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With such a feat established on the grassland, Wang Tong's core position in this army has been firmly established, and the generals of the Jizhen faction are all respectful to Wang Tong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the chief general of the Jizhen army, Yang Jin has also been in the army for many years, so he naturally knows what Wang Tong's achievements represent, so his subordinate posture is even more sufficient, even if he enters the military tent and asks questions there, but the etiquette and rules are full, but the meaning of the words is very unpolite.

"Vice General Yang, didn't the Japanese marshal understand what he said a few days ago? If this naturalized city is allowed to maintain peace and stability for a long time, it is impossible for our strong soldiers to stay here, so we can only rely on the local village brave militia and sell them weapons, which is also to let them strengthen themselves. ”

All the people in the tent, except for Cai Nan who sat still, the others all bowed down and withdrew, Wang Tong had a kind attitude, and replied with a smile.

Seeing that Wang Tong was not angry, Yang Jin was also relieved in his heart, but he still said in a deep voice: "The militia is brave, it is enough to have knives, guns, bows and arrows, but the marshal sold them fire mirrors and artillery, how can such a military weapon be so easy to give to people, the merchants who often walk on the grassland, among them there are many lawbreakers, if anyone has bad intentions, it will not be a big disaster!" ”

"Even if Ben Shuai doesn't sell it, don't they still have fewer firearms in their hands? Just the news that Ben Shuai knows, the eunuch in charge of the armory in Datong Town has a lot of foreign wealth! ”

"Dashuai, what are the ordnance and weapons in Datong Town, and what are the ordnance and weapons in Datong's hands, how can they be compared, such firearms in the forbidden army are sharp and only seen in the subordinate army for so many years, and the firearms in Datong Town are nothing more than smoke and artillery!"

Hearing Yang Jin say this, Wang Tong couldn't help laughing, Yang Jin still insisted on his opinion, Wang Tong waved his hand, motioned for Yang Jin to sit down, and said: "The merchant guards have firearms, and the Ming soldiers naturally have firearms" The merchant guards have artillery, and the Ming soldiers naturally have artillery, how many guards can a businessman gather at most, a thousand people are already rare, and how many soldiers can there be, the advantages and disadvantages are clear, the businessmen are profit-seeking, and they judge the best things that are good or not, this is a bad thing, They don't just do it casually! ”

"Dashuai" if the merchants gather, you see that in the city today, the guards brought by the Shanxi merchants plus the local Han people and wealthy businessmen are also several thousand, if there are ill-intentioned people appear, climb the heights and shout ......""

Halfway through the words, Cai Nan on the side said coldly: "Lord Yang" Now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, the world is peaceful, and he lives and works in peace and contentment, how can there be such a thing as ascending to the heights, "What you say is inappropriate!" ”

Being said so, Yang Jin hurriedly stood up, and was just about to clench his fists to explain, Wang Tong waved his hand, and said with a smile: "It's just a private chat, don't be so serious about the supervising army, Lord Yang" This businessman has his own faction and township party, and it is too difficult to unite as one, Lord Yang thought again, the businessmen entered the Ming Dynasty with weapons in hand, "What can they rob and rob, it will only attract the army to suppress it, and it will also implicate the family, and give them these weapons to encourage them to go further on the grassland, and dare to rob and kill people on the grassland" Don't be afraid of the Tartars and horse thieves on the steppe. ”

was forced to ask by Cai Nan so much, Yang Jin didn't dare to speak anymore, a prison army doesn't mean anything, but this prison army is equivalent to the deputy commander of the forbidden army, and he has Wang Tong's strong support" The weight of this speech is unusual, Wang Tong took a sip of the teacup, but he was ready to explain this more clearly: "Lord Yang may not know that the grassland merchants are profiteering, and the merchants may not be able to seek the profits of this trade even if they are looting in Jiaming, how to choose, they naturally understand, and fire mirrors, artillery, carts, armor, If you want to imitate manufacturing, it is not a thing that can be done in a year or two, manufacturing, maintenance, and repair are all dependent on the craftsman of weapons, and the commander plans to open a weapon workshop in Datong and Taiyuan, manufacturing and maintenance, and firmly control the source in his hands, and sell the artillery on the grassland to the most two catties of artillery, which is still acceptable for field defense against thieves, and it is insufficient for attacking the city and plundering the land, and the Shanxi Datong garrison is equipped with heavy artillery, which is not worrying. ”

Yang Jin was stunned, sighed and said: "Dashuai, if you say it like this, as the days go by, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be insufficient, and I am afraid that someone will transfer it!" ”

Cai Nan was just about to speak, but Wang Tongtong's eyes stopped him, and he said again: "Lord Yang thinks so, but it is also the old Cheng Mouguo, and Ben Shuai also thought of this, but this is not a private conversation in the account, tonight before dark, the first level of the army of each battalion will come here to discuss the military!" ”

Yang Jin got up and hurriedly bowed down to listen, Wang Tong opened his mouth and said: "Lord Yang has been in the border town for a long time, and he is also familiar with the situation of the Tartars. ”

This is to the point, Yang Jin pondered for a moment and replied: "The Naturalization City can't come here, but the Tartars will gather in other places, and then it will become the scale of the Naturalization Department, and then the Naturalization City here is also the foundation of the Tartars, and there will inevitably be troops to fight for it, and the Naturalization City will fight hard here, and the imperial court will feel that it is not within the territory, and there will be no reinforcements sent to it......

As he spoke, Yang Jin's mood was a little low, and he said, "I'm afraid it's still a ...... of fall."

"Naturalization City is the throat of the grassland, hold here, you don't have to worry about Shaanxi and Shanxi Northwest Frontier will have a large number of Tartars, even Xuanfu will benefit, not to mention, Naturalization City is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, that and the Tartar attack and defense are outside the border, the people of Shanxi do not have to worry about being affected by the military disaster, yes, for us, the Naturalization City naturally has to be protected, the same for the Tartars, the east and west thousands of miles of grassland, but there are very few places with abundant water and grass, if you want to multiply, if you want to advance, you have to get here, But Lord Yang, what you are thinking about is that you are trapped in the game, why do you always have to guard the Ming Dynasty and attack the Tartars, can't you turn it over!? ”

After Wang Tong said this, the tent was quiet for a moment, Yang Jin's body froze there, and then he shook suddenly, his voice trembled a little, and asked solemnly: "How to attack, on this grassland, because there is this city, you can mobilize the army, if it is like Jizhen, it is difficult to even find the main force of the Tartars......"

"Do you think Lord Yang is letting the army attack, the Tartars harass the Ming Frontier, and there are also large army actions, but more of them are small tribes, and even dozens of horse thieves, they can do this, why can't we, give the merchants firearms, teach them the method of cart camping and car formation, let them sell and walk on the grassland, and loot and burn when they see a suitable one, don't you go to attack?"

Yang Jin's mouth opened slightly, Wang Tong said, he didn't expect it at all, it was really unexpected, but it was so reasonable, he was speechless now, Wang Tong continued to speak: "Shanxi merchants walk the world, sell merchants on the grassland, can reap huge profits, this kind of thing, will inevitably make the Jin merchants flock to it, there are many merchants, there are many caravans, there are many caravans, there are many guards, walking on the grassland, horse thieves do not dare to rob when they see a large caravan, and they are willing to start when they see small merchants, do they have firearms and weapons? When you see a small tribe, you don't dare to rob it, don't you dare to do it, this thing has been done for a long time, there are many guards, and there are many people who know how to use firearms, if you really have something, you can immediately organize people and horses from these people, fight against strong enemies, and hide troops from the people, that's it. ”

After Wang Tong finished speaking, Yang Jin let out a sigh, as if he was admiring and sighing, but then he found out a problem and said worriedly: "Dashuai, what is the township brave and the people are like, the subordinates also know, the Ding Zhuang people under the Dashuai can be used as regular soldiers in Jizhen, and the other places are different, nothing more than local chickens and dogs, the handsome soldiers know the soldiers, and naturally understand that not everyone can be as calm and calm as the commander of the big handsome with firearms. ”

Yang Jin no longer questioned the matter itself, but confirmed the details, indicating that he had been convinced by Wang Tong's words, Wang Tong smiled and said: "This is the reason for convening the generals, you will know tonight!" ”

Seeing that Wang Tong was so sure, Yang Jin nodded curiously, and didn't ask any more, just about to speak, but heard a rumor from the soldiers outside the tent, saying that it was the shopkeeper of Sanjiang Commercial Bank, Gu Zibin, who was visiting, and Yang Jin just got up to say goodbye.

When Gu Zibin walked into the tent, he was not an outsider, and Wang Tong did not avoid him when he spoke, but said to Cai Nan with a smile: "The generals of several provinces have also seen a lot, and Jizhen is doing practical things to tell the truth, General Qi has been in business for so many years, it is really extraordinary!" ”

"Qi Zongbing was greatly credited when he was the emperor of Shibi Su, after three dynasties, he naturally has something extraordinary, the ancient shopkeeper, why did he go and return so quickly?"

Cai Nan replied, but asked Gu Zibin directly in the second half of the sentence, Gu Zibin bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "Master, Father-in-law Cai, just now Datong and a few local businessmen asked the shopkeeper of the Datong branch of our firm to come over, saying that they wanted to buy the land here, and said that the price was compared with the price of good land in Shanxi, or even higher. ”

Hearing this, Wang Tong couldn't help but laugh, and said to Cai Nan: "These people have a good idea, the land in Shanxi is too alkaline, and the fertile fields here are the medium fields in Zhili and Henan, and the Naturalization City is watered and there is no alkaline, so they want to use the price of Zhongtian to buy good fields!" ”

Cai Nan shook his head and smiled, but Gu Zibin didn't figure out this joint, laughed a few times there, and hurriedly said: "It's a shame that the old man taught the little ones that they don't know, and the little ones will go back to them." ”

"Go back to them, the fields here, the officials have to sort out the inventory and present it to Your Majesty, how can it be sold to private individuals."

Speaking of this, Wang Tong remembered something, and said again: "You don't have to be in a hurry to refuse, ask in the city, how many people want to buy land." ”