"Your Highness, the Marshal has definitely asked you to come here not only to let you take on the duties of a liaison officer." Feng Sanhu said with a smile: "The duty I gave you is the chief of staff of the former enemy's staff, don't you have the confidence to take this position?" ”

The General Staff is one of the highest military officials, and its responsibilities are even comparable to that of the Military Department Shangshu - the current chief of the general staff of the empire is still Xu Shiyang.

But when it comes to the former chief of staff of the enemy's staff in a small battlefield, this is not a big man, and it is not unreasonable for Xu Daizhuo to serve as a colonel.

Moreover, this operation was a coordinated operation of the navy and army, and it was also a suitable choice for someone from the army to serve as the commander-in-chief, and for the navy to serve as the chief of staff.

Moreover, the marshal let his eldest son come to his army, what the purpose is, a discerning person can see at a glance.

If nothing else, Xu Daizhuo is the third emperor of the empire, after all, his biggest competitor, Xu Daixuan, the king of Qin, has left the empire and is thriving in the Western Regions.

There is no competitor, and the marshal sent him to a place like the Jiaozhi battlefield where there is no danger to make meritorious deeds, so is he crazy and really treats him as an ordinary liaison officer?

Moreover, the empire itself is carrying out two wars, Xu Shiyang did not let his son go to the north to fight the Mughal people, but let him go south to his side, which can't help but make Feng Sanhu have a little other thoughts - perhaps, the marshal is cultivating his own team for His Royal Highness Taisun?

If you think about it, it's really not impossible.

Although Feng Sanhu is about the same age as Xu Shiyang, he was born in Xu Shiyang's earliest group of children's pro-soldiers, and at that time, Xu Shiyang was his father-in-law!

In other words, in terms of generation, Feng Sanhu and Xu Daizhuo are of the same generation.

This is also a natural sense of closeness, and Feng Sanhu will certainly do his best to support the heir chosen by Xu Shiyang, who is also a teacher, friend, and commander.

In fact, Feng Sanhu certainly has a certain understanding of Xu Daizhuo, and he knows that this sea seal ......, uh, well, the Navy Colonel has always regarded himself as a naval soldier, and the decisions made on many occasions are also based on the interests of the Navy (such as when fighting for military spending), such a person may not like the Southern Expeditionary Army Headquarters with a full battalion of army generals and colonels.

In addition, children of Xu Daizhuo's age have a common characteristic, that is, they are very reluctant to follow the route set by adults, and they always think that they can break out of a blue sky of their own.

It can't be said that their idea is completely wrong, after all, hasn't Xu Daixuan already succeeded? Xu Daizhuo probably had similar thoughts.

So when this kid came, the first thing he said was that he was only a liaison officer, and he didn't have the slightest idea of taking advantage of this dangerous war to brush up his achievements.

And Feng Sanhu immediately rebelled against the first army, and asked him bluntly if he dared to take over the heavy responsibility.

This is a very simple method of agitation, Xu Daizhuo can't see it, but it's impossible for him not to accept it, because he represents the navy, can the navy say no in front of the army?

Of course not!

It's a very simple, but completely irresistible little conspiracy.

Xu Daizhuo squinted his eyes at Feng Sanhu, but where could the eyes that he thought were very threatening shake Feng Butcher, who had killed countless people.

"Such a simple agitation method, do you think I will be fooled?"

Xu Daixuan wanted to say this, but he really couldn't say it, because he was afraid that the other party would add a sentence next:

"Are all the people in the Navy like this cowardice who shrink back in the face of responsibility?"

That's going to be a big deal.

So, there is only one thing you can choose from:

"No problem, I can do this job."

Straight to the point, the work of the army's dirt buns is certainly not as difficult as the navy that needs to face the moody sea.

"Very good, Your Excellency Chief of Staff Xu, we are soldiers, let's stop here if we are polite." Feng Sanhu immediately got to the point: "Let's talk about work now." ”

The first thing is how to deal with those who did not rebel last year and want to participate in the Southern Expeditionary Army this year to make a fortune.

According to the idea of the cabinet, taking advantage of the opportunity of this war to purge the rebellious cave barbarians, those cave barbarians who did not revolt should also be changed and returned to the stream, and completely incorporated from the Tusi into the rule of the empire.

But the idea of the Ministry of War is different, because in the process of cleaning up the Affiliated Cave Barbarians, these guys who defected to the Empire have made some contributions to the Empire - mainly as a leading party, leading the Chinese army to go straight to the nest of the Affiliated Cave Barbarians, otherwise it will be really difficult for the Chinese Army to go deep into the mountains and clean up the Affiliated Cave Barbarians in such a short period of time.

It is not a characteristic of the Imperial Army to be rewarded for meritorious service, let alone take advantage of the opportunity to seize the foundation of others.

However, the Cabinet's request to change the land and return to the current generation cannot be ignored.

How to change the land and return to the river with the consent of the meritorious cave barbarians has become the biggest problem facing the Southern Expeditionary Army now.

Well, in fact, it's not a big problem, the staff already has a plan, but Feng Sanhu feels that it is appropriate to hand over this matter to Xu Daizhuo to deal with.

The method is simple, it is still the old way of dealing with those surrendered Tartars in the north - migration.

It's just that in the past, the Tartars migrated from a place with worse conditions to a worse place.

And this time, it is from the depths of the mountains with a harsh living environment to Cochin, where the conditions are good!

"The land on both sides of the Fuliang River in Jiaozhi is fertile, with sufficient sunlight and convenient irrigation, and it can be harvested seven times in two years, and the yield can be guaranteed whether it is rice or sugarcane." A staff officer introduced Xu Daizhuo: "And we found ...... in Hongji"

"A large open-pit coal mine was found in Hongji." Xu Daizhuo smiled proudly and said, "But it wasn't you who found it, it was discovered when our navy was conducting coastal reconnaissance." ”

"Hehe......, well, your navy has discovered a large open-pit coal mine in Hongji, and the Ministry of Household and Industry attach great importance to this, and the cabinet requires that after the end of the war, the Hongji coal mine will be quickly developed."

"So move the cave to farm and dig coal?" Xu Daizhuo asked curiously: "How many people are there in the cave, can you do these jobs well?" ”

"It's not for them to do it, it's just to borrow their knives and whips and watch the cochin thieves do it."

Cochin is a large country with a household registration of one million, with a population of six or seven million. After conquering Cochin, it is definitely a big hidden danger that so many people are killed, but no matter how much you kill, it is impossible to kill all of them in a short period of time.

It can only be used as a slave and waste.

However, after the merger of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, the empire actually did not lack much of the basic labor force of slaves, not to mention the lazy insects of Jiaozhi thieves, it is estimated that in addition to young women who will be picked up from all over the country and sent to local immigrants as wives, most of the Jiaozhi slaves have to stay in Jiaozhi locally.

"We don't have that many people to watch the cochin slaves work, so let the cave man come, and they'll be happy to do these things." The staff officer grinned and said, "It's just that we need His Highness to come forward and give those caves some assurances, so that they can migrate to Cochin with peace of mind." ”