It was under these prerequisites that Zhao Hao finally agreed to King Qi's suggestion. It is estimated that he is not really happy, but he is just forced to be helpless, or he still has the intention of one day after the training of the forbidden army, and then turn his face and deny it.

Whatever he thought, Hong Tao set out as soon as he received the holy decree, and at the same time showed great goodwill and withdrew more than 3,000 new troops. But where the new army came from and where it is going remains a secret.

This is the cunning of Hong Tao, he not only wants to show goodwill, but also warns certain people. Don't think that you can knead it at will when you leave Yingli City and return to Yangtze Town, my strong army will come and go as soon as it is called!

"Donglai, the more you write, the more flavorful your article becomes. How was it and how did the students respond? ”

The inside story of the deal with the imperial court was not made public, but Hong Tao still cared about the students' opinions. Although they are not members of the system, they are the backbone of the future country, and there is a big difference between being recognized and not being recognized.

"Adults work hard for the country, brave and loyal, they are a model for my generation, how can others have half a point of blame!" Xu Donglai is not a member of the promotion society, so he naturally doesn't know the inside story, and he is naturally very satisfied with this seemingly win-win result.

When rumors came out a few months ago that King Qi and King Liang were going to divide one side, he was most worried, for fear that this academy and Pravda would be closed by the imperial court because of this. Now that things are perfect, all the rumors are self-defeating, how can we not be elated.

"My daughter thinks that her father should not put himself in danger, and many suspicious people have been found around the academy and Liangwangfu these days." Wang San didn't think this was a good thing, why did his adoptive father come back to promote the society has been conveyed internally, and she, as the defender of Liangwangfu and Yangtze River Academy, suddenly felt pressure.

"It doesn't matter, the court doesn't dare to take it as a father in a short period of time, wouldn't my death be a reason for war for the new army." Wang San's worries are normal, if the court wants to kill himself, unless he stays at home every day, he can't hide if he wants to.

Liangwangfu is close to the Cao River, there are boats coming and going every day, and there is a shallow Yuzhai in Yangzi Town, and the patients who come here are endless, and it is an impossible task to accurately screen everyone's identity and origin.

However, Hong Tao was really not too worried that the imperial court would send someone to assassinate him, at least not until he trained a sufficient number of forbidden troops for the imperial court. Now it is not only themselves who are afraid of war, but also the emperor and the imperial court, and when there is no strength enough to resist the new army, they can only endure it first.

"Daddy really plans to train a new army for the imperial court?" When Wang San heard the answer, not only did he not feel easy, but he became more nervous.

The reason why the adoptive father can make the emperor jealous over the years is that he relies on the extraordinary combat effectiveness of the army in his hands, once the balance of forces between the two sides is no longer so great, and the new army loses its deterrent power, it is inevitable that some people will have bad intentions.

"That's nature, for the Father is not a little man who has no word to believe. Let's go, get on the boat first, and then go home and talk about it after dinner. ”

Hong Tao is not even more worried about this matter, yes, he promised to train the forbidden army for the imperial court, and he also provided corresponding weapons. But there are two words in the agreement that are crucial, paid! In other words, the musket is not given away for free, it has to be purchased by the imperial court, and the price will naturally not be the cost price.

Musketeers are more powerful than crossbowmen, but they are also expensive to equip and use, and later maintain. This is a lot of money, and at present, the imperial court will not be able to take it out even if it smashes the pot and sells the iron for a while. It's useless to take it out, the output is not enough, so you can only wait slowly.

In addition, he only promised to train forbidden soldiers for the imperial court, but he did not say that he would help them train middle and lower-level officers. There were no officers who were familiar with the new combat codes, and no matter how much they were trained, they were still a forbidden army with muskets.

There are many ways in which the new weapons are completely different from the old combat concepts, and if you have to mix the old and the new together, the result will be like half oil and half water, which will never be able to merge.

This is not the end, the logistics support system of the musketeer and the cold weapon army is even different, and at the very least, someone must know how to maintain and maintain weapons and ammunition. Bullets and muskets are not as easy to serve as broadswords and spears, they are more troublesome than steel crossbows and pulley crossbows, and a lot of scrap will appear if you are not careful.

With the logistical level of the Great Song Forbidden Army, it is a great improvement for them to prevent the ammunition depot from exploding, and the brand-new weapons and ammunition put into their hands will be scrapped in half within a year. This consumption also has to be borne by the imperial court, not counting the amount of greedy ink and waste in the process.

Hong Tao thinks that the 50,000 forbidden troops proposed by the Great Song Dynasty can finally be trained to 20,000. If they practice and practice, they have to stop, and they can't afford to spend money without income.

According to the urine nature of the ancient emperor, 100% will put the best army by his side, even if he trains 50,000 musket forbidden troops, 80% of them have to hide inside and outside Kaifeng City, and they are really reluctant to take them out to fight unless they have to. The army does not fight wars and only trains, and its combat level can be imagined.

In addition to these considerations, Hong Tao also has a killer feature, that is, quality. No one in the court understands muskets and artillery, and a slight change in the production time can reduce the performance parameters by a large margin.

They only know that the muskets and artillery of the new army are powerful, but they don't know how powerful they are! You can fool them as much as you want, and you may even sell the defective and lite-cover versions to them at a high price to fill the number, as long as it can be fired, it looks better than a bow and crossbow, and there is no problem.

Another advantage of this is that it can be used to expand production workshops in various places. There's no way, you want it urgently, and the quantity is large, if you don't expand the workshop and purchase more raw materials, what will you deliver?

As a result, the imperial court was unable to completely block the commercial exchanges between the SAR and the outside world. As long as you issue an edict in this regard, we will not provide you with guns and ammunition, and you will come and go back and forth to play with each other, and whoever is in a hurry will know in their hearts.

"Lady, it's hard work...... "I was a year away from home, and I was very emotional when I saw the eldest princess Hong Tao again.

She has aged a lot, this year is simply torment, her husband's life and death are unknown, her children are far away, and there are various rumors from time to time, and she will raid her home one day...... Even a strong-willed man can be extremely haggard when he lives in this mood all day long, let alone a weak and helpless woman.

"I heard that the estrangement between the husband and the official family has been eliminated, and it is too late for the concubine to be happy, and it should be the husband who works hard."

The eldest princess is indeed smiling, and she is not pretending to be forced, she is really happy. It is better for her husband to reconcile with her second brother than anything else, she neither wants her husband to oust her second brother from power, nor does she want her second brother to behead him.

"I'm used to my husband, and I have the opportunity to take my wife to the north to see the winter over there, which has a unique charm. By the way, and the children, we went with our family. ”

White lies are often more comfortable than the truth, and the eldest princess can neither affect Zhao Hao nor herself, so that she knows too much inside information, and there is no benefit except for adding to her troubles.

The danger of "the children......" was lifted, and the eldest princess immediately remembered several other people besides her husband.

"I'll see you in a few days, and Erlang will personally send them back." Since he is a hostage, he has to be presentable, it is not professional for him and the eldest princess to stay in Yangzi Town, and if the children come back, the emperor can be more at ease.

It's a pity that the emperor's heart hasn't been let go yet, and Hong Tao's heart is about to mess up again. A few days after Wang Xiaoya came back, she heard in the academy what happened between King Qi, King Liang and Emperor during this time, there are various versions, and then she went home and quarreled with Hong Tao.

Although he didn't say it, the meaning of the words was very clear. She thinks that her father is ashamed of the emperor's grace and violates the teachings of the saints, and now it is too late to repent, and if she is obsessed, there will be an abyss ahead.

"Since you think Su Shi's words are right, why don't you invite him to debate with your father face to face!" Hong Tao has little interest in this kind of controversy, because he understands that Wang Xiaoya and Wang Da have been brainwashed, and the difference is only that the content instilled after washing is different.

If Wang Xiaoya is so easy to persuade, Wang Da and the others will also be persuaded by others. But it's not like there will never be a way to convince, the bell must be tied to the bell, and the key is Su Shi.