As a martial arts fanatic, Zhang Fei has a natural affinity for people who practice martial arts, and he knows that Liu Xin has a good brain. He has always followed Liu Xin's ideas since he was a child, but Liu Xin is not his family servant. After that, this year

After February, Liu Xin rarely went to the village.

"I heard that a village was built on the barren hills of Hebei Province, which is very nice.

It is not easy to build a new village. If you need any help, you can come to me. I just told the servant that I will give you the full amount in exchange for the money." Zhang Fei said.

"Thank you, young master, everything in our village is doing well now!" Liu Xin thanked Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei is a person who values ​​friendship. It is right for Liu Xin to hide behind the Zhang family and develop quietly. He knows the price of livestock this year, so he does not plan to stay here. He can just let the generals handle anything in the future.

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That night, Liu Xin returned to the village and saw that Zhou Tai had returned from Jixian.

All weapons have been ordered. After the deposit of 200 taels of gold was delivered, it was agreed that the weapons would be delivered in three installments. The price of the weapons was much cheaper than Zhou Tai expected. The total weapons worth 9.6 million yuan were enough for Liu Xin to train 500 servants.

On the second day, Liu Xin asked Zhou Tai and Cheng Yuanzhi to go shopping outside Zhangjiazhuang separately. They took more than ten people to buy all the cow hides and bones as much as possible, and then selected healthy and strong cows.

For two consecutive days, piles of cow bones were piled up in the warehouse of Qilin Villa. All cow hides were tied up and placed in a cool and ventilated place. Liu Xin bought more than 30,000 kilograms of cow bones and more than 2,400 cow hides in three days.

There were 50 cows, and the total cost was 2.16 million, of which more than 1.2 million was spent on the cowhide alone. Liu Xin bought almost all the cowhide he could buy.

If you want to make 500 shi of chicken feed this year, you will only need 6,000 kilograms of beef bones. Liu Xin bought 30,000 kilograms at a time to prepare for next year. After the Yellow Turban Uprising breaks out, these beef bones may be of great use.

On the second day, Liu Xin no longer needed to buy cattle. He asked Yan Zhong and Wang Hui to take people to Zhangjiazhuang to buy cattle bones and hides. However, Yan Zhong soon sent people back to tell him that the Zhang family had arrived with a large caravan.

Generally, when a large caravan stops, there will be some livestock goods that they don't want to bring with them and want to sell them. The closer to winter, the more anxious they become. Such caravans will have more than 500 people, and most of the livestock they bring will exceed 10,000.

Mountain bandits and horse bandits dare not approach them.

Hearing this, Liu Xin took Zhou Tai out together. When they came to Zhangjiazhuang, they saw groups of war horses, cattle and sheep coming from a distance. When they arrived at Zhangjiazhuang, the entire market was full of livestock, and there were hundreds of carriages at the entrance of Zhangjiazhuang.

Park neatly.

Everyone stood at a distance and did not dare to approach. Such a large caravan could not be offended at will. Liu Xin saw Zhang Hu and Zhang Fei personally greet the owner of the caravan.

"Master, this is a caravan from the Zhongshan Kingdom. The owner of the caravan is named Zhang Shiping. I heard that he has a close relationship with the Zhen family in Wuji County and is a famous business owner in Jizhou." Liu Xin watched Zhang Hu and Zhang Fei welcome Zhang Shiping.

After entering the village courtyard, Yan Zhong said in his ear.

"There are about 1,300 people in this caravan, including at least 2 leaders, more than 60 handlers, and more than 500 executioners. Moreover, they are well-equipped and will not be afraid even if they encounter an army of 1,000 people." Zhou Tai looked at it.

The caravan members in front walked past him and said to Liu Xin.

In a caravan, except for the master, all personnel are generally divided into four levels. The leader is responsible for the command and training of all the handlers. He is considered a military commander in the caravan, and generally has at least quasi-third-rate strength.

The handler is responsible for the safety of the caravan. The handler has at least the strength of a general and commands all the crew members of the caravan.

The waiter has the ability to care for the hospital, and sometimes does some odd jobs. Apart from these three types, the only remaining worker slaves are.

This kind of worker slave is used to pull carts, and is also responsible for taking care of livestock. Those who only work for a bite to eat are not considered members of the caravan. Most of them are captured by caravans who defeated bandits, horse bandits, and victims of disasters encountered on the road.

Liu Xin took a look and found that there were more than 2,000 horses in this caravan, more than 3,000 cattle, and nearly 10,000 sheep. The price of these livestock exceeded 100 million yuan, and where were the hundreds of carriages and goods!

After waiting for a while, Zhang Jiahuyuan took the caravan, carriages and livestock to the south of Zhuangzi, leaving only about one-tenth of the livestock and carriages, and all the buyers gathered around.

There may not be another caravan behind such a large caravan, so this may be their last chance to buy livestock this year. Many people began to discuss the price, and soon some people paid the money and took the livestock away.

Liu Xin asked about the price, and it was indeed slightly cheaper than the price a few days ago. He asked Zhou Tai and others to buy more than 1,000 pieces of cowhide separately in the market. As a result, not long after they finished buying, they saw a caravan operator coming from the market.

Another large pile of cowhide was carried out on the carriage, and they were not afraid of you buying it at all.

The entire transaction lasted from morning to evening. People who wanted to buy things still gathered here and refused to disperse. Zhang Shiping's caravan also had no intention of leaving today. Liu Xin did not dare to buy any more cowhide. More than 3,200 pieces of

There is already enough cowhide to make 1,500 sets of cowhide armors. If there are more cowhide armors, Zhangjiazhuang will doubt itself.

Liu Xin returned home in the evening and calculated his current general ledger. He brought 3,000 taels of gold from Mi's house in Xuzhou, spent 10 taels on the way, gave 200 taels to Wang Qingxun, and made a deposit of 200 taels for weapons. This time he spent 273 taels, excluding 760

The two had to pay the final payment for the weapon, and Liu Xin still had 1,557 taels of gold left.

This money seems to be a lot, but it can't be spent. This reminds Liu Xin that in the future, the princes will have tens of thousands of elite armies, and how much money they will have to spend to build them!

On September 30, a group of soldiers came to Liu Xin's village. When he came to the gate of the village, he saw that they were people from the county government.

"Are you the owner of this village?" a soldier captain looked at Liu Xin and asked.

"Yes, I wonder why some of you came to my village?" Liu Xin saw the other party taking out his token and asked.

"This year we will conduct routine inspections outside the city and collect this year's taxes. You must report whether you bought cattle this year or if the cattle gave birth to calves. It is a serious crime to steal cattle." The soldier said to Liu Xin.

The government has always been very strict about the supervision of cattle, and will never let go of cattle being stolen or killed. The common people also regard cattle as their own family members, and the killing of cattle rarely happens.

The county will start collecting taxes for the year after the autumn harvest every year. This is also the most troublesome thing for the people outside the city every year, because at this time, a large part of the year's harvest must be handed over to the government, and no one outside the city dares to disobey.

The capabilities of the government.

"Please come in, everyone! My farm is newly built this year. The land is all wasteland and there is no need to pay rent. I bought some cattle a few days ago. You guys came at the right time." Liu Xin said as he led a few people in.

When they arrived at the courtyard, several officials were surprised to see so many houses built in Liu Xin's courtyard. They were responsible for the south area of ​​the city and were familiar with it. They didn't expect Liu Xin to quietly build such a large courtyard.

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