Long Zhankui was shocked when he looked at these weapons and equipment, and couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, does this cost a lot of money?"
Fang Hao was quite emotional when he mentioned it, that is, it really doesn't cost much to support these 600,000 officers and soldiers for a month.
In the past, the military pay given to the soldiers by the Long family and the Mu family was only one tael of silver a month, and it was often delayed.
After Fang Hao accepted it, it was directly increased to two taels of silver a month, and an army of 500,000 people only cost one million taels of silver a month.
As for the guards who maintain public security, these people do not go to the front line and only have one tael of silver, which is 1.1 million taels of silver. As for the civil and military officials, the total does not exceed 100,000 taels.
One million and two hundred thousand taels a month is enough. In addition, the food and grass for the army does not cost five cents of silver per person, and there are one hundred thousand war horses, which do not cost five cents of silver each.
The total cost was only 1.5 million taels, which when converted into gold, was only 150,000 taels of gold.
This is because the supplies of Sinful Leader are several times that of the outside world, otherwise, the consumption would be even less.
And Fang Hao is rich. He got one million from the Tianyin Sect. He has killed a lot of people these days. Those treasure bags and the like should be taken away from him.
So with about 1.5 million taels of gold, he could sustain himself for ten months even if he had no income!
However, these weapons and equipment are expensive, need to be transported from distant places, and must be kept secret. They are all contraband.
Fang Hao pointed at the large amount of equipment in front of him. It seemed like a lot, but in fact it was barely enough to distribute, but it cost him more than 300,000 taels of gold.
This time, about five hundred thousand taels of gold were spent. However, upgrading the equipment of the army is the most important. To be able to win the war, although the equipment may not necessarily play a decisive role, with good equipment, fighting will be much easier.
The key is that compared with those of Qi and Chen, these armies are just miscellaneous armies.
With these equipment, you always have a little more confidence.
He explained to Long Zhankui: "Distribute these things as soon as possible, and then train in formation. Remember that there is still a month. I want these soldiers to be brave and good at fighting. You don't have to worry about supplies. If you are missing anything, you can find it."
Shen Yutang, he will find a way."
"Your Highness, you want to leave?" Long Zhankui asked doubtfully.
At this moment, Fang Hao's face became serious: "Long Zhankui, you are the general of Qi, and so am I. You are the one I trust the most. I want you to do something!"
"I will obey your orders!" Long Zhankui immediately knelt down on one knee.
"Made, I didn't even say anything yet, you just obeyed!" Fang Hao couldn't help laughing when he saw this.
"Hey, what the general says is a military order. No general dares to disobey it." Long Zhankui said with a smile.
"Please keep this matter secret. Pay attention to the movements of the priests of the divine religion. I think there are more and more priests here." Fang Hao said with a serious face.
Long Zhankui's eyes flashed: "General, don't you trust them?"
Fang Hao said without hesitation: "Yes, I really don't worry about these magicians. I know that you guys don't believe in the divine envoys, but you also think that the identity of this divine envoy is beneficial to me, so I behave very
trust!"
Long Zhankui's true thoughts were exposed and he said with a smile: "The general is wise."
"Don't flatter them, just pay attention to them. If there's anything unusual, write it down for me!" Fang Hao said seriously.
"Yes, General."
"In addition, hurry up and train to attack the city. Train more in peacetime and bleed less in war. Don't slack off!" Fang Hao looked solemn and serious.
"I will definitely live up to the general's trust!" Long Zhankui's face was extremely solemn.
After Fang Hao left, Long Zhankui immediately summoned the senior officials in his original department, his sister, Xuanyuan Shura, and some Xuanjing masters, and gave some instructions.
Then the army began to prepare for war. Long Zhankui was named a general in command by Fang Hao, commanding more than 500,000 soldiers, while Yang Shu was named a military advisor, which is also the special chief of staff!
As for Fang Hao, he went to meet the old magician Shen Yutang.
The divine priests led by Shen Yutang did their best and seemed loyal to Fang Hao.
But Fang Hao knew that, let alone Shen Yutang, he would talk about those little priests. These people were loyal to the Nine Yang Heavenly Lord.
Of course, in Fang Hao's heart, this Nine Yang Heavenly Lord is a dead ghost!
But Fang Hao had to be careful. After all, it was a religion. If he messed up, it was really possible to steal his fruits!
"Your Highness, why do you have time to come to the temple today? You haven't come for a while!" The wrinkles on Shen Yutang's face have actually relaxed a lot over the past few days, and his face is full of red. It seems that he is in high spirits during happy events.
"Haha, I'm here to see you." Fang Hao laughed.
"Your Highness doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for any reason. Wouldn't it be nice for you to stay in our temple? You are a divine envoy, so you must pay attention to your identity." Shen Yutang said helplessly.
"In addition to being an envoy of God, I am also a general. I have to communicate more with the soldiers and pay attention to their training. People here think that I am an envoy of God, but not in other places." Fang Hao shook his head.
"Over the past few days, I have heard many people say that His Highness is very knowledgeable about military matters. Now it seems that it is indeed the case. Your Highness is highly cultivated, knowledgeable about military matters, and is a divine envoy. Great things can be expected!" Shen Yutang was very happy.
"I won't talk nonsense with you anymore, I'm going to the Blood Demon Hall!"
Fang Hao's words made Shen Yutang perk up and immediately said: "Your Highness, I will immediately recruit all the priests to fight with the army and take over the helm of the Blood Demon Hall!"
Looking at Shen Yutang who was excited and his eyes were shining, Fang Hao said depressedly: "Who said I'm going to fight the Blood Demon Hall?"
"Uh... Your Highness, even the missionaries of our Jiuyang God Sect can't enter the territory of the Blood Demon Hall. They don't believe that you are an envoy of God. They must defeat the Blood Demon Hall by force and drive the Blood Demon Hall out of Xiongfeng City.
Only in this way can Xiongfeng City be unified, and the Lianghe Plain is conquered by His Highness, so I will go to Nanchuan alone. When the army comes to the border, and with the cooperation of our followers and priests of the Jiuyang Sect over there, the unification of the sinful territories will be just around the corner!"
Shen Yutang became more and more excited as he talked. Fang Hao looked at it and couldn't help but said: "Is there any enmity between the Jiuyang Divine Sect and the Blood Evil Sect?"
"Your Highness, I don't have any hatred, but there is no coexistence between good and evil!" Shen Yutang said with righteousness.
Fang Hao couldn't help but laugh: "I almost believed it, it's true!"
Under Fang Hao's hot gaze, Shen Yutang's expression remained unchanged, but he showed a bit of a smile: "There is room for others to sleep soundly under the couch."
Fang Hao's eyes flashed: "Is it my bed or your bed?"
Shen Yutang's face straightened, and he bent down with his hands in hand: "Of course it is the bed of His Majesty the Divine Envoy."
"Well, it's good if we know each other. You and I go to the Blood Demon Sect and pay a visit!" Fang Hao said calmly.
However, Shen Yutang's expression changed greatly: "Your Highness, you must not do it. If the two of us go there, it will be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth." (To be continued)