Three days later, Er Dongjie bid farewell to Fang Yingying and returned to the Western camp.

  Although he forced a smile as he was about to leave, he couldn't hide the worry and sadness in his heart. In just a few days, his face looked even older.

  During these few days, Xu Haifeng and his first strategist under him did not waste any time either.

  First, Zhebie and Jiang Kongming rode the dark cloud together for several days, running through dozens of miles around Wulong City. They cooperated tacitly and successfully completed the exploration work of the nearby terrain.

  It's probably only them in the world who can complete such a large area scan in just a few days, with only two people and one horse.

  With the speed and endurance of the dark clouds, they were able to traverse most of the land in just three days.

  Zhebie's thousand-mile eyes can see the surrounding terrain clearly at a glance, and that terrifying eye power is not inferior to binoculars. This special ability greatly reduced their workload.

  Similarly, Jiang Kongming's mind-reading technique was continuously applied, and he remembered everything that Zhebie saw in his heart. Only his ability to remember everything at a glance could recall this complex and chaotic scene, and piece together the terrain map in his mind.

  Exceptional horsemanship also guaranteed the safety of this trip.

  Three days later, they returned, and Jiang Gongming immediately instructed the skilled craftsmen to create a terrain map in his mind according to a certain proportion with mud. Thus, a perfect sand table appeared before Xu Haifeng's eyes.

  Seeing the high work efficiency of this two-person-and-one-horse team, even Xu Haifeng couldn't help but praise them.

  Now that the specific terrain around has been clarified, and Er Dongjie has already left, Jiang Koming's plans for a long time are unfolding vigorously on this land centered on Wulong City.

  Nearby, to repel tens of thousands of Roman troops outside the national border; in the distance, to achieve a generation's hegemony.

  It is impossible to achieve these two goals without strong economic strength.

  So where did the money come from?

  Although Wolong City is majestic and wealthy, relying solely on the strength of this city to support such a huge military expenditure is also absolutely impossible.

  The silver reserves in Wulong City can barely serve as start-up capital.

  Under Jiang Kongming's instigation, Xu Haifeng humbled himself and sought help from the three major families who followed him.

  It was beyond his expectation that when he just mentioned this, he immediately got the help of three parties. In the following days, all kinds of materials from the three major families poured into Wulong City, until Jiang Kongming raised objections, and then gradually transferred to the Taihang Mountains south of Wulong City.

  Relying solely on others' help is never the best solution to a problem.

  Moreover, it cannot guarantee self-sufficiency, and the economic lifeline is controlled by others. This is not what Xu Haifeng wants to see, nor is it something that Jiang Kongming can accept.

  Under Chiang Kung-ming's guidance, two technologies that transcended contemporary technological levels were developed.

  The first thing is wine - that high-concentration white wine, made by distillation method, its degree far exceeds the modern fine wine, although not as exaggerated as Drunken Moon Wine, but its wine nature is extremely rare.

  Just as Er Dongsheng had just left, Jiang Kongming led a group of black flag soldiers to the west of Wulong City and requisitioned a large piece of farmland and houses to build a winery.

  He paid ten times the compensation to those whose land was requisitioned, and this move immediately caused a sensation throughout the city.

  Not only did no one accuse him of oppressing the good people, but other farmers in the suburbs were eagerly looking forward to his arrival to collect taxes from their own fields.

  After enclosing the land, Jiang Kongming built two distilleries and easily found a way to make high-proof baijiu based on his vast memory of books. However, when it came to actual operation, he encountered a small problem.

  After all, this job is a brand new industry, and no one in the Han Dynasty knows about it. If you want to cultivate everything from scratch, it's a waste of effort and twice the work.

  Fortunately, wherever there are people, there will be no shortage of good hands for brewing. Xu Haifeng spent a lot of money and invited many people who understand this skill, although their technology is poor and the finished products are really not up to standard. Fortunately, after all, they are in this line, familiar with the process, and after Jiang Kongming's instructions, they quickly understood.

  As the saying goes, "Practice makes perfect", after a month, they were able to quickly grasp this new and ingenious process. At this time, Jiang Kongming again introduced the concept of assembly line production, and the amount of wine produced increased even more.

  According to Chiang Kung-ming's requirements, the three factories went into full production, with all workers working overtime. The three-shift system, which first appeared in the world, was performed openly and honestly here.

  Until a year later when the war that swept across the entire continent broke out. These three factories had never stopped.

  As for the other thing, it is the sword and armor. The ten weapons and ten armors made of the best earth steel, after being instructed by Jiang Kongming, introduced modern design concepts, making these ten sets of equipment look luxurious and elegant, noble and elegant. What's even more rare is that they are not heavy in weight, their actual use matches their appearance perfectly, it's simply tailor-made for those high-ranking officials and nobles.

  Things are good, but they need to be circulated and transported out in order to exchange for the materials and food they need.

  If relying solely on Xu Hai's connections, wanting to establish a commercial network spanning the entire continent, I'm afraid by that time the war would have already ended.

  Fortunately, the three big families extended a helping hand at this time. With their joint assistance, even if Cheng's family, who was sworn enemies with Xu Haifeng, didn't want to make things difficult for him before they had a falling out, they would have to pretend to provide him with all sorts of conveniences.

  Thus, a small portion of the white wine was sent to all parts of the country through the business networks of three major families.

  Of course, Jiang Gongming made these things, in addition to wanting to make money domestically, also set his sights on the Huns and the Roman Empire.

  Since the Xiongnu general Maibaiti sent 5,000 war horses to Wulong City, Jiang Kongming presented a batch of fine white wine and sent a message to Hami Qi, hoping to provide a convenient door, as for the money obtained, one-tenth of it should be given to him.

  He thought for a long time and then entered the palace to meet Modu Chanyu.

  Modun waved his whip and opened the borders of Xiongnu to the Black Flag Army, even giving up one-tenth of their shares.

  As for Caesar, similarly a month later, the beautiful Catherine sent over the two thousand war horses to redeem her brother.

  Jiang Kung-ming and his two siblings had a long, confidential conversation. After that, a smuggling route to Caesar was opened. With the full protection of this second family of Caesars, this route remained unimpeded before the war.

  Whether it was the Western Caesar Empire or the northern grassland overlord Xiongnu, their men were very fond of these high-concentration white wines, and for a time, orders were endless.

  Under Chiang Kung-ming's requirement of quantity over quality, the production of baijiu has been increasing steadily, but it is still in short supply.

  If we say that wine and water brought them a huge profit, then the money they sold those few sets of equipment for can only be described as robbery.

  Ever since Adis wore this suit of armor to Caesar's ball and made an appearance, he immediately attracted the envy of countless nobles. Striking while the iron is hot, Catherine announced under Jiang Kongming's guidance that due to production difficulties and material scarcity, the Lain family could only produce one set per month. And so at a large auction she held, the price this equipment was sold for would make Jiang Kongming laugh out loud even in his sleep.

  Xu Haifeng once suggested that by lowering requirements, output could be increased several times over.

  Chiang Kongming snorted at this, a truly wealthy person would not look at the price of goods, but pursue the rarity and uniqueness of goods. If he knew that this thing was one-of-a-kind in the world, with only one piece existing, the price he would offer would be dozens or even hundreds of times the actual price of the goods.

  In fact, whether it was the Great Han court, the Cheng family led by Cheng Xuanfeng, the Xiongnu people who dominated the grasslands, or Adis and his sister, they all knew that Xu Haifeng did this to accumulate more money and food, in order to prepare for a decisive battle with the Caesars in the future.

  Although they were very concerned about the Black Flag Army's nearly invincible combat power, everyone had the same idea that in this upcoming battle, no one thought highly of Xu Haifeng who was at an absolute disadvantage.

  In wars of cold weapons, the absolute number plays a crucial role.

  Even the most optimistic person in the world would not dare say they have a must-win mentality when facing a military strength disparity of dozens of times.

  Moreover, those tens of times more enemies are not a mob, but a crack troop that has been through many battles.

  They supported Xu Haifeng with all their might, hoping that in that war, Xu Haifeng could hold on for a few more days.

  Emperor Xian of Han hoped that Xu Haifeng could support the Han army in defeating the Xiongnu.

  The Xiongnu people hope that General Xu will be able to support the Xiongnu iron cavalry in destroying Liu and ending the Han dynasty.

  Cheng's family hoped that General Xu would support the destruction of Liu's family, and Cheng's family defeated the Xiongnu, establishing an eternal meritorious achievement.

  And Adis siblings hoped that the Black Flag Army could do its best to destroy the army loyal to Caesar, only if their strength was stronger, the more enemies they would destroy.

  If the Cheng family is a time bomb for the Han dynasty of Liu, then Adie is a tumor on Caesar's body, the greatest source of instability for the Caesars.

  In this way, under the circumstances of each having their own axe to grind, a large amount of money flowed into Xu Haifeng's pockets through various channels, providing him with unimaginable wealth and material goods.

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