"What is this?" Shi Kefa looked at a round thing handed over by Li Xiu, this thing was not big, and there were three needles on it, dripping and turning.

"I look at the time of the Western watch. Let's divide the day into 12 hours, and Westerners divide the day into 24 hours. One hour of theirs is half an hour for us. This thing was bought from Westerners, and the price is very expensive, so you pay attention to preservation. Li Xiu looked at Shi Kefa angrily.

Zheng Zhilong only got less than ten pieces of this kind of pocket watch, except for Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong. That is, only the commanders of each division are equipped, and Li Xiu also has a piece because he is in charge of the navy. He always wanted to get a piece for Liu Laoliu, but this time there was no corruption, it was purely the result of the improvement of his moral cultivation over the years.

For this pocket watch, Li Hu's eyes were green. Why did the eldest brother give the pocket watch to this guy!

"How do you make this thing?" Looking at the pocket watch in his eyes, Shi Kefa was a little confused. Although he was born in Jiangnan, Shi Kefa's family is not a wealthy family. It's the first time he's seen such a high-end thing as a Western pocket watch.

"Damn!" Li Xiu didn't know what this word meant, but since the eldest brother often said it, Li Xiu naturally followed suit.

I can't help it, I met such a leopard. Li Xiu could only teach Shi Kefa how to look at the pocket watch and accurately grasp the time.

"Listen, my eldest brother's orders are always set according to the above time. Remember! It started at one o'clock in the afternoon, and it was thirteen o'clock. Don't be confused then, in case you don't understand the order. The naval guns have bombed you, but I don't care if you kill them. Li Xiu looked at Shi Kefa arrogantly, and his nostrils turned to the sky.

Shi Kefa was helpless, he participated in the Battle of Jinzhou. Knowing the strength of Li Xiu's naval guns, if it weren't for Li Xiu's naval artillery support, Jinzhou City probably wouldn't have been able to leave even a single living mouth.

If he really gets into trouble, he is estimated to be reliable as the second master of Bohai Bay. When Li Xiu spoke, he only dared to listen and did not dare to refute anything.

"Second master, this is from the Franco. What is the name of a telescope or something, it's a rarity. You can hold this thing and look at ......! Unable to continue, Li Xiu had already taken the binoculars from the attendants beside him and began to look at the coastline in the distance.

Shi Kefa was speechless, and the gifts he had carefully prepared had already been available.

"Thank you for all the effort to get it. Rest assured, as long as you have the time right, the artillery fire will not fall on your head. Li Xiu put down the binoculars and thought to Shi Kefa spread his hands.

The telescope is expensive, and he has long wanted to get one for Liu Laoliu. Now that it is under my nose, not laughing is already the result of the deepening of the city government in the past two years.

"Huh! Then there is Second Master Lao! Shi Kefa hurriedly smiled and gave up his hand.

He knew that now the entire Liaodong was nominally the imperial court. But regardless of the military and civilians, they all listened to Li Xiao's dispatch. As for Wei Zhongxian, he wished that Liaodong belonged to Li Xiao. In that way, there will be no accidents, and there will be no huge military spending. To tell the truth, Wei Zhongxian was not willing to take the risk of offending the Jiangnan chaebol and picking money from the mouths of those rich people in Jiangnan.

Whose money you take, who doesn't hate you. Now that you're in power, it's okay, and if you are unlucky one day, you might be blackened. The previous leader, Wang An, lost power and was hacked.

After killing the Donglin Party led by Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao, Wei Zhongxian also restrained a little. In addition, Liaodong's military spending is no longer so huge, and the taxes on the heads of the Jiangnan chaebols have also been reduced.

In Wei Zhongxian's opinion, Liaodong, a place with half a year of winter, really has nothing to say. As long as you don't make a wave of people, the idea of beating the Jingshi all day long. Whether it was in the hands of Li Xiao or the Jurchen Tartars, he didn't care. The word territorial integrity of the Ming Dynasty never appeared in Wei Zhongxian's dictionary.

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Li Xiao has been running between Jinzhou, Juehua Island and Ningyuan in the past few days. Before determining the direction of the Jurchens' main efforts, he first had to make sure that this line of defense was impregnable.

This year's operation is different from last year's, and Li Yongfang's intelligence is very accurate. The Jurchens had already formed the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and most of them were equipped with firearms. Except for the two blue flags, the other six flags attach great importance to the Han military flag. Not only did they produce their own guns with the help of the Dutch.

Moreover, through pirates, a large number of domestic arquebuses were acquired. Although the range of this thing is not as good as that of the Dutch, it can be used. It's more lethal than empty-handed, or with a spear.

He made a musket and adopted a similar method as Li Xiao. He made full use of the barrels of the guns discarded by the Ming army, and used the method of repair and manufacturing. Within a year, more than 1,500 muskets were made.

Moreover, the flintlock pistol seized from Jinzhou, and the musket made by Yuyi are also flintlock pistols. In terms of range and accuracy, it is much better than the arquebuses made in Japan.

They also made their own grenades, and Fan Wencheng didn't know how he realized the truth. Egg whites were added to the gunpowder and stirred, and finally it became granulated gunpowder. The power of this thing is several times greater than that of pure black powder.

When Li Xiao heard this amount, he shook his head helplessly. Progress on your own, and the enemy is not idle. Fan Wencheng, a bastard, became a traitor after all. And it's the kind that took the initiative to take refuge in the past!

The enemy's progress is rapid, now look at the Ming court. Except for himself, there is no army capable of fighting the Eight Banners.

The horses' hooves stepped on the stone path, and the newly nailed horseshoe kicked on the bluestone until sparks.

The stone road leading to the outside of Shanhaiguan has only been built for more than 30 miles. No way, it's too few people. This is the first year of the collection of displaced people, and everyone has to wait for the crops in the field to build houses. There is no extra time to serve in the government.

Being able to level out the stone pavement that is more than 30 miles wide and ten zhang wide is already the limit of what Sun Chengzong can do.

There is another village in front, and the wall is still wooden. Between the two layers of wood, a lot of gravel and earth were filled in. This kind of simple walled city is just an improvisation. However, this is not far from Shanhaiguan, and if the Tartars come here, they will receive reinforcements from Shanhaiguan as soon as possible.

A group of people named Hanako are surrounding the walled city. The voice was noisy, as if someone was fighting.

Li Xiao couldn't help frowning, there could be no homeless people in Liaodong, and there could be no Huazi. Each village was trying to increase the population, and Sun Chengzong was eager to send troops to capture people from Guanli and fill it in Liaodong. How can there be a flower child?

As soon as he thought of being called Hanako, Li Xiao thought of the beggar gang. For this gang, Li Xiao owes the slightest favor. Not only do these guys do everything, but they're also bad in their bones. Collecting protection money, kidnapping and humiliating women, and creating deformed children for the amusement of others. Cripple children and throw them on the street to beg.

It's all done by these guys, and the beggars are a cancer in society. Until now, Li Xiao has decided that he was right to kill the beggars in the capital.

Could it be that the capital can't stay and come to make trouble on its own turf?

"Let's go! Check it out! As soon as Li Xiao gave the order, a team of cavalry followed Li Xiao and galloped over.

Walking up, Li Xiao found out. It's not a fight, two dozen guys with other looks are gathering around a pot to grab porridge to drink.

There are more people and less porridge, and the robbery is a mess. There were rice particles everywhere on the ground, and it seemed that there were more porridge than in the pot.

"Stop! Stop! As soon as Li Hu shouted, more than a dozen soldiers of the guard company rushed forward and whipped the beggars with whips.

The beggars immediately hugged their heads and ran away, and the hands that were holding the rice just now were now wiped on their heads, and the rice particles on their heads were disgusting to look at.

"What about the village chief? The village chief is out! Li Hu ran to the entrance of the village and yelled at the guy who was probing his brain in the village.

"Master Jun! Hu Laoer, the village chief of Hujia Wopeng Village, see Master Jun. A guy in his forties, with a goatee, hurriedly ran out and knelt in front of Li Xiao's horse.

The people of the Liaodong Army dressed very differently from the Ming Army. Most of the Ming troops were wearing cotton armor, but you couldn't even see a piece of iron on the uniforms of the Liaodong Army.

Hu Laoer's eyesight is very good, and he can see at a glance that this is the senior official of the Liaodong Army. There are not many cavalry in the Liaodong Army, and it is not a big official who can ride such a high-headed horse.

"What's going on?" With a horsewhip in his hand, Li Xiao pointed to the beggars who were hiding in a ball under the walled city.

"If you go back to the military master, these people are all beggars from Guanli. The villagers saw that they were really pitiful, so they set up a pot at the entrance of the village to make them stutter. Unexpectedly, these people were all starving to death, and they were still not full after eating a few pots in a row. Now in order to grab these porridges, there is actually a fight.

Because he was not in the village, Xiao Lao'er did not let the militia intervene. Hu Lao Er hung his head and replied 1510.

It is one of the responsibilities of the militia to establish a joint defense system of the militia and maintain law and order in the village. However, the incident happened outside the village, and Hu Laoer's approach was also right. After all, they can't stretch their hands everywhere. As soon as he left the door of the village, the person in charge became the Liaodong Army.

"Hmmm! Where did you get so many rice flowers, haven't you heard of any catastrophe in Guanli this year? Li Xiao looked at the base of the village wall, dozens of ragged and unkempt guys.

For the victims in Hebei and Shandong, the first choice for escaping famine is the capital. Liaodong is a hellish place, and they won't come if they are killed. And the displaced people in the capital are now being escorted to Liaodong by thousands of people. However, after these guys arrived at Shanhaiguan, they were all loaded onto ships and transported to Jinzhou.

Where did these guys come from, escaping from Shanhaiguan? Impossible! If you escape from Shanhaiguan, there should be cavalry chasing you at this time.

"Get those people here." Li Xiao pointed with his horsewhip, and the soldiers of the guard company rushed over. After a few flicks of the horsewhip, the group of beggars screamed and ran to Li Xiao and knelt down.

"Which of you is the leader?" Li Xiao regretted it after saying it, if these guys had a head, they wouldn't have started a fight.

Sure enough, a group of people knelt and no one spoke.

These people are one by one, and the hair on their heads is rolled into felt sheets, and there is no male or female to be seen. However, judging from the figure, most of them are women and children, and some of them are trembling, so they should be the elderly.

If you want to say that the old and weak women and children among the displaced people generally do not run away. They wish they had a full bite to eat, and even among the beggars, these people are the lowest wave. On weekdays, I don't have enough to eat at all. The money begging for the money, most of it was taken away by Hong Qi's people.

"You, you come and talk." Li Xiao pointed at an old guy who looked to be about forty years old with a horsewhip and shouted.

Before the old guy could move, the soldiers of the guard company came to Li Xiaoma with their arms on the left and right. When the foot is kicked in the crook of the leg, the man falls to his knees.

"The king spares his life! The king spares his life! When the old guy saw Li Xiao, he immediately kowtowed like a worm.

"What a king, this is our chief soldier." Li Hu roared on the side, scaring the old guy into a thrill.

"Lord General Soldier spare his life, Chief Soldier ......! My lord, your surname is Li? The old guy kowtowed a few times, and then suddenly stopped knocking. He straightened up and looked at the young man on the tall horse in front of him.

"My surname is Li, do you know me?" Li Xiao looked at this guy carefully, and searched in his head to see if he knew this face. Li Hu had already urged the horse to walk in front of Li Xiao's horse, blocking the old guy's sight with his body looking at Li Xiao.

"You are the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Li Xiao and Li Dashuai?" The old fellow's eyes widened, and his eyes were full of excitement.

"Yes! Who are you? Li Xiao pulled Li Hu away because he was not particularly nervous when he saw the roast chicken. This guy has a special sense of danger, and since he is not nervous, it means that the old guy has no murderous aura.

"Handsome! We've found you, please call the shots for the little old man! The old guy suddenly went crazy, climbed a few steps and climbed in front of Li Xiaoma, kowtowing vigorously. Frightened, Li Xiao's war horse snorted and took several steps back.

Li Xiao patted the horse's neck and quieted the horse.

"Who the hell are you?"

"The son of the little old man is on an errand under the command of the big handsome. The year before last, I wrote back a little letter and said that I had already done something as a platoon leader. The little old man is called Zhang Laohan, and my son is called Zhang Sihu. ”

"Lift the old man up!" Hearing that it was the family of the officer under him, Li Xiao immediately asked the old guy to help him up. He also got off the war horse and walked in front of Zhang Laohan.

"Shuai, you have to call the shots for the villain. The money that the four tigers have returned home a little over the years, and my family has purchased a few acres of land in Dengzhou. Because he was greedy to save some tax money, he hung it in the name of Zhang Juren of the same sect. As a result, when the wheat was harvested this year, Zhang Juren turned his face and blackened my family's land. ”

"Oh, I see." Li Xiao nodded, scholars who have made meritorious names in these years do not pay taxes. It is not uncommon for poor people to attach their family's land to such people's homes, but generally speaking, scholars are still a little bit of a face. This kind of thing that pits other people's land is that the son does not admit it after Lao Tzu dies. In broad daylight, it is still rare to shamelessly blacken people's land.

"Then they ......!" Li Xiao pointed to the dozens of people behind the old man, and it seemed that they didn't seem to be together.

At first, the old man just thought that this was Zhang Juren's bad conscience. But when I went to the yamen to file a complaint, I found that many people had also been wronged. Although the grievances suffered are different, they are all family members under your command.

As soon as the little old man inquired, there were even more appalling things......! ”