Chapter 29 She wants to recruit private soldiers
"How many of these weapons does the princess possess?"
When Yue Fei asked about the quantity, the smile on Zhao Yingluo's face disappeared instantly, "The production process of fire blunderbuss is complicated. This one took six months from design to production. If the general wants to ration the army on a large scale, it may be very difficult." Difficulty."
"pity……"
"But general, don't be disappointed. If the manufacturing technology matures, more than a thousand of them can be made within a year. This one will be given to the general in case of emergency."
After hearing this, Yue Fei happily took the firecracker and decided to give it a shot, but he seemed to overestimate himself. After the second pig was released, he fired three shots in a row. , the pig is still alive and kicking.
Zhao Yingluo had no choice but to teach him in detail how to load lead bullets, how to aim, and how to judge the flight trajectory of the projectiles based on the wind direction.
After several twists and turns, Yue Fei finally hit the pig with his second shot, feeling a little excited.
"The princess gives such a precious gift, which makes the general feel a little ashamed."
"The general kills the enemy for the country, and he deserves it. In addition to coming to the military camp to see it, I also have something to ask the general."
"The princess said it's okay."
"There are a lot of people talking here, so let's talk in the room."
Seeing Zhao Yingluo being so solemn, Yue Feixuan welcomed her into the camp again and dismissed the servants, "There are no more six ears here. Please ask, Princess."
Zhao Yingluo raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I want to recruit private soldiers. I wonder if the general has any good ideas?"
Yue Fei was shocked!He never expected that the princess would actually ask for advice on recruiting private soldiers. "According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, privately recruiting soldiers is a serious crime!"
"Of course I know, that's why I asked the general for advice."
Yue Fei became suspicious. Now that General Zong has hundreds of thousands of troops, the princess wants to recruit more private soldiers. Is there any rebellion? As if she had seen through Yue Fei's doubts, Zhao Yingluo said calmly, "Now I am sitting on millions of wealth. If I don't recruit private soldiers, once the Jin attacks Tokyo, these properties will be turned into ashes. So. I want to recruit private soldiers, one is to protect the family, and the other is to defend the country."
After listening to Zhao Yingluo's explanation, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Yue Fei's face. He was confused. The old general was loyal and patriotic, so how could he rebel? "If the princess wants to recruit private soldiers, she has two ways. The first is to recruit and pacify the grass bandits in Hebei. After the fall of Hebei, the Hebei Rebels and the Hebei grass bandits were mixed together. If the grass bandits can be recruited, the Hebei Rebels can deal with them with all their strength. Jin people. Secondly, if the princess has merit in recruiting the grass bandits, how can she be punished? But the first one has its advantages and disadvantages."
"Appreciate further details."
"The advantage is that it is easy to form combat power. Although the overall combat power of the grass bandits and their ilk is not as good as that of the regular army of the imperial court, they still live a life of licking blood on the edge of a knife, so their combat power cannot be underestimated."
"What about the disadvantages?"
"Grass bandits gather for profit. If there is no profit, it will be difficult to control."
Zhao Yingluo secretly praised her. His explanation was similar to what she had in mind. It seemed that she had found the right one for Yue Fei, "Where's the second one?"
Yue Fei paused for a moment and said thoughtfully, "The second one is to recruit soldiers from the farmers controlled by the princess or from the refugees. Of course, they can be called the farm security team to the outside world."
Zhao Yingluo followed his words and said, "The advantage is that he is trained from the beginning and he is more loyal to me. The disadvantage is that it takes a long time to form combat power. Am I right?"
"The princess is extremely intelligent, I will admire you."
"The general is too flattering. After listening to the general's words, I suddenly became enlightened. I will say goodbye today. I will invite the general to the house as a guest someday."
After achieving her goal, Zhao Yingluo was about to say goodbye when two boys broke into the room unexpectedly. The older one was eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one was three or four years old.
The two of them ran in one after another and did not notice Zhao Yingluo who was about to go out. The big one was lucky. When Kankan was about to hit her, he dodged and dodged. However, due to his unstable center of gravity, the collision Turned over some tables and chairs nearby.
The younger one hit Zhao Yingluo directly and was about to fall backwards due to the rebound. Zhao Yingluo reached out and fished it out when the back of his head was about to touch the floor, and then picked him little baby was frightened and burst into tears.
Seeing this, Yue Fei hurriedly reached out to take it, hugged and coaxed it for a few times, and the baby's crying gradually stopped.
"These two children are..."
Yue Fei said apologetically while coaxing the baby, "They are the two sons of the general. The eldest is named Yue Yun and the younger is named Yue Lei. They just bumped into the princess and deserve death!"
After he apologized, he turned around and yelled at Yue Yun, "You have caused such a big disaster, why don't you come over and kowtow to the princess for forgiveness."
Yue Yun knelt down with some reluctance and muttered, "I didn't bump into her intentionally."
Seeing that he still didn't admit his mistake, Yue Fei raised his voice a little higher and said, "Sir, you still dare to talk back?"
It didn't matter that he yelled, it frightened Yue Lei and started crying loudly. This howl made Yue Fei panic.
Seeing this, Zhao Yingluo reached into her armhole, took out a White Rabbit toffee from her desk drawer in another dimension, and waved it in front of him with a smile.
"Good boy, little Leilei, what is this?"
The three-year-old child was very curious. When he saw the toffee in Zhao Yingluo's hand, he immediately stopped crying, "This... this... what is this?"
"This one is called milk candy. It's so sweet."
As Zhao Yingluo said this, she removed the paper packaging of the toffee and placed it in his fleshy hand.
Before Yue Fei could stop him, Yue Lei stuffed it into his mouth. After taking two bites, his eyes lit up, "This candy is so delicious!"
"It's delicious! I can give you another one, but we have to make a promise. You are a little man now, and you can't cry casually in the future."
Xiao Yuelei nodded in understanding. He had a chubby face, which was really cute.
But Yue Yun was different. Although he was only 12 years old, he was almost as tall as her, and his precocious face had experienced a lot of weathering.
He had been in the military camp with his father for a long time, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot.
"Is the eldest lady also in the army? Why don't you see the eldest lady?" Zhao Yingluo asked curiously.
Seeing her mentioning his wife, Yue Fei sighed, "I have been fighting in the field all year round. Mrs. Liu couldn't bear the loneliness and remarried."
Zhao Yingluo was embarrassed. After he said this, she remembered that in later TV series, Yue Fei's original wife did remarry, to a general under Han Shizhong.
Later, Han Shizhong planned to return the Liu family, but Yue Fei refused, and then he met his second wife.
Judging from the current plot, Yue Fei should not have met the smart, virtuous, courageous and knowledgeable Li Wa yet.
"Excuse me for being offended, but I don't know General..."
Yue Fei waved his hand, "No problem!"
After teasing Xiao Yuelei for a while, Zhao Yingluo left, returned to the mansion and started preparing to recruit private soldiers.
Since recruiting private soldiers from farmers and recruiting bandits have their own pros and cons, why not do both?Recruit grass bandits to strengthen your own strength, and recruit private soldiers to cultivate loyalty.
(End of this chapter)