Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Song Xiance, who was controlled by others, had no choice but to admit:

"To be honest, the money received was about 300 million yuan.

There are also antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., the value of which is difficult to estimate at the moment. "

Zhu Youjian's eyes turned cold.

But the expressions of all the officials present changed.

The wealth of the capital is only a fraction of that of the officials!

Officials have always transported the bulk of corruption back to their hometowns for storage.

Even, many times, when officials take bribes, they are not kept in the capital, but directly traded at home!

Then, the news will be sent to the capital by close people.

A mere capital city can plunder tens of millions of taels of silver. Doesn’t that mean——

Do they have at least tens of millions of silver in their home?

oh my god!

Since His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, the cash income he received every year was only a few million taels, and even two to three million taels was the norm.

Most of them are in-kind taxes such as grain, tea, pepper, etc.

The wealth of the group of people who stayed in the capital was equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years?

The ministers were shocked!

But the emperor was not surprised at all. He seemed to have known for a long time that the officials were so greedy.

Zhu Youjian's eyes were cold.

As a historical practitioner, he has long known about the Ming Dynasty's bank deposits!

The total amount is about 15 billion taels of silver, more than one-third of which is in the hands of officials.

The remaining one-third is in the hands of unscrupulous local gentry and clan members. (The clan just makes up the numbers, the reason is mentioned above.)

The amount of silver in circulation is less than one-third, about three to four hundred million taels.

As the top-level bureaucrat, the Jingguan family has too much money to say – it still has [-] million taels.

This number also conforms to the [-]/[-] rule in economics.

Zhu Youjian once again set the standard for acting without a bottom line in his heart.

But there was no trace of it on his face!

He laughed loudly and said with great consideration for Li Zicheng:

"Well, there are still refugees in our territory who have no way to make a living.

The most difficult and dangerous place on the ancient Shang-Yu Road is between Shangzhou and Wuguan.

I will give you two ways. You can see for yourself how to cooperate.

One:

Li Zicheng gave me 2000 million silver, and I widened this road.

Secondly, at the price of ten taels per stone of grain, I also built this section together. "

Song Xiance raised his eyebrows:

"May I ask Your Majesty, how will the ownership of this road be divided after it is built?"

The corners of Zhu Youjian's mouth curled up:

After construction?

After I finish repairing this road, trains can run through it!

By then, let alone Shangzhou, there will be no place in the world that is not mine!

As long as my train enters Guanzhong, who in the world will dare to stop it?

Zhu Youjian thought this in his heart, but said:

"It is still the agreement between me and Li Zicheng that the two sides will use their respective control areas as the boundary.

This road was built by Li Zicheng who hired me to pay for it.

You are the investors, I have made money, and the road is naturally yours! "

Song Xiance was overjoyed.

When leaving, the lowest price Li Zicheng gave was ten taels of silver per stone of grain.

As long as he agrees, he will have a free path!

As long as you have this road!

If the time is right - Zhu Youjian, who has wasted people and money, may not be able to block Dashun's army!

Moreover, no matter how bad things go, according to the map given by Zhu Youjian, if you go to the Western Region, you will definitely get a place to stay!

In other words, Dashun can advance, attack, retreat or defend!

After returning home, he polished it up a bit and boasted about how eloquent he was. Not only did Emperor Ming agree to sell grain, but he also wanted to help build grain roads...

Isn't this a great achievement?

Song Xiance, whose heart was burning, hurriedly knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty, the Great Emperor, is kind and righteous. Song Xiance represents your Majesty on my behalf. Thank you very much, Great Emperor!"

Zhu Youjian glanced at Zuo Zhongyun and Liu Lishun, who were drafting the contract, and winked at him.

Use the areas controlled by both sides as the boundary - remember this sentence!

Liu Lishun blinked slightly.

Seeing that Liu Lishun had understood, Zhu Youjian continued:

"I heard that Li Zicheng organized and trained three new armies?"

Song Xiance naturally knew that his family was making such a big move, so he couldn't hide it from Zhu Youjian, so he admitted it honestly.

However, he changed his words:

"So that Your Majesty will know that in the previous battles, most of Dashun's five troops and horses have been lost.

If I don't supplement my son, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand it anymore. "

Zhu Youjian laughed. If he took the official rhetoric seriously, he would be stupid!

However - the more powerful Li Zicheng is now, the more time he will be given!

This is good for him!

Zhu Youjian laughed and said:

"Li Zicheng doesn't have enough weapons?"

Song Xiance effortlessly completed the biggest task of the trip - raising food.

I was worrying about how to buy weapons. When I heard that the emperor had revealed the matter first, he immediately said:

"Your Majesty is very righteous, and I would like to ask your Majesty's permission to provide suggestions to purchase some weapons."

“As long as you give me money, it’s okay.

How much do you want? "

Zhu Youjian asked casually.

Bi Maokang's report must be sent to him every three days.

Bi Maokang devised the initial mechanism for rifling.

Today, Ming Dynasty has been able to produce more than 1000 Nissan Fuhan guns (front-loaded Mini).

He has [-]% of the [-] elite troops equipped with miniguns.

The rest have all been replaced with flintlock actinic guns.

Right here, there are over a hundred thousand flintlock rifles in the warehouse, just lying around gathering ashes!

You must know this number, but it is the number after leaving enough weapons for the subsequent [-] new recruits and the second-line troops for defense in various places!

As for the original matchlock guns of the Ming Dynasty, such as bird guns, Lumi guns, three-eyed guns... they are piled up like a mountain.

You know, he equipped Zuo Liangyu's troops with [-] flintlock rifles, so why would he care about these first-generation products!

As for other three-shot kidnapper guns, eighteen-barrel thunder guns, and various five-thunder weapons with three to seven barrels, they were also placed in several warehouses.

Multiple muskets, spears, hatchets, and shields, the four-in-one thunderbolt is an artifact used in city defense operations. This is a weapon specially designed for the defender.

There are also weird swarms of bees, divine fire flying crows, fire dragons emerging from the water, and ten thousand enemies, which are not uncommon.

Most of these strange things were sent to him by Zuo Liangyu.

I have to say that Ming’s technology is really amazing.

Swarm of Bees is the recognized ancestor of rocket launchers in the West, Shenhuo Feiyao is the prototype of the missile, and even has the design of a secondary missile, and Fire Dragon Chushui is the prototype of a ship-based missile.

Ten Thousand Enemies is a large hollow ball with holes around it and filled with gunpowder.

When used, it is hung above the city gate hole where the enemy is attacking. When it is ignited, the ball begins to rotate, and the flames are sprayed to kill the enemy troops who rush into the city gate hole.

In addition, there are sea mines, anchor mines, land mines, time mines, etc., etc.!

……

Zhu Youjian is not only worried about having no use for weapons, but also worried about how to use these obsolete weapons.

Using it to melt, destroy, and reforge it would naturally be the worst result.

If it can be sold, even if it is sold at a low price, it is better than melting down!