Looking at the moon on the mountain always makes the moon feel colder, perhaps because the night on the mountain is colder, or maybe because the silence on the mountain makes people can't help but miss their hometown, and the full moon in the sky is a kind of sustenance for homesickness.

There is an observation deck in the open space outside the cottage, the bottom of which is cut into the ground with a round wooden pillar with a thick bowl mouth, a few meters deep, and the middle is a wooden strip with hemp rope to tie it solidly, and the top is paved with wooden planks. The observatory is more than 20 meters high, and five or six people sitting on the top plank will not feel crowded.

As for going up, it is also easy, there is a pulley at the top of the observation deck, as long as you sit on the hanging basket, you can order someone to pull the person sitting on the hanging basket below to slowly go up.

Looking down from the lookout, you can see the mountains and ravines, and if there is an enemy attack, you can see it from afar. Looking up, the stars are dotted and the moon seems to be a little bigger. It was windy on the mountain, but the lookout did not shake for half a minute.

There are four lookouts in total, which were built by Cao Wei's order, and are wrapped with trunks and leaves from the top and bottom, and from a distance, they look like a big tree, towering between the mountains and forests. At least two people on each lookout will be watching the movement around them at all times.

"You can't fight for a long time......"

Cao Bin took a sip of wine, handed the skin bag to Cao Wei, and said, "My lord, if you leave your hometown for too long, no matter how strong your military spirit is, it will be dissipated." When the lord ordered the confiscation of the looted property, his subordinates wanted to persuade the lord to collect ninety percent, but since the lord had already spoken, his subordinates naturally couldn't let the lord lose his trust.

It is a good thing and a bad thing that the soldiers have too much money in their hands, the advantage is that it can boost the morale of the army, so that the soldiers can fight the enemy more bravely, and the disadvantage is that they have more money on their bodies, and after a long time, they will have the heart of retreat and do not want to fight hard.

So, my lord, we can't fight for long. ”

Cao Wei took the skin, raised his head and took a sip of wine, and said: "I don't plan to stay in the country for a long time, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and it is normal for soldiers to be homesick, not to mention them, even I miss the braised lion head in the Jingshi Juxianglou...... But then again, the wealth in the two cities is really immeasurable, and the civil and commercial taxes of our Ming Dynasty in the three years together may not be so much, it is really exciting to grab once, and it is addictive to grab two times.

You said that if we take the money and retreat now, will Toyotomi Shunyi go crazy? ”

Cao Bin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It will definitely be crazy." Although Kono's main mountain and even the land of the West Garden are still under the control of the Chiba clan, Toyotomi Shunyi has long regarded this place as the fief of the Toyotomi clan, and the adult robbed him once, and the reason why he has not had a seizure now is because he needs to rely on the adults to help him take revenge, and if the adults run away now, it is strange that Toyotomi Shunyi is not crazy. ”

"Yes, if a person who is so serious and self-denying on weekdays loses control of his emotions, the scene must be very interesting......" The corners of Cao Wei's mouth were hooked, as if he was fantasizing about the scene of Toyotomi Shunyi's emotional out-of-control: "But it's a pity that I don't plan to leave the Japanese country so early, some things have to be done after all......"

Cao Bin was silent, he knew what Cao Wei's "some things" meant.

As the saying goes, there are those who have dansha, there is gold, there are those who have mercy stones, there are copper and gold below, there are those who have mausoleum stones, there are lead, tin and red copper, there are ochres on top, and there are iron below.

However, it is not something that can be done overnight, nor can it be done by dozens of people, so if you want to find gold and silver veins, you must have many people in one place for a long time.

Cao Wei now seems to be helping the Toyotomi clan regain its fiefdom, but in fact it is to leave a foothold for the soldiers who will stay in the Wa Kingdom for prospecting in the future, so that they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they don't have to worry about being driven away or even besieged by the Japanese people.

For a long time, neither of them spoke at the lookout.

The night is not shallow, looking down from the observation deck, the lobby is still brightly lit, and you can faintly hear a word and a half, but when the wind blows, you can't hear anything clearly.

"I was just discussing in the lobby, and everyone was arguing, why didn't the adults speak?"

Cao Bin asked suddenly.

"I want them to come up with ideas......"

Cao Wei said lightly: "There are hundreds of thousands of redundant soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, some veterans are reluctant to leave the barracks, and some soldiers have no combat power, and they are useless to raise them with empty salaries. In the past few years, there have been adults in the imperial court who have asked His Majesty to disarm, but His Majesty is afraid of turmoil in the army, so he has been holding it down, but it may be time to move soon. ”

Cao Bin's heart moved, and he said, "My lord is saying...... Mercenary guards? ”

"Not bad."

Cao Wei nodded and said: "The mercenary guard does not take military salaries, but it can still retain the system, how can the imperial court disagree, now the five thousand soldiers of our mercenary guard are the example taken out by His Majesty, he wants to see how the mercenary guard is, if not, how could the adults in the court agree to establish the mercenary guard so quickly, you know, the imperial court has been cutting the guards for so many years, it is clear that there are many soldiers and do not want to expand the guard."

Establishing a mercenary guard is never a joke.

Now you have also seen that every soldier in the mercenary guard can be self-reliant, live a prosperous life, and have no complaints about the court, so the court will definitely greatly increase the number of mercenary guards. The reason why the veterans who relied in the army in the past were reluctant to leave was that they were worried about their livelihoods, and with these 5,000 soldiers as a model, how could they not be happy? ”

Cao Bin frowned slightly, and said, "But my lord, our five thousand soldiers are not the norm, and we can't provide a way for other soldiers to follow." ”

"I know what you mean, we have already committed a taboo when we came to the Japanese Kingdom, and other soldiers will naturally not be able to take us as a model in the future. In fact, if you let a person who has held a knife all his life carry a hoe, he is naturally unwilling, not to mention that those veterans go to the field to farm and waste their skills, which is also a very pity.

The timid escort the caravan, the bold go up the mountain to suppress the bandits to find wealth, like to enter the rich and noble home as a nurse, like to follow the adventurous businessman to the foreign land to seek opportunities, in short, not hungry. Such days are very different from the days when the imperial court used to let them unload their armor and return to the field, so many soldiers who have reached the age will not be so resistant. ”

Cao Bin's brows furrowed even tighter: "The lord said that his subordinates were confused, according to what the lord said, what is the mercenary guard?" It's not like a soldier, it's not like a people. ”

"Organize!"

Cao Wei said: "You can treat the mercenary guards as an organization, there are no special tasks on weekdays, they are busy with their own work, and if they have a job, they will be organized together." I will ask Your Majesty to set up a mercenary yamen, whether it is a high-ranking official or a businessman, you can go to the mercenary yamen to issue tasks and pay the corresponding commission, which is the source of the mercenary guard's salary.

Of course, if there is a war, they will raise their swords and be a group of tigers and wolves......"

Cao Bin was silent for a moment, and said astringently: "In this way, I am afraid that adults will not be able to control the mercenary guards in the future......" I want to chat with more like-minded people about "Da Ming Qingshi", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", talks about life, and looks for confidants~