Liu Yiliang was stunned from the first sight of the tank. No horse-pulling, no manpower, how did this 'big chariot' move on its own. There were also wheels of the 'big chariot', which turned out to be of steel, and covered with a layer of tracks, which he had never seen before.

The glass in front of the cab is also very weird. He had seen glass, but it was as transparent as air, and it could even be slashed and stabbed by guns, which was incredible.

The structure of the tank, as well as the combat mode, is obviously far beyond Liu Yiliang's understanding of war.

Of course, what shocked him even more was the regent Fang Yuan, who was simply omnipotent, the previous white phosphorus bomb, the calcium carbide that burned when it met water, and the tank in front of him were all new things that Da Ming had never seen, how did the regent get it?!

Liu Yiliang's astonishment was also expected by Fang Yuan, but there was no need to explain it to him, he patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Yiliang, tank combat is different from any previous combat methods, but its power is incomparable. One tank may be isolated on the battlefield, can you imagine what it would be like if fifty tanks and one hundred tanks appeared on the battlefield at the same time?! ”

Liu Yiliang came up from the bottom of the barracks, with military literacy and rich battlefield experience, and he could imagine it without Fang Yuan's reminder. The tank was covered in iron armor, and even the wheels were iron, enough to protect against any slashing and spear stabbing, or even firing with a firearm.

If 100 of these tanks were to strike on the battlefield at the same time, it would be almost certain that the field battle would be invincible and invincible.

Liu Yiliang arched his hand and said, "If there is no restriction of the terrain, a hundred tanks will collectively attack, even tens of thousands of war horses will be scattered, which is unmatched." ”

Fang Yuan turned his head sideways and squinted at him, and said slowly, "I will immediately modify at least fifty of these tanks and form a tank battalion, do you have the confidence to be the commander of this tank battalion?!" ”

Fang Yuan handed over such a powerful tank battalion to Liu Yiliang, which was to keep his previous promise to him, and to focus on promoting and cultivating him.

Liu Yiliang half-knelt on the ground and gave a deep military salute, "I will never forget the regent's promotion grace, and I will never give up!" ”

Fang Yuan helped Liu Yiliang up, and said to him and Tang Ruowang, "There is no empty space in the arsenal for tank training, so move all the tank workshops to the Taihu Military Base!" It was a spacious place, and the former cavalry training ground was just right for training tanks. ”

Tang Ruowang and Liu Yiliang received the order, and Fang Yuan explained, "At least five hundred sergeants who can adapt to tank combat must be trained, and we must concentrate on studying the tactics of this tank, Yiliang, you can do it!" ”

Fang Yuan bet such an important burden on Liu Yiliang, which is to attach importance to and cultivate him, and Liu Yiliang once again thanked him for his kindness.

Fang Yuan's means of controlling military and political affairs are already perfect, and he has his own experience from the past, in this world, there are only two and a half people he really trusts, one is his good brother Jing Jie, one is his favorite woman Princess Kunxing, and half is Xiaoyuan, who has reformed himself.

He would never trust Liu Yiliang as an outsider, and he would confidently and boldly hand over such an important tank battalion to Liu Yiliang alone.

Fang Yuan arranged at least three precautionary measures.

One is to marry Liu Yiliang and Qiu Lin, find a woman to restrain him, and observe his movements at any time.

Second, even the 20,000 to 30,000 defenders stationed at the Taihu base can also contain the movement of the tank battalion at any time, and once there is a police, they can be suppressed at any time.

Third, a more effective means of restraint than women and sergeants is the raw material of tanks.

The industrial level of the Ming Dynasty is absolutely unable to build the solar cells required for the power drive of the tank, and it does not understand the repair and maintenance of engineering vehicles.

Therefore, Liu Yiliang has no objection, and it is best to be loyal; Even if there is a rebellion, although it will take a lot of trouble to quell the rebellion, it is not impossible to crack.

What made Fang Yuan even more headache was that the manufacturing cost of the tank was very high, although Tang Ruowang produced some of the parts by himself, but the estimated cost was 80,000 taels of silver per car, and a hundred cars were 8 million taels of silver.

You must know that the current Jiangnan regime has an annual surplus of 3 million to 4 million taels of silver, which also includes the military expenses for the expedition, even if it is all invested in the production of tanks, it will take two years of surplus, this sky-high price is indeed beyond the scope of Fang Yuan's bearing.

Building a tank on revenue alone is a drop in the bucket. The methods that Fang Yuan thought of were the two favorite deals that the traverser liked to do, one was perfume, and the other was soap.

The perfume was sold overseas at a sky-high price, and it also signed a confidentiality agreement with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. But now he was involved in the battle for Luzon and the war with Japan. Western countries, especially the Netherlands and Spaniards, intentionally or unintentionally reduced the purchase of perfumes, and the previous contracts were nullified.

Fang Yuan decided to officially open and sell Taobao's perfumes and soaps in Daming.

As long as you don't buy branded goods, the price of domestic goods on Taobao is quite cheap, perfume is only 12 yuan/bottle, and soap is 3 yuan/piece.

Fang Yuan priced the perfume at 2 taels per bottle and the soap at 6 taels per bottle, only making double the price, which was half cheaper than the one sold to the Franco Chamber of Commerce before. Of course, this price is only the price of Daming sales, and for overseas sales, it will be doubled, 4 taels of silver / bottle, and soap is 1.2 taels of silver / piece.

Selling high-quality and defective products at home and selling them overseas at low prices is something that this kind of brain-dead party can't do.

Because Fang Yuan exterminated the Zheng maritime business group, at least 100 corrupt officials and corrupt officials involved in smuggling were exterminated in Guangdong, where smuggling was the most serious, and Qin Zhan was ordered to strictly inspect passing ships in Guangdong, and all goods without citation from the City Shipping Division were counted as smuggling and confiscated directly.

Under Fang Yuan's heavy blows, most of the smuggling channels overseas have been hit hard, and few Francophone merchants will dare to risk the confiscation of goods to buy smuggled goods, and can only purchase from the Jiangnan government through formal channels.

The two big businesses of perfume and soap were handed over to the Xu family, who took the initiative to donate during the food crisis. The profits from the sale and purchase accounted for 20% of the distribution of the Xu family, and the original party got 80%.

Because Chen Yuanyuan also took the initiative to donate all his savings, although this silver is a drop in the bucket for military affairs, it is Chen Yuanyuan's sincerity, and Fang Yuan was quite moved after learning about it from the princess.

Since Chen Yuanyuan arrived at the palace, he had almost stayed at home, and he had been holding back for too long, Fang Yuan still decided to arrange something for her to do, so as not to suffocate her.

These two transactions, together with the management of the welfare lottery, Fang Yuan decided to hand them over to Chen Yuanyuan to review and check the accounts, and was responsible for secretly connecting with the Xu family. The profits from the sale, after being confirmed by her and Xiaoyuan's independent accounting team, will be allocated to the tank attack and defense of the Taihu base on a monthly basis, and will be specially used for the construction of the tank battalion.