"What's in it for me?" As soon as he heard Shuoto's words, he immediately asked back.

"What do you want?" Shuoto is clearly more of a businessman.

"I want Li Xiao's head."

"I want to be practical, too. Do you want money? Shuo Tuo smiled helplessly, his father and eldest brother wanted Li Xiao's head a long time ago. But this wish has not been fulfilled until now.

"Money, land, slaves!" After thinking about it, I felt that if I didn't open my mouth at this time, I would be a little sorry for myself.

"Don't you think it's a little bit more?" Shuoto looked at Kaoyi playfully.

"Not much, my soldiers will use their lives to help you fight. And the land I want is just some islands off the coast of Liaodong, and I heard that you are invincible cavalry in the world. But you don't have a navy in your military, and it's useless to ask for islands. ”

As soon as the news of his defeat reached the Netherlands, he understood. He will never return to Holland for the rest of his life, for if he does, the enraged king of Holland will hang him.

Instead of going back to the Netherlands and waiting for death, it is better to develop in Daming. Through the trip to the Ming Dynasty in the past few months, he can be regarded as seeing the prosperity and wealth of the Ming Dynasty. In those places in the south of the Yangtze River, many people are wearing silk clothes. You must know that in the West, only the aristocracy or very wealthy people can afford to wear silk clothes.

Fine porcelain can be found everywhere, as well as beautiful women of the Ming Dynasty. The skin is tender enough to pinch out water, and it doesn't have the nasty body hair and heavy body odor of Caucasian women.

The prostitutes who have seen the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan have a white body like an ivory sculpture under the light. He swore that he had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life. Caucasian women are really not comparable to them.

And, of course, the fine dining. In addition to the annoying two sticks made of bamboo, I love Daming's food.

In short, he fell in love with this fascinating land. There are two small islands around Liaodong, and he just hopes to serve as a supply depot for the navy. The plundered population of the Ming Dynasty, he was ready to bring back to Java.

The people there in Java are so stupid, whether it's building ships or growing all kinds of things, these people just don't have enough brains. Not only is the brain not good, but people are surprisingly lazy. Where is it like a Ming person, as long as you open your eyes, you seem to want to do something.

Those black, smelly natives only think about lying in the bamboo building all day, and it is better for someone to feed them food.

"Okay, I promise you. But you must give me at least 500 men, and at least 20 cannons. ”

"That's fine!"

"As for the payment, I can promise to help you find two islands in Liaodong. In addition, we are going to attack Jinzhou City this time. After the attack on Jinzhou, there were not many soldiers stationed on the Shanhaiguan defense line. If we can break through the Shanhaiguan, then the door of the Ming Dynasty will be open to us.

I will pick a rich city for you to rob, and you can grab as much as you can. Whatever you can take with you is yours.

What do you think? ”

"Deal! May we have a happy cooperation! Hearing Shuoto's suggestion, he happily picked up his cup.

Wine glasses collide in the light with a crisp sound. Kuichi, Hans, and Shoto all had smug smiles on their faces. If you can really break through the Shanhaiguan, the next time you come here to drink, you don't have to sneak around.

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After driving away the bed bug in Zhao Shujiao, Li Xiao originally wanted to rest for a few days. At the end of the year, I went on a business trip. Catch the time to rest for a few days, and in the winter you have to deal with those Jurchen Tartars.

But God just doesn't seem to want Li Xiao to stop, because there is a big man who wants to come to Shanhaiguan.

Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Dongge University, the emperor's teacher, and a key member of the Donglin Party, will patrol the sky and inspect the Shanhaiguan defense line.

Sun Chengzong's word is childish, and the number is Kaiyang!

When Li Xiao heard this name, he wanted to kowtow to this old man. This is a real national hero, the founder of the Guanningjin defense line. An outstanding military strategist, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

When the Jurchen Tartars captured the capital, how many so-called two-rank Jinshi were full of learning and Confucianism became courtiers of the Qing Dynasty. Qian Qianyi, a famous man in Jiangnan, jumped into the river for a while, and later it was said that he disliked the cold water and stopped jumping.

When the hypocrites changed their owners one after another, only this Sun Chengzong took his family and died generously in the face of the butcher's knife of the Jurchen Tartars. At that time, his youngest grandson was only two years old. It was also split in half by the Jurchens! There are nearly 200 members of the family, young and old, and none of them survived.

For Yuan Chonghuan, Li Xiao can mean something. After all, although this guy has the ambition to defeat the Tartars, this guy has a big flaw in his personality.

If there is no Li Xiao, let the ship of history continue to move. He will fool the emperor, saying that he will pacify Liaodong in five years. And he will also land on Phi Island and stab Mao Wenlong in the neck.

As soon as he thought of the grievances between the two people, Li Xiao felt strange about the situation in front of him.

Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan stood in front of the sand table that Li Xiao was looking for someone to make, holding a small flag in their hands and making a gesture. From time to time, I stopped to discuss, and my attitude was sincere and serious, as if two engineers engaged in scientific research were discussing technical issues.

"Two adults, have some food. The dumplings are cold! "It's not as delicious as dumplings, Li Xiao is a good bite. And I like dumplings with leek and egg filling, and dumplings with pure shrimp filling.

There are people here in Shanhaiguan who make dumplings with mackerel filling, and Li Xiao thinks it is better than the pure shrimp filling after tasting it.

As the saying goes, the dumplings that get on the car get off the noodles, and today Yuan Chonghuan came back from Jinzhou. In order to catch Yuan Chonghuan's wind, Li Xiao specially asked people to make dumplings. Each dumpling is served on a large plate, and the side dishes are only cucumber mixed with pig's ears, plus preserved egg tofu.

It was still very hot in September, and Li Xiao was wearing a new-style short-sleeved military uniform. Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong were still wearing robes, if it weren't for the large strips of ice in the house, it is estimated that these two guys would have realized prickly heat.

"We are repairing the city in Jinzhou, and the Tartars did not come to disturb us. This is enough to show that they want us to build a city in Jinzhou. Then, in winter, they ate the Jinzhou garrison in one bite. In this way, the Shanhaiguan defense line, which is only defended by 30,000 or 40,000 people, is no different from nothing.

As long as you kid can sit still, the old man and Yuan have been fiddling with things for a long time. Jinzhou can only be held for three or four days at most! Director Yuan, don't look at it, come and eat dumplings. In addition to his brain, this kid has a very good tongue. He said that if something is delicious, the taste must not be bad. ”

Mao Wenlong cleaned his hands in the copper basin and sat down on the edge of the table. While adjusting the garlic paste by himself, he greeted Yuan Chonghuan.

Li Xiao's chopsticks paused in the air, if the old boy knew. In the future, Yuan Chonghuan will be stabbed in the neck, will he be beckoned to eat dumplings?

saw that Li Xiao and Mao Wenlong both sat on the chairs and began to eat dumplings. Yuan Chonghuan also had to clean his hands and came to the table to eat.

For eating at the same table, Yuan Chonghuan is still a little uncomfortable. When I was taking the garlic, I knocked over the vinegar bottle, and the overturned vinegar flowed on the table, and a strong smell of vinegar wafted through the room.

"Master Yuan, don't be nervous. We eat like this on weekdays, try the dumplings. The mackerel stuffing tastes good. "Maybe it's because the official is too big, Mao Wenlong now has the face of a dignified elder wherever he goes.

Only Li Xiao knows that behind this kind face, there is a heart like a fox.

"Thank you, Master!" Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly thanked him.

Now his official position is still the head of the Ministry of War, and Mao Wenlong has been appointed as the Jiliao Governor, although this Inspector has no official title. But Mao Wenlong still has the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, and theoretically says that Master Mao is now a high-ranking official of the second grade of the Ming Dynasty.

This is like the county magistrate and high-ranking officials in later generations eating together, and they don't get nervous before they go out.

"It doesn't have to be like this, this is the back hall of the barracks, and there is no need to have so many etiquette. Eat, eat! Mao Wenlong mixed the cucumber with ear shreds and pushed it in front of Yuan Chonghuan. made Yuan Chonghuan stand up and salute again!

"I said Lao Yuan, are you so tired. Look at me, aren't you eating and drinking peacefully in front of Lao Mao? This is not the big tent of the Chinese army, there are not so many rules. Li Xiao was so tired that he pressed Yuan Chonghuan's shoulder.

can eat dumplings at the same table with Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong, Li Xiao thinks this scene is very weird.

Yuan Chonghuan was held down by Li Xiao and sat down, picked up chopsticks and ate a bite of dumplings. As soon as his eyes lit up, his hand speed immediately increased a lot. It is said that the last meal is still breakfast, although Jinzhou is not far from Shanhaiguan, it is also more than 300 miles away. Last night, I slept in the wilderness for the night, and it was already dark all the way to Shanhaiguan.

"My lord, the kind of cement you brought is very useful. Not only is it strong, but it is also more convenient than glutinous rice water and sand. When Xia Guan came, the urn city was almost finished. Xia Guan thought about wrapping another layer on the outside of the city wall, and you can see if you can get some more cement. ”

Chewing dumplings in his mouth, he can also talk and ask for things. This skill is not practiced in a day or two!

"Shanhaiguan has already started firing the kiln, and there will be output in a few days. When the time comes, I will send it to you, and the cement will not be able to be used as soon as it freezes in October. A month should also be enough time for you to repair the weak spots of the city walls. ”

"The lowly thought that a few solid battlements protruded from within the walls. This is when the enemy attacks the city walls, or attacks the city gates. We can attack them from behind their flanks, and this thing can also serve as a diversion for the enemy. Let the numerical superiority of the enemy army be impossible to play. ”

Li Xiao stared at Yuan Chonghuan for a long time before he nodded.

To say that Yuan Chonghuan is really a military genius, such a method can be imagined. Thinking of the Ningyuan city wall in later generations, Li Xiao was also relieved. When Ningyuan City was being built, this boss was the overseer. For this reason, he also quarreled with Zu Dashou.

Said that famous declaration!

You are a scholar in the main department, but you don't know that the main department is a general.

"Yesterday, Brother Xiao also said that he had prepared a number of mines for you. You also bring it back with you, and this thing is carefully buried in the ground. When the ground freezes in winter, it will be impossible to distinguish it. If the Tartar soldier steps on it, one leg will be blown up. The stinky and shameless Mao Wenlong began to be generous to Li Xiao, if this kind of favors are bought, the old fox will definitely not let it go.

Yuan Chonghuan was stunned for a moment, maybe he didn't understand why he didn't blow up all at once. For him, the Tartar is a creature that is all heinous, and one dies and the other dies. Only dead Tartars are really good Tartars.

"In the winter, it's the medical condition of the Tartars. A broken leg is no different from being dead, and we just want to make the Tartar lose its combat effectiveness. If a one-legged man can still climb a ladder to attack the city, he is not a human, he is a goblin. Mao Wenlong muttered vaguely while eating dumplings.

This mouth is indeed a little worse than Yuan Chonghuan's, no wonder Yuan Chonghuan cut off his head in a flicker.

"There is actually such a theory in war, that is, try to make the opponent as disabled as possible, not to die. Because the disabled enemy has no combat effectiveness, and he needs to be taken care of by others. In this way, more manpower of the enemy can be wasted. Li Xiao saw that Yuan Chonghuan was still confused, and added Mao Wenlong's words.

"This is this kid's cleverness, a trick in his head! You will follow him in the future, and it will not be easy for you to learn. ”

"Don't look at the adult's age, but this trick is really novel. Yuan is taught! Yuan Chonghuan finally stopped his chopsticks and said to Li Xiao, with a very sincere attitude.

"Don't blame me, mortars require skilled gunners. That's all I have in my team, and I can't give it to you. You can ask the craftsmen to build more trebuchets with fifty pounds of gunpowder on them and smash them down. If you are in the gunpowder pack, the inside of the outer mezzanine is full of iron nails and steel balls. The killing effect must be good!

There is no need to dig the moat, the moat is frozen in winter. It's useless to dig it! Take advantage of the good weather now to accumulate more charcoal, firewood, and food. Especially gunpowder, how much was issued by the imperial court. Shanhaiguan has allocated it to you, and you can pull as much as you can. ”

Enough gunpowder, plus mines, grenades. With the help of 500 new muskets, Li Xiao felt that the first month or two of Jinzhou should be fine.

Besides, the garrison time given to them by Li Xiao was only two days. As long as Yuan Chonghuan was able to hold out in Jinzhou for two days, Li Xiao would have enough time to land behind the Jurchens' flank. With the Mongolian cavalry invited, you can encircle the Eight Banners Army.

In this battle, Li Xiao wants to make the Jurchens break their muscles and bones. Let the army of the Eight Banners no longer have the strength to crisscross Liaodong. If all goes well, perhaps we can take the opportunity to recover Liaoyang and Shenyang, Fushun, Tieling, Qinghe and other cities.

I just don't know that the Ming army has been out of there for several years. How many people are still living in there!