When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

Thinking of this, Miss Jiang was both looking forward to and yet nervous about Yang Chong's arrival. Would her young master be disappointed in her?

Jiang Mengshi, the mother, also saw the woman's anxiety, so she tried to persuade her, "Everyone has his or her own use. People with good martial arts have their own use, and people without martial arts have their own use. If only people with good martial arts are useful, then 90% of the people in this world would have no need to exist."

Jiang Mengshi did not think that Yang Chong would be disappointed with the people of the six ministries of Emperor Yan. If Yang Chong really had great ambitions and wanted to make a difference in this world, he would not ignore any talent.

Yes, the six tribes of Emperor Yan are now in decline, with only two or three cats left, but the inheritance of the six tribes of Emperor Yan is still broken. This inheritance is not necessarily martial arts. Martial arts is just one of them, and not even the most important one.

If Yang Chong only focused on the bravery and ferocity of martial arts, but was unaware of the importance of other inheritances, then he would only be a hero in the martial arts world, but would not be able to become a local overlord.

"Even someone as useless as you is useful, so how can your uncles and aunts be useless?" Jiang Meng patted Jiang Nu and said unhappily.

Such a daughter is really disappointing.

"Why am I useless?" Jiang Nv felt a little aggrieved when her mother said that. Who said she was useless? She could obviously warm the bed.

But maybe I won't be needed in the future? Jiang Nu couldn't help but think of Yan Lingji, a woman so beautiful that even she, as a woman, would envy her!

"What's the use if you can't even do the math?" Jiang Meng said sarcastically. She was deeply worried about her daughter, who was as stupid as her father. She wanted her to stay with Yang Chong in the future and not be eaten up by the women around him.

"I was just careless." Jiang Nana said. Although she was trying to make excuses, she also felt guilty.

"Okay, work hard." Jiang Meng was afraid that she had really hurt her daughter's feelings, so she said something comforting after a cold remark.

The conversation between mother and daughter was just a moment in the noisy tavern. The bustle in the tavern continued as usual. As people drank more, the tavern became hotter and hotter. However, the world outside the tavern became colder and colder. Heavy snow was falling, and the entire Raoan City was soon buried in the snow.

"It's such horrible weather, be careful on your way back, or you might get stuck in the snow." Some drinkers noticed that the world outside the tavern had changed and started cursing. In such weather, it would be dangerous if they were really drunk and dizzy.

Many people freeze to death due to the heavy snow every year.

"If you're drunk, just stay here," someone said.

Although the words were spoken as a joke, the people who heard them had different thoughts. People can live in the backyard of the tavern, but it costs money.

Amid the bustle of the tavern, the door curtain was suddenly opened from the outside. As the wind and snow blew in, the heat of the tavern was paused, and the noise also stopped for a moment.

"Who is this drunkard who comes here at this time?" The man near the door curtain was startled by the wind and snow that was blown into the tavern. He started to curse under the influence of alcohol.

However, as soon as he said this, he couldn't continue.

The man who walked into the tavern was wearing an ordinary green robe, but there was no trace of wind and snow on his body, as if he came from another world.

He was very tall and handsome, especially his eyes which were full of restrained brilliance, unlike those of ordinary people.

How could such a person appear in a place like a tavern? He usually goes in and out of wealthy families and mansions, and he is out of place in a tavern where people can drink as much as they want for just a few bucks.

His eyes looked around the tavern and finally fell on the girl behind the counter, and then a smile broke out on his face.

Oh no, could it be that this rich and powerful young man has set his eyes on the daughter of the Jiang family? Thinking of this possibility, many people's faces changed.

These people all live nearby and are frequent customers of the tavern. They are very familiar with the three members of the Jiang family and have had a good relationship with them in the past. If this dandy young man really has his eyes on the daughter of the Jiang family and wants to seize her by force, should they pretend not to see it, or should they pretend not to see it?

And the development of the matter was just as they expected, and he actually went directly towards Ms. Jiang behind the counter.

Alas, I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse for the Jiang family.

They guessed the beginning of the story, but not its development. The target of the visitor was the daughter of the Jiang family, but it was not a coincidence.

"Whose little girl is this? She has grown up so much?" Yang Chong, who arrived at Raoan in advance, looked at Jiang Nu in front of him. She had indeed grown a lot, and there was a hint of charm on her pretty face. She was not stunning to the eyes, but had a charm that belonged to her alone.

"You..." Ms. Jiang looked at the young man in front of her in disbelief. The memories that had appeared in her mind countless times this time really came into reality. For a moment, her mind went blank.

Before this, Jiang Nu had imagined countless scenes of reuniting with Yang Chong, and had even thought about what she should say in each scenario.

She had clearly planned it, but when she really met Yang Chong again, she forgot what she should say.

"Still so stupid!" Yang Chong looked at the dull-witted Jiang Nu and his memory was brought back to the past. Jiang Nu was quite smart back then. When did she become so dull?

Could it be that all the growth in the past few years has been used in other areas? Yang Chong thought strangely, but his eyes had already slowly moved down from Jiang Nu's face. Well, she has indeed grown up.

"No way." Jiang Nu explained in a low voice. This teasing brought back the old feeling. Yang Chong was still the same Yang Chong, and the young master was still the same young master.

At this time, Jiang Meng also came out of the kitchen. She saw Yang Chong at a glance and was quite excited for a moment. Their family was completely tied to Yang Chong. Wasn't it just to wait for Yang Chong's arrival that their family gathered the old members of the six departments of Emperor Yan in Raoan?

Now that Yang Chong has finally arrived, they have a backbone. Otherwise, if they keep delaying, those old subordinates they found might want to leave.

After all, the six tribes of Emperor Yan have been scattered for too long. If there is no powerful person to gather them together and let them see the hope of revival, why should they risk their lives to fight for a hope that may not exist?

The direction of this story seems to be different? Everyone in the tavern showed curious eyes, but Jiang Nu did not give them enough time to be curious. Instead, she directly pulled Yang Chong into the back hall. The front was not the place to talk.

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"Raoan City? Who are the people there? Why do they want him to go there alone in the snow and wind?" In the convoy whose way was blocked by heavy snow, Zi Nu, who was curled up in a fur coat, exhaled a breath of white air and asked Yan Ling Ji who was standing beside her.

The Yang Chong she knew was only the Yang Chong after he entered Xinzheng. Although she knew everything about what Yang Chong had experienced before that, they had no shared experiences after all, so there were still many things she didn't know.

Yan Lingji, who was sitting opposite Zi Nu, was wearing a thin coat. Compared to Zi Nu who was shivering, she was much more comfortable. This woman with the fire element had a very good resistance to the cold.

"He should have gone to meet his little lover. He was a very interesting little guy and he should have grown up by now." Yan Lingji recalled.

Yan Lingji was not unfamiliar with Jiang Nu and knew that their separation that day was for the purpose of reunion now. She also knew that the three people from the Jiang family would play a big role in whether Yang Chong's plan could be carried out perfectly.

"Little lover? Could it be that he is in the countryside..." Zi Nu felt a little jealous when she said this. Of course, it was not because of the little lover that Yan Lingji mentioned, but because Yang Chong actually hid such an important thing from her.

"Are you jealous now? Jiang Nu grew up with him. Although she was a maid, she was like a younger sister. But she should be a younger sister like Nanyue. He is like this. When he sees a beautiful woman, he calls the older one "sister" and the younger one "sister". That's how I was deceived by him in the first place." Yan Lingji recalled.

The encounter in the cave was still vivid in her mind. The boy who used to call her sister had become her man, her only support in her life, and all this happened in just three years.

"I just don't know how many sisters like him he has." Zi Nu sighed softly. It was too late to regret now. She had already been taken advantage of. She didn't want to regret it either. But she still had to have the right emotions. Men can't just be spoiled, they have to be controlled, and of course the way of controlling has to be particular.

"It's hard to say." Yan Lingji's mind was very simple. She didn't care how many sisters Yang Chong had around him. She just wanted to know that Yang Chong loved her the most. As for other things? She was simple-minded and couldn't think about too many things.

"Why don't you just do anything about it?" Zi Nu decided to instigate Yan Lingji to come forward. How could a smart person end up in trouble by himself?

"I don't care. You can take care of it yourself. Don't even think about asking me to be your knife. You don't think I'm stupid, do you? I think you are the one. Do you know what he said about me?" Yan Lingji said with a smile.

Zi Nu, whose IQ was crushed by Yan Lingji for a moment, was speechless. She felt that what Wei Zhuang said seemed to be right.

Zi Nu put aside the words that suddenly popped up in her mind and could only follow Yan Lingji's words and ask: "What did he say about you?"

"I am not knowledgeable, but I am smart. Now I can slightly modify this sentence and return it to you. Although you are knowledgeable, you are not worthy of the word smart." Yan Lingji, who has no worries and a broad mind, spoke in a joking manner.

There is no way. There are very few opportunities to attack Zi Nu. Yan Lingji does not want to let it go. The relationship between her and Zi Nu is delicate. Although they do not dislike each other, they both want to suppress the other.

On the contrary, Niu Shang, who has a pair of children, has a good relationship with them, and they don't think there is anything wrong with Niu Shang. As for the reason, probably only the two women themselves know.

While the two women were scheming against each other, Yang Chong had already settled down in the Jiang family's tavern and was listening to the report from Jiang Yi, Jiang's father.

They have done a lot in the past three years, and Yang Chong is not the only one who has worked hard.

“Compared with the six tribes of Emperor Yan in the past, they have declined. Now we can only muster so many people, but fortunately, they have not broken the inheritance of their ancestors. Although they can't fight, they still have their own uses.” Jiang Yi added after handing the compiled list to Yang Chong.

In the past three years, he has been able to find very few descendants of the six tribes of Emperor Yan, and even if he found some, they were only two or three big cats and small cats, and there were no masters, which made him somewhat uneasy.

If we were to ask who in the Jiang family fears Yang Chong the most, it would be Jiang Yi.

In Jiang Nu's eyes, Yang Chong is just her young master. In Jiang Meng's eyes, Yang Chong is a scheming and ambitious man. This is how they, mother and daughter, understand Yang Chong. But Jiang Yi is different. He saw with his own eyes that Yang Chong killed his adoptive father without hesitation. Every time Jiang Yi thinks of that clean and neat method, he feels scared.

He believed that Yang Chong was a man who could truly accomplish great things, but people who accomplished great things often did not care about human lives, and people like them were often the price that big men like Yang Chong had to pay to achieve certain goals.

"Very good, much better than I imagined. As for experts, what I lack the least right now is experts." Yang Chong looked at the list in his hand and was extremely satisfied.

Jiang Yi thought these people were too weak and useless, but Yang Chong didn't think so.

As for the so-called masters, Yang Chong has been in charge of most of the night. What he lacks the least is the so-called "masters". Moreover, in front of him, there are not many people in the world who can be called masters.

Therefore, Yang Chong did not care about the "masters" of the six departments of Emperor Yan. What he really cared about were talents in all aspects, and the list collected by Jiang Yi just met Yang Chong's needs.

There were people who studied medicine, farmed, forged iron, dug canals and built houses, and even built machinery. It could be said that they were involved in all walks of life. After all, they were the Six Tribes of Emperor Yan, which represented a complete civilization in the distant past. Yang Chong was also very interested in re-creating a civilization. In this way, these people would be of great use, far surpassing those so-called masters.

Yang Chong's words made Jiang Yi feel a little relieved, but he didn't know whether Yang Chong was really satisfied.

Chapter 197 No story, only money, money

Yang Chong stayed in the Jiang family's tavern for five days in a row. Five days later, Zi Nu and her group arrived in Raoan City before it snowed again.

In the Jiang family tavern which had closed down, Jiang Meng looked at the beauties in the lobby and didn't know what expression to put on her face. If there hadn't been a group of armored warriors in the front hall, she would have suspected that Yang Chong had done nothing in the past few years but was busy collecting women. But even so, Jiang Meng still had deep doubts about what Yang Chong had been busy with in the past few years.

"What we have to do next is to completely control Jibei County, and then use the power of Jibei County to form an army that is completely loyal to us. Of course, the prerequisite is that we have enough money, so making money is also the most important part of our plan." In the backyard of Jiang's tavern, Yang Chong took out two scrolls of bamboo slips and pushed them in front of Caidie and Jiang Mengshi.

Although there are many women in Zilanxuan, not many of them can really stand on their own. Nongyu is one of them, and Caidie is another. As for Hongyu and the like, although they are also good, their abilities are limited after all, and they are not qualified for important tasks.

"Is this what you use to make money?" Zi Nu took the bamboo slips from Cai Die's hand, but saw a series of irrelevant things written on it, which finally converged on the last word: paper.

However, on the bamboo slip in Jiang Meng's hand, there were pictures of a series of various objects, and finally they landed on the word "wine".

"Although it's a bit tacky, it's the most profitable method and it's the best choice for us right now." Yang Chong was also a little helpless. This method was too tacky, but there was nothing he could do because there were not many industries with huge profits. If Yang Chong were to expand it bit by bit, he would not have enough time and energy to manage it. In this way, cheating became his best method.

As a time traveler, if you don’t know how to cheat, are you still a time traveler?

"Although wine makes money, food is the foundation." Jiang Meng looked at the bamboo slips in her hand. Although she didn't know what was drawn on them, the word "wine" explained everything.

"It doesn't matter. We are taking the high-end route. We only buy rich people and make huge profits just to make money. As for other things, they are not what we need to consider right now." Yang Chong said.

"Should I do something too?" Yan Lingji asked. Yang Chong was now on the showdown mission, how could he leave her out?

"Han Fei will bring the Baiyue refugees here soon. Although they are all old, weak, women and children, they were able to escape, so they must have some abilities. The sea in the east is where they can display their strengths. I will build a city there, and you will be responsible for settling the Baiyue refugees." Yang Chong said.

Although there was no salt and iron monopoly in this era like in the Han Dynasty which caused the prices of salt and iron to be exaggeratedly high, their prices were still not low, especially table salt, which was still a highly profitable industry in this era. At least one-third of Qi's wealth was due to salt, not to mention half.

The east of Jibei County is right next to the sea. How could a place close to the sea be short of salt?

Moreover, Yang Chong also mastered salt-making technology that was ahead of his time.

In this era, people generally made salt by boiling it, cutting down mountains and deforestation, burning wood, and boiling sea water with flames to obtain salt. However, in later generations, after a long period of exploration, people mastered a more convenient and efficient method of making salt, which is the beach drying method using the sun and sea breeze. This method mainly includes the following steps: absorbing tides, making brine, crystallization and collecting salt.

Compared with the salt-making methods of the entire era, the beach drying method is far superior to this era in terms of efficiency and quality. By then, Yang Chong will be able to become the largest salt merchant among the seven countries, and will have grasped a real gold vein.

After all, although paper and liquor can be sold at a good price, people can survive without them. The rich can use them, and the poor can live without them. But salt is different. In this era, who can live without salt, from royal nobles to ordinary people?

The State of Qi could become rich because of salt, and Yang Chong, relying on Jibei County, could also become strong because of salt.

What he just said about building a city was to build a fortress on the coast of the sea, specifically for making salt. The Baiyue refugees were the best salt farmers, because they were not only familiar with the climate of the sea, but also easier to control. Yang Chong could use them to minimize the wind direction that could leak information to a certain extent.

However, although money is important in this era, it ultimately comes down to military force. No matter how much money you have, if you don't have sufficient military force, the money is just saved for others.

Therefore, Yang Chong wanted to use these people to build an army and store food.

"It seems that I can finally have some free time." Zi Nu saw that she had nothing to do, but she didn't mind at all. It would be good if she could take a rest.

"More capable people should come. How can such a capable person like Zi Nu be idle? We have to do another thing." However, Yang Chong would not let Zi Nu go. He had spent a lot of effort to pursue Zi Nu in the first place. What he wanted was not a vase.

"What should we do?" Zi Nu asked curiously.

"We will set up a county magistrate's office and build a new administrative system." Yang Chong said.

In the Jiang family's tavern, Yang Chong laid out the tasks to everyone. When all the tasks were put together, a three-year development plan for Jibei County was completely formed.

……

In this winter, Jibei County completely changed. It welcomed a new county governor. As soon as the county governor arrived in Raoan City, he began to carry out drastic reforms. First, he abolished the government office, built a new administrative system, divided the system into six departments, assessed the officials at all levels in Jibei County, and then reappointed them. In this process, as many as 60% of the original officials were laid off. For a time, the whole Jibei County was full of complaints.

In early spring, some people even launched a rebellion, either hiring assassins or sending out private soldiers to take the county magistrate's head, but in the end the county magistrate did not lose a single hair, but instead seventeen families were wiped out by the county soldiers in the name of rebellion.

In less than a few months, the entire Jibei County was filled with killings, and the county magistrate's reputation for cruelty became well-known, but correspondingly, the county magistrate's office also controlled a large amount of land.

In Lixia City, Yang Chong looked at the State of Qi on the south bank of the Ji River with a longing look. Power is indeed the most addictive thing for men, making people unable to stop.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs has now checked the household registration of all residents in Jibei County. By wiping out the seventeen families and the land previously controlled by the county magistrate's office, we now have 200,000 acres of fertile farmland and about 500,000 acres of land to be developed. These lands should be enough for you to form an army, right?" Zi Nu, who had truly seen another side of Yang Chong during this period, looked at Yang Chong in front of her. For a moment, she didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing for her and Yang Chong to embark on such a path.

"Two hundred thousand acres? It's enough to form an elite force of three thousand people, and five hundred thousand acres can also form a young army." Yang Chong retracted his gaze from Qi State and said.

"Young Army? I thought you were always eager for quick success and instant benefits, but I didn't expect you to have such patience." Zi Nu felt relieved after hearing this. Yang Chong's murderous intentions were too strong during this period. Although a sharp knife can cut through the Gordian knot, using a butcher's knife is not necessarily a good thing. It is easy to show the knife, but it is difficult to put it away.

“The emergence of a strong army cannot be accomplished overnight. An army with only sharp weapons and sturdy armor is not necessarily a strong army. I know that I don’t have much time, so I will be eager for quick success. But it is precisely because I know that I don’t have much time, so I must remain stable and must not take a wrong step.” Yang Chong said confidently.

"So you are going to recruit fifteen-year-old boys into the army?" Zi Nu asked.

Yang Chong had told her about this plan. A fifteen-year-old boy is half mature and half naive. He has expectations and ambitions for the world. Such people are most easily influenced and instigated. More importantly, such boys are not yet adults and have strong plasticity. By intensively training them for a few years, they can really be trained into an elite force.

"I came too late. If I want to win, I have to find another way. There is no other way." Yang Chong said.

If possible, Yang Chong would certainly like to directly establish an army, but such a directly recruited army may not necessarily have much combat power. After all, the people of Jibei County are not completely Zhao people, nor can they be completely Qi people. Whether Yang Chong uses the name of the Zhao prefect or the name of Qi's Lu family, it is not easy to gain the loyalty of these people, so he can only use huge benefits to establish an army.

After all, if justice is useless, interests are the most direct way.

But interests alone are not enough. Fame and fortune must go hand in hand to build a truly strong army. And how to earn this fame became Yang Chong's choice since he was a teenager. You know, passionate teenagers are the easiest to be influenced.

"The salt fields in Canghai City have already been built and will be completed before summer. However, a lot of money was spent on building these salt fields." Zi Nu, who didn't know much about the military, changed the subject.

"We can earn more by then. However, there is still a lot to do to open up trade routes, so we still have a lot to do." Yang Chong said.

Now that the paper has been produced, how to sell it is still a problem. Although Guo Kai's connections in Zhao State are enough, such a thing cannot rely on Guo Kai alone.

Although the cooperation between the two was good at the moment, Yang Chong still didn't know who Guo Kai was. If Yang Chong really trusted Guo Kai, that would be a big joke. Everything was just mutual exploitation.

Moreover, the main market for paper was not in Zhao, but in Qi. In Qi, when it comes to influence, the Jixia Academy is undoubtedly the leader. Although Yang Chong cannot do business directly with the Jixia Academy, he can do business with Confucianists who have a wide influence in the Jixia Academy.