Thinking that the general soldiers from all walks of life had to sharpen their heads to find opportunities to seize battle achievements, Xia Nan couldn't help but ask: "According to the Xie patrol, do I have to fight for it when I ask to see the governor?" ”

Xie Sanbin glared at him: "What are you fighting for?" Fight to die during the siege? ”

Xia Nan smiled embarrassedly, "After all, I am also a military general, and I have to rely on military merits to win promotions......"

"Confused!" Xie Sanbin shouted in a low voice, "For the sake of Governor Mu and Wen Jun's face, I will remind you of a few points, as for whether you listen or not, it's up to you." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info First, you already have a great merit in killing Li Jiucheng, as long as you don't make mistakes in the future, it is not a big problem to be promoted to deputy general with this credit; Second, regardless of whether the rebels are not what they used to be, but there are always a lot of people who die in the siege, and the elite soldiers you have worked hard to train are willing to be cannon fodder? Besides, one credit can't be too big, otherwise the court will not be able to reward you, even if you have a credit this time, can you still give you a knighthood? ”

Xia Nan was ashamed, after all, he was a veteran of officialdom, and the key point was pointed out in a few words. If you can eat enough for one merit, why be greedy for more?

"Xie Xun is extremely true of what he said, I was almost confused. In that case, the thankless task of attacking the city, I will not go to the general army to grab food. ”

Xie Sanbin's face softened a little: "The son can be taught." You have a lot of merit in hand, as long as you move around more with Futai and have a closer relationship, you will not be treated badly in the end. ”

Xia Nan thought to himself that the best way to get close to Zhu Dadian was to accept his solicitation and become a force guarantee in his hands to stabilize the post-war situation, and only the relationship between his own people was the closest. However, there is no need to discuss these words in detail with Xie Sanbin on such an occasion, so he didn't mention them at the moment, and brought the topic to homework: "After three days, pull out the camp, do you want to bring your daughter from Long Island before that?" ”

"This is arranged by you, and it doesn't hurt to pick it up, so I'll temporarily settle it in your camp, and when the situation is stable, I'll send someone to send her home."

Xia Nan smiled bitterly, this nanny still has to continue to be a babysitter, and it is estimated that it will be after Dengzhou is recovered.

After the two finished talking, in order to avoid suspicion, they went back to the camp separately, after all, it is always not good for people to see that the patrol in charge of grain, grass and ordnance and the foreign guest military will be too close in the future, especially when they are seen by the Shandong military generals, and they may make up some ugly words.

On the way back to the camp in the summer, he met military attachés from other battalions, such as generals, guerrillas, and commanders, all of whom took the initiative to greet him without exception, which was completely different from the situation when he first arrived in Shahe, which was completely different from the situation of heaven and earth. Xia Nan knew that the martial arts only recognized the hard fists, whoever was strong would be respected, and joined forces with the Guanning Army to annihilate Li Jiucheng and made a name for himself, and now the Qiongzhou battalion is already a strong army known to the whole army.

Back in the camp, Xia Nan found Yang Youji and ordered him to take the guards to Long Island to pick up Xie Wenjun, along with Shimazu Chiyo and the Japanese samurai, so that the two women in the camp could be companions and avoid suspicion. On this expedition, although Shimazu Chiyo also followed, considering that this kind of close protection was not needed on the battlefield, Xia Nan also left her on Nagashima. Now that you want to pick up Xie Wenjun, let's take it all together.

Before Yang Youji left, Xia Nan repeatedly explained that he wanted to protect Xie Wenjun's safety: "Now I have a good relationship with her father Xie Xun, and Xie Xunji can also help us a lot, if his daughter has three long and two short, this network will be broken." ”

Yang Youji patted his chest and promised: "Please rest assured, the general has no large rebels near Laizhou, even if he encounters sporadic routs or bandits, he will not come back." ”

After sending Yang Youji away, Xia Nan did not have a moment of peace, because Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui came to the door.

It's so fast, I haven't had time to figure out what to do! Xia Nan muttered in her heart, but with a smile on her face, she welcomed the two into the door.

Wu Sangui was not polite, and went straight to the point: "General Xia, the battlefield is not a place to talk about things, now back in the camp, let's talk about it." ”

Xia Nan naturally knew his intention, and did not immediately answer positively, so he could only think while coping: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say......"

Wu Sangui stretched out three fingers: "How about three thousand bird guns, thirty small cannons, and three hundred war horses?" ”

Xia Nan was stunned, he didn't expect that the future King of Pingxi would be darker than himself when he started business, and there was no discipline and bottom limit at all! Let's not talk about whether I am willing to sell guns to Guan Ningjun, even if I sell them, it is not at this price!

He couldn't help but say: "General Wu's joke is too big, it's really not funny, may I ask if your war horses are all made of gold?" ”

Wu Xiang cleared his throat and explained: "Xia Shen General didn't know, as early as the old slave period, the Tatars were married to the Mongolian Horqin Department and the Zalut Department, and the Tumut, Karaqin, Wuliangha and other departments also attached to the Tartars. If we want to get war horses now, we can only trade privately with the Mongols, and we have to take risks, although Huang Taiji does not prohibit the Mongolian ministries from trading with the Ming Dynasty, but the war horses are prohibited by order. In this way, the price of horses naturally rises. ”

Xia Nan understood what he meant, that is, Huang Taiji knocked down the various Mongolian tribes, and now he is the boss of the Mongols, he wants to control the flow of strategic resources such as war horses to his opponents, and the Ming Dynasty buys horses from the Mongols to smuggle, and the goods from abnormal channels are much more expensive.

However, such a transaction price is completely unacceptable to Xia Nan, no matter how expensive the smuggling is, it will not be so expensive. With his many years of experience in the business world, this is just a means to drive down prices. If war horses were really scarce to such an extent, how could the cavalry of the Guanning Army be formed? During the Chongzhen period, there was no horse farm in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible to rely on domestic demand to provide it, and it was not bought from the Mongols.

He figured out the joints, and he was not in a hurry, and slowly stretched out a finger: "My conditions may as well be clear: a bird gun, a war horse!" ”

"What?" This time it was the turn of the Wu family father and son to jump their feet. Wu Sangui couldn't help but complain: "General Xia, do you know how much the cost of the bird gun announced by the Imperial Military Department is?" The price of wrought iron, the craftsman's food silver, and charcoal fire money, all of which add up to only five taels of silver! If it's less than six taels of silver, you want to change a war horse? Now the border horse has risen to sixty taels of silver each, and the price is still priceless......