"If the Rakshasa people dare to invade our Ming Dynasty, prepare to bury their bones in the grassland." Mangui said fiercely and began to eat the mutton in the hot pot.

I just made a lot of mutton slices, now it’s time to cook them.

"Brother Xiao, why are the Rakshasa people so powerful all of a sudden? The French bought us so many arms, but we were defeated by them." After taking two bites of mutton, Man Gui asked in surprise.

"Do you still remember that year when Huang Taiji led his troops to attack Juehua Island? At that time, our guns couldn't fire, but the Japanese firecrackers could.

The reason is that the weapons of the Japanese have large tolerances. The French are in a similar situation to us. The weather in Moscow is colder than on Juehua Island.

Many of the French weapons were inoperable, and the Russian Cossack cavalry killed many of them like they were chopping melons and vegetables. When the guns failed to fire, sabers were more useful than guns."

"Then will our weapons...!" After hearing Li Xiao's explanation, Man Gui immediately became nervous. His defense areas were all in the north, and it would be a fatal matter if the weapons could not fire.

"Keep it in your heart that what we sold to the French is what we seized in India. Our weapons can be used over there in Heilongjiang without any problem!"

The French lost the battle, and the more important problem is their military uniforms." Man Ye took a sip of wine and said nonchalantly.

"Show off what you can do again!" Man Gui choked angrily.

"This is just a show off. I, Lao Ao, carefully read the information that was sent back. The buttons on the French military uniforms are all made of tin, and they look shiny and beautiful.

But when we arrived in Moscow and were frozen by the cold wind, we were all fucking broken. Who the hell could stand it with open arms in the ice and snow? According to intelligence, more than 60% of the 600,000 French people froze to death.

Only more than 30,000 people managed to escape back to France. The French have suffered a serious loss this time and will never be able to be rampant again."

"I asked my second brother to contact Napoleon's secret envoy. As long as he exchanges the remaining shares of the Suez Canal, I will give him a hand." Li Xiao ate a large piece of mutton and took a sip of wine.

"Napoleon is finished. Even if we blacklist all the remaining shares, the French will not dare to say no. Why are you doing this!"

"Reputation! Countries still have to have some face with each other, and take advantage of Napoleon's current crisis to dig out the remaining shares of the Suez Canal. At most other countries say that we are taking advantage of others' danger, and for the sake of real benefits,

I will take advantage of others' danger.

But blacklisting other people’s shares without even mentioning it will cause great damage to our reputation. Who will dare to do business with us in the future?

Furthermore, if there were no Napoleon in France, Britain would be the only country in Europe. You all know our relationship with Britain. Once Britain calms down, it will definitely want to take revenge.

It's better to let the French keep them in check and let us live peacefully at home.

Who is willing to fight those yellow-haired ghosts to the death, the right way is to live a prosperous life. This time our Ming Dynasty abolished 400,000 troops in order to save military expenses and use the excess money for construction.

Shandong, Liaodong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi have done well in construction in recent years. However, places like Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Qinghai are still very poor.

Building roads, repairing bridges, setting up schools, setting up factories, all these things require money.

Man Ye has been stationed in the Ili Valley for a long time, and he should know that the biggest difficulty in stationing in the Western Region is actually the supply of food and fodder.

Sending so many land reclamation divisions to the Western Regions at one time also requires an investment of money! There is money everywhere!

Ai Husheng told me two days ago that the money from his place comes like a flood and goes out like a river bursting its banks! The Ministry of Household's money can't be saved at all!"

"Haha! Brother Xiao, you have nothing to say about fighting. But do you know what we brothers admire most about you?

Make money!

Our buddies really admire your ability to find money.

People say that we have military power in our hands. Will we have the intention of killing you and replacing you?

When I heard someone say this, I just sneered in my heart.

It's no big deal to set up such a big stand as the Liao army, but to feed these hundreds of thousands of people is a matter of knowledge. It's no problem for me, Lao Ao, to charge into the battle and fight to the death, but we really can't feed this army.

Either the army is led astray, and all it does is robbing families and homes to get money. Or it can't afford it, and the soldiers mutiny because they can't get pay.

Now, it is even more difficult to make a living.

Military uniforms, quilts, weapons, ammunition, military pay, barracks...! These things all had to rely on the financial support of the Ming Dynasty.

Behind this are countless factories and places like research institutes.

Our soldiers eat dry food, canned food, and hot food in the trenches, weather permitting. But if you look at the people who are facing us, the Indians and Ottomans are barely eating dirt.

Not to mention that the guys we have are beyond their wildest dreams. On the surface, the Liao army went out to fight, but in fact it was the entire Ming Dynasty fighting against the enemy.

With the support of strong national power, the Ming army is invincible. If you want to defeat our Ming army, the national power must be stronger than ours."

Li Xiao looked at Ao Canghai in surprise. When did this bastard become so knowledgeable? According to his theory, the term comprehensive national strength was about to be born.

"I don't know so many stories. I only know that without Brother Xiao, I would have died in the prison of Liaoyang Mansion. I will remember my kindness all my life. I will remember it all my life.

The good days these years have been given by Brother Xiao. In this life, I will follow Brother Xiao when I am alive. When I die! I close my eyes and kick my legs, and I don’t even know what to do." Man Gui ate the mutton with big mouthfuls.

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"Brother Xiao, I heard that the Fourth Brother broke King Song's leg." Ao Canghai suddenly looked at Li Xiao with a sly look.

"Hmm! What's wrong? That bastard is so arrogant. If I were here, my bones would be cold." Li Xiao took a sip of wine.

"Then do you want to...! Hehe...!" Ao Canghai looked at Li Xiao while holding the wine glass.

"What are you thinking about?"

"He wants to ask you if you want to be the emperor. If you want to be the emperor, the King of Song Dynasty will burp his farts tomorrow. All other kings will also burp their farts.

I think it's good for you to be the emperor, but in fact you are no different from the emperor now. Although Mr. Sun takes care of things, you still have to make the decision when it comes to big things.

Our Liao army is all looking forward to it. When will you ascend the throne and become the emperor, we Qiu Ba will be lucky." Mangui took a big spoonful of sesame paste into his bowl, and mixed it in while looking at Li Xiao.
Chapter completed!