Ying Ke looked at the thick stack of bills in his hand, his face turning blue and white.
An arrow costs two cents?
One stone of grain costs fifteen yuan?
A long sword costs fifty cents?
A set of sword and shield costs eighty dollars?
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Ying Ke raised his head with anger on his face: "Marquis Quyang, why don't you go and grab it?"
"The things you have here are almost double the market price!"
"Too evil!" Ying Ke gritted his teeth.
Xiong Wuliang coughed lightly, with innocence written all over his face: "Is it too expensive? I'm sorry, I don't like money, and I have never been good at managing businessmen."
"But...the price was not set by me, but by Deputy Yin Zhaohua."
"Having said that - when Young Master Zhuang ascends to the throne of Qin King, the entire Qin Kingdom will be his! Fertile Bashu, Qianli Guanzhong, Longxi Grassland... How much is this worth?"
"Young man, don't be too short-sighted."
"You are not willing to spend money now, how can you defeat King Qin Ying Ji?"
"You will become stronger only by charging money! Use your salary to create happiness!"
"If you win, you will have everything! But if you lose, you will lose your life... This money is something external to the body. It will not be taken with you if you live or die. It is related to your life, so you can't be reluctant to spend it! "Xiong Wuliang Chun Chun said seductively.
Ying Ke was speechless.
Qu Yanghou's words were so reasonable that he could not refute them.
Xiong Wuliang sighed again: "To tell you the truth, I really want to see Mr. Zhuang ascend the throne as King of Qin... Let's do this, chariots - I'll sell chariots too!"
"I won't hide it from you - these chariots are all Qi army chariots that I captured in the Battle of Gaoping."
"The Qi army's chariot phalanx is world-famous and is the nemesis of infantry - I don't want much, so I just want to make a friend - a chariot ride only costs a hundred gold!"
Ying Ke's eyes almost popped out.
A car full of gold?
Is this still called 'not asking for more'?
Just when Ying Ke was about to open his mouth to scold the black-hearted Xiong Wuliang for being shameless, Qu Yuan, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly opened his mouth and interrupted: "My lord, this is inappropriate!"
"These things cannot be sold to Mr. Zhuang of Qin!"
"Smuggling copper and iron is a serious crime!"
"With Qu's intention - to sell some grain to support the young master and send the envoy away, it can be regarded as the master's keeping his word."
Xiong Wuliang said loudly: "Qu Yuan, don't talk nonsense! Young Master Zhuang is my friend, how can I not help him?"
Qu Yuan waved his hand, with a look of anger on his face: "My lord, please forgive Qu for speaking bluntly - this Yingzhuang uprising may not be successful. If the uprising fails, wouldn't it be possible for the monarch's full assistance at this time to be defeated?" King Qin Yingji’s grudge?”
Xiong Wuliang was speechless and seemed to hesitate for a moment.
Seeing this situation, Ying Ke became anxious!
It's a good conversation, why do you say it won't be sold if it doesn't sell?
Looking at the vast world, where else can there be so many ready-made weapons for sale?
Ying Ke protested loudly: "Marquis Quyang, don't listen to Qu Yuan's nonsense - if my brother starts an uprising, he has at least a nine-point chance of winning!"
"Having said that - even if things really fail, we will definitely not betray the king!"
"Please wait a moment, sir. Ying Ke will rush back to Qin to get the money!"
After that, Ying Ke hurriedly said goodbye as if he was afraid that Xiong Wuliang would regret it. Not long after, soldiers came in to report that Ying Ke had galloped out of Quyang County on horseback and headed straight for Qin.
Xiong Wuliang and Qu Yuan looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
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In the winter of the 24th year of King Huai of Chu, the population in Quyanghou Xiong Wuliang's fiefdom had exceeded 200,000.
At Qu Yuan's suggestion, Xiong Wuliang waved his hand and ordered the expansion of the army!
The original establishment of Quyang Army and Shaohu Army was cancelled, and the two armies were merged into one army. In addition, new recruits were recruited for full-time training, named "Quyang New Army".
Quyang's new army has a total of 10,000 people. It continues the high standards and strict requirements of the two armies, aiming to build this 10,000 new army into an elite that can equal ten.
Such a large-scale military expansion will naturally cost a lot of money and food, especially the big project of 'Quyang Commercial Port' which is also continuing to consume money...
Fortunately, Yingzhuang's money continued to flow in, which effectively alleviated the funding gap.
By the way, Ying Zhuang is also working hard now.
Qin Gongzi Zhuang sold many properties passed down by his ancestors, and at the same time, he did not hesitate to borrow money from various Qin noble ministers who supported him. He worked hard to raise a huge sum of money and was trying his best to buy the scrap metal from Xiong Wuliang.
Zhao Hua estimated that based on Ying Zhuang's current crazy energy, Qin would probably have a large-scale civil strife this winter.
It was probably more than half a year earlier than the historical 'Jijun Rebellion'.
It is conceivable that with Xiong Wuliang fanning the flames and desperately sucking blood, the civil strife in Qin this time will be much more serious than in history!
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Quyang New Army Camp.
Counting the newly recruited soldiers, there are a total of 10,000 soldiers here.
These recruits are all from Quyang, Ping'a, and Shansang, and their families have land. In the words of the Han Dynasty, they are "good family sons". Xiong Wuliang adhered to the strategy of elite soldiers, and the 10,000 people selected were all strong men.
The weather has become slightly cold, but there is still a fiery scene in the camp - 10,000 soldiers are training and practicing martial arts.
The sound of killing shook the sky, the armor flashed, and the atmosphere of a strong army was strong.
Although the number of people has increased significantly, the quality of equipment has not declined - all soldiers wear leather armor on the inside and iron armor on the outside. They have an iron-made Changge in their hands, a thick oak shield with leather on their waist, and He had an iron dagger in his hand, a small repeating crossbow and thirty arrows on his back.
Judging from the equipment, the "Quyang New Army" trained by Xiong Wuliang is obviously a copy of the "Wei Wuzu" trained by Wu Qi in Wei.
"Xunzi·Bing Pian" describes the military soldiers of Wei: "The military soldiers of Wei took it with a measure, wore armor of three attributes, wielded a crossbow with twelve stones, carried fifty arrows, placed a spear on it, wore a crown and a sword, and won three days of food." ...'
Compared with the Wei soldiers, Quyang's new army carried an extra shield, but the armor was more sophisticated and lighter, the crossbows were smaller, and they carried fewer arrows.
The overall weight should be comparable to that of the Wei soldiers back then.
An out-and-out heavy infantryman!
Dusk falls and the temperature becomes even colder.
The Quyang New Army's drill was completed, and 10,000 sergeants lined up neatly in a large square formation on the school field, like a forest of iron towers...
Except for the flags with red letters on a yellow background fluttering in the wind, the 10,000 soldiers remained motionless in place, steaming from their bodies.
Xiong Wuliang greatly praised: "The two generals' military training skills are really amazing."
Zhong Hua and Shao Hu both handed over their hands: "My lord, you have given me too much praise."
In fact, as long as there is sufficient money and food, training troops is not difficult.
Under the premise of sufficient money and food, as long as the general maintains strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, off-duty training, and advances and retreats with the soldiers, he can completely train an elite army in the feudal dynasty era.
The difficulty lies in the fact that most armies have a budget for training and daily expenses, and this budget is often very limited...
Xiong Wuliang did not set a budget for the "Quyang New Army" and reimbursed all expenses - in other words, they could only eat three meals a day and occasionally eat meat, which was the treatment only a small noble in this era had...
It's no problem to spend money like this to train an elite army that can rival the 'Wei Wu soldiers' back then.
"Your Majesty, for today's military training, all ten captains have been selected." The two generals said with cupped hands, while looking at each other tit for tat.
There seemed to be a faint edge in the air.
Zhong Hua is the former commander-in-chief of the "Quyang Army"; Shaohu is the former commander-in-chief of the "Shaohu Army"... Now that the two armies are combined into one army, who will be the commander-in-chief of this "Quyang New Army"? Who is the deputy general?
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