Xu Huizu, who entered the door, did not dare to trust him. The young man in front of him was not only a close relative of the prince, but also the emperor's cousin-in-law.
"I don't dare!" Xu Huizu smiled slightly, "I didn't expect the county horse master to be there too!"
"I haven't seen my father for several days, and I'm thinking about coming over to have dinner with him at noon!" After saying that, Li Qi looked at Li Jinglong, leaned over and said, "Father, my son has to step aside first!"
"Yeah!" Li Jinglong waved his hand.
Then Li Qi saluted Xu Huizu again and said, "I resign from my humble position!"
"Master, please go slowly!" Xu Huizu turned sideways and did not receive the full courtesy.
Seeing Li Qi walking away quickly, Xu Huizu suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart.
"The third generation of the Li family has matured, but what about the third generation of my Xu family? If nothing happens to him and his son, they may have to go through three generations of emperors and be favored for decades? Hiss!"
At the edge of the table, Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Mr. Wei Guo, you're here just in time, I'm just using my chopsticks!" He continued laughing, "Come on, we brothers haven't gotten together for a while!"
Xu Huizu sat down with a smile, but thought to himself, "Who is your brother?"
"Are you... troubled?" Li Jinglong asked directly without mincing words.
Xu Huizu didn't mince words, he took out the note from his arms and handed it over, "Read it for yourself!"
Before coming, Xu Huizu had already made a plan in his mind. Li Jinglong would definitely use these military supplies to make some articles with him. The so-called articles should be about bargaining for the interests involved in the war in Burma.
But unexpectedly, Li Jinglong only glanced at it a few times, then put down the statement and said, "Okay! I will issue a warrant to the Firearms Bureau and Foundry Bureau in the afternoon." After saying that, he paused, "There is a batch of high-quality firearms.
It's going to be shipped to Ningxia. I'll allocate this batch to you first, and it doesn't matter if it's delayed for a few days in Ningxia!"
"As for the warships you want, I will ask the Bao Shipyard to transfer them to you as much as possible... If it doesn't work, I will send four warships to you from the Yangtze River Navy."
For a moment, Xu Huizu never expected that Li Jinglong could be so happy and was a little stunned.
"The 30,000 people who entered Burma to fight are all old and weak in the frontier army. The combat effectiveness of these people is about the same. No matter how strong they are, they can't be much stronger!" Li Jinglong mused again and said, "People want to
No, you have to be great at everything and use your strengths to avoid weaknesses!"
Xu Huizu handed over his hand and said, "Thank you!"
"It's all a matter of state, no hard work!" Li Jinglong smiled slightly, "But there are a few things in the terms of the invasion of Myanmar that I have read, and they are not very appropriate!"
Xu Huizu raised his eyebrows and said, "Say it!"
"Don't worry too much, I don't think you are an outsider, that's why you are so straightforward!" Li Jinglong smiled again, "Maybe the words don't sound very nice, but I definitely mean well!"
"Look, you have been in charge of the Governor's Mansion for these years. As for the big battles... you still haven't seen much, and you haven't thought about it well. In addition, you have never been to Fanbang, so you don't know the situation there! As for those who are shouting
The second generation of nobles who entered the army have never killed anyone." Li Jinglong said, "Take the day I went to Luzon as an example. It was not an ordinary hot place there. Mosquitoes, snakes, and rats were all diseases.
It’s not good at all!”
"So, in the military supplies, you must prepare medicine to prevent epidemics. During the march, clean water sources and feces must be buried away from the military camp. Soldiers who are sick must be isolated immediately to prevent them from being transmitted to others!"
"In addition, the barbarians in the smoky land of Myanmar are elusive, so you need to bring more hunting dogs..." As he said, he suddenly lowered his head and looked at the note in his hand, "Well, there is no palm thunder in the firearms, that thing is
This magical weapon is of little use against the Tatars on horseback, but against the barbarians in the forest, it can destroy a whole nest in one blow. I will take matters into my own hands and give you 20,000 pieces!"
Xu Huizu blushed slightly when Li Jinglong picked out so many faults. It wasn't that he had never seen a big battle as Li Jinglong said, it was because Li Jinglong was scorning him. He was a talented person who planned the overall situation, and these details were naturally interrelated.
Let the people below do it.
But he also agreed with what Li Jinglong said, and said with a bit of worry, "This is the time when Burma is experiencing a fever. The smog-stricken land is already full of poisonous insects. These medicines to prevent diseases really need to be prepared. But.
Now, the Ministry of Industry is afraid that it will be a while..."
"You!" Li Jinglong interrupted him with a smile, "You are too righteous. Is there a ready-made doctor right in front of you?"
"Ah?" Xu Huizu was stunned again.
"I'm wrong, I'm not a doctor! But you must also know that there are several big drug stores under my family's name. When there was a flood in Huaibei, the medicines to prevent diseases were sold by those drug stores!"
Hearing this, Xu Huizu's face turned serious.
When Li Jinglong saw this, he chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I, Li Jinglong, am not that bad of a bastard. This is how I got rich. If you can trust me, just prepare the medicine from the pharmacy under my name. It will definitely be at the cost price, and it will be genuine!"
"This matter is inevitable!" Xu Huizu frowned.
"I'm not afraid, but you are?" Li Jinglong glanced at him sideways, "I've said things that are fair and upright, things that I can speak outright in front of the Lord Long Live, so why did I just leave the melons and plums? If you don't believe me, that's fine. I'm not afraid of wasting time.
Just figure it out on your own!"
After saying that, he snorted coldly, "I'm here to help you. If you win the battle, I will be proud of myself, and we warriors will all be prosperous!"
Li Jinglong was greedy for money, and Xu Huizu knew it better than anyone else.
But he didn't expect that Li Jinglong could talk about this matter so bluntly and grandly.
But there is no other way now but to nod.
"And this uniform!" Li Jinglong said again, "You can't count on the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Let me tell you the truth, those civil servants are eager for us to be unfavorable to Burma's invasion! We didn't fight well this time. Next time
They are trying their best to stop us from going back to the army, and there is a reason, don't you?"
Xu Huizu frowned, "What do you think?"
"There are three cotton cloth workshops under my name in Songjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou!" Li Jinglong added, "There are a total of 260,000 pieces of cotton cloth in stock. They were originally intended to be sold to Semu maritime merchants, but they were first used as military supplies!"
Oh, Xu Huizu stood up instantly.
What is the concept of 260,000 pieces of cotton cloth? If you use it carefully, that is the military salary expenditure of a border army for a year.
He, Li Jinglong, is actually so rich?
"Don't stare, who hasn't made a deal yet? Your family only expects a salary to survive?" Li Jinglong asked back.
Xu Huizu sat down again, "That's too much...?"
"Worried about money?" Li Jinglong smiled again, "Whether it's medicine or bed linen, there's no need to pay first!"
Suddenly, Xu Huizu didn't understand again.
He had always believed that his wealth and intelligence were definitely superior to Li Jinglong's, but now he found that his brain was not enough.
"No money? Then...?"
Li Jinglong smiled and said, "After the battle, let's settle it! We are all our own, you can't lose me!"
"Aren't you afraid..." Xu Huizu pondered for a moment, "Someone will make a fuss about these things and the censor will impeach you in the future?"
"Who knows if you don't tell me?" Li Jinglong just smiled, "I'm kindly helping you, but you want to sell me later. Are you embarrassed?" After saying that, he paused and took a sip from the tea cup. "Besides, this matter
If you want it, I will tell Long Live Lord!"
After saying that, he gave Xu Huizu a look.
The latter fell into deep thought again. Judging from Li Jinglong's demeanor, it seemed that the emperor knew and tacitly allowed Li Jinglong to do this.
So what is the emperor's intention?
Seeing him like this, Li Jinglong thought to himself, "You are lucky to be a soldier. If you were the accountant, you would have messed up the business!"
The emperor's intention was actually very simple.
Turn the use of troops against Burma and even other vassal states in the future into a pattern of robbery by the Ming royal family and private business groups. If you conquer it, it will be the territory of the Ming Empire. If you cannot conquer it, it is because of your own incompetence and nothing to do with the court.
Moreover, the imperial court minimized the cost of using troops and maximized the benefits.