The Huaidong Cavalry Camp has a garrison located between Jialiu Avenue and the east bank of the Jinchuan River.

When the carriage passed, Yuan Guizheng sat in the carriage, and through the wooden fence, he could see the Huaidong soldiers practicing in the camp from a distance. Huaidong intended to show off his military might, and outside the wooden fence of the camp, there were many villagers who were watching the excitement, and no one came out to drive them away.

Without Yuan Guizheng's instructions, the coachman sitting in front of the car slowed down his speed so that the owner could see more carefully.

The cavalry in this camp are all uniformly equipped with swords, and the training program is very simple, that is, riding horses and galloping, practicing fast approaching from various angles, and chopping wooden stakes. Yuan Guizheng was outside the fence wall, and he could clearly see the center of gravity of the armor on horseback, making an arc swing and slashing action, crisp and neat, seven or eight out of ten people, who could cut off the wooden stake with a large bowl mouth with a knife.

With such a sharp slashing action, Yuan Guizheng felt that his neck was cold and swishing when he saw it.

"This is building momentum for the money bank!" Yuan Jinsheng said, "In terms of combat power alone, there are only a handful of people who can match the Huaidong soldiers......"

Yuan Guizheng ignored Yuan Jinsheng's words, but glanced at his peers. Yuan Jinsheng didn't speak, he was still a little self-aware, he had read a few military books, how could his knowledge be compared with a veteran who had been bloody on the battlefield for ten years?

I'm afraid no one would have thought that Fan Ding, known as the God of Wealth in Jiangning, was awarded the rank of captain of Zhaowu Colonel by the military merit officer in the frontier when he was young.

Fan Ding squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling his bloody career in the past, looking at the Huaidong cavalry training behind the fence wall, and said: "Just look at the training level of the three or four hundred cavalry in this camp, the level of the soldiers is no worse than the frontier cavalry back then; If it is fought on the battlefield, the Huaidong cavalry may be slightly better. ”

"It's not easy for the Huaidong Army to make up two or three thousand cavalry, the soldiers should be picked out by thousands, these people are the escorts of Lin Tie, and they are naturally the elite of the elite," Yuan Jinsheng asked puzzledly, "But when it comes to battlefield fighting, the level of drill can only explain part of the problem, how can the old man be sure that the Huaidong cavalry is slightly better?" ”

"The Huaidong cavalry is strong!" Fan Ding said.

"How?" Yuan Guizheng didn't know much about military affairs, and he saw that the cavalry behind the fence was all made of swords and armor, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

"The knife is good," Fan Ding said with emotion, "the long knife is easy to break, the long knife is difficult to refine, and if the saber weighs more than five catties, it will be too heavy; The saber weighing three or four pounds should be made wide and thick, and the toughness should be increased, usually only two feet and slightly longer. Due to the difficulty of finding good swords, the cavalry of the world, in addition to bows and crossbows, mostly used guns and halberds in close combat, and swords were used in short soldiers, and most of them were swords. Master Hou, when you see the war knives of the Huaidong cavalry, there must be three feet, and then look at their wielding, see that the blade is narrow and thick, it should not exceed four catties. Such a knife can repeatedly cut off a willow stake with a large bowl mouth, and naturally it can also repeatedly cut off the enemy's head on the battlefield......"

"......" Yuan Jinsheng was puzzled, and Fan Ding repeatedly said what the knife was for? Which of the elite combat forces of each family is not well-armoured.

"The little marquis has been to the Liang family camp to see it," Fan Ding said, "The cavalry in the Liang family camp are willing to practice like this?" ”

"No matter how good the knife is, if the force is slightly improper, it is easy to break, and this kind of exercise is too laborious. The cavalry training of the Liang family is mainly based on cavalry archery, but the cavalry of the Liang family is mostly in close combat with spears and spears, and they have not competed on the battlefield, and they can't say who is strong and who is weak. "Yuan Jinsheng is not ignorant of military affairs at all, and Fan Ding reminded him of this, so he can naturally understand.

"Such a good knife, Jiangning's workshop uses the best iron, forging, and old craftsmen to make it with confidence. An old craftsman can make three or four knives a year, and there is no guarantee that every knife is excellent," Fan Ding said, "If Huaidong can choose one out of a hundred miles for the selection of cavalry, can the selected war knife still be one out of a hundred?" ”

This time, there were more than 2,000 Huaidong cavalry soldiers who came to Jiangning with Lin Tie, and seven or eight out of ten were equipped with war knives. If you say that one in a hundred, wouldn't it be possible to choose such a good knife out of tens of thousands of war knives.

If this is not the case, it can only mean that Chongzhou's sword-making skills have surpassed the current workshops by many times.

Only in the case of low-cost batch knife making, Huaizhou was willing to take staking as the most conventional training item for cavalry.

"Is the feudal elder still talking about Prison Island?" Yuan Guizheng asked.

"Chen Xiyan said that Lin Lian was a swineherd and disdained what he did on Prison Island," Fan Ding said, "but the more time passes, the more it makes Lin Lian feel that this person is not simple." Thinking about it, Chen Xiyan will also feel that the words of the year were too fierce at this time, right? Hou Ye think about it, Lin Tie learned craftsmanship in the estuary, how many masters and old craftsmen in Jiangning went to Chongzhou for bewitchment? I dare to assert that two or three years ago, no one among the master craftsmen in Jiangning could forge such a good knife in such a batch, and the sword-making technique should have made a breakthrough after the master craftsmen gathered in Chongzhou......"

"Huaidong has risen very fast, and has won a few battles, in the final analysis, there is no hero at the time, and the vertical son is famous," Yuan Jinsheng has an unconvincing energy towards Lin Jian in his heart after all, which young man is willing to bow down easily? said, "Huaidong's foundation is shallower after all, can the Huaidong Army still be compared with the sharp soldiers of a hundred battles?" ”

"The old slave knows a little more about cavalry warfare," the old fox of Fan Ding did not directly refute Yuan Jinsheng, and continued to talk about cavalry warfare, "Except for those peerless fierce generals, ordinary sharp pawns kill the enemy on horseback, and the movements are always as simple and effective as possible." For the armored light cavalry that focuses on flank strikes, the three-foot knife is easier to use than the cavalry spear, which has some advantages on the battlefield. ”

Yuan Guizheng frowned and pondered, he could also understand the meaning of Fan Ding's words. Although Huaidong's foundation is shallow, there are many places in Huaidong that are far beyond the reach of others, which largely makes up for the disadvantages of Huaidong's shallow foundation, and should not be too contemptuous and defenseless.

"Huaidong wants to fight Daishan and Changguo, and the luxury family may not be able to get news from other places," Yuan Guizheng said, "Elder Fan, you have to be more hidden when you do this." ”

"Yes!" Fan Ding responded.

Yuan Jinsheng didn't object to anything, they wanted to make friends with Huaidong, but they also had to guard against Huaidong's rise too fast, which could not be contained in the future, and it was always good to do more tricks and feet in secret. Instead of letting Huaidong easily win Daishan and Changguo, it is better to let Huaidong fight a few more tough battles with the luxury family there!

The convoy soon galloped past the garrison, passed through the willow wall, and entered the town.

The carriage drove directly to the thatched cottage at the mouth of the river, and Fan Ding personally went down to pay tribute to Yuan Guizheng. Soon Lin Mengde came out of the room, saluted, and said: "My lord has a guest here, and he can't come out to greet the marquis in person, so let me come over to confess my guilt!" Please go in and wait for a while. ”

Yuan Guizheng didn't know who Lin Tie was meeting with, and he couldn't hold his own identity, so he got out of the car with Yuan Jinsheng, followed Lin Mengdeli to the grass hall, and waited in the side hall for a while, and saw Lin Tie in a green robe walk in.

"Master Hou is really tormenting me, if there is anything, just give me an order, how can I ask Lord Hou to deign to come over?" Lin Lian bowed for a long time, and the etiquette was enough, making up for the slackness that he couldn't greet just now.

Knowing that Yuan Guizheng came to talk about the matter of Qianzhuang, Lin Lian said to Lin Mengde: "Send someone to invite Guangnan over to ......" and explained to Yuan Guizheng and others, "Zhou Guangnan is the head of the Zhou family in Jinhai, and his two brothers took out 360,000 taels of silver this time to invest in Qianzhuang as the principal, and temporarily pushed him as the general manager of Qianzhuang. ”

Yuan Guizheng really wanted to know who Lin Tie was meeting with, but Lin Tie didn't mention it, and he couldn't ask Meng Lang about it, and when Zhou Guangnan came in, he patiently asked about Qian Zhuang, and then asked them to go outside to hand over the silver, Yuan Guizheng and Lin Tie said something inconsequential in the side hall.

Although he is one of the wealthy owners, Yuan Guizheng does not have delusions that he can intervene in the operation of the money bank. He took out the silver, more to ease the relationship with Huaidong, for later use, and even took Huaidong's possible loss of money into account.

The handover of silver is always convenient, and Yongchang Houfu and the feudal mansion took out a total of 120,000 taels of silver to buy shares, which is the fourth largest wealth in Qianzhuang in addition to the Zhou family, the Lin family, and the Shuguo Mansion.

Zhou Guangnan and Lin Mengde quickly took the silver deed and returned to the side hall with Fan Ding and Yuan Jinsheng. Lin Jian personally signed the silver deed, and used the small seal he carried with him, and this matter was completed.

Whether the money bank is run by the government and the business, or is it operated in the form of a business name. As the most basic principle, Zhou Guangnan naturally told Yuan Guizheng, one of the Caidong, the details of the amount of gold and silver raised by Qianzhuang and the amount of equity participation in Caidong. In the future, the general ledger will be calculated every six months, and the financial owner will be notified in a timely manner, and the financial owner also has the right to check the account books with the general number; The removal of the head manager will also be decided by the treasurers in the future, and this knot is the most basic rule.

The Shuguo Mansion invested 180,000 taels of silver in the Qianzhuang, and Zhou Guangnan did not say it explicitly, but in the name of Caidong, Su Mei's name is 90,000 taels of silver, and Zeng Chengen's name is 90,000 taels of silver, which cannot be hidden.

If this is not done, Huaidong Qian Zhuang is Lin Lian's money bank, how dare other families invest thousands of silver in it?

Zeng Chengen is a person, others don't know, how can Yuan Guizheng, who has been fighting with Zeng Mingxin in Jiangning City for half his life, not know? Su Mei's net worth is not expensive, but how much Su Mei has accumulated over the years, as the master behind the domain, how can Yuan Guizheng not know?

Yuan Guizheng put down the roster of Caidong and said to Fan Ding: "Trouble the old man to invite Miss Su Mei over, and then bring Miss Su Mei's body deed, Grandpa Guo is so bold, we can't even be reluctant to give a favor!" ”

Yuan Jinsheng was secretly frightened, they always thought that Lin Lian would not dare to spread the Sumen case on his body, who would have thought that Lin Lian would dare to let Su Mei become the big fortune of Huaidong Qianzhuang?

Lin Tie thanked him: "Thank you Hou Ye for her adult beauty, Lin Tie thank you Hou Ye on behalf of Miss Su Mei!" ”

Two years ago, Lin Jian didn't dare to pull the Sumen case into his body, at that time, the power in his hands was too weak, and the restraint on the imperial court was not strong, and he was afraid that Yuan Guizheng would use this to blackmail Huaidong, and there was no room for struggle.

First, the foundation of Huaidong is getting deeper, with nearly 30,000 elite combat strength and more than 70,000 reserve soldiers, and the Jinhai Grain Road is the lifeblood of Gyeonggi; The imperial court was weakening.

Although the imperial court intends to increase the power of King Ning in the southeast, and the number of soldiers and horses will increase to more than 200,000, how many of these more than 200,000 soldiers and horses can really be commanded by the court or King Ning?

Fan Ding didn't say anything, he personally took the carriage, asked the coachman to whip up the horse, and went back to the city to get Su Mei's deed; He sent another person to inform Su Mei.

Fan Ding sat in the carriage, still pondering the roster of Qianzhuang's wealth. It's also very strange to say, in Huaidong Qianzhuang, there are singers with humble status, businessmen, and public eunuchs, with different identities, but for Huaidong Qianzhuang, they are all Caidong identities, and there is no difference between high and low. I don't know if the clear stream in Jiangning City will cause another scolding.