Wang Mi nodded and stared at him curiously: "Do you like using spears so much?"
"If you use it for a long time and find that the spear is not as useful as the halberd, won't you suffer a loss?"
Liu Yu waved his hands, completely disbelieving.
"How can this be!"
"Others don't know the power of the spear, but I have actually used it and have personal experience. Furthermore, Secretary Wang gave the spear to me, so how could Secretary Wang's vision be wrong?"
These words were so heartwarming that Wang Mi couldn't help but blush a little.
I never thought that Liu Yu, a sturdy man with a square head and a big face, could be so lively and lively even when he flattered him.
"You can't be superstitious about me, you still have to believe in the power of the spear."
"Ji Nu, you and the soldiers under your command are very important to me now. General Xie, as the leader of an army, always has more worries. He has to weigh the pros and cons. You understand, right?" Wang Mi raised his eyebrows, hinting.
road.
Understand?
Know what?
Liu Yu felt that what Wang Mi asked him to understand was different from what he thought.
"Understood, I understand everything!" Regardless of whether he really understands or pretends to understand, Secretary Wang must not be left alone.
"So, the soldiers you command are the only ones in the Beifu Army who uniformly use spears. You must achieve a good record so that General Xie can make up his mind to replace all halberds with spears."
This point is very important. Wang Mi warned him very seriously. Liu Yu himself was very skilled in martial arts, so he was not worried. However, to build Xie Xuan's confidence, it was obviously not enough to rely on Liu Yu's victory alone.
To improve the combat effectiveness, the entire team must improve at the same time. Only in this way can it be proved to Xie Xuan that Liu Yu was able to achieve such an achievement not only because of his superior personal ability, but most importantly, because he used the latest weapons.
Liu Yu patted his chest and said cheerfully: "I understand, I will take care of this matter!"
Liu Yu made a promise and then thought of another thing.
"What about the stirrups?"
"According to my personal experience, if a spear wants to exert its best power, it must be equipped with double stirrups. However, there are still many soldiers in Beifu who are not even willing to use single stirrups, let alone asking them to all use double stirrups.
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What Liu Yu said is the real situation in the military now. How can it be so easy to change consciousness.
"We can't rush the double stirrups." Wang Mi said regretfully. If he could get started quickly, he wouldn't want to distribute all the equipment overnight.
Unfortunately, today's productivity is just this virtue, and there are huge expenditures. These are issues that have to be considered.
To be fair, the financial situation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has always been very stretched. There are constant wars and disputes within the country, strong external enemies, and internal rebels are also emerging one after another, and their strength is not weak.
Under frequent wars, the central court's tax revenue was not guaranteed and the national treasury was not full. In addition, all the major families had divided their own spheres of influence. Within their scope, what they said was more effective than what the court said.
tax?
The money we make is all produced and sold by ourselves, so what does it have to do with the court?
In poems, songs, and allusions that have been passed down for thousands of years, aristocratic families are all elegant people who are well-dressed and well-behaved.
But in fact, their true appearance in history is not so ideal.
Under normal circumstances, aristocratic families often have certain private weapons in their hands, whose scientific name is Buqu.
Buqu Xiangbing completely obeyed the orders of the aristocratic family and had no contact with the court at all. They restricted the refugees to their own land, submerged their household registrations, and forced them to become children.
After these landless villagers became children, they became the private property of the aristocratic family. They worked for the aristocratic family all day long. Whether it was a farm or an orchard, they were surrounded by troops guarding them. It would be a dream to escape!
The items produced by these children's customers certainly belonged to the family, and the wealth created by these children's customers could not be handed over to the court.
This was the basic situation faced by the Eastern Jin Dynasty. By the time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Jiangnan region had been fully developed, with dense population and developed commerce and trade.
In society as a whole, there is no shortage of money. However, because of the extremely developed economy of the family manor, they occupy money, food, and population, which makes the Jin Dynasty court, as a public family, not have much money.
It can be said that the forces surrounding financial power, military power, aristocratic families and the royal family are ebbing and flowing and influencing each other.
The richer the aristocratic family was, the less they looked down upon the court and the Sima family. Each aristocratic family was wealthy and extremely tough.
The harder the aristocratic family's backbone, the less control the Sima family has over them. Faced with a poor national treasury, they can only look forward to money and sigh.
This is what the Sima family does. They let the family plunder money everywhere. At least they will be proud of it and will defend the Sima family. If they are not satisfied, the consequences will be tragic. Just look at Wang Dun and you will know.
The financial difficulties were also reflected in the use of troops. Let's not talk about the Jingzhou soldiers, because they have long been a local army controlled by the Huan family, and the court could not control it at all. Most of the military pay for the Jingzhou soldiers was settled by the Huan family.
However, this situation does not apply to Beifu soldiers. When Xie Xuan took the lead in forming this army, the Xie family's positioning towards Beifu was quite clear.
Xie only controls the army, but this army is nominally loyal to the imperial court. The fact that Beifu is loyal to the imperial court also means that not all expenses of Beifu are solved by Xie.
Nowadays, the size of the Beifu soldiers is expanding day by day, and their equipment is getting better and better. Financially, they are becoming more and more dependent on the imperial court.
Making iron weapons was a costly business in ancient times. Replacing the halberd with a spear was already expensive enough.
You know, there are still many Beifu soldiers who are not equipped with stirrups at all. These soldiers are complacent and still proud of their superb martial arts.
In the eyes of these soldiers, they only regard stirrups as an auxiliary tool for mounting horses. Generals who need to step on stirrups are almost useless.
The stirrups are also made of pig iron. As you can imagine, going from no stirrups to equipped with two stirrups is a big step indeed.
Funds are burning!
"The war is coming, and we can't make so many stirrups in a short period of time. You can use that pair of stirrups yourself first. I will discuss it with the blacksmith in the workshop and make a pair for Brother Tan."
"Very good!"
"Secretary Wang is really thoughtful."
Liu Yu was overjoyed. On this day, because he, Liu Yu, had such a good treasure, but he did not have it, Tan Ping complained a lot.
Not to mention, because he killed Liang Yun, Liu Yu suddenly became a general, but Tan Pingzhi was still just a team leader because of his unrestrained performance of hammering left and right, and not hitting the right mark.
After coming off the battlefield, Tan Pingzhi gritted his teeth and asked himself that his failure to become a general was not his fault at all, it was all because he did not get the best equipment!
The Beifu soldiers did not believe in Wang Mi's abilities because they were short-sighted, but Tan Pingzhi, like Liu Yu, was extremely convinced of Wang Mi.
What Secretary Wang gave you must be a good treasure! With it, you will be even more powerful!
It's all because he didn't add this pair of wings that his northern tiger couldn't soar into the sky!
"Of course, you are your own people. If you have good things, of course you have to take care of your own people. Yesterday, I was too pressed for time and didn't have time."
The sound of his own voice forced Liu Yu to burst into tears.
He looked at Wang Mi with tears in his eyes, and couldn't thank him enough. His sincere look made Wang Mi feel very sorry.
You said that if you believed him, you thought that the two of you would have to break up in the future, but you didn't dare to even think about it.
If you choose not to believe him, he is also suspected of being ruthless and unjust.
Good! Good!
If you don't do it for yourself, you will be moved to death, so that you can be better used by me.
"However, slaves, don't get too carried away. There are many people with evil intentions in the military camp. Now that you have achieved military success in the first battle, there must be many people who can't stand it."
"be careful!"
Liu Yu's expression turned stern and he looked at him doubtfully: "What does Secretary Wang mean, someone wants to harm me?"
What's his expression?
Still don’t believe it?
"Proudness is frowned upon, slave. You are now the most proud person in this military camp. Think about it, some people will definitely not be able to swallow this breath."
Liu Yu's head turned. If you want to say that I have offended too many people, if you think about it carefully, everyone is suspected. Where should I start to be careful?
However, just when Wang Mi was worried about people with ulterior motives stumbling upon his beloved Xiao Yuyu, he himself had been sued for making trouble.