Chapter 162: A Strong Renminbi
This time, the vanguard of the Ming army had 300,000 troops, and after the joint camp with Liangshan, our weakest base camp was finally consolidated, so far, the establishment of the Qin, Chu, Tang, Song, Yuanming, Liangshan, and the seven front armies was finally completed, and the average strength of the four directions also exceeded 500,000.
I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ALL NIGHT, AND EARLY THE NEXT MORNING, I HELD THE FIRST MEETING OF ALL THE GENERALS AT THE LEVEL OF DEPUTY COMMANDERS OF ALL GROUP ARMIES, AND NOW THE PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY ALL TOGETHER, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED, AND I HAVE NOT COME TO FIND SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PARTY FROM AFAR, AND WE HAVE NOT YET FOUND A METHOD THAT WORKS FOR THE STINKY AND HARD GOLDEN VULTURE LIKE A TOILET STONE.
The participants included: the eighteen heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties, some high-level generals of the Liangshan and Fangla armies, Mu Huali, the representative of the Mongolian army, Liu Dongyang, the representative of the Song army, Hu Yi2yi, the representative of the Ming army, Wang Ben, the representative of the Qin army, and Zhang Han and Erdu, the representatives of the Chu army.
At the beginning of the meeting, I was enlightened and declared, stating that our purpose was not to completely eliminate the Jin soldiers, nor to make anyone submit, and to use force only to achieve political goals - when it comes to politics, Baozi is the great Sima of the Qin State, and Li Shishi is also a woman who has left a mark in history, of course, my status is not low, in order to give back to Fang Xuanling, I did not mention my identity as the prime minister, but Liu Dongyang is used to calling me An Guogong, and Hu Yieryi calls me Xiao Taishi...
At the meeting, Wang Ben and Zhang Han had a simple exchange, Zhang Han and Wang Ben's son worked together, that is, Wang Ben's junior, but he looked more than 20 years older than Wang Ben, Liu Dongyang, Mu Huali, Hu Yieryi sat together as participants of the same level, and they seemed to have a good chat.
I looked at these people and suddenly realized a problem: these people themselves may not have a grudge, but the country they represent has a very subtle connection, although Liu Dongyang and Mu Huali are more than a generation apart, but the Mongols finally wiped out the many regimes including the Southern Song Dynasty, and Hu Yieryi must have led a team to fight with the Mongol soldiers, which is quite complex and sensitive.
Let's let go of "nationality" and leave it alone. Our coalition includes multinational forces, spanning thousands of years, and their ethnicities and living habits are very different. They are all powerful heroes in their respective times and regions, but it is difficult to say whether the combat effectiveness is rising or falling, since ancient times, except for the allies in World War II, it seems that the combined forces have never achieved any good results, from the six countries to the eighteenth road princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo and then to the eighteenth road against the king and anti-Sui, mixed to the end can get a rush and scatter the ending of the east and west. The most feared thing about the coalition is that they have different intentions, especially in the current situation, it is the big coalition army with the small coalition army, and in the face of the complicated situation in front of you, they really don't know what they think in their hearts.
I cleared my throat and said a little embarrassed, "Guys... Well, I don't know what your boss told you before you came, but it's definitely a fate for us people to get together. Again, for the same goal. Therefore, I hope that whether it is a personal grudge or a conflict between you, you can put it aside for the time being, and if there is something you really can't think of, you can find Mr. Chen for psychological counseling..."
Among them, the Liangshan Army and the Qin-Chu Coalition Army have a relatively strong relationship with me, counting half of the descendant troops, Liu Dongyang, Hu Yieryi and others also laughed and said: "An Guogong (Xiao Taishi) rest assured, before leaving, His Majesty has already instructed us to strictly obey your orders, and we will fight wherever your hand is directed." ”
Listen to what they have to say. I'm really a little surprised, it is said that Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Yuanzhang should not be such kind people, Wu leaned over and whispered to me: "The coalition forces can't fight together, the main reason is that the princes are afraid of one and the other, and we don't have this problem." ”
It dawned on me that after this battle, I would go back to the country. Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally not afraid that the people of the Song Dynasty would cross the generation to beat him. Zhao Kuangyin didn't have to worry about Qin Shi Huang's people running to his territory, these guys sent troops mainly to find reinforcements for themselves in the future. Naturally, you have to please me a little first.
Seeing that the most difficult problem was solved, I immediately moved on to the second agenda item of the conference to discuss a way to compromise with the Golden Vulture Academy.
I said: "At present, our coalition army is strong and strong, but that golden vulture is unrepentant, the negotiation has failed, and everyone has discussed a foolproof plan - but try to avoid your life-and-death fight, although it is a piece of cake to destroy Ya, but we will inevitably be damaged, and you probably don't want to bury a handful of loyal bones in a foreign land, right?" ”
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, Hu Yieryi arched his hand upwards and said, "Taishi..."
I waved my hand and said, "If you think it's okay to call Xiaoqiang a marshal or something, don't call him Taishi." "It sounds too much like a bad guy, according to Wei Xiaobao's summary, the official crown prince Shaobao generally has no good end, but according to my own summary, the Taishi generally has no good things, especially if there are people in the palace.
Hu Yier: "Yes, marshal, I propose that we wait for a few more days, the Great Song Dynasty, Brother Liu, said that his men and horses have not arrived, and our Ming Dynasty is also like this, and the secret weapon sent by our emperor is still on the way." ”
I was curious: "What kind of secret weapon did your emperor get here - I ordered you not to say that you don't know it as a prince." ”
Hu Yieryi said with a bitter face: "I really don't know... It was only before I left that I heard the emperor say that the secret weapon seems to be still being manufactured, and it will take a day or two to finally succeed. ”
A big killer? In addition to being able to make roast duck, did Zhu Yuanzhang also master the refining technology of uranium-235?
At this time, Mu Huali stood up and said, "Xiaoqiang, I have no problem with continuing to surround it, but we Mongolians have no food." ”
I patted my head and forgot about this stubble, Genghis Khan told me that they would only bring three days of grain, if you want to keep the Mongols, you can also, you have to solve the problem of grain and grass by myself, the enthusiastic Mongols just came to give the mutton they brought to the Tang army and the Liangshan army to make a tooth sacrifice, and the rations of Liangshan were eaten in the past two days.
Qin Qiong said a little embarrassedly: "We can give half of the ground cake to our Mongolian friends, but it won't last a few days." "Li Shimin brought 10 days of spare for his people.
I whispered to Wu Yong: "Let's Liangshan..."
Wu Yong shook his head and said, "It's only enough for 1 million people for half a month." "That's a lot.
I said loudly: "All armies report on the situation of grain and grass reserves. ”
As a result, the Song army and the Qin army at most, there is only one month to prepare, and the other half a month has 10 heaven and earth, which really can't blame people, hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, the consumption of items is amazing, the fat man gritted his teeth and helped me get together for a month, Xiang Yu is fighting, and he is not rich in hand. As for those big countries, they can only be said to be relatively rich, and their GDP is not high. Supplying so many people to roam the expedition is considered to be a good effort.
Well, we didn't discuss a way to deal with the Golden Vulture Technique, and a fatal question of our own came to the surface - what about the grain and grass? It turned out that I didn't expect the Golden Vulture to be so stubborn. I'm still thinking about solving it in two or three days.
I looked at Wu Yong, and Wu Yong whispered: "It's really not good, it seems that we have to disarm." ”
At this time, a person stood up and said loudly: "Brother Qiang, let me figure it out." ”
I saw that it was Jin Shaoyan, this kid has been left since Master Li was arrested, and he has only been a little more stable since the Tang Army arrived. Seeing that I was in a hurry to disarm, I said, "What can you do?" Jin Shaoyan said: "I want to rescue the master even if I am bankrupt, do you think we can use the money to buy a batch of grain from other places?" "We have all forgotten that this bitter lord is still a rich man...
I scratched my head and said, "I know you have money, but you can't use RMB to buy food from others, right?" ”
Jin Shaoyan said: "It can be exchanged for gold." ”
“… Don't harm the little gold reserves of our new China, and besides, if all your money is exchanged for gold, the army that supports millions of people is also relying on fart. ”
Jin Shaoyan said resolutely: "If you can manage one day, it's a day." ”
Wang Ben muttered on the side: "Even if you have money, where can you buy so much food?" "Listening to the tone, you know that the grain of the Qin State must be enough for itself, and the productivity was low at that time. It is estimated that it is eaten year by year. I looked at a few masters from the great countries and asked, "Who is rich in food?" ”
As a result, no one's family is rich, and there is really no surplus grain for the landlord's family -- Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shimin are the biggest landlords, in fact, if they really want to, it is not a matter of money, millions of people have borrowed it, and then borrow some grain from them, but who is willing to fill this bottomless pit with their own survival lifeline?
The second fool took out a piece of renminbi that he didn't know from who he had exchanged for, looked at it in the light, and muttered: "How good this money is, why should it be exchanged for gold, it's heavy and dirty--the fat man still owes me 300 yuan." ”
Jin Shaoyan and I glanced at each other. Suddenly they all laughed, yes, why do you want to exchange gold, where is the most valuable yuan? New China! Moreover, the grain in the 21st century is the cheapest, and I always hear that the grain is unsalable, and the peasants are so worried that they can't sleep.
Jin Shaoyan said worriedly: "But how to get lucky? ”
Off-the-books. 300 fighters, accustomed to modern drills, shouted a trumpet and passed by our door: "One, two, one. One-two-one..."Hu Yitwo-one hurriedly ran out: "Who called me?" ”…
I looked at Wang Yin and said, "Is your flatbed truck still there?" ”
Wang Yin also understood what we meant, nodded and said, "Here we are." But aren't you afraid of pulling things here from us? ”
Li Yuanba said sullenly with a cow hammer: "Are you still afraid of food? Something wrong with your brain, right? ”
We looked at Li Yuanba's cow hammer, and we all laughed again - I remember that he tied this thing to the roof of the car before he came, and I didn't think much about it at the time, but then I wondered, didn't this thing turn into a pile of pots and pans in the timeline? Now it seems that after the opening of the military road, the items should also be able to circulate, otherwise the Ming army will not all become tadpoles when they go to the Yuan Dynasty?
I said to Wang Yin: "No matter what, you can pull a car and try it first, and it depends on whether it succeeds or not!" ”
Jin Shaoyan grabbed two gold bricks and gave them to Wang Yin, Wang Yin didn't take them, and said casually: "Isn't it just a matter of a cart of instant noodles, our buddies can afford this money - of course, you have to report this money to me in the end, don't want gold bricks, just the same volume of RMB." ”
After Wang Yin left, Wei Chigong said: "I think we still have to think of a foolproof strategy, going to such a far place to pull supplies may not necessarily be successful, and such a car by car is a drop in the bucket after all, at most part of the problem will be solved." ”
"What about you?"
Wei Chigong smiled slightly: "Let me ask you, who are so many of us here for?" ”
I heard him say in a subtle tone, uncertainly, "For me." ”
Wei Chigong shook his head and said, "No." ”
“… Who is that for? ”
"Emotionally speaking, of course we are for you, but objectively speaking, who has the greatest benefit in this battle is for whom - who has the greatest benefit?"
“… yes, who? ”
Wei Chigong reminded: "If I am beaten by hundreds of thousands of people's army and the country is about to be destroyed, but suddenly millions of people emerge to resist these people, then who do you say will benefit the most?" ”
I patted my head and said, "You said that Song Huizong's kid!" ”
Wei Chigong smiled: "That's right, shouldn't we ask him for a benefit if we millions of people helped him surround the enemy army at his door for so long?" ”
I laughed and said, "That's right, why did we forget the main master, we should have asked for food from the court a long time ago!" ”
Jin Shaoyan whispered: "Brother Qiang, I can handle it alone." ”
I glared at him and said, "Go, this will not be the time to be jealous!" "It's like when you go on a trip, it's a chartered car anyway, and one person also goes to 10 people, if you get together with 10 people, isn't the cost on your head 10 times less?
Speaking of this, I wondered: "By the way, we have been fighting for so many days in front of the door of this kid surnamed Zhao (Liu Dongyang glared at me), why don't we see him move?" ”
Fang La said with a smile: "Whose emperor understands, Painter Zhao is scared." ”
I laughed evilly: "This is a good opportunity to slaughter a big fat sheep, who is going to go?" ”