"The battle is hard to fight!" Li Xiao put down the battle report in his hand. In the end, only five of the sixty-strong commando team survived.

Although not many people died, in terms of battle damage ratio, it was definitely a disastrous defeat. Such a battle loss ratio was only experienced by Mr. Ao when he faced the desperate Xianglan Banner.

"Those child soldiers in the Marine Corps are here to fight. If I, Old Ao, go there, I will definitely give you a good beating." Ao Canghai chewed fennel beans and took a sip of old yellow rice wine. He didn't know why, but this guy

Recently, I have fallen in love with old rice wine, saying that it is good for health.

"Haha! Your first division is the Army, and now it is a sea landing operation, so you might as well forget it. But as far as the Army is concerned, the situation of the war has also changed.

Look at the battle between Napoleon and Wellington at Waterloo. Napoleon won first and then lost. In the end, he had to rely on trench warfare to hold back the Allied forces.

Nie Dahu watched the entire battle as an observer. In his words, it was a meat grinder. The Prussian army and the British coalition fought a battle with the French army on the Somme River.

At the end of the day, the British army alone suffered 60,000 casualties. The commander, General Haig, was called a butcher!

The middle area of ​​the battlefield was almost filled with corpses. Barbed wire and machine guns were simply a nightmare for any army. When soldiers climbed out of the trench, they had to face a battlefield filled with bullets.

You also know that what Maxim is basically shooting now is coverage shooting. The muzzle of the gun is pointed in the sky, and the bullet shoots out in a parabola. The bullet fell from the sky, and even if you crawl on the ground, you will not be immune."

"And! What does our Liao army do? When fighting this thing, the artillery goes first. We can't see the target, and there are airships in the sky to guide us. A big artillery bombardment will go over, and the barbed wire machine gun position will be a fucking mess." Mr. Ao.

Seems quite disapproving.

"Artillery? You know the Battle of the Somme that is not over yet. The artillery fire was prepared for seven days before the battle began. Various artillery shells were counted in millions, and rockets were bombarded almost non-stop from day to night.

As for airships, don't think about it. The British have anti-aircraft guns. The prototypes were captured in India and they improved them and brought them out. The ten old-fashioned airships that Napoleon bought from us just flew over them and they didn't even have time to drop bombs.

He was beaten down by others.

That thing is so big in the sky and so slow, it's just a living target. But fortunately, the airship is full of French people and there are no sons of ours."

"What the fuck! Without the airship, this battle would be really difficult." Ao Canghai put down the wine cup in his hand and finally began to face up to the war taking place in Europe.

"How about I go to Europe tomorrow and take a closer look. If I had known it would be like this, I would have gone there myself."

"It's too late! I guess the French and allied forces will armistice soon." Li Xiao picked up a fennel bean, not to mention that it became more and more fragrant the more you chewed it.

"No fight? Why?" Ao Canghai's eyes widened.

"We can't afford to fight. The French are about to give us their trousers. I believe Napoleon's treasury is empty enough for rats! The British are not much better. We occupied Gibraltar and the British didn't even dare to fart.

First, they can’t beat us, and second, they really don’t have the money to fight us.”

"Isn't that good? Let's get rich!" Mr. Ao is vulgar now and can't hear the word money.

"They are developed now, but after the war, everyone became poor. Who will sell the things produced in our factory?" Li Xiao was very worried about the sales of industrial products in the future.

"Is this why you sold the stock in the luggage factory?" Mr. Ao is now very good at economics. A few days ago, Chitose Tokugawa just sold a luggage factory owned by Li Xiao at auction.

The tough Sister Qiao defeated countless opponents by repeatedly raising cards, and finally won the factory. Since Sister Qiao bought the factory, she has been bragging in front of Mr. Ao all day long about how much money she has earned for her family!

Mr. Ao has been wondering in the past few days why Tokugawa Chihime, with her iron-willed temperament, would buy a chicken that can only lay golden eggs.

Everyone knows that bags and bags are now sold like crazy in Ming Dynasty and overseas.

I don’t know what’s going on with women these days, but they just like bags. When young guys chase girls, they have to save half a year’s salary to buy a bag.

When I went abroad, the ladies were dying when they saw the bag. No matter how much money they paid, they would buy it!

Many foreign ladies finally had the opportunity to go to Daming. They entered the luggage store and sat down to start shopping. Not only did they buy for themselves, but they also bought them for their seven aunts and eight aunts and kissed their best friends. Anyway, as long as a woman comes to Daming,

, luggage must be a must-buy.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty luggage industry is basically under the monopoly of the Li family. There is no open-minded fight with the Li family. Sister Qiao can drive such a wedge and specially bring a heavy gift to Xie Dechuan Qianji.

Mr. Ao, who had been happy for a few days, now felt a little bad.

"The luggage factory was sold to your family. Who asked your sister Qiao to pay more? It's hard to say. However, our contract is very clear. It is impossible to sell the brand to your family.

Look, I am honest, most people will not tell you about this loophole. When your factory can no longer support it, you can buy it back to take advantage. How about it, brother." Li Xiao took advantage, and now he is ready to sell it.

"You kid, you look like a monkey if you put on your hair. You two are both monkeys. How can that stupid woman of ours be your opponent?"

But...! Hehe!" Thinking of his foresight, Master Ao couldn't help laughing.

"Master Ao! What can make you laugh like a pig? I'm so curious!" Zhang Huangyan walked in with a calm step.

"We have talented people in our division. After we were discharged from the army, we developed a backpack at home. You can put all the soldiers' quilts in it and tie a few straps horizontally and vertically to distribute the power throughout the body.

You can carry thirty or forty pounds of stuff on your back for thirty to fifty miles without getting tired. It uses the latest type of canvas, which is strong and durable.

When I sent it to the Ministry of Munitions, the blind bunch didn't recognize the goods. They even laughed at a big-headed soldier for his whims, saying that the Ministry of War didn't have the budget. I, Lao Ao, couldn't bear to see that his retired soldiers were feeling cowardly, so I bought it for a thousand silver coins.

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I just happened to buy your factory now, and the workers are all ready to produce this thing. Even if it is not used in the army, it must be no problem to sell it to Napoleon.

The French army now has more than 600,000 people, and one man per man is enough for me. Hahahahahaha!" Mr. Ao was very willing to see Zhang Huangyan defeated, and he laughed more and more unscrupulously.

"The junior officials below are so ignorant that they let good things bury the people. The junior official in the Ministry of War has been fired. In the final analysis, it is still the old ideas that are at work. They think it is good to let the soldiers carry backpacks. Why spend more money?

, buy something like a rucksack for every soldier.

A backpack costs two silver dollars, which is enough to buy several hundred kilograms of rice. I'm so angry! I'm here to apologize to Master Ao." After listening to Master Ao's words, Zhang Huangyan knew that he was taking the opportunity to attack Li Xiao.

Complain in front of others.

But there was no way, the patent rights had fallen into the tiger's mouth. It would be difficult to extract the teeth now. In desperation, Zhang Huangyan had no choice but to come to Li Xiao. With his old poisonous eyes, how could he not see the impact this thing would have on the march of the troops?

convenience.

"Two silver dollars for a backpack is actually not expensive. You have to know that there are supporting steel bars inside the backpack. This kind of steel bar is specially forged to make it strong but light.

There is also the canvas used to sew the backpack, which is also a newly developed product. The cost of the thing itself is at least one silver coin, plus various costs such as labor and transportation, in fact, Ao Ye does not make much profit.

We must respect the work of veterans, Mr. Ao! How about you give 10% of the profits to that veteran, and the Ministry of War will start placing orders this year to gradually equip the entire army with this kind of backpack?"

This is a little different from what Zhang Huangyan thought. What Zhang Huangyan thought was that Li Xiao used his authority to snatch the patent. Unexpectedly, Li Xiao directly gave the order to Mr. Ao, and also gave the lucky veteran 10% of the order.

income.

"Of course he will share the good things that his soldiers have figured out. We are not like some people who always want to use force to plunder.

Fortunately, I, Lao Ao, bought this patent right. If it were still in the hands of the big-head soldier, I'm afraid it would have been bought out with hundreds of silver dollars." Mr. Ao snorted and looked at Zhang Huangyan sideways.

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These days, anyone who can get into the Ministry of War is not a human being. Even a petty official can see the profits involved. They reject veterans just to buy the patent rights for hundreds of silver coins.

For a veteran who has just retired from the army, three to five hundred silver coins is definitely a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, the veteran actually found Mr. Ao. The patent rights were bought by Mr. Ao. How dare these petty officials offend this giant Buddha. They could only use the excuse of cost, and Li Xiao guessed it just by looking at Zhang Huangyan's face, which looked like he was constipated.

The joints inside.

"Those are all old and experienced officials, and their careers as officials have been exhausted. The oldest one is a member of the Communist Party of China. Now he has been expelled from the Ministry of War and will never be used again." Seeing Li Xiao's eyes, Zhang Huangyan said

Knowing that this matter needs to be explained to Master Ao and Li Xiao.

"It's right for people like this to never be employed! In recent years, the salary of officials has increased more than ten times. On average, the salary of officials can be considered to be above the middle level of the average income.

Think about the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, how much rice and grain could a Yuanwai Lang buy with his salary. Emperors with more evil deeds also paid their salaries with treasure notes like white slips.

Officials in those days were not greedy, and it was really impossible to survive on wages.

But things are different now. One month's salary as an official can not only support the family, but also have some savings. After saving for a few years, it is not difficult to buy a house or land.

When the salary was meager, it was understandable that officials were greedy. But now that the salary is so high, it is an unforgivable crime for them to be greedy.

Mr. Zhang, I am going to go find Mr. Sun in a few days. Now that the war is over, it is time to rectify the internal affairs of the country."

Although Li Xiao just said a word, Zhang Huangyan could hear the bloodshed from it.

In the past few years, local officials were forced to mostly use former Donglin Party officials. There was nothing that could be done about it. As long as the people were educated and literate, they basically had some connection with the Donglin Party in one way or another.

After all, in those days, if you wanted to study and be literate, you had to attend a private school. When you were older, you entered an academy to study. At that time, the academies were basically controlled by the Donglin Party.

The officials of the Donglin Party basically adopted a strategy of non-violence and non-cooperation towards the imperial court. The policies formulated by the imperial court had to be changed when they came to them. As the saying goes, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

For a period of time, the imperial decrees did not work in many remote places. They knew in their hearts that if they wanted to rule the world, they had to rely on them. If they had the ability, they would fire them all.

The situation has undergone some changes in the past two years, that is, a large number of retired military officers have filled local official positions. These people are the most loyal to Li Xiao. As soon as they took office, they were in conflict with the original officials.

Dry.

Nowadays, internal strife in the local area is very serious. As long as the officers want to do something, those in the Donglin Party will try their best to stop and destroy it.

This kind of thing happens not only locally, but also in the capital city.

When fighting in the past, the Liao army needed a stable rear. Now that there is no war, it is time to deal with this group of people.

"The main charter is that the Ministry of Supervision will take the lead and work with Dali Temple to examine corrupt officials. As long as the evidence is conclusive, they will not be tolerated in accordance with national laws.

Of course, to use thunderbolt methods, you must also have a Bodhisattva heart. We are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the crime is not extremely heinous, we must be careful to kill. If a person's head falls off, it will never grow back."

With Li Xiao's last two words, Zhang Huangyan finally felt relieved.

The meaning is obvious. Most of those who are non-violent and non-cooperative will be driven home. Their positions will be filled by officers who have transferred from the army. There are also some petty officials or clerks who have just graduated.

Responsible for.

Only those guys who want to be taken out and made to look like babies will be taken to the market entrance and "clicked" with a knife to become the chickens that scare the monkeys.

In the past, Li Xiao focused on military power and government affairs at local and imperial levels. He had neither time nor inclination to take care of them. Now that the Ming Dynasty is no longer prepared to fight, Li Xiao has focused his attention on government affairs.

As a result, civil servants were in trouble.

What a sophisticated calculation. Today's move was started three years ago. First, the guard system passed down from the Hongwu period was abolished, the military households of the Ming Dynasty were completely abolished, and military households were turned into ordinary people.

From then on, apart from the Liao Army system, there were no other local military organizations, even paramilitary organizations.

Then they began to streamline the army and placed a large number of military cadres in local political authorities. At the same time, a large number of young people who graduated from schools were promoted.

After three years of assessment, the Supervision Department must have mastered a large number of qualified talents. Now everything is ready, all it needs is the east wind.

When the wind blows like Master Ao, the last stronghold of the Ming Dynasty's scholar-bureaucrats will be destroyed as if it were dry and dry.
Chapter completed!