Qingzhou. Tian Xiaoqi and his entourage came to a remote road in Taixiang on the small road, and they smuggled salt, so they couldn't take the big road. So you can only take the path.

"Big brother, what do you see what this thing is?" When Tian Xiaoqi went to fetch water, he encountered a big black pit, which was full of black and sticky things.

"Oh. This is fierce fire oil. These are the things that the officers and soldiers want, but this thing is not valuable, and it has to be in large quantities to be allowed. This, too little. A bearded man said.

"Oh. Big brother, can I take these things on the road? Perhaps, these things are still needed over there. After all, they don't have this thing on their side, and if we need it, we can bring some with us in the future, so that we can get some money. Tian Xiaoqi suggested this.

"Hmm. It's okay, let's all get some of this hot oil and take some of it. Their eldest brother said. A lot of people start looking for things. They don't know what this fierce fire oil is for, and many people have seen such things for the first time, for example, Tian Xiaoqi, but the problem that their eldest brother considers is the same, that is, get more money, you know. The price given over there is still very fair.

Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"I'm tired of it. Pour me a glass of water. Jia Xu came in a little tired and said.

"Alright." Shang Wu said with a smile. Then I gave some of the reports in my hand and gave them a reply.

"Look at this. I think the idea of Xiaodouzi is very good. Shang Wu handed some reports to Jia Xu and said.

"These things, don't be busy first, this money thing, it's really hard to say, I just persuaded them to take out a part of the funds to establish a commercial bank, but it is still very difficult to release a large amount of funds." Saying that, Jia Xu took a sip of water and said so. Jia Xu's busy business is the business of commercial banks, and he has talked about a whole set of operating models of commercial banks. And a good picture is painted. Many of them agree with this, and also recognize this, but the problem is that the invested funds, whether they can earn back, how to earn back, landlords are still very worried, after all, the funds into their own basement is still guaranteed, but put outside, whether it can be recovered or another situation, that is, opening a bank, there is still a certain risk. If the risk cannot be reduced in time, Jia Xu will not be able to persuade the other party to come up with some funds.

"How much money do they plan to come up with?" Shangwu asked.

"It's not much, it's five hundred gold." Jia Xu said.

"Five hundred, that's a lot." Shang Wu was surprised, he felt that this money was too pitiful. It's a little bit more.

"I also know very little, but, there is no way, those landlords, it is already difficult to open a factory. Unless we can show them the benefits of opening a bank and tell them that the risk is much lower. Rely on persuasion, I think. At present, it is still difficult to explain such a thing, and in this case, it is better not to do it, after all, it is very difficult and difficult to do. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. All right. I'd like to think of something else. Shangwu nodded, it still takes a lot of money to solve this problem, and at the same time, it needs to be demonstrative, that is, to tell them how to make money and how to solve this problem. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the other party to do this.

But if you want to do this, I'm afraid it will be very difficult, after all, this kind of thing still requires them to solve such a problem in time.

Jia Xu then took the report and looked at it. He saw Shang Wu's relevant approval.

"Gilly suit? What is this? Jia Xu asked after reading Shangwu's report.

"Oh. At that time, our opponents were all military personnel of the government, and their combat effectiveness was not high, and their actual combat experience was seriously insufficient. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu actually attaches great importance to reconnaissance, and this role is very obvious. Because of the relevant reconnaissance, many things can be effectively carried out, but reconnaissance still needs to be properly solved. For example, the reconnaissance skills of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side are significantly higher than their own. They are good at camouflaging themselves and at the same time stealthily approaching the enemy, and if they were not equipped with telescopes, there is a high probability that the scouts would have been captured.

"Oh. This is a kind of camouflage clothing with all kinds of strips of cloth on it, how to say, it's a person, if you find something symmetrical, it's easy to spot, but if you find something asymmetrical, you will hallucinate, that is, ignore something all at once, Gilly suit, you can see it as a fishing net, with all kinds of strips of cloth, grass, all kinds of camouflage, look at it from a distance, and think it's a stone, which is equivalent to, a sharpshooter, close to the enemy, and in addition to that, I think, They should also be given a certain striking capability and be able to perform a number of special tasks. Shang Wu said.

"Well, this is good, you can kill and injure the enemy coldly, recently I saw some reports, saying that the officers and soldiers are trying to find a way to remove the ** we have buried, which has a great impact on us, I think, we should take some measures, so that they have no way to find our **, our** also have to do some camouflage, for example, become a companion thunder, can be made into stones, camouflage in the periphery, in this way, the power can also be increased a lot." Jia Xu was inspired by Shang Wu and said this.

"Well, I think I can do that." Shang Wu nodded.

"At the same time, I also think that our muskets can also be improved, if they can be made into flintlock pistols, the barrel is being improved, and then there can be snipers, ambush around the perimeter for cold gun shooting, although the number of killed and injured enemies is not very large, but it can cause a lot of confusion to the other side, so that the enemy is in a state of exhaustion and fear, so that they can not concentrate on dealing with us." Shang Wu said.

There are a lot of approvals from martial arts, for example, to carry out special training, for Xiaodouzi's suggestion, he thinks that it is okay, learn some tactics of the enemy, you can quickly meet your own needs, but pay attention to some methods, it is best to willingly recruit some such people to participate, and the treatment can be improved. However, the honorarium is still very rare. This problem can only be solved after the economic problem has been solved.

But some ideas can be rolled out, for example, the establishment of snipers, and special operations squads, they can carry out reconnaissance missions, and at the same time can also carry out special assassination missions, sabotage, and large-scale harassment are all things they can do, and to do this, their weapons must be upgraded, Shangwu has come up with the design of the flintlock pistol. This is a stage that rifle evolution must go through, and flintlock pistols can actually be completed if they are made purely by hand, but in doing so, the production is certainly not high. Because it's all handmade. However, this can be tried, once such a foundation is in place, they can be produced quickly, after all, it is still difficult to defeat the opponent with an arquebus. After all, the combat effectiveness of the arquebus is still too limited.

"According to the latest information we have, the officers and troops have strengthened their forces in terms of cavalry, for example, heavy cavalry, these are situations that we have never encountered before, we used heavy cavalry against them before, but now, they will use heavy cavalry against us. If this is really the case, we should strengthen the defense in this regard, after all, we do not have too many cavalry, and besides, heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry, this is clearly not a very suitable option. Jia Xu said and took out a piece of information and handed it to Shang Wu, who looked at it quickly.

"I've noticed this, too. This requires us to speed up our efforts to solve such a thing, and if we do not let it, our arquebus production capacity will be seriously insufficient. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. It's just that it takes time, and we simply can't afford to waste it. Jia Xu said worriedly. Shangwu nodded in agreement.

Shang Wu used heavy cavalry and infantry charging tactics before, if such tactics were to fight head-on, they would suffer great losses, and this loss would be very staggering, but now, Shang Wu felt that they had to improve a little, using arquebuses, spears combined with phalanxes to solve the problem, they could form a circular formation. Such a phalanx can greatly relieve the fullness of the cavalry, and at the same time, divide the strength of the cavalry, so that the speed of the cavalry can be slowed down. And then taking advantage of the musket, he knew that at the moment any armor could no longer defend itself against the fire of the musket, once the musket was used. and a large number of artillery fire, their situation will be very favorable, the cavalry of the officer army will suffer stage damage, and the spear can effectively prevent the full penetration of the opposing cavalry.

The officers and soldiers simply used the shock tactics of heavy cavalry and infantry, which can form a great impact force, but once their speed and the speed of the impact force are reduced, they will face a huge disaster, and at the same time, once they cannot achieve a breakthrough, their situation will become extremely passive. These are the killer features that Shangwu will come up with in the next stage, and these killer features are enough to make Huangfu Song feel very passive.

But there is a premise for the use of such tactics, that is, Shangwu must spend a lot of money to create a strong army, which is equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery. And the amount of these expenses is still relatively large, although the size of his troops is not large, but the number of equipment is very large.