Lu Xiang of the Lu family is a talent, and in his dealings with Xu Lie, he keenly felt that Xu Lie did not advocate that these merchants suppress each other, but took the initiative to help each other and jointly expand the business, from the boundary of Yizhou to Jinan, to the capital, and to the south of the Yangtze River. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of this, Lu Xiang intends to invest in Xu Lie's favor, and at the same time strengthen ties with various businesses. Once, these merchants were just a little small in front of the Lu family, but now, Lu Xiang has given enough respect. In this way, Lu Xiang actually faintly smelled of the business leader of the calf village.

"Oh, young master, it's not good, it's not good!" On this day, Lu Xiang was settling accounts at home, preparing to go to Salamander Village to buy a batch of goods the next day, but he didn't think that the eldest follower at home shouted in panic.

"What's wrong, say it slowly!"

"Young Master, I heard from the brother of the Yamen that the imperial army is about to come to suppress the calf village." Chang Sui reported.

"Huh?" Lu Xiang was stunned all of a sudden, Nima, Lao Tzu's business has just opened!

After a while, Lu Ping, the master of the Lu family and the head of the family, hurriedly found Lu Xiang with a clan brother who worked in the county government, and before his father Lu Ping could speak, Lu Xiang knew from his anxious eyes that the news he had just heard was true.

"Boss, what do you think?" Lu Ping asked. The "boss" in Lu Ping's mouth refers to his eldest son, in the past, parents called their children, and they also had the titles of the eldest child, the second child, and the eldest child.

"This matter is a secret of the imperial court, you have to pretend not to know, and at the same time, you must not spread it!" Lu Xiang suddenly admonished sternly.

"Yes, young master." The crowd around immediately took a stand.

"Let's all disperse, I still have something to discuss with the head of the family." Lu Xiang sent all his subordinates away.

"Xiang'er, you know everything?" Now, the old man of the Lu family is more and more satisfied with this eldest son, and in the business transaction with Baoqian Village, he made a decisive move and obtained the right to sell two commodities at one time, which is completely unique in Mengyin.

"Dad, Ershi told me just now."

"And what do you think?"

"Dad, I think I can go to the calf village. I think that Xu Lie, who is not a person who died early, may be able to defeat the imperial army! ”

"What do you want to do?"

"I didn't do anything, I just told Xu Lie that I heard the gossip that the imperial court seems to be sending a large army!"

"It's risky!" Lu Ping sighed, the two thousand troops of the imperial court, even if it is claimed, are incredible. The small calf village will be the opponent of everyone in the court.

"Wealth is in danger! At that time, if something really happens, Dad, you can remove me from the family. "Lu Xiang is very determined.

Lu Xiang is like this, of course, he trusts Xu Lie's strength. Others in the county town did not pay attention to the entry and exit of the calf village, but it did not mean that Lu Xiang did not pay attention to it. He went to Salamander Village several times, but he asked casually, there are dozens of people and hundreds of people going up the mountain every day, and the population of this calf village during this period of time is not to be thousands?

With a team of thousands of people, powerful firearms, and terrain that is absolutely favorable to the cottage, even if these people are just new recruits, they won't lose too badly. Besides, who knows what other means Xu Lie has not used? Just say that the last time someone else broke through the feat of the county government alone, will the officers and soldiers be their opponents?

Of course, he didn't tell his father what he saw in the calf village, it was not that he didn't believe his father, but that he had a last resort. Although Lu Xiang is the eldest son of the head of the family, it seems that the succession is certain, but the other brothers and brothers of the family also look at the great talents in this position, and before this, they did have a unique side and did more beautiful than Lu Xiang, but recently Lu Xiang met Xu Lie, which made his business much better.

Lu Xiang is reluctant to let others say that he is ascended by having a good father, he must rely on his own strength to ascend to the throne, and he must make all the people in the family have nothing to say.

Perhaps, Lu Xiang also has a small ambition, that is, the position of the future head of the Lu family may not be his best choice. In his opinion, if he followed Xu Lie to bet on the right thing this time, the future in the future is absolutely limitless.

"Well, be careful yourself. When asked, I will say that you are angry with me, and I don't know where to go. Let's avoid the limelight these few days. Lu Ping thought about it and decided to fulfill his son's idea.

Yes, my son is right, wealth and danger are sought! The Lu family has worked hard for several generations in the Mengyin realm to have a small situation today, and it is only on par with several other businessmen, this strength, if it is placed in Yizhou, it can only be accompanied by the last seat, if it is placed in the provincial capital Jinan, it is not even qualified to carry shoes for large households.

"Thank you, Dad!" Lu Xiang was a little moved, his father is fully supporting himself!

In this way, on the eve of the imperial army's invasion, the eldest prince of the Mengyin Lu family suddenly disappeared from the public eye.

……

The news brought by Lu Xiang was very useful. Xu Lie immediately went back to the arms warehouse and checked some information from later generations. He found that the green battalion soldiers of this era, including the more powerful Yuan Shikai's new army, had artillery.

Previously, the village was as stable as a mountain, because the imperial court disdained to use large troops to suppress it, because the cost was not cost-effective, and the village included the mountain bandits in the entire Mengshan area, and for the local government, it was just a problem of scabies.

However, once the imperial court wants to move the real thing, this calf mountain will not dare to say that it is as safe as Mount Tai.

Therefore, after receiving the news from Lu Xiang, the first measure Xu Lie took was to build anti-artillery machine gun fortifications. On the most advanced positions, the construction of three or more ring-type anti-artillery fortifications does not need to be too strong, as long as it can resist the bombardment of 75-mm mountain artillery shells. Such a fortification is not too complicated. The bottom layer of sleepers, the middle layer of reinforced concrete, the top layer of sand and gravel soil, the total thickness is limited to 1 meter, and the wall is limited to 30 cm of reinforced concrete. With just three of these anti-artillery fortifications, and with trenches, everything will be fine.

As for the machine gun, it naturally hasn't been taken out at this time, so I hope I don't use it, that thing is too terrifying.

In fact, Xu Lie had many ways to repel the Qing army, such as using artillery to bombard, Xu Lie did not have a cannon in his hand, but there were many individual bazookas and mortars below 105 mm. However, Xu Lie still felt that it would be better not to take out those things for the time being. It is best not to take out the machine gun at all, and it is best to use a Type 05 assault rifle to repel the Qing army.

To build the fortifications, Xu Lie provided construction drawings and necessary guidance, and the rest of the time, Xu Lie stepped up training. After the first platoon was established on the 15th day of the first lunar month, at the end of the month, Xu Lie was organized into two more platoons and was also given a gun. The earliest platoon of Wang Changjiang has been conducting live training for half a month, and Xu Lie's so-called live training includes shooting, assassination, and bomb throwing.

Because the time of crossing is not short, Xu Lie already has a new alternative to the grenade problem. That is, the original wooden-handled grenade that was still being produced by some small tribes in Africa at this time, which was equivalent to the grenade before World War II, was it just right for Xu Lie's troops?