"Then commander, what are you going to use to buy grain from General Shengjing's Mansion?" Zhou Zhongju followed suit. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yang Xingguo asked thoughtfully: "Do you think that in this era of war, what is the most valuable and the most exciting." ”

"Weapons!" Zhou Zhongju blurted out without thinking about it.

"In the era of war, only with weapons can we have the capital to live and survive. Without weapons, no matter how much money you have, you can become nothing at any time. ”

Yang Xingguo nodded in approval: "It's a weapon......

For the Shengjing General's Mansion, weapons are the capital to settle down.

However, for the Liaodong Army, it is also the capital to settle down.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Xingguo's words came out, Zhou Zhongju's face showed an expression of disbelief.

Leng looked at Yang Xingguo with a smile, and only after two minutes did he ask Yang Xingguo: "Commander, the weapons have been exchanged for food, so our Liaodong Army will not be without weapons in the future......

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "For ordinary people, it is very difficult to obtain weapons......

"However, for my Liaodong Army, this is definitely a very simple matter."

"As long as the Russo-Japanese War does not end for a day, you don't need to worry about weapons and ammunition for a day......"

Although it is not clear where the confidence on Yang Xingguo's face comes from.

However, one thing is very clear in midweek: Yang Xingguo, who is standing in front of him, never says big things......

Since he has such a strong self-confidence, it shows that he really has a way to solve the problem of weapons and ammunition for the future expansion of the Liaodong Army.

Therefore, having said this, Zhou Zhongju has already approved Yang Xingguo's proposal to exchange weapons for food and resettle refugees.

After a short period of contemplation, Zhou Zhongju asked Yang Xingguo directly: "Commander, we still have more than 16,000 rifles in our weapons warehouse, I don't know how much you plan to exchange for food......

"At market prices, how much grain can be exchanged for a rifle......"

"If you have fine food, you can exchange a rifle for 20,000 catties. In the case of coarse grain, a rifle can be exchanged for 40,000 catties......" after a short thought. Zhou Zhongju replied.

"Then according to the price of 30,000 catties of refined grain for a rifle, or 60,000 catties of coarse grain for a rifle, take out 10,000 rifles to exchange ......for food," Yang Xingguo immediately decided.

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"It's so expensive, will General Shengjing's Mansion agree?"

"He'll definitely agree. Even if he doesn't agree, there are people in the guan who will agree......" Yang Xingguo replied confidently.

Seeing the puzzled expression on Zhou Zhongju's face, Yang Xingguo hurriedly explained: "Second uncle, the grain prices you just calculated are all outside the customs. ”

"In Kannai. Especially in the Jiangnan region, the price of grain can reach 50% outside the border, which is considered very high. ”

"In addition, weapons are priceless things, and I sell them for such a price, which is quite cheap......"

Speaking of this, Yang Xingguo seemed to think of something, and continued: "In addition to the Shengjing General's Mansion, our weapons can also be sold to those landlords and gentry, and all of them can be sold at the price I said......"

"As far as I know, there are a lot of banner men outside the border who own a lot of land. For them. As long as you can get a rifle, you will not hesitate to pay as much food as you want. ”

"If nothing else, only those landlords and gentry around Liaozhong can digest thousands of rifles and exchange them for forty or fifty million catties of grain for us......

Yang Xingguo was not wrong, as soon as the news came out that soldiers could buy rifles in the Liaodong Army, some powerful landlords and gentry around Liaozhong pulled truckloads of grain into Liaozhong.

Although there is no news from the Shengjing General's Mansion yet.

However, in just five days, the landlords and gentry around Guangliao. He sent almost 20 million catties of various grains to the Liaodong Army.

More importantly, as the news spread farther and farther, the landlords and gentry who were far away from Liaozhong began to send soldiers to Liaozhong after they got the news again. Exchange the rifle and bullets that can save your life from the Liaodong Army.

There is food in your hands, and you don't panic.

Looking at the mountains of grain in the warehouse, Zhou Zhongju immediately changed the policy of the Liaodong Army towards refugees.

Like the people of Liaozhong at the beginning, through the reclamation of wasteland, the rations that could last until the autumn harvest were exchanged from the Liaodong Army.

In General Shengjing's Mansion, Zeng Qi was still hesitating. Whether to exchange grain for rifles from the Liaodong Army.

Yuan Shikai, who was far away in Tianjin, also got the news that the Liaodong Army sold rifles on a large scale in order to raise food.

10,000 rifles, for the Beiyang New Army, as long as some supporting weapons are added, two towns can be formed.

With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the price of weapons in the arms market has become higher and higher.

More importantly, because the demand for weapons in Japan and Russia has increased dramatically, the ways through which the Qing court can buy weapons have become less and less.

With the permission of the imperial court, the Beiyang New Army at this moment should be carrying out a large-scale expansion.

However, because of the insufficient military funds allocated by the imperial court for the expansion of the army, and the fact that the imperial court had no channels to buy the weapons needed for the expansion of the army.

In the towns where the Beiyang New Army has just expanded, the new rifle is less than one for two people on average.

As the commander of the Beiyang New Army, Yuan Shikai saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he had no way.

At this moment, as soon as the news that the Liaodong Army had 10,000 rifles ready for sale reached Yuan Shikai's ears, Yuan Shikai set his eyes on these weapons.

"My lord, if we can get these rifles. In three months at most, the two towns of our Beiyang New Army will be able to form combat effectiveness...... When the time comes, no one in the entire imperial court will dare to underestimate my Beiyang New Army......"

"In addition, there have been a lot of unfavorable rumors in the imperial court recently, and in the eyes of the lower officials, these unfavorable voices will disappear only if the expansion of our Beiyang New Army is completed as soon as possible......"

As soon as he finished speaking, another strategist followed and said, "There is one more thing that you must pay attention to...... adults."

In addition to allowing our Beiyang New Army to continue to expand, the imperial court also gave Lianghu and Liangguang the right to form a new army. The imperial court has only one purpose in doing this, that is, to balance our Beiyang New Army through these new armies, and to prevent our Beiyang New Army from being dominant......"

"The lower officials heard that the two lakes and the two Guangzhous also formed a new army in one town......"

"At present, the new armies in these two towns have also not been formed due to lack of weapons...... Compared with Shandong, the grain of Lianghu and Liangguang is cheaper. Xia Guan is worried that if we don't hurry up and contact the Liaodong Army, then we will let Lianghu and Liangguang take the lead and buy this batch of rifles from the Liaodong Army......"

Hearing this, Yuan Shikai's face immediately became gloomy.

It didn't take long for a firm expression to appear on Yuan Shikai's face.

There is no doubt that Yuan Shikai has made a decision at this moment. (To be continued.) )