"Only five hundred?" Xue Ju also frowned after hearing this, this number was really not much compared to the Mo Dao Army Formation that he imagined in his heart.

"Five hundred sets is the largest number I can get this year, after all, I also have to equip the troops with this kind of equipment here, and now that I have recovered these three counties, I will have a direct border with the Western Turks. Next, they put a lot of pressure on me, and I must expand this class as much as possible, otherwise I may not be able to fulfill my promise to my brother. ”

Li Wenyuan reluctantly spread his hands with Xue Ju and told Xue Ju the truth about his current situation. The situation he is facing now is indeed like this, after bordering the Western Turks, I am afraid that all the grievances before this will burst out together. In particular, the son of the Khan of the Western Turks was captured by himself, and later exchanged a lot of cattle and sheep.

Presumably, the Western Turks must have a grudge against themselves, and now that the Great Sui is still there, they still have some stable life to live. But this year, as long as the Great Sui is in chaos, I am afraid that the days of his own dissipation will come to an end. In the chaos of the Central Plains, the Western Turks will definitely launch a retaliatory attack on themselves, and when the time comes, the Modao soldiers will be the most advantageous weapon for them to fight back against the Turks. The five hundred sets of equipment he promised to give Xue Ju were already squeezed out of his teeth. In the near future, after integrating all the craftsmen and resources of the Western Regions, perhaps the speed of producing Modao equipment can be increased a lot, but now it seems that these five hundred sets are already the limit.

Xue Ju heard Li Wenyuan break his fingers to calculate the production of these Mo Dao equipment, as well as his own usefulness, plus the threats he might face. I also knew in my heart that these 500 sets were indeed squeezed out of his army by Li Wenyuan because of the face of the friendship between the two, and he was helpless in his heart, but he was also greatly moved. It's really worth it for my brother to get this part, so Xue Ju nodded and said:

"Brother Wen Yuan, your bitter brother naturally understands. At this time, it was beyond my expectation to have these 500 sets of equipment. Now Brother Wenyuan, you still have a lot of official business to do. There are also a lot of things waiting for my brother in Jincheng, so I nodded and dealt with them. Let's sign the alliance agreement, and then my brother won't bother you here. ”

Li Wenyuan nodded, took out paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and his own ribbon, and signed an agreement with Xue Ju. The agreement stipulates that the period of two years from the date of Xue raising troops shall not be any form of armed conflict between the two sides; Neither party may impose a trade embargo on the other; Xue Ju's side provided 200,000 stone of grain for Li Wenyuan's side; Li Wenyuan's side also wanted to provide Xue Ju's side with 500 sets of Modao equipment.

Xue Ju and Li Wenyuan both got what they wanted in this conversation, although it was not satisfactory, but it was better than nothing, and there was no empty-handed return. After the agreement was made in duplicate, and Xue Ju and Li Wenyuan respectively stamped their seals, both of them carefully collected them.

Li Wenyuan sent Xue Ju out of the governor's mansion, and when he left, he gave Xue Ju a carriage of peach wine. Different from the peach wine brewed by the people, this car is all officially brewed. At this time, the folk brewing of peach wine still used the traditional brewing process, but the official brewing of peach wine was Li Wenyuan's synthesis of some brewing and storage techniques in later generations, and some improved peach wine. This makes the taste not a little bit better than that of the folk brew. The peach wine that Li Wenyuan pays tribute to Yang Guang every year is officially brewed.

After sending Xue Ju away, Li Wenyuan returned to the governor's mansion and sat in his office with his eyes closed. This time, the agreement signed with Xue Ju can be regarded as solving the problem of eating in the three county governments this year. At present, it seems that as long as the problem of eating for the people in the territory is solved, it is equivalent to containing the hearts of these people. Next, there will naturally be relevant persons in charge to go to these three counties to inspect the customs and customs, and to develop some cash crops for the local products there. You don't have to worry about this now, but now you really have to stop the pace of your own outward expansion.

The political workers transferred to these three counties this time have almost exhausted Li Wenyuan's reserve of political work cadres, and it will take some time to register the personnel in these three counties. The official night owl must be cross-checked before a final conclusion can be drawn on the goal of a public trial, but this also makes a lot of preliminary preparation work for each public trial.

The preparation work occupies the energy of supper, which also makes the dark chess left by Li Liang in the three counties a little ready to move. Judging from the work reports handed in by the staff of these three counties, except for Dunhuang County, where Li Wenyuan and Qiu Niang personally sit, are still relatively good, the remaining two county governments have some unstable situations. After the failure of many remnants of Li Liang's party to flee north, they simply colluded directly with each other to form a large bandit force. Li Wenyuan does not have many troops in his hands now, and he does not have enough ability to deal a devastating blow to this gang of bandits after it is spread out.

These circumstances also sounded a wake-up call for Li Wenyuan, saying that it is easy to fight the world immediately, but it is difficult to rule the world immediately. At the same time, Li Wenyuan also deeply felt the lack of troops in his hands. A series of swept questions made Li Wenyuan finally make a decision: he must stabilize first. Stabilize the situation in the territory you already occupy, and at the same time expand your army again. After repeated calculations, Li Wenyuan decided to double the overall number of troops in the Western Regions on the premise of the number of troops already available.

That is to say, after the planned expansion is completed, Li Wenyuan will have eight legions and an army of 120,000 people. At that time, it should be enough for self-protection, and each legion should appropriately expand a mixed division of Modao musketeers to improve the combat capability of this legion.

At the time of this expansion and reorganization, both the officers who are currently serving in the army and the reserve officers who have entered the officer candidate sequence through the military examination must return to the classroom to learn new tactics related to gunpowder in order to deal with the possible protracted war in the future. This study is compulsory, and no matter whether the officers themselves want to serve in Li Wenyuan's army or not, as long as they still want to serve as an officer, then they must participate in this study.

After issuing a series of orders to consolidate his own development and suspend foreign expansion, Li Wenyuan felt that the big stone pressing on his chest was slightly loosened. Then, after the current expansion of the army is completed and a large number of officers who are familiar with the new tactics of muskets and gunpowder enter the army, Li Wenyuan believes that the army under his command will certainly be able to enter a new stage of combat effectiveness.

(End of chapter)