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Why do you have to hit Tartar?

The question raised by Li Guozhu made Chu Fan feel a little difficult to answer.

Although the Tartars have repeatedly defeated the Ming army in the past ten years, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, they are nothing more than a group of savages with superior force; The Ming Dynasty only took a nap to let this group of savages occupy Liaodong; Once Da Ming wakes up, it will be a sure thing to destroy the Tartars and recapture Liaodong!

Chu Fan couldn't tell Li Guozhu that it was this group of savages in their eyes who would enter the customs and Dingding in 15 years, forcing all Han people to drag that pig's tail on the back of their heads!

Even if Chu Fan is extremely unusual in their eyes now, if he dares to say this, he will still be regarded as mentally ill by everyone!

But he had to give Li Guozhu a convincing answer - it was not easy to bring the six families under his command, and what the other party was most concerned about was the future development direction of the team of the Fuliao Army, which could not be sloppy!

"Without him, do the right thing for heaven!"

The hesitation was only a matter of a moment, and Chu Fan quickly found an excuse, "Looking at the world today, there is no one who is fierce and domineering and ruthless people...... The imperial court was defeated repeatedly, lost its teachers and land, and the people of Liaodong were displaced...... The imperial court is neither able to recover Liaodong, nor can it properly settle the Liao people, so I will pay millions of Liao people this day! …… As Uncle Guozhu said, after the final settlement of Korea, I will personally lead the Northern Expedition of the Liao Army and fight to the death with the Tartars...... The day of the recovery of Liao and Shen is the time when millions of Liao people return to their hearts...... Now that the Tartars are destroyed, who is my opponent in the pass? ”

When he heard Li Guozhu and Yang Tiansheng look at each other frequently, they all had an expression of "as I expected" on their faces-when they were discussing on Hazelmo, they guessed that Chu Fan was targeting Tartar. It is to prove to the people of the world that the Fuliao army is the strongest, so as to deter the Ming court and eventually dominate the world; And Li Guozhu's generation is an ambitious person who wanders outside the laws of the imperial court, and he has seen that Chu Fan has the ambition and capital to win the world. Naturally, he was willing to follow and Bo had the status of a prince who was a "wife and son".

So as soon as Chu Fan's voice fell, the two of them did not hesitate, turned over and knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed, "The old man is not talented, I am willing to attach the lord to the tail and do the right thing for the sky!" ”

The two of them suddenly changed from uncles to subordinates, which made it difficult for Chu Fan to adapt for a while. Hurriedly got up and helped the two of them up, and thanked them in his mouth, "The two uncles made such a big gift, how can they afford it...... Hurry up, please! ”

The three of them were polite again, and then they re-seated, and Li Guozhu mentioned the matter of iron material again, "My lord, according to the opinion of my subordinates." Zheng Yiguan will definitely help this time, but after this level is passed. We need to think about the iron material of the Liao army in the long run. ”

"Yes," Chu Fan nodded, "My Fuliao army is different from any army today, and it is extremely dependent on steel...... Whether it's a fire gun or a tiger squat cannon, or even a grenade or a half-body armor. All require a large amount of iron...... What is the best plan for Uncle Guozhu? ”

Li Guozhu had obviously thought about this, and replied without hesitation at this time, "If you want to completely solve this matter, the only way is to occupy the iron mine...... Although there are many iron mines in the Ming Dynasty, they are all in remote inland areas. Although we can cross the seas, we are beyond the reach of the whip. ”

When he said this, Chu Fan nodded secretly - Chu Fan didn't know that in order to solve the problem of steel raw materials, it was necessary to control coal mines and iron mines; However, in his memory, the areas rich in coal and iron resources on the land of China were either as far away as Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other places, and if they wanted to mine, they had to kill the Ming Dynasty first; Either it's in the Northeast, that's the territory of the Tartars!

The only possible place is the Shilu Iron Mine on Hainan Island, but now not to mention that the power of the Fuliao Army and the Navy Division has not reached there, even if it forms an alliance with Zheng Zhilong in the future and the sea route is unblocked, how to control, how to mine, and how to transport these problems are all difficult, and they cannot be solved in a short time.

"Daming's mine can't be counted on, but this North Korean one, we can still make up our minds!" Li Guozhu's words made Chu Fan's eyes light up - Chu Fan was really not very familiar with North Korea, and he didn't know that North Korea actually had iron ore.

"As far as my subordinates know, there are a lot of iron mines near the Iron Mountain where Dongjiang Town is stationed," Li Guozhu became more and more excited the more he spoke, and his speed of speech became significantly faster, "and Dongjiang Town has a very transcendent status in North Korea...... In order to profit from the ginseng, they often went deep into the interior of Korea to dig ...... The Joseon royal court turned a blind eye to this and never interfered with it in fear of its bravery...... Leather ginseng is still fine, and this iron ore excavation should be the same...... If the lord can lure him with profits and let him exchange iron ore for grain, he can immediately solve the dilemma of the lack of iron materials for our Liao army, and second, he can make Dongjiang Town have one more financial road, and he can feed more Liaodong refugees...... A good thing that kills two birds with one stone, I believe that Mao Dashuai will gladly agree! ”

Before he finished speaking, Chu Fan stood up excitedly.

What a word that wakes up a dreamer! knew that Dongjiang Town occupied the iron mine, what was he worried about?

Li Guozhu said that killing two birds with one stone, in Chu Fan's view, is far more than these benefits: first, the iron ore trade can greatly enhance the economic ties between the Fuliao army and Dongjiang Town, and has obvious benefits for the annexation and digestion of Dongjiang Town in the future; Secondly, the iron ore mining in Dongjiang Town will inevitably intensify the contradiction with the Korean royal court, and the Fuliao army will be able to deal with the Korean royal court without making a sound!

"Brilliant plan! Coup! Chu Fan excitedly walked around the room and said with a smile, "I'll write a letter to Shang Kexi to test his attitude towards this matter." ”

Li Guozhu stood up and arched his hand, "Lord, this matter cannot be solved by a letter...... His subordinates are not talented, and they are willing to go to Guanglu Island in person, meet General Shang, and ask him to introduce Mao Dashuai on his behalf and finalize this matter for my Liao army. ”

Seeing that he took the initiative to ask for help, Chu Fan was extremely relieved in his heart, and nodded again and again, "In this way, I have to work hard to help Uncle Guo!" After speaking, he turned to Yang Tiansheng and said, "Uncle Tiansheng, there is still something to work hard for you." ”

Since the six families were completely surrendered, Chu Fan was of course no longer polite, and put together the dilemma that the Fuliao army urgently needed to be expanded, but there was no one to recruit, and asked Yang Tiansheng to find a way to recruit 1,000 people as a reserve source.

Yang Tiansheng accepted the order with emotion, he estimated that the existing people in Mingshuidong could recruit three or four hundred people, and the remaining six or seven hundred people could only be recruited from Fujian.

Seeing off Li and Yang, Chu Fan was in a good mood - the two biggest problems at present were solved, and the six families finally showed their hearts completely, which was what excited him the most.

Staring at the towering figure of Hanna Mountain outside the window, Chu Fan couldn't help muttering to himself.

"The next step is to seriously plan how this battle will be fought!"

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! (To be continued.) )