The team is big, and it's not easy to bring.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, from Dingyuan to Jinling, there are several cities. Moreover, Dingyuan's troops have been directed at Zhenjiang, and it is foreseeable that the strength of Dingyuan's army will be extremely inflated in the next few years.

How to manage such a huge territory, and the nearly one million soldiers and civilians under his command, is a big problem.

There is a cautious side to Zhu Wu's character, to put it bluntly, he has never been an optimist, and he is a little dark. He is accustomed to thinking from his own point of view, he was just a beggar who wanted to live, but when he was in his fledgling, he had already separated from Guo Zixing and made his own small calculations.

To put it bluntly, he's a selfish person. I don't trust anyone in my bones, I only believe in myself. So, he's afraid. He was afraid that in the future there would be people like himself under his men, who would have no eternal loyalty, only eternal interests.

Now the Dingyuan Army actually has some signs of factions in the mountains, and the old brothers from Haozhou can't splash the water, and they are very united. The backward Feng brothers and civil officials got closer, often met the spring double sword Zhao, and the father and son of the Yu family and the Liao family brothers became friends.

There are some problems that must be prepared for a rainy day and cannot be ignored.

The loyalty of these people is unquestionable, but there are checks and balances.

A small homeless person like Zhang Yu just gave Zhu Wu a hint.

Fake!

is different from the original recognition of Guo Zixing as his father-in-law, the status of a fake son is lower than that of a righteous son, but it is higher than that of ordinary pro-soldiers. The wealth and disgrace are all on the coach, and there is no possibility of betrayal at all.

Although he is still young now, he will be a good fighter in a few years. They are just blank pieces of paper, waiting for Zhu Wu to write the word loyalty. When they grow up, they will either charge into battle, or be assigned to the army, secretly monitor the generals, and kill multiple birds with one stone.

One sheep is to drive, two sheep are also herded, and the lonely and helpless children among the displaced people in Hezhou are gathered, no more, no less, exactly five hundred.

Separate into a battalion, Zhu Wu's personal guard is directly under it.

Name, dummy battalion.

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Back in Jinling City, Zhu Wu was immediately so busy that his feet did not leave the ground.

The expansion and training of the Dingyuan Army and the selection of officers at all levels.

It is not too late to take stock of the population of the acres, confiscate the ownerless fields, and select and resettle the soldiers to settle the fields.

The world is in turmoil, it can only get worse and worse, and it can't get better and better. Li Shanchang and Zhu Wu's suggestions coincided, Tuntian was really necessary, and the future of the Dingyuan Army was not easy to follow by robbing the treasury and fighting for grain from the people.

There is also Xi Yingzhen's craftsman workshop, this old way since the thousands of craftsmen in Jinling, the establishment of a new craftsman workshop along the river, eating, drinking, Lasa and sleeping are soaked in it. The roar of explosions continued day and night, and countless craftsmen were building warships in the dockyard, spending as much money and materials as they did every day.

Professional things are handed over to professional people to do, and civil affairs has Li Shanchang and officials, and they can move step by step. For thousands of years, the bureaucracy has long been familiar with how to produce, how to appease, and how to create wealth.

The craftsman's workshop has a seat that should be true, the old Taoist has unfathomable ability, and the most annoying thing is that others point fingers, his territory, others can't get into it if they want to.

Zhu Wu is most concerned about the military situation.

In the marshal hall of the big battalion, in front of a huge map, Zhu Wu and the generals of the Dingyuan army gathered in front.

"That's how our territory is now!"

Zhu Wu compared it on the map with his waist knife, and said in his mouth, "Let's start from Dingyuan, Chuzhou, and Wuhu in the west." To the east are Jurong and Liyang, two mouth-to-mouth meats, which can be eaten with a single mouth. As he spoke, his hands moved, "Look at it this way, we are now long in the west and short in the east, like a rice bucket swinging horizontally!" It looks like the site is quite large, but in fact, it leaks on all sides. ”

"In this way, Zhenjiang must fight!"

In addition to Dingyuan's generals, there were also Li Shanchang and other civilian officials who participated in the meeting. To tell the truth, now these generals of the Dingyuan Army, especially Zhu Wu's old brothers, are just brave and don't know a few words, so what kind of vision do they have, they are not yet a general.

On the contrary, these literati have a vicious vision and can often say a word strategically.

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, Guo Ying said, "Fifth brother, I will take the soldiers and horses of my headquarters and take Zhenjiang down for you!" ”

The Guo brothers followed Zhu Wu at the earliest, but they have been recuperating from their injuries since the First World War in Hezhou, and recently they have been itching to see others triumphantly receiving meritorious service awards. Besides, as the leader of the old brothers under Zhu Wu's command, he didn't have any combat exploits, didn't he even be able to catch up with those who were behind!

"Okay, I'll let the artillery of the Chinese army follow you!"

Zhu Wu is also willing to give the most loyal brother the opportunity to perform, "But remember, military discipline!" Military discipline! Military discipline! Brother told you three times, went down to Zhenjiang, and let the people live as usual. If you dare to do any ugly murder, I'll be the first to cut you! ”

Guo Ying's face was ashamed, and among the soldiers who committed the crime when he entered Jinling, there were his subordinates.

Looking at the place where Zhu Wu's left hand was broken, he only felt like a mountain was pressing on his heart.

muttered, "Fifth brother, give me those who commit crimes, let them be pioneers!" ”

Zhu Wu nodded and continued to say loudly, "After Zhenjiang, there is Changzhou, Changxing~~~ You can't be a fat man in one go, but the strategic places around Jinling have to be defeated." As he spoke, he looked up and smiled, "Brothers, these are hard bones, but they are also very rich!" ”

"Then what are you waiting for, I have always been a pioneer with an order, pushed all the way over, and called these cities surnamed Zhu!" Chang Yuchun laughed loudly.

Everyone laughed, a positive group is like this, everyone dares to take their own responsibilities, and has the desire to make contributions.

Zhu Wu also thought, but the army fought viciously repeatedly, and Jinling's was still digested and expanded rashly, isn't that the black blind man breaking buds, breaking one and losing the other, tossing in vain.

It is imperative to first clear the threat around Jinling and cut off the route of the counterattack of the official army.

In fact, in Zhu Wuxin's heart, the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is already the place that must be won in his heart, and those who know his idea are estimated to be only a few people such as Li Shanchang, who use two elite soldiers to take the wealth of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Then go south along the Yangtze River, occupy Jiujiang and Nanchang, and then you can get three points of the world.

It is now the last year of the Yuan Dynasty. Many areas in the south have not yet been developed, and these three parts of the world are already the essence of the world. Under his rule, rivers, lakes and seas are connected, and there are many ports and wharves and outlets to the sea. Build a strong navy, which can directly approach Shandong, the hinterland of Liaodong and Mengyuan, and even cross the sea to annihilate Goryeo.

Such a grand plan takes time, and even more so luck.

Now, it is still necessary to be careful of hibernation and grow slowly.

"In the future, there will be battles for you!"

Zhu Wu smiled, "Everyone is hungry, let's eat!" ”

The food of the Dingyuan Army is very simple, but it is nothing more than noodles, steamed buns, pickles, pickles and pickled meat.

There is nothing particular about it, the soldiers sent it with a basin, whether it is Zhu Wu or his brothers, one bowl per person. Suddenly, the room was filled with the sound of chirping, even Li Shanchang and other literati.

"Lao Li!"

Before he came to this world, Zhu Wu was most annoyed by his mouth, but now he chirped more than anyone else, and came to Li Shanchang with a steamed bun in his mouth.

"A few days ago, did we get the money from those big rich people?"

Li Shanchang wiped his oily mouth and said with a smile, "It was sent the next day, and they were all put into the warehouse, some gave silver, some sent copper coins, and some people said that they didn't make up their hands for a while, and sent cloth and grain." ”

The monetary system of this era was too complicated, and gold, silver, copper, cloth, grain, and livestock could all be counted as currency. The purchasing power is also different, and even the same silver has different fineness.

At this time, Zhu Wu suddenly had an idea in his mind, "Lao Li, how about we mint coins?" ”

"Hmm!"

As soon as a mouthful of noodles slipped in, Li Shanchang was stunned, "Coinage? Then, he stood up and patted his head, "Oh, why didn't I think of this method?" As he spoke, he paced restlessly on the ground, "Minting coins, minting coins?" Meng Yuan's banknotes have made people angry, let's issue new money in Jinling~~~~"

"Lao Li!" Zhu Wu said softly, "The coinage I'm talking about is not just copper coins, do you think we can also mint some silver coins, gold coins and the like?" ”

Zhu Wu is not an economic expert, and he has to break his fingers for addition and subtraction other than a thousand.

It's just that I had a flash of inspiration in my mind just now, and I remembered the antiques I saw on the stall back then, Yuan Datou.

The stall owner who sold antiques said that seven parts of Yuan Datou's head were silver, and three points were other parts, mixed in one piece and minted. But in the age of use, his purchasing power can be no less than silver, or even higher.

Why did the Qing Dynasty mint silver coins, because it has been fooling our pure silver with silver coins for decades.

Now, Zhu Wu minted coins, can he also fool others?

Li Shanchang fell into deep thought, the noodles in the bowl were all lumped, and he was still thinking.

At this time, outside the door, a thin figure strode in with his head held high.

"Dad~~~"

Zhang Yu has now changed his name to Zhu Yu.

Not him, all five hundred fake sons changed their names to Zhu.

These children are not raised for nothing, just like Zhu Wu's pro-army, they need to go into battle to kill the enemy. It's just that they are still undergoing recruit training now, Zhang Yu, this kid is clever, and he mixes with Zhu Wu to be a messenger, which makes Lan Yu a lot more idle.

"What's the matter?"

Being called his father, Zhu Wu was also used to it, and asked while eating.

"There's a little white face out there who wants to see you!"

"Who?"

Zhu Yu scratched his head, "What's it called, Xie Fuan!" ”

"Lao Li!" Zhu Wu stabbed Li Shanchang, who was still selling stupidity, "Didn't this kid surnamed Xie say that his Xie family is the only one with 500,000 yuan?" Did you give it? ”