Chapter 15
"Look at what I'm doing. Don't you all want to maximize the interests of Jueluobai Mountain? Now is the best opportunity to maximize it! We have no way to communicate with the Tatars. Now we have to see if the Tatars care.
This old lackey of Nurhaci.
If Nurhachi really cares, he will definitely send Li Yongfang to talk to us. All we have to pay is an old guy with broken hands and feet, and I don’t know if he can grow up. The price the Tatars have to pay is heavy, no ruthlessness
How can killing them be worthy of Nurhachi's love for his old dogs and horses?"
"I'm just saying that a biting dog doesn't bark. This guy's mouth is more ruthless than a wolf. This time, the Tartars can't do it without peeling off their skin."
"You dog can't spit out ivory things from your mouth!" Li Xiao was so angry that he picked up the mat behind his back and threw it at Ao Canghai. You can use any words you want. Could it be that I am a dog?
"You two, dog bites dog." Man Gui took a sip of tea, and under the glares of Li Xiao and Ao Canghai, he grabbed a handful of melon seeds from Ao Canghai and walked out while eating them.
Li Xiao wanted to go over and kick this vicious-mouthed guy, but considering the fact that he couldn't beat him, he decided to forgive Man Gui generously.
The cavalry escorting the Korean woman came back. They gave up and ran back when they encountered the scouts with the two blue flags. One thing that is certain is that the woman will never freeze to death in the wilderness of Korea.
Li Xiao had no choice but to wait in Pyongyang for news.
Zhao led the teacher away, and before leaving, he also bought 300 heads of Li Xiao. After returning to Shanhaiguan, he could finally explain that there was a Ming Dynasty Navy off the coast of North Korea. His 8,000 men and horses could go back directly along the waterway.
In Shanhaiguan, there is nothing to worry about except seasickness.
Korean ginseng is really a good thing. After the wounded soldiers ate it, they recovered very quickly. However, two seriously wounded soldiers who were shot in the chest by arrows died. The cause of death was wound infection, thanks to the cold winter in North Korea.
Otherwise, more people will die.
Thank God, there was no such cruel thing as amputation. Otherwise, Li Xiao would feel a little guilty when he saw a living person's arms and legs being sawed off alive!
These are the consequences of decades of peace in later generations. Chinese soldiers in later generations have little chance to fight. Even if they do, they fight against drug trafficking organizations or foreign mercenaries.
The characteristic of special operations is that the number of people cannot be large. You can turn a blind eye to a small-scale border crossing if you don't say anything and I don't say anything. But if hundreds of thousands of people drive over, you will be blind to all the satellites in the sky.
There are too few soldiers who have seen blood, and too few soldiers who have seen war. Peace is a terminal disease of the army. Once there is no war for a long time, it will be difficult for the army to maintain its blood.
Although Li Xiao was a member of the special forces of the Zhurihe Blue Army, he was like most soldiers of that era. He had no chance to go to the battlefield, let alone fight any battles. All he could do was sweat on the training ground.
That's all.
The training ground is always two different things from the battlefield!
The first time he saw the Hunhe battlefield, Li Xiao was actually shocked. When he charged into Zhenjiang Fort, Li Xiao felt that his blood was burning. But after fighting a few battles, Li Xiao began to feel better about the battlefield.
There has been a change.
He was no longer excited, no longer excited by the smell of blood. Perhaps this was the difference between veterans who had seen blood and new recruits.
Seeing the wounded soldiers getting better one after another, Li Xiao's heart dropped. Thank God, not many died.
The corpses of the fallen were incinerated into ashes. Although the Han people were particular about wrapping their bodies in horse leather. But we really don’t have this condition now. Winter is fine. If it were summer, the corpses would have stunk.
Jars with the ashes of the fallen were placed in front of them. Li Xiao invited North Korean monks to give them salvation. He just didn't know if these Shandong men could understand the North Korean monks' chanting.
Their treatment is much better than that of the red-armored Baya La army. Li Xiao's attitude towards the Tatars has always been to kill but not bury them. Therefore, those elite red-armored Baya La army are still lying on the cold land of North Korea.
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The cold wind blowing from the Gaima Plateau froze them into ice sculptures. Some people had obvious bite marks from wolves, but their bodies remained relatively intact. Because they were frozen so hard that even wolves could not bite them.
The two blue flags retreated to the north bank of the Yalu River, and the North Korean king Li Xiao worshiped Li Xiao like his ancestor. Several times, he asked Li Xiao openly and secretly whether he was married and whether he wanted to marry a North Korean princess as his official wife.
Li Xiao wished that Li Xiao would never return to the Ming Dynasty, and it would be best to become the son-in-law of North Korea. Seeing what he meant, as long as Li Xiao was willing to nod, he would immediately send the princess to her for free, and there would be no problem with the wedding that day. For the sake of his own glory and wealth
, Li Jie has put his face on the line.
After waiting for a full ten days, the North Korean girl who summoned the messenger did not come back. However, Li Hu arrived, and this guy came to Pyongyang with a batch of supplies. The somewhat stretched arms inventory became plump again.
"Brother, this is the new musket that Mr. Yu and the others are rushing to modify. Here is a letter from Mr. Yu!"
"Did the fisherman write a letter?" Li Xiao was surprised at the speed of literacy on the island. The fisherman's literacy level was barely enough to read a letter. He still wrote a letter?
"Old Yu said that Mr. Mao wrote it on the side. Brother, you will know after you read it! There are also letters from Xiaoyu and Xiaohao to you, as well as from the second brother." Li Hu took out the letter from his pocket.
A large pile of letters said to Li Xiao.
Smelling the letter paper that smelled sour and sweaty, Li Xiao knew that Li Hu hadn't showered in a long time.
"Lao Ao, take Hu Zi to wash up." Li Xiao shouted, and Li Hu's face immediately fell. He was not afraid of others, but he was really afraid of Man Gui and Ao Canghai. These two people
If he doesn't get used to his problem, he just brushes his body with a bristle brush when taking a bath. The feeling is worse than death.
"Brother...!"
"Hurry up! You're as dirty as a pig. You finally cleaned the lice away, but you still worry about getting lice?"
"Oh!" Seeing Ao Canghai coming in, Li Hu ran out quickly.
The first one unfolded Yu Lao's letter. Yu Lao didn't say much. He just told Li Xiao that he could pay attention to collecting the barrels of Daming Fire Guns from North Korea. Because their research found that the barrels of Daming Fire Guns were very strong.
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Li Xiao also understands this. The Ming Dynasty made gun barrels by rolling two layers of iron pipes into a barrel, and then using a drill to drill out a barrel with a smooth inner diameter. This manufacturing process makes the barrel very strong and durable.
, the disadvantage is that it is time-consuming and labor-intensive and requires very high levels of manufacturing craftsmen. It is said that a skilled craftsman can only drill an inch in a day.
After reading Yu Lao's letter, Li Xiao's heart moved and he immediately came up with an idea!
Li Xiu's letter described the details of Pi Island after Li Xiao left. He also said that Li Hu performed very well when he went to hand over the pyrite ore. Xiaoyu and Xiaohao both concentrated on their studies, and Mao Wenlong has been very low-key recently.
He stayed in school all day, and hung out with the two Korean women at night. He never had much contact with people, nor did he talk much to other people. Compared with the previous active life, he seemed to be a completely different person.
Everything is going well on the island. Zhao Tiezhu has improved the process of refining pyrite ore. More nitrocellulose can be produced next month, but the winery on the island is now starting to lack food. The production of alcohol has dropped!
The soap factory worked overtime, and the Chen family was very interested in scented soap. When Li Hu went to Shandong to take over the pyrite ore, Chen Fu once made a request for an increase in orders. For specific matters, Li Xiao asked Li Hu
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Very good! Li Xiao knew that Mao Wenlong was avoiding suspicion!
This old guy is a smart man. He knows that he will definitely have a share of Li Xiao's achievements in North Korea. And he still gets a big share. In this case, only a ghost is willing to stir up trouble all over the world.
In Pidao, the person who worries Li Xiao the most is Mao Wenlong. Since he is honest, everything else is easy to talk about.
Li Hao's letter was written by himself, and his standard and square regular script put Li Xiao to shame. This youngest brother is very smart and is willing to work hard in his studies. In terms of learning attitude, he is much better than Xiaoyu.
In his heart, Li Hao told his elder brother that he had memorized the multiplication table. Mr. Mao also praised him specially, and he came first in the exam. Mr. Mao personally gave him a big red flower...!
It seems that the Li family is going to have the top pick.
Xiaoyu's letter was the thickest. When Li Xiao opened it, he saw that it was not a letter, but paintings.
It is impossible to talk about the masterful painting skills. Li Xiao can barely understand that the painting is a bird and not a dinosaur, and the pig is not a crocodile. He is already taking care of this big brother who is fighting in the field.
It seems like the girl’s studies are not that good!
The most favored person in Pi Dao is none other than Xiaoyu. Her big, watery eyes are nuclear bomb-level weapons. As long as she looks at someone with tears in her eyes, even a murderer like Man Gui will do it.
Defeated.
Several times, Li Xiao saw Xiaoyu pestering Ao Canghai, trying to braid his hair. Ao Canghai couldn't be bothered by her, so he had to run away and didn't dare to show up for several days.
If Mao Wenlong's ruler dared to hit those green onion-like hands, Xiaoyu would probably complain after returning home. Mr. Mao would definitely be beaten by Mangui and Ao Canghai until he could no longer take care of himself!
The first piece of paper drew a pig that looked like a crocodile, lying down in a pigsty. There was a dark mass underneath. Li Xiao thought about it for a long time and guessed it should be a piglet. In other words, the old man on the island
The sow gave birth to piglets.
The second piece of paper draws a dinosaur, uh...! It should be Xiaobai, standing on the rafter like an owl. Below is a guy with a stick, pointing at Xiaobai and scolding him.
Chapter completed!