"Okay, okay, it's good to settle things." Ye Liangchen patted the two dogs playing around his feet, picked up the fragrant tea that Zhu Daolin poured for him, tasted it beautifully, and said:

"I'm afraid Mulan will give birth to cubs again next month, and before I know it, it's another year!"

"The day before yesterday I went to a horse farm, 120 Andalusian horses and 45 Indian horses were pregnant with foals, the dog farm at the foot of the mountain north of the horse farm was several times larger than the original, and I heard from the two stewards that the number of breeding dogs will reach more than 200 by the end of the year, and at least two breeds of thousands of breeding dogs can be bred in less than two years."

"Within three years, trained military dogs will enter the army one after another, and within five years they will definitely be able to achieve the goals you set for them."

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied with the achievements of the horse farm and the military dog base: "The Tangshan Army Headquarters, material warehouse, and training base in the east will be put into use in another half a year, and I have already instructed Brother Zhao to build another military dog breeding and training base in the valley behind the training base. ”

"At that time, most of the breeding dogs in the horse farm will have to be moved over and officially handed over to the army."

"In addition, I also instructed Shi Qingyang to build a horse farm in the south of the Baoshan Acropolis, covering an area of more than 100,000 mu, and planting all the high-quality grass seeds I brought back from Tianshu Pavilion."

Ye Liangchen thought for a while: "That place is good, wide enough and big, with the sea to the east, the Huangpu River to the west, and two fork rivers with dense water and grass to the south. ”

"It's just...... The investment in the early stage is huge, and I am afraid that it will cost at least 200,000 taels of silver. ”

Zhu Daolin nodded, picked up three documents and a bunch of keys from the low stool on the right, and put them on the coffee table on Ye Liangchen's side:

"This is the key to the special warehouse of Shangyuan Wharf and the list of various supplies. In accordance with the requirements indicated in the document, Mr. Trouble sent the 50,000 rifle parts and accessories in the large iron box to the Longtan Gun Factory for assembly. ”

"The rest of the machinery and equipment and raw materials were transported to the Baguazhou Shipyard, Longtan Machinery Factory and Longtan Gun Factory, and then more than 600 tons of copper stored in the special warehouse of Baoshanwei were transported to the special warehouse in Baguazhou for storage......"

"This is an order to recruit 8,000 recruits in the prefectures and counties south of the Yangtze River, and the 5,000 recruits in the Longtan battalion have completed five months of basic training. Next month, he will leave for Tamsui Port to join the newly formed Yingzhou Army. ”

"All the 8,000 new recruits have entered the Longtan camp for training, and maybe they will be used by the end of the year."

Ye Liangchen looked at Zhu Daolin in astonishment: "Isn't there 12,000 Qilu recruits in the Fushan camp in Jiaozhou Bay?" Could it be that you are worried that the northwest will flow into Jiangbei? ”

Zhu Daolin nodded: "That's right, now hundreds of thousands of northwestern liukou are blocked on the north bank of the Yellow River in the south of Beizhili, and under the siege of officers and soldiers from all walks of life in Gyeonggi and 50,000 officers and soldiers in Shandong, in addition to turning around and going south, sweeping the Jianghuai region with empty troops." There are only two ways to go back to Shanxi or Henan. ”

"It is estimated that the 6,000 new troops under the command of the Marquis of Longping and his son will soon be transferred out of the central capital of Fengyang and go north to intercept hundreds of thousands of Liukou from entering the Jianghuai ......"

"If hundreds of thousands of rogues succeed in returning to Shanxi or attacking the Central Plains, the more than 200,000 troops who have pursued and encircled it for a year will be in vain."

"I am worried that the emperor, under the bewitchment of the Chinese and military forces of the DPRK, will mobilize the 12,000 new troops we have recruited and trained in Jiaozhou Bay......"

"Jiaozhou Bay is too close to the capital, no matter what we do, we can't hide it from the officials of the surrounding counties, although I explained in the previous commotion that this batch of new troops in training is prepared for the Liaodong battlefield. But no one knows what the suspicious emperor will think......"

"Most of the conditions he promised me before were not fulfilled, so I don't dare to trust him anymore."

Ye Liangchen looked at Zhu Daolin with a gloomy face. His heart was like a huge wave surging back and forth, with ups and downs, although he had already felt that the unbearable Zhu Daolin would one day turn his back on the Zhu dynasty, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly and so suddenly.

Zhu Daolin was also staring at Ye Liangchen's eyes, without any guilt or hesitation in his expression. There was no timidity at all, and it wasn't until Ye Liangchen adjusted his breath that Zhu Daolin asked in a low voice, "Sir should be able to see my current difficult situation, right?" ”

Ye Liangchen sighed faintly: "I finally understand why you suddenly gave up the twenty percent shares of Bofu Money Bank, which is making money every day, the stall is too big, and the pace is too fast." As a result, there are loopholes everywhere, and people are constrained everywhere, and it is a good move to retreat and advance. ”

"The situation in Yingzhou is complicated, the Dutch and the Zheng family in Fujian are afraid that they have regarded you as a thorn in their side, forcing you to strengthen the forces of Yingzhou, the immigrants of Baoshanwei and the family lords of the surrounding three counties have had a land dispute, and the new army of Fushan in Jiaozhou Bay has been targeted by the imperial court, no matter how you go next, it will be very difficult!"

Zhu Daolin nodded painfully: "What I'm most worried about is not Yingzhou Island, nor the revenge of the Jiangnan family, but the fear that the suspicious emperor will be bewitched and give orders indiscriminately." ”

"During this time, I've been wondering, is it better to shrink my strength and keep quiet, or to face the difficulties regardless of it? I still can't make up my mind. ”

"Could it be...... You don't want to send troops to Liaodong? Ye Liangchen asked in surprise.

Zhu Daolin shook his head: "Sending troops to Liaodong is an established strategy and will not change, but how to fight, how long to fight, and where to fight after landing in Liaodong are not in my control." ”

Ye Liangchen said: "If you want to break the predicament, you must fight the first battle of Liaodong, take advantage of the emptiness of Liaodong's troops, achieve greater results as much as possible, and force the Tartar army of the western expedition to Mongolia to return to the division to rescue, so that the current saint can see your loyalty, see the great role of the Dongjiang New Army, and at the same time pull the wavering North Korea to your side." ”

"If you don't hurt the Tartar army left behind in Liaodong, and just bluff and withdraw in a hurry, after the Tartar army of Mongolia in the west pacifies Mongolia, it will definitely drive tens of thousands of Mongolian iron horsemen to turn around and go south, and launch bloody revenge on the Xuanda front line and even Beizhili."

"At that time, not only will the Chinese military committee criticize you, but the Holy Lord will also be angry with you, and the people of the Xuanda Line and the Daming people under the Northern Zhizhi will be all over the field, and the blood will flow like a river!"

Zhu Daolin smiled bitterly: "Sir, do you think I am self-inflicted?" ”

Ye Liangchen was stunned: "I know your concerns, and I understand your distress, but since you have come to this point, there is no way back, you can only continue to walk, go all out and give it a go, in order to break the predicament and go further." ”

"Otherwise, you can only retreat to an overseas island to become a rich man, just like the insincere joke you said before."

Zhu Daolin stared at Ye Liangchen's eyes fixedly: "Sir, are you willing to accompany me to the end?" ”

Ye Liangchen sighed faintly again: "Do I still have a way out?" From the day I entered your Hushan main courtyard, I will sell you this life! ”

Zhu Daolin finally smiled, picked up the last document on the low stool and handed it to Ye Liangchen: "This top-secret document is the organizational charter, institutional set-up, and personnel list of the Intelligence Department directly under my control. ”

"Tomorrow morning, I will go to Ziyang Temple to discuss with my master and uncle, tomorrow afternoon, please ask Mr. to go with me to the shooting range in the east, and meet with several persons in charge of the intelligence department, after I leave, I will rely on Mr. to supervise them, and my family and all the belongings will also be handed over to Mr. to take care of!"

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