As soon as Li Yu returned to Shenyang, he was pestered by Kur, and he was taken from the dinner table, when Li Yu was having dinner with a group of brothers in his new home - Sibeile really did not break his word, and found him two large tiled houses near the Great Yamen, the house was left by Nikan who was driven away, a little dilapidated, but it was much better than the leaky house in the past, during Li Yu's visit to relatives, Qi Chongge took a few Aha from Sibeile Mansion to clean the house inside and out, and Turai They got together some old furniture, After a lot of hard work, this place can finally be lived.

As soon as Li Yu went to the museum to report, he was taken by Sony and Qi Chong, who came to the museum, to see his new home, and then Turai and Ao Bai brothers also came to join in the fun, and Turai saw Li Yu and said: "Erlu, you are famous now, and the fact that you rescued the bull's eye from the army made everyone admire, Bai Ge and they came back and blew you up, saying that you took them to defeat at least five hundred horse thieves, and also defeated dozens of bandit leaders in a row, including the mountain tiger that everyone is afraid of, and now almost everyone in the Eight Banners knows you." ”

Qi Chongge also said: "I dare to say that you won't be able to live in this dilapidated house for long, so I will simply repair it, wait and see, after a while, the Great Khan will definitely reward you greatly, maybe he will give you a big mansion, but you still have to invite us to eat meat." As he spoke, he pointed to the meat that Meng Ke had taken from the donkey cart, so the group of people casually cooked some rice porridge for rice, and ate the meat at Li Yu's place, and when he was happy to eat, Kur came in.

As soon as Kurtang saw this group of people eating with their mouths full of oil, he couldn't help but get angry, and the first to be scolded was Li Yu, who scolded him for not doing his job, just caring about playing and forgetting such a big thing as studying, and when he came back, he didn't work there, but hid in his kennel and ate meat secretly, didn't he Kuertang take it seriously. The more Kurtang spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but grab the biggest piece of meat on the table, Li Yu thought that Kurtang was going to hit him with meat, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly hid under the table, and saw Kurtang bring the meat to his mouth, so he was relieved to come out from under the table. After Kuer pestered Li Yu and scolded several other people, he scolded him wherever he went, so everyone gave him a nickname called "Ku Dazui", but he was really learned, and after the death of Erdeni and Kagai, who founded the Zhushen script, he and Dahai were qualified to be called "Zhushen Sages", and the people of the Eight Banners generally gave him a face, and scolded him without saying a word, as for whether to listen or not is another matter.

Kurtang ate meat, while accusing Qi Chongge and Sonny of being scholars, ignoring Sven, who had not eaten meat for a few months, so he ran here in a hurry to eat a nonsense, and the appearance of eating was so ugly, it was a shame for the reader, and then scolded Turai and Aobai for thinking that they had learned the skills of fighting a war was very great, and usually let them read some books as if they wanted their lives, but they ran faster than anyone else when they ate meat, and the most hateful thing was that they also brought such an obedient honest person as Erlu to ruin.

After Kuertang finished eating, he finished scolding, wiped his oily hands on his clothes, and beckoned to Li Yu: "Erlu, don't eat and drink nonsense with these people, follow me to the Wenguan, we have serious things to do." Li Yu had no choice but to follow him, and the others also dispersed, and Sonny and Qi Chongge each carried a piece of meat in their arms before leaving.

Kur wrapped up and shouted back to the literary hall, and Dahai immediately held a large stack of documents and put them on Li Yu's table: "Erlu, this is all left for you, copy ten copies of each of the Shenwen, Mongolian, and Han, anyway, you have had enough, so copy it slowly." ”

Li Yu almost jumped up: "So many, you can kill me." ”

Kull, who was picking his teeth and reminiscing, glared: "You want to do the opposite, I also tell you, I still look down on others if they want to do things for me, you have to do it if you don't want to." He threw two more books in front of Li Yu, "These two "University" and "Analects" also have to take the time to read, I will take the test for you in a few days, don't follow Turai to learn from them, they don't want to study, you can only fight and kill in this life, you will not only have to be a general in the future, but also be a bakshi, I think you don't want to go back to your broken house during this time, just stay in the literary hall to study and do things, anyway, you can eat here together." ”

After Kuer finished speaking, he stretched his waist and said to Dahai: "The meat that this kid brought back is really fragrant, Dahai, you haven't eaten meat for a long time, do you want to taste it?" Then ask that Aha to bring you a few pieces, and bring me some by the way. ”

Kuer excitedly arranged for someone to find Meng Ke, Dahai smiled and looked at Li Yu who was working hard and said: "Ku Dazui is so virtuous, but he is really good to you, write it on the pen and read it ten times in the upper mouth, as long as you work copying, it won't take long for Zhushen, Mongolian, and Chinese characters to be at your fingertips, and you don't have to be afraid of reading, with me and Ku Dazui to teach you, your knowledge will grow when you see the sky, and you will be guaranteed to be the most learned Baksh in Zhushen in the future." Don't blame us for forcing you to study, Sakhalian Belle has already discussed with us, and you must make an appearance to show those Chu Shen's children who refuse to read, what should Baksh be like, Lao Khan has put on Baksh's hat when he sees people in recent years, and he has become Baksh who can't read a single word of farming, herding sheep, drying salt, and even killing pigs, which makes people feel chilling to think about it, so you have to fight for this face for us Bakshi. ”

Meng Ke came with the meat, Kur and Dahai parted the meat with a smile, and Xifu also took the opportunity to grab a piece. Li Yu gave Meng Ke a few words, and handed over the matter of contacting the shopkeeper Fan to him, Meng Ke patted his chest and promised to do things well, and he also said that Li Yu was a little dead-eyed, and it was more appropriate for him to do business, which Li Yu believed.

From this day on, Li Yu began to live in the broken house outside the door of the Wenguan again, and lived the days of taking the Wenguan as his home and working hard, doing chores and copying documents for the Bakshi during the day, and at night when everyone else went home, he had to pick up the lamp to read, and sometimes he had to stay up late - no way, Kur Tang, Dahai They were too ruthless, and they arranged books for him to read every day, and they had to take the exam the next day, if they couldn't answer, they would definitely be scolded by Kuer, and he couldn't be a guard in vain, when there was a shortage of guards on duty, You have to stand guard at the door.

Li Yu didn't work hard in vain, his reputation became even greater, and the people in the Eight Banners praised him when they mentioned him - this young man can fight, loves to read, and how hard he works to do things, talent! Sakhalian Belle even mentioned Erlu whenever he met people, claiming that Erlu's achievements today are all because of his reading and reasoning, and persuaded others to send their children to Baksh to study as soon as possible.

When the old Khan heard about his deeds, he immediately taught his children and grandchildren a lesson, don't you always say that you have a bad life, go and see what kind of life Eru is doing; Don't you want to read, go and see how Erlu reads; Are you afraid of working hard and tired, go and see how Erlu works hard. Erlu, a little guard, is so desperate for my big money, do you people who love the Xinjueluo family have a reason not to do things honestly for me? You all have to learn from Eru.

How did the old Khan praise him, Li Yu didn't know, anyway, he didn't get any benefits, he still had to endure the hard days, but at this time, Sibeile suddenly came to the Wenguan.

Sibeile came at night, and the people in the literary hall had gone home early, leaving Li Yu to read under a lamp. As soon as Sibeile came in, he stared at Li Yu, and after a long while, he asked softly, "You tell me the truth, is there not enough food at home?" Li Yu had to nod, he lived in the Wenguan all day long, others watched him work and study, in fact, he was to eat for a mixed meal, although his monthly ration was raised to three buckets a month, but there was still a Meng Ke who could eat at home, three buckets of miscellaneous grains were not enough for this guy to eat alone, Li Yu had a crooked idea, the guards on duty took care of the meal, then he stayed here every day on duty, of course the other guards like someone to work for them, as for the rice porridge and multigrain cakes that they look at and are disgusted to eat, Li Yu has been eating for more than ten days, And I'm going to mess it up.

Sibeile shook his head again and again: "You have to say that you have no food to eat, you can't open your mouth to me, when you see Haoge or Qi Chongge's words, I will give you food, you are the person I brought back, will I make you starving?" This doesn't work, I know the food in the literary hall, there are not a few oil stars in the clear soup and little water, and it is okay to temporarily block the hunger, and after eating for a long time, people will collapse, so let's do it, I will let people quietly send five buckets of rice every month in the future, enough for you and your Aha to eat. ”

"I don't want to, I can support myself and Ahha." Li Yu said without hesitation.

"Why are you so stupid!" Four Baylor was amused, "You're going to eat like this all the time." People like you are also the only one in my big gold, don't be willing to starve when you give food, other people's Aha has to support the master, you are the master to support the Ahha, and the little food you brought back from the right guard will probably be sent to Fengji Fort. Anyway, I should be on duty next month, isn't the Great Khan always praising you, I will transfer you to the palace of the Khan King of Beicheng on duty, and the monthly food must also be increased, at least so that you can support your family, the flag soldiers have no military pay but have land, since you are not given the flag and land, then you have to give food, Dajin Guo can't bully honest people. ”

After Sibeile finished speaking, he casually flipped through the books on the table, and said as he flipped them: "The University", "The Analects", "Mencius" and "The Book of Filial Piety" are all good books. ”

Li Yu shook his head embarrassedly: "I can't read all the words, I can't understand a lot of the sage's words, it all depends on the two masters to explain, but my brain is stupid and I hear it confused, and Master Kur often scolds me for this." ”

Si Beile smiled: "It doesn't matter, many Beile and Beizi are not as good as you, in fact, you don't need to figure out all these books, we Zhushen rely on arches and horses to survive, and riding and shooting is the most important." The Han people are more knowledgeable than us, we must read their books, do not read and do not understand the reason, do not know how to govern the country, but do not fully believe in the Han people, the Ming Kingdom is to govern the country by these knowledge, their officials are all born in the imperial examination, read a lifetime of books are learned, and the pen is a good article, but they either do bad things, harm the people, or can't do things, and also harm the people, this kind of can't control bad officials, can't teach good officials, but harm the people's knowledge There must be problems. The most important thing in reading is to apply what you have learned, the so-called use from the big point is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, calm the world, and appease the people, from a small point of view, it is to farm and spin cloth, herd horses and sheep, and make utensils, these are all knowledge, and everything must not be wasted. So you don't need to figure out what the Han sages are talking about, in fact, everyone has their own understanding of the words of the sages, the more they explain you, the more confused you become, you just need to figure out what you should do and what you should learn, and listen to the rest as nonsense, in fact, learning is not necessarily in the scriptures, maybe in what you do every day. ”

Li Yu was a little confused, he always thought that knowledge was in the book, and Sibeile explained: "For example, if you farm the land, then the weather season, digging ditches for irrigation, sowing seeds and fertilizing are knowledge; If you hunt, then finding prey, digging burrows, and rounding up prey is learning; If it is a march to fight, then the knowledge is even greater, arranging troops, marching and camping, food and grass supply and ordnance production, the knowledge in this can not be learned in a lifetime, like the cannon on Ningyuan City this time scared many of us, Ming Guo himself also blew the cannon to the sky, but few people think about what the advantages and disadvantages of this cannon are, how to deal with it, in fact, this is also knowledge, you say whether you are afraid of their cannons. ”

"I'm not afraid," Li Yu didn't hesitate at all, "The cannons of the Ming Kingdom are frightening, Ningyuan City is so big, there are only these cannons on the city, and we can't shoot two cannons in one meal, we really can't stop the siege at all, and we can't afford to die before we retreat." In fact, the firearms of the Ming Kingdom are not used, Brother Turai They are equipped with bird guns, three-eyed guns and small cannons, but everyone thinks they are bulky, slow charges, poor accuracy and old explosions hurt people, no one wants to use them, Brother Turai said that these firearms of the Ming army can scare people, and they are not as good as our bows and arrows in the war, I and Brother Tulai fought a battle with the Ming cavalry in Ningyuan, and their three-eyed guns just can't beat our bows and arrows. ”

Sibeile nodded: "What you said is not wrong, but have you thought about it, there are so many learned people in the Ming Kingdom, they must have thought of it a long time ago, why do they still work hard to equip the army with firearms, and why do our people insist on using bows and arrows, just because firearms are not good?" Have you ever pondered this knowledge? ”

Seeing that Li Yu was silent in thought, Sibeile stood up and said: "Because our methods of fighting are completely different, we are good at cavalry and archery field warfare, good at capturing fighters in motion, and then quickly mobilize superior forces to annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop, we did this in Salhu, Shenyang, and Guangning, the Ming army has completely lost confidence after repeated defeats, and they no longer dare to go out of the city wall, the battle of Ningyuan is proof, they have to pin their hopes on the firearms of the Taixi people, so the battle of Ningyuan just shows that the Ming army has failed in Liaoxi, There has never been an army that will win after giving up the initiative, we did not insist on attacking Ningyuan because we don't want to die, in fact, their national strength is far better than ours, as long as their civil and military officials do not deceive the superiors and subordinates, but really look for us to fight a few battles, even if it fails, it is still us who finally escaped from Liaodong, we do not have the population and property to fight with them, our Dajin is not like the Ming Kingdom, their emperor and court can throw out tens of thousands of people to fight without blinking, Even if they are all dead, they will not feel distressed, we can't do it, we will not be able to stand the death of two or three thousand Zhushen, we will not be able to lose the battle, and we will not be able to win the battle with great consumption. ”

Sibeile was a little tired, took a few puffs of snuff and sat down again and continued: "You have to remember that the most important thing in fighting a war is the rapid mobility of the army, which is also the strategy of our Eight Banners to defeat the enemy, we don't send troops, once the troops are dispatched, they must run long distances with continuous and rapid marches with the momentum of thunder, and they can be touched after approaching the target, so the equipment of the Eight Banners must be light and practical, such as bows and arrows, no matter how good the bulky weapons are, if they drag down the speed of the march, they would rather abandon them." And the Ming army is just like a broken car that can't move, the old dragon bell moves slowly, once it leaves the fortified city barrier, it will be defeated, the officials of the Ming State also saw this, they took the initiative to give up mobility, relying on building forts and setting up more firearms to resist us, in fact, they thought wrong, once they lost the initiative and trapped in the city, no matter how strong the castle could not hold. They built the Great Wall and failed to stop the Mongols' iron cavalry, and it was even more impossible for several cities in western Liaoning to stop us. ”

Li Yu suddenly opened his mouth: "Sibeile, since firearms can be used to defend the city, then they must also be used to attack the city, let's also cast cannons, and if we want to attack the city in the future, we will dig a few trenches to trap them, and then set up cannons to bombard the city day and night, anyway, they don't dare to go out of the city to fight us, although the accuracy of firearms is poor, it is better to hit the city wall than to hit people, and after a long time, no matter how strong the city wall is, it will be collapsed, so we will die a lot less." ”

Sibeile stood up happily, patted Li Yu on the shoulder and said: "Erlu, if you can think of this, it means that your book has not been read in vain, let me tell you a truth, offense is always better than defense, and weapons that are conducive to defense must be more conducive to offense." ”

Both of them were a little excited, sitting together and continuing to talk about how to attack the city with artillery, Li Yu's mind was excited and proposed to build a firearms battalion, and in the future, the cavalry used mobility to monitor the Quartet, block and eliminate the enemy out of the city or the enemy who was reinforced, the firearms battalion was responsible for bombarding the castle with artillery, and the infantry captured the castle after the castle was breached, and in the field battle, you can also try to use firearms to break through the enemy's camp or dense formation, and then use the infantry to break through in the middle, and the cavalry can attack from both wings, so that you can annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

Sibeile couldn't stop praising Li Yu for using his brains, and he also told Li Yu that it was not easy to build firearms, and the current level of craftsmen in Dajin could only make some crude firearms, which was far from casting cannons, but it could be found in the future, and Dajin had ready-made cannons, and when he conquered Liaoyang, he captured several large bronze cannons of more than 3,000 catties, which were said to be cast by Huang Kezan, a squire of the Ming State Military Department, from Luzon, which was far away in the south, and was captured by the Dajin army before it could be used in Liaoyang. No one cares about it, so he keeps leaving it there, he is going to send someone to see if it can still be used, the idea of forming a firearms battalion is very good, but it needs a process, and it will definitely be built in the future, it is called "Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion", which means heavy military camp.

Sibeile repeatedly told Li Yu that mobility is the key to the army's victory, and only with mobility can it be capable of field warfare, and to gain the advantage in field warfare is to hold the initiative on the battlefield, and it is only a matter of time before the fortified city walls are overcome, so the Dajin army will still focus on cavalry shooting, and artillery is just a necessary supplement, and if the firearms cannot keep up with the speed of the march, they would rather abandon it.

It's late at night, Sibeile is leaving, and before leaving, he asked Aha to stuff a big bag of dry food into Li Yu's hands: "This is Haoge's Eniang's gluttony, sandwiched with meat filling, you can eat it when you are hungry, Haoge has no brothers, you have to help him more in the future." ”

In the following days, Kurtang suddenly found that Li Yu was not serious about his studies, and sometimes he would suddenly ask some marginal questions, such as: "What kind of spinning wheel was used to spin cloth in the Ming Kingdom?" "Why can't Liaodong grow white rice in the Ming Kingdom? "How are firecrackers made?" ......, these questions made Kurtang and Dahai speechless, and Li Yu didn't stay in the Wenguan honestly, he would sneak out to hang out when he had nothing to do, and the Khan Palace that was being built nearby became a place he frequented, and he was familiar with the craftsmen there, and what made Kurtang angry the most was that Li Yu, who killed the pig behind the Great Yamen, went to see it for a long time, and said that he must see what was different about Baksh, who killed the pig.

"There's no way this kid is saved," Kurtang said to Dahai in frustration, "and he can't be a Baksh if he goes on like this." Dahai didn't think so, Erlu was originally a rough man, and it was already great to be able to read and write Zhushen, Mongolian, and Chinese characters, and Sakhalian and Kurtang actually whimsically wanted to cultivate him like a learned Baksh like a Ming country talent and a scholar, is Erlu that material? Let this kid do whatever he wants, and let's not ruin him.

Kurtang and Dahai no longer forced Li Yu to study, Li Yu's life was immediately better, and when he was fine, he could also practice riding and archery with Turai and Aobai, and the two guys with white flags Hauge and Zhunta also looked for him to go out from time to time, anyway, these guys have money, and they can eat everywhere they go.

Just when he was at ease, someone came to him to complain, and there was more than one person, it was several, everyone unanimously asked him to take care of his Ahha, Li Yu asked and knew that Meng Ke is now familiar with the ground of Shenyang, and has dealings with the three sects and nine streams in Shenyang City, and he has nothing to do all day long, so he calls friends in Shenyang City and does not do his job, he didn't do anything bad, this guy has a good ability to ride and shoot, and his kung fu is better, and he fooled a lot of Eight Banners Qiding and Aha to fight with him, And taught these people to gamble, smoke, and some even learned to prostitute secretly, originally the people of Zhushen were simple, and Aha was generally managed more honestly, but this Meng Ke taught people to learn badly as soon as he came, and the number of his fox friends and dog friends is still expanding, so it won't take long for Shenyang City to be in chaos.

Li Yu was taken aback, Meng Ke came to the museum to greet him twice in three days, and said that Bayanha and Shanxi businessmen had started to do business, everything was going well, and I didn't see anything abnormal about this guy, how could he cause trouble, Li Yu decided to go home and take a look.

Li Yu was startled as soon as he entered the house, there were more than a dozen guys crowded in the house, there were a few dogs lying on his stomach at the door, several guys were carrying bird cages in their hands, and they were swallowing clouds and spitting smoke with Abatai's kind of cigarette stick in their mouths, and one of them also had a Hai Dongqing on his shoulder, these people were staring at the small things on the table and shouting, Meng Ke was busy asking everyone to put money on the table, and the room was full of smoke and miasma, Li Yu came in and stood for a while, but no one looked at him. Li Yu knew at a glance that the people who played birds and eagles were probably idle people in the Eight Banners, this group of people was not the idle people among the soldiers who were sent to death, most of these guys were the children of Baylor, Beizi or Xungui's family, they couldn't fight and were unwilling to work in the fields, relying on some money at home, fooling around in the city all day long, Lao Khan scolded these people for being scoundrels and lazy people who didn't clean them up, but these people often didn't change their ways, and they didn't bother to care about them over time, and the others were probably some Aha who got fat and had a little power.

Seeing these messy people tossing in his own house, Li Yu suddenly became angry and drank: "Whoever let you come to my house, get out of here." Only then did the gang notice Li Yu, Meng Ke was startled, and pushed the gang out of the way: "My boss is back, and the brothers will get together another day." ”

Sending people away, Meng Ke greeted Li Yu with a hippie smile: "Big boss, it's unfortunate that you came back, and you messed up today's business." ”

Li Yu said coldly: "Meng Ke, you have been working alone at home these days and have done a lot of good things, right?" ”

Meng Ke smiled, took out a cloth bag from his arms and put it on the table: "Of course I have done a lot of good things, you see, I sold tobacco leaves to start a gambling game, and I made so much money in less than a month, enough to buy two stones of rice, don't go to the literary hall to mix rice, this money is enough for the two of us to eat for a while." ”

Li Yu slapped the table: "Meng Ke, you are so bold!" Then he threw a punch at Monk.