"You are the best soldiers I have ever seen, whether it is from the momentum or the sense of honor, in the future you will follow me across the ocean, conquer the Quartet, those places where you can see the land overseas, will leave your legend, in countless years, the younger generations of the Great Song Dynasty Navy are all taking you as an example, and the Great Song Dynasty is also proud of you."

Lu Zifei's passionate speech lasted for a long time, and the soldiers were tired and thirsty after the martial arts exercise.

Song Qi and Chen Minqiang both nodded involuntarily, meaning that what they said was good, Lu Zifei still wanted to say a few words, and one of the soldiers below said inappropriately, "My lord, you can come with something real that we can grasp, such as money." ”

The loud laughter that came made Lu Zifei feel ashamed, what kind of people are these, ordinary people who are soldiers with weapons and fishermen when they put down their weapons, what kind of illusory sense of honor do you tell them is not a waste of words? He asked the soldier who had just spoken, "How much is your monthly salary now?" ”

Seeing that Lu Zifei didn't blame himself, the soldier boldly said: "I can now take home eighty yuan a month in the barracks, not counting the fish that I can't usually sell." ”

Lu Zifei said: "You people are the first type of troops to experiment, so the salary is much higher than that of ordinary box soldiers, and some of you have been box soldiers before!" You can ask them if what I said is true, every time I take you to sea, not counting your salary, each person will receive an additional subsidy of 500 yuan, which is affordable enough! ”

The soldier looked at Lu Zifei and said, "What the chief said is true?" ”

Lu Zifei said: "I won't deceive you on this little money, five hundred guan is not a fixed number, there may be more, true or false, you will ask Cao Inspection later, such a good thing fell on your head, didn't you think about why?" Because you are very likely to die, and this is what I tell you the truth, the more you give, the greater the reward, which is directly proportional. ”

Huang Shuangming said: "My lord, we are not afraid of fighting, we are ready to die at any time from the day we become soldiers, but until now, the patrol army does not know who to fight, and we can't kill people with the bows and arrows of the patrol army. ”

Lu Zifei said: "If you want to do a good job first, you must first sharpen your tools, I will not let you die in vain, little wolf, let them bring it in." ”

The fifty guards sent by the emperor have now become coolies, wearing shining armor and a white cloak, looking majestic, but in fact they are embroidered pillows, and they also recognize their status, and they are eating around Lu Zifei and waiting for some extra money.

Fifty soldiers moved back and forth many times before they finished moving, Lu Zifei motioned for them to open the box, a long knife glowing with blue light, a black bow and crossbow that everyone had never seen, and rows of armor, from head to toe, from top to bottom.

Lu Zifei said: "There are 1,000 of you, and the equipment here is also 1,000 sets, one set is not much, one set is not much, each person's set of equipment is worth 2,000 yuan, and your 1,000 people are 2 million yuan, each set of equipment has a number, damage, and loss must be reported, without timely explanation, you will compensate yourself afterwards, and now everyone will take away their own equipment." ”

It's a soldier who doesn't like good horses, good weapons, these are all life-saving things on the battlefield, no one will dislike their weapons are good, but can these things really be worth so much money? In their hands, they found something different, the armor looked like iron, not heavy at all, the knife was just right in the hand, and when they saw the blade, they knew that it was a good steel knife, and they really didn't know how to use this iron guy like a bow and crossbow.

Lu Zifei saw that each of them had received the equipment, picked up a crossbow in his hand that was the same as the soldier's hand and said: "I won't say much about the knife and armor, this thing in my hand is called a crossbow, do you see this thing next to it that is the same as the handle?" After the arrow is put into the steel trough and then tighten the string with it, and then gently pull the movable button, the arrow will fly out, again, just the crossbow is broken, find the logistics craftsman to help you replace the parts, this thing is different from the wooden bow, not a one-time, the arrow will be sent to you later, usually in addition to the training will be recycled to the warehouse, and then sent to you when there is a battle. ”

The soldiers were holding the weapon and familiarizing themselves with its function, Cao Feng stepped forward and asked, "Xiucai, where did so many good things come from, why haven't I seen them before, and how is the material of this knife so similar to a Damascus knife." ”

Song Qi also stretched out his ears, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty are likely to go out to lead the troops to fight, and he must understand a little about the importance of weapons, Lu Zifei said with a smile: "This batch of equipment was developed by the Ordnance Supervisor Not long ago, Li Lin said all the good things to the emperor The emperor promised to give us a thousand sets that should have been the Praetorian Guard, the knife you said is still not as good as the Damascus knife, the particularity of the Damascus knife makes it impossible to produce it on a large scale, but the Song knife in our hands is okay." ”

"Then let's go to sea! My broadsword is already hungry and thirsty, and with such equipment, if I am defeated by a group of savages, I will jump into the sea directly by myself, without the need for the court to condemn me. Cao Feng's mood is very similar to Lu Zifei's mood when he drove the Zifei.

Lu Zifei said: "Now the soldiers have just got the equipment in their hands, and they are not familiar with anything, do you dare to go out?" They hadn't been up to the three warships in the harbor either, and there were still a lot of weapons on the warships that they needed to know more about, and we would set off when all the preparations were in place. ”

Cao Feng was interested in studying weapons with the soldiers, Song Qi and Lu Zifei left the barracks and sat in the Lin family's viewing garden, Lu Zifei looked at this huge and exquisite courtyard and said: "Quanzhou can't afford to build this garden with a year's taxes!" ”

Chen Minqiang said casually: "Quanzhou's annual taxes plus miscellaneous things are only more than 2 million yuan, this courtyard is built by several generations, and there are four or five years of taxes that are about the same." ”

The three of them were received today by Lin Hai's father, Lin Yao, who had too little experience in the conversation at this level, listening to the conversation between the three of them, Lin Yao said: "If the son likes it, this courtyard will be given to the son, and there is no one to live in the Lin family here." ”

Lu Zifei said: "I'll just sigh, the head of the Lin family doesn't have to be nervous, I want me to repair it myself, and I don't miss this money, Lord Song, don't you feel that the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty is pinched in the hands of a few people." ”

Song Qi said mockingly: "You still have the face to talk about others, just wine, you are about to become the first rich man of the Great Song Dynasty, you wipe your ass clean first and then talk about others, when it comes to luxury, the Lin family is a little bit compared to you." ”

"Lord Song, you have wronged me to death, how can I be extravagant, I ate and lived with you along the way, and I didn't have any special treatment! Where does the word luxury come from? ”

Song Qi snorted and said: "How many people who read books are not good at writing because they don't have a piece of paper, you use paper after your family, you wipe your mouth after eating, you must have vegetables on the table when you eat, and you are ashamed to say what meat and vegetables match, your body is great after eating, you have to eat a fruit after eating, the clothes look ordinary to others, and when you get closer, they are all made of fine cotton thread, and you never wear a piece of clothing the next day, no matter what the conditions, you have to take a hot shower every day, and your evil deeds are too many to write." ”

Lu Zifei said: "Lord Song, if it weren't for my extravagant life, how could the common people make money from the Lu family Zhuangzi, you have also lived for a lot of time, and the Lu family Zhuangzi has not bullied ordinary people!" ”

"This is your only advantage, otherwise the emperor would have disposed of you a long time ago, do you think that there are few twists and turns in the court?"

Lu Zifei said: "I don't want to worry about them, I can't see that others are good, Lin family master, you go down first!" I'll talk to the two adults about something, and we'll call you if there's anything you need. Lin Yao obediently closed the door and went out.

Song Qi said: "What is so cautious, don't create tension and anger, okay." ”

Lu Zifei said: "Lord Song first look at the secret decree given to you by the emperor, Lord Chen, as the prefect of Quanzhou, can't get around, so I didn't let others follow, Lord Song, look, I will have a casual chat with Lord Chen." ”

The two chatted and chatted about Chen Minqiang and said an interesting thing, he said: "The Yamen of Chaozhou Governor sent an urgent document, saying that a caravan from Daqin was robbed by robbers, this caravan was to go to the capital to worship the emperor, I have been in Quanzhou for decades, I have never heard of this country, it is estimated that the small country wants to see the power of the kingdom!" The Chaozhou Yamen looked quite nervous. ”

Lu Zifei said: "Great Qin? What they won't say is the Roman Empire! How did they cross so many straits in this era, and in the face of danger at sea, they couldn't get there in half a year! ”

"Yes, yes, it's the Roman Empire that Lu Gongzi said, there really is this country!"

Lu Zifei said: "They are an empire that is not weaker than the Great Song Dynasty, and even surpasses the existence of the Great Song Dynasty in terms of military strength. ”

"What are you two talking about? So cheerful. ”

Lu Zifei said: "We will say this later, what do you think after reading the holy decree of the adults?" ”

Song Qi said: "The City Ship Division does not need to be reorganized, it is just abandoned, and the operation of the City Ship Division cannot solve the current crisis and difficulties!" ”

Lu Zifei said: "The city is a microcosm, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty comes from taxes, and taxes come from the people, how much money the people can have, the money is in the hands of families, high-ranking officials, and businessmen, so our initial idea is wrong, and now we have to find a way to collect taxes from the rich, and the people breathe a sigh of relief, ease the class contradictions, and then find the next breakthrough." ”

Song Qi said: "What do you mean to collect taxes from your family, my family and Lord Chen's family?" ”

That's what I mean in my lord's words."