Chao Gai gave Shi Xiu next to him: "Brother, I have recruited such a good player for our escort agency. With this skill, there is no problem with a hundred enemies."

Shi Xiu exclaimed: "Brother Bian Xiang's martial arts are beyond words, but it's not that easy to impress anyone."

It is a common problem for those with ability to do this.

Bian Xiang and Lu Fang stopped.

Bian Xiang came over and turned over and dismounted. He was so happy that he touched the chrysanthemum green.

"Brother, I really give this horse to me? This horse can be no more than a few hundred straits."

"I really give it to you. I can't buy hundreds of guans, but I can buy one thousand guans. But in spring, I have to borrow two months and transfer to the horse farm to breed ponies."

"That's fine, no problem, just follow my brother's arrangement."

After a while of discussion, after learning that Bian Xiang is an all-round talent.

Horse War has some experience. His family has a farm horse. After practicing for a few years, he has some basic skills.

Infantry battles are strengths. Using a short-handled mountain-opening axe is as powerful as a cow, and its combat power is even stronger than Liu Tang and Shi Xiu.

But such a person is good at judging words and writing, and can write and calculate. No wonder he is highly valued in Tian Hu's army. He is a rare talent.

Bian Xiang has officially joined, but most of the time he is only arranged to be in charge of the escort agency.

Chao Xiong is too busy with business, so he has to get started with many businesses.

Other escorts often carry goods back and forth. Few people who are very skilled in martial arts and know how to advance and retreat are in charge. Now Bian Xiang is here to solve the problem.

Bian Xiang is in charge of the escort agency, and he doesn't have to go out. He leads team training on a daily basis. Someone comes to cause trouble and is responsible for handling it.

The world is more about human nature and worldly affairs, and we cannot just fight and kill. Bian Xiang has rich experience and can handle it easily.

Bian Xiang put forward a better opinion.

The defense of the escort agency only has cowhide armor, which is too weak. The imperial court does not allow it to build iron armor, and the second is that it requires a lot of funds.

"In the current situation, there will be more and more bandits everywhere. The escort agencies still have to rely on their strength to speak. If they are not strong enough, they may not even have negotiations."

"Brother Bian Xiang said very well, and there are many bandits who do not talk about the rules and morality of the world. What solutions can brothers do?"

"The rattan hats and rattan cards are made of hard rattan strips, which can block ordinary swords, bows and crossbows, and their defense is still very strong. The most important thing is that it is a branch after all, and there are many such craftsmen."

I made some of them some time ago, but they did not make a lot of them. It seems that all staff should be equipped with rattan helmets, and at least hundreds of rattan cards were needed for training. Most bandits do not have bows and arrows, so it is better to prepare in advance.

Immediately arrange it, there are many rattan craftsmen nearby, and as long as the money is in place, it is not a problem.

Chao Gai was very happy. The Antong Escort Agency was on the right track, with a lot of business, and it still looked very popular on the surface.

On this day, Chao Gai was discussing ginseng with Chao Xiong. Chaojiazhuang planned to open a special shop in Dongping City to sell special medicinal materials such as ginseng, deer antler, deer whip, Schisandra chinensis and other specialty medicinal materials from Liaodong.

Both Zengtou City and Dengyun Mountain can be supplied, and compared to restaurants, such a store is not as expensive as a rent, and one shopkeeper and two friends can do the work. It can be said to be a good project that is short and fast, and it is better for Chaojiazhuang, which is in urgent need of a large amount of funds.

"Now we have set up a management model and a sales accounting method. Once a store is managed, we will open dozens of stores in a chain model, so that we can get a lot of copper, gold and silver."

Chao Xiong nodded: "Okay brother, I'll arrange it. Ours is different from a regular pharmacy, and it's more appropriate to define it as a gift shop. So we have to work hard on packaging."

"Okay, the carpenter in the village has expanded some, ordered some excellent wood, and specially made gift boxes."

These days, traffic is not smooth, information is not developed, and rare things are very expensive.

Da Zhuang came to report: "Master Chen, Master Chen sent you a visit and said there was something important to discuss."

"Okay, tell him, I'll go soon."

Chao Gai did not delay and brought two guards into the city in a carriage.

Mr. Chen is not in the government office today, but in the Ministry of Agricultural Affairs Office, and is a department in charge of agricultural production.

Spring is an important period for planting trees and farming, and many things need to be done.

"Chao Tuan is very busy and hasn't shown up for a long time. Where did he go to post this again?"

"What money do you make? I opened a semicolon from Jeju, opened a restaurant, and lived in Jeju for a while. The medicinal food in Chaojialou in Dongping is good, so Master Chen goes to try it when he has time."

"I am an old man over fifty years old, what kind of medicinal food should I eat? The hundreds of thousands of mulberry seedlings transported some time ago have been planted. I can find that I can get some more. The mountainous area is only a few dozen miles north of the city. It is not easy to grow crops well. Lord Chen is very troubled. Now the imperial court increases taxes every year. The benefits of sericulture are still very good and can increase farmers' income."

"It's definitely possible to do it, but Mr. Chen, I am a businessman, I distributed mulberry seedlings for free. When I sell cocoons, the seedlings will be deducted. These farmers may not sell them to me. I have to pay for even the mulberry seedlings."

"This is easy to deal with. The government office will give you an approval document. If you supply mulberry villages, you only allow your business to purchase them. However, other merchants purchase them are illegal. In fact, the problem is the purchase price. As long as the price difference is not large, farmers are still willing to sell them to you. After all, the seedlings are supplied by you, and people will still be grateful to the well digger when they draw water."

Chao Gai nodded: "Why did I listen to Master talking about me? Is there something wrong? Master Chen just arranges it."

"The court imposed a tax on Western wages, and Lord Chen couldn't bear to increase taxes on farmers, so the merchants couldn't escape this time. I hope Chao Tuanlian will take the lead. After all, Antong Escort Agency is a new big business, and merchants near the dock are watching you."

"No problem, I will pay as much as I fight Xixia. I will use it. I will take a knife to the battlefield."

Mr. Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry about the war. That's the matter of Taiwei Tong. Don't worry, there will be not too much taxes, hundreds of cents."

"As long, I understand."

It is indeed not much, but definitely not a lot. An ordinary guard can only have a monthly salary plus a reward of hundreds of cents. And you should know that this hundred stake is an extra special tax, just for the tax on the war in the Western Xia Dynasty. No one knows where the money is used.

Chao Gai has to pay a lot of money this time, Chao Jialou and Antong Escort Agency, and he can even get 200 charity.

Sure enough, the tax officer arrived at the dock the next morning.

First, I beat drums and drums, and shouted and paid the Western salary.

Carry on cheering for the soldiers of the Western Expedition and resisting the Western Xia.

The slogan was shouted very loudly, but no one took the initiative to pay it.
Chapter completed!