Zhang Chun saw that Zu Dashou happened to mention Liu Renyu again, so he took this opportunity to take the lead in asking Liu Renyu: "General Liu, you have invited yourself to fight in Liaodong, you can really be called loyal and courageous, and the soldiers and horses under General Liu's command are also strong soldiers, and the equipment looks quite sharp." I want to ask, the imperial court has a difficult daily basis, and the Western Army has not been paid for a long time, I don't know where General Liu got the money to equip his officers and soldiers with such good equipment? ”

"Also, the chariot and the hot air balloon are all things in General Liu's army, but I don't know where they came from, and I asked General Liu to inform me and others, so that I can open my eyes." Song Wei also seized the opportunity and asked out loud.

Wu Xiang didn't ask anything, but the answers to these two questions were what he wanted to know.

Liu Renyu knew that these generals must have asked this question, so he smiled slightly and explained: "Zhang Bingbei, Wu Zongzhen, Song Zongzhen, the ancestors of the last generals were Han people who were plundered by the northern captives when Emperor Taizu Gao opened the country. Subsequently, the ancestor was sold to the Taixi barbarians as slaves by the northern captives, and since then he has been living in the Taixi countries. At that time, although the ancestors of the last general were in a foreign country, the roots of the ancestors were not broken, and the last general learned Chinese since he was a child, and he also learned Taixi's kitsch and lewd skills.

Later, when the last general went to the north with his father to do business, the father of the last general was brutally killed by the north as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and the last general fled into the Ming Dynasty alone. At that time, the last general had no food and clothing, so he wanted to find a way to settle down in Daming, so the last general joined the army.

How do you know that the imperial court has not been paid for a long time, the border army is poor, and the last general has no choice but to pawn the ancestral utensils, get some money, buy a set of equipment, and then kill the northern captives with the pier robe Ze and make meritorious contributions, and be promoted to the general. However, the imperial court had no money to raise soldiers, so in order to raise a strong army for a good future, the last general opened a workshop in Jingbian Fort to produce Taixi goods, such as glass mirrors, four-wheeled carriages, soap and reinforced concrete.

These things are rare in my Ming Dynasty, and the last general used this business as a cash cow to shake up military salaries, so as to raise such a Jingbian Fort army. And the hot air balloon that you have seen is also a Taixi style, but this thing is a militaristic weapon, and it is easy not to sell. ”

"I see, I don't think that General Liu turned out to be the people of the Ming Dynasty who returned from the land outside the country, and General Liu's family has left the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and they can still pass on the Chinese language, which is really commendable. General Liu returned to the Ming Dynasty, regardless of his personal life and death, and invited himself into Liaodong to fight with the very sharp Jiannu, which is really respectable and lamentable. Zhang Chun said solemnly.

"Zhang Bingbei, people have life and death, but culture can last forever, although our Liu family is in a foreign place, the skin on the body is yellow, the blood of the Han people flows in the bones, and the soul is branded with China, even if it is dead, the grave must also face the east, because the Ming Dynasty is the root of our Liu family, and our Liu family will not forget it even if it has passed many generations." Liu Renyu said impassionedly.

"What General Liu said is really good." Zhang Chun couldn't help but praise.

Song Wei and Wu Xiang's cultural foundation is not very good, and they don't seem to understand Liu Renyu's set of rhetoric, so they can only learn from Zhang Chun's appearance and praise it.

At this point, Zhang Chun, Song Wei and Wu Xiang all got the answers they wanted, and they finally knew where Liu Renyu, a unique thing in the Ming Dynasty, came from.

"No wonder General Liu's troops and horses are so strong, even if they fought with the same number of troops in the previous battle with the Jiannu Mang Gurtai Division, they can also fight more than 900 levels, all because of the militaristic weapons such as chariots and hot air balloons!" Zhang Chun said with emotion.

Song Wei and Wu Xiang both nodded their heads again and again, obviously agreeing with this conclusion.

"General Liu, since you have such a military weapon here, and we are all Ming officials, it is better to sell the four-wheeled carriage and hot air balloon to our army, if our army gets such a sharp weapon, why not be afraid of building slaves!" Wu Xiang smiled and pleaded.

When Liu Renyu heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and he disagreed with such remarks.

The victory or defeat of the war needs to rely on weapons, but it cannot all rely on weapons, the victory or defeat of the war really depends on the person who controls the weapon, and no matter how good the weapon is, it is no different from a burning stick in the hands of a person who does not dare to fight and die.

In the past, when Jin raised his army, he didn't even have a few pairs of decent armor, why could he always use inferior equipment, and repeatedly defeated the Ming official army with less?

The Ming state's own finances collapsed and there was no money to raise soldiers, so that the Ming army was arrogant and weak, which led to the Ming army's reluctance to die on the one hand, and more importantly, the Later Jin Chuxing, strict military discipline, the generals took the lead, and the soldiers dared to fight and were not afraid of death, so the Later Jin army won more and lost less against the Ming army.

So when Wu Xiang, a famous escapee, said things like the decisive battle of weapons, Liu Renyu felt extremely ironic.

To tell the truth, Wu Xiang was still able to stand here, and he did not lead the army to escape as written in the history books, causing the Ming army to retreat, which had already surprised Liu Renyu.

Why Wu Xiang didn't run, Liu Renyu didn't know, but Liu Renyu still hated Wu Xiang a little.

But hate is hate, Wu Xiang is the chief soldier after all, even if Liu Renyu doesn't agree with Wu Xiang's words, he can't refute it immediately.

Because even if Liu Renyu now emphasized to Wu Xiang that fighting a war really depends on soldiers, not weapons, Wu Xiang will not listen.

At present, Wu Xiang, a Ming military general, made a fortune by falsely reporting the number of soldiers, so as to embezzle military salaries, and use the money earned for his own enjoyment, so that he could engage in a crack army policy is to cut off his financial route, which is very unrealistic, Liu Renyu does not want to waste his words, he feels that it is better to do the arms business with peace of mind, and strengthen his strength first.

So Liu Renyu just politely replied to Wu Xiang: "This matter is not difficult, the chariots equipped by our army can be sold to Wu Zongzhen, but there are only three hot air balloons in our army, and there are only three, and more hot air balloons need to be made before they can be sold to Wu Zongzhen." ”

"Okay, then the town will set a hundred first, you can place cannons in this chariot, and you can deploy archers and firecrackers on the car, and the far and near firepower can be matched with each other, which can improve the mobility and protection of the infantry army, and we don't have to be afraid to meet Jiannu in the wilderness in the future." The hot air balloon can be climbed high and look far away, but it is just right to use it when observing the enemy's situation, and the town has booked two first. Wu Xiang said with a smile.

"General Liu, this town also needs chariots and hot air balloons, this thing is really easy to use, very tight." Song Wei was not far behind and said.

"General Liu, this army also has a hundred chariots, and the hot air balloon, if you have it there, I also want two." Zhang Chun saw that Song Wei and Wu Xiang were purchasing arms, and hurriedly joined the ranks of rushing to buy.

Liu Renyu was in a very good mood when he saw so many customers wanting to buy his own chariots.

I came to Liaodong for all my hard work, not to promote my own products! Now that so many customers are willing to buy their own products, Liu Renyu is naturally very happy.

"How many chariots will you buy will be, and please send someone to the last general to register, and after the last general returns to Jingbian Fort, you can also arrange production. It's just that the chariot of the last general is not cheap, I wonder if the generals can afford it? Liu Renyu asked with a smile.

"How expensive?" Zhang Chun and several other generals asked in unison.

"The four-wheeled carriage produced by the factory in the hands of the last general can be sold for five hundred taels at the most expensive." Liu Renyu smiled slightly.

Hiss!

This price really shocked Zhang Chun and several other generals.

"But it's a special civilian carriage, focusing on comfort and luxurious interior, our military carriage only needs a hundred taels, which is mainly a material money, and the worker's salary is just a cost price." Liu Renyu knew that several generals were frightened by him, so he immediately told the true price of the chariot.

When Zhang Chun and several other generals heard this price, they were greatly relieved, one hundred taels of chariots, this price is acceptable.

"One hundred and two will not return, and General Liu can't be allowed to do things in vain." Zhang Chun said with a smile.

"In this case, I will return to Jingbian Fort, and let my craftsmen hurry up, produce more chariots, and send them to a few generals when the time comes." Liu Renyu said.

"Okay, then let's wait for General Liu's good news." Zhang Chun and several other generals said with a smile.

"A few generals, the Jingbian Fort scenery that the last general said before, in addition to the two militaristic weapons of chariots and hot air balloons, there is also one, which is also very good, after eating wine and dinner later, let the last general take a few generals to see it together, and wait for a few generals to finish reading, and then decide if you don't." When Liu Renyu said this, he stopped talking and concentrated on eating.

Liu Renyufa finished selling the chariot, and planned to sell his own reinforced concrete by the way.

And Zhang Chun and several other generals were hung by Liu Renyu's appetite, and they didn't have the heart to eat when they ate wine and dinner, so they couldn't help but eat extremely fast.

Soon, the feast came to an end.

"Dashuai, when the last general first came to Daling River to build the city, he said that the city wall built with reinforced concrete can resist the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon, and the city wall has not been tried since it was built, so it is better to send a Hongyi cannon to bombard the city wall outside the city, and see if the city wall that will be built at the end is strong?" Liu Renyu said to Zu Dashou.