"Zhengyi, I plan it this way, we carry our own dry food, enough for us to go out of Sichuan, save a little bit can insist on walking through Shaanxi, out of Tongguan we have some silver in our hands, in the local procurement of some food, in addition, our women in Shu have a good hand weaving Shu brocade, we bring some Shu brocade, Shu brocade is expensive, no worse than Nanjing's Yun brocade, you can also bring some local products on the road, in addition to the military department to let the supply of some military funds along the way, I think, the military food problem can still be solved."

"Speaking of which, I blush for the imperial court, and I am not even fully responsible for the requisition of native soldiers."

In addition, my stone pillar has been favored by the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and has received these nine Dong and eighteen villages for generations, with more than 300,000 people and 50,000 miles in place. Even if it refers to the affairs of the princes of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there is also the responsibility of the king of Qin. ”

"Aunt Qin, you have been in Beijing for many years, and you know the cold of Beijing in winter, and Liaodong is even worse than Jingshi, and the dripping water turns into ice in the first month. In recent years, the weather is abnormal, the winter is getting colder and colder year by year, even Taihu Lake is frozen this year, I came in from the mouth of the Yangtze River, the river is full of ice floes, the weather in Liaodong can be imagined"

"What, Taihu Lake is frozen," the goatee old man said in surprise, "This Liaodong must not freeze his fingers and ears."

"Zhengyi, this matter is serious, military affairs can not be joked."

"Aunt Qin, it's true, we came with our younger brother, and when we crossed Wusongkou, there was a lot of ice floes on the river," Li Yue'er said.

"Qi Qi Qin Shuai, Bai Yu and I and many guards were on the boat at that time, and they all saw it with their own eyes," Bai Yu, who was standing behind him, also said. The four maids and others also nodded.

Qin Liangyu was a little silent, the more than 6,000 pioneers will set off soon, and the cotton clothes currently prepared may be okay in the Guannei, but I am afraid that they will not be able to do it in Liaodong. Fingers and ears, in particular, are most susceptible to frostbite.

Li Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Aunt Qin, I don't think you can rush out troops, you must be fully prepared." Otherwise, it would be good if half of these 6,000 people could come back in Liaodong. ”

Qin Bangping and the others also nodded deeply, the aid to Liao can't lose too much, otherwise I'm afraid the stone pillar bullet won't be able to suppress it. There will be chaos.

"Zhengyi, if you have any ideas, you might as well talk to Aunt Qin" Qin Liangyu obviously saw that Li Jing had something to say, this time Li Jing came to Shuzhong mysteriously, there must be some plan, and the stone pillar has nothing to do with him, even if it has something to do with him, there is no need to wade into the troubled waters of Liaodong. The various forces in Liaodong are intricate, and they involve party struggles in the imperial court, which is definitely not fun. The Li family's power is in eastern Guangdong, and it can't compete with Liaodong.

"Aunt Qin, what do you think of the victory or defeat of this aid to Liao" Li Jing asked.

"How can the battle array be predicted in advance, we can only go to Liaodong to judge the situation and take one step at a time."

"How much do you know about Jiannu, do you have relevant intelligence sources?"

"My Shizhu lives deep in the mainland, and has never had anything to do with Liaodong, so I know almost nothing, and the only thing I know is a few words from the news such as the imperial court newspaper. He has never fought with Jiannu. After the defeat of Salhu, Jiannu's arrogance soared, and it was not easy to think of it. ”

"With all due respect, I'm afraid you can't go like this, you have to be prepared, first of all, you have to be fully prepared for the cold, you must prepare heavy cotton pants, felt boots, gloves, cotton hats. Secondly, you must have enough food and tents and baggage. Third, you must have a tactic to deal with the Jiannu cavalry, at least you must be equipped with firearms, without firearms, the infantry will suffer a big loss when fighting the cavalry. Fourth, you must know the information of Jiannu and the personnel arrangements within our army this time, as well as their factions, and their contradictions with each other. Otherwise, you will suffer greatly. ”

"The Ministry of War requires that we must rush to Liaoyang at the end of February, time waits for no one, there is really no time to prepare, besides," Qin Liangyu was a little embarrassed when he said this, but he still continued, "I'm not afraid of requisitioning you jokes, the stone pillars are barren and the people are poor, and I really can't afford to buy so many military funds." ”

"Aunt Qin, I actually came to Shuzhong this time for a purpose, not to play, I want to rebuild the Nanao Town Water Division, I need to build ships, there are a lot of wood in Shu that I need for more than a hundred years, in addition, Sichuan is rich in sand gold, I need gold to trade with the Francois and buy their firearms."

At this time, Ma Zuochen interjected: "Isn't shipbuilding generally like to use strong hardwood, there are a lot of hardwoods on the southeast coast, why do you want to come to Shuzhong near and far, besides, Shu Road is difficult, how to transport it?"

Mr. Ma didn't know that there are many kinds of wood used in shipbuilding, and there are different requirements in different parts. The wood used to make the outer board of the wear, that is, the wood in contact with the seawater, what is needed is not hardness, but corrosion resistance, seawater contains salt, which will corrode the wood, so if you want the ship to be durable, you must use corrosion-resistant wood, Sichuan has two excellent boards, one is Nanmu, the other is camphor wood, as the saying goes: "sun-dried thousand-year-old pine, blistered thousand-year-old camphor."

"Second, wood must be tough, the sea is turbulent, the ship is constantly stretched and squeezed, hard things are generally brittle, easy to break, so it must have good tensile strength. In addition, there is also the problem of processing, the harder the wood, the more difficult it is to process, which will reduce efficiency and consume time and labor. The warships can barely endure it, and the merchant ships have to consider the cost"

"Zhengyi is right, good knives are made of hard materials for the edge of the knife to keep the edge sharp, and the blade should be covered with soft materials to prevent breaking." Ma Xianglin also agreed.

"Third, this kind of thing must be resistant to foaming, and it must not be deformed when soaked in water, so that there will be big problems after entering the water. There are also a lot of Zhangmu Dayuan Island, but it is not under our control, the local savages are also very powerful, and the wood in Shu is more than 100 years old, the quantity is huge, and sometimes it is necessary to find suitable curved wood to make special components on the hull, these are the reasons why I came to Shuzhong. In addition, I plan to buy land in Chongqing to build a business, warehouse, wharf, the land of abundance in Shuzhong, the people are rich and have great commercial value. ”

"Aunt Qin, silver is not a problem, I can lend you a loan in the name of the Li family's Chongqing firm, it can be low-interest or even interest-free, you can help me cut down the wood I need in Shuzhong to repay, I can also buy Shu Jin, in addition, I can give you the distribution of Sichuan sand gold vein map, you can find a way to mine, your stone pillars can be beaten, as for how to hold these gold mines in your hands, you don't need to talk about it."

"Zhengyi, it's not that Aunt Qin doesn't believe you, do you know how much silver you need to do these things?"

Li Wei'er and Li Yue'er are Qin Shuai's fans, and they are sitting next to Qin Liangyu at this time, Li Yue'er shook Qin Liangyu's arm and said, "Aunt Qin, the little brother is rich, and he has more than 300,000 taels of silver."

Li Jing looked at Li Weier and Li Yue'er speechlessly, and Li Weier also glared at her sister. Li Yue'er also knew that she was speechless and stuck out her tongue.

Everyone in Shizhu was taken aback, they didn't expect this little son of the Li family to be so rich. The entire Shizhu Xuanwei Division couldn't take out 10,000 taels of silver, and this Xiao Langjun actually had a huge sum of more than 300,000 taels.