Seeing Li Kun's request to purchase a batch of ammunition, Lin Ziran did not refuse.

In the past six months, Lin Ziran successively sold some ammunition to Li Kun, Zhao Song and even Li Dingjun, although it was very profitable to sell ammunition, but Lin Ziran sold ammunition to them, not to make money.

It's about maintaining the alliance with them.

The current boss of Luo'an County is Jian Minggang, and Jian Minggang has an army of fifty or sixty thousand, Lin Ziran and Li Kun, Zhao Song, and Li Dingjun can't fight Jian Minggang alone, and even two of them don't dare to say that they can win steadily.

Only when the Quartet join forces to fight against Jian Minggang can they share the pressure brought by Jian Minggang and ensure their survival.

Previously, because of the collapse of the Nanzhou Bank, there was no Nanzhou Bank, which was not convenient to purchase ammunition from the outside world, and Lin Ziran had to support Li Kun and others with some ammunition, otherwise they would not even have enough ammunition.

Of course, the money still has to be collected, and it is quite expensive.

Today's situation makes Li Kun, Zhao Song, Li Dingjun and others miss Nanzhou Bank very much.

Nanzhou Bank is a little black-hearted, and often makes trouble, but it is definitely a qualified arms dealer, as long as it is not confronted with Nanzhou Bank, the money is also sufficient, people sell arms very happily, and even when there is no money, you can also provide you with loans.

Therefore, for the small feudal town, in fact, the Bank of Nanzhou is quite good.

It's a pity that for those big feudal towns, Nanzhou Bank is a thorn in the side, otherwise Xu Teng, Shao Bing, Jian Minggang, Du Zhikuan and other big feudal towns would not join forces and directly destroy Nanzhou Bank.

Now that the Nanzhou Bank is finished, it will be very difficult for those small and medium-sized feudal towns to purchase weapons and equipment.

In recent months, the only place where they could get a stable source of ammunition was Lin Ziran.

But Lin Ziran bought ammunition very hard, and the price was not cheaper than the original Nanzhou Bank, and the quantity was still a little bit.

The last time Li Kun sent someone to purchase old grenades, Lin Ziran only sold them a mere 200 rounds, and only sold five catties of grenades, not nine catties.

However, if it weren't for the alliance between each other, Lin Ziran wouldn't even sell these two hundred rounds of five-pound grenades!

Because Lin Ziran couldn't be sure if these shells would fall on his head in the future......

This time, Li Kun suddenly sent someone to ask for ammunition, and he opened his mouth to ask for 2,000 rounds of nine-pound shells and 3,000 rounds of five-pound shells.

Luo Mazi took Li Kun's letter and read it, and immediately said: "My lord, you can't sell so many shells!" ”

Although Lin Ziran has not yet told any of his henchmen that he is ready to start a war, the core high-level of the Sixth Division knows the detailed movements, and judging from the many arrangements of Lin Ziran at present, Luo Mazi, who knows the inside story, can also guess that Lin Ziran is preparing to make trouble.

I just don't know when, I'm going to do something there.

However, although Luo Mazi is timid and afraid of death, he is not a stupid person, he can guess Lin Ziran's plan, and naturally he knows what kind of consequences selling these ammunition to Li Kun will bring.

Lin Ziran said: "So much ammunition must not be sold, even if he buys it, he can't come up with so much cash, he can't let him pay the bill with coal all the time!" ”

If these thousands of shells were really sold to Li Kun, they would be worth at least 100,000 yuan according to the usual black-hearted price.

Although Li Kun is a little better than Zhao Song, he is also a poor bastard, how can he come up with so much cash.

I guess I still want to pay the bill with coal, but coal is cheap, and Tsingshan Petroleum Company can't use so much coal.

Lin Ziran said: "You arrange it, this time the purchase will be handled as usual, sell him a few hundred rounds, and the price will go according to the market price, well, try to ask for cash." ”

Luo Mazi said with doubts: "Really selling? ”

There is another sentence that Luo Mazi didn't say, what if in a few months, these shells fall on our heads?

Lin Ziran said: "Sell!" ”

Seeing that Luo Mazi still had doubts, Lin Ziran also explained: "We need time!" ”

Hearing this, Luo Mazi just stopped talking, but showed a look of sudden realization, and then said: "My lord, I see it!" ”

After Luo Mazi went out, Lin Ziran walked to the balcony and looked to the west, from his direction, he could just see the wide Luo River in the west and Pingdan County on the other side of the Luo River.

Li Kun's side was already suspicious, and it was estimated that Jian Minggang's side had seen something, even if it was Zhao Song, Li Dingjun, and Du Zhikuan, they probably learned the news of their military expansion.

But Lin Ziran is not too worried about this!

When they are suspicious, they are suspicious, and they have the ability to expand the armament with Lao Tzu!

But can they?

No way!

Everyone's territory is limited, the taxes used to raise the army are limited, and the population to provide soldiers is also limited, so it is impossible to expand the army without control.

Jianminggang raised 60,000 troops, which was already the limit of what the local people could bear, and it was almost impossible to have more, not only did they have no money, but they also had no soldiers.

Li Kun, Zhao Song and Li Dingjun are all like this, the size of the army they maintain is already the limit in itself, and there is no way to continue to expand the army.

And Lin Ziran's side is special, because he started relatively late, the scale of the previous army was relatively small, and the territory occupied was not small, spanning a total of 22 towns in three counties.

If this piece of territory is looted more ruthlessly, even if it is 20,000 troops, there will be no problem at all.

Lin Ziran is not as ruthless as several other feudal towns in terms of taxes, and if he only relies on territory, it is estimated that he can only raise about 10,000 troops.

But he also has a Aoyama oil company.

Just this Qingshan Petroleum Company is enough for Lin Ziran to raise 10,000 troops.

This is still talking about the Tsingshan Petroleum Company before the expansion, but now the Tsingshan Petroleum Company has greatly increased production, and the kerosene refined every day is increasing.

The profit from the sale of kerosene is also increasing day by day.

In this case, Lin Ziran has no pressure at all to raise an army of about 20,000 people.

At least there will be no problems in terms of funds, and what really restricts Lin Ziran's expansion is the shortage of troops.

With such a population, recruiting 20,000 soldiers is almost the limit, and any more will seriously affect agriculture and industrial production.

There is always a need for people to plant so much farmland, and factories, especially the oil fields, oil refineries, machinery factories and steel mills under the Tsingshan Petroleum Company, also need a large number of young and strong laborers.

Even if Lin Ziran can be ruthless and ignore it, but if all the men are recruited as soldiers, the grain output will definitely plummet, and he will not even be able to eat at that time.

Don't expect production from Tsingshan Petroleum to continue, and the money is gone.

Don't expect the machine factory to start, then it will be impossible to produce its own ammunition and guns.

The training and combat of the troops also require the consumption of a large amount of food and a large amount of ammunition.

You can't fight without food and ammunition?

Not to mention the war, it is estimated that it will not last long before I will have to collapse internally.

20,000 people, this is the limit, and more is impossible.

What Lin Ziran has to do now is to organize these 20,000 people as much as possible and improve their combat effectiveness as much as possible.

In the end, rely on the 20,000 army to fight your way out!

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