"Myanmar is rich in gold and ivory, which are very precious things and are easy to transport." After camping today, Deng Ming began to introduce the customs and customs of Myanmar to the officers. In fact, Deng Ming's understanding of Myanmar is very limited, and many of them come from popular historical books, but despite this, these contents still make the officers listen to them with relish.

Needless to say, the impression that Myanmar is rich in gold comes from "Five Thousand Years of History", which is a set of books that Deng Ming read in his childhood. The book talks about the conquest of Myanmar by the British Empire's X-ism bandits, saying that Yangon City is full of pagodas inlaid with gold and jade, and the tallest pagoda is almost wrapped in gold foil. In short, all the officers and soldiers of the British Empire army that captured Yangon became millionaires.

In addition, jadeite is also produced in Myanmar, but Deng Ming asked and found out that jadeite is not worth much now, and people in the Ming Dynasty looked down on that thing. Since that is the case, Deng Ming did not introduce it at the military meeting. After hearing that he said that gold and ivory products were produced, many officers were shiny - most of the Ming army came from auxiliary soldiers or poor peasants. In the past, they wanted to break copper coins into half and spend them, and they had never seen silver. I heard that there was a pagoda of gold, so many people began to unable to sit still.

This introduction to local customs and culture not only has a role in encouraging fighting spirit for the Ming army, but also helps to eliminate the fear of unfamiliar environments. Fear mainly comes from the unknown. When a person understands his opponent, even if he thinks he understands his opponent, he will become much bolder.

Deng Ming only talks for a while every day because the officers cannot digest too much knowledge at once, and they also need to hold meetings to their subordinates to convey it.

"This time, the Burmese people committed rebellion and were unruly. But even so, after entering Myanmar, I will not tolerate murder and arson, nor will I be allowed to do evil to Burmese women." Deng Ming had no plans to fall into a people's war. He had already mentioned many disciplinary requirements. However, Deng Ming's repeated emphasis on the Ming army gradually formed a view that victory was inevitable, and their commander had been considering the issue of victory after victory: "If I see it, I will definitely be severely punished!"

"Affect the order." The officers answered loudly at the same time. At the discussion meetings of each company and team, some soldiers began to think about the profound meaning after listening to Deng Ming's repeated emphasis. Not long ago, an officer conveyed his subordinates' questions to Deng Ming when asked a question before the meeting, that is, if Deng Ming did not see it, wouldn't he be severely punished? After hearing this, Deng Ming reiterated again, as long as he knew, the criminal would be engaged in military law. Today, when Deng Ming heard Deng Ming talk about this matter again, the officers immediately said that he would no longer question whether this was a harsh sergeant to the soldiers who served the king.

"As for the Burmese government treasury, the palace of the Burmese king, and the pagoda made of gold, if our soldiers take a little, I will not have any problems. As long as they can move it back by themselves, I will ignore it. If I need to borrow public vehicles, livestock and transportation tools, I will draw 20% of the tax." Deng Ming suggested that everyone hand over all the private spoils to the army for unified transportation, so that soldiers will not lose their combat effectiveness or cannot bear combat tasks. Deng Ming's tax was very limited, and the main purpose was to serve these warriors who followed him to serve the king: "The Burmese robbed the palace servants of the saints and the female relatives of the cabinet, and also robbed the officers and soldiers as slaves. The king was humiliated and his ministers died, and our army traveled thousands of miles to attack the unjust ministers, just to avenge the shame of the saints. All Burmese people who have such crimes are the culprits and are not protected by our military laws. The soldiers will be guilty of whatever they do to them."

"Get it." The officers shouted in response.

"Okay, let's go."

The next day, when asked questions before the meeting, a large group of captains and lieutenant rushed to raise their hands, Deng Ming casually called out: "You ask."

"Master, my soldiers want to know if the Master said that the Burmese cast towers with gold was real."

Many officers nodded after hearing this question and whispered to each other:

"I was about to ask this."

"So too."

"My men didn't dare to believe it yesterday."

"It's true." Deng Mingkeng replied strongly: "But the inner layer of the tower should still be bricks and stones. If it were a pure gold pagoda, even a hundred thousand troops would not be able to move it back; it should be a layer of gold on the surface of the pagoda, which is just right for us."

Many officers immediately smiled, as if they were not marching in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but had defeated the Burmese army and were advancing towards their golden tower.

"What else is there?" Deng Ming looked around and found that there were fewer officers raising their hands.

An officer hesitated to raise his hand, Deng Ming nodded to him. He noticed that the officer hesitated for a while before speaking, as if he had a serious concern.

"Dare you ask the general, are these pagodas all pagodas?" The officer mustered up the courage and suddenly spit out the question.

Not only Deng Ming was stunned, but the Sichuan Army officers present suddenly seemed uncomfortable.

"Oh, why did I forget this? The British soldiers are all new Christians, right? Of course they have no psychological burden when they tear down the pagoda." Deng Ming complained in his heart. As a person who uses mathematics and logic to understand nature, he did ignore this problem. You must know that even modern art developed under the huge influence of Newton's optical theory.

After pondering for a moment, Deng Ming said, "The Buddhism of the Burmese people is very different from ours. Their abbot is of grade. I have heard people say before that there was once a two temple on a mountain in Myanmar that fought on its own. Why do you guess?"

"Is this a matter of fighting for land." Among all the officers present, Zhao Tianba was probably the most disrespectful to Buddhism except Deng Ming. He said proudly: "Didn't you tell the general last time that the thief who encircled and suppressed Tiantai Mountain? They often fought for water, land, and pilgrims to fight for water, and as a result, the government had to set up a special yamen, called the Monk Yamen."

Several people cast dissatisfied eyes at Zhao Tianba because many officers believe in Buddhism, and Western Sichuan people have always had the tradition of believing in gods and Buddhas.

"No," Deng Ming shook his head: "It's because of the grade."

"What grade? Does monk have any grade?"

"Of course there is. The government is at the foot of the mountain. The abbot of the temple on the hillside runs more frequently to the yamen, and there are fewer people on the top of the mountain. As a result, the abbot of the temple on the hillside was rated as a department level by the government... Well, I mean the fifth rank, and the abbot of the temple on the hilltop was the fifth rank. As a result, the monks on the hilltop stopped doing it: Why is our abbot half a grade worse than you? The abbot, the abbot of the temple on the hillside took all the monks in the temple to demolish the temple."

"It's outrageous!" Many Ming army officers shouted: "They are monks and chant scriptures in front of the Buddha. Why are they so obsessed with greed and desire!"

"Also, the temples in Myanmar also organize dramas and charges are predicted. If the people invite Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues home, they will also have to charge money."

The Sichuan Army officer was in an uproar. The more devout the believer was, the more angry he was. The officer who asked just now had his face turned red: "Are the monks in the temple all fat and big ears and greasy? Isn't this a Shaolin Temple?"

"Well, I think this is Shaolin Temple, too." Deng Ming nodded.

After successfully eliminating his guilty mentality, Zhao Tianba today explained some geography on the Yunnan-Burma border, but Zhao Tianba's understanding was not very detailed, but only gave these officers who had never been to Yunnan a basic impression. After arriving in Kunming, Deng Ming would naturally ask Li Dingguo to ask for a group of guides, and then let them popularize everything they know to these 8,000 Sichuan soldiers.

At home, Deng Ming would never allow soldiers to loot temples and Taoist temples, and even Shaolin Temples were not allowed to infringe on them. As for destroying famous places and historical sites, he would not have to think about it. Deng Ming always felt that he had the responsibility to protect these buildings and facilities. But before he could reach Myanmar, Deng Ming began to use this to enhance the army's desire to fight. Although he knew rationally that this might be wrong, there was no emotional problem.

"I clearly know that the Manchus of this era play the role of Japanese devils, even worse than Japanese devils." After the meeting, Deng Ming looked at his heart and said to himself: "But I still regard them as people like me. I heard that the Burmese killed our people and stole our women. Although the scale could not be compared with the Manchus, I was so angry that I gritted my teeth and decided to pay the blood for the blood. Since it was a war initiated by the Burmese King, it was natural for the Burmese to pay the price."

"I am really not an internationalist." Deng Ming came to this conclusion again after carefully analyzing his feelings.

...

The next day, Deng Ming was unable to continue his symposium because several Ming army envoys came from behind and brought him the request of the committee.

"It's true that I'm not thinking well. I thought that Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang were in charge, Li Xinghan was in charge of the army, plus the prosecutor, the bank, and taxation, there should be nothing that could not be dealt with." Deng Ming thought about it carefully and found the problem, that was, the system was able to operate well in the past because Deng Ming completely assumed the responsibility of the outside world. The current Western Sichuan system is no different from before, but the external situation has changed, and Western Sichuan has begun to have the ability to deal with wars in both directions at the same time. When Deng Ming left, he did not leave an institution for the Western Sichuan Group to deal with such events.

"I can't handle this matter. I can't rely on messengers to find out the specific situation of the matter, and I don't allow such trouble in time. How to respond to the changes in the southeast should be the responsibility of the left-behind personnel." Deng Ming did not give any instructions to Chengdu and Xuzhou, but passed the left-behind personnel through his mind, but did not find a candidate suitable for making external decisions.

"Fortunately, this happened, so I reminded me. Otherwise, I would not know how long it would take to come back when I went to Myanmar. Wouldn't the Dufu and Xuzhou be idle?" Deng Ming told the envoy to wait for two days and he would consider it carefully.
Chapter completed!