In the past, Liu Fan always thought that as long as he was willing to invest a lot of money, and with the help of Sun Yuanhua, a great expert in firearms casting, then he could get a large number of artillery and muskets to arm his army. www.biquge.info But when Liu Fan really understood the current artillery casting process, Liu Fan realized how ridiculous his previous ideas were.

Watching the cannon casting workshop this time also made Liu Fan understand a lot of truths, and even made him abandon his previous blind and arrogant ideas. In this era when science and technology are not very developed, it is very difficult to crush the enemy by relying on violent soldiers and violent technology. In order to achieve absolute superiority in science and technology, Liu Fan still has a long, long way to go, in addition to a large amount of money investment, Liu Fan must also have a certain amount of scientific and technological reserves. Fortunately, with the cooperation with Portugal and Macao, Shihe Arsenal has been in the ranks of the world's more advanced. All Liu Fan has to do is to keep investing and waiting patiently. It may not work in one or two years, but within ten years, Liu Fan will surpass the existing scientific and technological level of Daming and Houjin, and have the scientific and technological strength to crush everything.

After gritting his teeth and adding another 10,000 taels of silver per month, Liu Fan instructed Sun Yuanhua to continue to expand the scale of production to cope with the upcoming logistical pressure. After that, Liu Fan no longer worries about the affairs of the arsenal, he is now the number one in Jiaozhou, and there are still many things to be busy, and it is impossible to put all his energy on the production of the arsenal. Besides, with an expert like Sun Yuanhua here, there is no need for Liu Fan, a layman, to point fingers. A layman leads an insider, Liu Fan would not do such a stupid thing.

After returning from the arsenal, Liu Fan devoted all his mind to the affairs of Laizhou. After studying the information sent by Zhao Bo in detail, Liu Fan found something that made him both happy and worried. Fortunately, Liu Fan found that the people of Laizhou did not seem to be disgusted with letting Liu Fan rule Laizhou, and even most of the people of Laizhou were looking forward to Liu Fan's arrival.

The reason why the people of Laizhou have such an attitude is thanks to Liu Fan's own efforts. At the beginning, Liu Fan first came to Shandong, and after the death of Zhu Wannian and others, Laizhou blocked the attack of Kong Youde's rebels and kept the city of Laizhou. Zhu Wannian and the others died because of this, so the people of Laizhou have always been grateful to the three of them. Now that Zhu Xie and the others are dead, Liu Fan is still alive, and even he is still in Jiaozhou, which is a stone's throw away from Laizhou, the people of Laizhou naturally transferred this feeling to Liu Fan. With this incense, Liu Fan has won the respect of the people of Laizhou from the heart.

Another reason is caused by the dramatic changes in Jiaozhou itself. Since Liu Fan became the garrison of Jiaozhou, in just two years, Jiaozhou has jumped from a small place with little reputation to a famous and wealthy place in the entire north. Among them, Liu Fan and the Broken Army can be said to have made great contributions. When Jiaozhou becomes rich, it will naturally arouse the envy and yearning of the people of Laizhou next to it. According to the statistics of the Military Intelligence Department, in the past two years, the population of Jiaozhou has increased by more than 100,000, most of which come from nearby Laizhou.

The current situation of Laizhou and Jiaozhou is somewhat similar to that of Vietnam and China. For example, at the intersection of the two states of Jiaolai, there are two adjacent villages, one of which may be able to eat every day, while the other village is hungry every day. The reason is that one of these two places belongs to the governance of Liu Fan in Jiaozhou, but the other is not. As the saying goes, when people go to high places, water flows to low places. Everyone has a common problem of chasing profits, and ordinary people are no exception. Seeing that life in Jiaozhou is getting better and better, but he is still struggling with hunger and suffering, the hearts of the people of Laizhou will only become more and more unbalanced, and they will look forward to Liu Fan's arrival more and more.

Liu Fan knew very well that now as long as he marched the army in, the people of Hulai Prefecture would inevitably gather as soon as he ascended. With the support of these low-level people, taking Laizhou is as simple as finding things for Liu Fan.

But Liu Fan can't do this now, because his purpose is not to occupy Laizhou, but to completely digest Laizhou, so that he can be a part of himself.

It is not easy to rule Laizhou like Jiaozhou. Think about how Liu Fan got Jiaozhou. first killed a large number of salt merchants in Jiaozhou City, and then destroyed the Yan family, a thousand-year-old family. In the end, he had to face more than 10,000 allied troops of Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong. Along the way, it can be said that corpses are all over the field, and people are rolling.

The seizure of benefits by one class from another is bound to be accompanied by bloodshed and conflict. If Liu Fan wants to popularize Jiaozhou's policy in Laizhou, the first thing he needs to do is to eradicate the gentry and landlords who stand in the way, so that he can digest Laizhou as a part of himself in the shortest possible time. It is undoubtedly difficult to do this, and Liu Fan needs to have a detailed and careful plan.

Liu Fan asked himself if he was not the one who engaged in conspiracy, so he wisely summoned a few seemingly smart people to discuss the matter. But what makes Liu Fan helpless is that whether it is Sun Yuanhua, Wu Tao, Song Cheng, or even Zhang Yiheng, these people are not scheming people. Liu Fan asked them, it was tantamount to asking blindly. In the end, Zhao Bo came up with an idea for Liu Fan. Zhao Bo's method is actually very simple, that is, to intensify the contradiction between the people of Laizhou and the gentry of Laizhou, and let Laizhou itself become chaotic first. Then the captive army will have a chance to fish in troubled waters.

Since Zhao Boyou has taken over this task, Liu Fan himself doesn't have to worry too much. He also wanted to see what amazing talents and means he had as the director of the Military Intelligence Department. In the end, Liu Fan handed over this task to Zhao Bolai.

Liu Fan asked himself if he was not the one who engaged in conspiracy, so he wisely summoned a few seemingly smart people to discuss the matter. But what makes Liu Fan helpless is that whether it is Sun Yuanhua, Wu Tao, Song Cheng, or even Zhang Yiheng, these people are not scheming people. Liu Fan asked them, it was tantamount to asking blindly. In the end, Zhao Bo came up with an idea for Liu Fan. Zhao Bo's method is actually very simple, that is, to intensify the contradiction between the people of Laizhou and the gentry of Laizhou, and let Laizhou itself become chaotic first. Then the captive army will have a chance to fish in troubled waters.

Since Zhao Boyou has taken over this task, Liu Fan himself doesn't have to worry too much. He also wanted to see what amazing talents and means he had as the director of the Military Intelligence Department. In the end, Liu Fan handed over this task to Zhao Bolai. Since Zhao Boyou has taken over this task, Liu Fan himself doesn't have to worry too much. He also wanted to see what amazing talents and means he had as the director of the Military Intelligence Department. In the end, Liu Fan handed over this task to Zhao Bolai. (To be continued.) )