Lao Liu~Lao Liu~"

Just when Liu Jin was thinking about this war, Zhu Houzhao excitedly found Liu Jin, and before he entered Liu Jin's study, his voice had already come.

"Your Highness~"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao coming, Liu Jin could know with his toes that he must have come for this battle.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming, who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, is more excited than anything else when it comes to fighting.

"Haha, my father finally got his senses, and made up his mind to have a good fight with the Tartars, it should have been like this a long time ago, going south every year, detaining the customs every year, they really can't bully me when I am a big man."

Zhu Hou took care of Liu Jin, went directly to the place where Liu Jin's study placed the map of the Ming Dynasty, pointed to the map and said: "My Ming Three-Way Army is attacking the grassland Tartars, do you think we can win?" ”

"It's hard to say, war is a thing, there are too many uncertain factors, although I have a three-way army of 300,000 troops, strong troops, and a huge momentum, but how much combat effectiveness is really in this 300,000 army, no one knows, and the grassland people have always been good at field warfare, and they are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind."

To be honest, Liu Jin is not optimistic about this battle, although Daming is almost the whole country to fight this battle this time, but how much combat effectiveness Daming's army still has, it is estimated that it is really hard to say.

At the time of the Tumubao Change, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was very strong, although it was commanded by Wang Zhen, a person who did not understand military command at all, which led to a fiasco, but it was also said from another aspect that the combat effectiveness of the grassland people was definitely not covered.

The people on horseback, everyone is good at riding and shooting, and the advantage they occupy in this era of cold weapons is really too great.

"Hmm~ I have the same opinion as you."

"My Ming army has long been out of order, the armament is slack, the training is lax, the border army still has some combat effectiveness, as for those guard army, there is no combat effectiveness at all."

"The three-way army seems to be huge, but in fact, it is the two armies of the east and west roads that really have the strength to fight, as for the 100,000 troops on the south road, all of them are guards, and it is worrying to defend the city, let alone fight with the Tartars."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao also nodded solemnly.

Then the whole person seemed to have changed, very serious and serious, and took a pen to draw the situation map of Gansu, Shanxi, and Ningxia on the map, looking like a general who was strategizing.

"We lack a strong army in the Ming Dynasty, a strong army that can fight bloody battles with the grassland people!"

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao also said very seriously.

Only when you really face war will you understand the importance of holding a strong army in your hands.

The Ming Dynasty seems to be huge, and it looks like the three-way army is quite scary, but in fact, it is just a paper tiger, maybe this time it will be broken by the grassland people.

"Your Highness, don't worry, God bless me, this battle will be won!"

Liu Jin saw that Zhu Houzhao was very worried about this battle, and after thinking about it, he could only be so comforted, to be honest, Liu Jin was not optimistic about the Ming army.

The civilian clique has really suppressed the military generals and honorable groups, and this requires those who are not equipped, those who want generals who have no generals, and those who have no training.

These soldiers in the army are the lowest level of Ming society, and they usually rely on being soldiers to make ends meet, how much combat effectiveness do you expect such an army to have?

"God bless me Daming, this battle will be won~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately nodded solemnly, although he was not optimistic about this battle, he still hoped to win this battle.

"Your Highness, in fact, we can do a lot of things for the front line in the rear."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also said.

"Oh, tell me about it."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became interested.

"Your Highness, this battle is the largest military operation after the change of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a battle of our national strength, so no matter what, this battle must be won, and it must not be lost."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said slowly.

"Even though we are in the rear, we can still provide help and support to the front lines."

"For example, we can collect donations from the entire Ming Dynasty, raise military salaries and military funds, send the armor and weapons needed to the soldiers fighting on the front line, and at the same time raise funds to reward them for killing the enemy, to compensate the wounded and wounded soldiers, and so on."

"Our Miyun Iron Works can produce armor, weapons, and artillery to support the front line; Tianjin Garment Factory and Jingcheng Textile Factory under our command can produce clothes and shoes; The salted fish made here in our Tianjin port can also be used as military rations. ”

"The cement produced by our Tianjin cement chief can be used to strengthen the defense of the front line; Our glassworks can produce telescopes to support the front line. ”

"There are a lot of things we can do, although we are not on the front line, but we can also contribute our own strength, and we can also use the Ming Morning Post to mobilize the power of the entire Ming Dynasty, so that more people can participate and form a greater support force to support the front line."

What Liu Jin said is naturally from the war thinking of later generations, and the wars between countries in later generations often need to mobilize the strength of a country, from the leaders of a country to the ordinary people, almost all of them must participate, and those who have money will contribute money and force, and this kind of thing involving the war of the whole country is nothing more than this.

But in ancient times, there was very little lack of mobilization in this area, generally the imperial court organized forces to fight, and ordinary people rarely participated, and even many times, the northern region was in dire straits, but the southern side was a warbler song and swallow dance, and there was no concentration of the entire country's strength to fight.

Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, and his little eyes couldn't help but widen.

"It's... It's still like this! ”

Zhu Houzhao was deeply shocked by such a kind of thinking, and then the whole person couldn't help but clench his fists excitedly and said: "Well said, as long as we are united, why worry about not winning this battle." ”

"As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I set an example from arrogance, I personally donated one million taels of silver, and you arranged to publish this matter in the newspaper, so that everyone could see it, and encourage everyone in the Ming Dynasty to participate."

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he looked at Liu Jin in a daze, the meaning is obvious, I, Zhu Houzhao, have already paid one million taels of silver, you Liu Jin, the god of wealth, you have to express it.

"Amount~ I will also donate 800,000 taels of silver."

Being watched by Zhu Hou, Liu Jin smiled and said.

"That's right, it's 1.8 million taels of silver at once, and when the time comes, I won't believe it if I kill a Tartar and reward 50 taels of silver, this silver will not be good."

Hearing Liu Jin's donation of 800,000 taels of silver, Zhu Houzhao immediately laughed happily, and then touched his chin and said, he now clearly knows the power of money, which is definitely the greatest power in the world.

……

Early the next morning.

"Sell Newspaper~Sell Newspaper~"

"In order to support the front line against the Tartars, His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming launched a fundraiser for the whole Daming, those who have money to contribute, those who have power, and those who have materials to contribute, I will be united in this battle!"

The newspaper boys kept walking in the streets and alleys of the capital, shouting loudly as they walked.

"Bring me one~"

"Bring me one~"

Because now that the war with the Tartars is underway, the Ming Morning Post is also published every day as much as possible, and everyone pays close attention to this station, so that the sales of the Ming Morning Post are also very hot.

Now just in the capital, the Ming Morning Post also sells five nights of newspapers every day, and many times the newsboy who sells the newspaper has not yet appeared, and there are already people waiting anxiously.

As soon as the newsboy appeared, a large crowd immediately crowded, all wanting to know the latest news as soon as possible.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince donated one million taels of silver to support the front line~"

"Liu Jin and Liu Zhuangyuan donated 800,000 taels of silver~"

"Miyun Iron Works announced that it would provide 100,000 sets of armor, 100,000 weapons and 1,000 artillery pieces to the soldiers on the front line of the Ming Dynasty."

"The Beijing Textile Factory announced that it would provide 50,000 sets of clothes and pants and 50,000 pairs of shoes to the front-line soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

"Jingcheng Glass Factory announced a donation of one million taels of silver to support the front line~"

"Tianjin Cement Factory announced a donation of 100,000 taels of silver and donated 50,000 barrels of cement to the front line~"

"Tianjin Port announced a donation of 100,000 taels of silver and donated 100,000 catties of dried salted fish to the front line~"

“……”

On the newspaper, Zhu Houzhao's call was published in the most conspicuous place, and a series of donation lists were also listed, mainly these industries under Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.

"Okay~ Great."

"God bless me Daming, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince worries about the country and the people, it is really the blessing of the community, why worry about not winning this battle."

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, when everyone saw Zhu Houzhao's call and saw the donation list listed below, every Daming person couldn't help but be enthusiastic and excited.

Zhu Houzhao, as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, dared to be the first in the world, set an example for the people of the world, took out a million taels of silver with real money, and many industries under his command were even more stingy.

"The luck of the Ming Dynasty~"

"The Blessing of Sheji~"

"This battle will be won!"

"Da Ming will win!"

With the publication of the newspaper, the entire Beijing-Tianjin area caused a huge sensation.

In restaurants, teahouses, streets and alleys, academies, and even in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, every bloody Ming person applauded, and they all felt as if their blood was about to boil.

One by one, the original ones still seem to feel very afraid, very afraid, afraid that this battle will be lost, afraid that it will shake the society of the Ming Dynasty, but at this moment, everyone firmly believes that the Ming Dynasty will win!