"Combat exploits are made of blood, and the style of an army is also made of blood. The troops who have experienced the big war are different. What Brother Xiao said makes sense, since China wants to stand on top of the world, we must pay the price accordingly. Wanting to eat fish without being fishy is an extremely short-sighted view. Zhang Huangyan listened to Li Xiao's words and felt that it was very reasonable, he didn't like Li Xiao's use of mercenaries from vassal countries very much at the beginning.

The old man also thought about this problem, on the one hand, the blood of his own soldiers, and on the other hand, he took advantage of it without paying the corresponding price. It takes eighteen years for a child to grow from the size of a brick to a young man. A bullet worth a few copper plates can ruin eighteen years of hard work in the blink of an eye.

It's really hard to choose!

Lao Zhang is right, since you want to stand on top of the world, you have to pay the corresponding price, and the old things of Datang cannot be reproduced today. The lessons written in ink may be forgotten, but they are written in blood. Sun Chengzong nodded, agreeing with Li Xiao's words.

"In this case, our Datang only has four divisions, which is no longer enough to use."

"Come less, you little monkey who climbs along the pole. How many of your four field divisions are there? The first division is calculated in bits and pieces, I am afraid that 100,000 people will be exceeded, and the remaining three divisions, except for the second division, will not be expanded in any year. Shanhaiguan Army Academy graduates so many cadets every year, why is it not enough? Isn't it a shortage of people to expand the staff?

Not to mention the Manye! His cavalry division now has 30,000 men, and people eat horses. Military spending is much less than a division!

You want to expand your army! Well, you can make up for the second division. There is no reason why the three divisions are very large, but the second division is raised by the stepmother. The rest of the soldiers are all locked by the old man, and no more people are allowed. ”

As soon as Li Xiao wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, Sun Chengzong immediately blocked Li Xiao's mouth.

"There are also the Marine Corps, the current strength cannot be increased. The newly built warships of the Navy can only stay at the current level. In the future, up to two warships will be built per year! The navy now has twelve ironclad ships, and no one in the world is the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, don't add more, that is, monsters that devour silver coins. Zhang Huangyan seemed to have forgotten the worry about the country and the people just now, and immediately came up to make up for it.

"It's just that the army doesn't expand, and now that the Ming Dynasty has so many interests overseas, how can it be done without expanding the marines. Even if you don't expand the Marine Corps, it's good that you build more ironclads. Li Xiao was immediately anxious, and the army could make up for the establishment of the second division. If the navy's funds are reduced to only enough to build two ironclad ships a year, it will be earth-shattering news for Li Xiu.

"Brother Xiao! The ancients said well, if you are warlike, you will die, and if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. The foundation of a country lies in the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, the armed forces of the Ming Dynasty have been invincible in the world, and now the important thing is the people's livelihood. If the people's livelihood is not good, no matter how strong the force is, it is a tree without roots and water without a source.

The people are the water, and the community is the boat! Wei Zheng said this more than a thousand years ago, and it is not outdated today. Sun Chengzong began to preach bitterly.

"The city is not high, the pool is not deep, the military revolution is not strong, and the rice millet is not much. Therefore, it is said that the people of the domain do not use the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not take the risk of mountains and streams, and the world does not take the benefits of the military revolution. Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help. Widows are helpless, relatives are on the side. If you help more, the world will follow it.

If a family wants to live a well-off life, if they rely on their physical strength to go out and rob, it is okay to solve temporary difficulties, but they will slack off after a long time. The family will go out to grab anything if they don't have anything, and they often walk by the river without wet shoes. Maybe one day let the catcher catch and cut off the head, even if he doesn't cut off the head, he will be injured or killed because of the resistance of the bitter master.

If you want the whole family to be well-off safely, there is only one way to go, and that is to operate in a down-to-earth manner. If the family is well run, the family has a large population and is strong, and the people outside naturally dare not bully. This is the soldier who surrenders without a fight! ”

Li Xiao has two big heads, and if he debates with these two thousand-year-old foxes, he will be sprayed into a sieve. They used to rely on this bastard to eat, and amateur ticket holders fought professional celebrities, and the death would not be generally ugly.

"The Navy will expand by two more Marine Divisions and build four warships per year. That's the bottom line! Li Xiao directly shouted out his price.

"The imperial court can only bear the cost of expanding one marine division, and three warships are built every year, which is already the limit of the imperial court." Sun Chengzong also offered his price.

"It's okay to expand the army if you want to, unless the navy can afford to do the excess." Zhang Huangyan mended the knife.

"Deal!" Li Xiao immediately agreed, and he really couldn't understand with these two old guys. Three will be three, and when the time comes, Lao Tzu will build three 10,000-ton ironclad ships. Anyway, you said that you would build three, not how big they were.

"As you said, the army is not allowed to do business." Sun Chengzong glanced at Zhang Huangyan suspiciously, for fear that this guy would secretly open his mouth to Li Xiao.

"The army is doing business overseas, and it doesn't affect the Ming Dynasty, so it's always okay. Plundering overseas to subsidize the domestic is our national policy. Li Xiao argued with reason.

The navy is a branch of the military that burns money, and if Li Xiu is pinched to make money, this kid will go crazy.

"Alright! But the old man warns you that the army stretches its hand too long, which is also not a blessing for the state. Now that you are here, it is better to say that one day you may be left behind by your children and grandchildren. Never mind! At that time, the old man's bones may have rotted, and he can't care so much. That's it! Leave! ”

The two old foxes walked away with their hands behind their backs, "hey" "hey" Li Xiao smiled like a fox who had eaten a fat chicken.

It's good to tear a hole for Li Xiu, it's not easy to build more warships?

The Australian shipyard will be completed next year, not to mention building warships, even building merchant ships can make a lot of money in a year. Moreover, the ore used for shipbuilding is made from iron ore produced in Australia.

Even the mother's freight is saved, as long as the steel is trained, it will be sent directly to the shipyard to build a ship. When delivering, you can also pull a boatload of iron ore.

"Do you think Brother Xiao'er's proposal has come true? I always felt that although the Mongols are stable now, they are still a big problem. The Japanese people are quite deferential, so there should be no need to be so wary. ”

"Have you forgotten the rebellion of the Japanese in the year of Jiajing? Back then, it was enough to choke the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

"There are also real and fake Japanese people, Wang Zhi, Wang Hai and others are also Han Chinese, and no house thief can't attract foreign ghosts. The old man can be regarded as having read history books all over the world, and the Wa Kingdom never seems to have threatened my Huaxia. Mongolia is different, the former Song Dynasty was destroyed in Jin and then in Mongolia. ”

"This kind of thing is still up to Brother Xiao'er, the old man always feels that the Japanese people are ruthless. Speaking of which, it seems to be even more terrifying than the Mongols. Despite their small stature, they are brave in battle. Another thing that is different from before is the advancement of weapons.

Fighting alone, the Japanese may not be able to defeat the Mongols. But the bullets fired from the muzzles of the Japanese people were no different from the bullets fired from the muzzles of the Mongols. As long as you hit someone, you will shed your skin if you don't die. ”

When Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan went back, they rode in the same carriage.

I used to always say that God is fair, but in fact, God is really fair about time. As a handsome, Li Xiao has no one to compare with in the Ming Dynasty. But the time God gave him was also 24 hours a day. Not a second more, and naturally not a second less.

Since time is limited, it is a question of who to give the time. Li Xiao felt that it was worth spending time on his son.

Li Lin has obviously grown up, and he already has a little bit of a big child between his eyebrows. Although he is not yet ten years old, he already has the reputation of being a dragon and phoenix among people.

Li Xiaocai will not be like those boring parents, who will come back from a business trip for more than half a year and ask. How was the exam? How many places? This kind of boring question is the most hated topic of Li Xiao's childhood, and there is no such thing.

Ask Li Lin what he wants to play the most, or what good things he wants. With Li Xiao's current ability, if he flies in the sky and runs on the ground, even if he wants a giant panda, there will be warriors who enter the deep mountains and old forests to bring back two heads.

"I want to go shopping!" In just five words, Li Xiao's tears almost fell.

In a family like the Li family, it looks like there is wealth and everything in the world. But the only thing that doesn't have is freedom!

Especially Li Lin, for the safety of the eldest young master of the Li family, there are as many as eighteen bodyguards close to him. They are all selected elites in the army, and they wait by Li Lin's side in shifts 24 hours a day. Every sip of water you drink and every bite of food you eat must be tasted two or three hours in advance.

There is no way, Li Xiao has killed too many people over the years, and there are naturally many enemies. Don't say anything else, let's just say that the disciples and grandchildren of the Donglin Party, many people hate Li Xiao to the bone. In view of the fact that Li Xiao has a large entourage on weekdays, it is difficult to start, Li Dashao has become the target of those who are psychologically shady.

It seems that killing Li Lin is a great victory for them.

This kind of holy war-like belief drove them to try their best to get close to the Li family and want to kill the Li family. Several times when Xiaoyu went out on the street, she was hit by bomb attacks. The murderer was killed on the spot, and many innocent people were also affected. If it weren't for the fact that Xiaoyu's carriage was specially made, and the purity of the gunpowder refined by the folk was not enough, Xiaoyu's bones would have been cold.

Since Xiaoyu was attacked, poor Li Lin could only stay in the Great Marshal's Mansion.

Li Xiao's marshal's mansion is not as big as the Forbidden City, and the sky in the four directions is simply a torment for the child, and now that the father is back, Li Lin pitifully put forward his wish.

Satisfy! Must be met. Li Xiao felt that if the child's wishes were not met, it would be better to send him back to Changxing Island. At least, Li Lin can walk around at will, instead of living like a prisoner at a young age like now.

In order not to attract the attention of others, Li Xiao wore a flannel gown, a six-in-one hat on his head, and a pair of thin-soled fast boots on his feet. Li Lin, who was pulled by him, was also dressed as an ordinary child.

Wearing this outfit, the two of them are really inconspicuous in the crowd of people visiting the night market.

Autumn is the lukewarm time, and people who get off work go shopping in the night market in twos and threes. The night market is a tradition of the people of the capital, and there used to be only seven days of temple festivals. At present, the government-run night market only requires a small sanitation management fee every day, and does not have to pay any taxes.

The night market occupies a whole auxiliary road, and the places close to the residential areas sell some needles and threads, sewing clothes, mountain goods and ....... There are also people who sew their own small cloth tigers and cloth lions, which are especially popular with children.

Li Lin held a cloth tiger in his left hand and a cloth lion in his right hand. Although there are more gorgeous ones in the house, he still holds on to them. This kind of cloth toy stuffed with bran is used as a pillow for children when they go home. The lion and tiger are said to have the effect of warding off evil spirits, and the child does not have nightmares when he pillows this thing.

Without Li Xiao to speak, Shunzi gave a few copper plates. Li Lin hugged it and left!

The lifelike face is likable to look at, but there are too many looks. Tang Seng and Sun Monkey like it, Guan Er Ye and Zhao Zilong also like it, oh...... There are also eight immortals crossing the sea on the side.

Shunzi simply sprinkled a handful of copper coins, and even took back the straw sticks of the people who put in the noodles. Stuffed into Li Lin's arms, Li Lin held the straw stick and looked at it for a while, and then threw it to Junzi. Because he saw the sugar man!

Double Dragon Pearl! Buy!

Rainbow Tail Phoenix! Buy!

Sun Dasheng! Buy!

Shunzi spilled another handful of copper coins, and Li Dashao wanted something to make on the spot.

I have to say that being rich is arrogant. Li Xiao took Li Lin all the way, just three words! Buy! Buy! Buy!

Li Lin is as happy as he is, and Li Xiao is equally happy. Touching Li Lin's head with his hand from time to time, it's strange! As long as Lao Tzu touches his son's head, the son will usually tilt his head to look at his father, and then smile like an idiot. Lao Tzu and his sons all over the world seem to be like this!

After walking a street, the guards behind Junko can already open a grocery store. Thankfully, the street came to an end. However, Li Lin sniffled and immediately became excited.

Turn the corner! It is a diagonal street along the Chaobai River, which has now been changed to a snack street. Along the river, there are vendors selling all kinds of snacks, and they all have tables behind them, so as long as they clean their floors every day, no one will come to trouble.

If you bury the area you are responsible for, the place will not belong to you in addition to the fine.

The snack street has been engaged in a summer, and the street is quite clean.

Li Lin's eyes are a little insufficient, obviously he has everything in the mountains and seas at home, but he just likes the barbecue stalls on the street.

The walnut-sized lamb skewers are roasted by the fire and "zi" and "zi" are oily, and the seasoning water and cumin are sprinkled on the top, and the fragrance can float out for two miles. On a hot iron plate, a squid is grilled repeatedly. The puffs of green smoke that came out of it had a strong smell of seafood.

Deep-fried cake! Snow sponge bean paste! Fried twist flowers, fruits! Frying pot stickers! Osmanthus cake! ……！

The variety is so rich that Li Xiao feels dazzled. Li Lin was even more dazzled, and he didn't know which one to eat first.