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Shangguan Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Co-prosperity and coexistence are good for a co-prosperity coexistence." Your emperor, offering a marquis, ten thousand taels of gold, and ten thousand hectares of fertile land, to reward my head, is this what Mr. Xin said about the way of co-prosperity and coexistence?"

Xin Jicheng said: "Before leaving Beijing, Your Majesty specially told that as long as Lord Shangguan is willing to negotiate peace with our country, His Majesty's reward for Lord Shangguan will be canceled immediately. ”

"Haha" Shangguan Xiu seemed to have heard what a funny joke, and laughed on his back, until Xin Jicheng laughed so much that Xin Jicheng was red and white, and when he subconsciously clenched his fists, he stopped laughing and asked slowly: "Are you afraid of me, even if everyone in the world wants to come to take my Shangguan Xiu's head, what can I do?"

"Lord Shangguan is so courageous, I admire it. Xin Jicheng's words were half flattering and half feeling. He really admired Shangguan Xiu, when the country of wind was in a slump and internal and external troubles, it was Shangguan Xiu who carried the banner of the country of wind, with lightning speed, with the most iron-blooded and decisive means, quickly quelled the wind and civil strife, and then in the most unexpected way, led 400,000 Zhenjun troops to take the initiative to attack, and resolutely counterattacked Haotian, thus reversing the pattern of the two countries.

It is hard to imagine how Shangguan Xiu, a young man in his early twenties, could have so much strength in his body to stabilize the crumbling mansion in the air of the Wind Country. The ferryman was scared, Yan, and Brother Guan looked at Sister Zhang

"It's not absolutely impossible to negotiate peace. However, after the Second National War, our army suffered heavy casualties, and 200,000 soldiers were either buried in a foreign land, or seriously injured and disabled, who will make up for this loss?" Shangguan Xiu asked softly with a smile.

Xin Jicheng didn't understand what he meant, he frowned, and asked puzzledly, "What does Lord Shangguan mean?"

"My Zhenjun is barren and unable to compensate for the casualties, since you want to negotiate peace, show some sincerity in negotiating peace. 200,000 soldiers, calculated at 100 taels per person, 20 million taels, it's really not much, Mr. Xin, what do you think?"

Xin Jicheng finally understood that Shangguan Xiu was blackmailing, and he brazenly asked Haotian for 20 million taels of silver.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared, and he said with a smile: "Don't you think that Lord Shangguan's request to ask for 20 million taels of silver from our country is too much, when the Zhenjun army evacuates, the gold and silver taken away from our country will not be more than 20 million taels?"

Shangguan Xiu waved his hand and said: "That's not the gold and silver that my Zhenjun army took away from Ningnan, that is the spoils of war, after returning to China, it has been handed over to the imperial court in full, and my Zhenjun army itself, but nothing is left." Of course, if Mr. Xin thinks that my demands are excessive, our negotiations can end here, and the battle of words has never been my favorite way, and what I yearn for most is to see it on the battlefield. As long as there is still one person left in my Zhenjun County, the Zhenjun army will never be destroyed, and as long as there is still one breath left in our army, it will fight to the end and never stop. The Zhenjun Army was born for war."

Listening to his remarks, he is simply a complete war madman, and the Zhenjun Army under his command is really like a mad dog, targeting anyone, biting and biting, such an enemy is precisely the most terrifying, and it is also the most headache for Ningnan at present.

Xin Jicheng and Shangguan Xiu looked at each other for a long time, and in the end, he reluctantly made a compromise. "Lord Shangguan's request is acceptable to our country. ”

"Oh, Mr. Xin can be the master of this, 20 million taels of silver, which is not a small amount. ”

"I can vouch in the name of the Xin family, Lord Shangguan can rest assured."

Meng Qiuchen nodded slightly to Shangguan Xiu, indicating that Xin Jicheng's words were credible. For the wealthy families of the Shi family, especially the top wealthy families like the Xin family, there is nothing more important than reputation, even for the enemy, it is a promise.

After receiving Meng Qiuchen's signal, Shangguan Xiu smiled and said, "Since Mr. Xin is willing to vouch for the family's reputation, then, from now on, our army will be temporarily stationed in Shah and will never invade an inch of land in Ningnan." After Ningnan's compensation arrives in Zhenjun, our army will withdraw its troops and return to Guannai. ”

"I believe that the identity of the above-mentioned official and the quasi-national prince of the Fengguo is definitely not a person who goes back on his word. Xin Jicheng said.

"Haha" Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, and said: "Mr. Xin doesn't have to press me with words, a gentleman's word, a quick whip, as long as you are trustworthy, I will naturally be trustworthy." ”

So, I took my leave. ”

"Mr. Xin walks slowly, doesn't send it. ”

Xin Jicheng bowed his hand, saluted Shangguanxiu again, and then turned around and strode away. Seeing him walk out of the lobby, the smile on Shangguan Xiu's face disappeared, and he said in a firm tone: "Ning Nan is afraid that there is going to be a big operation, but this time, I don't know who they are going to target." ”

Guangfang blinked in confusion and asked curiously, "Brother Xiu, how do you know that Ningnan is going to make a big move?"

Without Shangguan Xiu's explanation, Meng Qiuchen smiled and said: "If Ningnan didn't want to make a big move, he would never be so jealous of our army's attack, and he was beaten by the adults with a bamboo pole of 20 million taels, and he gritted his teeth and endured it." ”

Shangguan Xiu asked puzzledly: "Who does the military advisor think Ningnan is targeting?"

"It's either to the west or to the north. Meng Qiuchen said: "The Shah Fan State in the south, the Ningnan Imperial Court has never looked at it, the Eastern Wind Country, the defeat of the two national wars, will inevitably make the imperial court see a clear fact, if you want to annex the Wind Country, there is no chance, and it is not easy to protect yourself from being annexed by the Wind Country." The countries of the West have now become an alliance, and it is not so easy to fight if they move the whole body, so with the current national strength of Ningnan, it is unlikely that they will attack the west. Then, only the north remains. ”

Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows in confusion and asked, "Could it be that Ningnan wants to start a war against Besa?"

Guangfang scratched his head and muttered, "Aren't Ningnan and Besa allies, aren't they planning to send troops together to invade the Wind Country?"

Meng Qiuchen was happy, shook his head and said: "In the world, throughout the ages, where is the alliance between Ningnan and Besa, which is the eternal and unchanging alliance, is to extinguish the wind, and now since the wind country cannot be extinguished, the alliance between the two countries will naturally cease to exist." Besa's national strength is not under the Wind Country, the Ningnan Imperial Court should not have such a big appetite to swallow Besa, in the north of Ningnan, in addition to Besa, there is also Du Ji, I speculate that the goal of the Ningnan Imperial Court is very likely to be on Du Ji. ”

Shangguan Xiu said with a smile: "In this case, it will be interesting, Du Ji has always been regarded as a bag by Besa, Ning Nan to move Du Ji is equivalent to stabbing Besa's life, how can Besa sit idly by and ignore it, the two countries will break out because of Du Ji." ”

Therefore, the main force of the Central Army in Ningnan will inevitably gather to the north, and at this time, the south of Ningnan is the weakest place, and what the Ningnan court is most afraid of, that is, the old trick of our army will be repeated, and it will attack the south of Ningnan from Shah again. ”

It is no wonder that the Zhenjun army will make the Ningnan court so nervous after entering Shah, so worried that the Zhenjun army will provoke the third national war, and send an envoy to Xijing to see him in the shortest possible time, and even spend 20 million taels of silver to buy his own truce.

"Oops. Shangguan Xiu sighed with a smile, rubbed his hands and said, "It seems that my bamboo pole is too little." ”

"It's really less. ”

Guangfang took a deep look at the two of them, and felt that compared with himself, Brother Xiu and the military advisor were too dark-hearted, and they extorted 20 million taels of silver from Ningnan at once, and they were still muttering that the extortion was less.

Anyway, if you say it and splash the water, Shangguan Xiu has already promised Ningnan, so naturally he must abide by his promise, and he didn't plan to send troops to Ningnan, half of the soldiers in the Zhenjun army are inexperienced recruits, and they entered Shah mainly for drills and actual combat exercises to improve their combat effectiveness.

The next day, Qingyuan rushed back to Xijing. Shangguan Xiu went back to Xijing this time, and the main person he wanted to see was Qingyuan. The two of them met in the morning and talked almost all day.

Qingyuan first reported to him the mortar cannon he developed.

Shangguan Xiu has personally experienced how powerful the mortar cannon is, and this kind of weapon is equipped in the army, and the damage to the enemy can be described as fatal. The disadvantage is that it is too inconvenient to move, there are no wheels, only a base, which cannot be pushed, and can only be carried by manpower.

The reason why the wheels were not designed was mainly because the recoil of the mortar was extremely large, and the wheels could not withstand it, so they could only rely on the heavy and thick bronze base to withstand the pressure.

For Qingyuan's weapon development, Shangguan Xiu was very satisfied. Next, Qingyuan proposed to introduce more steam engines to further expand the production scale of the forge, according to his plan, to open the forge's factories in various towns and cities in Zhenjun, the forges should not only produce military weapons such as guns and artillery, but also can be used for metallurgy, cloth and other daily necessities.

Shangguan Xiu was of course in favor of putting more steam engines into use, but he felt that it was too expensive to buy them from Tia on a large scale. He asked, "Qingyuan, can't we produce a steam engine by ourselves until now?"

"Of course it can be produced, but it's too time-consuming. Instead of spending so much time producing steam engines, it was better to buy them directly from Tia. Although it cost a lot more money, the time saved is enough to earn back that money. ”

Shangguan Xiu thought about it carefully and felt that what Qingyuan said was also reasonable, and in this matter, it was not easy for him to worry about it. He pondered for a moment and said, "You can continue to buy steam engines from Tia, and we will buy as much as you think Zhenjun needs, and silver is not a problem." But we have to try and try to make our own, and we can't always rely on Tia, and if one day Tia suddenly stops selling steam engines to us, won't we be too passive then."

Qingyuan nodded and said, "To make a steam engine, you need a large number of craftsmen who are proficient in mechanical manufacturing. ”

"Haven't you already established a relevant technical college" Xijing's technical college has been established for several months, and there are a lot of students enrolled in it.

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