Chapter 627: One Hundred Thousand Qin Army
With Qin Hao's current status, it would be abnormal if he didn't even have a concubine. Therefore, Qin Hao did not hide Yun'er's existence from Liu Mu.
And Liu Mu didn't feel any disgust towards this husband's only concubine.
"You are sister Yuner, right? My husband told me on the way back that we will be sisters from now on. My sister will help me manage the Qin Mansion."
Yoona is obviously older than Liu Mu, but Liu Mu calls her his sister. It can be seen that although Liu Mu is polite to her, he has already placed himself in the position of the hostess.
It can be seen that Liu Mu did not pay attention to Yuner, a concubine who was born as a maid. In his opinion, Yuner was not a threat to her at all, and Yuner naturally did not have the courage to compete with the princess for favor.
Seeing Yoon'er's submissive look, Liu Mu was also very satisfied, and now the only person who could pose a threat to her was the legendary female general Mu Guiying.
Liu Mu enthusiastically took Yun'er's hand and asked with a smile: "Sister Yun'er, do you know General Mu Guiying?"
"Of course. Your Highness the Princess also heard about Sister Mu's deeds in Chang'an?"
"The name of Mu Guiying of the Detachment of Women has long been known to me. I really want to get to know her."
Then have a competition. Of course, Liu Mu said this in his heart.
"What's the problem? Princess, wait a moment, I will send someone to ask Sister Mu to come over."
Looking at Yoon'er with a pure face, Liu Mu suddenly burst into laughter and thought to himself: This Yoon'er is really innocent and cute. No wonder her husband wants to take her as his only concubine.
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After listening to the statements of the ministers at the Nanyang Military and Political Conference, Qin Hao also fully understood everything that had happened in Nanyang during his absence.
In the first month after Qin Hao left Nanyang, some Nanyang aristocratic families, instigated by the Yuan family, united to prepare to surround Qin Hao.
But Liu Ji had already seen through it, and used this to set up an ambush and eliminate all the die-hards in one fell swoop.
At this point, Nanyang has completely become the land of Qin Hao's family, and the family no longer dares to disobey Qin Hao.
Within the next three months, Shen Wansan joined forces with the Nanyang Family to form a Nanyang caravan, and major factories also worked overtime to produce goods for sale.
After three months of traveling back and forth, Nanyang caravans have sold Nanyang's specialty products, such as soap, colored glaze, paper and other items, to various states under the leadership of the Han Dynasty, and the sales volume is also extremely hot and demand exceeds supply.
Later, there was no need for Nanyang caravans to go out. After feeling the call of wealth, caravans from other states and counties took the initiative to come to Nanyang to purchase goods, and then transported them back to their own states and counties for sale.
Although the consumption of this round trip is huge, the profits that can be obtained are still very large, so the caravans from various states traveling to and from Nanyang are as numerous as carps crossing the river.
Relying on the attraction of specialty products, Nanyang's business operation has officially got on the right track, making money every day.
The profits earned through these three months of business operations are enough to repay the land debt owed to the Nanyang family.
The Nanyang family also tasted the benefits after joining the Nanyang caravan, so they all voluntarily gave up their land debts and instead demanded exchange for goods of the same value.
As a member of the Nanyang caravan, the benefits they enjoy are definitely much greater than those of caravans from other places.
And if goods of the same value as land are transferred through their hands, the benefits they can obtain will be doubled.
Of course, a shrewd family would choose the goods, and Wang Meng and others would not refuse them. They ordered that all goods be supplied to local families first, and they would exchange debts without spending money first.
Every specialty product in Nanyang, whether it is pure colored glass or fragrant soap, has caused a great sensation, but the strongest reaction is the paper.
All states and counties, no matter the dignitaries, aristocratic families or hundreds of families, all love this new paper.
I want to snap up more, and then copy the documents I collect and pass them on from generation to generation.
The emergence of new paper made scholars all over the world praise Qin Hao's merits, and Qin Hao's fame skyrocketed again, but he still had not completed the sixth link of the reputation task, 'leaving his name for a hundred generations'.
Paper, glass and other items, while bringing wealth and reputation to Qin Hao, also brought countless covetous people.
Once you master the manufacturing technology of new paper, colored glaze and soap, you can have a steady stream of wealth, which is an irresistible temptation for all princes.
The interests were so exciting that almost all the princes sent spies to take away the production technology from Qin Hao.
Qin Hao had already guessed this, so he took very strict measures against theft.
In addition to the layer-by-layer care of trapped camps and broken military camps, even Li Cunxiao's Flying Tiger Army and Ran Min's Huben Battalion were sent there. In addition, Jinyi Guards were under close surveillance.
To put it bluntly, even if the Grand Master comes, Qin Hao is absolutely sure to keep him.
The result of such strict guarding was that more than a dozen spies were caught every day, so much so that Wancheng Prison was almost full.
"My lord, now that our army's finances have eased, I suggest that we expand our army immediately."
Wang Meng added with a smile, and then all the ministers also expressed their opinions on the army expansion, but no one opposed the army expansion. After all, the number of Nanyang Qin army was indeed too small.
"What Military Advisor Wang said is reasonable. Since our army is going to expand this time, we must take a bigger step. This time I will expand our army to 100,000 at once."
Qin Hao's heroic words shocked everyone and left them speechless for a while.
For Nanyang now, it is not that it cannot afford to raise an army of 100,000, and it is not that the recruitment is insufficient. It is just a prefect who raises 100,000 troops. Isn't this a bit...
Everyone knew it, but no one pointed it out.
Seeing this, Qin Hao smiled calmly and said solemnly: "Nanyang is almost impossible to defend. How can I protect Nanyang without sufficient troops?
Of course, in order not to let other princes think that Nanyang has ulterior motives, the plan to expand the army to 100,000 must still be carried out secretly, and it is enough to announce the expansion to 50,000. "
"My lord is wise." All the ministers said in unison.
Qin Hao nodded with satisfaction, and when the news that four people were to be appointed to serve as prefects in Bingzhou was announced, everyone present was stunned.
It was originally thought that there were only two seats for the position of governor, but now there are twice as many, which means that everyone has the hope of being qualified for the position of governor. How can we not be excited about this.
That is a prefect. Even if he has no military power and only holds political power, he is still a prefect!
When Qin Hao saw this, he immediately patted the table to signal everyone not to get excited, and then prepared to announce the appointment list of prefects.
