Pearl said to Zhao Qingyu, "The armor can't be given to you, we need it here!" Only the Artisan can give you 300 arrows and 10,000 arrows. If you want to get armor and broadsword, you'll have to send me copper, iron, and all kinds of ore. But I also know that 100,000 taels of gold for 300 bows and arrows will make you suffer a little, so be it! I'll give you another 50 submachine guns, 10000 rounds of ammunition. The grenade gives you another 100. Well...... Plus two Western Regions and four Western Regions treasure knives, they are sword that sharpens iron like clay, no worse than my knife. ”

"Okay, okay, that's it."

Pearl also agreed with a smile, and made an agreement with Zhao Qingyu to give Zhao Qingyu 200 pairs of guilt, 500 big knives, 500 bows and arrows, and 5,000 arrows next time. The submachine gun can no longer be sold to her, and Pearl is afraid that Zhao Qingyu's ambition will be too big and he will raise a tiger, so he will only be provided with 50,000 submachine gun bullets, 2,000 pistol bullets, and 500 mortar shells, and 1,000 grenades. When the time comes, he will give pearls a shipload of the finest jadeite, a shipload of the finest precious gems such as pigeon's blood red, emeralds, diamonds, alexandrites, and gold-green cat's eyes. Of course, gold and silver are also indispensable. There is also a special condition that does not allow them to use weapons to kill innocents indiscriminately. Zhao Qingyu agreed to this matter very carefully.

Don't look at the amount of pearl income now, in order to be able to keep Shanyang County and Dazheng County, Pearl has spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy supplies, not to mention the cost of these guns and ammunition. She had to scour around for materials to make gunpowder, as well as shells and bullets. Especially copper, iron and foreign nitrate, which are very expensive.

received 500,000 taels of gold from Zhao Qingyu, plus 3 million taels of silver, as well as two boatloads of grain, and some minerals, and the pearls were all received in the warehouse of Zhuozhou Zhuangzi. The places where Zhuozhou's Zhuangzi has expanded have almost become factories, and the children who were originally bought and adopted are all except for a few who have a talent for reading. Others went on to work as apprentices in smelters and carpentry mills. Others worked as apprentices in jade factories.

Liu Xuan has a lot of things to do now, and he can't always follow Pearl's side, Pearl sent Liu Huang and Liu Lan to Luzon and Nanyang, and this time they brought a lot of grain. They are indispensable. Pearl had them sent 500,000 taels of silver. He also sent Chu Xiong to help them. Chu Xiong was followed by thirty secret guards. Now with more and more money for Pearl, there are dozens of times more subordinates than in the past, and Pearl's own secret guards plus guards have more than 260 people. Mingqian has more there. More than 700 people. The salaries paid to these people every year are more than 200,000 taels of silver.

Pearl went back with 100 suits of armor, 500 longbows, 70,000 arrows, and 300 broadswords, followed by guns and bullets, and a lot of food. Pearl himself also hid 1,000 catties of japonica rice and 2,000 catties of rouge rice in the space, 5,000 catties of white flour, potatoes, cabbage and various coarse grains were also packed a lot, especially sugar and salt have not been forgotten. There is also a car of tongkat ali at home, which can also be useful.

During this month's time, when gunpowder was refined, more time was spent on proposing antibiotics, making anti-inflammatory drugs, and antipyretics, as well as a large number of anti-inflammatory fungicides, such as high-purity alcohol, salt water and glucose water, which were also made in bottles sent by the glass factory. In addition, the rubber factory stopped producing tires, made every effort to survive medical materials such as rubber tubing, and also let the glass factory make various medical equipment, such as syringes and glass bottles.

The scale of the convoy carried by the pearl is not small, there are weapons and ammunition, food and clothing, and there are all kinds of medicinal materials, vegetables from Zhuozhou Zhuangzi, bottled salt and sugar water, and medical equipment that has been strictly sterilized and packaged with vacuum machines in the pearl space, as well as various medicines refined by themselves.

When he got home, Pearl quickly felt some unusual atmosphere in Dazheng County, and when he returned home, Mingqian was naturally not at home, and asked Han Rang about the situation, only to know that now Dazheng County is also being attacked! There is a shortage of food in the city, and the price of grain sold in grain stores is simply sky-high.

"Hasn't the last shipment of grain calmed down the price of grain?" Pearl remembers that Mingqian is going to do this,

Han Rang sighed and said, "Most of the food last time was given to Shanyang County and the military camps over there, and the demand for food here is also large, and it has calmed down for a while, but it has still risen so much." ”

Pearl didn't say anything more, human nature is like this, knowing that it is a war now, everyone wants to hide more food, and they prepare more, but whether it is a grain merchant or an ordinary person, they have to save more. "Where's your lord?"

"General Hou Daoliang of the military department is here, in charge of the military and political affairs here, and the soldiers of the ten nearby counties are all dispatched by him, and now the county commanders of the ten nearby counties have gathered at the post station. I said it was a meeting, and I have been there for most of the day. ”

Hou Daoliang? Pearl thinks of this person, just like the three girls who came to her own house, I hope he is a big man, don't worry too much about them. At this time, Pearl thought about what to say about the batch of ammunition in her hand? I still have to tell Ming Qian that those people with guns are Ming Qian's guards, and even Bai Sixian and Liu He only have pistols in their hands. Hou Daoliang is here this time, what should I do?

It wasn't until late that Ming Qian finally came back, and when he saw the pearl, without saying a word, he hugged the pearl and said, "Why did you come back?" ”

As soon as she heard this, it became clear to Pearl that the situation must be urgent at this time. At this time, it is a good time to enhance the relationship between husband and wife, Pearl hugged Mingqian's waist tightly and said, "I have explained everything, don't worry about the children." I'm always going to be with you, and I don't want you to wait too long for me. ”

Listening to Pearl's words, Mingqian hugged his wife for a longer time, both of them were reluctant to let go of each other, Pearl thought that the two of them were going to die together, and his eyes were uproaring. And Mingqian shed tears even more, and Pearl hurried to the shoulders of the clothes wet.

After a while, the two separated, and Pearl asked his subordinates to bring the prepared meals, and the meals were all made by Pearl herself, and Pearl knew very well that Mingqian liked to eat the meals she made the most. Ming Qian was obviously thin, and he looked haggard, Pearl was distressed, and he was hard to serve him vegetables at the dinner table. Mingqian was also busy serving vegetables to Pearl, Pearl's complexion was fine, but he was still very thin, his eyes were a little swollen, and the couple had a warm and sad dinner.

After eating, the husband and wife went to the study to study the matter, and Pearl sat down and asked, "Hou Daoliang is coming to lead the army, it won't be bad for you, right?" ”

Ming Qian said with a smile, "Madame, don't worry, General Hou is a heroic and wise person, and he will never blame me for the matter of the third sister." On the contrary, because this time our Dazheng County is the most well-prepared, the most stable place among the ten county seats, which is very affirmed by General Hou, plus we transported food and armor and cold items to the army, and sent doctors and medicinal materials over, General Hou bowed to me in front of all the adults and thanked me. This person is not simple! ”

Pearl felt the same way in her heart, and said, "If he is not a person with a free gully in his chest, he is scheming and far-reaching. ”

Ming Qian smiled, obviously feeling very satisfied with his wife's insight. After taking a sip of ginseng tea, Ming Qian said if he was lost, "Most of the soldiers in the army have not been issued cotton clothes, and they are still wearing old cotton clothes, and now they have caught up with the cold winter that has not been encountered for decades, I am afraid that many people will freeze to death!" ”

"I brought back a total of 5,000 sets of cotton clothes and down cotton clothes from Zhuozhou this time, and they were all made in this month. There are 6,000 quilts. There are more than 3,000 pairs of cotton shoes, but there are few. There are 1,000 down coats and face coats, more than 3,500 hats and cotton gloves, more than 3,000 woolen hats and gloves, and more than 3,000 hats and gloves made of fur. By the way, there are also felt tents, which I made of felt, which should be able to withstand some wind chill. ”

Ming Qian put down the teacup excitedly and said, "It's good to have so many things. It's just that there are more than 20,000 sergeants now, which is not enough! ”

"Don't worry, husband, I also brought back an iron stove and a lot of coal and bamboo charcoal, which can keep them warm, and the cotton from Nanyang and the coarse cloth from Jiangnan will also arrive soon, and when you arrive in Zhuozhou, you can divide it up and let people step up their work, I believe it will be made up soon." Pearl looked at her husband and also wanted to share his worries.

Mingqian stood up, and even gave a gift to his wife, startling Pearl, and hurriedly helped him and said, "You and I are husband and wife, and doing this is also for the people, in order to accumulate virtue for the people of our family." I'm going to die of shame if you're like that. ”

Ming Qian hugged his wife, sat down by himself, held his wife in his arms, and didn't speak for a long time. Pearl also enjoyed the atmosphere very much at this time, she could feel Ming Qian's love for her in her heart, so happy, happy and wanted to cry, hoping that this moment would be extended a little longer, a little more......

The next day, Ming Qian sent everything and weapons, and sent 30 guards who he knew how to use to teach them. Only the use of mortars, or Pearl taught them overnight, and taught them all night, but unfortunately it is really difficult for these people who have not been exposed to modern mathematics to say anything about parabolas, anticlines, etc., let alone at night, there is no way for them to practice.

The 32 mortars that Pearl brought back can be regarded as heavy weapons, which are better than the red-clothed cannons, especially when dozens of cannons are fired at the same time, the power is absolutely shocking, there is no way, Ming Qian sent weapons and supplies over, and he had to bring his wife as a technical consultant. If you don't go to the pearl, you can't do it! How hard it was to make that shell! Let them be missed, and they will be distressed to death. (To be continued......)