On the first day of November in the fifth year of Chongzhen, the sky is cloudy, there is heavy snow, the north is frozen for thousands of miles, wrapped in silver, extraordinarily enchanting, logically speaking, such weather, such bitter cold, people should hide at home, bake the fire, drink some tea or wine, and be comfortable.

However, Liujiabao is not such a scene, the New Year is approaching, the shops here are still open, and the streets are also full of pedestrians, rubbing shoulders one after another, so lively, ready to buy New Year's goods, go home for a good year.

Walking and buying in the market of Liujiabao is not only the citizens of Jingbianbao, but also people from other places, but this is because Liujiabao's reputation as a commodity distribution center has spread to the entire territory of Shaanxi, near Liujiabao Yan'an, Suide, Dingbianying, and even Yinchuan, there are high-ranking officials and nobles, and the children of the solid family come here to buy.

In Liujiabao, in addition to the traditional Ming goods, such as the cloth and silk brocade of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the tea of Fujian, the porcelain of Jiangxi, the Shu brocade of Sichuan, the old vinegar and wine of Shanxi, etc., you can also buy rare things that are difficult to see in the Ming Dynasty.

Soap, glass products, reinforced concrete, vegetables in out-of-season greenhouses, four-wheeled carriages and the like go without saying, although there are not many other places, but there are also them.

The key is that Liujiabao can also buy very rare camel brand flue-cured tobacco, Tiangong brand pocket watches and self-striking bells produced by Daming.

Originally, flue-cured tobacco was used exclusively by the army in Jingbian Fort, and the purpose was to allow soldiers to smoke and relax after intense military operations.

However, some people like to smoke, some people don't, and some soldiers don't want to smoke, so they wonder if they can take out the cigarettes in their hands and sell them, so that they can get some pocket money to spend.

Since some soldiers have such an idea, they can't help but be eager to try and want to do it.

However, they considered that the rules of the Jingbianbao army were very strict, and if they took out the special cigarettes for the army and sold them, they were afraid that they would be punished, so a few soldiers who were particularly brave simply went directly to Liu Renyu and presented their feelings to their faces, hoping that the marshal would allow them to take out the cigarettes and sell them.

These soldiers were of course trembling when they made such demands, for fear that Liu Renyu would be furious and would punish them severely.

But they were completely wrong!

Liu Renyu is very open to these things, people don't want to smoke, do they have to keep it? He waved his hand and agreed, but he particularly emphasized that the cigarettes could only be sent to the shops run by disabled servicemen to be sold, and the benefits would be divided into 37 percent, and the soldiers who provided the cigarettes would get 70 percent, and the disabled soldiers would get 30 percent.

As soon as this policy was introduced, it was immediately warmly supported by the majority of non-smoking soldiers and officers, and in this way, the camel brand flue-cured tobacco was circulated to the market.

Flue-cured tobacco, although there is no filter, but the taste, is definitely better than dry tobacco I don't know how many times, in ancient times, the physical labor of ordinary people is generally heavier, and the nicotine contained in cigarettes can just refresh and make people feel comfortable.

The general people of the Ming Dynasty have the habit of smoking, but they are all dry tobacco, and when the dry tobacco is smoked, the taste cannot be described in words, in short, it is extremely bad.

As a result, because of its exquisite appearance, excellent production, and outstanding taste, this camel brand cigarette caused an explosive response as soon as it was introduced to the market.

Cigarettes, Liu Renyu didn't plan to sell them as luxury goods, he wanted to make cigarettes go in volume, take the road of small profits and quick turnover, and only sell for 20 yuan for a pack of ordinary camels, which is a price that ordinary people can afford.

The soldiers' cigarettes are of this grade, and the officers' cigarettes are much better, ranging from 50 to 200 wen for a pack of cigarettes.

Differentiated consumption, so that everyone who wants to smoke can afford to smoke cigarettes.

As a consumable product, the speed of consumption by the people far exceeds the speed of production, and the Camel brand cigarette factory in the Liujiapu Industrial Manufacturing Factory has a pitiful small output, which can only meet the supply of the army, and cannot meet the market demand at all.

The merchants who have a cooperative relationship with Liu Renyu are all rushing to ask for the goods, but Liu Renyu really doesn't have them in his hands, so he can only tell these merchants who bought cigarettes that strange goods can be lived, so it is better to increase the price.

As a result, the price of camel brand cigarettes soared all the way like riding on a rocket, and the price of cigarettes on the black market rose by an unknown number of times, so that those officers and soldiers who smoked could not help but sell the cigarettes in their hands.

Compared with the super market performance of cigarettes, the sales of chiming clocks and pocket watches are worse, after all, most people in this era still use traditional methods to keep time.

Those who buy chiming clocks and pocket watches, the motive is still very funny, that is, they think that the chiming clock looks very good, and it can still ring at a certain point, it is very enjoyable, very fun, and children like it, as for the pocket watch, it is because it is well-made, it is a very good decoration, and wearing a pocket watch seems to be a little different.

Liu Renyu doesn't care what the motives of the people who buy pocket watches and chimes are all, he just makes money.

However, speaking of which, Jingbian Fort, Zhenbei Fort, Liujiabao, and the various villages and towns under Liu Renyu's rule have a lot of things that can be sold, and there are not nothing that can't be sold.

Liu Renyu specially promulgated a particularly strict decree that not a single grain of grain in Jingbian Fort should be sold, and all grain, including wheat, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, would not be sold.

Grain is a strategic resource in today's era, whoever masters the grain, who will grasp the strategic initiative, there are still many hungry people in Shaanxi who are hungry, this Liu Renyu is very clear, but he doesn't want to, and he can't take out his own food to help the hungry people, now he can only do this first, and when he has the ability, it is not too late to liberate Shaanxi.

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There is a three-storey white Victorian building in the villa group in the mixed commercial and residential area of Liujiapu, this building has a green belt and fountain in front, a swimming pool in the back, pavilions and pavilions, and a water pavilion and fragrant residence, some modern, and some of the softness of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is naturally Liu Renyu's new mansion, next to his big mansion, there are Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, Ma Wenshan, Liu Renjie, Wang Zuohang, He Ergou, Ma Tianjun and others' mansions, these people's houses are very close to Liu Renyu's house, whether it is a meeting, or a visit or something, it is very convenient.

Today, Liu Renyu specially convened a plenary meeting to let the big guys come to their homes to discuss matters.

Li Jiye and several other generals had a house next to Liu Renyu's house, and the distance was very close, so it only took them a few minutes to rush from their homes to Liu Renyu's mansion.

Liu Renyu waited in his conference room for a while, and when all his subordinates arrived, he ordered a formal meeting.

"Gentlemen, I have invited you here today, but there are a few more important things to tell you, the first thing, yesterday, Hong Zhishuai sent an urgent document, saying that Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department of the Northern Captives gathered 50,000 cavalry in Qinghai with the intention of Koubian, and Hong Zhishuai specially ordered our army to go to Huamachi to prepare to resist the Northern Captives." Liu Renyu said important military information as soon as he opened the scene.

"Okay, I've been idle for more than half a year, and my hands are itchy and unbearable, and the north is just right, I'll have a good time myself, and then try how the quality of this gang of recruits under my command is, and the hard training on weekdays has had an effect?" As soon as the martial idiot Yang Desheng heard that there was a battle to be fought, he was immediately overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to lead the troops to attack immediately.

"Lao Yang, we disagree most of the time on weekdays, but every time it's time to fight, my thoughts are exactly the same as yours. Zhang Tieniu also shouted excitedly.

"Dashuai, the quality of the northern captives, we have also seen it in Liaodong, but that's it. They only have 50,000 people, our Daming side, we alone have 10,000 elite soldiers, and the other departments, although they are a little worse than us, but there are at least six or seven thousand people under Hong Zhishuai, and there are still two or three thousand people under Hong Zhishuai, plus the rest of the people, there are always twenty or thirty thousand people, just these people, it is enough to fight the northern captives. Li Jiye has always been serious, or a little cautious, and now he has said such things, which shows that he is very confident in his own strength, and he also has extreme contempt for Beiyu.

Wang Zuohang, He Ergou, and Liu Renjie don't like to show themselves, so they just say that everything is under the orders of the handsome and so on.

"It seems that all the monarchs are very confident, which is very good, the Beilu and Jiannu are all robbers, grab a vote and leave, and they can't bear heavy casualties, so they generally don't have the determination to fight to the death, in addition, when they fought with our Ming army before, most of them relied on mobility and flexibility.

In addition to our army and the Guanning Iron Cavalry, there are a lot of infantry in the army in other parts of our Ming Dynasty, and there are fewer cavalry, and they fight with them, and they can't run away if they lose, and they can't catch up if they win, so they feel sorry when they think about it, but now it's different, this time the autumn defense has our Jingbian Fort Army to join, and the Beiyu don't want to get any cheaper.

At the moment of our army, except for the artillery that does not need to be equipped with horses, the rest of the 8,000 soldiers all have horses, and their mobility and flexibility are not worse than those of the northern captives, that is, only my single army of soldiers and horses meets 50,000 northern captives, and we don't have to be afraid, just fight with them.

This expedition, please remember, the killing of the head is secondary, the important thing is to capture the horses, this time out, you all have to pay attention, our goal of going out to fight this time is very clear, what gold and silver goods, all let the friendly army take it, but all the horses have to be robbed, you can hear clearly? Liu Renyu emphasized.

"I understand, handsome." Each of the generals replied.

"Very good, in terms of the army, I usually go to see it when I have time, and I am very good at training, physical fitness, military skills, I think there is no problem with the officers and soldiers of our army, and I am also very satisfied with the most critical place, the belief that can affect the combat effectiveness of the army.

I have heard that the young commissars are doing a good job of political and ideological work in the army, and the soldiers know what they are fighting for, and this is very good, you have to remember that an army with discipline and combat effectiveness is strong, and an army with discipline, combat effectiveness and faith is invincible in the world. You will be able to know on the battlefield in the future, how important faith is to the combat effectiveness of the army, okay, let's not talk about this, I will talk about the second thing, this matter is related to the Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Monarch Congratulations, you are going to be promoted. When Liu Renyu said this, he suddenly looked at Ma Tianjun with a smile.

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