Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Kou Xiao didn't say a word, what he thought was that if the Lei family dared to be disobedient, then they should wipe it out and find an obedient family, but he dared not say this in front of Li Xu.

He pretended to frown and thought for a long time, "Lei Ming and I are too far apart in age, and we can't talk to each other. Originally, I wanted to pick a young man from Lei's family with suitable character to replace Lei Ming, but I couldn't find a suitable one for a while. The troubles of the Lei family are not unsolvable, and when it is really difficult to reconcile, my eight thousand Kou family army is not a vegetarian."

Li Xu nudged him with the tip of his toe, and then watched the handsome young general blushed suddenly, and stared at him blankly.

"doing what?"

Li Xu laughed out loud, "You really are a brat." Seeing that Kou Xiao was about to lose his temper, he quickly changed the subject: "Okay, let's continue, do you think everything will be fine if you have soldiers in your hands? Wrong! If these eight The soldiers’ salaries are all controlled by the Lei family, and the army rations are also controlled by the Lei family, if one day, he wants to seize military power, do you think the soldiers will listen to you or him?”

Parents who have food and clothing, and mothers who have milk are mothers. These days, it is possible to kill someone for a bowl of rice, let alone a matter that is related to a lifetime of rice bowls.Loyalty, without food and clothing, can still have some deterrent power.

Kou Xiao had to admit that what Li Xu said was right, fortunately he was not completely defenseless, but there was no need to make it too clear.

He glanced at Li Xu, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "But that was in the past, now that King Shun is in charge, the Lei family will definitely not be able to make big waves, and it will be good to be able to be a general with peace of mind in the end."

"You really think so?"

"More real than real gold."

Seeing that he didn't look like a liar, Li Xu felt relieved immediately, and he treated this kid as a friend, but he still joked, "It depends on General Kou's performance. If you like me, everything is easy to talk about, and you need money." Give money, equipment, equipment, those who go against my will, skinned and boned, and hung up on the city gate for three days."

Kou Xiao climbed from the end of the bed to the head of the bed, supported Li Xu's sides with his hands, looked at him at the same level, and said in a low and sexy voice: "My lord, how about I give you a new idea?"

"Say." Li Xu put one hand on his chest to push him away,

"There is a very good and very trouble-free way to make the last general do what he says."

"Oh." Li Xu looked at him suspiciously, who would believe this, even if there was, he would take the initiative to tell himself.

"That is the family who will become King Shun at the end of the day. If we are a family, shouldn't we just listen to you?"

"A family? Do you want to sworn brothers with this king?"

"No, no, no," I wanted to become husband and wife, but Kou Xiao didn't dare to say that, so he could only give a little hint, "What is a more reliable relationship than brothers?"

Li Xu felt that he was teasing him, so he raised his leg and kicked him off the bed, "I think that the most reliable relationship in this world is profit. It's late at night, General Kou, go and rest."

General Kou, who was thrown to the ground, was not annoyed, but he was a little regretful. He hadn't hugged King Shun's thigh yet, and he wondered if he would have a chance next time.

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The next day, it rained harder, and everywhere was wet. Liu Shu woke up early in the morning and was in a bad mood, and complained while serving Li Xu to wash up: "I used to hear people say that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but this The spring rains in South Vietnam are too cheap, and the rains are endless, and the water is everywhere, making people panic."

Li Xu thought to himself, you haven't encountered a real low tide day yet, that's when the weather is boring.

"My lord, when are we going back to the city?"

"No rush, let's see and talk."

Liu Shu didn't think there was anything interesting about this barracks. There were only 8000 people in the barracks, which was not as good as that of the Habayashi Army, and the grounds were so simple that there wasn't even a decent school ground.

After breakfast, Li Xu attended the morning meeting of Kou's Army, and also got to know several lieutenants of Kou's Army, and then he discovered an interesting thing, almost all of Kou Xiao's lieutenants were young and young, even after the age of 30. On a.

Young people get together for a morning meeting, and the topic goes astray. One moment they say that the new biscuits released by the grocery store yesterday are too delicious, another moment they say that the new flower girl in Xifenglou is so enchanting, and even the only one The middle-aged lieutenant can also gossip happily with them.

What an army without discipline.

The Kou family army has 8000 people, but this number has only been fixed in the past two years. The eight lieutenants were all promoted by Kou Xiao, and each of them is in charge of a thousand-man squad. To die in the battlefield, or rely on the old to sell the old and be rescinded by Kou Xiao. The only Zhao Gang is the leader of the old general's era. Kou Xiao was promoted after he took charge of the army.

Kou Xiao is also used to hanging out with this group of lieutenants on weekdays, so he didn't think there was anything unusual, and when the topic turned to the army and found another team of Qi brothers, he hurriedly stopped him: "Hey, what are you talking about, hurry up and do something .”

After he finished speaking, Li Xu suddenly raised his mouth: "I have a master by my side. He only teaches two students on weekdays. He is overqualified. Why don't you order him to teach the soldiers at night?"

It can be seen from the morning meeting that Kou Xiao is in charge of the affairs of the barracks, he even has to decide what to eat at noon, and these young lieutenants are only responsible for carrying out orders and making jokes, which is not acceptable.

"What's the use of taking classes with a group of warriors?" A lieutenant thought that Li Xu was a little whimsical, and maybe he deliberately sent someone in to find out about the military situation.

"My lord's wife, it's overqualified to teach us a group of big bosses, so don't bother."

"That's right, we actually have our own military adviser, so we don't need another master."

Li Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at Kou Xiao again, wanting to hear his opinion. At this moment, there was an angry voice from outside the door: "That's great!" Soon, a young man pushed the door open Entering, bowed to Li Xu, looked at Li Xu with burning eyes and asked: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

"you are?"

Kou Xiao explained: "This is a military adviser, his surname is Jiang and his name is Qiuming. He went back to the city to visit relatives yesterday."

"I'm sorry, Military Master Jiang sits here." It's rare for Li Xu to see an educated person in this barracks, who gave him high treatment and arranged a seat next to him. Knowing a few words will make it easier to make mistakes when delivering messages, and if you learn more about the art of war, you will surely be able to train several generals."

Jiang Qiuming nodded again and again, "What the prince said is very true. I wonder which bachelor is your master?"

"It's not worth mentioning. I don't know that there are people like military advisers in the army. Master naturally doesn't need others, and military advisers are competent. I wonder if you would like it?"

Jiang Qiuming didn't expect that he would throw the blame on himself, and the delay was neither a promise nor a no. Thinking of giving lessons to those little bastards, he was afraid that his life would be shortened by ten years.

"No, my lord probably doesn't know. There are eight thousand soldiers in the army, but few can read and write. There are so many people who can't be taught by just one person. Why don't you invite your master to teach together? There will also be a uniform in the army. Xiu, let’s show our respect.”

"It's possible, then it's settled like this. I'll send someone over tomorrow." Li Xu got up and was about to go back to the city, but Jiang Qiuming stopped him and asked, "Would you like to visit the workshop in the military camp?"

There was a gasp all around, and the lieutenants thought that his military adviser must be crazy, how could he even reveal his hole cards so generously.Looking at General Kou again, he actually nodded, "It's still early, the prince will go and have a look with the general."

"Okay, but around here?"

Kou Xiao took the lead and led Li Xu up the mountain. When he got to the middle of the mountain, he would not let others follow him. He personally led him to the other side of the mountain, and then entered a hidden cave.

Li Xu was surprised. He didn't expect that there was a universe hidden in this mountain, so the tea trees on this mountain had better be removed, otherwise the secret would be difficult to keep when the tea pickers came in the future.

This cave is extremely deep, and it gets bigger and bigger as you go in. Li Xu has light coming out from the front. The mountain wall is wet and the ground is slippery. It is not a good place to work.

After walking about ten meters inside, Li Xu heard the sound of knocking and knocking. It can be seen how deep the cave is. As he walked further in, the sound became louder and louder.

"The bows and crossbows given by His Highness were made here. Now there are 120 carpenters and 250 blacksmiths in this cave. They can make [-] crossbows and [-] bolts every day."

After walking about tens of meters, Li Xu saw a very spacious cave. This cave should have been reclaimed on the basis of a natural cave. bright.

He saw that the craftsmen were busy with their own work and rarely communicated with each other. Every time a bow and crossbow was made, it would be checked by the generals, and only those that passed the test could be put into the warehouse.

"Did they complete a bow and crossbow by themselves?"

"Each carpenter is paired with two blacksmiths. The blacksmiths only need to make arrows, which is lighter."

Li Xu observed for a while, shook his head and said: "This is too inefficient. A crossbow is nothing more than those parts. You distribute each part to different carpenters, set the size, and let them make only a part of it, and then hand it over to others. Assembly, in this way, can improve efficiency and keep confidentiality, even if they walk out of this cave, they don't know what they are doing."

"Wonderful!" Kou Xiao knew the idea was very good as soon as he heard it, especially the latter one, which can most effectively prevent leaks, which is something he must guard against.

He really wanted to hug Li Xu and kiss him, how could there be such a smart and transparent person in the world, he was so lovable.

"Not only can bows and crossbows be made in this way, but other weapons can be split and made in the future. In this way, there is no need for professional carpenters and blacksmiths, as long as they can do a part of it well, but that's it?" Kou Xiao excitedly explain.

Seeing that his thinking was clear, Li Xu nodded with a smile, this Kou Xiao is indeed a talent, he should have accepted him so quickly because of his talent, otherwise he would not believe that he has no intention of seizing power.

But having said that, he doesn't have much power now, neither soldiers nor money, so it's a surprise to be respected by Kou Xiao. Look at the Lei family, isn't he not giving himself face.