"When I first took charge of the Great Shun First Army, the troops had just fought Zuo Liangyu and suffered heavy losses. Xiangyang was desolate, production and daily life were in dire straits, and the army hadn't recovered its fighting strength. Of the newly recruited soldiers, there wasn't even one firearm for every ten men. So I went to ask the Chuang King for some. Guess what he said?"
"The Chuang King said, 'You can have no guns, but you can have my life! If you, Chen Xian, can manage Xiangyang, then you can find a way to get guns. Otherwise, stop standing here whining at me. If you've got the guts, cut off my head and trade it for guns!'"
"All right! That's exactly what I was waiting to hear! And just like that, in less than a year, the First Army had everything: heavy matchlock muskets, Dutch cannons, falconets, a cavalry brigade..."
"Now, Guo Tianxing, do you understand?"
"I... I think I'm starting to get it..."
This is the story of a transmigrator who becomes a tough, ruthless man in the world of Europe.
