The time to have soldiers and horses of this scale will not exceed five years, and it is less than these two years, the Xuzhou soldiers and horses have only reached today's scale, how can such a strong army be trained in such a short time, Lu Xiangsheng, the backbone of the official army who has been trained for ten years, has also seen it, compared with the front, it is not worth mentioning at all.

"This is done by manpower, is there really a ghost and god" Lu Xiangsheng muttered, and then suddenly introspected to himself, he is a Confucian disciple who respects ghosts and gods and stays away, and he is a heroic man with superb martial arts, he has never believed in ghosts and gods, but it is because he is calm, it is because Lu Xiangsheng knows the art of war and military affairs very well, so he will feel shocked and incredible.

Lu Xiangsheng stood on the side of the road and his heart shook, his face was full of shock, and the internal guards who were mixed in the crowd didn't bother to pay attention to this after seeing this, such a shocked look, I have seen too much in these days, it seems that this big man is tall and strong, and there is nothing else surprising.

When the shock passed, Lu Xiangsheng noticed other details, the soldiers of the Zhao family army were wearing chest armor, according to rumors, this Xuzhou thief soldier was covered with iron, look at the big burden behind it, the rest of the armor should be in the baggage, this chest armor alone is enough to make people staggering, such a piece of iron hangs on the chest, as long as it is not a bluff piece of iron, then the knife and spear can be defended, if you want to break the armor, I am afraid you can only use a hammer and axe and the like.

The spears and halberds on the shoulders of the Zhao family soldiers have nothing to say, but Lu Xiangsheng stared at the fire gun, if he couldn't get close, he would have to go to the front to see, and he could see as many details as he could, in the rumors, the Zhao family's gun was extremely sharp, and it was cast in rows, even the elite cavalry of the official army couldn't rush through the fire net, and looking at the regulation of the fire gun from a distance, it seemed to be thicker and heavier than the bird gun, and the gun pipe should be short and thick, so could it hit far?

It is said that the artillery of this Xuzhou thief is also different from the official army, it is accurate on the battlefield, and the power is also amazing, but there is no artillery in the marching team in front of him.

Although it is here, the Xuzhou Northern Expedition team has been less than half of the time, but it still takes a long time for the long line to pass, and those who watch the excitement begin to feel fresh and interesting, but after a long time, one by one, the camp heads passed, they felt bored and bored, and they dispersed and left, Lu Xiangsheng had the heart to see the end from the beginning, but he knew that it was too conspicuous and alternative, so he could only reluctantly follow and leave.

At present, the western counties of Yanzhou Prefecture are full of farms and granges in Xuzhou, and they have to rush to the barracks where they are stationed, and the regimental training and armament have also been organized, and the bandits have no room to survive, so they don't have to worry about safety, and they are not in a hurry like before, so they must pay attention to walking in broad daylight and staying in the dark.

As the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, Lu Xiangsheng came out this time without permission, and naturally he couldn't delay in the territory of Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong, and after reading it, he rode away with his personal guards and others, and there was no way to go too fast in this situation, along the way Lu Xiangsheng spoke intermittently, but he was talking to himself, it should be after watching the majesty of the Zhao family's army, he felt a lot of emotion, and couldn't help but say a few words.

"This is indeed a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, if you don't cheer up, I'm afraid it will be a catastrophe."

"Xuzhou thieves are people, we are also people, they can train such soldiers and horses, why can't we practice?"

After Lu Xiangsheng returned to the Daimyo's Mansion, no one thought that he would leave the jurisdiction, first, his authority had been established, and no one dared to touch this mold, and second, no one paid attention to this now, the Daimyo's Mansion's prefect was an unlucky errand, and finally someone came to do it and did it well, do you want to replace him?

After a few days of silence, Lu Xiangsheng wrote a few letters in a row, arranging for his cronies' families to be sent to Jingshi and Jiangnan, his henchmen and cronies naturally knew who these people were, there were relatives and friends in the family, the position in Jingshi was not low, and the prestige in Jiangnan was very high, but his master was unwilling to plead, otherwise he would not be sent to this Daimyo's mansion adjacent to the enemy border, one of the letters was sent to a friend, that friend was the seed left in Jingshi after Donglin was purged, and he was a backbone in Yanguan Qingliu, and he had a lot of energy.

The housekeeper who arranged to send the letter did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly arranged to send it out, but secretly he was wondering, the master went to Shandong, was he frightened by the Xuzhou thief, so he went around begging someone to transfer himself, if he really did that, he could really go to a good place, he could find some good errands, but his own master's fierce temperament, if he didn't do it, he would have to do risky things, thinking of this, the housekeeper was worried for a few days and didn't close his eyes.

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Outside the city in June, it is the best time of the year, the greenery is like a blanket, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, walking on the boundless grassland, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and then looking at the herd in the distance, the whole person is relaxed and happy.

This is especially true in the Xiashui Sea, which is surrounded by a huge saltwater lake and is one of the most abundant treasures of aquatic plants outside the Saiwai Sea, and at this time, a large number of tribes will drive cattle and horses here, and at this time, everyone will hurry up to breed and fatten their herds, and there is no time to attack each other, which is also the most peaceful day.

These months are also a good season for the Jin merchants, they came with a large number of goods, in exchange for the gold and silver and booty in the hands of the Mongolian nobles, in exchange for the livestock and savings in the hands of the herdsmen, to earn double or even several times the profit for themselves, since entering the year of the Apocalypse, this business has become easier and better, then what Lin Dan Khan beat away the grandson of Altan, and occupied the naturalization city by himself, what is the Chahar Department of the steppe lineage is too short of things, willing to buy iron pots at high prices, buy cotton cloth, buy everything that is not available on the grassland, of course, the most willing to buy is soju, Produced in Xuzhou, the kind of liquor with a clear taste and a fire in the throat.

Lin Dan Khan wants everything, the demand of the Ming Dynasty is also very strong, ten years ago everyone did not have Xuzhou, now it has become a monster, need a lot of cattle and horses, need a lot of leather, need a lot of alkali, need a lot of riders, there are on the grassland, Xuzhou needs, they give the market price, but the market price is enough for everyone to make a fortune, not to mention, sell in Xuzhou, you can also buy cotton cloth, iron pot, shochu and other things needed on the grassland, this back and forth is a huge profit.

The person that Shanxi merchants hate the most now is Wang Ziyang, this humble pony dealer in the past, is now a rich country, and ninety percent of the famous Hanjing wine transported to the grassland is monopolized by him, and the remaining one percent is from the side of Beizhili.

What Hanjing famous wine is not much stronger than several famous wines in Shanxi, what is rare is this clear and mellow taste, and then this output, the reason why famous wine is famous wine is nothing more than exquisite materials, complicated technology, labor and materials, good things that come out, the cost is also high, but Xuzhou this shochu is not, his output is too large, from this output can be judged that the cost of Hanjing famous wine is not high, there is no way to fight a price war with him, and everyone is to make a fortune, there is a monster behind the soju, Even the defeat of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the imperial court, why bother to find death?

Don't want to cause trouble does not mean that you don't talk in your heart, this Xuzhou shochu is too suitable for border trade, it is simply tailored for those Mongolians, this "camel good willow, Mongolian good wine", the ancients have already known, these Mongolians need to warm up their bodies with soju in the bitter cold of winter, this strong and mellow soju is the number of roads for them, and now on this grassland, even the herdsmen who do not know Chinese can use Chinese to say "Hanjing famous wine".

The people who can drink the original Hanjing famous wine on the grassland are all nobles, how can they have their own houses in the naturalized city, and the role of being able to say a word in front of Lin Dan Khan, as for the others, they can only drink the wine mixed with water, those who have money and livestock can be mixed with less water, and those who have no money have to be mixed with more water, but in this way, the Mongolians are also willing to buy, this wine is much better than their sour and sour mare's milk wine, and it is good to say in summer, in the cold season of autumn and winter, a jar of wine without water can be exchanged for a woman, and five jars without water can be exchanged for a good horse!

The huge profits of Xuzhou soju, how much Wang Ziyang earned, everyone understands very well, but there is really no way, some people spend a lot of money to dig the corner of the master of the winery, but Xuzhou is staring very closely, the winery is only set up near Xuzhou and the Zhao family's military camp, it is not that the master of winemaking has been moved, but he died violently before leaving the boundary of Xuzhou, and even the person who poached the corner did not come back, and everyone did not dare to reach out again.

Every time Xuzhou goes to war with the imperial court, the cloth merchants of Songjiang Mansion are the head, and the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan echo it, they are the highest jumpers, but the merchants of Shanxi are also eyeing each other, every time there is a war, there are merchants with manpower and silver waiting in Kaifeng Mansion, as soon as the imperial court wins, they will go over to sweep people and sweep the goods, but every time they are disappointed, they are more and more afraid to move, and even the imperial court will be defeated, not to mention the Shanxi merchants, the border town generals who support them behind their backs have also shrunk, and they keep saying that they are cautious and cautious.

Seeing that the money is in front of you but there is no way to earn is the most difficult, the generals of the Ming Dynasty are unwilling to help, there are people who want to make crooked moves, to do it on the grassland, as long as you lose both people and money a few times, you don't dare to swallow it alone, there are too many horse thieves on the grassland, and there are a lot of cavalry pretending to be a lot, as long as the silver and benefits are enough, killing people and goods can be easier than the Ming side.

I tried a few times and hit my head and broke the blood, this Wang Ziyang is always a caravan of thousands of people every time he goes out of the plug, the combat power of this thousand people is really not low, if the small group of horse thieves does not have long eyes, they will be eaten directly, how can a large number of horse thieves have to be two thousand to be sure, in this grassland can command two thousand horsemen, that is at least the identity of the Golden Horde, not to mention, under the temptation of soju and heavy gold, Wang Ziyang's caravan really encountered a siege of more than two thousand horses.

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