While a few people were talking, Liu Zhaoji sent a housekeeper to invite them, and several people hurriedly went out to Liu's house.

I walked through the front street, turned a corner, and arrived at Liu's house. The courtyard of the Liu family is much smaller than the one Luo Jian and them used to have, and the courtyard is also very simple and tidy, obviously Liu Zhaoji is not a luxury person.

After entering the courtyard gate, I walked a few steps inside, and saw Liu Zhaoji leading Yi Bangcai, Zhuang Zigu and Lou Ting to greet them.

While letting a few people in, Liu Zhaoji said: "A few brothers have long wanted to be close to Xinghua and you, but they have never had a chance, I heard that you came to eat here with me today, and they all rushed over, so I have to toast a few of you with a few glasses of wine." ”

"Okay, I'm also trying to talk to you, but I'm too busy to have time, today is just right, let's drink less and talk more, Brother Liu, what do you think?" Luo Jian said happily.

"Okay! Yes! Xinghua, listen to you. Liu Zhaoji agreed as he led everyone to the table and sat down.

The round table is not small, and it is too relaxed for eight people to sit down. As soon as she sat down, Liu Lan asked, "Brother Liu, why isn't my sister-in-law here?" ”

"Sister Liulan, she is a woman, how can she be on the table? She's busy in the back kitchen. Liu Zhaoji replied casually.

When Liu Lan heard this, her pretty face turned cold, she stood up, and said, "Yo, Brother Liu, I am also a woman, so I will also go to the back kitchen to eat." ”

Liu Zhaoji was anxious when he heard this, raised his hand and slapped himself, and said, "Oh, look at my mouth, Sister Liulan, you are a fairy from the sky, how can you compare with them, please sit down, Brother Liu has apologized to you." ”

"It's okay if you want me to sit down, you go and invite my sister-in-law over, or I'll go to the back kitchen to eat." Liu Lan said angrily.

Liu Zhaoji looked at Luo Jian helplessly, and saw that Luo Jian was only looking at it with a smile and not speaking, so he had no choice but to get up and go to the back to invite his wife over.

After Mrs. Liu came over, she greeted everyone and sat down awkwardly next to Liu Lan.

"Sister-in-law, don't be restrained, this is your home, we are all good brothers of Brother Liu, you can treat us as your own brothers." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"You mother-in-law, Sister Liulan wants you to come over, don't twist when you come. Xinghua is right, they are all their own brothers, how can they pay so much attention? Come on, let's drink. Liu Zhaoji raised his glass and said.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere on the table became warm, and a few people in Yibang actually fought with Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang, and even Liu Lan drank two glasses, and her little face was red and fluttering, which was very good-looking.

Luo Jian drank a few glasses, had something in his heart, put down the cup in his hand, and said: "Brother Liu, brothers, the wine is here today, I still have something to talk to a few of you later, how about we drink it another day?" ”

"Okay! Xinghua's business is important, and you can drink it whenever you want. Liu Zhaoji said.

After eating, Liu Lan ran to talk to Mrs. Liu, and Luo Jian and the others went to the living room and sat down.

"Brother Liu, brothers, I want to hear your opinions on the training of this team, can you all talk about it?" Luo Jian spoke first.

"The last general thinks that although we have a large number of people now, our combat strength is indeed not strong, and we can barely cope with the defense of the city, and we will definitely not be able to fight with the Qing soldiers in the field, including our loyal battalion, which is not much better." Yi Bang said first, and glanced at Liu Zhaoji as he spoke.

"What do you think I'm doing? Is there anything else to hide in front of Xinghua? Just tell the truth. Liu Zhaoji said.

"I think the military discipline of the army in the city is also poor, and the things that disturbed the people and harmed the people happened every day in the past few days, and it is not possible to do it if the military discipline is not strict." Zhuang Zigu also expressed his opinion.

Everyone said a lot of opinions and suggestions one after another, and Luo Jian wrote them down one by one in the small book.

"Brother Liu, I have an idea, there are so many people in the team to be trained now, only me, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Wang will definitely not be busy, train the generals first, I want to gather some generals for training first, and when the preparations over there are done, the training here is almost done. This saves time, and we keep us busy. What do you think? "It's easy to do the whole training sooner rather than later, this Qing soldier is still in Tianchang County and is eyeing Yangzhou, where is there time to take it slowly, so Luo Jian wants to gather the grassroots generals for training from tomorrow.

"Okay, I was just about to tell you about this, we'll pick people tonight, how many people do you want to pick first?"

"Let's pick fifty people first, the people of several teams should be average, and the training will be carried out in the future, this matter will trouble Brother Liu, these people have been selected, they must concentrate on food and accommodation, and train all day, and Brother Liu will also arrange this food and accommodation place."

"Okay, that's no problem, Xinghua, you can rest assured. A few of you will arrange your respective armies tomorrow and go to participate, I will not keep you, you should hurry up to the various departments to pick people. After Liu Zhaoji agreed to Luo Jian, he said to Zhuang Zigu and several generals, and Zhuang Zigu and the others agreed, and quickly got up.

Seeing that they were all gone, Luo Jian asked Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang to go back and seize the time to find some information on the training of the troops, so as to make some preparations for the training that would start tomorrow.

After a lot of people left, the living room suddenly seemed empty, Liu Lan talked to Mrs. Liu very affectionately on the side, Luo Jian didn't care about her, and said to Liu Zhaoji after careful consideration:

"Brother Liu, if you want to really improve the combat effectiveness of the team, it is essential to keep the strong and the weak, if you are loyal to the battalion and also want to participate in the whole training, this personnel reduction is also necessary, you have to think about it carefully."

Luo Jian was a little worried about this problem, at this time, many generals of the Ming army had already regarded the army as their own capital, and they didn't care about the quality at all, but they were afraid that there were not many people, and if there were more people, they would be strong and strong, and they would ask the court for military salaries, and most of the money issued by the court would go into the pockets of these generals.

Seeing Luo Jian mention this problem, Liu Zhaoji also began to groan, he was worried that the eliminated soldiers had nowhere to stay, and in the end, they were collected by the Ming army from all over the country, and in the end, they would not end up well at all.

"Brother Liu, we don't just ignore these eliminated soldiers, we can include them in the cantonment army and specialize in some production, which can not only protect the combat troops, but also improve their own lives, but their salaries and silver must not be compared with the combat troops. This is a resettlement channel, and another is that I want to set up a factory, and the eliminated soldiers can still work in these factories, and it should not be a problem to support their families. Luo Jian had already considered this problem, and seeing that Liu Zhaoji was worried, he simply said it.

"Xinghua is thoughtful, so that I have nothing to worry about, and then I can be eliminated according to your wishes." Liu Zhaoji was relieved when he saw that Luo Jian had taken it into account.

"Brother Liu, I won't sit here with you, I still have to go to Ren Futai, there are some things that I have to hurry up and do." looked at his watch, it was only a little past eight o'clock, Luo Jian still wanted to do something, so he got up and said goodbye to Liu Zhaoji.

asked people to send Liu Lan back first, but Liu Lan refused, so she had to rush to Ren Minyu's mansion together. Originally, it was close, and Liu Zhaoji sent someone to lead the way, and it took less than two minutes to arrive.

As soon as he arrived at the house, Ren Minyu personally came out and took the two in.

After sitting down, Ren Minyu said with a smile: "Xinghua, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, just say it, what do you want me to do?" ”

Luo Jian took out a small mirror from his pocket, slightly larger than a slap, and handed it to Ren Minyu.

Ren Minyu took it and looked at it, and said, "Xinghua, what does this mean?" Although this mirror is a rare thing, but the foolish brother has still seen it, although it is not as clear as yours, but it is much better than the bronze mirror, your sister-in-law has such a one, I heard that it was shipped from overseas, but it cost the foolish brother a lot of silver. ”

Ren Minyu now has a strong immunity to Luo Jian's various things, and he has even seen the photo prints, and there is nothing that can surprise him, but now he is a little surprised when he sees that Luo Jian has brought something that is not unusual.

"Oh, can you ask Brother Shi Ze to borrow it for a look?" When Luo Jian heard this, his heart was really a coincidence, and he met Bo Laipin here, and he had to see what the quality was.

After a while, Ren Minyu's second lady came to the hall with a small mirror in her hand, handed the mirror to Ren Minyu, and saw that Liu Lan was also there, so she pulled Liu Lan aside to speak.

Taking it from Ren Minyu's hand, by the candlelight, Luo Jian carefully observed the mirror of this dynasty, which was already silver-plated, and the clarity was not bad, but there was still a big gap compared to that of later generations.

"I don't know how much money Brother Shi Ze spent on this mirror in the first place?" Luo Jian is most concerned about this.

"I only remember that it cost three or four hundred taels, how much it is, I have to ask your sister-in-law." Ren Minyu said.

"No need to ask, just know a rough idea." Luo Jian said.

"I want to set up a factory." Luo Jian said bluntly.

"Xinghua wants to make this mirror?" Ren Minyu reacted very quickly, and immediately understood what Luo Jian meant.

"It's not just mirrors, it's glass, all kinds of glass, including this big." Luo Jian opened his hands and gestured, he was very confident in this, he checked it from the computer yesterday, from the construction of the glass factory, material selection, mold making to production, the information is very complete, so there is such a saying.

"There are two main things to come to Brother Shi Ze today, one is to build this glass factory, and you need to choose a site outside the city; Second, it requires a lot of money. Luo Jian said succinctly.

"Xinghua, it's okay to find a place, but I don't have any silver here." Ren Minyu is also very simple.

"I don't want Brother Shi Ze to contribute, I want to ask Brother Shi Ze to come forward and convene the rich businessmen in Yangzhou City to invite everyone to invest in joint shares, what do you think?" Luo Jian said, thought for a while and added, "After the army in Yangzhou is reorganized, we must change the idea of army building, such as according to my thinking, equipment, personnel and food will need a lot of money in the future, and it is far from enough to rely on the military salary issued by the imperial court without open source." ”

"Judging from the current situation, as long as the glass and mirror are produced, I guarantee that the quality is much better than that of my sister-in-law, and when the technology is mature, it is common for one-person tall dressing mirrors to be available, and the sales should not be a problem, and these businessmen still have a lot of profits to make from their investment."

Ren Minyu heard this, didn't say a word, pulled Luo Jian and went to the study.

After a while, an invitation was written out, handed to Luo Jian and looked at it, Luo Jian saw that it was tomorrow afternoon, thought about it, and felt that there was no problem with the time. When Ren Minyu heard this, he wanted to pick up the pen and copy it again, Luo Jian hurriedly stopped him, and said with a smile: "Brother Shi Ze doesn't need to copy anymore, you can roughly how many copies you need, Brother Shi Ze, just say it." ”

Ren Minyu laughed, patted his head, and said: "Brother Fool really didn't think of your immortal methods, so let people go back with you, if you get it, I will send someone out overnight, this matter can't be delayed." ”

When Luo Jian and Liu Lan went out with the Ren family's subordinates, Ren Minyu said to his second wife: "In the past, I only admired the superintendent in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but now this Xinghua also makes me obey." With Xinghua, half of the Ming Dynasty has been preserved for the time being. If the imperial court is prosperous, then I am expected to revive the Ming Dynasty, I should try my best to assist him, and I can also leave a name in history. ”

"Master, are you obeying his 'immortal' methods?" The second lady asked with some curiosity.

"No, I thought that Xinghua wanted to set up this factory to make money for his own family, but I didn't expect him to build a strong army in the future. Madam, don't you know, the Qi family army was invincible at the beginning, in addition to being disciplined and well-trained, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shoufu never lacked the salary and silver that Zhang Shoufu gave to the Qi family army at that time, and even allocated more, so that the Qi family's army far surpassed the opponent's weapons and equipment. Xinghua thinks long-term, and I can't do it. ”

Back in his yard, Luo Jian asked Liu Lan to take the invitation and make a copy, and he called Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang over to explain in detail the officer training that will start tomorrow, and then picked up the computer and went back to his house to study the investment promotion tomorrow afternoon.

When things were almost settled, Luo Jian also felt exhausted, so he didn't wash up, and went straight to bed.

PS: Liu Lan lay on the bed and thought: "Although Brother Luo wants to make glass, although it is cliché, it is also a last resort. Ladies and gentlemen, can you give Brother Luo a little support? Your support is very simple, please vote for your recommendation, why be stingy? ”