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Chapter 208 Mirror

Since the cannon is so powerful, Bai Shu naturally arranged for people to make more as soon as possible.

But when he raised this question at the regular meeting, Yang Xiao and the others frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Zhu asked.

"Master, at present..."

Yang Xiao smiled bitterly: "The balance in our account is not much."

"how come?"

Bai Shu wondered: "I remember that there was still a lot of money left in the account a few days ago, why did it suddenly disappear?"

"The Hierarch doesn't know something,"

Peng Yingyu explained: "Because many soldiers were injured when our army fought against Zhang Shicheng a few days ago, a lot of pensions have been temporarily increased."

As he said that, he paused for a moment and hesitated: "Master, I know that the reason why you give the soldiers so much pension is to cherish the soldiers, but...the pension is really too much."

Before they went down to Bright Peak, the number of rebels under Mingjiao was only about [-], but now, because of Baishu’s increase in disability and death pensions, countless people came here attracted by it. In just one year, the number of rebels under Mingjiao It has directly exceeded [-].

"Yes, leader, I have always wanted to say that if we continue to maintain the current level of pensions, our accounts will look very bad."

Yang Xiao also expressed his opinion tactfully.

Seeing that both Yang Xiao and Peng Yingyu objected, Bai Shu couldn't help hesitating.

But after thinking for a while, he still shook his head and said, "The level of pensions cannot be lowered. After all, we have the strictest management over soldiers. If the pensions are lowered, the soldiers will complain, which is not conducive to management."

As far as the current anti-Yuan forces are concerned, there are Liu Futong's White Lotus Sect in the north, Xu Shouhui in the west, Zhang Shicheng in the southeast, and Fang Guozhen and other warlords in the sea. They don't pay much for the army.

But Baishu alone has always insisted on a high pension policy.

Of course, Bai Shu also stated in advance that if he wants to get a pension, he must accept his own strict management.

For example, it is now a rule that everyone has almost agreed upon. After the two sides fight, the victor will basically search for money in the local area, and some will even rape the women of the people and condone the soldiers to burn, kill and loot.

But these are strictly prohibited here in Baishu. If the military law enforcement personnel finds out that someone has not complied with the regulations, they will be expelled from the army, and they will be beheaded directly to show the public.

In addition, every word and deed of the soldiers on weekdays is subject to strict regulations set by Bai Shu. If it weren't for the temptation of his high pension, the morale of the soldiers would have been slackened long ago.

"Perhaps...we can relax some requirements for soldiers?"

Peng Yingyu tentatively said, "For example, don't we have to force them to fold all the quilts into tofu cubes?"

In fact, Peng Yingyu wanted to talk about these things a long time ago. Marching and fighting is marching and fighting. The big deal is to increase the amount of training in the usual training, but it doesn't make sense for you to ask soldiers to fold their quilts into tofu cubes on weekdays.

Bai Shu didn't explain too much, just shook his head and said, "No, no, military discipline must never be relaxed."

"But in that case, leader, we really don't have the money to make cannons."

Yang Xiao said helplessly.

"Actually... it's not that I don't have money."

Bai Shu smiled slightly.

"Ok?"

Yang Xiao's eyes lit up: "What good way did the leader think of to raise money?"

Bai Shu didn't answer right away, but asked Yan Yuan, the envoy of the Houtu Banner, and Tang Yang, the envoy of the Hongshui Banner: "Envoy Yan Zhang, envoy Tang Zhang, can you two take the mirrors you made a few days ago?" Out."

"Yes!"

Yan Yuan and Tang Yang got up and left their seats.

"Mirror?"

Hearing Bai Shu's words, everyone was amazed. They didn't understand what this mirror had to do with income.

Before they could figure out the reason, Yan Yuan and Tang Yang re-entered the hall, but each of them was holding a wooden tray, which seemed to contain something.

"Share the mirror for everyone to look at."

Bai Shu said with a smile.

Yan Yuan and Tang Yangdang distributed the items in the tray to everyone one by one.

Taking the item handed to him by Yan Yuan, Yang Xiao found that it was a well-decorated mirror. The mirror handle was made of pear wood, and the frame was made of high-quality nanmu. A faint fragrance emanated from the frame.

"This……"

Looking at the mirror in his hand, Yang Xiao couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Atractylodes macrocephala Gourd for a moment.

Before he could figure it out, Zhou Dian suddenly heard Zhou Dian yelling: "My mother!"

He looked up, and found that Zhou Dian was staring at the mirror in his hand dumbfounded, speechless.

"What happened to Zhou Dian?"

Out of curiosity, Yang Xiao and the others subconsciously turned the mirror over, and—

"This one……"

"what!"

"what is this?!"

"Hey~~!"

In an instant, there was an exclamation in the hall.

Including Yang Xiao himself, he was also shocked when he saw the mirror in his hand that almost showed him in every detail.

He is not a person who has never seen the world, and he has seen many rare and rare playthings, but he never knew that there is such a magical mirror that can reflect people so clearly in the world.

Subconsciously, he reached out to touch the mirror, wanting to touch himself in the mirror. It wasn't until his fingers touched the mirror that he felt a hard touch, and then he suddenly came to his senses.

Immediately, he suddenly thought of what Bai Shu said just now, and shouted: "Master, we no longer have to worry about running out of money to build cannons!"

Almost immediately he could imagine what a sensation it would cause when this miraculous mirror came out.

After Yang Xiao's words fell, the rest of the people in the hall immediately realized that this kind of magical mirror can definitely bring huge benefits beyond imagination to Mingjiao!
……

A month later.

Suddenly, there was a fad in Yuan Dadu, a fad about mirrors.

Whether it is common people or princes and nobles, they all know that someone brought a magical mirror from the West that can reveal the details of people.

a certain restaurant.

"When I was delivering goods to the palace yesterday, I happened to see the prince bought a full-length mirror for his concubine."

"Really? Is it the kind of mirror that can reflect people clearly?"

"That's right, you don't know, the mirror looks really beautiful!"

"I heard that the mirror can even reflect the soul of a person. Is it true?"

"We don't know about that, but when you stand in front of the mirror, you feel like looking at another you."

"Really so amazing?"

……

Listening to the description of the two people in the next room, Zhao Minxiu frowned slightly.

"Ah, ah..."

Seeing Zhao Min's displeasure, Fan Yao, who was pretending to be dumb, pointed to the neighbor next door, meaning should I drive them away?
"No, I'm not angry about them, but thinking about the current rebellion situation."

Zhao Min's pretty face showed a look of indisputable anger: "Nowadays, wars are raging all over the country, rebels are everywhere, and the princes of the court don't think about how to suppress the rebellion, and they are still in the mood to buy some mirrors for my concubine." ?!"

As she spoke, Zhao Min took a sip of the wine resentfully, her cheeks became dizzy all of a sudden, and she looked even more delicate and cute.

Fan Yao had no expression on his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

Having secretly met Bai Zhu a year ago, he naturally knew that the mirror that was now popular in most cities was the work of his own leader.

"Master Ku, tell me...is it true that our imperial court has no way to suppress those people from the Jianghu?"

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Zhao Min was a little drunk and asked, "Last year I sent [-] elite soldiers to encircle and suppress the six sects and the Mingjiao, but in the end I lost to that Wei Bi alone... After that, I planned to take advantage of it again." When the six major sects were victorious and relaxed, they poisoned their food... The result was still unsuccessful. After inquiring, they learned that the six major sects had been reminded by Wei Bi in advance... Master Ku, why do you say this Wei Bi is like this? Damn it, why can't he serve the court with such a great ability? I told him that no matter what conditions he puts forward, I can satisfy him!"

Hearing Zhao Min's drunken words, Fan Yao's eyes were slightly strange, and he secretly thought that the princess would not like the leader because he was always defeated by the leader, otherwise how could he say "any conditions can be satisfied"? talk?

Just as he was thinking wildly, he heard a knock on the door.

Opening the door, an intelligence officer handed Fan Yao a note.

Fan Yao nodded for him to leave.

After entering the house, Fan Yao saw Zhao Min falling asleep on the table because of too much alcohol.

His heart moved, and he gently opened the note. After seeing the contents inside, his heart stopped beating suddenly, and he almost cried out in surprise.

(End of this chapter)