At nightfall, Ma Rujing came back dejectedly with more than a dozen generals.
Xiao Yi at the door was extremely happy.
He won, but within a day, this group of people came back defeated and gave up.
Xiao Yi waved his fist. The third brother was indeed right. If God rewards hard work, he will become rich overnight!
In this one gambling game, he won more than 3,000 coins.
This is because Xiao Yi is too poor. His entire wealth is only more than 200 yuan, otherwise the gambling money could be doubled more than ten times.
In the main hall, Chu Qing was practicing calligraphy with Fu San.
The generals drooped their heads and were embarrassed to walk in. Ma Rujing also blushed, and finally sighed and walked into the main hall.
In addition to the breeding farm, they went to many places. After struggling for a day, they couldn't figure out where to start. During this period, the army also looked for them and said that Chu Qing had woken up.
Chu Qing raised his head and smiled slightly: "Commander."
Putting down his pen, Chu Qing poured a cup of tea for Ma Rujing with a gentle smile on his face.
Seeing Chu Qing being so polite, Ma Rujing looked suspicious and glanced at the paper on the table.
"Ignore it in your free time, practice calligraphy, and write pairs."
Chu Qing handed over the teacup, and Ma Rujing looked at the couple.
"If people teach people and don't teach people, are pigs and dogs not as good as pigs and dogs?"
"Write whatever you want."
Ma Rujing shook his head: "Your handwriting is not very good."
"I know, it's just because my handwriting isn't very good, so I don't let others read it, so I just write whatever I want."
Chu Qing continued with a complex look on his face: "There are some people whose handwriting is so beautiful that they want to be their masters forever, but every word, every stroke, should be punished by the nine clans and copied all over the house!"
Ma Rujing frowned, wondering who Chu Qing was talking about.
Chu Qing sat on the stool and asked with a smile: "I heard that the commander-in-chief inspected various construction sites in Wangyuan City today. How is it? Are you satisfied?"
Ma Rujing stood up straight and cupped his hands slightly. Although his face was red, he looked serious.
"I, Marshal Ma Rujing, will never interfere in people's livelihood matters again."
There was no surprise on Chu Qing's face, and he said calmly: "The commander-in-chief is serious."
Ma Rujing also sat on the stool, with a look of shame on his face.
After leaving the breeding farm, Ma Rujing no longer dared to boast, and went to many places with a humble heart to learn.
When they were at the breeding farm, Ma Rujing scolded Chu Qing for being crazy and letting boars be bred and then castrated, which was like losing ginkgo.
Later, the steward explained that Mr. Chu was already very kind and at least let the boar be bred before castration, because only after castration, the pork would not have a fishy smell, and it would grow faster, and it would take a long time to gain weight.
In addition, he also took out a "Pig Raising Secrets" written by Chu Qing himself. It contains basic knowledge about breeding, every word is worth a thousand dollars, how to care for sows after delivery, how to gain fat, how to gain weight quickly after castration, etc.
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After Ma Rujing read it, he realized how ridiculous he was, and after seeing with his own eyes the difference between castrated and uncastrated boars, he was speechless.
A group of generals didn't even eat, so they shamelessly stewed pork with wild vegetables in a pot. The pork was castrated and, in a word, had a bit of a scratchy taste.
After leaving the pig farm, Ma Rujing and other generals no longer dared to say that they were going to take over, and went to the brewing workshop in the city. After asking, they learned that the brewing workshop was not using grain from Wangyuan City, but food from Wangyuan City.
It was shipped by the Guan Nei family.
If Chu Qing directly reaches out to ask for food from the aristocratic family, the aristocratic family will definitely not be able to do it. If he does it once or twice, no one will continue to suffer as time goes by.
Therefore, Chu Qing gave part of the winemaking workshop to the noble families. If he wanted to make money, he had to send grain to make wine, and then sell the wine to Wangyuan City and the pass.
Ask the aristocratic family to send food to the border troops, but they won't do it.
But in order to make money, they would send grain to breweries to make wine. In fact, the people of Wangyuan City benefited because they could work and make money.
Then we went to the blacksmith shop that was under construction, called the blacksmith shop. It was actually a large open-air square. The blacksmiths from Guanhai had already arrived one after another, and they were selecting apprentices among the people of Wangyuan City.
These apprentices can become excellent blacksmiths in a few years, and these blacksmiths specialize in serving the border troops. The blacksmiths who teach them can go, but these blacksmith apprentices are all people of Wangyuan City, and they will not
Go, they will serve the border army forever.
Ma Rujing and others finally understood why every time they told someone they wanted to take over, they always laughed.
A "blacksmith shop" requires a large amount of iron materials, and the money to purchase iron materials goes through a virtuous cycle such as brewing workshops, shop taxes, and papermaking workshops. Once the blacksmith shop is on track, the first thing to do is to "renovate" it.
Gradually remanufacture some of the standard equipment of the border army. During this period, there will be a lot of losses. Chu Qing will advance the money lost. When all the border troops are re-equipped, the blacksmith shop can be maintained through other "income" channels in the city.
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Everything and everything in Wangyuan City and outside Wangyuan City, some lose money and some lose money, but in the long run, the border troops and the people of Wangyuan City take the biggest advantage.
There are links everywhere, and every industry is more or less related to each other.
Ma Rujing and many generals were terrified. If he intervened, anyone who was not a member of Chu Qing's small group could easily deviate from Chu Qing's plans or even lead to irreparable mistakes.
Ma Rujing is not stupid. On the contrary, he is smarter than many people. He is just a little arrogant because of his identity and personality.
Ma Rujing, who is not stupid, and all the generals can actually take over and let different industries operate independently. Not to mention better than Tao Weiran and Nangong Pingping, at least they can barely operate.
But these industries are related to each other, and they involve the whole body. Careful planning is meticulous, including everyone's work, material transportation, financial investment, personnel allocation, etc., and they are all linked together.
Therefore, Ma Rujing did not dare to intervene, and no one dared to intervene.
Although they only saw the tip of the iceberg, everyone was already shocked by Chu Qing's huge blueprint.
They also inadvertently asked what the Border Security Office meant.
The Sixth Battalion will deploy a large number of manpower to invest in the construction of Wangyuan City and the border pass. Chu Qing will only pay two-thirds of the labor, and the remaining one-third will be invested in the border security office.
The Border Security Office will invest money in various industries in Wangyuan City and Border Pass. The money will snowball like a snowball. When the money does not need to be accumulated, it will be three years.
In about time, there will be a "return".
This money will be used to provide for the living security of the Sixth Battalion of the Border Army after they retire, including marriage, housing, having children, raising children, etc. The Border Army will have someone to rely on when they retire and grow old.
The longer you serve, the more benefits you will receive. The minimum standard is three years.
In addition, military personnel who are killed or disabled in battle will enjoy the highest "grade" no matter how many years they have served, or even if they serve for just one day.
That is, the whole family, old and young, will be properly taken care of. The elderly will be taken care of by the Border Security Office until they die, and the children will be raised until they are sixteen years old and enrolled in the soon-to-be-opened poor school.
Read until the age of sixteen and arrange errands.
Those with high intelligence will be sent to Changjing Hanmen Academy for "further study" for one year and will take the scientific examination after one year. Those with average intelligence will enter all walks of life. Even if they are poor students, they are still guaranteed and can choose to join the border army.
, starting from the corps leader.
Chu Qing's plan even extended beyond the border.
When Ma Rujing returned to the city, he passed several large tents filled with actors.
After asking around, I found out that half of these actors will leave in three months and return to Changjing to go to various places to sing operas and tour.
Chu Qing had already advanced money to them. He would not sing for aristocratic families or dignitaries, but would only go to various villages, towns and counties.
The protagonists in the play are all soldiers and border soldiers. Chu Qing wants to use these actors to let the world know what the border is like and what kind of good men the border soldiers are. In the border, these good men
Man, how much have you sacrificed?
Chu Qing arranged everything and completed everything he could think of step by step.
Looking at the faces that looked extremely young compared to the generals, Ma Rujing smiled, and the smile turned into laughter, and the laughter turned into wild laughter.
Smiling and laughing, Ma Rujing shed tears.
He originally thought that in this life, until his death, he would never be able to catch up with Feng Luo, or the only frontier commander in the Chang Dynasty Border Pass.
But now, Ma Rujing knew that he had already caught up, and it wouldn't take long before he would be far ahead.
What Feng Luo couldn't do, Ma Rujing did.
Because of the border, a young man named Chu Qing came. He brought tens of millions of coins and gathered young heroes together in Wangyuan to form an army and serve the people.
A few years later, more than ten years later, and decades later, when people mention the border, which had already changed a lot, they will mention Chu Qing's name. It was Chu Qing who changed the border.
When mentioning Chu Qing, everyone will think that when Chu Qing changed the border, the commander in office was called Ma Rujing!
This is enough.
The obsession, the suffering, and the unwillingness in Ma Rujing's heart disappeared.
"Ma Rujing." Ma Rujing stood up again and saluted Chu Qing: "Thank you, Inspector Chu."
Outside the main hall, more than ten generals saluted together.
"I'll be waiting for you, on behalf of the border troops, to thank Chu Jianzheng."
Supervisor Chu was straightening his clothes and slowly bowed to the outside of the main hall.
"Chu Qing, Dai Chang Chao Wan Min, thank you, generals."
