I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

At this time, Huo Nian'an also leaned forward and said, "I have led 5,000 soldiers and horses to station outside the city, waiting for Lord Jiang's orders at any time."

In that case, the military power belongs to Jiang Zuo?

Jiang Zuo couldn't help but wonder: "Is the empress really such a good person?"

In fact, according to reason, Jiang Zuo could also command the Six Garrison Army, but among these Six Garrison Army, there were too many people who were dissatisfied with Jiang Zuo and would not work for him at all.

Originally, the Anding Army was short of manpower, and Jiangzuo did not want the Six Towns Army to intervene. Now that the emperor has sent help, Jiangzuo will accept it.

The defense pressure on the border is indeed quite high now.

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers."

Jiang Zuo said politely.

Huo Nian'an looked calm and said kindly, "Your Excellency is too kind. I wonder what your Excellency's orders are now. Should the soldiers outside the city be stationed in the city or outside the city?"

Jiang Zuo thought for a moment before saying, "First, I'll trouble you all to go and defend the border. Please wait for a moment, I'll have someone take you there."

Now it seems that Huo Nian'an is not bad.

The five thousand soldiers outside the city were used to garrison the newly opened trade port.

"Master Guo, call Yang Feng over."

Jiang Zuo turned around and gave instructions, and then said: "Everyone has come all the way here, I will prepare some food and drinks for the soldiers."

"You are welcome, sir. We have already eaten. Now we will go and carry out your orders."

Huo Nian'an bowed.

Yes, at least Jiang Zuo was quite satisfied with Huo Nian's performance.

It would be best if I wasn't here to supervise Jiang Zuo...

Two days later, the situation on the border had stabilized, and the new garrison troops joined the defense, and the pressure on the An Ding Army was suddenly reduced.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo can go to the trading port without any worries and continue to prepare for business with the people of Mobei.

As soon as he went out, he was stopped by Chen Qingyun.

"Jiang Zuo, where are you going now?"

Chen Qingyun is now more worried about Jiang Zuo's physical condition. After all, he has just recovered and Chen Qingyun does not want his old injury to recur.

"I'm going to the grasslands on the border and may be back later."

Jiang Zuo said this and was about to walk out the door.

"and many more."

Chen Qingyun called him.

"The border is so dangerous now, you should stay in Anding County."

"That group of Mobei people brought a lot of prisoners here again. I have to go and receive them myself."

Jiang Zuo said.

Since the bounty was issued, a steady stream of laborers have been brought to Anding County.

Jiang Zuo planned to use all of those laborers to build city defenses on the border and dig new mines.

It is definitely impossible to build the Great Wall in Jiangzuo, but it is still possible to prepare a fortress at the trading port.

"Another captive?" Chen Qingyun was slightly surprised and asked in confusion, "You let those Mobei people snatch so many slaves, but instead of asking them to do corvée labor, you fed them well and provided them with food and drink. Can Anding County's finances support this?"

Chen Qingyun knew that although Anding County did have sufficient tax money, it couldn't afford to go through so much trouble, right?

Jiang Zuo said: "The expenses are indeed quite high, but you have to know that if you make these people from Mobei perform corvée labor, it may cause them to resist. But if you give them some benefits, so that they have enough food to eat and don't starve to death, but don't let them live a good life, this is the best way to control them."

Chen Qingyun pondered for a moment, nodded, and felt that Jiang Zuo's words made some sense.

"My goal is not to use them as slaves, but to slowly turn them into citizens of our Great Yan State. In this way, we can strike at the root of the barbarians in Mobei."

Jiang Zuo added.

Hearing this, Chen Qingyun couldn't help but admire Jiang Zuo's idea.

As long as all the people in Mobei are brought to Yan State, the Northern Barbarians’ army will no longer have sufficient manpower, and the border pressure on Yan State will naturally be reduced.

"You are worthy of it." Chen Qingyun could only sigh like this.

The empress was very relieved to let Jiang Zuo handle the border issues.

"By the way, Siyue, don't go to the north recently. The northern barbarians will definitely take action in the next few days."

Jiang Zuo warned.

Chen Qingyun nodded slightly: "Don't worry."

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Sir."

Following the sound, he saw Master Guo coming with the account book and finding Jiang Zuo.

When Master Guo heard that Lord Jiang was going to the border for urgent matters, he wanted to report something to Jiang Zuo before he left.

"what's up?"

Jiang Zuo turned his gaze to Master Guo.

Master Guo came to Jiang Zuo, but did not speak immediately. Instead, he looked at Jiang Zuo with a meaningful look.

Obviously, he saw Chen Qingyun was nearby and it was inconvenient to report the situation one by one.

"It's okay, we are all family, just talk."

Jiang Zuo said calmly.

Master Guo then said, "Sir, all the goods we were going to sell to Jiangnan this month have been sold."

Jiang Zuo thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be a business matter. He just said calmly: "Very good, keep up the good work."

Master Guo said again: "Sir, I made a mistake in my calculation last time. This batch of goods can be sold for at least three million taels!"

Three million taels!

Hearing what Master Guo said, Chen Qingyun was immediately surprised.

This figure is equivalent to the court's tax revenue for nearly half a year.

This Anding County actually made that much money in just one month?

The empress was so envious!

Just now she was worried about the financial shortage in Anding County, but now it seems that her worry was completely unnecessary.

"What kind of business can make three million?"

Chen Qingyun couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Zuo explained: "Those should mostly be salt and cloth from Anding County, as well as some other small commodities."

You know, the Jiangnan families now have a lot of business dealings with Jiangzuo, and the salt production in Anding County is extremely high. Three million taels a month is no problem at all.

However, not all of these three million taels went into the Anding County treasury, nor did they constitute private income for Jiangzuo.

Because of the salt trade, Anding County cooperated with the Jizhou Salt Gang and the Jiangnan families, and Anding County also got 1.5 million taels.

Jiang Zuo turned around and instructed Master Guo: "Don't sell all the salt produced by the salt mine this month. I want to keep some for trading with the people of Mobei."

Master Guo said, "Sir, those northern barbarians are not worthy of eating the good salt produced in Anding County. Just use those old salt to fool them."

Jiang Zuo shook his head and said, "No, no, no, listen to me. Keep some as strategic reserves. They will definitely come in handy... Also, the output of the arsenal must be increased. Next month, I want 2,000 new flintlock rifles. In fact, we should also produce some weapons and sell the old ones to the people in Mobei."

The empress was stunned listening to this.

Chen Qingyun stared at Jiang Zuo blankly. For some reason, he felt a sense of inexplicable admiration in his heart.

At this moment, she really wanted to say something.

Jiang Zuo, why don't you teach me how to make money!