Fan Yongdou didn't know how many times he had fainted. But no matter how dizzy he was, he would soon be woken up by the cold well water.
He didn't know how many times he had repeated his answer, but the guards in uniform kept asking again and again. If there was even the slightest deviation from the previous answer, a younger member of the Fan family would have his throat cut.
There was no torture, Jin Yiwei just killed the young people of the Fan family one by one in front of Fan Yongdou.
Although Lu Xiao doesn't understand psychology, he still understands some basic human nature as a human being. If you want to destroy a person's will, you must hurt the thing he cares about most.
Fan Yongdou is a ruthless man, as you can tell from the fact that he risked his life to collaborate with the enemy and treason. This guy is determined and will definitely not give in easily. But he still has something he cares about. What Fan Yongdou cares about most is this family.
He tried his best to build an enduring business dynasty. But now, the future of this dynasty is being cleared up bit by bit by Lu Xiao.
Destroying the Fan family is inevitable. However, Lu Xiao has no intention of completely exterminating the Fan family yet. He still needs to use the Fan family's name to gain more benefits.
"Old Sun, how long have you been the housekeeper for the Fan family?"
"Sir, it has been twenty years."
"It's been twenty years, so you must know the Fan family's business very well?"
"Sir, I know a little bit about all the Fan family's business."
"Then do you think, if I need a face to temporarily replace the Fan family, which one of the following is more suitable?" Lao Sun glanced sideways at Lu Xiao and quickly understood what Lu Xiao meant.
"Sir, there is no need for them. I have been the steward of the Fan family for twenty years, and this face is more useful than anyone else in the Fan family. If anything happens, as long as I come forward, I can replace Fan Yongdou."
Lu Xiao chuckled. This old grandson is not a good person. The implication is that everyone in the old club is useless and should be killed immediately. He is probably afraid of causing trouble and being retaliated against.
"Okay, please prove it to me first. Although this batch of food and grass can meet the temporary supply, it is still far from enough according to my needs. I need you to use the name of the Fan family to get me more food and grass.
Come here. Take as many as you want."
"It's my lord, this matter is left to the old man."
"Well, there is one more thing you need to remember. My Fan family has a large business, and the capital turnover is a little slow. So..."
A sudden thought occurred in Lao Sun's mind. This was obviously taking advantage of the Fan family's last prestige before the news of the Fan family's destruction spread.
The Fan family is about to die, and they are still being used by the commander of the Jin Yiwei. It is really murderous and heartbreaking. But by then, the person who is heartbroken may not even have a heart anymore.
It took a day and a night, but not even the belongings of Fanjiabao's house were completely counted. This shows how amazing the accumulated wealth of the entire Fan family is.
Just as Lu Xiao was checking the harvest, Ding Baiying walked in.
"How about it? Is this money enough?"
"It's far from it. And if we want to train a fully productive army, money alone is completely not enough. What we really need are supplies. Food, ordnance, war horses, and people."
"That's why you asked the housekeeper to prepare food and grass in the name of the Fan family? We have money now, why don't we buy it directly in the name of the court?"
"In the name of the imperial court? I'm afraid it won't work. It's very sad to say that. If you go to the south to prepare food and grass in the name of the imperial court, you probably won't be able to get much. Most of the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan belong to the clans of the princes in the court.
But the army we are preparing to build is in the name of the emperor. This is a huge threat to the courtiers. Therefore, the more we do it in the name of the court, the less we will be able to get food."
"...What is going on in this world?" Ding Baiying didn't quite understand the game involved.
"What's wrong, this is an inevitable scene at the end of a dynasty. Whether it is the princes in the court or the current emperor, they all know the root of the problem. But some contradictions are bound to exist. It is impossible to solve them no matter what.
's open.
As long as everyone in the court gives up their personal interests and puts the country first. As long as the emperor can abandon doubt and completely trust the ministers in the court. With the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, there is definitely a chance of a comeback. But in fact
What? It’s simply impossible.”
Imperial power and ministerial power, landlords and peasants, these are the eternal contradictions of the feudal dynasty. And as long as we are still in the feudal dynasty, these two contradictions are impossible to resolve. Unless someone spends several generations, bit by bit
It's red here...
It can be seen from this that when our party was able to achieve success, it really hit the weak points of the old era perfectly and completely ended that era from the root.
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In the camp, a group of young adults are building a camp in full swing. They all know that these things are for their own use, so they are extra assured. Moreover, there are two meals a day, one of which is meaty. This kind of treatment is
These refugees, who were originally on the verge of life and death, could not imagine it.
In fact, some of them have served as soldiers. But these people now have no idea what is going on. Is this what soldiers should do? Have meat to eat every day? That is a treatment that only the personal guards of generals are eligible to enjoy.
How could the big-headed soldiers below be treated like this?
As the camp gradually took shape, something even more outrageous happened. Two meals a day became three meals a day. What followed was endless training.
Lu Xiao did not directly let them undergo high-intensity training at the beginning. This was because these people had been hungry for too long and their bones were a little weak. Therefore, they rested for a while before officially starting training.
He has in his hands all the military training manuals of Qi Jiguang. At the same time, Lu Xiao also has various messy information from later generations as supplements. For military training, at least in theory, it is enough.
The most important thing in an army is discipline. Extremely strict discipline can cultivate a special kind of obedience.
And this kind of obedience needs to be cultivated from all the details in life. As small as eating and drinking water (I have never joined the army, but I have seen it on TV, the ceramic jars on the army tables are all visited uniformly),
Go to the toilet, sleep, and even give orders such as queueing, charging, retreating, etc.
Lu Xiao had no intention of cultivating a super army with lofty ideals and self-esteem like our party in later generations. In this era, it is simply unrealistic for these illiterate refugees. He also did not have enough time to fully think about it.
moral education.
What he wants is a professional army that is rational, cold-blooded and highly obedient.
