"The Marquis has treated us with great kindness. If the Marquis has given orders, it is our duty to do so! Boss Lin, can you please tell me what we should do?"
After Cao Wendong finished speaking, Liao Xifan also stood up and cupped his hands.
"Yes, that's right! It's natural to share the worries for the Marquis, but I hope Boss Lin can give me a regulation on how to share the worries, and I will definitely follow it!"
The rest of the people also agreed.
"Everyone, please take a seat and listen to Lin's detailed explanation!"
Lin Wenyuan saw that the time was ripe, so he pressed his hand and said: "This time, Mr. Hou plans to launch a fundraising appeal to merchants across the Tang Dynasty in the name of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce. Although our Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce has just been established for more than a year, under the influence of Mr. Hou, Under his wise leadership, it has become the most influential chamber of commerce in the Tang Dynasty. Now that the country is in crisis, we must share the worries for the Marquis and the country!
Tomorrow's "Datang Daily" will publish a notice about raising military funds. By then, businessmen all over the world will know about this from the newspaper. As for me and other members of the Chamber of Commerce, firstly, we need to mobilize the forces around us, contact other businessmen around us, and vigorously publicize this matter within these two days; secondly, after three days, Mr. Hou authorized Lin to hold a fund-raising meeting, and businessmen who are interested in raising funds will come. Participate. At that time, I hope that members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce and I can take the lead in raising donations to set an example..."
Lin Wenyuan explained in detail the plan that Li Ke had previously told him. Everyone was silent for a moment and agreed:
"That's it. Don't worry, Boss Lin. After Cao goes back soon, he will visit some of Cao's friends in Beijing. They have always admired Mr. Hou. I don't expect them to refuse this fund-raising meeting!"
"Haha! Liao also has many business friends in Beijing. I will contact them immediately after I return home soon!"
"Our Zheng family does have many business friends in Jiangnan, but there will be a fund-raising meeting in three days. I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time!"
At this moment, Zheng Qianjun frowned and said.
The Zheng family's Misty Rain Villa is famous in the Jiangnan area for both black and white. In the business world in the Jiangnan area, the Zheng family is also a presence that can turn its hands into clouds and rain. As long as Zheng Qianjun's father, Zheng Yinhong, "raises his hand," "Huh", more than half of the merchants in the entire Jiangnan Province will definitely respond positively, but Jiangnan is nearly a thousand miles away from Chang'an. No matter how influential Zheng Yinhong is in Jiangnan, it is impossible for the merchants in Jiangnan to travel thousands of miles to Chang'an to raise funds, let alone Even if they were willing to come, they wouldn't be able to make it in time for the fund-raising meeting in three days!
"Young Master Zheng's worries are not unreasonable! Jiangnan is a long way from Chang'an, and I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time!"
Lin Wenyuan nodded, looked at Zheng Qianjun, and said: "This fund-raising meeting is of a tight schedule. We can only give priority to mobilizing businessmen near the capital to raise a batch of military supplies first, so that the Marquis, the court, and the Holy Emperor can see our businessmen. The power! Think about it, why did your Majesty agree to the Marquis’s request to call on businessmen to raise military resources for the country this time? This is a good opportunity for us!
Scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, we merchants have been looked down upon for hundreds of years. We merchants are all said to value profits. But this time to raise military resources for the country, we want the world to see that we merchants are not just profit-oriented villains. Pay more attention to justice and national justice! "
After hearing what Lin Wenyuan said, Cao Wendong's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said: "Boss Lin's words speak to Cao's heart! Scholars, farmers, industry and businessmen, we businessmen have been prejudiced by the world for hundreds of years. If we want to be Others think highly of it, only we can unite ourselves and do something that others can think of. This time raising military resources for the country is a good opportunity to show our businessmen’s profound righteousness. Cao doesn’t care about others, but the amount of the Cao family’s donation this time It won’t be less than 20,000 yuan!”
As the largest silk merchant and cloth merchant in the capital, Cao Wendong has actually been committed to establishing a chamber of commerce to improve the status of merchants. However, his ability and influence are limited, and he can only do more than he can do. Last year, after many twists and turns, Cao Wendong finally caught up with Li Zexuan and the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce. Over the past year, he has watched the chamber of commerce grow bit by bit. The status of the members of the chamber of commerce has increased. It is also gradually increasing.
This may not be obvious when looking at the Tang Dynasty, but it is absolutely obvious when looking at Lantian County! Because Li Zexuan has implemented a complete business protection system in Lantian County, and has a special commercial department to handle disputes related to businessmen, in Lantian County, the status of businessmen is no longer at the bottom of society, but everyone is equal. !
Lin Wenyuan's words made Cao Wendong realize that this raising of military resources was a good opportunity for businessmen to increase their influence. Of course, putting this aside, if merchants want to do business safely, they must have a stable environment. The prerequisite for this stable environment is that in the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, the Tang Dynasty must win. OK!
Otherwise, let alone doing business, in troubled times, it would be difficult for ordinary people to survive!
For these reasons, Cao Wendong was willing to spend a lot of money to support the military resources raising conference initiated by Li Zexuan.
"Okay! Boss Cao is really brave!"
Lin Wenyuan looked happy and said: "Boss Cao understands the righteousness so well, Lin admires it! Here, Lin will give you the bottom line. This time to raise military funds, the amount of money donated by Lin will not be less than 20,000 yuan! Of course, this is just Lin’s guarantee to you. As for how much you and other business friends will donate, Mr. Hou and Lin will never force you. Everyone will do what they can. No matter how much or how little you donate, it is all from the same heart. !”
"good!"
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, although everyone here has little wealth, not everyone can throw out twenty thousand guan like Cao Wendong and Lin Wenyuan without blinking an eye (strictly speaking, whether it is Cao Wendong or Lin Wenyuan, No one is so rich that they don’t care about 20,000 yuan. They will still feel a little pain if they take out so much money at once. The reason why they are willing to give up is because they see the general trend clearly), so when they first heard When Cao Wendong wanted to donate 20,000 yuan, some people couldn't help but worry in their hearts, secretly wondering whether this fundraising meeting would turn into a donation competition meeting? Did one donate more than the other?
Lin Wenyuan's last words gave everyone a temporary reassurance.
"Okay! It's getting late, and Lin has finished explaining what the Marquis has explained! Please start contacting familiar friends in Beijing today to publicize the fund-raising meeting in three days!"
Seeing that everything was done, Lin Wenyuan stood up and said.
"Okay! Then let's all get in touch!"
Everyone stood up and said goodbye one after another.
This is the end of this secret meeting of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce.
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"A group of soldiers listen to my command, 25 people in a row, form an array~!"
Lin Wenyuan and the members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce were discussing the matter of raising military resources. In the Xuanjia Army Camp, where the Wuzi Camp was training, Li Zexuan and Sun Zhiping were organizing the soldiers to conduct cavalry training.
According to the first edition of "Heavy Cavalry Drill Code" compiled by Li Zexuan, cavalry training for an hour and a half begins every day at Shen Shi (3 p.m.). All soldiers wear helmets and armor, and their horses wear armor to practice charging into the formation. Technique, order and prohibition, neat and uniform.
At this time, Sun Zhiping gave an order, and the No. 100 sergeant of Wuzi Battalion immediately got on his horse, and 25 people in a row quickly formed a heavy cavalry line.
There is a reason why horizontal formations are used instead of column formations.
Because a horizontal line charge can maximize the impact of heavy cavalry. When three or four rows of heavy cavalry attack the enemy at the same time, the enemy's solid defensive formation will quickly collapse. The cavalry can disperse and turn to the side, and then assemble behind other cavalry lines, and then the next round of assault fronts will attack. In this way, it can produce powerful impact and continuous consumption results on fixed enemies.
Before Napoleon, the horizontal formation was the basic form of all cavalry charges. Throughout the eighth century, there was only one occasion when cavalry charged in column when breaking through an enemy encirclement.
"Target, a wooden stake three hundred feet away, charge!"
In just a few breaths, the heavy cavalry squadron of a hundred people was quickly assembled. Sun Zhiping nodded with satisfaction, which proved that their training yesterday was not in vain. Then, he pulled out the long sword from his waist and pointed it at the ground three hundred feet away. Rows of wooden stakes, loudly ordered.
"Kill~!"
The soldiers did not agree loudly, but shouted the word "kill" in unison, and the hundred-man cavalry regiment began to rush towards the wooden stakes in front at a specific speed.
"One two one, one two one!"
The essence of the heavy cavalry charge tactics is that each cavalry member must maintain uniform movements, and each war horse must maintain the same pace. Only in this way can the strongest impact of the heavy cavalry be exerted, and the enemy be visually and The biggest impact on hearing! Therefore, Sun Zhiping also mounted his war horse at this time and moved forward with the soldiers of the Wuzi Battalion of the first team. At the same time, he shouted the slogans taught to him by Li Zexuan to control the rhythm of the soldiers' advance!
Regarding the advance rhythm of the heavy cavalry line when charging, Li Zexuan also made detailed regulations in the "Heavy Cavalry Drill Code", that is, the line will start to advance as slowly as possible at the beginning. This is to build up momentum, and then switch to a fast step to get closer to the enemy. When you are about 300 meters away, you switch to light running, then gradually increase your forward speed and switch to fast running. When you are 20 or 30 meters away from the enemy, you move forward at full speed, pushing the impact of the heavy cavalry to its peak!
"Stop~!"
When the first group of soldiers were twenty or thirty feet away, Li Zexuan, who was observing from the side, suddenly shouted.
"Uu~!"
"Boom~!"
One hundred knights immediately reined in their horses, and the horses' hooves hit the ground, making a uniform sound.
Li Zexuan rode forward and said sternly: "The first row is the fifth and twelfth from the left hand, the second row is the third from the left, the third row is the tenth from the left, and the fourth row is the tenth from the left. Seventh, eighth, twenty-one, all the people I just mentioned are listed!"
Hearing Li Zexuan's unkind tone, everyone was silent for a moment. However, the soldiers who were called out, after a moment of hesitation, rode to the side of the square formation, waiting in fear for Li Zexuan's "defeat"!
Li Zexuan gave this angry person a faint look, and then said loudly: "The seven of you were either half a step too fast or half a step too slow. You can't always keep the same pace as others! You just stand aside and watch, and the others , return to the original position and rearrange the formation!"
"Here~!"
The other soldiers clasped their fists and accepted the promise. Immediately afterwards, the front army turned to the rear army, and soon returned to its original position.
Li Zexuan said in a deep voice: "Colonel Sun, you ride in front and lead the team. The rest of the people follow behind Colonel Sun. Control your horses and keep the same pace as Captain Sun. No matter who is fast or slow, , I will find them all for you and let you train alone when the time comes!"
"The last general takes command!"
Sun Zhiping responded and rode to the front of the cavalry line.
Since Li Zexuan is supervising him from behind, he only needs to lead the team from the front.
The other soldiers did not expect that Li Zexuan would be so strict. He could not even move his horse forward half a step faster or slower. For a moment, everyone was very energetic, because if they wanted to meet Li Zexuan's requirements, they had to Maintaining a high concentration of energy is not only a test of their personal reaction ability, but also a test of their ability to control the war horse! No room for slacking off!
"Generals, listen to the order and charge with me!"
Sun Zhiping pulled out his long sword, pointed it at the wooden stake in front of him again, and gave a loud order.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Zhiping was seen in front, followed by four rows of cavalry. "Da, da da, da da da, da da da da, da da da da." The speed of the horses increased from slow to fast, but all the horses kept the same pace. They were so unanimous that when watching the other soldiers of Wuzi Camp from the sidelines, they could only hear the sound of a horse hoof at this time!
Uniform! This is called uniformity! The momentum of the cavalry charge is slowly building up! ready!
"Da da da da da!"
When he was more than thirty feet away from the wooden stake, Sun Zhiping's horse speed suddenly increased. After a brief adjustment of pace, the soldiers behind quickly caught up with Sun Zhiping's rhythm. The sound of horse hooves became uniform again, and As the distance progresses, the frequency of the horse's hoofbeats becomes faster and faster, just like the war drums during an expedition. The drumbeats become more and more intensive, so that everyone has the illusion that their own heartbeats are getting faster and faster!
"Da da da da da da!"
When they were only fifteen feet away from the wooden stake, the speed of the cavalry charge finally reached its peak, but at this time Li Zexuan did not give the order to stop, and Sun Zhiping naturally did not dare to give the order to stop, but the sergeant No. 100 behind him saw that he could not stop. When they stopped, they were about to hit a wooden post. If they hit it at such a fast speed, they would definitely be knocked over. For a while, the originally neat and uniform team finally heard some messy hoofbeats, and the formation of the cavalry also became a little scattered. .
"Why didn't Li Canjun give the order to stop? At this speed, it will be too late to stop!"
Not only the cavalry on the field, but also the other Xuanjia Army sergeants watching the battle off the field were also secretly worried at this moment.
However, Li Zexuan's eyes were cold and he didn't say a word. He had no intention of letting everyone stop, because he was very dissatisfied with the panic that had just appeared in the cavalry charge. In his opinion, the most important thing about a cavalry charge is order and uniformity. , the order is forbidden, the general has not ordered to stop, no one can listen, even if there is an abyss ahead, we can't stop!
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