Liu Zhongyong was very happy because Liu Bu not only agreed to his plan, but also kept more people.

As an officer, he was finally asked to appear in the war. Of course, Han Xin ordered the troops, and the more he would be, the better.

However, he could also hear what Liu Bu meant that they would not recruit soldiers in the short term and would only train these soldiers.

Liu Zhongyong is an old military leader, so he naturally knows that these soldiers can only be said to be good seedlings. It will take some time before training is completed.

Veterans who have been on the battlefield know that no matter how strong the individual combat ability of soldiers who have not passed the training is, they are actually no different from ordinary bandits and robbers. If they meet a regular army and are suppressed by the opponent's team, they will be ruined in an instant.

So after deciding on the list set by Liu Bu, he would transfer the family list of these people to Liu Fuqi, confirm the contract, and then he was responsible for training these recruits.

He was not the ones before this training. The previous ones were bodyguards, mainly protecting the property and personnel of the Liu family, and belonging to the bodyguards.

But now they are different. They belong to regular troops and need to train them to arrange troops, familiarize themselves with various formations and prepare for war.

800 servants are not considered a small number. If they are really trained, they will train on the battlefield. It can be said that the Liu family has also become one of the powerful forces today.

After Liu Bu made the decision, he immediately went back to the old house to discuss with Liu Fuqi.

Liu Fuqi said: "Young Master, you made the decision, so you will do it as you ordered. There are no big impact on a few hundred more people, but now you really have to train people and play a role. There are 800 servants, which is very powerful in the Ming Dynasty. The quality and weapons and equipment of our servants are not worse than those of the official army. As long as we train, we will have the ability to protect ourselves."

Liu Bu said: "Uncle Liu, I want to ask you, can you help me arrange for people to go to Macau and ask them to sell us some mesh rope guns or mesh rope gun techniques?"

Liu Fuqi's face looked a little strange and said, "I'm afraid this won't work when I go to the Portuguese in Macau."

Liu Bu said: "Why? The Portuguese musket technology is the best, and their red-clothed cannons are far higher than that of the Ming Dynasty. If possible, one day we will buy our own red-clothed cannons. Without cannons, we will never be able to become a strong army."

Liu Fuqi said: "We also cooperate with some maritime merchants. The one who cooperates with our Liu family is Zheng Zhibao, the second master of the Zheng family in Fujian. He is the friend of our master's life and death."

Liu Bu said in surprise: "Friends of life and death? Why don't I know?"

Zheng Zhibao's reputation may not be very famous, but if he mentions his brother, Zheng Zhi, who is across the sea, is on the southeast coast, he is a big man who is well-known and well-known. Now he has been recruited by Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan. As a general of the Fujian Navy, he joined the Ming Dynasty. He also has a nephew who is even more awesome, that is Zheng Chenggong, who is famous all over the world in the future.

However, Zheng Zhilong himself is also a sensible figure today.

Last year, Zheng Zhilong defeated the Dutch East India Company fleet in the Battle of Kinmen on the coast of Fujian. From then on, he controlled the sea routes and collected merchant ships from various countries by charging fees. Zheng Zhilong was quickly rich and powerful. He was known as the lord and the overlord of southern Fujian. He also paid the protection fee to Zhilong's merchant ship (a large ship requires 3,000 taels of silver) and gave the Zheng family the flag; if he did not pay the fee and wanted to pass through the Zhilong sea, he would probably not escape the fate of being robbed. Zheng Zhilong was so powerful that the Dutch East India Company was unstable. The Dutch people jointly attacked Zheng Zhilong several times, but Zheng Zhilong continued to expand his power and defeated the Dutch many times.

Liu Bu was a little surprised. The Liu family is rich and powerful, but it is really not a brag. His father actually had such a good relationship with the second leader of the Zheng family.

Mr. Liu Fuqi said: "In the past, Master Zheng Er and his friends had always been with the Dutch. The things we got from overseas were all obtained from the Zheng family, and the things we transported overseas were also resold through the Zheng family, and then they kept attacking the Portuguese. The Portuguese regarded them as thorns in their side, and the master was close to the Zheng family. It was definitely impossible to do business with the Portuguese. We could have traded with the Dutch, and the Dutch's weapons were not worse than those of the Portuguese, but now the Zheng family is fighting with the Dutch. The Zheng family is the most powerful force in the southeast coastal area. Both the Portuguese and the Dutch are very taboo about them and it is impossible to obtain military supplies through them."

Liu Bu was very surprised and said, "Why don't I know these things?"

Liu Fuqi said seriously strangely: "Do you have no impression of the Zheng family?"

Liu Bu said: "No."

Liu Fuqi tried to say: "Rakshasa female ghost!"

Liu Bu was stunned and said, "What's it?"

Liu Fuqi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "These are all illegal activities, and you didn't care much about your family before, so you didn't know."

Liu Bu asked, "Dad, what is his relationship with Master Zheng Er?"

Liu Fuqi said: "There is no friendship between eight worshipers, but there is a friendship between eight worshipers. When the master was young, he also traveled around the world. After wandering for a while, he met Mr. Zheng Er, and they have been in contact for decades."

Liu Bi said: "So, our relationship with the Zheng family has always been very good, right?"

Liu Fuqi also looked a little weird on his face, but he turned around while coughing, and then said, "Of course."

Liu Bu said excitedly: "In this way, can we ask the Zheng family and others to get us some mesh guns, red cannons and other things, and the price is easy to negotiate."

Liu Fuqi had calmed down and said, "Yes, as long as you speak, how can they refuse?"

Liu Bu was very happy and said, "That will be a blessing for you, Uncle Liu. If we have a firearm, our troops will be stronger.

Liu Fuqi was a little dissatisfied. He said, "What is a firearm? It's just a gimmick today. There is no unit in the world that is entirely firearmed. The Qi family's army was so powerful that it was still based on their iron-blooded military discipline."

Liu Bu said very well, "Uncle, you can rest assured that I will not let you down."

In this way, the problem of the source of muskets and cannons was easily solved. Liu Bu felt that as a noble family, the Liu family had such a wide connection, basically, they wanted money, people, and overseas relations, so they could get so many advanced things. If they could not do some career, they would be stupid.

As the saying goes, if you want to do something well, you must first sharpen your weapons. Liu Bu and his troops are still quite advanced. The equipment of their troops is to obtain weapons and equipment directly from the military weapon supervision warehouse or from the military preparatory warehouse by bribing corrupt officials. If others do not look at the banner, they will have no difference at all.

However, now that the Liu family army is invented, they still look a little simple and a little like a straw troupe.

For example, their weapons are several types of spears, barks, bows and arrows.

When fighting, the spearmen were arrayed in a line with spears, and then pushed forward and followed the other party to stab each other.

The sword and shield hands followed closely to fight, which is the most common way to fight on the battlefield at present.

Now Liu Bu has decided to increase his investment and has created more than 200 archers, which has also given them long-range attack and cover capabilities.

Liu Zhongyong is full of confidence and has someone to have weapons in his hands. As long as he is trained, he can become a strong army.

Liu Bu deeply understood that if you want to do something well, you must first sharpen your weapons, so their weapons channels are quite good. They have an ordnance office here, and their ordnance workshop can create some weapons, but they cannot create armor or make crossbows.

Their military instruments usually use farm tools to beat farm tools. If they are asked to build weapons now, they can still repair swords and other things, but the technology of making armor and bows is not good. Arrows can be made by themselves, but their technology and raw materials for making bows and crossbows are not good, so they can only purchase them. Moreover, the purchase of crossbows is a bit sensitive and the price is relatively high.

Another problem is that Liu Bu has always planned to make a temporary transition in the crossbow, so he did not vigorously develop a large-scale bow and archery force. Therefore, their crossbows are insufficient, so they can only secretly bribe the top to see if they can get some.

Originally, Liu Bu also had a plan to make his own weapons, but looking at the craftsmen in his military instrument workshop, he could only create general things, which could not be done at all. He usually did some work of making agricultural tools and repairing weapons, so he decided to take it first for the time being.

However, Liu Bu had an idea. When the military personnel were almost in question, he had to get some masters and craftsmen to make his own weapons. At present, they were making cold weapons, and in the end they still needed to make things like mesh rope guns and cannons.

He had read a report before, saying that during the dynasty, a man named Zhao Shizhen invented a musket called Lumi gun. It is said that it is not much worse than the muskets of the Portuguese, but the cost is too high. Corrupt officials of the Ministry of Works were extremely corrupt, and the emperor refused to pay for it, so he only produced in small batches. However, he was the highest-rated musket among all muskets.

Liu Bu thought that if they could possess this rumored Lumi gun manufacturing technology, they could make Lumi guns and then use them for war, which would definitely be brilliant. The rumored Lumi guns are powerful and have a long range, and are fighting guns in muskets, but the cost is too high. The court is reluctant to make them, and they are reluctant to let me, Liu Bu, but I.

While Liu Bu was inspecting the Arsenal Shop, his assistant Liu Ning hurried in and told: "Sir! Zhou Hui, hurry up and report to Malay."

Liu Bu thought about it and remembered who Zhou Hui was. Isn’t this the person he secretly sent to protect Chen Yuanyuan?
Chapter completed!