Although Liu Xia was a little puzzled, he didn't ask to the bottom of it, it is impossible for Gonggong Guo to forget the will of the saint, unless there is something that cannot be said, which made Liu Xia cold and asked: "What is the will, say." ”

That Guo Gonggong obviously felt that Liu Xia's attitude had changed somewhat, but he still nodded and smiled, and said: "Master Hou, in fact, there is nothing to do, that is, the first assistant and the ministers want to let Hou Ye return to the court and garrison Nanjing." As for this Luoyang, this Luoyang is not wanted. And, and ordered Hou Ye to lead his troops back immediately after receiving the holy decree...... "It took a long time for Gonggong Guo, who gnawed on Baba, to finish speaking.

At this time, the whole hall became extremely cold because of Gonggong Guo's words, and the soldiers present were all soldiers who fought all the way with Liu Xia, most of these soldiers were low-level soldiers of the Ming army in the past, they had already been extremely disappointed in the imperial court, and what the imperial court had done had already made them disgusted and dissatisfied.

Now that the imperial court wants them to return to Nanjing and garrison the city of Nanjing, how can they be willing? Even if Liu Xia said: Okay, I agree with this will, father-in-law wait for a while, Ben Hou will pack up his things and follow you.

It is estimated that most of those soldiers will be dissatisfied, under Liu Xia's prestige for such a long time, they may not dare to resist, but there is definitely a lot of dissatisfaction, this is definitely a timed **, and it will suddenly explode at some point.

Those soldiers looked at Guo Gonggong with cold eyes, and Guo Gonggong immediately decided to be like entering an ice cellar, at this time Guo Gonggong was very, very sorry for coming to this place to announce the decree, this is a careless can lose his little life!

"Master Hou, Master Hou...... It's just the will of those ministers, it's just their will, it's not ......" Guo Gonggong tried to explain with his already trembling mouth.

Liu Xia immediately waved his hand and said, "Father-in-law, you don't need to say it, when you go back, you will say that Benhou is willing to garrison the border, expel the Tartars and return my Ming people to a stable place, as for leaving the battlefield, Benhou will definitely not." ”

"Yes, yes, we know, we know. Our family will retire first, and the Hou Ye will not have to send each other off, and there is no need to loosen it. Before Liu Xia could speak, Gonggong Guo ran away from the hall as fast as a rabbit.

The murderous aura in the hall just now, even if he walked out of the hall, Guo Gonggong could still feel it, and when he touched his back, he was already soaked at this time.

In the main hall, those generals were already talking about it at this time.

Chen Liudao: "General, this will must have been written by those civil servants in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the most spineless people in the world are those who are simply moths of the imperial court, and if the Qing army breaks through Nanjing City one day, it is estimated that those civil servants inside will nod their heads one by one and go out to surrender." ”

The other generals also nodded in agreement.

"Ben Hou will not go to Nanjing, what you said is right, most of those people in Nanjing only think about their own glory and wealth, and only think about their own small lives and family wealth." Liu Xia couldn't help but think of the ministers who surrendered to the pillars of the Southern Ming Dynasty after the destruction of Nanjing City in history, especially Liu Ruyi's husband Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party.

Zhang Yuan frowned and said: "If the general doesn't go to Nanjing, then there will be ...... in the imperial court."

Chen Liudao: "The general didn't go to Nanjing because he didn't want to watch the great country of the Ming Dynasty fall into the palm of the Qing army, I believe the people of the world will understand, as for those people in the Southern Ming, they are all smart people, and they will definitely not do anything too out of the ordinary, after all, they don't have military power in their hands." ”

Liu Xia waved his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to talk about these things, the first reason why General Ben asked you to come is to send off Guo's father-in-law, but since he is willing to leave by himself and not let us see him off, it will also save things." Ben Hou has a lot of things to arrange next. ”

"Zhang Liang, how are the soldiers of your recruit regiment doing now?" Liu Xia sat on the main seat of the main hall and asked Zhang Liang, who was standing woodenly below.

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said respectfully: "Back to the general, the five thousand soldiers in the new barracks, including three thousand captured soldiers, are constantly carrying out ideological education according to the general's orders, and have found a wife for some of them, so that they can completely settle down in Luoyang, and I believe that there is no problem with loyalty." As for the 2,000 recruits who were recruited, they were not enough to become combat effectiveness now. ”

"En" Liu Xia nodded and said: "In this case, scatter the three thousand soldiers into the regiments, and as for the specific matters, the commanders of each regiment will go to the new regiment to tell Zhang Liang." The soldiers' uniforms were intensively replenished by the Logistics Department. ”

After listening to Liu Xia's words, Wang En stood up and said: "General Huiqi, although the Logistics Department still has a lot of military uniforms in storage, it can't meet the new more than 3,000 people at all, and there are still 2,000 Luoyang troops without military uniforms. ”

Liu Xia frowned and said, "What about those craftsmen recruited by Benhou?" ”

Zhang Liang of the new regiment stepped forward and replied: "General Hui, those craftsmen are now arranged by the last general in the west city of Luoyang City. ”

Liu Xia began to think of the prototype of a factory, if you want a strong army, logistics must keep up, and Liu Xia is ready to replace all his soldiers with firearms in the future, so the military factory naturally can't do without.

Now Luoyang has almost occupied, with the defense of Tiger Prison Pass and Hangu Pass, and then occupy Tongguan, then the entire Henan Mansion will be completely in his hands, and there will be more and more soldiers in the future, and he has to find a place to build an arsenal.

"General Ben wants to find a place to build a factory, and that place will continuously deliver a large number of weapons, military uniforms and other things to the soldiers. Where does this place say to choose? ”

"If you choose a place, it must not be too far away from Luoyang, and at the same time, it must be convenient, it is better for the general to choose Longmen!" Chen Liu pondered.

Liu Xia said: "Okay, so we will build a factory in Longmen, as for the specific requirements of the factory, Ben Hou will ask someone to write a specific plan and hand it over to you, and the factory will be placed under the name of the Logistics Department first, and among those workers, a person with high moral integrity and extraordinary skills will be selected to serve as the director of the military factory, and at the same time serve as the deputy director of the Logistics Department." ”

"Subordinates obey orders," Wang Engong said.

"By the way, when he was in Guide Mansion, Ben Hou seems to have deliberately found a few people who can make firearms! Let them recruit some apprentices and build weapons. Liu Xia thought that nowadays craftsmen build muskets by themselves, which not only wastes a long time, but also wastes a lot of energy, and the output is still very low, so he added: "In addition, the factory carries out assembly line work whether it is making weapons, firearms or sewing clothes. ”

Wang En asked, "General, what is this assembly line?" ”

Liu Xia said with a smile: "This assembly line is a thing that is divided into several people to do it, and one person only does part of it." For example, this sewing clothes, let one person specifically tailor, one person specifically sew, etc., that's what it means, as for the specific, later Benhou will ask people to write out the specific steps, and then you take it. ”

Although Wang En still didn't understand it too much, since Liu Xia said that it would be written for him, he didn't ask anymore.

"There is a special set up an arms department, and the arms department and other ordinary weapons and sewing clothes are not in the same system, and the arms department is responsible for the procurement of materials used in **, configuration**. Craft musket artillery. The Chief of the Arms Service serves as the Under-Director of the Logistics Division. Ben Hou wanted the future soldiers to pick up muskets and fight. ”

After Liu Xia finished speaking, Liu Dazhuang couldn't help but say: "General, this musket, musket is very dangerous, it is easy to explode!" If you let the soldiers ......"

The musket of the Ming Dynasty was really powerful, the main reason was because those craftsmen cut corners and did not concentrate on forging, but this can't be blamed on these craftsmen, after all, they didn't give them a good environment, they couldn't let them eat enough, and they beat and scolded them, and they didn't treat them as people, where did they have the heart to concentrate on building weapons? It's strange if you don't blow it up. So Liu Xia explained this matter to these soldiers.

He also said to Wang En: "Wang En, after you go down, these craftsmen will be treated equally, and you are not allowed to deduct money and grain, and you are not allowed to oppress you, otherwise you will be killed once you find out." At the same time, after you go down, you will recruit craftsmen in the whole of Luoyang and expand the scale. ”

Liu Xia had already said these words when he was in Guide Mansion, and it was not allowed to beat and bully the craftsmen, Wang En had already remembered it in his heart.

"Have all the people who moved from Guide have been arranged now?" Liu Xia asked Chen Liu.

Chen Liu said respectfully: "General Hui, according to the previous plan, most of those people have been arranged, and they will be given a certain amount of land or a house in the city according to their contributions. Some were arranged in Gongxian, Yanshi, Mengjin, and Yiyang, and finally more than 10,000 people were arranged in the countryside around Luoyang. ”

"Is the land that the soldiers deserve now arranged?"

"General Hui, according to the general's request, the division of the soldiers' land is being carried out intensely, and some seriously disabled soldiers have been arranged to serve as village chiefs in the village, and now the logistics department is ongoing." Wang En, director of the logistics department, said.

Liu Xia nodded and said: "We can't let the meritorious soldiers be wronged, they were injured because they were injured in the battle for Ben Hou, and now they have no ability to work, and Ben Hou can't forget them." ”

"The general is good! It is a blessing for the soldiers! Chen Liu said with a smile.

Chen Liu said again: "Returning to the general, his subordinates recruited some literati, some of whom were found from the common people, and some came from other places who admired the general. There are sixty or seventy people in the West City that have been arranged now, does the general want to see them? ”