

Li Yanqing was also a little reluctant to let it go. Such good old sheepskin only sold for a lifetime, which was a loss. He thought for a while and asked, "How did Yanshan Mansion solve the shortage of military expenditure?"

Like them, Guo Yaoshi of Yanshan Prefecture transformed the village soldiers into long-term training and trained them into new recruits. The number of people was more than them, with a total of 200,000 people. The monthly military expenditure was at least 200,000 yuan, and the court would definitely not bear it. This was a great test for Guo Yaoshi. Two months ago, Li Yanqing specially sent Liu Fang to Yanshan Prefecture to learn his experience, but Liu Fang had not had time to report to Li Yanqing.

"Reporting to Tongzhi, Yanshan Prefecture mainly carried out three lines at the same time. First, it implemented military camps to solve the food problem of the new recruits. Second, it was to implement military business. Yanshan Army opened three business businesses and did business with the nomadic peoples in the north. I heard that the profit was extremely high, so Tongzhi might never have thought of the third method."

"What's the solution?" Li Yanqing asked anxiously.

"Mining and mining money!"

Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment. He hesitated and asked, "Has they been approved by the imperial court?"

Liu Fang nodded, "Master Guo did get special approval from the emperor and allowed him to mine and mint money. These three methods solved the military expenditure problem of the new Yanshan army."

Li Yanqing took a few steps behind his hands and said to the two: "We can also go on the trade route, trade with Xixia, selling tea, porcelain, salt and Baoyanzhai rouge to the people of Xixia. If you do well, you should make a profit of 20,000 jin a month, and there is no problem with the military camp. The military camp includes raising pigs and sheep by themselves, and the New Army can save money for food. As for minting, I guess the court will not approve us, but we can mine and cast silver."

"But where is the mine?"

"I will submit my congress today and request that the Jingchuan silver mine be transferred to us."

Generally speaking, the court also allowed private mining, but the coarse copper, coarse silver and other products cast must be sold to the court, mainly to prevent private minting or imitating official silver. However, the army is not private, and the army's mining income can be disposed of by themselves. Although coin is not allowed, it can be made to imitate official silver. In particular, Jingchuan silver mine is owned by the military, so it is even more reasonable to transfer it to them.

Of course, the premise is to have the approval of the emperor. Li Yanqing felt that Gao Qiu could be asked to persuade Zhao Ji. Since Zhao Ji acquiesced to train new recruits as border defense, Zhao Ji should also use mining to raise military expenses.

At this time, Mo Jun reminded: "If you bypass Liang Shicheng, you may find trouble."

When it comes to Liang Shicheng, Li Yanqing was overwhelmed. He was nominally a member of Liang Shicheng, so he really couldn't bypass Liang Shicheng. Liang Shicheng may not be willing to help you accomplish things, but if he bypasses him, he will definitely make you unable to do things. Mo Jun reminded him very well.

Helplessly, Li Yanqing had to say, "Okay! I'll write a letter to my father and ask him to visit Liang Shicheng again."

"A normal application to the Privy Council still needs to be made." Mo Jun reminded him again.

"I know!" Li Yanqing nodded and asked Liu Fang again: "Where is Liu Shenjun's opinion?"

Liu Fang pondered for a moment and said, "Whether doing business or mining is done, we need a start-up capital. In addition, our new army's military expenditure will not be supported next month, and we must have several months of military expenditure reserves."

Li Yanqing had a plan in his mind, and he immediately made a decision: "Give 200,000 sheepskins as collateral to Baoyanzhai, borrow 300,000 guan of money from Baoyanzhai as capital for business and a few months of turnover."
Chapter completed!