Chapter 247: In State Monopoly Capitalism Mao Gui, the general manager of Mengcheng, is upright and bold, but he is also thoughtful.
Otherwise, he would not have been regarded as his right-hand man by Zhizhi Zhima Li, and would have personally helped him become the general manager.
Almost instantly, he guessed that the messenger had bad intentions.
In fact, no one in the room reacted too slowly.
After thinking about it for a moment, they understood why the southern red scarf envoys came, and they all spoke to dissuade them: "No, you must be cautious in this matter.
Those guys in the south Although they belong to the same Red Turban lineage as us, they are a group of short-sighted people.
If you sell firearms to them, they may end up in someone's hands."
"General Manager, please think twice.
Mr.
Xu has just conquered two counties and became the emperor in a hurry.
He abandoned the agreement before the red scarf raised an army and ignored it.
If the firearms get into his hands, who knows whether he will turn around and attack us." " "Yes, Chief Manager, please think twice.
Peng Yingyu and Xiang Pusheng entered Hangzhou in July this year, but were kicked out by Dong Tuanxiao within half a month.
Then they were beaten and thrown away all the way from Huzhou.
When they reached Huizhou, they stopped wherever they occupied.
The retention period rarely exceeds ten days.
The fine gold, silver and food and baggage are kept as long as they can, and the general manager sells the artillery to the people along the way in case they find it heavy when retreating.
But I don’t know who will get the advantage.”
Among them, the most anxious ones were Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou.
They had an agreement with Zhu Bayi that when the situation on Yangzhou Road stabilized, they would take their respective subordinates to Jiangnan to attack the city and seize territory.
If I meet Peng Yingyu, Xiang Pusheng and others in the future, they may not be as easy to talk to as Zhu Bayi.
And when the opponent has one more magical weapon in his hand, he will naturally become stronger.
Even if its full power cannot be used in field battles, swinging a dozen cannons at the top of the city during defense can make it twice as difficult for the opponent to break the city.
Therefore, without waiting for Zhu Ba11 to express his position, the two of them rushed to say, "General manager, please do not hand over the weapons of the country to the enemy just to understand the urgent need.
The general is willing to lead the troops to set off tomorrow, fight across the Yangtze River, and All grains from Zhenjiang, Jurong and other places are shipped back to the general manager."
"The last general is willing to serve as the vanguard of the general manager's account.
He immediately crossed the river and marched to Jiangning City.
The dog officials who forced Meng Yuan to offer food to redeem the city.
Those dog officials don't know what is true on our side, and they will never dare to refuse easily."
To say a thousand, to say a thousand, none of the people here are optimistic about the relationship between the northern and southern red scarf factions, and no one regards the southern red scarf faction as one of their own.
Lu Zeng felt anxious when he heard that, he coughed a few times, and then he cupped his hands and said: "My lord, please listen to what I have to say.
At present, Monk Peng has sent three of his confidants to act as envoys.
If my lord continues to avoid you, he will definitely be betrayed."
It's ridiculous to be a little kid.
Besides, my lord hasn't asked about their purpose of coming.
How do you know that they must be here for firearms?
If it's just to strengthen the relationship between the two families, I'm talking about it here, and I'm not bothering myself."
"Master Lu is talking nonsense again."
Everyone didn't respect him as much as they did Zhu Bayi.
After hearing this, he immediately retorted angrily: "It's not for firearms, why did they come?"
"Could they have good intentions and know that the Huai'an army is short of food, so they eagerly send food?"
"Anyway, they can't take away the extra food.
They have to distribute it all to the people.
If it is shipped to us, no matter what it is exchanged for, it will be a huge advantage."
"If you get it cheaply, you won't cherish it.
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Food is like this, and firearms will be the same in the future."
In the blink of an eye, the temporary meeting hall turned into a mess again.
Zhu Bayi felt very irritable after hearing this, frowned, looked at Xu Hongsan again, and asked loudly: "How long have the three of them been here?
Did they come by boat, or did they come on horseback, and did they bring other people with them?
" Xu Hongsan's face turned red when asked, he lowered his head and responded cautiously: "They should have come by boat, but we will send people to check exactly how many people they brought.
Forgive me, the governor, but the dock in Yangzhou City was destroyed by fire."
"The ships arriving in Yangzhou in the past few days have been parked randomly along the canal.
It was the general's negligence that allowed them to sneak in."
"I don't blame you for this.
I didn't expect the situation to be so chaotic."
Zhu Bayi waved his hand and responded with a smile.
"The water in the canal is slow.
Even if the docks of Yangzhou City are not burned down.
They find a random place to park their boats outside the city, and then mix with the refugees and walk into the city.
You may not be able to distinguish them one by one."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something.
He smiled and ordered in a low voice: "You take my command arrow later and go to the canal to find Zhu Qiang.
Ask him to go back to the boat gang immediately and invite deputy gang leader Chang over.
I have something important to do.
I would like to ask Deputy Gang Leader Chang to take action.”
"Yes" Xu Hongsan raised his hand and loudly accepted the order.
"This matter is not urgent.
You go and invite the three envoys in first.
Just say that Zhu is not feeling well and cannot go out to greet them.
Please forgive me for any neglect."
Zhu Bayi thought for a while and continued to give instructions. .
Although the voice was not loud, the noise in the conference hall immediately stopped.
Everyone turned their gazes to him, their eyes filled with either relief, disappointment, or worry and anger.
"As long as they are still fighting Dayuan and not harming the people wantonly, Zhu will still regard them as his own."
Zhu Bayi had long expected that everyone would not be satisfied with this decision, and did not want to appease them one by one.
He cleared his throat and slowly raised his voice, "As for him doing the emperor's business behind closed doors, Zhu has no control over him and doesn't care.
Anyway, Zhu will not obey any emperor's edicts.
If he is sensible, it would be best Don’t come and give any imperial edict to Zhu.”
"The general manager's words make sense."
Whether they were attracted to Liu Futong or disliked Xu Shouhui, they all changed their words when they saw that Zhu Bayi had made up his mind.
"It is actually not very difficult to imitate the four-pound cannon."
Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, Zhu Bayi sighed and continued, "We can guard against the Southern Red Turbans, but we cannot guard against the Meng Yuan court in the north. .
As for the power of the four-pound cannon, everyone has seen it in recent days.
It is not as powerful as previously thought.
At critical moments, it depends on luck.
If we raise the funds properly and the soldiers use their lives, if we always want to win the battle with one or two unique weapons, I am afraid that our future will end here. , Others will not let us take advantage of this new trick forever.
Even if we cannot imitate firearms, we will still find ways to effectively suppress them."
These words can be said to be from the bottom of my heart.
Everyone couldn't help but weigh it carefully.
In fact, in recent battles, the limitations of firearms, especially the four-pound cannon, have been increasingly exposed.
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Dispersed formations, rapid advance tactics, and bad weather will all have a great impact on the power of artillery.
Especially the last one.
If the Luzhou prefect had not secretly defected a few days ago and let everyone catch the Qing Army off guard, the Huai'an Army might not be able to defeat the opponent in a rainy day.
At least, Zhang Mingjian would not be able to break through.
No chance
While he was thinking about it, Xu Hongsan had already led Zhao Pusheng and others in.
But they were three strong men, each of them carrying a heroic aura that could only be seen by veterans of hundreds of battles.
When everyone saw it, they immediately cheered in their hearts, and the distance between them instantly decreased a lot.
Zhao Pusheng, Chen Youliang and Ding Pulang were also very alert.
They glanced roughly at the meeting hall and immediately recognized that Zhu Bayi was facing them in front of the desk.
Then they stopped at the same time.
Standing in awe with clasped fists, they said in unison: "The young red scarf generals Zhao Pusheng, Chen Youliang, and Ding Pulang paid homage to General Manager Zhu.
I wish General Manager Zhu a long-lasting military fortune and victory in every battle."
After saying that, he took another half step back and bowed to the ground with the courtesy of a junior.
Seeing that he never mentioned the distinction between the Northern and Southern Red Turbans and the Maitreya Religion, Zhu Bayi felt much more comfortable.
He quickly took a few steps forward and pulled the three of them up one by one.
"Why are the three generals so polite?
You and I are both members of the Red Scarf Army.
When we meet for the first time, we can meet each other with military salutes.
Don't make it so troublesome."
After that, he held Zhao Pusheng's arm with his hand, pulled him to Mao Gui and others, and introduced him one by one, "Come, come, come, let Zhu introduce the three colleagues here.
This is Mao from Mengcheng."
General Manager, this is General Zhu from General Manager Guo of Haozhou, this is" Zhao Pusheng, Chen Youliang, and Ding Pulang quickly saluted everyone one by one, and everyone returned the courtesy as an equal.
Coming and going is so cumbersome.
After everyone became familiar with each other, Zhu Bayi ordered people to bring a dozen stools and seat the guests and host for tea.
Then, he took a breath and said with a smile: "Yangzhou City was burned down by Zhang Mingjian, the thief.
In a hurry, Zhu couldn't bring out any good tea to entertain the distinguished guests.
The three of them came from afar, so let's just casually Let’s have a drink to relieve our fatigue.”
After that, he picked up the tea cup and drank it all.
According to the way of drinking tea, this is a very obvious disrespect.
But Zhao Pusheng felt so happy.
He also imitated Zhu Ba11 and drank the hot tea in one go.
Then he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and responded loudly: "Good tea.
This is the best tea soup I have ever tasted in my life.
The taste of the Dalong Tuan that I snatched from Prince Weishun's Mansion last time is far inferior to this."
"The key is who you drink with," Chen Youliang put down the teacup and responded with a smile, "Don't laugh at the Chief.
The three generals are all martial artists and admire the ability of the Chief, so they can beg for a bowl of boiled water in front of the Chief.
Think of it as fine wine.
As for this dumpling and that bud, we can drink it hot when we have the money and leisure.
It would be better to drink human blood with a knife."
"That's right.
Brother Zhao and General Chen are right."
Ding Pulang smiled and nodded vigorously, "How can three generals tell the quality of tea soup and ask for a bowl of water in front of the chief manager?
, which is a very honorable thing.
As for ordinary times, drinking the blood of the thief is the most exciting thing."
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"It's a good saying to drink blood with the blade of a knife, and drink victory."
Among the dozen or so people present, more than half were martial artists.
Unexpectedly, the three envoys were so heroic.
After being stunned for a moment, they all laughed, raised the hot tea to their mouths, and drank it in one gulp.
A hot feeling instantly went from the throat to the bottom of the lower abdomen, making everyone's heart feel like it was on fire, warm, hot, and heroic: