"Okay, this time the whole annihilation of Yue Tuo's department, Su Guodong is also a great meritorious, you go and invite him, be polite, our Jingbei Army has no talent who understands naval warfare."

The Jingbei Army has only been in the army for more than half a year, and the generals are water-savvy, that is, they have mixed in the water network around Mapengdian and Baiyangdian, so Li Xingzhi attaches great importance to Su Guodong.

Su Guodong was born in Dengzhou Naval Division Town, and he begged for a living at sea all the year round, and whether he could subdue Su Guodong was very important to Li Xingzhi, because he did not have technical talents who were familiar with naval warfare.

Soon.

Su Guodong was invited by Li Rui to the lobby of the Dengzhou prefect.

"The last general, the Dengzhou Navy Guerrilla Su Guodong has seen Li Shuai."

After entering the palace, Su Guodong wanted to salute, it stands to reason that the Dengzhou Navy Division is under the management of the Shandong Governor or the Leyden Governor, and the Shandong Town General Soldier and the Leyden General Soldier have no actual command over the Water Division.

But Li Xingzhi is different, he is Xue Ge Lao's celebrity, according to Jingshi news, Xue Ge Lao has asked his good protégé Liu Lishun to act as the governor of Shandong, and Su Guodong is not stupid, so he naturally knows that he is going to make a good alliance with this Leyden general soldier who has cut down two Tartar kings in a row.

"Oh, it's General Su here, don't be polite, please take a seat, hurry up and serve tea!"

Regarding Su Guodong's arrival, Li Xingzhi was quite eager.

"Thank you Li Shuai! I don't know why Li Shuai summoned the last general? ”

Su Guodong cautiously sat down under Yang Biao and Li Rui.

Li Xingzhi smiled and said: "This defeat of Yue Tuo, General Su is a great contribution, if it weren't for your sailors to control the Jiaolai River, this town would not have been able to achieve this great victory, so this town has reported to the imperial court and His Majesty, and the day of General Su's ascension is not far away!" ”

"Li Shuai praised it falsely, my sailor only fired a few cannons on the Jiaolai River, killed more than 100 Tartars, and the main force of the Eastern Captives was wiped out.

The sedan chair carries people, Su Guodong, as a veteran of the officialdom for many years, is naturally handy, he knows that as long as Li Xingzhi is complimented, he will casually take hundreds of Tartar heads, then it is still safe for him to be promoted to a general.

"In the first battle of the Jiaolai River, General Su blew up four Dongyu pontoon bridges, killed and injured more than 700 Dongyu, plus the Dengzhou Navy Division fought on the Laizhou River, which was originally a guest army, and this battle achievement should be doubled, that is, 1,400 levels, so General Su was promoted to the chief soldier of the Dengzhou Navy Division."

"This ...... Isn't it...... Too much? The end will not be, it must not be! ”

Su Guodong was stunned, the Ming martial artists used their heads to describe their merits, and with these seven hundred heads, it was certainly not a problem for him to be promoted to the chief soldier of Shuishi Town.

But I heard Li Rui say that the Leiden soldiers have more than 10,000 soldiers, and nearly 100 generals and generals, and this time they have won a total of 4,000 ranks, so wouldn't they account for two and a half percent.

If an outsider takes so much credit, will it cause a backlash from the generals of the Leiden army, you must know that the Dengzhou Navy Division can rely on Leiden's supplies, and if you offend the people below, it will be worth the loss.

"Say you deserve it, you deserve it, my Leyden Army does not take the first rank as the standard for raising merits, but uses contributions to describe the merits, the sailor cut off Yue Tuo's retreat, so naturally he should be the first to take the lead, but I don't know how many sea ships the sailor currently has?"

Li Xingzhi picked up the teacup, took a sip gently, and tied the sailor firmly to his chariot, which was beneficial and harmless.

"The last general is ashamed, there are more than ten real sea ships in my Dengzhou Navy Division, and there are only a few that can fight, and the rest are offshore cruising ships."

Speaking of the number of sailors, Su Guodong's expression was a little gloomy, now the imperial treasury is empty, this is a well-known thing, even if he is awarded the title of the chief soldier of the Dengzhou Sailor, I am afraid it is impossible to have ships to transfer.

Li Xingzhi waved his hand and said: "It's too little, we want to add ships, even if our sailors can't be compared with the Zheng family in Fujian, at least there must be hundreds of real sea ships, do you know where our ships are purchased?" ”

"Li Shuai means to expand the sailor division, but it is impossible for the imperial court to have money and grain allocation, and a 2,000 material fortune ship costs 3,000 taels of silver, and then equips ten artillery weapons and corresponding sailor officers and soldiers, I am afraid it will not cost tens of thousands of taels."

Su Guodong was a little confused, according to the meaning of this marshal, adding a hundred warships would cost at least seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver, and now that the poor in the imperial court are about to be pants, where can they spend the silver on the sailor.

"The imperial court has no money, Ben Shuai has, but the two thousand Fufu ships you said are equipped with too few artillery, is there a bigger one, equipped with thirty cannons, and even can be equipped with Hongyi cannons?"

With the support of the money and grain of the Confucian Mansion and the Dewang Mansion, Li Xingzhi will not be able to say that he is the richest in Northern China, but he must be the richest in Shandong.

"Yes, yes, the last general heard that there is a bird boat in Zheng Zhilong, Fujian, which is about the same size as the last general's lucky boat, but the ship is equipped with twenty-four thousand-pound Franc machines, as well as two Hongyi cannons, and the end is extremely sharp!"

Su Guoguan nodded and replied, looking at Li Shuai's tone, it was to vigorously develop the water division.

"Hmmm! You might be in contact with the Zheng family? Let's buy thirty fully equipped bird boats first, and then get dozens of transport ships, and set up the shelves of Shuishi Town, let's name it after the Northern Fleet of the Jingbei Army, we only occupy the sea route of North China, and Zheng Zhilong will not refuse. ”

Li Xingzhi tapped on the table and said to himself.

"Li Shuai, the last general can't, and what does this Northern Fleet of the Jingbei Army mean?"

Su Guodong got up and asked, he knew that there was no free lunch in the world, and Li Dashuai in front of him was making a wish and expanding the ship, which must be to take himself and the Dengzhou Sailor into use.

"Well, Ben Shuai's Leyden Army, also known as the Jingbei Army, is to recover Liaodong as its responsibility, and Ben Shuai's development of the water division is also preparing to raid Liaodong, reopen Dongjiang Town, and stick a nail behind Dongyu, so that Dongyu An dares to invade my China again? As for the sailor, it must be managed by my Jingbei Army Marshal's Mansion, how about you, Su Guodong, who is the commander of the army, will be the first town of the Northern Fleet? ”

Li Xingzhi didn't go around in circles with Su Guodong anymore, and directly picked out the topic, it was okay to ask for a ship or an official, but the sailor must be commanded by the Jingbei Army, of course, Li Xingzhi also took out the name of righteousness, that is, to resist the Eastern Captives.

"This ...... This? Weekend......? ”

Su Guodong was obviously not prepared, one was the imperial court that his family had been loyal to for generations, and the other was the Jingbei Army that could bring him to expand the scale of the naval division, and all of a sudden, he didn't know how to deal with it.

"General Su, it's a man, don't be a mother-in-law, what's wrong with our Jingbei Army, our Jingbei Army is also the army of the Ming Dynasty, this fight against the Tartars and the extermination of the Liukou is not to contribute to the Ming Dynasty, the reason why we are doing it alone is just that we don't want to repeat the mistakes of Mao Shuai and Lu Duchen."

Li Rui persuaded that after all, he and Su Guodong had fought side by side, and their relationship was harmonious.

"It doesn't matter if General Su doesn't want to, Ben Shuai will show you as the Tianjin Guard, you can take the ship away, and the people will stay for Ben Shuai, of course, as compensation, Ben Shuai is willing to take out 100,000 taels of silver to recruit new soldiers for you, what does General Su think?"

Su Guodong hesitated, Li Xingzhi had to come up with a compromise plan, it doesn't matter if he leaves, the sailors are there, there are more than 1,000 sailors plus fishermen begging for a living at sea, are you afraid that you won't be able to build a sailor?