"Master Hou, the conditions on the island are simple, and the meals, tea and rice are rough, Master Hou should not be surprised!"

"The army is not allowed to drink alcohol at will, and today the Hou Ye came to make an exception, and each person is only allowed to drink half a corner of water!" Before he was seated, General Lu looked at the generals and said, and then ordered the guards next to him: "Divide the wine well, don't let the gluttonous drunkard drink more!" ”

General Lu's voice fell, and the generals laughed, but no one would say anything against it.

But the ancient liter and the modern liter in the capacity of the number should not be the same, the Song Dynasty one liter is about the volume of 664 milliliters of the metric system today, the weight of wine and water is comparable, converted to a liter in the Song Dynasty is the current one catty three taels and five dollars, and the alcohol content of the Song Dynasty is not much higher than the beer of later generations, and the half-horn wine is really not enough to drink.

"Master Hou, I have to thank you, if it weren't for you sending us to the command of the old minister, seeing the rotten appearance of the officers and soldiers, the military law would not be so rigorous!" At this time, a military general said.

When I entered the banquet, I saw a sumptuous seafood feast on the table, all of which were shrimp, crabs, fish and turtles, and occasionally two green vegetables and meat vegetables, chickens and ducks.

Looking at the desktop, Lu Shisang rubbed his hands and smiled: "Master Hou, I have wronged you, the most on this island is only fish, shrimp, sea crabs or something, most of the fresh vegetables are grown by the brothers themselves, even chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep are also raised by the soldiers below. ”

"Master Hou, please rest assured, today we killed more than 20 pigs and slaughtered more than 40 sheep, and with the light of Lord Hou, more than 10,000 brothers under his command also added Lu's meat dishes!" Yang You hurriedly replied.

Toast during the banquet, narration and not much mention. After a while, Lotte's eyes swept over the generals of the army and said, "Do you know the purpose of Le's visit to Hangzhou this time?" ”

In addition to getting Lotte's orders, all the generals of the army and the shareholders of the Chinese company, no one has the right to send non-commissioned officers, that is, there is an emergency overseas, and under the premise of not getting Lotte instructions, it is also necessary to obtain the consent of the company's shareholders in Hangzhou and can be dispatched.

Take Lu Shisang as an example, although Lu Shisang is the supreme general of the nominal garrison on Shengsi Island, he only has the right to train troops, and has no right to transfer troops. Moreover, the supplies of the island garrison were all pulled out and then supplied by the naval army led by Yang You and others; The navy has ships but no soldiers, and the army has soldiers but no ships, so that the navy and land forces are governed separately and are not subordinate to each other, thus ensuring the army's greatest loyalty to itself.

After that, Lotte continued: "The most important thing for Le to come to Hangzhou this time is to proofread you, and I want to see if you have formed combat effectiveness after the artillery and muskets are installed!" ”

"If you can answer like this, Le will be relieved!" Lotte nodded, and then asked, "Do you know how dangerous my Great Song is right now?" ”

Lotte didn't care about the civil uprisings in various places, and said under the gaze of the generals: "The imperial court is strong and weak, and the internal strife is easy to solve, but the external troubles are the worries of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"Not bad!" Lotte nodded, "Before leaving Biandu, Le Mou had been reported that Yanjing stayed behind Guo Yaoshi with the intention of rebelling against the Song Dynasty and lowering the Jin, and the Jin people had the intention of invading the south on a large scale. ”

His eyes swept over everyone, and Lotte asked rhetorically, "Do you think that Le will tell lies?" ”

"I know about this matter, but today's saints are indulged in calligraphy and painting, flowers and stones, where do they ask about state affairs; The rulers of the dynasty are busy attacking each other, and where do they take care of state affairs! Lotte shook his head and smiled bitterly.

At this time, Chen Hoop's face was full of worry, and Lotte said: "Master Hou, the last general has heard that the Jin people's combat power is very strong, and the Liao people only have to flee without a fight when they meet the Jin army. ”

In fact, before Guo Yaoshi's gold reduction, Guo Yaoshi's gold reduction was just a rumor that could not be confirmed, and it can be said that it could not be true, but the Northern Song Dynasty court was already suspicious of Guo Yaoshi, and sending Tong Guan to Yanjing to test this is proof; Because of the rumors that the imperial court was suspicious of himself, coupled with the fact that Zhang Jue betrayed Jin and surrendered to the Song Dynasty and was beheaded before, Guo Yaoshi also had many concerns about the Northern Song Dynasty, so that Guo Yaoshi had to be on guard and think of a way out for himself.

The fact is that after the Jin people invaded the south, Guo Yaoshi and the Jin people fought a battle in Baigou south of Yanjing, and the army was defeated because the generals under his command fled.

Speaking of this, Lotte smiled and asked, "Although the Jin people are strong, how about our muskets and artillery?" ”

Cheng Yin, the commander of the navy, also said: "Master Hou, we have tens of thousands of troops, but we only have 3,000 guns, but fortunately, the number of large and small artillery is not a few. Especially in the plains of Yima Pingchuan, we can give full play to the power of our firearms. ”

Lotte said: "The Jin people go south, it's just a matter of time, for this reason Le asks you not to relax your vigilance, if the Jin people attack Biandu, Le will send you to the north to aid Biandu, you have to be ready!" ”

"Just what?" Lotte asked rhetorically: "But it doesn't hurt to say!" ”

The general of the Yuan Fang La army also followed and said: "General Lu's is not unreasonable, it is really not worth it to work for the faint monarch who only knows how to loot the people's fat and ointment, and to damage our good sons!" ”

"Le also thinks it's not worth working for these moths!" Lotte said, and then sighed: "Le once remembered that the Jurchens captured the Great Liao, captured countless Liao people, and even slaughtered the Liao people at will, raped the wives and daughters of the Liao people, and had no humanity at all. ”

For this reason, Lotte had to think of some words to mobilize as soon as possible.