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Xiao Ming suddenly realized that he was managing a little too much now, it was all because of the problems cultivated in the previous two wars, and he always felt that every attack of the barbarians was directly related to him.

In fact, the most unlucky people for the barbarians to go south this time were King Liang and King Zhao, just like King Zhao and King Liang sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, he now seems to be in the position before the two.

Niu Ben continued: "Although His Royal Highness is the prince of the Great Yu Kingdom, His Royal Highness is now also the lord of the vassal country, and the two should weigh the pros and cons, after all, when we fought bloodily, everyone was watching jokes, and the soldiers have always been dissatisfied with this, for these soldiers, they only have His Royal Highness in their hearts, if they are allowed to die for King Liang and King Zhao at this time, they will not be happy." “

Hearing this, Xiao Ming suddenly sighed, this is the current reality of the Great Yu Kingdom.

In fact, the people of Dayu have no family and country in their hearts, and the concept of nation, for them, only the gate valve and the vassal king are the objects of their allegiance, and now there is no gate valve in his fiefdom, and they are only loyal to him.

Niu Ben reminded him now, just to tell him that he needed to give the soldiers a reason to fight, otherwise the morale of the soldiers would be very poor.

"This king understands."

Xiao Ming said, he is now eating radishes first and worrying about it, the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, Xiao Wenxuan is so calm, what does he worry about.

While the two were talking, suddenly the servant said outside the main hall: "Your Highness, a general who calls himself Luo Hong outside the door asks to see?" “

"Luo Hong? Isn't this Luo Xin's brother? Xiao Ming was surprised.

Niu Ben also showed a puzzled look, and he said: "Why did Luo Hong come to Qingzhou, there must be a reason." ”

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let him in." “

The servant turned to leave, and after a while, Luo Hong, dressed in military uniform, appeared in the main hall.

"Luo Hong see His Royal Highness, see Niu Ben Dudu." When he arrived in the main hall, seeing that Xiao Ming and Niu Ben were there, Luo Hong bowed and saluted.

Xiao Ming said: "General Luo is exempt from courtesy, please take a seat, you don't have to be polite, this king and Ling Zun are friendly, so there is no need for these false courtesies." ”

"Your Highness, if you come to Qingzhou to play, you will naturally not be so polite to Your Highness, but this time I came to Qingzhou to receive the emperor's order."

"Oh? Did your father ask you to come to Qingzhou? Xiao Ming wondered.

"Exactly." Luo Hong nodded, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, please take a look." “

After receiving the letter, Xiao Ming looked at it, in the letter, Xiao Wenxuan mentioned that there are many signs of difference in the grassland recently, one is that the barbarians have tightened the sale of war horses, the second is that the barbarians have increased the trading volume of iron ore and saltpeter in the border trade, and the third is that the barbarian tribes cruising in the grassland have sent flag heads to Shengdu.

In these unusual things, Xiao Wenxuan deduced that the barbarians might be fighting their horses, preparing to plunder the Great Yu Kingdom again and make the Great Yu Kingdom submit to the feet of the barbarians.

However, in the letter, Xiao Wenxuan did not show his previous worries, but seemed to be ambitious, and only talked about the purchase of 500 artillery pieces and 15,000 arquebuses from Qingzhou, all of which were entrusted to Luo Hong, because now Luo Hong is the commander of the firearms battalion, and he also ordered Xiao Ming to be responsible for letting Luo Hong participate in the training of the Qingzhou Army, so that Luo Hong can become a general who commands the firearms unit like Luo Xin.

"Five hundred artillery pieces, fifteen thousand arquebuses, big business." Xiao Ming grinned.

Luo Hong seemed to know the contents of the letter, and he said to Niu Ben: "Niu Dudu, you will rely on Dudu for this period of time in the future." “

Niu Ben was baffled by Luo Hong's move, and looked at Xiao Ming a little strangely.

Smiling helplessly, Xiao Ming gave the letter to Niu Ben, and after reading it, he suddenly realized that Xiao Wenxuan was really good enough this time, not only to purchase firearms, but also to let Xiao Ming help him train the generals of the firearms battalion.

This time, in addition to Luo Hong, thirty generals of the firearms battalion arrived in Qingzhou.

The reason why Luo Hong was allowed to go out was that Xiao Wenxuan naturally had considerations, one was because Luo Hong and the Qingzhou Army had fought side by side and were familiar with each other, and Luo Xin was in the Qingzhou Army, which was also a relationship.

"Since this is my father's request, this king can only comply, Niu Dudu, and this matter will be handed over to you." As he spoke, Xiao Ming squeezed his eyes at Niu Ben.

Niu Ben understood and said, "Yes, Your Highness." “

After deciding on this matter, Luo Hong continued: "Your Highness, this change in the barbarian clan has made King Liang and King Zhao also worried, it is said that he has sent officials to Qingzhou to buy firearms to defend against the barbarians, it seems that His Highness is going to make a lot of money this time." ”

"Really? The king had not heard of it, but if it did, he would be glad to do so. Xiao Ming said with a smile.

The two talked and laughed with Luo Hong for a while, and Niu Ben left with Luo Hong.

Seeing off the two, Xiao Ming's brows furrowed, this time Xiao Wenxuan's actions made him suddenly have a hint of enlightenment, as Niu Ben said, he himself does not have to participate in the war himself, but to use the war to make a lot of money.

And training generals for Xiao Wenxuan is tantamount to him fighting a proxy war, as the name suggests, he does not directly participate in the war, but by selling weapons to the imperial court, King Liang, King Zhao, and so on, let them fight for themselves.

In this way, he can not only be in the rear, but also make a fortune by selling war materials, and the court and the king of Zhao and the king of Liang need to pay nothing more than silver.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming laughed lightly, in this way, not only can the barbarian life force be consumed on a large scale, but also make money, why not? As Luo Hong said, only four days later, procurement officials sent by King Zhao and King Liang appeared in Qingzhou and asked Xiao Ming to purchase artillery and arquebuses respectively.

This time, King Zhao did not send Zhao Yuanliang over, but sent an unfamiliar official over, and he probably understood the conflict between Zhao Yuanliang and him.

The same is true for King Liang, who also sent close officials.

Among them, King Zhao proposed to buy 600 artillery pieces and 7,000 arquebuses this time, while King Liang proposed to buy 400 artillery pieces and 6,000 arquebuses.

Together with the orders of the imperial court, the military factory now has an additional business of 1,500 artillery pieces and 28,000 arquebuses.

"Your Highness, the finances of the fiefdom are now relaxed." Pang Yukun's happy fangs disappeared when he learned about this.

The huge arms order brought huge wealth to Qingzhou, and Xiao Ming, who was originally tied up because of silver, suddenly had a lot of money.

With this money, Qingzhou's industrialization process will develop more steadily, Xiao Ming has to sigh, or sell arms to make money.