Cui Chengxiu, who was puzzled, couldn't help but ask: "Master Hou, is it worth it?" ”

Yang Feng smiled faintly: "What do we do, we can't just look at the surface, but also see what is represented behind it. ”

The prestige of the Jiangning Army was not blown out, but was fought by winning battles, not only the Manchu Qing Dynasty was paying attention to the movements of the Jiangning Army, but even many domestic generals of the Ming Dynasty were also studying every move of the Jiangning Army.

Before the rise of Yang Feng, the road of firearms in the Ming Dynasty was very difficult, because many systems of the imperial court had been corrupted. The officials and eunuchs of the Ordnance Bureau and the Staff Bureau, who were in charge of manufacturing firearms, and the treatment of craftsmen was very poor, and the quality of the firearms produced was very poor.

This phenomenon also gave rise to the idea that firearms are useless, and many generals thought that firearms were just an extravagant and useless thing, but with the emergence of Yang Feng, this phenomenon has been changed.

Seeing that the Jiangning Army, a pure firearms army, relied on the firearms and artillery in their hands to beat the invincible Manchu Qing to the point that they lost their temper, and even Nurhachi was killed under the firearms, which made the court and the Ming army realize that the feelings were not that firearms were useless, but that their firearms in the past were too bad, which led to their successive defeats.

Under such circumstances, the firearms produced by the Jiangning Army have become a good thing that many generals and troops of the Ming Army are eager to use.

In particular, the Liaodong Army, which had fought side by side with the Jiangning Army and saw the power of firearms with his own eyes, became a supporter of firearms, and in the past two years, the Liaodong Army alone has bought no less than 8,000 guns and hundreds of artillery pieces from Yang Feng.

Now Yang Feng is willing to exchange 3,000 guns and 30 artillery pieces for 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers, such a gesture is not a big deal, Cui Chengxiu thinks that Sun Chengzong should not refuse such a deal.

After all, with the arrival of Yang Feng, the current situation on the border of the Ming Dynasty has changed too much from history, and after being hit by Yang Feng several times in a row, the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is weaker than that of another historical time and space.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao did not drown as in history, but continued to be his emperor, and with the support of the Ming Imperial Commercial Bank, Zhu Youxiao also had too much money on hand, Sun Chengzong naturally did not worry about military salaries, so there should not be much resistance to Yang Feng's transfer of 3,000 people in the past.

After the matter was finalized, Yang Feng knew that Cui Chengxiu, as the secretary of the military department, naturally had countless things to deal with waiting for him, so he said goodbye and left after a few words of greeting with him.

After Yang Feng left, an official in a green robe walked in with a stack of official documents, and saw Cui Chengxiu sitting on a chair with a teacup in thought, he didn't dare to alarm the other party, gently put the official document in his hand on the table, and then stood aside respectfully.

After a while, Cui Chengxiu let out a long sigh and put down the teacup in his hand. Only then did he ask the officials standing on the side slowly, "Lu Lingshi, do you have anything else?" ”

This official's surname is Lu, and he is the official commander of the Ministry of War, and he is also one of Cui Chengxiu's henchmen.

I saw this Lu Lingshi say with some worry: "My lord, although the Marquis of Jiang Ning is an important minister of the imperial court, but if we get too close to him, I'm afraid that the nine thousand years old will be unhappy." ”

Cui Chengxiu glanced at him with slanted eyes: "Lu Lingshi, it seems that this official underestimates you on weekdays, I never thought that you would figure it out." ”

"Your Excellency, forgive your sins!" Lu Lingshi's face changed, and he quickly knelt down: "No matter how bold you are, you don't dare to figure out your intentions, but you are just worried that if our military department gets too close to Jiang Ninghou, not only will the nine thousand years old have bad thoughts, but even Your Majesty will have a bad heart!" ”

"Hmph...... What do you know? ”

Cui Chengxiu snorted coldly, with a look of displeasure in his eyes, although this surnamed Lu is his confidant, but both his vision and pattern are very limited, it seems that this life is at best the life of a six-grade official. However, although Lu Lingshi is not very bright, he is still very loyal to him, and some things naturally need to be mentioned.

"Your Majesty and the nine thousand years old, what a person, how can they be as small-bellied as you. Jiang Ninghou doesn't say anything else, as the governor of the southern expedition and the chief soldier of Nanjing, he has tens of thousands of male soldiers under his command, and we don't want to make friends with such a character now, but we have to keep a distance from him, which is what a fool would do.

Besides, this official is the secretary of the military department, and it is really normal to have official dealings with him, and no one can find fault with this, so why should we push away the opportunity to make friends with a party in an open and honest way? On the contrary, do you say that it is better to have more friends like Jiang Ninghou, or more enemies like him? ”

Lu Lingshi's brain is just turning a little slower, which doesn't mean that he is stupid. After being mentioned by Cui Chengxiu, he immediately understood, with a look of admiration on his face, and gave Cui Chengxiu a thumbs up and praised: "Adults are worthy of being adults, and they think that they are farther and higher than humble positions...... It's really high! ”

"Hmph...... It's good that you understand. ”

Cui Chengxiu couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face, although he can always shoot Grandpa Wei's ass very comfortably on weekdays, but this does not prevent him from enjoying the sycophants that others shoot, officialdom is like this, one level is pressed one level, although Grandpa Wei claims to be nine thousand years old, but doesn't he still want to pat His Majesty's sycophant?

Two days later, in the evening, night slowly fell, Yang Feng wore a silk regular dress and a round hat and stepped into Cui Chengxiu's mansion.

The capital is known as the slang of "rich in the east and expensive in the west, cheap in the south and poor in the north", Cui Chengxiu, as the secretary of the military department, his mansion is naturally on the west side of the city.

As a well-known corrupt official, Cui Chengxiu's mansion is naturally magnificent and very magnificent, when Yang Feng came to the door, he saw that under the reflection of more than ten lanterns, Cui Chengxiu, who was wearing regular clothes and had a goat's beard, led more than ten family members, surrounded by dozens of servants and maids, and greeted Yang Feng with a smile.

"The humble house is simple, the courtyard is vulgar, and the Hou Ye can really make the humble house ......shine today" Cui Chengxiu's smile was very sincere, as if he had welcomed a friend for many years: "The Hou Ye is wrong to love, and the lower officials have nothing to repay, so they can only lead the mansion to thank him." ”

"Tsk...... Once a cultural person dragged up the text, it really made Yang Feng feel a headache, there was no way, no matter how notorious Cui Chengxiu was, it was also a serious Jinshi background, and it was definitely not comparable to a semi-literate person like Yang Feng. ”