"Brother, don't drink any more." Wu Xiang hugged Zu Dashou when he saw that there was blood in the stuff Zu Dashou vomited out.

"Go away! With one more fire gun like this, brothers can kill more Tatars and allow more brothers to survive! Even if my ancestor drank to death today, he still has to drink more fire for the brothers.

The gun is back. As long as he gives us the gun, you are not allowed to take revenge on Li Xiao after what happened to him." Zu Dashou pushed Wu Xiang away.

"Uncle!" Wu Sangui's eyes were red.

"Sangui! Pour the wine, your uncle can do it." Zu Dashou opened his robe with both hands, revealing his chest covered with hair. Under the stimulation of alcohol, his chest looked like cooked prawns.

"Brother Xiao, if this man drinks to death, your evil will become even bigger, and the entire Liao army will regard you as an enemy. You are a black gun, I, Lao Ao, think you are done with it." Ao Canghai walked up to Li Xiao.

Someone whispered beside him. Several guards followed Ao Canghai and quietly gathered around Li Xiao.

Li Xiao also regrets it now. He just wanted to get more out of Zu Dashou. The inspiration came from later TV series, such as wholesale steel and the story of a ton of steel with a glass of wine. Who would have thought that Zu Dashou would risk his life for a fire gun.

But it was too late to regret now. If Li Xiao tried to stop him now, Zu Dashou would not have to take action. The officers and soldiers of the Liao army could chop Li Xiao into pieces.

Wu Sangui wiped his eyes and continued pouring wine from the wine jar.

"Nineteen bowls!"

"Twenty bowls!"

"Twenty-one bowls!"

"Wow……!"

Zu Dashou spit out a mouthful of wine again!

"Uncle, stop drinking!" Wu Sangui fell to his knees on the ground with a pop.

"In order to save a few brothers from dying, my ancestor Dashou drank himself to death even if he fell asleep. Sangui, pour the wine!"

"Uncle...!"

"Pour the wine!"

"Twenty-two bowls!"

"Twenty-three bowls!"

"Twenty-four bowls!"

"Twenty-five bowls!"

After drinking the twenty-fifth bowl, Zu Dashou's body fell down like a half-log, and wine spurted out from his mouth like a whale. Wu Xiang grabbed Zu Dashou's body, and tears could not stop flowing.

In order to save a few brothers from dying, my ancestor Dashou drank himself to death even if he fell asleep. Oh my God! Zu Dashou is a saint!

Even if he is not a saint, he is at least a rogue general.

"Give him fifty muskets and charge him thirty. In these days, there are not many generals willing to risk their lives for their subordinates." Li Xiao ordered and left the hall with his hands behind his back.

No wonder he defended the Daling River, and his subordinates still refused to abandon him even when the situation was almost desperate. No wonder he defended Jinzhou, which could only be held for eight months, for two full years.

The servants in the government office now all know that this boss is not to be trifled with. Commander-in-Chief Zu, who always puts his head on his head, has been beaten to death by this man. I heard that there are already close followers of Commander-in-Chief Zu outside the door.

Get ready to fuck this guy and kill this reckless kid.

Li Xiao strictly ordered his men to go out. He went too far today. To be honest, Li Xiao was very worried now. Zu Dashou would bleed from the stomach and die! Although this bastard has a bad mouth and a bad temper.

But as a commander and a soldier, he is qualified.

I sent someone a piece of good Korean ginseng. I don’t know if it will work, but I still want to give it my all.

The effect was very bad, and the ginseng was thrown out. If Wu Xiang hadn't ordered it, Ai Husheng, who went to deliver the things, was almost beaten.

I heard that Li Xiao only stayed for one night, and there was an endless stream of people coming to visit. Of course, they all came to Li Xiao to buy fire guns. Today's small test at the dock can be regarded as establishing the brand of Li Xiao's fire guns.

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"Master, we sold a total of five hundred firecrackers tonight. We only paid fifty for Zu Dashou in cash, and we have to pay the rest within three months. We received a deposit of five thousand taels, so

It’s a list!” Ai Husheng handed the list to Li Xiao with both hands.

Li Xiao didn't want to deal with these guys who were in charge of the army and generals. In these days, the military household system of the Ming Dynasty had been corrupted to the point of no further improvement. The combat effectiveness was not at all, but the officers always needed to fight. So who did they rely on to fight?

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Servant!

In fact, large families in these days basically have servants. But the servants in the families of military commanders are different from those in other families. The servants in the families of military commanders are all brave and fierce. When they go to the battlefield, they surround them.

They are the most desperate people around the general.

Those bitter soldiers in the military households are just like that. They can still deal with the enemy if they are weak, but if they encounter a strong enemy like the Tatar soldiers...! I'm sorry, brother, I haven't lived enough yet. Goodbye!

To put it bluntly, servants are private armed forces. Whether a general can fight or not depends entirely on how powerful his servants are.

For example, the former commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Li Chengliang, was invincible in Liaodong. Even Nurhaci had to be as docile as a cat in front of him. It was entirely because Li Chengliang had a capable team, the Liaodong Cavalry! Mr. Ao Canghai was once a member of this glorious team.

A member of the team.

Li Xiao understood that the arms purchased by these senior officers would never be used in the hands of those bitter soldiers, but would appear in the hands of the servants.

"Zhao Shujiao ordered a hundred cigarettes at once. He is so damn rich." Li Xiao looked at the list in his hand and couldn't help but sigh. No wonder the United States in later generations likes to go around and sell arms. This damn thing

It's really profitable.

The cost of a brand new flintlock gun is no more than thirty taels of silver at most, and a hundred rounds of ammunition is only fifty taels. After extorting tens of thousands of barrels from Nurhachi, the cost is even lower. This time

It was an increase of six to seven times the money. The business was so easy. Without much trouble, I got hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver was a figure that even the emperor would be tempted to hear. Who the hell said soldiers were poor? These senior officers should not be too rich.

"In order to expand their own strength, whoever buys our products will buy us. If you go out and ask around, I don't know how many generals are selling things at home tonight."

"What Mr. Ao said is true. I heard that some even pawned their wives' jewelry just to buy one more fire gun! Boss, fire guns are so easy to sell, why don't you sell more." Mr. Wu is here.

It's been a long time in Shanhaiguan, and the heads and the ground are very familiar. With him here, you can know the latest situation of many things without asking.

"This is the output of firecrackers. We have to recruit troops after the Chinese New Year. Naturally, we have to equip our soldiers first! Shanhaiguan has these five hundred firecrackers. I believe that the Tatars will not be able to get away with it if they come.

At least there is no problem in holding on! As long as they have the main force to contain the Tatars, we have to relax for a few days. Otherwise, the Tatars will be thinking about us all day long. We will be exhausted!"

"Brother Xiao, don't you be afraid of the future with such a blazing gun lying outside? If one falls into the hands of the Tatars, the Tatars will ask experts to imitate it. We will suffer!" Ao Canghai was worried. Very forward-looking, it seems that this guy has made progress, knows how to use his brain and has a sense of urgency.

"Afraid! I'm scared to death! The craftsmanship of the gunpowder is actually not complicated. You can imitate it as long as you imitate it. But how do they imitate our gunpowder? Use gunpowder instead? After the gunpowder is burned out, it is all Scumbag. The barrel of the gun is ready to be fired!

A great man once said that technology is the primary productive force. Even if they imitate fire muskets, they cannot make our propellant. Besides, how far can muskets shoot? Although our muskets are powerful, they are actually capable of shooting at two hundred paces. It is already difficult to hit the target at a distance.

If you want to eliminate enemies in large numbers on the battlefield, you have to use artillery. If the Tatars dare to use cavalry to charge intensively, they will be looking for death." Li Xiao is very confident in mortars. This thing has been around since its birth. It has always been a good partner of infantry. It is famous for its simplicity, reliability and ease of carrying.

The cavalry charge relies heavily on a dense formation. If the formation is loose, it will definitely create a target for the firecrackers.

"That's right. Each of the gadgets you have invented is more powerful than the last. I really doubt how you got this brain. What evil did Nurhachi do in his previous life to meet you in this life." Ao Canghai took a sip of wine. , lying back on the chair.

"Hehe! He has done a lot of evil. Wait until I develop. He will have revenge and complain. No Tartar with blood on his hands can even think of running away."

"After selling these muskets, we should have plenty of money. But according to what you said, if we increase the army by two thousand, it will cost five taels of silver per person per month, and the squad and platoon company commander will have to double it. The military salary for one month will be 20,000. Two more, let alone two thousand more people on the island, will be consumed by people eating horses and chewing. We also need to buy a lot of coal from North Korea, as well as the kinds of ores you mentioned.

Master Man also wants to take people to Changxing Island, and you have to build a house for them on the island. This is another expense. Although 150,000 taels of silver is a lot, it will not last for more than a few months. ." Ai Husheng took the account book and reported the accounts to Li Xiao nonchalantly.

When the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, but when the damn cannon doesn't go off, the silver is like flowing water. Li Xiao knows that Ai Husheng's calculation is right. Seeing that 150,000 taels of silver have come in, it's really hard to raise Army, this money really won't last long.

"That's your business. Let's see if you can sell the good things we brought to the capital this time for a good price. We can't trick the common people, but we can trick them to death if we meet those high-ranking officials. Just think that I am helping them make fun of the stolen money. I am afraid that no one who is an official these days is clean."

Hearing Li Xiao say that none of the officials in the Ming Dynasty were clean, Mao Wenlong shook his head and smiled bitterly. I am now a rural teacher, and only earn dozens of taels of silver a month. Although I dare not say that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were the cleanest, But he must be one of the cleanest officials.
Chapter completed!