Chen Wen seemed unusually excited, or rather excited, gushing, but the wine was drunk very slowly.

Liu Xinda also seemed to listen to Chen Wen's story very patiently.

Because what Chen Wen said was all internal affairs of Datang, and Liu Xinda really didn't know about these things.

"General Liu, it's a pity that you haven't been to our Texas." Holding a pickle pimple in his hand, Chen Wen took a bite and said, "There, once called the heart of the empire by His Majesty the Emperor, do you know why?" Because where are the countless products of the Tang Empire produced. ”

Liu Xinda nodded slightly.

"That kind of huge scene, once you see it, you will never forget it for a lifetime." Chen Wen's eyes showed a look of fascination: "The large workshop standing by the river is working day and night, don't you see it, the thick iron plate." Chen Wen stretched out his hand and gestured, feeling that it was a little thinner, and widened the distance a little more, before he continued: "The hydraulic forging hammer smashed down with a bang, and it became thinner." ”

Liu Xinda's face changed slightly. Datang's industrial production capacity is one of the reasons why they always have an advantage on the battlefield. Like the soldiers of the Northern Tang Dynasty, as long as they go to the battlefield, everyone can be equipped with the best armor, and after years of hard work, he just made his core troops equipped with armor, like Liu Chen's troops, there are very few who can wear armor.

A set of armor is too expensive.

"This kind of armor made for soldiers, our workshop in Texas, can make hundreds of sets a day." Chen Wen said proudly: "Now such a new factory has been built, General Liu, do you know?" Our army is no longer needed so much, what can we do? Take-out. Not to our enemies, of course, but to those overseas. The Koreans wanted it, the Japanese people wanted it, and now they are even selling it to Europa. The price, tsk! ”

"What is Europa?" Liu Xinda couldn't help but ask.

"Far, far, far." Chen Wen shook his head and said: "I don't know, anyway, our ocean-going fleet only runs once a year." In the past, tea, porcelain, and silk were sold, but now weapons have been added. I've heard that wherever they are, where their farts are bigger, they dare to call themselves kings. If there are too many kings, it is inevitable to call back and forth. It's a mess, our armor is of good quality, our weapons are sharp, our crossbow arrows are fast to fire, and our armor-piercing ability is strong, which side is extremely popular. ”

"Only one trip a year?" Liu Xinda's eyes widened.

"Yes, if it weren't for the fact that it was too far away, His Majesty the Emperor would have sent an army to grab it a long time ago." Chen Wen shook his head and said: "It's too far away, it's not cost-effective, so just do business with them and make money!" ”

"His Majesty the Emperor is eloquent and far-sighted, which is indeed beyond the reach of people!" Liu Xinda sincerely admires this.

Chen Wen smiled and said: "Actually, there are still some things, General Liu must be more interested, that is, our artillery, isn't it?" ”

Chen Wen leaned forward, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously. "The grenade that General Liu is using now is actually just an accessory product of our artillery manufacturing process."

"Of course, I know the power of artillery." Liu Xinda sat up straight, "My subordinate Teng Jian, with tens of thousands of horses under his command, wasn't it that he was attacked by artillery in Ezhou City, so he was scattered?" ”

Chen Wen shook his head proudly.

"Within the range of the cannon, it is indestructible."

"But this thing has a fatal weakness!" Liu Xinda couldn't help but say: "It's too heavy, it's inconvenient to transport, and it's not easy to use in places with complex terrain." Unless the two armies face each other, it is useful to attack the fortification, and in the war of movement, this thing will become the target of the opponent's attack. ”

"General Liu is an expert!" Chen Wen clapped his hands and praised: "That's true, so, our army, there are not many equipment for this thing, the army just thinks this kind of thing is too heavy, and it is difficult to walk with a horse, and the road is a little worse, so it's over." So, this thing is now loaded in large quantities on our warships. You know that General Pan bombarded the city of Guangzhou, right? ”

Liu Xinda nodded.

"On a ship, there is no such thing as being heavy or not." Chen Wen said with a smile. "But our Martial Arts Research Institute has spent a lot of effort and a lot of money to get this thing, and the army is unwilling to ask for a large amount, so they are now trying to make this thing smaller and lighter, according to the information I have received, it is said that there are many types that have been developed now, and the weight has been greatly reduced."

Chen Wen didn't lie, but now the Martial Arts Research Institute has fallen into a bottleneck, if it is small and light, the power will not come up, and the power will be slightly greater, and with a bang, it will explode first. So the army still can't look at it. But of course Liu Xinda doesn't know these things. Hearing Chen Wen say this, his face changed a little again.

Chen Wen shook his head and said: "The strength of Datang, outsiders only know one thing, but they don't know the other. The so-called Southern Alliance, hahaha, actually wants to block the car with the mantis arm, hehehe, it's not that we can't take them, it's just that Your Majesty has the virtue of a good life, saying that we are all Tang Dynasty people, if you can not fight and kill, don't fight and kill, and want to force the south to collapse automatically through other means, it really wants to provoke our Majesty, and the army is out together, and it is just a matter of dividing five by two. ”

"How can it be so easy?" Liu Xinda shook his head and said, "Mr. Chen, if you don't lead troops to fight, you don't know the hardships and dangers here." When two armies clash, it is not only that one side is strong, but the other side is slightly weaker, and the stronger side must be able to win. There's so much involved here that I can't tell you clearly for a while, but in short, a full-scale confrontation can be seen as more than just military. ”

Chen Wenbian flattened his mouth, "Economic, military, nothing else." But on both sides, which of the Southern Alliances can prevail? ”

Liu Xinda smiled silently, the south does not have the upper hand, but it is not so easy for the north to win quickly.

"It's like the places that General Liu wants to go to Nanzhao, Jiaozhi, and Zhancheng." Chen Wen seemed to be a little drunk, and said with a smile: "Where does General Liu think that he can really avoid our Tang Dynasty?" ”

"What do the Tang army even want?" Liu Xinda said movingly.

"Let's talk about it first, anyway, how strong our sailors are, General Liu has seen it. We can't get through the land for a while, and who can stop us on the waterway! Chen Wen said proudly: "Even in those places, there are our people who are active. This year, we got hundreds of thousands of quintals of rice from Champa. General Liu, the whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land, the king's minister, you, even if you run to the edge of the sky, you can't escape the influence of our Tang Dynasty. ”

Liu Xinda took a deep breath and was about to speak, when there was a knock on the door, a general appeared at the door, glanced at Chen Wen, walked straight in front of Liu Xinda, and whispered a few words. Liu Xinda was stunned, took a deep look at Chen Wen, nodded, and said, "I know." ”

With a wave of his hand, the general retreated.

Chen Wen lit another cigarette and looked at Liu Xinda, swallowing the clouds.

Liu Xinda was silent for a long time before he said: "Mr. Chen, you came to me today and told me such a lot of things about how powerful Datang is, do you want to persuade me?" ”

Chen Wen's pupils shrank, and he inhaled a puff of cigarette, but never spit it out. After looking at the other party for a long time, he nodded and said, "Yes, General Liu, I want to make one last effort to see if I can change General Liu's mind." Betraying Datang means that he is the eternal enemy of Datang. No matter where General Liu goes in the future, Datang will not let you go. ”

Liu Xinda smiled.

"Betrayal? When did I become a member of Datang. I never was. ”

"Even if it's not, you should know the power of the Tang Dynasty, General Liu, reining in the precipice, it's too late. I am telling you so much tonight, just to let you understand that the powerful Tang Dynasty is not something you can resist, nor can any force in the world resist. If you are an enemy of Datang, the end will definitely be miserable. Chen Wendao.

"But I'd like to give it a try." Liu Xinda sneered and said, "I want to see if I can survive under the obscenity of Datang, and I live well." Mr. Chen, Liu is also self-respecting and arrogant. Liu is not a dog, not a dog that allows you to drive as you want. My home was originally in Shandong, but you were driven all the way, and I couldn't go back to my home. Now it's getting farther and farther away from home. Liu's family, originally a local royal family, is now forced by you to become a rogue-like figure, you say, how can I eliminate this hatred in my heart? ”

Chen Wen looked at each other and said indifferently: "It's just the trend of the times, General Liu, who of us is not a dog, even our Emperor His Majesty often says that he is willing to become a dog for tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty, a cow, a dog, a family and a yard for the people of the Tang Dynasty, a cow, and a farmer for the people of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Liu Xinda shook his head and said, "Mr. Chen, I don't know how you can see what I want to do, but I can tell you for sure that I will not change my mind." I'm leaving, out of the control of you people, even if you want to find me, that's after you defeat Xiang Zhen. By that time, I had already arrived at my destination, haha, your sailors are indeed very powerful, but I can not go to the beach, I will go to the mountains, I will go inland, what can you do with me? When I have a firm foothold somewhere, even if you come, what am I afraid of? ”

"You're going to kill yourself."

"Maybe! But that should be many years away. Mr. Chen, you're about to die. Any idea why I have the patience to listen to you so much today? Because these days, I think you're not bad. I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well accompany you well. By the way, that subordinate of yours is named Qiao Er, and he is dead. Liu Xinda said.

Chen Wen lowered his head and closed his eyes, shook his head for a long time, took out another cigarette roll from the cigarette case, lit it on the previous cigarette butt, and took a heavy puff.

"Or I have a solution!" Chen Wen laughed.