Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Gong Tan is solely responsible for conscription matters.

As the former deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, he is powerful and has outstanding vision.

Everyone who comes to report will be checked by her personally.

One is to see if it can meet Zhou Zheng's basic requirements, and the other is to do a general investigation of his background.

After all, although Zhou Zheng returned to Xiang County, the danger was not eliminated.

Five major aristocratic families have joined forces to block Xiangjun's economy. In Gong Tan's view, things are not that simple.

The most worrying thing is that the elites trained by Zhou Zheng are mixed with the informants of some people with bad intentions.

It is by no means an easy thing to avoid Gong Tan's interrogation.

There was an endless stream of people queuing up, and soon a long queue formed at the entrance of the mansion.

Countless people came from other places in Xiang County after hearing the news.

I originally thought that Zhou Zheng's goal of 10,000 would be difficult to achieve, but now it seems that it may be much easier than Gong Tan imagined.

After all, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward.

They may not care about the so-called loud noises and pensions, but they will never be tempted by the pursuit of titles and generals, and the temptation to take care of their families.

Zhou Zheng grasps human nature very well.

Not only can you recruit people, but you can also make them willing and committed.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Zhou Zheng arriving at this time, Gong Tan reluctantly stopped what he was doing and walked to Zhou Zheng.

I have to say that recruiting troops is a hard and tiring job, and I don't dare to be careless in the slightest.

Seeing Gong Tan's thin cheeks, Zhou Zheng felt quite distressed.

He gently touched Gong Tan's face with his palms, his eyes full of pity.

He wanted to replace Gong Tan, but it seemed inappropriate for anyone else except Gong Tan.

After all, Zhou Zheng had 100% trust in Gong Tan.

"Everything is as the prince expected. Some details have been found."

Being gently touched by Zhou Zheng's generous palm, Gong Tan's face turned slightly red.

But this time, Gong Tan did not avoid it.

Now that she is no longer the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department, she naturally does not have to pay attention to so many rules.

But when he talked about the details, Gong Tan's pretty eyebrows narrowed, and some murderous intent emerged.

This army will be Zhou Zheng's biggest trump card in the future, and no unscrupulous elements will be allowed to enter it.

If you catch one, kill one!

No matter what the other person’s background is or what their purpose is!

Gong Tan will not let anyone go.

Zhou Zheng was noncommittal about this.

"I have asked Mu Qingwan and Lan Xi to come over and ask them to assist you. At least you will feel more relaxed."

The popularity of registration far exceeded Zhou Zheng’s imagination.

At the moment, Gong Tan is obviously too busy to do it alone, even if he stays awake, he can't do it.

Fortunately, Mu Qingwan and Lan Xi are both capable in this regard, and supporting Gong Tan can help her share a lot of pressure.

Seeing this, Gong Tan also nodded.

After all, a person's power is always limited.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing."

Gong Tan suddenly lowered his head and his voice became much weaker, which surprised Zhou Zheng.

"Money is not enough..."

"Um!?"

His brows furrowed slightly, and Zhou Zheng also had some doubts on his face.

"As far as I know, the money obtained from Daxia Kingdom was quite a lot."

"Plus the amount of blackmail from the Yin family."

"I think this money is enough."

Adding up the two sums of money, this and silver amount to tens of millions of taels!

Even if the Zhou Dynasty was wealthy, spending tens of millions of taels of silver at once would be quite exhausting.

This is also the reason why Zhou Zheng didn't care at all when Emperor Tianjing said he wouldn't give Zhou Zheng military pay.

In his vision, ten million taels, not to mention 10,000 elites, even 50,000 elites were enough.

Hearing Zhou Zheng's question, Gong Tan also smiled bitterly.

It seems that the prince is not sensitive to money.

"Ten thousand elite Zhenbei Army troops is a huge expense."

Gong Tan spoke softly, the elite Zhenbei Army coming from the northern border was a huge expense.

Not only were they given food, drink, and diarrhea, but they were also provided with their equipment, as well as three times the military pay from Zhou Zheng, and preferential care for the Zhenbei Army who died in the battle.

These are all real expenses.

"Even so, it's not like we don't have enough money."

Naturally, this money should be spent. We cannot let these elites go all the way to Xiang County and end up with nothing.

"In addition, opening a factory now requires huge expenses."

Zhou Zheng requires factories with high standards.

Although the Mohist giant took the lead, it also cost a lot of money.

The key is that whether it is a salt factory or a paper factory, a certain amount of funds must be set aside to start up. Otherwise, once the factory is built, how will it find people? ? How to purchase materials? !

"At the end of the day, it's these guys who are drafted into the military."

"According to the prince's wishes, we need to advance one month's military pay to them."

Gong Tan had a headache when he thought of this.

There are countless conscripts in the world, but this is the first time I have seen someone like Zhou Zheng.

Fortunately, Gong Tan also understood that without this so-called advance military salary, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many people reporting on it.

The real expenses of this group of people that can be collected are yet to come.

Equipment and weapons must be purchased for them, food must be supplied to them, and military pay must be paid on time.

It's impossible to recruit people without military pay.

Because of these things, Gong Tan has not had a good rest for several days and nights.

She thought hard and tried to save as much as possible without wasting a penny, but she was still short of money.

Hearing this, Zhou Zheng was also a little stunned. He never expected that his expenses would be so huge.

All this pressure fell on Gong Tan, which made Zhou Zheng feel ashamed.

"We also know that it is not easy for the Crown Prince, but the money for the spy is really not enough."

Biting her red lips lightly, Gong Tan's eyes were a little moist at this time.

She really had no choice, otherwise she wouldn't have opened up to Zhou Zheng.

Gong Tan even thought about spending all his wealth, but it was a drop in the bucket and far from enough.

"If I remember correctly, I previously destroyed the five major families in Xiang County and ransacked their homes."

"We also ransacked the homes of some other landlords, so we should have a lot of money."

Thinking of this, Zhou Zheng's eyes flashed.

This amount of money is enough to meet the urgent needs.

However, Gong Tan still shook his head.

“I can’t move this money.”

She had thought about this money for a long time and had specifically communicated with Gu Jiang, but it didn't work out at all.

It's not that Gu Jiang is unwilling to take it out, but because of the implementation of Zhou Zheng's "Young Crop Law", many farmers are looking for government loans.

After all, who wouldn’t want such low interest rates? !

The New Deal is being implemented, and the money has been taken away, and the people may have great opinions.

In addition, what those landowners have most is not money, but fertile land.

Unfortunately, these fertile fields were either given to landless farmers at very low prices, or they were taken over by the government and were not prepared to be sold at all.

"I wipe!"

At this time, Zhou Zheng couldn't help but curse secretly.

He didn't expect that when he was about to show off his talents, he would encounter such troubles.

"The soldiers and horses have not yet moved the food and grass, go ahead!"

“If we don’t have money at this time, why are we talking about the Northern Expedition?!”

Zhou Zheng finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

"How long can I hold on now!?"

"According to the current situation, we can last for up to two months."

This is still Gong Tan's conservative estimate. If Zhou Zheng comes up with something else later, the money may only be enough for one month.

"It's okay, just leave it to me."

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Zheng spoke seriously.

Next, you have to work hard to make money.