Since the power of the cannon is so powerful, Baizhu naturally arranged for people to hurry up and make more of it.

But when he raised this issue at the regular meeting, Yang Xiao and the others frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Baizhu asked.

"Master, ...... at the moment"

Yang Xiao smiled bitterly: "The balance on our account is not much. ”

"How so?"

Bai Shuqi said: "I remember that some time ago, there was still a lot of surplus money in the account, why did it suddenly disappear?"

"The Sect Master doesn't know anything,"

Peng Yingyu explained: "Because some time ago, many soldiers of our army were injured in the battle with Zhang Shicheng, so many pensions were temporarily increased. ”

As he spoke, he paused slightly, and hesitated: "Sect Master, your subordinates know that the reason why you give so many pensions to the soldiers is to cherish the soldiers, but ...... This pension is indeed a bit much. ”

Before they went to the top of the light, the number of rebels under the command of Mingjiao was only about 20,000, but now, because of the increase in disability and death pensions in Baizhu, countless people came here, and in just one year, the number of rebels under Mingjiao has directly exceeded 50,000.

"Yes, Sect Master, I have always wanted to say that if we continue to maintain the current level of pension, we are afraid that our accounts will not look good. ”

Yang Xiao also expressed his opinion euphemistically.

Seeing that Yang Xiao and Peng Yingyu were both opposed, Baizhu couldn't help but hesitate.

However, after thinking for a while, he still shook his head and said: "The level of pensions cannot be reduced, after all, we have the strictest management of soldiers, and if the pensions are reduced, then the soldiers will complain, which is not conducive to management." ”

As far as the current anti-Yuan forces are concerned, there are Liu Futong's White Lotus Sect in the north, Xu Shouhui in the west, Zhang Shicheng in the southeast, and Fang Guozhen and other warlords on the sea, and their pensions for the army are not very high.

But only in vain, but always adhere to the policy of high pensions.

Of course, Baizhu also explained in advance that if you want to get a pension, you must accept your own strict management.

For example, there is a rule that everyone almost agrees on now, after the two sides fight, the victorious side will basically loot money in the local area, and some will even rob the people's daughters and condone the soldiers to burn and loot.

But these are strictly forbidden here in Baizhu, and if anyone is found by the army law enforcement officers who does not comply with the regulations, they will be driven out of the army at least and beheaded directly for public display.

In addition, every word and deed of the soldier on weekdays has been set by Baizhu with all kinds of strict regulations, if it were not for the temptation of his high pension, I am afraid that the morale of the army would have been weakened long ago.

"Perhaps...... Can we relax some of the requirements for soldiers?"

Peng Yingyu said tentatively: "For example, you don't have to force them to fold the quilts into tofu blocks?"

In fact, Peng Yingyu has wanted to say these things for a long time, marching and fighting is marching and fighting, and it is a big deal to increase the amount of training in peacetime, but it makes no sense for you to ask soldiers to fold the bedding into tofu blocks on weekdays.

Baizhu didn't explain much about this, just shook his head and said, "No, no, military discipline must not be abolished." ”

"But in that case, Sect Master, we really don't have the money to build cannons. ”

Yang Xiao said helplessly.

"Actually...... It's not that there is no money. ”

Baizhu smiled slightly.

"Huh?"

Yang Xiao's eyes lit up: "What kind of good way to raise money has the sect leader come up with?"

Baizhu didn't answer immediately, but asked Yan Yuan, the flag leader of the Houtu Banner, and Tang Yang, the flag leader of the Flood Flag, "Yan Zhangqi envoy, Tang Zhangqi envoy, you two can take out the mirror that was made a few days ago." ”

"Yes!"

Yan Yuan and Tang Yang got up and left their seats.

"Mirrors?"

Hearing Baizhu's words, everyone was amazed, and they didn't understand what this mirror had to do with income.

Before they could figure out the reason, Yan Yuan and Tang Yang re-entered the hall, but each of them was holding a wooden plate in their hands, and the wooden plate seemed to contain something.

"Let's give everyone a look at the mirror. ”

Baizhu said with a smile.

Yan Yuan and Tang Yangdang even distributed the items in the tray to everyone one by one.

Taking the items handed to him by Yan Yuan, Yang Xiao found that this was an elegantly decorated mirror, the handle was made of pear blossom wood, and the frame was made of fine nan wood, and a faint fragrance emanated from the frame.

"This ......"

Looking at the mirror in his hand, Yang Xiao couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in the Baizhu gourd for a while.

Before he could figure it out, he suddenly heard Zhou Dian shouting, "My mom!"

When he looked up, he found that Zhou Dian was looking at the mirror in his hand in a daze and couldn't speak.

"What's wrong with Zhou Dian?"

With curiosity, Yang Xiao and the others also subconsciously flipped the mirror over, and then-

"This ......"

"Huh!"

"What is this?!"

"Hiss~~!"

In an instant, there was an exclamation in the hall.

Including Yang Xiao himself, he was shocked when he saw the mirror in his hand that almost reflected himself perfectly.

He is not a person who has never seen the world, and he has seen a lot of all kinds of rare and rare playthings, but he never knew that there really was such a magical mirror in the world that reflected people so clearly.

Subconsciously, he reached out to touch the mirror, wanting to touch himself in the mirror, until his fingers touched the mirror and there was a hard touch, and he suddenly woke up.

Immediately, he suddenly thought of what Bai Zhu had just said, and shouted, "Sect Master, we don't have to worry about running out of money to build cannons anymore!"

Almost immediately, he could imagine what a sensation it would be to be a magical mirror.

Yang Xiao's voice fell, and the rest of the people in the hall immediately reacted, this magical mirror can definitely bring unimaginable huge benefits to Mingjiao!

......

A month later.

There was a sudden trend in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, a trend about mirrors.

Whether it is the common people, or the princes and nobles, they all know that someone brought a magical mirror from the West that can reflect people's subtlety.

A restaurant.

"When I went to deliver to the palace yesterday, I happened to see the prince buy a dressing mirror for his concubine. ”

"Really? is it the kind of mirror that is circulating today that can shine people clearly?"

"No, you don't know, that mirror looks so beautiful!"

"I've heard that the mirror even reflects the soul of a person, is that true?"

"We don't know, but when you stand in front of the mirror, you feel like you're looking at another you. ”

"Is it really that amazing?"

......

Listening to the description of the two people spitting in the next room, Zhao Minxiu frowned slightly.

"Ahh......h

Seeing that Zhao Min was displeased, Fan Yao, who was pretending to be dumb on the side, pointed his finger next door, meaning do you need me to drive them away?

"No, I'm not angry at them, I'm thinking about the current insurgency. ”

Zhao Min's delicate face showed a look of anger: "Now that smoke is everywhere in the country, rebels are everywhere, and the princes of the imperial court don't think about how to suppress the rebellion, they are still in the mood to buy what mirrors for the concubine?!"

As he spoke, Zhao Min took a sip of wine with hatred, and in an instant, his cheeks were dizzy, and he looked more and more cute and cute.

Fan Yao's face was expressionless, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

He had already met with Baizhu secretly a year ago, and he naturally knew that the mirror that was now popular in the capital was the handwriting of his own sect leader.

"Master Ku, you say...... Is there really no way for our court to suppress those people in the rivers and lakes?"

Zhao Min, who had drunk a few more glasses of wine, was a little drunk and confused, and asked, "Last year, I did not hesitate to send 30,000 elite soldiers to encircle and suppress the Six Great Sects and the Ming Sect, but in the end I lost to that Wei Bi alone...... After that, I was going to take advantage of the victory and relaxation of the six major sects to poison their diet...... The result was still unsuccessful, and after inquiring, I learned that the six major sects had been reminded by that Wei Bi in advance...... Master Ku, why do you say that this Wei Bi is so hateful, why can't he serve the imperial court if he has such great ability? I told him that no matter what conditions he proposes, I can satisfy him!"

Hearing Zhao Min's drunken words, Fan Yao's eyes were slightly strange, and he secretly said that this county lord would not like the sect master a little because he was always defeated by the sect master, otherwise how could he say the words "any conditions can meet him"?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a knock on the door.

Opening the door, an intelligence officer handed a note to Fan Yao.

Fan Yao nodded and let him leave.

After entering the house, Fan Yao saw Zhao Min falling asleep on the table because he was too strong to drink.

His heart moved, he gently opened the note, and after seeing the contents, his heart suddenly stopped, and he almost exclaimed.