Wu Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and denied: "No, no." I mean, Xingguo Gong misunderstood. ”

"Misunderstanding?"

"First of all, before the war, I didn't expect Fang Guoan to defect, and the purpose of my two troops was not just to reinforce Shaoxing Mansion, but to drag Duoduo to reduce the pressure on the Jiangxi battlefield. Of course, this is secondary, the main thing is to evacuate the people of Shaoxing Mansion from the dangerous place, in fact, purely on this point, I have the same idea as King Lu. ”

"In addition, Fang Guoan's army collapsed, not because the soldiers under his command were low in combat effectiveness, but because they lost the opportunity in battle, without boosting the morale of the army and careful deployment, they suddenly rebelled, and the generals and soldiers could not reach a consensus, the most important thing is that Fang Guoan prematurely exposed the surrender to the enemy, if he kept the meeting with Duoduo and the matter of changing banners to the enemy secret until after the war, I am afraid that the soldiers will have doubts in their hearts, and they will not disperse in a hurry. And when the army enters Shaoxing Mansion, then everything is still up to Fang Guoan. ”

Wang Zhiren nodded slightly, expressing approval.

"In the end, the deposition of the prison state is not Wu Zheng's temporary intention, I have already conspired with the princes of the court and the central government for a long time, but important ministers such as Lord Qian have always wanted to give King Lu a chance. Besides, the dismissal of the prison country is not the deposition of King Lu, let alone a rebellion, the prison country is supported by the courtiers, and the removal of the prison country is not a big rebellion, right? ”

"As for the war in Hangzhou mentioned by Xingguo Gong, I also want to explain a few words. In Wu Zheng's view, Duoduo is not arrogant. My idea at that time was not to defend Hangzhou City, and this Xingguo Gong should also know that he couldn't defend it at all. My idea at that time was to drag Duoduo's army in Hangzhou as much as possible, and if Duoduo was allowed to occupy Hangzhou City easily, then the 60,000 troops under his command would definitely divide their troops to the west and reinforce Jiangxi with the power of victory, so that the fall of Jiangxi would be just around the corner, and Shaoxing Mansion would soon fall into the encirclement of the Qing army in the west, south, and north. ”

"Besides, there is another reason why Duoduo did not divide his troops to attack at the same time, and that is because when I and my nephew Wang Yilin were in Hejiadai, the mechanism that I unintentionally planted hit Duoduo hard, and made him have an obsession in his heart to completely defeat, defeat, and humiliate me. As for the later counterattack, in fact, there was no news of Qian Sudian's occupation of Jiaxing Mansion, and the war spirit in Duoduo's heart was already chaotic, he could think that even if the city wall was captured by him, he would not be able to quickly deploy the city defense, and the counterattack of the tens of thousands of Ming troops who came from behind would make the battlefield turn from the city wall to street fighting, which was not what the Qing army was good at. Therefore, what I want to say is that even if there is no news of the recovery of Jiaxing Mansion, the victory of our army at that time is already certain, and perhaps as Xingguo Gong said, there will be large casualties, but it will not be so big as to severely damage our army. ”

Wang Zhiren looked at Wu Zheng silently for a long time before he said, "Then let's talk about business." ”

Wu Zheng smiled softly, "Xingguo Gong's intention, Wu Zheng is generally clear, it is better for Xingguo Gong to say the appeal of the navy." ”

Wang Zhiren said: "Lin Anbo now has 100,000 people under his command, right?" ”

"Nope. Perhaps Xingguo Gong didn't know that sixty percent of the more than 20,000 troops under Fang Guoan had been reorganized into the imperial court, totaling more than 15,000 people. ”

"Oh?" Wang Zhiren really didn't know, and he hadn't heard the news yet, which made him have some doubts in his heart, this young man in front of him didn't seem to be stupid, although the more troops in this troubled world, the more power to speak, but there is a limit to everything.

For example, if you control an army that does not match your strength and identity, it is equivalent to putting yourself on the cusp of the storm.

By scavenging on the spot?

That is tantamount to plunging yourself into a vicious circle, the more you have no money, the more you loot, the more you loot, the more you hate, the more you can't raise money, and then one day you are overturned by the crowd.

"Even so, there are still more than 10,000 surrendered troops, I don't know how Lin Amber arranges these people?"

Wu Zheng heard it, Wang Zhiren asked for soldiers.

"I want to hear what Xingguo Gong means?"

"Then you're welcome?"

"Xingguo Gong, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Seventy percent."

"Xingguo Gong has passed, right?"

"No, you have sixty or seventy thousand people in Hangzhou Mansion, too much, I'm afraid you won't be able to chew it, and I'm also for your good."

"Forty percent."

"Sixty percent."

"Fifty percent."

"Good. Deal. Wang Zhiren made a decisive decision.

Wu Zheng sighed, what kind of military and state affairs is this, and the whole vegetable market is bargaining.

Wang Zhiren said: "I don't know something, and I ask Lin Anbo to teach me." How do you raise soldiers? ”

Wu Zheng pondered: "The total population of Hangzhou and Jiaxing is 3 million, and the total number of people in my hands is only 70,000 now, and it shouldn't be difficult to raise 70,000 soldiers with 3 million, right?" ”

Wang Zhiren raised his eyebrows, he also heard it, Wu Zheng was saying this to him.

It means that Wu Zheng has more than 70,000 people, and the military salary is self-sufficient, and your more than 20,000 people, even if you add a few thousand people who have just been extorted, are only 30,000 people, and the military salary should be even more self-sufficient.

Wang Zhiren naturally refused, "How can this prince Dinghai compare to Lin Anbo to occupy the land of the two prefectures, this military salary must be allocated by the imperial court, what does Lin Anbo think?" ”

Wu Zheng knew that this matter could not be bypassed, and the court was not his court, and Wu Zheng was also familiar with the kindness of others, of course, the premise was not excessive, Wu Zheng did not want to let the newly formed court fall into a financial crisis because of Wang Zhiren's blackmail.

"30,000 people, the imperial court can provide 100,000 stone grain and 100,000 taels of military salary for the Duke of Xingguo every year, I don't know how to rejuvenate the country?"

The price of grain here is one tael and one stone, that is to say, 200,000 taels a year, which is evenly distributed to each soldier, that is, nearly seven taels a year, and there should be no problem in feeding, after all, Wang Zhiren occupies Dinghai and has a population of 200,000 or 300,000.

"Do you have the right word?" Wang Zhiren asked lightly, not happy or sad.

Wu Zheng grinned and asked rhetorically, "If what I say is not counted, the Xingguo Guild is wasting so much time with Wu Zheng here?" ”

Wang Zhiren patted the case and said: "Well said, then according to what you said." ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "But I still haven't finished speaking." ”

"Oh?" The muscles on Wang Zhiren's face trembled slightly, and he guessed what Wu Zheng wanted to say, "Lin Anbo can think clearly before speaking." ”

This is a threat, but where can Wu Zheng eat this?

Even Fang Guoan has been overturned, are you still afraid of Wang Zhiren?

To be able to make such concessions, it is also because I don't want to cause internal commotion, but it is cheaper for Tartar, after all, Wang Zhiren's department is also a Ming army, stationed in Dinghai, which can be described as pivotal.

Moreover, Wu Zheng is also grateful to Wang Zhiren for sending Wang Yilin to help him before, otherwise how could Wu Zheng be interested in bargaining with Wang Zhiren for Zhang Guowei, Qian Sule and others?

It's a thankless job.