"Japan?" Tao Gong didn't understand his brother's words, "You want to go to Japan?" What are you doing there? ”

Tao Min sat down on the chair: "Tao Gong, it's been five years since we came here, and it's been almost a year since we came to the Great Khan." The current situation is completely different from before, the course www.biquge.info of history is different, and the forces of confrontation are also different. I thought we could use the power of the Great Khan to fight against Yulin Bay and defeat the Ming Dynasty, but now Yulin Bay is also relying on the Ming Dynasty government. In other words, we are now 2 people against 300 people, and we can't afford to spend the Northeast against the entire Central Plains Dynasty. ”

"So you want to conquer Japan?"

"Yes, there are silver and copper mines in Japan." Tao Min replied, "The people of Yulin Bay are very smart, and in addition to using military means to attack us, they must also think of using economic means, so Japan's silver and copper are very important to us." Moreover, there are still people in Japan, and if we can control Japan, we will be able to form a large army. ”

Tao Gong thought about what Tao Min said, but did not say anything.

"Brother, there is one more thing you have to keep in mind." Tao Min said this, but suddenly stopped, walked to the door of the house and looked, closed the door again, and sat down again, "We should also leave a way back for ourselves." ”

"Brother, what do you mean, what kind of way back do you leave?"

"You and I are full of people." Tao Min looked at his younger brother calmly, "But don't forget, you and I are both people from 400 years later." The reason why we were able to endure humiliation and run to the Han side was actually so that we Manchus could leave a little blood and not be assimilated by the Han people. But now no one can guarantee that the Great Khan will win, if we lose. ”

Tao Min sighed unconsciously when he said this: "I have been following Xu Lang for a long time, and if he can swear with his fingers, it means that he will never let us go, so Japan is also our last retreat." ”

"Brother, will there be that day?"

"Whether there will be anyone who doesn't know." Tao Min stared blankly at the sky and smiled bitterly, "I hope not." Xu Lang and I both came from Chinese studies, and people who study literature are generally emotional, so I can know what he is thinking, and he can also know what I am thinking. ”

"Brother." Tao Gong screamed but did not say any more.

"Brother." Tao Min glanced at Tao Gong lovingly, "We have come to this point, and there is no way back." I often wonder what it would have been like if we hadn't crossed over. I was a small civil servant in my last life, and I was still a clerk in my 30s, but I never complained, and I was very satisfied with my life at that time. ”

"Brother." Tao Gong shed tears, "Do you miss your sister-in-law and nephew again?" ”

"Ugh." Tao Min sighed but didn't answer his brother's question, "When I was in college, my college teacher told me about something. He said that there are many writers and philosophers who have pursued the value and meaning of life all their lives, and the result is either crazy or dead, such as Nietzsche, such as Kawabata Yasunari, such as Hemingway, such as the Chinese poet Haizi. But some old ladies in the countryside have never been to a third place except for their mother's family and in-law's village all their lives, but they have raised children and raised their children all their lives. Now that there are two kinds of lives in front of you, you can tell me which is right and which is wrong. ”

"Brother, there's nothing right or wrong about this." Tao Gong didn't understand what his brother meant, "There is nothing wrong with us for the benefit of our nation." ”

"Yes, there is nothing wrong, what exists is reasonable." Tao Min said silently, "What if it's right, what if it's wrong, who sets the standard of right and wrong, and what is the standard itself." We're just doing what we think we should do, and they're doing what they think they should do, who's right and who's wrong. They want to transform the Ming Dynasty, we want to transform the Qing Dynasty, but what can we do if we transform it? Will history change, will national character change, maybe nothing will change. ”

"Brother, don't think so much." Tao Gong was worried that something would go wrong with his brother's spirit, "Let's do what is in front of us first, and as for whether we can change it, we will talk about it later." ”

"Yes, do what is in front of you first." Tao Min regained his strength, "The conquest of Japan is our next focus. At that time, the Japanese first conquered Korea and then conquered the Northeast, which led to the subsequent eight-year War of Resistance. Let's just do the opposite, don't think that the Japanese are a good thing, just use them and don't need any mercy. ”

"But, brother." Tao Gong asked again, "Even if we want to go to Japan, we don't have a boat?" ”

"It's up to you." Tao Min patted his younger brother caressingly, "I have already brought the shipbuilding information of Yulin Bay, what you need to do now is to inform Xie Tian and ask him to find a way to get a few Western sailors from Macao or Nanyang, we still need someone to sail the ship." ”

"Brother, didn't we capture a few Westerners?" Tao Gong suddenly remembered Andreas, "Can't they?" ”

"Them?" Tao Min smiled, "Now they are all locked up, even if they are used, they will have to wait for a while, these people have been bought by Yulin Bay, and they are unreliable." ”

"I know, brother, I'll arrange it right away."

When Zhou Lei led the Yulin Army back to Yulin Fort, Liu Jun was already waiting for him.

"See the guerrilla general." Liu Jun gave a playful salute.

"Excuse me." Zhou Lei smiled and helped him.

"Damn, you really accept this gift from me." Liu Jun scolded with a smile, "You still have to be an official of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"What's wrong with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, it's quite enjoyable." Zhou Lei waved his hand, "Let's be serious, what's the news in Beijing." ”

Liu Jun briefly told the news of Beijing, and Zhou Lei fell into deep thought.

"You said Tao Min would go to Japan?" Zhou Lei asked.

"I don't know if it's going to be, anyway, when the meeting starts in July, the crossing conference will have an idea." Liu Jun replied, "But our current work is also very important. ”

"I know this, hurry up and get out the tuntian and firearms, at least you don't have to worry about food and silver."

The two of them were talking, and Li Muqing pushed the door and walked in: "General Zhou, Lord Liu, dinner is ready, please have dinner for the two adults." ”

Zhou Lei was stunned: "You come and let us go to dinner?" ”

"That's right." Li Muqing replied, "Lord Liu arranged for the slave to do it." ”

"Lord Liu arranged for you to cook?" Zhou Lei is even more stupid.

"We know, you bring the food here, we'll eat here." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Li Muqing to go out first.

Zhou Lei opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Muqing's back, then turned his head and asked, "You are doing something while I am not there, how can she be a maid." ”

"Shut your mouth first." Liu Jun said with a smile, "Don't say it so ugly, what is a maid, that's a domestic waiter." I don't think it's inconvenient for just two of us to be big men, and it's good to find someone to do laundry, cook or something. ”

"Forget it, you." Zhou Lei pointed at Liu Jun and said with a smile, "Just your little bit, don't think I don't know." ”

Li Muqing brought the rice, a total of three dishes, one meat, two vegetables, and four big steamed buns.

Zhou Lei picked up a steamed bun and looked at it for a long time: "Our Yulin Army is all southerners, can we get used to eating pasta?" ”

"What's the way to get used to it?" Liu Jun also picked up a steamed bun and took a bite, "You don't want to grow rice here." ”

"Yes." Zhou Lei picked up the chopsticks and started eating, "I haven't asked you yet, why did you let Li Muqing do the maid, are she and her grandfather willing?" ”

"Aren't you engaged in tuntian now?" Liu Jun replied while eating, "Their grandfather and grandson also shared 10 acres of land, but Li Zhongkun was originally a student, but he was not admitted to the imperial examination. Now it is very difficult for the two grandchildren to farm the land, you haven't looked at it in the past few days, even if you give them the land, it is estimated that they will not even be able to pay the rent by then. So I discussed it with them, and I asked Li Zhongkun to take charge of some of the written work of the Yulin Army first, and let Li Muqing cook for us first, and they all agreed. ”

"What did people do for you?"

"It's not for nothing, Li Zhongkun is 7 yuan a month according to the rank of second lieutenant, and Li Muqing is 3 yuan a month according to the rank of corporal." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he pointed to his epaulettes, "Aren't I also the deputy commander of the major and the chief of staff now, I can still call the shots in this little matter." ”

"I'm not saying you can call the shots." Zhou Lei smiled, "I always feel that you have some bad intentions." ”

"Don't think of me in the worst light." Liu Jun put down his chopsticks and smiled, "But I really have some ideas." We and Wang Qianxiang are also alone, although the family has agreed to our Tuntian, and also agreed to let us sell firearms to the Ming army, but the more this is the case, the more unsteady my heart is. ”

"What's wrong with you?"

"Didn't Fan Qiuming and I follow Lu Xiangsheng to Beijing this time?" Liu Jun suddenly lowered his voice, "The attitude of the imperial court towards our Yulin Army is not so uniform. Emperor Chongzhen wants to use us now, but many ministers have different opinions. ”

"Do you think we will one day turn against the Ming Dynasty?" Zhou Lei asked.

"It's hard to say." Liu Jun replied, "I discussed this matter with Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang when I was in Beijing, and now because there are Manchus and Liukou, Chongzhen will not do anything to us, but once we destroy the Manchus and Liukou." Xu Lang is right when he says that people with power never take the initiative to give up power. Our ultimate goal is to transform the Ming Dynasty and let it develop into a modern society, but the reforms that have always been accompanied by bloody storms. Now the gentry class and the royal class of the Ming Dynasty, if their interests are not touched, the transformation of the Ming Dynasty is an empty word. But once their interests are touched, the probability of turning the other cheek is almost 100 percent. ”

"Liu Jun, you can do it." Zhou Lei looked at Liu Jun with some surprise, "In the past two years in Guangzhou, your ability has grown. ”

"You're complimenting me." Liu Jun said with a smile, "We have been cooperating with the Ming Dynasty for half a year now, and the July Crossing Conference will set a tone for the future cooperation and future development direction." But I think that the strength of our two regiments outside is still too small, so I think we should also learn from the model of Yulin Bay, engage in economy here, and recruit some troops. ”

"But it's not as good as Hainan." Zhou Lei said, "There is a war here every three or five times, and there is basically no other economy here except agriculture." ”

"That's a problem." Liu Jun thought for a while, "In this way, I will discuss it with Lao Fan and them again, and our Xuanfu Town and Datong Town will also come up with a bill, and we will go back in July and hand it over to the Crossing Conference, so that the Conference can make the final decision." ”

"Okay, then I'll leave that to you." Zhou Lei asked again, "How is Geng Rui doing now, I haven't had time to ask after I come back." ”

"He's been mining and smelting iron in a step-by-step manner." Liu Jun replied, "Now that we have started to build a flintlock pistol, you can take a look at it when you have time." But I've now given him another task. ”

"What did you give him again?"

"Look for gold and silver mines."

"Can Geng Rui do it?" Zhou Lei was a little skeptical, "He can only smelt iron, will he find silver mines?" ”

"If he won't, why don't you go find it?" Liu Jun said with a smile, "Didn't the Second General Affairs Department also set up a point in Xuanfu Town, and I asked them to find out if there were any people who could look for mines in Xuanfu Town." The people of the Second General Affairs Department don't have to be in vain. (To be continued.) )