Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 540: Bored Mr. Hu
Chapter 540: Bored Mr. Hu
On the one hand, if these foreign small countries encountered this group of Ming troops, they would be in dire straits.

Because the wars they had experienced in the past few hundred years were completely different from the wars fought by the Ming army.

Take Li Jinglong for example, the weakest among the three armies.

Of course, he is much worse than the other two generals, which is beyond words.

The problems of having high expectations but poor skills and reading by rote are almost obvious.

However, no matter how bad Li Jinglong or Li Jiujiang are, they are still "professional students"!

He really learned it seriously, whether it was marching, attacking a city, defending, setting up camp...

What he learned from Li Jiujiang were the most essential and formal knowledge.

So, after this march on the sea, I found that my abilities seemed to be different from what I had imagined.

Therefore, when he arrived at the battlefield, Li Jiujiang behaved himself.

He didn't dare to act recklessly and just followed what he knew from the military books, taking every step in a very rigid manner.

Then...just beat the opponent to pieces.

Because the so-called war among these small foreign countries is still at the level of "everyone charges forward at the first shout".

For these small foreign countries, war just means rushing over and killing the enemy, right?

But for the Ming army, especially for "academicians" like Li Jinglong, that was not the case.

First, place the sword and shield soldiers, with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, to withstand the attack and steadily advance the battle line to provide space for the rear army;
Then the spearmen, wearing light armor and holding spears, hid behind the sword and shield soldiers, relying on the sharpness of their weapons to stab around;

Then came the central army, which had the largest number of people. They were wearing heavy armor and holding swords, and were accustomed to fighting in groups. A group of people formed a plum blossom formation and could deal with attacks from dozens of people.

And at the end were the light cavalry that had been transported from thousands of miles away.

These people are all treasures. They seem to be wearing light armor, but that is actually armor made of iron sheets tied with leather ropes.

In addition, he was skilled in archery and horsemanship, and he bullied a bunch of foreign bandits who had never seen a proper cavalry...

It can be said that Li Jiujiang's rigid and rote fighting style, right under the nose of the opponent's "commander-in-chief", beat the opponent step by step.

There was no such thing as detours, interweaving, or changes in formation. They just formed an integrated offensive and defensive formation and then pushed forward all the way.

This is kind of scary.

If this is the case even for Li Jiujiang, then this is even more so for Lan Yu and Fu Youde.

If Lan Yu and Fu Youde can't control the situation by themselves when bullying a bunch of bandits who don't know how to fight, they will probably strangle themselves to death.

Therefore, in just less than five days, the three armies had occupied a suitable "feng shui treasure land" in each place.

At this time, it was the turn of the officials, clerks and craftsmen on the ship to perform.

Occupy land, build cities, establish government offices, docks...

For all the officials of the Ming Dynasty, these things are not a big deal.

Anyway, just follow the domestic rules.

I don't even listen to any of that bullshit about local characteristics.

What small country has the qualifications to talk about "characteristics" in front of the Ming Dynasty?
Of course, the labor needed to build the city had to be "recruited" locally.

Look, not all the people in these small foreign countries have the courage to confront the Ming Dynasty soldiers.

There are still some people who work honestly and obediently.

Although it requires sergeants to supervise with steel knives, it's good to be able to do the work.

Things in foreign countries were progressing smoothly, and they would not affect the heartland of Ming Dynasty for a while. As for Master Hu, who had no errands to do, he naturally returned to his house to mess around.

As for his position as a Langzhong in the Foreign Diplomatic Department, since the matter had already been handed over to Monk Daoyan, it naturally did not count as his assignment.

Therefore, Mr. Hu, who considered himself an unemployed man, stayed in the mansion for a few days and then went straight to his concubine's courtyard.

Master Hu was particularly relaxed about this small courtyard which originally belonged to Rushi and Wanru but was now connected in a muddle.

Of course, as long as he doesn't have to go to work and doesn't have to worry about anything, Mr. Hu can always relax.

So, after having fun in the small courtyard of the outer room for two days, Master Hu, who always felt a little monotonous, smacked his lips as he looked at the two beauties in front of him and thought of a new way to play.

"Rushi, Wanru, wait a moment, I'll go find some materials and give you a new way to play."

"It's just right to kill time."

After saying this, without waiting for the two to understand, Master Hu turned around and walked quickly to the study.

He really wanted to find a fun way to kill time that was suitable for the moment.

Landlord fight!
This thing is suitable for all ages, and the key is that it is just right for three people.

Mr. Hu had never thought of this thing before, mainly because he couldn't make a satisfactory playing card for the time being.

After all, even though playing cards are now commonplace in later generations, they are still very cheap.

But in fact, that thing is really troublesome in this era.

Unlike mahjong, which can be replaced by jade, Mr. Hu has never found a suitable substitute for the plastic cover behind playing cards.

As for the cost of using jade instead of mahjong...

At Mr. Hu's level and class, does he need to care about this?
But he really couldn't make the plastic wrap thing.

However, even though there was no plastic wrap, Mr. Hu still decided to take out the playing cards.

There's nothing I can do, he's free!
When people have nothing to do, they always want to do something to kill time.

There was some hard cardboard in the study that could be used as book covers. Mr. Hu glued two pieces together into one, and then cut it into squares of the same size.

After that, after repeating this task several times, he began to paint on the cardboard with a brush.

When all 54 cards were drawn, he looked at the thick stack of so-called "playing cards" in front of him and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The cheapest picture cards I bought from the canteen when I was in elementary school in my previous life were of better quality than this thing.

But what else can I do? Just have fun with it!
Holding this thick stack of so-called "playing cards", Mr. Hu turned around and came to the front yard.

"Come on, Rushi, Wanru, take a look at the things the master has made for you."

"This is a new way to play, perfect for us to kill time!"

"Come, let me tell you how to play this thing first..."

Not to mention, Rushi and Wanru might find it difficult to learn other things.

But when it comes to these ways of killing time, he really has a natural talent for it.

Basically, you can get started by simply explaining it once.

After just two rounds, they started fighting for the title of landlord.

And seeing him secretly memorizing and counting the cards, Master Hu was amused.

Wow, that’s interesting!

(End of this chapter)