Chapter 183: Deterrence, Subjugation, and Advice

A thousand people act like one person, and on the battlefield they are like an arm. This is the so-called strong army, and the neat and disciplined troops always have more chances of winning on the battlefield than the rabble, and now they watch the recruits walk around the field with neat steps and expressionless faces. People with a little battlefield experience on Weishan Island gasped.

The recruits in cloth clothes with spears walked by, but the so-called verification soldiers did not end, a hundred knights rode behind, slowly stepping into the field, in fact, this scene looks very funny, because there are more than 100 knights, but there are about 400 horses.

The knights, dressed in heavy armor and armed with muskets and broadswords, followed one knight for every four horses, two in armor and two with coats and various equipment in them. All the knights wore iron masks on their faces, and their armor was tightly fitted.

Seeing this, those unruly men on Weishan Island even forgot to gasp for the air conditioning, four horses alone illustrate the strong mobility, and the horses will be tired when they gallop long distances, but the rotation of several horses can ensure that people will not waste too much time on long journeys, and this is the case when the Mongols crisscrossed the Eurasian continent hundreds of years ago.

The Iron Warriors' equipment included melee broadswords and spears, long-range attacking firearms and bows, and one of the people watching below muttered in a whisper:

"This is clearly an arsenal, maybe it won't be used!"

Such words are naturally just whispered, strengthening their courage, this may be thinking that the knights of Weishan Island are a horse and a knife, and the indifferent gazes of those knights sitting on the horses and the momentum exuded from their bodies all show their experience and killing temperament. These are also familiar to the people of Weishan Island, who are also accustomed to killing.

After the noise began to be quiet, the recruits stood on the side of the school field under Zhang Liang's order, and the iron soldiers went to the earthen platform where Jiang Feng was located and guarded Jiang Feng.

After seeing all this, Liu Twelve clapped lightly with both hands and laughed in a low voice:

"It's really amazing that Lord Jiang has these powers in his hands, but there are some things that students still need to be taught by adults, and then these are the personal guards of adults, I don't know how much silver is needed to support them?"

Standing on the earthen platform were Jiang Feng's trusted henchmen, and Jiang Feng didn't want to hide it from Liu Twelve, so he replied directly:

"My iron ding needs about three hundred taels a year for each person, which is about thirty thousand taels a year."

Liu Twelve's face moved, but he immediately calmed down, but Liu Thirteen in the back opened his mouth wide in surprise, almost lost his voice and shouted:

"Thirty thousand taels, my annual use on Weishan Island is only three thousand taels of silver, this is already a good year, Lord Jiang, you....you..."

didn't say anything for a long time, and Liu Twelve opened his mouth at this time and said:

"What an amazing skill, my lord."

The voice was already a little fluctuating, obviously shocked by this number, Jiang Feng smiled and said lightly:

"I can earn the money, and it doesn't hurt to spend some of it."

After all, Liu Twelve had just come to the mountain, and he didn't know much about the sea trade, so Jiang Feng wouldn't tell him rashly here. Liu Twelve nodded there and continued:

"The adult is now the commander of the affairs, the master of the fourth grade, if he does a good job in a year, presumably the commander of the third grade is not impossible, the student will follow the adult for a short time, I want to ask the adult what are his plans in the future?"

The two of them didn't care at all about the Weishan Island people and soldiers who were still waiting below, Tie Ding and the recruits were already trained, so they naturally stood so firmly, but the Weishan Island people were originally born in the reckless, and they were the most undisciplined, but they also stood there quietly and no one dared to make noise.

Their leader, the Liu family brothers, was talking to Jiang Feng, and they didn't pay attention to the meaning below.

Hearing Liu Twelve's question, Jiang Feng's mind turned, and he knew in his heart that this was the same as accepting Zhang Liang as an apprentice, saving Zhao Xiucai with righteousness, and the other party was grateful to take refuge, and so on. The situation on Weishan Island is different, the other party has more than 700 brave horse bandits, which can be regarded as considerable strength, and if such a person wants to take refuge in you, he naturally has to find a good place to go. And Jiang Feng now wants to put this Liu Twelve by his side more and more, Liu Thirteen can be regarded as a fierce general if he can fight, but no matter how fierce he is, he will not surpass Zhang Liang.

But after the communication in the past few days, this Liu Twelve's insight and resourcefulness are quite extraordinary, Jiang Feng came to this time and space, his wealth is prosperous, and he himself can be regarded as knowing how to collect money. Speaking of martial arts, he has superb martial arts skills, and there are many brothers around him who dare to fight and dare to rush, but only this strategist, Zhao Xiucai is qualified as the general manager, and he can only be regarded as an average when he turns to give opinions and staff officers, Zhang Liang is a brave general, and the rest of Wang Qinian is just a businessman. In the past, there was the scheming Zhang Yong who gave him advice behind his back, but now, Jiang Feng often felt a little lacking in mental strength, after all, not everything needed to be slashed by a sword.

It's ridiculous to say, the ones who can really pay some attention to Jiang Feng are Su Guanyue and Liu Fangrui, these two girls are both from official eunuch families, and they understand all kinds of allusions and skills, and they have helped Jiang Feng a lot in this kind of aspect, at least they can know what rules there are when giving gifts to Shangguan.

Therefore, Liu Twelve at this time can be said to be the person Jiang Feng needs the most, most of the scholars in the Ming Dynasty read dead books, as for the more lively, they are all masters, tents, and there is no vision or anything like that, but Liu Twelve is like Liu Twelve, who is familiar with military affairs, and can be said to be very rare for Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng even has a plan, even if the cavalry of more than 700 people is not annexed, he must catch this Liu Twelve in his hands, Jiang Feng remembers an example very clearly in modern times, that is, when Qian Xuesen returned to China, a certain American general said that Qian Xuesen alone is worthy of five divisions, this sentence is good, presumably this one has brains, worthy of a strong general.

When the other party asked, Jiang Feng groaned slightly, although he planned to subdue the other party, but there were some things that he couldn't say now, he hesitated for a moment, and said loudly:

"Naturally, it will be rich for a long time!"

Hearing Jiang Feng's words, Liu Twelve smiled, a person with a quick mind like him naturally knew that the other party was not telling the truth, but if Jiang Feng really said his thoughts directly, he would not be favored by a smart person like him, how could a person without a city government achieve great things.

Sure enough, Liu Shisan, who was pushing a wheelchair behind him, pouted slightly, looking very disdainful, but Liu Shishi still had a gentle smile on his face, and said eloquently:

"Adults want to keep rich and noble for a long time, the identity at this time is already the fourth product, presumably it will be smooth in the future, I see the living expenses of the adults and their families on the mountain, compared to the squires who have walked through the state capital are not far behind, presumably there is no shortage of money. If you want to pass it on from generation to generation, you have to rely on it. ”

These words had already aroused Jiang Feng's interest, and he took a few steps towards Liu Twelve, Luo Yi was still standing behind him expressionlessly, and the clansmen under the stands of Liu Thirteen, who were pushing wheelchairs, were basking in the sun, although the old, weak, women and children were all staying in the camp. The following are either prestigious old men or men with combat power, but they can't just ignore it like this. He wanted to speak but didn't dare, but he was also strange in his heart, these subordinates of his own have always been restless, if he couldn't fight his brother's resourcefulness, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to control these people, why is it so quiet at this time.

Liu Twelve over there continued:

"The wealth of the generals naturally depends on the soldiers, the soldiers can be strong, although the court is strict, but the soldiers have gradually become private in recent years, the more strong soldiers in the hands of a general, the wealth will not decline, although there are people who dare to die in the hands of adults, but after all, it is less."

Jiang Feng looked back at the iron soldiers who were already standing there, and the corners of his mouth were also smiling, he was indeed proud of these people, but it was indeed less, he looked at those recruits, and couldn't help but feel a little difficult, how could these soldiers die like iron dings, and couldn't help asking:

"How can I have more?"

Liu Twelve smiled slightly, raised his hand and circled the people under the earthen platform, the recruits and those people from Weishan Island were included, and said:

"These people will be the dependence of adults in the future, the people of Weishan Island are already afraid, and the recruits over there are already served, as long as the adults are one or two taels of silver per person per month, two loads of rice. Just practice for half a year with the practice method of the day before yesterday, which is the foundation for adults to keep their wealth and wealth. ”

After hearing this, Jiang Feng couldn't help but be stunned, one or two silver, two loads of rice, at this time, the silver can withstand the call, one load of rice is one hundred and forty catties, one tael of silver can buy five or six loads, speaking of which, a person is one or two or three cents of silver a month, and more than a thousand recruits below and more than 700 Weishan Islanders are only 20,000 taels of silver a year, which is much cheaper than the Tiedings, so that the other party can serve himself?

Jiang Feng didn't know that at this time, the main combat strength of the Ming Dynasty's nine-sided general soldiers was his own soldiers and family members, and these soldiers who were loyal to their masters were getting eight cents of silver every month, which was already devastating.

Although he was puzzled in his heart, he asked about another matter, Jiang Feng said in a deep voice:

"The people of Weishan Island, it's more convenient for your brothers to take care of it, after all, it's been so many years......"

Liu Twelve's face was pale at this time, and he said solemnly:

"Since the documents are all the military households of the adults now, naturally there will be no selfishness, these people are not from Weishan Island now, but the officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Left Guard, although the adults are distributed, my brother has nothing to say."