kvmb Chapter 178 Asking Price: 1
Chapter 178 Asking Price: 1
"No, they just caught me."
"But I didn't say anything. They wanted..."
Duan Xu told Hao Zhong what he "eavesdropped".
"Humph, the person who can come up with this idea is most likely Lin Yi."
After hearing these things, Hao Zhong sneered and then slowly turned around.
He looked at Duan Xu carefully, thinking about the past.
Although Duan Xu was not the first one to know about it, he let him go out to do things after spending some time together.
There was nothing abnormal about Duan Xu in front of him, but he seemed more determined.
In Hao Zhong's eyes, this meant a firm opposition to the royal family.
"Lin Yi?"
"Are you saying that the person who interrogated him later was Lin Yi?"
Duan Xu frowned slightly, a look of surprise on his face. "That Lin Yi who was favored by the emperor in Liangzhou City?"
"There are indeed many methods..."
Then he deliberately muttered to himself and told Hao Zhong that Lin Yi had bribed him with money.
Hao Zhong knew that Duan Xu was not the kind of person who could be easily bribed with money.
"You've worked hard, take a good rest."
Hao Zhong nodded slightly and saw the wound on Duan Xu's shoulder at a glance.
"Actually, I also know another thing. If it weren't for this, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been exposed."
Duan Xu said this and told Hao Zhong about the previous incident with the musket between Prince Qing and Lin Yi.
Of course, it is said from the perspective of "not knowing".
So in Hao Zhong's ears there is a new hidden weapon that can explode.
"I see. It must be some new bomb."
Hao Zhong had seen Prince Qing's army use 10,000 bombs to defeat 70,000, so he naturally had some understanding of this.
After saying this, he sent someone to take Duan Xu to a secret room to rest.
……
The next five days were calm.
Lin Yi had a good rest for five days.
Every day I either soak in the bathhouse or get a massage.
Or just drink some cider and play cards with strangers on the street.
Playing chess occasionally brings endless joy to life.
But this happy life only lasted five days.
On the morning of the sixth day, Lin Yi was woken up while he was half asleep.
He rode in a carriage all the way out of the capital, and even took a nap in the middle.
When he finally woke up, he was already sitting in the military camp.
To be precise, he was in the meeting room of the military camp.
Prince Qing and Yu Jin were at the top, and there were many young generals around them, waiting for Lin Yi to wake up.
"are you awake?"
Following Prince Qing's words, Lin Yi came to his senses.
"You guys are pretty fast."
Lin Yi smiled awkwardly.
"These are the young generals from the eight battalions in the capital."
"Whatever soldiers you want, you can take them from them."
Yu Jin spoke and briefly introduced the eight camps in the capital to Lin Yi.
After Xiao Changyun's rebellion, the original 10,000 people in the capital were reduced to 8,000.
Moreover, some of these 8,000 people were transferred from other places, so they had been busy organizing the army before.
They were transferred from other places, so Yang Jian and Huang Chang could select some outstanding people from them.
"You...you let me think about it first."
"Everyone else can rest for a while. I will discuss this with His Royal Highness Prince Qing and General Yu."
Lin Yi was a little confused, but he still retained some of his thinking ability.
Even if he was confused, he understood the scene.
Prince Qing and Yu Jin just wanted him to lead an army.
He said he was giving guidance, but in reality he was still leading the troops.
He doesn't want to go to the battlefield. As a businessman, he is quite afraid of death!
After the young general left the conference room, Lin Yi slowly walked up.
"I'm not going to lead any troops."
"I'm just here to give you some guidance..."
Lin Yi's face showed some distress.
"Yes, you are to select the people and give guidance on how to train these new recruits."
Yu Jin smiled.
Obviously, this was Prince Qing's idea.
Lin Yi was silent. When did Prince Qing become so "flexible"?
He thought about it carefully and realized that apart from not being able to go to the battlefield, he also had a military position, so there was no problem.
Anyway, work in Donghai City cannot start for a while.
The people have to go sowing, and there are busy farming activities in the summer, so the overall progress will not be very fast.
The matter of Donghai City will have to wait until autumn and winter to free up manpower for large-scale construction.
In addition, the so-called pirate incident has already had a "follow-up", so Huangfu Qingling didn't push it too hard. It wouldn't be a bad thing to strengthen the army at the same time.
"Huang Chang and Yang Jian led the troops."
“I am responsible for teaching them.”
After thinking for a while, Lin Yi replied, "This is my bottom line."
"No problem. His Royal Highness Prince Qing and I have already discussed this. This new army will not be incorporated into the military camp for the time being. It will become His Majesty's private army."
Yu Jin nodded and said, "In this way, Yang Jian and Huang Chang can lead the troops legitimately."
"The rest is up to you."
Prince Qing spoke up and said that he was still full of expectations for building a new army.
After all, these devices have unlimited possibilities in the future.
"Let's modify the matchlock gun first."
Lin Yi said, "And the carbine I mentioned before."
"We'll both come too."
Prince Qing and Yu Jin looked at each other and then asked.
As they said this, they arranged a large tent for Lin Yi alone, which was used for his daily rest and work.
In this tent, there is no limit to the amount of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. As long as Lin Yi wants them, they will provide them immediately.
Prince Qing and Yu Jin were in Lin Yi's tent, watching Lin Yi's design and thinking about its effects.
Huang Chang and Yang Jian were also called over to help Lin Yi.
Now Lin Yi was finally able to officially design the matchlock gun and some other equipment.
Since it is a new army, it must be “new” enough!
It only took Lin Yi three days to design all the equipment.
Of course, this is also due to the "superficial knowledge" learned in the previous life.
Moreover, based on this superficial knowledge, he also came up with a way of playing that is more suitable for "Dayong Baby".
"It's designed."
"I can't design it for nothing, ten thousand taels."
Lin Yi said this and handed the overall design drawing to Prince Qing.
Prince Qing, who was originally full of joy, frowned slightly when he saw the design drawings.
What he saw was a poorly armored man, carrying a musket, a backpack, and even a shield.
You know, insufficient armor can be quite deadly on the battlefield!
"Ten thousand taels, just this thing?"
There was a hint of disappointment on Prince Qing's face.
"The armor is thin, and it has no advantages except for the musket!"
He spoke with a somewhat angry tone, feeling that Lin Yi was not serious.
"You want new troops, why are you still considering armor for the battlefield?"
Lin Yi asked slowly, "Under the musket, how much armor is made of paper? Your Highness should know this, right?"
"But the design fee for these things of yours is 10,000 taels...isn't that too much?"
Yu Jin asked slowly.
Although he didn't like Lin Yi's design very much, he always had to ask for clarification.