In the hall of the Black Tiger Village, the dim lights are swaying, the inferior charcoal fire on the ground is emitting bursts of green smoke, and the unboiled carbon knots are constantly bursting, making a crackling sound.

After Zheng Hongda proposed the huge number of 2,000 sabers and 5,000 guns, everyone knew what it meant, and everyone fell silent.

Zheng Hongda also knew that he had asked too much, and he also saw Lu Shi's embarrassment and entanglement, took a sip of the water bowl, and then put it down, first broke the silence, and said solemnly: "I know the thoughts of the brothers, and the embarrassing position they are in, in fact, this Ming Dynasty was originally made by Wei Zhongxian's black smoke miasma, and it is indeed the people's misery, so that you have no way to live before you have to fall into the grass, but the new emperor ascended the throne, eradicated Wei Zhongxian's traitorous party in one fell swoop, reused the Qingliu led by Donglin, and took back the eunuchs and Jinyi Wei East and West factories in various places, There is really a ZTE atmosphere. As the new emperor grows older, Donglin will do his best, the rule of officials will slowly become clear, the people will slowly settle down, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely become stronger. At that time, I will beg the governor of Yunnan and the general army to use these weapons as bargaining chips and report them to the court as the merits of the brothers, and the brothers may be recruited by the imperial court and return to various industries, and great talents like the Lu brothers can also show their skills in the border army's foreign national war. ”

This is indeed one of Zheng Hongda's starting points, and it is also a heartfelt statement, but when Lu Shi heard it, he lowered his head and just smiled bitterly.

In the dark, Zheng Hongda didn't see Lu Shi's expression, and still persuaded according to his own ideas: "Now there are rebellions in various places, the southeast barbarians are still not subject to the king, and they have to spend millions of military salaries in the imperial court every year. ”

Zhao Xing pursed his lips, but did not speak, still staring at the brazier, and at the same time, the corner of his eye watched Lu Shi's reaction. He clearly saw a trace of ridicule in the corner of Lu Shi's eyes.

Zheng Hongda said this, and suddenly raised his voice, "And once your spear and saber are equipped with the southwest official army, then you can quickly suppress the barbarian rebellion, and the imperial court can save millions of military salaries every year, then you can use these military salaries to help the hungry people in this mountain and Shaanxi, you and other brothers have the heart to help the world, how can you not do this meritorious brother?" His excited voice rumbled through the empty hall, and it was very imposing.

Lu Shi smiled helplessly, but did not refute.

On the surface, the current Ming Dynasty, since the new emperor ascended the throne, has indeed given people the image of Zhongxing, but they don't know, Lu Shi is very clear, the so-called lord of Zhongxing, the so-called justice and clear stream, which everyone has high hopes for, is actually more unbearable than those eunuchs who have done some serious things, internal divisions and tilting, party strife is more serious, and the demand is more excessive, which completely pushed the Ming Dynasty, which had a little hope, to the abyss, and finally destroyed the Ming Dynasty. is about to add the notorious three salaries, and the number is constantly increasing, forcing the people to a dead end.

But what Zheng Hongda said is also right, suppressing the rebellion of Southwest Yi as soon as possible can indeed preserve a little vitality for this Chinese descendant.

Everyone in the room looked at Lu Shi with their eyes, waiting for King Chuang's decision.

Lu Shi thought about it and said, "Maybe what Brother Zheng said is right, but I'm not optimistic about the prospects you said." Seeing that Zheng Hongda wanted to refute, he raised his hand to stop, and said with a smile: "In less than a year, you and I will see the result, whether it is Daming Zhongxing or even more decline." After a while, he continued: "But today we are not going to talk about it, I have decided to give full support to Brother Zheng's purchase request, after all, we and the imperial court are brothers, and we still have to work with one heart and one mind to deal with outsiders." ”

When Zheng Hongda heard this, he said solemnly: "Brother Gaoyi, brother, thank you for the soldiers on the front line." ”

"Brother is polite." Lu Shi smiled and said: "However, now that our cottage has just won the victory of the anti-encirclement and suppression, and has also gained a broader space of influence in the anti-encirclement and suppression, we need to increase the number of troops to maintain the policy of reducing rent and interest and dividing the land and land, and then there is this anti-encirclement and suppression, a group of friends rescued my brother Cao Meng, so I promised to send them a batch of sabers and guns, so how much is left in the warehouse of the artisan battalion on the mountain now, but it will not be agreed until the head of the artisan battalion Zhao reports." ”

Lu Shi is now busy outside, but he doesn't know that in Huluyu, under the guidance of Lu Shi's thought, the iron mine has officially started, and will soon produce really good steel, and then use Lu Shi's mold irrigation method, the number of sabers and guns produced is several times higher, and this demand can be fully satisfied.

But when Zheng Hongda heard Lu Shi's words, he thought that Lu Shi was still pushing the pond, but he was slightly disappointed, but when he heard Lu Shi's excited introduction to this victory against encirclement and suppression, he was also a little conflicted in his heart.

The brothers of the army won the anti-encirclement and suppression, and expanded the place where the land was divided into fields and land with rent reduction and interest reduction, which was of course happy on the side of Zheng Hongda's cherishing of the people, but when he heard that the army was going to expand the army, Zheng Hongda, who knew the combat power of the army, was suffering from gains and losses, after all, Zheng Hongda was still interested in the imperial court, and the stronger the army, the heavier the difficulty of the imperial court. But he didn't see that in the hands of the imperial court, where could these people compare to stability and prosperity in the base area? Lu Shike saw in a history book that this Shaanxi was in Chongzhen for ten years, under the combined force of Liukou, the official army, the government and natural disasters, the population did not exist in a hundred, reaching the level of thousands of miles of uninhabited, but you look at the present, in this Ganquanfu County Luochuan three places, hundreds of thousands of people have gathered, as long as this development continues, the history of thousands of miles of uninhabited people will be completely changed, history has a sense of powerlessness to change history, but there is a sense of accomplishment to the reality in front of us, has it changed? In fact, it has changed.

Zheng Hongda, who came in a hurry, didn't know the history, let alone had the opportunity to appreciate the whole picture of the base area, so he didn't make any comments.

"Brother is at ease to stay with me for a day, I will arrange for the sergeant to go back to the old camp in Huluyu overnight, and invite Blacksmith Zhao to come here, and then we will discuss it specifically?" History didn't want to disappoint Zheng Hongda, so he comforted him.

"Yes." Zheng Hongda could only nod helplessly: "My brother is also very tired from sleeping in the open for a month, and I am taking a rest from you." Zheng Hongda said generously: "Also, can you make some small farm tools that you said last time?" In the south, it was the time of sowing, and my brother wanted to sell some of the past, so that the people's farming would greatly save time and livestock, and more grain could be produced. Speaking of this, his eyes lit up, and he imagined that the whole country could get even more than one percent of the grain, which would be a relief for the entire hungry and cold Daming, which could make this crumbling Daming breathe a sigh of relief.

Lu Shi looked at Zheng Hongda's expression and couldn't help sighing, is it really as people say, patriotism is in the people, and righteous people are in the rivers and lakes? And who are the people above the temple?

But it's all nothingness, let's arrange it now, Lu Shi smiled slightly and said: "This is ready-made, originally this thing doesn't have any high-tech, and it doesn't need many skilled craftsmen, as long as you know carpenters and blacksmiths for the first time, you can do it, so we have mobilized the people in the old camp to do a lot now, and this time I can let my brother sell it." ”

"That's a good feeling." Zheng Hongda was also happy, he didn't understand what high technology Lu Shi was talking about, he only knew that this thing was easy to produce, if he couldn't meet his purpose of buying ordnance this time, but he could also make a fortune by trafficking in some farm tools.

"I don't know how much?" Zheng Hongda asked tentatively.

"When I set out, 10,000 were built in the old camp, and I want to come to more now."

"So much?" Zheng Hongda couldn't help but smack his tongue.

In fact, this small farm tool is not high-tech at all, almost wood and iron can be made, Lu Shi also took the method of splitting it into individual households, each family only makes a single part, and then collects it to assemble it uniformly, which is a great use of the old camp manpower, speed up the production progress and quantity, and increase the income of the people. Don't say it's such a simple thing, that is, during World War II, even the parts and components of aircraft in Japan were processed in this way, and the method of letting the Allies bomb factories and destroy Japan's industrial production capacity did not work.

"Actually, I also know that this thing should be seen at a glance, or my brother has a reluctant request, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Brother, it's okay to talk about it, where is there such a thing as appropriate or inappropriate?" Lu Shi said with a smile.

"Since this thing is so simple, can I let my brother build workshops all over the south to make some? After all, this long-distance traffic increases the cost of trafficking, and the burden on the common people also increases. In fact, in ancient times, there was no patent protection, but the ancient people were simple and kind, and they also scoffed at plagiarizing other people's achievements, which is more effective than the current patent law.

Lu Shi laughed when he heard this; "Why not? Everything is really good if the people still have to buy it, and my brother can do it, and I will tell my brother about our production method, which will not only increase the output but also increase the income of the local people. ”

"That's the best, then brother thank you on behalf of the people." Zheng Hongda was overjoyed and said: "But my brothers have settled the accounts, and I still have to give fifty percent of my profits to my brothers." ”

Lu Shi smiled: "Brother is a cheerful person, I don't go around the circle, five or five accounts are too much, just take two percent, in fact, this is already a lot, the south is relatively stable, prosperous and rich, compared to this small agricultural machinery still has a very broad sales space, the first year to imitate less, and so on in the future, maybe, want to come to the first year, if according to the profit of one or two silver per piece, we can still earn a dozen or two hundred thousand silver." ”

"Add one tael of silver to each one, and it may cost more than ten or twenty taels, I'm afraid the common people can't afford it." Zheng Hongda frowned. After all, the south is rich, but the people are still very poor, and the price is too high, for fear that it will affect the market.

"Hahaha, more than ten or twenty two, brother might as well join my team, let's go grab it." As soon as Lu Shi's words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Zheng Hongda and the housekeeper were stunned by laughter.