As the head of the Ming Empire, Ai Husheng, the God of Wealth, is undoubtedly a busy man. There are a sea of people who beg him to do things every day, even if he holds Li Xiao's note, he can't see it for three days or five days. After all, the money bag of the entire Ming Empire is in his hands, and the yamen of the household department, as long as a person passes through the door, wants to get a little bit from it.

Joseph wanted to see Ai Husheng, and it didn't take three days or five days. Because there is a mysterious figure who appears behind him.

After meeting Li Xiao, Joseph met Ai Shangshu at Ai Husheng's house that night. Of course, next to him sat Li Hu.

The third master can't help but give face, Ai Husheng knows that although Li Xiao doesn't want to see this third brother on the surface, he still likes the recklessness of Li Hu in his heart. It would be extremely dangerous for a power family to be well-informed.

For Li Xiao, Ai Husheng understands it very thoroughly.

For a new empire to rise, it needs to pave corpses as high as a mountain underneath. Li Xiao didn't want the corpse to be a descendant of China, so it could only be other ethnic groups. The savages of Southeast Asia have been captured so much that the local fragile population has been structurally devastated.

Before the arrival of the Japanese capture army, the natives in many places were still living a life of slash-and-burn farming. Productivity is so low that it can't feed much of the population. The captives wiped out all the young men and women, lost the young and strong labor force, and it was difficult for the elderly and children to survive.

The Ming Dynasty is too big, and labor is needed to build roads, railways, and various mines over the years. Labor here is not normal labor, but coolies. And it is a coolie who lives a hard life and will die if he is not careful.

Water toads in coal mines, stone rats in mines. When building roads, tunnels need to be opened, and when water is controlled, dams need to be built and culverts need to be built. These harsh and dangerous jobs are all done by foreign coolies.

Ai Husheng once saw with his own eyes that the mines were bombed by cannons, and those that were not blown up were dragged out by foreign coolies. The blast holes did not explode, and some of them were damp with explosives. Some of them are simply not of good quality and burn fast and slow.

If a foreign coolie is killed by a blow-up, it is considered a good fate, but if his life is bad, his arm is blown off, his eyes are blown off, and he is thrown in the shed and no one cares about it. Even maggots grew on the wounds, and before the person could breathe, he was thrown into the field by a straw mat. The ashes are sprinkled into the ground to make fertilizer!

And the reward for pulling out the explosives is nothing more than a bowl of braised pork. For a bowl of braised pork, those coolies would rush to do such a dangerous thing.

Well, now, there's a better quality coolie to fill it in. According to the telegram sent back by Li Xiu, the physical condition of the Egyptians, no matter how it looks, is much better than that of the savages of Southeast Asia.

The letter from Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Xinjiapo, also proves that the Egyptians are physically stronger than the natives of Southeast Asia.

In fact, the Chinese people do things, but in fact, the negotiations are all formalities. Everything on the table is privately discussed. Let's just put on a show and put on a show.

What's more, both sides at the negotiating table have a good interest in this matter.

The French expedition to Egypt naturally had a lot of prisoners of war to dispose of. With the Ming silver dollar as the intermediate currency, the French got the weapons they wanted, and the Ming got human resources. The implicit political interest is that Daming will establish friendly relations with France, and perhaps in the near future, Daming will be able to form an alliance with France.

According to the marshal, France and England were only neighbors separated by a strait. It would make perfect sense for the Ming to have such an ally in distant Europa. What's more, there was a century-long war between France and England.

Under Li Hu's mediation, the negotiations progressed at an astonishing pace. When he left Ai Husheng's house, it was almost ten o'clock, and all the intentions were basically achieved.

For France, Daming can be regarded as a dump sale. Rifles, grenades, mortars, mines, revolvers, and even long-barreled cannons. Anyway, except for things like machine guns and howitzers, everything that can be sold is sold.

The next step is to go to the weapons test site in Shanhaiguan and see for yourself the power of these weapons. It is also good for Joseph to choose the first batch of varieties to be purchased, after all, the supply of weapons and ammunition is now tight. Orders must be placed in advance!

With Li Hu's help, the two sides signed a contract in the household department the next day. Then Joseph went straight to the Shanhaiguan Weapons Test Site to watch the test firing of various weapons.

After seeing the weapons of the Ming Dynasty, Joseph was hooked. Some of these weapons are even better than those of England. Over the past few years, the armament of the English army has undergone surprising changes.

The advent of various new weapons gave the English army an absolute advantage in Europe. As a neighbor of England, France was naturally wary. When their spies learned that all of the weapons came from England's eastern territories, they immediately sent an army on an expedition to Egypt. Hoping to open a passage to the East, France devoted too much attention to the Mediterranean in the matter of navigation.

Joseph quickly placed an order, which surprised Li Hu. Joseph ordered a large number of mortars, and the rest of the money was all for cannons. Other weapons such as rifles, grenades, and mines were bought only symbolically.

"Joseph! Other small arms are also very useful, such as revolvers, and you should order more. In close combat within ten meters, a revolver is the best weapon. Li Hu and Joseph are together these days, and the friendship is heating up quickly. Especially after Li Hu took Joseph to visit the Qinglou, Joseph vowed to take Li Hu to visit the best nightclubs in Paris.

"These things were requested by my brother Napoleon, who said that after the war entered the age of firearms, the most useful thing for the war was artillery. Infantry, who is nothing more than the one who settles the battle after artillery. ”

"Your younger brother is talking about the same as my eldest brother, and my eldest brother also said that the future war will be an artillery war. You don't know, there were no artillery when we fought with the Tartars. You can only throw explosives bags with a trebuchet, and a trebuchet that is so big and cumbersome can only throw so far. Li Hu pointed two hundred meters away.

Looking back on the situation at that time, it was really helpless. When I started in Phi Island, it was not easy to go all the way. If it weren't for the eldest brother Li Xiao who turned the tide during the period, not to mention the current position of power, it would be a big question whether he could even survive.

"Oh! My God! That's what my brother did in Egypt, and there was a kind of Egyptian cavalry called Mamluk cavalry, you know? The enemy soldiers were dressed in solid armor and carried snowflake-patterned Damascus steel swords, and our French cavalry was no match for them.

My brother just used a trebuchet to throw the bag of explosives the way you said. Supplemented by a line of flintlock muskets, this was the only way to defeat the mighty Egyptians. ”

"That's what he did?" Li Hu scratched his head, he didn't expect that there were people as smart as his eldest brother Li Xiao in this world.

"Really! Otherwise, how to defeat the Mamluk cavalry? By the way, the Damascus steel knives they use are very good. When you get to Egypt, I'll get you some. The price of a Damascus steel knife in Cairo can be worth five virgins.

I heard that during the Crusades, King Richard the Lionheart saw with his own eyes that Saladin easily cut off the veil with the Damascus steel knife in his hand. I have also seized a Damascus steel knife, and each time I can easily cut a goat or sheep at the waist, as if without resistance, the blood flows down the blood groove of the Uzi steel knife. It is said that an Ottoman general once cut a cow in two with a single sword! ”

"Is it really that powerful?" Li Hu's eyes widened, he had a few Japanese knives given by the Japanese people. It is said that they were all made by the Japanese generals, and although the Japanese knives were sharp, they were not as powerful as Joseph said. Split a cow into two pieces with a knife, Lao Tzu believes that you are a ghost.

"Really! Go and swear to God, when you get to Cairo, I'll get you a handful to try. Seeing that Li Hu actually questioned his statement, Joseph swore an oath, and even moved out of God to testify.

"A little family, what's the point. At least four of them are needed, one for each of our brothers. Hearing Joseph say this, Li Hu immediately opened his mouth. Most of the Xingwu families like these swords and the like, and the Li brothers are no exception.

"No problem, wrap it up on me."

"Isn't that a dozen virgins?"

"It's okay to be a virgin, there are a lot of them in Cairo."

"There is a place called the hairpin building in Shanhaiguan, and I heard that the North Korean girls in it are ......!"

With Li Hu's help, Joseph's trip to the capital of the Ming Dynasty was a godspeed. It only took seven days to reach an agreement with Daming on labor for weapons. If it was in the past, seven days might not have been able to wait for Ai Husheng to meet.

After returning to the capital to finalize the contract, Li Hu and Joseph boarded the train to Tianjin Wei.

On the Tianjin Wei wharf, an ocean-going freighter is parked. In addition to a whole shipload of munitions, there were 237 retired Liao officers and men on board. These are all Li Hu's former old subordinates.

"Tiger Master!" Li Hu walked into the huge restaurant, and everyone stood up and shouted in unison.

"This time, Lao Tzu is going to do something big overseas. Let's start with it, it's a business with your head pinned to your belt. If one is not good, the more than 100 catties will have to be explained overseas, and even the ashes will not be sent back. If you have difficulties at home and don't want to play with your life anymore, get off the boat now, and no one will laugh at you. After Li Hu finished speaking, his eyes scanned everyone.

There were two hundred and thirty-seven people, and none of them avoided Li Hu's eyes. They stood like nails, waiting for Li Hu's orders.

"Good! This time, Lao Tzu broke through, and the wealth that each of you got will not be able to be spent in three lifetimes. If I Li Hu can't do it, I'm willing to be beaten into a sieve by a machine gun. ”

"Master Tiger! You don't need to swear like that, we are all soldiers you brought out. Since the Battle of Jiangnan, this more than 100 catties is yours. Over the years, things have been taken care of by you, and the life of the family has been getting better and better day by day. There are many buildings living in them, and there are many wives and children who have hot kang heads.

People know that we are your tiger master's subordinates, who doesn't take a look at it. The first place to eat is to be eaten!

All of this is given by your tiger master. You paddle out the way, and the brothers follow you in the fire and water. Since ancient times, wealth has been in danger, even if the bones are broken into slag, we don't blame you. Hao Dayong, who used to be a company commander under Li Hu, replied with a puffed chest.

"Good! Wealth and danger are sought! The brothers drank this bowl of wine, and the water and fire broke the fucking one. ”

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