The sweltering heat in the cave, the scorching sun on the courtyard dam, and the broken pu fan in everyone's hand were fanned out by the hot air with the smell of sweat, but these did not reduce the enthusiasm of the brothers in the army, and the meeting continued. Each report drew bursts of proud cheers from the brothers.

Geng Kui wiped the sweat on his head like a river and continued to report: "The archers, the official ones are still two thousand longbowmen, and the rest, at the suggestion of the Guangwu brothers, have been widely trained in the militia, and as long as the war starts, more than five thousand can be recruited immediately." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the brothers, including the newcomer Zhao Zi, first took a deep breath, and then there was a burst of cheers, seven thousand longbowmen, a salvo, what kind of scene would it be? Arrows like flying locusts? It's just not right, it's more accurate to call it covering the sky and the sun, in front of this invincible arrow array, everyone really can't think of what kind of enemy can compete with.

As soon as Geng Kui's words fell, Cao Meng stood up and hurriedly spoke: "King Chuang, now, the garrison army has reached 20,000 in various places, and they are all trained in strict accordance with your military training method, but compared to the Chuang army, the intensity and time of training are relatively short, because, after all, they still have to cultivate their own fields and guard all places." Lu Shi nodded in understanding.

"But." Speaking of this, Cao Meng straightened his body a lot, and said in a firm tone: "However, they have definitely reached the level of our Woniushan brothers at the beginning, as long as they give an order and are equipped with the weapons of our soldiers, they are qualified soldiers. ”

Lu Shi firmly believes in such a guarantee, because Cao Meng will never brag about military affairs.

"Battalion Commander Zheng, how are our army's reserves?" Lu Shi showed enough respect to the craftsman Ying Zheng blacksmith who sat next to the third uncle without saying a word.

Because of the representative role of Lu Shiqin's nephew Erlang who joined the craftsman battalion, the technicians, that is, the original craftsmen, have been truly respected by the whole base area, and their status has been absolutely improved.

As soon as he was asked by King Chuang, he immediately stood up and said: "Back to King Chuang, due to the continuous supply of materials, everything is now sufficient, 500,000 longbows and arrows have been stored, 500 explosives are packed, and 20 Huzun cannons can leave the factory every month, but because Diao Erlang went to Yichuan Ferry, the production of the chain crossbow arrows equipped by the cavalry is not good, and the existing brothers can only be equipped, and the steel output has reached 8 million catties per year, and the rattan armor sabre is equipped with 50,000 troops at a time. "To put it succinctly, it's a good fit for a technician.

"It's already good, it's very good." Lu Shi affirmed Camp Chief Zhao's achievements, and then said to the third uncle: "Godfather, how is the finances?" ”

"I'm old, I don't have a good memory." The third uncle took out the old shelf first, stroked his beard and smiled, but he was definitely confident in that smile. "The ledger is in front of you, but I can tell you now that our money is almost only in and out, as long as you don't lose, I will let you toss."

That's enough, and this self-confidence is based on the fact that the treasury is constantly expanding.

"The four elders are working hard, I don't know how our year is this year? What will be the assessment of the income from autumn grain and rent? ”

The four elders looked at each other, and then the elder stood up, and after thinking about it again, he said cautiously to Lu Shili: "Back to King Chuang's words, this year's Chuang Wang Hongfu, in the past four years, it has rained for the first time in June, and June is the time when our potatoes are put into storage, and the second stubble of autumn grain is sown. ”

Speaking of which, my eyes were full of longing and excitement. Peasants, this is now the broadest foundation in China, whether it is the gentry and eunuchs, or the rich businessmen, all calculate the wealth by the amount of land they own, and for the small people, the land is their life, their roots, a good harvest, is what every peasant desires the most, now, not only have a scary potato income, look at a good rain, the crazy autumn grain, which is not excited?

After calming down his excitement, the old man said again: "If according to the current situation, our elder brother walked around, and then touched Mr. Luochuan Li, and summed it up, after deducting the shares of other new attached counties, just our old camp in Huluyu, as well as Ganquan Luochuan in Fuxian County, we can collect more than one million stones in land rent, which is definitely enough for the army to chew for a year." ”

A buzzing of excitement immediately filled the cave yard.

Grain, this is the most heart-to-heart thing, gold and silver treasures, in this troubled times, can only be ranked second, there are millions of stone of grain reserves a year, so who are these brothers afraid of?

Zheng Hao stood up at this time, stroked his beard and said confidently: "King Chuang, I will go straight to the Luogou fortress to ensure self-sufficiency, and I will never move half a cent of grain from the old inventory." ”

Zhiluogou, after Zheng Hao's painstaking operation for more than half a year, is now similar to an iron barrel in defense, and spares no effort in grain production, and after the autumn, self-sufficiency has no problem.

Zhao Zi also joined in, and said to Lu Shi with a smile: "Little sir, Yichuan, don't worry, with the help of the original base area, everyone will have no problem until the autumn harvest, I will wait for a part of the income of the ferry, according to your proposal, call merchants to transport grain to the side, no longer need to collect the autumn grain in the hands of the people, then, although self-sufficiency is tight, but it is only a little bitter." Looking at everyone's unbearable looks, Zhao Zi straightened up and said loudly: "This is a world of difference from previous years, I firmly believe that I, Yichuan, as long as it continues to develop like this, will definitely be the richest man in the county within three years." ”

Mr. Li owes himself, and said to Lu Shishi with shame: "I'm sorry for King Chuang, the four newly attached counties in the south, except for the first Huanglong, even if it is harvested in autumn, there will not be much output, and the old camp will supply some subsidies." ”

Gu Feng also owed a salute, and said in a low voice: "What Administrative Officer Li said is that I will wait for a few counties to receive the favor of the king late, so I also need subsidies." It was also true, but he immediately explained: "But I, Huanglong, am better after all, and I don't need too much subsidies, and I also ask Chen Ce, the political officer, and the third uncle and the fourth elder to send someone to check." ”

"Can't the people be enough to feed themselves?" Lu Shi frowned and asked, the livelihood of the people is related to the stability of the people in the base area, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

Mr. Li immediately shook his head, and then explained: "This is not a big problem, the most important thing is the cost of soldiers and garrisons, our four counties are directly facing the relatively strong Xi'an Mansion, and the Weinan Plain, peacetime soldiers and garrisons can not produce, can only be consumed blank, so on the money, food will be much tighter." ”

Wu Tao frowned and said: "Especially those new brothers, although they have become an army after the adaptation, they are all hungry and miserable, so in terms of food, we have a lot more money than the current brothers." ”

Lu Shi knew that the training was hard, originally those poles were all yellow and thin, and it was absolutely necessary to enhance his physique, and when he was training in Woniu Mountain, for everyone's three meals a day, he almost reached the point of smashing pots and selling iron, so he had the confidence to leap forward for thousands of miles.

"I know about this matter, and I must arrange it as soon as possible." Lu Shi smiled and comforted the three of them.

Then, after talking to Wu Tao and Chen Ce in a low voice, after getting the consent of the three of them, Lu Shi stood up and said in a serious tone: "Since we already have such a thick family foundation, then, we have to implement our unfinished strategy of going south, now, I will arrange for you to send, if you have different opinions, please speak out, and once you decide, you will never change." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people inside and outside the cave stopped the dancing pu fan in their hands, sat up straight and closed their mouths, waiting for the decision of King Chuang and the great commander.

"To the north, Zheng Hao and Tie Niu led all the garrisons and militias in Zhiluogou to block the harassment of the officers and soldiers from the north and the horse thieves from the north. Li Li's Black Tiger Guard was transferred back to the old camp. The garrison defense of the two counties of Northwest, Guangwu, Fuxian and Yichuan resolutely blocked the attack of the officers and troops on both sides based on the fortress of Chenjiabao and the fortress of Dukou. In the core of Fu County, all the men and horses went out with the army, leaving only the militia to monitor the place, and Mr. Chen Ce was transferred in the center. The Black Tiger Village, the old battalion, and several teams reorganized by Wu Tao, as well as all the original old eight teams, a total of fifteen teams, as well as the garrison team that was upgraded step by step, the longbowmen in the militia, and the firearms battalion, a total of 40,000 regular troops, led by the commander and me, with the assistance of Wu Tao's military staff officers, Geng Kui, and Cao Meng's brothers, all attacked. Mr. Li Gu Feng hired people's husbands, yes, he hired people from the four counties in the south, and was responsible for the transportation of baggage during the war. The third uncle and the fourth elder are responsible for stabilizing the local people's hearts, do you hear clearly? ”

"Understood." All the people shouted together, and even the people in the bazaar under the courtyard dam could hear it clearly, and they all stopped to watch and feel the strong faith of their children.

Zhao Zi frowned, he had already informed the arrangement of Hong Chengchou, the king of Chuang, but according to this arrangement, the heart of the base area was blank, as long as there was a loophole in the thin defense outside, or Hong Chengchou simply sent an elite army to intersperse it, the hard-working base area would be wiped out, wouldn't this be a gamble?

"You can't break into the king." Zhao Zi immediately stood up and interrupted Lu Shi's arrangement.

Lu Shi looked at Zhao Zi suspiciously, for this brother who has real talent and learning, and has a heart to love the people, in Lu Shi's heart, he is full of admiration. "Sir, please."

Zhao Zi had already stood up impatiently and bluntly pointed out the huge loophole in Lu Shi's arrangement. His point also immediately resonated with almost all the brothers, this matter is really so dangerous, so one by one, with a worried look, they looked at their King Chuang, hoping to get an explanation and answer from King Chuang.

In response to Zhao Zi's ability to stand up and ask questions and point out his mistakes and omissions, Lu Shi expressed his deep gratitude, but after standing up, he said firmly: "I dare to guarantee that when we attacked Weinan in mid-October, the border army and Hong Chengchou were absolutely powerless to take care of him. ”

Such a guarantee is actually pale and powerless in others, but in Lu Shi's mouth, it is a certainty, which is also the reason why Lu Shi exists as a god, blind obedience, yes, blind obedience, has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, although Lu Shi is constantly correcting, but the timing of every major war is so accurate, which does make people believe that Lu Shi is the king sent by God to save the thousands of hungry people in Shaanxi.

Zhao Zi didn't feel this point, but seeing the infinite trust of the Chuang Jun brothers in Lu Shi, he had no choice but to sigh.

Seeing this, Lu Shi didn't want to rely on his own knowledge to mix gods, so he found a very reasonable explanation, so as not to hurt the old gentleman's heart: "According to the secret report of my prison sergeant brothers, the Qing army will enter Kou Gyeonggi in October, and all the northern officers and troops will go east to King Qin. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhao Zi was stunned in surprise, but even Zhao Xing and the other generals looked around blankly, but their moods were definitely different, one was really shocked, and the other was really convinced.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Lu Shi immediately said with infinite seriousness: "This is our biggest military secret, and it must not be leaked." ”

A burst of emotion flowed in Zhao Zi's heart, and in the flowing gratitude, there was also a sadness.

Lu Shi seemed to see Zhao Zi's entanglement, thought for a while, and resolutely raised his head: "Old man, for the sake of the Han family, you can do what you want." ”

When Zhao Zi heard this, his body and mind were for a while, and he stared at Lu Shi's eyes for a long time, a long time.

Then he gave Lu Shishen a salute. Speechless.

Lu Shi no longer looked at Zhao Zi, turned around, held the low windowsill with both hands, looked at the vast and boundless sky, and shouted to the brothers in the cave and the courtyard dam: "Everyone is now going back to the training ground, reorganizing the army, and starting to upgrade step by step, forming a southward army. After a pause, in the heavy gasps of the brothers, Lu Shijiang waved his hand: "The target is all Shaanxi." ”