"Big brother, I don't know if you have a good idea about rectifying military affairs?" Shang Ji asked.

Liu Yi nodded and said, "There is indeed some superficial planning. After this battle, the five battalion commanders in the county can get rid of at least half of them, if not all of them can be deposed. During this time, I want to gather military power, train soldiers, and create soldiers who can fight and dare to fight! If you have the opportunity to train another batch of long-shot strong bows. ”

"Oh, presumably the two virtuous brothers don't know yet, this long-shot strong bow is a special type of ancestral weapon of the foolish brother, not stronger than the second brother's black-armored Xuancai, only the yellow-level high-grade, but it is still a lot stronger than the ordinary army, and the red-armored longbowman I saw when I ambushed the Wuhuan people before is it." Liu Yi introduced.

"Big brother is too modest, I think this long-shot strong bow is well-disciplined and well-trained, and it may not be able to advance to the Xuan-level special class over time." Deng Yan interjected.

"Well, I hope so!" Speaking of this, Liu Yi was not very interested, so he sighed and said perfunctorily.

Shang Ji knew that this was because Liu Yizu's long-shot strong bow was a high-level special class before, and later because of the incompetence of his descendants, it had degenerated into a low-level special class in the hands of Liu Yi, which made Liu Yi sad.

Shang Ji took the initiative to divert the topic and said: "Big brother, in the previous battle, a lot of Wuhuan war horses were captured, and the eldest brother wants to reorganize the armament and armament, and good war horses are indispensable, so it's better to give some to the eldest brother!" ”

This was planned by Shang Ji before, and more than 800 intact Wuhuan war horses were captured before, which was a huge gain second only to meritorious service in this battle. These eight hundred war horses are certainly a good thing, but Shang Ji will not swallow them alone, without Liu Yi's cooperation, Shang Ji will defeat the Wuhuan people who come to attack at most, and it is almost impossible to annihilate them all, and Liu Yi can at least share half of these trophies.

"It's so good, rest assured, it's bought by the brotherhood at the market price!" Liu Yi nodded, did not refuse, but gave Shang Ji a surprise.

"Market price acquisition? How does this work? This is the spoils you deserve, brother! ”

Deng Yan and Liu Yi glanced at each other, and Deng Yan smiled: "Second brother, why do you say that this is the spoils that the eldest brother deserves?" ”

"If it weren't for the eldest brother leading the army to surround the Wuhuan people......" Halfway through speaking, Shang Ji suddenly came to his senses! On the surface, this battle has nothing to do with Liu Yi at all! If it doesn't matter, of course, you can't participate in the division of the spoils.

"This, this, this ......" Shang Ji was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to say it.

Seeing that Shang Ji was embarrassed, Liu Yi stopped teasing him, and said: "Second brother, don't worry, the cost of purchasing war horses is from the military expenses, and one is a poor brother, not like you who can independently support an army!" Don't forget, Brother Wei is a serious military other division of Sima, not a semi-independent force like you, you have never seen a private fund to build a national army! ”

"Oh, I see! In that case, I'm not welcome. Big brother, go back and apply to buy it at the market price, in fact, let's calculate it at half price, and the extra funds Big brother stays, you can't have money in your hands to rectify military affairs and train long-shot strongbows. In addition, half of the proceeds from the sale of Wuhuan prisoners of war also went to the eldest brother! "Shang Ji has neatly divided the interests and non-matching.

Liu Yi was silent for a while, and said: "My brother has always hated the most to fill his own pockets, but I didn't expect that I would become such a person now!" ”

Deng Yan, who had not spoken, comforted: "Brother, the difference between this statement is that others are corrupt military funds for their own squandering, and we are arming ourselves to resist foreign invaders, brother, don't drill the tip of the horns!" ”

Liu Yi waved his hand when he heard this, "I understand, I still understand this truth for my brother and not a pedantic person, but it's just a momentary emotion, don't take it to heart the two virtuous brothers." ”

Shang Ji Deng Yan glanced at each other and said, "It's good that my brother can figure it out." ”

Having said that, Liu Yi's mood was obviously a little depressed, and after a few more drinks, he left sullenly.

Looking at Liu Yi's somewhat gloomy back, Deng Yan said: "The eldest brother is indeed too upright!" I hope he can untie the knot in his heart by himself! ”

"Isn't this the big brother we respect?" Shang Ji asked rhetorically.

Deng Yan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Indeed, it is this brother who deserves our respect!" ”

"Here, a toast to our brother!" Shang Ji raised his glass and invited.

"Cheers!" Deng Yan didn't shirk it, and his hands were drunk!

After three rounds of drinking, Deng Yan was already drunk.

Shang Ji took out ten purple gold coins and placed them on the table.

"This ......, second brother, what does this mean?" Deng Yan's wine suddenly sobered up a little, and he looked at Shang Ji in a daze and said.

"Third brother, don't be surprised! I still know a little bit about your situation, you have been poor since you were a child, and it was your old mother who raised you single-handedly, and now the old man is old and riddled with old diseases, so you endured Tian Teng's difficulties everywhere, and did not dare to resign rashly. If it weren't for this, with the high talent of the virtuous brother, where could the world not go? ”

"Second brother!"

"Brother Xian! Don't say much, today you and I are married to Jinlan, your mother is my mother, the eldest is seriously ill, I can't serve personally is already a sin, some money, buy some decoction for the old man to nourish the body, the virtuous brother must not shirk! The eldest brother is upright, heroic and careful, I didn't expect this, as an elder brother, how can I see that the virtuous brother is living a difficult life and is indifferent!? Shang Ji said earnestly.

Deng Yan's eyes were red, and tears almost came out of his eyes.

"Second brother!" Deng Yan's words were a little whimpering, "I have written down the friendship of the second brother, and there is nothing to repay it!" Please also ask the second brother to bow to me! "Say goodbye and bow down!

Shang Ji hurriedly stopped him and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, why do you and my brothers need to be like this?" Aren't we supposed to help each other as brothers? ”

Shang Ji picked up the excited Deng Yan, and said affectionately: "In troubled times, you and I have become brothers, and we are about to help each other, originally you and I became brothers, and I went to meet the boss for the brother from now on, but now the traitor Tian Teng is on the side, it is really inconvenient, I can only do my meager efforts, and the virtuous brother is not to blame for being a brother for many things!" ”

"I understand, my brother's hard work and foolish brother understand! I think that my mother will be happy to know that my foolish brother can make friends with such a virtuous person! When the time is right, invite the eldest brother and the second elder to the cold house for a gathering, and the mother must be extremely pleased! Deng Yan said with some wistfulness.

"Don't worry, Tian Teng will kill himself if he commits many injustices, and Tianli Zhaozhao will inevitably not last, and when Tian Teng is completely defeated, you and my brothers will have a good drink!" Shang Ji assured Deng Yan.

This is not bragging, for Tian Teng's stumbling block, Shang Ji really intends to solve it as soon as possible. It is really uncomfortable to have such a nominal superior, like a fish in the throat.

"Well, I believe that my brother must have this ability, the little Tian Teng is nothing, we are determined to clean up the universe and be a big husband like a champion Hou!" Deng Yan waved his fist and said ambitiously.

Shang Ji nodded with a smile, knowing that Deng Yan was about to get drunk, otherwise he would not have lost his temper so calmly, "It's not too early today, I'll send my brother back to the room to rest!" ”

Deng Yan shook his head, showed an embarrassed smile, and said, "Foolish brother is not strong enough to drink, brother, don't be surprised!" ”

Shang Ji smiled, picked up Deng Yan, and sent him back to the barracks.

After settling Deng Yan, Shang Ji returned to the camp and thought about the future development route.

and Deng Yan Liu Yi bowed, which Shang Ji did not expect.

A first-class peak historical general, a second-rate high-grade scribe, players at this stage can get the help of this level of talent, it's like a hanging. Of course, Shang Ji itself is an open-minded existence. Even if these two are Shang Ji's sworn brothers and not subordinates, their help to Shang Ji is not trivial.

Nowadays, it is money that restricts the development of business.

Previously, it cost Master Lu a deposit of 8,000 gold to build the special weapon armor of the Black Armor Xuanqi, plus the expenses of hiring the hero to dominate the world and bribing Liu Tie, nearly 9,000 gold was spent!

Just now I gave Deng Yan another thousand gold. If it weren't for the fact that Shang Ji really has no money now, Shang Ji plans to give more!

If Li Taining and those people knew that they had spent a mere 1,000 gold, they would have made a second-rate scribe cry bitterly that he was moved, and he would definitely be so jealous that he went crazy!

Shang Ji also offered to send money after swearing to Deng Yan. If someone like Li Taining, who is not familiar with Deng Yan, rashly proposes to send money, it would be strange if Deng Yan didn't beat them out!

In any case, Shang Ji is currently in a state of shortage of funds. Take stock of your current assets. There are about 3,000 gold left in cash. It seems that there are still a lot, but I still owe Master Lu the balance of 7,000 gold for the equipment! In this way, it will be a direct debt of 4,000 gold.

Fortunately, the battle of encircling and suppressing Wuhuan was fought beautifully, and 800 war horses were captured, and according to the agreement with Liu Yi, 400 medium-grade war horses were sold to Liu Yi at half price, and they could get about 4,000 gold.

In addition, the four hundred Wuhuan prisoners of war captured can also be sold for four thousand gold, but half of them will also go to Liu Yi.

The final harvest is the captured officer and army weapons and armor! Thousands of pieces of weapons and equipment are worth a lot of money, but the merchants don't plan to sell them. It is impossible for the Black Armor Army to be composed of all the Black Armor Xuan Cavalry, not to mention whether the merchants can afford the expensive construction costs. Even the defect of a single class of troops cannot be tolerated!

Now it looks fine, the scale of the enemy against is not large, and there is no obvious class cooperation. But this situation is not forever, with the growth of Shang Ji, the enemy he faces is becoming more and more powerful, and it is inevitable to encounter an opponent who can restrain the heavy cavalry.

At least you can't let the hoplites go to the siege, right?

The construction of regular arms is also imminent. This batch of equipment captured from the hands of the official army is just right for the construction of regular troops!

In this way, the real funds that Shang Ji can use are only a mere 4,000 gold!

Four thousand gold is of course an astronomical amount for ordinary players, but it is far from enough for merchants who want to build an army!

After the recruitment and training of ordinary third-order troops, each of them has to pay about twenty gold! Four thousand gold is to recruit all the third-order troops, and there can only be only two hundred, two hundred, and even the current establishment of Shang Ji is not enough!

Finding a stable source of money is already the most urgent thing facing the merchants!