"Is this your dinner?" Wu Sangui was a little unconvinced, and asked a soldier of the Yulin Army next to him, "Do you eat this every day?" ”

"Back to General. The soldier replied loudly, "This is our quota of food, and if it is not enough, we can add it until we are full."www.biquge.info ”

A few Guan Ningjun behind Wu Sangui licked their tongues and swallowed their saliva again, this TM is better than what they ate during the New Year.

"General Jiang, your Yulin Army is really kind to the sergeants." Wu Sangui couldn't help but sigh.

"The general is serious." Jiang Beiming replied, "They are all Ming soldiers, how can they be treated badly." ”

Wu Sangui didn't ask any more questions, turned around and walked out of the tent and turned around in the barracks again.

A loud sound of reading came from a tent, and Wu Sangui stopped: "General Jiang, do you still have a school here?" ”

Jiang Beiming pointed to the tent and said with a smile: "General, please go in." ”

Wu Sangui lifted the curtain and walked in.

Thirty soldiers sat neatly on a small bench, and in front of them was an officer, pointing to the words on the small blackboard: "Come, let's read it again, loyal to the monarch and serve the country, loyal to the liver and courage, and help the world and the people." ”

"Hello sir." When the officer saw Jiang Beiming come in, he put down the whip in his hand and saluted.

"Hello sir." Once again, the 30 soldiers stood up in order.

"Take a break." Jiang Beiming introduced again, "This is General Wu, who came to visit you." ”

"Hello General."

Wu Sangui nodded, and asked a soldier suspiciously, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Report to the General." The soldier stood upright, "We're learning to read." ”

"Why do you want to learn to read?" Wu Sangui was even more confused, why did a group of soldiers learn to read and write if they didn't practice killing the enemy?

"Back to the general." The soldier replied, "Commander Chiang taught us that only when we learn to read and have knowledge can we better understand the commander's orders and better fight the war." ”

"And how many words are you going to learn?" Wu Sangui asked, "How many words do you know?" ”

"Back to the general, the regulations of the Yulin Army stipulate that soldiers must have at least 50 words and officers must have at least 150 words. I have now known more than 100 words. ”

"Really?" Wu Sangui smiled, "Then aren't you going to be an officer?" ”

"Back to the general." The soldier replied, "Even if you know 150 words, you may not be able to become an officer, and you have to take an exam and go to a military academy to study, and you can only become an officer after graduating from a military school." ”

The soldier's words stunned Wu Sangui: "Military school? What is a military school? ”

"General." Jiang Beiming stepped forward and said with a smile, "The subordinate will talk about this matter slowly and listen to the general." It was not early, and the lower officials prepared a little wine and rice, and hoped that the general would appreciate it. ”

"General Chiang is polite, but disrespectful." Wu Sangui took Jiang Beiming's hand, "General Jiang gave the general a big surprise today, the general is going to have a drink and talk with General Jiang, and the general still has many doubts to ask General Jiang for advice." ”

"General Wu, please."

"General Chiang, please."

The two of them came to the big tent of the Chinese army while laughing, and several tables of wine banquets had been set up in the big tent.

The guests and hosts of the two sides sat down, and Jiang Beiming held up a wine bowl at Wu Sangui and others: "Generals, it is a great honor for the lower officials today, and it is a great blessing for my Yulin army to come to my Yulin army. ”

Seeing that Jiang Beiming had been calling himself a subordinate official and speaking without any pretension, these people in Guan Ningjun had a much deeper impression of Jiang Beiming, and they raised their wine bowls one after another: "Thank you for your hospitality, general." ”

Wu Sangui put down the wine bowl: "General Jiang, the general has opened his eyes today, but the general has something unclear, can the general explain to the general?"

"Huh." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "Does General Wu want to ask me why the soldiers of the Yulin Army eat so well?" ”

Wu Sangui smiled a little embarrassedly: "Exactly, the general is very unknown." ”

"General, you asked this question last year." Xu Lang smiled on the side, "Without him, we have silver." ”

Wu Sangui opened his mouth and didn't speak, he didn't expect Xu Lang to be so straightforward to say that he was rich, but this is not the answer, the key is why you are so rich.

"General Wu, Chief of Staff Xu is joking." Jiang Beiming didn't care if Wu Sangui could understand what kind of official the chief of staff was, "But what Chief of Staff Xu said is indeed the truth, and Lu Shuai, who also answered the same way last year." If you want to have a good soldier, you must train hard, and the backing of all this is money, that is, silver. ”

"It's just, General Chiang." One of Wu Sangui's subordinates asked, "Xiaguan is presumptuous, I don't know why your Yulin Army is so rich?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Wu Sangui blamed, "General Jiang, forgive me, we Liaodong people are straightforward and have offended the general." ”

"General Wu is out of sight." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "Let's make friends with straightforward people, even if this general doesn't ask, the lower official will tell General Wu." ”

Xu Lang took out a handful of cigarettes and cigars from his body and handed them to Wu Sangui: "I heard that the soldiers of Guanning like to smoke, Xiaguan has here the tobacco produced by our Yulin Army, please taste it with the general." ”

Guan Ningjun's people took the cigarettes in their hands one after another, turning them over and over again, but they didn't know how to smoke them.

"General, that's how this cigarette is smoked." Xu Lang stuffed a cigarette directly into the mouth of a Guan Ningjun, and then lit it for him with a fire sickle.

The rest of the Guan Ning army looked intently at this smoking companion.

"General, how does this smoke taste?" Han Wantao asked with a smile.

"Well, yes, yes, this tastes really good." Guan Ningjun, who was smoking, replied happily while spitting smoke.

"Really good? Then I'll try it too. The rest of the Guan Ning army lit their cigarettes one after another, and after a while, the smoke filled the big tent.

Wu Sangui also smoked a cigar with the help of Jiang Beiming: "General Jiang, did you make this thing yourself?" ”

"Yes, we basically made everything in this barracks." Jiang Beiming took out another handcuff from under his waist, "Including firearms, general, please take a look." ”

Wu Sangui took the handcuff and looked at it: "This handcuff is indeed excellent, Ben Jiang has never seen it." ”

"This handcuff will be sent to the general." Jiang Beiming picked up the wine bowl again, "Everyone, the lower officials will salute you again." ”

Wu Sangui dried the wine in the bowl: "General Jiang, there is something I want to ask General Jiang."

"General Wu doesn't have to be polite, please have something to say."

"I heard that your Yulin Army is selling firearms in Datong and Xuanfu, I don't know if this is true?"

"Seriously." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "We not only sell firearms, but also the rest such as cotton cloth, refined salt, tobacco, and even warships, we sell everything." And we sell not only in Datong and Xuanfu, but also Chen Yingyuan in Dengzhou, General Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, including Mongolians, Hongyi, and Annan. ”

Wu Sangui looked at Jiang Beiming and said nothing in shock.

"General Wu." Xu Lang raised the wine bowl, "This general asked us why the Yulin Army is so rich, it is precisely because we are doing business with everyone, and we are doing business with everything, so our Yulin Army will not be short of money." ”

"Everyone?" Wu Sangui was taken aback again.

"Yes, everyone." Xu Lang took a sip of the wine in the bowl, "Except for the reverse gold tartar." ”

Wu Sangui's mind was a mess, he didn't know if Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang were telling the truth or a lie, doing business with everyone, and doing business with everything, was it possible?

"General Wu." Xu Lang picked up a cigarette, "This kind of cigarette is 20 cigarettes in a box, how much silver does General Wu think can be sold in Beijing, Xuanfu and Liaodong?" ”

"Ben Jiang has never done business, Ben Jiang really doesn't know." Wu Sangui really didn't know.

"Generals, what do you think?" Xu Lang turned the cigarette around in front of these Guan Ning troops.

"I think I'll get at least five cents of silver, right?"

"5 points is less, I think 7 points."

"No, 7 points is also less, if this is taken to Beijing, at least one penny."

These Guan Ningjun guessed one after another with the strength of wine.

"We sold 3 cents of silver to General Wu." Xu Lang waved his hand in a dashing manner, "North of the Yellow River, only the general is sold, I don't know if the general is willing?" ”

Wu Sangui didn't speak, and the rest of the Guan Ning army all quieted down, several pairs of eyes looked at Wu Sangui, and they were all saying the same sentence in their hearts: "Say yes, 3 cents of silver, how much do you have to earn when you change hands." ”

Wu Sangui spoke: "Does General Xu mean to do business with Ben General?" ”

"Why not?" Xu Lang smiled, "We do business with everyone, except the Tartars. ”

"Of course, it's just tobacco." Jiang Beiming picked up the handcuffs on the table again, "There are also firecrackers and artillery, we do the business of everything." ”

"General Chiang means that he can also sell us firearms?" Wu Sangui's eyes straightened.

"Of course." Jiang Beiming put the handcuff back on the table, "In addition to Datong, Xuanfu, Beizhili, Guanning, and Jinzhou, we only sell the general's family." ”

Happiness came too quickly, Wu Sangui really couldn't guess what Yu Linjun meant: "Ben will thank you for your kindness first, as for the business, Ben will still need to go back and ask my father what he means." ”

"This should be, it is natural for the general to go back and ask General Wu for instructions." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "But the general can also tell General Wu that there is no need to worry too much, we do business with various places that both the prince and Lu Shuai know." And Long Live Lord also has plans to equip the Shenji Battalion with our firearms. ”

"You, you." Wu Sangui stammered, "Are you doing business with Long Live Lord?" ”

"Hehehehe, General Wu said with a smile." Xu Lang said with a smile, "We are filial to the Lord of Long Live Lord, but the adults of the Beijing Military Department have plans to do business with our Yulin Army." ”

Wu Sangui's meal became more and more confused the more he drank, and when he staggered back to the barracks, he had already been injected with business experience by Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang.

"Daddy." Wu Sangui sat on the chair and didn't sober up yet, "Did I explain it to your old man, did you understand what I said?" ”

Wu Xiang looked at his son's appearance, both funny and angry: "Sangui, you go and rest first, let's talk about it in detail tomorrow." ”

Wu Sangui was supported by the sergeant to rest, and Wu Xiang sat in the camp tent and thought silently: "Is the Yulin Army really so bold, it actually blatantly came up to talk about business, and it is still an arms business." But listening to his son's story, it seems that these are nothing at all in the Yulin Army, and even the military department has to do business with them, but when it comes to what they say is true or false. If what they say is true, then if they can monopolize the arms and cotton business in Liaodong, even if tobacco is not considered, it will be a huge profit. ”

Wu Xiang weighed the pros and cons for a long time, and finally made up his mind to ask Wang Chengen first tomorrow before making a decision.

Early the next morning, Wu Sangui had not yet sobered up, and Wu Xiang ran to Wang Chengen's residence alone.

"The lower officials see the prince."

"Mr. Wu." Wang Chengen had just woken up, and he hadn't come to eat breakfast yet, "This early in the morning, what is Mr. Wu looking for to our family?" ”

"Back to the prince." Wu Xiang said what had been brewing for a long time, "Because of his admiration for the prestige of the Yulin Army, the dog Sangui didn't discuss it with his subordinates last night, and he went to the Yulin Army to visit, causing a lot of trouble to General Jiang and them. ”

Wang Chengen's heart was secretly happy: "It seems that Jiang Beiming doesn't know what he has fooled again, this Wu family father and son should be trapped." ”