BookMe Chapter 490: Running out of money
Chapter 490: Running out of money
After Huaying arrived at Liaoyuan Mansion, another two months passed.
In the past two months, everyone has been extremely busy, especially Qin Yu.
Just like the lecturer who sells health care products, he goes to the countryside to go to the grassroots level one after another, giving lectures one after another, town after town, village after village.
Just to recruit more people for Yu Lingjun, there is no other way, starting a business is the most difficult thing
Later, many villagers thought that he was a liar. How could a real high-ranking official or expert be so worthless and go to the village every day to give lectures?
However, the results of Qin Yu's tour are still gratifying. He took the team to travel most of Liaoji Province and recruited many good players.
Although Liaoji Prefecture has declined, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It is a state as big as any other, and there is always some gold to be found among the tens of millions of people.
This large circle has added 50,000 people to the Yuling Army Base in Liaoyuan Prefecture. In addition to the 50,000 people brought from Shen'an County before, it now has a scale of 100,000 people.
Most of these 100,000 people are farmers, responsible for agricultural production and supplying the base’s most basic living needs.
In addition, there are 20,000 people engaged in handicraft production, 10,000 people engaged in industrial manufacturing, and finally nearly 10,000 people joined the Yuling Army fighting force.
After Qin Yu returned to the base from outside, Hua Ying was reporting to him on the current recruitment work.
Qin Yu was a little surprised when he heard that the combat troops had reached 10,000. Their scale did not grow so fast in the Thorn Islands back then.
Huaying explained: "Boss, I think there are three main reasons why the recruitment efficiency is so high."
"First, Liaoji Prefecture where we are located is a war zone between the two countries. Many young people who are determined to serve the country have come here."
"Second, Liaojizhou's economy is in decline and people's livelihood is difficult, so joining us is a very good way out."
"Third, the overall folk customs are martial."
Qin Yu nodded and said: "If we continue at this efficiency, we will be able to reach the standard of 50,000 troops that I have set in less than a year!"
The current speed makes Qin Yu very confident. His original plan was to recruit and train troops for a total of three years. Now it seems that it will take two years to form combat effectiveness!
However, Huaying told him another piece of bad news: "Boss, our funds are almost running out..."
Qin Yu's eyes widened and he said, "Ten million taels? It will be almost used up in three months?"
Hua Ying also said helplessly: "There is no way. We spent too much in the initial stage. We bought 500,000 acres of land and 30,000 houses."
"In addition, various equipment, equipment, and raw materials were purchased in large quantities. These fixed assets alone cost several million taels."
"Moreover, Mr. Li Rubai has made a big concession, otherwise the land and houses would be more than this price!"
After hearing this, Qin Yu couldn't help but regretted a little. When Li Rubai said that he could use it for free without any money, why didn't he agree?
Back on Yuling Island, they were pioneering and the land was free of charge, so Qin Yu didn't feel it.
Now that I have come here, I have to spend money to buy land. As a result, my expenses have increased greatly.
But the good thing is that Liaoyuan City has ready-made purchases for many things. It doesn’t have to rely on long-distance shipping like it was when pioneering, and it also saves a lot of freight.
Qin Yu frowned and said, "Okay, I'll figure out the money thing."
The only person who can solve this problem now is the third prince Bai Ziqing.
Qin Yu wrote a letter summarizing the results of his work during this period, and finally stated his current financial difficulties.
Then he gave the letter to Di and asked him to go to Baiyu Kingdom and find Bai Ziqing to give him the letter.
Di set off immediately. According to Di's strength, at full speed, the round trip would not take more than ten days.
In the next three days, Qin Yu went to see the current situation of the troops. Among the current 10,000 combat troops, the vast majority of the soldiers were ordinary people or in the Body Tempering Realm.
There are 1,500 people who have reached the Human Martial Realm, 300 people who have reached the Earth Martial Realm, 80 people who have reached the Tian Martial Realm, and two people who have reached the Holy Martial Realm.
Yes, that’s right, Qin Yu also recruited two holy martial arts masters
One of these two people was a local hidden master in Jizhou, Liao. He got to know Qin Yu and the Yu Ling Army, and believed that Qin Yu's goals and ideals were consistent with his own, so he accepted the call and joined the Yu Ling Army.
The other person came from Yanzhou because of his reputation. He originally wanted to join the Prince's Mansion, but the people in the Prince's Mansion saw that he was a talented leader and recommended him to Qin Yu's place.
This person's name is Chu Yuanlong. He is forty-one years old this year and is in the early stage of the Holy Martial Realm. His father used to be a military commander in the empire, but later his family was implicated in the Eight Kings Rebellion. Many people in the family were imprisoned or imprisoned. killed
Afterwards, the surviving members of the Chu family became farmers incognito, while Chu Yuanlong endured the humiliation and eked out a living, seeking opportunities to avenge his father.
His joining gave Qin Yu another general. Qin Yu appointed him as a legion commander to establish the third legion.
Qin Yu's ultimate goal is to establish six to eight corps, each with 30,000 to 40,000 people
However, this goal cannot be achieved in Liaoji Province, and it will inevitably require expansion abroad.
At present, the Eight Kings have noticed the abnormality here. Although Li Rubai has cleaned up the eyeliners placed up and down, it is inevitable that some fish will slip through the net.
At present, the central government has issued many orders for Li Rubai to go to Beijing to report on his work, but Li Rubai refused them all because he was busy with the war.
This is naturally a signal for independence and rebellion. King Lu, one of the eight kings, has already begun to gather troops to encircle Liaoyuan Prefecture.
Fortunately, there were other governors from other feudal towns who mediated and bought Liaoyuan Prefecture some time, allowing Qin Yu and Li Rubai some breathing space...
In Gulanzhou, many changes have occurred in the past two months.
First of all, after Bu Ying arrived with an army of 100,000, he quickly entered a state of fighting, defeated many rebel armies, and killed or arrested many rebel leaders, which greatly relieved Hu Yanlie's pressure.
And Hu Yanlie also freed up his hands to pay attention to the movements of the Yu Ling Army in the southwest, and mobilized an army of 200,000 to go to the southwest to strangle the Yu Ling Army.
Faced with this situation, Luan Yi originally planned to use a herd of beasts to ambush Hu Yanlie's troops halfway.
Unexpectedly, something happened again on Hu Yanlie's side. While mobilizing troops and horses, he asked Bu Ying to go with him to annihilate the Yu Ling Army.
As a result, Bu Ying refused to agree, saying that the order he received was to suppress the uprising.
In anger, Hu Yanlie wrote to the central government again, asking for Yiying to assist him in annihilating the Yuling Army, and ordered his troops to temporarily stop and wait for the central government's response.
So a ridiculous scene appeared in Gulanzhou: Yu Ling's army was killing many tribes and small countries in the southwest, and Hu Yanlie's troops were just staying there not far away and did not save them.
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